The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-17
60 TO WELCOME
WATERWAYS FOLK
Governor, Colo nels and
Chamber of Commerce
Committee Off Today
ALL PREPARATIONS
FOR BIG CONVENTION
Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Associations Gathering
Will Be One of Greatest
in City's History

Inc Governor or virginia. a num-
Der OF the members OF his staff, rep
resentatives of the Richmond Cham
Der of Commerce and OF the press
Of the city WIFI leave this morning at
. o'clock to meet and greet at Old
Point the coming hosts of Deeper
Waterways enthusiasts. men en- route
to the great annual convention OF tho
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Aasocia-
tion. which will meet here Tomorrow
morning.
At least five hundred delegates Will
come by way of Old Point. and there
will be two hundred ladies' besides
accompanying the party.
The Richmond Welcome Committee
will be headed by Chairman r. M
Darlington. and will consist OF Mayor
ID. G. Richard. Major J. c. HemphiIl.
Messrs. A. Royal. II. A Lancaster.
b. o. James. Z. G. Land, George W.
Rogers. John u. Potts, John Lamb
and Ben P. Owen.
At Old Point the greeting of Viz
gfnia and the city of Richmond will
me extended In the most informal
fashion.
Tonight at the Jefferson hotel
there will be an informal reception
when the entertainments committee
Will exert itself to make the Sisi-
tors feel at home, and Mr.. CARING
ton will informally Welcome the dele
gates 10 the city.
The real welcoming cerem onies of
course, are scheduled for Wednes-
day morning. when the convention
opens at the Jefferson auditorium and
Governor Mann and Mayor Richard
son will welcome the convention to
the city In the good oid-fashioned
Virginia way.
Working Committees.
The following are the committees
which have charge Of the details OF
preparation and attendance upon the
wants OF the convention;
General Arrangements--T- NJ. Car
rinEton, chairman: &. r. Borden.
Julius A. Hobson. f. G. Laird, j. j.
Lynch. II. l.. Peters. George w. Rog-
ers, Robert Whittet, Jr.. William T..
Dabney.
Afternoon Entertainment--Cole
Workman. chairman, J. L. Antrim.
w NJ. Hobson. r. H HARDWOOD, o. ].
Sands. George w. Warren. J. w.
Young. II. l.. Cabeli
Evening Entertainment-Alvin NJ.
Smith. chairman; John c. Hagan, J..
Scott Parrish. John b. Pender. Polk
Miller.
River Trip--w. T. Reed. chairman;
W. A. Clarke, Jr., r. r. Arlington,
Samuel Cohen, A. Royal, John l..
Wingo, Fred. II. Powell w. l. Cor
don, w. II. Broaddus. H. l. Har-
wood
Entertainment of Ladies-Christian
H. Clarke, chairman: Julius Binford.
Jr.. Nj. A. Chambers. H w. jackson.
James w. Sharp. John d. Taylor.
Nd NIT IN tv1yV ArYf NJ
state Offciais-Governor William
Hodges Mann. honorary chairman:
Lieutenant Governor J. Taylor Ely
eson, chairman; James X. Gordon.
Louis Il. Hatke, ]. G. Hemphill. w.
H. White. K. A. Saunders, N. d. Sills.
H. l. Campbell, George l.. Christian.
Il. Q. JameA Z. G. Leigh, Jr.. L. z.
Morris. Ben p. Owen. s. W. Travers,
F. ID. Williams. S. Ii. Halves F. +.
Noting.
Information Regarding Rivers and
Harbors-John @ Freeman, chair
man; c. L. Batkins. B. B. Bliley.
Charles r. Boiling. c. p. E. Burwyn,
b. n. Ellington, C. G. Jones. James
Morgan. J. F. Powers. John b. Pur-
cell, Sam. H. Yonge. Morgan r. Mills.
John A. Curtis w. A. Crenshaw.
Press-Jokn Stewart Bryan, chair
man; A. r. Holderhy. Jr.. r, w.
Simpson, Jr., s. B. Woodfn.
bowenir Book. q. Corle'- chair
MIN; ]. A. c. Chandler. g. 8. Cren-
shaw. James D. Crump, J. L Hill. w.
8. RhoadsA r. 4 Dunlop.
Publicity and Information-O. H.
Funston. chairman: Fl. s. Btnswang-
er. n. p. NArcuss. Thomas b. No
Adams, w. r. Meredith. c. G. Reed.
~ Mo
Icy, r. 8. Tuck.
Public Safety. c. Laird. chair
man: B. T. Bevertdge. W. II. 6ohwaras-
child, Louis Werner, e. 8. Goodman.
Reception Of Dclcgates-,H w.
Wood. chairman: George Wayne An
derson, e. A. Catlin. 8. ID. Crenshaw.
r. A. Miller. w. A. Monoure, John
Murphy. J. r. Ryland, John 8. Muncs.
p. H. DonahoA.
General Reception-Mayor d. C.
Richardson. chairman; W. Meade Ad-
Olson. 8. J. Allen. 8. +. BSvendgc.
Julian NJ. Bossieux. ". b. Bradley.
Disney, r.. r.. Fuller. r. p. Giles. w.
y. Gilman. Charles p. Lea. Douglas
D. MAcGregor. A. J. Montague, j. r.
Pertiue, II. n. Pollard. 6r., r. q. Rem
nolds, Charles ID. Richards. w. r..
Richardson. II. NJ. Reade: 10, H. 0unGt.
~. r. Grimes. p. II. Grundy, W. D.
Butler.
Transportation-w. p. Taylor,
chairman; HI N. Boykin, J. H. Drake,
John y. Potts, Fritz eitterding. w, r..
Wilson. J. ID. PHILIPPE. Charles 8,
Campbell. Irwin Wcissgsr. w. q. Wal
than. H. Il. HArwcod. 8. r. Burgess.
Ways and Means-T. T. Norris,
chairman: c. h. Cooke. Frank w.
Brown. Julien n. HIN. John NJ. Miller,
Jr., II. X. Pollard. Jr.. II. H. Smith,
Gordon Wallace.
No Torpedo Bnaas OI1ealnable.
There will he no torpedo b0ats 10
help celebrate this week. All OF those
in reach are undergoing repairs at
the dry. docks. according to . letter
received yesterday morning by Gov
asnos Mann from tie Assistant Bscre-
tary OF the Navy Consequently there
10 little show for Z naval display dur
|inG the convention.
However. while theirs may ~ no biz
shipA thess will b : erea& nnmhes
tx ~ nnsN .bpth ~ - M ~ opeak.
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