Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-25
CLOSING DAY FOR
INDUSTRIAL SHOW
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La Toilette. who will make addresses from
the north balcony this afternoon within
one hour of each other.
President Taft will be the first to speak,
and will make his address at 2 o'clock.
Senator La Toilette will speak at 3.
President Taft will arrive at the exposl.
ton shortly after 1870, and after a brief
examination of the exhibits will make
an address from the balcony. He will be
accompanied by his campaign managers
and several prominent Members of the
Taft Club of this city. After speaking
at the armory the President is scheduled
to make addresses In several other parts
of the city.
Senator La Toilette will be the guest
Of Mrs. E. c. o%ppenheim. q prominent
worker for women suffrage in Newark.
He will be taken to the exposition from
the headquarters of the Women Suffrage
League. at 80 Halsey street. and in his
address will give his Idea OF suf-
frage. At the exposition he will inspect
the exhibits under guidance of a COM
mlttee of suffragettes. assisted by the
exposition committee.
Governor Praises Show.
Governor Wilson was met at the Mar
ket street station of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at 4:56 yesterday afternoon
by the following members of the ex-
position committee: Curtis R. Burnett.
James M. Reilly. John L o'Toole,
George w. Jagle. H. Stacy Smith. David
Grotta, George L. Reeve. Herbert Glea-
son, Abram Rothsehlld and Robert
Osborne.
The party %journeyed to the armory
in automobiles, arriving shortly after 5
o'clock. Then Wilson viewed the expo
sit!on. The substance of his opinion
OF the fair, as delivered to the menu
bers of the committee while walking
about, was as follows:
1.-THE exposition Is a credit to the city
Of Newark and the gentlemen who were
instrumental in bringing 1t about. The
citizens Of Newark here have a fine
chance to view part of what this great
city manufactures
After he left the armory he was taken
to the Washington and entertained at
dinner by the exposition committee.
Visitors from Other Cities.
Yesterday was Newark Day at the big
show. although the committee and the
exhibitors say that persons from out OF
town made up the vast majority Of the
visitors. There were a dozen or more
delegations from boards of trade OF
other cities, n booth attendants re-
Iorted the visits of an unusually large
number Of buyers.
Particularly Iarge was a delegation from
the main offices of the Erie Railroad
This was composed of Henry Adams, gen
eral freight agent; Louis Jackson, indus
trial commissioner; ii. Wilson, assistant
general freight agent; w. s. Couse, gen
eral Eastern freight agent; #. G. Smith,
q. Manning, district freight agent; G. W.
Wheeler, district freight agent; l.. C.
Rodeno, city freight agent; l.. r. Knapp,
travelling agent; Il. S. Clarke, contracting
agent; f. E.. Muller, contracting agent;
j. G. Register, contracting agent; #. II.
Boyd, contracting agent, all of New York,
and II. Il. R. Potter. commercial agent,
Of this city.
Stars Concert n Feature.
Congressman Walter |. Mccoy vas a
visitor last night and expressed himself
as much pleased with the exhibit.
The big feature of the night was a con
cert given at The Newark Stars booth
by a string orchestra under the direction
of A. j. weidt, of this city. The Sterling
Trio, frst and second mandolin and gut
tar, played two selections Incidental TO
this concert.
TIT attendance dropped considerably
last night on account of the rainstorm
of the early part of the evening, but
the crowd was quite as large as some
which attended the exposition the later
days of last week.
To Write Poem on show.
Colonel w. j.. Hampton, of New York,
the New York humorist, who wrote the
exposition poem ode, will be among the
visitors at the exposition today, n will
write a poem on his views of the expo
sition after having seen 1t. The first
poem was written before the exposition
opened.
The various exhibitors are reporting to
Manager Rose today the number of sales
and orders which can be traced directly
to their exhibit at the exposition. The
company which has prohted the most, ac-
eording to the reports submitted, Is the
Scott Arc Lamp Company, which has
closed orders for $3.50 worth of business
at its exhibit since the exposition opened.
Among the orders received was a con
tract TO equip all the armories In New
York with their product.