New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
MANY GREET SIR THOMAS
Two Hundred YaChtSmen Sit
Down to Big Dinner.
PRESIDENT SENDS REGRETS
Mon Who Is Still Keen to Lift
the Americas Cup Gets
Warm Welcome,

The yacht-mcu who are members of
t.t, New York Athletic club. led 10y their
.,,,r,odorc pr Emil Ilcud. and the
,..cbtine committee gave q dinner at the
nc clubhouse ou seth street last night i'm
honor of Sir Thomas j. Upton,
To the tune Of Strike Up the Band,
r,ere Comes the Sailor" Sir Thomas was
escorted TO the hall by the reception
cormittec. including the chairman. Rob
-, kamuercr. Dr William T. Porter.
commander s. r Frye. Commander j. y
,,ablstcdt. ur Francis Walk. fleet sur
econ. John EUhlkc, feet captain; Captain
william s.. Swascy and Captain Harry
Anderson.
Sir Thomas was welcomed by two hun
6rsd yachtsmcu. At the speakers table
were seated:
Colonel Duncan T.. II. Neil. Ernest f..
usuboId Roy Allen Senator Francis At
water. Of Connecticut; Brigadier Cen
sral Traskcr \. Bliss l.. 5. a. the Rev.
charles S Burch. Ernest Birmingham.
charles CHAIRMAN. Charles Davis. Judge
Vorman $ Dixie. Justice Thomas +. Don
nelly. CAPTAIN Thomas Fleming Day.
n
. hughes. or New Jersey. David Lcyen-
tritt. Commodore Wilson T. Marshall
commodore II. II. Melville, Captain
Thomas G.. Meadows, Commodore j..
Eackburue Miller Thomas Ryerson. Don
g seitz. George w. Schurman Rear Adj
mira Charles D. SiEsbce. L. 5. n; Will
lam stone, Major William 5. Terrberry
and Henry a. Wise.
letter or regret from President Taft
was read saying he was unable 10 at
tend because he had TO start for Panama.
Other letters Of regret were from John
d Crimmins District Attorney Charles
5 Whitman Senator James \. O'Gor-
nan. United States Supreme Court JUS
tees Charles r. Hughes and II. II. Lur-
ton. Judge George G. Holt. Of the fed
eraI court and Supreme Court Justice
Alment f. jerks. Of Brooklyn.
Commodore j. stuart Blackton Of the
Atlantic Yacht club, who had special
table. brought with him sixteen guests
from the Sea Gate organization. They
we're Vice Commodore Willard L. Taylor
Rear Commodore Arthur w. Teele, Fleet
Captain Ernest Malcolm. Edward l.
Graf. Charles +. Gilbert. Alvah Nicker-
son, George p Dulenbach. -. Leroy Gull
yer. c. Wallace Van Nostrand. p. H.
Hart, W H. Barnard. Gherardi Davis,
Peter ". Rouss. Carlos de Zafra, Francis
j. Weismaun and Rex Beach.
The dining room was appropriately
decorated with palms. flowers and flags
Of the International signal code. Behind
the guests table. al which twenty were
seated. were draped the English and
American ensigns, and below them the
private signal Of Sir Thomas sham
rock on a yellow field. Facing the centre
Of the guests table. against the south
wall, was Ct raised dais with a great
shamrock flag for a background. Here
a clear voiced tenor entertained with
Irish songs.
Sir Thomas will be the guest OF the New
York Press Club at a dinner in the club
house, No. q Spruce street, this evening.
Following the dinner smoker and
vaudeville entertainment for members
and thsiy guests win be held. Among
those who have volunteered their services
are Harry Lauder Willie Collier Lillian
Lorraine Irene Bordoni James Thornton,
Digby Bell, Victor Moore. Barnard Gran
vile Tom Fox. Maurice Farkoa Eliza
beth Brice. Leon Enrol, Marion Sunshine.
Frank Tinncy. r. 6. Knowles Barney
Bernard. Berlin and Snyder Tom Pen
fold. Mike Bernard. Dole Dalnert, Ida
Adams and Mr. and Mrs George Austin
Moore