Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-07
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bus convention. is very favorably i'm
pressed by the courtesy of the various
merchants and hotel men with whom he
has come in contact in Washington. He
also speaks very highly of the Chamber
of Commerce complimenting the members
particularly on their ability TO handle the
present convention.
William Connors, a member OF the
Rochester delegation. is at the George
Washington Hotel during the convention.
Mr. Connors is master OF the fifth New
York district OF the Knights of Columbus.
George DOYLE. W. \. DOYLE, James
North. \. v. Lynch and Miss Elizabeth
Doyle all OF whom are from Utica, y. v,
are al the New Willard.
Mr. and Mrs. w. f.. Kelly. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Hennessy. Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
I.arkins and J. III. Carroll all of Rome.
~. Y. are also at the New Willard. Mr..
and Mrs. Larkin will remain until June IA
The Rochester delegation. 100 strong.
arrived at the New Willard last night.
In the parade tomorrow they will be led
by Thomas E GarveS. grand knight o.
knights in charge Of the Rochester dele
CATION is composed Of James p. Jones.
chairman, John L. keenan,. secretary,
and the following: William T. Connors.
". f Maloney, Thomas l.. Garvey, John
&. Elbs. NJ. NJ. Mahoney, William F.
Dvyer. Frank j. Hughes, W. +. Carey
and W. F. Creegan
The field mass to be held on the Monu-
ment grounds sunday morning will be at
tended by the entire Rochester delega-
ton.
s. D.. who is generally known through
out the west as the cowboy priest"
was one of the first to register at the
h. of c. Hall last night.
J. B. Dorsey of Leadville. Col. one
of the h. of C. wheel horses" Of the
Rocky mountain country, was one OF
the early arrivals yesterday.
G. S. Tuite and T. ]. Cunningham are
looking after the welfare of a party
of twenty-five visitors from Los An
Geles, Cal. which is quartered at the
Hotel Gordon.
Capt James White and knight Thomas
Flynn. two enthusiastic X. of {. work
erS, are said to be largely res DonSible
for the large Chicago delegation.
William j. Collier is marshal of the
Port Jervis. y. y, delegation, number
ing one hundred.
Robert E. Mcnamara has been placed
in charge of Headquarters which have
been established in room 22s. New Will
lard. by the supreme knight and the
Pennsylvania delegation.
E. j. Brennan is marshal OF the South
Carolina delegation. members Of which
can be distinguished by red-whtte-and-
blue badges foot long. The badges are
decorated with palmetto ornaments
was assembling point for many visitors.
Travel to Alexandria and Mount Vernon
has been particularly heavy. and large
numbers also visited Arlington.
OF the throng about the station the
larger proportion wore knights of Column
bus buttons. Nearly every knight vas ac-
companied by one or more women. The
large feminine contingent in the delega-
lions of the knights of Columbus Is no.
ticeable on the streets.
The photograph made you-wait
gallery did thriving business. even
though photos cannot be made of your
self shaking hands with-the-Presdent.
as in days gone by. The visitors were sat-
isfed 10 have themselves taken shaking
hands with themselves. which will serve
TO mystify the folks at home
That's a finer building than any at
home" was the acknowledgment of a Wis.,
itor. who wore a Utica, n. Y. hatband. as
he looked the District building over. The
people OF this town certainly do go in for
handsome buildings. and they tell me this
place is only the head police station and
tax collector office
The Washington post Office will be
swamped with picture postal cards in
the next two three days. IL the
throngs about postal counters in stores
and souvenir shops Is any indication
Everybody is buying Washington
views by the dozens and the city Will
be we'll advertised. Pictures OF the
Washington Monument, tho Capitol
and the White House seem to be the
fayorites. though street scenes also
take with visitors.
Souvenir shops are also proving at
tractive TO the visitors. who are buying
little remembrances of Washington to
take to their friends at home and TO
remind them of their visit TO the Ma
tons Capital.
The Treasury and bureau of engrav-
ing and printing are being visited by
large throngs today. At each institu-
ton parties OF from fifteen to twenty
Ave persons were sent the rounds every
four or five minutes. The method OF
making and handling money was
wonderful thing TO most OF the observ-
ers.
While the street faker with pennante.
badges and bits OF granite from the
Columbus monument were not doing a
rushing trade this morning due 10 the fact
tina. tho bulk Of visitors were not on the
streets the man selling hatbands In
Scribed with the name of the home towns
OF the visitors did the business. Bands
can be seen on hats all over the city.
Advertise your home town. the hat
band seller cries and the visitors are do
ing il.
The sightseeing automobiles are in de-
mand Taxicabs and horse-drawn We
hicles also take many visitors TO points
of interest. procession of vehicles filled
with sightseers has been moving up and
down the streets since early in the day.
Many visitors took ramble through
Center market his morning and viewed
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