Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-12
TRADE BOOSTERS
OUTING SUCCESS
Business Men of Capital Re-
turn From Their Trip
Down River.
NOT ONE DULL MOMENT
ON THE ENTIRE JOURNEY
Trial Aboard Steamer Arouses
Laughter-0ther Antics Also
Interesting.

Tired physically. refreshed mentally,
satisfied musically and much wiser nauti-
cally. the hundred or more members of
the Chamber OF Commerce and Retail
Merchants Association returned to Wash
ington shortly after l. O'Clock last night
from a two-day trip en- the lower Poto-
mac aboard the steamer st. Johns. during
which pleasure and business We're COM
bined.
The trip was typical boosters . out
ing. and was one of the most successful
ever undertaken by Washington business
men. AS the result of careful prepara-
lions. which had been made beforehand
by the committee on arrangements. con-
sisting OF President f. r. Andrews of the
Retail Merchants Association and Vice
President d. J. Kaufman of the Chamber
of Commerce. everything went off with
out hitch. From the time the st. Johns
left Washington early Wednesday morn
ing until her return last night there was
not one dull moment, and music was in
the air almost continuously. AS soon as
the brass band or the string orchestra fin
ished a selection. a graphophone or player
piano selection was begun or impromptu
quartets and octets tried their vocal
SHoIuS dt ndIHloHiZlIS.
Just before the boosters left Leonard
town at about . O'Clock yesterday morn
ing DR.. F. f. GrenweIl mayor of the
town. came aboard the st. Johns and de-
ltvered short address, in which he
promised the commercial cooperation of
the citizens of the place.
After the st. Johns had wound her
way through the many twists and turns
Of Breton's bay. she headed for Coan
river. on the Virginia shore. The boat
- n T
town wharf when William F. Bryce was
placed under arrest" on charge of dis
orderly conduct and disturbing the peace.
The charge against Bryce grew out of
his attempts to play a Hungarian rhap-
sodie on full-grown bass drum belong
ing to one of the members of the hand
between the hours of and > o'clock
am. Discouraged at his attempts to
wiring music from the drum. he then
tried to play ragtime with trombone.
Hailed Before Court.
Bryce was hailed before court, in
which Jerry South, chief clerk of the
House of Representatives, sat as judge.
Frederick c. Handy was prosecuting at
torney. while Rudolph B. Behrend de-
Tended the prisoner" Edward s. Bra
shears was court crier. and the jury was
composed Of Q. ]. DeMoll foreman; Adlai
Loehl, Leroy w. Heron, Otto OTTER
dinger, Ben Schwartz. l. Behrend, Robert
Pluym, Allan H. Rogers, NJ. D. Rosen-
berg. W. j. Kehoe. John H. Rupert and
Guy Champ. Frank ". Mckenzie, Frank
John ]. Daley and A. p. Conway testi-
fed for the prosecution. DIR. j. Roster
Biggs and Sam Steinberger submitted
expert testimony for the state. The de-
tense had but one witness. and his tes-
timony was thrown out by Judge South
on the ground that he had not attained
the legal age. The witness was stand
ing before stateroom No. II at the time
his testimony was delivered. The prose-
cutting attorney called attention to the
number Il above the witness head and
asked the court to throw out his testi-
mony on the ground that he was under
u" The court sustained the plea.
Judge" South's charge to the jury
to keep the crowd in continuous laughter.
After considering the evidence few
minutes. during which time the prisoner
endeavored to bride them with cigars and
refreshments, the jurors returned a YER
dict Of guilty. Foreman De Moll urged
that the court force the defendant to
treat the entire crowd as a penalty.
Inspect Canning Plant.
A short stop was made at Lewisetta, on
Travers Island, in the Coan river. where
the boosters inspected a canning plant
and a fish factory" A short stop also
was made at Cowart's wharf, and the ST.
Johns then started back toward Wash
ington.
Colonial Beach was reached about 4
O. clock In the afternoon, and a large
number of the boosters went In bathing
George Y Worthington did some fancy
diving. and Sol Minister demonstrated
what he termed the Hungarian crawl
stroke. While waiting for dinner. which
was served at the Colonial Beach Hotel,
the boosters took up collection for the
Methodist Church of Colonial Beach, and
before long had raised nearly So 49,
St. Johns Octet, led by Leroy Heron,
entertained the diners.
Just about sunset the party started on
the last leg of their journey. A large pro-
portion OF the residents OF Colonial Beach
gathered on the wharf and wished them
godspeed.
Impromptu Concert Given.
An impromptu concert was the chief
form Of amusement during the evening.
Jerry South told some amusing stories OF
his boyhood days and Sol Minister gave
several violin solos. Ward Savage did
some sleight-of- hand work, and A. p.
Conway, Charles Childs and r. P. An
drews related anecdotes. C. l. Howser.
at the piano, accompanied Caruso, WHO
sang on a graphophone record. .. J. De
MoIl, ut a player piano, accompanied Sol
Minister on the violin.
The hit of the evening was a one-act
skit entitled '"rhe Tale Of Shirt" Char
acters In the playlet were Buttons. +. w.
McKenzie; Sleeves. 0. j. DeMoll Cuffs.
C. H. Quincy, and Laundry Bill. Fred g.
Geraghty.
KIDNAPS SHRINERS GOAT.