Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-02
PLEA TO Be FRAMED CONV|CTS WIN POINT
naura Planners to Ask Use Court Grants Prayer for Writ
/ of Pension BUILDING of Error in Dynamite Case.
FULL COMMITTEE TO MEET HOCKIN ACCEPTS SENTENCE
Resolution Former of Union
Business Will Be Acted Upon. Satisfied With His Lot.
FUNDS STILL POURING IN PRISONERS ARE GIVEN WORK
Reached $5s62o-Transpora Shop, Tveitnoe
FULL Committee TO MEET
Resolution to Congress and Other
Business Will Be Acted Upon.
FUNDS STILL POURING IN
Total Sum to Defray Expenses Has
Reached $5s,e2o-Transporta-
ton Body Is Named.

| legislative subcommittee of the inaugural
| committee said today that resolution
| would be framed by his committee for
presentation to Congress at an early date.
providing for the use of the pension
| building for the inaugural ball, for polio
| ing the city during the celebration and
| for other details connected with the in
auguration.
! Mr.. Hamilton said that there had been
| no change in the plan to six for the use
Of the pension building for the ball. Prob
ably the resolution will be introduced in
the House some time this week.
A draft of the resolution probably will
be laid before the inaugural committee at
its meeting tomorrow morning at II
o'clock in the New Willard Hotel. This
will be the first meeting of the commit
tee called by Chairman William Corcoran
Eustis, and 1t is expected that much inn
portant business will be transacted.
Funds to Be Assigned.
In addition to passing upon the resolu-
ton to be submitted to Congress, 1t is
exp ected that the committee will take up
the matter of appropriations from the
inaugural fund for the various subcom-
mites These subcommittee have a vast
amount of work to do, and it is necessary
for them to know what money they will
be at liberty to spend.
Secretary Wick of the inaugural COM
mittee returned to Washington this morn
ing from his home in New Jersey, where
he spent New Year day. He called upon
Gov. Wilson yesterday to offer his best
wishes for the year.
Gov. Wilson, it is said, has no inten
ton of interfering with the arrangements
request for simplicity is said to have
arisen from reports spread about the
country that the coming Inauguration was
to be the most spectacular in the history
of the country. A lifesize portrait of Gov.
Wilson was placed in headquarters today.
Total Subscriptions.
Subscriptions to the inaugural fund
today reached a total of $5S,62O. The
man Thorn of the finance committee,
were as follows: Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company, $500; James
Baird, $3.50: George A. Fuller Com
pany, $500; Duncan c. Phillips, 500;
Arthur Lee. 500; r. Harris & Co., 500;
Terminal Taxicab Company, 500; Gardi-
ner F. Williams, 500; James F.. Shea,
500; Belt, O'Brien & Co.. Inc s1OO: r.
pany, Inc, s25; F. c. Wright (additionaD,
500; r. E. Claughton 500; w. F. An
drews. s1OO; John L. Edwards. 500.
George p. James. chairman of the
committee on transportation. today an
nounced the membership of his COM
mittee. as follows: A. J. Poston, first
vice chairman; w. III. Callahan, sec
ond vice chairman: Wilbur Keblinger.
secretary: b. NJ. Newbold, S. B. Hege,
L. s. Brown, George NJ. Bond. N. WE'LL,
c. u Fletcher. J. T. Moffett. Odell S.
Peyton. D. K. Jackson, DIR. w. s. Har-
son. A. Winter. r. p. Whitley,
E. NJ. Talcott, E. Birch. J. c. NAL
colin. E. c. Cohen, r. w. Fisher,
T. l.. Lipsett, J. Lewis. jr.. w. G. Cole
Heacock. ]. H. Hanna. A. l. Powell,
Col T. J. L. Brown, A. B. Shelton, ].
Newman Perry, H. E. Stringer, r. J.
Beall. jr f. Charlton Graves, f. p.
Brooke, T. E. Gill. ]. B. Pettis. F. H;
Edmonds, T. E. Kinsey, F. L. Marshall
and w. W. Bowie.
Robert n. Harper, chairman of the
civic organizations committee, today
added the following men to his commit
tee: John r. Wright. DIR. H. D. Duffy,
Rutherford. Charles F. Cummings, DR..
Theodore Schondau, NJ. K. Varnow,
Daniel Bride and Col. d. F. Finucane.
Wishes Held Not Practical.
Gov. wilson's desire for simplicity in
the coming inaugural ceremonies. even
to the extent of his walking to the
Capitol to take the oath of office. is not
practical. in the opinion of the men in
charge of the ceremonies here.
The large crowds which will come to