The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
Inaugural BODY
HOLDS Up PLANS
Action Of Congress on the
Pension Office Bill Wanted
by Committee.
GOODWIN SUCCEEDS PENCE
Well-known Newspaper Man Appoint
ed Chairman of Press Commit
tee-Fund $75,765.

The inaugural committee yesterday at
its second meeting found itself in the
midst OF its hardest problems for its
application for use of the Pension Office
for the inaugural ball is before Congress
in the shape OF a bill on which the Sem
ate and House committees have not yet
acted, and plans for housing the visiting
militia are not yet definitely settled be-
cause OF disappointments met in the re-
fusal OF the authorities to permit the
inaugural committee to utilize the public
school houses for that purpose.
The plan to use the Pension Once.
as for previous inaugural balls, will be
favored by Congress, II is believed
What the public comfort committee
will be able to do for buildings for
the militia is a problem Chairman NJ
l. Weller and his associates have yet to
solve. That the solution will be found
Mr.. Weller expressed confidence.
Goodwin Succeeds Pence.
Earl Goodwin, one of the best-known
newspaper men OF the Capital. was ap-
pointed chairman of the press committee
in the place OF Thomas J. Pence, who
had informed Chairman W. c. Eustis
that he could not accept the position
offered him some time ago.
At inaugural headquarters last night II
was stated that Mr. Goodwin would at
once take up the work before him. and
get his committee together as soon as
possible.
The inaugural fund yesterday was in
creased to S75,I65. the following new sub
scriptions being announced:
Samuel ]. Prescott Company, 500; ].
II. Small & Sons. 800: Green Clay Good
loe. $50 Arthur Burt Company. 500: John
Hayes Hammond. 500; II. X. Fulton.
SlOO: Louis Mackall. jr.. 500: Barnhart
Bros. & Spindler. 500: Ord Preston, 500:
Arthur Peter. 800: Guy F. Whiting, $50;
l.. W. Estes. $2je.
Committee Meets.
The inaugural committee held its Sec
Ond meeting at headquarters in the New
WiIl3rd yesterday, with Chairman W. O.
F.ustis presiding. and w. W. Wick, secre-
tary. Besides the report on the fund.
made by CorCoran Thorn, chairman OF
the finance committee. there were state
nents by other subcommittee heads. that
Cf Chairman George +. Hamilton, OF the
legislative committee. for which on
Wednesday a draft OF the bill TO grant
the use Of the Pension Office for the in
auEuI i ball, to appropriate $1,000 for
maintenance Of order. and to provide
other means Of conducting the inaugural
parade and ceremonies. had been intro
duCed in the Senate by Mr.. Gallingcr. and
in the House by Mr.. Sheppard.
The bill is to be considered to-day week
by the Senate Committe on Public Build
i.Es and Grounds. Of which Senator
Sutherland is chairman: and by the
House Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds. OF which Mr.. Shepperd. is chair
man. either tomorrow or early next
week
The committee on marking points OF
historic interest was announced as fol-
lows: William p. Van Wickle. chairman
DR.. Marcus Benjamin. vice chairman; G.
c. Magruder jr. historian: J. Kennedy
Stout. secretary: Clarence Corson. treas
urer: Clarence Archibald. Eugene F. Ar
mold. Judge Job Barnard. Charles Henry
Butler. Bedford Brown. II. X. Bush
RIown Edward T. Bates, Robert r. Ben
nett. Sidney I. Bcsselievre. William w.
Bishop. George F. Bowerman. L. Pierce
Boteler, Wilhelmus b. Bryan. Fred c.
Bryan, Judge Charles S. Bundy, J. c.
Burns William V. Cox. Allen c. Clark,
Amos B. Casselman. Walter c. Clephane
David NJ. Cridler. James CroEgon, Madt-
son Davis, Harold d. Doyle. William II.
Dennis. John c. Ecklof, Selden NJ. Ely.
Frederick NJ. FishbaCk John Z. Fem
wick, Judge A. Z. Hagner, Harry O.
Hall. Henry W. Hendley. DR.. Edwin A.
Hill. DR.. d. Percy Hickling, Col. 7. s.
Hopkins. James +. Hood. Gaillard Hunt,
Gilbert NJ. Husted, William NJ. Hannay.
Dr. J. Franklin Jameson, Joseph I.
Kecfer. De B. Randolph Keim. Stephen
+. Kramer, Rev. Samuel Leech, Grant
Leet, John McElroy. II. s. McAllister.
Rev. Randolph Mckim, Henry B. P.
Macfarland. George c. Maynard, DR..
James D. Morgan. Hugh Morrison,
Zebina Moses. Benjamin de Mier Miller,
Osborn II. OldrOyd. John c. Proctor. F.
T. Payne. Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, An
drew II. Ragan. Benjamin W. Reiss. J.
Clinton Ransom, AL E. Riddle. Willard
r. Ross. Henry W. Sampson. Edwin X.
Staley, A. D. Spangler. William II. SOM
ervell. Hugh T. Taggart. William B.
Turpin, Washington Topham. William
Tindall. Benjamin Vail. Henry Amber
Vale. Albert H. Van Deusen. Frank r.
Wheater, Joseph I. Weller, Philip
Walker, Elliott Woods. William T. Will
lett. A. C. wilkins. DIR. W. D. Writ, John
L. Writ, and Francis J. Young.
The committee on street decorations
was announced as follows by its chair
man. Waddy B. Wood:
Waddy B. Wood. chairman: A q.
Clapham. vice chairman: Robert d.
Cummin. second vice chairman: W. W.
Stuart, secretary: Robert Dove. jr., Fred
V Murphy. W. B. Olmstead. Clark
waggaman. Harold Davis. w. A. Rogers,
Hargraves Wood. Lieut.. Charles Rock
well, George Zinn, Bruce Atkinson,
George Minnigerode. Col. Melville Gil
lette, W. F. Bingham. c. W. Marrow.
Leo c. Brooks, DR.. F. B. Loring, L
Amateis. Gould Lincoln. Morris Hacker,
Frederick D. owen. Snowden Ashford,
Frank c. Baldwin. Bedford Brown, and
Arthur Peter.