Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
OBJECTS TO CHANGES
Inaugural Committee Opposes
Radical Shifts in Program.
BALL APPEARS ASSURED
Belief Is Congress Will Grant Use of
Pension Building.
RECEPTION PLAN IS CRITICISED
would Take on Appearance of
Pageant and Not Be in Keeping
With "Jeffersonian Simplicity
BALL APPEARS ASSURED
RECEPTION PLAN IS CRITICISED

Inc inaugural committee took holiday
TO-DAY, with the knowledge that during
the week since the appointment of Chair
man william Corcoran Eustis a vast
amount of preliminary work has already
oeen accomplished. Headquarters at the
New Willard Hotel were closed for the
day.
otrong opposition, both among members
or the inaugural committee and among
members of Congress, to radical chanpas
III the inaugural program has been
found. and it Is believed that the ;naup,,-
raj will be held as usual at the nension
building. with the citizens of the District
as hosts
speaker Clark has announced it as
his opinion that Congress will grant
the use of the pension building as i'm
the past. He pointed out the draw
backs. from the point of view of the
government. in allowing the ball to be
neid In this building, but agreed with
Majority Leader Underwood that he did
not tn1nk that Congress would violate
precedent In this matter, since there is
no other building SO well suited for the
ball in Washington.
Reception Plan Criticised.
The suggestion that the inaugural
oall give place to an inaugural recep-
lon at the Capitol building the night
OF March 4. and that the government
de1ray all the expenses, was criticised
today on the ground that it was get
ting away from the simplicity REQUEST
ed by PRESIDENT be Wilson, A well
known democrat said that the in
augural ball was given by the citizens
OF washington as tribute to the
rnof@
that if it were held in the Capitol at
the expense Of the federal govern
ment 1T would take on the appearance
or a governmental pageant, which was
decidedly getting away from "Jeffer-
sonian simplicity"
Fund Now Totals $55,645.
The first meeting of the finance COM
mittee was held yesterday afternoon in
the New Willard Hotel. Chairman Cor
coran Thorn told his committeeman what
had already been accomplished in the
way of raising funds. and members of
the committee generously came forward
with subscriptions amounting to $1,000
more, bringing the total fund UP to 500
$40. While other subscriptions were re-
celved by Chairman Thorn today, no an
nouncement was made Of them, and the
new total will not be made public until
tomorrow.
The committee decided to ask the
Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce
and Retail Merchants Association to re-
quest their members to contribute to the
inaugural guarantee fund.
The subscriptions announced yester-
Gay evening were: j. Miller Kenyon,
800; Tucker, Kenyon & mcfarland,
300: C. G. Sloan & Co. 800: Dulin &
C Mart,n Co .apa. $3.50; the Pompeian
Gardiner & Dent, Inc, 500; Lee J.
Lanneau, $25; 4. D. Blackstone. $50:
Hugh Reilly, 800; Stone & Fairfax,
$3.50; Henry L. Kaufman. $50; House &
Hermann. 5000; H. L. Rust, 5000: Emil
5000; Q. G. Staples. $500; Edward b.
Dean. 800; George E. Hamilton. $500:
William A. Bennett. $50; Gist Blair,
$500; John L. Newbold, $500: Hennen
Jennings. $3.50; Robert Lee Bains. 800;
J. Selwin TAFT, $50; L. r. futile, $3.50,
and William F. Lemon, $40.
Civic Organization Committee.
Robert n. Harper. chairman of the COM
mittee on civic organizations, last night
announced the makeup of his committee
as follows:
Alvin G. Belt. first vice chairman
Thomas P. Morgan, second vice chair
man.
Edmund S. Wolfe. secretary.
Executive cOmmittee-W w. Bride. A.
Brylawsk, N. l.. Burchell. Alvin G. Belt
Robert Callahan, jr., +. II. Droop. p V.
De GraW. Fred A. Emery, Roe Fulkerson.
Judge Ashley M. Gould, Chris Gockeler
Frederic j. Haskin. w. F. Hart, ]. Fred
Kelley, Frank P. Leetch, Thomas p Nor
gan. T. P. Moran, Oliver S. Metzerott, r.
l.. O Brien, DR.. c. ]. Owens, A. X. Paris,
w P. spurgeon. Thomas B. Stallings. A.
A. Weschler, M. A. Winter. Harry Ward
man and ]. c. Weldon.
Members of general committee-Rich-
ard c: Adams. Judge Thomas H. Ander-
son, DR.. w. H. Atkinson. DR.. N. P.
Barnes. R. P. Barnard. Conrad Becker,
Frederick w. Behrens, Claude N. Ben
nett c. X. Bergman, F. w. BOlgiano,
r.. c. Brandenburg, T. Janney Brown. w.
W. Bride. William J. Bryan. jr.. A. Bry-
Landon Burchell. Judge Charles s. Bum
dy. Barry Buckley. Alvin G. Belt, c. T.
Bride. ]. w. Bowie. Lyman E. Burdine
and Charles j. Butler, jr.
Carter. Charles F. Carusi. NJ. J. Colbert.
James P, Coon. s. w. Curriden. f. S.
Cochran. J. Harry Cunningham. w.
Hampton Cooper, president; B. NJ. Cline
dinst E. A. Coleman, c. II. Clandy. John
6. Campbell. J. J. Darlington. Berton T.
Doyle. r. II. Droop. John B. Daish, o. ].
De Moll. E. H. Daniel. p. V. De Graw,
l.. A. Dent, John T. Devine, r. c. Dulin
p. a. Drury, T. j. Donovan. E. b. Deane,
f. r. S. Embry. William K Ellis. ]. ].
Edison. B. B. Earnshaw. j.. S. Easily
Smith, John O. Evans. William J. Eynon
II. c. yesterday. George H. Emmons.
Roe FulkerSOnu, w. d. Fairbanks ]. A.
Fleming.
George II. Gall. Chris. Gockeler, w. H.
Gottlieb. Judge A. NJ. Gould. E. c.
Graham. Thomas Grant. w. F. Grant
D. w. Gall, Ralph L. Gait, James o.
Gorrell Bernard G. Grove.
j. w. Harper, w. J. Harper DR. f.. V.
Hammond. p. J. Haltigan, William F..
Hart, +. J. Haskin. William B. Hardy
J. B. Henderson. ir.: Alex T. Hensey
Alfred Higbie. William F. Herbst, c.
Heurich. w. S. Hoge. James NJ Hoge
Lewis Holmes. w. D. Hoover J. W.
Hunter. Robert S. Hume. J. w. Hunt,
William II. Harris. Jesse Heiskell, A. G.
Herman.
A. F. Jorss, George V. Johnson.
Thomas B. kalbfus, D. ]. Kaufman,
Walter H. HOPPER ]. Ferd Kelley, George
B. Kennedy. c. B. Keene. Thomas p
Kane. John Ready. J. j. Kilroy. William
Kemeys
John Q. LaGorce. J. L. Leverton, Will
liam Leetch A r. L. Leckie, f. S. Lin
coin. Charles Linkins. George w Linkins.
w. p. Lips"omb. o. Lyon, Frank A.