The Washington times., 1913-09-01
THOUSANDS Join IN
LABOR DAY PICNIC
National Capital Pours Out Its
Inmates to Beaches in Hon.
or of Organized Workers.
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are attending the races att the Forest
| Vile Driving Park and the beginning ol
| the week tournament and carnival a
Mount Rainier, Nd This morning the
| by a close game of baseball between
teams representing Capitol Heights and
| Pine Grove, Md.
The horse show held in connection with
the races at the Forestville track started
\ at 10 o'clock
There are five races on the card at
the track this afternoon Following
the races a supper and dance will be
held in the odd Fellows Hall for the
! benefit of Epiphany Church.
Congressman Frank. o. Smith of
Maryland and J. Thomas Hetiin of
Alabama will be the principal speak
ers at the Mt Rainier celebration
Riding in the tournament this. after
noon at the f1ourishing suburb are
many of the best filters in this. sec
tion of the country.
Officials in charge of the tournament
de clare that the winner of the Mt.
Rainier tournament wifi .clinch' title to
the championship of the District. Vir-
ginia, and Maryland.
Will. Be Champion.
Officials in charge of the tournament
are. Perry Boswell, chief, marshal; c.
c. Almond. first aide; Charles Peckham,
second aide; William Davis, official
timekeeper; Mayor William Vaune-
man, James Stockman, ]. F. Foster,
William Allen. herman Burgess, W. J.
Nusbaum, DIR. Harry Nally, B. Fitz-
patrick, and Fred Tilk, judges. ~.
The carnival officials are: Chairman
at large, Mayor Nauneman; committee
on arrangements, Councilman Gilbert
w. Hughes, Norman Smith, and Frank
Crown committee on advertising,
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man John Klein, William Davis, and
Dr. J. c. Olendorff; tournament COM
mittee, b. Fitzgerald, W. J.. Nus5aum
c c. Almond. and William Davis;
grounds committee, Marshall Davis
and Councilman, Fred Z. Weber; dec
Grating and lighting committee Coun-
Gilman w. W. James, Andy Smith, and
c. C.. Peckham
Catholics from all sections Of the Dis
trtct and Maryland are gathered in
large numbers at the tournament being
held in the grove and new hall of ST.
lgnatius' Church, oxon Hill, Md, a
mission of st. Teresa's Church. in
Anacostia. The riding will start at 2
o clock.
Will Be Baseball.
AT 8 O'Clock teams representing Oxon
HUI and Fort Foote will Cross bats in
a baseball game. Supper will ne served
at 6 o'clock, and In the evening a ball
VIII De held. The crowniEg of the queen
by the winner OF the tournament Will
take place at the ball.
Those In charge of this affair are:
Chief marshal, ]. Henry Kirby; orator
of the day, Clarence Roberts; orator
of tie evening. Sydney E. Mudd; aides,
G. Horatio Shannon and Basil Bland
ford; herald, Howell Carrico and Am
brose Fowler. committee on knights, j.
Henry Kirby, Lancaster Maitingly,
Frank Weschler, and John McConkey;
1ndT es. Hon George W. Hardy, John
4. Fisher. George N. Beck, John p.
Webster, BENJAMIN Randall, Otto. Rup-
pert, T B. Middleton, Eugene Bur
roughs, Thomas Dean, and James. Nc
cauley: committee on arrangements,
BENJAMIN Randall Gchairman), Adam A.
Cvice chairman). James A.
Heiskell, Otto RUPERT, G. II. Shannon,
Leonard Gibbons, Emanuel FoWler Ed
ward F. Dyer. s. B. Cox, James Fla
herty, r. J. B. Delozier, ]. c. Mat
tingly, C. Brook, jr., J. F. Mattingly,
Thomas Denison. Robert Dement,, Sam
uel Rowe, Walter Brooke, Clarence
Mattingly, ]. j. McNey, Henry p. Mat
tingly, Elmer Cox. William T. BoecltIer.
Bernard Cox. Jesse L. HeiskeT. Richard
Sansbury, J. Eder. NJ J. Hendricks, |
John Conley, J. Durkin. and ]. King
The Capital City Canoe Club will hold |
a regatta on the course in front of the |
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