Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-04
CITY WELCOMES HIM
Mr.. Wilson Met at Station by
Reception Committee.
CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE
With Mrs. Wilson, Greeted by the
President and Mrs. Taft.
TALKS AT PRINCETON SMOKER
New Executive Feels That the Task
Before Him Is a Great and
Profound One.

| President Wilson, as plain Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey, arrived in Wash
| ington yesterday afternoon little before
| the scheduled hour of arrival 3:45, &C
companied by Mrs. Wilson, their three
| daughters, and group of other members
of the family, including little Josephine
! Cothran grandniece of the President,
| who is to reside at the White House. and
| who already has become known as 1.-The
White House baby
A great throng met the President-elect,
after an uneventful trip from Princeton,
which he made on a special train carry
| ing $50 Princeton students as his escort,
and as he left the depot for the Shoreham
Hotel he was cheered to the echo by the
public. who Joined in the welcome Of col
| lege yells arranged for him by the Prince
| ton students.
Before this hearty reception at the
| hands of the public which had gathered
| to catch first glimpse of him. the Presi-
dent-elect was received on behalf Of the
residents of Washington by a reception
committee of the capitals most promi-
| nent citizens, who made him welcome not
only Is the President-elect, but as the one
who is to be the leading Washingtonian
for the next four years.
Greeted at the Station
William Corcoran Eustis, chairman Of
the inaugural committee. Thomas Nell
son Page. chairman of the reception
committee, and Theodore w. Noyes. vice
chairman of the reception committee.
representing the citizens of Wash
ington, as soon as the approaching
arrival of the President-elect's train was
announced went to the train platform. ac-
companied by Col. Spencer Cosby, U. s.
A., representing President Taft; Wallace
d. Mclean. representing the Princeton
alumni of Washington. where they greet
ed the President-elect and the men,
bers of his family informally and escorted
them to the presidential room in Union
station. In this room waited the men,
bers of the reception committee of Wash
ington citizens.
When the President-elect and the men,
bers of his family reached this group
they were given an opportunity to shake
hands and chat with the committeeman
Col. Spencer Cosby, and three other White
House aids sent to the depot by Presi-
dent Taft. acting 8 master of ceremony
although these ceremonies were entirely
informal.
President Taft with the courtesy and
thoughtfuiness which has been the SUBJ
jet of constant remark during his oc-
cupancy of the White House, sent to the
depot to meet the Presdent-elect not
only the personal military and naval aids
W tHc TItSlucUt, Dul the "fl1Ce f1Ouke
automobiles and chauffeurs and coach
men. Because of this, the reception to
the President-elect took on more the
character of an occasion of ceremony
than the arrival of a President-elect has
taken in past years.
In White House Automobile.
To the waiting White House automo-
bile, the President-elect and Mrs. Wilson
ta1 fIa l,1r he
Washington citizens. by Col. Cosby.
Chairman Eustis and Chairman Page. The
latter two entered the automobile with
the President-elect and Mrs. Wilson,
which waited for the machines following
to receive their occupants.
The three Misses Wilson entered the
next machine with Col Cosby.
Howe, the sister of Mrs Wilson, her
daughter. and Mr.. Noyes and Lieut..
Greble, the latter one of the White House
aids. The fourth machine contained
Prof. Axiom, Mrs. Wilson'S brother.
Messrs. Woodrow and Ray. and Lieut..
| aids Then followed machines contain
| ing ten representatives of the student
| body of Princeton. and the newspaper
| men in the immediate party.
Through Lines of Students.
Cheered by the public, again and again,
| and by the locomotive" yells of the
Princeton undergraduates, who formed
two lines through which the automobiles
might pass, the procession went to the
| Shoreham Hotel, through Massachusetts
| avenue and II street.
| The reception committee of Washing
| ton citizens consisted Of: Thomas Nelson
| Page, chairman: Theodore W. NOyes.
| vice chairman; II. Prescott Galley, secre-
| tary: Senator Charles A. Culberson, Sen
| ator Thomas p. Gore. Senator Thomas
| s. Martin, Senator James E. MARITIME.
| Senator Lee s. Overman. Senator James
| A. OGorman, Senator Hoke Smith, Sen
ator John r. Thornton and Senator John
Sharp Williams; Representative A. 8.
Burleson, Representative Henry ID: Clay
| ton, Representative Henry D. Flood, Rep
| resentative e. s. Henry, Representative
Ollie M. James, Representative William