Las Vegas optic., 1913-03-03
COMES IN SPECIAL TRAIN.
IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FAMILY
AND DELEGATION OF PRINCE
TON MEN
S GREETED BY Mr.. TAFT
WILL BE GUEST OF RETIRING
EXECUTIVE TONIGHT AT THE
WHITE HOUSE

Washington, March president.
elect Woodrow Wilson and his fam
lily arrived at The Union station at
iS:46 o'clock. They were met at the
train by Thomas Nelson Page, who
escorted them through a lane of
Princeton university students to the
presidents room in the station, where
a reception committee greeted him.
Colonel Spencer S. Cosby was wait
ing at the station with one of the
White House automobiles as the per-
sonal representative of President
Taft, prepared to take Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson to their hotel. The reception
committee had provided carriages.
Thomas Nelson Page and William
Corcoran Eustis went to the train
to meet the incoming president and
his party. The other members wait
ed in the presidents room, where
short reception was to be held
President-elect Wilson and Mrs.
Wilson reached their hotel from the
union station at 4:16 p. m. They were
driven from the station in White
House automobile. The other men,
bers of the president-elect's family
followed in another machine.
sands played, soldiers we're marcn-
ing from incoming trains and thou
sands of visitors in holiday array
were parading the streets today, un-
der brilliant sun and cloudless sky,
awaiting the arrival of Woodrow viii
son, who is to become president of
the United States tomorrow
So heavy was the traffic on all
railroads converging into the capital
that many trains were late, delaying
the arrival of thousands Of visitors
and participants in the inaugural pa
rade.
The arrival Of the new president
and his family with about $50 stud
ents from Princeton university and
the Essex troop Of New Jersey was
the magnetic event of the day. The
Wilson party was scheduled to reach
the Union station at 1886 o'clock this
afternoon. All details for their re-
ception were ready. The reception
committee planned to assemble an
hour before the time.
Thomas Nelson Page chairman Of
the committee, expected to meet the
president-elect and his family when
they a1ighted from their special
train. The Princeton students were
ready to form lane from the train
shed to the presidents room in the
Union station and between the walls
OF Princetonians, Mr. Wilson and his
family were to pass to meet the mem
bers of the official committee.
The reception will be brief, after
which, without military escort, the
Wilson's win be driven to their hotel.
where the committee win leave them.
At 6 o'clock Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
will be escorted by Colonel Spencer
s. Cosby President Taft's aide, to
the White House, where President
and Mrs. Taft will greet the Wilson's /
in the Blue Room.
The members Of the Wilson recep-
tion committee are: Thomas Nelson
Page, chairman; Theodore w. Moyes,
vice chairman; II Prescott Galley, /
secretary; Senators Charles A. Cul.
berson, Thomas A. Gore james Mar
tin, James r MARITIME, Leo S. over
man, James O'Gorman, Hoke Smith,
John R. Thornton and John Sharp |
Williams.
Representatives 4, S. Burleson.
Henry D. Clayton, Henry D. Flood,
z. s. Henry, o. NJ. James. william
A. Jones. Gordon Lee. A. M. Palmer.
swager sherley, J. L. slayden and
w. Townsend, and DR.. wal.
lace Radcliffe, IRA Z. Bennett. Adds