Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-07
TABOR ENJOYING
ANNUAL HOLIDAY
Celebrations and Fetes Ar
:. ranged Throughout District
for ToiIers Here.
CELEBRATION IN PROGRESS
AT CHESAPEAKE BEACH
Government Departments and Mer-
camille Establishments Closed.
Congress Adjourns.

Labor-the producers Of the world s
wealth. as thousand speakers will de-
claim at thousand Labor day celebra-
day today. The one day of the year
which labor has as it's own was OBJ
| served in the District of Columbia gen.
orally, when nearly everybody took the
day off to attend one or another of the
celebrations and fetes arranged for the
occasion. Even many of the lunchrooms
closed for the day, while observance of
labor's holiday was general among the
| mercantile establishments of the city.
| The big celebration. of course was
| that of organized labor at Chesapeake
Beach, where, since early morning,
| throngs of .workingmen and their
| families Travelled to witness or to par
ticipate in the celebration and picnic.
Committees in charge of the monster
celebration at the bay resort were: )
J: R. Hartley, Harry oehler. Henry
Nolda, Frank Rom, w. H. schaefer,
| Charles CalIen, Joseph Clark, W. D.
Clark. William Keeler, P. A. Shughrue
and J. E. Toone
| Reception-N. A. James. chairman: w.
D. ]. O'Leary, N. P. Allffus. Ben Spell
ring, James Z. Considine. B. 8. Lorch, F.
Mccurtin, w. A. Baum. Harry Scherer
| A. s. Haden and ]. G. Haier.
| Law and order-William Keeler, chair
man: ]. H. conroy, Edward Giles. Joel
| Mann, Harry NJ. Sears. Frank Nolte
John Wolf, William Roberts, P. Smith
W. NJ. Pollock. Web Hancock, L. Mil
! ler Scott West, Frank Rom, w. T. Baum
c. W. Mackey, J. ]. Clarkson and J. A
Prince.
Athletic-Harry Oehler, chairman; Luke
8. Ludlow. Robert Jones, julius Steets
e. T. Good. w. M. Pollock. Morris Wolf
lCharles Callen and NJ. J. Costello.
Zell, R. H. Alcon, L. Buswitz. Johr
Schmid and w. w. White.
Congress Adjourns for the Day.
Both houses of Congress adjourned fol-
the day, and many of the legislators were
| sneakers at celebrations in this vicinity
or elsewhere. All government depart
ments, save the White House, were CLOSED
for the day, the clerks and other em.
ployes joining in the general observa.
ton. Even at the White House little
activity was to be noted.
River resorts such as Marshall Hall
Colonial Beach and other points were
the mecca of thousands of holiday max.
ers. who tourneyed down the Potomac or
the boats that made down-river trips
during the morning and early afternoon
Big crowds spent the day at Great Falls
many of the excursionists spending the
day fishing in the river below the falls
or near Trammes. above the dam.
At Mount Rainier the community
carnival arranged for the day was
featured by a parade, in which the
Mount Rainier troop of Boy Scouts, LED
by Lloyd Martin. participated.
Division No. 4, Ancient Order of Hi.
bernians. spent the day at Loeffiers
Inn, near Bladensburg. where an all
day picnic, speechmaking and athletic
events formed the amusements. Fea.
turing the affair was a base ball game
during the afternoon, players on the
two mines being Irish and German, re.
lspectively
The annual tournament of st. Igna.
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