The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
C[EVELANDPARTY
ENTERTAINED HERE
Guests of Chamber of Com
merce at Banquet
LEAVE FOR MEMPHIS
Snow Prevents Automobile Tour.
Penton Pays Tribute to Under
wood-To Visit Other
Cities
LEAVE FOR MEMPHIS

The members of the manufacturers
and Wholesale Merchants board of
thu Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
arrived in Birmingham yesterday
morning. coming from Atlanta in
special car. The party Immediately re-
paired to the Hotel sHillman where
headquarters were established, after
which the various members of the
delegation called on merchants and
manufacturers of their lines
At 10 o'clock the entire party met
at the Hotel Hillman for instructions
They were here met by Secretary Rad
oliffe of the Chamber of Commerce,
who gave to each member of the party
card emitting them to all the priv
ileges of the Birmingham Newspaper
club, the Birmingham Athletic club
and the Chamber of Commerce. The
party was then lined up in front of
the Hotel Hillman and a motion picture
camera man took a snapshot of them.
This picture was taken by Carl G.
Wall, the Birmingham representative
of the Animated Weekly, and after be-
ing shown at the Princess theatre here
will go to Cleveland and thence to all
the large cities of the country.
Secretary Radcliffe had intended taxi
ing the party for an automobile tour
of the city beginning at o'clock. but
the snow had made the streets so slip
perry that it was deemed dangerous to
make the attempt. Instead the party
was entertained at dinner at o'clock
yesterday afternoon in the new Tudor
room of the Southern club.
Samuel r. Mason, secretary of the
Cleveland board. is accompanying the
party and he yesterday morning called
on Secretary Radcliffe. Mr.. Mason eX-
pressed himself to Mr.. Radcliffe as be-
ing very much surprised at the city's
growth in the past decade. He said
he thought the Newspaper club was
the most elegant he had seen. He ex-
pressed surprise that the country
around Birmingham gave such evidence
of being an agricultural region, saying
that he had been under the impress
sion that only minerals were to be
found here, or rather that the indus
tries were confined mainly to the min
oral trades.
the Chamber of Commerce presided at
the dinner yesterday evening in the
absence of President Harding. 1t was
a jolly affair and although there was
no set programme some members of the
Cleveland party made short talks and
President A. E. Brown of the Cleve-
land board thanked the local Chamber
of Commerce for the attention shown
his party.
The Clevelanders left last night for
Memphis and will go from there to
Nashville and thence to Louisville, re-
turning to Cleveland from the latter
city.
John A. Penton, editor of The Iron
Trade Review, who has been Birming
ham visitor for several days, dropped
into the dinner, and was called upon
address, paid a high tribute to Oscar
w. Underwood. the democratic leader in
Congress. laying especial stress upon his
attention to his public duty. He partic-
ularly emphasized Mr.. Underwood's posi-
ton on the merchant marine proposition,
saying that the great democratic state
man had made the clearest statement
regarding this of any American man in
public life.
Besides President Brown of the Cleve-
land board there were three other speak
ers from the Ohio city-H. f. Lynn. Hem
ry Dreaher and A. Fl. Shaw. . OF the
Birmingham speakers ]. e. Shelby, r.
A. Brown and Richard w. Massey were
given an attentive hearing and received
much applause after their addresses