Evening journal., 1914-04-20
kansas BOOSTERS
BRING Greetings
Also Show Wonderful Trav-
cling Exhibit of Products
of Their State
MAYOR WELCOMES
THE VISITORS

TO take our hats off 10 Kansas"
Such was a remark made by mem- /
bers of the local Chamber of Com |
merce this morning. following the
invasion Of Wilmington By the South /
eastern Kansas Boosters Association, |
also known as the Commercial Club /
OF Southeastern Kansas. One hun
dred and ten members OF the boos-
ter's association. all OF them wide
awake business men. filled with en-
thusiasm and of praise and boost"
for their home state of Kansas. head
ed by r. r.. Bittman. president Of the
boosters association. and secretary
OF the Chamber Of Commerce Of Inde-
pendence, Kansas. from which place
the visitors hail. arrived at the b. a
O. Railroad station shortly after 1915
O'Clock this afternoon The visitors
were greeted at the station by a re-
ception committee, consisting of the
following members of the local
Chamber OF Commerce: J. j. Satther-
wait presidents Neil y. Sinclair
general secretary; Clarence c. Kill
len, assistant secretary Howell s..
England. Frederick II. Steinle. Leroy
W. Hickman. j. II. Mehaffey. II. A.
Casperson. l. G. Lithens. Henry r..
lsaacs, William II. Metten. Colonel
George w. Sparks and ID. l.. OFT. Il Is
expected that the reception commit
tee would have been much larger had
the weather conditions been better.
TIL visitors were escorted by the
reception committee TO six special
trolley cars. which we're waiting at
the station and carried to the Hotel
DUPONT, where they we're given an
informal reception in the Rose Room
by Governor Charles r.. Miller and
Mayor Harrison y. Howell
In welcoming the visitors, Mayor
Howell said In part:
Through me the people OF viii
mington, the most progressive peo-
pie Of the East extend TO you. the
most progressive people Of the West,
our most hearty and cordial welcome.
We have learned more about Kansas
In the last few days than We have
ever known before and Il Is with
great pleasure that we receive you. Z"
Mayor Howell declared that the
people of Kansas have taken the
wisest step 10 advertise their state
and that il would bring results. He
Judgment the people OF the west be-
lieved that the East had the people
and the West the country. but that II
Il we're possible Wilmington and
Delaware could run a train 10 Kansas
! showing that this state had both the
/, people and the country. He told of
the wonderful view that they could
obtain from the roof of the hotel
I saying that they could see Pennsyl
yania, New Jersey and nearly all o
e Delaware
Special arrangements had beer
made for the use OF the hotel ele
vators and the visitors were taken
TO the roof where they greatly ad.
mired not only the surrounding coun.
try but the city's excellent water.
front
While the visitors we're on the rooi
Of the hotel, many persons were at
tracted TO the lobby by the music and
singing Of the visitors twenty-foul
piece band which had stationed itseli
on the mezzanine floor Of the hotel
}. The band Is picked from the entire
e state and is under Mr. McCrey. whC
: Is regarded as one Of the best lead
h ers Of the middle West.
a One OF the visitors said that th'
: real reason for running the specia
train was to show the people of the
4 East what Kansas Is.
Every time we have a food, IL
worse than any other state could pos
sibly have" he said. III IL is a littl
: ldry spell. its a great drought, ac
cording to the impression in other states
Isl IL Is a windstorm. the whole stat
has been blown away. SO we jus
Thought we would get mp this train an
come east. Il is the first all-steel ca
train ever run out of the west. IL con
sists of eleven coaches, two of which ar
exhibition cars, containing industria
and agricultural exhibits OF our stat
II cost ms Just $4,000 to get mp thi
TRAIN; to do il we got mp the kansa
Association OF Commercial Clubs, whic
includes nine counties Of about so,
square miles and covers more than
dozen towns of from ten to twent
thousand population each
The trip began on April y and wi
continue about two weeks. When con
pleted the boosters will have travele
about $500 miles. Stops have bee
made at Kansas City, Chicago, Akrol
Youngstown, Buffalo. Hernel, Bingham
ton. New 1ofk, Ihiihoclphiaf Dali
more. Washington; Pittsburgh, Whee
ling. Columbus. Cincinnati. Louisville, )
Louis and along the way.
After staying on the roof Of the he
tel for a few minutes, the visitor
went TO the special cars. which wei
waiting them. and we're taken to the
train. They will go to Baltimore an
Washington this afternoon.
When asked how Kansas stood q
the Mexican situation. one Of Il
boosters said the militia of that sta
was an exceptionally strong one. an
that should a call for volunteers
issued. three-ffths Of the able-bodie
men of Kansas Will respond imm
diately. He said a great many me
had joined the militia since the b
ginning of the Mexican troubles.
NOT POISONED; INTOXICATED
The crew Of the Phoenix ambulan'
made a record run to the Delawa
Hospital this morning with Dani
nobrtuC q rnfddla aQod man of n