Evening star., 1915-05-21
EXPECT RECORD CROWD
AT THE ANNUAL OUTING
Nearly 600 to Attend Board Of Trade
Shad Bake at Chesapeake
Beach Tomorrow.
More Than a Ton Of Souvenirs and
Good Things to Eat and Drink
Shipped There for Big Feast.

The biggest attendance that has ever
marked an outing of the Board of
Trade is expected to participate in the
twenty-first annual shad bake and big
time" planned for tomorrow at Chesa-
peake Beach, rain or shine.
1t was announced last night at the
final meeting of the committee on ar
rangements for the outing that 561 tick
cts had been sold, when the sale closed
at noon yesterday. OF the guests of
honor of the board who have been in
vited to attend the outing, twenty-five
have signifed their intention of being
present. The members Of the band and
those who are to assist in the enter
tainment features planned for the aft
ernoon number 36. making a total of
597 persons who plan to be present.
This number is greater by nearly 100
than any previous attendance record at
a Beard of Trade outing during the
twenty-one years they have been held.
More than ton of souvenirs and sew
eral tons of good thin gs to eat and
drink were shipped to Chesapeake
Beach this afternoon in readiness for
tomorrow feast The shipment was
accompanied by E. ]. Murphy. chair
man of the dinner committee, and
souvenir committee. Mr.. Murphy and
Mr.. Markward are to remain at Chesa-
peake Beach over night in order to be
on hand the first thing tomorrow morn
ing.
Must Show Tickets at Trains.
1t was announced today that no one
will be admitted on the special trains
which are to carry the picknickers to
the beach tomorrow without a ticket.
Heretofore the tickets have been COL
lected after the trains have started from
Chesapeake Beach Junction. but this
year they are to be collected as the
traders" board the trains. There are
to be two trains, one at 1890 o'clock In
the morning and the other at o'clock
in the afternoon. The ride from 18th
street and New York avenue to Chesa-
peake Beach Junction usually takes
forty five minutes. it is stated.
Those who failed to put in their ap-
plication for tickets before noon yes
terday are going to be unable to at
tend the outing, for the sale of tickets
positively closed at that time, 1T was
stated today. A number of checks re-
ceived at the office of the Board Of
Trade this morning in payment for
tickets were returned.
To Confer Degree of Yellow Dog.
The establishment of a Board of Trade
kennel of the Improved Order of Yel-
low Dogs is to be feature of the out
ing. In order that Board of Trade men
might serve on the degree team which
is to have charge of the initiation OF
members of the new kennel tomorrow.
Maj. c. Fred Cook, chief cur of the
Improved Order of Yellow Dogs. and
Capt Louis C. Wilson. custodian of the
bone, reported to the headquarters of
the Board of Trade last night and held
q preliminary initiation. Those on
whom the degree of yellow dog" was
conferred were Fred ]. White, Harry
Almond, Charles j. Waters, William E.
Burns, H. clifford Bangs and Otney w.
Stratton.
1t was announced today that the
board of directors of the Board of
Trade has been designated a commit
tee on reception for the guests of hon
or of the organization who are to at
tend the outing. Among the members
of Congress who have signified their
intention of being present are the fol-
lowing representatives:
List of the Guests
George W. Edmonds. Daniel A. Dris-
coll. Michael F. Phelan. Woodson r.
oglesby. William r. Smith, Asher G.
Kinds. H. T. Helgesen. Cha. les P. Cald-
well. S. Taylor North. James McClintic.
Charles P. Coady. Hunter Moss, IT,;
James T. Lloyd and Howard suther-
land
Other invited guests who are plan
ming to be present are Justice Charles
H. Robb Of the Court Of Appeals; Dis
trict Commissioner Brownlow, District
Commissioner Maj. Charles w. Kutz
Thomas P. Kane. deputy controller of
the Treasury: Kennedy F. Ray, secre-
tary of the Senate committee on appro-
priations; District Justice Josiah A.
Van Orsdel and James G. Courts clerk
of the House committee on appropria-
tions, and Postmaster Otto Praeger