The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-23

COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS
s5C7GTE PROGRAM or BIG
EVENTS FOR ENTERTAINMENT
CF SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS.


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s.-1-s been prepared for any cOayen-
--or - has been arranged b. the
entertainment committee Of Muskogee
:5- nc zee. ot the Southern Com
-=-c.sI congress. Apr. $3.50. Begin
-.-z with me morning Of pres. dents
1zg. the opening day Of the congress.
program has been arranged that
s.I crowd every minute Of every day
and a good part Of each night. The
arrival Of President Wilson Monday
morning will be the opening event
Of the program. The president will
come 10 MIskogee on his special.
rain and will review the first grand
parade o. the week. a parade Of mill
TIA. iraternal and civic organizations
the children Of the public schools, and
long line Of citizens The grand
auto floral parade will be a feature Of
presidents day More than 100 autos
have already been entered in this
parade and all will be beautifully
decorated. Accompanying the auto par
ade will be a battle Of flowers.
One Of the big events Of Tuesday.
April u, will be the auto races.
These will include a number Of thrill
ing races by Oklahoma drivers and
exhibition races by Barney Oldfeld,
the demon driver OF racing autos.
The climax of the auto races will be
It race between Oldfeld's car and
DeLloyd Thompson, a peerless ayia-
tor, in his aeroplane.
In addition 70 the race Thompson
will give an exhibition OF hazardous
ieats in the air. One of the most
thrilling Of these is a tumble" flight.
feat executed only by Thompson
This is the feat in attempting which
Lincoln Beachey was recently killed
Thompson guides his biplane high
in the air and then suddenly, like a
huge bird falling to its death, begins
to tumble in an apparently helpless
fashion. The biplane whirls over and
over end over end side over side
but always the aviator rights it be.
fore it reaches the ground. Experts
have warned Thompson that some day
he will fail to right the machine
and will meet the fate Of Beachey
but he refuses to listen to the warn
| ing
On Tuesday of congress week will
be given the reception to the ladies
auxiliary of the Southern Commercial
congress and other visiting ladies, by
! the executive committee of Muskogee
women, of which Miss Alice Robert
son is chairman.
Wednesday the greatest musical
feature of congress week will be Civ
en- when the Minneapolis symphony
orchestra of seventy-fve pieces AID
four soloists gives two concerts, af-
ternoon and night. at the Hinton thea
ter. Thursday will be municipal day,
when a band contest will be one Of
the many features provided by the
committee. Twenty bands will take
part in this contest, striving for the
prize Of 500 that has been offered
by the committee.
Throughout the week Lucille Null
hall, the champion woman roper OF
the world, with her big company of
cowboys and cowgirls, will give daily
exhibtor( at the fair grounds. Kath'
crime Stinson, a pretty girl avatriX
will give daily exhibitions of fancy
flying. \ splendid carnival company
will give shows every afternoon and
! evening
On Monday night a mystery play
THE C/eat Trail" will be given at
| the Hinton theatre under the aus
pices Of Grace Episcopal church and
on Friday night the students Of Cen
trail High school will present an OPP
eretta at the Hinton, "A Nautical
| Knot" On Thursday night Miss Anne
Ross and Miss Katherine Fite, as
sisted by a company of Cherokee
1 young men and women, will give q
program at the Hinton theatre that
will be an eXemplifcation of the
development of the Indian The May
! day exercises of the public schools
will be given during the week, 1,0OC
children giving folk dances, drills
and gymnastic exercises on an enor-
nous platform in front of the review.
ing stand.
There are hundreds of other fea-
lures. state society receptions anC
entertainments. Western association
baseball games. something to please
everyones taste for amusement. AnC
Muskogee invites the people of Okla
! hOma Kansas TeNas Missouri Ar.