The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-06
FORMAL SCHEDULE ON LOCK OPENING IS MADE PUBLIC Bankhead Announces Plan for Exercises at Lock
 IT Thursday VISITORS ASKED TO PROVIDE FOR LUNCH Secretary of War Garrison Will Make Short Speech at Cordova-Plans
 for the Birmingham
 Party

While in Birmingham yesterday, Sena- tor John H. Bankhead of Jasper made public the programme in celebration of the formal opening of Lock r and the Warrior river to navigation May l3. The Secretary of War and members of Con- gress who will have reached Birmingham on May 12. will leave the following morn- ing for Cordova. There Pope M Long will welcome the visitors, and Judge Garrison will make brief speech in reply.
 At the lock. Judge W. w Brandon of Tuscaloosa will deliver the address of welcome. and Col. Harry Taylor of the board of engineers of the war department will make reply. At Tuscaloosa. where the visitors in the evening will be enter tained by barbecue Congressman W. B. Oliver will deliver the address of welcome and William B. Bankhead will reply The young ladies who will chrsten the lock will be Miss Madeline Blair of Tus- caloosa Miss Mabel Hartwell of Mobile, Miss Marie ATS of Demopolis and Miss Mabel Maxwell of Cordova. Governor Henderson will preside at the lock.
 Programme of Celebration
 The programme which follows gives in addition to. the routine events of the day suggestions as to how the trip from sev- eral points may be made to advantage:
 Train will leave Birmingham promptly at ' a. m. on Frisco railroad and arrive Cordova S:9O
 Pope M. Long of Cordova will welcome Secretary of War and official party.
 Secretary of War will deliver short ad- dresss
 Party will Immediately embark upon conclusion of secretary's address on boats and proceed to Lock F.
 w. w. Brandon of Tuscaloosa will de- liver welcome address at Lock r.
 Col. Harry Taylor of the board of en- gineers of the war department will re- spond
 Gov. Charles Henderson will preside and present speakers attending ceremonies at Lock r.
 Miss Madeline Blair of Tuscaloosa, S sponsor, attended by Miss Mable Hart we'll of Mobile, Miss Marie Ars of De- mopolis and Miss Mabel Maxwell of Cor dova will chrsten the lock
 During the exercises at Lock r all steamers and other craft will pass through the lock and immediately upon it's conclusion the party will embark for Tuscaloosa
 Upon arrival at Tuscaloosa ". B. Oliver will make welcome address. Response by w. B. Bankhead of Jasper.
 Entertainment by citizens of Tuscaloosa.
 Secretary of War and party and Cover nor Henderson will occupy the yacht | Redwood, which will display the official flag of the Secretary of War and the Alabama state flag, and will head the flotilla from Cordova to Tuscaloosa. The United States steamer Nugent flying the United States flag, will follow, and the steamer M. Carney will follow it. Invited guests will embark on the Nugent ana 1 M. Carney promptly upon conclusion of speech by Secretary of War at Cordoya 1 The steamer Swan, chartered by the citi- | zens of Cordova, will follow the M. Car ney to be followed by launches and other | private craft.
 The Birmingham excursion party will | cave on special train over the Ensley | southern and board the Martha Hennon | n the lake above Lock r, and joint the | official party either in the lake as 1t l proceeds down the river or at the lock
 In view of the fact the Nugent and the | VI. Carney are not passenger boats, and | lave no facilities for supplying meals, it 8 suggested that invited citizens provide | ! lunch for the trip down the river
 1t IS also important that the schedule | lme be closely followed and that all per ons going to Cordova secure tickets
 ther the afternoon of the 12th or before :30 on the morning of the 13th