Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-09-06

Wisconsin. United States Senator
| John W. Weeks of Massachusetts and
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania will
be among the speakers representing
! the senate.
Nearly all the governors of the At
lantic coast states have accepted in
vitations to be present and will ad-
dress the convention. The list in
cludes James T. Fielder of New Jer-
sey, Charles R. Mile rof Delaware,
Charles S. Whitman Of New York,
Samuel w. Mccall of Massachusetts,
r. Livingston Beeckman of Rhode
Island, Charles w. Gates of Vermont,
! H. c. Stuart Of Virginia, Park Tram
nell of Florida, Nat. E. Harris of
Georgia, Oakley c. Curtis of Maine,
Emerson c. Harrington of Mary
! land, ROLAND H. Spaulding Of New
Hampshire, Locke Craig OF North
Carolina and Richard 1. Manning of
South Carolina
| Each of these governors, including
Governor Brumbaugh, of Pennsyl-
vania, who will make the address of
welcome to the convention, has ap-
! pointed official delegates to represent
his respective commonwealth at the
convention.
All the Philadelphia congressman,
together with a majority of the con-
gressmen from Pennsylvania, have
also arranged to attend the session,
| thus bringing to Philadelphia what
will probably be the largest gathering
Of public officials, both national and
state, ever assembled in the city at
one time.
| On Tuesday. Sept. u, the convention
will be called to order at 10 o'clock in
the auditorium of the Bellevue STRAIT
ford by President Moore and welcom-
| ing speeches will be made by Major
Smith and Governor Brumbaugh, with
responses by visiting mayors and gov
errors. The remaining part of the
morning session will be devoted to the
reading of reports of officers, formal
| addresses and the appointment Of
| committees. The afternoon and eve
ming sessions will be devoted to a
number of addresses and papers by
visiting congressman and governors,
army and navy officers, and other
speakers on the question of national
| defense problems, transportation prob
| lens, and inland waterways develop
ment.
From 4 to 5 o'clock on that day,
! the visiting ladies will be the guests
ISOLATION at tea at the Bellevue
Stratford.
/ On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the dele
gates will leave on the steamer Queen
Anne, at 8 O'Clock in the morning, for
| Trenton, conveyed by a lotilla of tor
peOC DOdIS ana OLIl6G Small naval craft
whose use has been authorized by the
secretary of the navy. Brief stops
will be made at Burlington and Bris-
! toll, for exercises in which the towns
people will participate, and at Trenton
| the delegates will inspect the Della
ware and Raritan canal and The en-
| trance of the proposed ship canal to
! New York. Elaborate exercises have
been arranged by Mayor Frederick w.
Donnelly and the Trenton chamber of
| commerce.
| The return trip to Philadelphia will
be made in the early evening, the del
egates being again escorted down the
river by a large f1otilla of motor boats,
| including the recently organized mo-
| tor boat fiotilla as an auxiliary to the
navy. While the delegates are re-
turning to Philadelphia, all immense
I pot of red light will be illuminated
from the tower of the Philadelphia
City hall, after which a message will
be transmitted in code from the mayor
of Philadelphia to the delegates This
code message will be signalled from
the City hall tower, utilizing the row
of lights around the base of the Penn
statue for this purpose.
| The official reviewing stand for the
river pageant will be at Race street
wharf, which will be specially illum-
mated and equipped with a number
of searchltghts to light the river dur
| ing the pageant. Mayor Smith and
other city officials will occupy seats
upon the reviewing stand. A large
display of fireworks on barge an
chored in the middle Of the river, to-
gether with full illumination Of all