Evening star., 1916-12-23

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room.
General inaugural committee
Wednesday, January 3, at IL
o'clock, in the red room.
A full attendance at each of the
meetings is urged by Chairman
r. \. Harper.
Plans for safeguarding the public and
eliminating delays in the inaugural parade
are being worked out by the citizens COM
mittees under the leadership of Inaugural
Chairman Robert N Harper With the
announcement of two important commit
tees today most of the larger committees
have been named. and the inaugural
chairman is preparing to clean up this
preliminary organization work today. so
that he will be ready to start in on def1-
mite arrango -lents for the inaugural fea
lures next week.
one of the reforms which is TO he
adopted this year for the parade is TO do
away with the long wait. with thousands
of men in line. while the President and
his official party were taking luncheon in
the White House. This has been a par
ticular hardship. owing to the inclement
weather that frequently occurs on inau-
guration day
At a conference at the White House
yesterday between President Wilson.
ural CHAIRMAN harper ana vice
Chairman Commissioner Newman, the
President promised to cooperate most
heartily with the ina augural committee
in eliminating this delay. The White
House luncheon following the swearing
in of the President has usually taken
about an hour and half. 1t is prom
ised by Cha airman Harper that this time
the delay will be cut down to about
ten minutes, just long enough for the
official party to assemble In the White
"A a q hei nlaees
viewing stand, so that the inaugural
parade will be practically kept going
continuously from the time the Pres
ident leaves the Capitol.
MI. Wilson Eager to Cooperate.
Chairman Harper found the President
eager to cooperate with the inaugural
committee in any way possible and to
further its plans for the greatest in
augural celebration in history. He kept
his cabinet waiting for some time while
he talked over inaugural matters with
Chairman Harper and Vice Chairman
Newman.
There will be no inaugural BALI
this made certain beyond any lin
gering doubts at the White House con-
ference. That some other social affair
can be arranged as substitute is still
possible, and will not be definitely de-
termined until after Mr.. Harper has
had another conference with the Presi-
dent. Hopes of the Washington public
on this point rose today with the official
statement by Mr.. Harper. as follows:
There will be no inaugural ball.
THE usual tiresome and lengthy wait
in the inaugural parade heretofore
made. following the inaugural cere-
monies, will be with the approval of
the President) overcome.
Il discussed with the President plan
for some entertainment in connection
W lp
settle on any detail l shall hold an
early conference with the President.
after which some definite plan will be
announced
Public Order Committee.
One of the big inaugural committees
in which there is great deal of in
terest will not be announced until
after New Year. This is the public
order committee. whicn, from a stAna-
point of public service. is probably the
most important of all committees, for
il entails hard work and safeguards all
the inaugural visitors.
Extraordinary efforts to make this
committee "99 per cent efficient and
active" are being made by Mai. Ray
mond W. Pullman. who. by Virtue Of
his office superintendent Of police
and by formal appointment by Chair
man Harper. is the chairman Of this
appeared on the public order com
nittee will be required to give active
service not only during the parade, but
in the preparatory arrangements.
Mai. Pullman and his force are so
busy with protecting shoppers and taxi
ing care of the regular work of the de-
partment that nothing Will be done
toward the selection of the public order
committee until after January l.
The committee on civic organizations.
whose duty il is to arrange for the
participation of many organizations in
the inaugural parade. was named today
10y Chairman Harper after conference
with George Linkibs. the chairman of
this committee. and DIR. Clarence J.
owens. the vice chairman. There are
hundreds of letters already awaiting
the attention of his committee which
viii be given consideration on Tuesday.
Committee on Civic Organization.
The committee on civic organization
announced today by Inaugural Chair
man Harper is as follows: George r.
Linkins. chairman: Clarence J. owens
vice chairman: Seton Darr, secretary:
Or. w. II. Atkinson. Frederick Allen.
George NJ. Anderson. W. c. Allard.
Eolgiano, T. Janney Brown. Daniel
Bride, w w. Bowie, Charles ]. Butler,
ir.: John H. Boltz John w. Beale. !. Fl.
Erewer, Albert Beall. r. \. Brennon,
Henry bTtuHlnstI, w lllldHi baum,
l. e Block. \. J. Berres Charles Boyd.
w F. Brice. William c. Blundon.
Thomas Bramhall. F. A. Blundon. Mel
win Behrend. II. +. Burks. III. L
Black. Toby Barian. Gus Bucholz.
Robert Callahan. jr.; William G. Car
ter. NJ. ]. Colbert, James Z. Coon, s. w.
Curridon, John G.. Capers, J. w. Child
ress. F. s Carmody, John ii. Carter, c.
T Clagett, Foster Causey, William Cor
coran Thomas Crowell, T. q. Cambry,
Thomas Claffe.. DR.. +. NJ Colvin, J. W.
Carr. Wallace Chiswell. ]. Fendall Cain,
L. Cobey.
John B. Daish. Burton T. Doyle. O. J.
De MolI l.. A. Dent. T. j. Donovan, DR..
n C. Duffy, Frank Davis, J. r.. Dulin,
DR.. Charles Diedle. J. w. Dare, W. ].
Dwyer, Marion Duckett, John +. Dunn.
william d, Dawson, 5. +. Davis. ID. j.
Duunigan, r. :. Donaldson, p A.
Drury. J. +. Dulin.
Fred A. Emery. J. Fred Essary. John
Evans. J. c Easterday, George II. EN-
mons stephen Early. ]. T. Embry. q.
w. NJ. Ellison.
Roe Fulkerson. DIR. j. A. Flynn.
Thomas j. Fisher. :. u. Frazier. T. l..
Rose L. Fryer, VI. f. French.
Joseph A. Frank. ]. F.. Fitzgerald. a
M. FisheI. Isadore F'reund. Y. N. Fookes.
Edward Il. Farren. Edward Ferney-
houeh. Robert Fleming.
Andrew Jordan Green. Jack Gass. W.