Arizona republican., 1916-10-19
MOVEMENT IN FOOT TO SECURE
 STORE CLOSING

Dwight B. Heard. chairman of the general committee on arrangements for the coming of Colonel Roosevelt yesterday received a wire expressing A1r. Roosevelts approval of the prelim- mary arrangements and in response submitted detailed plans of the meet in" to Colonel Roosevelt
 Dr. John Bennett, Jr., who with Messrs. Dave Goldberg and Harry A. Diehl has been interviewing the mer- chants as to closing during Colonel Roosevelts address on Saturday, yes 1 terday announced that out of respect to | the former president, the stores of Phoenix will be closed from ? 30 to S:30. This act Of courtesy is greatly appreciated by the committee on ar engagements
 Further arrangements were an nounced yesterday. The committee on order of the day will be composed of Colonel James II. McClintock, Chief of Police George Brisbois, A. F. Harter. 1 V. A Thompson. A. w Galpin. Frank Stewart W. C. Foster and w. Nj. Sim l son.
 Colonel Roosevelt will be taken from the Santa t'e depot up Central avenue. which will be decorated in honor of l his visit. City Manager Craig 'undertak- 1 ing this part of the work IL is prob able that there will be an impromptu procession of automobiles but it is 1 probable thai these will drop out when | the city has been passed.
 | In order to secure against interrup- ton during the speaking. the streets to ] the north and west of the Polk street | plaza will be roped off against all 1 travel. Members Of the reception com | nittee are advised to drive to the cor ner of Second and Taylor streets and | to park in that vicinity No automo- l piles will be allowed on the block it. | self but may be parked to the south and east. with a provision that none of them leave during the time of the i speaking Competent supervision for 1 the parking as well as police super | vision will be exercised. It is espec- iallv desired that every one be on hand well before 2:30 the time when the ad- dress will begin.
 IL is hoped that at the conclusion of the address, Mr Roosevelt will receive those present. In that event the line
 will be formed from the north across the speakers stand
 ! The construction of the stand is well under way and will be ready for Mrs. Dennett's committee on decoration to- | night.
 Mir L. W. Coogins. chairman Of the committee on music has advised that
 both the Pioneer band and the Indian School Band have been engaged and
 that every member of the audience will
 be furnished with a copy of America
 to be sung during the meeting by the entire audience.
 Mrs. B. A. Marks is arranging the
 badges for the reception committee the ushers and the press.
 MT. Franklin D. Lane advises that his aids in seating the crowd will be: Frank Woods, Bert Wingar, Mesa; Jes- sic F. Kelley. Mesa; F. F. Griffin. Ar
 thur Hahn. Vie Hanny, James A
 Jones. Joe Sonntag, H. s. Prince Den
 ny Payne. Paul Bennett Harry Bas-
 witz, Harold Baxter. Eben Lane. H w. Asburv. Bert Ensign Dan Millett
 C. N MacBean, Charles Stauffer, Judg,
 F. Thomas.
 Chairman Lane has arranged to re serve the three front rows for veterans
 of the various wars and at the side O
 the veterans and immediately behinC them have been reserved for the re. ception committee and special workint committees. He is reserving space ad
 joining the speakers stand for elderl,
 people and he hopes to have a smal | American flag for every member of tn
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