The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27
SEE Will SON FREE
Topeka Not Trying to Make
Money From Presidents Visit.
Selling Box Seats in Kansas
City Auditorium Now.
OTHER CITIES ARE I'm BAD"
President Refuses to Make Ad-
dresses at Cleveland-Pitts6urg.
PenweII Arranges for Bands
in MOnstrOuS Parade,
OTHER CITIES ARE I'm BAD"

Prompt action will be taken to
scpIelch any attempt to sell tickets to
the Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb
ruary ,, when President Wilson
speaks. This was announced today
noon at the Commercial club at
meeting Of the local executive com
mittec in charge of entertainment So
far Topeka has put other cities to
shame which. despite the presidents
explicit Instructions that al meetings
be free and non-partisan, have en-
delivered to make financial capital out
of his visit.
I'VE know Of no one that has at
tempted to do this" said w. w. Webb,
president OF the Commercial! club, to-
day, and you may rest assured that
any, effort made along this line Will
be nipped before 1t gets fairly
started
Can't Reserve En-.
At Kansas City right now tickets
are being sold to box seats in the Au-
ditorium Newspapers have announc-
ed this fact and urged anyone who
wishes tC occupy the boxes and pay
no heed to tickets displayed reserv-
ing those seats.
merce started to use the president as
the star attraction for the orsaniza-
tons annual dinner-so much a plate.
This led to the presidents announce
ment that he would not speak to peo-
pie who paid for their seats. Also
he changed the Pittsburgh date so
that he would speak there in the
middle of the afternoon, thus max
ing certain he would miss the cham
ber dinner.
Cleveland in stew"
Cleveland, attempting to be more
cute than Pittsburgh, is in a real stew
because of the treachery of one of its
NEWSPAPERS The Cleveland Chamber
of Commerce planned to have some
thing exclusive. but so covered Win
apparent publicity that even the presl-
dent never would discover that he was
not speaking TO a purely public meet
ing. A hall which Will seat $500 was
obtained and it was arranged 10 sell
tickets But the president has dis
covered it and announced that otper
plans must be made.
And so when the president tries to
take his cross country tour out OF
politics he finds the greedy hands OF
commerce sticking out and is IN as
much trouble. probably, as though ne
hard placed his entertainment IN the
hands of political friends. But not so
in'Topeka-not up to this time at least
and it is known the heads of the Com
mercial club are absolutely against
any plan to better themselves finan-
cially out of his visit.
star SpangIcd Banner"
n. NJ PenweH, chairman of the
Obtained the services of Marshall 5
band. the Knights and Ladies of Sc
curity band, and the Second Regi-
mental band. Miss Mildred Hazelrlg
will play the pipe organ in the audi
forum and Marshalls band Will oc-
cupy a reserved section in the gallery
AS the president and his party march
into the auditorium the band will play
1.-The Star Spangled Banner"
Upon the suggestion OF w. w. Webb
it was decided to include Mayor j. h.
House and his wife in the presidential
dinner at the Capper home. Governor
Capper will be asked to make arrange
ments with Adjutant General Martin
to police the auditorium and the Cap
per yard. A salute will be fired by
Battery A as the president steps from
the train. 1t has not been determined
whether to fire the salute from the
state house rounds or from Kansas
avenue somewhere near the Rock
Island depot. l.. NJ. I'enwell has been
asked to invite the Lawrence militia
company to come to Topeka. partici-
pate in the parade and aid in police
work.
5000 Expected.
1t has been decided not to send a
committee to Kansas City to conduct
the presidential party into Kansas.
More than 100 autos have been en-
gagged to be used in the parade and it
is expected that many more will be
pressed into service.
I'VE fully expect $4,000 people to
witness the parade" said J. n. Dolley
today.
Democracy will be in her element
tomorrow evening at $50 o'clock at
the Commercial club when a banquet
will be served and the newly elected
officers of the Shawnee Democratic
club installed. The officers are:
r. w. Blair, president: S. J. Cor
wine. vice president; Otis S. Allen.
secretary and George Young. treas