Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-29
VISIT Of WILSON
To CARLISLE To Be
INFORMAL AFFAIR
Official Word Has Gone Out
That Pilgrimage of Presi-
dent to Mothers Place De-
sired To Be Quiet.

lev MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED ~iRKl
Carlisle, England. Dee. Is (by the
Associated Press) This busting rail
way center where in old times Briton
and Scot often battled for supremacy
was busy today preparing to welcome
President Wilson when he comes to-
morrow to visit the girlhood home
here of his mother. Here and there
the Stars and Strnes hang lazily in
the smoke-la atmosphere and an
occasional merchant IS decorating his
shop window with tri-color ribbons.
Decoration, however is not gem
eral for official word has gone out
that the president desires his visit to
he purely personal and informal. The
authorities are working along this
line, but the people are making their
own preparations and the police force
has been augmented IN expectation OF
n large crowd tomorrow. The presi-
dent will arrive at the citadel railway
station whore he will he met by Mayor
Bertram Carr and other city officials.
The president will be escorted past
the old Roman wall to the famous old
Crown and Mitre hotel. where he will
be presented with the freedom of the
city and will sign the city roll which
many famous names A
silver casket containing the engrossed
address of welcome will be sent later
to Washington.
Leaving the hotel the president will
so to Annetwell street where stood
the church of which his grandfather
Yves pastor and where his mother was
born and lived three years. The pres
ident also will visit the house known
as the Cavendish place which his
father built and will be shown the
room which his mother occupied The
house has been unoccupied for somc
time.
viii Attend Church.
Tho Rev Edward Booth. pastor of
the Lowther Street Congregational
church, received a message from Lon
don this afternoon stating that the
president would attend service sun
iaY. AS the physicians attending the
Rev. Mr.. Booth say that he Will be
able to preach tomorrow he will CON
duct the service.
The Cavendish house at SO War
wick road is two stories high. II
stands behind four holly bushes and
IS now owned by Edgar Sayer, a bank
ar who lives there with his family
II consists of three rooms on the first
floor, five on the second two in the
attic.
The terms OF the ground lease spec
fled that the walls of the house must
le fourteen inches thick, if of brick,
md eighteen inches if of stone. while
I'll the timber should be seasoned oak
These provisions seem 10 have been
strictly carried out and the house ap-
pears to be in fine condition.
Mr. Saver, who has just moved in
bought the house because 1t was the
only obtanable in the city He had
10 idea, he said today, that it was Of
historic interest The room where,
President Wilson'S grandfather con
lucted school is now used as a dining
'oom. 1t extends the depth Of the
rouse. with big windows NJ each end,
me opening on the garden. which was
,nce the school PLAYGROUND MI
Saver is unable TO identify the roomV
which the presidents mother oecu-
led.
President Wilson Is expected to ar
i've at the house at 1 O'Clock sun
lay morning and from there will go
o the lowther street church nearby
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