New-York tribune., 1919-03-04
Governors Told Ticket Scalpingg
Business Needs For Presidents
A 'Mind Cure Speech Charged
100 General Admission
Passes in Spectators
Hands; Police on Trail
100000 Ask for Seats
Only 1925, However. Are
Available: 800 Detectives
10 Guard Wilson Here

Freridenl Wilson's speech ~ lhe
mslfopoli'ah upefa House tonight VIII
be heard by the lnfgeal audience that
ever crowded that historic structure.
Tickets hive been issued not only
for every available seat In il,e boune
but for every spot large enough TO
permit u person TO stand, And in apiie
OF this elastic plHn Of accommodating
The 3,026 PERSONS who are expected TO
gei into the opctn house The polce
src arranging 70 keep a close guard
over the many lhouHsnds Of men and
WOMEN who probably viii content
themsevca with watching he coming
and going of The President in The eve
ninE,
Member OF The citizens reception
committee, headed by Abram l. Elhus,
ha'd that the interest in the prcsi-
dents coming was greater than that
exhibited at any previous visit of nny
notable to the city IN the past As
proof Of this statement they pointed
10 mountain of applications for tick
cts OF admission TO the opera house
more than 100000 of them Many Of
the applications never will be opened
The committees assistants we're too
hopclessly swampcd
Offers Any Amount for Ticket
One man sent a signed check TO Mr..
hlkus. asking that official to fill IN anv
sum he might see ft in payment for
ono ticket. Another sent 4 check for
$1,000 for ticket Others sent checks
for sums ranging from 500 on down
to $40. All Of the checks were re-
turned
But the one evidence of interest in to-
nights melting to which the committee
was the report that Spectators
had gained possession of 100 general
admission tiekcts-thc variety that
call for no seats. Detectives at oncc
were sent out to round up and prose
cute any scalper found Offering such
ticket for sale. At a late hour last
night no arrests had been made. and
Mr.. Elkus said he did not think that
rumbcr of tickets had been obtained
by proftecers
Io-nlght's visit of President Wilson
VIII be the most crowded of the MANY
rush trips he has made to tho
city. Every minute Of his stav here
has been accounted for. Moreover.
every move he has been scheduled to
make has been outlined in advance
and Will be under the watchful ewes
OF police and secret service men.
Police to Care for Agitators
Nutragists or Mooney propagandists.
seeking to create sympathy in their
demand for new trial for the labor
agitator, will have little opportunity
to make their presence known to the
President. But they will have little
difficulty in making the acuuaintanca
of the city's police officials. Tint much
has been carefully arranged in ad-
vance.
President Wilson will alisht from
the special ear that will bring him
here from Washington at The Penn.
sylvahia station at Hlie o'clock in the
evening In accordance with his own
request, there vii be no elaborate
reception, lle viii be met at the train,
oI'leially, by Cleveland II, Dodge and Air.
Elhus' representing the eitsens' com
miiiee,
tnoTflcIaiiy, however, he viii he me-,
by the most elahora,els organized
sauada Of policemen IN citiaens' clothes,
secret operatives and private detec.
tives ever got together to guard "A
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