Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-24
BALTIMORE firm
DELIGHTS BANKERS
BY $4,000 OUTING
4, 900 Guests Sail From Mon
umentaI City to Visit U. S.
Naval Academy.

! Favored by ideal weather. hnancial
America, as represented by more than
1000 members OF the American Bank
| ers Association. with their wives,
visited and inspected commercial Bal
| timore and colonial Annapolis. as the
guests of tho Fidelity and Deposit
Company of Maryland. yesterday.
| At . o'clock In the morning Ave spe-
cial trains of Pullmans started at fl
| tSen- minute intervals from the Union
stAon for Baltimore over the b. & O..
railroad, transporting the excursion
lists TO the b. Il o. freight pier No s.
Here the party was transferred to
waiting bay steamers. The steamers
were vcritable flower shows. Baskets,
filled with dahilas and hydrangeas,
| were attached to the ratings. the
roofs of the decks and the pillars
were literally hidden by these bios
SONS and by leaves. revealing the
rich colors of fall.
Air battles Enliven Scene.
Shortly before IL O'Clock both steam
ers left their docks. Mimic air bat
ties by United States Army afrplanes
and all the tricks known to the pilots
of the scores of hydro aeropIanes that
followed in the wake of the boats
were exhibited.
wharves and lying at anchor dressed
up. and the glee club Of the French
bark France, the largest sailing
vessel in the world. sang the Mar
selliaise' as the bankers passed
Ghmpses of Baltimore's famed har-
which the state of Maryland is plan
ming to spend $4,000, 900, delighted the
critical eyes of the country's financiers.
Luncheon was served aboard the
steamers.
Arriving at Annapolis at $50, the
party was met at the Naval Academy
by Capt. w. T. Cluverius, u. S. N,
acting superintendent. with Com
mander Abbott, aid to Rear Admiral
Scales, superintendent. who was alb
sent from the academy.
Shown Over Naval Academy.
A receiving party of officers in
charge of Lieut.. Commander Pryor
included Commanders Leland Jordon,
r. W. Lewis. H. E. Keisker, C.
Withers and W. Corehran; Profs. H.
Mccormick and G. R. Clement. and
Instructor Philip Mott. Under the
guidance of these officers the visitors
inspected the academy and were met
in the various departments by the of :
ficers in charge.
Off Annapolis there were maneuvers
by three battleships. four destroyers,
rine chaserS and six seaplanes.
The destroyer Trapnel, with Capts.
Amos Bronson, T. l.. Johnson and
other officers aboard. acted as escort
to the excursion steamers.
While at Annapolis many bankers
with a team from the stanton Mill
tary Academy of Stanton. Va.
The first three rows of every thea
ter in Baltimore had been reserved.
and upon returning to that city last
night many of the delegates who had
tions without returning to Washing
ton accepted the invitation.
Company Omcials Fine Hosts.
The Fidelity and Deposit Company,
under the leadership of w. A. Whalen,
president, and Van Lear Black, chair
! man of the board of directors, took
charge of every detail of the excur-
sion.
Mayor Broening of Baltimore. all
about 900 prominent business men of
the city accompanied the guests from
Baltimore to Annapolis.
The War Department was repre-
sented by Maj. Gen. Charles Beach.
chief engineer. while Capts. A. Bron-
son and 7. L. Johnson, Lieut.. Com
mander H. W. Underwood and Lieut..
Many Diplomats In PARTY.
Representatives from foreign gov
ernments who made the trip were
Senior Don Beltran Matthew. ambassa-
dor from Chile, and Sonora de Matthew;
Senior Don Luis Illanes Guerro, coun-
selor of the Chilean embassy. and
Sonora de Guerro; Ambassador Senior
and Senior Don Carlos Gibson and
Sonora Dona Mercedes Lira de Glib
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Washington
Pezet of the embassy.
Ecuador-Senor DR.. Don Rafael II.
Elizalde, E E. and NJ. P: Senior Don
cation; Sonora Dona Conception Co
mez de Ycaza. Senior Don L. A. Pena-
| herrera, attache, and Sonora Dona Ar
genta Perkins de Penaherrera.
Colombia-Dr. Carlos Adolfo Urueta.
| E. E. and M. p; Miss Tulia Tribe and
Miss Ines Tribe.
Honduras-senor Don ]. Antonio
| Lopez Gutierrez. E. E. and NJ. p;
Sonora Dona Josefina U. de Lopez
| Gutierrez and Senorita Elsa Lopez.
! Guatemala-Senor Julio Bianchi, E.
E. and NJ. P. and two ladies' from the
! legation.
| Panama-Senor Don J. E. Lefevre,
| secretary of legation and charge
Bolivia-Senor Alberto Cortadellas,
secretary of legation and charge
daffaires; Sonora Isabel q. de Corta-
dellas, Lieut.. Col. Federico Diez de
Medina, military attache.
| Uruguay-Mr. Hugo v. de Pena,
secretary of legation; Nine. de Pena.
| Argentina-Col. Juan Esteban Vac
GARCIA. military attache; attache of
iembassy.
Brazil-Capt. Domingos Rodrigues
Marques de Azevedo, naval attache;
Mr. Joaquin de Sousa Leao. second
;secretary; Mr.. Sebastao Sampaio, COM
lmercial attache; Mr.. Pavares, Brazil
| ian consul in Baltimore.
| Salvatore Floria, Italian counsel
DR.. Slavko y Grouitch, Serbs. Greats
and Slovaks; Lieut.. Commander E.
Sato. imperial Japanese navy; Capt. l.
iMishtowh, naval attache. Russian en-
bassy; Dr. l.. S. Rowe and DR.. Gerard
Pan American Union, and Frank
lin Adams, counselor Pan-American
Union.
| 400 Washington People Present.
| More than 400 local financial men
with their wives and friends accom-
panied the party. and the consensus
of opinion among them on their re-
turn to Washington last night was
that it was one of the biggest enter
prises, if not the biggest, ever under
taken by a single corporation In this
section Of the country.
| Estimates of the total cost of the
iexcursion varied, but it is thought
that $4,000 will hardly cover the ex-
pense.