Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-15
INTENSIVE ROOM
DRIVE CONTINUES

With the G. A K. national encampment
only few days away, the intensive drive
continues for rooms in private homes
for the thousands of visitors expected
here for the encampment
More than 100 women continued to
canvass homes, appealing to residents to
rent rooms in their homes for the use
of the veterans and other visitors.
Although thousands of homes were
visited Monday, the results obtained were
far from satisfactory, according TO the
fBaI returns
Many additional rooms will be re-
qulred, according to the members Of the
housing committee today.
Announcement was made that meet
ing of post and department patriotic
instructors of the G. A. r., as well as
Of allied organizations will be held ar 10
o'clock next Monday morning at the
Y. NJ. C. A
The meeting will be in charge of Hosea
W. Rood, national patriotic instructor
Of the Grand Army.
COMMANDER NAMES
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE.
Daniel NJ. Hall, eommander-in-chief OF
the Grand Army, has named the follow
/ ing veterans members Of the committee
on credentials: Joseph W. O'Neill, ad-
/ jutant- general. chairman: w. s. Mat
thews, assistant adjutant- general Al,
4 bert J. Ball, department Of Indiana
Henry Spaulding, department of Micbi-
/ gan; Samuel P. Town, Pennsylvania;
/ W A Wetherbee. Massachusetts,; George
| w. Clark, Arkansas. The committee
will meet at the C1aypool hotel Monday
at o'clock and again on Tuesday morn
Ing.
/ Commander Hall also has named
/ Charles G. Burtch, Portland Ore.
chairman Of the committee on rules and
regulations and ritual for the encamp-
ment
Announcement also is made that $500
free theater tickets will be distributed
to delegates of the G. A. r. and w r.
| c., to attend any one Of nineteen theaters
| of the city.
The theaters that donated the tickets
are the Colonial, Murat, English's.
Keiths. Crystal, Circle. Regent, Rialto,
AIhamb-a, Lyric, Broadway, Ohio. Isis,
/ Smiths, Keystone, Palms, Gayety and
the Park.
/ Sidney L. Miller will act as chairman
Of the reception committee, taking the
/ place of Fred Hoke, who was compelled
/ to leave the city on business.
/ More than 300 men will serve on the
4 committee.
| Decorations, arranged for by the COM
mittee in charge, were being placed to-
/ day. Every merchant in the city also
/ is urged to see that his place of bust
ness is appropriately decorated and resi-
dents are urged to display the flag dur
| ing the week.
/ Mrs. r. E. Remington. president of
Ae Women's Post War Council, which
organization will have charge of in
formation booths during the encampment,
has named chairmen to be in charge Of
| the various booths.
The first booth will be opened Friday
morning
MRS. HUGH McGIBENY
AT HEADQUARTERS.
Mrs. Hugh NfeGibeny is chairman of
the headquarters committee, which will
be in charge of the headquarters in the
room now occupied by the housing com
mittee at Market and PENNSYLVANIA
streets.
Members of the committee are: Mrs.
Richard Lieber, Mrs. Russell Stuart, Mrs.
II. E. ?. Stanford, Mrs Linton A. Cox,
Mrs. Joseph B. Healing, Mrs. Wilbur
johnson, Mrs. Clyde Roach, Mrs. r. c.
& .. -
gar Perkins. Miss Katrina Fertig. Mrs.
c. f. Neu, Mrs. G. NJ. Henderson. Mrs
Philip Hildebrand, Mrs. ]. S. Ferris,
Mrs. E. B. Halliday and Miss Hilda Link.
Mrs. Clyde Roach "a chairman of Ehe
Red Cross committee in charge of the
booth at the Union station; the Caroline
Scott Harrison Chapter, D. 4. R., Mrs
f. H. Darrach, chairman, in charge or
booth at Terminal station; the Service
star Legion. Mrs. Arthur G. Wells
chairman, in charge of booth at Wash.
/ ington and Illinois streets; the Jewish
Welfare Association, Mrs. Harry Jacobs,
chairman, booth at the State House
the Standardization War Veterans,
Mrs. Fl. 2 Hendryx, chairman booth
at Court House Soldiers Reconstruction
and Daughters of the Revolution, Mrs
o. E Anthony and Miss Edna Heaton,
ehairmen, in charge of booth at Monu-
pient Place; American War Mothers. Mrs
Alice Bierhaus chairman. booth at Me-
ridian CAD Washington streets; Catholic
Womepss Service T,eague, Mrs. J. 5. Fer
rs. -ch airman- hodth ak Ohm and PAM