The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-18
BOOSTERS Off !
ON TRADE TOUR
Aeros Convoy Auto Buses,
Starting Jaunt OF Business
Men Through Maryland.

Headed by Governor Richie, of
Maryland, seventy-five businessmen
OF Washington and Baltimore this
morning left Washington on trade
pilgrimage to southern Maryland.
The party left the office of the Tide
water Lines, Inc, Glib g street north
west, this morning at $3.50 o'clock
escorted by a squad Of motorcycle
police.
PARACHUTE BRINGS NOTE.
Passing Good Hope Hill airplanes
from Boiling Field met the party and
flew over them for some distance. AT
the District line message to the
governor was dropped from an air
plane by means Of "A small parachute.
The first stop was made at clinton.
where the party was met by COM
mittee of zoo citizens Of the neighbor-
hood and the band from the Maryland
state Colored Rcformatory for Boys.
A meeting was held in the gymnasium
of the Clinton High School and the
citizens petitioned the governor to
build a State road down in the
Piscataway neighborhood.
The next stop, 7. B., the party was
met by another group of citizens who
requested State road from L. Is. 10
the ratuXent river. At Rock Point
several naval airplanes from the Ana
costa field met the party and DEW
cred n message to the governor from
the Secretary OF the Navy Return
ing from Rock Point the party went
to Mount Victory, where they were
entertained at luncheon by Robert
Grain, one of the biggest landholders
in southern Maryland.
After the luncheon the party vii
proceed along the State road &c
Leonardtown. where dinner Is to bf
served this evening at the st. Nary
Washington about Q o'clock tonight
FOUR BUSES ARE CONVONs.
The party left the starting poin
in parade formation and at the Dis
trict line were met by Maryland Stat'
| police, who acted as escort through
| out tho trip. Maj. Harry l. Gessford
superintendent OF police, and Clifford
Grant. chief Of detectives, represented
the District government on the trip
The party was transported in foul
| .hirty-passenger buses of the Tide
water company. Another bus con
tanned hot luncheon, under the super
vision of a chef from one of the bis
hotels in Washington, while another
| carried the master mechanic of Tho
company and a supply OF tires anC
tools. An automobile CONTAINING frs
aid outfit was also included in the pill
grimagc.
Among the Westinghouse whC
made the trip were r. i. Andrews. +
". killian. Charles J. Columbus
Arthur J. May \. G. Buchanan, 10.
seph 4. Burkart. W. Il. Westlakc, w
". Price. J. f. Rice. c. w. Reid, Ell
ward Hahn. Eugene Burroughs
George w. White, Charles Semmes
Ray Semmes. Edward semmes, Jrhr
II. johnson, jr., Louis r. Peak, J. a
oliver, Charles T. Claggett, Claude
w. Owne, Andrew J. Cummings, w
Gwynne Gardiner. IL ID. Blackstone
Commander h l.. Byrd. W. q. Dent
J. w. Lynn. A. j.. Jackson, DR.. Patter-
son. and J. Yeomans.
In addition to the Washington
business men many Baltimore bust
ness men made the trip with tn,
object of trying to divert some o.
the trade which is coming to Wash
ington to Baltimore. The Washing
ton business men while on the triI
will use arguments to bolster up the
already large trading which is don,
between the Capital and the south
ern Maryland counties.