The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-21
MORE THAN 1000 !
REFUSED TICKETS !.
TOD.C.RECEPTION
=
Fifty-fve Hundred APP
ply While Only 1850 :
Can Be Admitted.
DELEGATES ACCEPT
Washington Society Will Aid
In Entertainment of Fa- g.
nous Statesmen.
DELEGATES ACCEPT

More than 1000 prominent wsshs
ingtonisns seeking TO attend the
Commissioners reception 10 the arms
conference delegates at the National
Museum Wednesday evening have
been refused admission cards be-
ing. the Commissioners announced
last night Fifty-nve hundred have
sought admittsnce, while only $500
Invitations could be sent out
Several hundred police officers.
headquarters detectives and citizen
members of the conference volunteer
police will be in the building and
vicinity TO protect the foreign states
men and their parties and TO handle
the heavy trafic. Commissioner
Oyster said yesterday that $50 OF
the regulars will be detailed to duty
at the Museum
All DELEGATES VIII Attend.
With the announcement that Sec
rotary Hughes and the entire Cabi-
net will be present comes the news
that the ambassadors and ministers
Of France. Great Britain. Italy. ia
pan, China. Portugal and the Meth
erlsnds will attend. together with
the representative OF each country
TO the arms conference.
Charles J. Bell. chairman OF the
committee Of $50 prominent citizens
of the District. in charge Of ar
rangements. stated last night thst.'
the Commissioners and their wives
will be in the receiving line. At "
O'Clock the guests will begin TO arr
rive. During the evening the Ma
rine Band will play. while some OF
the fairest OF Washington societs
will aid in the entertainment OF th-'
f; foreign statesmen Miss Mabel T,
Boardmsn is vice chairman OF the
reception committee.
With several thousand automo-
biles OF the invited guests and hun
dreds of sightseeing" cars expect
ed in the vicinity OF the Museum. po-
lice officials are expecting even
heavier traffic than the mass OF ms
chimes which caused the conEestion
at Highway Bridge on 'ArmistiCe
Day. Commissioner Oyster yester-
day had a long conference with Act
ing Superintendent Of Police Dan
iel Sullivan and detailed plans were
made for handling the machines.
HeadIey 90 Direct Tranc.
According to present plans traflC
will come down Tenth street. and
the cars will deposit their psssen-
gers at the b street entrance to the
Museum.
Capt Albert Headley will have
complete charge of the police 81
traffic duty, outrsnking for the oC-
casion all captains and inspectors
Acting Superintendent Sullivan win
be his only superior. Last night
Commissioner Oyster was generous
in his praise OF Headley's rapid uhS
tangling OF the jam at Highway
Bridge a few minutes after he had
arrived on the scene. The Commits.
sioner stated that with Sullivan and
Headley personally on the job he
looks for, little trouble.
In addition TO the usual guard OF
heaquarters detectives and Secret
Service Service men. more than 100
volunteer police will mingle with
the guests Police officials yester.
day said that there has never been
an occasion in which there was more
official protection than will be at
forded the foreign representatives
and high officials Of the Federal
government Wednesday evening.