Evening star., 1922-06-12
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR KEY MEMORIAL
Baltimore Mayor to Meet
Presidential Party at
City Entrance.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

special IlSpatch 10 Inc Slur.
BALTIMORE. June 12.-The ar
rangements for President Harding S
visit to the city Wednesday after
noon to take part In the unveiling or
the Francis Scott Key Memorial. at
Fort McHenry. were practically COM
pleted and made public today.
Coming from Washington by auto
mobile accompanied by Mrs. Harding,
members of the official party from
that city and secret service men. the
President will reach the city boun-
Diary on Washington boulevard at 80
o'clock. He will be met there py
the local committees. headed by Mayor
Rroening. Included IN the local party
will be the members of the FRANCIS
Scott Key Memorial commission, or
which the mayor is honorary CHAIR
man and j. Goodman Boyd, president
of the park board. active chairman; ;
the advisory committee in charge or
the arrangements, of which Frederick
l.. Huber. municipal director of music,
and former Mayor James ii. preston
are members; the committee repre-
senting the House of Representatives.
consisting of Representatives Bake
ney, Goldsborough. Linthicum and
Mudd, aud the mayors reception com
mittee. made un # a large number or
citizens. headed by w. Bladen
IowndeS.
In addition TO tntSe coillullt
there " i'll be representatives from the
United States Senate, probably includ-
ing Senator France. members OF the
Senate committees ON foreign afdirS,
military affairs and naval affairs. and
persons representing the federal de-
partmentS concerned.
Mr.. Hubuer who has charge OF puo-
licity. today corrected misunder-
standing about the occasion. He
pointed out that the government was
not going to turn the inenorla! over
Is the city. but that it would remain
= national monument. 1t is located
in the fort because the event Ut cele-
brates took place there.
When the local and the Washing
ton parties meet informal greetings
will be exchanged. These will con-
sumo little time and the two meets
Of automobiles viii form a long pre-
cession that will go direct to the
Hotel Emerson. There an informal
luncheon Will be given by the city
10 the President and members of both
parties.
At $50 pm. President Harding. the
mayor aud members of the two par
ties will go to the Veterans Hos
,ital at Fort NcHenry, where they
will he met by col. \. L. Herring.
Dr. H. n I.use and Maj. NJ. p. Foster.
tho heads of the institution. After
suendinr a half hour ur more in
patients the President will walk to
the stand in the fort erected for the
luyeilinE exercises, which start at
4:S0 pm.
After the exercises the President
and Mrs. Harding will go direct to
the home OF Senator France. where
a reception will he given him. at
tended by many of the republican
state leaders.
Keys Relatives Invited.
Efforts made by Mayor Broening
and Frederick r. Huber so far have
resulted in listing the names of
twenty-five living relatives of the
famous composer of THE Star Span
gled Banner" Eighteen of the rela-
tives are resident in Baltimore and
are prominent in the business ana
social life of the city. The homes of
the seven others are scattered about
the eastern states from New York TO
Washington.
Invitations already have been sent
TO those whose names arc known
10 form a special guard of honor at
the unveilinC. They include: George
Armistead Whiting. William Lloyd
Gilmor Charles Morris Howard,
Francis Key Howard. Miss Nancy
Howard. Mrs. William Deford. Charles
McHenry Howard. sr.. Charles Nc
Henry Howard. jr.. Miss Alice Key
Blunt. Mrs. John Ross Key. John Gill
nor, Francis Key Gilmor. DIR. George
W. Dobbin, c. Howard Lloyd. Francis
Key Smith. George Armistead. John