Evening star., 1924-06-16
BUSINESS BOOSTERS
END ANNUAL OUTING
ESQ Washington Merchants and
Others Back From Strenuous
Week End Campaign.
TRIP IS VOTED "BEST EVER"
Capital City Advertised as Strictly
"Up-to.Date."

Two hundred and fifty Washington
business men, headed by Ross P. An
drews, stepped OF the special train
this morning at the Union station
all ready for increased business after
strenuous week end of boosting
Washington" on the annual outing of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association.
The cap and bells" that were dom
ned Immediately they boarded the
boat at Baltimore last Saturday were
cast aside this morning and the
merry boys" who took part in the
trip again returned to their daily
routine as dignified Washington bus
mess men.
Acclaimed Big Success.
The trip was acclaimed by all to
be the best and biggest ever arranged
by the m and M" and the folks
along the route and at Baltimore,
Cape Charles City, Norfolk and Ocean
View. the stops on the itinerary. had
no doubts in their mind that Wash
ington was some" place. Everything
went on schedule time and worked
smoothly, with the exception of an
unfortunate occurrence when F. A V.
Brown was tripped by a projecting
end Of a deck chair and fell, resulting
in breaking his wrist.
Well filled with the good meals sup
piled under the direction Of the food
committee, the Washington Boosters
loosened their belts. took up their whistle
and paper hats and prepared to boost
which they did in unexceiled style. Even
the Navy got its share from members of
the party, who blew their sirens and
shouted the name of the National Capt.
them rousing cheer when the City of
Atlanta and its load of Washingtonians
passed through Hampton Roads.
Trip to Ocean View.
After short stop at Norfolk special
cars took the eXcursionistS to Ocean
View and added plenty of pep" to the
already crowded boardwalk there. AS
they left the resort they were greeted by
the cheers of the vacationists and Of
every one else along the street car route.
Plenty of sunburned faces gazed
over the side of the boat as it start
ed homeward from Norfolk yesterday
evening.
After dinner yesterday the famous
M. and M" Follies put on their show
and never an entertainment on fa-
nous Broadway received as loud and
an ovation. Ross p. An
drews, president of the association
and lord high admiral of the trip,
introduced Commissioners Rudolph
and Oyster and read the regrets of
Commissioner Bell, who was un-
avoidably prevented at the last min
ute from taking the trip. Senator
Ball, chairman of the Senate District
committee. made a short address, in
which he declared that few realized
the difficulty attached to making the
members of Congress take proper
interest in the affairs of the Dis
trict. They are interested in their
own states" he declared
Upholds Party Government.
Senator Ball upheld party govern
ment and the responsibility of men
elected on party tickets to see to it
that they support their party on the
issue to which it has pledged itself in
its platform. He deserted the bloc
system of government as sectional
and as representative, not of the peo-
pie. but of interests" This is
leading us to the crisis of fifty years
ago caused by sectionalism, but this
tune the trouble is an economic one"
said Senator Ball.
preeen tative Zihlman, chairman
OF the House District committee,
praised the District and the average
man." who. he said, was the. main
that the people in the District have
no franchise he declared that Wash
ingtonians were helping to shape the
destinies Of the nation.
List of Prize Winners.
Many prizes donated by the various
were won by the boosters"
The prize winners were:
Frank Mitchell. E. J. Newcomer,
Frank P Carr. E. H. Neumeyer. S. A.
Gatti, Preston c. Phillips, Charles
Camalier. a. c. Case, Wallace ]. Smith,
DR.. J. Rozier Biggs Louis Levy. NJ
H. Schlossberg. Eugene Ober. Frank
2. Fenwick, Edward J. Richardson,
Fernand Petit, Louis A. Payne,
Charles Lyddane, Aubrey Taylor,
Jacobsen, David A Baer W.
w. Georges, Harry Sherry, Z. c.
Scott.
r F. Dyer. Robert ]. CottreI, Jack
w. Stokes Sammons. Charles
l. Ffnney, William r. Winslow,
Charles S. Flynn, F. II. Harveycutter,
]. A. Richter, Hoover zook, William
E. Schmid, Maj. Daniel Sullivan,
Charles Leavell. Herman Schrot F.
w. Harper, Paul Grove, Walter S.
Ward, William Henderson, D. w.
Bowie, J. G. Bell r. b. Behrend,
George F. German, Representative F.
\. Zihlman. N. Z. Billow, John Wal
er, J. H. Stephens. G. w. Bonnette,
DR.. J. w. Laird, F. p. Wilcox, Will
lam Werner, R B. H. Lyon, M M
Doyle, c. F. Jacobsen, 1. A. S1yder,
NJ J. Bouchard, Ernest Johnston,
James NJ. Mount, V. A. Sisier, Frank
Baum. George A. Rucker, Robert
Hickman, Frank L. GhisedE, Z c. CAL
lahan. p. F. Alexander, Charles F.
Walter Lehman, William