Evening star., 1925-07-12
1000 ARE EXPECTED
At BENSON DINNER
Testimonial Banquet to Be
Given Admiral Here on
Birthday. Sept. 19.

a thousand men and women are ex-
pected to attend a testimonial dinner
which is to be given here September
l9 in honor Of Admiral w. S. Benson,
member and former chairman of the
United States Shipping Board and
chief Of naval operations during the
World War, commemorative his 10th
birthday and the completion Of his
50th year of service as naval ana
civil officer of the United States.
One hundred men, prominent in
professional and industrial life over
the country, have sponsored the testi-
monial.
Invitations are being sent 10 hun
dreds Of Admiral Benson's friends in
this country and in foreign countries,
including France, Britain, Italy and
Japan. Some invited are those with
whom Admiral Benson was associated
in Paris during the drafting of the
treaty of Versailles, when he was act
ing as advisor 10 President Wilson.
Committee Members.
Among the members of the commit
tee which is planning the testimonial
TO Admiral Benson are Pierce Butler,
associate justice of the United States
Supreme Court; Senator Guy D. Golf
of West Virginia. Gov. Albert c.
Ritchie of Maryland, T. V. O'Connor,
chairman, and Z. c. Plummer, vice
chairman, and Members Meyer Lissner
and W. S. Hill of the United States
Shipping Board; Josephus Daniels, for
mer Secretary of the Navy; Newton
D. Baker, former Secretary of War;
Bernard NJ. Baruch, former chairman
of the War Industries Board; John
Hays Hammond, Maj. Gen. John A.
Lejeune of the L. S. Marine Corps,
Daniel Willard. president of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad; Clarence
Mackay, president of the Postal Tele-
graph; Richmond Dean, vice president
of the Pullman Co; DR.. L. S. Rowe.
director general. Pan-American Union;
Henry w. Taft of New York, William
]. Donovan, assistant TO United
States Attorney General; Victor J.
Bowling, associate justice, New York
Supreme Court; Mayor James NJ. Cur
ley of Boston, Edward Mclean, pub
Usher of the Washington Post; former
Senator James a. O'Gorman of New
York, former Senator David I. Walsh
Of assaChusetts, former Senator
George b Chamberlain of Oregon.
Maj. Gen. Frank Mcintyre. Admiral
Charles P. Plunkett, commandant Of
the Brooklyn navy yard; Admiral
George r. Clark. Admiral w. w.
Phelps, Martin Conboy. New York;
Peter A. Drury, Washington; Prof
Robert N. Ford of Harvard Univer-
sity, Prof. Henry Jones Ford of
Princeton University, Robert \.
Harper. George E. Hamilton, Wendell
p. Stafford. associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the District of Co.
iumbia; Martin F. Manton. Judge of
the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals. New York. and Joseph P.
Grace of New York.
Others in Charge
In addition to those already named
are also the following members, rep
resenting various sections of the
country: Isaac Cans, Justice Nc
Grath, DR.. Constantine Z. MCGUIRE,
D. ]. Callahan and Arthur May Of
Washington, Francis P. Matthews,
Omaha; Patrick H. Rice, Augusta;
Warren a. Cartier, Ludington, Mich;
George Z. Erb, Lewiston, Idaho;
Joseph NJ. Tally. Providence; Charles
I. Denechaud, New Orleans; Michael
B. Hurley. St. Paul; T. Joseph Cahill
Cheyenne, Wyo.: H A ~ Daily
Philadelphia; John X. Mullen, Denver:
r. a. c. Smith, New York; Thomas
P. Flynn, Chicago; Edward Hines,
Thomas II. Cannon, Dennis F. Kelly.
Chicago; Charles F. O'Hara. Cudahy,
Wis; Lee ]. Dougherty, Davenport,
Iowa DR.. Edward F. McSweeney,
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Festus ]. Wade, Casper S. Yost,
O'Neill Ryan and Francis r. Lowther
of St. Louis; James Houlahen, Pitts.
burgh; Charles F. Dele, Cincinnati;
Walter T. Johnson, Kenton, Ohio.
Charles Korz. Butler. n. J., and
Joseph H. Reiman, Pittsburgh.
Edward J. O'Connor, 1914 Massa-
chuSetts avenue, is secretary of the
committee on arrangements. Addi-
John j. Pershing. +. J. McQuade and
Admiral L. c. Palmer Washington:
Edward n. Hurley, Chicago: Rear
Admiral H. T. MAYO, Richard T. Nc
Sorely Joseph L. Durkin, j. j.
Cabrey, James NJ. Wilcox, Philadel-
phia, and Edward T. Dixon, Gin
cinnati