Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
FORD AND EDISON
WELCOME HOOVER
President. Rides. With Host
and Inventor on Copy
of Old Trian.

Continued From First Psge0
and small company, but a. Nation
wide radio ilooK-up will make It possible
for his words Of tribute to be heard by
millions.
The President and his party arrived
here on the special train of the Bal
timores q Ohio Railroad at $3.50. Mr.
and Mrs. Ford and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
son were at the station to extend a
warm welcome:
After a. round of handshaking and
exchanging of greetings, Mr.. Ford. as
host. took the lead and escorted the
party across the platform to the train
which conveyed them to Old Smiths
Creek Station, the entry post. so to
speak, to Mr.. Fords early American
village. This train ride. which was
barely more than a mile in length,
was an unusual one. The train was z
reproduction of the old iron horse"
type Of train OF the Grand Trunk
Railroad. upon which Mr.. Edison as
a youngster sold newspapers, maga-
zines and fruits.
Edison Acts az Vender.
While riding on the train Mr.. Edison
added to the amusement of the party
by going through the motions of IL
train vender. He carried a large baS-
ket of fruit, peanuts and package candy
and in most serious manner offered
these wares for sale to all in the car.
Every one. including the President, dug
down in their pockets and made pun
Chases
Mr. Eciison's next act was to run off
a one-Sheet train newspaper, such as he
printed and sold when he was train
vendor. This little newspaper sheet
~ Ma, -
October 81. 1862-the electric light
jubilee anniversary datel-were carried
through the car by Mr.. Edison. who
called out Paper! Paper!" as he passed
the copies to the smiling company.
This scene was re-enacted In the bag
gage car of the old train. which car had
been built by Mr.. Ford to reproduce
exactly the old car on which Mr.. Edi-
son had served as newsboy. In one
end Of the car was reproduced the
crude little laboratory used by the boy
Edison for his experiments in those
days.
Another interesting feature incident
to the early life of Mr.. Edison was
the Old Smiths Creek Station. when
Is the station where Mr.. Edison. then
a news vender, was thrown from
Grand Trunk train by an irate con-
ductor because he had set the baggage
chemical experiments. 1t was recently
purchased by Mr.. Ford and transplant
ed here.
Mr.. Ford's early American village
has been set up in an area known as
Greenfield, and has been reconstructed
by Mr.. Ford as part Of the Edison
Institute of Technology.
Both the President and Mrs Hoover
manifest the deepest interest in the
oh 6ar faI
in creating this early village.
Besides the original Edison labora-
tory, the President and Mrs. Hoover
saw the courthouse building in which
Abraham Lincoln appeared frequently
as a young lawyer in Logan County,
ILL.,; the original Clinton Inn, which was
built in New England more than CEN
try ago: a Connecticut post Office
building erected originally in 1903; and
a copy of Independence Hall in Pftla-
delphia.
They expressed amazement of all
that Mr. Ford has collected for his
early village. Besides the buildings
mentioned the visitors were shown a
forge such as was used during the early
days of the Republic; an ancient grist
mill, log cabins and an especially in
teresting building used as a village
store before the Civil War. The group
includes also an old church, black
smith shop of an early period and va
rtous other buildings and objects OF
romantic interest.
Detroit Halls President.
The visit to Detroit was something
of a reminder Of the Presidents cam
paign days a year ago. The streets
through which the President drove were
thronged with cheering persons. No
hn% f1nV.
Everywhere he was acclaimed In an en-
thusiastic manner. At noon the PreSi-
dents caravan of cars drew up to the
steps of the city hall, where he and
Mrs. Hoover were greeted by Gov. Green
of Michigan and Mayor Lodge of De-
troit and other State and municipal Of
f1cialS. A huge crowd of citizens packed
the great plaza in front of the city hall.
The Presidents party hurried back to
the Ford home for luncheon and brief
rest preparatory to a busy afternoon
and evening. One of the features Of
the program for this afternoon is an
inspection trip to the Rouge plant of
the Ford Co. and to the Ford airplane
factory and airport.
The party will dine at $50 In the
early American village. The dinner will
celebration, and it will be held in In
dependence Hall"
At the conclusion of this dinner Mr..
Ford will lead the President and Mrs.
Hoover and the other guests to Mr..
Edisons original Menlo Park labora-
tory for what Mr.. Ford has set down
As the real celebration Of the electric
light anniversary. It will be during the
gathering in this old structure that Mr.
Edison will re-enact the invention of
the incandescent lamp and other Incl
dents of that great occasion.
After this Mr.. Hoover will make his
address.
With these ceremonies over, Mr.. Hoo
yer and his party soon will take their
leave and return to their train at the
Dearborn Station. At midnight the
train will start on its journey to Gin
cinnati. where tomorrow morning the
President will participate in the cere-
monies at Eden Park celebrating the
completion of the canalization of the
Ohio River from the Mississippi to
above Pittsburgh. The Presidents visit
| in Cincinnati will be for not more than
five hours. Early in the afternoon he
will start on boat ride down the Ohio
River to Louisville.