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Show I Every Conveyance Known to Man Will Bring Delegates at Atlantic City ATLANTIC CITY, April 24. Toronto Tor-onto Rotarians arc coming U every conveyance known to man to the eleventh elev-enth annual convention of the International Inter-national Association of Rotary Clubs, held here on the Steel Pier during the week o June 21st. And they are coming 300 strong. They have chartered char-tered a special train on which the majority will travel.- A big contingent contin-gent will motor to the shore In a fleet of automobiles, calling at Notary No-tary towns en route; four yachtsmen propose to sail to this port, and two airmen will fly here. Atlantic City has the first official airport to be established on the Atlantic coait. and Rotarlan birdmcn will find a jood landing place for airplanes or seaplanes. The first big hatch of applications for reservations has been received by I LUC tuintliuuil I.UIIIIIIII.H., -v.... i requests for accoinmodation3 pour in V hourly by mall or wire. The expec- tation is for an attendance of auout JvUOO, and preparations are to that ohd. The delegates will represent eery big city in tnis country, and I'anadn, and many smaller cities, be-1 be-1 sides clubs from overseas. Four visitors vis-itors are on their way from Si'.ang- hai. China; nearly n half hundred ll have sent bookings from .English tt towns, 10 hail from Cuba, and rcs- I . nations ranging In number from ten I to 30 are called for by clubs trom I every point on the continent. To 11- " lustrate the far reaching effect of ,.' Rotary, there are applications from ; Honolulu, 1-savana, Porto Rico, Llver- t pool, Edlnburg, Ottawa and' Pue"blo ( among many others. Niagara Falls J Rotarians have planned to entertain delegates traveling eastward by that i route with a view of the great falls. Other clubs on the route to the cuh-X cuh-X vontlon are preparing to give stop- over hospitality to their traveling col- l leagues. Fifty district clubs will maintain headquarters and open t house with dally teas and dancing Jn k the middle ballroom of the Steel Pier. Plans were completed at the recent ij district conference at Scranton, Pa. l The district comprising 21 clubs and F a membership of nearly 2 700 will Join Atlantic City Rotarians in the role of j; hosts. |