Show AMERICAN MA TO MEET I LOUIS OCTOBER NINTH NINTHs NINTHa i a s ho l e w t tt I I y I It t t 4 t 9 n j i I I I yr z j jIT I IT rY t i ii a i A rr W x t I i G TM t E i h t A r 1 f t r 3 r q sS s yr 0 a t k i 1 I ti 11 i t r Mayor of St Louis Lonis and president of the St Louis Centennial association i If Ir a thousand or so American may mayors ors t I i i rt t hive have in their possession by Oct 9 D the latest and best ideas on how to run C iti it will not be the fault of the St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis Centennial association and the theu thetis u ic is League of St Louis The former I 1 5 arranged to bring together and en ent t rt un at least this number of chief c Executives e of municipalities of the Unit I ed States Statts during the wk week o k that the lOath I annivErsary of the incorporation of St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis will ill be celebrated beginning Oct 3 and the latter has seized upon the opportunity afforded to have the visitors visit visitors visitors ors join in a great conference or series aeries rles of conferences on problems of o city gov government government government Notable Gathering Three thousand invitations are being sent out for or this feature of the centen centennial centennial centennial nial celebration and although it ft ia is l feared that not more than one mayor in three whose presence is will willbe willI willbe I be able to accept the gathering never nevertheless neverthelEss nevertheless will be the most notable of its kind ever held It is doubtful that half as many city rulers as will attend ever have met together Fully appreciating tha th tl 3 honor which will be conferred upon St Louis by this assemblage the Centennial association and its coworkers are making every effort to provide appropriate entertain entertainment entertainment entertainment ment and the wives and daughters of the visitors will be especially cared for tor forThe forThe The week will be a busy one for the mayors and those who accompany them from the day of their arrival Monday Oct 4 until their departure six days later For them it will begin with a reception and a luncheon the tile first nm day and will Include a banquet attendance at the Veiled Yelled Prophet ball and facilities to see all of the other chief events of the celebration Among these the e will be grand pageants dally daily and great balloon airship and aeroplane races Reception at City Hall The reception Monday will be held at city hall by Mayor Frederick H Krels Kreis Kreismann mann who Is president of the Centennial Centen Centennial Centennial nial association Immediately following at 1230 1238 p m a luncheon will be given at Hotel Jefferson by the Civic league and other noted visitors who may have arrived will be asked to attend After the luncheon an Important con conference conference ference will be held at which the prin principal principal principal cipal topic of discussion will be the commission form of municipal gov government go government It is expected that talks will willbe willbe willbe be made by mayors of cities in which the plan already is in operation notable among which are Des Moines Ia la and Galveston Tex and opponents of the plan also will speak The advisability of further formal conferences is under consideration by the officers of tho league It is probable that at least one more Tuesday afternoon on subjects to be selected will be arranged An invitation to and souvenir of the Veiled Prophet ball will be presented to each mayor who accepts an invitation to attend the centennial celebration The ball Tuesday evening will be held this year in the beautiful new Coliseum instead of the Merchants Exchange permitting a larger and more comfort comfortable comfortable comfortable able attendance than ever heretofore Banquet for Mayors The Business Mens league the chief organization of business busl eIB men In St Louis and one of the strongest bodies of its kind in m the United Stales States will be host Wednesday evening at the Coliseum Coli Coliseum seum at what will be known as the American mayors banquet at which the visiting mayors and their wives and other othe prominent guests to the number of ot 2200 1200 are expected to be present Many other elaborate events of a pub lic nature and free to all aJl will w l fill nil out the week The Centennial association has IMS se secured secured secured cured reduced railroad rates from vir all parts of or the United States in including including eluding the Pacific coast for centennial week |