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Show HEGIRA BEGINS TO THE PACIFIC COAST Eight Thousand Tourists Begin Their Journey From Eastern Points. NEW YORK. May 12. About 8000 tourists tour-ists to the Pacific coast began their Journey Monday by special trains over the Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania railroad.. Seven special trains will be used, each composed of Pullman vestibule, baggage, dining and drawing-room drawing-room sleeping cars. Each train will be in charge of a Pennsylvania railroad tourist agent and will be accompanied by a chaperon, official stenographer and special spe-cial baggage master. . - The destination of the party Is Los Angeles, where many will attend the general gen-eral assembly of the Presbyterian church. Two of the special trains left New York today and five will leave tomorrow. This is the ' largest transcontinental party ever handled under the personally conducted sytem. |