"Announcement of the birthday party recalls the gala opening ten years ago of Seattle's own civic hotel. Among the first to register at the hotel ten years ago were: "Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Kerry, Mrs. C. D. Stimson, and the late Mr. Stimson, Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Douglas, Judge and Mrs. L.C. Gilman, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Green, the late Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Stewart, the late Mr. H.C. Henry and Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Merrill." "The Olympic Hotel, the largest west of Chicago with the exception of one in California, has been the headquarters for many national and northwest conventions during the past year and has housed many thousands of Seattle visitors during the tourist season."