Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-05
Charities and Correction Con.
ference to Be Held Here
November 8, 9 and 10
MANY FEATURES PREPARED
Program Shows a Most Interesting
Series of Papers and Addresses to be
Given During the Convention = Lo-
cal Arrangements Are in Charge Of
Associated Charities.

HC plOSI dII lOl LIE eighth dllIusIl
session of the Iowa State Conference
of Charities and Correction, which is
to be held in this city on November s.
3 and 10, has been compiled and will
be in hands of the printer and mailed
to members of the conference turnout
the state in few days. The program
shows an interesting array Of talent
for the convention and the numerous
papers and addresses will attract a
statewide as we'll as local interest. The
local arrangements for the conference
are in charge of the Associated Char
tiles Of Marshalltown. The convention
will be helu IN the Methodist church,
and will sc open to the public.
The officers of the state conference
are as fellows:
President--G. S. Robinson, Sioux
City.
First Vice President-Mrs. Alice G.
Fletcher, Marshalltown.
Second Vice observation-disclosures
Edward A. Steiner, Grinnell.
General Secretary-C. w. Wassam,
Iowa City.
Treasurer-H. S. Hollingsworth.
Des Moines.
The executive committee Of the con-
ference is composed of President Rob-
irson, Secretary Wassaln and DR..
Frank I. Herriott, Des Moines; Miss
Flora Dunlap, Des Moines; and Mr.. w
". Baldwin, of Burlington.
The program for the three days
neeting will be as follows:
Wednesday Evening, November 8.
Apollo Quartet-Messrs. c. E. Pat
terson, F. Aubrey Smith, Guy Dryden
and Ralph Elk, Marshalltown.
Invocation - Rev. Elijah Brown
Jones, pastor First Baptist church,
Marshalltown.
Address of Welcome-Hon. o. L. In
gledue, mayor of Marshalltown.
RESPONSE. I! Herriott, Phi. D., pro-
fessor Of economics and political sci-
ence, Drake University, Des Moines.
Presidents Address-G. S. Robinson,
Sioux City.
Address-"Sir Samuel Romilly and
Criminal Law Reform" Charles Noble
Gregory, LID, dean of the college Of
law, State University Of Iowa.
Appointment Of committees.
Enrolment of members.
Thursday Forenoon, November 9.
Address, "Reformatories for Young
Men and Young Women '-Senator C.
G. Saunders, Council Bluffs.
Discussion-Led by Horace E.Deem-
er, Of Red Oak, judge of the supreme
court of Iowa.
Address, Juvenile Court Law and
Needed Changes'-G. W. Burnham
Of vinton, judge Of the seventeenth
judicial district Of Iowa.
Discussion-Led by Mrs. Cora b
Hills, Des Moines and Miss Jessie
Binford, Marshalltown.
Thursday Afternoon.
+ Address, County and Town Prisons
Of Iowa"-Professor Forrest e. Ensign,
Council Bluffs.
Discussion.
Address Some Conditions Produc-
ing Poverty in Cities'-D. A. GLASGOW.
general secretary Associated Charities.
Des Moines.
Discussion.
Thursday Evening.
Duet-Miss Florence j. King and Mr..
G. E. Patterson, Marshalltown.
Address, Child Labor"-Mrs. Flor
ence Kelley, secretary National Con-
sumers' League, New York
Address, Some Aspects of Practical
Charities and Correction in New York
City, illustrated by stereopticon) -
William R. Patterson, Phi. D., professor
of statistics and economics, State Uni
versity of Iowa, Iowa City.
Discussion-Led by Professor 1sanc
A. Loos, Iowa City; Mrs. John L. Null
fancy, Dubuque, and Mrs. Julia Clark
Hallam, Sioux City.
Friday Forenoon, Nov. 10th.
Reports of committees, election Of Of
ficers and other business.
Address, Sewage Disposal for Poor
People, H. Pammel, Phi. D., profess
sor Of botany, Iowa College of Agri-
culture and Mechanic Arts. Ames.
Discussion.
Address, Tuberculosis; Public Re-
lief and the State"-Dr. E. Luther Ste
vens. Des Moines.
Discussion-Led by jennie McCowen,
M. D., Davenport.
The officers Of the Associated Char
tiles of Marshalltown, the organization
which has charge OF the local arrange
ments are Mrs. Alice G. Fletcher
president; Mr. B. F. Nichols, vice
president; Miss Agnes Thomas, secre-
tary; and Mrs. D. T. Denmead, treas
mer.
The printed programs will call the
attention of the delegates to the nu-
raerous points of interest in the city,
including the magnificent state build
ings comprising the Iowa Soldiers
Home, the st. Thomas hospital, the
Carnegie free public library and new
federal building. Other points OF In
terest that will be mentioned will bd
Riverview park and the Country Club,
which will be open to the delegates
during their stay in the city, and the
beautiful Riverside cemetery. Atten-
ton to the latter is called from the
fast that it is generally conceded to
be one of the finest cemeteries in Iowa,
both in point of natural beauty and
the manner in which the grounds are
maintained.