Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-17
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WILL PLAN 4 n DIS FOR lWls
Rc sresentatives Of Seamen's Frteno
Societies All Ovar the World to BE-
Presc nt-Newport News and NOT
folk Send Delegates.

fifty thousand miles FIR over three
Thousand hours representatives from
q dozen nations ar TODAY b, >.nd lot
this city to plan organize! nelp lot
the sailor en- every sea or ne @ion".
For the first time in histOi. IN inter
national conference in the ;nt"r"'; of
millions Of men who lives Oh the ocean
has be Ell called by tn" American Sea
mems Friend Soc;ct::. AMI from al
most every country in the world d't'-
gates arc hurrying here to - ll"s-
ont 4, the Gathering on ", boz an.
America will be represented by an>
thoritics on the Interests ~ Scani'h
from more than dozen Of IN" So
cie,v's branch stations ~ - "hHihS
ports on 10th coasts.
To outline AMI Props rHmec''s
for the problems with which tn" Sr ,at
international body of s''Iart:s Is
faced on every shore of the WLrii t.
day is the object Of this rn,lre co.,
eress. The worldwide WA: ct IN"
Grimm. the boarding master, III" snip
Ming agent ami ship owner VIII '"' i'<-
cusscd hv men who have made a ne
long study throughout the globe OF
these vita! elements in tn" life OF
iack-ashore. The lr9a'm"nt Oh
;ockips in the RAVES # the nations as
we'll as the mnrch1nt marine Will
come I'D fer considerati@n. Eh"rts
will also be male to per1ect 'he w
canization bv which the American
Seamans Friend Socia:y Is m ny
10 keep in touch with the shli''hs
body of sailcrs through their lcr's-
five stations all over the word
From Great critain. F.. w. Ha'-
thcws sc-rs,ar; of tn British ana
Foreign Sailors Society q Lond@n IL
on his wav to give the conference the
benefit Of his investigation in tour
Of thu globe which he has just coH'
Melted. The prof. EN- Of the sailor man
in Mediterranean ports will be re-
norted bv T J. Irving. who IS noun"
for New York from Naples. wnere ne
! has for years been an active wcrk'r
for stranded seamen. Chaplain Woi-
;as.n o. the societv's staten al
| Conenhascn has today arrived III
| this city and viii b, followed D! oIni
heading workers in the Por;s OF "e''
many Holland and Sweden
| Ero,, tho Western Hemis sphere vet
cram workers for the American Sea
mans Friend Society frcm MONTREAL
' down to Bueras Avres are rea! EN-
barkcd on their jCIrnHy 10 'he All.
scan conf renee. Tucker. Woo h"s
worsers at the branch in Rio az
| Janiero which for seventy-'our Fta's
tho .ocietv mas battled to MAINTAIN
.g,;ns, the ravages Of yellow fever
! t. 20 renor. on conditions surround
ing iack-a shore in South America "
day. Another experts need worhtI ~
Arg .nt;nc has begun the 'ohS vo'%
from B,,cnos Ayres. Reports VIII as
no received from the S>uth AMT!
;ca, stations Of thc society AZ va"
naraiso. Nontevideo and Rosario.
New Orleans. Gloucester. Seattle.
'ScrfoIs Galveston. Newport new
Pcnsaco.a. BOSTON. Char eston. WE,
n,;n-tou and Portland Oregon. "I''
s.n1 REPRESENTATIVES to tel this con-
crcss Of workers .hc'r IDEAS OF sock-
- ont for the welfare If the sailor.
The experiments OF fhc cN.
agents in the ports Of every seao"
; state in this country 10 pToNih'
! shi,pipy bureaus. suitable acco.'o'.
ton. entertainment. banking anu '",
fitting facilities for the lam III. -"
a.. chores Of the United States VIII
all he discussed and new srsSe>''o"'
Offered along ;hcse lines.
As We we're the first 10 place ana
maintain stations !.r the bencfit Oh
| tho worlds sailors oitsidc OF our
country. We feel glad Ct The Sppor.
unity 10 call this first int"rn&'iona'
lconfercnce TO he!p the seaHen OF Nv"
vorId-: sail G. Mcpherson Hunter.
s.crlta,y q the Amer can Soamen >
lF.i.rJ society a, its headquarters. I"
wall street. tods: NO class OF mon
among alt the pope OF the Fr'n
sarss ,cday NOR sadly in n cd o.
sycedy measures TO Lrirh'fn ara oc''
to- ,hcir Io' IN lfc. W" "arh'
hon tina; our gain reg next moh'n
uiiI result in a worli vice hene u
to the sailor