The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-12
Mr. Williams Declares Organ.
lied Charities Are Unduly
Active in Conference.
.NEGRO'S OUTLOOK FOR
HEALTH VERY POOR

Papers Presented by Prom
inent Members at
Night Meeting.
4 PPARENTLY fearing that tina
~ element of politics might be
~ injected into a body the sue
4 " cess of which depends upon
the elimination of that un-
certain quality, the committee on or
Sanization of the National Conference
of Charities and Correction changed
the program last night by nominating
officers forty-eight hours ahead of the
scheduled time. Rumors of opposition
to the report Of the committee gave
an added tinge of interest to the pro-
ceedings. but aside from the mild pro.
test of Mr. Mornay Williams. of New
York, the ticket as presented went
through unanimously Mr.. Ernest 2.
Bicknell, superintendent of the Chi
cago Bureau OF Charities, being named
as presidenttfor the ensuing year. Mr.
Thomas .. Osborne. of the Louisville
Courier-Journal. was elected first vice.
president. and Mr.. Alexander john
son, of Indianapolis. secretary.
Expressing the highest regard for
Mr. Bicknell, Mr. Williams declined to
support him for the reason that "he
represented an interest undrly active
in the conference"
Public Kenlth Discussion.
Devoted to the broad subject of pub
lie health the general session was un-
questionably the most important sinca
the convention began its deliberations
here. In presenting the. report of the
committee. Walter Lindley. M. D.. LII.
D.. director of the California Hospital
at Los Angeles. discussed every phase
from the spread Of disease by vermin.
to the force behind the prohibition
wave which is sweeping the country.
.'rhe Importance of Pure Food and
Drugs In Relation to Public Health.''
by Dr. w. Fl. Wiley. Chief of the Bu-
| reau OF Chemistry Of the United States
Department of Agriculture. and The
Negroes Outlook for Health, by the
Rev. Beverly Warner. D. D.. rector OF
Trinity Church. New Orleans. gave ex-
preston to Views which Were helpful.
Instructive and sometimes unique.
Running through the address of Or.
| Iindley was vein OF humor mingled
with the consideration of serious topics
to make doubtful points more clear.
In dealing with the danger which comes
| from the association of children and
animal pets. he said his observations
convinced him that the Teddy Bear
| alone was secure against sthe things
which grow into disease. His plea for
the Fairgrounds, his tribute to tile
nurses and his belief that In time the
| American people would have to re-
| turn 20 sassafras tea and buttermilk.
their boyhood beverage. brought rips
pie OF applause which was spontaneous
and genuine.
Liquor Evil is Bad Liquor.
Like others. DIR. Wiley ranged in the
.felds of temperance and prohibition.
declaring that the great evil of drink
| came from the use of adulterated IL
/ quors. He denounced the habit of par
| ents who drugged their infants into
slumber by the wholesale dosing Of
! soothing syrup. which is nothing more
nor less than dangerous dope. His
main theme. however. was the fact that
pure foods mean longer lives.
The address by DR.. Warner was a
1 ma sterly presentation OF a question
which is closely related to the futura
greatness OF the South. His views on
the negro problem, his urgent demand
| for more careful study, together with
original ideas. which were impressive.
| If not startling. brought forth a reso-
| luton commending the paper and z
speech by DR., e. G.. Levy. chief health
officer of Richmond.
terday. the one event being an eScur-
sion on the steamer Pocahontas to
/ lWestover.
Failed to Cheer roc's Name.
Before taking UP his theme, DR..
Lindley last night referred pleasantly
to the fact that the foremost citizen
| of Los Angeles was Virginia gem
teman. who left Richmond after serv-
/ Ing in the Confederate Army. and who
had been serving as United States dis
| trict Judge for many years. "1e Is
able, just and fearless. said DR.. Lind
ley. "Hc is man OF the highest
character we'll equipped to be Pres
ident OF the United States. I have
| reference to Hon. Erskine M. Ross.
"And 1t is with the utmost pleasure
that have heard of a movement in
this city OF monuments to erect a
statue to Edgar Allan Poe, Amcrica'a
greatest literary genius. This should
be a national movement.
"Organize with Howells, Twain or
Roosevelt as honorary president, have
Il vice-p president from every State in
the union, have some suitable Ricll-
lmcntl man as secretary and your lead
| ing bank president as treasurer. and
give MS all chance to help you raise
| 100000. Poe's mother died In Rich-}
mond. He spent his early childhood
here. graduated from the University
OF Virginia. edited one OF the highest
class literary ma gazines ever publish-
ed, and when his wife died and Ill
health overlook him, he came to Rich-
mond as a troubled child runs to .
loving mother"
i II may have seemed strange to the
i spea kers, and members of the con.
ference gathered here from all parts
of the country, but this tribute to Poe
fell upon ears apparently dead. There
was not so much as a clapping OF
4, hand. 1t was painful.
Red Chcrrfcs and Prohibition.
Elsewhere in this issue of&The Timea.
4 Dispatch viii be found the first and
i striking, part of Or Lindley's address.
He discussed medical propoaitions with
( the ability of scientist, and then
came TO the subject OF temperance,
.Thc Japanesc say msn takes