The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-20

tIlC ClOSe Ol lHe soDuIisH w uit MLSi
lie worked out the system of public
finance and taxation now IN vogue.
More recently he represented this coun-
try in San Domingo. craving UP plan
by which the foreign creditors OF that
republic have had their claims settled
satisfactorily Within the past year
he has served his own city of Baltf-
more as member OF the City Tax
Commission, and is the president of
the Maryland Conference of Charities
and Corrections.
Save Others.
Other men of almost equal prorni-
nence will be DR.. i. +. Scarcy, Super
intendent of the Hospital for the In
sane at Tuscaloosa. Ala; Mr.. George
l.. Sehon, State Superintendent of the
Kentucky Chidren's Home Society; Mr..
Joseph Clayton Lodge. Superintendent
of the Associated Charities of Atlanta,
Ca; Mr.. John NJ. Glenn, of New York
City. director and executive officer of
the Russell Sage Foundation, cor
poration recently founded and endowed
by Mrs. Russell Sage, for the purpose
of making research and stimulating
those activities best adapted to reach
the causes of poverty; Mr. w. Fl. Whit
taker, superintendent of the Indiana
Reformatory, at Jeffersonville, Ind;
D. Walter Lindley, chairman of the
Committee on Public Health and dean
OF the Medical College of the Univer-
sity of Southern California. at Los An
geles; Hon. William II. DeLacy, Judge
of the Juvenile Court OF Washington,
.. c., and many others.
A side meeting of great interest Will
be the conference on Truant and Back
ward Children. This body will meet at
Hampton, Va. on May 4tll, and at the
Mechanics Institute. in Richmond, on
May 5th and 9th. finally merging with
the general conference. Mr. Morney
Williams, of New York. member of
the Executive Committee OF the ma
tional conference. is president of the
Conference on Truant and Backward
Children. Mr.. Williams is New York
banker but devotes much of his time
to charitable work, having an especial
interest In the problems of children.
Miss Adams Coming.
Among the more distinguished wo-
men who will take part in the national
conference are Miss Jane Adams. of
Chicago, probably one of the most
widely known social workers Of
America. and Miss Harriet Fulmer
superintendent of the Visiting Nurses
Association OF Chicago.
Trips will be made by sections
to the Loretta School for Feeble
Minded, the Laurel Reformatory and
the Central State Hospital at Peters,
burg. On Monday. May l1th., the local
Committee on Entertainment will give
the entire association trip on the
James river to Westover and return,
spending the day in the open air on
the historic river. and giving an OPP
portunity for social intercourse and
the making of acquaintance.
The Officers.
The following is the present list
of officers and committee chairmen
of the National Association of Chart
ties and Corrections, who have in
charge the arrangements for the thir-
ty-ifth annual conference:
observation-disclosures NJ. Mulry, s75
Lafayette Street, New York, N. Y
First observation-disclosures X. Cush-
ing 81 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco,
Cal
Second Vice-President- Jacob FL.
Hollander, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore. Md.
Third Vice President-Franklin II.
Nibecker. Glen Mills. Pa
Observation-Disclosures Boyle. Els La
Sale Street. Chicago, Ill.
General MISUNDERSTANDING John
son, Indianapolis, Ind.
Assistant Secretaries-W. II. McClain.
ST. Louis; Arthur P. Kellogg, New
York; Nathaniel G. Grasty. Baltimore;
Stephen p Norris. Omaha: Eugene T.
Lies. Minneapolis; II. S. Braucher
Portland, Me-; Harold X. Estabrook,
Philadelphia.
Executive committee-The president.
the first vice-president. the ex-presi-
dents of the conference: r. r. Bicknell.
Chicago; Harris r. Cooley, Cleveland;
William F. Drewrv, Petersburg; Homer
Folks, New York: Julian W. Mack.
Chicago; Frank L. McVey. Minneapolis:
Thomas D. Osborne. Louisvlle: George
Robinson, New Yopk; Mornay VIII
liams, New York.
Condensed Program.
a condensed program Of the Nationa
Conference of Charities and Corrections
is as follows:
Wednesday,, May 9th, p. NJ.
Opening Mceting-Probably at the
Academy of Music. Addresses by Gov
ernor Claude "A. Swanson, Mayor Carl
ton Mccarthy and Local Chairman r.
a. Lancaster Jr.
Responses by visiting delegates, re-
presenting the Conference of Jewish
Charities, the National Meeting of the
presiding officers OF the National Con-
ference.
The Presidents Address Hon. Thos
NJ. Mulry, New York City
Thursday, May eth, 10 a. NJ.
Sectional Committee Meetings:
Children.-The Educational Prin.
ciple in all Child-Saving Work.
Needy Families etc.--Raising oul
standards of efficient work.
Criminals, etc.--Reformatory disci.
pline and industries
Public IIcalth.-Tuberculosi
Evening.--General Session, Second
Presbyterian Church, p. NJ.
Topic.--Needy Families; their Home!
and Neighborhoods. The Church ant
the Home,
Friday, May Sth, 10 a. NJ.
Sectional Meetings, in five sections