The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-10
AMERICAN
CONFERENCE
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CON-
FERENCE OF AM ( R ! c 4 N
STATES IN SESSION.

BuenoS Ayres, July S.-Dlstln-
guished statesmen of all the repub-
lies of the New World met today in
the Paris of America to begin the
fourth international conference of
American states. Former Ambassa-
dor Henry White, the Hon. John
Barrett, director Of the international
Bureau Of American Republics, and
other men of prominence represent
the Unitel States in the epoch-mak-
ing meeting. Prof William l.. Shep-
ard of Columbia University is the
principal secretary of the United
States delegation. Coming at a time
when Argentine is celebrating the
centennial of the beginning of its
struggle for independence, and in
the middle of the winter, when
weather conditions are most favor
able, the congress promises to be
the most important yet held
From an American viewpoint one
OF the interesting questions which
will come before the conference will
be a resolution instructing the gov
erning board of the International
Bureau of American republics to
consider and recommend the manner
in which the opening of the Pana-
ma Canal in 1915
Immediately after the conference
has organized the delegates will cele-
brate the national centenary of the
Argentine Republic and of the Inde-
pendence of the American republics,
many of which celebrate their cen.
tennary anniversaries in 1910. Re-
ports will then be delivered by each
delegation of the action taken by
every government on the resolutions
and conventions of the third confer
ence, held at Rio do Janeiro in 1906.
John Barrett, director of the IN
! national Bureau of American Re
publics' will present report on the
work of the bureau and resolutions
for its future extension.
Resolutions will then be introduced
expressing the Appreciation of he
conference to Andrew Carnegie for
his gift for the construction of a
new building for the bureau in
Washington
The conference will also take up
the important questions for improv-
ing means of transportation of COM
merce among the republics. reports
OF progress on the Pan-American
railway since the last conference will
ibe read, and plan for coOpera-
| tive action will be considered look
ing toward the completion of the
system.
The conference will take up sew
eral questions of obtaining the es-
adjustment of rapid ocean mail
service between the American ie.
pubics. Measures to bring about
uniformity in consular documents:
the technical requirements of Gus
toms regulations and census and
commercial statistics will also be in
troiuced and an effort will be made
to effect practicable arrangement
covering patents, trade marks and
copyrights. The interchange of pro
fessors and studies among the uni
versities and colleges of the Ameri
can republics will also be consid-
cred
Whether or not pecuniary claim
treaties should be continued after
their expiration will be another
question brought before the con-
ference.
Still another matter of great con
sequence will be an adeqate pro
vision for sanitation and quaran.
tine among the several states. The
United States specifically desires
the adoption of some plan by which
outbreaks as far as possible and ON
cr gov, rnments be promptly notified
in cases where there is danger of
the spread of epidemic diseases.
Another question will be that of
the completion of the lnter-Contin-
entail railway system north ans
south through the three Americas.
Soreness of the muscles. whether