The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-20
HUMANTARIANS
Are interested
Letter Received by President Burton
Wilkinson of the Local Society
From American Associa-
ton President
BE FIRST GATHERING
International Gathering of Humani-
tarians in October in Wash.
ington, o. c, to be
Initial.

The local secretary of the Humane
Society is in receipt of letter and
other literature explanatory of the
first international gathering of HUI
manitarians to be held in this country.
The dates are October 1915 this year
and the meeting will be the largest
of its kind ever held, 1T is thought.
The International Humane confer
ence is called to discuss the practical
problems confronting anticruelists
everywhere, to exchange views con-
corning methods and policy now used
TO encourage unity and cooperation
among humanitarians and TO promote
humane progress throughout the
world
The text of DR.. William O.. Still
mans letter. president of the Ameri-
can Humane Association to the Of
ficers of the local organization is:
Albany, n Y, April Is, 1910.
To the Executive officer,
Keokuk Humane Society,
Keokuk, Iowa.
Dear Sir: / take pleasure in en-
closing herewith the preliminary an
nouncement for the First American
International Humane conference to
be conducted under the auspices of
the American Humane Association in
connection with its thirty-fourth an
nual meeting. This meeting will be
held in Washington, D. c., during the
week of October 1915, 1910. There
is every reason to think that this
event will be the most important
meeting which has ever occurred thus
far in the history of the anticraelty
movement It is the first attempt
which has ever been made to have an
international conference which shall
embrace both departments of anti
cruelty work 1t will also be the first
international gathering of humani-
tarians ever held in this country.
In view of the great Importance OF
this conference and of the value of
the papers which will be presented, it
is exceedingly desirable that every
anticruelty society in the United
States should be represented by one
or more delegates Promises of sup
port from many foreign countries
have been made and delegates an
nounced from as far away as Austral-
ia. In order to give humane repre-
sentatives from foreign countries an
adequate and cordial reception each
local society is earnestly solicited to
be represented on this great occasion.
Everyone wishes to visit Washington
and this opportunity will provide an
exceptionally pleasant and attractive
occasion for such trip. Your society
Is hereby invited to designate dele
gates for this meeting and requested
TO give publicity 10 the event in your
local press, and to aid in every way
possible TO make the meeting one
which shall be credit to our ma
tional hospitality and humanitarian
enterprise Specially attractive fea-
lures are noted in the enclosed an
nouncement
All anticruelty societies in the Tn
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their membership in this Association
for the current year. or which may
possibly have not been hitherto af-
fiiated with the American Humane
Association, are invited to transmit
To the treasurer the necessary fee for
the year 1910. A blue membership
slip is enclosed AS all membership
fees expire with December 81 each
year and as the Association will be
caused very large expense early in
the year by this international CON
ference. it is desirable that member.
ship fees should be RENTED as early
N the year as possible, sincerely
nope that not single American
Anticruelty Society will fail to
become a member during this red let.
er year when anticruelty work in the
United States will be subject to the