The Prescott daily news., 1910-10-10
FIRST AMERICAN AFFIRMATION AL HUMANE MEETING IS
 NOW IN PROGRESS.
SESSIONS IN WASHINGTON
Taft Is Honorary President and Many Eminent Friends of Children and Dumb Animals Are
 on the Program.

Washington, Oct. 10.-More than 300 delegates are here to attend the First American International Humane conference which opened today in conjunction with the thirty-fourth an nual meeting of the American Hu- mane association.
 The international conference was brought about by the American asso- citation. and Is being conducted under the auspices of the latter. Delegates from twenty foreign countries. includ- ing Great Britain, Germany, France. Italy and several South American countries, are participating. The ses- sions of the conferences are held in the new building of the UnlI~~ States National museum, one of the largest and handsomest public buildings in the country.
 President William H. 1aft is the honorary president of the conference and King George of England, who as Prince of Wales was president of the Royal s. P. c. A., is first honorary vice-president. It Is expected that Mir Taft Will address the conference during it's sessions, and he also will give reception to the delegates at the White House.
 Today, tomorrow and Wednesday tne sessions of the conference are to be devoted exclusively to subjects relating to children, and a considera- ble number of the members of the International Prison congress which met here last week have remained to take part in this section of the pro- gram Thursday Friday and Satur- day will be given up to subjects re- lating to animals.
 Among the speakers who will ad- dress the conference and their sub jects are the following: Parental Re sponsibility," by Robert J. Wilkin, judge of the juvenile court, Brooklyn; Protecting Children from the Stand point of Conservation of National Re- sources" by B. N. Parker, ex-presi-
 
 Baltimore; The Work of the Nation al Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children in England" by Robert J.. Parr director; The Work of the So- ciety for Protection of Children in lndia," by NJ. J. Coldren, Calcutta;
 The Reform of Criminal Children i'll Russia" by Nicholas Loutchinsky, ed itor of the Prison Messenger, St Petersburg, Russia Actual Value of Juvenile Courts and the Extent to Which They Reform Delinquents,' by William H. DeLary. judge juvenile court. Washington D. C.; The Spe- cial Institutions Desirable for the In struction of UndeVeloped Abnormal or Vicious Children" by Dr. Max C.. Schlapp. specialist in charge of psy- chiatrical and neurological depart ment, New York :. P. c. C.; What is Being Done for Child Protection in France" by NJ. Le Gayte, director So ciety for Protection of Children, Paris: Moving Picture Shows and the Child" by Thomas H. Agnew, su- uperintendent Louisiana $. P. c. C., New Orleans; Bands of Mercy; Their Value to Children" by J. J.. Kelso, superintendent Ontario depart ment Neglected and Dependent Chil- dren, Toronto; ''Women's Inspection of Children Boarded-out," by Mrs. M. N. Mason. London, England; Anti Cruelty Work for the Protection of Children in Germany" by Pastor Bahnson; "The Anti-Footbinding Movement in China" by Tong Kaison, Picking: Methods Followed in Italy for the Reformation of Young Girl Criminals" by A. Doria, general di- rector of prisons and reformatories in Italy; Juvenile Courts in Ireland by Miss Rose M. Barrett, Kingston, Ireland; Report on the Protection of Children in India" by Dr. Vijayara- ghavullu, Madras, India; Practical Humane Education in the Schools, , by Dr. William Riley Callicotte, SUI perintendent of moral and humane education, Denver, Colo.
 In connection with the conference there has been installed in the Ma. tional museum large humanitarian exhibition, to. which many lands have