Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-07
TULSA Delegates
RECEIVE HODORS
OKLAHOMA DELEGATION PROM
INENT AT RIVERS AND HAIR
BoRs CONGRESS.
R. 7. DANIEL IS ELECTED
TULSA MAY SECURE TWO MEM
BERs ON NATIONAL BOARD
OF DIRECTORS.
DISCUSS PANAMA Canal
Secretary OF War Stimson Discussed
Relation of the Canal to For
elgn Trade.
R. 7. DANIEL IS ELECTED
DISCUSS PANAMA Canal
Secretary OF War Stimson Discussed
Relation of the Canal to For
elgn Trade,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-(Special)
Oklahoma and especially Tulsa Is
being signally honored at the eighth
annual session of the National Rivers
and Harbors congress here. The OK
lahoma delegates are making them
selves prominent at this session for
the first time in the history of the
congress.
r. 4. Daniel of Tulsa who was
delegate to last years session from
Oklahoma also, was appointed today
by the president of the congress a
deegate-at-l large on the nominating
committee. The Oklahoma delegation
also appointed Mr.. Daniel to act for
them on the directors committee.
Muskogee Man HOnored.
At the directors meeting held at
o'clock this afternoon, G. f. Baker
of Muskogee was elected vice-presi-
dent. Mr.. Daniel was reelected di-
rector for the state of Oklahoma.
Prior to the present convention no
state has had over one director. Mr..
Daniel today made hard fight on
the floor to have the second director
appointed for the state of Oklahoma,
and named l.. j. +. Rooney of Tulsa
for that honor Final action on TINS
proposjtion will be taken at the d.
roctors meeting tomorrow.
Daniel Speaks Today.
Mr.. Daniel, when seen this evening
at the willard, stated that he felt
NJ nnnnaV wnIlld
elected tomorrow.
Mr.. Daniel was today requested to
address the convention tomorrow on
the subject, Rapid Development OF
the West" He has accepted the in
yitatlon.
Early completion of the Panama
canal and its probable etfect on the
United States featured addresses Oh
nearly every speaker today Secre-
tary of War Stimson welcomed the
delegates and spoke Of relation oil
the canal to foreign trade. In the
afternoon President Taft received
the members of the Atlantic Deep
Waterways association, who are dele
gates to the congress.
Plead For Waterways.
Every section of the country was
represented and every section hau dh
advocate among the speakers VINO
pleaded for unity in the effort to I'M
press upon congress the need OF naVi-
gable waterways. Representative
Ransdell of Louisiana, president oil
the organization in his annual report
exnressed the belief that congress
would nay early attention to the ue-
mands for waterways legislation ana
declared he had received the prom
Use of democratic leaders that the
house would take up waterways Dill
early In the session.
Representative Sparkman of Flor
ida said that by 1915 the government
will have expended more than BILL
lion dollars for waterways improve
mont. He declared the unsystematic
granting of water power sites had
done much to curtail the work of the
channel Improvement in rivers. Rep-
resentatice ]. Hampton Moore OF
pennsylvania drged the widening and
deepening of all canals along the Al
IantIc coast. and Joseph n. Teal OF
Portland. Ore, spoke on the PROP
able effect of the Panama canal on
the lumber trade of the country.
Many Speakers on Program
Other speakers were David kinney
for the University of Illinois, Johh
Fox. representing the congress; Ed-
gar C. Ellis, Kansas City; NJ W.
PEBBLES. Detroit; C. s. p. Holland
Victoria, Texas w. X. Kavanaugh,
ST. Louis, and Edward Savage oil
New York.
Speakers on the program tomor-
row include Secretary Fisher sena-
tors Jones of Washington and tletch-
or of Florida. General Bixy' chiei
army engineer; Judge w. F. Bland
Kansas City. Sugust Belmont OF New
York and r. T. Daniel of Tulsa. Okla.