Arizona republican., 1913-11-08

 OF THE WORLD
Assemblage at Minneapolis of Delegates Represent ing Societies in All Parts of World Dedicated to Uplifting Humanity

MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Nov. 7.-
 Nearly two thousand delegates. rep resenting leading religious, educa- 1 tional, social, civic and reform bodies 1 in nearly all parts of the world, and including official representatives of the United States and of Canada anu ot many governments in Europe and iii other sections of the globe. were | assembled in the Westminster Pres byterian church on NicolIet avenue l in this city today. when the opening session of the Seventh International Purity Congress was called to order | by B. $. Steadwell of La Crosse, Wis, the president Of the Worlds Purity Federation The congress will re- main in session until and including Wednesday, November F, and in ad
 dition to the general sessions to be held in the Westminster Presbyterian | church there will be special and de- partmental meetings at the auditor ium, q short distance from the | church.
 At a gathering which was held in La Crosse Wis. on October 17-I9, 1905, the National Purity Federation was organized for the suppression of white slavery and public vice, the promotion of high and single stand ard of morals for men and women, the safe and sane instruction of youth in sex hygiene, and in furth erence of such economic, civic and moral reforms as will conserve the highest character and life of indiVid- uals as well as of nations. As the international character of the work undertaken was realized, the name of the organization was later changed
 to the Worlds Purity Federation and the movement begun in La Crosse met with cordial support and sympa thy in all civilized countries of the, world. B. s. Steadwell. the original organizer of the movement, who was elected president of the National Purity Federation when it was found cd in 1905, was retained as president of the Worlds Purity Federation and is supported by a large staff of CO., workers. vice presidents and mem
 bers of the advisory board.
 Among the distinguished delegates in attendance who will address the congress upon variius topics under consideration are Dr. Neshava Deva Shastri, an educator and reformer of India; the Rev. T. A. Moore of Toronto, one of the vice presidents of the federation; Governor Eberhart of this state; c. NJ. Sheldon of Topeka. Kas, author of Tn His Steps" Rev. Theodore Hanson of Topeka. Kas.; Stanley w Finch of Baltimore, spe- cial commissioner of the federal de- partment for the suppression of the white slave traffic; Rabbi Rudolph
 Coffee of Pittsburgh, Pa; Arthur Bur -,1l of the Law and Order league of that s. Kenyon of Iowa; w w. Byers, formerly speaker of the house ana attorney general of Iowa; Rev. Chas. w. Gordon and Dr.. James l.. Cor don, two noted reformers of Winni- peg, Manitoba; Flint Crozier, dele
 gate from the Philippine Islands:
 Reginald Wright Kaufman of Cloughton, England, and many other
 men and women of national and in ternatiOnal prominence in the field Cf reform.
 Special addresses will be delivered
 by other distinguished workers, in cluding Ng POon Chow of Canton.
 China, one of the greatest and most
 brilliant scholars and reformers of
 that country; Mrs Catherine Booth
 Clibborn, daughter of the late Gen
 eral William Booth of the Salvation
 Army; Virginia Brooks of Chicago
 known as the modern Joan of Arc;
 Mrs. Florence Kelly of New York,
 general secretary of the Nationa Consumers league, and Mrs Alice
 Stebbins Wells the first appointed
 and most widely known poIicewomlaii
 of America