The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-22
First Work Starts on Million
Dollar Auditorium to Ac-
commodate Great Meetings
at San Francisco.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.-Re-
ports received at the headquarters OF
the Panama-Pacific international Elk
position, from all parts of the world,
indicate that the year 1915 will see
more great congresses and conven-
tons assembled in San Francisco than
have ever gathered together in any
one city during a single year
Throughout the United States, in
South America, and in Europe, the
greatest interest is being evinced by
members and officials of conventions,
learned societies and congresses of all
kinds. This is true of educational and
scientific BODIES as well as of fraternal
church, civic, labor, social, service,
commercial, agricultural, athletic and
other organizations. More than one
hundred great congresses and cOnven-
tions have already voted to meet in
San Francisco. In addition many So
cieties devoted to technical topics and
those including scientific research will
hold their meetings in the city
number of these are of international
scope and importance The number of
great congresses choosing the exposi-
ton city is increasing daily
In realization of the tremendous in
terest centralizing in San Francisco
as a convention city in 1915, the expo
sition management has appropriated
| 81 900 900 for an auditorium at the civ
ic center of the city. The city of San
Francisco has donated the site. Con
struction on the building has begun.
To Accommodate Traffic
The transcontinental railway COM
panies as we'll as the trans-oceanic
| syndicates are making extended prepa-
rations to accommodate the passenger
| traffic. Tourist agents report that
| thousands of visitors from all parts OF
the world will see America for the
| first time.
Though not as large in mum bers, the
International Electro-Technical Com
| mission, a body of about $50 leading
| electrical engineers of the world, con-
shutting a central committee, with
appointed delegates from the electro
| technical societies of most nations,
will arouse interest in engineering cir
cles throughout the world. The DELHI
erations and findings of this body will
be of lasting value to the electrical
world.
| Dentists To Meet.
| An international gathering of dele
gates from the Dental Societies of the
world will meet in the city during the
week beginning August 80, 1915. The
international congress will be extern
sively participated in by delegates
from most of the nations of North and
South America and Europe. The pre-
liminary arrangements are in charge
of the Panama-Pacific Dental Con-
gress, an incorporated body of dentists
of the Pacific Coast.
Worlds Insurance Congress.
Of vital interest will be a conven-
ton in San Francisco of the World s
Insurance Congress, the first congress
of the kind ever held, to consider all
forms of insurance. Assurances receiv-
ed from members of insurance socie-
ties throughout the world indicate a
large and thoroughly cosmopolitan
representation.
A meeting that will touch upon many
phases of interest will be that of the
American Breeders Association, com
prising a membership of five thousand
persons. The gathering will be held in
three sections to discuss improve
ments in plant breeding, animal breed
ing and eugenics or the Improvement
of the human race.
Other Big Gatherings.
The convention of the American His
torical Association comprising the
leading historians of America; the In
ternational Council of Nurses, and a
large number of sociological conven
tons will be included in the exposition
. gathering.
1t is probable also that the Ameri
can Peace Congress will decide tc
meet in San Francisco. Chancellor
David Starr Jordan of Stanford Uni
versity represented the exposition al
the recent convention at st. Louis anG
extended an invitation to the congress
on behalf of California and the expo
sition management. In connection with
= the American Peace Congress there
will be meetings of various organiza
lions concerned with the peace move
ments.
Educators in List.
The National Education Association
> at its recent meeting in Salt Lake
: decided to meet in Oakland in 1915
In this connection plans are beins
made to arrange for the Internationa
Congress of Education to be held IN
der the auspices of the exposition. II
connection with the meeting of tn,
International Education Association
there are number of affiliated asso