El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-30
CHRISTIAN WORKERS
BEGIN BIG MEETING
Addresses on Matters Of Public Veal
to be Delivered by Noted Men
OF ChriafendOm.

Portland, Ore, June 3O.-lyoted d.
/ vines. educators, jurists, statesmen and
| others who are working for the good
I Of humanity at large, are assembled in
Portland for the second Worlds Chris
: tan Citizenship conference, which be-
/ san here Sunday and viii continue its
/ sessions through July 6. This monster
gathering, at which are being discussed
[ topics pertaining TO the public veal,
at which the causes, effects and meth
DDS Of reform Of social and political
evils viii be the subjects of addresses
/ By specialists, who have devoted their
energy 10 the study Of the various
phases Of these evils, is probably the
greatest gathering Of its kind ever as
sembled in this country.
The reports Of various committees,
4 delegated at the last conference to in
vesuEate MOrmOniSm, religion in the
public schools, international peace, in
4 temperance, child labor and kindred
SUBJECTS. have been prepared along
Sclentlflc lines with an endeavOr to
search out the real truth without pre-
viOus prejudice or sentiment.
Many Of the addresses will be de-
/. hvered by people who are making the
. investigation and reform of certain
evils, their LIES work Judge Ben
Lindsay, OF Denver, Colo, who has
come to be known as the greatest
Juvenile judge in the country, viii ad-
dress the assemblage on juvenile de-
linquency. Professor TheOphil Mann,
of Germany, a delegate to the Hague
conference, will talk on the subject Of
international peace. A. J. Nickel
nay, secretary of the national child Ia
Dor committee, has prepared an ad-
dress on the subject Of child labor re-
form, directing special attention to the
work that is being carried on in the
southern states.
In the forenoon Of week day sessions
at the Grace n. Z. church the White
Temple church, the First Presbyterian
oh
ferences viii be held led by experts on
such themes as social purity intemper-
ance, gambling, peace, prison reform,
the observance of the Sabbath and
Christianity and public education
The list of speakers for the confer
ence includes Raymond Robins. Of Chi
cagO, who viii talk on Socialism; Dr.
Armenag HaigaZOin, Of Turkey. who
viii speak on Christian Forces in the
LeTant;" Dr.. James s. Martin. general
superintendent OF the National Reform
association, who viii deliver an ad-
dress on religious instruction in state
educational Institutions; DR.. Benjamin
Ide Wheeler. president of California
university, who will speak on Re
spOnsibility, for the Moral Character Of
Rulers" and many others. A partial
list Of other speakers includes COVER
nor OsWalk West of Oregon: DR.. Isaac
Taylor Headland Of China; Dr. Henry
Collin MlntOn. president of the National
Reform association; DR.. J. A. McDOn-
ED, editor of the Toronto Globe. OF
Toronto, Canada; Ng- POOn Chew, Of
Canton, China; Rev William Patter-
son. OF Belfast, Ireland; Prof Richard
Lodge. Of Scotland. bishop william
Quayle. Of Oklahoma; Rev. DR.. Nc
KelWay, of Georgia. VI. lie pasteur X.
Anent, Of Belgium; Prof. Alberto ClOt,
of Palermo Italy; DR.. Bang. bishop Of
Norway; governor Osborn. of Michigan;
Bishop Kilgo, of North Carolina; bish-
Op Hendrix, of Missouri; Rev. X. Ibuka.
principal of Neiji Gakuin, Toxic, ia
pan; Rev. S. MatOda, of Trinity col
lege, Japan; Charles Merle d. Abigne,
son Of the famous French historian.
and DR.. Lyman EdWyn Davis, Of Pitts
burg.
The conference is held under the aus
pices Of the National Reform assOcia-
ton, which has its headquarters in
Pittsburg.