The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-04-19
state Charity plans Ambitious

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held in Ann Arbor, and will open
Monday, May 26. 1t will last until
Thursday afternoon OF evening OF
that week.
The officers of this years confer
ence are President. President Hutch.
ins of the U. OF M; first vice-presi-
dent. bishop c. ID. Williams Of De-
troit; second vice-president. Miss FL
eanor Chamberlain, Hartford, presi-
dent OF the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs; third vice-president.
Delos +. Diggins of Cadillac; treas
urer. Rev. H. j. Simpson OF Lansing.
and Secretary II. l.. Udell. secretary
of the Detroit Associated Charities.
The various departments OF the con-
ference will be under the direction
OF committees and each committee
will have an allotted time on the pro.
gram. The object of the conference
is to educate the public In the needs
OF the state and to bring before the
people the work and aims of the vari.
Gus charitable institutions represented
at the conference. 1t is hoped to
have every institution, either private
or public. in the state represented
The program as outlined is as fol
lows: Monday evening, general meet.
ing; Tuesday morn and afternoon, to
be devoted to the committee on pub
lie health. of which DR.. ID. l.. Dixon,
state health officer. is chairman;
Tuesday evening. families and neigh.
borhoods. John B. Martin of Grand
Rapids. chairman: Wednesday morn
ing, housing and education, DR.. Lu-
Their Z. Loyejoy of Detroit. chair
man.; Wednesday afternoon will be
given over to a reception and prob
ably to visit to the university;
Wednesday evening will be given over
20 the committee under the leader
ship OF Judge Hulburt of Detroit. on
children's work. All day Thursday
will be devoted to the committee on
correctional work, of which o. ii. L.
Wernicke is the chairman Thurs
day evenings activities have not yet
been decided upon.
Many states now have these an
nual conferences and it Is wonderful
to see the great amount of good they
do" declared Secretary Udell of the
Detroit United Charities.
"All with whom have commune
Gated about this conference seem
greatly pleased at the prospect We
think that 1t may be established as
permanent annual institution and
that great good will be derived from
it.
For instance: 1t is pretty hard for
Detroit to go to the Legislature and
ask for legislation which will affect
the whole state, while II it was a
statewide conference, it would be a
different matter. There is much
legislation and much aid needed from
other sources which the conference
will bring before the people"
$231,ooo for State Work.
At a meeting of the executive
committee OF the y. NJ. {. A. in
Detroit 1t was decided to raise 1921 600
for Y. NJ. c, A. endowment purposes
or this money 100000 Is to be used
by the state committee. The commit
tee elected the following officers:
Chairman. Wilfred G. Leland. Detroit;
vice-chairman. A. l.. Parker, Detroit:
recording secretary, Smith G. Young,
Lansing, treasurer. F. NJ. Thompson,
Detroit.
Travelling secretaries to be EN-
ployed this year are. L. f. Buell., De
troit, general state secretary: Casper
Rowe. Jackson, county work: j. A..
Van Dis. Kalamazoo, boys secretary:
Burton b. Johnson, Lansing, religious
work; G. ID. Westerman, Laur.um, up
per peninsula, and Charles A. Caster,
Detroit. field work
S, S. Kresge and p o. Tipp. De.
troit, were elected members OF the
state committee.
Members of the committee. present
were Wilfred C. Leland, Leonard Lau-
rense, "A. l.. Parker. Frank Nj Thomp.
son and James Schermerhorn, Detroit,
Victor H Lane and c. w Maynard.
Ann Arbor; 4. B. Perry, Bay City, and
George s. Rice. Petoskey.
Bill introduced by HinkIey.
Representative Huxley of Emmett
introduced a bill providing for m ad
yalorem tax on automobiles, motor.
cycles and traction engines, the tax to
be levied and collected in the same
manner as all other taxes on personal
property.
Under the provisions OF Hinkley's
bill, 1t would be the duty of each as.
sessing officer in the state to assess
all automobiles, traction engines and
motorcycles within his district at
their actual cash value, and keep a
complete list of the machines, with o
brief description of each.
In districts where the county road
system has been adopted, Hinkley
would have this tax credited to the
road fund. In any county where
the system has not been adopted
the cash would be apportioned
among the townships and credited to
the township highway fund.
Representative Jensen introduced a
bill placing all counties under the uni
form accounting system Representa-
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