Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-17
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
At MOBILE CONGRESS
Plans of Southern Commercial
Body. Which Is to Open
October n.


The complete lost of speakers who are
to be heard at the; fifth annual convention
of the Southern Commercial Congress in
Mobile, Ala. October I'D. was an
nounced today by the headquarters in
this city.
The list includes President Wilson, Sec
rotary Bryan. Secretary Daniels, Senators
Fletcher Smith,. Bankhead. Ransdell.
Vardanan and Brady: Cows. ONeal OF
Alabama, McCreary of kentucky, Major
of MISSOURI. Trammell of Florida, and ex-
Gov. Noel of Mississippi; Representa-
tives Underwood. Heflin, Hobson. Aber-
crombie Taylor and Clayton; Minister
Morales of. Panama. Minister Pezet OF
Peru. Minister Calderon Of Bolivia, Con-
sui General for Brazil de Cunah, Director
General Of the Pan-American Union John
Barrett. Managing Director of the South
ern Commercial Congress- DR.. G. J. Owens.
Lieut.. Col Sibert of the isthmian canal
commission. President Finley OF the south
ern railway, President Collier of the
Panama California exposition, Prof. En-
DRY of the isthmian canal commission.
United States Commissioner of Education
F. p Claxton, John II. Haslam of Sas-
katchewan, Canada: A. II. Baldwin, chief
of the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce..
bureau of information of the Department
of Labor: Vice President Thomas ;.
Southgate of the Southern Commercial
Congress- Treasurer William IL. Saun-
ders OF the Southern Commercial. Con-
gress: General Counsel Charles 4. Doug
las of the Southern Commercial Congress:
Col Harvie Jordan. president of the
Southern Cotton Growers Association;
President Crawford of the Tennessee
Coal Iron and Railroad Company: Gov:
Richard L. Mctcalfe of the Panama Canal
Zone and other distinguished American
and Pan-American citizens
Cooperation Promised. Z
The state Department and the. Pan
American Union are cooperating with
the Southern Commercial Congress to
make the convention an international
event. whose theme will be: 1.-THE Rela-
ton of the United States to the Panama
Canal. Latin America and World Com
merce.''
President Wilson will speak on the first
day of the convention, and Senator
Fletcher, president of the Southern. Com
mercial Congress. Will deliver the annual
address the same day. Or. G. j. Owens.
director general of the permanent Amerf-
can commission on agricultural co-opera-
ropean Investigations of agricultural CO.
operation, made by the commission dur
ing a three-month European tour last
summer. ........,.... -.
The woman's auxiliary of the Southern
Commercial Congress will hold Its conven-
ton at the same time i'm Mobile Many
distinguished women will speak, includ-
ing Miss Jane Adams of Hull House,
Chicago: the Countess of Aberdeen and
Miss Julia I.athrop, chief Of the United
States children's bureau. Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, wife of the President. Is honorary
president general of the woman's auxili-
airy and Mrs Thomas M. Owen OF Mont
gomery. Ala, Is president general.
Among the events of the convention will
be great trade pageant, visit OF naval
vessels and ships of the lighthouse serv-
ice to Mobile. and cruise to the Panama
canal and Central America by many of
the delegates ON a specially chartered
steamer A memorial tablet is to be
erected at the Panama canal to the
memory of the late Senator John I. Nor
gan of Alabama, Father of the Canal
Idea"