The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-09
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csas.s~s. o. 1900 q
Edwin C Dinwiddie. Of s~prinxneId,
- chairman and Ernest n. Cherrfnk-
-. 81 W~esteyviile. N s~ecretary OF
H. promotion committee OF Aner-
c4n delegates 20 the Anti Alcoholic
Co1ross In Milan. Italy. appointed
~ he delegates TO axr1ng for bold
NJ tho Congress In America next
year. These onicers have Just been
shielded ~ the promotion committee
Other officers OF the committee are
Re-: Father p y o'c.ilsshzn, OF
Total Abstinence Union Of America.
nrst vice chairman: Rsv. DIR. Rufus
Miller. Of Philadelphia. OF the Pres
Dyterfan Temperance Committee. Sec
nd vice chairman: the selection OF
. treasurer will be made soon. MT.
D1nwiddis s national legislative a
League. and Mr.. Cherrington Is Esn-
eui manager OF the Leagues pub
fishing interests.
The remaining members Of tho
promotion committee are: DR.. Charles
9conlon. OF Pittsburgh. secretary o {
he Presbyterian COMMITTEES; Mrs.
eusssa b. Blaine. OF Ovid, N. Y. and
Dr.. James Cannon. Jr., OF Richmond,
Va. superintendent Of the Anti-sa-
loon League OF America.
The Anti Alcoholic congresses are
held bi-enniaily. at the invitation or
1omo government. Last year the
tsaiisn government invited the hold
and IL was participated in By repre-
ssntatives from forty nations. ap-
pointed By their several governments.
The Italian government financed the
meeting and the expenses Of dele
Rtes was paid by the governments
they represented. The American del
LsaShbsum. Of oIlshoma City: Rev.
A. J. Barton. OF Waco. Texas: Rev.
James Cannon. Jr. of Richmond. Va:
u. c. Mulready. Of Boston; Laura X.
Church. Washington, D.. c.: d.
Charies Scanlon. Pittsburgh; Rev. p.
J. O~'Callaghan. Chicago; William 10.
Blaine. Ovid. N. r.; George F. Cot
terill. Mayor OF Seattle: Rev. Il. G.
Dtnwiddie. Springfield, o.; DR.. Rufus
Miller, Pittsburgh, and Miss Marie e..
Brehm. Philadelphia. This deiega-
tion extended to the congress an In
vttation to meet In America next
provided an OFFICIAL Invitation wa.
given by congress-. This invitation.
II Is declared by officials Of the pro-
motion committee, will be extended
in due time, and congress will be
asked to make the necessary appro-
priation for entertaining the gather
Ing
The choice Of a convention city has
not been made. Atlantic City. Wash
tngton and the exposition grounds
ut San Francisco have been under
consideration. During the congress
OF last year a representative of the
city of San Francisco went TO Milan
10 give the congress an invitation
TO meet at IN Francisco. The con-
eress next year will be the first held
in America.
The authoritative body in the con-
eress Is the permanent committee.
composed of representatives OF the
nations which send delegates. The
Cherrtngton. Mr.. Dinwiddie and Rev.
FIR. O~'Callaghan. AS a matter of fact.
all details are usually left to the del
egates living In the country In when
II IL proposed to hold the congress.
a tentative program has beer sen
the promotion committee by the
permanent committee.
IL Is always customary to give 10
the country entertaining the congress
the honor OF choosing the presiding
onicer. asst yea Italy named DIR.
Angelo Fflipetti. Practically the en-
tire ministry of the King or Italy
served on the honorary COMMITTEES.
and DIR. Ettore M~archiafava, personal
physician TO Pope Plus, was one OF
the speakers.
The names OF Secretary Of State
Bryan. Senator Morris Sheppard. OF
Texas. and General Nelson A. Miles.
OF the United States Army. are be-
Ing considered for the presidency or
the gathering in America.
The COuQraSG will hrfno 80 A..-4.o
some OF the foremost physicians and
men OF science in the world. IL IL In
no sense a political or religious gath
erfng, and its efforts are along the
line OF scientific study of the alcoholic
problem, with "a review OF the methods
which have been taken In the several
of liquor.
Miss Charlotte A. Gray. an Ameri-
can woman living In Antwerp. Holland
conceived the notion of such a world
gathering In 1873 she became a mem.
Der OF a Good Templars lodge. and
rom that time devoted her life 10
temperance work. II was at her sug.
gestion and through her efforts that
Ins Congress Against Al
conoi was formed in 1885. AT frat
yearly sessions were held. then th.,
cnange was made to biennial sessions
Ine n 10 be held In America will
be h fifteenth biennial session
miss Gray died In London in 1912.
Deshler In Henry county voted wet bv
majority OF Is in a real option election
Governor j. NJ. Cox to-day reappofnted
christian Pabst. OF Butler COUNTY. =
Inemoer OF the state tax cOmission for
three-year term. The salary il 81.
wv a year He was FIRST appointed NV
Governor Harmon. His re-apopinfnen
siveE assurance that the commIssIar
VIII be Democratic for three years.
q y. Kaufman. a wholesale druggist