The Washington herald., 1914-12-09
BRYAN TO open
RIVERS Meeting
Will Address Delegates on
Behalf Of Administration
Today.
LONG LIST OF SPEAKERS
Chinese Minister to Tell of Native
Canals-Women Will Hold Ses-
sion Tomorrow Evening.
LONG LIST OF SPEAKERS

Secretary Of State Bryan will act as
the representative OF the government in
welcoming delegates to the convention
OF the National Rivers and Harbors Con-
gress at the opening session at 10 o'clock
this morning in the willard. The con-
vention will continue with day and night
sessions until Friday.
The program for today includes the
address and report OF the president, Sena-
| tor Joseph 4. Ransdell, Of Louisiana
Other addresses will be made by Minister
Kaifu Shah, Of China; Lieut.. Col William
L. Sibert, United States Engineer Corps:
| c. w. Hodson, o. Portland. Greg: Rep
resentative J. Hampton Moore, OF Penn
sylyania: Senator Duncan U. Fletcher,
OF Florida: former Gov Charles S. De-
neen. of Illinois; John II. Barnhard, of
New Orleans: Representative Peter G.
Ten Eyck. OF New York. Irving G. Nor
wood, OF Davenport. Iowa: J. F. Ellison.
Of Cincinnati: Louis d. Brandeis, OF Bos-
ton, and J. A. Bensel, Of Albany, State
engineer OF New York.
Long List of Speakers.
The program for the remaining days
of the convention follows:
Thursday. 10 o'clock a. m.-Address,
The Truth About the Trinity River"
Senator Morris Sheppard, Of Texas; ad-
dress, Champ Clark, Speaker Of the
House: address, Senator John Wingate
Weeks. OF Massachusetts,: address, "A
Waterway Belt Line" W. A. Magee,
former mayor OF Pittsburgh; address,
THE Mississippi River" A. s. Caldwell,
OF Memphis, Tenn, president of the
Mississippi River Levee Association: ad-
dress, Our Object and Methods" S. A
Thompson, secretary National Rivers and
Harbors Congress.
Afternoon session, 2 o'clock-Address.
waterways a Necessity" Perry A.
Randall. OF Fort Wayne. Ind, president
of the Erie and Michigan Deep
Waterway Association: address, The
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal" SEN
ator William Salisbury. OF Delaware: ad-
dress. Senator William Alden. of MichI-
gan: address. The Sacramento ana
Feather Rivers" Congressman John F.
Baker. Of California; address, New Jer-
sey's Relations to the Port of New
York." B. F. Cresson. jr., engineer or
New Jersey harbor commission; address.
The Merrimack River" Andrew B.
Sutherland. OF Lawrence, Mass, member
OF the State Merrimack Valley Water
way Commission; adress, Improvement
Of the Ohio River" Capt. Harold G.
Fiske. U. S. Engineer Corps, illustrated
with motion pictures.
why Women Are Interested.
Evening Session, o ClOCk-ReCeptlOn,
Mrs. Sarah Willard Strout, president OF
the Woman's National River and Harbor
Congress. presiding.
Address, Why Women are interested
in Waterways" Mrs. Sarah Willard
Strout, Of Portland. Ne: address, Mrs.
William Cummings Story, of New
York, president general, Daughters OF
the American Revolution: address. Mrs /
John Dickinson Sherman. of Chicago. |
chairman Of conservation department. |
General Federation OF Women's Clubs |
illustrated lecture, Otis B. Kent, OF this |
city.
Friday. 10 o'clock a m.-Chairmen or |
State delegations will name vice presl- |
dents for their respective States to
serve the ensuing year; annual report. |
A. A. Thompson, secretary and treas |
urer; reports OF field secretaries, report |
of committee on resolutions. report or |
committee on nominations, general discus |
sion and brief addresses by delegates Sc |
lected to represent SRtates by State dele |
cations. announcements by the president, |
adjournment.