Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-01

Washington, April 2o.-Plans are
rapidly being perfected for the Pan
American financial conference called
by Secretary of the Treasury William
G. McAdoo, to be held in this city be-
ginning May "a. Participation CT Is
Latin-American countries already Is
assured. In addition to distinguished
foreign delegates, ~ representative
bankers and financiers of the United
States will take part in deliberations
on existing financial conditions
throughout the western hemisphere,
which, it is expected, will lead to
adoption of measures for closer bust
less and banking relationship of Ans
erican nations and advancement OF
finacial welfare of all Of them. q
Guests Of United States. .
Officials and civilian %financiers from
South and Central American countries
are to be the guests of the United
States at the conference and up to
this time delegates from eighteen
countries have been appointed. The
list of representative bankers and
financiers who will represent the
United States has not been completed
but Secretary McAdoo plans to have.
the personnel Of the home delegation
in hand within a short time. Repre-
sentatives of big commercial, as vel
as the banking interests Of the co,n-
try are to be urged to participate in
the conference. "'".',
Delegations already appointed from
South and Central American nations
include the following:
Argentine: Samuel Hale Pearson
of Buenos Aires, prominent banker
and business man of the Argentine
Republic, a grandson of Samuel B.
Hale of Boston, who founded in 1885
the Buenos Aires firm which MI.
Pearson now heads; Richard c. Al
dao, corporation lawyer and formerly
minister of finance Of the province Of
Buenos Aires; V. Villamil and John
Z. Zimmerman, business men of Ar
gentina. The Argentine delegation al
ready has sailed for the United
States. 2''&s@
Authority on Financial Affairs.
Brazil: DR.. Amare Cavalcanti, for.
merly judge of the supreme court O.
Brazil and an authority on financial
and commercial affairs Of that repub.
lie. .''"''t'.
Bolivia: Adolfo Ballician, consul
general in New York, and Ignacio
Calderon, Bolivian minister at Wash
ington. ~.
Chile: Luis IZquierdo, former min,
lister of foreign affairs; Augusta Wiz
lanuevs, director general of the Bank]
of Chile, and Luis Aldunate,' banker
and business nan of the Republic.
Columbia: Roberto Ancizar, secre.
tary of the Colombian legation, and1
Santiago Perez Triana, Colombian
banker and formerly minister to Great
Britain. ts
Costa Rica: Mariana Guardia, min
lister Of finance, and John M. Keith,s
banker.
Dominican Republic: Francisco j.
Peynado, former minister to the Unit.
ed States, and DR.. Enrique Jimine2,'
present minister to this country.
Nicaragua: Frederick Albert
Straus. banker; and Pedro Rafael
Cuadra, former minister of finance.
Panama: Aristides Arizona, secre-
tary Of finance and treasury; Ramon
F.. .Acevedo, manager of National.
Bank of Panama, and Ramon Arias,
Jr., Vice president Bank Of the Canal
Zone. \
Paraguay: DR.. Ayala, minister Of
finance.
Peru: Isaac Alseamora, formerly
vice president and formerly president
of Salvador; Jose Suay. sub-secretary,
of finance and former minister Of fin.
ance, and Roberto Aguilar, banker.
Uruguay: Pedro Cosio, minister OF
finance; DR.. Gabriel Terra, member of
the chamber of deputies and formerly
minister of industries.
Venezuela: Pedro Rafael Rincones,
consul general at New York.
Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and
Cuba have accepted invitations to the
conference and announcement of their
official delegations is expected in the.
near future. Ambassadors and min
listers in Washington from the various
countries will also act as ex-oficio
members of the congress.
Official call for the conference was
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