Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-07
Delegates to Financial Confer
ence to Be Shown Industries
in United States.
SECRETARY OF TREASURY
TO PRESIDE. AT SESSIONS
President Wilson to Make Opening
Address-Complete List
of Delegates.

treasury department. II ~ MS III Ten
ton to give the visitors, by this means,
some insight into methods of life and
industry under conditions obtaining in
the United States as great object les
son of the resources and capabilities
Of North Americans.
A tentative schedule has been pre-
pared, involving the following itin-
erary: Baltimore. May 81: Philadelphia,
June 1 and part of June .: Pittsburgh.
June 3 and 4: st. Louis, Juno 5 and
part of June s: Chicago. June and s.
Detroit. June .: Buffalo and Niagara
Falls. June 10: Schenectady, June II:
Boston. June IL and part of June 10.
New York. June IA and Is. The con-
ference assemblies in Washington, May
"a This schedule would permit a week
of discussion before the travel pro-
gram begins.
Conference to Last Week.
Secretary McAdoo. who will preside
at sessions of the conference, an
nounced it would be opened at the Pan
American Union building by President
Wilson at 10 o'clock on the morning of
May 81 and last through the following
Saturday. closing with banquet that
night A representative of each of the
eighteen countries which accepted In
vitatons will respond to the Presi-
dents address of welcome. Secretary
Bryan will address the conference on
behalf of the State Department on the
opening day
The President will receive the dele
gates at the White House at noon on
the c4th. and Mr.. Bryan and Mr. Nc
Adoo will hold reception for them
that night at the Pan-American Union
building.
Free and Open Discussion.
In his announcement Mr. McAdoo says
the program for the conference will
permit of the freest possible discussion
of present financial and trade relations
between the United States and Latin
America and of measures for their
government.
ment adds. will suggest topics for dis
cussion. the conference will not be con-
fined to these subjects. The delegates
will be accorded full opportunity to
present such matters as they desire for
consideration. Generally speaking, the
discussion will revolve about the Ques-
lions of Pan-American finance. trade
and transportation
List of Delegates Complete.
With the designation of delegates
from Ecuador and additional delegates
from Cuba. announced today. the repre-
sentstion from the eighteen Latin
American republics is complete. Secre-
tary McAdoo has been notified of the
appointment by Ecuador of the follow
ing delegates: Juan Cueva Garcia,
Vincente Gonzalez Bazo. Saraf1na s.
New York and formerly secretary and
charge daffaires of Ecuadorian lega
tion in the United States: Enrique CAL
lardo. consul general of Ecuador at
New York will act as secretary to the
delegation.
In addition to DR.. Pablo Desvernine,
secretary of state and formerly secre-
tary of the treasury of Cuba, who pre-
viously was named as delegate to the
conference, the president Of Cuba today
appointed the following delegates to
represent that country: Porfrio Fran
ca. chief director. National Bank Of
Cuba; Octavio Zayas. prominent banker
in Cuba and formerly consul general
at New York
The following is a complete list of
the delegates of the eighteen countries
Of Central and South America which
were invited to the conference:
Brazil-Dr. Amaro Cavalcanti, for
merly judge of the supreme court of
Brazil.
Chiie-Luis Izquierdo. formerly min
lister of foreign affairs of Chile and
now deputy to the national congress-
being member of the foreign affairs
committee of the Chilean house of rep
resentatives; he served long terms as
secretary of the Chilean legations at
London and Toxic. and at one time held
high position under the minister of
finance: August Nillanueva, director
general of the Bank of Chile: Gonzalo
Nergara Bulnes of Santiago. who is one
OF the most prominent lawyers in Chile
Northumberland Hale Pearson of
Buenos Aires, who is one of the most
prominent bankers and business men of
Argentina, the capital of the banks
and business corporations with which
Mr. Pearson is connected or in which
he is serving az director aggregates
500. 900. 0Gh, his grandfather, Samuel
3. Hale Of Boston, Mass, founded the
firm of Samuel p Hale & Co. of Buenos
Aires. IN 1899: his father also was an
American citizen OF Boston, and Joined
the firm III 1850. Mr. Pearson is now
Of the Bank Of Argentina: Richard e.
aldao, disting uished corporation law
Yer Of Argentina. and formerly minis
ter OF finance of the province of Buenos
Ares: V Sillamil and John +. thinner
man. business men Of Argentina. who
will represent the Buenos Aires Cham
Der of Commerce
Northumberland Calderon. Bolivia n
minister a. Washington, and Adolfo
Ia ilivian. consul general at New York
ruguay-Pedro tosio. minitser of
finance, and DR. Gabriel Terra. member
of the chamber Of deputies and for
Gustems Ia -Guillermo Aguirre min
lister of finance. Carlos Herrera banker
and one of the most prominent fnan-
ciers of Guatemala, and Juan Lara a
prominent banker OF Guatemala
Peru-Isaac Alseamora formerly vice
president and at one time minister OF
foreign affairs and member OF the
Peruvian congress. and Eduardo Hig-
zinson consul general at New York
Colon bia-Santiago Perez Triana for
merly minister TO Great Britain and an
authority on finance and trade, and
Roberto Ancizar. secretary of the Co
lombian legation az Washington
Honduras-,ien Leopoldo Cordova
minister of hacienda and public credit
D. Forth. one of the leading merchants
and formerly minister of hacienda and
public credit: DR.. Alexandra S. Lara
who is active in the ma ma cement OF
The Bank of Honduras at Tegucigalpa
Paraguay-Hector NelaZqueZ Para
guayan minister al Washington
nama-Aristides Arizona. secretar,
of finance and treasury. He was one OF
the members of the constitutional con.
yention which framed the constitution
of the Republic of Panama in 1904, ant
he has been chief justice Of the su.
preme court of Panama: Ramon F. Ace
vedo, manager of the National Bank OF
Panama. a governmental institution
and formerly secretary of public
works; Ramon Arias. jr.. member Of
one Of the wealthiest families in Pana
ma and vice president of the Cana
Zone Bank. an institution founded b,
Americans few years ago. SenoI
Arias has represented Panama in tn.
diplomatic and consular services il