The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
Pan-American Congress Settles
8 Down to Business.
Score of Kindred Organizations
-. Also in Convention.
DISCUSS PUBLIC UTILITIES
Many Subjects Taken Up in
Various Branch Sessions.
women's Auxiliary Conference
Holds First Meeting Today.

washington. Dec. 2s-Eminent
scientists. historians. economists. stat
isticians. archaeologists and others
discussed problems of worldwide in
terest at a score of conventions held
today in connection with the second
PAn-AInerican Scientific congress.
Menabers of the congress, which.
doened here yesterday with a joint
5SzSsion. separated today into nine
.-roups to carry on the deliberations
of the gathering. In addition, the fol-
loving organizations affiliated direct
In or Indirectly with the congress also
settled down to work:
~The American Historical association.
international Congress of American
4 lists. American Ecopom association.
American Political Science associa-
ton American Society of Information
al Law Naval History society. Ainer
lean History society. American status
teal association. American SOciologt-
cal society. American Association Tor
Labor Legislation. American FOLK
Lore society. American Anthropologl-
cal association. Archaeological 1nsti-
tute of America. American Civic asso-
citation and the Association of Ameri-
can Geographers-
From time to time in the next two
weeks most of these organizations will
meet in Joint session with certain di
visions of the scientific congress.
Regulation of Utilities.
The question of highest importance
that remains TO be answered before
the success of government regulation
of public utilities can be affirmed, ac-
cording to. Charles A Prouty. director
of the division of valuation. interstate
commerce commission, who spoke be
fore a division of the congress on The
Regulation of Public Utilities. Is
whether rfeeessary private funds cal'
be Obtained .iinder regulations for the
developrrle4ltE of these utilities. He
said it was certain that the rate of re-
turn must be very much in excess of
the rate at which the government
could borrow money for providing the
same utilities and the question might
finally be ''can the people afford 20
regulate their utilities. or is it better
that the government furnish the ser
Vice at first hand
- Two in Joint Session.
ST-he political development or Amer
lean countries is largely dependent on
whether the blood of aborig1nes, Eu-
ropeans or negroes predominates, ac-
cording TO Franz Boas, instructor In
anthropology of Columbia university,
in an address before joint session
of the International Congress OF Amer
icanists and the anthropological sec
ton of the Pan-ATnerican congress.
Secretary McAdoo spoke at the open
ing session of the section OF the con-
greSS transportation, commerce.
finance and taxation secretary Lane
addressed the mining and geological
section of the congress.
The women's auxiliary conference of
the scientific congress held its first
session today Mrs ROBERT Lansing
presided. More than 200 women at
tended Addresses were. made by Mrs
Percy Pennypacker, representing the
general federation of women's clubs,
and Mrs. William Cumming Story,
president of the Daughters of the
american Revolution.