Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-18
Southern Cmmercial Con-
gress VIII Be Held ON
April 26-30.
PRESIDENT IS COMING
Several Cabinet Members
and Other Officials APP
pear on Program.
Special to The World.

there been assembled so notable a
gathering of world famous men as
will come to Muskogee to attend the
Southern Commercial Congress which
| holds its sixth annual convention in
this city April $3.50. distinct pro-
gram subject has been outlined for
each of the five days OF the congress
and on the program for each day are
men Of such prominence that they
have never before accepted invita-
tons to come TO any convention, how
ever important in the southwest.
President Wilson will be here for
the opening day OF the congress,
April 26, which has been designated
as Presidents day. He will deliver
an address on that day and his visit
to Muskogee will give this city and
TINS state a prestige that even San
Francisco with its wonderful exposi-
ton lacks this year. For President
Wilson sent a representative TO the
Panama exposition but will attend
the Southern Commercial Congress in
person. Secretary OF the Treasury
McAdoo, who represented President
Wilson in San Francisco, will also at
tend the Southern Commercial Con-
gress. He will deliver an address
during the week Two other members
Of the presidents cabinet will take
part in the program of the congress.
Secretary Of Labor Wilson is one Of
the speakers on immigration day and
Secretary OF Agriculture Houston will
deliver an address on Agricultural
day. Secretary Houston's visit to
Muskogee Is Of particular interest
not only in Oklahoma and among
the l6 states represented in the
Southern Commercial Congress- but
especially in Texas and in Missouri
For David F. Houston is q former
Texan and went from Texas to Mis-
souri, where he was chancellor Of
Washington university of st. Louis, q
post he resigned to accept a place in
President Wilson's cabinet. There are
many Texans who will attend the con-
gress for the sole purpose of hearing
and meeting Secretary Houston again.
for he is very popular in Texas.
! Hundreds OF other notable men
and women, most of them from our
own country, but some of them repre-
senting foreign countries will take
part in the Southern Commercial
Congress programs. One of the most
noted of the foreign representatives
at the congress will be Kai Flu Shah
a Chinese diplomat who is a member
of the Chinese embassy in Washing
ton, d. c. Kai Flu Shah is a graduate
Of Columbia university and one of the
most prominent diplomats and states
men of his country. The Chinese gov
ernment has kept him as one of her
representatives in New York and at
the Chinese embassy in Washington
for years. He will deliver an address
during the congress and will come to
Muskogee attended by his staff.
Senator Duncan u. Fletcher Sena-
tor Robert l.. owen, Senator Gore,
Senator Clark Of Arkansas, and a
number of other senators and con-
gressmen will be here.
Muskosee is prepared to entertain
the congress and to extend a welcome
to every visitor. Although the pro-
gram OF the congress as arranged af-
fords an intellectual treat that has
never been equalled at any gathering
west of the Mississippi, the local com
mittee OF the Southern Commercial
Congress realized that the excursion
trains will bring to Muskogee every
day of the week thousands OF people
who will, perhaps, desire to hear
some one speaker and after hearing
that address will seek other and
lighter diversion for the remainder Of
their visit to the city. A public enter
tainment committee, made up of
gram for every day of the week, a
program in which there will be
something doing" every minute of
the day and night.
There will be a monster parade on
Presidents day. on Tuesday, April
q, there will be auto races that prom
Use a great amount Of excitement and
entertainment Barney Oldfield. the
famous demon driver, hero OF hun
dreds Of auto races. and DeLloyd
Thompson, the master aviator are
matched for an auto aeroplane race.
Thompson will give an exhibition of
fancy flying as'iwel as take part in
the races and those who have wit
messed a race between an auto and
an aeroplane say that it is the most
thrilling exhibition ever given,
spectacle that keeps the audience
guessing. wondering and fearing
what will happen next yet so inter-
ested that not a man or woman can so
much as glance away from the thrill
ing sight.
Throughout the week Lucille Null
hall, known throughout the world as
the champion girl roper, will give ex-
hibitions at the fair grounds with her
own wild west troupe Miss Mulhall
is bringing her aggregation of per-
formers all the way from Chicago for
this special occasion. Ex- President
Roosevelt was the first to call Miss
Mulhall the best woman rider in the
world but countless thousands have
echoed his opinion since that time.
She is absolutely fearless and can ride
anything in the way Of horseflesh.
And with her ability to put on wild
west stunts that no cowboy can equal
she is very charming and captivat-
ing girl.
As special feature for the South
ern Commercial Congress week Miss
Mulhall has added to her show 19-
year old girl who is one Of the clever
est woman aviators OF the country
Slender. pretty petite Katherine Stin-
son is young southern girl who con-
quers an aeroplane Just as Miss Null
hall does a bucking broncho. Miss
Stinson will make her first flight OF
the week on Presidents day, will
circle over the NJ. X. & T. depot as
the presidents special train arrives
and from the giddy height at which
she sails will drop letter to Presi-
dent Wilson inviting him to attend the
exhibition that afternoon. Miss Stin-
son says she is game enough to race
DeIloyd Thompson In the air. IL he
will accept a challenge or TO enter the
race between Oldfield in his auto. and
Thompson in the air. making the race
a triangular contest between two aero
falanau and an af1to Win Mice Cftu-