Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-14

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE Pam
American Financial Conference will! be
called TO order at 10 o'clock on Monday
morning. May "a. in the Hall of tho
Americas OF the Pan-American Build
Ing. AT this time the President of the
United States viii in person extend a
welcome TO tho delegates and responses
VIII possibly be made by representa-
tivcs Of the various governments Iar-
ncipatng. Immediately following this
meeting the President will probably re-
ceive the delegates formally at tho
White House. The Afternoon OF Monday
Will be devoted TO general session OF
the conference, and in the evening n re-
ception viii be given In the Pan-Amer-
lean Building in honor of the visiting
foreign delegates and their families by
the Secretary OF State and the Score
tary OF the Treasury.
Tuesday. the. 25th. will be occupied
with general discussion and the APP
pointment OF necessary committees or
sub -d!ris!ons OF the conference Wed
nesday, the 26th, and Thursday, tho
2itn. VIII be given up largely TO meet
ings OF the committees or subdivisions,
while Friday. the osth. and Saturday,
the goth. will pc devoted TO general
meetings. and to action on the reports
OF the various committees or sub
divisions. Saturday night. the confer
cnce Will be brought TO a close by n
banquet given in the Hall of the Amer
icas OF the Pan American Building By
the Secretary OF tho Treasury.
On Sunday. the 3oth. the delegates
will probably be left free for rest or
such private or personal matters as
may demand their attention before de-
rarture. except that II Is possible that
n scmioflicial breakfast or luncheon
may be rendered them at some priva to
house.
On Monday. the 3ls,. the delegates
Will start in a special train. guests
of the government. on a tour 10 several
OF tho principal cities and points OF in
terest in tho country. In tho morning
they Will proceed to Annapolis TO view
the Naval Academy, and in the after
noon TO Baltimore. whore they Will he
entertained by the officials OF the
municipality and the commercial or
CARNATIONS. Following dinner in Bal
timore. the party will proceed to Phil
adelphia. where they will spend Tues
day. June l, and part OF Wednesday,,
June 2.
From Philadelphia the itinerary will
be as follows: Pittsburgh. June 8 and
4: st. Louis. June and part of 6; Chi
cago. June Z and 8; Detroit. June Q:
Buffalo and Niagara Falls. June 10:
Schenectady. June IL; Boston. June ~
and part of 10: New York, June IA
and Is.
In each one of these cities the dele
gates will be the guests of the munich
palities and the representative banking.
financial and commercial organizations,
and upon their arrival in New York
they Will be honorcd with some fare
we'll function by the similar interests
of that great city. In New York line
official courtesies of tho United States
government will be conclued.
With reference TO other arrange
ments it can be said that. during the
course Of the week of the conference,
and also in the few days preceding II
when most of the delegates may be in
Washington, they and their families
will be extended both Official and pri-
vnte hospitalities. and they will be
taken for visits to places of interest.
such as Mt Vernon. the home Of Wa sh :
ington; the Capitol. Congressional Lii
brary, Arlington, Fort Myer. etc.
The headquarters OF the foreign dele
gates will be at the Hotel Shoreham.
where the government will be glad to
care for them from the date they may
notify the Treasury or State Depart
ments, either directly or through their
diplomatic representatives that they
will arrive in Washington, but. II it is
desired that A definite date be stated
for such hospitality to begin, May II
has been suggested by the governm ent.
The n-American Society Of. the
United States, having It's headquarters
in New York. may give banquet there.
In honor OF the foreign delegates. on
the evening or May ~, wnen III Is
proba BILE that representatives OF both
the State and Treasury Departments
will be present together with the Of
fcials OF the city government and the
representative bankers. fnanciers and
commercial leaders of the metropolis.
At this dinner Henry White, former
ambassador to Paris and chairman of
the United States delegation to the
Fourth Pan American Conference in
Buenos Aires, will preside.
In few days 1t is expected that
the Secretary of the Treasury will have
prepared the actual program OF ques-
lions. which will come before the con-
ference for consideration and action.
but. basinG informal conclusions upon
the original statement OF the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. which was is
sued ut the time of his call for the
conference, 1t is surmised that these
questions may be included under the
following heads:
l. The improvement Of banking eX-
change, credit, discount and trade ia
cilities in inter-American financial and
commercial relations.
.. The development OF conditions
favorable to the placing in the United
States OF governmental. provincial and
responsible private loans OF Latin
American countries which were for
merly placed almost entirely In Eu-
rope.
8. Tho bettsrment of nrst-class pas