Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-09
ALDERMAN ]. {. POWERS
NOW ACTING As MAYOR
Ainslie and Other City officials Leave
for Waterways Convention
at Savannah.
BE AWAY UNTIL SATURDAY
Annual Session of Atlantic Associ-
alton VIII Open To.Day-Chicf
Executives Of Cities Will Hold
Special Meeting OH Friday.

Vice-President Joseph f. Powers, OF
the Board Of Aldermen, will act as
Mayor OF Richmond from this morning
until Saturday. when Mayor Ainslte
Will resume the rcins Of government
The Mayor and q party OF Council
men and business men left last night
Tor Savannah. Ga, where they VIII at
tend the convention OF the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association. me
party includes President w. III. Adams.
Of the Board Of. Aldermen; Aldermen
Lawrence Paul and Ordway Fuller,
Councilmen L. J. Chcatwood and w. f..
Sullivan. Buslncss Manager w. I. Dab
ney, Of the Chamber OF Commerce. and
Augustine Royal member of tho Board
of Police Commissi onors.
The other members of the Richmond
delegation left on Sunday night on
the special train carrying delegates
from New York, Philadelphia and Bos-
ton. On the special there departed Al
derman Nielsen and Councilmen Batkins.
Rogers and Pitcher. Alderman Chris
tian and President Peters, OF the Com
mon Council. although members OF tho
party delegated to represent Richmond.
will not be able to attend the conven-
ton.
CONVENTION WILL. OPEN
IN SAVANNAH TODAY
1t Is estimated that between 700 and
800 delegates will attend the meeting
In Savannah. The Richmond convcn-
ton in 1911 attracted about 500. The
convention will be opened at o'clock
this afternoon with an invocation by
Bishop +. +. Reese. OF Georgia Mayor
w. j. Pierpont, of Savannah. and Scna-
tor T. w. Hardwick Will make wclcom-
ing speeches, and there will be suit
able responses on behalf of the visitors
The feature Of to-day's session will be
the annual address of President j.
Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia. Con-
Ercssmnn from Pennsylvania. The
delegates Will be entertained tonight
at an elaborate reception and. dance at
Chatham Artillery Hall
feature OF the session tomorrow
VIII be an address b. Congressman
John II. Small. of North Carolina. out
lining an intracoastal waterway i'm
provcment plan. Tomorrow afternoon
the delegates will be taken to the
county farm. whore they will be the
guests OF the city OF Savannah at r
sugar boiling. There viii also he an
inspection OF thu vessels In the harbor
earlier in the afternoon.
MAYORS WILL. MEET
ON FRIDAY MORNING
On Thursday morning there will he
an address by Secretary of Commerce
Rcdneld. In the afternoon the con
vcntion will visit Fort Screven 20 wit
ness Il special program Of military excr-
Ciscs' ana IN lie evening there will be
illustrated lectures.
me Mayors Of the several cities rem
resented Will hold a special convention
OF their own on Friday morning. Moyor
Ainslic. who viii participate in this
meeting, Is one of the vice-presidents
OF the Atlantic Deeper Waterways AS
ISOLATION.
The principal speaker at the general
session on Friday morning win he
Joscphus Daniels Secretarvo of IN.
Navy The convention will adjourn on
Friday afternoon. 1t is understood thai
boston anc baltimore will figure in the
contest for the next convention.