The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-05
PLAYS ARE ANNOUNCED
FOR HAB0RS CONGRESS
Secretary RedfIeld WIN Welcome Body
ut Washington Wednesday
Morning.
CONSIDER CHESAPEAKE NEEDS
Those OF Tributaries Of Great Inland
Sea Will Also Receive Attention
Question OF Preparedness Comes Up.

The program for the twelfth an
nual convention Of National Rivers
and Harbors Congress. which meets In
Washington next "Wednesday Thurs
day and Friday. has been announced.
Secretary Redfield. OF the Department
ministration at the convention on the
opening day. and will deliver the first
address, after Rev. DR.. Earle Whitley.
of the vermont-Avenue Christian
Church, has made the Invocation.
The first session Of the convention
is to start at 10 o'clock Wednesday.
The rest of the sessions program Is
as follows:
The Utilization of Western Rivers
for Navigation" Colonel c. Med.
Townsend. Corps of Engineers, U. s.
A.; "R:vers and Rails" Paul w.
Brown. editor st. Louis Daily Repub-
lie: who lis Responsible for the Fall
ure to Develop Our Waterways" ex-
Governor A. o. Eberhart, St Paul.
Mimi. president Mississippi Valley
Terminal League. Presidents An
nual Report and Address" United
States Senator Joseph F. RansdelI
Lake Providence. La.
Illustrated Coed Roads Address.
Afternoon session. o'clock We'd
nesdav--..The Fort of New York 20
,
city: Los Angeles Harhor and the
West" William d. Stephens, N. c..
Los Angeles, Cal. The Port of New
Orleans" Martin Behram. Mayor OF
New Orleans; The Obstacles to
Waterway and Port Development and
Their vital Interest to the Manufac-
turer and Wage Garner" Edward r.
McSweeney chairman. director Of the
port of Boston; THE War Against
VIZ T. n.x A,t,-
kosh, Wis; The Relation OF Good
Roads to Waterways ILLUSTRATED
with lantern siides). Logan Waller
4. Page, director. office OF public roads.
| Evening session, 8 o'clock Wsdnes-
| day--"C.pngrees and Our Seaboard
Harbors." X. A. c. Smith New York
| city. commissioner, department Of
docks and ferries: Waterways for
Health and Recreation" illustrated
with lantern sliaes), DIR. c. 3. Street.
Philadeiphia; FROM iron Ore to Fin
pictures). c. f. Roland. New York
city. metailnrg AL department. Ma
tional Tube Company.
! Morning session. 10 o'clock Thurs
day-"Chesapeake Bay and Its Tribu-
taries," James III. Preston. Mayor Of
/ Baltimore, The Northwestern Rate
Situation and the Mississippi River as
Means of Relief" Wilbur F. Decker.
president Civic and Commerce Assoc
citation. Minneap polls. Mimi: 'sThe Mis-
,souri River United States Senator
| James A. Reed, Kansas City, NO.:
"The Advantages of a Deeper Hud--
SON" Clifford s. Sims. vice-pressaent
and general manager. Delaware and
Hudson Railway Company, Albany. n.
r.. The Tennessee River" c. w. ASH
craft. Florence. Ala; Texas Harbors
and Waterways" Thomas III. Ball.
Houston, Tex, ''Common-sense Pre-
paredness." J. Hampton Moore. NJ. c..
Philadelphia, Pa. president Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association.
Afternoon session, o'clock Thurs
tenn OF Waterway improvements"
Judge D. D. woodmansee, Cincinnati.
/ Ohio Great Lakes Commerce as Az
fected by the Erie Canal" Henry w.
Hill. Buffalo. y. y, president New
York State Waterways Association:
Interest of the West in Waterways"
United States Senator James u. Phe-
Ian, San Francisco, CAL: The 1m-
proved Port Facilities and Waterways
of louisiana" Luther E. Hall. Gov
ernor of Louisiana, Inland Water
ways and the Merchant Marine" VIII
liam Fl Humphrey. NJ. G., Seattle.
/ Wash; water on the Industrial
Wheel" J. E. Meeker. NJ. G, st.
Louis Mo.
Evening session. O'Clock Thurs
day--'The Motor Truck IN General
Transportation" H. l.. Whittemore,
Ardmore Pa. advertising department.
the Autocar Company: The Argen-
tine and Its Waterways" illustrated
with lantern slides), A. Il. Dillmont,
| Buenos Aires. Argentina; The Lower
Mississippi River illustrated wit b
moving pictures), Ben G. Humphreys,
NJ c., Greenv!ile Miss.
Final session. 10 A. NJ. Friday
Election of officers and adoption OF
resolutions.