Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-24
q REPUBLICS OF
W. HEMISPHERET TO
BE REPRESENTED
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING WILL BE
HELD NEXT WEEK At WASHING
TO BY ALL AMERICANS.
PAN-kMERiCAN SCIENTIFIC CON-
GRESS TO Be PARTICIPATED IN
BY $50 DELEGATES.


WASIITNGTnN. Zee. ~. An extra
ordinary meeting. political. CONNER
cial ami social. viii ~ held next week
i'll Washington. The official rcrrc>rn
~tativrS NJ the best thought and learn
ing IF the twentv-onc republics. The
conference will extend until .Ilnuary
Sth. and il promises IN bc the most im
portant. the most far-rrachiug ami the
most beneficial meeting NJ the peoples
of America that has ever been held.
University professors IN the hun
dredS. teachers. doctors. lawyers. IN
g%incerS. railroad men. financicrS. pub
~liciStS and statesmen from MI the cOun-
tries Of the two continents are 10 A.
tend. Fully 100 delegates from The VA
riuu> countries will ~ present an,I the
United States will ~ represented Nh
fully five hundred more. Plans for
their entertainment and for I'll" pro-
crammr have been under preparation
for n wear IN Hon. William Phillips.
third assistant secretary " state. -
>0ciatcd with him in the preparatory
work arc Dr. William III. Wclch. pres
idrut uf the National Academy If Sci
rncc>: James Brown Scott. secretary III
The Carnegie Endowment for Iatrrna-
tional Peace; lion. II. II. ClaNton. Com
missioner of Education; William ll
Holmes. head curator. NJ the smith
sonian Institution: DR.. VI :. Row.
president III the American Academy
VI Political and Social Sciences; John
Barrett. director general III the Pam
American Union. and other prominent
men.
Ambassador Eduardo Slarez Auiivl
VI Chile viii hc president III the con
erc>>. President Wilson untionDt ttllT
will attend rnc uf the sessions. \ GRO
orammr WI conferences AMI meetings
with discussions and readings has been
mapped out. together with \ series III
dinners. receptions and entertainments,
ihr like NJ which Washington has never
before attempted.
But ii j. not M hr = conference RI
men alone. The W0mcn are tO have ~;
the least interesting part ir IN. The
wives ana families nf the delegates ana
women dclrgH tc~ are Ky have separate
meetings. tn discuss the education nf
women thr care 0f children ami >cciai
welfare. including child labor problems
AMI kindred topics.
Congress has appropriated Sl0thm
fUr thr conference. and ~. 900 more has
been asked for unforeseen expenses. MI
,tl-gi\ v ar,. coming undt.r 1rropri-
atiuns I'm their respective governments
Among the delegates arr members cf the
lcadin. families nf Central nnd South
America. relatives Of presidents Ird
cabinet officers. ANA the leaders uf Lat
IT. American thought.
For the first time IN mans wears,
Mexico will take official Dart m 4 con
ference with it, %ncighhnrs next week.
President t'arranza IN sending \ small
delegation. but in his rcnrraHiEatlnn
plans ~ w retaining the hc~t thought
III can muster fir home use nl ihIs
time.
The work nf thr congress i~ "" rN-
icm>iyc tina III has been divided fntc
Srrtion~ and ~ul,~rrtinn~. The hmaln
sections are a~mtlrnpolug7. astronomy.
mctcurnlr.N. ~ri~mulugN. conservation
VIZ natural resources. agricHliHt'. ira
cation and forestry. education. ra"tn
ccring. international Law. public law
AMI Jurisprudence mining ana mrial
Iurrv. economic g%colr.v and applied
publ health amt mrdi rll
~%rirmrr. transportation. commerce fl-
nance ami taxation.
Many NJ the delegates are already ar-
rived ami others are nNnrrtrl MI" lr
IN American ports hN christmas Day.
The government hn~ arranged 'r have
it, officials greet the arriving delegates
and extend NV them every courtesy.