Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
MAYOR mitchell
HEADS DELEGATION
New Yorkers Coming to Sc.
curIty League Convention
on Special Train.
Special DISPATCH TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, January IA special
train of five Pullman cars and dining
car will carry the New York delegates
from this city Thursday to Washington
to attend the opening session of the Ma
tional Security Congress. to be held in
Washington under the auspices of the
National Security League. Mayor Mitchell
will head the delegation. which will con-
sist of some of the most prominent men
and women in New York. A delegation
Of thirty-five from Boston will join the
New York contingent in this city Thurs
day morning. and travel to Washington
On the special train. 1t is also expected
that the party will be joined by two or
three score delegates at Philadelphia.
The success of the congress is assured.
The governors of Ohio. Indiana. Iowa
Michigan. Rhode Island. Delaware and
South Dakota have appointed delegates
to attend and similar action has been
taken by nearly twenty boards of trade
and chambers of commerce.
Mayor Proctor Of Utica has been
designated as Gov. Whitmans special
representative. In addition to this prac-
tically all of the III organized branches
of the National Security League have
notified headquarters in this city tina
they will he represented by from two to
twenty delegates. a large delegation
will be present from Chicago. while s.
Louis will also be well represented.
Opening Session Thursday.
The opening session will be held at
the New Willard at 2:3O o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. The opening address will
be delivered by S. Stanwood Menken,
president of the league, who will ~ fol-
lowed by Frederic r. Coudert. the dis
tinguished international lawyer of this
city, whose address will be entitled The
General Need of Preparedness" At this
session an important address will be
| delivered by John b. Stanchfield on
Some Suggestions on the Perils of
Espionage" A night session will be
held Thursday. at which prominent
speakers will make addresses. The
, morning and afternoon sessions Frida V
will be held at the New Willard, while
the evening meeting will be at the u.
A. r. Memorial Hall.
The Saturday sessions will be held at
the New willard, the congress closing
Saturday night With a banquet. at which
interesting speeches on national defense
will be delivered.
The List of Speakers.
The list of speakers who will partici-
pate in the program include Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. Senator George T.
Chamberlain, former Secretaries Slim
son, Meyer and Wright. eX-Attorney
General Wickersham, DIR. David Jayne
Hill, former ambassador to Germany
Gen. e W. Nichols. Miss Maud Wet
more, Mrs. a. George of Brookline,
| Mass; Eric risher Wood, author of
The Notebook of an Attache": r. Ii.
W. Ross president Marine League
| Robert Bacon. former Secretary of
State; Hon. James NJ. Beck. Henry A.
Wisewood. Gen. John F. ORyan, Gran
Vile Fortescue, Frederic l.. Huide-
koper, Prof Henry Crosby Emery of
Yale University and many others
| equally well known.
A paper written by Theodore Roose-
Welt will be read at the congress, as
, will a letter by Samuel Gompers, bresi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, dealing with the relation of
| labor to preparedness. The subjects on
the program will deal With interna :
! tional relations and their dangers, the
problems of the army and navy. the
utilization of industrial resources and
! the mobilization of railroad and motor
| transportation. The broad scope of the
program and the. high character of the
participants in the discussion will GER
| tainly make a deep impression upon Con-
gress and the country and effectively