The Washington times., 1916-01-06
SAN ANTONIO PLANS
.FETE TO PROMOTE
P -AMERICANISM
Delegation Here Seeking Fed
eraI Endorsement Of BIZ
CentennlaI Celebration.

President Wilson received at 10
o'clock this morning a delegation OF
ten prominent business and profes-
sional men OF San Antonio. Tex, who
have come to Washington to ask the
Endorsement OF the Administration
and Congress for the San Antonio BIZ
centennial to be celebrated in 1918.
the primary purpose OF which Is the
promotion OF Pan.Americanism.
President Wilson told the delegation
It would be impossible for him to at
tend the San Antonio celebration. lie
expressed regret, and said he would do
all he could to make the event q sue.
cess. II isattitude was such that the
committee of Texans felt very much
pleased.
On leaving the President, the San
Antonians proceeded to keep appoint
ments with Secretary. OF State Ian
sing. Secretary OF Agriculture IIous-
ton, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Sweet. and Director ofjthe Pan-Amer-
ican Bureau Barrett. Tomorrow morn
they will meet the Texas delegation
in Congress and arrange to have
Joint resolution iptrpjuced in the
House and Senate recognizing their
project.
Established BY Monks.
In Ills Franciscan monks came out
of Mexico and established on the site,
upon which San Antonio now stands.
the Alamo mission. The residents OF
the city that has grown up around this
historic spot now say that their COM
munity has the best claim to being the
oldest city in the United States, and
beginning in the middle of January. 1A1s,
they propose to celebrate the 2ooth an
nIversary Of its founding.
There is no other city in the Uni
ted States in which Pan-Americani nism,
subject now so prominently before
the people of our country, can be cult
yated under such ideal conditions as in
San Antonio declared Selig Deutsch-
man. secretary and director OF the dele
President
Mr. Deutschman explained that nearly
every other person in his city speaks the
language of the Latin-Americans. and
pointed to the fact that three OF the
four railroads entering Mexico pass
through San Antonio.
He expressed the opinion that the most
logical way to promote constT1lctIve
Pan-Americanism is to asSembIe in Al,
exposition the products which this coun-
try makes and has to sell to the coun-
tiles TO the south and TO gather from
those countries a similar display. He
added that in the bi-eentenniai no Eu-
ropean or Oriental countries VIII he
asked to participate. The exposition will
be confined exclusively. he added, to the
United states and its insular possessions
and the Lstin-American countries
Climate Is Ideal. afs. ~
Climatic conditions make San Antonio
especially attractive for the entertain
ment of n-Americans, Mr.. Deuts.h-
man remarked. and the exposition will
be held between January 10 and April i.
Mr.. Deutschman has conferred with
CarranZa relative to the. ypfopOssd expo
sittcn. and says that Mexico Will take
prominent part, as he is coniidert that
hy that time the southern republic will ,
be restored to a state of peace.
The deleSation included, in addition to
Mr.. Deutschman, State Senator A. p.
Barrett, Albert I[ronkosky, Lea Beatty,
William l. Hoefgen. A. X. Garretson,
Clarence Jones. George F. Lupton, Leo
NJ. Dielmann. and Pompeo Luigi Cop
pini.