The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
Programme of the Southern Commercial Congress Convention
NAVAL PAGEANT 1 FOR'ENTERTAIN.MENT OF THE VISITORS
High Financiers, Cabinet Members, Diplomats, Manufacturers and
 Farmers to Consider Home and World Trade

l Washington, November 24-The south's part in winning the world war occupies a prominent place in the theme of the l tenth annual convention of the South ern Commercial congress in Baltimore December to l5 World commerce after 1 the war, international reconstruction
 and other important, subjects. in addi- 1 tion to 4 the constructive programme framed .at,a conference in Atlanta in ,Oc- i tober, find a place on the official pro- gramme made. public here today. Officials of the congress look upon this years convention as one of the most important in the history of the organi-
 zation and have arranged an intensive programme.
 President Wilson had hoped to be pres ent at the opening session but his trip
 to France to attend the peace confer ence will prevent His place will be taken by Champ Clark, speaker of the House, who will deliver the. opening BIG NAVAL PAGEANT Secretary Daniels will mobilize the At lantic fleet in the Chesapeake for . naval pageant. The Secretary of War has ordered an entire brigade of troops under General Carter to participate in the military parade. Many of the rep resentatives of the United States will at tend special banquet in their honor; Approximately 5000 delegates from all parts of the country are expected and among those taking part in the discus sons will be members of the Presidents cabinet and other government officials, governors of states and mayors of cities throughout the south and elsewhere. President Robert w. Bingham will pre- side at the opening session December g, after which there will be a luncheon in honor of the "Old Guard or members who participated in the Chattanooga convention in 1908. One afternoon ses- sion will be devoted to the nations agri- cultural programme for 1918 with Secre- tary Houston as chief speaker. WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS "A highways session, under the auspices of the Bankhead National Highway asso- ciation, also will be held Monday after noon before which General T Coleman DuPont will speak. = Other afternoon sessions Monday in- clude the woman's auxiliary divisions
 of woman's part in international recon struction, and one on insurance, With
 Darwin P. Kingsley as principal speaker. Early Monday evening the interallied war exposition will be opened and later a session of the League to Enforce Peace with former President Taft as principal speaker.
 Tuesday mornings sessions will dis cuss banking and finance, inland water
 ways, horticulture and sheep growing, and there will be conference of may ors Secretary Redfeld will speak be- fore the inland waterways section. MAYORS ENTERTAINED
 The Maryland State Horticultural so-
 ciety will hold joint session in the afternoon of Tuesday, the Southern Commercial Secretaries association will hear w. G. Cooper of the Atlanta Cham
 Der of Commerce and others, and Czecho-Sloyak section will discuss ques- tions of the new Czech-Slovak state with
 William Philips, assistant secretary or state, as a speaker.
 Visiting mayors will be given an hon.
 orary dinner Tuesday evening and the night session will be devoted to the honor
 of southern governors, with Governor Manning. of South Carolina, presidings and Secretary McAdoo as chief speaker,
 Wednesdays sessions will discuss farm
 problems and world trade in the morn
 ing and in the afternoon the cotton con ference Will De nelu WiIn Coi' I1diNAo
 Jordan presiding.
 The trade expansion constructive pro
 gramme of the Atlanta conference VIII be taken up, also Wednesday afternoon.
 DIPLOMATS ON HAND The diplomatic banquet Wednesday
 evening will be brilliant event, with
 President Bingham as toastmaster, and
 with practically all the diplomatic repre- sentatives to the United States present,
 in addition to Secretaries Lansing, Baker and Daniels.
 Agricultural problems and commercial education for the foreign field will oc-
 cupy Thursday mornings sessions and
 the afternoon will be devoted to the naval pageant. Shipbuilding. the mer- chant marine and agricultural finance
 will be discussed at Thursday nights session.
 Fridays sessions will take up dafrying and bee keeping The military parade
 will begin Friday at Il a. in., and sailors
 from the fleet and soldiers from nearby
 cantonments will march.
 A pilgrimage to Mount Vernon will be made from Washington on Sunday in vessels placed at the disposal of the congress by Secretary Daniels.