Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-16
DISTRICT MEET
OF ROTARIANS
OPENS TODAY
Gov. McKeIvie to Address
Visiting RUtarians at Din
ner at FontenelIe
Monday Night.
NC Iateh.strIng q OMAN Is out

The lateh-striug Of Omaha is out
today for 500 Rotarians of Iowa,
South Dakota and Nebraska in at
tendance at the two-day sixteenth
district conference which opens with
social services in All Saints church
tonight This is the first district
Ro;arian meeting entertained in
Omaha Many plan to remain for
the Trans Mississippi REIMBURSEMENT
congress.
Visitors will be met at all rail-
road stations and directed to hotels.
Conference headquarters are To-
Gated in the Fontenelle hotel but
business sessions will be held in the
large assembly hall of the Masonic.
Temple.
Omaha Rotarians, headed by
John W. WEIGH and Conference
Secretary Dan A. Johnson, have
spared n, efforts in providing for
the entertainment and convenience
OF the visiting Rotarians. Fred L.
Aorthey Of Waterloo. la, district
governor will preside at the meet
ingS. Visiting women will attend
all business and social sessions of.
the convention and in addition, will
be honoTedi by a special luncheon.
John N. Van der Vries, assistant
secretary Chamber of Commerce of
the United States at Washington;
Edward II. kelsey of Toledo, o.,
vice PRESIDENT of the national as
ISOLATION Of Rotary clubs. and
Harry M Gage, president Of Huron
college, Huron s. d.. are among the
spea.sorss of national prominence.
Governor to Speak.
Governor McKelvie will speak
It the dinner to be given Monday
aight in the Fontenelle.
L. H. Minkel Of Fort Dodge. Ia,
Orvillee j Fec of. Lincoln, Gus Hos-s
teller of Des Moines, Luther
Brewer of Cedar Rapids, Cyrus D.
Williamson of WATERFOWL, S. D.,
William Mcfarland OF Burlington,
]. C. Dye OF Sioux City, Clyde
Lyon Of Council Bluffs and William
RI Ronald of Mitchell S. d. are
among other out-of-town. Rotarianss
scheduled to address the meeting.
David Smith will come from Salt
Lake City, Utah, to boost for the
1919 international convention to bel
held in his city
After the war reimbursement will
occupy a big part Of the conference
discussions ]. G. Dye off Sioux
City will talk on How Rotary
Should Help the Boys" at the Tues
day morning meeting John Van
der Vries will talk OH the Need of
the Hour-True Cooperation be-
tween Employer md Employee" at
the same session
Rev. =. j.. Maolay to Preside.
AT tonight,s service in All Saints
church. Rev. I. ]. Macltay will pre-
side. DR. Frank B. Smith and.
Father McManus of Council Bluffs
and Rabbi Frederick Cohn will
make addresses.
The business sessions open Nom
day morning at 1880 a. m. Farley
G. Moorhead will make the address,
of welcome and L. n. Miniel of
Fort Dodge. will respond.
Typical Rotary. singing, led by
w. S. Rigdom Of Council Bluffs and
Henry G. Cox with Bluffs and Om-
aha Glse clubs, will enliven the
luncheon hour. john H Beveridge,
superintendent OF. schools, and O. j
Fec. of Lincoln will talk.
0rIa s. Goodrich will tell how to
arrange. club programs Election Of
officers takes place Monday after
noon. Besides Governor McKelvie,
Edward s. Kelsey of Toledo and the
nominee for district governor will
speak John W. WEIGH will pre-
side.
Reports of committees, discussion
of Rotarian interests and selection