The Washington herald., 1919-06-01
PROMINENT men
OF PAN AMERICA
TO GATHER HERE
Who's Who Of Business VIII
Attend Commercial Con-
gress This Week.
MANY EXPERTS TO TALK
Program Calls for Sessions
Three Times Each Day
During Conference.

The program of the second Pan
American Commercial Conference. to
convene here tomorrow, has been
approved by the subcommittee Of
the governing board of the Pan
American Union. and plans are prac-
tically completed for this important
international trade gathering.
The conference will be in session
here until Friday. June s. More
than 500 acceptances already have
been received from officials. experts
and business men Of both North and
South America. who will attend
Word was received from many gov
ernors yesterday. announcing the
appointment of State business rep
resentatives to the conference.
At the inaugural session. to be
called to order by Director General
Barrett. and presided over by the
Acting Secretary of State, the
speakers will include Vice PRESIDED MT
Marshall. the Ambassador OF Chile
Don Beltran Matthew, and the Min
lister of Bolivia Don Ignacio Calde-
ron, ranking members of the gov
erning board of the Pan American
Union; Hon. F. H. Gillett, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
and Homer A. Ferguson. president
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States.
Program for Week.
Experts OF the United States and
Latin America will discuss various
phases of Pan American commerce
at morning. afternoon and evening
sessions. as follows:
Tomorrow evening and Tuesday,
general review of Pan American
commerce and discussion of Latin
American countries. Secretary Red
field and prominent Latin American
speakers.
Wednesday morning-Shipping and
transportation. including aeroplanes
as an aid to commerce. Edward N.
Hurley. chairman of the United States
Shipping Board; Maj. Gen. Chas- 7.
Menoher, director of military aeronau-
tics. u 8. A.; aftemoon-trading
methods, DIR. Burwel S. Cutler, CHIEF
of the Bureau Of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce: evening-parcel post
enc trade regulations, Otto Praeger,
second assistant postmaster general;
DIR. Mario Diaz Irizar. director Bu-
reau of International American Trade
marks, Havana
Thursday morning-Financing trade,
banking and credits, Charles NJ.
Schwab. Frank A. Vanderlip. presi-
dent National City Bank of New
York: DIR. L. S. Rowe. assistant sec
rotary of the Treasury: Augusta VIII
lanueva, of Chilean Financial Com
mission; Julio Zamora- special financial
commission of Bolivia: DR.. Jose S.
Rodriguez special commission of Ven
ezueIa: afternoon-engfneerin H. {.
Parmelee and Percival Farquhar. of
New York: Alberto de Hoyos. of Mex
lean Constitutional Railways. and
other speakers; evening-general ses-
sion
Friday morning-Commercia intelli-
gtnce. Herbert S. Houston. New York:
EIiodoro Yanez. publisher La Ma
cion," Santiago. Chile; Alfredo V. ID.
Fl. CalIao. editor La Prensa:" John
Vavasour Noel. president. Noel News
Service, and Wing B. Allen. publisher
South American all of New York;
afternoon-educationaI and social aux
lie riez to commerce, Francisco j.
Yanes, assistant director of the Pan
American Union: DIR. Peter Fl. Gold
smith, of the Carnegie Endowment,
and other speakers. closing with
general review of the conference by
Director General Barrett.
reception will be given in the
Fan American Building Friday even
ing.
Many to Attend from ID. G.
Among those from Washington
who will be present at the conference.
in addition to prominent government
and other officials who will speak.
and delegates who were announced
several days ago. are the following:
L. NJ. Bailey and Lauren NJ. Smith.
Auto Accessories Company; Herbert
Bassett. research assistant. War
Trade Board; Edgar Cassan, repre-
sentative OF Schneider & Co.; Ignatius
]. Costigan. John B. Creedon. presi-
dent Georgetown University; Capt.
Alfred v. Dalrymple. U. s. A: l.
Newton Davidson, Charles Ray Dean,
W. P Eberhardt. F. Z. Harrington.
headmaster Chevy Chase School; Nor
ris II. Glazer and Robert H. May,
of the McGraw-Hill Company. Charles
J. Glidden, captain air service. U. S.
A.; II. F. Knapp. u s. Steel Products
Company; Colin II. Livingstone. presi-
dent Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora
ton and Washington &c Old Dominion
Railway; Col. w. F. Martin. general
staff. U. S. A.: ]. c. Nellis, manager
National Emergency Bureau of
Wooden Box Industry; r. NJ New
bold. William J. O'Brien, manager
IN America Cables; w. A. Penfield, |
J. z. Pennybacker. director of roads, |
American Automobile Association; ]. |
A. Robertson. managing editor, His
panic American Historical Review; |
Lamar Robinson. highways transport |
committee, Council Of National De-
fense: @. A Sherwell, International |
High Commission: Allen Sinsheimer, |
editor the Class Journal Co.; D. A. |
Smith. vice president d. c. Paper
Manufacturing Company; ]. C. Will |
Jams. manager development service, |
Southern Railroad: Louis H. Warner,
Council Of American Cotton Manufac-
turers: Thomas r. Dawley, H. B. |
Hanrar Richard &, n Walf