Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-18
SPECIAL TRAIN TO
. BRING BIG THRONG
OF " MEN TODAY
Delegates to International
Conference Will Arrive
Shortly After Noon.
GOVERNOR AND MAYOR WILL
EXTEND VlRGlNIA'S GREETING
President Wheelwright. of the
Street Railway Company,
Will Speak Tonight.

Coming from Washington ia !.
special train through the courtesy ut
the l:ichmonJ. Frcdcrich sburg and
Potomac Railroad. hundreds OF del
cga;es TO the fifteenth international!
conference Of the Railroad Y. ". q. 4.
Will arrive in Eichmond shortly af-
ter noon today for til. opening scs-
sion of the convention at 2:3e O'clock
In the auditorium Of the Jcfrerson
Hotel. On the special train. for which
arrangements were made by W. II.
Duke. general superintendent OF the
road. Will be men from ever,
section Of tho country and from Can
ada. who assembled in WASHINGTON
for the last lap Of the journey.
Upon their arrival. delegates will
be welcomed by travelling railroad
secretaries cs the ~" who ARC al
ready here. by the committee from
The local Railroad Y. VI. c. A.. head
ed BY Mr.. Duke. and by General Sec
re'ary- 4. y. Foster. OF the Richnomd
association. Indications point 10 an
attendance o: nearly 1000 delegates
when ;hc convention is called to or
dor by Dr. John =. Mum. chairEa n
| of til" international committee of the
! Railroad ~" who rill preside AZ
the opening session.
Gorernor 10 Extend Welcome.
Greetings will he extended TO the
confercnc" ,his afternoon by Gov
crnor Wcstmoreland Davis. Major
Ainslic. Rev. Thomas \. Smoo;. u. u.
pres s.dent OF tho Ministerial Union: :.
Is. Mckee. OF the Central ~" AND
NJ. Fl"EIa gan. master mccha?i. OF tEe
Chesapeake and Ohio. MIR. Fianasaa
VIII speak in behalf OF Richmond
railroad men. short responses vii.
be made 10 these greetings BY S;a.c
~ Secretary /. L. Rhodes, OF Iowa.
aud ]. W. Crawford. o: the Grand
Trunk hallway. OF Canada.
Thomas 5. Whcelwright. presiden.
| OF the Virginia halfway and Power
Company. will spenk at the night
| session OF the conferences tonight NJ
s o'clock in the auditorium of Grace
Street Baptist Church. HIS subject
will be Among street Railway En-
ployes." Other speakers on the pro
gram with Air. Whcelwright, viii he
G. &. Robinson, who ia 10 speak on
| Among Railroad Boys" Rubens
| Humphrey, OH "ln the Railroad Com
mun:ty:'' John W. Cook. on Men oi
the Merchant Marine" and Frad p
7 Ship, or Pittsburgh. on The Eread,h
/ II our brotherhood"
( All RntIroads Help CnnfereeS.
I Every railroad entering Richmond
I is assisting actively in making I'll.
! conference the largest ana mos; sue
cessful ever held. Mr. Foster said las,
| night. Ilo stated that each would
help bear the expenses of bringing
such large hody OF men 10 Rich
mond and entertaining them fror
their arrival today until the coaciu-
sion OF the conference Sunday night
| Features in connection with :hc
conference will be addresses by D-
7 John X. Mott, secretary OF the in
terna:!onal committee or the Y. NJ =
A.. and hy Fred B. Smith. New York
business man. nr, Mott viii! spcaI:
on The World outlook at tho city
f. Auditorium Saturday night Il; S
/ O'clock at meeting which vii! y
open 10 the public. DR.. MOI; aaa
I recently returned from an extensive
trip through Europe and viii tell OF
conditions as they c1is. there now.
Nj. Smith. who is widely known as
a mems speaker. will speak on
Moral Robbery" at ,nass-mcctin :
for the men at the City Auditorium
sunday affern0ou n o'aI.rl-