Evening journal., 1922-11-25
WILMINGTONIANS
TO HEAR TIGER.
Clemenceau Will Address
Those Attending Harbors
Congress
CHAMBER
DELEGATES NAMED

Delegates from Wilmington 20
the Eighteenth convention OF the
National Rivers and Harbors Con-
gross. in Washington. win have op-
portunity of hearing NJ. Georges
Clemenceau. former premier or
France.
To was hardly 20 be expected that
a tiger would cause a change In the
arrangements for a convention. but
that Is just what has happened. II
Is not a Jungle tiger. however, but
the Tiger Of France" The conven-
ton IL 20 be held at the New VII
lard Hotel. beginning Wednesday,
December 6. NJ. Clemenceau r. 20
make an address before the South
ern Society on the evening OF that
day, and both as a compliment 10
the great War Premier OF France
and in order 20 give the delegates
70 the convention an opportunity 20
see and hear him, the session or h
convention scheduled for that even
ing has ben cancelled. This will
probably make necessary the hold
ing OF a session on the morning Of
Friday. December 8. In order %
eompiete the program that has been
MANNED. Every duly qualified dele
gate 20 the convention will receive
a ticket admitting him % the meet
ing. which 81 20 be addressed by NJ.
Clemenceau.
Delegates to the convention from
The Chamber Of Commerce were
announced today by Fred Il. Cav
throp. president. II II expected
Mayor Harvey will name additional
delegates during the coming week.
The delegates selected by President
Gawthrop. are:
T. W. Baochus. U. S. Senator /.
Helsler Bali. Joseph Bancroft u
8. Senator Thomas r. Bayard, Rep
COMMUNICATED william X. Boyce.
Walter Brinton, Henry T. Bush
Lieut.-Governor J. Danforth Bush.
William T. Budd.
F. G.. Cox. william @. Coke, for
mer Senator T. Coleman dupont,
George A. Elliott, A. H.. Gawthrop,
Frederick II. Gawthrop, John Gov
atos. Mayor Leroy Harvey, Con-
gresham Caleb r. Layton. ". B.
Megear. former Governor Charles r.
Miller. c. r. Pierson, o c. Purdy.
A s. Reed. William F. Sellers. W.
A. Simonton. s. X. Smith. W. A.
Speakman, c. W. Sutton, J. F. Van
Lear. Alfred ID. Warner. Jr.. Charles
Warner, and Joseph S. Wilson.
In addition 90 the address by NJ.
Clemenceau the program OF the con-
.-m-aH-- iii -a~mr-u aHwaHrHaun HnHnwnmH
for the Wilmington delegates be-
cause OF the near completion OF the
Marine Terminal. The first session
is 20 be enlivened by a joint debate
on the question. should Water
Competition be Considered Justih-
/ cation for Relief from the Long-and-
Short-Haul Clause2" The afhrma-
tive will be taken by SJJ. Wettrick,
Attorney for the transportation De-
partment OF the Seattle Chamber OF
Commerce, and the negative by
Frank Lyon. Washington. Mr.. Lyon,
who Is attorney for the Luckenbach
and other steamship Zines, will speak
on. this occasion for the informed
late Rate Association.
Most OF the afternoon session viii
be taken up by a symposium on
The American Transportation
Problem and It's Solution" The last
speaker will be Gen. William NJ.
Black. former chief OF engineers
who will argue in favor OF the for
nation Of great corporations which
will use every form Of transporta-
ton and will recommend that the
National rivers and harbors congress
change its name 10 National Trans
portation Association" and work for
such a unified transportation sys-
tenn. This last proposition will be
strongly opposed and will precipi-
a a lively debate. As the clos