Evening star., 1923-12-02
PARLEY ON RIVERS
ANDHARBORS Soon
Convention to Consider Needs
Will Meet Here Wednes-
day Morning.

Six sessions spread over a period
OF two days will feature the nine
teenth convention of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress. to open
IN the New Willard Hotel Wednesday
morning and close Thursday night.
Three sessions will be held during
each day. In the morning. afternoon
and evening.
AT the banquet Thursday addresses
will be made by Ambassador Hani-
hara of Japan, Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation
OF Labor; MIRA Maud Wood Park. pres
Voters, and Maj. Gen. Lansing H.
Beach. chief of the Army engineers
Gen. Beach is to be retired next June
A program OF entertainment Will In
clude music by the Marine Band Or
1hestra; violin solo by Master Isaac
Minovlch; plano numbers by Miss
Dora Minovich and songs in costume
by Scott Blakeley. Senator Fletcher
Of Florida Will be the toastmaster
Tentative Program.
The tentative program for the busi-
ness sessions follows:
Making Our Rivers Known" Mrs
Louis n. Geldert. president League Of
American Pen Women; The Panama
Canal" Senator Joseph l.. Ransdell
Of Louisiana: railroad president Ito
De named); ''Galveston's Views on Co
aat''n Routes. H. q 3 cummtns a sno asststaSt Ma.Ht
traffic manager Galveston Commercial
Association; The Coordination of
Rail and Water Lines" Representa-
tive c. a. Newton of Missouri: annual
address John II. Small. preside !:
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tary and treasurer.
Wednesday afternoon-"The Port
If Hampton Roads" Mayor Albert H.
Roper. Norfolk; "A Great Inland
Waterway" c. S. E Holland, Hous-
ton, Tex, president Intracoastal
Canal Association; "Pittsburgh's $
Three Rivers anu Their Connection
With Lake Erie" William Fl. Steven
son, Pittsburgh. president Lake Erie
md Ohio river canal board: The
Allegheny River Route" Representa-
I've n: L. Strong of Pennsylvania; The
Central Ohio Riverway." Prof. Chris
topher E. Sherman. Ohio State Uni
rersity; The Cincinnati Toledo
Route" tspeaker to be named); The
Deeper Hudson as a National Water
way" Roy S. Smith. executive man
tger Albany Chamber of Commerce; !;
The Port of Los Angeles" Represen-
tative John d. Fredericks of Califor-
MA illustrated with moving pictures)
ehHHSAdy evening Inc DIVER
sion of Water Through the Chicago
Sanitary Canal and It's Affect on
lake Levels" Attacking the diver
siun. William George Br,,.a. Mil
waukee, president Great Lakes Har-
Dor Association, and Mayor c. AL
tred Mcguire of Toronto. Defend
ng the diversion, Gardner S. Will
ltanls, Ann Arbor. Mich. and Robert
ishanI Randolph, Chicago ILLUSTRATED
with moving pictures and animated
3artoonS).
Thursday morning Shallow.
Water As.ets" Edward B. Lyman
director Passaic River Improvement
Association; The Cape Cod Canal,
Repre-: entative Samuel Z. Winslow OF
Massachusetts: "Levees and Naviga-
lion" Representative W. j. Driver OF
arkansas; Port Newark" Z. H. w
Rosa Newark, n. j.: Barge Opera
lion. Pittsburgh to New Orleans,
John +. Lent, Pittsburgh; The Flu
ture OF Motor Transportation. E
y. Loomis. New York city. secretary
national motor truck committee
open forum.
Thursday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
field secretaries, adoption of resolu-
tons. election of officers, brief ad
Dire ses by speakers selected by state
delegations and adjournment.