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Show PLUMBERS MEET IN ANNUAL. CONVENTION Fire Hundred Delegates in Attendance Attend-ance at Twenty-First Gathering in San Francisco: SAN FRANCISCO. May 19.-The twenty-first annual meeting of the National Association of Marfter Plumbers was called to order this morning by President F. D. Hornbrook of Kansas City, Mo. Nearly 600 delegates were in attendance. Tomorrow action will be taken on the reports and resolutions and on Thursday the convention will elect, officers for the ensuing year and choose the place for holding its next annual meeting. St. Louis may be selected . The national association and Its affiliated affili-ated bodies have helped to secure the passage of sanitary plumbing laws In twelve States and anticipate similar legislation legis-lation in other parts of the United States. The association has over 7200 members, the net Increase during the year being over 800. |