Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-04
VISIT THEWHITK HOUSE
SANITARY CONFERENCE MEM
BEERS GREET THypRns1DENr.
Reports Read at Session Held This
Morning ouaranttps et Vessels
From infected Ports.

The members of the JnterAational sani-
tary conference of American Republics were
received by the Presidspt Of the United
States at noon today atlsheaWhite House.
All the delegates to the conference were
given an opportunity to- greet the Presi-
dent. After the reception the delegates as
sembled at the New willard, where luncheon
was served at 1:30 o'clock, and the rest of
the time until 8 o'clock was spent In sight
seeing.
The discussion begun this afternoon re-
lated to sanitation of seapOrts. and under
this head the following subjects will be
taken up: Sanitary improvement of har-
bors sewerage. soil drainage. paving, elm
nation of infection from buildings. santa
ton of dwellings. light and air.
morning, President Walter Wyman presid-
ing. Following the report Of the advisory
committee number of interesting papers
were presented. Dr. Carlos J.. Finlay,
on 'Is the Mosquito the Only Agent
Through Which Yellow Fever is Transmit
ted?' He argued that the Culex mosquito
was the only insect capable of transmitting
the germs of the disease. He mentioned
experiments tending to prove that fomltes
and other blood-sucking Insects are not a
factor in the propagation OF yellow fever,
and that no valid reason has been brought
forward for supposing that any other IN
sect but the mosquito mentioned is capable
of transmitting the germs
Papers Read Today.
Among other papers read before the con-
ference this morning were the following:
simplicity in Sanitary Measures" DIR.
Joseph Y. Porter, state health officer Of
Florida: Vessels as Carriers of Mosqui-
toes" DR.. S. B. Grubbs. Marine Hospital
Service: "Uncinariasis with Microscopic
Demonstration" DR.. Wardell Stle, Marine
Hospital Service.
At the session held late yesterday after
noon Dr. Rhett Goode of Alabama intro
duced resolution, which was referred to
the advisory committee to the effect that
"since the work of excayating and con-
structing the canal through the Isthmus of
Panama has been attended by a great
amount of sickness and mortality, due
mainly to malaria and yellow fever, it Is
resolved that the officer in charge of the
sanitary matters during the construction
of the proposed isthmian canal be given
full power in his department. and that in
the judgment of this convention he should
be made MEMBER of the canal commission
which the President is authorized to ap-
point"
Vessels From Infected Ports.
The question of quarantining vessels
from infected ports, having on board yellow
fever, cholera or bubonc plague was also
discussed at considerable length at the
afternoon session. being introduced in
paper by DR.. Liceaga of Mexico. The dis
cussion principally as to whether five
days was long enough time FOR detention of
persons suspected of having yellow fever.
1t was argued pro and CON- some fayoring
detention for ten days The question was
referred to advisory committee. The
matter left to the commfttee was embodied
in the following, which was Incorporated in
the paper:
That in matters relating to yellow fever,