Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-11
NO REGULAR SESSION
SANITARY DELEGATES GO DOWN
RIVER.
Banquet Given by the Cuban Minister,
Senior Quesada, Last
Night.

The international sanitary convention
held no regular session today. The party,
instead, were the guests of the Treasury
Department and taking the revenue cutter
Winona at the 18th street wharf early in
the morning spent the day down the Po-
tomac, visiting Indian Head and Mount
Vernon. They will return to the city late
this evening.
AT the government proving grounds at
Indian Head they were shown the gun and
armor-testing devices, and one of the big
eight-inch guns was fired for their benefit.
The stop at Mount Vernon was even more
interesting. 1t was the first visit of many
of the delegates to the home of Washington
and they viewed the house and grounds
with greatest reverence.
The return to the city will be delayed
until the cool of the evening. and the dele
gates will subsequently go to the Corcoran
Gallery of Art as guests of the American
Bankers Association.
Banquet Last Night.
Senior Quesada, the Cuban minister, en-
tertained the delegates at banquet last
night at his residence, 1906 10th street
northwest. Covers were laid for twenty
seven. The dining room was tastefully dec
GRATED. the Cuban flag prevailing in the
general scheme. Senior Quesada presided
as host and toastmaster, and in his speech
of welcome referred feelingly to the fact
that Cuba, the youngest of American re-
publics. felt deep interest in the work OF
the older republics. and was proud of the
fact that the mosquito theory, upon which
the whole scheme of yellow fever preven-
ton now rests, had originated in Cuba and
partly through the work of Cuban physi-
clans.
Toasts and responses were offered by the
different guests, in English and Spanish,
hot e ,,,,l
Wyman being particularly happy. The
guests were as follows: Surgeon General
Wyman. DR.. Carroll. Senior Medina, DR..
Gatewood, Senior Corea, Senior BermudeZ.
Senior Volsz-Goiticoa, DR.. Eduardo Moore,
DR.. Kennedy, Dr. Doty. DR.. Fulton, Senior
Ulloa, Senior Alcivar, Senior Wither. Senior
Yela, DR.. Guiteras. Senior Joubert, DR..
Liceaga, DR.. iavoreria, DR.. Johnson, Dr.
Geddings, DR.. McCaw, Surgeon General
Sternberg, Mr. Director Fox and DIR. Stiles.
The afternoon session yesterday was
opened by the introduction of Mr.. L. A.
Howard of the Department of Agricul-
ture and Medical Director Wise of the
navy, both of whom thanked the conven-
ton for the hearty reception accorded
them.
Reports were presented by the dele
gates from Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecua-
dor, Guatemala and Nicaragua Dr. AL
civar, who is the chief health officer of
the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, stated
that in Ecuador it had been found that
the modern quarantine law was decidedly
to commerce, and that since
the discovery of the mosquito theory the
whole system of health regulations of
were being brought gradually
to conform to them. DR.. Guiteras read a
very interesting report on the subject of
yellow fever in Cuba, going so far as to
say that yellow fever would in future
never again gain the upper hand there
System Not Satisfactory.
Nicaragua, stated in the course of his re-
port that from what he knew and could
see the modern quarantine system in Gen.
trail America was anything but satisfac-
tory. Some months" he said, the ports
are closed owing to yellow fever and
other months they are open, the result
being untold damage to commerce Now
that the Panama canal is to be built the
danger from yellow fever in the Central
American group of republics will be all
the greater"
Throughout Nicaragua Costa Rica,
Guatemala. Honduras and San Salvador
there is nothing in the shape of a sani-
tary board or officer clothed with eXecu-
tive authority, and in view thereof Senior
Medina moved that the congress request
the Central American governments to ap-
point an international health board, the
president of which shall have executive
which he may delegate to 9TH
and conduct 1t along modern lines, thus
doing away with the present inefficient
system of one republic quarantining
against another, and of ports that ought
to remain open the year round to the YES
sells of the world being every now and
then placed In quarantine.
This resolution was referred to the adj
visory committee.
DIR. Lavoreria of Peru offered brief
report, in which he stated that Peru had
adopted the modern plan of dealing with
yellow fever by the determination of the
mosquito.
DIR. Fulton of the Maryland state board
of health gave the delegates a brief de-
of the various means of dealing
with health problems and epidemics pur-
sued in the different states.
DIR. McCaw of the army delivered a brief
report on the success attending the eff
forts of the army surgeons and physi-
clans in stamping out yellow fever and
plague.
Bankers Headquarters.