The Washington times., 1908-09-27
Delegates From Many Lands
to Assemble at National
Museum.
WARM WELCOME
FOR DELEGATES
Secretary COrtelyOu 10 Represent
President, and Commissioner
Macfarland the District.

The tuberculosis congress viii be for
maily opened tomorrow mc.ning IN the
presence Of a distinguished gathering
of physicians. statesmen. and diplo-
mats from all quarters of the globe.
IN the great assembly hall Of the new
National Museum. representatives, OF
almost every civilized nation will unite
in a declaration OF war on a common
foe, a foe that carries off a million and
a half human beings every year.
Five times an international congress
has been held, and after each the war
on the great white plague was carried
on with increased viEor. until now there
is a battle lire of thousands of pLysi-
clans stretching around the world. night
ing the disease inch by iu-h and driv-
ing the enemy backva ard at rate that
they bid fair TO attain the goal toward
which these men OF science are strus-
Eling-the total elimination of tUbercu-
l9sis from the human species
To Welcome Delegates.
Secretary George. b CorteIyou. repre-
sentlEg President Roosevelt, VIII vel
come the delegates from abroad and
fro.n every state I'm the Union, and fof
the District Of Columbia Commissioner
Henry 3. F. MacfarIand viii greet them
| The assembly han has been decorated
with the flags OF the countries reUre-
/ senteC at the congress. and the United
State Marine Band VIII furnish music.
Its entire seating capacity viii be re-
served fo- members OF the congress
until three minutes. after Il o'clock on
I Monday morning.
! ATv-feer1~r Haf.-a rr4r ffr4-a rr-frr rts. r,v-
membership cards. After that time the
eraI public The exercises viii begin
a few minutes ter II o'clock.
VIII Make Addresses.
( The foreign Delegates who win act as
| spokesmen for heir respective coun-
[ tries at the opening OF the congress are
as follows:
! DR.. Fermiu Rodriguez. jr.. Argentina;
Paron Erugelmuller vuu HcaEerear.
/ Austria. Prof. Denys. Belgium; DR. T.
INoutizambert. Canada Dr, 7. Sierra,
Chile, DR.. Juan 3. Uuoa. Costa Rica ;
/ DR.. joaquin L. Jacobsen, CUBA. d.
! Bernard Bang. Deu-nark, DIT. e.. W.
| Richardson Ecuador. Prof Dr. Louis
/ Landouzy, France; Prof Dr. Robert
/ Koch. Germany: Or. Arthur Newsholme,
Great Britain. Dr LaWJTUS COrOmiIas,
Greece: Dr. BergOechea. Guatemala;
/ Dr. Josselin dc Jong. Holland; Dr. An
( tonic Stella, Italy. Dr. Eduardo LiCeaga,
/ Mexico; DR.. +. Harbitz Norway. Dr.
/ Lcheverria, Panama; Dr. LadisIaw
( Detrc. Hungary. DIT SyIvIc Gurgel 90
/ Amaral. Portugal, Dr- = Trimescu.
RoUmaula: DR. A N-ladimiro1 Russia .
I DIT. Camille CaUeja. Spain. Conrad
I Cedercrantz. Sweden. and Dr. Fr.
: Egger. Switzerland.
Meet Before Session.
/ The Diplomatic Corps, the spokesmen
/ Of the various countries. the officers Of
4 the congress. the honorary presidents,
and the section presidents VIII meet in
/ the office Of DR.. Henry G.. Boyer. chair
man of the committee on exhibits. on
/ the second floor Of the building az
quarter before II, and viii. with DIT.
+ Beyer and Or. John 8. Fulton. the
4 secretary general. proceed to the stage.
/ The meeting win be brought to a
/ close by Secretary COrteiyou, and the
delegates will not reassembIe in general
! session again until Saturday morning.
/ October Five Of the sections Will
/ hold sessions during the afternoon In
/ their respective section rooms on the
/ third floor. Sections y and VII will not
/ start their sessions nil Tuesday.
! DR.. A. a. Wladimiroff. a distinguished
] officer in the Russian army, viii deliver
/ a special lecture at the assembly hall
at o'clock Monday night on THE BIZ
/ ology Of the Tubercle Bacillus" and
/ there will be a reception TO visitors by
the trustees Of the Corcoran Art Cal
! Ipr-,- from S-20 n II - m
/ DR.. Robert Koch, OF Berlin, the gen
/ erallssimo Of the alti-tuberculosis fight
| ers. he who discovered the tuberCle ba-
/ cillus. arrived in Washington yesterday
to take part in the congress. He is
I stopping at the Willard.
Program + Fixed.
The program for the exhibition part
I OF th,. congress, which will be carried
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