The Washington herald., 1912-08-11
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IN WASHINGTON
Continental Hall to Be Convention
Place for Congress Of Applied
Chemistry.
LOCAL MEN ON COMMITTEES

uatiOnal SOnSIesS OF AppueQ SnemlStry
in Washington. beginning on September
I. will be held In Continental Hall. the
home of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. The decision as to location
was reached yesterday.
By reason Of the fact that Washington
Is the center of scientific thought of the
United States, Washington men and
women have q peculiarly large part in
this Congress. not only in the sessions
at Washington. but in the more pro-
longed ones in. New York which begin
on September 8.
Nine of the twenty-four sections into
which the congress Is divided are head
ed by Washington scientists. while every
scientific department. of the government
Is represented on the sectional commit.
tees.
Elaborate preparations are being made
both In Washington and New York fol
the entertainment Of the delegates. Nc
inconsiderable part will be the entertain
ment of the ladies' who will be present
Washington ladies IN charge of enter
tanning members OF their sex during the
congress are Mrs. Frank w. Clark
chairman; Mrs. Allerton s. Cushman,
Mrs. David T. Day. Mrs. Harvey w
Wiley, and Mrs. c. Z. Munroe. With the
exception OF Mrs. Clark these are the
wives OF the Washington members Of the
executive committee of the congress
Mrs. L. II. Baekeland. of Yonkers, N
Y, is chairman OF the full American
ladies' committee.
DR.. Wiley Chairman.
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley is chairman OF
the Washington committee on arrange.
ments. Other members are DIR. Davic
T Day, of the Geological Survey; DR.
Allerton s. Cushman, Of the Institute
Of Industrial Research. and DR.. Charles
E. Munroe. Of George Washington Uni.
versity.
Dr. David T. Day. in addition to being
secretary of the committee on arrange
ments for Washington, is also president
OF the section on fuels and asphalt.
DR.. Munroe heads the section on ex-
plosives and DIR. Gushing that on silicate
industries. Other Washingtonians who
are presidents of sections are W. F. Hell
iebrand. Phi. D.. of the Bureau OF Stand
ards. section on analytical chemistry:
Frank Cameron. Ph. D., Department OF
Agriculture, agriculture chemistry; W.
d. Bigelow, Phi. D.. Department of Agri-
culture. bromology. which Is the pure
food section Of the congress. Chief JUS
tice Edward D. White. Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, law and legis-
lation: J. A. Holmes, Sc. D., Ii. D.. d.
rector of the Bureau Of Mines, political
economy and conservation of natural re-
sources
Other washingtonians who are members
Of the several section committees are as
follows:
Analytical chemistry-Eueene T. AL
len. Phi. D., Carnegie Geophysical La
boratory. and Percy II. Walker. De-
partment of Agriculture.
Phi. D.. Geophysical Laborary. who is
section secretary, and Robert Sosman.
Phi. D.. physicist, Geophysical Labora-
tory
Metallurgy and mining-Robert NJ.
Thompson. International Nickel Com
pany.
Explosives-Thomas NJ Chatard, Phi.
D.. LII. D., vice president of the sec
ton: A. S. Barker. L. s. N: Marcus
Benjamin. Phi. D.. Sc. D.. IL. D., editor
of the National Museum; A. l. kibler.
NJ S.; G. w. Patterson. B. s., of the
Navy Smokeless Powder Works at In
dian Head: James Strauss. Navy De-
partment, and Brig. Gen. Erasmus NJ.
Weaver. chief of Coast Artillery. U.
s. A.
Other Committees.
Silicate Industries-L W. Page, ONCE
of Public Roads. Department of Agri-
culture.
Organic Chemistry-C. s. Hudson. Phi.
D.. Bureau Of Chemistry. Department OF
Agriculture.
Industry and Chemistry of Sugar-A
Hugh Bryan, NJ. s.. Department of Agri-
culture. and Frederick Bates, A. NJ. Bu-
reau OF Standards, both members of the
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Hudson, Bureau of Chemistry
Fuels and Asphalts-Edward W. Par
ker. Geological Survey. secretary: NJ. r.
Campbell. Geological Survey: Charles A.
Davis, Ph. D.. Bureau OF Mines: Miss B.
Hill. Geological Survey; G. c. Martin.
Phi. D.. Geological Survey, and David
White, Geological Survey.
Fats. Fatty Oils. and Soaps-L NJ
Tolman. NJ. s.. Department of Agricul-
turc. secretary.
Paints. Drying Oils. and varnishes-
trial Research, member Of the sectional
executive committee. and s. s.. Voorhees,,
of the Bureau of Standards.
Starch, celulose, and paper-C. c.
Moore, NJ. s., Bureau Of Chemistry, sec
retary, and F. P. Veitch, NJ. S, Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Agricultural chemistry. A. lie Clerc,
Ph.D., Department Of Agriculture, sec
retary. and Harvey W. Wiley, NJ. D.,
Ph.D., LID.
Pharmaceutical chemistry-Lyman F.
Kebler, NJ. D., Department OF Agricul-
ture. and H. W. Wiley, NJ. D., Ph.D..
LID.
Bromotology-C. F. Langworthy, Ph.D.,
Department of Agriculture.
Physiological chemistry and pharma-
Hunt, NJ. D., Ph.D., Public
Health Service, member Of the executive
and Carl L. Alsburg, NJ. D.,
Department Of Agriculture, and William