Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11
TAFT MAY PRESIDE
Expected at International
Congress of Chemistry.
COMMITTEE LAYS PLANS
Convention Sessions to Be Held in
Continental Hall.
WOMEN WILL TAKE PART
Will Assist in the Entertainment of
elegates-Many Washing
ton Officers.

The local committee having in charge
the arrangements for the eighth Interna-
1ional Congress of Applied Chemistry,
which holds it's opening session in this
city September 4, has arranged To hold
the session in Continental Hail. the mag
nifcent home of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. Arrangements were
completed at a meeting yesterday after
noon. and it is practically certain that
President Taft will preside at the open
ing session, unless important engagements
should necessitate his absence from the
city on that date.
Scientists of international reputation
who are residents of Washington are at
the head of nine out of the twenty
four sections into which the congress IL
divided Besides these. Washington men,
scientists i'm the employ of every scleh-
tific bureau and division of the govern
ment. are on the sectional committee
Entertainment of Visitors.
An important feature OF the congress
will be the entertainment of the delegates
here and in New York. where the larger
portion of the proceedings will he helo-
Washington women who will assist IN
entertaining woman visitors and dele
gates are Mrs Frank W. Clark. chair
man of the local entertainment commit
Toe Mrs AIlerton s. Cushman. Mrs
David T. Day, Mrs. Harvey w Whey
and Mrs C. E. Munroe. All but MRS.
Clark are wives of Washington members
of the executive committee. Mrs. L. H.
Raekland of Yonkers n. Y. is chairman
of the American ladies' committee.
DR. Harvey W. Wiley is chairman or
the Washington committee on arrange
ments. Other members are DR.. DaVlo l.
Day of the geological survey. Dr. Aller-
ION s Cushman of the institute or lnous-
trial research and DR.. Charles T. NUN
roe of George Washington University
DIR. Day is also president or the section
on fuels and asphalt.
Other Presidents.
DR. Munroe heads the section on ex-
piosives and DIR. Cushing that on silicate
industries. Other WashingtOnians who
are presidents of sections are: w. +.
Hillebrand of the bureau of standards,
section on analytical chemistry: Frank
Cameron, Department of Agriculture, as-
rcuItural chemistry; w. ID. Bigelow. De-
partment of Agriculture, bromology,
which is the pure food section OF the con-
gress
Chief Justice White of the Supreme
Court Of the United States law and leg
j.. ~.
bureau of mines, political economy and
conservation of natural resources Other
Washingtonians who are members of the
several section committees are as fol-
lows:
ANALYTICAL Observation-Disclosures T. Allen.
Carnegie geophysical laboratory. and
Percy H. Walker, Department of Agri-
culture.
Inorganic chemistry-Arthur L. Day,
Seophysical laboratory. who is section
secretary, and Robert SOsman, physicist,
Geophy steal Laboratory
Metallurgy and mining-RObert NJ.
pany-
Section on Explosives.
Explosives-Thomas NJ. Chatard, vice
president of the section: A. :. Barker,
L. S. N; Marcus Benjamin editor of the
National Museum; \. l.. kibler, G. W.
Patterson of the navy smokelesS pow
der works at Indian Head: James
Strauss Navy Department. and Brig.
Gen. Erasmus NJ Weaver, chief of Coast
Artillery, L. S y.
Silicate industries-L. W Page office of
public roads. Department of Agriculture.
Organic chemistry-C. S. Hudson. bu-
reau of chemistry, Department of Agri-
culture
Industry and chemistry of sugar-A.
Hu- Bryan. Department of Agriculture,
and Frederick Bates, bureau of stand
ards. both members of the sectional ex-
ecut We committee: and c. s. Hudson, bu-
rsaC OF chemistry.
Fuels and asphaIt-Edw. w. Parker,
csc.o cal survey, secretary; NJ. r. Camp
eel geological survey; Charles A. Davis.
lll au o. mines: Miss Il. Hill. geological
et.vey; G. G Martin. geological survey,
apd David White. geological survey.
itais fatty oils and soaps-L. NJ Toll
Kan. Department of Agriculture, secre-
tary.
Paints and Varnishes.
Paints. drying oils and varnishes-
Henry \. Gardner. institute of industrial
research. member of the sectional execu-
tive committee. and S. S Voorhees, of the
bureau of standards.
Starch, cellulose and paper-C. c. Moore,
bureau of chemistry. secretary. and F. p.
Neitch, Department of Agriculture.
Agricultural chemistry. A. LeClerc,
Department of Agriculture. secretary, and
Harvey w Wiley.
Pharmaceutical chemstry-Lyman F..
kebler, Department of Agriculture. and
H. w. Wiley.
Bromology-C. F. Langworthy. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Physiological chemistry and pharma-
cology-Reid Hunt, public health service.
member of the executive committee. and
Carl l.. Alsburg. Department of Agricui-
ture. and William Salient, Department of
Agriculture.
TieCtfo-cHeiHiSlfS-fi T. Tdtten,
Department of Agriculture, and Clinton
Paul Townsend
Physical chemistry-George X Burgess
bureau OF standards and John Johnsi on
geophysical laboratory.
Law and legisla tiOn-Eugene A. Byrnes
and T. NcElroy.
Political economy and conservation OF
natural resources-Gifford Pinchot and
e. Hart Merriam.
PUTS HILL" is DOOMED.