New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
PAN-AMERICANS
THRONG CAPITAL
Scientists of Two Cont
nents to Open Con
gress Monday.
WOMEN TO SHARE
IN BIG EVENT
Mrs. Lansing and Nine. Suarez
VIII Be Leaders In Auxiliary
Conference.

Washington, Dec. 25.--Washington'
not only tho capital Of the United
States, but a leading city OF pan
America" was the situation presented
hero to-day as preparations for the
second Pan-American Scientific Con-
rress. which opens Monday. were be-
ine completed. With all the hotel
rooms in the city reserved for the
1000 to 1 500 members Of the congress
and Of the permanent scientihc organ
,stions which will meet with H. anu
nth practically every square 1907 Oh
convention space chartered. from iouE0
..u % ballroom, and including even
.e...rnrent and educational DuiIuinks .
Ss city Is respondent Tor the Is4ieenoi
"a most comprehensive int a. .h's
Gathering Of its kind ever heIu d"
country. -. r,done to I'm
prsss the visitors that ~ tbsn a
f,rnD Is an actually rather Sasb-
Ira.u Hosts and hostesses OF 70
Li. =. well as official society nay
lo,oS scores Of Pan-American prem
I,ncheons, dinners, recePV.oHsS
Ias1s; IL concluding on the nign! Oh
sho Nth the first Pan-Amerlcah
S ahuaiS ever held in the White !, House c,
.svnected that President I n
AZ .S6ress the members IN tne an
american Building on the nl8h' u '"'
nary .. ,-,o.a+.s who include
Hundreds of the most noteu - ty,o
Educators and publelsts u 80 citv;
s COZ Let will reach here to-morIo"
w IN time for the "get-acqu4slHiC1
IS -acention TO be given by the oii'0ia 10.
Sfn;teS States delegation, neaoeu W
h,1u George Gray, Of Wilmington
{u9H' member Of the Hague feH'e
Court. xto1s of the United
C" r,oyernnent, under whose AT i,
eeasse s tbe congress will be held ~lI
spi1t s,6sred by Vice-President MAJ MAJ
I'll IN the absence Of President
enSii This will be followed by LOT
I'll address BY Secretary or SIa'e Inn
s1ne Responses will be mace
..s6ective chairmen Of the twenty Ter
national delegations, beginning WV"
i1~ Frnesto Quesada, OF Argein luli..,
In most cases the Latih- t1I9, ~, aC'r'.
sbajrmen are the ENJOYS OF M
srnments IN Washington IN the 80 ~
mo there will be a recepuo. . W
members Of the congress anu i arsinS
guests rendered by Secretary ,l n"''''"e
and the United States deleg"'i0'
VIII Work in Nine Sections
rho sciant;fc discussions will begin
&c, morning with the seml-lofihas
ansrinGs Of the nine main secIlohs %
~ congress, at which arIahs
Gill be completed for consloera1io..
tbe general subject assignee 70 u;,b
Section No. has anthropolVg!, -
Dr William II. Holmes, mead cur"'os
~ the Smithsonian Institution,
chairman; No. 2, astronomy h,T ,i
ologv and seismology, Robert D TooJ-
ward. president Of the carnegie ins
W. No 2 conservation, agricult-
;rrigation and forestry, George \.
pnnmel' chief OF the Animal nus
tsndrv Division Of the United states
nenartnent Of Agriculture; No. !, ecu
cation. p. P. Claxton, Unitea 9'a'e'
commissioner Of Education. .1
Section No. has engineering, win
prissdier General William II. Blxby'
r. 8 A. (retired), as chairman; NO o.
International and public law and jurls-
prudence. DR.. James Brown Scott sec
,stsrv of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace; No. z. mining ana
metaiiurgy, economic geology and ap-
lid chemistry, Hennen Jennings, Tor
nnar nresident Of the London Institute
Of Mining and Metallurgy; No. 8, pub
lie health and medical science, surgeon
General william c. GOrgas' I. 5. A.
No. 9, transportation con commerce ,epc;
finance and taxation, l.. ). Rowe pres
dent Of the Academy Of Social and Po-
ltical Science.
Hall of Americas Too Small.
The formal opening will take place
ut 10 O'Clock Monday in Memorial Con.
tinental Hall, national headquarters OF
the Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton, which provides more space than
the famous "Hall Of the Americas" in
the adjacent building Of the Pan-Amer-
lean Union.
The assemblage, comprising some 100
representative of Latin-American gov
ernments and scientific institutions and