The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-11
TAFT AND LANE TO u
G|VELECTURES HERE
Former President on Program
Of the National Geographic
Society This Season.

ara Taft, Henry Morgenthau, former
American ambassador to Turkey;
Franklin X. Lane. Secretary OF the
Interior; Capt. John Hay Beth Qan
Hay),, Lieut.. u. Pechkoff, Of the for
eign legion; DR.. wellington Koo. the
Chinese minister. and Mrs. Harriet
Chalmers Adams are some OF the
speakers who will be heard in the
1851 lecture course OF the National
The. first lecture in THE course will
De given next Friday afternoon ana
evening In the auditorium Of the-New
Masonic Temple. Thirteenth street ana
wSo as ors avenue r.gin by CAPTAIN .P'od Beth
Argyll and Sutherland Highlander.
gained at first hand the knowledge
wnlch he VIII embrace In THE Human
size OF Trench Warfare" As Ian Hay,
author OF The First Hundred Thous-
and and "A Mans Man" Captain
Beth Is widely known.
Lieut.. u. Pechkoff, a Russian subject
VINO joined the French Foreign Legion
country after the sudden outbreak Of
the war, will relate some of the daring
EXPLOITS OF that remarkable organlza-
ton IN which he has played a conspicu-
GUS part. Sir Edwin Pears, formerly
president OF the European bar OF Con-
tantinople and for forty years a resident
T o. Lhat city; VIII speak on what tho
Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams, who his
JUST returned from the French froht
aIter having experienced the signal
honor OF being the only woman allowed
In the first line trenches since the, inaii-
guration OF the Somme drive, Is an
nounced to talk on "Out OF Wars Cruci~
ble-a New France" Arthur Stanley
Riggs illustrated lecture will be ON
Italy. Prof. James Howard Gore will
speak OF the great problems which the
three scandinavian countries-Norway,
Sweden, and Denmark-have faced In
their Efforts to maintain neutral rela-
tionn with the warning nations.
Far Eastern Subjects.
Three Far Eastern topics are included
In the years program-"China." by DR..
Wellington Koo. the Chinese minister;
"A Woman In the Philippines" by Mrs.
Alce Kelly Africa will be crossed from
the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic by
James Barnes; who. will present a re-
taken along Stanley's trail
The American topics in the course will
be OF especial interest. Secretary Lane
Is to close the season with Americas
Le Roy Jeffers. famous mountain
climber. will take HIS audience to tie
roof OF the North American continent
In Mountaineering In the American
who thrilled the members of the society
several years ago. when he showed In
motion pictures his perilous voygss
through the canyons OF the Green ard
his even more daring exploit OF naviget-
ing the Black Canyon in a canvas boat.
Two nature lectures of surprising IT,
terest are included. The first will GO
mate Study OF Wild Came" by William
l.. Finley. of the Oregon fish and garle
commission. and the second. Citizens
OF the Air: Home Life of Wild Birds
hy MClN nj
The Romance Of Human Progress
Is the world-embracing topic of the
scholarly lecturer. b. A. Baumgardt
The lectures begin at 4:45 and s:lS p.
m. The afternoon and evening courses
are identical. the only object In hav-
ing the two being to accommodate as
many of the 5000 members Of the So
ciety as possible. Tickets are sold only
to the members.
Subjects, Lectures and Dates.
The complete course and the dates on
which the speakers win appear follow:
November 1.-THE Human Side of
Trench WARFARE" by Capt. John Hay
Beth dan Hay).
Lieut.. r. Pechkofr,
December l-"What Constantinopls
Has Done for the World" by Sir Edwin
Pears.
December S-"Through Central Africa
From Coast to Coast" by James
Barnes.
December l6-"out of Wars Crucib.s
A New France" by Mrs. Harriet
Chalmers Adams.
January 5-Hon. Henry Morgenthau.
former ambassador to Turkey, will ad-
dress the society; subject to be an
nopnced later.
January I2-"Japsn Today" by Il. n.
Newman.
January ls-Former President William
Howard Taft will address the society;
subject to be announced later.
January $-"Russia," the name OF the
speaker to be announced later.
February s-'Italy." by Arthur STAN
ley Riggs.
February 1s-"scandinavia." by James
Howard Gore.
February IA Woman In the Phil
ippines." by Mrs. Alice Mckay Kelly.
March 2-'China," by DR.. Wellington
Koo. the Chinese minister
March S-"Shooting With the Shutter;
Intimate Studies Of Wild Game" by
William l.. Finley.
March l6-'Braving the Black Canyon
In a Canvfs Boat" by Ellsworth Kolb,
March 23-"The Romance OF Human
March W-"Citizens OF the Air: Home
Life OF Wild Birds" by Norman Mo-
April s-"Mountaineering in the Amer
lean and Canadian Rockies" by lie Roy
LETTERS.
April ls-"America's Scenic Assets
the National Parks" by Hon. Franklin
X, Lane, Secretary of the Interior.