The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-03
Diplomats to Be Guests
 OF Birmingham, on Behalf
 or Gen. Gorgas Memorial
Elaborate Preparations Made for Reception of Distin- guiShed Party Whirs,ssg1s Reach Birminr
 Afternoon at Az @

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 The diplomatic party. headed by Sir Aukland Geddes. British ambas- sador to the United States, which comes to this city in the interest of the Gorgas memorial, will arrive this afternoon at 4:25 o'clock on the Birmingham special Included in the diplomatic party. accompanying Am bassador Geddes, will be the Hon. Leander Mccormack Godhart, first secretary of the British embassy i; the Hon. Jose E. Lefevre, minister of Panama, Maj. Gen. Robert E. Noble of the United States army, Mrs. Kath- rine Clemmons Gould, president Of the International Women's Cham Der of commerce.
 Ambassador Federico Alfonso Pezet of Peru, who was to have arrived in the city with the diplomatic party today, wired the Gorgas memorial Headquarters that he had received a cablegram, calling him back to his country and that as soon as possible he was leaving for New York to sail for Peru. Ambassador Geddes is, however, bringing with him the mes- sage that the Peruvian ambassador would have delivered in person at the mass meeting, to be held in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel, to- night at o'clock. A message of re- gret was also received from the Hon. Rafael Elizalde of Ecuador, that af- fairs of state prevented his departure with the diplomatic party. but that he hoped to join Ambassador Geddes st Montgomery.
 Elaborate Preparations
 To ta made for the reception of the dis tinguished guests upon their arrival in the city. A reception committee, headed by the commissioners of the city Robert Jemison Sr5 state chair man of the Gorgas memorial. George Gordon Crawford, state executive chairman. prominent men and wom- en. committees of each of the civic organizations of the city.
 The diplomatic party will be con ducted from the station to the Tut wiler hotel by means of a circuitous route which will cover Twentieth street from First avenue to Fifth avenue. Heading the procession will be the Industrial school band, an es- cort of motorcycle police. a troop Of cavalry, headed by Capt. John (. Carter Dr. Courtney ". Shropshire will be in charge of the details and will act as marshal of the parade. The first automobile will contain Ambassador Geddes Gen. Robert E. Noble and Robert Jemison, ST. The second machine in the line of march will bear the Hon. Jose E. LefeVre' John L. Raul and Secretary Godhart. In the third automobile will be Mrs. Gould, Murray Brown. Automobiles carrying the reception committee VIII follow.
 A formal welcome will be given the guests upon their arrival at the hotel The ws5co.a q committee consists of 10 members of the civic organizations including the IS mem bers of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce. Robert Jenn- ison, Sa.. will introduce Commissioner D. E. McLendon, president of the city commission, who will deliver the ad- dress of welcome. It is expected that Ambassador Geddes will respond in the name of the diI lomatic party.
 At o'clock in the evening for nal dinner will be held at the home of Mir Robert Jemison, Sr, for the distinguished guests. The party will include the Alabama state commit tee of the Gorgas memorial.
 At the same hour Mrs. George Cor don Crawford will entertain Mrs. Kathrine Clemmons Gould at dinner at her home.
 At 7:30 D. m band concert will be given by the American Steel & Wire company band in the lobby Of the Tutwiler hotel
 The mass meeting at which Ambas- sador Geddes will be the principal speaker will be held at s o'clock in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel Besides the distinguished diplomats who will speak on the great work 10 be carried to all parts of the world as A tribute to General Gorgas, pr. Franklin H. Martin, vice president Of the international board of direc- tors of the Gorgas memorial and who is in Birmingham to represent that body at the mass meeting will out line the initiation of the moment and what .he institute at Panama and at Tuscaloosa proposes to ae- complish in the way of ridding the world of preventive diseases
 civic luncheon at which time h is expected that nearly 500 Birming- ham business men will be present i will be rendered the distingulsneo guests on Saturday at l o'clock m the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotei' The members of all the civic luncheon CiuDS nave been lnNlteu to this luncheon which is being given under the ausipees of the Alabama state committee. W. V. NJ Robertson of the Community club will preside and impromptu speeches will be made by some of the guests on the trade relations between the south and the Latin American countries, and what economic results are to fol- flow the opening of the tropics through the proper sanitation meas ures to be established there in the southern republics as result of the research work of the Gorgas Me- morial Institute of Tropical and Pre- ventive Medicine. The countries rep resented by these distinguished vis- itors are among the most prosperous of the southern republics. These countries have made rapid strides m opening the hundreds of thousands of