Evening star., 1922-01-15
GUATEMALA FACING-
!: ANOTHER UPHEAVAL
De,Facto Government Tottering. and
Looks Vainly for Recognition by =
the United States. -

F, working hours in any industrial es-
forestry service, by law enacted By
the last congress. The cost of the in
surance Is divided equally among the
government. the employer and the
employe. The law does not limit the
cause of the accident.
] Barranquilla, in Colombia. which is
going to be made a seaport soon by
dertaken the construction Of mod
| ern hospital which will cost about
| 100000. A contract for the installa.
tion of modern water system and
for the paving of the principal bank
ing and business streets of the city
also has been signed. American ma
terials and supplies probably Will
form a large percentage of what is
| used in the construction work.
| What scientists of the United
States and Great Britain have learn
ed of the uses of chalmoogra oil in
the cure of leprosy was described TO
a group Of Latin American repre-
sentatives at the Pan American
Unlion building last week by five
speakers of international reputation.
| Experiments now being conducted by
dt
in Hawaii, and the history and culti-
walton of the chalmoogra tree, from
which are obtained the nuts con-
tanning the oil, were the subjects OF
six speakers.
is. Cumming, surgeon general of the
| public health service; DIR. J. u. Long
of the publci health service. Or: VIII
liam II. L. Anderson of the Mission
| to Lepers, Inc. of England: william
n
American Mission to Lepers: DIR. Vic,
| tor c. Heiser of the international
health board. Rockefeller Foundation.
and Dr. Barros Barreto of Brazil.
DR.. Barreto told OF experiments .'
government with another vegetable
oil as a cure for leprosy. The OIL. ne
| said, is obtained from tree very
, similar. in some respects. to the cnai-
moogra tree. which grows IN brazli:
tries of South America, he said.
! Those present were DR.. Sou'a
Campos and DR.. Arminio Fraga o.
Brazil, DR.. Francisco Lima of sal
vador. DR.. Tomas a. LIE Bre.o3: r,ne tne
Tribe. tr.. Colombian chars dai-
faires; DR.. Santos A. Dominfci. ven
ezuelan minister to the United states
Senior J. Antonio Lopez GuterrezS; :Ii,S
States; DR.. Rafael H. Elizalde: min
ister Of Ecuador to the United states:
DR.. Julio Bianchi. Guatemaian min
lister TO the United States: Dr. AR
tufo Padro: secretary OF the ne. .moprn mopnn
Nicaraguan minister to the Cnises
states: Senior Emiliano Joubert. Do
minicap minister to the United states
and Mrs Caroline votaw
DR.. L. s. Rowe. director genera % pa
| the Pan-American Union, opened the
| meeting and turned Ii over TO tne
| Argentine ambassador, who pre-
sided. -
| ID. c. Collier, who was recently APP
/ pointed by the president commissionef
general of the American represents
tion at the Brazilian centennial em ,,
, position to be held next summer VIII
| leave for Rio de Janeiro THURSDAY OF
this week to begin his work OF su-
neryising the construction OF an
| American building and arranging Ior
the United States representation AT
the exposition.
ment among. American business men
and exporters Is very favoranie 70
| ward an adequate representation a.
the exposition of American mann"
factorfes and their products. ana re
heIieyes the representation will com
pare favorably with that OF any othef
| nation European countries are man
ing extensive preparations Tor theHs
part in the exposition
Dr Collier states, there has been SO
little information available on the
amount Of space to be allowed me
| United States and other details that
his early departure is necessary. ne
is taking with him the architect sa;1dins Wno'
will plan the American ouiloihs'
Frank l.. Packard of Columbus. ohio.
and Mrs. Henrietta A. Livefmore, one
of the American commissioners for the
exposition. Construction OF the build
ing will be done by the Dwight y.
Robinson Company. which is now un-
dertaking a $15.000.000 construction
project for TIE Brazilian government,
and whose representatives are now IN
Brazil.
DR.. Collier is fitted for his position
ascommissioner general. He planned
a large part of the San Diego. Calif.
exposition, and his work is considered
largely responsible for its success. He
is familiar with South America, ana
the present trip will make his hfth
visit to B;-azil.