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individuals the speaker reported.
In other words, the germs Of
the nose and throat are not killed
by this method. Harmless organ
mms sprayed on the membranes
Of the nose and throat are not
Killed by this treatment
Another Gas Needed. s
He gave the opinion that more
eelective and effective gas should be
FOUND, as chlorine in It's present
form and in present doses has not
curative properties, and that ffeally
esfectiVe doses are too toxic TO be
The economic Importance Of the
conservation Of vision was brought
70 the attention Of Section K Of the
z. A, a. 5. by NJ. v. Ball, Of Warren,
Pa, today,
He pointed out that 80 per cent of
our school children have defective
eyesight, and SO per cent of working
men nave poor vision, yet total blind.
ness - on the decrease. He urged
subject.
While delegates and visitors con.
unued TO pour into washington 10.
gay TOR later sessions, the seventy.
ninth annual convention OF the
american Association for the I'd.
vancenaent Of Science and allied or.
carnations swung into its second
day OF activity.
AS twenty.six separate societies.
a1tiiiated with the A. A. A. S., were
meeting for the discussion Of the
varied problems of life, In several
dlrrerent halls, attention was
Iocussed on the second general seq
sion OF the A. A. A. S. as a. whole.
% be held today in the National
Museum auditorium.
The feature Of this meeting is to
De an address by Austin H, Clark.
or the Smithsonian Institution.
member OF the navy's advisorvcorn,
lttee on oeeanography on 'The
NaVys Oceanographic Program"
Talk on Seas Secrets.
The subject Of oceanography, ac.
cordlng to a l1on.technical expiana-
tlon by DR., Clark, includes investi-
cation Of tides and currents. the
physical and chemical properties Of
water and the study of marine ami
ma and plant life.
This study Is invaluable in deter
mining the habits and influencing
conditions of sea food, in addition to
many other important phases.
Members and guests Of the con.
ventton are invited to q reception By.
the Columbian Women Of George
Washington 1 University. to President
and Mrs. William Mather Lewis, of
the institution, at the Washington
Club, 1901 X strset northwest, to-
night at o'clock.
At 1890 o'clock tomorrow at the
White House, by President Coolidge.
The A. A. A. S. formally opened
its meeting last night at Memorial
Continental Hall, where Secretary
OF State Hughes upheld science as
m aid to world peace.
No Scientific Boundaries.
Science knows no political
boundaries" he declared. "She re-
cruits her chieftains from all chimes
and races. It may be an Austrian
monk, revealing the secrets of plant
inheritance, of a New Hampshire
farmers boy who learns to fashion
instruments Of the utmost delicacy
and precision, or a Serbian herds
man taking youthful lessons In
communication by listening through
the ground, or a Japanese devotee
o. medical research jsolating and
cultivating micro-orga nislns." Z
DR.. Charles D, Walcott, secretary
OF the Smithsonian Institution, fol.
lowed Secretary Hughes as speak.
Or. He devoted his talk to Arners
lean problems of scientific interest.
Before the American Political
Science Association, at the New
Willard Hotel, Sir Esne Howard,
British ambassador, declared the
need for league for European
peace, the only alternative being
the return to the balance of
power" idea. David Jayne Hin pre-
sided, A smoker followed at the
Erooktngs Graduate School OF Eco
nomics and Government.