Show MEET IN CONGRESS AT ROME I International Gathering of oJ Foes of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tu Tu- Tu- Tu to Be Held Late In 1 September Official announcement of the Seventh International Congress on Tuberculosis sis which will Include representatives from rom every civilized in the world has been made by the National Association for the Study and Prevention Prevention Prevention tion o of Tuberculosis The congress will be held In Rome from September 24 to 30 1911 and anti will wUl be similar In Inman man respects to that held in WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington in the fall of 1908 The rhe congress congress congress con con- gress which meets every three years will be under the direct patronage of ot the king and queen of at Italy An American committee of willbe will willbe willbe be appointed as the tho official representatives representatives representatives of ot the United States Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while the National Association for the Study and Prevention of ot Tuberculosis Is acting In that capacity and Its office In New York will be the headquarters for the United States delegation The secretary general of ot the congress Is Prof VIttorio Ascoli of ot Rome As a direct result of ot the stimulus of ot the last International congress held Inthis in inthis inthis this country the American committee will be able to report that the number of tuberculosis agencies In this countr country country coun coun- tr try have been tripled In the three years jears ears More than twice as much money Is being spent in the fight against tuberculosis by private societies societies socie- socie ties and institutions and the appropriations of federal state municipal and county have increased nearly four- four fould It is estimated that nearly 15 will be spent in anti antl sis work in 1910 |