The Washington times., 1904-10-02

ST. LOUIS. oct 1T is to- be eT-
pscted that many selections should De
made FROM Washington of eminent men
Tor the World Fair 5uriss- Al Wash
iuEJou eminent men congregational
only statesmen and lawyers bat men
Of art and OF science and OF learning.
Tha American capital is rapidly be-
coming, ike the great foreign capitals,
with the possible exception of Berlin.
the center of the higher activities of
the national life And il is natural
that from that center should be drawn
houored opponents for the high posts
Of World Fair jurors.
I'm the Department of Education are
three jurors from Washington diStribut-
80 among the three groups of ele-
meut8ry. commercial and detectives
education. In the first of these groups is
Miss Anna Tolmau smith who needs no
Introduction To Neutrality-suspicious.. and
who took a leading part In the councils
OF the education jury il Paris in 1890
IN the second group is DR.. j. Edwards
Clark, likewise wei known; and on the
third group is Prof. PercivaI Ball. OF
G4lIaudet College.
Three in Electricity.
In the department Of electricity are
10 be found three jurors from Washing
ton who are so named 10y virtue of oc-
Cupyiug Government positions tu the
Bureau or Standards and i'm the army.
and VINO occupy those positions by vir-
tue OF their emineuCe. They are Prof.
f. B. Rosa, Dr. X. r. Cutie, and
Samuel Reber. L. s. A.
Prof. Rosa is a physicist by profess
sion. He graduated from Wesleyan
University in 1856. and from Johns Hop
kins with the degree of Phi j. ia 1891.
in
sizes I'm Wesleyan University from 1881
1892 lie is a frequent contributor TO
American and European journals OF
physics and electricity. making a special
department. OF theoretical and applied
elecIrlcIty-and electrical measure nenIs,
lie IS q member OF the American IusJi-
tute of Electrical Engineers. the AmeTi-
can Physical Society, and of other
learned societies
Native Of Germany.
DR. Karl E.lgen Guthe was born In
Hanover. Germany, and acquired his
education abroad In his city gymnasium
and In the uniyers ties of GIsrburg,
strassburz, and Be:liu; but the fruits
Of his education he has applied in this
country He became Instructor I'm ply
sizes in the University OF Michigan In
1888. one year after his arrival in this
country. and has been assistant profess
scr In his science since 1900 he is now
associated with Prof Rosa, as physicist
in the Bureau or Standards. Washing
ton.
DR. Guthe is a fellow Of the American
Academy OF Arts and Sciences. and
member OF the American Physical So
clety He Is the author of manuals on
hls subject and is frequent con-
trIbut1r 10 scientific journals
About Samuel Re1er the laconic
'-Armv Register gives the following
bare data Cadet H. A. LIST Of July,
1852 Second lieutenant. Fourth Cavalry
ISL OF July 1856 Hrst lieutenant. Ninth
Cavalry -sth az July, 1892. First lieu
tenant Signal Corps. z7th OF January.
1894 Captain. LIST OF July. l5ll- Major
81 OF March. 1903 Before he attained
his present rank lu the regular service
the Register informs MS IGat Major
Reber was i'm the volunteers
The presidency OF one OF the most inn
uorraut iuries at the fair. that OF for
estry. was given TO an eminent Wash
mgtouian and Government official
Charles Richards Dodge. AIR. Dodge IS
g textile fiber expert, having acquired a
scientific education I'm Yale University.
lie was assistant elI0mol0gist in the
Department of Agriculture and had
charge of the Agricultural Museum FOR
ten years from 1864
Mr.. Dodge began the study OF hbers
iu 1870 and has published since lnAL
time twenty special reports ll hD5I5
and the fiber industries, including "a dc
liuuaTv OF the l1eE plants or The world
nine international eEpoziuons. exclusive