The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
GAS MEN ARRIVE
FOR BIG MEETING
Secretary Ramsdell Opens Head
quarters, and Early Arrivals
Register.
PUBLIC LECTURE TOMORROW
DR.. Luckc, of Columbia Univcr-
sity, Will Demonstrate New
Type of Gas Stove.
PUBLIC LECTURE TOMORROW


not open until tomorrow night. be-
tween twenty and thirty delegates reg
| istered at the Jefferson Hotel yesterday
| for the eighth annual meeting OF the
American Gas Institute, which will re-
| main in session through Friday The
convention. 1t is expected. will bring to
the city about 600 delegates. represent
| ing twenty-nine States and the Do
minion of Canada.
Registration headquarters were
opened last night on the nlczzaninc
| floor in the room to the right or the
entrance to the auditorium. by George
6. Ramsdcll. secretary and treasurer
OF the American Gas Institute. 1t was
the rallying place during the evening
OF the early arrivals. which include
| William ]. Clark. acting chairman of
the committee on arrangements. and
Dr. Charles L. Lucke. of Columbia
! University.
| Plum Busy Time.
| Programs for the Richmond meeting,
which were distributed last night at
headquarters, show that the four day
convention will be fully taken up in
business sessions and entertainments.
. Aside from few papers of popular in
terest most Of the addresses will deal
| with the technical side of gas manu-
fscture, and are intended primarily for
! delegates. Tho entertainment program
| Is imposing, and provides special diver
sions for the 100 or more women who
will accompany the gas men to Rich
mond.
The Chamber of Commerce will be
host to the convention at q reception
at $50 o'clock on Wednesday night.
| The annual dinner will be given on
tuesday night in the auditorium of
the hotel. aud James NJ. Beck, formerly
Assistant Acknowledgement of the
| United States, will be POSTMASTER. The
speakers will include. besides members
of the institute, Governor Mann and
President Darlington. of the Chambe
OF Commerce.
Local Reception Committee.
The reception committee represent
ing the city of Richmond includes the
following:
Governor and Mrs. William Hodges
Mann Mayor and Mrs. George Ainslie
T. NJ Darlington. MIR. and Mrs w. r..
Dabney, Mr.. and Mrs. Archer Ander-
son. Mir. and Mrs. Henry L. CabeliI MIR
and Mrs. Christian Clarke, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene II. Cloves, Miss Ella Fehsen
held, Mr.. and Mrs. George Gibson, Mr..
and Mrs. Barton II. Gitmdy, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. p. knowles. Miss J. b. Knowles,
| William p. Knowles, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
j.. C. Laird, Judge and Mrs l.. l.. Lewis,
Mr.. and Mrs G.. b. Lorraine. Mr.. and
| Mrs. +. L. Marshall. Mr.. and Mrs. r. II.
| Meade. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l. Pollitt. Mr..
| and Mrs. Clyde H. Radcliffe. Mr.. and
Mrs w. T. Reed, Judge and Mrs. D. G.
| Richardson, Judge and Mrs. X. Carter
Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Scott, MIR.
and Mrs. B. b. Valentine. Mr.. and Mrs.
T. ]. Willis, Mr.. and Mrs j. Il. Four
uurean, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Camp
bell.
Public Lecture Tomorrow.
The convention program will open
with a public lecture In the hotel audi
torium Mt 8:1J o'clock tomorrow night
| l. a.
ject, Surface Combustion" The lee
ture will describe a new type OF gas
stove adapted for household and hotel
use, In which an incandescent glare OF
permanent rock takes the place of the
blue white flame of the ordinary gas
stove. increasing the efficiency from
33 to 100 per cent.
DR. Lucke, II is stated, has been ex-
perimenting with this so-called sur
face combustion for seven years. and
will demonstrate his findings to the
delegates and visitors at Tomorrow
nights lecture. Several stoves spe-
cially constructed for demonstrating
arrived from Albany yesterday, and
were put in place in the auditorium.
The lecture, it is stated, Will be OF high
popular interest. and delegates as well
as visitors from the city are invited to
attend
Dtisincss Opening Wednesday.
The convention will open for the
| transaction Of business at $3.50 o'clock
| on Wednesday morning. Mayor Ainslie
| will make an address of welcome, and
Charles NJ. Cohn, of Baltimore. viii re-
spond. The interchange of fluctuations
| Will be followed by the address of
| President w. r. Addicks, and the re-
ports OF the board of directors and
| standing committees.
| Special trains bearing delegates to
the convention will arrive in the city
tomorrow from New York, Philadel-
phia and Chicago. The New York spe-
| cial will bring President Addicks.
WOMAN BADLY Git