Evening star., 1916-04-27
Local Arrangements Committee.

The local committee in charge OF the
arrangements of the meeting consists
of DR.. Allerton S. Cushman, director of
the Institute of Industrial Research.
chairman; William Blum. +. X. Came
ron, G. W. Coggeshall. +. G. Cottrell,
+. P. Dewey, John II. Finney. H. A
Gardner, Joseph w. Harris. Homer D.
Holler, r. A. Holton. c. p. Kerr, A. F.
Lucas, +. c. McKelvy, Charles J.. Par
sons. William ]. Rich. A. ID. Ricken-
bacher. c. p. Townsend. John w. Tur-
rentine and T. a. Witherspoon-
Various entertainments have been ar
ranged for the visiting women, including
motor tour of the city Saturday. fol-
lowed b. tea at the home Of Mrs Cush-
tainment committee. Tomorrow after
noon there will be trip to Mount Yer
non. Mrs. Cushman's committee consists
OF Mrs. CottreI Mrs. Coggeshall, Mrs.
Finney. Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Rich.
Cooperation in research work connect
ed with the great industrial problems Of
the day was discussed in this mornings
symposium, opened by President Addicks
and participated in by number Of dis
tinguished scientists. The place OF the
technical society in this cooperative
scheme was emphasized by F. A. Lidbury
of Niagara Falls, and the value of CO.
operative research on the part of the
university was asserted by Prof w H.
Walker OF the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Prof. W. d. Bancroft
of Cornell University urged the inter
change Of ideas between teachers and
technical men. and Dorsey A. Lyon. head
OF the Salt Lake City office Of the bureau
OF mines. cited instances of the discov-
cry by the bureau OF valuable methods
Of waste prevention and waste utiliza-
tion in the mining industry.
Makes Plea for Cooperation.
W ID Iybitnav oh;eS -, ,bo r..o,...
laboratory of the General Electric
Company. made a plea for the large
corporation on the ground that it can
carry on expensive research work on
a large scale and thus hasten the de-
velopment of an industry, and the place
of the corporation in the cooperative
scheme was discussed by DR.. L. II.
Baekland Of Yonkers. y. Y, member
of the naval consulting board.
Practical methods of manufacturing
and using in connection with the ma
tional defense three substances which
have played prominent parts in the
war abroad were laid before the ses-
sion by q. Orenstein of New York, who
discussed chlorine. the deadly gas used
by the Germans; Capt Edward ID. Ard
cry, =. 5 Engineers. who spoke on
hydrogen as used for initiating war
balloons, and DIR. w. NJ. Grosyenor of
New York, who told Of the uses of
magnesium for making star bombs"
mare IlBHts ana SnTdpnel 'trdllerS.
Niagara Falls. wonder of the world
both in power and in scenic grandeur
should be made to yield to the needs of
man much more power than a I present
and this could be done without marring
its beauty. according to the speakers
who took part in a discussion of the
subject at o'clock. IT was the con-
sensus of opinions at the symposium
that American industries. American
health and, in fact. the security of the
nation. might better be conserved IL a
considerably larger volume of Niagara
water than now is allowed to be divert
ed to turning the wheels of industry
were to be freed for that purpose
Huge Saving Possible.
A saving of 6.50O.0Oo tons of coal a
year might be effected by allowing
slightly further use of Niagara power,
IT was pointed out: a dependable sup
ply of nitrates for use in explosives
could be established which might pre-