Evening star., 1919-12-30
HEAT ENERGY IN AIR
'P0SS|bLEFORF FUEL
. FOR ALL PURPOSES
So Declares H. H. PIatt in
Paper Read Before Ameri-
-. can Scientists.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, December 30.-Heat
energy Of the atmosphere is suff1-
cient to replace fuel for all purposes,
according to a paper H. H. Platt Of
today Of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science. He
urged the scientists to use their
energies to bring about means of
'abstracttng this fuel. SO as to re-
lisve coal-oppressed humanity"
Botanists and meteorologists dis
cussed ways and means of furthering
production of foodstuffs and reducing
the living cost. Speakers urged spe-
cialists in plant diseases to redouble
their efforts to conserve vegetables
and to study soil and seed improve
ment.
Officers Of the American Meteorolog-
ical Society told the delega>s that
one Of the principal objects of their
organization would be to develop the
application of meteorology to agrf-
culture with view to speeding up
production.
DR.. Flexner Installed President.
The recent discovery in Utah Of the
bones of a dinosaur. a prehistoric
animal. which, it was said. is be-
lieved to be the largest specimen ever
found, was disclosed by DR.. William
J. Holland, director of the Carnegie
Institute. Pittsburgh.
DR.. Holland said the monsters neck
bone was five feet long. and that it's
an eieton would be articulated when
all Of it's bones were found.
DR.. Simon Flexner of New YORK,
director Of the Rockefeller Institute,
was installed as president last night:
In a speech he declared that without
ence the war could not have been
won. He warned against scarlet
fever and influenza epidemics and
said the problems Of these dis
eases still. were unsolved. He as
serted inflpenxa' was more than ,Soo
years old.
Bstany's Part I'm winning War.
- Dr. John Merle Coulter Of the Uni
dent, speaking on botany, declared
that branch of science would do more
to relieve the print paper shortage
than anything else.
BOTANY played q great part in win
ming the war" ne SAID: III Lim9ea per pro- pro-
in relation to airplane building, is
branch of botany. Forestry comes
under the same head. The question
Of the supply Of news print paper. so
vital to newspaper puollshers ho"'
is a botanical question.
'srhe shortage of wood pulp. and
therefore Of news print paper. Is due
to past waste in forestry. 1t is not
too late to repair this waste and
much can be done by the use of cut
over lands. This is q problem for
the Canadian government, rs we'll as
our own"
Use of Metric System Urged.
George F. Kunts. president Of the
American Metric Association. in an
address, declared world commerce
would be facilitated greatly II the
metric system Of weights and meas,
ures were used universally, ana
warned that America would be ham,
pered seriously in it's quest of for
eiRn trade unless this system is
William Jay Schiefferlin Of New
York. vice president Of the Metric So
ciety. advocated an international sys-
tenn of coinage to simplify world
Following organization Of tho Amer
ican Meteorological Society, Prof. r.
Dec Ward of Harvard University was
elected president. Robert r. Horton
of Vorheesville, N. T., was chosen
treasurer and DR.. w. ]. Humphreys
and DIR. Charles F. Brooks Of the
weather bureau, Washington. ID. Co
vice president and secretary. respec-
lively.