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New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
II. B. Crocker,
Noted Electric
Engineer, Dead
Pioneer in His Field and
Founder of School at
Columbia, Developed e d
the Commercial Motor
Edison Pays Him Tribute
Helped in Perfecting First
Helicopter in u. S.; Aided
Naval Beard During War

Francis Bacon Crocker. electrical
engineer, died in his apartment at 507
Madison Avenue on Saturday. night
He was in his sixty first year
Characterizing Professor Crocker as
one of the leading electrical engineers
Of the world. Thomas A. Edison said
yesterday that the electrical industry
owed debt OF gratitude to the for
mer Columbia University professor.
Professor Crocker's death removes
one of the outstanding pioneers of the
electrical industry" he said. ''Ris
work and teachings as founder and
head of the school of electrical engi-
neering at Columbia University con-
tributed much to the growth and i'm
portance of the electrical development
Of this country.
AS the first chairman of the stand
ardization committee of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineering.
Professor Crocker's painstaking work
earned the lasting gratitude of every
one connected with the electrical in
dustry through out the world"
Born in New York City
Professor Crocker was born in New
York City, the son of the late Henry
Horace Croker and Mrs. Anne Ell
bridge Croker. He was graduated
from the School of Mines of Columbia
University IN 1882. He later founded
the School of Electrical Engineering at
Columbia University and was head of
that school for nearly twenty years.
His most conspicuous contribution to
the electrical industry was the COM
mercial motor, the first of which was
put into use in 1886 In company with
Charles G. Curtiss and DR.. SCHUYLER
S. Wheeler he produced these motors.
which were the forerunners of the
present electrically driven motors. In
addition to his scientific and scholastic
work he was active in the commercial
applications of electrical equipment.
being one of the founders of the C. and
.. Company and the Crocker-W Wheeler r
Company, of which he was director at
the time Of his death.
Sought Standardization
One of the objects of his long ca
rec. in the electrical world was to OBJ
tain complete Standardization of
electrical equipment throughout the
world. In connection with this work
he was one of the two American dele
gates to the international Electrotech.
nical Commission in London.
During the war Professor Crockel
was an adviser to the members of the
Naval Consulting Board and, in conf,
pany with Peter Cooper Hewitt, he de
veloped the first helicopter in this
country which was capable Of fight.
He is survived by brother Major
David Crocker, and two sisters, Mrs
Henry c. Mortimer and Mrs. G. w
Kelley. Funeral services will be held
at 9:45 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at
All Souls Church
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
Civic Federation Will
Seek Industrial Peace

A national industrial committee to
bring together representatives of the
non-revolutionary labor movement, en-
ployers who believe in comforting with
labor, and Representatives of the gen
eral public has been organized by the
executive council of the National Civic
Federation, it was announced yester-
day.
Among the questions which will be
taken under consideration by the newly
formed committee are collective bar.
gaining, compulsory arbitration, in
functions in labor disputes, the shop
committee system, industrial democ-
racy, the American shop movement and
unemployment. The preliminary work
will be directed by an executive COM
mittee composed of Jeremiah W. jerks,
chairman; Lawrence F. Abbott, George
W. Alger, D. L. Cease, Hugh Frayne
Edward K. Hall, V. Everit Macy, Ogden
Mills, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Louis B
Schram, Finley J. Shepard, Charles R.
Towson. Louis Wiley, Matthew Woll
and Owen D. Young.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
Aquatic Sports Occupy
Younger Set at Lenox
MIR. and Mrs. Charles II. Smith,
Entertain Large Company
at Afternoon Rercnt;cr,

LEMON, Mass. July 10.--Most of the
younger set in Lencx and Stockbridge
were at the Lake Mahkeenac Boat Club
this afternoon for aquatic sports.
Mr.. andMrs Charles Robinson Smith
had large reception at their place, tn /,
Dugway, in Stockbridge, this afternoon.
Mrs. Daniel Chester French and daueh-
ter, Mrs. William Penn Cresson, were
at the tea tables. Mrs. Smith was as-
sisted in receiving by her daughters.
Mrs. Lyman Beecher Stowe and Miss
Gertrude Smith.
Mrs. August Belmont. of New York.
Is house guest at the Dugway.
AT the Curtis Hotel are: Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Ncwbold, Mr.. and Mrs.
George W.. Clyde, Philip A. Lamon-
stague, of New York, and Sussex D.
Davis, of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick B. Robins. of
Ridley Park, Toronto, Canada, are
guests of her mother, Mrs. Charles
Reed, at Great Darlington.
Arrivals at the Berkshire Inn. Great
Darlington, include: Mr.. and Mrs.
William Paxton Roberts. Mrs. Frank
G. Roberts, of Philadelphia, and Miss
marguerite Paxton, of Princeton, N. J.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
Marquis Weds Mrs. Vogel
hlarconi and Italian Ambassa,
dor Among Guests

LONDON, July 10.-The marriage
Saturday of the Marquis Of Calvatone
Don Giralamo Sommi-P -Picenardi) and
Mrs. Blanche Vogel. of New York, is
announced in The Times to-day. The
wedding was quiet. The attendance,
which was made UP of intimate friends,
included William Marconi and Gordon
Mccormick. Ambassador De Martino,
from Italy, was best man.
The bride is daughter of Mrs.
Siegel, of Chicago, and was the widow
Of Frank Vogel, of New York. The
marquis is a captain in the Italian
army and was attached to the Italian
delegation at the peace conference.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
Miss Julia Hall
Makes Debut
At Newport
Tea and Luncheon Given by
Her Grandmother, Mrs.
David Prescott Han, at
Latter's Summer Home
Taller Host of Golfers
New York Experts Enthusi-
astic in Their Adn,ira-
ton of His Private Links
speeni Dispatch to The Tribune


NEWPORT, n. l., July 1o.---Of Pc
rul;ar interest among the events Of the
,esk end in the summer colony was the
formal introduction on Saturday of Miss
1u,ia Ward Howe HALL, daughter of Cap
,a;n Henry Marion Hall of the list
Regiment, New York, and Mrs. Hall
and great-granddaughter of Mrs.
Iulia Ward Howe. Miss Hall made her
unostentatious debut at tea and re-
eeption given by her grandmother, Mrs.
David Prescott Hall, at her summer
tcme. Oak Glen, in Portsmouth.
Three generations were represented
IN those who received, the hostess and
her two sisters, Mrs Maud Howe Eli
att and Mrs. Francis Minturn Hall, her
,wa daughters, Mrs. Hugh Birckhead
and Mrs. Samuel Prescott Hall, and the
vo,;nc debutante Miss Hall is popular
smonr the younger social set, and many
attended the affair
T. Sufern Taller had an exceptionally
busy and happy week end for Charles
3 Macdonald, and the party of other
polt experts from New York, who were
sbe guests of Mr.. Taller. were enthusias-
tic in their praise of his new golf course.
credited with being the finest nine-hole
private layout in the country. After
luncheon at the home of Clarence w.
Dolan, a prominent official of the New
port Country Club, on Saturday the Wis
itng golfers and the local guest played
over the Taller course, and in the eve
ming they were entertained by Mr.. Taller
al dinner Among the guests were Ed
ward ]. Berwind, president of the Coun-
try Club, and Norman D. Whitehouse
and J. F. A. Clark, also officials of the
club.
Following luncheon at Mr.. Tailer's
Black Point fishing club to-day another
course. This evening the visitors, who
included Richard F. Howe, on whose
yacht the party came; George Bourne,
Ford Johnson, F. L. Crocker, Conde
Mast and Bert Walker, were entertained
at a number of dinner parties. They
sailed for New York late in the evening.
The music season will open at the
Casino this morning, when Henri Con-
rad and his orchestra will give the first
OF the morning concerts. The Sunday
evening concerts will begin next week.
Clarence w. Dolan gave dinner this
evening and Mrs. Robert COULD Shaw
was luncheon hostess.
Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, who has been
Inspecting her estate here, returned to
New York this evening. Kenneth P,
Budd, who was a guest of Delaney Jay
over the week end, returned to New
York last night. Countess Szechenyi
went to New York this evening
Miss c. c. Ward, of New York, and
Mrs. James E. Thompson and Miss
Thompson, OF Troy, are among those at
the Hill Top Inn, among those at the
New Cliffs Hotel for the week end were
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan J. O'Brien, of
New York.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11

Birth. Engagement, Marriage,
Death and I'm Mcmoriam Notices
may be telephoned 10 The Tribune
any time LIP TO midnight for in.
sofflon in the next days paper.
Telephone Beeknan 5000.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11

a Correction
Contribution listed July as follows:
The First Presbyterian Church
Amenia. r. Y; In memory
Should have read:
Presbyterian sunday School.
Amena, N Y....... &; 90
I'm memory of Helen York Per
lee .......... r M
Contributions, preferably by check o,
money order, should be made to the
Tribune Fresh Air Fund, The Tribune
New York City.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
DR.. FRANCIS J. DAvIGNoN

SARANAC LAKE, n. Y, July 10
Word was received here to-day of
the death of DR.. Francis j. Davignon.
who fell dead late last night on the
streets of Ausable Forks, where he had
practiced for forty-fve years.
DR.. Davignon was seventy years old
and was one of the oldest surgeons
in the Adirondack region. For thirty
years he was the only surgeon in this
part of the state
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
IN MEMORIAM
CoHAN-NIRI

COHA N-NiBLO-Fifth anniversary saeno-
riai service A solemn requiem high
Josephine Cohan- Niblo will be celebrated
al the Church Of the Blessed Sacrament
list st and Broadway. at 10 o'clock
are invited.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
EDWARD V. PRESTON

HARTFORD, Conn, July 1o.-Ed-
ward V. Preston, general manager of
agencies of the Travellers Insurance
Company and widely known in the in
surance business, died at his home
here tonight, at the age of eighty-fcur.
He had been in i'll health since last
November. Mr.. Preston had been con-
nected with the Travellers Insurance
Company for fifty-six years He served
throughout the Civil War with the 5th
Connecticut Volunteers, and was mus
tered out with the rank of major
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
Going On To-day

DAY
American Museum of Natural History, ad
mission free.
Metropolitan Museum Of Art, admission
free.
Aquarium. admission free
New York Historical Society. admission
free
NIGHT
Free concert by the Goldman Concert
Band, Columbia University Green, s
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund
independence Day 2o21 A. D.

What sort of place will the good
old United States be then--a hundred
years from now?
Who dares prophecy? The Sphin,
as riddle pales into insignficance
beside the question.
The Land of the Free and the Homo
OF the Brave may be better place
or 1T may be worse place when the
Glorious Fourth is celebrated in 2O21
A. D.
But will there be IN 1t still crowded
girls condemned to live their childhood
through amid the hardshlps and priva.
tions of tenement homes and streets
Most folks will guess Eyes" as the
answer to this part of the riddle. II
they arc right, then on or about July
a, 2021, two children out of the horde
that inhabit New York are going to be
made happy.
One Of them "In memory of Leon
Fellman."
The other through the kindness of
"R. d. r., at the present time, a
lawyer practicing in Newark, N. j.
For on last Saturday two new IVA.
cations in Pcrpetuity" endowments
were established for The Tribune Fresl
Air Fund under these designations
In each case gift of 5000 was made
to the Fund with the request that il
be invested and the income used in
perpetuity to provide child with g
Fresh Air vacation every year.
More Than Meets Purposes
Two hundred dollars invested at 4
per cent will yield an income sufficient
to do this, and the money can be in
vested to-day in safe securities at 6
rate considerably higher than 4 pei
cent.
Anybody who wishes may establish
such an endowment by gift of $20C
designated for this purpose. What
better way to keep green memory OF
to add source of satisfaction to each
succeeding year Of your life?
But to come back to the present:
The Tribune Fund at the beginning
OF the summer fixed as the goal fol-
the years campaign "a 500-year Vaca-
tion for 1900 Children" That meant
two weeks of country vacation for each
of the 1900 boys and girls. The cost
Of the long vacation was estimated at
100000.
Ten days of the school vacation, one
seventh of the period during which
fresh air vacations are possible, are
rast. How goes the campaign?
1900 Already on Vacation
Up to Saturday, July 8, 1900 boys
and girls had been started on their
share of the 500 years. That's ap-
proximately one-seventh of the 10000
and the campaign is up to schedule.
BY July Is 1878 more lads and
lassies will be Tribune Fund guests
out where the flowers bloom and the
bright brooks babble.
That will make a total Of 3,47S vaca-
tions begun. or more than ne-quarter
OF the 5000, with the summer not yet
quite quarter gone. Still on
schedule.
And the contributions to make up
the 100000 budget are more than
keeping step. Up to noon last Satur-
day, as the list of acknowledgements
below shows, $25,703.07 had been
donated by friends of boys and girls
of the nements to pay for vacations
That's more than one-quarter OF the
estimated budget.
The Fund and its supporters seem tc
be agreed as to what ought to done
this summer.
Let's keep it up. friends.
Send your subscription to the budget
to-day.
Money Received to Date
Contributions to the Tribune Fresh
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
DEATHS

AL.EsAANDEK-on July ?. 1921. Belinda
the CHAPEL OF the Home. Amsterdam Az
ana lotth st. Monday. July IL. at II am
AkNOLD3on sunday. July 10. 1921 AZ
ner residence. 10 W. SD st. New w.
tity. Emily speir widow of Glover crene q
Arnotd n. ID. and dang hter OF The late
Gtlhy u. and Gilbert McMaster Spejr
uhefai services Will be held Il Trinity
gnapel 18th st.. west of Broadway a,
~ a. ~ Wednesday, July Ia. 1921 In
eermen. Greenwood Cemetery. BaItl
more. Md. papers please COPY
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
Cordele Chief Again
Heads Police Of State

CORDELE, July 8.-At the bust
ness meeting of the state police chiefs
and arresting officers Thursday, Cor
dele's chief, w. L. Sheppard, was
again chosen president of the body.
He will serve the ensuing year. Spec
ial Agent NJ. L. Sumner, of Cordele,
was reelected secretary. The other
officers named were W. A. Ward,
sheriff of Henry county, as first vice
president; NJ H. Phillips, chief of the
DeKalb county police force, second
vice president; Homer Hardison,
sergeant at arms; f. F. Newberry,
chief of the Macon detective force
federal prohibition enforcement Off
Ger Of Macon, and Sheriff L. H. Wat
son, of Laurens county, were made
members of the executive commit
tee.
The meeting gave Police Chief Mar
tin Thompson, of Macon, and his as
sociates from his force attending the
meeting the next convention of the
body.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
'SCANDALOUS'
ACTS AGAINST z
NATIONSCHARCED
u. S. AS Well AS Mexi-
can Treasury Report
ed Victims

MEXICO CITY, July 8.-Secre-
tary of the Interior Gales told Mexi-
can newspapermen informally We'd
nesday night that the Mexican gov
ernment was prepared to unmask
the American oil producers, whom he
charged with "scandalous actions,
not only against the Mexican treas
ury, but again the United States
as we'll"
The statement was published by
three papers here yesterday and
there is much speculation as to the
nseaning of the statement
Official reassurances were given
today in statements to newspapers
that the Tampico situation does net
contain elements of danger to peace
full relations between the United
States and Mexico.
There is no need to give further
thought to the subject" said Secre-
tar yCalles, chief of the cabinet.
tary Gales, chief Of the cabinet.
ships at Tampico belong to friendly
nation that merely seeks to protect
its nationals and this is no reflection
on our national integrity"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
MILLIONAIRES'
BEAR CLIQUE IN
COTTON SCORED
Letters OIL. G. Council,
OF Americus, Read
To u. S. Senate

That a millionaire bear. clique,
operating through the agency of the
New York Cotton Exchange, is re-
sponsible for the present low price
of cotton, and the exchange should
be abolished in the interest of the
growers, are opinions voiced by L.
G.. Council, of Americus, one of the
leading cotton factors of Georgia,
in letters to Senators Harris and
Watson and read by Senator Harris
in the senate this week. Mr.. Coun-
ciPs letters are strong denunciation
of the crowd that is costing the
South so dearly, and the appeals for
action by congress to relieve the stu
alton. Following receipt of the first
letter by Senator Harris, the SEN
ator asked Mr.. Council for permis-
sion to read it to the senate, which
permission was given by Mr.. Coun-
Gil in a second letter to Senator Har-
ris. No acknowledgement was re-
ceived from Senator Watson.
Following are copies of Mr.. Coun,
ellis two letters, which have gene into
the Congressional Record:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
WOMAN CALLS
MEETING HERE
ON FEE SYSTEM
Mrs. A. F. Hodges, With
N. A. Ray Ioint Signer
Asks Crowd

A call for mass meeting of clti-
zens to discuss the abolition of the
fee system for county officers for
the purpose of making recommends
tion to Sumter county's representa-
tives in the Georgia legislature was
presented to the Times Recorder to-
day for publication by Mrs. A. F..
Hodges, wife of a well known Sum-
ter county farmer, and signed by
N. A. Ray, chairman of the board
of county comissioners, and herself.
Mrs. Hodges is vice chairman of the
county farm bureau, but she declar-
ed the call FOR the meeting was sign
ed by Mr.. Ray and herself as citizens
and not in an official capacity. This
is a most important NATTER" she said,
"and it is important to nave large
attendance for the consideration Of
the subject"
The call as presented follows:
NOTICE
You are urged to attend a public
meeting at Carnegie library at 5
o'clock p. M, tomorrow, Saturday,
for the purpose of passing a resolu-
tion requesting our legislators to
vote for and urge the passage Of
the bill putting county officers on
salaries. A large attendance is re-
quested and expected.
N. A. RAY,
MRS. A. F. HODGES.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
Jonas Got His Mule;
Knows T.-R. Ads Pay

''They told me if would come to
the Times-Recorder office and put
in an ad in the Want Columns, you
all would find my mule for me-" said
Jonas Bowen, negro living at New
Point, when he came to Americus
Monday afternoon in search for his
mule. 81 cannot work my farm with
out that mule, and | cannot go back
until find her"
Upon being told that the ad would
cost 25 cents, he said he would go
and try to get up that much money
and order the ad published.
One day passed, and late Tuesday
a small negro boy came into the
Times-Recorder office with a note
stating that mule had been taken
up and was at the home of his faith
er on Hampton streia5.
The next day Jonas also came with
an inquiry concerning information
leading to the mule, and was over
joyed when informed that he might
find trace of the mule by going to
the address given on the note. Re-
turning a few minutes later with the
mule securely attached to his buggy,
he said to a reporter, "a newspaper
was sho a great thong to find mule
that had got lost from New Point,
and | sho is glad to get her.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
YOU AND
A DAILY COLUMN
GIVEN TO CURRENT
EVENTS AND FRANK
COMMENTS

IT SEEMS pretty certain that the
British-Japanese alliance is to be
renewed with notifications. Though
the precise nature of these modltl-
cations has not been made public
there is little doubt that their pur-
nose is to make it more certain that
the treaty can in no way disturb
British relations with the United
States.
This has been insisted upon by the
nremiers of the British dominions,
who frankly told the British premier
that they considered continuance
of good relations with America OF
far greater importance than a re-
neWal of the treaty.
The British premier accepted TINS
view.
Those prophets of calamity who
have been talking about the prob
ability of war between America
and Japan with Great Britain and
her dominions backing the japanese,
have been undone by the events at
the Imperial conference which has
decided the fate of the Anglo-Jap-
anese treaty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
Mexico Ready to Unmask D. S. Oil Producers
Here's Farmer Who Proves
Our Boasts That 5. Georgia
Is Garden Spot of the World

raising here that any of them car
produce as well and as easily, ano
should be doing" he said.
The Sheffield farm consists OF
375 acres. all under all-steel fence
the fence measuring nine miles III
length. On the farm are IS acres
of cotton, some of it in the hands OF
two tenants. On entering the farm
patches of sugar cane were seen
growing in several bottoms. "We
are growing six or seven acres OF
cane this year." said he. "We Will
start making syrup early and will
have considerable for the market.
One acre is generally considered q
good planting of cane"
Entering the farm yard, where the
overseer, Mr.. McGarrah, and his
family reside in comfort, were seen
modern buildings, modern imple-
ments, modern equipment, including
a steel tower windmill pumping from
a well more than 800 feet deep. Near
by was a flock of beautiful Buff
Orpington chickens, with yard full
of fine fryers Of varying sizes. In
two dove cotes was a flock of about
100 fine Carneaux pigeons, which
supply squads whenever wanted and
in plenteous quantities.
Plenty of Grapes.
just beyond was something few,
if any other, Sumter farmers possess
in equal production-a grape arbol
yielding a half dozen varieties of
grapes heretofore considered impos-
sible to produce in Georgia They
were bearing in good quantities, and
fine quality. There were Concords
in large and luscious punches, Nj
agras as fine as any shipped in from
the Northern grape country, sweet
pink Delawares and others. The
vines, all young, were kept carefully
pruned and the ground was enriched
with leaf mould from the woods, a
combination which may explain Mr.
Sheffield's success with his grapes.
Nearby was number of scupper.
nong vines trained to triple heavy
wires stretched along upright posts
THAT will make them easy to pick
unlike the old way of looking up into
an arbor,'' said Mr.. Sheffield.
A. few steps further on was a
canteloupe patch of an acre, the crop
about over, but still showing the
ground literally covered. with melons
I'VE have sold 500 worth eff thi,
Continued on Page A.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
Lunpkin Stirred BY
Anericgss Minister

Rev. Henry T. Brookshire, pastor
of Central Baptist church in Ameri-
Gus, has returned from Lumpkin,
where he conducted successful Sc
ries of evangelistic services in the
Baptist church.
Under-the influence of his mes:
sages 19 additions were made to the
congregation The religious awak-
ening was said to have been the
greatest Lumpkin has evidenced in
the past 20 years, and new inter-
est and enthusiasm has been infus-
ed into the church.
Mr.. Brookshire will fill his reg
ular appointment here Sunday morn
ing at eleven o'clock and again
in the evening at o'clock, when his
subject will be, "The Refuge of the
Soul"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-08
Gen. Thomas Not To
Be Here; In Atlanta

The attention of the Times-Re
corder was called today by General
Joe Day Stewart to an error pub
lished yesterday in which it was stat
ed that General j. A. Thomas, of
Dublin, state commander of the U. C.
v, would be in Americus next Tues
day for a conference with General
Stewart, commander of the Western
Brigade of Veterans, and others on
the matter of pension relief. Gen
eral Thomas will be in Atlanta on
that date, and not in Americus, and
General Stewart will meet him there
in conference at that time.