Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
COAL CONFERENCE
WILL MEET NOV. IS
Congress of 5000 Scientists
From All Parts of World
to Study Problems.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK. September 12-More
than 5000 world authorities on coal
will gather at Pittsburgh November 16
to 81 for the third international con-
ference on bituminous coal at the Car
negie Institute Of Technology, Pitts
burgh. Advanced plans for the con-
ference were revealed this week by
DR.. Thomas S. Baker, president OF
Carnegie Institute.
The world wide depression in the coal
industry has added impetus to the
plans of the conference, and for the
first time since the meetings have been
held economic problems will occupy
a large part of the discussions. Past
meetings have been primarily scientific
in scope.
DR.. Baker feels it would be impossible
to hold a discussion on coal this year
without considering its economic as
poets. Consequently particular atten-
ton will be given the economic side
Of new processes and developments.
Scientists and experts, including coal,
mining, power and industrial engineers
from II countries, will take part in
the discussions.
Foreign Experts to Attend.
Twelve major topics have been tenta-
lively announced. Included in these
are the status of low and high tenn
perature distillation Of coal. hydrogena-
ton and classification, cleaning and
preparation of coal, by-products, rail-
way and steamship fuels smoke abate-
ment, fertilizers, origin and classical
ton of coal storage. Gas, pulverized
coal. domestic heating and coal COM
bustion will be discussed in a section
devoted to combustion.
Those interested in coal research
will hear such German authorities as
Dr. Frederick Bergius of Heidelberg.
whose process for INCORPORATION of coal
has been purchased by the l. G. Far
banindustrie; Prof. Franz Fischer of
the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal
Research. widely known for his work
in forming liquid hydrocarbons from
gases, and Prof. Ernest Beri of Darn
stadt. Invitations to participate have
been accepted by 10 other German
scientists.
Among the English group contribu-
tons will be had from Prof. William A.
Bone of the Imperial College of Science
and Technology, London; DR.. r. Less
ing, consulting chemist. London, and
Dr. F. S. Sinnatt, Fuel Research Board,
1WcIlJy OlIltI
will contribute to the congress.
Many Nations to Send Delegates.
The French government will be off,
cially represented by three delegates
NJ. Leprince-Ringuet. inspector general
Of mines; M. CoSte and NJ. Vigfer, min
ing engineers. Andre King. director
of the municipal laboratory, Paris, will
also attend. Contributions have been
promised by IL other French scientists.
Other countries to be represented are
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslo-
vakia, italy, Japan, the Netherlands.
Poland. Ruma MIA, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland. South Africa and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Over so American scientists and coal
authorities will deliver papers before
the congress. While the sessions are
still two months away, over 90 author
tiles on the coal industry have accepted
invitations to deliver papers in No
vember.
Among the import2 mt questions which
will be discussed is the question OF COM
petition from the growing use CT natu-
raj gas in place of coal.
AS has been the case in the past, the
addresses and discussions before the
conference will be edited and published.
The proceedings of the two previous
conferences are recognized as standard
references in fuel technology.
In organizing the present conference
DR.. Baker is being assisted by an adj
visory board which includes James A.
Farrell, president of the United States
steel Corporation; John Hays Hammond,
mining engineer: Samuel B. insult, DR..
Frank B. Jewett. president of the Bell
T'eIepbone ahoratorieS Inc. Secretary
of the Treasury A. w. Mellon; F. A.
Merrick, president Ct the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Co.; Au-
gusts G. Pratt, president of the Bah
cock &, Wilcox Co.; H. B. Rust, presi-
dent of the Keepers Co.; Matthew S.
Sloan, president of the New York Edi-
son Co.; Gerard Swope, president Of
the General Electric Co., and Walter
S. Teagle. president Of the Standard
Oil Co. of New Jersey.
(Copyright 1917