EDISON ACCEPTS U. S.
INVITATION TO HEAD
NEW ADVISORY BODY
Great ' Inventor, Probably
Aided "by Orville Wright, to
- Respond to National Call,
TO WORK ON SUBMARINES
Secretary of Wavy Daniels Invites Xn-
venters to Be Kemfcers of CivU
lians' Adrisory Board.
Washington. July 13. (U. P.)
Formal acceptance of Tnomai M Edi
son a head of an, advisory board of
1 civilian inventors and engineers for a
new bureau of invention and develop
ment in- the navy department was pre
sented to Secretary Daniels today by
j. M. U. Hutchinson. ., the f famous in
ventor's personal representative.
Hutchinson said Edison had re
frained from offering his services in
the past, but that he now felt called
upon to perform his 'sacred duty
t toward the country be .loves. Edison
will forward a letter to Secretary
Daniels soon expressing his apprecia
tion of the honor in being asked to
. serve upon the new advisory board.
Orville Wright is understood to be
.scheduled to join Thomas A. Edison
. upon th board, which is now being
. organized. Edison will devote himself
to the development of submarines.
to aviation. While the electrical wizard
and the aeroplane inventor will not be
limited in their work to any particular
field. Secretary Daniels regards the
ubnrarlne and aircraft as likely to
play the most important part In the
sea warfare of the future, and is de
sirous that they receive the greatest
attention from the new board. Other
inventors are soon expected to an
nounce their acceptance of membership
on me navy board.
' Daniels Outlines Flan.
i a. jcner to fiuisuji, j..ro.meis uui-
lined his plan for an advisory board
j of civilian inventors to aid the navy
in working improvements to meet the
, changed conditions of warfare a dem
onstrated in the European conflict.
; The secretary is especially Interested
"in the-development of the aeroplane
and submarine. In mentioning the
.. change in conditions of naval warfare
v as brought about by the submarine, he
wrote that he was confident Edison's
inventive genius .would aid the navy
.. toward meeting r'lhia new danger with
devices that wif) cssure peace to our
country by thei effectiveness.
With the example set - by Edison.
: it is expected that all other inven
, tors who are asked to accept a place
-on the advisory board will promptly
f accept. Edison and Wright are selec
tions of Daniels, but the secretary
will consult Edison as to the person
k nel of - the remainder of the board.
latfev, a statement from, his- home in
-.East Orange, Edison not only in
. dorsed the idea of an. advisory board.
-but added:
- "In addition X would suggest a de
partment of experimentation, where
ideas might be tried out The- cost
would be nominal. Only a few acres
of land would be required, with proper
. buildings- arid "a" corps of efficient
...men calculated to carry out expert
ments under direction of those sug
gesting them after they have been ap
proved. Would Start at Once.
"It Is an important matter and
should be put under way at once.
The European war has served to bring
attention to the fact that many Amer
ican ideas and inventions have been
' allowed to slip by and if this matter
?is put off until the war is over there
2 is danger of it being forgotten."
In , his letter to Edison, ' Secretary
Daniels expressed admiration for the
inventor's! attitude in refusing to turn
bis Inventive genius to warlike sub-
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secretary; OF NAVY CALLS, UPON GREAT INVENTOR
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Danlels then explained his idea
for the creation of a board of civilian
inventors and engineers. He said he
believed such a department of in
vention ' and development should be
established to which all Ideas and
suggestionsneither f rom - the service
or civilians, can be: referred. . The
secretary said that while suggestions
are now being received, they must be
referred to various bureaus, already
overcrowded with routine work, and
such Ideas cannot always be given
the attention , deserved.
"What I want to ask is If you will
be willing, as a service to your coun
try, to act as advisor to this board,
to take such things as seem to you
to be of value, but which we are not
at present equipped to investigate,
and use your own, magnificent facili
ties in such investigation if you feel
it worth while."
Other men who were suggested for
possible membership on the new board
were Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla,
Cooper Hewitt and Professor Lewis
Johnson.
Austria Pnblishes "Red Book."
Vienna, July 13. (I. N". S.)The
foreign office today made public a
"red book' of the diplomatic relations
with Italy, extending from July 20,
1911, to May 25, 1916, in . which For
eign Minister f Sonmno la accused of
withholding from King Emmanuel and
fellow ministers the precise terms of
territorial concessions offered by Aus
tria. - '
Czar Decorates Submarine Crew.
Petrograd. July 13. (L N- S.) The
czar has conferred the cross of- St.
George on the officers and crew of
the British submarine which torpe
doed a German' warship In, the Baltic.
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Top Secretary ; of the Navy Dan
iels and Thomas A. Edison going
aboard a United States battle
ship. -"
Bottom Orville Wright, inventor
of aeroplanes. In the making
of the new nary the administra
tion is inviting the cooperation
of the greatest inventfve .brains
j in the world. -
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CANADIANS ARE USING
LACROSSE STICKS TO
Thousands of Sticks Brought
Over Prom Canada for Use
; in Trench Warfare,
By A. E. Wallace.
Special War Photographer of the I. H. S., Who
: - Has Jot Returned rFom an Extended
Tour of the rront. j
New York, July 13. (I.. N. S.) At
a reserve camp,; ''somewhere on the
front." as' the censor will insist upon
making it, I quite by accident came
upon a most unusually interesting
story i -
The camp was occupied by mem
bers f of the Canadian contingent i on
relief from the trenches. A spirited
lacrosse game was in progress and I
got into conversation with a sergeant
from Montreal. -
i "They are practicing for work In
the trenches." he said. . ''See how they
sling . that ball around with those i la
cross sticks? . Well, they'll sling
bombs about the same way." .
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When the Canadians, several thou
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Clearance Sale of Women's & Misses' Summer Dresses, Suits, Coats
Dresses Selling to $7.50
Of Voiles and Linene
-. Sale $4.&5, :"V
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