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IIK.MUVJKA r. HOMAGE FROM MILLIONS AFTER DEATH Tribute From President Hoover on Thomas A. Edison Tributes to Edison ENn CAME SUNDAY AT WEST ORANGE Own Invention Played a Part In Carrying News of Death to World The Press. WEST ORANGE, N. Oct.

Thomas A. Edison in death cdved today the homage of millions for whom he had made life more comfortable. The body of the 84 year ventor, who died at 3:24 a. S. Sunday, lay in state library of his laboratory.

Meanwhile Heiii-y Ford and Harvey Firestone, tlie two in. tile old rri. (E. in the ABOARD THE I S. AHKAX- SAS, Oct.

IS. Hoover eulogized Thomas A. Edison as the greatest inventor the nation has ever and as tlie benefactor of all htimanity, when word passing was flasheti to him today while en route to the Yorktowii celebration. The President it be known he desiird to attend the funeral, if government affairs will permit. Eat king iiiformation as to when or se rvices dl be lield.

however, lie withheld decision. Of said age. 1 he 'Fhis to in Edison, the is given to few men of any nafiou or lalling to become benefactor of ali humanity, distinction came abundantly A. Edii.son. whose death his S'iti! year has ended a life of and oiitsfandlng achieve-il hastened to West cronies, Orange.

Mr. Edison slipped quietly from a deep coma a lasting sleep Sunday morning. Holding his hand years his At the bed truth, fructl a thousand was Mrs, Edison, for constant companion. ourage ment. life for fying in more than inventions, made him the greate.stiof one of inNcntor our nation has producetl the world and If olut ionized civilization it scP "He light ami sohcd He added to the whole wealth of He great, not only his scientifu; creative in.stinct and insight, but did more than any other American to place invention on an organized of the utilization of raw- rnaterials of pure science and eovery.

He was a rare genius. has been a previous asset to the whole world. owes a personal debt to him. is not only a debt for great 1 caefactions, which he has brought to every American, but also a debt trr the honor he brought to our country by his own genius and effort. He rose from a newsboy and telegraiiher to the position of amongst men.

"His life had been a constant stimulant to confidence that our imsfitutioiis hold open the door of to those who woubl enter. He possessed a Pniiliness, a staunchness of char- acti rare among men. death leaves thousands bereft oi a friend, the nation bereft its notable citizens and bereft of one of its benefactors. From all corneie of earth cnme tiibtue to Thomas Alva Edison. Hundreds cf messages poured into The West Orange home.

Some of the Tribu'es follows: President Hoover Mr. Edison was a.s great in his brave fight for life as he was in the achievements had made the whole world his i Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of Xew' as not merely a i great was a great ci izen who was constantly thinking in terms of the good of our country. Dr. Einstein, German inventive spirit has filled his own life and all our ex- istance with bright Thank, fully accept his legacy, not only as a gift of his genius, hut also as a mission place in our hands, the new' generation falls the List of Achievements of Thomas Alva Edison So full of achievement was the Pfp of Thomas Alva Edison tha' any record short of a volume can be only a partial summary A list which appeared in the program ot a celebration in honor of Edison in 1928 at his West Orange laboratory, prepared for the Edison Pioneers by William H.

Meadowcroft, gives summary of the best known achievements. The average reader will be astonished to observe that many ot the present-day conveniences he takes for granted w'ere brought into who likewise task I being by Edison, modesty, a finding the way for the right use made possible the chief amusements of the gift given to us. today and the past generation. Side were his six children. After his death.

Dr. Hubert S. Howe disclosed that Mr. Ihitson, nn learning recovery wrj iinpossi- lue. did not desire to live.

His worl-c. done, he did not to placB an burden on his family, he said. 'Phe oody was taken today to the Edison libiary. scene of many of his triumphs of invention. It has been many months since he wms there, because of his illness.

There today among the books and test tubes that were so much his life, the body lay in state, where friends and strangers alike might pass by. paying their respects. Arrangements were made for the library to remain open from 9 a. m. to p.

m. today and Tuesday, the bier to be surrounded day and night by a guard of honor composed of four of Mr. em ployes. The personnel was to be changed every fifteen minutes. At noon Mrs.

Edison visited the library, accompanied by her son. They remained with the body several minutes, while the crowd was kept out. While Mrs. Edison and Charles Edison were in the laboratory they stood beside the casket and bow'ed their heads while the Rev. Arthur H.

Brown, paator of the Methodist Episcopal church in Orange, said a brief prayer. The minister came to the library to pray at the request of Mrs, Edison. The 5.900 employes of the Edison plant and their families were privileged to enter the room an hour earlier than the general public. The building, standing only a few blocks from the Edison Llewellyn Park estate, is a treasure bouse of the most intimate duplicate of his first phonograph model, a bronze bust of Herbert Hoover, a picture of Mr. Edison with Mr.

Ford, and Similar mementoes. A double calcony almost sags with Thousand- of scientific and philosophical His electrical inventions w'ere by the snowy haired genius as the of his odd whose value to mankind has been set at Mr. Edison's death ended an eleven illness, which began with -H sudden collapse August 1. Saturday afternoon his children, grandchildren and servants filed through his room. Silently each looked for a moment at the figure sleeping peacefully on a wliite bed, at the head which was Mrs.

Edison. Throughout the evening and into the early hours Dr. Howe and the family maintained their vigil. Police guarded the estate. Newspapermen waited in the garage, Transformeii into press headquarters.

The news of the was carried to the reporters by Arthur L. Walsh, vice president of Thomas A. Edison Industries, Inc. Edison is he said simply. He appeared pale and visibly shaken.

Then lie read Dr. How formal bulletin Alva Edison quietly away at 24 minutes after 3 a. October IS. Telegraph instruments clicked. T'elepliones buzzed.

In an instant the message was circling the world. Mr. own iiiven tion placed a part in its transmission. (Questions about Mr. re ligious beliefs brought an answer by the family shortly after his deafli.

never was mi said a statement by Mr. Walsh. he subscribed to no OrUiodov creed, no one who knew could have doubted his belief in a icverence tor a supreme intel and his winch (he al of -ervice his fellow dominain lie follnvrd ttio-ig Mr. life he oi- if Mr. Kdi- dot not mal- if he believed in How'p continued, briefly.

two inciden's i thfic IS thrre is none." son as asked immortality, Dr. answered At another time during his illness. the physician recounted, Mr. upward into space, his face illuminated with a smile, he said, is very beautiful over After his collapse in August. Mr.

remarkable stamina enabled him to rally. His old alertness, however, was dimmed; in fact, associates traced his illness back to an attack of pneumonia more than two years ago. Diabetes, gastric ulcers, disease and uremic poisoning combined to w'ear down the resistance. For the last six days he had been unable to take any nourishment. Mrs.

Edison remained in attendance; she felt her dependence on She was the last person he recognized, smiling wanely a week before his death when she shouted into his ear, how' are Mr. Edison passed i Dr. Howe said, Edison was holding his hand and patting his forehead. averaged between two and three hours sleep daily for the last fourteen days and stood up remarkably under the strain and shock of death. She is not ill Messages of sympathy and of tribute to Mr.

memory w'ere received at the rambling red house from all parts of the woild from President Hoover, from Pope Pius XI, and from other rulers, diplomats and business associates. At Cambridge. two college boys lauded his generosity. They were Wilbur B. Huston of Seattle.

and Arthur O. Williams ot East Providence. R. to whom Mr. Edison gave scholarships at the Massachusetts Institute ot Technology as winners of nationwide contests.

At eight the library doors were opened and the assembled employes moved slowly into the room in single file. were men and of all ages, some in their best clothes and others, who were shortly due lo begin their labor, in the rough garments of the man. Some of the employes had even brought their children them and carried them in the line that led past the bronze ket with its glass lid. hte. in honest loving man was pre how faithfully two command ii' ap I'i the in bikiical refi (, all iiOaiE the law and uded was a a i i' nc D' com- Eiy and ihy mind, as Howe d-" I'rf ss In October, 192S, Thomas Alva Edison was presented with the gold medal of the Congress of the United States, the reverse side of which bore the inscription; illuminated the path of progress by his in On that occasion President Coolidge saluted the venerable and renowned inventor thus: kindly servant of the United States and benefactor of These two sentences tell tersely and vividly what Mr.

Edison did. and was, and encompass the achievements of one of the most useful and fruitiul of American lives. For more than 50 years Edison conceived ideas and then turned out devices founded upon them. An invention was born (U' the Edison brain on the average of about one every two weeks, and his registration of approximately 1,200 patents at Washington made him the most prolific inventor of time and. perhaps, of all time.

Edison vvas foremost not only in the number of his inventions, but also because of the remarkably high pert-entage of his discoveries and evolutions that became practical factors. both co'umon place and marvelous, in tlie life ot the world. The latter fa. probably was due to the economic and financial failure of his first patent. hen a young tuan wt rLina as a teiegraph operator Boston.

Edison perfected an electrical vote recording n.a- hine. which he endeavored to have Ma'Sad: Jsetls officials 1 wa- rejected aii'e it would work' and thus wciild pr-veir that lie liad wasted a IM uiuc and in ncv the inventor to work upon any invention unle.ss beforehand I satisfiefl myself beyond a doubt that it would he useful in the field for which it was Thereafter, he adhered strictly to that rule. During the greater part of his one active life Mr. Edison devoted himself largely to inventions of an electrical nature, foremost of which were the incandescent lamp and systems for the transmission of electric light, heat and apparatus and machines to improve systems of communication by telephone and telegraph; the phonograph and moving picture machines. In 1926, in connection with the 47th anniversary of his invention of the incandescent lamp.

Mr. Edison said that his inventions that underlie the electric light and power industry he considered the most important of his works. Twm years i later Arthur W'illiams, vice-presi- I dent of the York Edison Company, estimated that the value of the enterprises wiiich owed their origin, in part at least, to Edison genius, represented five times all the money in circulation. With the outbreak of the World War. the Edison works, among many American industries, faced a serious situation because of the cessation of imports of various chemicals for which the United States had depended upon Europe.

The of Menlo as Edison had come to he known, then plunged into the mysteries of synthetic chemistry and evolved processes for the manufacture of various products that w'ere needed in industry and wiiich became essen- tial in the manufacture of munitions after the United States entered the war. Before that step was taken by the American government, Mr. Edison had been named by Josephus Daniels, then Secretary of the Navy. head of the Naval Consulting Board, the membership of hich in- I eluded a score of Americans I eminent in the field of inventive re- i search. At the time Edison was I working nearly IS hours a day to I help overcome the handicap with his own industries ere confronted, but he said he was too busy to lend a hand to ITicle Later when the war he- I came an actual part of the na- business he devoted his eii- itire time in his laboratory and aboard a vessel provided by the I Navy Department to government problems of the war and continued those activities until the signing of the armistice.

Yet with all that he had contributed to tlie progress of life and for the benefit of mankind, Mr. Edison iwas not content. He turned in his 'latter years to a new field of endea- Ivor, devoting a great deal of his Time lo investigations and experiments looking toward the production iof rubber from plants, shrubs and 'bushes in the United States in to meet a possible national I emergency and to give the rubber trade a new to round out his career of invention. Thomas Alva Edison was born at AMilan, Ohio, February 11, 1847, the son of Samuel and Nancy Elliott Edison. His ancestors emigrated Holland to the United Slates in 1730.

The family of the inventor noted, especially on his side, for longevity. His great-grandfather. a prosperous New York banker of Revolutionary times, lived to 104, and his grandfatlier 102. His father as 94 when he died. Commenting on that family record I hen he as 76, Mr.

Edison he as only middle aged and expect to lower the family Mr. wh'i was born in New England, had been a teacher in a Canadian high school and from her he received most oi his early education. It has been recorded that spent not raoie than two months altogether in school. At the age of 12 he had road a number of treatises on sci- subjects as well as other works such as and Fall ot the Roman About that time be engaged in a oi business enterprises, including ne-'sboy on the Grand Tiunk Railway between Po: Huron and Dc'roit, rroprie'or a uewsstand and book store and of a market, and employing 11 assist him in these various At 15 turned to jcur- umi w.Ei some old Guggliemo Marconi, inventor of wireless inventive geniu.s and passonate love of sci- i ence contributed so greatly to the I marvelous progress made in the field of research and applied sci- mourn his passing as a IrifiKi ovfi- a quaitPi- ol' a Plijsicist phonograph alone entitles Mr. Edison to undying fame.

It brought immortality to man and to Mr. Edison himself, it is one of the greatest discoveries of all times. Henry as an iinen- tor, lie was greater a.s a man. His fame is independent of the fluctuating judgments of history; it is etched in light and on the daily and hourly life of the world. Harvey Firestone, have been recognized by Mr.

Edison as his friend, has been one of the most delightful experiences of my a great inspiration. Secretary of State was a landmark of our industrial progress and many of the comforts we enjoy in our homes are monuments to his memory. Bishop William life a great example of what can be accomplished by genius combined with indomniiable courage and purpose. Prof. Michael Pupin of Columbia incadescent electrical lighting system was his greatest achievement and entitled him to immortality Dr.

Samuel W. Stratton, chaii-- man. Massachusetts Institute of seldom has fallen to any one man to be of such service to humanity. The mourns a groat benefactor. on Feb.

11, at Milan, Ohio. to Port Huron, Mich. chemical laboratory in cellar of his home. new boy and on trains of Grand Railway, running between Port Huron and Detroit. and published a newspaper, Weekly on the train.

The first newspaper ever printed on a moving train. Dramatic Incident. from death young son of J. U. Mackensie.

station agent of Mount Clemens. Mich. In gratitude, the father taught Edison telegraphy. up a telegraph line from Port Huron railway station village and worked in local position Tliis became know' as the Patent was issued to him 1883, No. 307,031.

This discovery covers the foundation principle on which every modern radio lamp (or benzol plants, tube) is based. Strenuous Years. 1880 to years of 'the complete rehabilitation of. the i plant. 1914 Invented the combining the telephone and dictating phonograph, thus permitting the recording of both sides of telephone messages.

191.5—Early in the year Edison found he was In danger being unable to obtain a continuous supply of benzol from which he his synthetic carbolic acid. European war had created an enormous demand and supplies uncertain. He decided to erect his He first looked up all the literature on erection and operation of benzol absorbing plants, and then made engineering THOMAS ALVA EDISON as to office, regular without a single after aiiplication, reference. half of year improving the phonograph. In summer went with asti-onomiral party to Rawlins to test his microsla- jion of electric light problem.

a prophetic article in the Condolences From Pope VATICAN CITY. Oct. Pius XI today cabled Cardinal Haye.s of New York to present his condolences to the family A. Edison. rnent purchased from the Detroit Free Press, set up his shop in the baggage car of his train.

There he published the Grand Trunk Herahl, said to have been the first newspa- telegraph operator on Grand Trunk IRimel or during a transit of Venu.s. Railway, at Stratford Jtmctioii, On letnrning eomnicnced invcstiaal- Canada. 1S63 to Spent nearly five arduous years as a telegraph oper- iNoiuh American Review he fore- ator in various cities of the Cential ten prominent uses for Western states, always studying ithe since accom- and experimenting to improve the apparatus. office of Western Union in Boston as operator. Later, the since Us combination with the telephone, which became a reality in 1914 with the perfection of the tele.scribe.

resigned to experiment on duplex Electric Light, system of telegraphy, and into incandescent elec- private telegraph line business. jtric lamp. invention was per- his first patented oR 1879, on which day ention, electrical vote recorder. fjj-pf lamp embodying the prin- Applicalion for patent signed uu modern incandescent Oct. 11, 1868.

lamp as put in circuit and in York City (jijjied ps incande.scence for from Boston boat, poor and in debt, tpan forty hours. main- more with slow Shortly afterward, looking for work, was in operating room of Gold and Stock company apparatus broke down. No one but Edison could fix it, and he was given a job as superintendent at $300 a month. Improved Tickers. into partnership Franklin E.

Pope as electrical engineer. Improved stock tickers and made new- inventions. first money for m-jyienln $40.000. Opened manufacturing made tickers, etc. Sholes.

the inventor of the typewriter, to make the first successful model. 1872 to on and completed many inventions, includ ing motograph. automatic telegraph systems, duplex, quadruplex, sex tuplex and multiplex telegraph sya- per published aboard a train. i ventions. venture continued for nearly a year turiiig shop in Newara.

where le and was suspended when he was denied further use of the baggage car. From his early reading of scientific books, Edison was led into chemical experiments, one of which pul an end to his railroad iiewspa- pf'r. IVhile experimenting in ihe baggage car. a bottle of pho.sphor- us tipped over and set fire to the car and he was ousted. Gn one of his runs as a train boy, Kdi.son proved a hero at Mount Clemens, where he snatched the young son of the station agent trom lu front of a train.

In gratitude, the father taught Edison telegraphy. VvTien he became proiicieut as an operator, his experience proved an aid to his natural bent for scientific work. The increased knowledge of the of electricity which he had gained from telegraphy impelled him to delve further into its mysteries and into (he woik which eventually made him famous the world over. In 1873, Mr. Edison married Mary G.

Stillwell, by whom he had three children, Marion Estelle, Thomas and William L. Mrs. Edison died in 1884 and two years later the inventor married Mina M. Miller. Tliree children, Madeline, Charles and Theodore, were born (d' this union.

radical improve- in construction of dynamos, I making them suitable for generators for systems of distribution of cur- u-ent for light, heat and power. In- phonograph. This work re- vented of distribution, regu- production of an in lation and measurements of electric striiment and records w'hich epro- current. Invented sockets, switches, vocal and instrumental music with absolute fidelity and 1S79, Dec. public demonstration of electric lighting sys- the kinetophone Item in streets and buildings at talking motion picture, after laik, N.

using ondei-much time in its develop- ground mains. iment during a number of years past. wok? giDsg ob nnnn foreshadowed the production of magnetic ore sep-This combined device in 1887. invf-ntion and endeavor in extend- for a type of plant that could ing, imi)roving and exploiting the quickly installed. Experimented light, heat and power sys t'Tii- During these years he took ou upwards of 300 patents, many of rn of fundamental importance, such, foi- instance, as that covering system, and that covering the three-wire system.

1881 to system of telegraphy (by induction) to and from trains in motion, or moving trains and railway stations. Installed on Lehigh Val by liailroad in 1887. and used several years. Same principle capable to use at sea. laboratory to West OiHnge, N.

J. 1887 to improvements on cylinder phonograph. the motion picture camera. By the invention of this mechani.sm, with the continuous tape-like film originated by Eastman, it became possible take and reproduce motion pictures as we have them at this day. Brilliant Work.

1891 to years were spent on the great iron ore concentrating enterprise, in which Edison did some of his most brilliant engineering work. He made many important inventions during this period, among which were those cover ing the giant rolls for breaking large masses of rock, and the three- high rolls for fine crushing. 1900 to period covers the work resulting in the invention of the Edison Alkaline Storage Battery, and its commercial introduction. 1900 to these years Edison established a Portland cement mill. He made many impoi- tant inventions relating to the method and processes in the production of Portland cement.

new machine, which enabled tor to hear repetitions paper scale corrections. the the Universial electric motor for operating dictating machines on all lighting circuits. Perfected Phonograph. on and perfected it in his tory. Incredible Speed March Edison conceived the idea of helping the textile and rubber industries of America by making myrbane, aniline oil and aniline salt, which are in great demand and which had been previously imported from Germany.

He exhausted the literature on the subject, as usual, and then laid out the plant. By bringing great pressure to bear, and working day and night, he installed his plant forty-five working days, commenced deliveries in June, and was soon turning out over 4,000 pounds day. 191.5—The fur dying industry and other arts were suffering from a great scarcity of paraphenylenedia- mine. formerly imported from Germany. Edison also used it in the manufacture of phonograph records.

He equipped a separate plant for this and ultimately manufactured over a ton a day, thus relieving a serious situation. president of the Naval Consulting Board did a large amount of work during the war, connected question of national defense. 1917 and all year on special experiments on war problems for the Uinted States government. Space will not permit details. Returns to Plant 1919 to his zeal to servt the government, Edison had left his business in charge of his officials for the two years he w'as so engaged.

After the armistice he returned to his plant at Orange, N. and resumed the direction of his affairs, lu these years he performed a prodigious amount of work in reorganizing his plant, experimenting on I new' devices, processes and improve- I ments, and perfecting many tech- nical processes and mechanisms, in- I eluding the electric control of Exec; utive Model Ediphone, and other i important developments. Many pat- 1910 to on improv- ents were issued to him during this period. Altogether about 1,150 patents issued to Edison. Recently Mr.

Edison devoted a great deal of time to investigating and experiments looking toward the production of rubber from plants, bushes, shrubs, grown in the United States, to meet possible national emergencies. dictating the dicta- and make first time SUIT FILED ASKS DAMAGES A damage suit for $50,000 was filed in circuit court Saturday by Erma Cook, administratrix of the estate of Thomas F. Cook, deceased, against the Pacific Railroad Company, a corporation. The plaintiff asks for damages follow- i ing the death of Mr. Cook, who from injuries received in the railroad yards at Osawatomie, when struck by a train iug from the yard office to the train.

toms; also parraffin paper, carbon rheostat, microtasimeter. etc. previously un known and unique electric phenomena, he called Twelve years afterward these phenomena were recognized as due to electric in free space, and became the foundation of wireless telegraphy. from Newark to laboratory at Menlo Park. N.

J. Made Phone Practical. 1876 to the carbon telephone transmitter, made telephony a commercial art. This invention included the microphone, which makes radio possible. the phonograph.

Patent w'as issued by United Stales Patent Office within two months a rat or. Opened New York Offices. business offices at 65 Fifth avenue. New York City. first commercial incandescent lamp factory at Harrison, N.

J. Organized and established shops for the manufacture of dynamos. underground conductors, sockets, switches, fixtures, meters, etc. 1880 to and installed first life-sized electric railway for freiglit and passengers at Menlo Park, N. J.

1SS2. Sept. 4. operation of first commercial central station in York City for distribution of electric current for light, power and heat. three-wire central sia- ticn for electric lighting installed at Sunbuiy, Pa.

a previously phenomenon. He inund that jan independent wire or plate placed I between the legs of the filament iof an incandescent lamp acted as a I valve automatic correction device for dictators. being the largest individual user of carbolic acid in the United States (for making phonograph records), found himself in danger of being compelled to close his factory by reason of the embargo placed on exportation by England and Germany, the sources of supply, carbolic acid being used in making explosives. Edison devised a plan for making carbolic acid syn- Some of Inventions i J.S13 automatic cor- i NEW of Thomas A. inventions: The incadescent lamp, which bathed the globe in a new brilliance.

was given to the in 1879. The phonograph, 1877, favorite invention. The carbond telephone transmitter, 1878. which made telephony a commercial art. The microphone, 1878, and electric valve which is now funda- i mentally essential in radio, thetically, set gangs of men w'orking yiotion pictures, 1S94, which have hours a day to build a the entertainment in- plant, and on eighteenth day was making the acid.

Within four alkaline storage battery, plant could turn out a ton a day. Machines for quadruplex and aex- to control flow of Meets Emergency the night of Dec. 9, great plant at West Orange, N. W'as the scene of a great con- I flagration. Early next morning gangs of men were at w'ork clearing up the wreck.

Hundreds more were added during the day and work continued LW'enty-four hours a day. Within thirty-six hours after the current. fire Edison had given full orders for tuplex telegraphic transmission. 1S70-1S76. They saved the investment of millions of dollars in wires.

Many appliances and improvements for the transmission of electric light, heat and The electric pen, mimeograph and telescribe. He designed, built and operated several chemical plants as the result of the world war emergency. THOMAS A. EDISON IN HIS YOUTH AT WORK, AND HIS BIRTHPLACE Purchased an Airplane Conrafl of 1314 East Broadway has purchased the Eagle- rock biplane recently (iemonstrat- cd in Sehali.a by William H. Web her and Fred Baxter of Kansas City, and Michaelies Sunday several Sedalia friends flight in hi new ship.

Not having an airport in Sedalia I Michaelies keeps liis snip at the airport, three miles soiuh I of Marshall. The Eaglerock lane is manufac- tiired at Den' er. Colo Marriage License Issued Carl C. and Daisy Cramer. boGi of Marshall Press Photo Thomas A.

Edison, the most noted inventor, is shown at the right in his early as he demonstrated his speaking phonograph before the National Academy of Science in 1873. At right above is the red brick cottage at Milan, in hs was born 85 years ago. At left he IS shown at work in his younger days in his laboratory at Ft. Myers, Florida..