Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1924, Page 2

TWO HEADS FOUND IN CONCRETE BLOCK Slaying of Wife and Brother- in-Law Admitted by Lin- coln, Police Declare. AURORA, 111, January 26.—Cast in a block of concrete, the heads of Mrs, Lina Lincoln and Byron Shoup, her brother, were found today dump heap here by the authorities working under the direction of War- ren J. Lincoln, eccentric lawyer and! horticulturist, who Is accused of their murder. Making his fourteenth statement and his fifth confession in as many days, Lincoln early tcday told his questioners that he had shot both his_ wife and her brother, their bodles to bits and burled the pleces, sealed their heads In a block of concrete, which he used for a time as a support under his porch and then threw it in the city dump. | Then the lawyer-horttculturist ' calmly led the authorities to the dump, pointed out a spot and told them to dig, giving them hints when ' they were getting “warm.” When | the concrete block Wwas. uncovered, Lincoln swooned. Identified by Relatives. A coroner's jury was summoned | late today and the heads of both Mrs. Lincoln and Shoup were pos tively identified by relatives. Lin-| coln appeared before the jury, was asked a few preliminary ‘questions, and the jury then adjourned, sub- Ject to call. Immediately after his appearance befort the jury, Lincoln told Charles Abbott, state's attorney, | that he had not burled the dismem- bered pleces of his victims as he in al hacked , Take Arms in Raid On Virtual Arsenal In Heart of Detroit By the Associated Press. DETROIT, January 26.—A vir- tual arsenal,” equipped with a sterl-lined “lookout” turret, and embelllshed with trap doors, se- cret wall panels, and an elaborate flash ‘signal controlled from the turret, was raided -in the down- town district today by fifteen po- llce reserves, who arrested twen- ty-three men. AM were charged with frequenting a gambling es- tablishment. In addition, four of them were charged with operating and maintaining a gambling re- sort. | _The police confiscated twenty- five automatic pistols, several re- volvers, rifles, shotguns and 1,000 rounds of steel-jacketed pistol cartridges and 500 rounds of rifle ammunition. The police had to 1 through four reinforced | s before they reached the n and the munitions. 'FIRE SWEEPS DOCK AND | STEAMER MIDLAND WITH | DAMAGE PUT AT $400,000 (Continued from First Page.) dozen firemen were in 4 nortwest room of the building trying to check the flames which, unknown to them, already were blazing brightly from the roof. “Get out of there!" shouted Chief Watson. “Every one of you, get out!" Ten came scrambling down the lad- der. The eleventh was stepping over when a light shower of debris de- scended on him. The last man came out when the side was just ready to i 8lve way and the roof had been en- veloped by the fire. Tossibly the most spectacular item in the fight was the courage dis- played by the firemen. Coated Wwith ice from helmet to boots, with water freezing almost as soon as it was out of a hose nozzle, they fought un- said this morning, but had burned | them in the furnace of his green- house. He sald he did not burn the heads because he was afrald the! teeth would not bo destroyed. Lincoln’s latest confession, the first supported by evidence, left him un merved, but tonight the authoritles | still were questioning him In an: effort to learn any new details of the | &ruesome crimes he now admits. As soon as the concrete block, | twenty-four inches long, eighteen inches wide and a foot thick had | been uncovered, excited officlals hur- | ried with it to the Aurora police station, where it was pounded to pleces with sledges until the two heads were revealed. One of them, | that which authorities are confident | s the skull of Mrs. Lincoln, was Wwithout hair and was unrecognizable. The other, although badly decom- posed was identified by means of red hair and the shape of the head as that of Shoup. Cenfifcting Statements. Lincoln had been questioned every day since his arrest In Chicago two weeks ago. First he said he kiiled | his wife after Mrs. Lincoln had shot | her brother and threatened her hus- band. Then Lincoln made other Statements at varlance with his con- fesslon until finally his story was | little more than a mass of confes- | sions, repudiations and statements | often found to be untrue. Early this morning Frank Michels, chief of police, confronted him “Why | don’t you tell the truth, Warren? Think of your old mother,” he said. “Oh, all right. You've been a good ! fellow. Il tell you the truth,” Lin- | coln replied and calmly proceeded to relate the story of the crimes. Lincoln said he had had violent quarrels with his wife and her brother and decided to shoot. them | when he claimed he discovered an | unnatural liaison between them. This discovery was made January 10, 1923, he sald. Says He Shot Both. “I shot them both,” he told Chief Michels. "I became enraged and shot Byron with a pistol. Then I went to the greenhouse and got a rifie. I came back, drew alm on Lina and ! fired. She died without moving from the bed.” | This, he sald, was late in the day | and he kept the bodles in the house | that night. Next day he carried both | bodies to the basement and buried them under a coal pile. A few days later he dismembered them and burled the pieces. Then he said he | oast a concrete block and placed the heads of his victims in it after wrap- ing them in burlap. The block, he said, he placed under & corner of a sleeping porch to make it appear as a porch support. He | stayed at the house and exactly two | months later, on March 10, filed a | divorce suit against his wife. About ! the same time he filed a $10,000 dam- age suit against Shoup at Lincol IIL, charging alienation of his wife's aftections Left Evidence of Murder. ‘With the bodies of his victims dis- posed of and the sults against them filed, Lincoln then prepared his next step—his disappearance, with evi- dence left behind that he had been murdered by his own victims. On April 30 the eccentrie lawyer vanished, leaving behind garments which, he later said, he soaked in chicken blood, some of his wife's hlood-soaked clothing, a blood-stained Indian club.and a house disarranged as by a terrific struggle. The authorities started a search for Shoup and Mrs. Lincoln in the belief that they had slain Lincoln and dis- posed of the body. The search was still in progress when the lawyer- horticulturist made his reappearance June 10. He declared he had been kidnaped by a band led by his wife and her brother. Apparently there was no cause to dmlgt his statement, and Lincoln re- turned to his Aurora home. Then he told Chief Michaels the concrete block worried him so he took it to the city dump and burled it. Shortly thereafter Lincoln again disappeared, but the authorities had been quietly checking up on his earlier statements and became more suspiclous when he wrote letters to relatives in_his wife's name, asking for money. Lack of funds, he had explained induced him to come back -to Aurora after his first disappearance. Arrested in Chicago. Two weeks ago he was arrested in Chicago. Brought here he startled the authorities by admitting he had killed his wife. He maintained that he killed her after she had shot her brother and had threatened him. Lincoln said he hacked the bodies to places and burned them in his green- house furnace. Then day after day he changéd or retracted parts of his confession until today he made the statements that resulted in finding the skulls. ‘When ho finished the statement this morning the authorities stood aghast, unbelieving and incredulous. Then Lineoln offered to help in the search. ‘They hurried tq the spot Lincoln in- dicated and the lawyer-horticultur-' ist :stood in_the bittér cold ‘and di-. rected the digging. + “Now you're getting warm” he told them and a few minutes Iater picks and sho struck the hea lock ‘of ecomarets. L:?.mln faint a it was brought, o view and was | pebble-dash, til finally the flames were subdued. May Salvage Machinery. Odell Smith, treasurer of the company, stated that it would cost $800,000 'to repiace the Midland to- day, and $80,000 insurance is carried on the building, dock and warehouse. That $400,000 damage was caused, 11 told, is regarded as a conservative estimate. Since the fire did not ac- tually bring the boat to the water's edge” it was believed possible that much of the machinery and engines could be salvaged. The Midland was bullt about thirty years ago. It was then called the Newport News. In 1918 it burned to ts hull during the second fire that had taken place at the Norfolk and Washington dock. It was rebuilt and named the Midland. It is 265 feet long and has a capaclty of 500 pas- sengers. In 1916 fire swept the same site. It gutted the building and caused damage of approximately $33.000, it was stated last night. In the spring of 1918 fire again ravaged the dock and burned the Newport News to the water line. Damage ran well up Into six figures. U. 8. OWNS BUILDING. | Attorney’s Story of Investi- BREWER REPORTS ON BUREAU CASES gations Resulting in Dismiss- als Now at Treasury. Government Protected Against Loss, Says D. C. Official. The federal government owns the bullding occupled by the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, but i1s protected against loss. Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the engineer department, and chair- man of the District wharf commit- tee, explained that the building is leased to the steamboat company by the Commissioners, acting as trustees for the government, and the company carries amyle insurance to cover fire oss. The structure which burned last night is frame with a coating of and s not more than three or four years old. Mr. Brennan, who hurried to the scene when he learned of the fire, stated that the wharf committee prob- ably would take steps to have a fire- proof building erected If the present one is found to be damaged beyond reasonable repalr. $100,000 Estimated Value. J. S. Garland, superintendent of the water department, dispatched Fitz- gerald and Holton, two of his asaist- ants, to the water front to manipu- {late ‘the flow of water in the mains, if necessary. Mr. Brennan estimated the value of the dock and structures at $100,000. The fire furnished another argu- ment to advocates of high-pressure mains for the downtown section of the city. Taking advantage of the location, firemen ran engines down to_ the water's edge and pumped direct from the river into hose lines, greatly aug- menting the supply from the gravity city mains Plans for More Pressure. The tentative plan heretofore con- sidered at the District bullding is to erect a centfal pumping station on the riverfront, from which malns for the exclusive use of the fire depart- ment would radiate to the businese section. Such a central pumping _station would drive water to the fire hy- drants at much higher pressure than is now attained from fire engines at the plugs. A rough plan for the installation of such a system has been prepared by the Commissioners, but has not yet been presented to Congress. REBELS ESCAPE DEATH. Greek Sentences Against Army Of- ficers Are Commuted. ATHENS, January 26.—The death gentences against Gens. Gargalides and Leohirdopoulos &nd three col- oneis ‘for their part in the recent counter revolution are commuted to five years' imprisonment under a de- cree slgned by the regent today. Eighty-six other officers are given pabdons. Another decree is expacted soom, providing reduced sentences or par- dons for 185 officers who were impli- cated in the revolt. -~ 3:MORE -BANKS FAIL. Crashes in Montana Follow Clos- ing of One Friday. MISSOULA, Mont, January 26— Following the closing here yosterday of the American Bank and Trust Company, three banks in towns west of here closed today. They are the Farmers and Mer- chants’ Bank of Dixon, the Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Plains and the Thompson State Bank of Thomp- son Falls. — back to the jall, where, after a reat, questioning was resumed. Later he Wwas taken before the coroners jury. Find New Discrepancies. Officials tonight, after examining the skulls, sald they had_already found one discrepancy in Lincoln's eyest confession. In it he declared that both his victims had been shot through the head. - “Officials said that there was no trace of a bullet wound on either skull, and sald that nelther skull showed any signs of having n crushed, Lincoln having ssid. in an earlier confession, that he had struck bis wife aver the hesd with & Sokar The bureau of engraving and printing situation developed a new angle yesterday when it was learned | that Charles B. Brewer, attorney of the Department of Justice, who had | been instrumental in filing charges| against James L. Wilmath and his assoclates ousted from the bureau in 1922, has just filed his formal and complete report. The contants of the report has not yet been divulged. At the White House it was Indicated that the whole report had been turned over to Sec- retary of the Treasury Mellon for consideration, while at the Treasury, it was sald the report had not been studled sufficiently for any pubilc statement. Keen interest attaches to the Brew- er report inasmuch as the administra- tion has not only restored all the ousted chiefs to their civil service status, but has offered to all their old positions or the equivalent. Will Accept Reslgnation. In addition, is has been announced by authoritative sources, the adminis- tration plans to acoept the resigna- tlon of Director Hill, who succeeded former Director Wilmeth. Reports had been curent that Brewer was to go early In January. Later it was said he was to complete his special report to be made to the President and that there had been a delay in acoepting his resignation. Mr. Brewer, when asked to com- ment, did not respond personally at the Department of Justice yesterday. He directed his secretary to say that Mr. Brewer “begged to be excused.” What lines the Brewer report will tollow were not made clear by ad- ministration leaders yesterday. But it was indicated that the report had been referred to Secretary Mellon and his experts. The Brewer report {s the third sep- arate statement of investigation to be made to the administration on the bureau dismissals, the first two hav- ing been presented by a special coru- mittee of Treasury officials, and by 2 committee of Department of Justice experts. Although the exact contents of these two reports were never made public, It was plainly indicated both at the White House and the Treasury that neither contained any evidence of guilt on the part of the employes aismissed. Treasury officlals have indicated plainly that a new director to suc- caed Mr. Hill may be named within a week. A new assistant director to succeed Assistant Director Perry is so0 anticipated. - Shortly after these appointments are made, it is expected, the Treasury will proceed with the problem of ‘restoring all those dis- missed employes who wish to return. MAYF'LOWER TRIP BRIEF. The presidential yacht Mayflower cruised down the Potomac as far as Quantico, Va., yesterday with Preai- dent and Mrs. Coolldge and a party of guests aboard. ‘The party left Washington at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and returned ' shortly after 9 o'clock last night. SOKOLOWSKI GOES BACK TO POLAND DRY RAID’S RESULT (Continued from First Page.) gations. The letter to Dr. Wroblewski follows: Lettex From Hughes. “With reference to your note of December 22, 1923, concerning the violation of the domicile of Dr. Ven- ceslas Sokolowskl, secretary of your legation, on December 20 last, and to subsequent conversations on this sub- ject between you and an officlal of this department, I beg to transmit herewlth a copy of a communication addressed to me from the assistant secretary of the Treasury, dated January 23, in relation thereto. “You will observe therefrom that the fact that the third floor of the premises was occupled or leased by Dr. Venceslas Sokolowskl unknown to the officers at the time the h was made, that if they had kppwn of his status the apart- ment would not have been entered, and that it s regretted that such entry was made. 1 assure you that I share in the expression of regret that the ifmmunity customarily en- joyed by all diplomatic officers should not have been observed in this in- stance. “I am constrained, however, to im- prove this opportunity to inform you that, according to the facts that have been developed in this connection, Dr. Sokolowski appears to have had in his possession a quantity of alco- holic boverages greatly in excess of that which the privileges and immu- nities in this regard, which are en- joyed by diplomatic representatives resident in this country, would justi- fy. It has, therefore, been a matter of concern that this diplomatic im- munity has been abused. I under- stand, from information with which you have been s0 good as to furnish the department, that Dr. Sokolowski has been transferred to Warsaw. “CHARLES E. HUGHES.” Letter From Mr. Moss. The following letter was written Mr. Hughes by McKenzie Moss, as- sistant secretary of the Treasury: “It has been called to my atten- tion since the search was made on proper search warrant of the prem- ises at 1954 Columbia road north- west by special agents of the bu. reau. of internal revenue wnd mem- bers of the Metropolitan police force that the third floor of the premises in questlion was occupied or leased by Dr. Venceslas Sokolowski, who is a duly accredited attache of th Polish legation in this city, This fact was unknown to the officers at the time the search was made, If they had known of Dr. Sokolowski's status, Lis apartment would not have been entered, and it Is'regretted that such entry was made. I can assure you that the special agents of the bureau of internal revenue were not in any manner responsible for the publicity that attached to the case. _— Amoni unusual occupations listed in the London directory ar tall-shaker manufacturers,” keeping Instructor of ferns and flower: Parents and Teachers, Attention Working fo r Dear Life A movie film showing the importance of an Annual Physical Examination will be shown Free at the Projection Room of CRAN- DALL’S METROPOLITAN THEATER, 934 F Street ' N.W., Tuesday, January 29, at 3:45 PM. . Illustrated talks will be gi;ren by Dr.. Jo.qab A. Murphy, Chief Medical Inspector Public Scheols, on Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, Nutrition Director, Tubercu- losis Association, will speak . “Findings and Results of ‘Washington School on: Physical Examinations of Children” Let the habit of an Annual Physical ° Examination grow! It means Health Insurance for the Person Examined Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis ‘Telephone Main 992 ko dave paigg/or the ebove bullstin (legal notioed 1022 11th Street N.W, W23 | Rushing upstalrs, | enls. gmeatest The picture shows Deputy Chief “Yank” Sullivam directing work of firemen when blaze was threatening entire wat BOY SETS SELF AFIRE; IN CRITICAL CONDITION Mother of Donald Emich, Three Years 01d, Burned on Hands Saving Child. Little of 1239 three-year-old Donald Emich Morse street northeast set himsel?f afire yesterday afternoon playing with matches, and late last night was in a critical condition at Children's Hosplital, suffering from severe burns which covered a large part of his body. The child was playing about the home, according to the story of his mother, Mrs. Marle Emich, when she weént downstalrs to attend to the furnace. The first intimation she had that anything was wrong, she sald, was when she heard a scream. he found her baby in flames. Seizing a couch cover, she rolled him up until the flames were extinguished. Her hands were badly burned. 0 Both child and mother were rushed to Casualty Hospital, where they re- celved first attention. The child was later removed to Children's Hospital. NORTH BEACH VOTES FOR $15,000 BONDS Special Dispatch to The Star. NORTH BEACH, Md., January 26— A bond issue of $15,000 was author- ized overwhelmingly by the voters of North Beach, Md.,, the summer colony adjoining Cheurnke Beach, at a spectal election held yvesterday. The vote was 125 to 40. The money will be used for the fm- provement of town streets and the construction of jetties for the protec- tion of the sandy beach. A purchaser for the entire bond issue has:already been found, but his name is being withheld. ‘This bond_ issue supple- ments an {ssue of $10,000 for im- provements authorized recently. The voters also authorized an in- crease In the tax rate from 75 cents to $1.50 per hundred dollars. front, ational Photo. TOMORROW FIXED AS DISTRICT DAY Reciprocity Measure Expect- ed to Consume All of Time in House. Tomorrow has definitely been set aside by House Leader Longworth for consideration of District of Columbla legislation, in conformity with the ‘I’lnou-e rules which make it “District y. Two bills are on the calendar read for action—the gasoline tax bil which Is supposed to, be prerequisite to auto-license-tag reciprocity be- tween the District and Maryland, and the police and firemen's pay increase DBIIL’ The latter will probably not be reached tomorrow. The gasoline tax bill will be bitterly fought by Rep- resentative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, who has insisted that he wants at least an hour and a half to dis- cuss the bill. Tuesday will be used for further consideration of the Interior Depart- ment. appropriation bill, with the ex- pectation that it will be passed. Tuesday the Post Office and Treasury Department appropriation bfll, carrying about $7,000,000, will be roported to the House. “ Wednesday s “Calendar Wedne: day,’ with the judiclary committee having the call for bills to be taken up. p’flmrsdfly and the rest of the week will be given over ot considreation of the Post Office-Treasury appro- priation bill. 34 BELOW ZERO. Northern New York in Grip of Coldest Weather of Winter. e Associated Press. P HACOSE, TN, Y., January 26.— Northern New York tonight was in the grip.of the coldest weather of the winter, high winds and heavy BNOW. Thirty-four degrees below Zero was the Teport from Saranac fake and Ogdensburg trains were de- layed. ATTAIN INTERNATIONAL FAME AS CHEMISTS chairman Upper right: F. G, Cottrell, chief United States fixed aitrogen Cottrell Tpper, vey, inventor of saved millions in o Lewer left: W. F. Hillobrand, chemical analyst. Jayvey Tights precess for electrical preeipitation of fumes, ehlet chemiat, bureau of standards, Ameri~ *ww'.vh;flimfifi-"'i lefts Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, United States Geologlcal Sur- of international committee on stomic weights. e Sx e ai R | SIX MEN BELIEVED LOST WHEN 0IL VESSEL BURNS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 26.—The cap- {tain and five members of the crew of | The Bang, an ofl-carrying boat, were {Teported missing after their craft had | caught fire in the East river. Marine | police sald several men were seen to leave the vessel when the fire started, !but 1t was not known how many | escaped. | Residents of Silver Beach, on the upper part of the river, said the boat, | carrying many thousand gallons of {ofl, was heading into a severe north- i west gale when she burst into flames. | They saw several men drop over the sides in small boats, but none of four landing points at Silver Beach and Whitestone, Long Island, had seen 1 them come ashore. The Bang was described as about a hundred feet long. She was owned by the Bang Ofl Company of Mount Vernon. It was reported she formerly was a submarine chaser. WARNAVY NERGER HELD IMPROBABLE Protests of Department Heads Have Made Impres- sion on Committee. | ‘There is every indication that thers will be no merger of the War and Navy departments into a department of national defense when the joint congressional committee brings in its report on the reorganization of the government departments, upon ‘which it Is now conducting hearings. Although no vote has been taken by the committee on this feature, it is certaln that the seven members are in practical agreement against amalgamation of the two service de- partments. It also seems Itkely that the com- mitte - may recommend creation of a “department of education and health” under which the bureau of education will be placed. Another feature regarded as certain will be the retention of the hydrographic of- fice in the Navy Department, the pro- posal having been for the coast and geodetic survey of the Department of Commerce to absorb the hydrographic work. Needs of Warfare. Secretary Weeks and Secretary Denby made a deep impression upon the committee, undoubtedly, especi- ally In_that part of their plea in which they presented the statement that even an amalgamation would constitute no real “Department of National Defense,” since national de- fense, in modern warfare, involves the co-ordination of the entire re- sources of a country, military as well as_economic. It has not been clearly pointed out to the committee just where any saving of money could be affected by the proposed amalgamation of the service branches, and the members are not at all reticent In pointing out to the witnesses that this is one of the very first considerations. Members of the committee seem to feel that Congress might stand for one new department, but certainly for not more than ‘one. For this reason they believe that the proposed organization of a department to in- clude educational and & few other activities may be put into effect. Dislike of “Welfare.” Nobody likes the word “weltare.” Nearly every cabinet member who has appeared before the committee who has in any way touched upon this proposal has scored the term “weltare,” as carried in the proposed department of education and wel- are. As an alternate proposition a “d partment of education and healt has been proposed, and this is the suggestion that seems to date to meet with the most approval from mem- bers of the committe Educators who have appeared be- fore the committee have stated that they would rather see the bureau of | education remain as it is fn_the In-| terior Department, rather than be | placed in a department in which it would not be “the whole show. It Seems very probable that the committee, realizing the paramount importance of education, may bring in a bill for the creation of a “de- partment of education and health,” including the public health service and various other somewhat co-re- lated activities of the government. It is the best belief in the commit- tee that the Smithsonian Institu. tion, which the tentative plan calls for placement under the new depart- ment, could not be placed there under any circumstances, the feeling being that it is expressly prohiblted under ® terms o e will of the fos of the institution. Sadec Plan for Interlor. Reorganization of the Interfor De- partment, to include a division of public works, seems to have won its case before the committee. Secre- tary Work made a strong plea be- fore the committee for his own plan of reorganization, which would in- clude divisions of public domain, pub- lic works and other services of like function. It also seems likely that the office of public bulldings and grounds will remain_under the War: Department, Lieut. Col. Sherrill, officer in charge, | having made a strong impression upon the committee. It {s not at all likely that the com- mittee will recommend the change of the name of the Post Office Depart ment to that of “Department of Com- munieations.” R LONDON HOSPITAL GETS BIG ENDOWMENT FUND $800,000 Given Institution, Which Provides for Poor of the East End. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 26—The Lon- don Hospital, which provides free treatment to the poor of the East End, began the new year with an endowment fund of $800,000, all con- tributed within the past six weeks. In November a benefactor who has remained anonymous promised to double every contribution sent in be: fore the close of 1923 up to a total of $400,000. At 5 p.m. on December 31 the last shilling of the amount had come in from voluntary con- utors. I Harry Mallaby-Deeley then of- fered to double every contribution in excess of $400,000 up to §100,000. D. . SCIENTISTS PUTINHONOR ROLL Four in List of 33 Americans Eminent in Chem- . istry. Four local sclentists are include: the st of thirty-thres Amerlosms who have attained eminence in chemistry, according to the verdict of a commitrae of leaders in the American Soclety. The residents in the 1) who were chosen are: Frank Wiggle States geologlsal survey the iInternational committee welghts. F. G. Cottrell, chief of the United States fixed nitrogen 'h labra tory, and inventor of the ttrell pro. cess for the electrical precipitation of fumes, which (s declared to have saved smillions to many industries. W. F. Hillebrand, chief chemist of the United States bureau of s renowned as a chemical st. Harvey W. Wile; former chief of the bureau of chemistry, known as the father of the pure food law. +Of the thirty-three men chosen, twenty-two aj living. Besldes the four local men, the t of living, as announced by D. H. Killeffer, assoclate editor of the Journal of Industrial a Engineering Chemistry, follow L. H. Backeland, Yonke American Che: prof Colu Wilder versity, physic: his work on the the chemistry o Bertram B. wversity, discove element jonium Charles F. Chandler, Columbia U, versity, dean of Ameri chemists, and pioneer in cation of science to publ general public welfare. Russell H. Chittenden versity, ploneer in the investig: of the chemistry of life process ‘Worker in Theoretical Research. E. C. Franklin, Leland Stanford University, worker in theoretical re- searches on liquid ammonia ammonia system of compounds. Moses Gomberg, Univ Michigan, theoretical resea ganic chemistry. Irving Langmulr, General El Company, Schenectady, N. Y., inv gator in the field of pura whose work has been applied p tically to the development of filled incandescent lamps and to development of the audion bulb in_wireless communication. G. N. Lewls, University of Califor nia, investigator in the study o thermodynamics and its applicat to_the study of chemical reactions A A. Noyes, California Institute o Technology. at Pasedena, investiga! in_the fleld of the theory of solution< W. A. Noyes, University of Lilinoi research worker, editor and bullder in_education. | Ira Remsen, Johns Hopkins Untver- sity, famous 2s a teacher and for re- earches, notably the synthesis of saccharin. N i T. W. Richards, Harvard Universit Nobel prize winner, who has dc- termined the atomio welghts of twen- ty-two of the less than mninet known elements, in every case values being accepted above hers. O Edgar F. Smith, University of Penn- sylvania, teacher and _investigator, who devised methods of analys means of the clectric current, e world standards. B‘:‘ulllm Stieglitz, University of Ch cago, investigator in organic cher istry, whose efforts went far to ma possible the establishment of an American industry for supplying or- ganic chemicals nseded in medicite wer. Ui R iyke, Rockefeller ‘In- stitute for Medical Research, noted for his work in the chemistry of life processes, espectally the chemistry o the blood. 3 W. R. Whitney, General Electr Company, Schenectady, N. Y. found- er and director of the first great search laboratory designed to se a single large industry. List of the Dead. Chemists in the list who have dicd were: James Curtis Booth, Philadelphia. the first American chemist to intro duce a laboratory into the teaching of chemistry; assayer of the United States mint during the period of the Forty-niners, by whose formula the bronze one-cent pieces are still mad Josiah Parsons Cooke, Harvard niversity, theoretical research. J. Willard Gibbs, Yale University. who made “the greatest single cor tribution to theoretical chemistry by an_ American”; noted for his phase rule and other mathematical appii- cations. Wolcott Gibbs, ‘Harvard University and College of the City of New York. thepretical researches in organic chemistry, _ Robert Hare, University of Penn- sylvania, father of electro-chemistry: first prepared graphite, phosphorus and calcium carbide in the electric furnace and invented the oxy-hydro- gen blowpipe. T. Sterry Hunt, McGIll University and Arizona mine worker, who con- tributed to the theory of chemistry and of geology; devised a method of wet_extraction of copper from low grade ores, which has resuited in the utilization of former wastes of the copper smelters, Chemist of the Confederacy. J. W. Mallett, University of Vi ginia, the chemiit of the confederac: was in charge of munitions for Lee's armi and with Remsen was largelv instrumental in bringing post gradu- ate research into the American un versities. E. W. Morley, University, who almost unbelievable lation between the weights of hydrogen and oxvgen” In col- laboration with Michelson carried out the experiments on which the modern theory of relativity i3 based Joseph_Priestley, Northumberland Pa., the first chemist to study gases, discoverer of oxygen, inventor of so. water. Count (Benjamin Thompson) Rum- ford, native American and Harvard graduate, who because of royalist sympathy, fled to Europe during the revolution, founded the Royal Insti- tutlon of Great Britain: founded the chair of chemistry at Harvard Uni- , Versity; made a count of the holy Roman empire for services to Bavaria Benjamin_Silliman, first professor of chemistry In Yale College, found- er of the American Journal of Science J. Lawrence Smith, University of Louisville, mineralogical chemist, and special envoy of President Buchanan to Turkey, where he made his survey of mineral resources which led to tho development of emery deposits in Asia Minor. Bancroft, Booth, Chandler, Clarke Franklin, Hillebrand, Hunt, Mallett, Morley, A. A. Noyes, W. Remsen, ‘Richards, Edgar F. Smith J. Lawrence Smith, Stleglitz, Whitney honorary ineering in chemist Phase noted ule and on ‘Western Reserva o d with the re- all of England’s hospitals ufie::{:yporud entirely by voluntary contributions. “The Magnif icent Adventure and Wiley have been pre dents of the American Chemical Boclety. vl By Emerson Hough Begins in Monday’s Star A thrilling novel of the and the Wagon.” Lewis and Clark expedition i by the author of “The Covered P’%fi:}: ;ue ;;’ckgyround of splendid episodes of American history, Hough has woven a real, vivid and strong story. _ Beginning in Do not miss a single installment. Monday’s Star