Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1924, Page 38

OIL MEN'SNEW PLAN | T0SAVEMILLIONS Institute Adopts Standard | Supplies—]. E. Pew Is ¢ Named President. By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Texas, December 12— Important figures in the oil in- dustry left here last night for their homes after attending the fifth an- nual meeting of the American Pet- York, was re-elected assistant secre- tary and counsel. The new executlve committee Is composed of the presidgnt, three vice presidents, treasurer and A. C. Bed- ford, chairman of the board, Standard Oll Co. of New Jersey: William N. Davis, president of the Mid-Continent Oil end Gas Assoclation of Tulsa; George president of the Gulf Refining Co.; Robert W. Stewart,. chairman of the board of the Stand- ard Ol Co. of Indiana; H. L. Doherty, president of the H. L. Doherty Co.; E. C. Lufkin, chairman of the board, Texas Co., and Thomas A. O'Donnel, former president of the institute. The membership committee includes 3. C. Donnell, president of the Ohio Ol Co.; J F. Lucy of the Lucy Man- uacturing Corporation; Herbert L. Pratt, president of the Stanard Oil Ca_of New York; F. B. Henderson and J. D. Collett. The board adopted reports of the various comm'‘tees on standardiza- S. Davison, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1924 YORKTONN OF PERL PCTURESOLE Y Ayacucho Little Changed Since Spain’s Soldiers Trod Cobblestones. BY CLAUDE 0. PIKE. Correspondence of The Btar and the Chicage Daily News. LIMA, Peru, November 11.—All of Peru will be celebrating, on Decem- ber 9, the anniversary of the battle -ending to the coast. A branch is aearing complétion, and it is expected the first trains will run over it dur- Ing the two-week celebration. Visitors to Ayacucho tread the same narrow streets, paved with cobble- stones, that were trod by the soldiers of Spain a century ago. They see the same adobe and stone houses with their brown tile roofs, and enter the same churches. Ayacucho has mare churches than any other city of its size. At one time the city “teemed” with convents and monasteries. The old edifices are still to be seen. In the days of thé conquest Aya- cucho was a military post among the Incas. They gave it the Indian name “Corner of Death,” or Ayacucho. It { in & valley 9,000 feet above the s level, has a population of 25,000, has changed little in size and none in aspect in the 100 years since the degssive battle was fought that ended Spain's prestige in the Western world. will be represented by delegates, it Is expected that other noted men and women of science and in educational and profe: nal flelds will also be in attendance and that Lima will be hostess to one of the most dignified gatherings of prominent men and women of the Western world which ever met in a South American clty. The second Pan-American Sclen-’ tific Congress was held in Washing- ton in 19156 and 1916. The United States and most of her sister repub- lics became involved in the,World War and the future sessions of the congress were suspended. The entire work of the congress may be divided into nine subjects as follows: Anthropology, history and related sclences; physics, mathematics and related sclence; mining, metallurgy and applied chemistry; engincering, medicine and sanftation, biology. agriculture and related sciences; pri- vate, public and international law, economics and sociology and educa- DISCUSSES TOXICITY OF LEAD TETRAETHYL Col. Vedder,” at Meeting of Sci- entists, Cites Cases of Poisoning Resulting From Contact. Toxleity of lead tetraethyl and | other substances were described by Lieut. Col. E. B. Vedder of Edgewood Arsenal at a joint meeting of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Baltimore Section American Chemical Soclety, Chemical Soclety of Wash- ington and the Medical Society of the Digtrict of Columbis at the Cosmos .Club last night. Col. Vedder cited numerous ca: polsoning resulting from the of contact with lead tetraethyl. described the symptoms and outlined the methods of experimentation as its use by other than the most highly skilled practitioners. Announcement was made that Sec- tion C of the American Institute for the Advancement of Sciences would sonvene in Washington during Christ- mas week and that arrangemeats nad been made to hold the sessions in one of the bulldings of George | R. S, Mec- Washington *University. Bride presided. HONDURAN WITHDRAWS. State Department Learns Carias Will Not Run for President. | Gen. Carias, who was an outstand- ing figure in the Honduran revolution of a year ago, resigned yesterday from the presidential race in that re- | public, according to dispatches | ceived yesterday at the State Depart- re-| | ident, and Presentacion Quesada, vice president, after Gen. Carias definitely withdrew hls candidacy December 9 and agreed to support the presidci- tial condidate of the National party Unusual and Attractive Gifts for Christmas Most attractive gifts and omes mot to Lo fuund elsewhere. Why mot come in «nd lock wround? Most reasonable prices. CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. Y14 13th St. ..w! Msin “mm‘_ CHRISTMAS 3% SAVINGS BRANCH OFFICE DISTRICT ‘We Pay Interest oN employed at Edgewood Arsenal. Sevd eral fatalities resulted, he said, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard recently, when, during t process of ecrap- ping obsolete battleships, the men using acetylene torches In cutting up the armor plate had to burn through huge thicknesses of red lead used in painting ships. The s¥mptoms of this malady are practically the same as in ead poisoning, he stated, and the remedies appiled are similar. Fatali- ties, he sald, are high and the agony intense. . Treatment of ordinary colds and other respiratory disorders with chlo- rine was also described by Col. Ved- Application of chlorine in the Iy a nged room at the Edge- Arsenal, he stated, is more efficacious in treatments than any methods in effect elsewhere. “This is a subject filled with dynamite,” Col Vedder explained, and warned against tion. That action among men in the oil industry is regarded of great im- | portance. Tt will mean, it was un- officially said after the board meet- ing, the saving of millions of dollars in the manufacturing of equipment of oil well supplies. It was sald to be the fruit af extended research work at its final meet- |in which scientists have been en- included | saged for the industry for the past Prizer |two and one-half years. airman _of the of the| A paper prepared by Rear Admiral acuum Oil Co; I Clark, vice | was a feature on the of the »1 Co cam. . and Fr nk Ph Lps_hea dinner at the Country ips Petroleum Co. ub and a rodeo wero the entertain- ile Okla | ment features which closed the con- Amos L. Beaty of New York, presi- (Vention last night. Aent of the Texas Co. was chosen y Walker of New of Ayacucho, fought 100 years ago. It ended Spanish rule In South America. To Peruvian and South American his- tory the battle is what Yorktown is in the history of the United States. The festivities are to extend over a perfod of 15 days. The celebra- tion proper will be most spectacular in tho city of Ayacucho, outside of which the battle was fought. It will terminate in this city and usher in the Pan-American Scientific Congress on December 20. Tourists and natives will travel to Ayacucho, 360 miles from Lima, by rail. It has been more or less remote from the lines of travel because of its inaccessibility by railroad. Tucked away in a valley of the mighty Audes, Ayacucho has gone Its way in much the sam. putine and rut that it knew |in the days of Pizarro. The nearest railroad has been 65 miles away, ex- ment. Leaders of the National party, the report said, had selected Senor Paz| Barahona as their candidate for pres- | The Peruvian army for thred days had been fleeing before the crown forces under Viceroy La Serna. It seemed Impossible to retreat any farther and the Peruvians under Marshal Sucre took their final posi- tions on a mountainside looking down on the valley of Ayacucho. At nightfall, after a day of fighting, the royal troops surrendered and Spain relinquished all claim to South Amer- ica, where she had ruled for more than three centuries. Professional and sclentific ‘'men of both Americas will gather for the third Pan-American Sclentific Con- The famous old San Marcos rsity, the oldest educational in- stitution on the two continents, is to be the scene of the sessions, which are expected to extend over two weeks. While the 21 American republics tion. In addition to the sclentlsts and ecademicians and members of the Women's Auxillary committee, also in session, there will be delegates to the Uniform Standards Conference, opening December 23. It is expected that representatives from the United States will lead the discussion on the best means of standardizing welghts, contracts, bills of lading and the lke In order to simplify and facilitate trade and commerce between the Americ: s. Manufacturing in the United States will be greatly benefited by stand- ardization through Increased facllities afforded by uniformity of wording und specifications regarding various manufactured products, locomotives, steel products, machinery and the roleum Institute which ended its three-day session y afternoon. Election of J. Edgar Pew of Dallas to the presidency of the institute in succession to Thoma: O'Donnell of California, was r 1 as the NATIONAL BANK Conn. Ave. and K Street presidents Do You Wear An OVERCOAT Sized 34 to 40? 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