Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1927, Page 16

6 1 [y DAVIS WILL TOUR ‘DIXIE FLOOD AREA War Secretary Leaves Today on Trip™hrough Mis- sissippi Valley, — By the Associated Press. Secretary Davis of the War Depart- ment will leave this afternoon for St. Louis to begin a_tour of the Missis- sippi Valley flood control project in Preparation for consideration of rec- ommendations by Army engineers. L-aving St. Louis on the evening of October 19, the Secretary will reach Stuttgart, Ark., the next day and in- spect that area by automobile, arriv- ing at Little Rock in time to entrain for McGehee, where he is due on the morning of October 21, proceeding by automobile to Arkansas City, by boat to Mounds Landing and Greenville, Miss., and back to McGehee that eve- ning to proceed to Melville, La., by train for an inspection tour. » From Melville the Secretary will go by auto through the Teche country toward New Orleans, which he will reach on the afternoon of October 23, Jeaving the same evening for Mem- An inspection of the eastern nsas district by automobile will take up the 24th, and on the same evening he will proceed from Memphis to St. Louis. Because of the haste with which the trip must be made and his desire to inspect personally various flood con- trol project sites, the War Secretary declined today several invitations to address public gatherings in the river communities. Placed on Retired List. Col. Robert H. Rolfe, Quartermaster Corps, recently stationed at Fort Juachuca, Ariz., has been placed on the retired list of the Army, on account of age. He is from New Hampshire and a graduate of Dart- mouth College. He served as colonel of the 1st New Hampshire Infantry during the World War, Appointed captain in the Quartermaster Corps of the Regular Army in February 1901, he was promoted to the grade of colonel in March, 1921 — A Greek historian describes a ban- quet at which the wings of doves ‘were drenched in perfume, so that the birds would fill the air with scent as they flew about the hall. Retires From Army Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander. VIRGINIA BUS LINE BOUGHT BY ARNOLDS Company With Terminal at 12th Street and Avenue Added to Coach Corporation. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., October 18.— The Washington, Virginia & Mas land Coach Co., which operates sev- eral bus lines in this vicinity, yester- day added to its holdings and extend- ts service into Washington by pur- ch g the Alexandria & Suburban Motor Vehicle Co., a subsidiary of the Arlington & Fairfax Railway Co. The line acquired operates five s from Twelfth and Pennsylvania a: nue to JFalls Church and Fairfax Court House, via Georgetown, the Key Bridge and Lee Highway. It will be linked in with the other services of the company, which include lines running from the Georgetown end of the Key Bridge to Fort Myer, Arling- ton, Clarendon and Ballston and the Washington Golf and Country Club. The deal was completed at a meet- ing in_the offices of the company in Lyon Village, at which time officers and directors of the company were elected to fill the same berths with the mewly acquired company. They are Leon Arnold, president; Joseph L. Arnold, vice president; F. W. Rade, secretary-treasurer; J. C. Rutter and George Rosson, directors. BASIC FACTS ABOUT USED CAR ALLOWANCES *A car for every purse and purpose” CHEVROLET PONTIAC OLDSMOBILE OAKLAND BUICK - | war, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1927. Speaker at “British Israclite” Meeting in London Solemnly Predicts Great War MAJ. GEN. ALEXANDER RELIEVED FROM DUTY Officer Who Was Decorated for Extraordinary Heroism in World ‘War Reaches Retiring Age. Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander, who was decorated for extraordinary hero- ism in the World War and for lantry in jon in Porto Rico ing the Spanish War yesterda) was transferred to the retired list of the Army, by operation of law, on account of . Born in Mary- land October 17, 3, Army as a private in 1886, 3 gradual promotion reached the of major general in August, 1918. lowing his appointment as a second lieutenant in 1890 he served in In ' campaigns in the West, in Porto and Cuba, in the Philippine insu tion, in the punitive expedition to Mexico and in the World War. In the latter conflict he commanded the 41st Division and then the 77th Divi- sion, and was awarded the Distin- guished Service Cross for heroism in the advance in the Argonne Forest in October, 1918, where, according to the citation, utter disregard of dan- ger under e fire and his inspiring example ading his forces resulted in the o ise and the capture of He also ¥ French Legion of Honor and a: the Croix de Guerre. Gen. Ale; was stationed at the Army Wa lege in this city and also at Annapolis on duty with the Maryland National Guard for several years before the Since his return from France he has been in command of the 3d Division, at Fort Lewis, Washington. el Tn the past two and a half years British airplanes have carried over 36,000 passengers across the British Channel. POLISHES ALL METALS //’//HHII!IHHIIIHHHIHH‘\\§ 1 - | of the Bible, and he By the Assoclated Press, LONDON, October 18.—Prediction ot a great war was made last night by Basil Stewart, one of the speakers at the meeting of the 3-year-old soci- ety known as the “British Israelite,” held at Londonderry House by invita- tion of the Marquis of Londonderry. Mr, Stewart made the solemn pre- diction that the next World War will start on May 28, 1928, and will con- tinue until September 16, 1936, THe based his prediction on the symbolism of the great pyramid, combined with what he termed prophetic forecasts serted that the war would be accompanied by un- precedented convulsions of mnature, floods and earthquakes. England, he said, and other coun- tries which are the “Port of Israel” will emerge victorious, but Russi; 8- serted the prognosticator, wiped out entirely. Lord Desborough presided, in the absence of the dowager Countess of l'l{n:lnor, who is president of the so- clety. will be e Divorce Victory Seen for Budlong. NEWPORT, R. I, October 18 (F).— Definite intimation that Mrs. Jessie Margaret Budlong had lost her long fight against the divorce proceedings brought by Milton J. Budlong of New- port and New York was given by Judge Herbert Carpenter of the Su- perior Court at the conclusion of testi- mony yesterday. 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