Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1929, Page 16

. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY. JULY 28, 1923 YOUNGEST VETERAN OF 61 MISSOURIAN Gilbert Van Zant, 77 Years 0ld, Enlisted as Drum- mer Boy. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, July 23.—The birth date of Gilbert Van Zant, 77-vear-old Civil War veteran, may settle history's srgument over the question, “Who is the youngest old soldier>” In “youthful age he outrankes Maj. Gen. John L. Clem of Washington, heretofore generally regarded as the youngest surviving recruit of the Union Army. Mr. Ven Zant was born De- cember 20, 1851, while Gen. Clem's birthday was August 13 the same year.| Enlists as Drummer Boy. The Kansas City veteran, who lacks M0 vears of looking_his age, enlisted as a drummer boy in Port Williams, Ohio, in 1862 before he was 11 years old. Gen Clem's service dated from May 1, 563. § For bravery under fire, the 7Sth ©Ohio Volunteer Infantry gave young Van Zant a mounted gold and silver drum at Nashville. He started on Sherman’s march to the sea, but that expericnce was sidetracked by his ap- pointment as a dispatch carrier near Atlanta. 3 Soldiers called him “little girl. Buperior officers liked the lad so well that an interview with President John- son was arranged after the war. Accepts Pony as Reward. i The cxccutive, who marveled at the | boy's extreme youth, gave him a choice between an Army commission or the | pony he had ridden to deliver dis- atches under fire. Van Zant took he pony. His Army discharge, issued in 1865. discribed him as 13 vears old and four feet tall. He does not greatly exceed that height today. “I have been asked many times why @ am not larger,” Mr. Van Zant says. *My only answer is that probably T was scared out of three years' growth during the w REFRIGERATION GAS BLAMED FOR DEATHS Coroner's Verdict in Chicago Given After Examinations of Bodies. CHICAGO, July 23.—Methyl chloride | as escaping from a mechanical re- | rigerator was fixed yesterday by n; coroner's jury as_the cause of the! death of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Painter | and their baby. All three were found | dead in their kitchenette apartment | on July 16. ‘The jury recommended that the use ©f methyl chloride be discontinued as rapidly as possible or at least mixed with other chemicals with an odor. Inquest into the Painter deaths was held up pending thorough examina- tion of the bodies by Dr. M. T. Mc- Nally, Health Department toxicologist. Dr. McNally today told the jury there could be no doubt that the deaths Te- | gulted from methyl chloride. | A previous_coroner’s verdict of the seme nature had been attacked on the | ground that the examination of the bodies was superficial. | “Accumulating evidence indicates that there are a considerable number | of cases of methyl chloride poisoning | throughout the country, due to its use in devices for refrigeration, and that numerous deaths have occurred from | this cause,” the verdict read. B the Associated Press. g o Greyhound racing in England is dying #0_rapidly that speculators are trying to | gell hefore the final slump comes. Boy in Civil War I GILBERT VAN ZANT Of Kansas City, now 77 years old, who Joined the Army as a drummer boy at Port Williams, Ohio. BOY, 7, CLINIC VICTIM. Ohio Child Dies as Result of Cleve- land Disaster. NEWARK, Ohio, July 23 (#)—The death of Ronald Gene Coconauk, 17, brought the toll of the Cleveland Clinic disaster to 124 today. The boy was a victim of spinal trouble and was under | treatment at the clinic May 15 when polson gas generated by burning X-ra; film exploded and filled the buildin killing many of the occupants. Physi- | cians said the gas was a contributing | cause to his death. | i Gude Bros. Co. ! Established 1889 | OnY - yourfiirt/u[ay | send Whother | FLOWERS GUDE BROS. CO. SCHLEE IS INJURED BY PLANE PROPELLER Brock’s Companion on Globe Flight Is Struck Clearing Wheels of Craft. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., July 23.—Edward F. Schlee, president of the Schlee-Brock Aircraft Corporation, who, with Wil- liam §. Brock, flew from Detroit to Tokio two years ago, suffered a frac- tured skull when struck by a plane pro- peller at the Detroit City Airport shortly before 7 a.m. today. His condition was said to be serious. Mr. Schlee was struck as he was at- tempting to remove blocks from the wheels of a plane in which he and two companions were preparing to take off for Wausau, Wis. g Another Florida Bank Fails. ‘TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 23 ().— The Bank of Waldo, Florida, suspended operations yesterday, the State banking department was advised. The bank had a capital and surplus of $25,000, de- posits $126,198.77 and total assets of 1$163,750.37. 1t was the twenty-seventh | bank failure in the State since July 4. A plan to widen the Pyramids road between Cairo and the Pyramids is pro- posed by the Egyptian government. EDWARD F. SCHLEE. Woob Eleven Hurt When Scaffold Falls. 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