Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1929, Page 12

WARTINE LEAERS TOATTENDREUNON Many Veteran Commanders | to Be Present at 80th Division Meeting. . Many war-time leaders of units of the 80th Division will be in Washington during the tenth national reunion of the 80th, from August 18 to 21, to wel- come the men of their old commands, according to communications received by the reunion committee here during | the past week 3 Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, who| commanded the division in France and foliowing, the war served two terms as national commander of the Veterans' Association, will be present. Maj. Gen Bryant H. Wells, at present assistant to the chief of staff of the Army and former commander of the 159th Brigade of the division, will also take an active part in_the convention. . E. G. Peyton, now commanding n, National Guard, at . who led the 320th Infan- try Regiment; Brig. Gen. Frank S. Cocheu, commander of the 3d Infantry Brigade at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., former commander of the 319th In- fantry Regiment; Col. Ashby Williams, leader of the 1st Battalion of the 320th Infantry; Col. Earl D. Church, com-| missioner of pensions, who served as division ordnance officer; Col. W. W./| Gordon of the office of chief of Cavalry and past national commanders of the organization, including Capt. Carlo D. Cella of New York, Lieut. Frank Schoble, jr.. of Philadelphia, Capt. John Morgan of Charleston, W. Va., and Judge D. Paulson Foster of Pittsburgh, Pa., will be present for the reunion. ‘The convention will open on Sunday and the prinicpal feature of the open- ing day will be a division memorial service in the amphitheater in Arling- ton Cemetery. The services will be n charge of Rev. Edward A. Wallace of Manhattan_Beach, N. Y. divisional | chaplain. Wreaths will be laid on the | ‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and on | the grave of Brid. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, noted leader of the 160th Infantry Brigade, 80th Division. ! A strong effort is being made on the | part of the 80th Division men in Johns- | town, Pa., to secure the 1930 conven-| tion of the 80th for their city. Dele- gations from Philadelphia, Pa., and Wheeling, W. Va., will present invita- tions from these points at the annual business meeting on August 21. It is possible that with a large attendance of Virginia members present, that they will be an important factor in deter- mining next year's convention city, al- though the attractions offered the vet- erans in the various invitations submit- ted will have considerable influence on the final action taken. TEST NEW MAIL PLANES. Three Ships of Pickwick Airways Map Route to Mexico- City. MEXICO CITY., August 3 (P)— ‘Three planes of the Pickwick Afrways | arrived here today from Los Angeles | on a trial mail-carrying flight and with two passengers. The flight will be continued to Guatemala in a day or so. The Flat Arch of Panama. Architects have been known to make the journey to Colon in the Canal Zone for the sole purpose of examining the | ancient flat arch which entered into the construction of St. Dominic's Church, a seventeenth century relic, now a ruin, except the marvelous arch. | The latter is a single span of about 60 | feet with only the terminal columns for { support and in addition to this, the arch | has so little curve to it that it seems to | be almost flat. Tradition has it that it fell three times in the course of con- | struction, but on the fourth occasion it| is said that the monk who designed it stood under it in prayer us it was fin- ished. Its fall at that time would have killed him. The surrounding structure is in ruins, but the arch remains. Its existence was threatened recently when a real estate operator secured possession of the property, but to save it the municipal council made an appropria- tion to purchase the land from him. Radium Saves Rubber Factory. One of the hazards of the rubber factory is that as the sheets pass over rollers for compression, electric sparks are often given off 4nd at the same time the air is filled with inflammable vapors. This combination is a dangerous one and often causes a conflagration. In a foreign factory it has been discov- ered that this menace is removed by the presence of a tiny capsule of radium in the presence of the rolling machinery. It is explained that the radium has ®ome action on the air in its vicinity which enables electricity to pass slowly and harmlessly from the rollers and thus saves the factory from occasional destruction. California’s First 0il Well. ‘The first oil well sunk in California is still yielding. It was drilled in 1870, and in the meantime hundreds of other wells have shot in and out again. This one has produced a million barrels of oil. Tt is located near Newhall, in Los Angeles County, and was_discovered by A Mexican deer hunter, who noticed the accumulation of oily matter in a pool and was curious enough to gather some of it and take it with him. Later he encountered a person who had been familiar with the oil of Pennsylvania and it was pronounced to be petroleum. The well was drilled soon after by a primitive method followed for thou- sands of years in China. RS Landslide on a Town. Any one who has ever visited Quebec cannot help recalling that a cliff sep- arates the upper and, lower towns. Houses of the lower town extend up to to cliff base, while on_the cliff crest rest the fortifications. In 1800 a mass of rock slipped from the cliff face be- neath the citadel and crashed over the houses beneath it. The result was very disastrous, for at that time the greater and most important part of the town was situated under the frown- s : WILL ATTEND | HOOVER 0. K.’S PLATT. { President Approves Appointment | as Pan-American Delegate. | Dr. Raye R. Platt of New York, as- | sciated with the American Geographi- | cal Society, who has been designated | as a delegate for the Uniled States to | the First General Assembly of the Pan- | American Institute of Geography and | History, was formally approved yester- day by President Hoover. The other American delegate will be | Prof. J. Fred Rippy of Duke Univer-| sity, Durham, N. C. They will attend | the assembly on September 16 at| Mexico City, according to the annonuce- | ment by the State Department, Changed Diamond Cutting. ‘The American interest in gems has| resulted in this country becoming a | wonderful market for precious stones. | Diamond cutting, formerly done in Europe exclusively, is now largely done | in this country. American ingenuity | has revolutionized the ancient art of | diamond cutting, for centuries accom-| plished by veteran workmen through | Tubbing two stones together. Now, how- | ever, the American plants are equipped | with ingenious saws and polishing de- | vices which do the work much faster | and more economically, at the same | time bringing out all the latent beauties of the stone. New;paper and Bill Poster. What will probably be the largest newspaper in the world is to be pub- | lished in Mexico. ‘The paper, which will be 6 by 9 feet, will be pasted on walls and bulletin boards throughout the country, so that all may read it. IIDIAMO THE SUNDAY ' STAR, WASHINGTON, CONVENTION Hundreds of veterans of the 80th (Blue Ridge) Division, that fought in France will gather in Washington August 18 to 21 for the tenth annual Teunjon of the 80th Division Veterans’ Association. Among those to take an active part in the reunion will be Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, U. S. A., re- tired, who commanded the division in France (upper left): Maj. Gen. Bryant H. Wells, now assistant chief of staff, who commanded the division's 159th Infantry Brigade (upper right), and Col. Earl D. Church, commissioner of pensions, who served as divislon ord- nance officer in the war. DENIES ATTEMPTING 10 COMMIT SUICIDE, Young Missourian, Home From Chicago, Contradicts Reports of Near Tragedy. By the Associated Press. SEDALIA, Mo., August 3—John Z. Montgomery, 32, former assistant prose- cuting attorney and son of a prominent Missouri_barrister, denied upon his re- || turn home here today that he had at- tempted suicide yesterday in a Chicago | | rooming house. Chicago detectives had reported they found Montgomery at the point of shooting himself and restrained him. Montgomery, who went to Chicago & few months ago to obtain a position, was accompanied home by Gordon Looney of that city. The attorney told a story of yachting trips on a yacht owned by Hugo Meyer of Chicago, and declared that differences which arose between him and some of his compan- || fons after one of the yatchting trips | had led to his detention in a Chicago hospital for observation. He denied he had carried a gun on the street or that || he had been followed by detectives prior to being taken’ into custody a couple of days ago. Montgomery's father, Lee Montgom- ery, who now is on a vacation trip in California, is & member of a prominent Missouri law firm. Mussclini Prepares Speech. ROME, August 3 (#)—Premier Mus- solint will pronounce an important ad- dress to the federal directors of the Fascist party of all Italy on August 14, the Fascist Party Press Bureau an- nounced today. NDS er Lacation . 50c aWeek Strikingly individual _is this stunning Diamond En. gagement Ring. Has 18k. white -gold mounting. % $1.00 a Week Hamilton Strap Watches for men in several handsome models. 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The bureau claims it returned the plan to the commission’s offices, but the plan has failed to materialize, in spite of a careful search through all the files. When a discussion on the plan arose at the commission’s executive meeting today it was decided to en- deavor to secure another copy. This was the only matter discussed at the commission’s meeting having any bearing on the Capital Traction Co.’s request for higher fares in the District. ‘The rest of the time was given over to routine matters. The commission was in receipt of a lelter from the District Commissioners stating that it would be impossible to house the new members of the commis- Cruiser Sponsor ELIZABETH HALCOMBE Of Houston, Tex., will act as sponser at the launching of the United States cruiser Houston at Newport News, Va., slon’s staft of engineers and account- ants expected to be added about Janu- ary 1, in the Southern Railway Build- Ing as requested, but that they could be housed at 1313 D street, which is owned by the District. ‘The commission also ordered all in- | terstate busses entering Washington to | be equipped with oil lights for use in case service, Nearly 160,000 letters were sent from d by air mail last year. the electric lights go out of | CONVICTED AS SLAYER MAY NOT BE GUILTY Prisoner Serves Life Sentence on Word of Woman Who Now Repudiates Charge. By the Asscilated Pre: LANSING, Mic] August 3.—A Michigan murder case of more than a decade ago again was the center of official ‘interest today following the re- pudiation yesterday by Mrs. Ann Gil- son Mimnaugh of Kenosha, Wis., of testimony which was instrumental in sending Albert Eichorn of Alma, Mich., to_prison for life. Eichorn was convicted of slaying Beatrice Epler, 18-year-old Alma girl, who was found strangled near her | home in September, 1917. Mrs. Mimnaugh testified that Eic-| horn &nd the girl had left her home together after a party the night of the | murder. In her retraction yesterday the woman declared the pair had never | | been at her home. Mrs. Mimnaugh claims she gave her testimony under threats made by a man named Beaudry. Officials today sald they did not know the where- abouts of Beaudry, whose statement would be essential in the reopened case. 4= Silk Coated With Metal. Silk, wood and cotton used in the construction of airplanes is made more | durable and more efficient by a metal coating process which has been recently discovered. The thin plating of metal on these materials makes them more readily withstand the rough treatment they are likely to encounter in the air service. | | foreign office. NEW CRUISER IN TEST. Japanese Premier Sails on First "Trip of the Myoko. TOKIO, August 3 (#).—Premier Hamaguchi and his ministers today were aboard the new cruiser Myoko during its first cruise after delivery to the navy July 31. The Myoko steaming off Yokosuka Naval Base attained a speed of 33 knots. Its modern armament, catapults, anti-aircraft guns and the like were shown to the ministers before they returned to Tokio. — FLETCHERS ON WAY HOME Ambassador and Wife Leave Rome for Sailing Port. ROME, August 3 (#)—United States Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher and Mrs. Fletcher left by train for Naples yester- day and will sail for home Saturday on the liner Augustus. Members of the staff of the embassy were on hand to bid farewell to their retiring chief and also at the station were personal friends and representatives of the Italian “BLACKHANDER” JAILED. Wisconsin Man Is Sentenced to Year for Threats. CHICAGO, August 3 () —George A Owens, 27, of Neenah, Wis., accused of sending threatening letters to Bohumir Kryl, wealthy bandmaster and former president of the First National Bank of | Berwyn, & suburb, was fined $300 and | costs and sentenced to a year in the | house of correction today. MARTHA CHALFANT WEDS. Daughter of Late Steel Magnate Marries Baltimore Man. YORK HARBOR, Me., August 3 (#). —Miss Martha Sewell Chalfant, daugh- ter of Mrs. Harriet Watson Chalfant and the late Henry Chalfant, Pitts- burgh steel magnate, today became the bride of Clarence Watson Wheelright of_Baltimore, Md. They were married by the Rev. W. H. Millinger, pastor of the Pirst Parish Church and formerly of Pittsburgh, a college mate of the bridegroom at Princeton. PLANE FORCED DOWN. Lieut. Fator Unburt Landing on Field at Sharon Springs, N. Y. SHARON SPRINGS, N. Y., August 3 (#)—Lieut. John B. Fator, U. 8. A., en route to Mitcheil Field from Mount Clements, Mich.,, and overdue, was forced down in a field here last night. Neither he nor his plane was damaged. ‘The craft was still here tonight, but Fator was reported to have left in an automobile. ® —_— Plans for an air mail service between Panama and Colombia have been aban- doned for the present. W"d"@x;\v $13 the hundred e of Cement .22, Berwyn-Bins Cement Block Works Balto.-Wash. Bivd, Berwyn, Md. 8 Wanted to Interest Contractors. o\‘." MABEL WALKER Former Assistant U.‘ S. Attorney General in charge of Prohibition tells about OFFICIAL BRIBERY- WILLEBRANDT Bootleggers, racketeers, politicans who demoralized the government enforcement staff, protected officers, damming the big leaks, and other thrilling tales, together with her opinions on prohibition enforcement. The outlook of prohibition, is prohibitien enforcible and many other vital questions will be answered. " In a Series ‘of- Thrilling Tales “THe INsDE of PromiBrrion” Begins ‘Tom_brr_ow, August Sth, in