Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1929, Page 23

ENGIEERSGLESTS ONWAYTOPHRLE Sixty Prominent Europeans Stop Here En Route to Tokio Conference. *. Sixty prominent European engineers arrived in Washington today for a brief visit while en route t3 Tokio to attend a convention of the World Congress of Engineers late this month. Leaders of their profession in Washington have ar- ranged to entertain them during their stay here. Katsuji Debuchi, Japanese Ambassa- dor to the United States, will be host at a dinner to the visitors and a large group of their American colleagues to- night at the Mayflower Hotel. The Am- basador will thank the delegates for the interest they have shown in the coming conference. Dr. Elmer A. Sperry of New York City will reply to the Ambassador on behalf of the engineers. Dr. Sperry is & member of the executive committee of the congress. He is known as the in- ventor of the gyro-compass, ship and airplane stabilizers and lighting devices of intense candlepower. President Hoover, himself an engi- neer and honorary chairman of the American committee for participation in the conference, will receive the party at the White House shortly after noon to- morrow. Included among the visitors is Senator Luigi Luiggt of Italy, internationally known for his reclamation work along | the Po River. Germany, with 15 dele- | gates, made the best showing in strength of numbers. Italy sent 10 and Sweden and Great Britain a half dozen each. There also are delegates from Czechoslo- vakia, Denmark, Jugoslavia, the Neth- erlands, Austria, Belgium and France, Among the organizations participat- ing in the Washington reception are the American Engineering Council, the American Association of Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Soolety of Me- chanical Engineers, the American In- stitute of Mining and Metallurgical En~ gineers, the American Society for Steel Treating, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Washington Society of Engineers, the Society of American Military Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers. * Promotion of a brotherhood of engi- neers and discussion of plans to brin, about co-operation in the study of prob. lems of engineering will mark the Toki conference. ‘The visitors will leave Washington for San Prancisco tomorrow afternoon. They will sail for the Orient, October 10. MILITARY COURT CALLS OFFICIALS OF BORGER | Town Is Quiet While Inquiry of Prosecutor’s Slaying Goes On. Bv the Associated Press. j last night ordered an armed guard District Attorney Buron fter an- nouncing he had unimpeac BORGER, Tex., October 2—A trio of county officers, one city officer and | two former city secretaries were ques- | tioned yesterday as Borger's military court of inquiry continued investiga- | tion of the slaying of District Attorrey | John A. Holmes here September 13. | ‘The tewn in the meantime remained quiet. | _Sheriff Joe Ownbey, relieved of all | his duties except those of tax collector | when martial law was declared, was | one of the witnesses. The nature of the testimony was not disclosed. DETROIT DEA:TH MYSTERY. DETROIT, Mich., October 2 (#).—An explanation 'of the deaths of Martin J. Pisher, 38, a Detroit confectioner, and Florence Werner, 18, his former clerk, who were found shot to death early yesterday in a lane off a highway near Mount Clemens, Mich., was dis- covered, authorities 'investigating the case said, in a note found on the con- fectioner’s body. The note, written in Polish, said, in | part: “Sooner die than go to prisén for a | few months. Loved by Flarence, so I | had to take her along. You shouldn't ||/ have that against me.” Fisher recently hagabeen arrested and charged with violat! the Federal pro- | hibition law after a raid on his con- fectionery. ‘William J. Krome Dead. MIAMI, Fla.,, October 2 (#)—William J. Krome, 62, chief construction engi- neer of the oversea rallroad linking Key West with the mainland, and one of the first engineers to survey the Florida_Everglades, died at his Home- stead, Fla., home today. RESTAURANTS OFFEND. Odors Have Joined Loud Speakers in Square of St. Mark. VENICE (N.A.N.A).—Not only have airplanes and loud speakers invaded with orrid incongruity the tranquil beauty of the n of Cities, but now, under the colonnades of the Square of St. being. The ods the square are “all wrong” in such sur- of hearing gmm. 65 churches,” rors as illuminated signs are prohibited. Another modern invasion has taken lace in Milan. A telephone has been talled in the dome of the famous cathedral, so visitors may order con- veyances to awaif 'm at the door. " 'FITTS IS GUARDED. LOS ANGELES, October 2 (#).—Capt. Thomas F. 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