Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03

invented many Instruments In that
connection. In 1912 DR.. webster was
United States delegate to the radioteie-
made the treaty regulating wireless
teIegraphy at sea. He was founder
and president Of the American Physical
Society.
Civil Engineers.
Tho American Society Of Civil Engi-
neers named these members:
Andrew Murray Hunt, San Francisco.
a graduate Of the United States Naval
Academy, whose work as consulting
engineer has covered widely varied en-
cheering activities. including hydro
electric Developments. irrigation. steam
manufacturing plants and heavy-acid
plants.
Alfred Craven. New York city. a
graduate of the United States Naval
Academy, who has distinguished him.
self in Irrigation work in California. in
the construction of the Sutro tunnel.
Croton aQueduct and reservoirs, the
Carmel and Titicus dams and reser-
voirs. the Jerome Park reservoir, and
in New York subway work. in which
he has served as chief engineer of the
public service commission since 1910.
Aerouaut1cal society.
The American Aeronautical Society
named two members:
Matthew Bacon Sellers Of Baltimore.
educated in France. Germany and
America, who has been successfully en-
gagged in aeronautics for fifteen years.
He was one of the first to determine
the dynamic air pressure on arched
surfaces by means of the wind tun-
mel" and his stopped aeroplane" Is the
ughtest ever built and holds the REQ
ord for least horsepower.
Hudson Maxim Of Brooklyn, who has
gained worldwide reputation for his
work in high explosives and their applica-
ton In modern ordnance. In 1875 he
formulated the hypothesis Of the COM
pound nature Of atoms, which has recently
been accepted al a proved theory. Mr..
Maxim developed and manufactured the
first amokeless powder to be adopted BY
the. American government, and has In.
vented a decorating fuse and a high ex-
plosive adopted by this government, q
self-combustive compound to replace COM
pressed air in driving torpedoes, and
processes Of making colcium. carbide and
microscopic diamonds He has served
as director and president of tho Aero
nautical Society Of America, and he is the
author Of "Defenseless America" q
scathing denunciation Of pacifsm.
4uVeuCO1S 0U1l0s
The Inventors Guild offered these
members:
DR.. Peter Cooper Hewitt. New York
city. who is best known as the inventor
Of the Cooper Hewitt electric lamp, used
for Illuminating factories and for photo
graphic work. He Is also the inventor
of the telephone-relay and electric-wave
amplihers, wireless telephone and tele-
graph apparatus, hydroplane, aeroplane
and dirigible balloon apparatus. and light
rays.
Thomas Robins. Stamford. Conn, who 10
the inventor Of numerous mechanical de-
vices. including the belt-couveyor for car
rying ore and coal, for which he was
awarded a gold medal at the Paris EXPOSE
ton. He is enrolled in the American
Legion. and last winter visited the front
in France to study military conditions.
Automobile Engineers
The American Society of Automobile
Engineers named two:
Howard e. Comm, Detroit, who was
the originator Of the movement to
standardize component materials ana
parts of automobiles and whose inven-
tons relating to the design and pro-
duction Of mechanical traction devices
have revolutionized the industry. Mr..
Coffin produced one Of the first steam
propelled automobiles.
Andrew L. Kicker. Detroit, who was
the nrst president OF the Society of Au-
tomobfle Engineers and whose work
resulted in placing the American auto
mobile on a merttorious worldwide
basis. He produced the first toothed
armature, and among the first electric
vehicles, electric trucks, marine light
ing plants and racing automobiles In
1900 he was awarded a medal by the
French government for meritorious au-
tomobile design.
Mining Engineers.
The American Institute of Mining En-
gtneers appointed these two members:
William Lawrence Saunders; Plain