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electa from Aniakchak may have been
as much AZ D cubic miles.
IT is IN this vast American province
win for thousands and hundreds
NJ thousands Of years nature has nufBed
her volcanic spots. that yoleanologists
viii seek 10 safeguard mankind by ap-
plying the results Of their studies Ia
more popuiosig regions.
There may have been a geological
epoch when the Alaskan peninsula was
The grandest pyrotechnic display that
ever burst forth Think Of a hundred
mighty volcanoes frothing forth fluid
rocks. Lighting The heavens for miles
around Think OF Niagara of frf
rising in a kissing column and shower
ing sparks on the oeeaui Think oi
cascades of liquid rock ieaping down
cfaggy slopes " the sea- All the bat
terles and Big Isertbas of the World
War would be Ike 10Y pistol in com
psris0u " the awful brilliance of ma
ture's cannon p.ecesl
yet n0 matter how magnificent may
have befn the display, probably no man
gaIed upgu II. III Otbef parts 81 the
World they may have seen the brilliant
sunsets whtcn f0r years followed Ia lie
Wake ~ the efnptiDDs Or felt The flnt
dust which winds waited far and vide
Ia Eeptembef 1923, the Japanese
esrthqnsks destroyed many lives and
wiped Ont vast amounts III property
t;ei1ntiflc study ~ saftb movements nad
advanced ~ such degree that as early
a. 1905 the director ~ the Eetsmot0gi-
cal Institute ~ Japan had warned his
cD9ntfymeD WE might experience q
b5ss ~ lives ~ ttle extent 81 100 900" hs
Nfole, bat aroused only ftdieuls.
In Jaggaf cites the Eakurajina erlIp'
ton ~ 1914 ~ the most violent ia tbe
annals ii japan. Yet 0nly 80 lyef
Befe lost
II Was through study u pfemoni
b0rg earthquakes IN their relation u
volcanic outbreaks that The saknTs
linA disaster wss definitely predicted, p
he said ny observing volcanic sH'
'iYiiy, We hope ~ be- ahIf ~ pfediel
earthquakes aEEllT6felyH
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~ NJ AT. EOG r \ PAlC.
~ SOCIETY.

completely Loose cliffs which. for
years. had supported themselves by
some precariouS balance, tumbled down.
The windblown soil. characteristic of
TINS province. has the quality ot re-
manning In almost vertical ellis, When
huge blocks oi earth tilted at all angles.
one can SurmiSe how hills flowed one
into the other A good many natiVe
houses had been burrowed In the less
Their Inhabitants we're crushed and
Strangled beneath the weight of their
own roots
Yelled mountains moving in the misty
nlgnt brought memories of similar
quake which visited kanSu Province in
1920, Survivors OF that eataStrophe
told OF landSlideS that eddied like water
Tails, yawning crevaSSeS that swallowed
houses and camel trains, and VILLAGES
that toppled ON rising ocean OF earth
kanSu was So stunned that Ii did
not take the trouble to repair telegraph
wires and inform the outside world of
what had taken place The ChlueSe
MohammedanS had seen enough OF
dancing mountains and vanishing val
ieyS without communicating their
thoughts to evil Wires.
ent too garvsinng to affect many
people intimately, but at some near date
The place may he one OF the principal
trade routes between America and Asia,
AS we'll aS \ strategic spot in Warfare
Win the development oE AlaSkaS re-
sources the many natural harhorS along
her dented coast viii become Ot in.
crcaaing Importance.
something M the Importance ef vol
canoes To this regi0n may be gathered
from the following facts
if II volcano the size OF AlaNkaS
Mount katmal were to erupt ON Man
haitian Island ChieagoAns would hear
the crashing boom, gaSeaus fumes
would sweep over all States east of
Colorado, beavers laundry hangjng ON
clothes lines, would be eaten % pleeaS
hy snlnhurous fumes, Philadelphia would
have ieto0t ash fall and every liylng
thing IN Gotham would Oe DESTROYED.
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CITY of Diamonds.

WITH the exception Of the few
stones cut in Antwerp. all the
rough diamonds OF the world are cut n
Amsterdam. There the diamond-cus-
ting business is carried on among 20 to
so establishments. which give employ
ment to $4,000 cutters.
The first cutting OF diamond was
accomplished ASS years ago The an
clients knew nothing of the hidden
beauty of the stone. But. even in the
rough. the diamond won the favcg of
princes: and very gradually expert
ments revealed some OF its fires. Until
the fourteenth century enameled but
tons were the chief articles of ieVslry.
In the beginning of that century.
when the price Of enamelS fell so low
as 10 bring the decorated buttons with
in the reach Of all purses. enamelinz
'oSt the favor of the fine world. and
buttons of sold and silver, ornamente0
With pearls. diamonds and cclored
stones, took the place Of the enamelS,
The finest OF the stones then known
was diamond--a fornleSS mass the
size Of pigeons egg, gem worn on
great occasions by The King OF
Portugal
In l45O. when Byuges VAS residence
city, the court lived a life Of eXtrSva-
giant, luxury, Men and women went
about In garments stiff with gold and
silver ornaments, and SsWed over with
pearls and precious stones. BUE the
stones We're uncut and ShayNcleSS.
Charles, SON ~ the Duke ~ Normandy.
owned a great diamond With which he
amused himself BY exhibiting 90 his
'chaperon.N but as ne declared itS
virtues he bcwailed its shape and lack
of light.
At that time one Of the important
jewel merchants of RrllSeS Was served
by n clerk who Was native o. Flan-
6eTS, y younS man named Louis de
Rerquem, Who was deep i'm hopeless
love OF his masters daughter YOunS
EerQ0em was on the verge ef despair
when, one night as he was hanging az
his apron and preparing 60 50 home %
his attic. he saw his master bending
above his bench. groaning at the use
leSSneSS of his labor
When ReTquem asked Can do
something for you before ! 60" the
master Sneeyed YES. brtnS me
tool that will eut these cursed stones,
VIII give a fortune 10 the man that
doeS ttt"
fkoih tiat fouf on the hNN thgNllS NJ
of nothing but "a rnd the means ~
cNn0uering the hardness NJ the dia~
mond, All day ne did the hiddlng ~
hts master. al night he sat at 3 EOQga
eSnch In htS attic, trying In vata -
make some nnpfSSNlon ON a stone stolen
nom the wurkFOt1n One night re fen
asleep at his bench and dreamed that
an angel said to hlm @Ir0n l. the
master cutter; steel Is iron purified
Take the ftte set powder. take thy
steel and powder tt, then eutt"
nerQWem awoke Tie aNed two dia,
nonaS sn a wise dled like mad anG cOl-
leetgd the fallen dust That doae, he
made a set oI little wheels. and. With
wheels Well powdered With diamond
dust, set 80 work to win a fortune.
Some days later he Stood before MS
master and IN his eutStgetehea palm say
4 brilliant wlNse ta~~as cleaned With
light.
History states that RerQuem kept the
secret oI his Invention until he Won his
teae and his bride TITS flrst eaa
TONER VAS Charles the Hold WhaeN
stA rough diamond Was tia asa
royN Jewel GA
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How thick popuIace was warned Of
The impending disaster and thousands
Of people moved safely out Of the
stricken area is indisputahle evidence
VI the knowledge OF earthquakes and
volcanoes gained recently.
Wnen beismologists note that
'swarms' of earthquakes begin 10 rock
an area near a Volcano they know
this restlesSnees will soon evidence
Itself In volcanic eruption. A SETS
mologieai observatory near the volcano
had recorded 9i earthquakes In 1913,
AZ compared with - quakes annually
In other years
Or Jaggar says further evidence Of
the impending disaster was shown by
cessation Of number of springs and
The drying up Of ponds.
Then began a series Of shocks and
low grumbiingg from within the earth
People took terror as the noises In
creased Ia intensity
warnings to Vacate the sector went
out ana by sampan. cart, train steam
boat and coolie the natives AcnFfled
iiiihef and thithef, Canary birds bed.
dlpg flee bags and cooking utensils
i0lusd Ia lhs exodus, The army, navy
and other government departments as
sisted
~ ~ hoifh lhr uFlkhbofh00d Waa
rocked by no lhss than Az qitakes 0f
varying Intensity Pifat sign 0f activity
ia Eakilfa lima Was IN the gently rising
smoke from the crater. The earth was
relieved VI qlIakrg when the volcano
burst into laundering int0nation But
all Inhabitants were gone by that time.
A column of gas and Glnders rose
10 900 feet into tile skies Al the Top
it spread 0ut like the petals 0f lily
Landslldes tunbled down hill slopes.
A TIDAL wave with l0-to1t swing swept
/ the coast capsizing small craft. 3b
people we're crushed 10 death and li2
injured
Lava saeped out ~ the yoIean0's fIery
mouth. EiIbtsrfansan lntDnatians rocked
the surface The eruption was world
shaker" for IL was recorded by seiam0-
gTaphs on all continents
"Air cushions" added Dr. Jaggar
were 90 severe that American teachers
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IN VALLEY OF 10000 SMOKES

| railway connections We're broken for
/ only single day and telegraph connec-
/ ton Tor several days. The government
took control of relief funds that poured
III from sympathetic nations, and homes
were purchased for the refugees Dam
age was $l9DO0,00O and would have
been much more had the natives not
| moved when aeismologIsts delivered their
warning
THE earthquake which struck Japan
in 1913, destroying sections OF Toxic
and Yokohama, was caused by sudden
movements OF the volcanic rift In the
sea bottom near Mount FuJiyama.' said
Or. Jaggar
'''fhe bottom OF sagami Bay sank
300 teet. as II n submarine crater had
eaved III. Sides OF the bay aumped on
the slopes and changed aoundings from
900 10 200 feet, In some places In
creased. IN Others lessened The solid
shore lines were lowered and lifted
, from | to feet,
THESE movements of swelling and
tipping have been studied attentiyely
at The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory,
under the u s. Weather Bureau, For
the man of science they have the ad -
vantage that they are going on all the
Time. They reveal actions ot lava under-
ground even when there Is none To he
seen above ground.
This IL "A very hopeful line 0f re-
search, ah earthquakes are frequently
accompanied by sudden tits.
"A whaftmaster near Toxic told me
that for 20 years the sea had been en-
efoaching on his town. and had forced
him To build concrete wall but the
earthquake boosted that whole region
The wharf was wrecked and LETT high
and dry
AT kagoAhma Bay at the time OF
lhe Snknjaiima eruption, the shore.
line sank where for 20 years It had
been rising
III would seem volcanic eruption
IL the relief by nltpnuring OF an aee
emulation of volcanic matter which
has been pressing upward whereas. q
great earthquake at the Tnklna Yoke
hama kind may he sudden upward
pressure over q considerable area. due
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to expansion of buried volcanic matter
1T iS only u matter OF time ant
making additional observations at sew
cral volcanoes for science to learn mere
about earthquake portents than any
one dreamed of so years ago"
What DR.. Jaggar learns from Alaskan
volcanoes may be OF incalculable value
in mans endeavor TO outwit the ter
rifle earthquakes that sometimes spread
wide disaster in California DIR. Jaggar
along with other scientists. believes
volcanoes are the keys TO the earth
quake problem although In California
there are no vomiting volcanoes 10 ae-
company violent earth tremors,
A MOTHER example of how man has
learned to read movements Of the
earth's crust is offered by the territle
earthquake IN May 1927, IN KanSu
Province, China, The lives of more
than l00,un Chinese were snuEfed ont
like SO many candles The area II SO
far removed from eenters of civilization
and communication is So poor that
large coastal cities like HunRkong and
Canton knew nothing about the dis
hater.
The quake was fel. c;At,nctiy by SETS.
moeraphS In washington. Those ON
other continents recorded the aamo
shock, Communicating, these stations
found the origin of the earth tremuf
by u simple problem OF mathematics.
The day following the earthquake. the
Washington office OF the snFVey res
ported that violent shock had raeked
the remote Kansu Province In the
wild West" OF China
So dlsruptiye Was this last kansu
quake that communication was ellec-
lively stopped Tor about two months.
When the FIRST victims eame filturing
out of the country, IN August, 1897.
they brought tales Of the great eatase
lrophe Thousands upon thousands had
periAhed,
Describing the spectacle. refugees
said mountains walked among them like
ghosts, their tops shrnuded la wells af
mist The @arth was nuid and valleys
nowed one hto the other or Vanished
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who remained IN Kagoshima through
out the eruption testified their ears
were aching as result OF incessant
det0nation8 and everlasting rattle Ol
paper partitions in the houses. These
teachers continued 10 send off corre-
spOndence in the midst of this bonn"
bardment Of sound.
"A big earthquake came at the climax
of strains In the earth's surface crust
and the detonations were the climax of
explosions In the lava column that had
been released. The glow at time of the
quake was probably due To the spouting
lava.
THE first outbreak was followed by
months Of intense activity. Lava over
flowed new craters. poured into the sea
and created new islands.
Explosions hurled up bread dust
bombs of semi-molten stuff, and the
steep lava fronts. Is feet high, caYed
IN and sent up avalanche clouds,
When the lava reached the sea is
hot front made millions Of rising tails
0f cattony steam"
4
A N American teacher described the
eruption as Il fountain ~ tlrd that
danced IN the air more than "A mile
high, and from this height tumbled
like vast Niagara 0f fire onto the
island and into the water
Under the gigantic falls flowed cas-
Cades Of fire IN a htfeam toward the
srelhing Aea There we're rapids OF
red hot ashes, Lava streams rushed
like molten iron into ravines. Aolidityr
Ing and spreading ont IN wide fields,
The tumbling cone uf FIRE spread ts
blaze among villages aud foresta
Planes danced high, aud The emDers
~ houses glownd for hours.
For many miles around winds show
cred the surface with thick coat OF
f1ne ash, Stimulating the appearance al
snowfall. Many Japanese walked
about under umbrellas 90 keep the
particles from settling on their cloth
Ing, The whole sky turned gray and
all vision was fagaed
After all this disaster and turmoil
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DR. and Party lGoea That SGnoMay
eandS eLnes-Eat Information
Evening star., 1928-04-29
BY DON GLASSNiAN.

TIN HE great Alaskan line of defense,
2.0eo miles of fire-hreathing,
booming volcanoes, least known
L of all Uncle Sans possessions,
will shortly be explored by an
The Washington times., 1928-02-18

Fun Roece-leed Lubeicntion-Salent Timing
Chain -G@s TANK af Rear - BEG 4-wheea'
brAke0- Balloon Tires and Snubbers-Ad-
juOtabse Steering WheeASi0GSe Plate
Cautch-Banio-type Rear AxlswiGh rem0v-
able Shaft - Longer Connecting Rods -
Interchange able Chadwick type Main
BeariOgs-ModsEn H0tcAAiss Drive.
The Washington times., 1928-02-18
VIRGINIA HUME
BECO M ES
BRIDE

TN the presence Of small group
i of relatives and close friends,
the wedding of Miss Mary Vir-
ginia Hume, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas L. Hume, and Louis
wainwright Voight. of Pittsburgh
took place at II o'clock this morn.
ing in the home Of the brides
parents on s Street. The Rev.
=. l.. Buckley officiated.
Following the ceremony there
was q wedding breakfast, after
which Mr.. Voight and his bride
left for a wedding trip. They will
sail on Tuesday for two months
of travel abroad.
The bride was escorted to an
inprovised altar and given in
marriage by her father. She was
gOwned in white satin made with
q full circular skirt, longer in
the back than the front and with
d closet fitting bodice with long
tight sleeves. A veil of tulle ar
ranged about the face with clus.
tiers OF orange blossoms fell to
form q train. Her flowers were
roses and lilies.of-the.valley
The bride had as her only at
tendants her sisters-in-law. Mrs.
Thomas l.. Hume. jr.. and Mrs.
Richard Hume. who, until few
weeks ago. was Miss Charlotte
Hanna.
The Washington times., 1928-02-18
NEWS OF OLD
FRIENDS FROM
WEST COAST

LIVER since Gen. and Mrs.
~ James A. Drain left Wash
ington a year ore so ago for spo-
kane, Wash, their old home, with
the intention of making it their
new home, 1t has been rumored
that their purpose was political
and that the general might be q
candidate for the Senate to sue
coed Senator G. G. Dill. also 3
Spokane man.
NHEY are keeping mum about
= their plans, but letters from
Spokane bring word of how sue
cessfully they are gathering up
the threads of q previous exist.
ence, renewing old friendships and
old ties and Of how their fellow.
toWnsmen are enjoying having
them back. They have bought d
house and they have managed to
make a home OF it, although they
have been away much Of the time
since their migration West. hav.
ing made one trip East and an.
other to Europe In the last year.
General Drain. 1t will be remern.
bered, was once, national com.
nfander of the American Legion
and that should be something Of q
political asset. In Washington he
The Washington times., 1928-02-18
Gopernor Of Hawaii
And Mrs. Harrington
Feted During Visit

TUE Governor OF Hawaii and
! Mrs. Wallace Harrington will
be the honor guests at reception
this evening given at the May
flower by Mr.. and Mrs. Royal de
la Mater Mead. Beginning at 10
o'clock. Earlier In the evening
they will be the honor guests at
dinner Of Mrs. James C. Pilling,
who will entertain in her home
in California Street.
Last evening Mrs. Henry Alvah
Strong gave a dinner for Governor
and Mrs. harrington at the May
flower, afterWard occupying with
her guests a box at the Mardi
Gras bal masque. The other mem
bers Of the party were the Secre-
tary of Labor and Mrs. Davis,
!. Mrs. George Ehle, William Phelps
Emo. Mr.. and Mrs. Royal de Ia
Mater Mead, Alexander B. Trow-
bridge, Mr.. and Mrs. r.. d. Mer-
riII, OF Seattle; Joseph w. Witt
man, of Morristown, N. j., and
Chester Hayes, Of Paris.
MR.. AND MRS. IRWIN
M LAUGHLIN entertained at
dinner last evening in compliment
to Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon White
house, who are passing few days
with them. Mr.. Whitehouse is
counselor of the American en-
bassy in Paris, and is in this
country on leave.
Mrs. Tracy Bows will have as
her guest over the weekend Mrs.
Vincent Astor, who arrived from
New York today.
y r \
Judge and Mrs. Clarence n.
Goodwin, of Chicago, who have
been at the Carlton for the past
few days, have returned unex-
pectedIy to Chicago. They will
return to the Carlton in about a
fortnight.
Mrs John Crayke Simpson en-
tertained a large company at
luncheon today in the Presiden-
tial suite of the Willard in compli.
nent to Mrs. Francis T. A. jun
kin.
Mrs. Charles Macon Walling-
ford was hostess at luncheon to-
day at Club St. Marks in compli-
ment to Mrs. Herbert Camden, OF
st. Louis. who is visiting Mrs.
John Cochran.
Mrs. Huntington-Kidd will be
at home on Thursday, March /,
Cards have been issued.
The Washington times., 1928-02-18

stephen G. Porter was also MAX
ing the rounds.
\ +
MRS. DIMOCK had among her
Ul guests Representative and
Mrs. j. Mayhem Wainwright and
Mile. Dora Catalani, quantity
CARRIED as q Rumanian peasant,
who was, however, continuously
among the dancers. Others among
the guests were the Minister of
Egypt and Nine. Samy, the min
lister of Persia, Representative and
Mrs. Adam Wyant, Miss Elizabeth
Ransley, Mrs. Frederic Atherton,
Mrs. Robert HOLSTER Chapman,
DR.. and Mrs. Crayke Simpson,
Mrs. James Lyons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Sander and Mrs. Richard
Parker Crenshaw, Mrs. Sol Bloom
and Miss Vera Bloom were present
escorted by Representative John
@. Tilson.
With Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J.
Bell in their box was Mrs. William
Barrett Ridgely ~ quite disguised
by wrapped turban of gold
gauZe atop gold satin gown. Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry Wadsworth were
with Mr.. and Mrs. Corrin Strong.
Others noted were Mr.. and Mrs.
Merchant Mahoney, of the Ca.
madam legation; DIR. and Nine.
Lipa. Of the Czechoslovak legation;
Ramses Chaffey, of the Egyptian
legation; Mrs. Eugene LaMerle,
DR.. and Mrs. John Crayke Simp.
son, Mrs. Victo. Kaufman. Mrs.
William Lard Dunlop, Beverly
Harris. John Wade an( William
Bowie Clarke.
The Washington times., 1928-02-18
BELGIANS GIVE
B ALL A 7
EMBASSY

myHE BELGIAN AMBASSADOR
AND PRINCESS DE LIGNE
win entertain at a red-and-white
ball this evening at the embassy
for their daughter. Drincess Eliza
beth de Ligne. The guests have
been limited almost entirely TO
those fl the teens and early
twenties.
Among those giving dinner par
ties before the bah are the Secre-
tary OF War and Mrs. Dwight
Davis. who are entertaining a
group Or young people for their
daughter, Miss Alice Davis, and
Mr.. ana Mrs. Oscar 4. Crosby,
who are entertaining for their
daughter, Miss Celeste Crosby.
NlaE Secretary of State ana
Mrs. kellogg viii BE the
guests FOR whom the Ambassador
sc Chile and Nine. Davila will en-
terrain at dinner this evening.
The italian Ambassadors and
Nine. de MARITIME viii be hosts at
dinner this evening.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frank r..
Keefer viii entertain at dinner
this evening in the patio Of the
Carlton to celebrate their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary. Covers
viii be laid for 40.
The Washington times., 1928-02-18
SIDE LIGHTS SOCIETY," NEWS GOSSIP OF THE CAP TIA

practiced law. and he had q dis
tinguished war record.
Or Mrs. Drain, Spokane news
~ paper woman wrote: with
4 son and four daughters, all
married and scattered from Leip-
sig. Germany, to Pennsylvania.
Illinois ana New York, General
and Mrs. Drain in coming back
to Spokane have fulfilled long.
cherished plan made when their
children were still young. They
had soft spot for the city
when ii was little more than
q village, and that affection,
still growing with the years,
brings an admittance Of their
happiness in returning to spend
their remaining days here.
However, the years have dealt
gently with Mrs. Drain. Not
for her the plainttve note sounded
by q contemporary In words
something like these: oh, time
il kind: it will make me old
and then j shall not care.
when my pulse Is slow and my
heart is cold and the silver fss
in NV hair. Time has been
extremely kind, but in an alto
gether different way. Her pulse
Is not slow, her heart, is not
cold. and there's mighty little
silver in her hair. The youth
full figure stilI persists. and
there is q rapid action Of youth,
vitality and enthusiasm.
ssAIrs. Drain likes to talk, to
visit and to tell stories, and It
Ii q real pleasure to listen to
her stories Of WASHINGTON life.
DR.. and Mrs. w. Duncan Nc
Kim are entertaining at must
Gale this afternoon at 4 O'Clock.