Evening star., 1939-09-07
Furnace Building
New Mountains,
Scientists Told
Underground Boiling
In Guatemala Is
Detailed at Session

Discovery of gigantic under
ground "blast furnace" which Is
building new mountains in Guate-
mala was reported today by DR.. A.
G.. McNish of the Carnegie Institu-
ton of Washington.
He told the International Union
of Geodesy and Geophysics meeting
at George Washington University
that the mountains are being pushed
up from underground rock. Mean
while, he added, the surface of the
land is changing and the structure
of the earth miles beneath the sur
face is being transformed by titanic
underground boiling.
The subterranean blast furnace
makes its own tunnels, which be-
come mountains, by generating the
powerful hydrof1uoric acid and eat
ing away the upper crust of the
earth, Dr. McNish explained.
The Carnegie Institution sent an ex-
pedition headed by DR.. E. G. Zeiss to
study the worlds newest building de-
velopment. It's observations showed
that the superheated strata of the
earth, possibly caused by radium
disintegration, had built up at least
one mountain to height OF 2 miles
during the last IS years and the
process is continuing.
Delegates Welcomed.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
through his personal representative,
Hugh Wilson, former Ambassador
to Germany. last night welcomed
delegates to the seventh general as
sembly at the departmental audi
torium.
1T is my fervent hope" the diplo-
mat told the delegates, assembled
in the Departmental Auditorium on
Constitution avenue, that the day
may soon come when the statesmen
of the world will take leaf from
the book of the scientists and solve
international political problems in
the same dignified and friendly
spirit"
That Washington City is one of
the real world capitals not in fear
of a blackout seemed to impress the
visiting delegations from Europe. All
the principal speakers, seeming to
sense the spirit of America, voiced
tribute to the liberty of action in
this country.
Sees Hope Ahead.
DR.. D. La Cour, president of the
International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics, a native of Denmark,
said in his address to the delegates:
During these very days of our
meetings we have had sad evidence
of the use of mans knowledge for
the injury of human beings and
devastation of civilization But 1t
is a profound reason for great en-
couragement to know that truth,
friendship and mutual understand
ing are terminating and growing
within the walls of the union
whether the sun shines or not.
Truth, friendship and mutual I'M
derstanding are all precious fruits
of human virtue and they are just
the medicinal plants the world
needs for its sickness that it may
become the bright home for man.
kind, and for peace we all would
like to see"
In an impressive moment of the
meeting, the president of the union
asked the entire assembly to stand
in commemoration of Prof. Charles
Lallemand, founder of the union,
who died 18 months ago: 1--WE shall
always feel deep gratitude toward
DR.. Lallemand for what he did
when among us, and we heartily
wish that the spirit and enthusiasm
of this noble man of science may
stand as guiding stars before the
army of the union. Honneur soft
soft memoire!'
That the war was upon them and
their work-which might be him
dered because of international dis
turbanceS was voiced by the
speaker in these words:
II also wish on this occasion to
send friendly greeting to those of
our colleagues who, on account of
the unfortunate conditions in the
world, are prevented from being
present here. We know that wher-
ever they are, at home or on their
way back from here, every one of
these distinguished men will look
forward with longing to meet us
again, as we are longing for the mo-
ment when we can join them again
and resume friendly and fruitful CO.
operation"
700 Due to Gather.
The speaker referred to delegates
on a boat from Germany turned
back in the middle of the ocean.
Also, some British delegates who,
after arriving in Washington for
the meeting, were ordered back