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MRMPWMHMeMW ^3 v»£ /, • .•' • t\F' K,5 *' *J>'• *4 U4^ B?'?; ft.'*/"* Harvard Professors mi World Recognition by Researches With Metals. ?• tyBESBTOF 35 YEMT WORK ~>:|nveetlgation Throws New Light On the Nature of Matter--Finding of > „ Two Kinds of Lead Im- /•••? portent Discovery. ,« * ' ' ' ' t . L ! • •[••< Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 7. -- The •fetomic weights of nearly fcrty of the fiinety or more chemical elements out , jsf which everything in the universe is trailt have been definitely determined *by Harvard chemists in the course of Investigations begun thlrty-flve years v J^go and extending up to the present • 'time. Attention wag called to this prolonged research today by the announcement that largely on account 4>*>f his work in this field. Prof. Theodore W. Richards, Nobel prize winner •;fjn 1914 and director of the Wolcott ;\**lbbs Memorial laboratory at Harvard, had been appointed a member :i-#f the international committee of Scientists on elements, while Prof. -Oregory P. Baiter, formerly a pupil %f Prof. Richards and now an independent investigator at Harvard, had •een chosen for the International committee on atomic weights. The Harvard research Is said to ,&ave thrifwn new light on the perplexing problem of the nature of matter, hile data obtained are being used ly by thousands of chemists throughout the world. !^ Weights Found Constant. , / The atomic weights of the elements ;,,$(« descrfbed as the relative weights lb which these elements combine with inch other to form the countless substances of which the universe is con- •trncted. These weights have usually leen found to be amazingly constant Silver from all parts of the world and from many different ores has always the same atomic weight. Copper from Uurope is Identical in this respect with Ifeat mined under the bottom of Lake jpuperior. •£< Prof. Baxter's work long since proved that iron and nickel which fall from fhe sky In meteorites coming from the CtxttL ' - » sLV > *• spaces far beyond the earth's orblj have exactly the same atomic weights as Iron and nickel from the earth, a fact cited as indicating in one respect, at least, the unity of the universe. The most Important single result of the Harvard study of atomic weights is said to be the discovery, first proved definitely some years ago by Prof. Richards and still holding good through recent careful tests, that there exist at least two kinds of lead. Instead of one It was found that lead from radium minerals, while It possesses properties exactly similar to those of ordinary lead, has a distinctly smaller atomic weight, 206.1 as against 207.8, Working on Lead. The lead from the radium minerals is supposed to come from the decomposition of radium. Why its atomic weight is different from that of ordinary lead, whether ordinary lead may not Itself prove to be » mixture of; lighter lead with a heavier variety, perhaps due to the disintegration of the element thorium, and whether Other elements, hitherto supposed to be final and indivisible, may not also prove to be mixtures and thus open up a whole series of new problems as to the composition of matter, are questions to which the answers are being eagerly sought by scientists over the world today. Prof. W. D. Harklns of Chicago has strong evidence that ordinary chlorine is a mixture, and F. W. Aston of Cambridge, England, by an entirely different method. Indicates that many other (elements are probably likewise composed of atoms of different weights. Harvard chemists are working nt present to try to find out more about these two kinds of lead, but they are hampered by the fact that, once mixed, the two /kinds cannot by any ordinary chejmlcal methods be separated. Parisians Pet Carved Cata. Paris.--Finely carved in some dark handsoa* wood and polished till the brilliant surface draws the hands to a caress, a sleeping cat is the latest accessory in a modern Paris salon. She lies not on a pedestal but on a rich cushion and haa bect-me a craze with smart women. Two American soldiers on leave from the army of occupation, enjoying the annual vineyard harvest titui* tklb tlval In Italy. Pretty vineyard girls are shown presenting grapes to their American guests. Diver Battles Depression in Shipping Forces Officers to Take Reduced fignk to Get $©rk. : OF CAPTAINS IDLE Four Skippers Serving on On* Vessel Not Uncommon Occurrence---Of fleers Suffer With Firemen and 8ailorsL New York.--Four captains on one ship, each of them qualified by experience and license to navigate unlimited tonnage in any waters, but three of them serving as mates Is not an uncommon occurrence now, due to the low tide of world ocean commerce. On a ship which recently sailed from New York for a round-trip voyage to the West Indies the master thereof • * Set of Weights and Measures \hi r ' r - • • *, ^ complete set of colonial weights and measures in the United States is located in the town hall of Alexandria, Va. They have been in con- >Jrtant use since 1744 under the charge of the market master of Fairfax county. 'The set of solid brass, which is composed of a yardstick for measuring cord- ' V°°d, weights from 1 to 100 pounds and measures of all capacities, both wet »nd dry, was sent from England by George II. The Colonial Dames of Virginia • fwently had the set removed from further use and enclosed in glass. Mayor J. M. Duncan of Alexandria is shown at the left with Market Master Theophilua Halllnger (right). . ^; ' Regent of Hungary Inspects His Soldiers had under him as mates two men under whom he had formerly worked when conditions were reversed. His third mate, during the war commanded an American ship which made numerous trips through the war zone carrying supplies for the American army in France. Accept Reduced Rank. It Is to the lasting credit of these American masters, shipowners say, that they accept reduced rank cheerfolly and In their service they render a very high degree of allegiance and obedience to the officers temporarily above them. This applies not only to their periods of actual duty, but to the traditional sea discipline when off watch. * The laying up of one ship after another until practically one-half of America's post-war fleet of comiperce carriers has been relegated to a quiet anchorage, awaiting return of normalcy in world commerce, has put thousands of good American seamen "on the beach," as they term It. Officers suffer with the firemen and the sailors in the enforced Idleness. Clubrooms of associations of officers always are well filled now by licensed men awaiting a possible opening on some trip. When a call for an officer comes In it is tendered to the man understood to be most in need of the work, and by him it is cheerfully accepted regardless of the rank it carries. The records show that but comparatively few are In actual financial distress through enforced idleness. A man who has reached the bridge through long years of hard work has generally learned to be thrifty, an<f in the good years to lay aside something for the lean ones. 'Back to Farms. Hundreds of American captains n«m are scattered all over the New Eng. land and eastern states doing a period of shore duty on farms which they purchased as a safe harbor in which to weuther the stormy seas of old age. Generous to-the last degree, these men keep track of and aid their leas fortunate associates. Sailors, deck hands, flreroom forces and stewards to the number of thousands are sharing with the officers the effect of the shipping depressloa Many of them have been forced to depend on their union and semlcharltable Institutions for keep. Desperate Fight for Life That ;J%fas Waged at Bottonfff. ; ^ Cape Town Harbor, \ V MONSTER HACKED TO PIECES Comrades Use Hatchets to Free Helpless Man--Creature Measures Eleven and Half Feet From Tip to lip of Tentacles. IWMMMIi Sir* iNTEftNATiONAv. Cape Town, S. A.--The Union Castle liner Dunveyan Castle collided some time ago with the harbor here, dislodging many of the enormous blocks of concrete forming the pier, which fell Into the bottom of the sea, at this point between thirty and forty feet deep. The officials of the harbor board set to work to repair the damaged pier and recover the dislodged blocks, by no means an easy task. One of the most experienced men engaged on thje diving operations was H. Palmer, who had had fifteen years' experience of underwater work in various parts of the world. One day Palmer went down In the ordinary course of his work and was engaged iif putting a chain around a seven ton block of concrete when he noticed a curious-looking object protruding from a cavity below the block. The water was comparatively clear. Bending down, Palmer examined the object which had attracted his attention. He was beginning to wonder what it could be when, without the slightest warning, it began to move toward him. A huge tentacle shot out from below the stone, moved swiftly sideways, and In an instant had seized his leg in a vicelike grip! Feelers Grab Him. Horrified, the diver staggered backward. but as he did so another great feeler appeared from under the masonry and alighted upon his arm, holding It helpless. Wildly the man struggled to free himself from those awful arms, but in vain. Where the Innumerable tin,' suckers touched the naked flesh o his hand they stung and seared Ilk* an electric wire and he felt himself being drawn slowly but surely toward the dark hole under the stone. For a moment the unutterable hoiv ror of his position held him spellbound ; even his brain seemed numbed Then, slowly with a gliding motion that was horrible to behold, the creator* beneath the stone began to emerge. As It came out Palmer bebeld with u shudder the cold* staring eyes the parrot-like beak of an enormous octopus or devilfish! Desperately the tortured man strove to wrench himself free, but the more he struggled the tighter grew the grip of the sinuous colls. Instinctively Palmer had kept one arm free from the encircling tentacles. He noticed mechanically that the octopus had let go its hold ,of the masonry and had wrapped itself entirely around him. v Drawn >to the 8urface. Making a desperate effort to throw off the stupor of nausea and fear which benumbed his faculties, the diver reached up his free arm and pulled his signal cord with all his strength, whereupon the men above startjed to haul him up. The octopus, still clinging relentlessly to Its prey, was drawn to the surface. The horror of the men above when they beheld the diver emerge from the water In the loathsome embrace of the great devilfish can be better imagined than described. While some [dragged the now all but unconscious •Palmer up the ladder, others ran for Ratchets and knives and a fierce attack was made upon the creature. In spite of every onslaught, however, thjfr quivering tentacles still clung oft- Btfnately to the diver, and It was not until the creature bad been almost hacked to pieces that the men were able to free their comrade and administer restoratives* When the dead octopus was laid out on the pier it was seen to be 01 great size. It measured eleven and a half feet across from tentacle tip to tentacle tip. Threw Boy in Pig Sty; * Hog Devoured Him A terrible crime has been reported from Charlerol, Belgium, where a fanner after capturing a nine-year-old boy who was stealing apples locked him in a pig sty with a sow and went away without heeding the youngs ster's cries of alarm. On returning to the pig sty, several hours later, he found the sow. tearing the last morsels of flesh from the boy's bones. The police succeeded in arresting the farmer Just as the neighbors were preparing to lynch him. General Diaz Welcomed to New York Gen. Armando Diaz, military advise# to the Italian delegation to the conference on limitation of armaments, was given a hearty welcome in New York on his arrival the other day. With him In this photograph is Mayor Hylan. j p. RUSSIANS NOW LOOKING TO U. S. Pe*ent Hungary, inspecting the snappy-looking Hungarian soldiers in front uon at pecs. The little entente has demanded the immediate disbanding of the Hungarian army. ^ of the sta- BELIEVE NATIVE INDIANS DOOMED [ST;*,. Alaskan Tribes, Once Active, Fast Passing Away. ^ : Many Hundreds of Them May Never Survive the Winter--Fishing Fails, Furs Are Cheap and Natives Gamble Proceeds, Seattle, Wash.--The native Indians • A- of Alaska are doomed. Many hundreds °f 1116,111 may never survive the winter a.3'V* J y Just setting in along the islands of the / Aleutian group and Bering sea. The ' *' '4?^ ®8hlnS season was a failure, furs are very cbeaP an(i the natives gambled - sway what they did receive. Once there was a time, many years ago, when the natives of Alaska were alone in the wilds of the north. They depended upon the fruits of the chase 'for sustenance and nature gave freely. Kingly mo»se, lithe, agile caribou, the great grizzly of the mountain of- tfee. lowlands, fox, wolf, mink, otter and beaver, salmon and trout, all these fell to their lot, providing food and clothes. They lived happy, healthful lives. But now all is changed. The natiye Is an object to be pitied. Their evolution has been slow but sure. The advent of the white man brought a curse to the untutored man of the forests, for the first traders taught them gambling, drink and the purchasing power of money. They were urged to barter their furs, fish and personal belongings for pieces o£ silver and cheap trinkets. The natives are migratory and little preparation Is made for winter, as it was formerly the custom to follow the caribou up and down the rivers. Firearms have aided to reduce the number of wild animals once used for food and clothes. Besides, wild game is no longer tasteful. Canned meats, fruits, coffee, tea and sugar, candy and flour are now demanded by the remnant of tribes <|mslnlng. Disease and malnutrition are harrying them to extinction. Missions and government schools in scattered regions have attempted a rescue of small groups of natives and have fairly succeeded. The reindeer stations have delivered other groups; but the majority of the Alaskan aborigines Is rapidly decreasing. During the last ten years, according to the late census, more than 8,000 deaths were offset by 870 births. Released Prisoner Who Was Too Expensive Lang Milton, colored, of St. LoWs, has a new "panacea for prisoners." Bat heartily, he says. Milton was paroled by Sheriff John Wlllmann of St. Louis county after spending several weeks in jail. His "ration return" was so heavy that the sheriff released hiss unconditionally. Men Formerly of This Country |#e Hope in Amerioan A ;V:t3 ' - ' ' ^ "•'A English, or Rather American, Predominating Foreign Language In Bplshevik Foreign Office and in Other Departments* Moscow, Russia.--English, or rather American, has become the predominating foreign language in the boishevist foreign office and In all government departments and in Moscow generally. Fourteen thousand Russians or naturalised Americans of Russian origin, came to Russia when the revolution opened the doors for them. They streamed across Siberia for months and found their way to tl\eir old homes In the land of revolution. The number of English-speaking persons has been swelled by deportations from America and by emigrants from Great Britain and Its colonies who were Interested In the experiments which the soviet government was working out. Through their training abroad, most of these English-speaking persons were better equipped for government work than native Russians and have made their way Into Important places with the government In both Asiatic and European Russia. Three years ago most of the Russians returned from America were extremely bitter In their denunciation of the United States. But they have modified. Their experience In helping to run a government has taught them it Is not as easy as It looks. They have changed, as the entire Red government has changed, and It is not unusual to near them speak with affection of America. They look forward to America for help. Most of them Insist that America Is the only country which la broad. enough In gauge to develop a country the size of Russia. Almost without exception, the Russians who have been in America believe the American child-feeding is an Initial step toward recognition. They have ceased denouncing America as an "exploited" land. The floods of abuse are now poured out on France, Poland and Rumania. After the United States, Great Britain seems to be most In favor, with Germany a close third. Language schools in Moscow b*vo great demand for English lessons, and. second-hand book stalls in the markets find a ready sale for English volumes. Life Policy Blown Long Way. Staunton, Va.--A life Insurance policy held by J. Marvin Ballew whose home was wrecked by a cyclone recently, was found by Miss Virgie Drumsellers at Madrid, 18 miles northeast of Mint Spring, where the house wreck occurred. The policy, which had been blown across the county by strong wind, was badly torn nad splotched. • KIVAS ARE UNEARTHED BY DOG Ancient Ceremonial Chambers Discpvered in New Mexico. Indian Tombs Throw Light on First :C»!>«**tion on Continent--Pottery, : Utensils and Handiwork Also Discovered. Zunia, N. M.--To a prairie dog and a Zuni Indian belongs the credit for discovery of two ancient klva* or ceremonial chambers of prehistoric Indian life in "western New Mexico. Valuable relics were discovered which it is believed may throw additional light on earliest civilization in this country. The find was made while Frank W. Hodge, an archaeologist of New York, and a Zuni Indian were making excavations at the old abandoned village of Hawlku in southwestern McKinley county. The Indian noticed human bones in the loose dirt around the freshly dug habitat of a prairie dog. Pursuing the dog's underground course ms-itt, with a shovel he came to the remainder of the skeleton and then to a fine piece of prehistoric masonry which led him Into the kivaa. Mr. Hodge draws the conclusion that the kivas were the work of Indians from the San Juan district of Colorado rather than of the Zunls of this section. The masonry was weli preserved and not at all like the careless work of the Zunls. The structure was more like the ruins in the As tec. Mesa Verde and Ciiaco canyon. Houses built on the kivas were apparently the work of later peoples. Ten burials that were unearthed, Mr. Hodge believes, were those of Zunls of latter times. O^j klva was seventeen feet In diameter and Its walls formed an almost perfect circle, the deviation from the circle being not more than an inch. The other was about four feet smaller. Mr. Hodge Is working under the auspices of the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation. New York. Bd at thi t**"? institution **"* Indians *1 eighteen Zuni are assisting him in his fifth year of investigation of the Hawiku village, a place at one time inhabited by the earliest Spanish conquistadores In the Sixteenth century In their search for gold. The present year's work has recovered many exhibits of pottery, utensils and crude handiwork of the early occupants of the dwellings, as well as some seeds apparently in a good state of preservation. Mr. Hodge's camp Is eleven miles southwest of Zuni and fifty miles from Gallup on the Gallup-SL John's higb* way. Hatred of Banks Cost Him *29,000. Delta, O.--The fact that S. B. Finney hated banks made it easy for four unmasked bandits to rob him of $29,<)0C recently. The men Entered his office, bound him to a chair, then robbed him. Man, 88 Years Old, Marries Woman, 36. Laporte, Ind.--E. W. Davis, eightyeight years old, has taken as his wiff Mrs. Clara Tennant, thlrty-flve. Davis* first wife died soon after . their alxtgfc sixth wedding anniversary imtrMiikkr/ ffito _. Bohwermin, 4M Clark. Ave., turn. 111., sa back vi ached, stooped over a sharp pain cauabt me aeroM my Icidneya. I had headachesaad often became dlasy a n d my s i g h t blurred. My kidney ® were weak and •cted unnaturally. I saw Doan's Kidney Pille advertised, and bought a box. They . - 3-- of the awful aches and EwKh^eenStieS" I"y kldneya ®*®*"**Asr*ote.eOceBe« DOAN'S VJay OX. PlTFAjfl.il. V. U. S.Pat. Off. 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I never believe in argying, and so I Just let it go at that. But wheik she said we'd better kill the lamo hog and Invite In the neighbors, I says, 'What do you want to kill the lame hog for? 'The pore varmint hain't to blame for something that happened twenty years ago.' And then --•well, I just sorter came awiy." , • . • t.. Relieved.-: '* Irate Creditor--Now, look here. Jtwant my money. Cheeky Debtor--Oh, that's all rlgbfc I thought you wanted mine.--Boeto* Transcript. A plagiarist Is a writer who collect* his thoughts. Have You a Cough?, Health Is Moet Vital to You.tReaS What Mrs. Jordan Says. Danville, 111.--"I am glad to t«8» tlfy to the merits of Dr. Pierce'* Golden Medical Discovery for th# wonderful help it has given me. I was suffering with bronchial tro*» ble. My bronchial tubes would become congested and sort of stop up and I had a chronic cough. ThJ* would bother me so at night that C could not get my natural rest and I became all rundown and weak. 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