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Plan Two Flights
Into Stratosphere
Army and Geographic Soci
ety Will Co-Operate.
Washington. ? Two stratosphere as
cents to the highest point to which tt
Is practicable for a balloon to lift a
man, will be made In the United States
during the coming summer In the hope
of clearing up problems of the upoer
air that are still puzzling to science,
It was announced by the National Geo
graphic society and the United States
army air corps, sponsors of the proj
ect. The balloon, with a capacity of
8,000,000 cubic feet, will be the largest
ever constructed. It Is estimated that
It will rise to a height of more than
15 miles above sea level.
The first ascent will be made In June
by Capt. Albert \V. Stevens, noted aer
ial observer and photographer of the
army air corps, who conceived the
project, and MnJ. William Kepner, bal
loon expert of the army air corps. If
this flight Is successful, the same bal
loonUts will make a second ascent In
September, in order to chock observa
tions under Rlmilar conditions.
Scientists a* Advisors.
To advise In regard to the scientific
plons tnnd equipment, and to direct
studios of the data collected, Dr. Gil
bert Grosvenor. president of the Na
tional Geographic society, has formed
a committee of outstanding American
scientists.
The huge balloon to bo used In the
ascents will .have a gns capacity Ave
times that of the bag In which Com
mander Settle established his ll^
mile record last November ; and nearly
three and a half times that of the
Soviet balloon which in September
rose more than 12 miles above the
earth.
The exact point at which the bal
loon will take to the nlr has not been
x selected, but it will probably be in the
northern great plains region. Such a
choice. It is pointed out, will give am
ple room for drift to the northeast,
east, or southeast and a landing in
open country, so that the bap can be
solvoged.
The completed plans fnr the flights
are due to the efforts of Captain Ste
vens, who hns pothered data during
the post 11 months directed toward
the use In stratosphere flights of the
largest balloon which it Is practicable
to construct, and an ascent to the
highest point to which It Is believed
possible for man to rise In o gas bap,
with hope of a safe landing. The
mere attainment of altitude, however.
Is not a primary object of the ascents.
It Is desired to roach the greatest at
tainable height above the earth in or
der that conditions there can be ob
served.
Captain Stevens hos penetrated the
lower levels of the stratosphere by
airplane on numerous occasions and
U. S. Whaling Ships
Fade From Oceans
Washington. ? A once flourishing
and picturesque Institution nppenrs
doomed to follow the covered
wagon Into oblivion.
The American whaling fleet,
which In the hey-day of Its activ
ity In 1858 comprised 2(H), 000 gross
tons, has dwindled until today only
14 vessels of 9,307 tons remain.
And so is closing an Important and
vlvled chapter In the history of the
United States merchant marine.
Records In the Commerce de
partment's bureau of navigation
and steamboat Inspection also show
that since the time the first Ameri
can whalers headed their well pro
visioned vessels away from the
New England coast late In the
Eighteenth century for their search
of "swimming treasure," headquar
ters for the Meet have moved com
pletely across the continent.
also has served as observer ou a num
ber of army balloon ascensions. Dur
ing his high altitude flying he has col
lected much scientific data. In a flight
over Dayton, Ohio, In October. 1028,
he reached an altitude of 39,ir>0 feet
and obtained the only complete record
of thermometer readings ever madq^
In America, showing on. the same day
the "temperature gradient" In the re
gion from the earth to the strato
sphere. Other such records of tem
peratures, from the earth to an alti
tude of aproxlmately S0.000 feet. Is one
of the objectives of the 10.14 ascents.
Such dnta will be extremely valuable
In weather studies.
Trap Stratosphere Air.
Another project of Importance will
be the trapping of samples of strat
osphere air at several levels. These
specimens will be analyzed and stud
led later In physical and chemical lab
oratories.
The preliminary "agenda" for scien
tific data to be collected during the
ascents, contains 14 other Items vary
ing from high-level photography and
the ascertainment of the elpctrlcal con
dition of the air at various levels, to
cosmic ray studies and efTorts to deter
mine ozone concentration. The mys
terious ozone layer of the upper air
which some scientists assert Is all that
saves life on the earth from destruc
tion by ultra-short light rays. Is
thought to lie far above the highest
point that can be reached by a manned
balloon. It Is hoped, however, that
evidences of an increasing ozone con
tent of the air can be detected lf> miles
up.
In order to house the many instru
ments and automatic recording de
vices that will be taken aloft, the bal
loon will have attached to It a spheri
cal gondala of light metal 0 feet In
diameter. This diameter is 2 feet
grenter than that of the gondolas used
by Professor Piccard and Commander
DEVELOPS NEW RAY
Prof. B. O. Lawrence who, with Dr.
M. Stanley Livingston, has developed
a new ray more penetrating than either
X-rays or radium. This ray is made
of neutrons, the most disrupjlve sub
stances known to science. The ray is
a flow of 10.000.000 neutrons a second,
coming from a lead window. Although
Just a baby In the ray class, and poten
tially the most dangerous ever pro
duced, It has great possibilities both
for experiments and for building up
the heavier chemical elements out of
the lighter.
Settle, and will provide a cubic ca
pacity more than twice as great.
The instruments, many of them de
signed and modified by Captain Ste
vens as a result of trials during high
altitude (lights, will be largely auto
matic. leaving observer and pilot free
to take care of the many activities In
t lie gondola that will require personal j
attention. A number of tiny cameras,
using motion-picture film, will auto- J
matjcally and tirelessly "read" uials ,
and clock fares simultaneously at fre- J
(juent Intervals.
Germany Planning War, France Is Told
Paris Newspaper Points Cut
Preparations.
Paris. ? "Germany toduy possesses
the most powerful war equipment ma
chine on the enrth."
This statement, .printed in the semi
official Temps, did not surprise French
men.
The Temps also declared that Uer
mnny could launch over twice as many
trained and armed inen as France in
battle.
Temps served to confirm the belief
that, behind n screen of commercial
enterprise, the relch has been assem
hllng the fastest airplanes, sturdiest
artillery and deadliest pas.
"Like It or not." one of the leadlnu
aviation columns here said, "the (let
mans In 1033. Just ns in lO.'i'J and 1 1 v
1918. are ahead In the science of aero
dynomlcs. They have borrowed tin
best features of all nations."
But figures are more convincing
than editorial opinion. Temps offers
three "Incontrovertible proofs" thai
prove, It declares, "intern ified prodnc
tlon of materials for an offensive war
httB been speeded up In the past few
months." These are:
One ? The significant rise in stocks
on the Berlin exchange of concerns
equipped to produce war materials.
Two ? The Increase in Imports or
raw moterlals subject to use for man
ufocturlng war materials as betrayed
by German foreign trade statistics.
Three ? Sudden expansion of p??rson
nel in plants equipped to produce wiii
materials
Germany actually possesses twent\
aircraft factories against elirlit in
CJreot Britain. It Is pointed out. which
affirms that within six months the In
dm.tr* "jjnld produce more airplanes
President Intervened for Him
Wlinn Htevo Wftflllakos, the vendor of pennuts and popcorn at n corner
of thfe White House ground* for the last 20 years, wan ordered to remove hta
stand by the Dtstrlot of Columbia commissioners, ho thought ho wan about to
beioittft A member of the army of forgotten men. But President Roosevelt,
reading o i his case In the newspapers, Intervened and Steve wns permitted to
reAMftt. -f
than It (1 i <1 In 1018 ? namely, more than
'J, 500 monthly.
As regards aircraft, the Temps says:
"Lufthansa has just ordered from
Junkers fifty-three motor planes, of a
type easily convertible into long-range
bombers.
"Heinkol has been asked to turn out
100 heavily armed combat planes, to
go faster than 300 kilometers an hour,
carrying two observers and bombs.
"Bayerishche Motoren-werke Is build
in s: loo TOO 1). p. motors of a new
American type."
In the Ithineland, it Is pointed out,
lespite the limitations set by the Lo
carno pact, air fields have been elab
orated near Barmen, In the Wupper;
near delsenkirchen, at IMrmasens, at
Dlngllnghem, Baden ; at Hastatt on
the Baldennu, and at Klntzlg. These
'tew fields, It Is claimed,- nre In direct
iolatinn of the Locarno pact.
Ccrn Stalk Gas Tested
to Light Farm House
Ames, Iowa.? The time may not be
distant when rural homes will be light
ed and heated from the waste products
of the farm, early experiments at
the field station of the United States
Department of Agriculture Indicate.
An experimental plant has been
?rected on a farm near the station
or production of gas manufactured
from corn stalks as the raw materials
of fermentation.
The goal for which engineers are
-striving is construction of a farm plant
capable of producing 200 cubic feet
of gas suitable for burning as fuel or
for lighting purposes daily.
Such a plant would utilize from for
ty to fifty pounds of shredded corn
stalks a day and would be installed at
hi approximate cost of $.TOO to $fi00.
exclusive of equipment for distribu
tion within buildings.
"Such plants would be especially
lieneflclal in the West, where coal Is
"xpenslve and Illuminating gas unob
tainable." commented I*. Burke Jacobs. |
?lilef of the station.
I "Utilization of certain vegetable
I wastes for generation of gas, either on
the farm or fr4m a central plant lo
cated In a small community which Is
not served bv Illuminating gns, would
simplify the 'farm waste' problem In
so far ns such districts are concerned."
Sultan's Stolen Wealth,
Gone Years, Is Found
Istanbul.- ? Ten tablecloths embroi
dered with real pearls, a basin of sil
ver and gold, and a Jeweled needle
| cnse disappeared many years ngo from
Abdul Hamld's treasures.
An Informer recently denounced or\e
Nourl Bey ns having the precious ob
jects. F'ollce found'them and removed
the treasures to the old museum.
Now Nourl Bey Is sulnpt the museum
for restitution on the grounds that he
bad possessed the Jewels and gold for
more than 20 years.
92-Yr.-01d Woman Known
as "Mother of Mayors"
Boonevllle, Ind. ? Mrs. Elizabeth
llelnzie Neater, who recently celebrat
ed her ninetieth birthday, Is known ns
the "mother of mayora." Her oldest
son, John F. Helnzle, was elected
mayor of Boonvllle In 1005. Hor ??c
ond son, Fred Helnrle, was named
mayor of Tell City In 1000, and In
1029, her third aon, Floyd II. Necier,
was elected mayor of Boonvllle.
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK.
Europe Knows Our Dollar
Marrying Haphazard
One Bafaker, $200,000
$15 a Word, and Cheap
We don't yet know In this country
that our dollar Is only worth 50 cents,
but Europe knows It. The gold franc,
worth about 3.80 cents when, the dol
lar was a gold dollar. Is worth today
6.27 cents In paper dollars. Something
frightened our speculative gentlemen
In Wall Street and stocks dropped
rather violently. They will go hack
again.
The cheaper dollar means a better
price for the stocks, real estate and
everything else with real value. While
the dollar changes Its value by flat,
the other things do not change their
value.
This Is a good time to collect right
real estate and securities. If you know
how to select the right ones.
J. H. Blumensohn of Columbia uni
versity, sent to Brazil by the Rocke
feller foundation, found Interesting In
dians called the Kalngang tribe. These
Indians solve one of civilization's prob
lems by marrying both the daughter
and the mother; no mother-in-law dif
ficulty there.
In former times the Indians prac
ticed extensively polygamy and group
marriage, several men and several
women being married to each other
at the same time.
There Is no marriage ceremony, and |
when the Kalngangs kill each otner In i
family feuds, divorce quarrels or for |
other numerous reasons, there is no j
punishment provided. Also there Is j
no mo>al code.
The good will be glad to hear that ,
the tribe Is dying out; not expected to
last long. I
Edward G. Bremer, young bank pres
ident of St. Paul, thirty-seven years |
old, Is released by kidnapers. His fa- ;
ther paid a ransom of S'JOO.OOO In $R I
and $10 bills, which weighed flfty
pounds and filled two suit-boxes. Unit
ed States detectives are looking for I
"ten or twelve kidnapers."
Repeal of prohibition has dlsoour- :
aged bootleggers, but will probably ?
promote kidnnping.
Charles Dickens Nwrote a life of
Christ In 14,000 wordsVor his children, j
They would not sell or allow It to be ,
published. Now the last is dead and |
the brief manuscript sells for $15 a
' word, $210,000, not Including the orig
inal Itself In Dickens' handwriting.
That manuscript itself will sell for a
big price some day. Dickens could not
! have Imagined all this when he was a
j young, struggling writer In London. |
"Stone walls do not a prison make,"
you all know t! at, "nor Iron bars a
cage," under certain conditions.
That youth, beauty and even dia
monds do not make happiness you
learn from a young woman, a "Follies
girl," found dead, sitting In a hotel,
registered under a false name.
She had nine diamond rings on her
fingers, $280 in loose change In her
handbag. Her lips were burned with
poison, and those burned lips will
never tell.
Mr. Schwab, of the steel company,
used to say when he saw a little dog
chasing an express train that he won
dered what the dog would do with the
train If he caught It. You wonder
what Uncle Sam plans to do with all
the gold In the world when and If he
gels it. He can't hold It In his tyip.
The United States Is gathering In
formation about silver ? who has It,
who Is hoarding It, why It was bought,
why It Is hoarded?
You remember what happened when
you hoarded gold, If you did. Yon had
to give It to the government at the
old price, and then watched It go up
$15 an ounce. Perhaps you will see
something like that In Silver. One
hundred million ounces of It are said
to be held In this country for specu
lative purposes.
The British post office shows a sur
plus. net profit of $r>n,(HX),000 for the
year. Thai will Interest Postmaster
General Farley, who Is working to
show n profit on his Job
The Interesting thing Is that the
British post office owns and run* the
British telegraph system, government
owned. and will send a telegraph mes
sage anywhere In Great Britain for 12
cents That was the price, at lenst,
when this writer was last In England.
ff at any time you have violated the
prohibition law. stop# worrying. The
Supreme court decided that, prohibi
tion being dead, nobody ran be tried
for violating a law that does not ex
ist The successful bootlegger may
rest pen ref nil v on his laurels and
profits.
At McOraw, N. Y , four dogs led by n j
police dog amused themselves with a
little girl. Joyce Hammond, six years
old, hit her repeatedly, mangled one
of her arms She Is in the hospital. Jus
tice of the Pence A. P. McOraw or
dered the dogs held for n while, to
make sure that they were not afflicted
with rabies and then shot.
Civilized beings will scarcely believe
It. but from different parts of the
country have come earnest appeal*:
"Spare th* poor dogs, flow can yoti
be so cruel?" etc.
(fc, Kin* P?Atur*? Ine.
w STTJ Mrv1c?
BLOODY RIOTS END
DALADIER'S REGIME
Doumergue Undertakes the
Ta?k of Ruling France.
Paris. France. ? Apparently Just In
time to prevent an armed uprlslug
that would, amount to civil war,
Premier Edouard Daladler and his
cabinet resigned, nnd President Lo
brtin called on the veteran former
President, Gaston Doumergue, to form
a new government. This action fol- |
lowed two days of violent rioting In \
which mobs of war veterans, royal
ists, communists and other trouble j
makers fought desperately with the ;
police and witn troops hurriedly
brought to the city. Bloody battles
tool; place In and about the Place de
In Concorde and the Chamber of
Deputies and when quiet was restored
t lie boulevards In the heart of the
city presented a scene of wreckage
anjl desolation.
Estimates of the casualties vary
widely. The mararctUst paper Action
Francalse snld the dead numbered r?0.
Probably more thnn a thousand were
wounded. Some were shot, ethers cut
down with sabers and many were
trampled by the horses of the soldiers, i
Machine gnus mounted on the steps
of the Calais Bourbon, where the
deputies meet, nnd at other strategic '
points swept the streets with bullets.
The most serious disturbance of '
the second evening occurred when a
communist mob fiO.UOO strong Invaded
the heart of Paris shortly after dark.
It spread terrorism up to a ate hour.
Windows were smashed, shops looted,
nnd newsstands and benches set nlire.
Police charged the Beds with clubs
nnd occasionally answered the fire of
Insurgents with pistols.
Doumergue's emergence from his re- i
tirement was at the urgent behest of
Lebrun and many other leaders. The
j seventy-year old statesman consented ,
I to take charge of affairs provided both
houses of parliament would pledge
I him their unqualified support and
j President Lebrun would give him a
decree dissolving the chamber and or
j deling new elections, to be used If he 1
saw fit. These terms were met, and
Doumergue proceeded to form a new !
I cabinet of ten leading figures of par
liament. There were strong lndi- !
cations that his fegime might develop
Into virtual dictatorship. The social- j
Ists, t he war veterans and the fas
cists were still restless and threaten- '
Ing. and the royalists were talking
of a coup d'etat to restore the mon- ;
archy and place on the throne the
duke de Guise, flfty-nlne-yenr-old pre
tender who resides in exile In Brus
sels.
There were numerous opinions as
to the actual cause of the outbreaks
here and In other cities. Some said
the rioters were furious at the gov
ernment over the $-lU.OOO,<HK) Stavisk.v
pawnshop scandal, others that the
people were generally restive under
financial and economic pressure.
Not since the bloody revolution of
1870. has Paris seen such disorders
as raged for two days. Machine guns
? rattled from the steps of the Cham
ber of Deputies. Mounted guards, with
drawn sabers, slashed right and left.
Guns and swords were Daladler's an
swer to "an nrmed attempt against
the safety of the state." Thousands of
Parisians, fighting nnd shouting, made
up the mob.
WASHINGTON BRIEFS
The somite ratified without debate
an extradition treaty with Turkey.
Tuxes collected by the government
last year amounted to $2, 01)0,047,270,
an Increase of more than $070,000,000
over 10.^2.
Representative Connolly (Hep., Pa.),
introduced a bill to authorize accept
ance of $|0,00<),000 worth ..f radium
In payment on Belgium's war obliga
tions to the United States.
Representative Beck (Rep., Pa.),
was declared by a house elections com
mittee to be entitled to the seat from
the Second Pennsylvania district over
John J. Shanahnn, his Democratic op
ponent in the 19.' {2 elections.
Temporary Insurance is now pro
tecting *U>. I per cent of all the depos
its In all the banks of the country,
according to K. (5. Bennett, director |
of Federal Deposit Insurance corpor- ,
atlon. I
Leonard Dupee White, University of
Chicago professor of political science,
has been selected ns the Republican :
member of the c\vll service com mis- j
slon to succeed Thomas Campbell, re
signed.
Nnr i Prop* gnnrln Seized
New. York ?Several thousand pam j
phlets, described ns Nazi propaganda,
were seized aboar'I the freighter Kste,
which docked here.
Outburst Threaten*
in Philippine Province
Manila, P. I. ? A warning that blood
may flow In Pampanpa province, norfh
of Manila, In a tight over the machinery
for the general election June r> has
been brought to Secretary of the In
terior Teofllo Slson by a delegation.
Bad Firm in Kanma City
Kansas City, Kan.- ? Twobulldlngs of
the Cnrswell Manufacturing company's
plant here were destroyed by fire with
an estimated loss of $200,000.
CRAWLING SUBMARINE
Sea-bed exploration should he sim
plified by the use of a new type of
submarine, recently tested In New
York. This small craft can crawl
about the ocenn bed. and has a hatch
througn which a diver can leave or
enter it.
Ferry's Seeds are sold only in freth
dated packages. When you buy Fer
ry's Seeds you are sure of the finest
quality available. Adv.
Tiny Radio Set
Pino de Corbertaldo, a youth llvlnj
at Trevlso, Italy, has a certificate as
suring him that his radio set. with
which he can pot half-a-dn/.en sta
tions. is the smallest In the world. It
will fit comfortably Into a nutshell ?
apd the nut Is not a coconut !
Why the Sudden
Change to Liquid
Laxatives?
Doctors have always recognized the
value of the laxative whose dose can
be measured, and whose nction can
be thus regulated to suit individual
need.
The public, too, is fast returning
to*the use of liquid laxatives. People
have learned that a properly pre
pared liquid laxative brings a pcrfect
movement without any discomfort
at the time, or after.
The dose of a liquid laxative can
be varied to suit the needs of the
individual. The action can thus be
regulated. It forms no habit; you
need not take a "double dose" a day
or two later. Nor will a mild liquid
laxative irritate the kidneys.
The wrong cathartic may often do
wore harm than good.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
frescription, and is perfectly safe.
ts laxative action is based on senna
? a natural laxative. The bowels will
not become dependent on this form
of help. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
is at all druggists. Member N. R. A.
MercolizedWax
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Abaprb blemishes and discolorations using
Mcrcolized Wax daily as directed. Invisibli
particles of aged skin aro freed and all
defects such ns blockheads, tan, freckles and
largo pores disappear. Skin is thou beauti
fully clear, velvety and so soft ? face looks
years younger. Mercolired Wax brings out
your hidden beauty. At all leading druggists.
Powdered Saxolite ?
Koduoee wrinkles and other age-signs. Bira
ply dissolve one ounoe Saxolito in half-pint
witch huol aod ueo daily ao faoo lotion.
AThree Days' Cough
Is Your Danger Signal
Don't let them get a strangle
hold. Fight germs quickly. Creo
mulslon combines 7 major helps In
one. Powerful but harmless. Pleas
ant to take. No narcotics, Your
own druggist Is authorized to refund
your money on the spot if your
cough or cold is not relieved by
Creomuision. (adv.)
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again relied upon it to
keep up my utrcnRth <lur
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of tho Prescription wS* all I had to take."
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