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P'^NewDev Help rr _________ flfAadlo Direction Indicators Are Improvements to Save Life and Time. NEED FOR CASH IS ACUTE * Bight Planes Used in Mail Service in ! United States and 54 in English Channel Service Compared? Fog No Longer Menace. INaw Ynrb W... .1 1 ? ? ?ut 4icn UU? H- r** IU MIH'* j guard mail pilots and assure the sure j ( guidance of mail planes through all ( kinds of weather aro m?\v being In- | tailed on mall planes and at the Newark and Bellefonte Hying Holds, accord- ] tag to a statement by Otto l'raeger, second assistant postmaster general | In charge of aerial mail. Itadlo direc- ( tlon indicators and a new eotnpass are ( among the improvements which will save both life and time. In his staturtnnt Mr. rrneger goes . ' carefully into the aerial mail situation In this country, pointing out that much | j depends upon the attitude of congress toward appropriations for the extension of the service, lie contrasts the eight airplanes in dally mall carrying ( operations throughout the entire Unit- ! ?d States with the M transporting | mall each day In Great Hrltain and ^ across the channel. "The fact that Kuropeau countries are operating more extensive air mail ( services thnn the United States is due , solely to the reason that the post olHee department lias not been able to obtain appropriations for the desired dove!- ' opment," he says. Concerning the Im- j provements in air mall carrying, lie ays: ! "With tlic co-operation of the bureau j of standards, the signal corps of the army and the radio section of the ( navy, the aerial mall service has tie veloped u most powerful loop radio for communicutlon of mail planes and their guidance through all sorts of ' weather, even fog. This equipment j la now being Installed on the new mail planes and landing fields at College ! Park, Newark and Bellefonte, I'a. "The radio set has u tremendous range for sending. Its possibilities 1 have not been fully determined. In- J stead of requiring masts from 200 to 000 feet high, the aerial wires are being raised on masts only 23 feet high. Field Marking Equipment. "Included in the equipment is a lleld- , marking radio device which enables a , pilot to steer exactly for the center of j his landing field, although it may he Invisible and obscured by clouds, rain, snow or fog. The tremendous import- ( nee of this Invention, which has been | perfected by the bureau of standards 1 ( on the Initiative of the aerial mail service, can he barely realized by those unfamiliar with the art of flying. ( "Fog is the aviator's most dangerous j enemy. A majority of crashes and bad landings are caused solely by the inability of the pilot to determine his I position and the location of a suitable landing plnce. "A new coiqpuss has been devised , and put In service on the small planes, but one of the tfcost Important contributions to illation being worked out by the aerial mail service, with every prospect of success, is a noninugtiStlc and nongyroscopic compass which will overcome the unreliability of the mag- ' netlc compass caused by vibration and other disturbing features of an airplane in motion. "Through the encouragement and actual assistance of the aerial mall service an American Inventor has \ created a self-cleuning spark plug for , the nowerfnl hlcliJ,nmnro?ciAn Liberty motor. "We have every reason to believe I i that these new Inventions will do much | i DAVISON WELCOMES S t yj|'| ? y KSJBj *$F%- :--'* \ >'iuM Sir Dnvlcl Henderson, director tfencr flee, Who arrived on the Hiiltic, shown n? head of the Ainerlcan Ited CroHs. ROUMANIAN COURT IS STIRRED Crown Prince Charles, Despite Proteat Prom His Parents, Rejoins His Morganatic Wife. Bokbareat, lloumanla.? Kin# Ferdinand and Queen Marie have been much disturbed by the fact that Crown Prince Charles has rejoined Mlm Zyzla Lambrlno. whom he married niortcanatleally la 1918, and from whom he was fcftst by his pnrents to obtain a sep ' J * ~. " ices to Lir Pilots Tor the transcontinental service when it Is Installed. Heretofore the only argument against the aerial mail plane ivas that railroads were more dependable than flying machines (or loug hauls, that planes could not tnnke transcontinental or long cross-country flights with a surety of success hecause the weather might either delay the start or force n landing on undesirable ground. "There was much In that argument until the wireless was called Into play In hcliulf of the air mail plane." Cut Down the Time. Air service across the continent from New York to San Francisco will cut ; lown the time of transmission of mall ty almost two days, according to Mr. liraeger. He says: "The proposed transcontinental air nail from New York to San Francisco is the result of our Inability to get the railroads to give the Pacific coust j cities, notably Los Angeles, San Fran- ' cisco aud Seattle, an efficient mail <ervlce. A letter mailed in New York md making all connections takes IM> lours to reach San Francisco. "If you write a letter Monday It w ill j leave New York at 8:40 o'clock that night, and If the trains are on time ivlll arrive In San Francisco at 12:30 Vclock Friday afternoon. Durina 25 lays In October the mail reached San Krancisco on schedule only five times. iVhen the trains were as much as an liour late the mail was not delivered until Saturday morning. "Ity the air mail route letters written Monday would leave New York I'uesday morning, arrived in Omaha, Neb., that afternoon in great planes if the type which are now being completed for the mail service; arrive at l.attlc Mountain. Nev., on Wednesday nfternnon and he In the San Francisco post office by J) o'clock Thursday morning; In fact, delivered almost two days Ahead of the mail sent overland by train. "This mute If congress permits the carrying out of present plans, will be operated by multimotored planes carrying a ton of mail from New York to Omaha, and then onto the Coast by planes carrying l.fiOO pounds over the Itockles. "The West has been uroused in favor of this service, but what congress will do in the matter remains to lie seen. The trouble with aviation in America is lack of vision and Ignorance of the problems that confront manufacturers. Until the national congress obtains a clearer grasp of j tills subject the Unitssl States will steadily slip hack while Europe goes forward. In Death Struggle. "Few of us apparently realize to lay in.u Tiic American nirpiane industry Is In a death struggle for existence. People seem to he under the linpresSearch Sky f< Harvard Observatory Finds 18 Not Previously Classified Through Photographic Study. Cambridge, Mass.? The Harvard co'lege conservatory is making a systematic search for new stars, according to Acting Director S. T. Bailey. who ^nld that every two weeks a photo-1 graphic study of the Mllkv Way was made and the new stars charted. Since this work was undertaken several years ago, he added, eighteen new stars had been discovered. "We also are engaged upon a detailed study of the magnitudes of dnrs," ITof. Bailey said. "In certain special areas, in co-operation with Prof. Knpteyn of (Jronlngen. Holland, we are making an especially intensive ?tudy of both the magnitude and position of all stars down to the fifteenth IR ItAVin UPMnCRgOM m UflllU I I U. 11 ULIIUVI1 wl^WHWi I^^ BhB^9BH^^^^B8 jfw? * '. v MLWrttrlBHSItW fl9H^MnHpHHvrrot^by^^^Ht $ mm ^40MMH'sMifrn New?p?per ViUonRrj - ; - .. ... :.:.-.-.if<->:X-.y .-. . ..... ....: . v.':-.v,y.'.:.S ul of the League of Hod Cross Socleho was greeted by Henry I'. Davison, I lounrlng his rights to the throne, he ias accepted a subordinate position In ! he army. The pair are familiar tig- ' ires on the boulevards of Hukharesf. "He has had all that a father and not her could give to u son," said Jueen Marie sadly, "and If he chooses o go his way we can't help It. We lave pleaded and reasoned with him intll entreaty ! no longer possible, fouth and love, I suppose, will have heir way In spite of kings nnd queens, rhe whole affair l?as been a great gfief , o the king nnd mysjlf." | MISS MAUDE YOUNGER ^Hr: ' - : $ ^S$r ' < Sj^^L W^T 'jtjtfl Miss Mnurio Younger Is secretary of tlio legislative comniiltee for tlie nn iiimai women t? party or which Miss Alice Paul Is chairman. Of Independent means. Miss Younger devotes virtually her entire time to speechmaklng and lobbying In Washington for the ratitlcntlon of the suffrage amendment. She spent five years in the college settlement, New Y'ork. where she was converted to suffrage through her close contact with the luhorlng classes. sion that om. airplane industry is holding Its own with the rest of the world and thar the air mall service of the United States Is the only one in operation. "Today It Is the boast of the nir mall service of the post ofllre department of the United States that we have eight airplanes In the nir dally, covering a total of 1,000 miles of territory and carrying an aggregate of 2,100 pounds of mail. 'Tompare this with the information contained in an ofliclnl report from Loudon detailing the status of the airplane postal service in Great Britain at the close of the month of September. 1010. This report discloses that 54 government airplanes were transporting mails dally from one part of the country to another, the latest routes Including Bristol, Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester anil Glasgow; also that multiple motor Hundley Page airplanes were carrying 1.400 pounds of letter mail to Brussels for forward Ing to llollnnd and Norway, and bringing hack on the return trip 2,0o0 pounds of continental mail." 3r New Stars t- ? or sixteenth magnitudes, or, in other | words, down to stars about 10.000 j times too faint to lie seen with the I naked eye. There are something like | 100,000,000 such stars. f ~ . t s oaoy s uauns on Wall J : Better Than Masterpiece \ j ji Itaby finger prints on tlx* s ]i wallpaper are the finest exam- ? ;! pie of mural art. This was the ) 11 decision handed down In a New 5 ; ;i York city court by Justice Ho- ? hlt/.ek. In dismissing a suit to ? recover alleged damages he- ? cause a baby had embellished Z ;; the Interior decorations of an 2 I apartment by a frieze all Its Z I !| own. 2 | !; This would be n happier t I world to live In," the Judge said, % 11 "If baby fingers "ould only \ !| make their Imprint on the ^ !; hearts of men and women. 1 j j !; would rather see the print of 5 'I baby fingers on the walls of my | '! house than have them adorned \ jj with the world's masterpieces." J TREASURE DIGGER WINS SUIT New Jersey Preacher Doesn't Have to Pay Farmer $5,000 on Note, Saya Court. i'nterson. N\ J.?Frederick Lucius, pastor of the Conpregntloq of Knllphtemnent of Soul and Spirit, will not be compelled to pay $">,000 for the privilege of dipping tip a farm In quest of burled treasure. A Jury In the circuit court here dismissed the sul' npalnst hlrn on grounds of "no cause for action." The plaintiff was Daniel Halslnper who said he had loaned Loehr* $.\00C on a note. The pastor testified that Halslnper told hint of a conversation Halslnper had with a woman, In which the Intter recounted a dream In which over $2,000,000 worth of Jewelry ant! gold was hurled on Halslngrr's faru in unKinno, m. .1. The pastor agreed to buy the fnrm he said. and (cava Balslnger $20 It cash and tho note for $5,000. Thar ho and Mrs. Sophlo Sautter, trohaum of ttio congregation. and Mrs. Marl* lllumer, secretary. dug and dug Ir. vain for the valuables. Philadelphia Cat "Canoed." Philadelphia.?"Please send the po Hoe to Forty-second and Kpruct streets quick; I am In distress," at excited voice over the phone crier Into Police Sergeant Pre!imayePs ear Half a dozen cops were loaded Intt a patrol wagon and eorrled to th? house. When they entered they saw t woman chasing a cat whose head wni stuck In a sardine can. After man) chairs and tables had been overturned the cat was Anally made canleaa. 0 SOIL EROSION ON 1 SLOPING TRACTS . E No Slope Steeper Than 15 Degrees Should Be Cleared for Best Cultivation. f TO PREVENT SERIOUS HARM One of the Most Effective Methods of t Thwarting 8oll Washing Is by r Terracing?Stops Washing Away of Land on Hillsides. r t (Prepared by the United States Depart- 1 ment ot Agriculture.) S The farmer who contemplates elenr- '' inpt n wooded trnet which Is more or t less uneven In character should make t ; sure that, If clenred. It will not suffer '> I [from erosion, llow steep n slope ??f '' wooded land can safely he cleared *' for farming depends largely on tha li character of the soil. It has often h been snltl that no slope steeper than i k 1.1 decrees should he cleared anil, as a j <1 general rule, this prohahly holds irood. I n .However, not Infrequently slopes of 1 v 1?ss then 15 decrees show serious ero- li hslon under cultlvr.tljn. while occasion I ally others of 20 degrees nn?l more (show no serious results. The ques- ' J 'tlon, therefore, is one that must he ; n settled for each locality, or even for each tract. e In Case of Doubt. | s Usually the farmer who Is In doubt | < can find In the vicinity n piece of t cleared land similar In character to j his own. and can Judge his problem by t the condition of the cleared area. In t case of doubt, the snfest course Is to , ,, leave the land uncleared, according to j the forest service. I Some erosion inttst bo expected on all sloping land cleared for cultivation, hut where the tract is really suitable 1( for farming, however, the erosion can | , ^ "* ~~~ ^ Bad Erosion Results From Clearing n Land of Too Steep Slope. he reduced Mitllclently to prevent so- ' rlous harm. The general principle to j ' he kept In mind Is to prevent surface j ( run-ofT, as far as possible. Water that Is absorbed by the soil not only causes 11 no erosion but Increases the supply I ' ...i ?? I,- ..ir <ji KKiuiiu wmer, tiiuunisnes drought. | ^ fiH*dx the streams and maintains a . steady flow In adjoining streams. Terracing Is Effective. One of the most effective methods of preventing erosion on sloping nil- ( tlvated land Is terracing, a subject well worth special investigation by the g farmer who wishes to till sloping j tracts stud at the same time keep the 1 good soil on the tipper areas from lining washed down the hillsides. VALUE OF WOOD-LOT TIMBER ;, t Farmer 0hould Familiarize Himself ( With Products?Big Losses Can , Be Prevented. , j, I i (Prepared by the United States Depart- | ,, meat of Agriculture ) I.ack of familiarity with the business J of timber selling usually puts the own- | er of n small woodland at a disadvantage. and in many regions materia! .front the wood lot is sold considerably | less than Its real value. The loss to i the farmers ts, 'u the aggregate, very j large In order to step this !<> .. it Is I necessary that the farmer informs himself about the different kinds of grades * of wood-lot products, the methods iff ^ estimating and measuring them and ascertaining tlfeir value, the methods of selling, the markets, and the current market prices. Kspeelnlly does he f I ni'i'ii rename lnrormatinn about the | amount and real value of his rftandiiiK ( timber ami the location of uoo?| mm- | | kets. Farmers' liulletln 71.", which ? | mny ho had free, contains detailed In- i formation on these points ? GRAIN DESTROYED BY FIRES ' Considerable Amount Lost Each Year -i ?Avoid Placing Number of Stacks in Small Space. ^ (Prepnred by the Ifnited States Department of AKrlculture.) A considerable amount of matin In int* ih-ui msi enea your liy tires 1 which reach Hip stocks through dry stubble or through lightning. Fire protection demands that a large uiiin- 1 11 her of stacks should not he placed in " a small space and that each group of '' stacks he safeguarded by means of a '' firebreak. Special precautions should s be Riven as to preventing thrashing en- i " glnes setting tire to grain. '' . a Desirable Stable Floor. A compact earth floor made of cln.v s slightly moistened and firmly packed ; '' down ns It Is put In, makes the most durable floor for sheep, young cattle and colts. t Parasites Hurt Hens. s Hens Infested with lice will not lay s ns many eggs nor produce as many f pounds of flesh as those kept free from parasites. Overcrowded Hen Range. t j When birds are overcrowded on n i small range the cIov^^l soon gone i | and hare ground i^gObj^Lj^ fit? ?r BEST TIME TO PRUNE TRANSPLANTED TREES arly Spring Has Been Most Generally Recommended. 00 :ear Has Been Expressed That Branches Cut Back in Fail Will Not Dry Out Sufficiently?Results of Missouri Station. The time to prune transplanted rees, and young trees not to be transplanted, has been much discussed. Jurly spring has been most generally ecommended. It is the usual custom r> prune back the branches of young rees when they are transplanted, lome writers have recommended denying pruning back fall transplanted rees until spring. The precaution nfen urged against cutting back the ranches In the fall Is that the tree r?ses too much moisture through the ut surfaces of the twigs. Fear lias een expressed that the cut-back 'ranches will dry out sufllelently to III hack Imdly during winter. The nest ion naturally arises as to whether nore water will he lost through the rounds of tile cut tivliru limn w.uilit ip transpired from the branches were liey left Intact. In order to answer this question for ilissouri conditions, which are more >r less typical of the central states, reneral observations liave been made in young trees |>rnned at different seaions nt the University of Missouri 'allege of Agriculture in the last went.v years. The results uniformly ndlcnte that better growth results if he branches are cut back in the fall. I'his holds true for young trees generII.v, whether they are transplanted in lie' fall or spring or are not transilnntcd. The same observations are true of jrnpes. A skillful grape propagator ml grower at Hermann, Mo., lias found bat grapes make better growth if irtined back in the fall. This grower ets his cuttings in autumn as soon s the vines shed their leaves and hereby successfully roots Norton, 'yntblana and other varieties found to not with difficulty If the cuttings are nude and set in early spring. lie urtlier says that one-year-old crapes, lesigned to stand n second year n the uirser.v, make much better growth if mined back in the fall; also thai tearing grape vines make stronger xowth If pruned in autumn as sAoii is their leaves are shed. This Is purbnlarly true of varieties that tend to nnke poor renewal growth from the ower spurs. That the water content of young ipple trees is not greatly affected by all pruning was established by exlerlments in 1fwm and lJHil at the Unl erslty of Missouri. Little difference n water content was found between ipple trees transplanted in late fall ind those which were not transplanted. Uso, the trees whose branches were mined back In late autumn contained, hi the average, slightly more wnter ban those which retained theli ranches. While this difference is not trout It at least Indicates that ttie mined hranehes did not suffer from Irving out through the wounds, but lint on the contrary the pruned trees Iried out slightly less than those vhich were not pruned. JUITE SIMPLE POST PULLER effective Dev4c e Made of Ordinary Pieces of Timber With Chain Attacbed to Singletree. This is a very simple post puller. It onslsts of a 'J by fklncb timber about I feet long, placed In a slanting posilon against the post which you desire 0 pull nut of the ground. Fasten the bain around the post Just above the rroiind and run It over the plank. The w-xt step Is to hitch a singletree (ft the ml of the chain and one horse easily mils out any ordinary fence post. This levlee will be found very bandy by Vith a Piece of Plank, a Chain and a Horse, Fence Posts Are Easily Pulled Out. nrmers repairing I heir fences or p-ar ng out old ones to replace them bj be modern steel or concrete fenct tests which have won such great favoi Huong fanners gen era., ;r. The iiulc nay be quickly attached to apy post ind the prop put In place. The parts ire easily carried to the next post t< ie draw n.?Popular Science Monthly. rUBERCULOSIS IN HOG HERD Ml Affected Animals Should Be Senl to Market for Slaughter Under Federal Inspection. Prepared l>y the United States Department of Agriculture.) When tuberculosis already exists In 1 drove of bogs all the affected uql uuls. whether bogs or cattle, should ie removed from the premises. Tht iogs should he sent to market foi laughter at an abattoir under federal aspect Inn. The tuberculin test should >e applied to all cattle on the place lid those reacting should be proper I) llsposcd of. The pens and stablebould be thoroughly cleaned and dls nfectod before r?*tocking. Cover Wheat With Straw. There are two times when It Is he.nl o top dress the winter w lx'nt wit I traw. One is Just after the wheat i; own and the other Is after the groum ree7.es. Need for Chicken Remedies. Soino chicken remedies of cours< nay remedy, but the poult rymnn whi .'i\cs 11 pi.nil 1 > g I . lire. ( lean UII 1 BOUDOIR Gi There Is just mio place where the I gentlewoman. with dramatic instincts, 1 t will allow her robing to ho n hit mi- ' dacious, and tliitt place is within Iter ' ' own four walls. Tlio gentlewoman J naturally strives for distinction in dress, hut she will not go to the length t of wearing things so unusual in " liaractor and design, as to tnnke her on- i spieiioiis in puhllo. Hut within Iter < homo it is different. From any cm*- i nor of the world inspirations' may he i carried out in boudoir gowns and in i uiulorthings; the airiest fabrics, the s most (hiring color combinations, the \ richest embroideries and extravagant- t ly unique designs are at her service. , t Just now t'liina and Japan arc fur- I nlshing alluring tilings with wonder- < fill possibilities'for boudoir wear, 'i'lie f big fringed shawls of crepe do chine, t embroidered with incredible fineness : in tb"1 most brilliant colors, make negligees that only 1 to be draped on t the figure, the drapery sewed in place, i and the robe thus made provided with t a fastening. Like a great many neg- t IIM f.'MtriMi." tlllilir.-s |U?'N1|p- I pone n warm rlimnto or s>tonm hont. f Pretty Vagarie All!Ifor midwinter is like nil- j i tumn leaves?the most colorful ami brilliant of all the year's pageantry. I Pesiirners (rive free rein i<> fancy when ! the time entiles to jri'iiec the heads of ! i iiur \vihim'ii u?r iin* Iv* Im*s o i jioinui\ i 1 times and ail tiiii! the midwint -r sen i s<m brines in the way of entertain' ment. This year tin y arc reveling in l 1 the most gorgeous materials. gold and silver tissuos ami Incis, itmek jewels, bends, spangles, brocades, ctnbroidI cries?everything rieli and splendid that they can Iny linnds on. The eternal feminine has not changed since Tennyson sang "the splendor dear to women." lint tins brilliant effort is the swan song of winter millinery?after it. and already ' i edging in with it. come tla plain and : simple demiseason hats; the prelude 1 to spring styles? due to make an early appearance for the benefit of great ' numbers of southern tourists. Who but a designer of millinery would ever think of interpreting the ' lowly coolie hat In fine lace? Ttnl ther I designer's judgment is vindicated, for tho hut nt the top of the urotip shown ahove, Is n fnseinaling viuoiry of lull- i Hurry. Chiintilly hire draped ovvr a sat Evening Wraps Made at Home. Anyone who attends many evening ^ a(TnIrs this winter must of neeess ity possess mi evening wrap. I'retly jiur ments of this type may In- easily mAde I hy tlio skillful home dressmaker nt a priee iiuieh less than is asked for them in the stores. He-re will he lit tin to til ahoui them, its at present most of the evenltur wrii|is are of the " eojie or dolmnn elTeet. ,\s to mate 0 rials, a eomhlnRtlon of satin and hrotuk,] eloth ma.\ la- used, the sn'iu fufWtlnit ' I the upper pnrt. Or the eatir* *wfAp i \RB IS 1 <B VUDACIOUS ill tut 'lie Japs are sending over paddi me] quilted eonts that are cozy, ovely colors and prettily embroL. A ?red. Milady ennnot be hampered by**' ' > onslderatlons of climate, when she * is her fancy roam and the negllgect tfl tad utiderthlngs shown In our picare take no thought of the cold. .otH Long and graceful lines and exqulste coloring In the negligee pictured, J liivr i.in- l.eli.-f that of all eloilfeSr** \ .. n tegligees are the most beautiful. It 1 > of shot blue satin and rose chlfTon. I vlth delicate stitching In hlue and I .'old. One can hardly Imagine it vorn over anything more substantial han undergarments like those pic- , ! urod with it. These are of chiffon l lowered with rosebuds and a touch <f hlue. Satin in pnle hlue makes the hillings and val lace with French jH lowers add their parts to the painty isselilhly. I I'.laek ehantllly lace Is an lnno\^|cfl ion in negligees and underdrees, hut i is sponsored by more than one au horit.v. All of which goes to s?* hat in the seclusion of her h( lothing is too extravagantly unl or the lady of today. s of Milliner* ii-coverod shape shows a little bunch j ii snipes and a rose, posed with all Ilia assurance In the world, at the top where the queen of (lowers has a right to he. The rose needs this prominent position to he seen at nil?for \h:i? observer will ho able to tret hevond a pair of eyes that must he looked into behind a veil of lace? (Sold eloth with applique of figures in block silk cord makes the rich hat : .. 4 it the left of the group. It suggests the Orient, too, with Its odd, fltft tns m'I of fenilu?rs that fall like* a fringe im the mmIi'. and It belongs In the com* |>any it ?ii|n'?rs In, being of the same character as the coolie hat. ^ Kven stri'et hats reflect the gorgemisncss of the mode. The narrow* brimmed sailor at the right of satin has a rich-looking hand of silver braid about the crown ami a silver-gray veil that lures our thoughts to veiled ladies In far lands, even with a pair of frank American eyes behind It. may tie of some of the woolen fnbrlca which are so beautiful this fall. Th? collar and the cuffs may he of velvet ?>r of fur. This hitter material may also be used to face the front. To.. ?u. r The Italian clilhl Ik never perrnltt.-il t?< rub its eyes. If It bursts Into ii :irs it is not repressed, but permitted to luive the cry out. This, It Is claimed, -Mty* | penalities the eyes and makes them eloilr, while robblnK the eyes InJurM tlieio in rmm^^Hys.