Dayton tribune., January 01, 1925, Image 3

Peasemeal Battle oí the Aberdeen Students
King of Kumasi Is
Now Private Citizen
Paramount
Monarch
Ashanti Deposed.
BOTH CHEF AND ARTIST
of
Eat Orange • Day,
Keep Baldness Away
Washington, I». C.— Prempeh, last
Milwaukee.—An orange ■ day
king of the stalwart Ashantis, I» re­
will keep baldness away. Dr.
turning to tils forest girt capital, but
LeRoy Crammer, professor of
he goes as a private citizen. He will
medicine at the Un'verslty of
never again occupy the golden stool.
Nebraska, 1» authority for the
These facts, contained in news dis­
statement, made at a meeting
patches, are explained In the following
here of the Tri State Medical
bulletin from the Washington (D. C.)
association.
headquarters of the National Geograph­
“Science has found that the
absence of certain acids in the
ic society:
stomach
eventually
produces
*The capital of the People Who Eat
baldness,“ ne declared
"It Is
Corn In tire City Under tire Oakum
also proved that citrus fruits
Tre«», which I» the translated way of
abound In healthful acids that
saying tout the capital of Ashanti is
tend to stimulate sluggish stom­
Kumasi. There ar« many potentates
li hi possible to be u famous chef
achs Eat citrus fruits and you
In Ashanti but, until Prempeh whs de­
and
an accomplished artist. In one.
will never be bald."
posed. the Ung of Kumasi was the par­
Joseph N. Jacobson has painted mag­
amount monarch of all the ebon
azine covers for publications in the
Ashanti tribes. He it was who, in
L'nlted States, France. Sweden and
theory at least, maintained the tra­
Russia,
and be really doesn't have to
ditional harem of 3,833 wives, drank civll war, and be had to consolidate
be a chef. But he can t stop because
from the skulls of his would-be con­ his power; but, in 1893, he closed the
he likes it, he says. For twenty years
querors, and immolated relatives of roads of ids dominion to traders from
be has cooked. He was head chef in
the
south,
so
that
the
British
govern
­
distinguished dead In tire Spirit bouse
the L'nlted States senate, served as a
in the grove so that the departed ment had to Intervene In behalf of
cook with Gen. Joseph Kuhn of the
Thl» I» mn a »cene tollowlng un exploshm.
It I» morely .. »cene photographed durimi thè annuui
might have an ample entourage in the their Gold coast protectorate. This
Seventy-ninth division In France, and
♦lection baule In thè quudrangle of thè Martorimi colle««. Aberd-.n university
lb» peusemeu buttle between
Intervention
resulted
In
the
'.rrender
next world.
has been chef in prominent New York
Unionista and Hie l-aborltes among thè studente resulta In Just »urli a screp ss Is »«eu in thè pitture.
of
Prempeh,
three
years
laur,
and
bls
Whsre Plants Struggle to Live.
hotels.
Jacobson does much of his art
exile, first at Elmlna. a Gold coast
"Ashanti lies north of the Gold town, and later upon the Seychelles Is- [ work In odd moments while In the
coast qf Africa, between the Ivory lands. There he spent 28 years andi k.ieben.
coast and Togoland. The country, now had. for varying periods, the company ;
British Woman, 106,
under British control, is approximately of such picturesque exiles as Saad i
Saskatchewan Town Debt
Is Looking for Mate
the size of West Virginia. About half Zaghloul, of Egypt; the warlike Ka-
Tiptree. Englund.—Mrs. Betsy
Threatens It With Ruin
it» area comprises one of the thickest, barega, of L'nyoro, and Sayyid Khalid.
I’ennick, who «u» n debutante
densest, most Impenetrable primeval of Zanzibar.
Regina, Saskatchewan.—The little
when Victoria became queen of
foaoHta In all the world The Iron tree
“When Prempeh returns to Kumasi town of Battleford, whose resident»
Englund In 1837. 1« on the look
and the bombax, the silk-cotton and he wiH miss the king's palace. a hand­ are threatened with a possible levy of
out for a husband. SI»« Is 1U6
the hardwood, bamboos and ferns, and some red sandstone building which has 5 per cent of their total assessmeat»
jcur» old and »till going strong
an almost infinite variety of growth» dl»api>eared. Gone, too, is the Spirit to satisfy town debts, has appealed to
I
TL-:. n... Tkrnuwh ‘*cn 0T Mechanic Harding commis
Having just recovered from a
engage in a fierce fight for life. Every house, scene of human sacrifices, which the Saskatchewan government to save
Lose Their Bars I hro g «¡oned om(-er, |n (flv regular army.
period of lllne»», »he say» »he
plant, from slender tendril to giant used to lie just behind the market it from financial ruin. The town owe»
Army Regulations.
Army officers explulned that It wan
wants someone to provide for her
: tree, rises erect, seeking a place In the place. Instead there Is now a railroad about $700,000 to bondholders, of
largely to provide ugninal |Hmslblê I
for the relit of her days.
sun, 'drawn out to an absurdly dispro­ station, terminus of the line from Se- which approximately $300.000 is over­
Washington.—Although the plaudit» mlieiHu of power that Hie system of
Mrs. Pennick whs married 8«
portionate height In It* < ndeavor to kondl. on the coast, 168 miles away. due.
A judgment has been secured
which greeted the return of the tri­ promotion provided under the national
years ago, but bus been a widow
force Its own bead above those of Its And he will find his old political capi- ' against the community by some of
defense
net
wits
devised.
To
relieve
umphant army flyer» from their spec-
for 40 year». She 1» thought to
neighbors.'
tal transformed Into a busy distrib- the creditors and as a result residents
Incular flight around the world have the con t'est Ion In Ilie grade of captain
be the oldeat of King George»
“The mahogany, the teak and the atlng center for the Inland Gold coast arc
are confronted with
levy
It
wuh suggested by General Pershing
........ a • possible
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* -- of
hardly ceased, one of the »Ix Heuten
subject» In England
ebony, varieties which civilization colony, of which Ashanti now forms a 640 mills, or about three-fourths of the
ant» who gained enduring laurels for In bls final refiort us chief of stuff
prizes, here crowd each other for life. part.'
1 total assessment.
that the act be amended Io permit the
the L'nlted States Is a noticommls-
Flowers, birds and beasts are • vluded
promotion
out
of
regular
order
of
cap
­
»limed officer In the ranks and unother
from these thicknesses; the plant life
Is wearing the garb of a civilian me­ tains who showed signal ability.
sucks In every lota of »ustenan- c from
Six Years After War
W»«k»’ Hands Tied.
chanic st u flying field In Dayton.
sun and soli. Parasites abound. Vel­
Secretary
of
War
Weeks,
It
Is
said,
Mines
Still
a
Menace
Ohio.
vety moss clings to the decaying trees
Furthermore, It Is Mid that there wÿllld welcome both Ogden und Hurd
Copenhagen.—Recent reports dia that have met defeat. There being
Ing
us
officers
of
the
regulur
uriny,
was nothing that the army could do
close the presence of drifting mine* no more room aloft the lianas, or mon­
•bout It. It wus pointed out that H but he Is powerless to act
In the Baltic as n menace to shipping
One officer »aid ull the secretary enn and It 1» evident that official report* key ropes, festoon themselves from
wu» army regulations tosued under the
tree to tree and form weird arbors fc;
do
Is
to
write
each
of
the
officers
a
national defense act und only congress
ns to the clearance of mines In the», lesser horizontal growths.
letter
of
commendation,
but
Secre
­
cun go beyond that. The fate of the
waters ure not to be wholly trusted.
“Tlie white man. even with all the
two members of the expedition who tary Weeks hus gone further. In bls
ft is believed that any storm might
With sufficient amplification,
aids of modern medicine, cannot sur-
refiort
till»
year
to
President
Coolidge
happened to be reserve officers Instead
dislodge the units of some mine field
One Hundred Thousandfold large.
Vive long in such a habitat; only the
Doctor Hull stated, the blows may pro­
of regular army officers Is up to con- he recommended (lint tlie present sys­ laid during the war. and It Is argued
Amplification Used.
duce a roar like that of Niagara.
tem of promotion by seniority be modi that dangerous mines, frozen up It most stalwart of the black men can
adapt themselves to It. In the Seven­
The electron is the unit charge of
fleti. In this connection he said :
the
Ice
of
winter,
may
«ell
flout
abou'
It’» Up to Congre»».
electricity and the determination of
"It should be possible to provide untH next »firing und then reappear teenth century, or a little earlier, mi­
Ann Arbor, Mich.—Experiment» hy
Just wbnt congress will do 1» »till ■ for special promotion, one grade at u
grating Moslem tribes to the north
lis­ Its value Is of the utmost importance.
question, but there Is no doubt u bill time, of some portion ‘of the officer» In totally unexpected locutions.
drove hands of negroes Into the coun­ which scientists have been able to tile The oil drop method, devised by Pro­
ten
to
the
movement
of
electrons,
will bo introduced in the house of of the army a» long ns such promo­
try. The newcomers took possession
de- fessor MIH'ken in the physics labora­
representative» this session to give tions do not exceed 2 per cent of Hie Dresden Cheers Unhappy
of this forest realm, and. In defending sin llest particles of matter, were tlie tory of rhe University of Chicago,
here by Dr. A. W. Hull of
¡roper recognition to the world flyers. promotion» by seniority. Such a sy»-
gave science Its first accurate measure­
With Symphony Concerts It, developed themselves Into a vigor­ scribed
res*.. cli laboratory of the General ments of the charge of the electron.
The two men affected are Civilian tern would tlnd room for all officers
ous,
clannish
people.
.
Hie
dowmrod
Dresden.—To clwer
Elect He company, at the annual meet­ Accurate as the experiments are, how­
Mechanic Henry Ogden, now assigned who have particularly distinguished den. a series of tree symphony cou
"Tradition lias It that a famine drove ing oi be American Physical society.
ever, It Is desirable that they be
to Mct’ook field. Dayton. Ohio, und themselves In the service of the Unit certs Ims been given to the uneni large numbers of the settlers south,
The acuum tube amplifier In which checked by some independent method.
Technical Sergeant John (Happy)
ployed of this city by the League fm and that these refugees kept alive on
the an,| ¡icatlon is carried to a hun­
Harding of Helfrldge field. Sluun'
Milliken’s method of measuring the
"I therefore recommend the adop Musical Culture. The attendance win herbs, or ‘fan,’ In the native tongue;
dred thu -undfold, and with which a charge of an electron is based on the
Vlemcn». Mich.
Hon by congress of an amendment to overwhelming. und the Interest of lUe while those left behind are corn, or
millionfold can be reached, makes Influence of gravity and of electric
When the flyer» left the shores of j the national defense uct whereby the audience keen, especially when th* ‘san.’ The former, who Inhabit the
this possible. Doctor Hull stated. The charges on minute oil "dropiets."
Gold
coast
to
this
day,
are
known
as
management
provided
musical
expert*
the United States. Harding, who was u ' I'rcsldcnt might be authorised to pro­
sound produced by the electrons Is These droplets are so small that the
second lieutenant In the officers’ re­ mote, not to exceed one grade, any us speakers who, previous to each per Fantl; while those who rema'-ned were
called Ashanti. Both tribes speak the I caused by bombardment of the plate effect of gravity causes them to fall
serve corps, we" called to active »erv- i officer below the grade <ft Colonel who formanee, sketched the life of the com
Ice »o be could receive sufficient | by some conspicuous act of service, ¡*oser and explained In simple Ian snme lang- age but the Ashanti. In their by electrons, released from the hot only a quarter of an Inch in ten sec­
It Is these electrons which onds.
money to bear Ids Increased expenses. ' lias demonstrnt* d Ids special fitness gunge the underlying musical ideas ul Isolation, have develojied a physical su­ fllament.
carry
the
current
and which make the
periority to their southern neighbors.
tire opus.
Ogden was allowed Io fly ns u set ■ foF such promotion."
In the formation of these small
operation of the tube possible. The
"In 1807 the Ashantis cnme Into first
geant. However, when the fliers nr- 1
drops with an atomizer, occasionally
noise is therefore a fundamental prop­
one becomes charged through friction;
contact with the British by attempting
rived nt Shanghai, Chinn, Ogden nls-> ,
erty of electron emission, a character­
to Invade the realm of the Fantls. Not istic ct the electron, according to Doc­ for example: It may carry an addi­
was appointed a »econd lieutenant In
until a quarter of a century later were
Hie officers’ reserve corps und placed ■
tor Iiull. The experiments have been tional electron. If, then, the droplet
the northmen driven back from the conducted Jointly by Doctor Hull and is between two electrically charged
on active duty.
sea const. Early In the seventies diffi­ Dr. H. H. Williams of the University plates. It will behave differently from
Army officers said army regulations, j
culties arose which caused British
the uncharged particles. Doctor Hull
an set forth In the national defense '
of Michigan at the university.
stated. Those which are not charged
act of 1920, forbid Hie promotion of Princeton Astronomer Accepta proach of one star close enough t< forces to undertake the exceedingly
Called Schrot Effect
will fall. The charged particles will
nny man to the grade of u cominls-
another to cause eruptions would bt arduous task of marching upon Ku­
Theory of Britisher.
The noise, due to the electrical oscil­ be attracted to the positive plate. By
sloned officer except through regulur I
an excessively rare occurrence. If th* masi. The expedition was successful,
channels. In other words, these two
stars have been shining for only a few and It was not until after the elevation lation which Is set up by the Impacts tlie use of the proper voltage between
Princeton, N. .1. -'Ten thousand hundred million years, few Indeei of Prince Prempeh to the golden stool of the Individual electrons on the plate, the plates, these charged particles can
men. In order to become officers, would ;
have to pans their cxnmlnallons the billion years probably tire no longer would have planetary systems nroum In 1888—the same Prempeh who now is known as the Schrot effect. The be made to fall more slowly, held sta­
same an any other man seeking n com­ Ilian Ilie life of a slur. Henry Norris them, he said, adding that If. as Pro Is returning to his former domain— energy of each blow Is extremely mi­ tionary, or caused to move upward.
nute, but, like rain drops, the ener­ If two electrons. Instead of one, are
mission In the regular army. They [ Russell, bead of Ilie department of fessor Eddington suggests, the star- that troubles arose ngnln.
In Company of Noted Exiles.
gies of the many Individual impacts held by the droplet, the effect Is
are allowed, however. Io hold their | astronony In Princeton university, have existed 1UU.000 times longer that
said «hen lie voiced bls agreement this. It is probable that large number*
riink as reserve officers.
"Prempeh was enthroned after a add, and their sum be<omes very doubled. Measurements made by this
method give the value of the electronic
Even President Coolidge cannot In with the theory recently advanced by of stars are attended by planets.
Eddington
and
Doctor
charge very exactly. In recognition
tervene to make either Sergeant Og­ Professor
"We have no hope at present of
Jenns. English astronomers.
of the Importance of this work, the
finding out which ones are the center*
Nobel prize In science for last year
"The »un has undoubtedly shone for of such systems, for the planets an
was awarded to Professor Milliken.
more than a billion years,'' Professor so small In comparison with the Inter
REFUSED AS AIR MAIL
Opens Up New Field.
Russell said. "Assuming as Professor stellar distances that no human means
Eddington does that matter In the In of obseryrtion could detect the ones
Doctors Hull and Williams have
terlor of stars mny be gradually con­ like those In our system If they re
measured the charge of the electron In
verted Into energy to supply these volved about even the nearest star.'
a different way, by means of the
losses, the life of a star probably ex­ Professor Russell said.
| Schrot effect, and have opened a field
ceeds ten thousand billion years.
। for research which promises to add to
"Among n large number of plane
"Having accepted this, a serious tary systems there would probably he
the knowledge regarding the electron
I and Its properties.
difficulty regarding the origin of the many planets which were potentially
solar system Is removed.
The best habitable, having the props- tempera
It was not such a long time ago
hypothesis so far Is that which as­ tore nnd suitable supplies of air and
that the electron was unknown, the
sumes flint planets owe their exist­ water.
speaker declared. First scientists had
We can hardly say what
.*2.7,,,$*/*
ence to eruptions from the sun pro­ chances there are that life would ac
। the molecule, itself so small that man's
duced by tl.e close approach of anoth­ tually exist on such planets, because
, ability ever to see even one of the
er star to the sun This was first sug we know virtually nothing of how life
largest may seriously be doubted.
gested by Professors Chamberlin nnd originated on the earth. The form*
1 lien came the atom, the minute integ­
Moulton of the University of Chi­ which life might take < n another
ral part of the molecule. For a long
time the atom was considered as the
cago."
planet are of course matters of pure
ultimate particle of matter. But each
Professor Russell explained how It speculation.
element presents a different atom,
could be demonstrated that the ap-
"It mny be added that although tin
Science was not content to rest It
new point of view makes it probatdr
sought to connect all phenomena, and
enough that life lias existed or will
the electron was the result.
exist In many places In the sidereal
It was discovered that all matter Is
Capt. Eagle and Priv.
universe we are not yet in a position
composed of electrons, the different
t । say how many of these would occui
Hawk Real Birdmen
substances resulting from the differ­
at the same time. It Is fairly likely
Washington.
ent properties possessed by the atoms
that the time during which any planet
Eagle, lute of the office of the
according to the number and arrange­
is actually the abode of life Is but n
chief of air service of the War
ment of the electrons they contain.
small
fraction
of
the
life
of
the
stm
department and now of Bolling
about which It revolves."
field, whose name has been used
Woman Mail Carrier
Hearing that the government wanted
In many puns upon the air terv-
more patronage for the air mall, Ches
Lnnslng. Mich.—For 21 years Mrs. M.
lee. hus at last found compan­
Sorrow’s Consecration
ter N. Weaver of San Frnnclsco put
ionship. It appears that there
Great grief makes those sacred upon
H. M. 8. Lion In drydock at Jnrrow, England, dismantled and being cut in Wood has driven a rural mall route
S17S.0A worth of stamps on himself
Is u Private Hawk in the air
whom Its hand Is laid. Joy may ele half preparatory to complete demolition. One half was taken to Blyth and the here. Mrs. Wood has the second heav­
and tried to mall himself to New York
service, too.
vate. ambition glorify, but sorrow atom other half to the breakers’ yard, Newcastle. The Lion was formerly Admiral iest route out of Lansing, delivering
by plane. But the postal authorities
mall to 450 families.
can consecrate.—Horace Greeley.
Beatty's flagship and participated In brilliant sea service.
ruled against him.
World Flyers Are
.
Back in the Ranks
Electrons Heard by
New Radio Device
SAYS SUN AND STARS ARE
OVER BILLION YEARS OLD
Breaking Up a Famous Warship