Model of an Ideal Playground for Children
Members of the Exiled Royal Family of Hungary
picture of the exiled royal fan.Uy
home. I^qulttlo. Kpsln. Left to right
nr«- Prim-» Otto, Adelheid«- Robert
Felix. Carl Ludwig, Hmlolpb. EHzole-t
Charlotte and Charlotte. The latte»
FLOOR LEADER
Constitution of
France Holds On
was constructed for the bureau.
Will Visit “Head
Squeezers’’Tribe
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Few Changes Have Been (Excavators Unearth
Made in Fifty Year».
Prehistoric Arsenal
o
Rochester, EngliAid.—I’rof. Er- g
l'aria.—France celebra« d very mod
nest Albert llooton of Harvard S
a fiftieth anni-
versary o. the presimi French conati
university Is among the archeol- g
tutbm M. Palnleve mude an eloquent
oglsts who are Investigating the c
little speech In the chaiuber of depu
accidental discovery of what 5
th-«, ami all parties Joined In honoring
seems to be a prehistoric factory Z
u constitution which has worked so
for tools and weapons. Some $
well for 1 rance and lots practically A 4,000 stone Implements have c
< M iiped change sine Its promulgation $ been unearthed, nnd the ex|»erts 5
That is the Strang thing utmut th«
frunce bus up-
place was a con
constitution of 1871
ts and shown
set many governi!
great Ockleneoa In substituting one po
liticai regime for another. In the lust
two decade» four Important amend- oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ment« have been grafted or the Am« rl ;
can Constitution, n document held In which the Inveterate monarehls'a nnd
•xceptlonal popular reverence.
Bui the udvanA-d republicans both tmped
In Frame the constitution ha» l>een to niter to conform to their Ideas and
altered b«.- twice In a hn.f century. ■ Interests. But nil attempts at revision
and flint n very minor det ills.
were to be futile.
In an article In le Petit I’nrlalen I
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People Have Never Been
Seen by White Men.
Congressman .lohn Quillón IH*”" o
Connecticut, newly chosen floor leade,
of the house of represent art ves, w! •
uni ordered
ordered to active ouiy
duty n>«
ns a - «•
onel In the ordnance department «'
army. He will serve on the gen
oral staff In Washington.
London. -Efforts to solve the my*
tery of the "human bead xqueezera,
a tribe of which almost nothing Is
known and which Ilves in the wild«
of the mountains bet«’een the main
Amazou basin and the northern Andes,
it to be one of the aims of an explor
ing expedition to South America to be
made next summer by Dr. William M.
McGovern, one of England’s most dar
ing anihiopologists.
Doctor McGovern, who was born In
Brooklyn. N. Y„ visited Lhasa. the
forbidden city of Tibet, disguised as «
Buddhist monk, last year, and has
j headed numerous other expeditions in
various partu of the world in «he in
; terest of anthropological research
| work.
seen by white man,’’ said the explorer. ,
"Diamonds and gold nuggets have
been bought from some of the natives
on the edge of the unexplored coun
try, and there Is a belief that the na
tives .have discovered mines within
their native haunts from which they
extract the precious stones anti metal
now and then. These natives of the
Interior have not even been seen by
white men, so far as I know, and have
been carrying on feuds for generations
with all persons, white or black, who
have attempted to Invade their terri
tory."
The expedition will terminate at
Lima, Peru, perhaps early next year,
from which place Doctor McGovern
will go to the United States before re
turning to *London.
other regime In Europe ’<> repel >h
Communis, assault.
Were not th.
French people, under Its aegis, able to
emerge victorious from the most ter
Unmodified for Forty Years.
slight modifications In rlble vf wars? Are there not claim,
"After two
other day the reason* of the const Itu
Possess Fabulous Riches.
to the natlcn’a gratitude?
th>n's sucrer» and disclosed Its unex- ! ISTI» nnd 1884—one relatlng to the
The "human head squeezers,” who
“But its liberal character has mad«-
It was transfer of the chambfr and the seat
It popular with the Immense majority have a way of reducing the heads of
born of the times ami the situation of government to Paria. the other abol- of Frenchmen. It derives in their eye« their victim« to the size of a person’s
Isldng the nonrenewubte seat» In the
and han fitted tbelr need«. He »aid:
its great! st Strength nnd sclldest guar fist, according to Doctor McGovern,
"The French Republic hnd been pro senate—the republic's political chsr-
unty of ¡H-rpetulty from th” fact that also are supposed to be the possessors
claimed by the pi-ople of l’uri» on ter remained unmodified for forty
it lias lasted more than twice as >nu of gold and diamond mines in their
September 4, 1^7’1
But the monar- years. It has maintained the social
as
nny other political regime In Franc, native haunts Just to the north of the
chût and Conservative majority in the order Intact and ha» favored free play
since 1789—almost the life of two gen Amazon Jungles.
national assembly multiplied obstacles of pulllie liberties. It ha» resisted all
The Londoner plans to spend seven
to prevent n definite vote on he re- attacks and Is better aratevi than any erat Ions.
to ten months In their midst, studying
publ'can constitution which It was Its
their habit« and customs. No white
* mission to esteblbh. One day It even
man has ever solved the process of
struck out of a committee report th-v
how heads are reduced In size with
word» -government of the republic,
out so much as disfiguring any of the
the vote being 359 to 335.
victim's features, and In the Interest
"It was left to the most modest but
trol have grown to Include study ol of science Doctor McGovern hopes to
most tenacious of the representatives.
the ocean Including the currents tha
be able to overcome lids riddle In the
Wallon,’ to Const Guard to Train Officers carry the bergs.
M. Henri Wallon.
course of his exploration« of this tribe
hammer In nn acknowledgment of the
This
service
dates
from
1914,
fol
and its haunts.
as “Iceberg Specialists.
republic. On Jnnunry 30. 187.5, he *ns
lowing the signing by thirteen powers
Doctor McGovern plans to leave
fortunate enough to »ecure the adop- .
Interested In transatlantic navigation London In May, and in the trip across
Washington.
—
The
const
guard
la
. tlon, by a majority of one, of the fa- |
of a convention which provided for “an the Andes will cover parts of Brazil,
mou* text. In which the *>rm of the planning to train some of Its officers international derelict-destruction, lee Colombia, Ecuador and I’eru where
government was officially determined ni< specialists In the patrol wofk.
observatlon and Ice patrol service.”
no white man, so far as known, has
Lieut. Commander Edward IL 8mlth,
In the article providing for th.« <lec
The sinking of the Titanic by an Ice ever before set foot.
bien
serving
n»
oceano-
tion of n 'Preshlent of the republic.'
who has
berg In 19’2 really Initiated the move
Will Carry Wirele««.
"On Id.ruary 25 following, the re graphic ol >fficer of the service. Is tak- ment and roust guard officers poin
Doctor McGovern will carry a wire
public was proclaimed by -125 »otes to Ing advantage of n year s fellowship «Ith pride to the fact that since th- less receiving set, cameras and other
offered i.itn by the American Si and'.na-
284. Tin’ wna fifty yours ago.
was established no liv<
apparatus necessary for expeditions of
'•’I he new constitution seemed very, vlan foundation, on the recommenda have been lost because of Icebergs li this kind. He proposes to make ob
moderate nnd restrained to the re tion of Harvard »dentists, and Is the ocean lanes of the North Atlantic servations nnd drawings which will be
formers of that day. They thought studying the que tlon of Icebergs and
of future use to scientists throughout
that they hnd constructed only a tem their contri).Utmg causes nnd dL at
the world.
Doctor Has Busy Voyage
porary edifice. For fear of fulling at
"1 shall be particularly Interested In
their noble task, Henri Wallon rm. hl-
Com.minder Smith has been a plo-
anthropological research work In the
Prescribing by Radi
friends had put forward with the mi neer 1» the Ice-patrol work, serving
Amazon basin, where Interesting re
Plymouth, England.—Dr. Krakln
nutest care the least controversial pro- on <.on«l gmtrd vesael. In the Iceberg
mains, such as great rock temples, of
Gray
of
the
Cunard
liner
Antonia
wn
postils nnd the most normal political I.me« nnd during the winter months
prehistoric tribes, are supposed to ex
the
last
voyage
of
th
solution and had clothed them In pru 1 working ;p data at coast-guard head- kept busy on
Irt, but to this day have never been
dent language. In their own eyes they ! quarters nnd conducting research at Antonia from New York to I'lymout
with calls for medical assistance fron
were merely launching the republic.
IJarv urti university
other vessels.
A historian could compare It to 'a
mission
of
following
Ice-
Fröm n
little Cinderella gliding about among
Four times daily for live days h
nn<l wnrnlng craft of their
the parties.' It took on nt first the I bergs
whereabouts the duties of the Ice P» prescribed by radio for a sailor wh-
regime.
had been badly Injured on the steame
character of a
Bosworth, hundreds of miles awnv
Then the American steamer Antlmm
reported its captain seriously III. D<"
tor Gray diagnosed the case as one «•
pneumonia, and for three days pre
scribed treatment, which proved sm
cessful. Several other cases of min ■
nature, from ships many leagues di
tant from the Antonia,
treated by radio.
DISCOVER SECRETS OF
FLOATING ICE IN ATLANTIC
Work« for 15 Year»
on an Inlaid Table
Washington, Pa.—After work
ing for fifteen years on an Inlaid
table, R. B. Campbell, a local
carpenter foreman, has at last
completed what he believes to
be the finest and most unusual
table of Its kind in this country.
The top of the table Is 32 by
30 Inches and contains 10,082
pieces of wood of various sizes,
colors and varieties. No two are
alike, and Campbell says no two
came from the same kind of tree.
All varieties of wood found in
the United States, Canada and
Mexico are represented in the
table and hundreds of speci
mens from all the countries of
South America, Australia. Asia,
Africa and Europe.
The middle block of the table
measures 1U square Inches and
contains 400 small pieces of
wood.
Star Many Times
Brighter Than Sun
the Investigations of Harvard observa
tory have determined that its true
brightness or mean absolute magni
tude, Is minus 8.9, or 14.5 magnitudes
Camin i Ige, Mass.-A star 600.000 brighter than the sun. This means
that if it were located where the sun
times ns I right as the sun and more is, it would shine with 600,000 times
than 185.0u0.000 miles In diameter has
the sun’s brightness.
been classified by the Harvard uni
Photographs of S Dorados on a
versity observatory, according to a series of Harvard observatory plate»,
bulletin Just Issued by Director Har
extending from 1889 to 1924, bava
low Shapley. This star, which Is
been measured, and as a result of
known In the catalogues as S Doradus, these studies Director Shapley has
ts the most luminous now known
classified the star as “a supergiant
possibly the brightest object In the
variable.’’ Though probably not so
entire universe.
large In linear diameter as some of
S Doradus Is located In the large the giant red stars, such as Betel
Magellanic cloud in the constellation geuse and Antares, recently meas
Dorado near the south pole of the ured through the interferometer at
heavens nnd Is visible only to observ Mt. Wilson, S Doradus Is much bright
ers south of the equator. It Is a vari er and hotter than the giant red stars ’
able star, ranging In apparent magni nnd Is intrinsically the most brilliant
tude from 8.2 to 9.4 an increase or star yet classified Jn the universe.
decrease of slightly more than three
Loses Trillions of Tons a Second.
times In brightness, and is invisible
According to the latest theories of
to the naked eye. although visible In stellar evolution a star or sun loses
telescopes of small aperture.
mass In the act of giving off radia
tion. Director Shnpley calculates that
Beats Sun 600.000 Times.
Its faintness to an observer on the S Doradus radiates energy at such a
earth Is due to its enormous distance terrific rate that it loses two and one-
— more than 100.000 light years—and half trillion tons of mass a second.
This rate may have been exceeded
temporarily by one or two of the
novae, or "blaze stars,” that have
flamed up In the sky only to fade
away again.
As faint traces of nebulosity appear
around S Doradus In long time ex
posures, it is assumed to be a true
member of the Magellanic cloud or
star cluster In which It appears. This
remarkable cluster was first observed
by the navigator Andreala Corsall in
1516 and was named In honor of Ma
gellan, the explorer.
s
Doradus Most Luminous
Object in Universe.
Woman Is Prominent Engineer
Some of Japan’s Fire Victims
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Smokers Get Warning
Against Forest Fires
Sacramento.—Every time they
"light up" In the future, smokers
of certain brands of clgnrets anil
tobacco distributed in California
will be reminded of the danger
of forest tires through the care
less handling of matches anil
lighted clgnrets and cigars. Ai
the request of forestry officials
representing both the state an I
federal governments, several ot
the largest tobacco companies of
the country have agreed to pack
with the!.’ product« Intended for
distribution In California n print
ed
notice
warning
smokers
against the danger of forest fire«.
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tlon.
Army Improves Carriage
of Wounded by Plane
Washington.—Four new specially
Igned nrmy ambulance airplanes
soon will be placed in commission, if
tests now in progress prove satlsfac-
tory.
One of the selected models has been
received at McCook field. Dayton.
Ohio, and Is being put through Its
paces.
The new plane Is capable of flying
100 miles nn hour nnd has accommoda
tlons for two patients, the pilot and a
Hight surgeon.
While the nrmy Jealously guards
structural secrets of Its other aircraft,
it makes available to other nations
information regarding ambulance air
planes.
England. France. Czechoslo
vakia and Sweden have In turn sup
plied the American government with
Above ts nntuted Miss Annette Ashbury of Fulham, England, who Is the Information regarding medical aero
first woman to be elected a member of the Society of Engineers. She ts man
nautics.
ager of a works