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HOMAGE PAID MEMORY. OF ROGER BACON
GULLIBLE AMERICANS MULCTED ABROAD
ENGLAND HONORS MEMORY',
OF ROGER BACON, SCIENTIST
Scholars of World Fame: Pay Homage to Him Who Plo-
- Vieered the Way for Much. Scientific Endeavor
" !. of a Later Day. ,;
LJNDON, July 18. At the ii nlversl-
. ty 'of Oxford, recently, was cele
brated the 70Oth anniversary of
the birth, of Roger Bacon, which oc
curred at J Ilchester, Somersetshire, In
l'-H. From all over the world scholar
of distinction came to honor the meiii
try of . the Franciscan friar whose hu
mility could not keep from him the
title of "the Admirable Doctor." Twen
tieth century science, contrary to lt
Cuntom. Is acknowledging its debt to
thirteenth, century science..- -
Fame hat played Queer tricks with
the memory of this greatest of medi
aeval scientists. A devout member of
the Order of Friars Minor, he Is re-garded-by
manjuas a black magician,
a grolasqUe Dr. Faustus. Essentially
a practical and shrewd Investigator of
the facts of life, he Is looked upon as
a fantastic visionary, self deceived and
weakly credulous.
Nor are the true facta of his life
less paradoxical. ; He waa religious,
a follower of the little poor man of
Assist, yet the most skeptical of mod
ern thinkers cannot take exception to
most . of his scientific conclusions.
Those who endeavor to rationalize, re
ligious mysteries are fond of claiming
him for their own. Yet he subjected
himself unquestlonlngly to the author
ity of the church and wrote his most
famous work,: the "Opus Majus," at
the command of Pope Clement.- In a
cell of -a mediaeval cloister conclusions
were deduced that have been trium?
twentieth century.
Got Titers Ahead of Us.
In bis monumental work, "The Thir
teenth Greatest of Centuries." Dr.
James J. Walsh shows clearly that aur
prlslngly many Inventions and discov
eries of our time were anticipated by
Roger Bacon. He has frequently been
annoyed, he says, by hearing Francis
Bacon heralded as the father of ex
perimental science, for hundreds of
physicians had applied the experi
mental method fn Its perfect form to
many problems In medicine and surg
ery for at least three centuries before
the time of my Lord Verulam.
"As a- matter of fact." he writes, "It
would have been much truer to have
attributed the origin of experimental
science to his great namesake, Roger
Bacon. Even Bacon, however.
is not the real originator of the induc
tive method, since the writ
ings of his great teacher, the profound
et scholar of this great century, whose
vmm are almost coincident with it.
Albert Magnus, contained
many distinct and definite anticipa
tions of Bacon as regards the Inductive
method. The earlier Bacon, the Fran
ciscan, laid down very clearly the prtn
" clple that only by careful observation
and experimental demonstrations could
any real knowledge with regard to
natural phenomenon be ascertained."
Lord Morley has praised eloquently
the words In which Roger Bacon de
fined "the four grounds of human ig
norance" In summing up for Pope
Clement the body of doctrine that he
waa teaching at the University of Ox
ford.' They demonstrate beyond a doubt
his belief In the necessity of honest
research and original thought, and they
Indicate, to the student of the history
of medicine, the reasons for Bacon's
amazing success.
The fpur grounds of human lgnor-?
ance. he said, are, first, trust In inade
quate authority: second, the , force of
custom which leads men to accept too
uiKiueStlonlngly what has been ac
cepted before their time; third, the
placing of confidence In the opinion of
the Inexperienced, and, fourth, the
hiding of one's 'own lgnprance with
the parade of a superficial wisdom.
Called a Magician.
As Dr! Walsh says, the number of
things which Roger Bacon succeeded
In discovering by the application of
the principle of testing everything by
Urge an Alliance
Against Russians
People of Sweden and Horway Want
Their Governments to Join Poroes
for Mutual Protection.
Stockholm, July 18. The campaign
for an alliance between Norway and
8weden continues, without a dissent
lng note. Prominent politicians of all
parties are- advocating such a course
on the public platforms and in the
newspapers. The movement, however,
lacks official action.
The irreconcilable differences whlcb
w-.-n th turn KAiinMei In IftftK. Anil
alnsost caused war,- secern to have been
smoothed out; to the extent, at least
that' both peoples desire to unite In a
defensive - alliance . against possible
Russian aggression.
"The Increase in the army and navy
of Sweden, instead of exciting the con
cern of Norway, is greeted there with
the utmost satisfaction, it Iff aald. and
Norway Itself has a strong movement
under way for an increase in arma
ments. Sven Hedln, Swedish explorer, and
Siguld Ibsen have exchanged visits be
tween Stockholm and Chrlstlanla, and
each has found public sentiment agree
able to the proposed alliance.
Ibsen, in his lectures here, argued
that :the two ore.gn offices and the
general a talis should have some lor
mal arrangement for working together
in case of war. V ,
Gift to Come Due
340 Years Hence
Donation to little German City Bets
the Mathematicians to rig-axing- Com
pound Interest on $5.0. , :
Berlin, July 18. Herrweiferth, may
or of the little Saxe-Welmar. City of
Weida, - has made a donation to the
city, which has set mathematicians to
figuring' compound Interest problems
of an unusual sort. The donation con
sists of $50, and it is to 'be invested
( and the interest compounded regularly
for 840 years, or until 2254. In May of
that year 70 per cent of the accumu
lated interest is to be at the untram
meled disposal of the municipality, --x
The remaining 30 per cent is to be
similarly compounded for a further 100
years, when, the total shall vest as an
absolute gift in the city. . .. -v..-;v . . .
Estimates of the sum that 'will be
available in 2254 vary from $1,250,000
to $15,000,000, always assuming that
financial conditions do not vary greatly
from what they are today.
personal observation is - almost Incred
ible.. Take, for example, his conclu
sions regarding the use of explosives.
It is true that gunpowder was in use
by the Arabs long before the Fran
ciscan scientist's day. But Friar Ba
con made an extended study of ex
plosives and made predictions as to
their utility that, in the light of later
events, are simply amazing. , In ' the
"Opus Magnum" he writes;
One may cause to burst forth from
bronze thunderbolts more formidable
than those produced by nature. A
small quantity of prepared matter oc
casions a terlrble explosion, accom
panied by a brilliant light. One may
multiply this phenomenon so far as
to destroy a city, or an army.
It is not surprising that the igno
rant peasantry of the thirteenth cen
tury regarded with consternation the
author of so amazing a prophecy, and
that by some of his own and the. fol
lowing generation he was considered a
magician. But the ..world has learned
that this was no diabolical vision, but
a sound conclusion .derived from pro
cedures as accurately scientific as
those of the discoverer, of radium.
Friar Bacon Invented the motor car
and the motor boat. At any rate, he
saw the practicability of " controlling
explosive forces and employing them
for transportation,' and certainly saw
before him the gasoline driven auto
mobile and launches of today when ha
wrote:
Art can construct instruments of
navigation, such that the largest ves
sels, governed by a single man, will
traverse rivers and seas more rapidly
than l they were filled with oarsmen.
One may also make carriages which
without the aid of any- animals will
run with remarkable swiftness.
Of course, the unthinking would
class this with such utterances as
Mother Shlpton's
Carriages without horses shall run
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
But it is evident that- Friar. Bacon
was not thinking at random or to as
tonish the world, he was simply re
vealing the truths that fee had dis
covered , In his work at the University
of Paris and at Oxford. - J
Like MS illustrious teacher, Albertug
Magnus, Bacon devoted much time to
chemistry. He wrote 18 treatises on
chemical problems, and they contain
some remarkable anticipations of mod'
em chemistry.
Expert on Optics.
Almost as startling as Bacon's views
on the utility of explosives are his
studies of optics. He taught the prin
ciple of the aberration of light, de
claring three centuries before the Ger
man astronomer Rdmer that light did
not travel instantaneously.
' He had, he writes, a "glass "per
spective wherein I can see anything
that Is done within 50 miles of me.
He was not the Inventor of the tele
scope, but it Is evident that he was
acquainted with Its use. He did more
than any other man to make the prin
clples of lenses clear' and to establish
them on a mathematical basis. There
were few of his contemporaries who
would dare to say, as he said:
we can so shape transparent sub
stances that objects may" be seen far
off or near, and thus, from an lncred
ible distance, we may read the small
est letters arid number the grains of
oust and eana.
Some authorities, for example Dr.
Smith In, his "Optics," credit Alex
ander de Spina, a Jacobin friar, who
died in Pira in 1313, with the inven
tion of spectacles. But Roger Bacon
described spectacles fully in hits "Opua
MajUB" in 1267, concluding his dlscur
slon of the mechanical principles In
volved with the words: "Hence this
instrument is useful to old persons
and those who have weak eyes."
Corrected Errors in Calendar.
Bacon's Interest In optics was
closely connected with his interest in
astronomy. The diameters of the
heavenly bodies, their distances 'from
one another, their conjunction and
eclipses, were subjects on which he
wrote with knowledge and perception,
and he supplemented his writings with
clear and, for his time, surprisingly
accurate diagrams.
It was through his astronomical
studies that he was enabled to point
out errors in the Julian calendar. He
calculated exactly how much of a cor
rection was needed to restore the year
to its proper place and showed how
such errors mlght,in future be avoided.
And 300 years later- Pope Gregory
XIII saw the value of these calcula
tions and based on them his revision
of the calendar.
English See Small
Chance for Lipton
Taehtlng- Men Boat Think, Shamrock
XT Xioozs Uk a Cup Xalftar After
Her Preliminary Trials.
London, July 18. English . yachts
men who were at first Inclined to be
optimistic in regard to the chances of
Shamrock IV as a cup lifter are not
so sanguine now that they have had an
opportunity to analyze her trials with
Shamrock III.
In yachting circles there is a decided
feeling of pessimism, which has been
caused to a considerable extent by the
belief that the -reports In the English
papers have been largely Influenced by,
tne natural cnaractenstto or superop
timlsm of Sir Thomas Upton, with
whom, the wish is father, to the
thought. i -
A friend of Captain Burton's.' the
amateur skipper of Shamrock IV, and
Designer Nicholson, who talked inti
mately with them, told the correspond.
ent of the Sun today that neither Of
these experts seemed to be overconfi
dent of victory. Mr. Nicholson was
naturally hopeful of success, but ex
plained that it was the first attempt
to build a challenger according to
American rules. He added: "After all,
the Americans have had great experi
ence in this sort of thing and it is a
question whether ' or not we have ap
proached them in this kind of design
ing yet." .' w
The question has also been raised as
to Whether- or not the slowness of
Shamrock III as compared with the
challenger hasybeen purposely exag
gerated. -
, . 10,000 Perish In Flood. ,
Canton, China, July 18. Reports re
ceived here 'say that 10,000 persons
have been drownedh in the, .West river
floods, which this year are worse 'than
usual, and that deaths from starvation
in the affected districts have been
numerous.-
Queen Mary! Givesi :
oval to Tango
Stern Mistress of Buckingham Palace
Bees Hew Bane fox the First Tim
and Xlkes It. . '-"'.
London, July 18. Is the tango really
dead? President James D. Macnaugh-
ton of the British Association of
Teachers of Dancing says it is, but so
ciety is not so sure about it.
True, most fashionable hostesses had
dropped the .tango from their pro
grams, but Queen Mary, after barring
it without having seen It, has now un
expectedly given her approval to this
much discussed dance. -
The queen saw the -tango for ; the
first time at a ball given the other
night by Grand Duke Michael of Rus
sia and his morganatic wife, Countess
Torby, at whlch American dancers i ;
from the Alhambra music hall fur-,
nlshed an exhibition of modern bai I
dances In all; but, naturally, knowing
of Queen Mary's disapproval, they did
not venture to include the tango
their program. To their amazement,
however, the hostess warned the danc
ers to be ready to give the - bannea
dance, should the queen desire it
Queen Mary did desire it, and they
essayed a ballroom arrangement con
sisting of eight figures. This was fol
lowed by the Maxlxe and finally the
one-step, all of which were cordially
approved by- the stern mistress or
Buckingham palace, and by royal com
mand were repeated.
Naturally the unexpurgated . tango
was not attempted, but in view of the
royal patronage so tardily granted.
leading hostesses are seriously con
sidering the question of re-introducing
the dance this season, resident Ma.
naughton still maintains that the
tango is unsuited to tne tasie ana tem
perament of the regular ballroom
dancer and protests that as only the
wealthy can afford to take up a dance
of such 'Intricacy, it has had its day
and Is now absolutely defunct.
Old Home in Europe
Is Being Prepared
Prince William of Wied's Goods Arriv
ing at JTeuwied From Dnrasso, Indi
cating Bis Abdication. .
London, July 18. A Berlin dispatch
to the Daily Telegraph says a tele
gram from Neuwled says the apart
ments formerly occupied by Prince
William of Wied, the Mpret of Albania,
are being prepared for occupation.
Large consignments of goods have ar
rived from Durazzo, the capital of Al
bania. - It is only about five months since
the Mpret left Neuwled to act as ruler
of Albania. After making financial ar
rangements hn London, Paris and other
capitals he set sail for Durazzo, cb
corted by foreign warships, on March
4 and reached the Albanian capital
three days later. It was said at the
time that he had selected Durazzo as
the capital so that he could be near the
coast in case of troubles, and the
steam yacht on which he went to hla
new home kept steam up constantly to
be ready for emergencies. The coun
try in the interim had been in. charge
of an international commission of con
trol, i
Prince WJlllam has been in trouble
ever since he arrived at Durazzo. His
minister of war, Kssad Pasha, who is
the strongest man in the country,
started a revolution, but the interna
tional forces from the warships in the
harbor protected the capital and ssad
was captured and deported.
Revolting Convicts
' Killed by Troops
Jail Governor at rigueras Spain,
Among1 Those Slain When Pris
oners Revolt in Guards' Absence.
Cerbere, France, July 18. A Jail
governor was asslsmated and a large
number of conj-icts were killed or
wounded as a result of a revolt in the
.Spanish prison of Mgueras, just over
the frontier line iff Catalonia.
The convicts took advantage of the
absence of most of the prison guards.
whose attention had been attracted by
a procession outside the ja4l in cele
bration of the religious festival of
Corpus Christi. '
Prisoners seized the governor and
beat him to death. They then broke
into the store of arms and ammunition
and attempted to escape.
Detachments of troops and armed
wardens were quickly on the scene and
fired on the fleeing convicts, who re
plied with volleys from the rifles they
had seized. Fierce fighting followed
within the prison inclosure and the
buildings before the convicts were sub
dued.
Declares War Means
Famine in Germany
Professor BaUod, Writing la Prussian
Tear Book,' sngg-ests Storing1 of Sup
plies in Industrial Centers. '
Berlin, July 18. Professor Carl Bal
lod, writing In the Prussian Tear
Book, declares that m tne event cf war
under present conditions the west Oer
man population would be faced by
famine within a few weens, as bread
would reach an impossible price.
. In the first year the consumption
of meat and milk would be reduced
80 per cent. He advises the Germans
to build huge graneries in the Indus-
plies there in times or pea e.
, The professor's conclusions show
that .Germany- is no better prepared
for war in this respect than is Eng
land, -which is dependent upon' the
sea for its food supply.
Provides Big Sum
To Teach Chinese
President Tuaa Issues Mandate Estab-
Ushing' Puad of $12,000,000 for 1300
Scholarships of 9400 Each.
Pekia, July 18.- President Tuan
Sh :Kal has issued a mandate ordering-
the . establishment of an educa
tional fund amounting to $12,000,000,
which shall provide 1200 scholarships
for Chinese students " at .home and
abroad, each yielding $400 annually,
The fund will be created by deposit
lng $3,000,000 annually in the Bank of
China. .: V ."',-,r.- 7 V. -;
Recent reactionary tendencies In
China have caused - considerable un
easiness regarding the future of mod
ern, education : in China. President
Yuan' 8 mandate is taken as evidence
that he realizes the necessity of mod
ern education.
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Militant Movement in Ireland
Has Developed Very Rap
idly in Past Six Months.
By Ed Ii. Keen.
London, July 18. England has sud
denly awakened to the fact that the
Nationalists of Ireland are quite ss
eager to fight for the enforcement of
home rule as the Unionists of Ulster
are to fight against it. and in the
same way at the point of the bayonet,
If necessary. Although they haven't
made much noise about it, the mili
tant home rule movement has devel
oped with amazing rapidity since it
was organized six months ago.
The so-called' Irish national volnn
teers, now have more men enrolled
than the Ulster volunteer force, and
their numbers are increasing at the
ate of .800 a day. As they haven't
been in business so long as the Car
son tes, they are not so well drilled
nor so. thoroughly equipped; but their
recent activities along these lines in-
dioate that they are determined to
make up for lost time. Their leaders
claim that most of the recruits own
their own weapons, that they have
successfully engineered a number of
gun-running expeditions in "recent
weeks, and that if they were called
into the field tomorrow they, would
be able to make a respectable showing
against the enemy. Among the rank
and file are a large number of the old
fighting Fenians and Sinn Feiners. but
they do not control the organization.
Started by Protestants.
Curiously enough, this movement had
its inception among the Protestants of
Ulster. It la a living- refutation of the
favorite argument of the Unionists
that home rule necessarily means Rome
rule. Its two principal organizers,
Sir Rogev Casement and Captain James
R. White, are -both ardent Protestants.
Of the present enrollment, of 148,000,
nearly a third are Ulster men, and a
considerable proportion of these are
Protestants. In the south of Ireland
many prominent Protestants have
joined the volunteers as an answer to
the bugaboo of . Catholic domination
and. Intolerance.
The other, day the Rev. Dudley
Fletcher, one Of the leading Protestant
clergymen in south .Ireland, made
speech at a national volunteer rally
at . Portarllpgton. Some of the more
bigoted of his congregation called a
meeting for the purpose of denouncing
him. but instead of being censured the
preacher found himself eulogized. His
parishioners by an overwhelming ma
jority not only passed avyote of con-
riaence in mm, Dut rounaiy condemned
"those who dared to question his right
as an Irishman to take sides with th
popular cause." Voicing what he be
lieved to be the sentiment of many
Irish Protestants, Rev. Mr. -Fletcher
said he had never experienced any
thing but the greatest kindness from
Irish . Catholics. Moreover,. . he had
never noticed any intolerance except
trom his own siae.
Opposed to Gerrymander,
.The especial object of the national
volunteers is to prevent any possible
gerrymandering of the , Nationalist
counties of Ulster out of the jurisdic
tion of the Dublin parliament. In
charge of recruiting in the north' and
west of Ireland is Colonel Maurice O,
Moore, , brother of the Irish- novelist.
George Moore.7 and for many years
commander of the Eighty-eighth Con
naught Rangers, one of the most gal
lant regiments in the British army.
"We intend to attack no one,'
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SAarr as
Kaiser a Huntsman
With a Big Record
Statistics of German Emperor's Prow
ess With the Gun During 1913 Are
Announced at Berlin
Berlin, July 18- The kaiser is a
mighty huntsman. . Statistics of his
prowess with the gun are as carefully
kept as those affecting the vitality of
his subjects. The figures for 1918
are just published. They show that
William II laid 4006 pieces of game
low during the foregoing year. Of
pheasants he killed $185, 111 foxes, 64
wild boars, $9 stags, and 73 partridges.
Since he became a huntsman 35 years
ago, the kaiser's total bag amounts to
the very respectable total -of 78,308
head of game. The list is headed with
44,806 pheasants and Includes 18,025
hares and 2113 stags. About two
dozen of the kaiser's 54 royal resi
dences are shooting boxes in various
portions of the empire. He Is passion
ately fond of the chase, and although
able to handle a rifle with only one
arm, is a really fine shot.
Germany to Enlarge
Her Canal System
Experts Are Studying AH Phase of ft
Waterway to Connect the Bhlne and
the Xorta Sea,
Berlin, July 18. Plans are being laid
for a further ambitious development of
Germany's already admirable canal
system. Experts are starting a study
of all phases of a waterway' to connect
the Rhine with the North Sea through
German territory.
Two projects will be taken into ac
count, one of which would restrict the
canal to internal traffic A depth of
about 15 cfeet -Is provided for, which
would enable the Rhine steamers to
reach the North Sea. If this plan were
adopted, it would also be necessary to
deepen the Rhine between Cologne and
WeseL The whole expense is estimat
ed at about. $135,000,000.
The other project provides for a ship
canal with a depth of water sufficient
to enable ocean going' steamers to reach
Cologne from the North Sea. This
project would entail the expenditure of
a much larger sum of money. But It
Is considered to be feasible, and has
many Influential supporters.
Prof. Osier Asserts
All Are Tubercular
Well Known Medical Authority Startles
Audience Attending Conference for
the Prevention of Consumption.
Leeds, England. July 18. Sir Wll
liam Osier, Tegius professor of medl
cine at Oxford .university, startled the
huge audience attending- the conference
of the Association for Prevention of
Consumption by telling them that they
were practically all tubercular. He
said: "If with the aid of radium and
a microscope I could look at the chests
of the audience I am addressing-, in $0
per cent of you I should discover a
small focus or area of tuberculosis.
Colonel Moore, discussing the purpose
of the organization, "but we do intend
to defend the, rights we have won.
We meet our fellow countrymen and
political opponents not as victors, but
as equals. Insisting on fair play for
all. Anything reasonable we shall not
dispute, but we have pledged ourselves
to resist utterly the absurd claim for
the exclusion of such districts -as
Tyrone, Fermanagh .and-Derry -City,
where- the Unionists are in a weak
minority."; Any government that at
tempts - gerrymandering . Nationalist
counties out of Ireland must render an
account to . us. No . such disgracef 1
surrender will bring - peace to the
country."
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AMAZED AT TALES OF
GULLIBLE AMERICANS
Paris Confidence Men Find
Victims Among Well-Trav
eled, Intelligent Tourists.
Br William Philip Bimms.
Paris, July 18. Scores of Americans
are victimized annually by the sim
plest of gold brick schemes here, ac
cording to Consul General Alexander
M. Thackara, Who has requested the
United Press to warn' the tourist pub
lic of the danger.
It is positively amazing." he de
clared, "the number of victims who
ask me to take the matter up with the
Paris police. I have been in Paris
but a short time, yet I have had six
cases of robbery to investigate. The
surprising thing is that the victims of
these robberies are not what we in
America call 'hayseeds.' They are
usually well traveled well-read, intelligent-appearing
men, as worldly wise
as you or I. I have but one explana
tion to offer. They are either drugged
or hypnotized, or both."
"Do you mean literally hypnotized?"
he was asked.
"Literally hypnotised, yea I can't
account for the swindles in any other
way, for, as I say, the victims appear
to be men who don t usually fall for
gold bricks. Why," he exclaimed, "one
victim was a functionary of the United
States government."
On of the Swindles.
One of the swindles is old enough
to have a patriarchal ' beard. The po
lice know it by the "rich uncle" or
'legacy to the Pope" confidence game.
Here is the sworn statement of a vic
tim: at a cafe in front of the Central rail
way station. A well dressed man
came and satdown near me. 1 see
by the button you are wearing that
you are an American,' he said, after
a while. .Tea I replied. He claimed
to be from St.. Paul. I told him I was
from Ohio. He was very nice, quite
pleasant, and talked intelligently on
various American subjects. Presently
he said he bad to go home. He asked
me how long I expected to be in Paris
mnA vim a .-1. t. . , a.. 1 til.- .
see more of me while here. He sug-
gested that we might meet on the ter-
race of the Cafe Terminus at 8 o'clock
the next night.
About 8:10 o clock the next evening
I took a walk and saw the American
and a second man on the terrace. The
latter said he was from New Zealand.
He, like myself, was Interested in the
mining business. We had a very in
teresting conversation. . We agreed te
meet the next morning. -,
"As I was having my coffee both
men came in and sat down with me.
The first - man I met finally got up,
saying he had business to attend to,
but asked us to have lunch with him
at 1 o'clock. I refused, as I was hav
ing breakfast and it , was about 11
o'clock then.- The other man and I
went for a walk.
. Starts With a Drink. ' .
. "We went to an oyster bar and had
a drink. While w were talking, a
slender young man at a nearby table
turned and asked: Excus me but
I - don't speak'rench. Will you tell
the waiter for me that I should like
some milk! I said 'certainly' : and
gave the. order. 'Come and sit . here
with ' us,'- my.' companion said to " the
slender man. So he sat with us. -He
Introduced - himself as an Irishman.
from Dublin.
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He told what a fine tlmamey disease.. He has become- wak and
be was having in Paris - incidentally
mentioning having spent several hun-
dred. dollars. . His rich uncle, tn Col
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SHACKLETON TELLS 'STORY J
OF HIS COMING POLAR TRIP
English Explorer. Is Lured loir
ery, Demands of Science and Desire to Trace the
: . Course of the Victoria Range, i
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London,. July 18. Imagine a fplre-
less "SOS" being sounded from the
Antarctic pivot of the world from
the South' Pole itself:
"Hurry we are dying."
And . then . suppose this answer
flashed back across leagues of polar
snow from the quarters on Weddell
sea from which the Shackleton ex-
pedltien will start for its march across
the Antarctic continent.
"Cheer -up. Motor sledce No. 2 is
on the way to your rescue."
Not probable, of course; but pos
sible. For. Sir Ernest Shackleton .will
in his forthcoming expedition de'part
from formula and tradition in attack
ing the aeprets of the utmost south.
Always In the past polar explorers
have placed . their main reliance upon
leg' muscle and endurance and a ca
pacity to eat dog when the pemmlcan
waa gone and when the dog was gone
to get on somehow without eating
anything. If nothing happens that
nf" killed Scott and once before cost
Shackleton the pole two striking in
novations will be introduced' in this
sortie through- Antarctica:
Shackleton . will travel in motor
sledges driven by air propellers.
He will seek to remain constantly In
wireless communication with the ex
pedition's base.
Then add certain novelties In polar
work . which will - insure positive
luxury to the party unless that polar
"If Intervenes. Shackleton's men will
carry with them: '
A hot cupboard for drying soaked
clothing.
A steam cooking plant on which to
make "hoosh."
Tents that can be put up in two
and one-half minutes in any sort of
wind.
A new sort of food, which is not
only higher in heat making value than
any yet tried, but will do away, with
one source of frost bite.
Shackleton Well Prepared.
Shackleton's expedition, upon whlcb
he will sail from London upon some
bank holiday in August, la greater in
Its scope than any previous polar pro
ject. It somewhat lacks the sport
ing Interest of the repeated dashes to
the north and south poles, it is true.
Peary pegged down the flag of the
United States as the finale to a series
of daring rushes toward the top of
the world. Amundsen, for the Nor
wegians, traveling fast and light, beat
Captain Scott's British expedition for
the southern honors in that tragic
competition that is too well remem
bered. In each Instance the pole find
era sought only to get to the pole
and then back again. Shackleton
hopes to get to the south pole and
past it and march the fall length of
the Antarctic continent. This is npt
less than 1800 miles.
"Why are you going to try to do
itr I asked Shackleton. in the rooms
of the Imperial Transantarctlc ex
pedition. 4 New Burlington street He
looked at me impatiently. No doubt
the question seemed a foolish one to
him.
"Possibilities of discovery scien
tific interest trace course of the
Rome. with Father Kelly, to give
$25,000 to the Pope, left to the latter
by the rich uncle. After Rome he was
going to Pennsylvania, where his uncle
had got hla start, and leave 125,000 to
the poor of the state, also at his
uncle's behest.
" "Why give so much money to the
PopeT my companion asked. 1 know
ii lot of poor myself tn New Zealand.
Qive me some of your money and let
me distribute it.' The slender man
said he didn't know the Niw Zealand
er. He did not know whether he
could be trusted. To prove, that he
could be the New Zealander took out
a big roll $2500 he said and told the
other to take it and walk around the
square with me. When he got outside
the man said to me: 'He's all right.
I'm going to give him some money.'
When we got back the New Zealander
got his money. Then the slender man
said he would do the same with me If
only he knew he could trust nva. I
said I had only $500 on me. He and
the New Zealander took It to walk
around the square, leaving me at the
table. I have not seen either since."
1 1
. Miss "Constance" asks: "I am very
thin and bloodless and want to In
crease my weight about SO pounds.
Please tell me what method to pursue T"
Answer: A . rerular and nersistent
use of three grain bypo-nuclane tablets
will usually produce an increase of
weight by aiding nutrition and building
up the flesh- tissues. Scores of pa
tients have reported Increases of from
IS to 40 puni
ds
from the use of these
laoieis. run
directions come with
each sealed package.
"''
Mrs. X. asks: "In hot weather my
scalp itches terribly, is feverish and a
great amount of oily dandruff is pres
ent. What is good for this?"
Answer: First shampoo the hair and
then apply plain yellow mlnyol about
once a wek as per directions. This re
lieves the itching, overcomes the dan
druff and makes the hair beautifully
giossy ana vigorous.. Obtain in, os.
jars oi arugginis.
Mrs. "Annie R." writes: "My bus
band Is surely afflicted with soma kid
! suffers with headjv-he and pains In his
ibr'. ,na FTlnB'. . Pslns are Ilk rheu-
I , A . ..'IV m" fe
I m be tired all the time. Som
o appetite.
"jrieaBe prescnoe.
"mm-:
1 Mk
by; Possibilities of Discov
Victoria, range." he snapped. The
impatience went out of -his eyes and
he smiled in a thoroughly human, boy
ish, sporting sort of way that ' mad
one understand why he is such a -wop.
derful leader of men. For a moment
he tried to explain te me just what
attraction lies in league upon league
of ice and continuous blizzards, and
discomfort which at any second mar
merge with tragedy. . The impression
he left upon me was -later voiced by
one of his men to whom I put the same
Question: ,
, "Because it is the one big think left
in the world for a man like Shackle
ton to' do." - .
, Exploring a Continent
Scientists hope for much from this
expedition. The Shackleton expedW .
tlon if it succeeds will fairly well
define what may be within that ir
regular circle which marks the bound
aries of the Antarctic continent. - It
Is known that coal exists there. Other -minerals
may be found. It will be
learned whether the great plateau -around
the pole dips toward the Wed
dell sea. Light may be thrown upon -
the eccentricities of the magnetic
neeaie. ii may De tnat the meteroiogi-
cal observations may teach us more .
abOUt What WAHth.r la an rtv Ihui
we know now.
rrevious expeditions have made
their try for the pole from a base upon
the Ross sea. Shackleton has selected
iiiuiciiu uiiauuwn route i rum ini
Weddell sea for his own. On both the
Ross and the Weddell seas bold moun
tains project into the water. Thera la
a scientific theory that these may be
the sea ends or a mountain chain
which crosses Antarctica. If this ts
true. It will be held established that
this Is the southernmost eryf of the
Andes range of South -America, per-
rect except for the ea . break.
Glaciologists and scientific connols- -seurs
In mountains will accompany the '
expedition In the hope that this theory
may be finally proved.
Shackleton Impresses you as a fight- .
lng man. Upon first acquaintance ho
is abrupt, cold, almost savagely con
cise and businesslike. He had just re
turned from a stay in Norway, where
he teated the motor sledges, when I
saw him. That day he had lunch with
Rudyard Kipling. That night he would
leave for Paris on som business con
nected with the expedition. Every
iivu, up iv ma inumeni o sailing nio
been spoken for. He drives at his job
as a Wall street banker does during s
bear raid. Later It developed that
when he has time to spare Interrup- "
tlons came at the rate of one a minute
he can be a charming companion, al- .
most sunny tn his geniality. He is a
heavily framed, big bodied, thick
jawed man, with a beard that shows -blue
black after shaving. Ills band
Is thick with muscle not fat.
Death of Emperor
Still. Unconfirmed
Ho One High In Authority Will Admit
That Abyssinia's Jtuler Is Dead, as
Has Been Heported. ' r
London, July U. The mystery of
the emperor of Abyssinia, whose death
has been reported innumerable time,
only to be denied, rt-mains unsolved,
W. Theslger, British minister to Abys
sinia, has reported that even In Adis
Abeba. the capital of Abyssinia, the
facts are still unknown. No one wilt
admit the emperor is dead, and outside
the palace there Is complete Ignorance
on the subject. The diplomatic corps
has been unsble to get at the truth
all the ministers can say Is that they
have not feen Menellk for. years. The
general belief Is that the emperor'a
embalmed body lies in tbe Innermost
room of the Oebl. '
Osman Pot on Irydock.
Plymouth. July 18. The Turkish
superdreadnought 8ultan Osman of
27,600 tons has been placed in dry dock
at Dar on port. This vessel was origi
nally built for Brazil and was.namd
Rio de Janeiro. She was purchased by
Turkey a short time ago. After being
overhauled she will remain here a
week for her trials.
lf&r. Zetr's BaAer
Tha (raaationa answered hln - art
general in character, the symptoms or
diseases are given and the answers will
erply in any ease of similar nature.
Those wishing further advice, free,
may address Dr. Lewis Baker, College
uiag., uouege-Kiiwooa sis.. Dayton, ia
enclosing self addressed stamped en
velop for reply. Full name and ad
dress must be given, but only -initials
or fictitious name will be used in my
answers. The prescriptions can be
filled at sny well stocked drug store.
Any druggist ran order of wholesaler.
Answer: The symptoms indicate de
rangement of kldr.eys and shofcld not
be neglected. I would advise balm wort
tablctm. a compound well suited to such
cases. Obtain in sealed tubes . with
directions for home use.
C. O. C. asks: "I am constipated,
tongue coated, have rfeadache, dizzy
spells, and Indigestion sometimes.
Please advise?"
Answer: I advise that you begin us
ins three grain sulpherb tablets fnot
sulphur). These tablets are laxative.
act on the liver, kidneys and bowel a
and tend to keep the blood pur by
arousing the ellminatlve functions. Re
lief should follow quickly. ,
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"Secretary" writes: "I have Pal us
in my spine and frightfal headache tn
back of head, fainting spells, twitching
m I u 1 1 dULSi'f.i iiri . v. i . i t'liw,
nesi, loss. of appetite and strength, and
In fact am a 'has been.' when It comes
to DcrformlBC umiitomed work and.
duties. Pleas advise."
Answer: In all such cases the as
similative functions have not kept pac
with wast functions and a powerful,
harmless tonic treatment is nedd. I
tind three- grain cadomen tablets-unexcelled
and astonishingly beneficial
in such cases and sdvlse them, for
you. -
Mrs. C. W. B. asks: "I suffer greatly
in hot weather owing to too much fat.
Can you advise me of a good reduction
remedy T' 1
Answer: Any well storked phar
macy will supply you with 8 - grain
arbolone tablet, parked in sealed tubes
-with full directions for use. These
tablets have proven ' wonderfully f.
fective fn reducing abnormal fat. Adv.