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Greatest Pacifist Invented Dynamite
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WifiW WHIPPET LARGER, MOKE BEAUTIFUL SAXOPHOBIA IDEA
Alfred Nobd', Swedish donor" of water. I-ater he Invented a
the five annual prtzen which bear nmokelesa powder; alloiother he
his name, wbh a man of Htrange ohtalnfd elphty-ffve pHteniM, royal
eonlrasl& An inventor of hlnh ex- j tie from whh-h brouifht him a
plosives Including dynamite, he . good part of hit forium.
promoted universal peace; a pro- ! Tho other part warn derived from
ffwed at he int. he practiced the , hU nhuro in the fXhloimtion of tiie
fine art of charity; a rue luxe, he CViuihIhii oil field nt Jiaku for
loved hiH fellow men; a cowmopoli- whic h his two ohler brother. Kob
tan "tho world's wealthiest ; ert and l-udwi. hud obtained con
tramp," In his own language he I cessions from the Rowdim Kovern
chone only Hcamlimiviana to ad-jntcnt. To the problem of extract
minister hiH estate;, an engineer ! lug, transporting and refining pe
and Bclentlst, he a'lmired Khelley, troleuin they hud upj'li-l their in
vrotn verso In English, novels in ', ventivt nbilitle with mu-Ii Huccess
Swedish, and. finally, dramas; an 'hat they not only enric hed ihem
ideallst and dreamer, he a masKed selves, but earned Immense royul
ono of tho greatest fortunes of the tiH for the Kussiun lre:inury.
day;' a disbeliever In religion, he A member of the Nobel family.
now living In Kweden, is my au
ave money 10 churches; by nature
melancholic, he thought nclenre
could make men happy; a lifetime
offerer from ill health, he left
part of hiH estate to doctors; a
bachelor, ho mado no dlscrimlna
ibmH against women; a pessimist,
he had faith In the futuro.
Such in brief, was tho man from
whose estate In Stockholm gold
has flowed during the last quarter
of a century to nearly all parts of
tho globe, and lwe the. principal
has In no wise been diminished,
ibis distribution will continue as
long as the present order of society
endures.
Many of tho prizes have been
donated, in turn, to altruistic pur
poses, writeH Cahnth Iledln In tho
Living Age. Ultimately, all man
kind will benefit. Thanks to the
prize money, scientists havo been
enabled to continue their re
searches. The hopo of winning has
thorlty for the statement that,
prior to the .World War, one-sixth
of all the revenue of the itusslan
government was derived In srtme
form or other from the activities
of the Xobels, In the bolshevlst
revolution, of course, everything
possible was confiscated.
In 1873 Alfred Nobel settled in
Paris, where he occupied a stately
houso on Avenuo Malakoff, living
there alone with servants. Jlo did
not even employ a private secre
tary, but attended himself to nil
his correspondence and personal
bookkeeping.
While living In Itussla ho seems
to have Imbibed some of the radi
cal political doctrines that flour
ished surrciitllfously under the
czai's; In many of his letturs are
remarks derogatory to both mon
archical and republican forms of
government. Jiy pome biographers
spurred others on. Home of the . "hi Political views have been inter
peace prizes havo been devoted to
the further promotion of pence,
and obHcuro authors havo nt once
been lifted into tho sunlight of
world widtt fame. 1
Home of tho prlv.es may have
been injudiciously bestowed, but.
on the whole, to bo it winner of
any one of thein is reckoned as one
of tho highest honors attainable.!
IjisI year, (leorgo Hernnrd Khaw
refused the money, but no future
biographer of (I. II. h. will forget;
the fact that It was offered to him.
In racial origin, the Nobel fam
ily is purely Swedish. Its earliest
known representative was'a coun
try JiuIri. 1'eter 'Nobelius, n (noi
seventeenth century.
The grandson of Peter NobelUm
was u physician in northern Hwe- j
den, nnd he shortened the name'
to "Nobel" (pronounced with the!
accent on the last syllable). nU
son, Kmmanuel Nobel, born In
1801, was the father of Alfred (
Nobel, and the first of the ramlly
to become known outside of his j
native country. ,
Father Invented Submarine Itomli 1
, III bent whs neither clerical nor!
medical, but mechanical nnd Helen-
tlflc; but such gifts were not then
held in high esteem as now, and,
Instenjd, of going to school and col
lege to study the humanities and
classical languages, he went to sea.'
Upon his return ho began the
study of urchltecturo nnd, at the
age of 26, he was appointed teach
er of machine construction t a
technical school, which was later
to develop Into the Royal Institute
of Technology of to day.
Hero his bent for original con
structions nnd devices was allowed
free play, and one of his Inventions
who allowed free play, and one of
his Inventions was a submarine
bomb which, In lKi)7, attracted the
attention of tho Itusslivn authori
ties. Kmmnnucl Nobel was there
upon Invited to cross the Italtle
with his family tq what was then
tho Uusslan capita), St. Petersburg
whero ho was given the opportuni
ty to continue .his experiments
without need for financial worry.
A special factory was built for
him; there, besides submarine
mines, ho made rapid firing guns
and other Implements of win,
which wero used by tho Russians
with good effect" In the Crimean
war. Tho mines In particular were
credited with preventing the Urll
Ish fleet from bombarding the enp
ilal. Associated with htm Wero his
four sons, of whom Alfred was the
third, nnd when tho family return
ed to Sweden soon after the Crim
ean war, tho second son. I.udwlg.
was left In ehaiKu of the factory,
In Stockholm, Kmmanuel Nobel
continued his experiments with
high explosives, into which he was ' elected
me nrst to Introduce tho use of
nitroglycerine.
In un explosion at his laboratory
nt Jloleneboig, near Stockholm, his
youngest son. Kmll, was killed, atid
he, htmself was ho badly Injured
that lii never fully recovered.
There were other accidents of a
, H.'iious nature, and finally the use
or nitroglycerine was forbidden by
law In many countries.
Uut the elder Nobel and his sons
were not to be deterred, .'rohlliit
ed from working on land, they
hired a boat and, anchoring It in
the middle of lakn Malureu. out
side of Stockholm, they continued
their experiments with increasing
success.
Alfred IJernhard Nobel bad been
bom in Stockholm lit 1S33, or be
fore his father moved 40 Russia.
Ills formal schooling was ncmxt,
hut thanks to his ussoelation with
Ids father and his independent
rending as well as his travels, he
beenmo the master or several lan
guages, Including Russian.
At the iihh of 17, ho was sent
by his father to New York to visit
t'apt. John Krlcsson, who was thn
preted as leaning toward holshev-
isin, by others ns favoring facism,
though neither form was then
known.
Most of nil, lie seems to have
been Influenced In hlii youth by
Shelley, who, in his political writ
ings, was anything but orthodox.
As a young boy, Alfred Nobel had
read Shelley's poems; It was very
easy for him to acipilro tho poet's
world philosophy, his overwhelm
ing Idealism, his all-lnolusive love
for humanity, his pacifism, his po
litical radicalism and his some
what confused atheism, which, in
reality, was closely related to both
Christianity and Platonism.
. All these strains recur In Nobel's
letters, but, thanks to his sharper
Intellect and scientific training, In
a more practical form. Tho oldest
extant poem by fobpl is in Kng
llsh. and it is known that In his
youth he wrote other Kngllsh
verses, though he later burned
them all.
In Swedish, ho tried his hand at
novel writing, but without success,
and shortly before his death ho
attempted tho drama. Ills letters,
however, show an unmistakablo
literary gift. Ills Swedish '.biogra
pher, Professor Sehueck, remarks
that, If he had not been a great
Inventor, ho might havo become a
groat author. .
Paris he left In disgust when
accused without Justification of
espionnge. Ono of his Inventions
happened to resemble the objec
tive of experiments conducted In
great secrecy at tho laboratory of
tho French powder monopoly,
which was located closn to his
own laboratory, Just 'outside Paris.
It was by pure coincidence that ho
had happened to work on the same
problem as tho army engineers,
and, when ho solved it. first, they
became Jealous. After that, ho
moved to San Reno on tho Italian
Itlvlera, whero he died on Decem
ber Hi, suit.
Coming Attractions
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' It's not so hard to find six
pretty Kir 1m, nor is it so hard to
find six girts w-ho can play the
; saxophone, but to find six pretty
girls who can play the saxophone
is some job' says Rudy Wifdocft,
who bus been booked by Fanchou
and Marco to take the lead i
their "Saxophobia Idea''. '
! "Not only can these beauties
. "play" the saxophone, but each
one is an artist at it they have to
be to keep pace with Rudy Wied
oeft who is the world's greatest.
And not only will these girls have
-a chance t obtain further jnusl
t cai work, but they are getting-the
expert instruction of Wiedoeft. .
t The "Saxophom Reauties" are
appearing at Hunt's Crateriuti, .in
; Fanchon and Marco's toda'.
; The screen attraction will be
Norma Shearer In a "A 1-ady of
! Chance."
At the Itlallo
The Now York City of the the
atrical world, with landmarks siuch
a Hotel Astor and Its famus Pea
cock Alley, figure in "The Rutter
and Kgg Man," coming to the
4 4
'Baby Cyclone'
at Rial to Today -.
1 Pi
At Cmtcrbm
What I wrong with the preseut .
' generation is shown in "Our Dane-
ing Daughter," com big lot Hunt's
: Cruterjan. ' N 1 .
And the answers supplied' in this
feature show that if. Indeed, youth
is to b ci ltirbsml, the parents
, themselves are In no position to
i voice the censure. Children, tho
plot shows, usually rwfleel the cir
cumstances of their home life. -
Threu ver modern young worn
j en appeur in the leading rolcv,
Joan Crawford. Dorothy Sebastian
; and Anila Page. q'
Johnny Mack Brown is the
- young man whose affections and
' millions occupy the attentions of
Miss Crawford and Miss Page. Nils
, Aslher. as Miss Sebastian's hus
! band, gives a striking portrayal as
the husband who tries to forget
1 his wife's past indiscretloTs but
cannot erase suspicions from his
, mind. :.
AIR TRAFFIC GOP
The new Superior Whippet Fours brine high priced car beauty into the low priced field. ' Setting a definite
new trend of style and quality in this classification. The upper left picture shows the Superior Whippet Four
Coach with larger and roomier body. The front view of the Whippet Coupe above shows the smart,
new Whippet radiator design. The Whippet Four Sedan below it an outstanding example of the beautiful
new lines developed for these new car's; The inset shows the new "fineer-tip control." A single button
in the center of the steering wheel controls all the functions of startingthe motor, controlling the lights and
kounding the horn. This feature is designated as the greatest driving convenience since the self starter.
:I7SH tu IKT.'i. wrlttfll hy Wtrulcll (iIIiims have litVn presi'litfd to Sy
i 1'liilllpn. William I.loyil C.in lsoii. ! racuKc unlvemMy liy (iprrlt Smith
T4
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i "The Raby Cyclone." comical
, filmization of George M. Cohan s
fiimi.nv ulniri. libit.- U'illi I.i-VV Cnilv
nnd Alleen Pringle us co-stars," is!
the attraction at the Riallo then-1
tre today.
The story Is a clever sttire 011 yftcfcd''-ittfillto ftetot-tr $,$6 tMtg
modci-n society, with a Pekingese .
pup as the motivation. Ho wrecks li:lUo tomorrow. It shows
the hannincss of two loving eou- 1 l,"fa '"n"
: plea a n d p reel p Hat es a t ra i 1 1
events that gives Cody a black ey
WASHINGTON W1) Air traffic
cops havo made 219 arrests with
out a single complaint that the
aerial bluecoats were sleeping on
ilu-ir posts.
Fifty inspectors of the de
partment of commerce air regula
tions division, charged with arrest
ing and prosecuting air traffic vio
lators, havo been on the job thru
out the country for more than a
year.
Sixty-five of the offenders drew
fines of 930t)0 to $5000' .for their
and occasions
' ety.
riot In high soci
John Provvn, Charles Sumner nnd 1 .MflPn of petorhoro. N. V.
i A knocking motor should have
I immediate attention, but a knock
: ing man should be left severely
alone.
nf I ing rooms and offices of the j offenses, while 1 1 H wero. repri-
shadler variety or inoiuuie.u pro- mantien, one nunnreit mncty-nvn
ductlon. ' J cases have crime up. .for hearing
--Jack Mulhairis featured in the -since the division was organized,
title role, with Greta Nissen as Charges included landing in 1111
lcading lady. Sam Hardy, Get j authorized sections, low flying
trtidn Astor and William Demurest j over congested areas, stunt flying
head a very capable supporting !wlth passengers aboard, and earry
enst. 'ing explosives.-
NEW YEARS EVE
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A native of Leipzig, (rained In I
l he conservatories of Kuropc, and j
Willi a notable career in the Rerlin )
Roynl Opcru and in Kuropcuu con-
certs, Frieda ILcmpel, wilt be j
heard lu tho Fisher body hour of j
the General, .Motors family party 1
Monday nlglt, Dec. .list.
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OF SUFFRAGE FOR
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Why'Wlt tliit th FiJchih mil'
llaimiiUj hoxitatpit iui . t(ikp. Avhut It
huji ill' litu UHI 'K, tVlUMV IU;
llio 1 hk 1 11 11 1 im of tho t'muti'eiitli
rentury, In tlu. tliha f I'hillin tho
Kalr, tho fli'wt HtatPH conorat waa
Ity tlio whnlo mip(m1o of
l'Ynnro, inon unit womvn wllhnut
llHtlnetlon?
Krnnco'M failure to Rlvo women
tlio vntn 1h Iiio to mon'H fear of
uit lui'ieam) of clerical Influenco
In tho iiiillllcal- llto of lnnco. In
Kianci-. think tho Bonatom, the
1 pri'ciirliiiiHncn of tho situation
! makes It nmrp iuIvIkhIiIc to let
imattei'H rchiaiu in Hlalu quo tluin
jlo i'lk n exin-rlmeiit. which may
orlnn: iliNaNtrouH i-eatllla. Pmler
llliNlalile I'onilllioiiH tlio ehanuo
Frieda 14empe:u
on General Motm Program
Miss I lemticl's opera tlu debut
was In the "Merry lyv of Wind
sor." at tho, Reritn Royal Opera in
l!Mif. As leading soprano In
operas of Wuuner, Richard Strauss
and others. Miss llempel was tho
Idol of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Hinco then she' has even tran
scended her operatic record by re
citals throughout tho United
States and Kuropc. Among her
unique programs is the "Jenny
Und" which Miss llempel gives in
costume
In the Fisher body hour. Miss
llempel will be supported by a
symphony orchestra directed by
Gcnnaro Papi, the noted composer.
The program will be broadcast by
tho National llrondensllng com
pany and thirty-five associated
stations, .Including the Orange net
work to the Pacific coast at ft: 30
coast time.
i Improvements
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CMAllEVGEK
LAND IN OREGON
mluht mean ell her a ret urn
monarchy, or another from of tlu-U The apportionment of approxl
dit-tatorshlp found necessary in1 mutely 1 l4j millton tlollars of fed
itther parts of Rut-ops to cope oral aid money to -the road bulld
wlth post-war situations, or a ing program of Oregon e.uh year
lapse Into u. communistic form of serves to bring out numerous ipics- i
government inspired and engl- tlons relative to the amount of j
neered by tho sovlets of Russia, 'government owned laud In the
In this dilemma Franco would he - various states
between two extremes, nnd the! According to statistics compiled
senators deem It wlsr to let what- ! by t o ( egon State Motor assocl- I
r polltftal readjustment that Is utlon, the total area of litnd and '
bound to eomo take a natural : water In the -IS states Is :yv.!rt,7 HI !
course, mainly to ltisuro the safety Hiuar miles. The total area of
of tho republic. Only a strong land owned by the federal govern- j
and stable government can afford meiit in the form of uhapproprtnt- j
to deal with a new element such cd and unreserved public' luiid. (
nu I h.. n-,kinn'a aIa nn.l t lirtiitrti I iiiin .liirnl.lo I it.llini In tt.l .1,1. 1 n.. 1
developing his various mechanical jth0 polncare ministry (as consli-1 tbmnl ' forests, parks and moiiu-
1,u' luted until recently) hurt achieved monts, is lilLMOS sipiare miles, or
the nilt'iixnlftn. .la,Hu In tl,- i.A.,.nnl f hA ..r.,i ,,..,..
n 4 vu(v, uui nan not .
Inventions. This wn before
V. . nn ii.ins ior ine ; nitraculous results In the. two
; yearn of Its Incumbency, the eon
been used.
Inventor of High Kxploslvr
It was pot In mechanical engi
neering that tho younger Nobel
was to distinguish himself, but ns
a success of his father In the field
of explosives. Hy combining nitro
glyhfrtne with various absorbent
substances such ns sawdust or ln
fusorlnl silicate, he made It wafer
to handle nnd thusr In 1863,
achieved dynamite.
In the construction of tho St.
Oat hard tunnel alone, tho use of
dynamite saved more than 5 mil
lion dollars, besides several years
of work. The total value to hu
manity of the Nobel Invention
dltions of French political life,
with eight or nine major parties,
cannot prevent the government
fro mhclng anything hut a shift
ing, insecure ship tossed by the
seas of high parliamentarism and
petty political maneuvers. When
France, under the Irresistible mo
mentum of International life and
the obligations It entails, read
justs herself politically to ft eon
stllun that is young and vlg
ouorj'und modern; when tho old
obsolete Constitution, of 187ft
makes way for one adapted to
cope with tho demands and exi
gencies of the tlmtt, then a poli
tical renaissance will take place
may well he called Inestimable. llohn Krance and will bring with it
ui so perieripti i no nynamito cup n n consequence, the oto for
And mudo possible blasting under 'women. Current History,
prising the forty-eiirht states
Tl bind owned by the federal
government is v not distributed,
evenly among the 4M states. Nine
slates-have no federal land. In 16
slates the federal land is less than
1 per cent of the total state ain.
In 0 states the federal (and repre
sents from 1 per cent to 4 per cent
of the total state area. In 1-1
states the federal holdings nro
from 7. S per cent to 84.2 per cent
of the total stale area.
Oregon has 45.il per cent of Its
total area taken tip by federal
owned land; Washington has 3tV6
por cent nnd California has 40gk
per cent. v
Historic I Alters C.lft
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