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Zurich Herald, 1928-01-12, Page 3British Premier Amuses Savants At,Gathering of Royal Society Stanley Baldwin Speaks "the Common English" in Accepting Fellowship From Distinguished Organization of Natural Scientists in London Loudon--A.clinowleclging his thanks on one occasion, speaking to *Sir for what he declared was "one of the . J'o.sepli Lamer it1 the la•tter's library,. highest monors that anyone could de- ! he confided to him; "There is no sire to have in. this world;' the• Plume single book on these shelves of Minister, Stanley Baldwin, speaking , wlaiph I can understand one single as a new member, at the 265tH anti-; word," to which Sir Joseph calmly versary dinner of the Royal Societyand confidently • replied: "Probably paid% tribute to. the learning -and in- ' not!" dustry of the British natural scientists 1 The Prime Minister recalled an in who are gradually cataloguing the cident of his boyhood when his father output of philosophical,. " papers and the tatter's brother -in law, Sir throughout the world at the rate *of ,Edward Poynter—neither of them 200,000 a year. without culture of a certain hind— The Prince Minister, in happy veind went with a friend to hear a paper was frequently interrupted by the read at the Royal Society. laughter and applause of his lis. I Thanks in Comm"on English" tinguished auditors, especially wbgah: I "If my=memory serves me right," making amusing allusions to •the dif-'lie said, "it was read by the father of Terence between a modern savant and my friend Lord Rayleigh 'and the sub - a politician, jest of the paper was 'The Principle "My association with the Royal of Oscillating Curves: I 'remember;: Society," ho said, "dates from a re- , that neither my father nor .Sir Ed - cent period of my life. I dcenot know ward Poynter:, understood a word of why you want politicians in your ; it and not the least distinguished midst—we live in differentplaces—,men, Professor Huxley, was in'the you clear with suns rano) eters and same galley—and : he 'drew ou the electrons and I deal with rates and blackboard a picture of a life guard: taxes. With you, time and space are, man in the attire then fashionable, in I am told, small matters; with me • the 'eat of kissing a tiny girl• and they are grim realities. You are a finder it he wrote 'a super -oscillatory priesthood and you worship truth; 1 "curve belong to a sect. The Prime Minister, in accepting Census Follows Silence i the Fellowship, said he took 'comfort "You employ hypothesis 'as far as it in reflecting that ministers- and judges kill Barr; you and taen you find a and others 'not engaged in scientific new one, If we discard our hypoth- research were now also being elected eses we are not said to be pushing to the Royal Society. He .craved par - forward our minds into the.:unknown; ; don for some of his amusing refer- ence, or most of you do, uuti! you i ences before such a sedate and digni- we are called 'rats.' You keep sit- lied assemblage. know the truth—that would impose a ! "You may think, perhaps, that on great strain on us—and when you ; an occasion like this 1 am treating have found truth you try to describe the subject -matter of my speech'with it in a few words. Only constliten'mere levity, and yet you will remem- eats grade us according' to• thenum- ;ber the story of the little juggler who ber of columns of Hansard (parlia-' had nothing to offer to his Madonna mentary reports) that we produce and except his own skill- in tumbling, and if we keep silence we render oursel- he turned ,somersaults, before her, not ves liable to a -'oto of censure." lout of any spirit of levity but because Mr. Baldwin, frankly' admitting it was all he had to offer, and the himself to be a profoundly iktihorant!Madonna smiled upon him. I ani un- laymrn, said that all his life ho had %able to talk to you in your language. looked upon the Royal Society with.: I merely speak the common English, "the awe and wonder common to and hi that tongue I thank ybu once those outside of esour .bounds." He more, from my heart, for this very said he was fond of books but that great honor you have done to me." May Seize Mines Gas Tax Steady For Tax Arrears During 1928 • Ontario Government Issues Warning to Affected .Owners Toronto.—In an effort to secure the payment of tax arrears amounting to more than $52,000, the Ontario Gov- ernment may ov-ernmentmay declare forfeited and re - vested in the Crown the mining rights in '60,000 acres of lands in northern and north-western Ontario. Notice of this policy has already been published in the Ontario Gazette, and the own- ers affected are advised to take ad- vantage of the six months period al- lowed them to pay up the amounts at the Cabinet Council meeting and owing, matters relating to improvement and It is seven years since tha Province, reorganization in" various depart - through the Department of Mines, last resorted to a policy of general for- feiture to collect tax arrears. - The tax for which a number of claim owners in northern Ontario are in default, is the one of five cents each acre im- posed upon all lands which are held in an undeveloped state. A Fatal Toss LIFE OR DEATH ON THE TOSS OF A COINI J.B. Taylor (right) and C. A. Burrows (left) tossed a coin to see which' shouldtake the first run in a new. United States mail plane for Cheyenne from Denver. Taylor won the toss and a few minutes later the plane crashed and burned,burning him to death. UNIVERSITY IN AFRDCA PLANNED FOR INDIANS Durban, Natal—A. scheme is on foot to build an Indian university at Dur - bah. It is likely to involve an ex- penditure of £20,000, a large propor- tion of which •sum has already been collected. At present an application is being considered by the Town Council for a grant of five or six acres in Centenary Road on .which to ,build the .university, On his return 'to Sastri, who originated) will meet the finance No Reduction in Present Fees provide discia the matter. The Durban, Srinivasa the scheme committee and object is to an establishment to give for Indian teachers raise the standard of educe - among the Indian. community gen- eraliy. Will Take Place During, higher training Coming Year land to No increase in the gasoline tax is tion • contemplated for the coming year. Neither will there be any reduction in 'motor license fees. Announce- ments to this effect were made by Premier Ferguson at the close of a protracted .meeting of the Ontario Cabinet Friday. Legislation Discussed The general legislative program for the coming session was discussed Persia Protests Treaty of Britain Concerning Bahrein Island Object- ed To Geneva.—Persia has protested to the League of Nations against the treaty between Great Britain and the ging of the Hodjaz concerning Bah- rein Islands which lie • on the Arabian Side of tho League covenant. This is the article whereby members of the. League undertake to respect and pre- serve as against external aggression the territorial integrity with the League and whereby also the council is authorized to examine means for the fulfilment of this obligation. The Teheran government asserts that the treaty in question, which was signed at Jcidah on May 20 last be- tween Sultan Abdul Aziz Ibn Saoud and Great Britain, declares that the.' vessel, taxed to its capacity with 30 Hedjaz undertakes to maintain friend- !tons of coal, acid began transferring ments were under consideration. Survey Being Made "The expendittues on roads are not met by the revenues from the traffic," said the Premier: "The de- partment has been making a survey of the whole situation because we want to provide for the capital neces- sary by the issue of debentures for a period covering the life of the roads so as to take care of the replacement.. By the exercise 61 very rigid economy this coming year we will try to get along without increasing any tax." VESSEL OWES SAFETY TO YARMOUTH SHIPPER Coal Transferred to Distress- ed Ship After Hour's Manoeuvring Yarmouth, N,S.—That the Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamer Canadian Carrier reached St. John, N.B., safely after having exhausted I her fuel supply, instead of having been driven ashore . anti wrecked on the rocky coast of Southern Nova Scotia, was due, In large measure, 'to the courage and resourcefulness of la Yarmouth skipper and his crew of eight 'vbo set out in a small motor ly peaceful relations with the terri- tories of Bahrein and ICoweit and with the 'sheiks of Qutar and the Oman coast, who, itis added, are in special treaty relations with Great, Britain. Persia insists 'that the Bahrein Is- e lands aro incontestably Persian, ex- plaining that when Persia protested as far back as 1869 9 agaiust' the spe- cial agreement between Great Britain ' and the great sheik of Bahrein, Lord Clarendon recognized the justice of that piotest. She used to be too proud to scrub the ;floor at £1 a week—that wa.sf ar- rogance. Now she does it • for no- thing ---that's matrimony. President Coolidge is quoted as saying that after his term expires ,he will return to 'Vermont and 'whittle for a year or two. Still following the C olidge economy program by Cutting elowii here and theta!' ' 11 r thef uel to the distressed streamer alter an hour'careful manoeuvring in the violent sea. The pitching of both vessels constantly threatened die- aster to . the relieving craft and its crew, but, after three hours' strenuous effort, the perilous task was accom- plished, and the motor boat returned. safely to port while the• Carrier, ne longer a plaything of the sea, pro- ceeded to her destination, St. John, Laurels for Heroes, • Coach—"Win this game in a bust- ness-like manner to-day„hien•'-there's a scout 'from a big New York bond house in the stands."—Life. An American left the bulk of his fortune to his lawyer, , It everybody`• did this; a lot of time would be saved, --London Opinion. ' A geed lesson might be learned frpm the sky, for, when it's' blue it'd, ailw'ayil uieakfailt. "When hubby pets a horn bill It doesn't necessarily mean that hs bought i1 saxaphone.” . • Johnny Reece's Piece Once there was a 'IittIe boy, whose name was Johnny Reece, And every Friday afternoon he had to say a piece; So many poems thus he learned that soon he had a store Of 'recitations in Ms head, and still kept learning mare. He was called upon one week, And totally forgot the piece he was •about to speak. His brain he cudgeled; not a word re- mained within ,.Ms head! ynchronized Signals for Ships Called Preventive of Disast r Universal Adoption of Safety Devices Would "Lock the Door Against Needless Sea Accidents,,' Naval Experts Declare It the sound-inaking and listening face almost an inch thick, Elect* 'appartelug, ,for ships -that now exists, sally caused vibrations of this face at. slowly being adopted in the;; United' :a rate of 600 to the minute create a Mtates, were to be universally used sound;iu the water that le audible to would "lock the door against need- microphones for many miles, less sea disasters,' not only with sub; `libe rising signal of a submarine--. marines but also among surface throe Iong .dashes—sounded upon the crafts, aeegrding to naval experts In oscillator In the tub, sent out such Boston. a noise speech in the room was im- "k7umope is far ahead of the United possible. The -sound was not unlike that of a deep but rauous motor horn, greatly intensified. It was clearly evident, even to an untrained ob.' server, such a sound would be clearly audible without receiving instru- ments upon the deck of a vessel with. in two blocks• or more of a rising submarine. Water Depth Shown A demonstration of the fathometer was also made, This instrument sears out a sound from a small oscil- lator, which travels to the bottom and is echoed back. Knowing the States in the use of these preven- tive devices," declared a former 'oiii- cer of the United States Navy who has kept pace with Asea -safety pro - ..grass. "Although they aro of Ameri- can invention it remained for, the governments of , England, Germany, Denmark and Finland, all of whom are far name `ehlp-minded' than is the Government of the ` United States, to bing them into wide use." Safety Demonstration An explanation and demonstration of these devices, the submarine oscillator' and the fathometer, ' were speed sound travels in water a re- made by Harold J. H. Fay, vice press- cording instrument translates the dent of the Submarine Signal Co. of time into fathoms, giving the depth Boston, the sole makers .of these de- beneath the keel of a ship to within vices that are naw coming into use three feet. Aecortlung to navigators by almost every country in the world this instrument is the greatest in. indulging 1n extensive maritime op- mention •since the compass. erations. Explaining the most modern safety "Safe navigation boils dawn to a methods for finding the distance of a om al 'gilt - matter of proper distance finding," ship, fMrm Fay said shdp the shoreor`Ar simple but declared Mr. Fay. "It is now Dos- ingenuous instrument makes possible slbio ,for a captain to know at any the synchronization of the oscillator moment the amount of water bo- ,and the radio. When signals from tween his keel and the ocean bottom. both of the latter are sent out s3mui- It is possible for him to know the ex- taneousIy a button is pressed en act distance of his ship from the board the ship, wishing to know its shore, even in fog or at night. It is whereabouts at night 'or in fog or possible for him to know when a sub -,storm, immediately upon hearing the marine is rising within five miles of radio signal. As the oscillator signal, him And soon it will be possible for i traveling but 4800 feet a second a captain to know the course, the through the water, is much slower, him. And soon it wil bep ossble for i the button is pressed again when speed, and the distance away of a ; that signal reaches the ship. The in- ship coming toward him regardless strument • controlled by the button translates the time into miles and yards and gives he exact distance to of fog or storm." Oscillator in Use In a working demonstration of the anyone glancing at the dial. oscillator, a use of which is involved "The matter of extending this syn. • in all of these operations, a model chronized signalling system to ocean such as is now attached to subma- liners, so that the course, distance rives, was submerged in a large tub and speed of a ship coming in the of water placed in one of the rooms opposite direction may be known in of the Submarine Signal Company's foggy weather or at night, thus pre - plant. 1 eluding the possibility o£' corl!sion, The apparatus was approximately, will probably be taken up at the next Andso he spoke at random, and this the size of a bushel basket, and was international safety at sea conven- is what he said: made of heavy steel, with a flat steel tion."—(Christian Science )Monitor.) "My beautiful, my beautiful, who . _.... -. _...._ _ . standeth proudly by; 'It was the schooner Hesperus—the Breaking waves dashed high. Why is the Forum crowded? What means this stir. in Rome? Under a spreading chestnut tree there is no place like home! When freedom from her mountain height cried, 'Twinkle, little star,' Shoot, of you must, this- old gray head, King Henry of Navarre! Roll on, thou cle'ep and dark blue castle crag of Drachenfels; My name is Norval; on the Grampian Hills ring out, wild bells!, T you're waking, call me early, to be . or not to be; The curfew must not ring to -night; 0,1 woodman sparethattree. Charge, Chester, charge; On, Stauley, on! And let who will be clever! The boy stood en the :.burning deck, but I go on forever." His schoolmates all applauded as ho finished the last line. "I see, it doesn't matter," Johnny thought, "what words I say, So long as I declaim with oratorical display!" —St. Louis Globe -Democrat.' !the slits are conveniently waist high. J Hitherto the slits have been filled Mexico would be all right if its goy- I by cunningly. devised stones, which eminent could execute the laws as ea could be withdrawn easily by hand. festively as it does the revolutionists. !From outside they appeared to be —.Virginian -Pilot. !tiny panels. . Sniper's Posts at Bank f England London.—Part of the defences of the Bank of England have been re- vealed by the rebuilding. work in progress. Two long horizontal slits have ap- peared, almost at the top of the blank wall, at the Threadneedle street and Bartholomew lane corner. They aro loopholes designed for rifle fire in the event of an attack on or siege of the Bank of England. Four riflemen could stand at these slits and dominate many important thoroughfares leading into the vast square known as "the Bank." With two machine guns posted at these po- sitions approach to the Bank's main entrance would be almost impossible. Round the top of tho wall sur- rounding the Bank, and just behind the slits, is a patrol gallery intended for a time of emergency. For a nor- mal sized man patrolling the gallery leas— An Australian Accident THE LAST Or FATAL FERRY One-half of the ferry boat "Geryeliffe" w1114h -was cut in two by the S.S. Tahiti, in the harbor of Sydney, Australia. Eighty-six persons lost their lives 111 the disaster,' The ferry boat is being raised to clear the harbor. •yr ♦Y "A man's disposition is often in- fluenced by his wait and sighs." %II.r Wants To? Live in Chicago With a Crirne Report Like This Chicago — Crime in Chicago is shown to be on the increase in the annual report of the Munlcipal Court. Charges of murder in 1927 wore 213 as against 1'75 in 1926; manslaughter cases increased to 311 in 1927 as against 198 in 1926. Other crimes shown in the report which runs from Dec. 1 to Nov. 30, are: Crime 1926 1927 Larceny "8,629 10,143 Robbery .... .. 2,658 3,527 Burglary 1,505 2,188 Vagrancy 1,102 4,994 Wife abandonment and non'•support cases showed a decrease of 1,200 to 3,729 in 1927, as did motor vebicle cases, with 130,023 in 1926 and 10.7; 272 ,in 1927. That's the report. 13111 Thompson must be Proud of it. Names given to new shades that will prevail in spring apparel include. "grasshopper," This should be suit- able for jumpers. Ottawa, Ontario ---The 11320 output of sheet metal products was valued at .$39,077,034, an increase of 14 per cent. over the output value of $34,442,488 reported in the previous year by the Dominion Bureau of ;statistics. This is peak production since the Bureau began to collect records of manufac• turos in 1017, the previous high mark being $37,360,576, in 1920. Of the 135 plants reporting in this group, 95 were located in Ontario, 10 each in Que• boo and British Columbia, 11 in Molly toba, 8 in Alberta, 4 in New '-Bruns. wick, 2 each in Saskatchewan- and Nova Scotia, and one In 'Prime kid ward Island.