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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 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 Londou-—Acknowledging his thanks on one occasion, speaking to Sir for wbat he declared was “one of the Joseph Larmor in the latter's library^ highest monors that anyone could jR^ he confided to* him: "There is no sire to have in this world," the Prime ‘ single bopk on these shelves of Minister, Stanley Baldwin, speaking; which I can understand one Blngle as a now member, at the 265th anni- word," versary dinner of the Royal Society ’ and confidently replied paid tribute to the learning and in-" dustry of the British natural scientists who are gradually cataloguing the output of philosophical papers throughout the world at the rate of 200,000 a year. The Prime Minister, in happy vein, ’ went with a friend to hear a paper was frequently interrupted by the read at the Royal Society, laughter and applause of his dis- Thanks In "Common English" tinguished auditors, especiall*/ vhcui memory serves me right," X* M *■» 1 4 tn 4 m + >1 m HIT. • F . to which Sir Joseph calmly "Probably not!" The Prime Minister recalled an in cident of his boyhood when his father and the latter’s brother-in-law, Sir Edward ‘ poynter—neither of them | without culture of a certain kind— -----; memory serves me ngqr,-making amusing. al.uslons to. the djf- jie <{jt was reu(| py tlie father of “ .... ......... ............my frienc| Lorc| Rayleigh and toe sub ject of the paper was ‘The Principle of. Oscillating Curves.' I remember that neither my father nor Sir Ed ward Poynter understood a word of modern savant andference betwe.cn a ?i politician. “My association Society,” he said, cent period of my life. _________ why you want politicians in your jt aU(j not th0 least distinguished _”’.O litrn n»» /H "PnUOD I* Uifinoc-—• ; _ _ —_ - .man, Professor Huxley, was m the same galloy—and he drew on the blackboard a picture of a life guards man in the attire then' fashionable, in the act of kissing a tiny girl and under it he wrote ‘a supe',-oscllldtory curve.’ ” j The Prime Minister, in accepting- i the Fellowship, said he took comfort in reflecting tlffit ministers and judges and others not engaged in scientific research were now also being elected to the Royal Society. He craved par/ don for some of his amusing refer-! ences before such a sedate and digni- with the Royal "dates from a re- I dp not know midst—wo live Synchronized Signals for Ships Called Preventive of Disasters in different places— you deal with suns and stars electrons and I deal with rates taxes. With you, time and space I am told, small matters; with me they are grim realities. You are ■priesthood and you ’worship truth; belong to a sect. Census Follows Silence “You employ hypothesis as far as will carry you and then you find new one. If we discard our hypoth eses we are not said to be pushing forward our minds into the unknown; once, or most of you do, until you we aro called ‘rats.’ You keep sll-.fied 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 I am treating have found truth you try to describe the subject-matter of my speech with! it in a few werds. Only constiitu- jmere levity, and yet you will remem- ____ _________ ______ _ onts grade us according to. the num- her-the story of the little juggler who' ' her of columns of Hansard (parlia-,had nothing to offer to his Madonna^ WNlVERSIFY IN”AFRICA mentary reports) that we produce;and except his own skill in tumbling, and] 'r'T * if we keep silence we render’ oursel- he turned somersaults before her, not' , . « ves liable to a ’.ote of censure.” |.out of any spirit of levity but because] { Mr. Baldwin, frankly admitting ‘ it was all. he had to -offer, and the i xuvu himself to-.be a profoundly ignorant .‘Madonna smiled upon him. I am un- J °U1W_ an Bidlan university- at Dur layman, said that all his life he had'-able to.talk to you- ip'your language. an ex-. looked upon the Royal Society with, I merely speak the common English, P®nhiture of £*.0.000,” a large propor- “the awe and wonder common to]find in that tongue I thank you once 1 11 ° w,rInn’ R1”11 ,nc' £,1”°**''T”* those outside of your bounds.” He _ more,, from ■ my heart, .for this very , said he was fond of books but that ‘ great honor' yoa.ha.ve done to me.” and and are, a I It a I May Seize. Mines ■ For Tax Arrears to secure the amounting to Ontario Gov- Ontario Government Issues Warning to Affected Owners ‘Toronto.—In an effort payment of tax arrears more than $52,000, the -ernment may declare forfeited and're vested in tlfe 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- Universal Adoption of Safety Devices Would '‘Lock the Door Against Needless Sea Accidents/’ Naval Experts Declare It the sound-making gad. listening pperatus for ships that now exists, Gwiy holug adopted in the United tales, were to be universally used it would “lock (he doer against need less sea disasters,” not only with sub marines but also among surface crafts, according to naval experts In Boston. “Ejirope is far ahead of tho United possible. States in the irse of,these preven tive devices,” declared a former offi cer of the United States Navy who lias kept pace with sea-safety pro- ' gross. “Although they are of Ameri can invention it remained for the governments of England, Germany, Denmark and Finland, all of whom are far more ‘ship-minded’ than Is- the Government of the United States, to bing them into wide use.” Safety Demonstration An oxplanation and demonstration* these devices, the submarine oscillator and the fathometer, were made by Harold J. H. Fay, vice-presi dent of the Submarine Signal Co. of Boston, the sole makers of these de vices that are now coming into use by almost every country in the world face almost an inch thick. Electrh Parade of Jewel® Worth $5,000,000 Three Princesses git Wonder Show Held in London I.ondon—Royal Princesses ®a4 plain-clothes detective rubbed, shoul ders fn the ball-room of the Mayfair t?>i tho-greatest spectacle of th® idn4 since mannequin parades began, A collection of gems, Valued ' more than ?25,WW0, had been fur* microphones for many miles. The rising signal of ,a submarine-— three long dashes—sounded upop tho __4 o oscillator ip the tub, sent out such >y the National Jewellers' • a noise speech in the room was Im-1 Association ®>f Great Britain and Ila The wmd was not unlike affiliated organfeations of America that of a deep but raucus motor horn, tafld Canadat, and the ©hoicest trea^ greatly Intensified. It was cTearly; urea e0j.^ted: from thla modenx evident, even to an untrained I dffi’s pave gleamed on the necka ant - server, such a sound would be dearly-----—■»■ ..._Z TTw audible without receiving fustru-: meats upon the deck of a vessel with- j • in two blocks or more of a rising I submarine. Water Depth Shown A demonstration of the fathometer was also made, Tbfe instrument, L’FE OR DEATH ON THE TOSS OF A COIN! J.B. Taylor (right) and C. A. Burrows (left) tossed a coin to see whfeh should take the first run in a new United States mail plane for Cheyenne from Deuver. laylor won the toss and a few minutes later the plane crashed and burned, burning him-to death. ' ------------ . Johnny Reece’s Piece PLANNED FOR INDIANS Onee {hero was a little boy, whose name was Johnny Reece, ‘ Durban, Natal—A scheme is on foot 'An(i every Friday afternoon he had to - . .say a piece; It is likely to. involve an ex-. s° many poems thus he learned soon, lje had a store that - •• • . -v '-------■ — < — - » W tion of which- sum has- already been Of recitations in his head, and collected. At present aan application is being considered by the,Town Council for a grant of five or six a.cres. in Centenary Road on .which .to build the university, ” \ .- On-his return to-Durban, ^Srinivasa Gas Tax Steady ’ ’ * " ■- •- *• "TAOQ return to*Durban, <,Srinivasa; ' - JLtzAiO Sastrl, who originated the scheme , W | VFmII YYtZial- 4-1*» ___Jt No Reduction in Present Fees Will Take Place" During Coming Year ■ No increase in the_ gasoline tax is contemplated for the coining 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 • Tlie general . legislative program for the coming session was discussed' w 7 [will me.et.the finance committee ‘and - J discuss Jbe.matter/The object'is to provide an establishment .to/give higher training • for Ind/an? teachers and to raise tho standard; of educa tion, ampng the Indiamcommunity gen-’’ ..erally-. ■/'•’ .. lowed them to pay up the amounts’at the Cabinet Council meeting’and-' _' moM-nvo rnloH-no1 *1 tYiyiViSfriiiTntint nnrl ‘-owing. It is seven years since, the- Province, through the Department of Mines; last ■resorted to a policy of general'for-' Teiture to collect tax drrears. Tho tax matters-relating to .improvement and- reorganization in various 'depart ments were under' consideration. Survey Being Made “The expendituies on roads for which a number of claim owners not met by the revenues from the .■u _ _ ’ .. »..<»’ Xi. T-*_____ » . _de- the one of five cents qach acre im-jpartment has been making a survey! posed upon all lands, which are held of the whole situation because we in ah undeveloped state. ----L i" t*1" p ** " ln northern Ontario are in default, is, traffic,” said the Premier: "The the one of five cents qach acre want to provide for the capital neces sary by the issue of debentures for a period covering the life of the roads’ ■ so as tp.take care of the replacement. I ■ By-the exercise of very rigid economy Treaty of Britain; Concerning /j" Persia Protests. still arms and the shingled heads of th* mannequins* So many diamonds, pearls, and emeralds of price hav® never before been assembled in * single roam, Breathles» In contrast to ithe usual ripple pt. conversation at the ordinary drea» a breathless air to the bottom about tho audience, an atmosphere of Knowing the • tension born of the knowledge that in water a re-.000 Gi the strongest detective squad# hat Scotland Yard has ever sent out to a private social function was pres ent. Plain-Clothes men were on guard at every entrance. Tickets—and on one Was admitted -without'one—were scru tinized closely. They had been print- senrs out a sound from a small oscll- - parade there was iator, which travels and is echoed. ;baek. speed sound travels cording instrument time into fathoms, givin; beneath the keel of a ship to within three feet, According to navigators this instrument Is the greatest In indulging in extensive maritime op- .vention since the compass, erations. I Explaining the most modern safety “Safe navigation boils down to a' matter, of proper distance finding,” declared Mr. Fay. “T* slble for a captain to know at any moment the amount of water be tween his keel and the ocean bottom. It is possible for him to know the ex act distance of his ship from the shore, even In fog or at night. It is ' possible for him to know when a sub marine is rising within five miles of him. And soon it will be possible for a captain to know the course, the him, And soon it wll bep ossble for speed, and the distance away of a ship coming toward’ him regardless of fog or storm." Oscillator In Use Jn a working demonstration of the oscillator, a us© of which is Involved tn all of these operations, a model chronized signalling system to ocean such as Is now attached to subma- liners,, so that the course, distance rings,* was submerged in a largo 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. ■_ eluding the possibility ofl collision, ’ The apparatus was approximately• will probably be taken up at the next, ; the size of a bushel basket, and was international safety at sea conven- !made of heavy steel, with a flat steel tion.”—‘(Christian Science Monitor.) translate® the tg the depth Explaining the most modern safety a I methods for finding the distance' of a ' *n the country and sent out at th® “.ship from the shore or from al lght-/ast moment. ship, Mr. Fay said: "A simple but! Candles and matches had been aery-OTX. TinTrr nnw *YA* • A'OUrlU* ±\. tyJ.LUj.JlW UUVj . —rr ...... P ingenious instrument makes possible ?et^ °ht ^he detectives on duty the synchronization of the oscillator and the radio. When signals from both of the latter are sent out simul taneously a button is pressed’ on board the ship, wishing to kno'w Its whereabouts at i^sht or in fog or storm, immediately upOii Jjparing the ! radio signal. As* the oscillator signal. traveling Ibut 480D feet a _ through the water, Is much slower, the button Is pressed again when that signal reaches the ship. The in strument controlled by the button translates the time into miles and yards and gives he exact distance to anyone glancing at the dial. “The matter of extending this syn- and special guards placed over tho electric light mains and switches. A double cordon of masBlvo rop® as thick as a man’s arm was flung across the ballroom to form a centre gangway for the .bejewelled manne quins, and the audience — among i were Princess Andrew of second Greece. Princess Theodora of Greece, i and PrlnfeeBt?-^ Croy— j small tables on 'eitherTside. The mannequins, whose Paul Caret j frocks, forecasting the fashions of • noxt spring, ’ only arrived from Paris j a couple of hours before the parade began, were jewels specially selected to accord in color and style with their frocks, day and evening. Special Lighting They made their entry through .a ’ bodyguard of detectives and beneath the powerful beam of a special light- 1 ing Installation, which held each cost ly treasure imprisoned in its light throughout the progress through tho ballroom and back to the vigilant es cort, while the clear tones of the an nouncer mentioned the staggering sums represented by perhaps a single rope of pearls, a diamond necklace, or a pair of emerald ear-rings. __,..; A mannequin fn a dark brown and copper colored three-piece walking suit, with a small neat hat to match pulled down well over her head, led off the $’5,000,000 procession. Her modest pearl necklace was valued at $100,000. This was merely by way of a be ginning. There came in rapid succes sion a £30,000 shoulder knot brooch of emeralds and diamonds, sclentlllat- ing on the left shoulder of a black evening gown, a £65,000 three-string pearl necklace of perfectly graded gems, worn with a black velvet coat and skirt and gold flame jumper; and another pearl necklace valued at £70,- 000. Another pearl necklace, three grad uated ropes of matched gems that adorned the wearer of aslmple black jumper and skirt and black velvet hat, represented $500,000-—a fortune even to-day. By this time prices had become meaningless, and the women began to take a livelier Interest in the beauty of the gems and the style of tho gowns. ' kept learning more. Tie was called upon one week, 'And totally, forggt the piece he about to speak. His brain he 'cudgeled; not a word re- _ mained within his head! And so he., spoke qt random, and this ! is' what he said: j “My--beautiful, my beautiful, who standetfi- proudly by; It whs. 'the .schooner Hesperus—the / ' 'breaking" waves gashed 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, if you must, this old gray head, progress. King Henry of Navarre! ' Roll .on, - thou deep and dark blue castle, crag of Drachenfels; was “A man’s disposition Is often in fluenced by his wait and slabs.’* Sniper’s Posts at Bank of England .London.—Part of the defences of the Bank of England have 'been re vealed by the re-building work in "When hubby gets a horn bill ft doesn’t necessarily mean that h® bought ft saxaphono." | ’ Two long horizontal slits have ap- , peared, almost at the top of the blank My name is Norval, on the Grampian ^ie Tiir«adneedle street and Hills l-ina out wild bells’ ; Bartholomew lane corner. They are I you’re waking, call me early, to be !°ophbles designed for rifle, fire in the or not to be* ' event an attack on or siege of the The curfew* must not ring to-night; O,Gank of England. woodman spare that tree. j Four riflemen could stand at these Charge, Chester, charge; On, Stanley, slits and dominate* many . important on! And let who will be clever! thoroughfares leading into the vast The hoy stood on the burning deck, square known as “the Bank.” With. but I go on forever." ; two machine guns posted at these po- His schoolmates all applauded as he ] sitions approach to the Bank’s main finished the last line. * entrance would' be almost impossible. “I see it doesn’t matter,” Johnny i Round the top of the wall sur- thought, "-what words I say, ' rounding the Bank, an*d just behind So long as I declaim with oratorical the slits,.is a patrol gallery intended display!"; j for a time of emergency. For a nor St. Louis Globe-Democrat, mal sized man patrolling the gallery the slits are conveniently waist’ high. Hitherto the slits have 'been filled by cunningly devised stones, which Who Wants To?along -without increasing any tax.’ VESSEL~dWES~SAFETY . TO YARMOUTH SHIPPER Bahrein Island Object ed To Geneva.-^r-Persla has protested the Leaghe of Nations against treaty between GrOat Britain and King of thelHqdaaz concerning Bah rein Islands which lie on the Arabian -side'jof ’fliei League covenant. This is th,6 hrticlej wjidreby members of the ppague undertake to respect and pre- ,4ehvesas 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 , ouuua, vvua uuo, iU UUB0 ,UKjttSure, that the treaty in question, which was to’the courage and resourcefulness of to the the 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, iN,B., safely-after having exhausted^ iher fuel Supply, instead of having] ibeen driven ashore and wrecked on! | the rocky coast of Southern Novaj . Scotia, was due, in large -measure, I ,.......................................................... ^1,signed at Jddah on May 20 last be-!a Yarmouth skipper and his crew of] tween Sultan Abdul Aziz Ibn Saoud *eight, who set out in a small motor] and Great Britain, declares that thejyesge^ taxed to its capacity with 30 j Hedjaz undertakes to maintain friend- tons of coal, and began transferring] !y peaceful relations.WlthA the terrl-i^Qf uej ^o the distressed streamer tories of Bahrein and Koweit and with ’ - .... . . the sheiks of Qatar and the Oman coast, who, It is add6d, fire in special treaty relations with Great Britain! Persia Insists that ‘the Bahrein Is lands are incontestably Persian, ex plaining that When Tarsia protested as far back, as |869 qgalnst the spe cial agreement betwedn Great Britain and tho great sheik of Bahrein, Lord Clarendon recognized the justice of that protest. -------—----------- .. She used to be too proud to scrub the floor at £1 d week—that was ar rogance. Now she does It for no thing—that’s matrimony, . Mexico would be all right if its gov- by cunningly devised stones, which ernment could execute the laws as ef- could be withdrawn easily by hand, fectively as it does the revolutionists. - From outsido they appeared to be -Virginian-Pilot. . tiny panels. 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 Coolidge economy program by cutting down here end there! !' after an hour careful manoeuvring in [the violent sea. The pitching of both I Vessels constantly •threatened dis aster to the relieving craft and its cretv, but, after throe hours’ strenuous effort^ the perilous task was accom plished, and the motor boat returned safely longer ceededJ to port while the Carrier, no a plaything of the sea, pro to her destination, St. John, Laurels for Heroes. Coach—-"Win this game in a .bpsi- ness-liko manner to-day, men—there’s a scout from a big New York bond house In the stands."—Life.. —----- An American left tho bujk of his fortune to his lawyer. If'everybody dldi this, a lot of time would be saved* -—■London Opinion. > A good lesson might bo learnM from the always pleasant. fiky, for When ft’s bluo it’s An Australian Accident THE LAST OF FATAL FERRY Ono-half of tho ferry boat "Gerycliffo” Which was cut in two by tlm S.S. Tahiti, in the harbor of Sydney, AustrhllA, Eighth-six potdoha lost thblrTIvhsi in tho disaster, ‘w L '// l_2._t.l-'.The forry boat is being raised to clear the harbor* Live in Chicago With a Crime Report Like This Chicago — Crime in Chicago is shown to be on the increase in the annual report of the Municipal Court. Charges of- murder in 1927 were 213 as against 175 in 1926; manslaughter cases increased to 311 In 1927 as against 198 in 4926. Other crimes shown in the report which runs from Dec. 1 to Nov. 30, are: Crime 1926 Larceny .................. Robbery .... .. ...... 2,658 Burglary ..........1,505 Vagrancy ...................... 1,102 Wife abandonment and non-support theThad when caught, .Sh°^ “ M 1'20“ J0 thawed out months later ,............- S.T29 In 1927, as did motor vehicle sucoesstany on the market with cases, with 130,023 in 1926 and’107,- ■ ■ - 272 in 1927. That’s the report. Bill Thompson must be Proud of it. ----------O---------- ’ Names given to new. shades ■ that will prevail-In sprlns apparel Include' w fltt0(I wlth the brla. tanks "grasshopper." This should be suit- y F - - * able for jumpers. ' -—*-**. Ottawa, Ontario—-The* 1926 output of sheet metal products was valued at $39,077,034, an Increase of 14 pot cent, over the output value of $34,442,488 reported Ih tho previous year by tho Dominion Bureau of Statistics. This Is peak production siuco the Bureau began to collect records of manufad-i turos In 1917, thq previous high mark' __ being $37,369,576, in Of the 135: h/Xuck his‘ fingers "7u UwM plants reporting in this group, 95 were located In Ontario, 19. each III Quo*' beo and British ColilinViiL 11 In Mani-’! toba, 8 lil Alb er th, 4 In New Bruns- for the diffident and despondent tt wick, 2 each In Saskatchewan and teaches them property to rely on the on® lu t*rlnco Ed- j kindness of M. ttAh- ward Island. LONDON FISHMONGERS PRAISE BRINE PROCESS 1927 Fish So Prepared, They State, Compete With the . Unfrozen 5 London—Halibut frozen in brine when caught, and then put into ordi nary cold storage are declared by London fish merchants to havo prov- 10,143 markedly superior to thqse frozen ,3’52£ In the ordinary way. In fact, it 2,185 considered amply proved that fish 14?£L? frozen In brine retain the qualities L when caught, sand when r can com i fish which has not been frozen. i The system would undoubtedly come more quickly into use Were It [not for the high initial cost, which' at present involves the use of a par- i to take the catches from the trawler# during the three or four months that they remain on the fishing ground®, Ono firm In Britain, the pioneer of the system o,p this side of the Atlantic, la said to have invested as much aa £200,000 In it. A Mull firm which deals only In halibut sends Its fleet of 30 to 40 motor vessels and one storage ship to Greenland waters. ii'. . .............. "They're off!" Oried the monkey m mower* ;■..■»., , - "Praise is sometimes a good thing i KIuC (doh*$