Ship Without Crew Directed
by Radio Control in Ger
man Experiments.
Berlin.—Travelers on the North sea
may see at times a large dummy ship
with masts and funnels, but not a
living soul on board, prowling around
those waters.
Reminiscent ot the Albutross haunt
ed ship of the Ancient Mariner, this
weird craft, propelled by a normal
- ship’s engine, will move slowly and
then fast, according to the will of tt3
invisible liuiuaiT' masters, or zigzag
across the waves.
But few persons ure aware that this
“ghost vessel” represents the first ex
periment of the new GeruiHD navy
with a wireless controlled dummy
ship. The vessel itseif Is the former
German battleship Zaehrlngen, with.
11,800 tons displacement. The Zaeh
rlngen has been rebuilt at a cost ol
more than $000,000 especially for this
purpose. Tlie German navy decided
upon tills experiment after similar sue
' cessful tests had been undertaken by
the American navy..
To Serve ae Target.
Ultimately, the Zaehringen will be
come the target for Uerrnuu aavitl guu
practice. But the Initial experiments
are limited to trying out the efficacy
of wireless control of a moving vessel.
The preliminary trial will last a month.
The naval hulk, once the stalwart
Zaehringen, after pulsing out of Wll
helmshafen, without a man aboard,
will be guided and completely con
trolled by the German naval radio
station on an escorting torpedo boat.
In order to avoid a collision of the
Zaehringen with other North sea craft,
the escort will remain constantly with
in sight of its dummy ship, although
many miles removed.
In view of the high cost of con
structing the ghost vessel, precautions
have been taken to avoid the sinking
of the Zaehringen even during the gun
practice later in the year.
To Uso Dummy Shells.
Shells to be Bred at the Zaehringen
also will be dummies. They will be
nonexplosive and will, at worst, tear a
hole in the hulk of the target ship.
But the vast' empty spaces in the hulk
of the Zaehringen have been stuffed
' with cork, solid cork, so that the ship
must either be bit below the water
mark or literally torn to pieces by the
nonexplosive shells before it is in dan
ger of sinking.
The solid cork sink-proof scheme
was decided- upon as being more effec
tive than the use of empty beer bar
rels, used by the German navy during
the war to keep mine sweepers afloat.
Bird Fetish Rewards
Mesa Verde Explorers
Mancos, Colo.—The discovery of a
prehistoric bird fetish, the finest thing
of its type ever found on the Mesa
Verde, was one of the, rewards of
the 1028 annual archeological investi
gations conducted by a party of sev
en men, under the guidance of Supt.
Jesse L. Nussbaum of the park, who
is also archeologist of the Depart
ment of the Interior. The explorations
of this year were carried on among
the cliff dweller ruins'of YVetlierili
mesa on the west side of the park.
The expedition was financed with
special funds donated for this pur-'
pose.
The fetish, which is about three
quarters of an inch in length, served
as a pendant on a string of beads,
being strung by a aole drilled through
its breast. The carving on the little
bird is especially beautiful. Its eye
sockets were earefuily drilled out and
small pieces of rock crystal set In
with pinon gum to slmnlate eyefc >
Through this year’s exprafpons.
the Mesa Verde museum’s dtffectibn
of cliff dweller pottery wtll./be tn
Train Disturbs Nap
of Deer on Tracks
Middletown, N. Y.—A sleeping
doe, on the tracks W the Wall
kill Valley rallrqAg, caused a
train to halt near' here recently.
The engineer epw 1 .what ap
peared to be a btpdla stretched
across the ralta^Be blew his
rwhlstie and ctgxgpd the engine
bell rInging,-«jpPtt>en the car
neared the object he was star
r.tttat It was a
Jnat atClbe train stopped else
deer liepd Its head,- gave a
atartledHjgSnce at the rneeben
■cal that bad .W
bound*t|
vrood* that border
creased b.v over forty restorable Jars
and bowls. According to Superin
tendent Nusshuuin the newly uncov
ered pottery contains some of the best
specimens received Ht the museum up
to this time, troth as to technic and
decoration.
Wall Street Using
Photostatic Bills
New York.—Three uud four million
share days on the New York Stock
exchange have brought about one in
novation in sending out of monthly
statements—photostatic copies of ledg
er sheets.
For years leading commission houseB
In Wall street have prided themselves
on the practice of mailing statements
to customers promptly on the first of
each month. Recently many of them
have been two to ten days late through
sheer Inability fo overworked clerks
to copy the voluminous entries of pur
chases and sales after the close of the
Inst business day of the month.
One firm hit upon the idea ot hav
ing photostatic copies made of all ac
tive accounts after the books had been
posted and balanced and Is sending
them to customers, claiming that con
siderable -time is saved in the process.
The question of any saving in expense
is still to be determined, but the ex
periment will be continued nnd if
found practical, other large firms prob
ably will follow suit.
Paper Money Taboo in
Gold and Silver Zone
Tonopah, Nev.—One and two dollar
bills, omens of III luck of desert rats
and miners, are scorned Id the r»st
sage brush reaches of southern Ne
vada.
Banks do not carry them to cash
small checks or to make change, and
most business houses refuse to place
any piece of currency under $5 in the
cash register.
Before 1917 gold and silver coins
were almost the only medium of ex
change. Aversion to paper money is
natural in a region where men live
and die for the yellow or silver ore.
Southern Nevada owes its place on
the map to the coined money.
Today there Is an actual boycott
on $1 and $2 bills in Tonopah and
other mining camps of the state. Lo
cal banks ship away twice a month
the accumulation of that denomina
tion.
Japanese to Invite
U. S. Boy Scouts Lrv«r
Tokyo, Japan.—The Onion of Boy
Scouts in Tokyo is planning to invite
seventeen representatives of Boy
Scout organizations from the eastern
part of the United States to vlsli
Japun at the time of the coronation
of the emperor at Kyoto next Novem
ber. It is expected that the expenses
of the visitors will be defrayed by the
Japun-American association.
Tiie program of entertainment for
the American Boy Scouts includes
several days' stay In Tokyo, and visits
to Nlkko Kamakura, Uakone, Nara
Hermit Steer Exiles
Self in Grand Canyon
Denver, Colo.—Living alone in
Hie mysterious canyons of the
Colorado river In Grand Can
yon National park is a hermit
steer, now about fifteen years
old.
In 1910 when the Grand can
yon was a national niouumeni
supervised by the forest service
u grazing permit was given
Scott Dunham of Fredonia,
Ariz., and be brought his stock
down Bright Angel canyon und
header) them out to the plateau
to Haunted and Phantom cat]
yons. Upon creating of th
Grand canyon as a nntiond
park the steers were driven pud
but one was missing. Now th|
national park service has discov
ered the hermit, first by track
ing him by extra large hoof!
prints noticed in April, and h/
will likely be permitted to
spend his declining years in sol 1
it tide.
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and other famous sight-seeing spots
of Japan, in addition to attending the
enthronement ceremonies The Ja
panese Boy Scouts also hope to take
their young American friends on sev
eral camping trips.
Dog Finds Aid Mile Of?
for Stricken Master
Elizabeth City, N. 0.—A seaman'?
white collie was given credit for pro
curing aid one mile distant while the
owner lay with serious Injuries.
Capt. Earl Davenport, Elizabeth
City, told the story as he lay in a hos
pital hen with a broken leg and other
injuries, received when a boat motor
exploded and hurled hitn into the wa
ter. He managed to erawl ashore, he
said.
The nearest resident, Will Snowden,
was a mile away. Snowden, awakened
by a dog's bark, followed Laddie, a
collie, to the spot where Captain
Davenport lay. Snowden said his
front door was badly scratched, indi
cating the dog had tried persistently
to wake him.
Nail Down Desk Covers
Way to Stop Heckling
Belgrade.—While members of Bu
ropean parliaments have resorted to
varied methods of heckling a speaker,
the favorite method of parliamentari
ans in ihe Yugo-Slavian skuptchina Is
banging the covers of their desks up
and down.
They have found this noise the most
disconcerting to unpopular speakers in
parliament Before opposition speak
ers ascended the platform to attack
the government recently, they took ad
vantage of the absence ot-government
members to nail down the covers of
all desks.
The speaker was able to deliver his
embittered speech almost undis
turbed.
Brimstone in Rain
Buhusi, Itumania. — Peasants have
been thinking the end of the world ;
has come. Rain, composed of water :
and brimstone and smelling of sul
phur, fell for seven hours, it was the
second phenomenon of the kind in the
country in two months.
Special Flag for Aviation
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.Crall ol California with the design for (he United
ra hill which he introduced In congress.
Skeleton of Extinct
Bird Found in Rocks
The prehistoric rocks of Wyoming
have yielded up parts of the skeleton
of a huge flightless bird that lived on
this continent many hundreds of
thousands of years ago. The fossils
were found last summer, but their
discovery was announced for the first
time before the recent meeting of the
American Philosophical society in
Philadelphia by Prof. William J. Sin
clair of Princeton university.
The bird was similar to other giant
extinct birds found on this continent,
but constitutes a new genus, which
has been named omorhamnhus. It
As a substitute for glass stereopti
con slides, film 'strips may now be
shown on a screen from a flashlight
projector and this method has been
made simpler still by a camera which
enables the operator to make his own
negative rolls, says Popular Mechan
ics Magazine. A length of the film
which will’give as many pictures as
would 30 pounds of glass slides weighs
hardly an ounce. The rolls can be
printed directly on positive film for
use in the projector. With this outfit,
travelers may have a convenient rec
ord of their trip to show their friends
and the apparatus is especially serv
iceable to lecturers', etc.
Her Recipe
Some friends were kidding Blanche
Mehatfey about her brief marriage,
which is almost a record in Los An
geles courts.
“But,” said one sweet young thing,
coming to Blanche’s defense, “you
can talk all you want, but I don’t see
what protection anyone has against
love at first sight!”
"I can answer that!” cut in Blanche.
“Love at first sight can generally be
cured by taking a second good look.”
—Los Angeles Times.
Uses for Western Cedar
The range of the Western cedar in
Canada is coniined to the province of
British Columbia. More shingles are
made from the Western cedar than
from any other species. Over 2,500,
000,000 were cut in Canada from this
tree in 1920. In addition over 130,
000,000 board feet of lumber, 10.000,
000 laths, and an immense number of
poles and posts were produced from
It in the same year.
Electricity in India
As part of a program for electrify
ing rural India, villages and farm*
within a radius of ten miles of the
main centers of electric power dis
tribution will be supplied with power
lines for irrigation purposes at the ex
pense of the Mysore government. The
demand for electric irrigation pumps
has suddenly increased as a result,
and the government has a long wait
ing list of applicants.
Diagnosis
“Is this a doll hospital?”
"Yes.”
“What does my doll need?”
“A transfusion of sawdust.”—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
His Wish
“There is no such thing as can't,”
remarked the Thoughtful Guy.
“I wish there was no such thing as
can,” growled the hub of the can
opener wife.—Cincinnati Times-Star.
Style Hint
“Ruth, do you favor the long, or
abort ballot?”
“I like a knee-length effect."
MOTHER!
Baby's Best Laxative is
“California Fig Syrup"
When baby is constipated, has wind
colie, feverish breath, coated-tongue,
or diarrhea, a half-teaspoonful of gen
uine “California I'ig Syrup’’ promptly
moves tlie poisons, gases, bile, sour
ing food and waste right out. Never
cramps or overacts. Babies love its
delicious taste.
Ask your druggist for genuine “Cali
fornia Fig Syrup" which has full direc
tions for infants in arms, and children
of ail ages, plainly printed on bottle.
Mother! You must say “California” or
you may get an imitation fig syrup.
Simple and Effective
“How does lie and his wife get
along together now?” “By being to
gether as little as possible.”
Aspirin lfl
the trade mark of
Bayer Manufacture
of lionoaceticacidester of SalicylicaCtS
To Cool a Burn
Use Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh
Money back for first bottle if not suited. All dealers.
NURSES know, and doctors have
declared there’s nothing quite like
Bayer Aspirin for all sorts of aches
and pains, but be sure it is genuine
Bayer; that name must be on the
package, and on every tablet. Bayer
is genuine, and the word genuine—in
red—is on every box. You can’t go
wrong if you will just look at the box:
For over 50
years it has been
the household
remedy for all
forms of •5§8P"
Malaria
Chills
and
It is a Reliable,
General Invig
orating; Tonic.
Fever
Dengue
W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 31-1928.
Why
do yon do it?
Why pay 50 cents £or only a
half-pint can of liquid Insect
Idller, when you can get just
as much Black Flag Liquid—the deadliest
Insect-killer made — for only 25 cents.
Black Flag Is sure death to Insects—Black
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