The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1925, Page 6

stant PAGE ine oiSHARERARGRE Sports NORM WILL MEET JOE RAY Race Is Set For Coliseum in Chicago, January 16 wvo Nurmi, the e Ray and Willie Ritol mile and one quarter race in the handicap indoor and field meet at the Coliseum | Jan, 16, Charles Dean, chairman of the Ili mittee announce: to the tape over t Nurmi’s American appearance in New uesday nig! A track ten laps to the mile will be i at the Coliseum and indoor will be permitted. When } made his American de- but in Madison Square Garden, and acked three world’s records, he ran course on eleven laps to the With reuit the Finn marvel expects to shatter the world’s indoor record of 3-5 for the mile nd oa quarter established by Ray in 1922 Seating accommodations have been { made for 7,000 spectators. FIRPO READY FOR FIGHT Will Meet Tommy Gibbons, | “Wild Bull” Says London, Jan. 10 Angel Firpo, ', Argentine’s “wild bull of the Pam- | pas, led, unaccompanied, at the ' National Sporting Club her and confirmed his acceptance of the club’s offer for him to meet Tommy Gibbons, American light he: weight, in London, March 30, for a 1 purse of 20,000 pounds sterling, with « the winner taking sixty percent and the club’s heavyweight belt. { Meanwhile, the projected battle + between Firpo and Gibbons appesrs « to be depending on various cireum- stances. Arthur B. Bettison, mana- ger of the sporting club, is seeking + to get in touch with Gibbons. rpo expects to sign his end of } the mateh tod ; Luis told the Associated Press } yesterday he would cancel a planned | } automobile trip and get down imme- |- ately to a hard two months train- ing grind. He said he was in good condition now and would not have much trou- ble in getting “into the pink.” | - BOXING BOUTS ’ 20 Rounds of Entertainment To Be Offered ibition will gymnasium, An amateur boxing ex be held in the Bismar under the City National Bank, on Wednesday, January 14, it an- nounced today. There will be 20 rounds of boxing. The main bout will be between S “Bus” Rosson, 145 pounds, and Fred- die Neibauer, 143 pounds. Other Y houts~include Paul Sidle, Oakes, vs. © “Gordie” Neff, Bismarck, at | 138 pounds, and “Kid” Karle vs. “Sock” $ Keller. ‘There will be two other cur- tain raisers. i The bouts are to be held to pro- mote amateur boxing in the city. : LEWIS BETTER; Co unanimous, Notre Dame decisively beat two} of the best teams of the east in a Prine n and the Arm It won 8) oe over Wisconsin and Northwestern in a dil Jan, 10°—Ed “Strang-|the Big Ten, overwhelmed its jin: injured here in h wrestling match with night a@ Wade “Big” Munn, in which he lost ¢) his heavyweight resting comfortably championship was today at the & the lower sacro-iliae joint when he a slipped or was thrown from the ring. li fc @——___—_- ———_——_—_9 1 #| The Nut Cracker | s o————___—__-—_—_4 my Scientists show the world is five G times bigger than they thought it was. + It still isn’t big enough to hald an egotistical golfer who x has jit holed out in one. oe n¢ Whether London fight fans will | fell for Firpo is a question, but if Firpd.gets half a chance he'll surely fan for them, ‘as usual. If you leave it to the boys in the box office, the great weakness about modern football is the scarcity of | holiday dates in California. Mr. Tex Rickard thinks he would <BR be in favor of the huddle system. . . “L-ecan’t-get enough birds to- gether at a fight these days to start ba huddle,” he laments. Well, it looks as if we’re finally back to normalcy. No fewer than 4876 cartoonists used an aged gent and’a new-born babe to depict the changing of the years. gen an-editor must have his little i “We ‘note the life story of ralker;.is being published. on --mgarried an act- doesn't get up ARE PLANNED, Thursday | hospital. Lewis suffered a strain of | | “HARM LESS” LEFT JAB MA DE LEONARD CHAMPION \ BY JOE WILLIA So much has been written of the ‘fistie prowess of Benny Leonard, champion of the lightweights, the commentator finds himself up st lit to unreel new material. This, however, may surprise you. Leonard thinks more of his left jab than any other punch he uses. And remember a jab is not a particularly awesome weapon, It is, relatively, what the bunt in base lis to the home run. Yet the champion—called by many the greatest lightweight since the days of s and Lavigne-—insists a left jab to the face has made and kept him champion, “Now Mil tell you why I s “A jab co fe y to land. Points That's to be consid: th ered. When you jab an opponent his head goe He is of balance. While a man is off balance he chn do nothing, You are scoring and get- ting nothing in return. “Here's another argument. jabbing you put your glove in the other fellow’s eyes. You partly ob- scure his vision, Literally you are fighting a blind man. This leaves an opening to slip punch, a hook or a er y end the fight right then and th m in a er would put it. The secret of Joe Bush's dismissal by the Yankees h been disclosed. Bush is a violinist. | “The good die young.” seems particular automobile ra This applicable to good rs. It was Ban Johnson who suggested building a home for aged ball play- ers, but it remained for Clarke Griffith to start one. The victory of Notre Dame and Knute Rockne Stanford Glenn Warner was a popular one. While no one glories in the fall of the stalwart athletes from Stanford, coached by the brainy Warner, yet a defeat for Notre Dame would have been cause for’ much disappointment. For one of the few times in the history of football it is possible to point to a team as the real collegi- ate champion of the universe. over and Notre Dame journeyed to Stan- ford, admittedly the best team in the east, west and south. It had only to triumph over Stanford, champions of the coast, to make it eleven, Nebraska, and decisively de feated Georgia Tech, one of the leading teams of the south. at is why the victory over Stan- ford is so popula: It makes Notre |Dame the outstanding team of the country, while the defeat in no way hurts the prestige of Stanford on the coast. Notre Dame's victory over Stan- ford was no easy task. Rockne’s |athletes, outcharged in the line, un- able to gain as many yards from serimmage as did Stanford, won be- style game that made the Notre Dame eleven of 1924 unbeatable. While the touchdowns made by Notre Dame were contributed by the men on the field, the brains back of Notre Dame’s strategy, Knute Rockne, must be given the major portion of the praise that belongs to the men from South Bend. . Rockne conditioned his men for the big game differently from the methods ever before used by an in- vading coach. Instead of leaving his home base at the last possible moment to-reach the coast in time for the game, Rockne worked his men westward by gradual stages. The climate has for years been the favorite alibi of eastern coaches when vanquishéd by a coast* eleven. I have nogdoubt such an alibi has been based on fact, but Rockne’s metMods killed off his best excuse in’ case of defeat. ‘ rire Rockne isn’t strong for the old alibi. Perhaps that is why he tried ta acclimate his men by getting them into a warm clime at the earliest: possible moment. On its way to the coast When! { run-down, as the baseball writ- | lhe | game. | All hail Rockne and Notre Dame. 4 cause it played smart football, the! that] ds, ) “1 have | + | when you jab, a man drops his s found, too, | This is a natural physical reaction. | It offsets the lack of balance caused | by the head going back. When a [fighter drops his hands he is, of course, wide open.” Leonard Smartest of All Fighters | Leonard is « shrewd, cunning work- man, and e the smartest of all fighters. This quality hown in the way he delivers his By turning his body to the right ngthens the jab the full width of his shoulder, and in. this way is a the width of his shoulder ay not be new A an opponent. This stuff but it is undeniably smart, lot of fighters don’t do it. unother feature about Leon- ghting style that may inter- Jest you. He always uses a jab on a | fighter who has been knocked down. “The first thing I do when a fellow gets up after going down js to ‘cross ‘him.’ I know he is expecting a heavy | finishing punch. I don’t give it to him. Instead I jab his head back. {Nine times out of ten he will drop |his hands. And then comes the real ‘opening for a knockout.” Nobody seems to know just how ies and worked out under shining s in a warm temperature. Rockne sought to accustom his men to the conditions he knew they would have to play under at Pasa- dena. At one stage he himself feared the hot weather had caused his players to the was stale. he The day before announced his team 0 me |tar from the peak of its game. ‘The layoff of a whole month after the close of the regular season, coupled with hot weather, offers big problem for a football coach, a rategy in trying to n, a system contrary d by other coaches, no the deciding factor. nia, defeated by Califor- nia, arrived on the scene only a trifle |over 24 hours in advance of the BIG BOOST FOR RISKO The victory of Romero Rojas over Renault at Boston was rather ted. Incidentally, it boosted ock of John Risko, Cleveland avyweight, not long out of the lamateur class, Just prior to the Re- nault bout, Risko lost a hair-line de- ion to the Chilean. allio so FUHR LACKS CONFIDEN( Southpaw “Lefty” Fuhr, a sensa- }tion in the minors, always fails to make the grade when given a chance jin the majors. rs say he has confidence in his ability, causing him to ease up} to get the ball over. Despite this, he is to get another tryout with the Bos-| ; ton Red Sox this spring. i | DECISION OF SUPREME COURT | From Burleigh County R, Baird, as Receiver of the rmers State Bank of Bel- H , North Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent. ' | vs. | | Adam A. Lefor and State Bond- H jing Fund and S. A. Olsness, | jas Commi sioner of Insurance of the State of North Dakota, Defendants. Adam A. Lefor, Appellant. SYLLABUS: i 1. An order overruling an objec-} |tion to the jurisdiction of a judge to hear and determine a cause is not appealable under the provisions of Section 7841, C. L, 1918. 2. Chapter 137, S. L, 1928 is a constitutional enactment. State of North Dakota v. First State Bank of | Jud et al followed and approved. 3. The designation of. a district judge to hear and determine action for the liquidation of insolvent bank- ing corporations under the provisions of Chapter 137, S. L, 1923, is not a designation to hear and determine/| actions, brought by or against any receiver appointed by such judge pursuant to the provisions of said Chapter 137. Such actions stand in the same position as any other ac- tion insofar as the provisions of law relating to the venue thereof or the judges who shall sit in the trial of the same are concerned, 4, Chapter 137, S. L,-1923 provides a mode of procedure for the liquida- tion and winding up of insolvent banking corporationg in accordance -in the Bank of North Dakota ‘Lightweight King, Premier Boxer, Tells How He Crosses Opponent awe good Leonard was at his best. It has been popular to compare him with Gans. But Leonard wasn’t called on to meet the terrors of the ring Gans had to face, men like Sam Langford, Dal Hawkins, Young Griffo, Bat Nel- son, Kit McPartland, Frank Erne, Spider Kelly and George McFadden. What Leonard would have done agaifiit’ those hatchet-throwers ig a questidhi. ‘ Real Proof of Champ’s Smartness Further proof of Leonard's great skill and ring smartness is found in his unfailing ability to do better against an opponent the next time he faced him. Leonard won the title from Freddie Welsh, He fought the Britisher three times in 10-round fights. The first two went the limit. In the third Leonard scored a knock- out. Leonard battled Johnny Kilbane, then champion of the feathers, in 1915 and had his troubles. When they met several years later in a second test Leonard stowed Kilbane away in three rounds. Willie, Ritchie gave Leonard a terrific battle on the coast in a four-rounder, closing his eye tight. But the next time they met Leonard knocked him out in eight rounds. providing that “No member of the legislative embly shall, during the term for which he was elected, be appointed or elected to any civil of- fice in this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of hich shall have been increased, dur- ing the term for which he was elect- ed; shall any member receive any civil appointment for the governor, or governor and senate during the term for which he shall have been 191 elected.” Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, Hon. Chas. M. Coo- ley, Special Judge. AFFIRMED: Opinion of the Court by Nuessle, J. Simpson & Mackoff, of Dickinson, Attorneys for Defendant and Appel- lant Adam A. Lefor. Zuger & Tillotson, of Bismarck, At- torneys for Plaintiff and Respondent. From Stark County The City of Dickinson in the State |¥ of North Dakota, a municipal cor- poration, Plaintiff and Appellant, vs. Dakota National Bank of Dickinson, N. Dak., a corporation, et al, De- fendants and Respondents. SYLLABUS: (1) Section 7 of Chapter 147 of the Session Laws of 1919, which re- quired the deposit of public funds and prohibited, under penalty, their de- posit elsewhere, had the effect of terminating the liability of sureties on depositary bonds previously exe- cuted as to any deposits subsequent- ly made contrary to its provisions. (2) Inan action against the sure- ties on a depositary bond given prior to the taking effect of Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1919, a complaint which fails to allege # breach of the obligation, consisting in the failure to pay over deposits made prior to the termination of the depositary re- jlationship, is demurrable. Appeal from the District Court of Stark County, Hon. Thomas H. Pugh, Judge. Affirmed. Opinion of the Court by Birdzell, “Tobias D. Casey, Dickinson, N, D., Attorney for Appellant. Otto Thress, Dickinson, N. D., At- |torney for Respondents. DECISION OF SUPREME COURT S. J. Rasmussen, / Plaintiff and Appellant. \ v8. H. C. Chambers, + Defendant. Second National Bank of Minot, North Dakota, a corporation, Garnishee, and Estella M. Smith, ‘ Intérpleaded defendant and Respondent, SYLLABUS: 1. Although the burden is impos- ed on the party seeking to avoid a fraudglent conveyance, nevertheless, the court will scrutinize more clos ly transactions between persons sus- taining close blood relations, 2. Where defendant, practically insolvent and subjected to the de- mands of a creditor, conveyed a large amount of his property to his sister and to two nephews but. retained complete and entire control and charge thereover concerning the man- with well established equitable rules, and by providing for the appoint- ment of .a receiver by the court does not create a civil office within the meaning of that term ag used in Sec- tion 39 of the Constitution. 5. receiver appointed under the provi s of Chaptér 137, S, L, 1923 is not the holder: of av civil office agement, supervision and right of disposition so far as the property so transferred to the er was con- cerned, and where, theréafter,’ “he sold a portion of such property so transferred to the sister, received a check payable to hi same as agent and .also*-personally, and deposited it in his own checking Notre| within the meaning: of that term ‘as| account in a bank, and where, there-| Burleigh Dame stopped at several. southern) used in Section 39 of the Constitution| after, the check so deposited was sub- ) Coffey. Je jected to garnishment proceedings and defendant and his sister made claims that proceeds, of such check was her individual property. It is held, for reasons stated in the opinion, that the conveyance was made with fraudulent intent to defeat | creditors in their demands, and that | therefore the amount on deposit in defendant's checking account was subject to garnishment in plaintiff's favor. In District Court, Ward County, Moellring, J. Garnishment proceed- ing in aid of execution. Interven- tion by claimant. Plaintiff has ap- Pealed from the judgment. Christian- son and Johnson, JJ, dissent. REVERSED AND REMANDED: | Opinion of the Court by Bronson, Ch. J. F. B. Lambert, Minot, N. D., Attor- nev for Plaintiff-Appellant. Campbell & Funke, Minot, N. D., Attorneys for Defendant, Interplead- ed Defendant and Respondent. From Cass County Quinn Wire and Iron Works, a corporation, Plaintiff and Respond- ent, vs. R. B. Boyd, guardian ad litem of Henry Sukut, et al, the minor children of. Otto Sukut, de- ceased, Intervener and Appellant, and Augustus Roberts and Augusta Sukut, administrators of the Estate of Otto Sukut, deceased, Defendants. Syllabus: 7. The plaintiff a for- eign corporation, was required to give security for costs. A surety, ‘approved by the clerk, indorsed on a separate paper over signature and following the venue and title of the action “Pursuant to Section 7812,.C. L. 1913, we hereby guarantee and stand surety for the costs of the plaintiff, if any, in the above en- titled action.” This paper was at- tached to the summons and com- plaint. Held a sufficient compliance with the statute, Section 7812 et seq. C. L,.1913, requiring a foreign corporation plaintiff to give secur- ity for costs. 2. Where a case properly triable to a jury is tried to the court, the findings of the court are presumed to be correct and must stand, un- jess clearly and unquestionably con- trary to the preponderance of the evidence. Evidence examined and held to support the findings as made. 3. Where a case is tried to the court, rulings admitting evidence will not on appeal be scrutinized with the same strictness that would be exercised if the trial were had to a jury. It will be presumed that the trial court was able to and did, ih considering the evidence, distin- guish that which was properly ad- missible from that which was not, and if the evidence which was prop- erly admissible will support the findings of the court, the fact that other evidence may have been’ im- properly received over objection will not warrant this court in disturbing the judgment. 4. Where a claim against the es- tate of a decedent is rejected by an administrator, either by indorsement or by non-action, notice of such rejection must be given by regis- tered mail in order to set in motion the special statute of limitations 'Power of Sea Tides Harnessed to Yield Electric Current Dreams of engineers to harness the ges, are apy probable realiza- ion in the construction of the first big hydro-electric plant to be oper- ated by the rise and fall of the tides | at West Mersea, Essex, England. The | unit is so arranged that at high water, | a tidal basin. is filled and drives tur- | bines as the water flows out during | low tides, This furnishes power and | also pumps water into an upper basin for use at high tide so that the opera- tion .of the generators is practically | continuous. The first section of the plant will produce over 4,000,000 kilo- watt-hours of current a year and the } completed works will have a capacity of nearly four times as great. eee Scale under Freight-Car Wheels Gives Weight of Shipment Eliminating the time and expense required in hauling freight cars to a rail-bridge scale, a portable weighing | ontfit that can be slipped under the wheels has been devised for checking overweights and shortages. The weight is registered automatically on 8 sheet of paper on the dial. The to- tal weight i is_determined quickly by multiplying by four the result shown under one truck. The scale is used aleo for weighing locomotives and is of special service in making quick cs- timates to see if thero has been loss by theft during the shipment. Opinion of the Court by Johnson, th REVERSED: Lawrence, Murphy & Nilles, Fargo, N. Dak., Attorneys for Appellant. Theo. Koffel, Bismarck, N. Dak., Attorney for Respondents. From LaMoure County Oliana Hanson, Plaintiff and Appellant. Alfred Hanson and State Bank of Verona, a corporation, Defendants and Respondents, SYLLABUS: 1° Equity looks through the form to the substance of an agreement to determine whether a lien is created thereby. 2. In the instant case one H., contemplated by Section 8742, C. L. 5. Where an application to dis- miss an action is made, under Sec- tion 7598, C. L. 1913, because of fail- ure to bring the same to trial, the court in passing thereon is clothed | ! “|with and must exercise judicial dis- cretion, and its “holding will not be disturbed on appeal, except in case of, abuse of such discretion. Appeal from the District Court of Cass County, Hon. A. T, Cole, Judge. Affirmed. Opinion of the Court by Nuessle, Augustus Roberts and T. H. Mc- Enroe of Fargo, Attorneys for Ap- pellant. < Wood & Breaw, of Fargo, and S. L. Nuchols, of Bismarck, Attorneys for Respondent. From Burleigh County Bessie Reinecke and Theresa Reineke, partners, doing bysi- ness as Bessie and Theresa Reineke, : Plaintiffs-Respondents. vs. Commonwealth Insurance Com- pany .of New York, a corpora- tion, Defendant-Appellant. SYLLABUS 1. A fire insurance company must indicate the particulars in which it claims the requirements of the-policy have not been completed with, in re- gard to the notice and preliminary proof of loss, and mere notice that the conditions of the policy must-be, Section 6543, C. L, 1913. 2, An objection to specified de- fects in the proof of loss constitutes a waiver of all others not mention 3: When the insurer denies lia- bility under the policy on the sole ground that the claim .is excessiue, all other objections te: the proof of loss’ gre deemed waived, 4 4.- When the insurea is a partner- by the partnership name, by an au- thorized agent> who also. verifies the proof of loss, the insured waives the Tequirement of the policy that the proof must be sworn to by the insur- ed, when the only objection made is that. fhe proof is not signed by the insuyed. |: = : 5. Where. a partial ignment of strictly performed, is not sufficient. |} ship and the proof of loss fs signed | shortly prior to and’ in anticipation of death, determined to divide all his property among his wife and three sons. One son, Alfred, had prior thereto purchased a 120 acre tract of land from his father, under an oral contract and wag indebted to his father for the purchase price of such land, and for various other items, aggregating in all $5,667.54. H de- the cauxe:of action was attempted, without ‘the consent of the insurer, after suit was commenced and when the issues had been framed by the pleadings, the rule against splitting causes. of action does not apply. in view of section 7408, C. L. 1913, — 6. .It is the duty of counsel to ‘aid the court in performing the function; of charging the jury; if the charge given does not cover every aspect of the case, or state the law on. every | theory counsel has in mind, fer which,legal foundation has been laid, the omission myst be brought to the, attention of the trial court by an ap- propriate ‘request fdr instructions; otherwise, on appeal, error can not be predicated of such omission, un- less the non direction . amounts to thisdireetion. ~ br 1. For reasons stated in the opin- ion, it -was, error to withdraw from the jury the issue of fraud; - Appeal from the District Court ‘of County, -hefore. Hon, J.” A... x 4 Our Want-ad pe folks just like you. PHONE 32 -Tribune Want ‘Ad Department. Coaster Chair Steered with Feet Is Safe and Easily Carried Said to be more easily operated and safer than an ordinary sled, a coaster on which the rider sits upright and which he steers wholly with his feet has been devised. It is strongly con- structed of hardwood, shod with steel and braced with iron. The usual style has only one runner but two are fur- nished in those made for smaller chil- dren. eee Thawing Water Pipes After several fruitless attempts had been made to thaw out a frozen water pipe by pouring hot water on it, the use of lime was found very effective. The water pipe extended through the floor and into the ground, and there was a space around the pipe to a depth of about 5 ft. About a peck of lime was thrown into this space. After a small pailful of water was added the heat created by the lime was so great that the water in the pipe was running two minutes later. eee @A piece of sheepskin with the raw wool on it makes a good windshield wiper that will keep the glass clear of frost and dew. termined to give his son Alfred a 160 acre tract of land and to give to his surviving wife the account which he held against Alfred. The account against Alfred was evidenced by en- tries in a certain book of account. At the same time and as a part of the same transaction, H. executed and delivered deeds to his other two sons; gave the account against Al- fred to his surviving wife and de- livered the book of account to her; executed a deed wherein Alfred was named as grantee, by w\ich H, con- veyed to Alfred both the 120 and 160 acre tracts of land, and delivered this deed to his wife with the speci- fie direction that she should hold the same and not deliver it to Alfred un- til he paid her the account which H. had transferred to her, H’s wife:re- ceived the book of account and the deed. Alfred assented to the ar- rangement thus made and entered in- to possession of the lands. The deed has been retained by the surviving wife. Held, that this agreement created an equitable lien upon the lands de- scribed in the deed in favor of the surviving wife. 3, The Statute of Frauds is not Here’s where the buyer and seller meet on common ground. Here’s where the employer. seeks his help and here’s where the employee offers his services. To get what you want, let everybody know through the Want-ad columns. If you have something to buy or sell, or are looking for a position bring out the desired results.. Columns are DALURURY JENUBR hat the World Is Doin \ As Seen by Popular Mechanics Magazine , an ad in this paper will the media of exchange for Artificial Teeth Made of Steel Teeth made from enameled steel have -been added to the products of the Krupp plants at Essen. The met-~ al is from the same mixture formerly used in making German cannon. Eight dentists haye been employed in the department at the start, and Krupps hope to expand it later. eee Stretching Poultry Wire Stretching poultry wire on frames is a difficult task if attempted with the fingers. The tool shown in the il- lustration, which can be made in a few! moments, will save muca time and work and prevent sore fingers. A 3-ft. length of 1 by 3-in. board, a piece of No. 9 iron wire and two small staples are the only materials re-, quired. Form a hook on each end of ' the wire and then bend the wire around the 3-in. side of the board, about 4 in. from the end, tacking it in place with the staples. After the wire is tacked tg one side of the frame, the stretcher is used to pull it tight. This is done by catching the hooks fx3"BOARD-. STAPLES “>, in the selvage of the wire and, rest- ing the short end of the board against. g i ; | } the outside of the frame. pulling back on the long end. available unless its protection is in- voked in some appropriate manner in the trial court. From a judgment of the District Court of LaMoure County, Wolfe, J., plaintiff appeals. REVERSED: Opinion of the Court by Chrastian- son, J. Lemke &' Weaver, of Fargo, North Dakota, Attorneys for Plaintiff and Appellant. Hutchinson & Lynch, of LaMoure, North Dakota, Attorneys for Defend- ant and Respondent. ALIENS HELD AS RUNNERS Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 10.—Three aliens charged with illegal entry into the United States from Canada have furnished bonds of $1,000 each and been released pending consideration of their cases bya federal grend jury. They are Melvin Oliver Ol sen, ‘Taule, Hjelmar Rasmussen Aase and Nils Rasmussen Aase, the last two being brothers. “The quality of our sleep is large- ly determined by our last thoughts before going to bed at night,” says a British scientist. '