Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1926, Page 5

HABITUAL CONVICT RECOGNIZED HERE T Bureau Here lIdentifies Man, | 70, in Jail 41 Years, as 70 vears old, who has! of his life in jails and | o police ed by the local Bureau as the ! hem Springfield, | > heen quizzing | mpent 41 vear penitentiaries, a records, was identifi entification rding sarding entification of-} 1tionexpert | o identity of | e there :\“] h_burglary | 1 The local } as the only unit | nout the country which ce the record here A priconer had estahli giving James Hock and Detective Given 20 Years in Atlanta. Lee. whose correct name is helieved n, was arrested here in on a, charge of car in December of after failure of an a tn Atlanta Penitent Police helieve that from tha he was paroled t institution a short time ago P 1o Atlanta Coburn, ov tory. of his life to a re In that hist er of pilfering in his eariy vresistible | Dnrin Tee hoy- hood habit perind with nort | he was Arrested Pirst in 1RI% | that Lea was Aprii, 1538, on | n Boston. Mase., | ‘h he was sentenced to three | sisonment. In June of | vear he was given a | sentence for housebreaking. | narate his course of | and penitentiaries five-vear lite in follows Januar larcens threa months for Sor fonceaisi] VEaboh 1858, five yvears honee = June. 18 veare at Philadelphia for housek ingy June, 1599, 15 years and months for burglary: December. 1910, 30 years for concealed weapons and | housebreaking in this eity months srember for Public Library Bill Signed. ' igned | s the | President Senate bill establi Coolidge today 2673, which le of free branch p ination for Teachers. Exam announced at the to. | day. The positions to be filled are in the first of the schools. ' ation will be furnished board of examiners, | nine divisions "Two-Pants Suits- The “Book You Want ~ When You Want It ERE you mayobtain for a small rental fee—a fractional part of the purchase price—any book of fiction or non-fiction, if new and popular. 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He also s a trustee of the Rochester Lodge, and is afiliated with the Moose and Eagle fraternal organizations. Poodrey Reigned 31 Years. Just 31 years ago the women of the clan gathered to elect Thomas Poo. drev, who succeeded Gen. Ely S. Parker, Civil War secretary of Gen. Grant. Gen. Parker was clected sachem at the age of 21. Poodrey died in his home. on the Tonawanda Reservation near FRast Pembroke, last Saturday. It Pleased Her So Much. From the Wisconsin Octopus The hushand was showing his wife over the new home in which thev were to lve, Do you like it. dear?" “Oh, it's perfectly wonderful,” replied. ““Those heautiful windows The wonderful floors' The fine furni ture—why, it's almost as nice as a filling station!” Ship in Service 202 Years. From the Ohio State Journal Safling from port to port in the Ral tic Sea is the ship Constance. lts aim it has been in service rs and still is carrying lumber. s nearest rival was the ship Good Intent, built in 1790, sold in Cardiff in 1919 for $1,000 WASHINGTON, -| ment to weigh the entire earth. D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1926. U. S. SCIENTIST MAKES TESTS TO FIND EARTH’S EXACT WEIGHT Three-Year Experiments Will Determine Accu- racy of Newton. Results Will Be Valuable to Astronomers and 0il Prospectors. By the Associated Pre O1d mother earth, who has heen tip- ping the &eientific scales for many vears at around six thousand million million million tons—six followed by | 21 ciphers—is having her weight more |accurately determined for posterity, | but it’s a lengthy undertaking and won't be completed for at least anoth- er vear and a half. | The recent adoption by large oil | companies of the torsion balance for | finding ofl deposit= has brought to light the progress heing made here in | experiments with the same instru- For three vears, Dr. Paul R. Heyl |has been carrying on the patience- | trying test in a small room 35 feet underground at the Bureau of Stand- ards. He has, on some occasions, held himself in one position there for more than nine hours at a time, so a& not 1o disturh the sway of his delicate instruments. His sub-surface retreat DR. PAUL R. HEYL, was chosen to avoid interference by surface forces. Thus far, only one of three sets of observations has been completed. 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It took 11 months to install the apparatus The results of the test hfiHn-uj will provide rial for as and studen! PONZ!I PLEA DENIED. Gourt Réfuzes to Quazh Indictment Against “Financial Wizard.” JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. April 2 (P, A motien to quash the indictment against Charles Ponzi, “fnancial ard,” and his wife was denfed in court here today by Judge Ja Peeler The indictment charzed Ponzi and his wife with violating the Florida declaration and trust law relating to year after the third observation is finished before a final figure is j reached. | The weight of the earth i= looked upon by Dr. Heyl as only a side issue in his experiment. For 30 years prior to the start of his work the law of gravitation had not heen investizated and what he mainly s seeking another decimal for the 6.66 Ne tonian constant, a numerical quantity | used in determining the force of at traction between two given bodies When this figure, which has been tentatively found now to be 6.65 nd others are discovered with a grea egree of precision, a mathematical computation i= expected by the scien tist to reveal this long-hidden secrat of the earth Farth Is Gaining Weight. 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