New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1925, Page 3

New Haven, Jan, - 33.—Astrono- mmr‘.muw regard the rush of the ‘shadow from the west to east which marks the beginning of ' the sun' eclipso’ next’ Saturday. s one of the’ most picturesqué celestial phe- | o, nonfena known. . Professor Ernest W. Brown, the Yale astronomer, to- day gave explicit divections to enable perions watching the eclipse to fol- low 'the shadow mott successfully, He sald: ¢ “The moon's shadow marking the beginning of the total eclipse of the sin comes from the west and travels about a mile a second. “The rush of the shadow an- nounci) the beginning of the «clipse is one of the most impressive sights of the event. In the eastern _part of the frack wheroe It crosses the state of Connecticut it will come from & direction somewhat to the north of west. At Net Haven the exact amount is 18 degrees north of west. In the western part of the track the direction is a little moi northerly. 50 Miles a Minute “The speed of the shadow In the cast is about 'fifty miles a minute, rather less than a ‘mile a second. Towards the west it is greater. It slows down to about a mile in two secdnds as it travels acr the At- lantio but quickens up towards the end of its path on the other side of the ocean. “The advancing shadow {is best seen from a hill - or tower from which a stretch of country to the west Is visible. White bulldings in the distance will suddenly disappear from sight while those nearby will take on a dim ashen appearance. If the ground is covered with snow, the effect will be still more pro- nounced. “Just -as the advaucing shadow marks the begiuning of the eclipse, the coming, of light from the west shows thg end. The outer edge of the shadow approaches with the same Speed, crosses the observer and’| passes off to the east allowing the sun to bathe the land In its rays once more. “If the sky is covered with clouds at the time, the coming of darkness will not ‘be 8o sudden. - The shadow: ‘will reach the upper layers of cloud first since it travels in a slanting di- rection and a second or two will pass before it gets to the ground be- logv. The fime when it ar- Tives will Harder to judge; but /astronomgrs and thoss who' are helping wilf try to determine it as ?ccuntely as possible.” f PLANE FOR OBSERVATION Two Army Machines From Boston Will Carry Special Observers (b ‘Watch' Lcllpso. 1 Boston, Jan.' ..—Two army planes from the Boston base carry- ing members of the fagulty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy will fly over the dark zone dur- ing thé total eclipse of the sun Sat- urday, it was announced at army headquarters here today. The planes will carry fuf]l for three heurs and will be piloted by Cap- taln Adlal Gilkeson: and Lient. James H. Doolittle, Professor. Harry B. Cuthbertson ~0f M. I+ T, will'be in charge of the observations, which will include the faking. of a large number ‘of photo- graphs of various: stages of the eclipse. Man Who Developed Use Of Half Tone Cuts Dead ‘New York, Jan, 22—George Palm- er,70, one of the pioneers inintro- ducing hafl tone cuts in hewspapers and sald to have been the first man to employ the camera in obtaining news plctures, died yesterda¥ in the Long Island College hospital, Brook- lyn. Prior to 'his retirement five weeks ago, Mr. Palmer was head of the chemical research bureau of the Hearst newspapérs. ' Mr| Palmer was born In England and as a youth salled before the mast for ten years. He entered newspaper work in the early eighties as a writer of humor- ous tales of the sea for the San Trancisco Examiner. In 1887 Mr. ‘Palmer married Miss Virginia Burke, of San Francisco an aunt of Billie" Burke, the actress. Mrs, Paimer died in 1912, STLPA0R CLEARS SKIN RIGHT TP Any breaking out of even flery, itch. Ing eczema, can be quickly overs come by applyiog a little Mentho- Sulphur, declares a noted skin spe- clalist. Because of its germ de- stroying proper< ties, this sulphur preparation be- gins at once to soothe irritated skin ‘' and heal eruptions such as \ ' Ting worm. It seldom fails to remove tha tor- ment and disfigurement, anl you do not have to wait for reliéf from em- barrassment. Improvéement quickly shows, Sufferers from ekin trouble should eblain a small jar of Rowles Mentho-Sulphur from any good druggist and use it like cold cream, the skin, | rash, pimplesand, -~ Unigie F Buml’. Jan! 22.~Niagara Falls, with ' 'its - magnificent’ cataract banked with great pillars of crystal Ice) neyer d kened by atotal eclipse in the memary, of ‘the white man, d Ithaca, with its concentration of sclentific ~ experimentations at Cor- nel) .university, dre vylng for this sectiop. of 'New'York state's chief in+ tarest in the total ‘eclipse of the sun which will: take place ngxt Saturday morning. Nlagara Falls' will be dullnetly unique. It is expected that | the eclipge will afford an unprecedented opportunity for study of the effects of varying light and shade over the cataract, with the llumination con- trolled as the hind of man alone cannot control it Niagara, under normal winter con- ditions, presented an awesome spec- tacle. This season nature has been unusually generous. Early in the winter heavy storms and low' tem- "parntnrem aided by favorable winds, covered' the islands and shore lines with'a soft white blanket, formed a massive ice bridge, plled ice floes into grinding mountains, and fes- tooned all the trees near the catar- act's bank with tiny sparkiing ice- gems, evdlved trom frozen mists. What will be the effect of the gradual changing of the character and intensity of {llumination during the eclipse and the pale light of the sun'sécorona, on the dancing prisms of snow and water in the cataractis a matter for conjecture. The Cleveland astronomical so- clety- will take, observations from the reot of a hotel near the fall and a corps of scientists under the di- rection of W. D'Arcy Ryan, head of the General Electric 1{lluminating luboratory at Schenectady, will be stationed at the falls to measure and photograph the effect of the eclipse on the water and ice of the cataract. The photometric \measurements are expected fo be of great scienti- fic interest and perhaps of practical valtie. Data gathered by the expedi- tlon will ‘be used as a basis for planning artificial {llumination of the falls, in’which sevei'al nearby cities are interested. At Cornell university many of the country's scientists will congregate. Yerkes observatory and the United Stn.tgs Coast and Geodetic Survey | wil]- Be « represented. Obsexgations will be taken and experimpn®. per- formed to determine the effects of the eclipse on - the earth’s magnetic fleld, the eléctrical conditions of the atmosphere, ' and radlo receptian. Many of the experiments wijl be performed regardless of weather conditions and some will continue for several. days after the, eclipse has passed. Further observations will be made at D'Youville college, Buffalo, under the direction of Professor John A. Curtain in conjunction with the United: States government. - The suc- cess of most of the observations will depend on weather conditions, Fore- casters have estimated the chances for a clear sky in Buffalo and yi- cinity, t6 be about one in 18, Appeals Court Reverses Immoral Drama Decision Albdny, N. Y., Jan, 22.—Conviction of the producer of the play “God of Vengeance” and elevén actors who took part in the production last year on ‘a charge of violating the law against immoral drama, was reversed yesterday by the court of appeals, and a npew trial of the indictment against- the producer and players was ordered.. Production of the play in English for the first time in De- cember, 1922, resulted in police ac- tion against the theater and subse- quent indictment of Harry Weinber- ger, the producer, and the eleven ac- tors by a grand jury. Welnberger and Rudolph Schildkraut, leading man, were finéd $200 each, but the otherp were given suspended sent- ences. Witnesses called by the court of appeals were unable to recall the immoral. Last Details Completeci In Eclipse Preparations Long's Corners, Ont., Jan. 22.—All but the last details in the final ad- justment of thelr thstruments was reported today by acientists prepar- ing to observe the total eclipse of the sun from this point Saturday morn- ing. There was an easier feeling at the thmporary . observatory, today in respect to weather condlitions for the event: For some days the scientists were somewhat pessimistic about the chances of favorable weather condi- tions at the time of the eclipse, but indications today were that a clear sky at the critical moment was well within the bounds of pri¥bability. HIGBY UK AT POST Charles N. Higby, night elevator man at City Hall resumed. his duties last night. War veteran, was painfully injured down by an automobile while on his way to work. He insisted on con- tinuing with his work the day he was hurt, but Superintendent Smith, | realizing that he was in no condition to stay at his post, sent him home, HER SALAD DAYS Mistress — I'd like to Norah, what has become roast beef and cake left yesterday. Norah — Now, mum, never 'ave a policeman yer when yer was my, ag doa Opinion. know, over from didn't yer callin® on | e?—Lor- The observations to be made ;at d8Y. exact lines in the play alleged to be' Mr. Higby, who.is a Civil | several weeks ago when he was run |, of all the | Mim WILL BE AETHH THE!!RY HERES BEST WA WflNllERfl!l PI.M}E MAYBE-AIDED| TO SEE ECUIPSE ing Ecljpso By The Assoclated: Press. San Pranclsco, Jan, 22, — Ald. in extending the theory of the aether 18 expected to come from observa- tions of the solar eclipse Baturday, although it scems doubtful whether new light will, be thrown on the Elnstein theory of relativity, sald Captaln T, J. J. Sed, professor of mathematics in the United States navy and govegnment astronomer at Mare Island, Cal,, In a statement to ; . “It 1s belleved now that all forces, éte, come from waves, disturbances. in the aether," he said, Findings of radlo investigators and certaln magnetic gbservations in connection with theeclipse, would ald that study, Captaln See sald, calling it “really the most important research in contemporary physics.” “Some Interest will attach to the Einstein theory, which has not been satistactorily confirmed anfl fs still in dispute among the leading men of sclence,” he sald., The corona ¥isible durifig the to- tal eclipse as a silvery light about the sun shows bright polar rays curving around towards the equater, These lines are due to the inténse magnétism of the sun, which is about 80 times more Yowerful than the magnetism of the earth, It-ia expected that some new information will be obtaingd relative to the sun’s magnetism, and that astronomers who note the times of contact care- fully will ald Professor E. W. Brown of Yale upiversity and others in im- proving the gravitational theory of the moon’s motion, which is subject to the fluctuations discovered by Newcomb in 1809. These trouble- some fluctuations of the moon's mo- tion are believed to be due to the sun's gravitation having to act through the solld mass of the earth at the time of eclipses.” “Persons living along the edge of the shadow can do a useful sciens tific service by noting whether any part of the sun is left uncovered at the .moment of greatest darkness, Tf 80, they are sljghtly off the line. It is a real triumph of . astronomical and mathematical skill that the track of a solar eclipse can be pre- dicted, but improvements can he made {f the exact limits'can be cor- rected by observation to less than a mile, “Such_reports could be made to. local papers, which in. turn . could send them to the Scienttfic American in New York, which i§ to collect 0hserver Gms Directions lox Jieneral Use Byracuse, N, Y., Jan, 22.—~How to spare the eyes in ‘watching | the eclipse of the sun Baturday, resery- ing direct observation for the briet period of totality or neardst ap- proach to totality, is suggested by Major Edmund T, Sandars, O, B. E,, of London, lpfillnnd, who, with Mrs. Sandars, is visiting I this eity. Major Sandars advised that a card be punctured with a pin or needle and this card be held above a plece of white paper, so the image of the sun will be thrown through the minjature hole in the card and show | upon the plece of paper. In this way the progress of the ecllple.may be tched easily, saving the strain | on s snd neck until near the time of totality, when it 1s desirable to look at the sun. Major Sandars also - cautioned against looking at the sun except | with a darkened 'glass, because of | the danger of injuring the eyes. Hhis discovery of the card method | of watohing the progress of the | eclipse wags made during an observa- | tlon at Yorkshire several years ago. | PSR Sy The Duke of Bedford's gold plate | at Woburn Abbey, in England, is one of the most magntficent collec- tlons of its kind in the world, il IN CHICAGD CAS lnqniry Tnto MeClintoek Death Tnvolves Shepherd Chicago, Jan, 22—Four letters which Harry Olbon, chiet justice of the municipal court, sald were writ- ten by Willlam D, Shepherd, chief helr of William McClintock, the “millionaire orphan,” to Miss Estelle Eleanor Gehling, a nurse, will figure in the coroner's inquest of McClin- | tock's death when It is respmed next month, Judge Qlson sald last night. McClintock’s will, leaving the bulk of his $2,000,000 estate to Shepherd, was made last April just after he became of age. He died last month in the Shepherd home of typhold fever, according to patholo- "gists, who performed a necropsy. ]\S“ Gehling sald she met Shep- herd several years ago when he was brought to a hospital where she was supervisor for a slight operation by Dr. Oscar Olson, brother of Judge Olson, Since then, she sald, Shep- herd had written her many letters, all of which shé had destroyed ex- cept the four she turned over to Judge Olson, After she' .communicited with Judge Olson last Monday, he called upon Chief Morgan Collins for po- lice particlpation in the investiga- tion which was dropped by state's attorney8 after the necropsy showed McClintock dled from natural causes, At the request of Chief Colling, the inquest which was to have been completed Tuesday was | continued to February 19, Seven 10-foot boa constrictors at large relieved the monotony on the steamship Bolivar for four days of its’ voyage between Columbia and such information for the American Astronomical society.” Liquor Fines Reach Peak With $11,000 Penalty Schenectady, N. Y, Jan, 22.— Fines totalling = more than $60,000 were imposed by Judge Frank Coop~ er for prohibition law violation in federal court. here yesterday. Five men who led federal agents a chase over Hague Mountain, Warren coun- ty, last December and were captured after a gun battle, were fined the heaviest, $91,000 each. Among them was Willlam Buckles, referred to by Judge Cooper as the “Master Boot- legger' of Plattsburgh.” He was sentenced to one year -and three months in Atlanta penitentiary., The others, and the.sentences imposed in addition to the fine of $11,000 each, were: Luciano Cotillo, of White Plains, six months in Onondago peni- tentiary. Matt Lowy, of New York, |five months in Onondaga peniten- |tlary; James Freynes, of Plattsburgh, |and John Maglori, of New York, three months in Schenectady county Jail. L) Brandegee Memorial Services -in House BY GEURGS H MANNING. (Washington Bureau of N. B. Herald) Washifigton, D. C., Jan. 32.—Sun- day, February 15, has been set aside by the house ef representatives for memorial serviecs for the late Sena- tor Frank Brandegee of Connecticut. Representative John Q. Tilson of New Haven will deliver a eulogistia address. Senator Lodge of . Massachusetts and Senator Colt of Rhode Island, both of whom died during the re- cess of congress, also will be.eulogiz- ed by the house on February 15. Use Wireless as an Aid Strasbourg, France, Jan, 22,—The use of wireless as a means of “crib- bing” by a young medical student has horrified the whole faculty of the university here. It appears that the aspiring Alsatian installedl a wireless telephone recelving set un- der the table at which he was due to undergo a crucial written test, and that a friend coached him from the outside, The dean of the medical school is Investigating the affair, which s likely to be aired before the min- isters of public instruction. Horticultural Society { To Give Scholarshlps Amherst, Mass,, Jan.f22, — Jour {scholarshps totalling $1,000 for stu- | | dents majoring in horticulturg cr | agriculture have been given the | Mlassachysetts Agriculture colloge | {by the Massachusetts Society for | r‘romoflon of. Agriculture, the presi- | | dent's office announced today. { Two of $300 each are open for members of the class’ of 1926 and two of $200 cach for the class ‘of | 1927. If no student is found worthy \ the committee of awards may “uh- bold the echolarships. To “Cribbing” in School | SEGQND OFFENDER 1§ FINED $100 AND JAILED ; ‘ Szyfel Admits to Judge Ho Sclls a Little: Grocerles Once in a While, “What do you do for a living be- | sides selling liquor?* asked Judge Benjamin W, Alling in police court this - morning of Joseph Bazyfel, charged .with violating the liquor laws, Szyfel answered “'Oh, I sell a | Mttle groceries once in a while” The court fined him $100 and'sentenced him to jail for 30 days. It was the second arralgnment of Szyfel before the court in a short | time on similar charges, a fine of $260 belng imposed on him several weeks ago when he was found guilty of violating the liquor laws. He s | the proprietor of a store at 77 Grove street and llves at 99 Grove street. He was arrested yesterday after- noon on' Grove street by Policeman | Thomas J. Feeney who chased him when Szyfel evidently became alarmed as he saw whe policeman approaching and started to run away. While running, Szyfel attempted to dlspose of a half-pint bottle of Ii- quor by throwing it into a snow drift, but Feeney recovered the bot- tle and about half its contents, and placed him under arrest. Frank Gentlle“ot 278 South Main street, charged with assaulting his sister-in-law at his home last night, pleaded not guilty and the case was continued until Monday for trial. 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