New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 4

NES ALIVE BUT LANT PROVE I German Salor Trying (0 Rt move Lagal “Disease” . Berlin, Jan. ¢ (UP)—Being known breathe regularly and to eat three juare meals a day is not sufficient broot that a person is actually alive. t least, it is no proof for the Ham- urg authorities in the case of A. W. Wothke, sailor, who, despite the fact Since he was born in 1869, has been dead since 1912, according to the law. More than 16 years ago he was erroneously entered as deceased in the Hamburg city register. Not even the fact that Wothke has regularly been paying his in-! tome tax, which can hardly be ex- pected of a dead man, could induce the authorities to cancel their ob- Viously erroneous entry. | Wothke has been fighting for his | lite, as it were, for the past 15/ E‘eam Now the exasperated “live Ing corpse” has submitted his case to a Reichstag deputy, who, after| ronvincing himselt that Wothke is slive, took up the matter with the Hamburg authorities. He submitted full details as to| MVothke's whereabouts and doings| or the last 18 years, urging that the authorities revise their opinion Ehat sailor Wothke is dead. But the efforts of the Reichstag Beputy, too, were of no avail. The Hamburg department of justice, po- | litely but firmly, refused to annul the erroneous entry in the city regis- ter and to “reincarnate” Wothke. The authorities pointed out that,| ven with the best of intentions, | hey could not possibly do such a bhing as the existing law provides that “aprotest for the annulment of Bn erroneous entry in the city regis- ler must be launched one month bfter the entry has been effected, | ho matter when the error came fto| the knowledge of those concerned! Since Wothke failed to enter his | of pine planking. He estimates the jum pressure as equivalent to that st the bottem of an ocean 350 miles deep. One of the objectives of the ex- periments is to test materials used in manufacture of big guns. An- other is study of molecular and atemic changes in various sub- stances. FUR MANUFACTURE IS GREAT INDUSTRY $350,000 Invested in Industry in United States ‘Washington, Jan. 4. (®—Fur manufacture in this country has become a $260,000,000 business. A survey of the industry by the department of commerce shows that the number of establichments cngaged in the manufacture of fur goods, other than felt hats, has in- creased from 1,300 in 1914 to 2,000 in 1925, while the number of work- ers has advapced from 9,000 to 17,000, and the wholesals value of their aggregate product has in- creased from $44,000,000 to $254,- 000,000, Although the Mississippi Valley is rated as the largest fur-produc- ing area in the wogld and supplies a large proportion of the annual $70,000,000 catch, which is double that of Russia and three times that | of Canada, it is necessary to im- port some $136,000,000 worth of furs and to bring {n $4,000,000 worth frem Alaska to meet the de- mand. Imports come from all sections of the world, only six countries supplying more than $5,000,000 worth yearly. An export business also has been developed, with the United King- |, dom, Canada, Germany and France the best customers. Exports last year were valued at $31,000,000. protest within the stipulated thirty Bays he has to remain dead for the | Pest of his life and watch his heirs | pend his fortune, which amounted | a tidy sum when he “died” 16| Vears ago. TESTS AT HARVARD PROVE SUCCESSFUL Properties of Substances Re- versed by Great Pressure : Cambridge, Mass, Jan. ¢ (P— fremendous preassures have re- Jersed almost completely the famil- |r properties of some well known lubstances in experiments at Har- tard University, . Paraffin, under pressures ranging | detween 200,000 to 600,000 pounds a | tquare inch, became 5o hard that Prof. Percy W. Bridgman pronounc- *d it harder than manchine steel. | Rubber became 50 hard that it was | dronounced usable as a die to form | Veel, Dr. Bridgman found that steel wnded to flow, if not like water, | At least sufticiently to spread. He doted four diffore i of dce, | ¥l formed at a different pressure. | 0il became useloss as a lubricant, | because it furned sol Mercury, Mter a pressure of 60,000 pounds degan to escape, the theory being Jhat its atoms were forced between | hose composing the steel chamber | which it was imprisoned. The apparatus made by Dr. Bridg- | Man jattains a pressure of 600,000 | unds per square inch, which is| #aid to Be the highest by far ever teached in laboratorics. The terd- tncy of steel to flow under pressure makes possible the success of his tpparatus. which is a plunger forc- #d into a hole in a solid block of Moel. The reaction of the steel is used ‘to plug up escape along the Yides of the plunger by the sub- ttance it is pressing. A wire finserted In the atec]! chamber as an aid fo measuring | Ihe pressure has been shot out with | kuch force as to dent a half inch urmor plate set up to catch it. | Dr. Bridgman said that once the almost solid stecl chamber broke, | fn such an explosive manner that| Its fragments penetrated six Inches, BUILD RE [t Muskrat, opossum, skunk and raccoon are the outstanding com- mercial furs produced in this coun. try, but numerous other peits enter the trade in small volume. Total vroduction, which varies little from vear to year, is 12,000,000 muskrat pelts, §,000,000 skunk and 600,000 to 1,000,000 raccoon, Marked development in fur farm. ing in this country in recent years, the survey adds, has resulted in supplying virtually all fox pelts | from domestically bred animals. YOUNG CHINESE GIRLS WOULD BE PREACHERS Nanking Theological Seminary Op- ens Doors to Women Now As Well As Men Nunking, Jan. 4, (M—The femin- ist movement in China, extending rapidly, has reuched theological ed- ucation. Three women have enrolled in the re-opened Nanking Theologi- cal Seminary as regular students. Heretofore the halls of this institu- tion have been for men only. The Nanking incldent of March, 1927, when foreigners were attack- ed by Chinese soldiers, forced' the closing of the scminary, mnot only foreign members of the faculty be- ing driven away, but also some of the Chinese teachers. Since that time various teachers have been gradually drifting back here await- ing the time until the school could he reopened. Until a few weeks ago {the buildings were used as military barracks. The Nanking authorities finally manged to force the military from the bulidings and the school re- opened. There was an encouraging enrollment of old and new students, dind among the latter came the three young women. All of them re college graduates, desiring a re- igious education before they them- selves begin teaching in missionary schools. As a result of the enroliment of the feminine students which has heen received as an innovation by the men rather than with opposi- tion as was expected 1t is planned to attempt to attract additional girl students and thus launch a mnew chapter in the rapidly changing and developing educational procedure in China, SISTANCE OF PURE VITAMIN-RICH COD-LIVER O is good insurance against weakness. It fortifies the system and helps build up a strong wall of resistance to keep infection off. If you would know the joy of strength and power to resist.that comes fram a well- nourished body—taks Scott’s Emaulsion. Scott & Bowne. Blcomfield, N. J. WE STORE CARS v $O In a steam heated garage. 1 -00 A Month f you have not registered your car for 1929, let us store it at the above rate. We will tow it free of charge for storage. per month for those who wis| BELOIN We also have a rate of $5.00 h live storage. GARAGE Corner Corbin Place and Church Street - dJordan’s. 218 MAIN STREET The Greatest Fashion and Value Event of the Year - A STUPENDOUS OF 'SALE New and High-Fashioned COAT with costly furs . . . . 15 Values to $30 22 Valaes to $48 30 Values to $65 Probably the greatest price- slashing you have ever wit- nessed. Each reduction is genuine—you can see them marked plainly on each tag. These COATS are the last word in Winter Fashions. You will see these styles on Fifth Avenue selling at con- siderably more than even our former prices. The sav- ings are emphatic. Wide choice of high-grade beauti- RESSE $ 5.95 Values to 812 37.50 Valaes to $15 Values to $24 These are marvelous dress values. The successful style and materials of the season. The price reductions are so pronounced that you can not hope tp equal their value. For Street, Business, ‘Afternoon, Sport, Party and Evening Wear. Splendidly ful furs, materials, styles tailored. § Sizes 1M4to20 36t52 P W Sizes 14t020 36 to 54