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Show I ELIMINATE DELAYS BY "ELECTRIC EYE" I' ' --J " "' ' ' f- - t-- l. ' - Left to right. I'rof. II. It. 8heldon of New York university physics' department and Dr. Phillips Thomas of the Westlnghouse Klectrlc company, watching a demonstration of a new light sensitive device, before the members of the Klectrlcul society at the Engineering Societies' building. It Is exacted thut unnecessary traffic delays, caused by the flashing of a red light ar "stop" signal on a muln thoroughfare at times when no vehicles are wultlns to cross the Intersection may be done away with forever. The new system gives motorists a green signal continuously until a car on the cross street comes within a short dlstunce of the Intersection, at which time the lights auto-matically revert to a prearranged "set" program operutlon. The automatic feature of the system Is made possible by a new application of the photo-electr- ic cell, or "electric eye'' which literally "sees" automobiles or other vehicles aud regulates the signals accordingly. fi--n ty " iBk cn Benny Haven. t By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ' T ' ,3' f ,it d From Nevada's hoary rldx". from ;jtfV , - J . 'PC ' i" .J ' f stormy count, of Maine, PAJtv' ,' U --3 U-.- wJ i From Lavs Beds and Yollow 8tm tT"'.' ' ' ,rt ' " ,K the Story never waned: ,v f ,s jiJ,--- , jJP 4' ' 1?? H? J Whenever duly called, they went. A ' " Vl their utepa were never slow; E'-JT- - 'X. S VSJto A"! ' ' ' " rfJ a ' With "Alma Mater" on their lips Jt jf?OSV4,V4 ' " ' snd "Benny Haven.. Oh" ; WfifaV&J Mfftt . " 4 I When thl. life-'- , troubled .e. I. WVr" f2 I I o'er and our la.t battle's ,5 k 'V U"'' J ' " " ' i If God through, permit, u. mortal, ther. Ilv ?t t 57 " , tfl hi. bleat domain to view. :"- - , rtj " ' - ". rtO!''? 4 Then we .hall ae. In jtlory Jt - t ' ' 4 . ' . v? crowned. In proud eelevtlal : S;.--::- 1 row F'- - 3,ia- ? IS ''I Th. friend, w.'v. known and ,5'T4-- f ' ' 5",1 inOM"""" " Benny "aV" iag fMMMHAT officer of the United SennytfavenJ JTortumentzn fBffdandlfoionCkrtietezj- - f j Stutes army from the mer f J est "shave tall" up to a W general with four stars on his shoulders bus not heard verse and for a brief been carried back Mater," tlie fthstStates Mllltnry at West Point. N. Y.T one of the most and beloved of Hint famous mil-itary school where tradi-tion Is so strong, centers around the name of Benny Havens. Who wns Kenny Havens? One of America's famous generals, a graduate of whom West Point Is proud? A be loved teacher at the academy? Well, hnrdlyl Sometime prior to 1S"2 Kenny Havens came to We3t Point and a one-stor- cottage a short dls tance west of where the old cadet hos-whin they lacked In muguilude the) niude up In number. The forbidden locality of Benny Havens possessed stronger attractions than the study mid demonstration of a problem in Euclid." If yoo go to West Point to-day you can find in an old sheepskin bound volume the record of Custer's "sl;ln sheet," bearing the list of of-fenses for which Cadet Custer was reported. In all there are 453 separate "skins" with a total of 812 demerits and mil 11 y of them are for partaking of Benny's hospitality. Since a cadet Is allowed 835 demerits before he Is dismissed, Custer had only 23 more to go wheu he was graduated. - So he came very nearly being denied his chance for fame nnd America came very nearly losing one of her most brilliant cavalry officers. But If Benny Havens had a part In this. It was by no means a unique case. Muny an months) Poe frequently visited Ben-ny's place of business while It was si III on the reservation and became de-voted to him. The future poet often remarked that "Benny was the sole congenial soul In the entire place." Benny lived to the ripe old age or i eighty-eigh- t years. Tups were sound-ed for him on May 29. 1877, and now lie sleeps In the Highland Union ceme-tar- y on the banks of the river he loved so well. But West Point Is rich In memories of Benny Havens. If you go there today they will show you he pitcher from which he served his famous cider flip. But most of all his fame Is preserved la the song wlilen has been curried llterully around the world by West Pointers. That song was composed early In his career. It was written about 18.13 when Lucius I I'ltrlon nt Kt i i,.-- tin H Maiilsnonl In other officer who later became famous could testify to a number of "skins" because they simply could not resist pltal, now the nurses' quurters, stands What his ancestry was or where he came from no ont seems to know. But after all those tilings are relatively unimportant, for the beginnings of a tradition are frequently wrapped In a mist of obscurity, but a tradition Is none the less dear on that account In the early days of Kenny', residence at tlie post he sold to the cadets ale. cakes and elder, and In the winter, buckwheat cukes and cider flip. Later on the elder flip became ale flip and still Inter something a hit stronger was added to his bill of fare. It was this "something" which led to Benny's undoing, for he was expelled from the reservation. By this time Benny had become so attached to the corps of cadets and the cadets had become so attached to Benny that neither could think of allowing this expulsion to meun his retirement to the obscurity from which he had come. So he set un his little the Klghth Infantry was visiting n friend. Kiley A. Arnold, then a first classman. Together they spent many a congenial evening at Benny's place nnd, so the story goes, O'Brien and his ' friends composed a poem about Benny and set It to the tune of "The Wearing of the Green." It Immediate-ly became popular at West Point and for the next quarter of a century-on- e of the first thlngn a plebe dM was to learn to sing "Benny Havens, Oh " During the summer days of 18(15 when day after day the steamers bearing home tlie veterans of the Civil war passed Benny's little cottage on the banks of the Hudsim the bands would strike np one tune and Benny would hear hundreds of voices joining In thej singing of: Com. fill your (lasses, fellows, and stand up In a row To singing: .entlmentally we'r. arolnai for to ao: Benny's Pitcher. the charm of Benny Havens' hospi-tality. "Benny Havens' character was many sided, kind to children. Invariably courteous to women," so rends a sketch In "Bugle Notes," the handbook of the United States Corps of Cadets, or "the plehes' Bllile," as It Is called at West Point. "He was possessed of a terrible and ungnvernnhle temper. There wns an Indefinite something about his personality, that bound his friends to him by Inseparable ties. Virtues and qualities were his which helped to shape the lives of and give guidance to, as they rose to life's pinnacles, many whose names are now engraved on the pages of history." For Instance there wns a certain cadet named Kdgar Allan Poe. Our Ing the short stay of that erratic In dividual at the ncudemy. (he was dis-missed after being there about six shop Just ofT the post In what later became known as "The House by the River," a Mecca to which so many of West Point's famous sons made even If forbidden, pilgrimages For slipping out of hounds to the hos-pitable fireside of Benny Havens where food and drink could be Illegal-ly obtained, contrary to the rules nnd regulations which have nlwnys char-acterised the dignity and order of this severe academy, was one of the of-fenses . for which a cadet could be "skinned" (today they call It "aqullled," I e. reported for one of the many breaches of regulations). For Instance, take the case of Cadet Armstrong Custer of Ohio along about the year 1861. Cusfer himself hns re-corded "my offenses against law and order were not great In enormity but in tna army mere, soorieiy promo, tlon'. very .low 80 we'll ainsr our r.mlnlac.nae. of Benny Haven.. Oh! CHORUS: J Oh! Benny Haven. Oh! Ob! Benny Havena. Oh! We'll alng our reminlseenaes of Henny ' tiavena. Oh I H To our kind old Alma Mater, our rock,. . ' 1 bound Highland Home. I We'll cast many a fond regret aa o'er I life's aea w. roam: I Until on our last battle field, the light I of heaven ahall slow. We'll never fall to drink to her and. W Bennv Havena. oh! CHOKUS: aluy th. Army be augmented my tiro- - s motion 9. les. .low May our country In th hour ol need ' be ready for the fo; May we find a .oldter'a re.tlnn pine. beneath a soldier's blow With room enouwh be.lde out arava for Bennv Haven. Oh' Many English Word s. Ate Arabic in Origin The Arabs have given the Knellsli upenlflr.g iwiiplo more word to express ttiHr thoughts than i"iy other of the Ifcmiltlo, Asiatic or African groups. "V.'ln-- In' summer jfhu wear yom 'inohnlr' r Vnttnir suit, bviiUI iili o kni.' enjoy "sherbet' with 'candy' Mini chW wlih 'sugar,' nr lie on n 'sofa or 'mail milling a 'magazine.' you are drawing on tlmt vocabulary," Prof llilllp K. Hllll of Princeton told the Linguist Ir Society pf America. "In complete Kngllsh lexicon. Arabic would figure In no leu than 18 entries under Hie letter A alone. Many of these words hove tome Into tagllsh Indirectly through the romance languages, he wild, but Arulilc also has served as medium for transmitting nunitier of words of Greek, Latin Persian. Sanskrit, Egyptian, Turkish. Coptic or Hindustani origin, inch us apricot, amire, borai, camphor find ebony. Telephone Types Who Deserve No Quarter ', Tlie type l ays opens up with lenxthy e.n.iylMS of tho weutlier-t- he type who lit forever repeating. "Whin's Unit?" the type who always gets rut olT-t- l.e type who speaks a language tlmt reneiubles coniblna tlon of Eskimo and Norwegian Hi" type who alwuys culls the wrong nu-mberthe typo who luvarlabljr gets a busy wire the tyi who Jollies the operator the type who curses the op-erator the type who alwuys hue to borrow a nickel the type who wrath fully bungs the Instrument on the floor the type who makes believe that he U the butler the type who, to the ae compunlinerit of a clashing Jus bund, announces to his spouse that he Is be Ing detained at the office th type who merely reen!s the word "yes" throughout the conersutlon the type who. Just around the corner, stuffs a bnndkerchlef In the mouthpiece and I pretends that lie Is .hundreds of mlle away ... the type who culls up at three o'clock in the morning to re port that he h been arrested the type who stations himself In a booth fi.r one solid hour the type who be k'lns the conversation with "Guess who this Is" the type who speulis In a low whisper . . . the type who. In the middle of the conversation sud denly says, "Good by" the type who never says "Good by." Kalisus City Times. Jocko" Something of a Freak of Nature A putty nose and a fall a yard long re among the attractions possessed by a monkey newly placed In the fa-mous London soo. It comes from the African Gold coast These monkeys have weak circulations In their tails, for the blood has to be pumped so far by the heart. A touch of cold weather, and the tall wilts like a dahlia In a frost .After stormy blasts In the bay of Biscay the aver-age length, of the decoration when the creature reaches this country Is from six Inches to a foot Even If the tall Is still all there, It has been blighted and fades away In the soo. Jinny putty-nose- monkeys eat tu,iF tails. They are quite given to this habit until the too uses a certain red ointment, which poll 'the flavor. The new pull) nose was brought to Kngliiiid 'In condition, by the donor, a Mr. Woodward, with Is a laboratory evpert at the Medical .Itesenrrh. Institute at SeSnndl, wh-r-the yellow fe.ver scourge Is tackled -- London Times. Struck Whale. "Drown" As a general thing the whule when struck by the whaler's harpoon dives below the surface and soon reappears for air to be greeted with another bar poon or two which puta him out of business Occasionally they do not reappear and the explanation made Is that they are drowned. Having re ceived their itentn mow tney reacn the bottom, hut have not the strength to return and their lungs filling with water makes it all the more difficult, as tbey are deprived of the buoyancy Hint this quantity of air would Im-part to their bodies. I Eig Motor Business S The follo-vln- key points ure g tuken from the forecast made W S by Uoy D. Chiipin, president of g () the National Automobile Cham () her of Commerce : W I. Automotive employment In 9 I America will total 4,ti00.(KX). g h 2. Production will be oti new high levels, buying raw mate- - rials In larger quantities than $ rt evei before. ) j 8. Pent up demand for trims- - g $ port held back In l'.rJS. will j keep sales active throughout S ,oi:o' 1 I 4. Highway building on all g continents creates new trans g port needs. S ' Wlisle. Are ,'Brainy,, liie lurgest brain In the world, ac-cording to speakers at a congress of natural science, recently held )n Eng lund. Is possessed by the whale. Prof. W. Weygamlt argued against a prevalent belief that the largest brain claim Is shared by whales, ele-phants and man. He stated that the whale alone Justified the claim, the largest whale ever caught having a brain weighing 7,(XK) grams. Tlie human "bruin, he added, seldom exceeds an average weight of 1.280 to 1,400 grams In the male and 1,140 to 1,340 In the female. HIGHWAY MARKERS NEEQJtf CITIES Nothing to Indicate When Motorist Is on Right Road or 0f of It. (Prepared bV the United ett P pirtnu lit of Agriculture.) "Why aren't the standard route mnrkers of the United States highway system more generally erected In cities through which the rout pass? a cross continent motorist recently asked the brreau of public roads of the United States Department of Ag-riculture. "1 started from the western const last summer over one of the U. 8. routes and had no trouble In following the road across the country," he explained, "except when It crossed the lurger cities. There we--e 00 mark-ers to Indicate when I was on the route or when ! was off It It la through the cities that we motorists are most likely to get off tie route, especially at five-poi- Intersections," he asserted. Not Under State Control. Officials of the bureau explained that the route markers In the various states were erected by the state high-way departments only upon the high-ways under their Jurisdiction; that city s'treets. which are connecting links, are undei the Jurisdiction of . . . . I ..... 1 . 1. .. . A I. a municipal autnormes. aim 1 mc erection of the markers within city limits Is un to the city officials. Same Cities Erect Markers. A few cities have recognized this need of the motorist, the bureau says, and have erected the standard mark-ers on their streets. Since the standard route markers and danger anil caution signs were adopted In 11)25 for use on the United States highway system, 28 states have completed the marking of the system "within their borders nnd tinder their Jurisdiction!!, eight states have marked from 75 to W per cent of their roads, and four states have mnrked from N to 75 per cent. Indiin Decoration Day All annual I'ecnratlnn d:iy, In bulh same nild deed. Is observed by lower Tukon river Indlims. Fifteen families of Indians from Nulato and other vll ilagee met at Koyuruk, Alaska, to ful BU u ttieer custom, that or ereiiini: houses over the graves of those who died the past year. The shelters of the old grnvea were ' given a fresh cont of highly colored paint. Many of the unique mauso-leums are constructed with skill and 'tare, have windows, floor and rugs. 'other articles such as were used by the departed one. Food and drink are renewed each year during the potlntch following Decoration day. Every western Alaskan Indian tribe baa aome different method of protect-ing the spirits of departed ones. Foreign Matter Sticks at "Neck of the Bottle" The "neck of the bottle" In an auto-mobile radiator Is at the top of the cooling fins or tubes. Any foreign matter thut finals around with the water always gets stuck at this point and the result Is retarded circulation and a tendency for the motor to over-heat . . Ordinary flushing will no) remove serious obstructions. But you can get them out hy the slmpt" method shown. Incision In Radiator, After the Shell ft Removed, Gives Access to Obstruct Ing Particles. Itciiiove the radiator shell and with a sliaip. strong knife make a curved Incision. Then fold out the flap thus formed. Pick out the obstruction! with a pointed Instrument, push the flap back In place and solder It. Kadi ators are made of tiiin sheet brass so this Is easier than It. looks. I'opuln' Science Monthly. Home Tlie word "home" It Indeed like unto an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, whose fragrance fills the life. Into It has been gathered our most sacred memories, our tender-es- t associations, our brightest hopes It matters little whether the home of one's childhood has been a cottage on the hillside or a house In aome city gtreetround It Is woven a romance of Interest that grows with the years; to It, from distant places alike of work and thought travels back the bean wltb wistful regret Exchange. Get Set This thing of Jumping around from one Job to another may make yoo ac-quainted with a lot of teenery. But It will never make yon acquainted wltb. success. Stick with your Job long enough to call It by Its first name. Grit Water Isn't Especially Good for Spare Tires With tires curried on the side, the vogue of tlie day. If may be appropri-ate to make a suggestion for .an im-provement In fender wells. Most owners note the way the wells catch dirt on the under side, and not a few of them appreciate that con-stant scraping and cleaning of these parts will result In the metal getting rather thin at these points. But how many realize thut fender wells tend to wear out from the upper side be-cause of water remaining In the wellsT This wuter Isn't especially good for the spare tires, either. Accordingly, some means should be provided where-by It could be drained off. Why not drill a small hole In the hotjom of each well?; AUTOMOBILE NOTES Test the oil level every time the tnnk Is tilled with gasoline. 1 Now If some genius will devise a way to refuel automobiles while In motion the life of the speeder will be complete. A drfvei In Cali.'irnla sustained an eye Injury as a result of an anlomo bile accident. Police arrested tbe ex pugilist In the other car. ' When your car fulls to complete a turn In a space that seems wide enough for It maybe yon failed to start the turn with the wbeela cut as sharply as possible. www If the wuter In the radiator needs changing It Is best to drain and flush it Immediately after a long run. The sediment will still be circulating and It will clean out much more thorough-ly. . Scientists are trying to establish what was man's first conquest of space, but his greatest conquest of space was probably the distance he Jumped when he saw a car about to hit him. To keep the gaskets In position, while the transmission cover Is being replaced. Is not easy because It Is often necessary to shift the cover around In order to get the pedals to engage the lugs on the ends of the transmission bags. AS considerable time Is required for the water to pass down through some radiators In which the passages are small. It Is well after the wi:ter hns overflowed at the cap In filling to turn the motor over a few times and then see If it will bold more water. GENERAL ELECTRIC Refrigerator Judge the value of a refrigerator by these things its roominess, its quietness, its sim-plictt- y, AncJ, above all consider the reputation r of the firm which makes it. Come in and see the many models; then compart them with all others before you buy. S) lDowim Easy Monthly Payments ILJSalhi Fowei? "Efficient Public Service" the most important of the many re suits of Pasteurs Investigations Is th. treatment of hydrophohl., which he showed to be en used hy presence of specific hacterlu In thr blood, the spinal column of the .11 feeted animal servliiE ns a culture medium. I'nstctir died near St. Cloud September 28. ISn. Famous French Scientist Louis Pasteur, the celebrated French biological chemist and rnlhnlo. gist, was-bor- n at Dole. Jura. Decem-ber 27. 1S22. Devoting himself to the study of chemistry, he was gudu nfed fn.m Ecole Normnle, Paris In 1S47; became professor of physics at Dijon, 1848; In the following year professor of chemistry nt Strassbnrg. Later he curried on his researches' ut the Institute Pasteur. Purls. One of Missouri Making Study of Automobile Crashes A study of the automobile accidents In Missouri In a recent month revealed 1,210 accidents. Ten were caused by with no drivers; S3 were cars driven hy Intoxicated drivers; 47 were caused through losing control of the car; defective brakes caused 10; tire iilowouts. II; skidding. 20; IS were caused by "the other fellow," who forced them Into ditches: 10 were caused by trying to puss nnothe'r car; 15 resulted from drivers falling asleep at the wheel. One enr was struck by an airplane and one driver was stung by a bee. , rlage vows are being Issued by tlie Mothers' Inlon of Knglund. They are of a size convenient for ear.ylng In 'lie Mickel. and printed In sliver 011 j white. They record the dale and place of the marriage and Hie nanu j of the contracting parties, and the) i reproduce the 'essential portions of the marriage service which have ref-erence to marital fidelity, It Is Intended that each married J couple should have two earns, one J for retention by the husband and one 1 by the wife. j .a Reminder, of Pledge. Special cards Tor husbands ami wives to remind them of th?!r mar- - porate city for a Utile more than flv years. It withdrew from the Jurisdic-tion of Long Beacn ai a result of the j enormous oil activities then going on City of Wealth Signal Hill, Calif, is said to be, fot Its size, the richest city In the world The title was claimed In a report filed by the captain of Its Are department. According to his statement each ol the 1,373 acres of producing oil land Included within the city's boundaries bears so average assessed valuation ol I19ri00. or a total of $29,707,000 r0t the entire city. The same repon placed the per capita wealth at to 820. Signal lllll baa existed as a cor When Car Skid. Sudden slops In t raffle occasioned by changes In signal lights muke it necessary for motorists to avoid skid-ding In wet weather. Most of the new braking systems are equal to tliese unusual demands placed upon them, but It is well to remember that If the car starts to skid It Is a good plan to release the foot broke a little aud try applying tlie emergency, ot hold-ing brake. Sometimes the holding brake will serve to compensate for unequal adjustment of the service brake "' Ancient Utica The ancient city of L'tlca occupied a location In Africa on tlie north-western extremity of the' Gulf of Tunis, 2t) mties from Tunis. It was one of the oldest Phoenician settle-mentsaccording to tradition, about 1100 a O. Ctlca played aa Important part In the Punic wars and submitted to Rome in the third war. It was destroyed hy Arabs about the Seventh century. Kxcavstlons among Its ruins revealed an amphitheater seating 20.1110 people. How to Fool tbe Rat. I An Ingenious way of catching rata is told In the People's Home Jour-nal In setting the rat trap this arti-cle advises the covering of It wltb tissue paper. Rata are too Intelligent ... to walk Into an open trap. However, . P"-"- they are curious to know what Is ut ' der the paper, and will soon find off f |