Show SAVING CROPS FROM STORMS Scientist Believes He Can Successfully Success-fully Do This Let Jap and Russ fight their fellows fel-lows Herr Stlger of tho meteorological meteorologi-cal bureau of Vienna battles with the clouds In almost every country on I the continent whero agriculture is the peoples mainstay there Is a systematic systemat-ic use of scientific warfare with cloud shooting cannon for the purpose of dispelling threatened hall storms Herr Stlgor began his experiments with tho fundamental principle of disturbing dis-turbing tho Intense stillness which prevails before a hailstorm Ho demonstrated dem-onstrated tho fact that after the firing of a shot n small whirlwind arises easily perceptible In tho reflected sunshine sun-shine This whirlwind ascends with a piercing whistle which lasts thirty seconds In daytime and twenty seconds sec-onds at night At a distance of 200 feet tho wind destroyed a strong diaphragm dia-phragm Tho experts who attended could plainly see the wind rise from the mouth of the funnels with lightning light-ning rapidity possessing all tho aspects as-pects of a shot Tho most marked effects ef-fects were produced by horizontal shots For the experiments shields built of thick paper and linen were placed nt Intervals of from forty to 100 yards from the mouth of tho cannon can-non When tho circle of wind enfolded enfold-ed these shields they were torn from the frames the solid posts and framework frame-work snapped in two and were cast from eighteen to twentytwo yards while a large mastiff standing near was whiffed into the air turned several sev-eral somersaults and was flung to the ground lifeless |