| Show The Sen tine I i i. i They Hit the tho Weather To Auction Dirigible Prize for Medium 9 Conquering Mans Man's Enemies BY IRVING IRVINC HUDSON We have Just noted a that statistics United States State government weather forecasts ar are correct nine times out of ten WIth WH such a degree of accuracy the governments government's gov gov- service in forecasting I weather conditions can be class classi- fled as a science With the advent of a highly developed network o ot of airways throughout the country th the service of the various government weather bureaus will become Increasingly in In- In useful and l popular a a i German Interests are about to en enter enter en- en ter the market with a huge dirigible ble Built ostensibly for South Sout American trade circumstances necessitated necessitated ne ne- ne- ne a change of plans Now the tho monster ot o the air all Is to be auctioned auctioned off to the highest bidder The Th new ship has a R length of f feet fee et surpassing in size an ordinary ocean ocea liner and Is more than half halt again agai as large as the tho Los Angeles of th the United States navy It Is to b be bc hoped that the new dirigible cometo comes come to America and that it is put Int Into commercial service A regular din din- gible sible service between New Now York an and Chicago would do much to stimUlate late the present Interest in aerial transportation S a aUp a Up In Portland Me a group lOUp o or of farmers attempted to hold a Foster Ister- Ister crowing contest Strange to relate when the lights were on the rooSters roosters roosters roos rooS- developed stage fright and re refused refused re- re fused to crow When the tIc lights light were were of off the contestants crowed quite lustily Unfortunately th the judges c could uld not distinguish not the dlf die die- terent ferent crows In the dark so the tile contest contest contest con con- test was declared a flop l rom Front personal personal personal per per- observation we have cred that other beings being besides roosters roosters roosters roos roos- crow better when th the audience Is in the dark a a a aThe The war ar clouds s stem seem em to be increasing in increasing in- in increasing creasing in intensity over c certain parts of or China Latest reports tell tellof tellof of a rather extensive engagement between Chinese and Japanese troops There are aro times when on one recognizes a certain value in a die die- One is inclined to won won- den del It If it would not be better for aj n ll parties concerned if it a group of ot th the stronger nations of or the the- world should step in and straighten out the tangled tangled tangled tan tan- affairs of th the Chinese government govern govern- ment if Jt you can call it a a. govern govern- ment If allowed to have her way the chances are that Japan will wll straighten things out lIow However ver 1 it itIs itis Is not a task for a a. single nation Present conditions in China offer after a golden opportunity for tor the league of nations to immortalize itself I It looks as though China might be Ja Japans Japan's Japans Japan's Ja- Ja pans pan's Nicaragua a a a When hen houdini was on his deathbed death deathbed deathbed bed he gave lI his wife a a. certain code message which he hoped to duplicate duplicate cate fate after aCtor his entrance into the spiritual world Since his death leath Science and nd Invention a publication has offered a a. prize of to the individual who should succeed ed in hi getting into undisputed communication with the spirit of ot Houdini A number have tried and failed The l last st one to try was a fellow magician mag At the conclusion of his performance Mrs houdini declared it to be the best attempt yet made The magician declared declarer at the close Jose of the test that everything every every- thing accomplished was a Job So much for mediumistic The code in th the of ot Mrs Mis Houdini Is still a secret to all but herself and her late husbands husband's spir spIr- it I If mediums cannot deliver r the goods for a a. 2100 0 prize the tho chances are lre a a. million to one th that t they will not be able ble to Imp Impart rt an ani an worthwhile information for fOl a do dollar s or two I At the head o of ot the list of diseases unconquered d stands stand heart trouble Next in line is cancer Then comes pneumonia Now comes news from Chicago is about to step over OVel Into the list of the con con- Professor Protessor Robert C. C Borden Borden Bor- Bor Borden den director of the American Institute Institute In In- In of Homeopathic Research has just announced the perfection of a positive cure lot for pneumonia Three thousand cases have been treated with the new method and the he data derived is now being organized Sooner or lat later latar r avery Ery ery bacterial enemy of ot the human hu hu- man tn b bOdy d Is Js S to be conquered When that Is done war will wm be in In- In on the destruction ide ideas s that enslave mankind That warfare will be less dramatic but bt of or much greater consequence e ce i |
