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/^/ Sritidi Premier Amuses Savants At Gathering of Royal Society Stanly Baldwin Speaks "the G>mmon English" in Accepting Fellowship From Distinguished Organization of Natural Scientists in London London â€" Acknowledging bis thanks for what he declared was "one of the highest monors that anyone could de- sire to have In this world," the Prime Minister, 6tanle7 Baldwin, speaking as a new member, at the 266tb anni- versary dinner of the Royal Society paid tribute to the learning and In-^ dnstry of the British natural scientists who are gradually cataloguing the output of philosophtcalr papers throughout the world at the rate of 200,000 a year. The Prime Minister, in happy vein, was frequently interrupted by the laughter and applause of his dis- tinguished auditors, especially when making amusing allusions to the dif- ference between a modern savant and a politician. "My association with the Royal Society," he said, "dates from a re- cent period of my life. I do not know why you want politicians in your midstâ€" we live in different places â€" you deal with suns and stars and electrons and I deal with rates and taxes. With you. time and space are, I am told, small matters; with me they are grim realities. You are a priesthood and you worship truth; I belong to a sect. Census Follows Silence "You employ hypothesis as far as It will carry you and then you find a new ono. If wo' discard our hypoth- eses we are not said to be pushing forward our minds into the unknown; ence, or most of you do, until you we are called 'rats.' You keep stl- know the truth â€" that would Impose a great strain »n us â€" and when you have found truth you try to describe it in a few words. Only constiXiu- ents grade us according to the num- ber of columns of Hansard (parlla^ mentary reports) that we produce and It we keep silence we render oursel- ves liable to a rote of censure." Mr. Baldwin, frankly admitting himsoif to be a profoundly ignorant layman, said that ail his llfo he had k>oked upon the Royal Society with "the awe and wonder common- to those ou+side of your bounds." He laid he wan fond of books but that on ono occasion, speaking to Sir Joseph farmer in the latter's library, he conlided to him: "There is no singie book on these shelves of which I can understand one single word," to which Sir Joseph calmly and confidently replied: "Probably not!" The Prime Minister recalled an In- cident of his boyhood when his father and the latter's brother-in-law, Sir Bdward Poynter â€" neither of them without culture of a certain kind â€" went with a friend to hear a paper read at the Royal Society. Thanks In "Common Enfllish" "If my memory serves me right," 'he said, "it was read by the father of my friend. Lord Rayleigh and the sub- ject of the paper was 'The Priucipie of Oscillating Curves.' I remember that neither my father nor Sir Ed' ; ward Poynter understood a word of lit and not the least distinguished ' man, Professor Huxley, was in the same galley â€" and he drew on the blackboard a picture of a life guarda man in the attire then fashionable, in the act of kissing a tiny girl and under It he wrote 'a super-oscillatory curve.' " The Prime Minister, in accepting the Fellowship, said he "took comfort in reflecting that ministers and judges and others not engaged in scientific research were now also being elected to the Royal Socle'./. He craved par- don for some of his amusing refer- ences before such a sedate and digni- fied assemblage. \ "You may think, perhaps, that oa an occasion like this I am treating the subject-matter of my speech with mere levity, and yet you will remem- ber the story of the little juggler who had nothing to offer to his Madonna except his own skill in tumbling, and he turned somersaults before her, not out of any spirit of levity but because It was all he had to offer, and the Madonna smiled upon him. I am un. able to talk to you in your language. I merely speak the common English, and In tliat tongue I thank you once more, from my heart, for this very great honor you have done to me." A Fatal Toss Synchronized Signak for Ships Called Preventive of Disasters Universal Adoption of Safety Devices Would "Lock the Door Against Needless Sea Accidents," Naval Experts Declare It the sound-making and listening face almost an Inch tblck. Eleotrf* apparatus for ships that now exlats, i catty caused rlbratlons of tliia face at LIFE OR DEATH ON THE TOSS OF A COINI ^•^•J^^yior (right) and C. A. Burrows (left) tossed a coin to see which should tike the first run in a new United States mail plane for Cheyenne from Denver. Taylor won the toss and a few minutes later the plane crashed and burned, burning him to death. May Seize Mines For Tax Arrears Ontario Government Issues Warning to Affected Owners Toronto. â€" ^In an effort to secure the payment of tax arrears amounting to more than $52,000, the Ontario Qov- ernment may declare forfeited and re- vested in the Crown the mining rights in CO.OOO acres of lands In northern and north-western Ontario. Notice of this policy has already been published in the Ontario Gazette, and the own- ers affected are advised to take ad- vantage of the six months period al- lowed them to pay up the amounts owing. It is seven years since .the Province, through the Department of Mines, last resorted to a policy of general for- feiture to collect tax arrears. The tax for which a number of claim owners in northern Ontario are in default, is the one of five cents each acre Im- posed upon all lands which are held In an undeveloped state. Persia Protests Treaty of Britain Concerning Bahrein Island Object- ed To Geneva. â€" Persia has protested to the League of Nations against the treaty between Great Britain and the King of the Hedjaz concerning Bah- rein Islands which lie on the Arabian side of the League covenant. This is the article whereby members of the League undertake to respect and pre- serve as against external aggression the territorial integrity with the League and whereby also the council is authorized to examine means for the fulfilment of this obligation. The Teheran government asserts that the treaty in Question, which was signed at Jddah on May 20 last be- tween Sultan Abdul Aziz Ibn Saoud and Great Britain, declares that the Hedjaz undertakes to maintain friend- ly peaceful relations with the terri- tories of Bahrein and Kowelt and with the sheiks of Qutar and the Oman coast, who, it is added, are in special treaty relations with Great Britain. Persia insists that the Bahrein Is- lands are incontestably Persian, ex- plaining that when Persia protested as far back as 1869 against the spe- cial agreement between Great Britain and the great sheik of Bahrein, Lord Clarendon recognized the Justice of that protest. Gas Tax Steady During 1928 No Reduction in Present Fees Will Take Place During Coming Year No increase In the gasoline tax is contemplated for the coming year. Neither will there be any reduction In motor license fees. Announce- ments to this effect were made by Premier Ferguson at the close of a protracted meeting of the Ontario Cabinet Friday. Legislation Discussed The general legislative program for tbe coming session was discussed ;at the Cabinet Council meeting and matters relating, to improvement and reorganization In various depart- mopts were under consideration^ Survey Being Made "The expendituies on roads are not met by the revenues from the traflSc," said the Premier. "The de- partment has been making a survey of the whole situation because we want to provide for the capital neces- sary by the Issue of debentures for a period covering the life of the roads so as to take care of the replacement. By the exercise of very rigid economy this coming year we will try to get along without Increasing any tax." UNIVERSITY IN AFRICA PLANNED FOR INDIANS Durban, Natalâ€" A scheme Is on foot to build an Indian university at Dur- ban. It is likely to involve an ex- penditure of £20,000, a large propor- tion of which sum has already been collected. At present an application is being considered by the Town Council for a grant of five or six acres in Centenary Road on which to build the university. On his return to Durban, Srinlvasa Sastrl, who originated the scheme will meet the finance oommittee and discuss the matter. The object Is to provide an establishment to give higher training tor Indian teachers and to raise the standard of educa- tion among the Indian community gen- erally. VESSEL OWES SAFETY TO YARMOUTH SHIPPER Coal Transferred to Distress- ed Ship After Hour's Manoeuvring Yarmouth, N.S. â€" That the Canadian Government Merchant Marina steamer Canadian Carrier reached St. John, N.B., safely after having exhausted her fuel supply. Instead of having been driven ashore and wrecked on the rocky coast of Southern Nova Scotia, was due, in large measure, I to the courage and resourcefulness of la Yarmouth skipper and his crow of eight, who set out^n a small motor I vessel, taxed to Its capacity with 30 I tons of coal, and began transferring j thef uel to the distressed streamer after an hour careful manoeuvring in the violent sea. The pitching of both vessels constantly threatened dis- aster to the relieving craft and its crew, but, after three hours' strenuous effort, the perilous task was accom- plished, and the motor boat returned safely to port while the Carrier, no longer a plaything of the sea, pro- ceeded to her destination, St. John. She used to be too proud to scrub the floor at £1 a weekâ€" that wa» ar- rogance. Now she does it for no- thingâ€"that's matrimony. President CooUdf* is quoted as saying that after his term expires )i« will return to Vermont and whittle for a year <n two. StIU following the Coolidse economy profram by cuttlns 4ov» hare aa4 th«n\ "When hubby QaU a horn bill It desant neestsarlly mean that na M«oHt • saxaphena." Johnny Reece's Piece Once there was a little boy, whose name was Johnny Reeca, And every Friday afternoon he had to say a piece; So many poems thus ha learned that soon he had a store Of recitations in his head, and still kept leamins more. He was called upon one week. And totally forgot tbe 'piece he was about to speak. His brain he cudgeled; not a word re- mained wlthdn his headl • And so he spoke at random, and this is what he said: "My beautiful, my beautiful, who standeth proudly by; It was the schooner Hesperus â€" the breaking waves dashed hight. Why Is the Forum crowded? What means this stir in Rome? Under a spreading chestnut tree there is no place like home! ^\^len freedom from her uj>;ui,iu,»i , height cried, 'Twinkle, little star,'. slowly being adopted In the United States, were to be universally used it would "lock the door against need- less sea disasters," not only with sub- marines but also among surface crafts, according to naval experts in Boston. "Europe I» far ahead of the United States in the use of these preven- tive devices," declared a former ofll- cer of the United States Navy who has kept pace with sea-safety pro- gress. "Althoueh they are of Ameri- can invention it remained for the governments of England, Germany, Denmark and Finland, all of whom are far mora 'sblp-minded' than la the Government of the United States, to bin^ them into wide use." Safety Demonstration An explanation and demonstration of these devices, the submarine oscillator and the fathometer, were made by Harold J. H. Pay, vice-presi- dent of the Submarine Signal Co. of Boston, the sole makers of these de- vlL-es that are now coming into use by almost every country in the world Indulging In extensive maritime op- erations. "Safe navigation boils down to a matter of proper distance finding," declared Mr. Fay. "It Is now pos- eiblo for a captain to know at any moment tbe amount of water be- tween his keel and the ocean bottom. It is possible tor him to know the ex- act distance of hla ship from the shore, even in fog or at night It Is possible for him to know when a sub- marine Is rialng within five miles of him. And soon it will be possible for a captain to know the oourse, the him. And soon it wli bep ossble for â- peed, and the distamce - away of a ship coming toward' him regardless of fog or storm." Oscillator In Use a rale of 640 to the minute create « sound In the water that is audible to mlcropho:ie8 for many miles. The rising elgnal of a submarineâ€"* three long daahes â€" sounded uiton tha oscillator in the tub, sent out suCb a noise speech in the room was lia* possibls. Tb« sound was not unlik* that of a deep hut raucus motor horn, greatly intensified. It was clearif evident, even to an untrained) ob-' server, such a sound would be clearly audible without receiving instni' ments upon the deck of a vessel wltlb>, in two blocks or more of a risiaf submarine. Water Depth Shown A demonstration of the fathometer was also made. This Instrument senrs out a sound from a small osclW lator, which travels to the bottom and Is echoed back. Knowing the speed sound travels In water a re- cording instrument translates tha time into fathoms, givlnf; the depth beneath the keel of a ship to withia' three feet. According to navigators this instrument is the greatest in- vention since the compass. Explaining the most modern safety methods for finding the distance of a ship from the shore or from al Ight- ship, Mr. Pay said: "A simple but Ingenious instrument makes possibls the synchronization of the oscillator and the radio. When signals from both of the latter ure sent out simul- taneously a button is pressed on board the ship, wishing to know its whereabouts at night or in fog or storm, immediately upon hearing ths radio signal. As the oscillator signal, traveling but 4800 feet a second through the water, is much slower, the button is pressed again when that signal reaches the ship. The in- strument controlled by the button translates the time Into mile.s and yards and gives he exact distance to In a working demonstration of the anyone glancing at the dial. oscillator, a use of which Is involved In all of these operations, a model , such as is now attached to subma- 1 rlues, was submerged in a large tub , of water placed in one of the rooms of the Submarine Signal Company's , plant. I "The matter of extending tliis syn- chronized signalling system to ocean liners, so that the course, di.stauea and speed of a ship coming in the opposite direction may i)o known la foggy weather or at nisht. thus pre- cluding the possibility ofl coIKslon. The apparatus was approximately ^ will probably bo taken up at the next the size^of a bushel basket, and was international safety at sea cnriven- made of heavy steel, with a flat steel tlon." â€" (Christian Science Monlt.ir.) Sniper's Posts at Bank of England London. â€" Part of the defences of fronrTeV mountain ! ^^« ^^"'^ "^ England have been r^ vealed by the re-building work in Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, i progress. King Henry of Navarre! \ Two long horizontal siit.s have ap- peared, almost at the top of the blank blue ot Navarre! Roll on, thou deep and dark castle crag of Drachenfels; ,„,,,,, My name is Norval, oa the Grampian ^^"'i', ^V*^.° . T''"'' "^'^ ifl ^." Hills ring out, wild bells! j I you're waking, call me early, to be or not to be; The curfew must not ring to-nlgbt; O, woodman spare that tree. Charge, Chester, charge; On, Stanley, on! And let who will be clever! The boy stood on the burning deck, but I go on forever." His schoolmates all applauded as he finished the last line. "I see it doesn't matter," Johnny thought, "what words I say. So long as I declaim with oratorical display!" â€" 6t. Louis Globe-Democrat Mexico would be all right If its gov- ernment could execute the laws as ef- fectively as It does the revolutionists, â€" Virglnlan-PIlot. i Bartholomew^ lane corner. They are loopholes designed for rifle Are in the event of an attack on or siege of the Bank of England. Four riflemen could stand at these slits and dominate many important thoroughfares leading into tho vast square known as "the Bank." With two machine gruns posted at these po- sitions a'pproach to the Bank's main entrance would be almost impossible. Round the top of the wall sur- rounding the Bank, and just liehind the slits, is a patrol gallery intended for a time of emergency. For a nor- mal sized man patrolling the gallery the slits aro conveniently waist high. Hitherto the slits have been filled by cunningly devised stones, which could be withdrawn easily by hand. From outside they appeared to bo tiny panels. An Atistralian Accident Laurels for Heroes. Coach â€" ^"Win this gtime in a busi- ness-like manner to-day, men â€" there's a scout from a big New York bond house in the stands." â€" Life. An American left the bulk of his fortuna to his lawyer. If everybody did thla^ a lot ot time would be saved. â€" Loadoa Opinion. A good lesaon might be learned (ram th» ak]r, tar when It's Mua it's always plsaMii^ "A man's disposition Is often in- lluoncsd by his wait and siahs." THE LAST OF FATAL FERRY One-half of the ferry boat "Oerycliffo" which was cut in two by the S.S. Tahiti, In the harbor of Sydney, Australia. Eighty-six persons lost their lives In the disaster. Tbe torry boat Is being raised to clear the harbor. Who Wants To? Live in Chicago With a Crime Report Like This Chicago â€" Crime In Chicago Is shown to be on tho Increase in the annual report of the Municipal Court. Charges of murder in 1927 were il3 as against 175 iu 1926; manslaughter cases increased to 311 in 1927 as against 198 in 1926. Other crimes shown in the report which runs from Dec. 1 to Nov. 30, are: Crime 1928 1927 Larceny :j,629 10,143 Robbery 2,658 3,527 Burglary 1,505 2,185 Vagrancy 1,102 4,994 Wife abandonment and non-support cases showed a decrease of 1,200 to 3,729 in 1927, as diil motor vahicla cases, with 130,023 in 1926 and 107.- 272 in 1927. That's tho report. T31U Thompson must be Proud of It. .> Names given to new shades that will prevail In spring apparel Include "grasshopper." This should bo suit- able for Jumpers. ^ Ottawa, Ontarloâ€"Tho 1926 output of sheet metal products was valued at $39,077,034, an increase of 1-t par cent, over the output value of J34. 442,488 reported in the previous year by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. This is peak production sinco tho Bureati began to collect records of manufao tares in 1917, the previous high mark being 137,369,576, in 1920. Of the 13S plants reporting In this group, 95 wers located In Ontario, 19 oaoh in Qa» beo and British Columbia, 11 in Mani- toba. 8 In Alberta, 4 in New Bruns- wick. 2 each In Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, and one Ib Ptinca WA- ward Island.