Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-05
New Prospective is Deeply Devoted
to Rod and Line.
BIG PRIZE OFFERED TO AvIATORs
France is Intent Upon Holding Her
Aerial Supremacy.
NEW SCHEME FOR SEA CLOCKS
EX-COnVict, Ever Haunted by His
Past, Kegs Magistrate to send
Him Back TO Prison for
Remainder of Days.
BY PAUL VILLIERS,

d RAUL NIl1l4lEINos
PARIS, June 4.-(Special Dispatch to The
Bce.)-The report that Presideat Fallleres
intends to retire has been received with
universal regret. 1t is not confirmed as yet,
but those near to the peasant president are
inclined to credit it.
The general impression seems to be that
NJ. BRAND will be elected to succeed to the
presidency. There are many points in COM
mon between the two men. Both are Sc
verely simple in their tastes, have great
common sense and tact.
NJ. BRAND can spend whole days. rod in
hand, solitary and silent, by streams side
or on his garden bank on the Lake of Eng
hien. The streams that most attract him
are in west Brittany. He brings his ang-
ling vocabulary into political life. A maxim
he often uses in trying to keep down the
Impotence of colleagues for strong-flsted
action is: Before one tries to land a big
fish with a weak rod, one must drown it."
Another, but not taken from the same vo-
cabulary. is: IF you give all possible free
dom to unruly tongues, they will soon tire
out You may then take them to your
breast, for they will be quiet as lambs
and ashamed of themselves"
A further source of influence is in his
moderation in using the gifts Of fortune.
| ne HAS no pdltT'udl lOTluHc. lp T6Ildlu ali
honest man he must be economical. Min
lister of public instruction and then of JUS
tice he used to take his meals at a cheap
prix fixe restaurant. He only went to
dearer place on becoming prime minister,
and then to a not very expensive one. The
! change was due to his wanting to have a
quiet corner to himself.
Holds Aerial Supremacy.
! Eronca traans m maintain har sltnraTna ~
in aerial work even in the matter of purses.
NJ. Michelln has offered prize of 100000
to the aviator who can travel from Paris
to central France, landing on the top of
| the Puy-de-Dome, the winning post This
mountain, which is extinct volcano, is
1850 feet high and 26O miles from Paris
as the crow flies.
Acting upon the suggestion of two MEM
bers of a scientific society, Captain Guyon
and Nj. de la Grye, the French govern
ment is now experimenting with scheme
for supplying all chronometers at sea with
the time at noon, s o'clock at night, and
at midnight by means of wireless messages
from the Elffel tower. The first trial took
place with ships at Brest. Three sparks
are transmitted at intervals OF two min
utes each Thus, for instance, one is given
at 8 o'clock precisely, a second at hours
= minutes, ana a lntTu at HOurs uliL-
utes. The same method is TO be followed
at noon and at midnight. Captains at sea,
therefore, provided with wireless receivers,
will be able to regulate their chronometers
whenever they require. A clock, further
more, specially prepared for this purpose,
is to be set going on the Elffel tower to
transmit the time, second by second, by
wireless flashes, so that the longitude may
be computed almost instantaneously any
where at sea on ships provided with wire
less apparatus.
The advantages of This procedure in
cloudy or fOggy weather will be enormous,
especially in places where there are irreg-
ular currents, and ships in that case will
at once be warned II they are drifting out
of their course. The new wireless" will
also be used hereafter TO determine the lon
gitude OF various places on the continent
and of wireless stations in Africa. The
Eiffel tower, in fact, is already in regular
communication with Dakar, Fort Etienne
and Rufisque on the Atlantic coast OF
northwest Africa as well as with the
Canary Islands and with Bizerta and Orar
on tho Mediterranean coast In a shor
time 1t is expected Mat several posts II
the interior of Africa, such as Abecher and
Loango and Brazzaville, farther south, will
Paris.
Ex-COnNIct COnIesses.
The commissary of police of the Faubourl
Montmartre quarter of Paris was aston
ished the other night when man threw
himself on his knees before him. and, after
saying he was an ex-convict, with tear;
in his eyes implored to be sent back to La
Guyane.
: The magistrate first thought he had t
deal with a lunatlc, but is was not thu
case His papers and documents proved
that he was a real eX-convict named Pierre
, Fanahr. After having undergone punish
: ment of tweaty years penal servitude
Fanahr was set at liberty, and returned
to Paris with the sum of ELS. This wa
stolen by thieves. For days he wandered
through the streets No one would trus
p, him or give him work, and he was starving
AT La Guyane l was happy" he said
Il have friends there and, in fact hav'
inconsistencies for that place, where
lived for twenty years. l do not want Il
commit any crime or robbery, but pleas
. de send me back"
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