El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05

Frenchmen Kill Birds While
Sailing Through the Air
in Machines.
PORTUGUESE ROYALTY
FORFEITS PROPERTY


Paris. France. Nov. 4-The aviators
Legagneux and Martinez went shoot
ing on board an aeroplane in the neigh
borhood Of Compiegne recently Lee
sgagneux piloted the biplane in dextrous
circles and ovals above the coverts
while Martinez did the shooting
The machine cannot remain in the
air and fly at less speed than
partridge and. as Martinez is an ex-
perierced shot, he rarely missed birds
whose line Of flight was that Of tie
aeroplane. He also killed two hares,
the apparatus wheeling down J1sI
above them. The difficult part Of the
sport was finding the game after land
ing.
The public prosecutor at Rheims has
brought proceedings against aFlaLoEs
for the first time in trench criminal
law for homicide through negligence,
the defendants being count q despels
who in alighting, struck down ana
killed machinist. German Gardess ana
aviator Provost. who ran into a soldier
Eugene POtin. imprudenrly ana car
IessIy, the prosecuting attorney az
firms.
RadIum Experiments.
Professor BOuchard's experiments with
radfum have brought him to the con-
fiction that when projected on nervous
canLerSr EaA4lLL produces 1-1 anu
rapid death. This has not been tried
on human beings. but upon mice enc
closed In healthy, oXygenated receP Ia
cles Mice under the rad1um ray dle4
IN from six TO eight hours, while So
called control specimens KEEPS under
identical conditions, except that the ra-
dunn carnations were absent, remained
Microscopic examination Of the ami
nal tissues after death showed no
change except a dimlnution Of white
globules in the blood and congestion OF
the blood in the lungs. me DOues na4
ACQUIRED such extraordinary radio
activity that three days after death
they made an impression on photo
graphic plate through several sheets OF
black paper.
Madame Curie says that eli the na-
ture Of the radiahOns from radium are
little known, the cause Of spontaneous
and is always Zoe US q subject OF pro-
found establishment
This radio-acttvity being cOmmuni-
Gated to almost everything adjacent to
the substance except lead the rad1um
institute that the French government
OF. more properly, the University or
Paris, is building for Madame cure IS
/ being lined completely win lead
Antique skull Found
Doctor Henri-Martin, grandson OF
the great historian, made an announce
/ Academy of Sciences OF exceptional I'M
pOrtauce 10 the study OF prehistoric
man At the foot or hlLL IN the de-
partment Of the Charente, the doctor
dug Up the skull OF a man Of the quar-
ternary epoch. showing marked diver
gences from the four or five similar
specimens already eLtanL notably a
very pronounced prOtuberance at the
base Of the forehead. The teeth, which
are very strong, are worn right down
to the crown, and lead 70 the ps-leL
that their owner was hernl Eoro15- ne
side the skull were found a rev Dr0ken
instruments and some other bones al
Of the same period. and the digging IS
being continued with the greatest care
in the hope Of being able 20 unearrh
the complete skeleton
HydrOphObia From Fox
A case Of hydrOphObia from the bite
OF a fox has just had It's sequel at the
Pasteur institute here. some months
ago captain BOWer, the master OF
pack Of foLhOunds in th6 south Of Eng
land while killing q FOX which had
been run down by the pack, was bitten
by the animal In its struggles. The
wound healed raplsly. but after three
months had elapsed he was seized with
violent commissions and died in 90 hours
with All the symptoms or hyqEop mona
and medical science was unable 10 &C
count otherwise for his death
Miss Sylvia Bower. his sister, who
kissed him as he was dying, and the
doctor who attended him. were fn1rne-
dlately sent over to the Paris Pasteur
institute where, although cases or N.Y.
drophobia so Ions after the bite had
not considered impossible, and it was
decided to keep Miss Bower and the
doctor under observation for is days
That period has elapsed and the two
patients have been discharged with
clean bill OF health.
Portuguese Forfeit LandL
The Portuguese government IS pre-
pairing an act designed TO humble the
monarchists and deprive them OF the
means OF financing another rising All
absentee mOnarchist landowners or
other Portuguese residing abroad for
political reasons must return 70
the country within term 70 be
named in the law or their property viii
be forfeited to the state. The property
Of those cOnspiring win be COnflscatsd
Immediately.
This decision to seize the property OF
those taking an active part in treason
against the present administration VIII
include the deposed king Manuel. who,
according to evidence in the hands OF
the government, sent his uncle. the
duke OF OpOrtO, to represent him in the
recent uprising. Political prisoners OF
the lower classes probably VIII be eL-
He'd to Portuguese African colonies.
They will it is considered likely. be
advanced certain sums to start them as
cOlOnists. The captured monarchist
leaders viii be kept in prison for terms
corresponding with the degree Of their
guilt