The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-12
DROPPING BOMBS
FROM 300 FEET UP
Frenchmen Are Watching Experiments
of American Army Lieutenant,
Retired, with Much Interest.

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Paris, Feb. -Frenchmen have been
watching with interest the experiences Of
the retired American army lieutenant,
Riley L. Scott, in dropping bombs from
aeroplanes at the aerodrome of Villa
Coublay. Lieutenant Scott invented an
apparatus designed to determine the an
gle for the proper launching of bomb,
together with the determination of the
speed of the aeroplane with reference
TO point upon the ground which it is
desired to hit, The apparatus proved of
great help to the aviator, who succeeded,
ut height of 300 feet, in throwing two
elongated projectiles within small cir
Gle. Lieutenant Scott made his expert
ments with an American biplane.
The Paris taxicab strike is proving one
of the most successful in the history OF
labor troubles. Although the movement
is now in its third month. the strike
fund is larger than it was when the
strike was declared. This is due to tho
fact that the issuance of permits by the
strikers to chauffeurs who own their own
machines has brought in heavy rev
enue. as each chauffeur who Is author
lied by the union to work contributes
daily one dollar to the fund At the
close of January this fund had reached
$4,000. IT is distributed proportional
ly to the strikers, who say they intend to
continue the fight until their wages are
increased.
An exhibition of miniatures such az
has never yet been seen, will be opened
during February at Brussels All the
best collections Of Europe will be repre-
scented The queen Of Holland has prom.
Used thirty masterpieces. including three
by Holbein. J. Perpont Morgan has
promised to contribute his famous col
lection OF eighteenth century English
miniatures. and the principal English ana
French collectors will lend the cream OF
their galleries.
A striking innovation in the direction
of enforced medical examination of WON.
en- has been suggested by the Swiss So
ciety of Public Utility for Women. The
proposition is that young Swiss women
should undergo medical examination
on the same system as their brothers
when entering the army; that the meas
ure should be made compulsory, and that
n certificate of health and fitness foF
motherhood should be issued to each
Young woman who passes the examine
ton.
In a recent report of the society, Swiss
women were urged to undergo eXamina
tion for the sake of. themselves and their |
country The extremists in the society |
wish the test to be applied to both men /
and women. irrespective Of army require /
and made compulsory by law un- !
der conditions that govern the granting |
Of life insurance policies. They also |
seek law making Il compulsory for
elergymen to demand a medical certifi.
cate from applicants before marrying
them.
The genius of Napoleon has again beer |
emphasized by the celebration OF the
centenary of the Association OF Sugar
OF France The manufae
ture Of beet sugar is entirely due to Ma
poleon. The possibility of making sugar
from beets was first suggested by French /
in 1850. but the idea was
not worked upon until l747. L
The real introduction of beet sugar.
however is attributable TO the hatred az
England, which had so important an
ON the policy of Napoleon. The
smperor's decree of 1910, which forbade
he importation of English colonial SUI
gar, deprived France OF product Of
prime necessity. Napoleon found himself
forced to find some substitute. Munifi
,ent grants TO scientists and bounties to
manufacturers, after many failures and
much encouragement, resulted in the
hiding OF a better formula. Napoleon
both personally and fnan