Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-18

bonne sailed later to join the party,
with the object Of studying with pro-
tographie registration wireless signals
and experiments in the velocity in the
propagation of wireless waves. Later
in the year the first party retuS<s to
Paris, and will be replaced by Eloi
Viennet, an astronomer of the Obser-
vatory of Paris, and P. Auveny, an en-
sign of the navy, who have been work
ing in the Eiffel tower.
The American navy department at
the same time will send an astronomer
from the naval observatory in Wash
ington and one or more officers, with
the same objects. to Paris.
The officers OF both navies will thus
work first on one side and then on the
other, so as 10 eliminate as far as pos
sible the errors arising from the per-
sonal equation. The astronomical in
struments used in the observatories
will also be employed first on one side
and then on the. other to correct such
slight variations as may be due 10 me
chanical imperfection.
Lisbon, Portugal. Just about
three-fourths OF the Portuguese peo-
PIE can neither read nor write, ac-
cording to the last oficisl census,
which shows that in Portugal, Madeira
and the Azores there was a total pop
ulation OF 5,9C0,056. of whom 4,47s,-
O9S were totally illiterate.. There are
2,S2s,6s1 men and 3,1S1,3e5 women.
The Americans living in Portugal,
1,645, outnumber the Italians, Of whom
there are 541, and the Germans, who
have 96s, and are nearly as numerous
as the French colony with 1882.
The population Of Lisbon is 435,359,
and Of Oporto 194,009.
Leipsic. Germany-On the field of
the Battle of the Nations" where
just one hundred years ago the defeat
of Napoleon by the Allies virtually
resulted in the liberation of Germany,
there was dedicated today one of the
most imposing battle monuments In
the world. The ceremonies were not
able even in this year of historic an
niversaries in Germany.
The sovereigns of Austria, Russia
and Sweden, the nations that fought
with Prussia to break the power OF
Napoleon in Germanic Europe, sent
their personal representatives, and all
the federated princes and mayors OF
the German Empire were present
Their host is King Frederick August
III. of Saxony, sixth IL line of direct
descent from that King Frederick Au
gust /. who fought with Napoleon
against the allies; whose troops. de
serted to the allies on the decisive day
and who himself, vainly appealing foI
terms, was taken TO Berlin and kept
a virtual prisoner for three years.
The structure dedicated is today by
far the largest and highest in Europe
II stands just south of Leipsic, near
Probstheida, the village out of which
the allies drove Napoleon on Oct
is, 1913, the decisive day of the Bat
tie of Nations" The fight had theI
RACED for six days between the Aus
trians, Prussians, Russians anC
Svedes on the one side, and tht
French. aided by the Saxons and Wurt
tembergers on the other, when the de
Gliding day came. On the following
day Napoleon abandoned the contest
, leaving behind $4,000 of his army o
/ 100000 men, $4,000 of them dead. Tht
allies. at a loss of 81 900 from a tota
strength of about 100000, had made
Germany free from foreign domination
to the banks of the Rhine
The idea of a monument on the bat
tlefield was broached in the follow
ing year by Ernest Moritz Arndt, ant
found support from a number of prom
inent Germans and from a Russian
diplomat. An organization was former
at Leipsic to keep alive the memor,
OF the battle, but a king in captivit,
furnished grounds for abandoning tn
movement The monument idea cam
up from time to time in the succeed
ing years, and in 1868. on the 50tl
anniversary OF the battle, the founda
ton stone of monument was laid
Then came the wars Of 1864. 1SC
and 1901, and it remained for tn
German Patriots association, formet
in Leipsic in 1894, TO take the matte
up and carry ii to a successful cor
clusion. Four years later the neces