Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-03-05

suit 81 electric discharge in a vacuum
tube, platinum and uranium liberate
original rays similar to alpha rays
or, in other words, behave in man
ner comparable with radium Such ac-
ton would appear to suggest a trans
mutation Of the elements concerned.
Their bearing on the theory that
Birkeland puts forward as to the ORR:
gin of the universe Is that 1t gives
experimental confirmation to his by.
pothesis that bodies strongly charged
with negative electricity can give out
positively electrified particles, He
regards the sun and stars as bodies
emitting these and negative particles
which coalesce to form the planets
circling around the parent body. From
this premises he concluded, with Pro-
fessor Arrhenius, that the universe 10
infinite and that the whole space con-
slsts of ether charged throughout
with ether voltices. The sun, accord
ing to the theory advanced, Is such a
body, and the question therefore arose
as to what would be the fate of the
particles thus thrown into space. The
lecturer divided such particles into
three groups. The first was thrown
into space, never to return; the sec.
ond returned to the parent body by
f0ro0 nf rot ovI ho i~I
lesser group coalesced to form new
planets continually circulating around
the sun. The last of the three groups,
which has been the object of special
investigation, appeared to be thrown
of only from points close to the mag
netic equatorial plane.
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"The North and South Pole: The
Steam Boilers of the Earth" is the
title of an article by Road Amundsen
in the Observation-Disclosures Review.
The distinguished explorer tells for
the first time his plans for the coming
expedition to the North pole. At the
same time he answers the question
which the recent tragedy of Captain
SCOTS death has again raised in the
mind of the public: Are polar expedi-
tons worth while? "Captain Amund-
sen answers in part as follows: ''Is it
worth while? is the question am
often asked. Are the results such as
to justify the enormous expenditure
of human energy and wealth con-
sumed in polar expeditions? No doubt
this old question will lift it's head
again, now that my companions and
are preparing to start on our long pro-
jected voyage to the Arctic regions.
Is it worth while? My answer is that
to extend human knowledge is always
worth while. The time has surely
come when We human beings can no
longer be content without knowing
even the little planet we live on. We
must realize that all that we have
and are We owe to scientists, the pa
t1ent searchers after knowledge. II
my polar expedition brought no other
results beyond an exact study of the
polar currents, their course, velocity
and direction, as we'll as the animal
and vegetable life they contain-then
the expedition would richly have paid
for itself, for one Of our latest ideas is
that life and power come out of the
frozen Businesses of the poles"
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After long negotiations between the
German and Scandinavian commit
tees it has been decided that an inter
national aviation competition shall
take place in the coming summer. The
aviators will start from Berlin on
June %, arriving at Copenhagen, via
Warnemunde, on the following day.
They will leave Copenhagen on June
rs for Gothenburg, via Malmo, arriv-
ing the same day; will leave Gothen:
burg on June q for Fredrikstad. in
Norway, and finish at Christiania on
June 29. Prizes of 100000 francs, go,
900 francs and 10000 francs will be
offered, in addition to which fifteen
first competitors will receive 1000 or
l,50O francs for each stage performed.
In all, 5000 francs will be given for
five stages. The jury will be com
posed of representatives of each of
the nations organizing the competi-
tion-Germany, Denmark, Sweden
and Norway. English competitors
are expected to take part in the CON-
petition.
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During special audience King
Christian decorated Dr. Valdemar
Paulsen and Professor P. o. Petersen
with the medal of merit in gold on
account Of the great honor these
men throw upon Denmark by their
work in connection with wireless tele-