Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-11
TO'LOCATE DANGEROUS
POINTS OF SEVEN SEAS
Six Years Voyage by shacketon and stackhouse 0scov-
sry' for Benefit of Worlds Merchant Marine-Fee Speech
curtaiIed in oreece-other Foreign News.

| d Abe says that blind man should
| be able to read ordinary books and
newspapers by sound. on the princi-
| pie of translating light waves to sound
waves. While the Doctors instru-
ment, which effects the translation.
| is not yet developed to it's potential
ca pacity it enabled a blind man in
Birmingham not long ago to count
the number of nurses before him, and
Investigators of the Royal Society
have even made outlines of print.
The device consists of a perforated
disc which rotates in front of a pow
erful Nerust lamp. The type to be
read is placed facing the light
upon a rest. A small, intense
ly bright line of light passing through
the holes in the disc travels from one
letter to the next, and the type re-
fleets the light on TO a selenium
bridge. Each letter gives charac-
teristic sound. which is heard by
means of a telephone. The reader
must know the sound of each letter
to be able to follow the print.
SALONICA. July 11.-Liberty OF
speech is becoming so curtailed in
Greece that one dare not eritieise
even the street car service, as an
Austrian resident learned here re-
Gently.
The street car company had just
raised the price of first-class fares,
and while speaking to a friend on a
car the Austrian took the officials to
task on this account. Another pas
senger, overhearing the talk, sum
moned the gendarmes. who arrested
the critic. Only on protest by the
Austrian consul was he released.
Before the Grecian occupation, the
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car management free to employ
Turks, Greeks or Jews, as it wished,
and the men were allowed TO dress
as they pleased. Now, to force out
the Turks. the Greek officials have
invited" the company, which is Bel
gian, to order the men to wear caps.
The result aimed at was accom-
plished since the Turks, rather than
give up the fez, resigned In this
manner, the Moslems have been
forced out of employment in many
other quarters.
GENEVA. July 11.-Health certifi-
Gates for brides is the demand of the
Swiss Society of Public Utility for
Women. an influential organization
having branches in the chief cities
of Switzerland. The aim of the So
ciety is to obtain healthy wives and
children in order to better the race,
and also make for the happiness OF
the home. 1t has hopes that later
the gopernment will take a hand in
the agitation and require a certifi-
cate of health from both the bride
and the bridegroom before sanction
ing a marriage. The society, which
is working very quietly, is strongly
supported by the medical profession
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VIENNA, July 11.-A fine point in
law has been raised here as to wheth-
er a person can be convicted of at
tempted murder when blank cart
ridges have been fired in the belief
they had bullets
The case is that of young woman
who bought a pistol from dealer
who prudently charged it with blank
shells. The girl then shot at her
lover without doing him the slightest
harm On arrest she admitted her
intention to murder the man, but her
lawyers have now raised the point
that a person cannot be convicted of
shooting with intent to kill" when
it is impossible to carry out the in
tention. This point is now the sub
ject of ingenious argument on both
sides.
PARIS, July 1.-THE latest adver-
Using scheme in Paris, recently
launched in the depths of the sub
way adds a new terror to under
ground travel. An elegantly dressed
person, appearing at one of the main
subway stations during rush hours,
carried a large leather case, appar-
emily containing Photographic ap-
paratus. He touched something at
the end of the case and a strident
metallic voice of some talking ma
chine began to recite a poem cele-
brating the artistic cut and perfect
finish of somebody's clothes. When
that was over the waiting passeng-
ers were adjured in the same tones
of metallic thunder to buy a certain
brand of chocolate.