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OUT OF $56,OOO,OOO JUST
$25O,OOO is SPENT In FINAL
TESTS TO MAKE DOUBLY
SURE YOUR CHALMERS
IS RICHT-DEAD RIGHT

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so ne OH
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deliver
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who take great Pioe la nos
a in acarw when it out of the plant
cold cash just quarter OF NH
lion dollars t o"catch the little things"
would let Ego by nine cars out Oh
enha the Chalmers Inspectors waylay.
of when maintains the Slogan
the quality idea
them quite clear
firmly believe to the cash
of Chalmers through Poicy.
Chalmers anything but a dhcu ma"
that the run the For run IL surety Is
ar. handling from three Chalmers cars as this
territory absorbed before
1, Novmer the Chalmers Dealers bought worth of 34co
M Chalmers in forty minutes
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10000 added Ihese were 'aAon "P uN7 -
months
Now more
That means that continued without change in design
also business Which is twice moe than the most
optimistic ChaIme dared dream.
The equality in the is the
Drive be able get your monogram panied
the doors quick enough
w. A. Wright Garage, Inc, Distributors
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3OS North Main ST., Tel. 23S-W
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

the latter. Observations made on
planetary nebula gave no definite indica-
ton Of radiation.
Stellar radiation problems are 30
luton fairly bewilders the astronomer.
The last work accomplished has shown
that in order to measure stars as as
tronomers dream of doing 1t will be
with a sensitivity one hundred times
as great as that used by DR.. Coblentz;
and authorities claim that this can be
done by increasing about twenty times
the sensitivity of the radiometer and
using a seven-foot reflector. Constant
improvements will be looked for in
It is hoped that financial aid can be
obtained. Lack OF funds greatly
hampers the ambitious astronomer at
present Eventually he will have the
from variable stars. or those whose col
ors change; also for those stars which
have companions too dark to photo
graph. Many argue. too. that when
actly known the question as to whether
or not light is absorbed in its inter-
stellar travels will be definitely an
swered. Still another question OF I'M
astronomers is the one of desperation
of light in space. or whether the mira
red ray or violet ray reaches the
earth first. From these experiments. 1T
though everything were in our grasp
everything except a six to seven foot
mirror, set apart primarily for astro-
r.diomstric work: When one me thinks thinks
ure and in the wars Of nations. 1t 10
pathetic to realize that but for few
hundred thousand dollars the afore-
might live to see something practical
forthcoming from the investigation OF
the radiation from stars"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

three methods anywhere from four 70
fifteen minute periods were consumed
This is a much longer time than tnat
required when following DR.. Coblentzs
method in using his radiometers with
the Crossley reflector. The latter 10
we'll known among prominent astron-
omers-it is part Of the LICK observa-
tory equipment.
These marvellous Instruments. which
enable man to measure heat radiations
Of stars-no one knows what distance
away-to millionths of an ampere are
not imposing as to size. They are pc
cuIiarly shaped. and without explana-
tion would not give the faintest hint
handled. but it is obvious. after the
first word or two Of explanation. that
they are instruments of remarkable
delicacy. fragility and power. The
essential Instruments are two. the
thermo- couple and the galvanometer.
The radiometers, or thermo- couples,
are contained In a small square OF thick
glass, within which can be seen q
smaller round piece Of reddish f1ber.
which serves as mounting for thermo-
striking resemblance to the period at
the end of sentence. The thermo-
couples are Of bismuth and platinum
These materials are 80 small in dimen-
know how they can be manipulated at
all. 1t 10 quite necessary to have the
smallest dimensions possible to reduce
the thermo couples capacity for heat.
The air in the glass receptacle which
contains the thermo-couples must be
evacuated. After q vacuum had been
created, provision was made for main
tanning the vacuum. This was impor-
tant, because without q vacuum the in
strument 10 useless and vapOrs are con-
stantly given of from the walls Of the
receptacle. Consequently. o long. mar
row glass tube IL projected from the
glass disk containing the thsrmo.cou-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

Piles. and a portion of this tube is filed
with metallic calcium Metallic calcium
is quite remarkable In that it has the
property of absorbing all gases in the
atmosphere with the exception of ar
Ron. Therefore. when it became evil
dent that The necessarv vacuum was
falling heat was snniied to the tube
containinS the calcium In case Of
is.kan. .ho,,t az thernoo-cnunlS ston-
COL 800. 4. m..d I'D tbis +. Gov
go ,st.h Chs.tnsee, stoncocle
ersa.s =. $500 - h..swer and
s,,t.o, ts,,a VI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
Saving the Venus of Milo.

NNY HEN. during the war OF 1870, the
w German army drew near the
French capital one Of the first meas
ures the ParisianS took was to place
the art treasures of the Louvre in SAFE
ty. The paintings of Raphael. Titan.
Paolo veronese, Rembrandt and Rubens
were carefully packed and shipped to
Brest. There they could, II necessary.
be put on shipboard and taken from
the country.
It was not so easy to save the pieces
of marble statuary. for their weight
and fraeility made them difficult to
handle, but the French determined
that the famous Venus of Milo. at least
should not fall into the hands Of the
Prussians.
So they took her down from her
pedestal and laid her in a casket care
fully padded and wrapped. At night
the casket was taken out through .
secret door and hidden secretly in the
cellar of the police prefecture. at the
end of a certain secret passageway:
ly gave the wall an appearance OF
great age and dilapidation. In front
Of this were laid number OF valuable
should happen to be found. their inn
portance would lead the discoveries to
think that there was nothing else hid
den there. In front of the papers was
built another wall. Here the Venus OF
Milo remained. much to the distress OF
those patriotic Parisians who did not
know where she was, and supposed that
she had been stolen. through the siege
of the city by the Germans and
through the disorders of the commune.
One day the prefecture caught fire
and was almost destroyed. The distress
Of those who knew that the Venus was
concealed there can be imagined. As
soon as the fire was extinguished they
hastened to the sinking ruins. and aft
er some digging found the casket
buried in heaps Of dirt and stones. but
uninjured.
1t is understood that the Venus went
to reappear until peace is restored and
Paris is free from danger Of the in
vader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

governmental work with heat measure
ments is being done.
The brass box in which reposed the
had been SO construct
ed as to slip into a recess with which
the telescope was provided for the plate
holders of a camera.
When in operation the light from
the star which is under observation is
penetrates fiuorite window and thence
reaches the thermo couple which alb
serbs the rays The resulting heat. a
few hundred -thousandths of q degree.
produces an electric current which
flows through the coils of the gal
vanometer. Four or i've seconds after
this q reading 10 taken.
The Lick Observatory telescope is
situated 1000 feet above the sea. The
climatic conditions during the time Of
observations were unusually hne. In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
Hard Findings.

WIZ LILLIAN HARD. the scientific man
w agement expert, said in Y. Il
c. A. address in Yonkers:
Some Of the new ideas in scientific
are worse than useless.
That reminds mo of q story.
Here come the police! Where can
I hide?' gasped a mining shark AZ he
tore from his outer to his inner Of
hce.
Here, get in here" said the treas
urer. throwing open a fumed oak cab
met Get in this simplifed card index
case. / defy anybody to md anything
in here.".
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
mounting

mind. yet by means of mathematical
calculations astronomers have SHOWN
1t to be true.
The thermo- couples and galvanome.
ter are the work OF DR.. Coblentz OF
Washington. They were packed win
the utmost care and skill and carried
the Lick Observatory is located. This
is a distance Of some 3.2oo-odd miles.
and the only accident came "nen
climbing the mountain, when one
One observation regarded as impor-
tant by astronomers was concerning
the vacuum pump. This pump was
shipped from Washington. but II was
not even necessary to unpack 1t. All the
vapors which formed were satisfacto-
riiy absorbed by the metallic calcium
when the alcohol lamp was used Thi.
proved conciusively that . VALUABLE ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
and mounting Of coils.

the evening. after the sun had set. the
wind goes down entirely and the sky
is cloudless and, with the exception
of a slight haziness, conditions could
not be excelled from the astronomers
viewpoint.
Several successive nights were like
this. The humidity was low and the
slightest movement caused an electric
cation sufficient to produce percepti-
BILE change in the galvanometer The
operator was compelled to remain per-
fectly still. for. even II he raised his
hands from the table 1t would defect
the needle of the galvanometer.
One hundred and twelve bodies In the
heavens were observed. and Of these
1o5 were stars. More could be read on
a clear. calm night than on q fair night
with even a bit OF wind. There were
three great groups Of stars chosen for
experimentation-the blue. yellow and
red. The blue stars are the hottest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

These new instruments for measuring
star radiation do not indicate either the
distance or size Of the star. Many of the
largest stars in the heavens are. no doubt,
the greatest distance from the earth
Stellar distances are SO great that the
human mind fails utterly to grasp them
One can only gasp at ones complete ina
bility to comprehend. For instance. OBJ
servations were made on a few stars at
such uncomfortable distances that their
light left 160-odd years ago, yet another
100 years must pass before their light
reaches this earth, and light travels at
the rate of 1876, 900 miles a second.
Stars from the constellation Lyra, Ursae
Majoris. or the big Dipper." Taurt,
Orionis. Boots, Herculis. Pegasi. Scorpii.
etc., were examined: observations were
made on the planets Venus, Jupiter and
Saturn. Some Of the celestial bodies
most familiar are the stars Capella, Au-
riga. Aldeharan, Tauri and the pointers
in the big Dipper." Capella 10 q mag
nificent yellow star twice az bright to the
eye as the beautiful red star Aldebaran.
yet they are equal in their amounts Of
total radiation.
Very red stars are few In number. but
the redder they are the higher is their
ers Of the big pipper" is less bright than
the blue star. which IL In the bend Of the
handle. In spite Of this it was satisfac-
torily proved that the radiation Of the
former II approximately double that OF
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Newly Perfected Instruments Al

DRW W. COBLENTZ of the United States Bureau of Stand
- ards Makes Tests the Lick Observatory in California
Three Known Methods of Measuring Radiation From the Stars
Stellar Radiation Problems Are Numerous and Difficult of Solution
But New instruments Are Wonderful in Their Accuracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

miss the matter. and took my depar-
ture as soon as possible, which was not
very soon.
The hour was s o'clock. already past
the dead line set by the countess for
securing an invitation. Four hours
more elapsed before 1 could make up
my mind. Then telephoned. The point
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

cessfully impressed me with the need
for haste that I kept the idea Of it as
a working hypothesis.
won't 1t do II bring it?"
Though her spirit seemed to have al
tered to kindness toward taking
me, I felt it to be just as well to hold
on to the money until the delivery of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

Actual Experiences Of American
English NobGyIhe Articles Were
Outn Previous nstens Miss Brush Related
She Was
Then Told Of Her Welcome
Chapeones Need Ready MoneThe Last
OIL the Be in Next Sunday Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

By MARY ISABEL BRUSH.
- ASKED what was the matter as
I sank into the only chair. A lit
tie table beside her bed contained a
q loud-ticking clock and scattered
open letters to a blind advertisement
she had inserted. She said 1T was the
same illness from which the little
csarevitch. her youngest son. and the
NTH boy of King George all suffered.
ITS in our blood" she added, COM
fortably. She was Of the same family
as q nobleman who in recent years was
married with loud eclat to one Of our
well known American heiresses.
She, like the countess. had a way OF
regarding the matter OF my chaperon-
age for a season as agreed on by the
mere fact of my coming to inquire
about particulars. Between the time
when I telephoned and the time I ar
rived she called up her bankers to ad-
wise with them as to what she had bet
ter ask for. They said. Money down."
Two hundred and nifty pounds would
do: and after that was collected she
hoped not to speak OF the loathsome
subject again for a year. l should come
to live in the apartment-into which
she thoughtfully agreed to put some
furniture-and merely pay the ex-
penses of the establishment.
tx*
She wished she might have the pleas
ure of chaperoning me for nothing. but
she was frightfuily hard up. I never
doubted that: and / was drawn to her
In pity for a certain ladylike quality
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

waiting to hear whether that f10 was
to be hers.
"Pve decided to CO." I was pleased to
proclaim good news.
How shall I get the money? Will
you post 1t tonight?"
had thought she might say my de-
cision came too late. She had so sue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

them for? There was a base ball game
he was going to. He might come round
that evening to hear about II. but he
guessed. for his part. he did not care to
meet them.
A girl thought il would be kind OF
fun il she had not bought a matinee
ticket a few minutes before. Another
feared she had no skirt wide enough
to allow her to curtsy; she feared. In
fact. she would not know how to
curtsy. not having practiced since the
age of eight at dancing school.
A woman was very much in favor of
going until she heard that the railroad
fare was "a shillings. In a town that
is like a perpetual knights of Pythias
convention. why pay to see most noble
and reverend high serenities? OF the
nine representative Americans invited
not one would bother to go.
The girl countess was chaperoninE
and Lord DIFFERING went with US. Lady
Balmoral treated me rs though ] were
one of the flowers on the tapestried
seat of our first-class marriage She
vouchsafed nae just one remark on the
way to the assemblage. which was that
/ must say nothing about our business
relationship. because some people were
SO queer. I could not think who. for
only ones of the English-speakinE
people who had not been aware OF the
situation for years, and yet they gave
no indication of mental or moral reac-
ton to it.
The grounds presented a lovely sight.
Green cropped hedges took the un-
dulations of the country and stretched
away into thin lines. The gravel path
became an oak lined lane, following
the ribbon Of a river. A low Norman
house chung to the crest of the hill.
Men in high hats dotted the lawn
around the mansion. Tall women
dragged their muslin dresses over the
thick mapped grass as they held aloft
their bright parasols.
A long receiving line followed the
curve of the shadow cast by the round-
ing Norman side of the house. A tall
man with a dark mustache stood al the
head Of it. Beside him. coming well
above his shoulder, was a pretty look
ing, fair woman, much more smartly
costumed than any pictures of English
royalty would lead one to expect.
Every woman as she passed In front
of her curtsied. The earl and the
countess viewed this spectacle from
"Well, 1t isn't any use bothering
there" commented Lady Balmorai,
making for the tea tent and leaving
her party to straggle after her.
ITO be concluded in next Sundays
Star.)
Copyright. 1915. by Chicago Tribune.)
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that led me to hesitate, of course, re-
garded the uncertainty as to whether
she would really take me.
els this the residence Of the Countess
of Balmoral?' l asked.
Yes, and this is the countess. You
are Miss Brush, aren't you?"
She was sitting beside the telephone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
n NCLE SAM has been measuring
II the heat of the stars not be-

n 7NCLE SAM has been measuring
IL the heat of the stars. not be-
cause of any immediate. practi-
cal or commercial benefit derived. but
simply to add mite to the scientific
knowledge which may open roads to
realms as yet unknown.
DIR. w. w. Coblentz Of tho United
States bureau of standards made a
series Of tests with his new heat
measuring instruments at the Lick
observatory in California last summer.
Prior to this the heat from stars was
measured. but the best OF experiment.
srs had been able to fashion only in
struments that registered heat from a
0cant few of the brightest or first
magnitude stars. Their instruments
were markedly inferior when attempts
were made to obtain records Of heat
radiation from stars Of less magnitude.
But 1t Is not yet possible to measure
the actual heat OF a hrst-mag nftude
star. What is actually done Is to
measure the radiation. or the amount
Of heat given of by some particular
star. The instruments in the posses
sion OF DR.. Coblentx enable a record
Of heat radiation to be taken Of q sixth
magnitude star. A star Of the sixth
magnitude 10 approximately 1850 as
bright As q hrst-mAgnitude star: 30 1t
can be readily seen that an apprecaable
advance in making instruments has
been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

and the red stars the coolest. which
indicates that the red stars approach
a state of solidification more closely
than either of the other color groups.
Red stars of the sixth magnitude were
more easily read than blue stars of
the fourth magnitude. This was be-
cause of the difference in their powers
of radiation. The red stars power of
radiation Is much greater than the
blue. while the yellow stars emit more
radiation than the blue, but less than
the red. As nearly as possible stars OF
different color but with the same
visual magnitude were observed. 1t Is
believed that red star radiations are
much more readily and freely absorbed
by the earths atmosphere than those
of the blue stars.
In saying that the emissivity, or total
radiation, Of the red star is greater than
that of the blue astronomers mean that
the red stars are cooling of at a much
faster rate than the blue stars. though the
interior of red star may not be any
cooler than the interior of blue star.
Says DR.. Coblentz: I'm the various
stages OF stellar evolution the red star
stage seems to be the one in which a star
is burning out the fastest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

about her that had been subjected to
such very unladylike blows.
Her daughter had just married title
dating back to the eleventh century
bearer of it was a cripple and very
poor. but he was visiting. with her
daughter. at the Austrian court The
emperor bade her come. 81! She thought ought
a few awfully nice people intimately
rather than to meet droves who meant
nothing and would not remember me.
Her voice implied a reference to some
OF course. ! ought to be presented at
court. She thought she could manage
that-the king was SO kind to her. He
was condescending enough to compli-
ment her on her fine family Of five boys
when he thought he had the only fam
lily. His boys were so splendid
OF course. ! ought to go to Ascot;
get me into the royal Enclosure, though
she herself had household tickets last
year. It did not matter. however, Tor
l could sit in the erandstand just out
side-a place, I gat red, to be given
over chiefly to American heiresses-
and she could fetch me to the tents
where they had the good food and the
gay parties. like the MARLBOROUGH.
She made one most subordinate state
ment-that she thought ought to
have a number Of chaperons instead
Of always appearing with the same
person; and she said she could also
see to that. Having settled SO much,
she turned her attention to what had
in mind.
"Did any one else answer your advsr-
tisement?"
The Countess Of Balmoral," replied.
@"Oh, my dear. You mustn't get mix
ed up with her. Shes always got some
paying person. and it's known! How
much does she charge"
Five thousand dollars to meet the
kingr"
get. There's an agreement between
them not to do 1t for less"
"A trust?" I asked. "or. more accu-
rately. a union?
You Americans have such droll ways
of putting things" she said. But !
wish the king could know. He would
not countenance 1t"
So much I believed. and 1t did not
seem strange to me that he should be
the last person in England. Scotland,
Ireland, Wales and America to dis
cover that such a situation existed.
As regarded meeting royal dignitaries
on Saturday, she was only dimly aware
that such an affair as mentioned was
to be. and she disposed of 1t by saying
that the hostess and the guests, includ
ing the brother of the queen. His Sc
rene Highness Prince Alexander Of
Teck, and his wife, Her Royal High
ness Princess Alexander. were Of no
social consequence. AS all representa-
tives Of royalty were going into winter
quarters the next week to hibernate
until another season OF fashionable
display. 1 could not thus casually dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

There are three known methods of
measuring radiation from the stars
BY thermo elements. by q Nichols radi-
omster and by q selenium cell. In max
Ing readings from any one OF these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

The first one to whom telephoned
was a Chicago lawyer and Harvard
man of about thirty-three. He de-
manded to have the entire situation ex-
planned to him twice. and then he
laughed. What did he want to meet
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-25
Won PAPENiS OFFICE
NOT EMBASSY BRANCH
d, nasnlsa .oaaa.. artsI.. ,sAsso wlas

New York. April 24.-Evidenee pre-
scented here today before the federal
graud jury investigating the alleged
plot TO destroy the Welland canal es-
tahllshed. according TO federal au-
horilics that Captain Franz Won Pa
pens former office, at 90 Wall street,
Was not branch of the German em-
hassy when Wolfe Won lgel was ar
rested there on April is and papers
claimed lay the German ambassador
seized
The papers now are IN the custody
81 the department OF justice in Wash
lngton. They were sent TO the CAPT
tai hy United states Attorney Mar
shall al the request OF the state de-
rarimcnt after Ambassador Won
Hcrns,orffs demand for their return
on The ground that they were seized
On German territory
Attorney General Gregory and the
local prosecuting officers insisted
that the former office OF vnn papen
Was not German territory. The state
department announced that the re-
turn of the papers rested on this
point
1t also had an important bearing.
IL was said. on the status OF van 1geh
whose release the German amhassa-
dor demanded, representing that he
isecame a member of the embassy
staff IN December, lsls.