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Evening star., 1925-10-11
Transparent Steel.
A NEW method of making sheets

A NEW method of making sheets OF
metal of unprecedented thinness
invented by DIR. Karl Mueller of the
Physical Technical Institute of Ber-
lin, seems likely to prove of consider
table industrial as we'll as scientific
importance. He has succeeded in pro
ducing sheets of steel SO thin that they
are as transparent as the cleareSt
| glass. The test plates used to deter
mine the transparency of optical glass,
| and ruled with lines one twenty-five
| hundredth of an inch apart. were photo
Sraphed through sucn a metal sheet,
and when enlarged to 400 diameters
the scale lines showed distinctively
without any distortion. This absence
| of alteration proves that the struc-
ture of the film is perfectly even and
equal in all directions. The metal
sheets are SO thin that atoms will pass
through them without impeachment. AL
pha rays from radium. that consist of
streams of the stripped atoms of he
llum and are completely blocked by
sheet of paper, are not perceptibly
weakened in passing through such
metal sheets. 1t is calculated from
the specific gravity of the metal that
in these sheets there are not more
than 80 layers of atoms in thickness.
Yet the sheet of metal is so strong
that when fastened in frame it may
be bent out by blowing on it to six
teenth of an inch without rupture.
DIR. Mueller makes these sheets by
depositing an extremely fine film of
the metal on smooth surface by
means of the electric current and aft
erward separating the film from the
foundation on which it was fixed.
Many applications have already been
made by scientists and inventors to
secure these transparent metal sheets
for experimental purposes. They seem
likely to serve as conference.-the mem-
branes for the separation of gases.
They may greatly advance the prog
ress of telephotosraphy and television.
They also seem likely to prove serv-
iceable in metallurgical research, and
in the making of galvanometers. radio
receivers and apparatus for measur-
ing the action of the heart.
Evening star., 1925-10-11
Fireproof Gas Tank

A n air plane gasoline tank which
= may be completely riddled by in
cendiary or explosive bullets without
bursting into flames or even leaking
is the latest development in the avia-
ton field which comes from VieII,s
according to Science. The tank IL I:'e
usual metal type, but with a peculiar
interior coating, the composition of
which is a carefuif, guarded Secret
with tie inventor, probably On ti.o
order OF the liquid gums placed in
automobile tires to make them pune.
ture-proof.
The inf1ammatory bullet, upon en-
tering the tank, is Immediately en-
veloped with a coating of some sort of
material that extinguishes the flames
and at the same time prevents the
phosphorous-c coated bullet from leav
ing deposit.
In the test made by expert army
witnesses. series of 20 bullets were
fired through the experimental tank,
which was filled half with gasoline
and half with inflammable gas. The
bullets were fired i'll a series of one
explosive. one PHOSPHORUS and one
solid, in rotation. After the 20 rounds
had been fired, with no bad results,
the tank was set in an airplane
which then made an hours flight. US
ing only the gasoline from the appar-
emily perforated tank.
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the project has proved to be i'm
practical in the United States from a
profit standpoint.
INQUIRE of one of Washington's
leading storage companies what is
the most unusual article which it
keeps in safe and secure cold storage
for any layman, and the reply will be,
"Silkworm eggs" Mr.. keleher, in this
case, is the customer who rents stor-
age space for his extraordinary val
uableS. For 10 years now he has been
wintering his silkworm egg supply
with the same company. You see, it is
necessary to keep the eggs at a low
temperature until the propitious
Matching season arrives. AS a rule, the
eggs are removed from cold storage
about the LIST of May. No. the parcel
is not bulky one, for silkworm eggs
are only as large as pinheadS and it
takes a multitudinous mass of them to
weigh as much as one pound.
The eggs are removed to the attic
of the keleher home, which is fitted
up as d silkwo"m nursery and labo-
ratory. In about 10 days after the
eggs have warmed up naturally the
worms begin to hatch out in the
early morning hours. They are pro-
vided with rations of finely cut null
berry leaves. The worms are behind
mosquito netting. The leaves are
placed on top of this perforated
cloth. The juvenile worms rise
through the apertures in the netting
and greedily consume the repast.
Day by day their mosquito net cage
is changed. This facilitates the re-
moval of debris with minimum dis
turbatlce to the worms themselves.
The worms are, respectively, only
one-eighth of an inch long to begin
with, but within the next 80 days
they attain adult development, grow
ing rapidly until they reich an aver
age length of about three inches.
When full grown they develop vo-
racious appetites and dine five to six
times daily on small branches of
mulberry leaves. In fact, the larva
growing.
Finally, after attaining full matu.
rity, the worms crawl over the
leaves and begin to shrink in size.
They climb to the so-called forest"
or miniature brush retreat provided
for that purpose, and then begin to
discharge great amounts of silken
thread from their spinnarets.
Each worm. like a piece of mechan-
ical apparatus, continues the produc-
ton of this silken material at the
rate of 65 Shakes of it's head per
minute. Each of these movements Is
productive of an additional flow of
silk. During the following three days
the worm will shake its head 5000
times, will complete the spinning of
it's cocoon and will produce from $50
to 200 yards of silken thread. Then
the worm is transformed into the
chrYsalis or resting stage.
Generally the chrySalis cycle of
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oMountiuo The sA11xWof14r> moths. +.

box in which the specimens are ar
ranged on field of snowwhite cotton
This exhibit consists of an inflated,
life.size silkworm, several beautiful
white and yellow coeoons, a half-sec-
tion of a cocoon containing a chrysa-
lis, specimens of male and female
moths, a cluster of silkworm eggs,
pressed leaf from the white mulberry
tree and samples of raw, and manu-
factured silk. Each specimen case is
really a picture story of the silk
worms life history adapted for visual
study by children.
During the many years that he has
worked with silkworms as a hobby,
Mr.. keleher, has raised and studied
the lifetime activities of more than
half a million of these Industrious
spinners. All these operations have
been carried on within calling distance
Of Congress. Cocoon production has
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silken strands of fine thread. Under
conditions where mulberry leaves are
not available, successful use has been
made of the leaves Of the Usage orange
as substitute.
X X X X
Mr.. KELEHER specializes in the
A'A production of silkworms, cocoons,
eggs, moths and chrysalises, which he
preserves and mounts as educational
specimens for the use of grade school
teachers. He also provides silkworms
and eggs to few colleges and labora-
tories which require such scarce speci-
mems for experimentation. This Wash
ington enthusiast does not attempt to
recover their silken crop from the
cocoons. He aims to produce large
amounts of the cocoons, which he can
utilize in the production of his educa-
tional exhibits.
His salient creation is glass-faced
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been continued at one end of the city
even as discussions and debates about
the tariff and duty on raw and manu-.
factured silk are being featured by
congressional committees at the
other. II every national interest in
silk culture is revived, right here In
the Capital City comprehensive facts
and figures are available as a result
of Washinstonian's unusual pas
time.
The writer watched with interest
as Mr.: Keleher engaged in his entomo
taXidermy activities. He would re-
move an active silkworm from a con.
tainer where it had been feeding on
mulberry leaves and thrust it into a
cyanide bottle. The poison would in
or 10 minutes kill the worm. The
experimenter dissected away the vital
organs and body Of the worm, leaving
only the delicate skin. He then used
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Mu 1e1eh,ef and his educl4iona al exhibit,

lost it's powers of airline travel. The
male can flutter his wings a little,
but cannot fly, while the female can
not lift her body weight oy the
strength of her wings. Usually the
mother moth deposits 400 eggs and
then dies in to 10 days. These
eggs are as large as ordinary pin
heads. The moth, as she has no
mouth, cannot eat, but draws her
nourishment from her bodily tissues
and substance. She really eats her.
self to death.
The quality Of the silk depends on
the variety of silkworm and the man.
ner in which the domesticated silk
manufacturer has been handled. The
leaves of the white mulberry trees are
the best fodder for silkworms in the
United States. The skilled worms de-
rive raw materials from the mulberry
leaves which they manufacture into
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the silkworms life history lasts for
two weeks. Under domestication the
cocoons containing the chrysalises
are strung together like beads on
strands of thread and suspended in
some cool, sheltered spot. Ultimate
ly the moths emerge from the CO.
coons. Each moth is provided with
two remarkable glands located near
the obsolete mouth of the insect.
These glands secrete a liquid which
moistens the wall of the cocoon SO
that the moth is able to escape from
it's confinement. The moth is cream
white in color, has neither mouth nor
jaws, and has a wing spread of IL to
2 inches. You can distinguish the
sex of the moth by it's size, the fe-
male being the larger specimen.
AS result of so centuries of do
mestication the silliworm. which
u,,Sinj,hS va, !, ,,soIcuo Hyer, has
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BY GEORGE III. DACY.

HOUSEHOLD industry of far
~ away CathaY has been trans
II planted in new and novel form
4 L close To the rendezvous of our
I,ednrnI lawmakers and in
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Wannn Raises Mulberry His Backyard Feeds Them the Extraordinary Worms Which the
Fo SpEf CooonA dbyteS hfmedPeu
D~aerk~ aiooE
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Bobbed Hair Brings
 Divorce to Barbers

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (AP)-The bobbed hair fad brought divorce de- crees to two barbers' wives in the superior court here this week. In one case the decree was granted because the barber husband persisted in be- coming infatuated with women whose hair he bobbed. In the other case the barber became so disgusted with and failed to support his wife, who then brought suit for divorce.
 Noah Lane, aged 100, was one of the husbands ordered to pay alimOny to wives who brought suit for divorce and alimony.
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SUFFERS LIVING
 DEATH IN CAVE
RUSSIAN HIDES IN CAVE FOR FIVE LONG YEARS AFTER
 DESERVING ARMY
BECAME A CHEERING IDIOT
"Red" Officer Looked Like Wild Man and Had Forgotten How to Speak When Secret Service Men
 Arrested Him.

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 31.-For five years after deserting the fred" army in Russia, George Borovikoff, an officer, lived in a cave beneath the home of his parents. The man has been arrested, but the authorities do not know whether to send him to pri- most ceased to be human being dur ing the five long years.
 Today the man looks like an animal In his eyes is wild light His beard and hair are tangled and long, and his skin is a pasty color from the long confinement in the darkness. During the five years he spoke only few words each day, and he almost has forgotten how to speak the Russian language.
 Only the parents of the man new that he was hiding in the cave. They secretly took him food and water dur. ing the five years, staying only a short time in the cave so that no one would suspect their secret.
 Then one day the man heard foot steps above him. He knew his visit ors were not his parents, and he be- came frantic with fear. The visitors were Russian secret service men, who found their quarry mumbling in insane terror. He was arrested and taken to jail, and now the authori- ties are trying to decide what they will do with him. A big, strapping six-footer while in the army, Boro- vikoff now weighs but 92 pounds.
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AT THE HOTELS

Hotel Overland-Wm. Eklind, Al fred Anderson, Ben Eastwood, Chas. Hamell, Harry E.Reese, F. D. Cara way, w. H. Lynch, Jack Lodge, Geo. Lee, Wm Engelharts, H. c. Kaho.
 Hotel Seward-T. Ross, Wm. Ros- ness, l.. H. Vogl.
 Hotel Van Gilder-Claud Living ston, Kanatak; Sidney Anderson, Ka- natak; Frank Cheetham, Kanatak; w.. c. Shook, Unga; Ruth Ramsey, Elaine Cameron, Hilda M. Kahel, Pearl Har- rison, Gertrude Nelson, Helen Welch, Alice Lindsay, Edna Allenbaugh, Ruth Anderson, Ruth Holdeman, all from Anchorage.
 Hotel Sexton-Mrs. Olga Woberg, Unga; Elma Larsen, F. B. Allison, Walter Lukins, D. E. Sheriff, A. H. Wolf
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" Janet Smith" Bill In
 British Columbia Lost

VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 2.-Mrs. Mary Ellen Smiths Janet Smith bill, which would prevent the em. ployment of Orientals in homes where white girls work, was killed in the Legislature recently after brief comments.
 Attorney General Manson sug. gested that the bill be dropped as it was ultra wires.
 The act, which was measure to amend the Women and Girls Pro tecton Act is contrary to the pro visions of the Anglo Japanese Treaty Premier Oliver stated.
 Without further comment the house proceeded with other business and the famous Janet Smith bill went to the board.
 During former discussions of the bill, Mrs. Smith declared that even if the measure was not passed she felt that great good would have come from it's introduction, as the attention of the public would have been called to the danger of Oriental servants working in the same homes as white girls.
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MICKEY DUGAN KILLED

Word was received in Seward on Wednesday nights train that Mickey Dugan, miner, has been instantly killed when he fell down a shaft at Poorman, in the Ruby district. Dugan had mined in Alaska for many years and had been employed by Dennis Coyle about two weeks at the time of the accident. He was 3S years of age, and has relatives in Ireland.
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DOG BECOMES MEMBER OF
 SEATTLE POLICE FORCE

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 31.-Officer Buster" became a regular member of the Seattle police force last even ing. His name was read into the records by Captain E. c. Collier, com mander of night headquarters patrol, and he was assigned beat"
 The newest policeman is an Airedale, owned by David Reese, a restauranteur. For months he has been in the habit of following Patrolmen Larry Monroe and Clifford Guettel around their districts. When they quit work, he returned to headquar- ters and then went home.
 That was the reason for Busters adoption by the night patrol and the official recognition of his self appointed position.
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Bath Brushes, 50 cents at J. L. Graef's. If
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SUTHERLAND ASKS FOR
 HELP FOR STRANDED PARTY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.- Delegate Sutherland of Alaska today appeared before the State department request ing that the United States take action to effect the return from Harbin of Charles White and number of Eskimos comprising the Wrangell ex- petition. The men are reported to be in a starving condition.
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WILL NOT VACATE

PARIS, France. Jan. 2.-The Allied council of ambassadors at a meet ing today is expected to approve of the decision reached by British and French government not to evacuate Cologne Ridge on January 10 as set forth by the treaty of Versailles.
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Join the Chamber of Commerce.
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cERMANY's SUPPLY FOUND

PARIS, France, Jan. 2.--A huge supply of rifle and machine gun bar rels have been discovered in Berlin by officers of the inter-allied con- trol commission, the Echo de Paris learns from a source in Germany
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HARRY CREE GETS DECISION

WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. D. (AP) Harry Greb won a decision yesterday over Augie Farmer of New York, in a ten-round go here.
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DIR. BLYTH WEDS LILA BAILEY

DIR. BLYTH WEDS IlLA bAIIEY
 Dr. Blyth, former Seward dentist, was married New Years eve to Miss Lila Bailey of Anchorage. A wedding dinner was given the newly weds at the home of Miss Deigh. T
 Miss Bailey was assistant casher at the First National Bank in Anchorage, and was a popular member of the younger set.
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ANCHORAGE TEAM WINS

The Anchorage basketball team won the last game from the Fairbanks team by score IS to 10, giving her the championship.
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Considerable local news is crowded out of today's paper by the large tele- graphic service, but it will appear in tomorrOw's issue.
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BOB ROPER SHADES FEM

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Jan D. ,AP) Captain Bob Roper got a shade the best of Quentin Rojas ;n a ten-round battle here.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-25
MUSCLE SHOALS

Final disposition of Muscle
Shoals will be hotly contested in
this congress. At the last sess-
ion the senate created a COM
mission to study the question.
That commission is divided, and
The two reports are in the hands
Of the president. 1t is said that
the majority report includes the
general principles of Senator
Underwood's plan, while the
minority recommends leasing
the property to private opera
tors if suitable terms can be OBJ
tanned. If this can not be done,
government operation to demon
strate the possibilities Of the
property is favored.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-25
LIBERTY

The right to think, to know,
to utter" as John Milton says,
is the dearest of all liberties.
Without this right there can be
no liberty to any people; with it.
there can be no slavery. When
YOU have convinced thinking
men that it is right, and the hu-
name men that it is just, you
will gain your cause. Men al
ways lose half Of what is gained
by violence. What is gained by
argument is gained forever. Let
us believe that the whole of
truth can never do harm to the
whole Of virtue = The last
lesson a man ever learns is that
liberty Of thought and speech is
the right of all mankind; that
the man who denies every article
of our creed is to be allowed to
preach just as often and just as
loud as we Ourselves.-Wendell
Phillips (1811-1884.)
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-25

Washington, D. C-In an ironica(
speech on Vice President Dawes cam
paign against the senate rules, Sena-
tor Harrison convulsed his colleagues.
The object of his attack was presiding
over the senate at the time.
The Mississippi lawmakers speech
is the first Of many replies senators
may make on statements by Dawes
during an all-summer campaign He
has pictured the senate as a talka-
tive, do-nothing body, where one man
can block legislation, when in truth
the senate can stop debate under pres
ent rules, if members are disposed to
stop discussion.
Senator Harrison made merry with
Dawes reference to 'his" rules, and
his claim that 81 am a dangerous
man."
"What a pleasant conception" said
Senator Harrison, "when one envi-
sions this Hell and Marie person,
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-25
Two Election Systems
COntrasted

The suggestion of certain Conserv-
atives in Toronto, Canada, that the
election laws be extended so as to
cover nominations as we'll as elections,
was described last week by Labor's
Canadian correspondent as "revolu-
tionary."
1t is in a sense, and it serves TO
call attention to one great difference
between the political systems of the
two halves of the English-speaking
world.
In Great Britain and Canada, a po-
litical party is a private and volun-
tary association. In the United
States, political party is a public
utility.
The primary is unknown in Britain
and Canada. 1t is an essential part
sometimes the essential part-of
the election system of the United
States.
Under the British system, voters
have a chance to say what they think
of party management only after NOM
nations are made. Under the Amer
lean plan, the voters nominate as well
as elect.
The American primary is some
thing that English visitors never
seem to understand. They cannot
see why labor men in one section vote
the Democratic ticket and in another
section the Republican ticket, in
stead of combining in a labor party.
The answer is the primary.
The primary, intelligently used,
enables the workers to name their
candidates on either or both old
party tickets.
Huddleston is nominated and elect
ed as a Democrat in Alabama. Norris
is nominated and elected as Repub-
iican in Nebraska. When they get to
Congress both men vote alike on i'm
portant issues.
Those who ere more interested n
principles than in party labels are
satisfied They want results and they
can get them through the primary
Labor
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-25

A national prohibition amendment
to the Federal Constitution will be
adopted against the veiws and prac-
tises of a majority of the people in
many of the large cities and in one
fourth or less of the States. The
business of manufacturing alcohol,
liquor and beer will go out of the
hands of the law-abiding members Of
the community and will be transferred
to the quasi-criminal class.
After the law-abiding members Of
the business go out of the business
and a complete readjustment follows,
the pressure for violation and lax eX-
ecution in communities where the law
is not popular will be constant and
increasing. The reaching out of the
great central power to brush the
doorsteps of local communities, far
removed politically and geographic
ally from Washington, will be irritat-
ing in such States and communities
and will be strain upon the bend of
the National Union.
The theory that the National Gov
ernment can enforce any law will
Weld to the stubborn circumstances,
and federal law will become as
much a subject of contempt and ridi-
cule in some parts Of the Nation as
laws of this kind have been in some
States. We are acting now under the
heroic impulse of the war which stirs
our feelings and makes US think we
can have a millennium Of virtue and
self-sacrifice for the future. This is
a fundamental error.
Individual self-restraint, the influ-
ence of improved social standards and
criticism, and the restrictions en-
forced by employers of labor for in
dustrial reasons, have probably had
more to do with moderating the evils
of intoxication than statute law.
An intensively active minority, in
favor of adopting an unwise policy,
may win through the failure Of the
members of the majority, though OPP
posed to the policy, publicly to de-
clare themselves and to take the
trouble to give effect to their opinions
by their votes.
A minority like this, conceiving that
it is moved by a moral issue, loses
its sense of proportion and sacrifices
other issues, no matter how vital to
the Nation. Such minority visits with