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Today S Science
BY DAVID DIETZ-

INCREASING importance Of molybdenum in IN
i dustry is Of the most interesting features Of
the changing world picture According TO Arthur
D Little, Inc. chemists Of Cambridge. Mass. molyo-
denum may soon surpaSs tungsten in Importance.
This will a surprise to many persons to
who molybdenum is unfamiliar and awkward
name family remembered from nigh school chem
istry days as one Of the chemical elements.
Molybdenum is metal, resembling tungsten IN
many ways but possessing only half It's weight At
the present time, tungsten which is used for the
flament of electric light bulbs, in steel alloys, and
elsewhere, Is about twice important industrialy,
But the experts Of the Little organization report that
new uses are being found for molybdenum with such
rapidty that this situation soon may be reversed.
This is Of particular significance to America be-
cause this country produces about fourhfthS OF the
worlds supply Of mOlybdenum. The remainder comes
from Norway and Canada with the Norwegian pro-
ducton under the control Of British capital accord
ing to the best available reports Most of the tung
stem supply Of the world comes from China and
Burma the United States producing only per cent.
PRODUCTION Of moybdenum in America in 1858
L was 30 per cent higher than any previous figure.
The production in 1884 10 per cent higher than
that in 1888.
Molybdenum is finding its greatest use in the
manufacture of iron and steel alloys. There are
few steels which the metal as the chief aIoying
ingredient but in most it is added in only very
small quantities The important thing, however, IS
that these small amounts, sometimes amounting 10
little as one-quarter of per cent, have tremen-
dous effects upon the nature and behavior OF the re-
sulting alloy.
1t is claimed that molybdenum is particularly
effective providing steel which Will have fine
grained mlcro-sructure after heat treatment, COM
bined with increased ductity and tensile strength
u GENTLY the moybdenum became a COMPETE
N tor Of tungsten in the field Of high-speed cut
ting-too steels. This field now provides the chief
market for tungsten.
The standard steel in this field is known as the
bal because it IS steel alloy containing 10 parts
tungsten four parts chromium and one part Vanao-
dunn.
1t is reported that new alloy containing some
tungsten but molybdenum as well, will duplicate the
performance of the 18-4-l alloy. The new aLoy,
known as 8-2-4-1 contains eight parts OF tungsten.
two of molybdenum four Of chromium and one oil
Yanadlum.
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ScOOted Around the Country

THERE were the brOadcaStS, the ship models, the
i innovation of the ladies' gridiron dinner. if YOU
dared call it that which took up evening IN lnno-
cent merriment charadeS. riddles and games while
the President himself went down to the Willard
Hotel to spill salt and crack a hardShell banquet
roll with the white ties of the fourth estate There
was Mrs Roosevelt's little blue in which she
scooted around the country, unaSSumlng as any
lady by the name of Mrs Jones that you ever saw IN
your life.
And you mustn't forget repeal Repeal night was
a great night in the early days of the New Deal
although the deciding vote caught the purveyors
fat-footed and compelled the citizens to seek out
their old Speakeasies where they were told that no
liquor was to be had The SpeakeaSieS Iurned down
their old customers that night because they hadn
vet received their licenses and it against the law
to sell anything until they did receive them
Now Gen. johnson is gone and, feeling mighty
sore about it all has written his memoirs OF the MIA
which give the impression of an obituary for the
MIRA
Mr.. Roosevelt may go on the air for occasional
further 1reside chats and these doubt will do
some good in the way of reviving the faith and IN
erest of the citizens but the truth is that they are
becoming restless like children who have played
with mechanical frog until the spring has busted
Now and again you may poke it up and 1t Will give
another feeble hop but it is out Of fix and anyway
it is time for something new Any who has ever
seen a child grow tired of a fascinating toy and
pucker up its face and begin to yell Tor an Ice cream
cone will recognize the symptoms.
It does seem too bad that Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Farley guessed they did in the case of Huey Long,
because Huey would be great help inside the Adj
miniStration and he is becoming day by day a
greater nuisance outside.
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afraid you must have been very
anxious. The Due de SasSanO, at
least. will have brought you some
news. i am nearing the time
when I shall receive all your let
tiers. My health is very good, the
cold is very great. Adieu mon
annie, you know how deeply l love
you. Give the Queen of Naples,
the Vice Refine, the Princess de
NeufchateI, news of their hus-
bands. who are in good health.
Tout a tot. NAP
On the night of the 9th the
emperor slept in a humble hut at
Zaniwski. The next morning
two-fold attack was launched
against the army; by Wittgen-
stein against Marshal Victor on
the left bank, by Tchitchagoff
against Oudinot, Ney and Dom
browski on the right bank Napo-
leon remained with the Guard,
which was massed at Brilowa in
reserve. defending the two bridge
heads.
The Russian admiral was de-
feated; Wittgenstein continued his
attack till the following day. Of
the tumult of this battle we do
not catch the fainteSt echo in the
letter sent to Marie Louise from
the little town of Zembin (Sem-
bin) in the center of a swamp
crossed by the Wilma road:
Ma bonnie annie, ! know that Is
cOurierS are awaiting me at
distance of three days march. l
shall thus find Is of your letters
there. | am much worried at
thinking OF the sorrow it will give
you to be so many days without
hearing from me, but I know that
in an extraordinary occasion !
must rely on your courage and
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strength of character. Ny health
is perfect, the weather very bad
and very cold. Adieu, ma dOuce
annie, two kisses to the Little
King from me. You know all
the tenderness Of the sentiments
of your husband. NAP.
Zembin, November 28th 1872.
The King of Naples, the Vicer-
oy, the Prince de Neufchatel are
in good health - give news of
them to their wives-as well as
the Grand Marshal, who is writ
ing, and all my aides de-camp.
Also give news of her son to Ma
dame MOnteSquiOu.
TINE Beresina had been crossed
i but at what a cost The
Partouneaux Division had been
sacrificed at Borisow to cover the
retreat. The bridges were cut be-
hind Marshal Victor's army corps,
the last to cross the river The
motley crowd of followers was
thus cut off; disbanded soldiers,
stragglers, thousands of men Of
every arm, in tattered uniforms
with hardly human faces and hOl-
low cheeks. the miserable jetsam
of a great retreat. Captivity
awaited them.
But what hint Of this tragic
scene is to be found in the En-
peror's letter sent from lila
(Iliaja)?
Mon amie-The 20 cOurierS who
are missing will, l hope, reach me
tomorrow, when ! shall have news
of you, which l very much long to
receive. l have written to you by
express messengers. The weather
is very cold, my health is good.
Be cheerful and cOntented. Your
wishes will be granted sooner
than you think. Give two kisses
to my son and never doubt the
loving sentiments of your faithful
husband. NAP.
Ills, December 9th 1912).
Mon amie-I am sending you
MOnteSquiOu who will give you
news of the army. He will tell
you how well / am and above all
how much / love you. Ado, milo
bene. Tout a tot. NAP.
Near MolOdebchnO, Dec. 2 (1812).
Ma bonnie amie-YeSterday /
sent you AnatOle MOntesquiOu
who will give you news of this
country. l thought you would be
very glad to see some one to
whom you can talk of what inter
ests you. Now the regular courier
will leave in an hours time. j will
answer 20 of your letters, for l
am expecting 20 cOuriers in an
hours time. Ado, milo bene.
Your NAP.
MOlOdetSchnO, December 1812).
The news of this countrywide
terrible to bear writing-Was
nevertheless recorded on the same
day. and at the same place, Mo-
lodetschno (MlodNeczno), in the
Bulletins de Ia Grande Armee.
This is the most tragic of all the
records of the Russian campaign.
The thermometer had fallen
many degrees below zero, the
horses had died by thousands.
With cavalry inadequate to cover
the army or act as scouts at a
greater range than a quarter of a
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board to launch a terrific TRADE
at the entire Administration. Far
ley would just be an incident to
the KingfiSh.
CENATOR PAT M'CARRAN of
~ Nevada interrupted Senator
Carter Glass during the debate on
the work-relief bill the other day,
and during the course of his re-
marks referred to the peppery Vir-
ginian as the learned Senator"
L wish I were learned shot
back Mr.. Glass. And 1 might be
induced to believe I was learned
had not the Senator from Nevada
made it a habit of speaking of
some other Senators as learned
whom I know are not learned"
TWO things stood out clear cut
Il the Presidents message to
Congress urging another two-year
lease of life for the NRA.
l. Despite Mr.. Roosevelt'S aSSer-
ton that the NRA has rendered
useful service and its abandon
ment is ''unthinkable. he was not
willing to say that it had grad
uated from the experimental
stage.
2. Politically. Mr.. Roosevelt con-
Siders the NRA issue so dynamite
loaded that he does not want to
go into the 1886 campaign saddled
with sole responsibility for its rec
ord during the next two years.
This explains the vagueneSs and
ambiguity of his meSsage-in
which the only definite recon-
mendation was the suggestion that
the NRA be continued for another
two years.
Aside from this, Mr.. Roosevelt
dumped the whole problem in the
lap of Congress. This fact is real
lied fully on Capitol Hill.
The result is going to be fierce
struggle, particularly in the Sem
ate. where a large bloc is fully
Convinced that the Blue Eagle
should be killed and will leave no
stone unturned to bring that
about.
Outside Of Congress. it is not
generally known that no legisla-
ton is necessary to kill the NRA.
All that is necessary to accom-
pliSh this is to prevent action until
June is, when the existing act
automatically expires.
NRA foes are thoroughly aware
Of the powerful position this gives
them in the fight. If they can
stave off a vote until the tag end
of the session. a filibuster might
kill the NRA by default.
CHECK up another aSpirant for
~ 1886. New York's hulking,
socialite Representative Ham Fish
has been sraitten with president
tits and is quietly grooming him.
self TO enter the Republican race
at the right moment. Ham has
secured the services OF a publicity
man and passes up no chance TO
be quoted. H.
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league, unable to join battle for
lack of artillery, the army plodded
on and on. Their heads were
bowed. all g@ety had left them;
they were continually haraSsed
by CoSsacks who would have been
incapable of pressing an attack
home against a company of Skin
mishers. Not a few were taken
prisoner by these Cossack bands.
90 urgent was the danger that
- a sacred squadron" consist
ing of four companies with
Grouchy in command, had been
formed, mounted on the last sur
Viving horses; its captains were
generals. its non commissioned Of
ficers. colonies. 1t was the EN-
peror's bodyguard, his ultimate
defense.
Meanwhile the author Of the
"Soirees de Saint-Petersburg,
who personally witnessed the Rus
sian triumph, was drawing phil
osophical conclusions from these
events.
There is something miraculous
about what is happening today
thus Joseph de Maistre wrote to
the Barbonne de Pont. NO
poleon entered Russia with 400
600 men and 1000 guns at least.
Men and cannon, all have van
ished away. At the present mo-
ment there are 10000 prisoners.
A gigantic monument is being
planned to be erected at Mos
cow. 1t will be wrought in cap
tive bronze as ancient inscrip-
tons put it.
It commend to your admira-
ton this man who never convened
a Council of War, who boosted,
what is more, that he never took
any mems advice, and on this oc-
casion had the notion of conven-
ing three Councils of War-mere-
ly in order to contradict them.
That, Madame, was his ruin, but
our salvation"
Mon amie-I have just received
your letter of the Gath. / am much
distressed at all the anxiety you
are going through and which will
last another fortnight at least, my
health, however, has never been
better. You will have seen in the
Army Orders that things have
(nOt?) gone as well as l would
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Your Health
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN.

I Asst year $4,000 persons were killed and nearly
l. 100000 injured a result Of $4,000 personal
injury collisions streets and highways 5000 OF
those killed were pedestrians
Again We think OF that old statement that there
are two kinds of personS-the quick and the dead
Also It Is necessary 10 point out that SIC per cent
az drivers motor accidents were drunk.
The drunken driver is a menace TO himself and
tc every one anywhere near HIM. Moreover. ~ per
cent OF the pedestrians in accidents were drunk.
The combination Of too much alcohol and the motor
car is 4 dangerous one.
XTTHILE VIC look with considerable concern on
w the death and injury OF adults IN these cases.
the number Of accidents and serious injuries 10 chill
drcl arOuseS pits and anger
Nearly 1900 children under the age Of were
killed and $4,000 were injured in automobile acct
dents during the year Besides $500 children between
the age q 5 and Il met death and $4,000 were IN
Jurs-i.
Many OF The deaths and accidents resulted from
poor mechanical condition Of motor cars.
The BIG days for damage are Saturday and Sun
day The accident rate on Sunday IS IS per cent
II excess OF The everyday rate.
n 70 drive as safely or more safely than do men.
The accident record OF drivers under Is years Of
age was The worst Of any age classification.
The fatal accident record was IS per cent greater
than for the general average Between rs and "a
the accident rate was p per greater than the
average.
These figures are important as they indicate
cutie clearly the significant factors IN automobile
accidents
Thirty years ago motor accidents we're so far
hardly given consideration. Today they have moved
up 20 tenth place.
There are Just as many deaths now from motor
car accidents as from diabetes.
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The LOVE LETTERS o.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Supreme Disaster

Z VEN IN the darkest hours OF
L the campaign, Napoleon never
failed 10 write TO Marie Louise.
Indeed. there could be no better
evidence Of his fortitude of spirit
than the letters written at the
time Of the crossing Of BereSlna.
The Beresina. its banks deep-set
with marshes, lay before the re-
treating army, the farther bank
was held bv Acmiral Tchitchagoff.
Its flank was threatened by Witt
genstein. who was marching down
from the north along the left
bank Of the river. Behind 1t was
KoutOusof. The army was hemmed
in. caught in trap. and its sole
vav Of escape led over the one
bridge spanning the Beresina at
BOrisOw.
The Dombrowski division which
held the bridge was dislodged by
the Russian Admiral, and fell
back on Ouinot on Nov. 81 Oudi-
not sent a dispatch from Bohr to
inform the Emperor Of this dis
aster.
No news could have been more
tragic. more discouraglng- Who
could guess from a reading Of Ma
poleon' S letter to the Empress that
on that very day. at Buhr, he had
given orders for the burning OF
the Eagles. lest they should be lett
as trophies for the enemy!
Mon amie-I have had no let
tiers from you for many days, but
tomorrow or the day after l shall
receive them all at once, the road
having been cut. The weather is
cold. You must have been very
anxious at not hearing from me
for several days. MY health is
very good. Kiss the little king
for me and never doubt the sem
timents of your faithful husband.
NAP.
ROhr. November oath 1872.
The King of Naples. the VicerOy,
the Prince de Neufchatel. the
marshal and my household are all
in good health.
A charge Of Oudinots troops
led by MarDot's ChasSeurS put the
French in possession of Borisow
once again. but could not pre-
vent the Russian grenadiers. COW
cred by the batteries at the
bridge head, from burning down
the bridge. Happily, the Emper-
or was now informed by two
cavalry generals, Colbert and
Corbineau. that there was ford
two leagues away, at Studienka.
The cavalry crossed the ford.
Naval pOntoneers and sappers
built two open trestle-bridges at
this spot on Nov. %; one of them
served for the artillery, the other
for the infantry. These bridges
were the salvation Of the army
On that day and the next, the
army marched past under the
Emperor eyes.
A ND. as though the immin-
N ence of supreme disaster had
left his mind untroubled by the
least qualm of anxiety, Napoleon
wrote to Marie Louise:
BorisOe. November 9th. 1872
Ma bonnie amie-YOu will nave
been many days without receiv-
ing any letters from me; l am
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An embargo has been placed on
the shipment Of arms from this
country TO either republic. To lift
this embargo from one and not
the other-as the league has done
in favor of Bolivia - would be a
violation of neutrality, which this
government wishes to avoid.
Coming on the heels Of dis
patches announcing Argentina s
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And well they may be.
More than one President has
come to grief through warning
with an irate Senate. At stake is
not only Mr.. Roosevelt'S work-re-
lief program. but his social secur-
ity measures. plus the banking and
holding corporation bills.
The President went TO a good
deal of trouble before leaving
Washington to get some frank and
realistic information as 10 the
causes for his Senatorial troubles.
And the consensus of views he
took away with him to null over
were.
/ That he is urgently in need
of more reliable and comprehen-
sive information of what is going
on in Congress. He is now de-
pendent practically entirely on the
Democratic floor leaders, who at
heart are none too friendly to his
legislative program.
>. That something must be done
about Huey Long He has Sem
ators Joe Robinson and Pat Har-
rison. titular floor leaders, very
much on the defensive and no one
else has dared tackle him. AS a
result. Huey has free hand in
warning on White House legiSla-
ton.
3. That the President must not
hesitate to fight openly and vigor-
ously for his measures. Unless he
does so. the Senate will wreSt con-
troll Of Congress from him and the
chances are he will never regain 1t.
Mr.. Roosevelt was reported to
be strongly impressed by these
suggestions. To at least one of his
plain-spoken conferees he indi-
Gated that il was the first time he
had received such advice.
What he has decided to do now
remains TO be seen.
ITUEY LONG has Administra-
II ton master minds almost
talking TO themselves in the Sem
ate regarding his resolution to in
vestigate Big Jim Farley.
They don't know which way to
turn.
They have the votes in the Post
Office Committee-to which his
resolution is referred-to bring out
an adverse report.
But if this is done, Huey would
raise the hue and cry that the
Administration feared to face a
probe. Furthermore. there is seri-
Gus doubt whether the committee
could make its negative vote stick
in the Senate.
Republicans and ProgresSives
would vote as a bloc for an inveS-
tigatiOn and there are enough reg
ular Democrats. such as MaSSa-
chusettS David / Walsh. privately
peeved at Farley, TO make it a
close count.
The alternative TO suppreSSing
the probe-allowing it TO proceed
seems too disastrous for the Ad-
ministrationites TO ponder.
Huey has amply demonstrated
that in such q proceeding he is
practically irrepreSsible. He would
use the hearings as a sounding
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s.drrrd -n- possibility of saving nothing all about
academic freedom on the ground that Il might De
dangerous
81 course DO IS interesting to note that the
Question Of Soviet influence IS rather irrelevant
Tho real point Is whether American educators are
wiling 10 20 back 10 the American dream as eX-
r-e. cd br Thomas jefferson IN the Declaration OF
Tlrrueuc.uCe
.Cs Atlantic CITY with an increased respect Ior
Dean Russell OF Teachers College He is by no
manner ~ means a radical and yct he had stood
couraecouely 0y members Of his faculty who are
uroCr FIRE.
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categorical opposition to coercive
measures by the league against
Paraguay, this helps still further to
place the league in a difficult spot.
PARAGUAY having defed the
Il leagues ultimatum to cease
fighting Bolivia, and having re-
signed from that organization in
stead, the league committee on the
Chaco war viii meet Monday week
to consider the next step
No matter what the league now
does, it will spell trouble. Having
declared Paraguay the aggreSsor
and raised its embargo to permit
the shipment Of arms to Bolivia,
it is bound by the covenant to in
woke sanctions against the alleged
outlaw
Yet effective sanctions are i'm
possible without the cooperation
Of Paraguay's neighbors, and al
ready Argentina takes pretty much
the same attitude as the United
States.
Reports from European capitals
are that some of the leagues
principal members feel that it's
prestige. already weakened by the
blow Nippon dealt it in Man
churia, will be seriously impaired
unless ar example is made Of
Paraguay.
GONE Of the smaller powers, on
X the other hand, contend that
by so doing the league would
demonstrate that it has one law
for the strong and another for the
weak. That, they warn. will be the
result if it now cracks down on
Paraguay after refusing to do so
on Japan.
The league, therefore, now
stands between the devil and the
deep sea. II it proceeds, as its
covenant directs. against Para
quay, it will almost inevitably run
counter to some Of the strongest
South American republics. and. in
addition, be accused Of acting only
against small countries. If it backs
down it will be accused Of weak
ness.
The United States will likely be
sounded out between now and the
time the Chaco committee meets
on March II to formulate league
policy
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are beginning % De heaTd OF a
character quite shocking by COM
parison with the haIlelujah shout
ing that greeted the President
when he first came TO town.
AS long as it lasted, the Roose-
welt act. including the family and
the sunny smile, as we'll as the
mystifying featS of the New Deal,
was a fascinating entertainment
which held the citizens enthralled
and. except when they broke into
cheers, silent There were Slsty
and Buzzie and the dog that took
a bite out of Mrs. Senator Car
raway, and the Roosevelt boys with
their high spirited independence
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FAIR Enough
BY
WESIBROOK PEGLER

IT has been long time since Mr.. Roosevelt pulled
i a rabbit out of the hat and the unhappy suSpi-
cion begins to dawn that he has run out Of rabbits.
That would be very bad because the act still has
a considerable time to and the customers might
become bored and start walking out or utterlng
diSparaging remarks. For that matter, a number
of the customers have actually been edging up the
aises lately not running to be sure, but certainly
on the move toward the nearest exit and remarks
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DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
BB Drew Pearson and Robert S. AUel

WASHINGTON 2Probaby most important job tackled
w his Hyde Park rest inventory OF
the WHY trouble with the Senate
finally profound
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