MAMMOTH MIRROR WEIGHS
MORE THAN FOUR TONS
Special Correspondence A. P.
PASADENA, Cal.—A mirror weigh
ing 4 1-2 tons, necessary to complete
the Mount Wilson observatory tele
scope, was today to be taken from
here probably tomorrow over a rug
ged winding mountain road on the
last leg of its Journey which began
twelve years ago, in St Gobain, France,
to the summit of Mount Wilson, ap
proximately 5000 feet above Pasadena.
Uepresenting many months of labor
during which the great block of glass
lias been ground so accurately that
the sligthest change sin temperature
affect its surface, noticeably, the mir
ror, has been carefully encased in lay
ers of carded wool and packed in a
huge octagonal crate parafinc lined
to make it uir tight. The crate will
rest in a cradle of heavy timbers, with
a series of springs adjusted between
the inner wall of the cradle and the
container, to absorb any shock likely
to result when the precious h ad is
carried up the mountain on a large
automobile truck,
I It probably will be three months
J before the mirror finally is mounted
s’ I ready for tn« of 'h s.*‘ronomers.
I mirror s 101 inches in dlame
«v, IS inches t‘. ick and has « ctn
.. vt mrfncc. The rough case made at
St. t'olmiu in 190^, weighed approxi
mately 5 1 - ‘J tons but its weight was
icdncfd in the grinding which was
begun in Pasadena In 1911 under the
direction of l)r. O. W. Ritchey of
the observatory The mirror did not
arrive in Pasadena until 1909 four
years after it was cast, after which
two years were spent in searching for
a better specimen of glass and an
other was 3pent in grinding perfecting,
and mounting a 60-inch plane mirror
with which to test the huge disk.
The 100-inch telescope for which the
mirror was made is practically com
plete except for the installation of the
huge reflector.
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Claims Title on Technicality.
Special Correepondence A. P.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal—Followers j
of boxers In California were interest- .
ed in the report that Freddie Welsh, |
former lightweight champion, still was 1
claiming the title by advancing the
technicality that he was not counted
out by the referee when defeated re
eentlv by Benny Leonard. The great .
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tling Nelson was recalled when the (
former won the title from the Dane
in tlie forty-third round of what was
scheduled as a forty-five round match.
Nelson, battered and bleeding, was
fighting blindly through sheer in
stinct and the bout was slopped by
the referee to save the defeated man
unnecessary punishment before the
inevitable knockout. Boxing men
point out that the technicality Welsh
is said to lie a hoomnrang on himself
for if he did not lose the title, nrttli- j
er did Nelson and so the title could I
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COST OF MEXICAN
REVOLUTION
MEXICO CITY-The recent revo
lution cost Mexico 951,736,300 pesos
us estimated by General Venustiano
Carranza, the president-elect in a
message to the Mexican congress. Of
[ this sum the greatest part was in
[ paper currency, of which 855,818,800
! pesos was expended. The cost of
maintaining the army amounted to
717.355,054 pesos, of which all but 61,
I 554,096 pesos was paid in paper cur
[ ronoy.
The total amount of paper money
issued by the government during the
revolution subsequent to April 26.
1913, was 671,954,221 pesos. This in- !
eludes the Monclova 'issue of 5,000,000
1 pesos, the constitutional army issue
| of 25,5000,000 pesos, the .provisional
government of Mexico issues of more
! than 42,000,000 and the provisional
j government of Vera Cruz issue of
l nearly 600,000,000. It does not include
the "irifalsiflcable” issue made dur
lug a pertod denominated as one of
reconstruction.
In addition to other indebtedness.
General Carranza declared that in
demnities for injuries suffered dilr
<1ng the war eventually must lie
charged against the revolution. Among
these indemnifies are the sums re
quired to rehnllifi trite the national
railways.
SWEDEN COMPELLED
TO DRASTIC ECONOMY
Special Correspondence A. P.
I STOCKHOLM. Sweden —‘ Wh'ile
Sweden has not yet had to suffer as
many prisoners from the war as have
certain other neutrals, conditions have
reached a point where it. is unusual
for a week to pass without bringing
some new restriction, cither in the
from of an expropriation by (he state
of certain articles, or some other meth
od of reducing consumption. Hides of
all sei ts were expropriated a few days
ego. A decree followed shortly for
I aiding the brewing until September
30 next of malt drinks with a greater
volume of alcohol than 3.6 per cent
The latest restriction deals wifi gas
and electricity.
With the beginning of the new sub*
marine campaign Sewedens’ coal sup.
ply from Kngland virtually stopped. It
has now been found necessary to com
pel a considerate reduction in con
sumption. To save coal the price of
gas and electricity has been increased.
The pol'ice are empowered to reduce
the lighting of signs and advertise
ments.
Street car companies must reduce
llieir traffic. The price of fuel wood
which already had ciuadrupled since
tlie beginning of the war, has gone
up another notch. A cord cost $3.40
in 1914; it now costs $9.75. Railway
authorities are experimenting with
peat for fuel, and have decided to
ask the state to expropriate all peat
bogs.
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