.. NEW STAR INDICATES CELESTIAL CATASTROPHE
Special to The Norfie Nugget l>y The Associated Press.
I’ASADKNA. (.’ill. Sumy remarkahh> facts revealed by the telescope
and the spectroscope regarding Nova Aquilae No. 3, the new star that blazed
forth In the heavens June hist, as the result of a ‘‘Celestial catastrophe" have
been set forth In a recent article prepared for The Associated Press by Dr.
Walter S. Adams, assistant director <»f the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory,
near here.
"The appearance of the Lempoiary star or nova in the constellation of
.tquilu on June 8, is one of the most interesting astronomical events in years",
says Dr. Adams. "Although such s:ars an- by no means unknown, fifteen
having been discovered since 1.X91, no star comparable with this in brightness
has appeared since the celebrated star of Kepler in 1604.
"Although such stars arc called novae, (or "new") they are new only
•n the sense of undergoing an ..us increase in brightness. Thus Nova
Aquilae No. 3, (so called since ihe two temporary stars had been found prev
iously In this constellation) has been identified as a faint star, quite invisible
to the naked eye, on a large number of photographs taken during the past
thirty years.
"Its increase in brightness apparently began on June 7th., and on June
9th, it was 10,000 times as bright as it was originally and by far the most
brilliant star in the summer sky. It then begun to facie, at first rapidly, and
then more gradually, with occasional oscillations in light. By August first it
had become reduced to one-hundredth of its greatest hrillaney.
“It Is clear that the outburst of a nova must represent something in the
nature of a celestial catastrophe, since no ordinary physical process can ac
count for the extraordinary increase of light within a few hours. Two theories
have been suggested to account for the phenomenon, the collision of two stars,
and the collision of a star with a cloud of nebulous gas. At present there is
little to choose between them, but the results of the study of Nova Aquilae
may aid in a decision.
BOLSHEVIKI OFFERED FORMER GERMAN EMPRESS A JOB
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Pious.
AMSTERDAM. M. ria Foodorovna, former Dowager Empress of
Russia and mother of the late Emperor Nicholas, not long ago complained
to Darachuk, leader of the Bolshevik Soviet at Yalta that her allowance of 100
rubles a week was insufficient.
"The Soviet wants a clerk." retorted Darachuk1 jecringly, "If you
v/ant to supplement your income the position is open to you.
Evidently the former Dowager Empress disdained to reply. This in
formation comes from Dr. Eeo Eedoror who was sent to Yalta by the Berlin
Tageblatt to ascertain the condition of the members of the formerly roy*l
families of Russia. The colony at Yalta consists of fifteen persons including
the fermer Grand Dukes Nicholas and Peter, their wives who are daughters
of the King of Montenegro, and the former Grand Duke Alexander Miehalio
viteh and his family.
They are living in Duelbar Castle, near Livadia in the Crimea. Their
lives were made extremely miserable when the extremist Soviet at Yalta early
last year assumed control of the palace and ignored directions from Petro
grad.
All were in constant fear of their lives, reports being life that the
Yalta soviet was planning to murder all Romanoffs. Attempts were actually
made, it Is said, to kill various members of the colony, but all were frustrated
by the watchfulness of the loyal sailor guards.
Great relief was experienced when the Germans took control. They at
any rate had no designs on the lives of the exiles.*- ^ ‘
"Neither the dowager empress nor the grandjflifKJI#;" Dr. I.edercr writes,
"are regarded as prisoners, and their desire to live lYi the Crimea as private
persons is fully respected. Only, like all other persons, they may not leave
the Crimea without special consent.
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BY STEFANSSON
Associated Press. Service.
VANCOUVER, It O —New names
for Arctic lands and sons probably
will soon be wanted in Ottawa as a
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mur Stefansson, the returned Cana
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BASEBALL GROWING POPULAR
ABROAD SINCE U. S. ENTRY
Associated Press Service.
NEW YORK. —The popularity of
baseball among the allied nations
abroad is spreading so rapidly that
there is already a demand for simple
instructions and rules of the game,
printed in foreign languages. To
meet these requirements several ex
pert baseball authorities are collab
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SMALLEST BRITISH PLANES
SMALLER THAN BIRDS
Associated Press Service.
LONDON. —The smallest Briti«h
airplanes are actually of loss span
than the largest birds. The gr< it
albatross has been known to measure
18 feet from whig-tip to wing-tin.
A certain type of "midget" airplane
recently exhibited in Ix>ndon is only
15 feet in width.
“These are the machines which we
may expect to see after the war car
rying our mails,” declared Major
Ordo Lees, of the British aviation
service, “and they will be almost as
universal as the smart automol le
mail vans of pre-war times. These
small machines will be largely us. d
by the postal authorities on account
of the existing limitations of storage
and starting grounds In our gre it
cities. Postal aerodromes, like ru.l
way stations, must be near the post
offices, at least In the initial stages
of development.
"Later the problem may be solved
by the use of pneumatic tube com
munication between the central
postoffices and the postal aerodromes
In delivering letters to distances of
250 miles or more, the big types of
airplanes will be used, but for local
work small machines are likely to be
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U. S. SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM OPENS EVES OF WORLD
Special to The Nome Nugget by Tho Associated Press.
PHILADEPTHA. - America's vast shipbuilding program has opened
the eyes of the world to her tremendous possibilities, recently declared Peter
O. Knight, Vice President and general counsel of the American Internationa!
Shipbuilding Corporation, which operates the big plant at Hog island.
"The Japanese visitors counted the 5<» ways, one by one, and exclaimed:
“Why, we have only ten more wavs in our whole country than you have in
this one yard,” he said. And Lord Heading, of England, declared that it
typified the lirnitlessness of America.
"Others ask how w«* '-an do such things, and they learn that at the be
ginning of the war the wealth of the I nited Stales was $250,000,000. coinjxired
with $85,000,000,000 as the wiilt'i .. C C:, t |:.u..jn, $mi. .. mi i. no. «•»,.. f.„- lltl ,n
and $53,000,000,000 for France.
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war begun who have bought back $4,000,000,000 <>f securities, loaned *7,000,000.
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ount of $7,000,000,000 more We have carried on ihe enlarged business of the
country and a war costing us $5o,000.ooo a day.
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fourth of the commerce of the gb.lM- mid has a. . uniulated . third of the gold
supply of the world. So if rent is the nation's wealth that oven this Will cun
not deplete it. informed Germans or oilmens ,.r othe. nations .annot think
Germany ran win with America against her."
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IRISH FARMERS GROW PROPEROUS RAISING FLAX
Spertal to the Nugget By the Associated Press
DURIAN.—Flax growing in Ireland has receive.I ., remarkable impetus
from the war. Before hostilities began Ireland grew only ., small proportion
of the flax required by the Ulster linen industry, but Rritaiu's participation in
the war, and the resulting restriction of flax imports from foreign countries.
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DRINKING CUSTOMS OF ENGLISH STUDENTS SURPRISE AMERICANS
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
LONDON, A memorial asking for the promotion of temperance in ox
ford which was presented to the I'niversity authorities has been resented by
them on the ground that its insinuation that there was need for greater tem
perance was untrue. The memorial was signed by 721 persons, uf whom 5ti6
were graduates of Oxford.
In reply to the authorities declined "to receive or discuss a memorial
which implies that drunkenness has been prevalent at Oxford of late and that
the influence of the I'niversity has not 1.,«mi used in favor of temperance "
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cans who encounter them for the first time. Students have beer customarily
with their meals in the college commons ,and wines f they want them and
can afford them. Drinking port after dinner h> the dons and undergraduates
is an old and generally followed custom. The • Fresher's wines" to which the
[petitioners objected are drinking parties held in the students rooms, which
are also a recognized custom of the universities.
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BRITISH COLLECTING NOVEL WAR EPITAPHS
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press
LONDON, —For the proposed national wai museum-.here, a eollect ion
of war epitaphs is being made. Here is one from a British graveyard in
Franco.
"When you go home tell them .if us and say
For your tomorrow they gave their to-day".
From the graves of men who went down at lb.- buttle of (’oronel. the fol
lowing Is taken.
"If life's best prize be to end life well
Then envy us: we died at Coronet."
"These in the glorious morning of their days
For England's sake lost nil but England’s praise."
The following is an epitaph for soldiers who died in the first battle of
Ypres:
"When Might in scornful millions came arrayed
Here a few English stood, and he was stayed."
CAL. SCHOOL GIRL ACHIEVES NOVEL RECORD
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
SIJSANYII.LE. Cal.—Stella Looms, a rural school girl of Plumas coun
ty. is the champion squirrel killer of this section of northe.r C ilifoi-nia. In
the recent state contest for the extermination of such ground rodents. .Miss
Loomis turned in 3780 tails, winning first prize, .fumes Patch, a school boy.
took second prize with 3770 tails.
Several of the school districts of the country turned in surprisingly
large numbers of tails, Juniper district taking the first prize for schools with
8089 and Ash Valley second with 7875.
The aggregate of tails entered in the oentest, all by children, w is
21,669, representing approximately 158,345 squirrels destroyed, it being esti
mated that only one out of each five squirrels poisoned dies outside of its
burrow.
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