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Conn. Light &'
Three Observers in
State Submit Dillon'-
.9 out Reports on What
" Happened
ossnfir—ATIIONS
A. R. at. Had 300 Lis-
teners Making Com-
parisons Saturday
During Phenomena
HARTFORD. Jan. 26.—Observa-
tions of 'the cflcct of the solar eo-
lipse on radio transmission made by
members of the American Relay
League in this vicinity revealed a
surprising variety of opinion as to
what t‘bok place in the ether while
the shadow of the moon swept
across the state on its way to the
sea. Three observers in as many
different. sections reported three
conflicting forms of radio phenome-
na. indicating that similar conditions
did not exist throughout Connecti—
cut's portion of the totality band.
The reports received by the league
were as follows:—
West Sufileld, F. C. Beekley: "No
marked change in signal strength
was noticed durlng the period of the
eclipse. The normal decrease in sig-
nal intensity came at sunrise. but
the increase. which many prophesied
would come during totality, was
either absent or too small to be no-
ticeable."
“There was practically no static
observed immediately before. during
or after the eclipse. The period of
totality lasted here for about forty
seconds. It ‘may be that the slug-
sishness of the atmosphere in re-
spending to the disappearance of the
sun's rays prevented this short pe-
riod of darkness from affecting the
condition of the ether to any mark-
ed extent."
Return To Night Conditmns
South Manchester, John L. Rein-
artz: "Radio reception for one hour
showed a. return to night. time con-
ditions This effect became noticea-
ble 8 half hour before totality and
continued to a slightly varying ex.
tent .a. half hour afterward. The in-
tensity was not quite as marked as
in ordinary night."
East Hartford. A. A. Hebert:
"Radio signal strength on the short
wave lengths showed slight tadlng
between 8:40 a. m. and 9:15 a. m.
During this period the receiving sta-
tion was tuned in to amateur sta-
tion SDAJ at Niagara Falls. N. Y.
Power Co.
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one of the stations designated by the
A. R. R. L. to transmit on amateur
wax-e lengths while the eclipse was
in progress." .
The difference effects noted in th
foiegolng reports. according to one
observer. may have been due partly
to the fact that the three listeners
tuned in on transmitting stations
located in widely separated parts of
the country, although practically all
of the sending stations were situated
within the band of totality as were
the receiving stations. No reports
were received from listeners outside
of the totality band.
Red 300 Observers —
In order to draw any definite con-
clusions on the results of the radio
investigation. the A. R. R. L.. an-
nounced that reports must be await"-
ed from approximately 300 observ-
ers distributed throughout every
state in the Union. The reports of
the three Connecticut amateurs
were regarded as not important
until they had been compared with
the returns elsewhere.
While members of the A. R. R. L.
were engaged in making observa-
tions of the eflect of the eclipse on
the short wave lengths. hundreds of
volunteers from the large body of
radio listeners were making some-
what similar observations for the
"Scientific American" on the broad-
cast wave lengths. Four broadcast-
ing stations within the totality band
transmitted readings for their ben.
efit. The conclusions drawn by sep-
arate committees of the “Scientific
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HE WAS VICTIM
or THE ECLIPSE
STAMFORD. Jan. 28.—
So far as known there was only
one accident in this city which
could be directly attribute-d to the
eclipse Saturday. Stanislaw .Stobier-
ski— used photograph films with
which to gaze at the sun. At the
same time he 1911 a lighted cigar-
ette in his fingers. The films and
the cigarette met and Mr. Stobierski
thought for a moment that the son
had deserted its. position in the sky
and had landed on his eyebrow.
Alter sitting the clinkcrs out of his
cowlick and having a bandngt
placed on his forehead the victim
01 the accident residues his gaze
into the sky. only to learn that the
total eclipse had taken place while
he was being taken car :. of. Ho‘says
the .next ~time he views a. total
eclipse he will smoke one of those
Turkish pipes which have a long
tube“ for a stem an. which curry
[their own supply of water with
which to extinrilih tires.
W“...
t . nfe‘ Travelled Some
The speedometer on the official
state our put at the disposal or the
" law that the car
. traveled”. op!!!" during theme
”a. _ “Werner Templeton's
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gnarl: 100 miles a. on
, 7 . , _ o more.
throughout the state than
executive roothis century,
accounted foggmoet of the
your.“ will. stotQ‘cer.‘~
on. achieving a gromme-
i
Some of the women who have achieved notable work late In life: Left
ton, Athenian novelist; Mn.
er.
Carrie Jacobs Bond. m writer;
Below. Lady Rhonda. Enxllsh business wow; Blanche Bates,
H. \V. Bacalgsen, and Olga. Nether-sole, English actress.
By muss CMIPBELL.
In this day and age we are quite
apt to dwell on. the marvelous
achievements of the: young espe-
cially the young women. We em-
phasize their accomplishments.
forgetting that there are many we-
men in the world. both matrons
and spinstors. who have done their
most. notable work after they passed
the bait century merit.
Who's Who for 1925 records the
achievements of many of these wo-
men. liirs. Janet Little Story. an
Englishwoman. is the oldest of the
group. being 96. She has a list of
half a dozen publications as the
fruit. of her years between 64 and
88. and none earlier. Charlotte
Sherman is 92. director and treas-
urer of orphans' hOmes since she
was 30 and still active. The lion.
Emmellne Mary Plunkett. 89. pub-
lished several books. the first at 51
and the last at 68.
Gertrude Atherton
DRHORNADAY’S
PAID SOME HEED
T0 migcursn
Rarest of All Birds
Celebrates b y Dis-
playing All His Beau-
tiful Plumage
American
STAMFORD. Jan. 26.—
W’hile millions of people were
watching the skies Saturday morn-
ing while the eclipse was in pro-
gress. Dr. William T. Hornaday of
this city. who is curator of the
Bronx Zoo. and all the officials and
employees. at that worderful place
were watching the animals. the
birds and the reptiles. They wanted
to learn how their charges acted
during the eclipse to and see wheth-
er they were frightened or paid no
attention to what was going on in
the heavens. Horde of deer raced
in terror about their ranges in the
Zoo during the half-minute of total
eclipse. small. birds flew up into the
branches. and put their heads under
their wings. owls rushed about in
excitement. the apes and monkeys
quit chattering and huddled togeth-
er in apparent awe and a great al-
ligator roared Its resonant evening
note.
g The return of light was accom-
panied by.the "charm of earliest
birds." A few ‘minutes after total-
lty the song-blrds' cage was ringing
with the trills and melodies which
usher in the dawn of a bright day.
" Rarest of Birds ..
The greatest sensation at the 200
was the reaction of Prince Rupert's
bird. called the blue bird of para-
dise. to the eclipse. This is the rar-
est and most beautiful bird in the
world. ' Books of ornithology of for-
ty yeah ago.descrlbe its splendors
and state that it is. extinct. The
specimen in the Bronx is the only
onein existence. and the collector.
who brought it fromsomepdd corn—
or of the earth. was greeted with as
much enthusiasm as if he had arc
rived with 4a phoenix or a roe.
All of its plum'mage is the blue
of the peacock's neck. It discloses
its full magnificence only on are
occasions when it is,in a mood of
courtship. "But after years of sin.
gle'life it had become a resigned
celibate. and it is only after long
laterals that it unfurle the full
megnlnceuce or site robes. Artists
havostalked its case for months for
anopportunity to soothe blue bird
of paradise filler: it‘ seeks to make
an impression. At such times the
birdktak‘ee aaflrm hold ;on a limb ‘
with its relawswaud' hangs head
downward. -»With a wetland has
of plumee andmnons; it slowly un-
folds end‘apreads‘ wide fitsifuli seen-
_ which
soother bird can match. ‘ -, .
' tininutes- after ‘ the vents
' g .- keeperheard thoswishlng‘
ozgeathers...lookedgebout end then; '-
‘iho‘ttled: "The blue «bird
.01 paradise
is new .7 up." ., "
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,,
writer. admits that she is sixty odd
but says that she is young enough
to get the best of life without reluo
venatlon. although ‘bhc recommends
it for others. Mrs. Carrie Jacobs
Bond. composer of "A Perfect Day"
and many other compositions. is 0:.
She is not only active musically. but
is a mdiber of the Women‘s Asso-
ciation of Commerce 6! Chicago and
president of a. music publishing
company.
Selma Lesorlof. Sweden. called
the most famous writer of her sex
in the world. took the Nobel prize
for literature at 51 and is now 06.
Lady Rhonda. English business wo—
man. is the baby of this group. be-
lng only ii. She has been trying
to establish her right to a seat in
the House of Lords. without suc-
cess so far. Blanche Bates. Amer-
ican actress. is 5:. and is still ac-
tire. appearing successfully on the
stage. Olga. Nethersole. English
actress. after having finished an-ero
duous carter as actress and theatri—
rushed in and found the bird of
paradise hanging head down with
wings and tail feathers extended to
the limit. The occurrence of two
mornings in less than four hours
had apparently interrupted the rou-
tine of life for the bird so as to
cause this rare manifestation.
Everyone At Poet.
Dr. William T. Hornadey and all
the keepers and curators were at
posts about the Zoo. in accordance
with a. fixed plan before the eclipse;
started. in order to make serious ob.
sorvntions and records of the shoots
of the eclipse on the birds and ani-
mals. Many interesting observa-
tions were made.
"We kept a close watch on the
small nocturnal mammals. thinking
that the draknees would cause some
of them to wake up and begin to
prowl, but they all remained curled
up in bells." said Curator Raymond
L. Ditmars. "No notice of the eclipse
was taken by ~.he flying phalsngors.
the Egyptian Jerboas. the slow loris
or the flying aquirrels. We usually
find them prowling about at dusk.
but they did not stir for the eclipse.
although it was as dark as night.
Great crowds. which poured into
the Zoo early in the morning to see
the eclipse from the rocks and hill
tops. were thrilled by the wild race
of a herd of fellow deer which began
about fifteen minutes before the
eclipse was total. The leader be-
came nervous a. little before this.
tossed his antlers afl gased about.
as if on the watch for danger. The
dim light at this time was like til ‘
which precedes thunderstorms. a
this may have been the thing that
stampeded the. d r.‘ After getting
started. they race about. with many
sudden stops and changes of direc-
tion .until some moments utter the
end of totality. ~
The peccariea wart hogs. wild
boars and other species of wild
swine kept oaeatins without losing
a moment or g anyattention
to the darkness. was what was
expected because the members ,of
the pig family pay no attentionlto
celestial mechanics. ‘Thelr practice
is to set until they are urea and
to sleep until they feel hungry. The
girafies. antelopee and kangaroos
were indoors and love no ngns of
noticing anything unusual.
The keeper of the elephant house
said that) while it was almost totally
dark there the elephants; were not
disturbed in theJeeet.” said Hr. bit;
more. “Butv‘tlr’e _ elephants new
sleep. ~anyway..he says. He has never
noticed any ,difleren. on ,ln“thslr;bo—
havior by night: or day. They stand
there‘and sway with the sense mum
at all times-g'll'he‘iionmand tiger.
moved about as they‘usuelly do on
a cloudy morning. , ,.
/ ”alarm and dwell ,
"The beheflor Ioi- the monkey-
house ceremony:- 'most new.
ing. f, or arasiuligofien‘ergy-‘mr
stit‘”) ~ . - . .- _ ..
e010 #13thqu K
to right. above: Gertrude Ather-
Mm’Selma moron Swedish writ-
Americenacu-eesescerwaturcdby
cal manager. unounced at the age
of 53 that it was her intention to
run for parliament.
These are only a. very few of the
women who have accomplished
splendid work at an advanced age.
Of all this class. Mrs. Victoria Clai-
lln Martin holds the record for var-
ied experiences.
She was born in Homer. Ohio.
eighty-six years ago; the seventh
child of the family. and has been
financier. ' banker. writer. editor.
proprietor of a magazine. suffrage
leader. labor propagandist and can-
didatc for the presidency of the
United States. The Equal Rights
Party nominated her for that at the
ego of it. She says that for so
years she has "conducted propagan-
da work for working classes in Eur-
ope and America." and is the author
of a number of publications. With
all this history she had had time to
marry twice and bring up two chil-
dran.
and there was perfect silence in the
monkey~housc. Those who saw them
felt that. they had a sense that
something was wrong; that the day
was too short. Their spirits picked
up quickly when the light came
back.
"in the bird house the sounds
grew steadily less throughout the
eclipse and came to an end before
the total phase. The birds flew up
to their resets. They ilufied up
their feathers and bumped up their
backs. and Curator Crandall saw
several with their heads tucked
away under their wings for the
night. It was a typical down in
the bird house when the light came
back.
"The owls were the only noctur-
nel things that were stimulated in
any way. They rushed forth. hopped
to the ground and back to their
perches. The great snowy owls
scented to be in terror. They flut-
tered against the walls. beat their
wine's and showed great excitement.
These and the deer were the only
things in the zoo that were thrown
into a panic.
"The only thing unmal in the
reptile house was the deep. vibrat-
ing sound of one of the big alligat-
ors. This huge reptile is in the he-
bit of greeting twilight with a gut-
iural roar that makes the floor vi-
brate as if a train were passing out-
side. It gave this sound in instal-
ments. each about ten seconds long.
eclipse."
Stamford Police Get
7 in Gaming Raid
STAMFORD. Jan. u.—
Following an investigation into
ant'iooated at NOsv 51 . Men
Street. which .had lasted for more
entemdahe building shortly after"!
'rested five men. who were taken to
Police Headquarters charted with
frequenting a gambling house. Two
new the. proprietors. v‘who ' were
charged with opal-am a . gaming
vhouec, were also arrested. -
Th3;errested;were ' Nichol
m . ofNo.’ 5133mm
Street. and Atlas Moniketl's of the
same address. . Bothmwere charged
with keeping a gaming home. The
«accusator- arre‘ed ‘were John
Bkarumbrus of No; 376 dish: Street.
peter Pandotys of No. ”SP-cine
EMPOWHMo of, No. -, 100
Hematreet-end'tesdore Koch or
No.1 '11! bulimia-set. «.1180 two
throth the darker phase of the ,
the activities of an upstairs restaup 5
than two weeks. members of the po-
lice department. headed by Detoo-‘
tics Sergeant" Daniel L'nanraha'n .
o'clock yesterday morning and er- ‘
dot-bonded "potash andttbe rrs- ‘
quentermposted‘bohdlctfldeach.‘ ,
, models. including:
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ANNIVERSARY
KOFBOY SCOUTS
; BEING mum
'0: anization Will Be
lig‘ifteen Years Old in
February -—- Scout-
masters Hold Session
Tentative
Fifteenth Anniversary Week of the
Boy Scouts of America from Feb-
ruary 8th to 14th. are now being
made everywhere.
Councils all over the canary vii:
ut 0 special programs or o
tphe innit-cream emphasising the
work of the movement. The motto
America."
"Once a Scout. Always a Scout.”
has been adopted as the working
dig-an. The total membership in
America is “0.371. This Includes
“3.218 boys and 154.053 adult
volunteer leaders. There are 31..
923 troops formed out. of this large
number. Churches sponsor 63 per
cent of these troops and every do-
nomination is represented.
Organisations beside the churches
which are supporting the Scout work
by backing troops arsevarious men's
clubs about the country. Rotary.
Kiwanis. Knights of Columbus.
Lions. E Civic-s. Optimist.
and other clubs and fraternities are
among the parent organizations.
A program is being adopted by the
American began to have each of
its 11.000 posts adopt at letst one
troop. '
An idea of the work which roll
be carried on in the future will he
gained When it ll learn a that by
estimation there are eight million
boys not yet enrolled. It)? can-
not loin until more volume-r lead.
on have been enlisted. The: is the
greatest problem which laces the
Boy Scout movement at the present
time.
A sub-division of the original Boy
Scout program is the work of mg.
scouting. It teaches training m sea.
craft as Well as the basic ideas of
scouting.
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