The advantages claimed for tiiis light
are: *d
FirstThat there is no danger of fire
from it because it gives out no heat
Second.That it requires 100 times
less current, which can be generated
by a tiny portable battery.
ThirdThat it contains the ultra vio
let rays, requiring 100 times less elec
tricity, and, with an inexpensive ap
paratus, can be used for moving pic
tures in schools, eliminating danger.
Photographers are expected to aban
don magnesium, for a "cold light" at
tachment on a camera gives results
with an exposure of one-fourth of the
time needed for magnesium.
This invention will be especially val
uable for lighthouses, submarines and
aerial navigation.
Professor Dussaud has patriotically
placed his discovery at the disposal of
the war. ministry, whose experiments
at the Biarritz lighthouse were conclu
sive. Dussaud paid a tribute to his
master, Branly, as the first discoverer
of the principle of wireless telegraphy,
which he said was afterward put to
practical use by Marconi.
GUARDING PRINCE OF WALES.
Detectives Watch Suffragettes and In
dian Students at Universities.
Oxford, England.Scotland Yard de
tectives in relays are guarding the
Prince "of Wales night and day and
shadowing his every movement.
It is said that the vigilance of the
detectives is for the twofold purpose of
protecting his royal highness from at
tacks by suffragettes and from possi
ble plots by Indian students in the uni
versities."
CUBAN NEGROES PLAN REVOLT
Funds For Uprising Being Raised by
"Popular Subscription.
Havana.The negroes of this city
have been donating 25 cents a month
toward the financing of another upris
ing which they plan to start simulta
neously, with a proposed revolt of the
Liberalists. It is reported that the sub
scription is being made throughout the
island.
To Jail Navy. Grafters.
