Babylon, N. Y. Joseph Weeks is
dead in the Southside hospital here
from the effects of an accident July 7,
1912. He dove into shoal water and
struck the bottom with such force as
to break his neck. He would have
drowned had it not been for the alert
ness of Joseph Dovell, a friend, who
pulled him'ashore.
Weeks' mind remained bright to the
-last, but he never was able to regain
the use of his body. He was always
cheerful and hopeful, and no patient in
the hospital received more attention
from visitors. On several-occasions he
was wheeled about the village, and'he
eren attended ball games in his reclin
ing chair.
BLOW UP WARSHIPS
BY WIRELESS NOW
New Invention Is Secretly
Tested In England.
-London.An invention which, when
fully developed, promises to reform
war has been given a successful test
off Portsmouth. Although the ad
miralty has attempted to keep the mat
*ter a secret, it is now definitely known
that mine attached to the bottom of
the British cruiser Terpsichore was
exploded at a distance of eight miles
by wireless impulse.
Some weeks ago the Terpsichore, a
third class cruiser of 3,400 tons dis
placement, 300 feet long and forty
three feet beam, was taken into dry
dock, where dockyard hands attached
a metal box to her bottom. The cruiser
was towed to Stokes bay. Her water
tight compartments were then closed
and all members of the crew left the
ship.
A few moments later the Terpsichore
half rose out of the water amidst a
vast upheaval of water. She at once
took a heavy list to port and five dock
yard tugs came to her assistance, keep
ing her afloat with their pumps while
they towed the sinking cruiser into
Portsmouth.
BOY EARNS $40,000.
