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GAS MAY ADVANCE
Heavy Hydrogen, Isolated
[ Here, Raises Hopes
I'-* of Scientists.
r BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE,
Associated Press Science Editor.
NEW YORK. December 11.—“Iso
lope'’ hydrogen, a new gas, today adds
Another chapter to the story of creation,
ft is pure hydrogen, which is just twice
Ac heavy as the ordinary ga-s because
a peculiar quirk in its makeup.
Discovery of the new hydrogen was
announced last night by the American
Institute of Physics as a Joint accom
plishment of Columbia University and
the United States Bureau of Standards.
Ordinary hydrogen, the simplest of
all elements, is made of atoms which
ee m to be nothing more than a positive
and a negative charge of electricity,
called a proton and an electron.
Accounts for Weight.
The heavy hydrogen Is made of four
charges of electricity, twice as many,
which account* for the additional
Weight.
This heavy stuff apparently exists in
rival 1 amounts in all hydrogen gas. It
as extracted at the Bureau of Stand
ards by Dr F G. Bridtwedde. He
liquefied ordinary hydrogen at 437 de
grees below zero. Fahrenheit, and per
mitted seme of this liquid to evaporate. ;
The idea was that if any heavy stuff
existed, it would stay in the bottom of
th.v receptacle. This is exactly what i
Happened. The heavy gas was then
amt to Columbia University, where
Prof. Harold C. Urey and Dr G. M.
Murphy put it in a glass tube and
made it glow like a neon light, but
With a pinkish blue color.
Find Extra Charges.
By analyzing this light they discov
ered the extra charges of electricity in the
was atoms. Both the extra charges are
tied up in the “nucleus,” or center of
the atom. “Isotope” is the scientific
tame for atoms having similar irregular
Weights of electricity in their nuclei.
■This is the first time that any atom of
Buy substance has been discovered with
*uch a big weight difference.
The new gas is expected to be the
Bust useful stuff yet available to scien
tists, who are trying to find out how
these queer nuclei are put together. If
they can learn that, they hope to dis
cover how matter is created and per
haps be able themselves to do a little
elchemy.
PERSIAN CAPITOL BURNS
f’nrliament Buildings Destroyed
Before Troops Control Blaze.
TEHERAN, Persia, December 11 <>P).
•—The main buildings of the Persian
Parliament House were destroyed yes
terday by a fire originating in a de
fective flue.
A thousand troops helped firemen
»nd succeeded in preventing neighbor
ing buildings from catching fire. Great
crowds stood by and there was intense
txcitement all day.
SCRUB WOMAN. 63. DETERMINED I
TO FLOAT DOWN MISSISSIPPI
Declares Neither FI re, Water, Ice Nor|
Snow Shall Stop Her—Has Encoun
tered Fire and Snow.
By the Associated Press,
BURLINGTON. Iowa. December 11 —
The "Father of Waters" has offered a
challenge to a 63-year-old scrub woman
and she has accepted It.
The woman—Miss Randi Le Royl of
Superior, Wis., Is determined that
neither fire, water, ice nor snow shall
stop her from realizing a dream of
many years—namely to float down the
Mississippi River from Superior to the
Gulf of Mexico In a flat boat 20 feet
long. <
She has already encountered fire and
snow, but the woman, who was bom in
Norway, said she was determined to
carrv on, having worked for years at
scrubbing and other jobs to earn thp
money for her Huckelberry Fin-Tom
Sawyer adventure.
Fire destroyed her oilcloth tent 10
miles north of here last Tuesday night,
causing her to suffer from exposure in
Winter-like weather, but she promptly
bought a new one, restocked her larder,
and pushed her craft off again.
She propels her “ship" with hand
made oars.
Some one suggested that in view of
her slow progress—an average of 20
miles a day since she l°ft Superior late
last month—would cause her to find the
I river frozen before she finishes the
2,200-mile trip.
In that event she said she would
j "continue the trip on skates."
She said she had no definite plans
after reaching the Gulf of Mexico
HONOR LILLIAN LEITZEL
Stage, Screen and Sawdust Stars at
California Rites for Ashes.
LONG BEACH, Calif., December 11
I (A3).—Stars of the screen, stage and
sawdust ring paid respects here yes
terday to the memory of Lillian Leitzel,
renowned aerialist. killed last February
while performing in Copenhagen.
Rev. Perry G. M. Austin, rector of
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, read the
funeral service. Miss Leitzel's ashes
were brought to Long Beach last May
by Miss Mabel Goule, a friend of the
acrobat.
Following the service a marble mon
ument was unveiled in Inglewood Cem
etery.
Historians cite the nullification ordi
nance in South Carolina, on November
j 19. 1832 as perhaps the most important
' went cf that year.
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•%
Tomorrow—in Advance of the
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A Limited Number of
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Were $35 arid $45
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Tom or row—Limit ed A u m her
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Week-End Candy
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Wearable Gifts for the Children
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Boys' Fine Wool Sweaters i
m
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Personal Gifts
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Silk Underthings
$1.95
Juniors are as delighted as mother
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Other jilk underwear, $2.95 to $5.
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Girls’ one, two and three piece paja
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Dainty Negligees
$6
Silk crepe negligees in delicate
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Five O'Clock Frocks
*1650
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Fancy Crepe Slippers
For More Formal Occasions
$6-50
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Entertains, Develops,
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$5.50
This prancing steed will keep the children
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The Toy Store, Fourth Floor.