NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9176, 20 June 1908, Page 7

NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

WIRELESS PHOTOGRAPHY. , Loudon, April 29. Professor Amundsen, who can sit; in Paris and set up type in London by wireless telegraphy, and also send photographs by wireless, explained how he does it at the Hotel Cecil last night. The professor, who is a Dane by birth, performs his feats solely by the aid of ether waves. Touching a keyboard in Paris sets up the type in London on an ordinary linotype machine. Toe professor so far has not extei ir e iin cuts beyond a ypt 1 m i Ati> Common f J r* in i Jattersea. Last, mcrlit tner professor sent i t ao o' i Kg and Queen lt v r i f l room in the Hotel v.ieeii to anotnor. the process f «. n utes. The photographs can be transmitted for any distance according to the height of the voltage, and the Bjßißiu uij.u be xiticu fcu the Marconi or any other system—with or without wires—that is now in use. WORKMAN TWICE BURIED. Paris, May 7. A workman named Oourtin has been buried deep in a well for three days, in the little town of Rambouillet, but is still alive. The accident happened on Monday morning, when the walls of the well which he was digging collapsed. He is now 100 feet deep in. a cage, in which he was working. The rescuers, who hare communicated with him by means of an impromptu speaking pipe, have to proceed slowly for fear that; the weight of earth may destroy the cage. He had no food with him when the accident happened, so far as is known. One of the most extraordinary things about the accident is that it is the second time that it has happened to Oourtin. Some months ago he was buried under precisely * similar circumstances, and was rescued after fifty-three hours. J RUSSIA’S DEFENCES. l IJ" St. Petersburg, April 26. •|\ A vth gon suggestions tendered by 'hi , ..compet nt aavisers, the Em eror has SSL -{approved the introduction uf con-.:-rbl6 modifications in tlso plans reorganising the army and navy. AM bus the intention to abolish .Tiretses has been definitely aban- ' jll'-ibnsd in favour of a scheme for K or. tiding a series of small fortresses ■ ba?os for a torpedo fleet. On ■ vijgtorpedoes and submarines the main hlfhopes of defence will be based until KcWtbe , construction of formidable Syr battleships becomes possible. The jp -specialist whose advice has been ap--4 proved by the Council under the recommends that a chain k fortresses should serve as iedo stations in all Waters where ’ V jtk may be anticipated, and that should'be no farther oneni* fcrip. AccordUniA * v*-. t which tallies t!W fo uerous . French - ,ca ” W'of "the coasts U |/jdo boats and bo,.s.i ost type and . V « /iresst.--, will not ‘bii; ' re formidable than 1 Dreadnought type, & t absolutely efficacious. I* ther, . specialists em- . %,ae y circumstance that Ger- « rent Britain, and other ■ill favour Dreadnoughts, hem£s v has been accepted ° "arily. % % desis with F- ■ scheme, .f * -Slitical grounds the fe relinquishes the J gy> *ig .a generalissimo ' A > IN’S LIFE.. - f\ - >=r~r ,‘S * .Lisbon,- May 7. |l , ’ iliS"yesterday publicly jt a 1 -;- Valente, who & King Carlos and HF; jthh Crown Prince were assassinated, Alvaro who is a private I '"X in the 12th Infantry Regiment, was l» .near the*royal carriage \ghen the r ■ Anarchist Casta shot the Crown Pffincs. He rnshed up to the assaefein as he was about to fire point blank at the Queen and knocked up the barrel of his carbine. The shot was fired, but the ball was lost in the air. Valente was himself wounded in the thigh by a third shot from Costa’s carbine. It became known yesterday that Valente was to be decorated by the Qaeen, and thousands of people assembled outside the palace. The ceremony took place when King Manuel returned from Parliament, the Queen pinning on the breast of the soldier the Cross of the Order of the Towe and the Sword for Merit. Her Majesty then appeared on the balcony of the palace, with one arm round the neck of the young King, and followed by Yaleote. The crowd below cheered enthusiastically, and when quiet had been somewhat restored the Queen, still embracing the King, pointed to the soldier with her left hand, and in a voice broken by emotion said : “He saved my life.” 1 The cross conferred on Valente carries with it a pension equal to that of the rank of captain. EXPRESS HELD UP. New York, May 1. The most daring train robbery that has ever taken place east of the Rocky Mountains occurred last night within ten miles of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and about a thousand miles from the usual scene of such outrages. Twc masked men, who were evidently expert criminals, held up the New York and St. Louis limited express, one of the trains de luxe of the Pennsylvania Railway. This train, which i makes the journey from New York to St. Lou:s in record time, carried a large amount of gold coin from the Treasury at Washington for the SubTreasury at St. Louis. The shipment of this treasure was evidently known to the meu, who laid careful plans for its seizure. While the train was travelling at the rate of fifty miles an hour, the fcwfjKen, who had secreted them - “ selves in a special van containing theatrical sconerv, crept to the treasure car ahead and overpowered the armed guard. They compelled him to throw his rifle out of the window and then to open tho strong box containing the gold. The robbers extracted the coin, working swiftlv and methodically. After dividing the amount bed ween them. rof h;g f- in sp- oiailv • ! : r U<: tT>d r.ifiS.'V.M i.C.-.'-F Wlt'Cll fitted j inside :i;eir <n.:>.!s, they tice aim | gagged the guard, au;i pul ed t’o j alarm cord *

In obedience to this signal the train stopped immediately, whereupon the robbers jumped off and disappeared in a wood.