Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 23, 1922, Page 8

I i - of the artisan in metallic craft from x5 +'all ex-service men in the two local J J THE BEMIDJI DAILY' PIONEER ! \ Century = LIMITED : Al But—=! Everybody agrees that it would be | far better to have lower freight rates—that is, everybody but the railway men and they happen to have something to say about it. —They Own the Darned Things— Man Is a Queer Fish If dandelions were as hard to grow and as would be paying six dollars a dozen for them, tying them up with pretty yibhons and taking them around to their best girl and making a big hit. “Oh! You're just wonderful!” stuff. But just imagine what would happen to the fellow who dropped in and handed her a dozen dandelions. —She’d Make the Hit— There Are Other Ways The fellows who wear them may not believe it, but the best way of calling attention to the fact that they are bald is to wear a toupee. —Ain’t It a Fact?— What's in a Name? One husband will refer to his 20- year-old wife as “the old woman,” while another husband will refer to his 200-pound, 40-year-old wife as | “the little girl.” —You Know ’'Em— Now You Know Silver has been the favorite metal the earliest days of artistic develop- ment. Now you know why every- body is so crazy to get ahold of a little silver now and then, 2 —Not Really Crazy— STATE SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE AUTO DRIVER’S FATE St. Paul, May 23.—The State Su- preme Court will have to decide the fate of Frank Weltz, convicted of third degree murder after he ran over and fatally injured Mrs. Bar- bara Peabody, mother of three. Weltz was_intoxicated and drove the car at high speced, not knowing what he was doing the defense con- tended. A jury found him guilty of murder in the third degree and Judge Lewis sentenced him to not less than seven years and not more than thirty years in the penitentjnry. Notice of , appeal was filed. BABE RUTH HITS FIRST HOMER AGAINST ST. LOUIS _New York, May 23.—Babe Ruth hit his first home run of the season at the Polo Grounds yesterday. Van- gilder was the victim, pitching for the St. Louis Browns. ‘The circuit clout for which the fans had waited during almost three games came in the eighth inning. No one was on base. The Yanks defeated St. Louis 4 to 3,' the ganie going into the 13th in- ning. FORMER GOVERNOR LOWDEN TALKS TO HOLSTEIN OWNERS Mankato, May 23—Former Gov- ernor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinios, president of the Holstein-Frnesan Breeders’ asociation of America, was scheduled to Address Minnesota Hoi- stein owners here today. He was to be the chief speaker at the Minnesota Holstein-Friesian as- sociation, meeting today. ‘Lhe annual show in connection with the convention , began this morning. Judges began selection of winners in various classes at the fair grounds. Many valuable prizes have been offered, COAL OPERATORS CHARGED WITH AIDING PROSECUTION Charlestown, W. Va, May 23.— The Logan county coal operators have contributed at least $15,000 for the prosecution of the treason case against the United Mine Workers’ chief in West Virginia, now being tried herc, W. R. Thurmond, presi- dent of the Logan County Coal Op- erators association, testified in the trial of William Blizzard here today. Thurmond frankly stated that the ngan county operators paid out 301..000 in deputy sheriffs’ salaries during the first nine month of 1921. TO DECORATE GRAVES n A committee of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion in charge of decoratioh of graves ot cemeteries secks a public_contribu- finance this project. This _action takeii last year and icient sum _wag realized. Ap- elz $;0<it‘ss‘»naeded ]t.n dec- rayes -Appropriately. 3 Contributions may be sent to the egion post or to the Pioneer office. Checks should be made payable to the Ralph Gracie post. The list of contributors will be published from day to day as the fund increases. So_far only the following con- tributions have been received. F( C. Montague... ..$1.00 B. L. Johnson Beltrami Nurse Brose...... . Glenn _ Conger. . T B Rorreson. scarce as roses, men |~ INSTRUCTIONS FOR TROUBLE SHOOTING How to Detect and Remedy the Open Circuit, Short Circuit and Leakage. Radlo circuits are subject to the same flls that the ordinary power circuits are subject to. However, to cure them Is not such a difficult task as might be supposed, especialty 1t some logical procedure is used. If a recelver Is well put together in the, first place and all contacts and other parts gone over once in a while, there is mo reason why there should be any trouble. But the human be- ing Is prone to err, so that for the “once in a while” that 1s liable to hap- pen, this article will be devoted to the explanation of what might happen to a simple receiver and the best way to fix it. The usual troubles of the recelver fall under one of the following three headings: 1—An open circuit, . 2—A short circuit. 8—Leakage. An open circult cah most easily be detected by means of a series lamp. Nearly every one has available the or- dinary 110 volt lighting circuit. Take an ordinary extension cord and cut one wire at any convenient place and use these two ends as test clips or tips. The extension cord is plugged Into the house lighting circult at any convenlent outlet and when the two cut ends are held together the lamp will light as the circuit Is closed. When the tips are held open the cir- cuit Is “open” and the light will go out. Suppose It is desired to test for an open circuit in a tuning coil. Connect one tip to one end of the winding and’ the other test clip to the slider. As the ST TP Toning Con Testing the Tune Circuit. slide 18 moved back and forth the light should remain lighted. If the light goes out at times there Is an open cir- cuit in the coil. If the light goes out when the coll Is jarred the slider does not make good contact with the wind- Ing. If a buzzer and battery are avail- able they can be used in testing for an open circuit in the same way that the lamp can be used, Counect the battery and buzzer in serles with the test clips or tips and any low resist- ance circuit can be tested. The ground connectlons can be tested with a buzzer and battery, but do not use the house-lighting circult to test for grounds because one slde of the lighting clrcuit is alrendy grounded and if the other side were connected to the ground a short cir- cult would exist and #n excessive cur- rent flow, If the ground wire is connected to the water pipe, connect one test tip to the ground and the other to the gas pipe, which is also grounded. The buzzer should buzz if one has a good low resistance ground. Leakage usually exists between the antenna and the ground. An antenna should be well insulated from its sup- port. The lead-in" should be brought down to the point“where it enters the wall of the station in such a manner that when the wind ‘caiises it to swing, it cannot touch-any grounded material, and that rain and snow can- not cause a path alobg which the cur- rent can ground.. In bringing the lead- SHORT HCLRL PUT TEST TIPS MHERE To Test Telephone Cords. in through the wall, insulate it well John Messelt .. v, U Penny Co. .... Northern Nat'l Bank.. Nels Hakkerup ........$1.00 and inside the station use as short a plece of well-insulated wire as is pos- sible to make good connection with the set. . P To test the continuity of the cir- cuit of a pair of telephone recelvers, touch the tips of the cord phone to the tongue, If the receivers are in reason- ably, zood condition a slight click will be heard. If the response in one re- celver seems to e weaker than that In the other, exumine the diaphragm of the receiver giving the weaker re- sponse and see if it is bent.toward the pole piece. Try, tuning the diaphragm over_if such is the case. Be careful when"the dlaphragm of a receiver is removed that the leads of fine wire from the magnet spools to the con- nectlon blocks do not become broken in handling. If the continuity of the circuit of a pair of telephone receivers is checked and no response is heard when the cord tips are touched to the tongue, try checking each receiver of a double head set separafely. The two receivers are connected in B TIPS TO THE RADIOIST - The higher the aerlal the stronger the signals. An increase of five to ten feet in the height of the flat top aerlal will in- crease signals. Addition of a variable con- denser to the secondary or to the primary of a loose coupler often helps to tune out the undesired signals. The sliders on tuning colls of- ten make poor contacts with i i H i H i ¢ H % the slide rod. Thus much of the 3 overcome this by soldering a flexible wire to the slider. Incredse length of spreaders of two, three or four-wire aerials from six to ten feet for best results. Each wire should be from four to six feet from its neighbor. Two wires one or two feet apart are no better than one wire. Likewise four wires on short spreaders are no bet- ter than one wire, 4 1 i ! ¢+ ! i signal strength is lost. You can 2 | i series and to check either one sep- arately, short circuit the tips of the cord lending to the other receiver just outside of the case. Should it appear that there is an open circuit in the cord, short circuit both recelvers where the cord enters the case and with a buzzer or lamp connected to the tips on the end of the cord test for an open circuit. Care should be exercised by the operator when'adjusting a crystal de- tector to sce that his fingers do not touch the surface of the crystal or the contact point of the little spring. The oll secretion that exists In the skin together with the dust that it collects will rendel a crystal detector inopera- tive by the insulating film that it will cause to form on the portion of the crystal surface that is touched. Should the surface of ‘the crystal get dirty as evidenced by the received signals becoming weaker and weaker, try cleaning the crystal with alcohol and a little brush. Or If this does not seem to remedy the trouble,” chip off old sur+ face so that an entirely new surface i8 presented to the spring, AMATEURS SHOULD PLAY FAIR Radio Inspector Sghmidt Urges That They Learn the Laws and Regulations. Nine out of ¢very ten radio fans are good sports, but the tenth Is either a fan with poor judgment ora “rotter.” It i1s up to the amateurs to see that restrictions are not imposed upon them, by playing fair, says Radio In- spector L. R. Schmidt of the Ninth district. This can be done by observing cer- tain cautions and by becoming posted on the radio laws and regulations. A copy of these regulations-may be ob- tained from the superintendent of doc- umerits, govérnment printing office, Washingtosi, D: C., for 15 cents. It is worth ‘while to spend 15 cents in order to be a “squaré shooter” in the radio gany % Thy rouble with amatecurs is that hey want to send a mes- sage #round a corner. they put on all the power they have with the hope that some one in Texas might pick up | their message. The object should be to use the minimum amount of power to get the message to its destination. “In all cirpumstances, except in case of signals or radiograms relating to vessels In distress, all stations shall {use the minimum amount of energy I necessary to carry out any communi- | catlon desired.” Amateurs should keep their wave length to 200 meters. They should use a “pure ware" or, as the regulations state, “if the send- ing apparatus is of such a character that the energy is radiated in two or i it = A ——— ‘moru wave lefigths, more or less sharp- MEW YORK HEN CATCHES, e v ly defined, as indicated by a sensitive 1L wave meter, the energy in no one of KILLS AND. EATS MICEX the lesser waves shall exceed 10 per (By United Press) centum of that in the greater.” The wave must be “sharp.” As to'| Saranac Lake, N. Y, May ~— this the regulations state: “At all sta- ;l;lhc A}{Lmr;gfld;s are Just iow ech&; d nf g wi e fame of a Plymoul tions the logarithmic decrement per Rock hen owned. by.Burtt Sweatt "fl | complete oscillation in the wave trains . O p emitted by the transmitter shall not | Elizabethtown which catches, kills and eats full grown mice. exceed .two-tenths when sending dis- After catching the:mice; the blood-| tress signals or signals and messages thirsty biddy.4 ss‘c‘a“'them,in the air,l nlaying with them cat fashion. She: then tears thém to “pieces with bill and feet and devours them to the'last bit_of tail. 5 ¢ The hen is not happy unless she has at least dtiu"ee portions of fresh mouse meat dily. : = .9 BANDITS ROB BANK AT ROCHESTER AND ESCAPE.{| (By United Press) A Rochester, Minn., May 23.-—Yeggs blew the safe of the Aetna State bank here: about 3 a. m. today and escaped with $2,600 in cash. The blast. damaged the interior of the bank and aroused residents. No trace of the bandits was found, how- relating thereto.” Amateurs frequently are at fault in calling stations too often. The law states that they can call three times, send “d e” once and sign their station call three times; but often the ama- teurs will send the calls a dozen or more times. HOW TO GROUND AN AERIAL If Properly .Done It Really Protects the Property From Lightning. Generally speaking, aerlals do not attract lightning, but they do store up atmospherical electricity, and, of course, this condition does create a hazard. However, when the aerial Is properly grounded it then acts as a lightning rod, and really protects the property from this electrical hazard. Briefly, the fire underwriters require that the aerial be grounded when not in use by a copper wire no -smaller than B. S. Gauge No. 4 or larger, and run said wire as- directly as possible to the outside ‘ground. This means that water, gas or steam pipes inside the .property cannot be used for a lightning ground, because if ever this ground was called into service there is a possibility that fire and loss of life may result. So do not use Inside gronan for lightning pro- tection. . ever. The bank at McIntire, Iowa, near here, was robbed of $2,000 at day- break today. The. bandits escaped. ATTACK ON DAUGHERTY GOES BACK TO HOUSE AGAIN TODAY (By United Press) Washington, May 23.—The bi- partisan : attack- in congress on At- torney. General Daugherty went back to the house today with Representa- tives Woodruff of Massachusetts and Johnson ' of South Dakota (Repub- licans) serving notice on Republican leaders that further delay in allow- ing the house 'to take action on the resolution: calling for an inquiry into the : reason’ why war grafters. were not punished would only result in “many exhibitions unfavorable to .congress.” HAD .CLEAR VISION OF RADIO Imaginative Canadian Writer Looked Into the Future With Sight That ‘Was Prophetic, Towers . to. Control.. Traffic. .. | Pawers, erected. in. the middle ot streets_and highways for the control of traffic, were-first-operated in Paris In 1920, ISR AL HART AT A remarkable; imaginative predic- tion of wirelessrtelephony was made by Grant Balfour (J. M. Grant) of Toronto in a triologue which appeared in an English magazine in 1889, and was -afterward reproduced in a THE PIONEER:WANT ADS Did You See the WATERLQO BOY TRACTOR Perform at the LAND CLEARING DEMONSTRATION? See GIVEN About a TRACTOR! Lots of POWER, PEP, ENDURANCE! If you need a TRACTOR, why not get a REAL ONE?—and the price is right, $675.00 f. o. b. Factory. We also szll the MARTINSON One-Man ~ Wheel-Barrow Stump Puller. GIVEN HARDWARE COMPANY The Implement Store Tlla Pioneer Want Ads Bring Results pamphlet entitled “Bahrak-Kohl,” two Hebrew words, meaning the voice of the lightning. The characters of this little treatise were represented as In the neighborhood of the Jordan. “The prophet' mow took from his girdle,” says the narrative, “a small instrument resembling a trumpet for the deaf. Coming down to Mohammed, he asked him to turn his right side toward the south and to put the broad end of the Instrument to his right car. The prophet then inquired where his home was. “‘My home,’ replied Mohammed, ‘is in the extreme south of Arabla, 1,400 miles away. “‘Listen now,’ said the prophet; dost thou hear the sound of waves? “q do, replied the shelk. ‘Where may they be? “These waves,’ answered the proph- et, ‘are the waves of the Indian ocean brenking upon the Arabian shore.’” Further describing the instrument, the prophet said: “The thing before thee is but a rude pattern in part of the coming needed device of man. No such device s required by a prophet of the Lord to entrust the lightning with a message: The prophet speaks, nay, he needs but to will, and it is done."—Toronto Globe. i WAU an ““h' ™ttt i f i + THE RIGHT TO SMILE This life's & serious affair And far too short, we find, To settle every doubt and care That creeps into the mind. And so I said, “There's .need of haste! It Pleasure should begulle & The hours away, how sad.the wastel I have no time to smile!™ A gleam of sunshino crossed the sky, ! A baby laughed with glee; K In_solemn mood I passed them by, They had no charm for me. For I had not resolved to take " The world in serious style, And say, “All joy is a mistakel I have not time to smile!” And this ‘the breezes ‘seemed to say, “Shall these deny you cheer, The splendid sun sa far away, The little child so near? Were light and laughter made in vain? Pause for a little while; Employ the heart and rest the brain And take the time to smile!” —Waghington ' Star. “None: better at any price” Peculiar Tribal Mania. There is a tribe in the central part of Afrlca which has a manid for any- thing made of glass. It is common-for them to insert pieces of glass lo the upper lip. This results in what a9~ pears to us as a horrible disfigare- ment, "‘;;,‘.]}.mnrw w ™ i | H{ e, You can find people‘ who are lifetime friendsiof' which cannot be surpassed. Ask your grocer for it GAMBLE-ROBINSON-BEMIDJI COMPANY Wholesale Distributors everywhere ‘White Houze Coffee. 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