Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 15, 1922, Page 3

I\ * > brother not to by afraid, he hung:his * | water telling the;youngerdad to catch SUN DUST IS A “RADID NET" i ory’ of'the: Atmospheric - Envelope. Electrified dust thrown off by the sun, forms an. atmospheric ' about, the earth.abFHE 130G M1 prevents wireless waves fron into Inflnlte space, dccording to Prot I A. Flemlng, ‘University, coqege, Lon- Nimless ‘is'’known (Conducted by National c«mhm*(o! h Bcouts.of America.) T0 CO-OPERATE WITH SCOUTS Alvin M. Owsley, director 0f'thé Na- tional Americanism commission of. the American Leglon met rpcently in con- ference with the execnrbe officers of the Boy Scouts of America at their na- tional headquarters, New York city, to says, Aets as a sort of wireless speuk- Ing tube‘and enables waves used for long-distance work—yhich are: about If it wem not for flmt screen, ac- cording to the professor’s: theory, .the wireless energy thrown out by the big sending towers would not cling develop .plans for anintensive effort | to ;the earth, but would pass away on the part of the American Legion | and be lost. : tso strengthen the work 'of the Boy 2 L couts of America throughout the ‘Electro United States. Mr. Owsley explained ‘e::é:t';lyg!(a}q;er?:xent in that pursuant to.the:action of the na- lectron was performed tional convention: at Ka City, and following recen tigation by: the national r, Hanford 10.000:}. inch in diam- MacNider, the ‘Legion would jmmediately begin: t’he development of & plan whereby the Anierican ‘Legion posts in all cnmmumfleq where there- are not Boy Scouts i tfi.fl.be asked: to sponsor the organizatik and in other communities ate with existing troops in’ ‘the strengthening of their work. Already the American Legion has sponsored the organization of 56 troops. Com- mander MacNider has issued a strong uppeal to all Legion posts to co-oper- ate with the-local councils and various troops throughout the' country, and has suggested the idea of postsTadoptlng one or more troops, especially in those neighborhoods, where the under-priv- ileged boy lives, ' The American Legion now has 11,000 posts, organized in-all parts of the- United States; - The Boy 'Scouts of. America has 18,000 troops organized in 4,700 different communities, = There are 6,600 communities. in the United . States which do not have any troops, and it is hoped by the officers'of the Boy Scouts of America, through the: co-operation of the American Legion, to especially reach these communities. |. It was explained by the chief scout ex- ecutive, James E. West, that for the, most "part ‘these’ communities are ‘fn. |. the rural parts of the ‘country where’ there has been a lack. of resources in developing the leadershlp necessary to secure the tcoop committee and scout- master, and the Boy Scouts of Amer-. ica for this reason.are particularly ap-. preciative of the interest of the Amer- lcnn Legion in undertaking this exten- t.the ‘present time file membership of the Boy Scouts of Ameérica’ numbers 410,000 boys and 110,000 men giving service on a volun- teer basis. It is hoped by co-opera- tion. with the American Legion this ‘.memberflhip will ‘be substantially in.’ creased within the next year. two plates whose elec! cfihrge was subject to control. 'The: drop of oll Was strongly illuminated and was viewed with a telescope. : By “controlling the poten- tials of the plates tke oil . drop could be made to fall or rise at will. The drop ‘continually picked up and lost electrons. .As it picked up an electron it would move toward the positive plate. By carefully observing the action of the drop of oil, Mill; CHANGE POTENTIAL T0 OBTAIN SIGNALS Way in Which This May Be Done With Three-Electrode Vacuum Tube. For every fllament currefit’ there is a definite plate potentinl that will W ing fairly hard tubes—] bringing out taps. fre cells of 'thie plate of B GOOD SCOUT STUFF Too young yet to be admitted to & scout troop, eleven-year-old Reeve teary of Far lfimkawny has neverthe- less-done everything in his power to. get ready for ‘the great.event, when his next birthday ‘warrants his debut into the movement for which he cherishes so ardent an enthusiasm. He had nearly commiited to memory the official scout handbook, part{cularly the chapter which deals with first aid snad life saving, and hero tales of boy scouts thrilled bjm to the marrow. And then, all of a gadden, before he could don the covetéd scout uniform, -he found himself called upon to do,a.deed which for cool-headedness would have done credit to any eagle scout. This is what bappened. Reeve and his'eight- year-old brother, John, together with | two other youngsters weré ‘playing on- the shore at -(he tongeot *Clinton ‘ave- nue, Jamaica Bay. eve was on the beach while the ugher, ree. clambered about in a motor ‘boat 'which was anchored near wy.: Suddenly ito: his horror, he saw Tohn lurch over feet first “into the deep’ water, Instantly Reeve was in the boat. - Calling to. his vacuum, flner reguln!lon of “B” bat- tery poténtiail’ is requiréd<and is most easily . obtained by -means of an “A” battery potentiometer. Fig. 14 shows how: an:“A” battery potentlometer is connected the ‘circuit of a: three- electrode vacuum:tube to give fine va- riations in the plate ‘circuit potentlal. ‘The resistance of ‘an “A” battery po- tentiometer should’be between 200 and 500 ohms. .. By moving the.slider on the “A”™ battery potentionmicter a va- riation of plate voltage equal to the “A” battery, or about six volts, can be secured.” If the: tube cortains gas, too high a plate voltage will cause the tube ‘to “buck-over™—that is, the gas 15 lonized and becomes-a conductor, al- » legs over the edgw of the boat into the on to him.. Bit: John:-was = too frightened to hepd instructions and instead of getting hold. of his brother's feet went down_iplo! the wnter Reeve | dived after him’shd a8 soon' as he came to the surfacaigot him to shore, with the help-of his companions. True to the scout idealn, though he isn't yet a scont, Reeve told no one but his parents about the ac¢ident. SCOUT'SAVES SISTER'S LIFE Edmund- Schultz, & boy scout of Troop No. {9, sme\lhbls small. .sister recently by his provipt action and |, presence of ‘mind. The'child's cloth- ing caught:fire from a gas heatef and| % her brother ‘Instantly Felzed her and jn cs0n the flaor, thus “éx- fie flames. The thing was tly that the litile girl suf: o) . A fered no Herlous burns. ; A4 THOE qef9 ; PLANT TREES IN SCOUT OA!dP . Boy scouts of Troop 102, Philadel- phia, under the direction of Scovtmas- ter Yorke, dedicated their mew camp site at Bromall recently hy plaating 100 sugar maple seedlings, presented to them by the state forestry depart- ment. The Bromail camp, which wili be known as Camp Biddle, Is the new summer home of the Philadelphia boy scouts, replacing “Treasure Island,” at which they have camped for six yegrs past. Bubscride for The Daliy Ploneer lowing an excessive current’ to flos the plate circuit which \\lll destruy the elements. 3 In using a vacuum tube cir the first time, always check the cir- cult to see that “A” and “B” batteries are_connected to their respective ter- minals:.on; the.socket. The niarkings on the socket are plain and cannot be mistaken. Intmhanging me plate fil- it 2z London_ Profuur Evblvn Novnl The- ament leads In’ conncstrug & Nocket will: be dibnstrous to ‘the lifé of the filament. L AR RIS "A meeting of representatives of. stations within 360 meters of _New York and’ 'New Jersey was Fw énmuw upu,'b IEDI usg »;crn ny sel 3 ;:, after wlr EINp 8, « ¢ag nothing but/g steady hum, ln he . recelvers you may be. circuit somewhere,’ "Trace - out the ~wirlng carefully apd some little fault will present itself.. he so-called “spaghetti” ‘tub- Ing, if placed over barc wire used in wiring a set, will, im- " Pre the appearance,.100 per | cent” and leduue the danger of short clrc\lits A More and more are the radio fans. furning to’ radio-frequency amplification . instead of ‘audio- ‘frequency. - The chief reason for ‘this_les in the fact that ¥ z;adlcrfremlencv mnplmcuti«m thc "incoming signals are am d’ before they ‘rea¢] wherg -they in’ audi lrequency ‘they are am plified " after reaching the . de-, tector. ‘In the first*method sig- nals that are vel brought in, Whi ter method they w not ‘be heard. Note that the- filament rheostat Is set to place the maximum amount of || résistance in serles: with the filament. After inserting the tube see that it iy properly seated and that the four prongs protruding from the tube base ' make good contact with thelr respec- tive. contacts in'the ‘tubé socket. If, after listening in with a vacuum tube used as a detector with a rated filament current and plate potential, no signals are heard, go over the cir- cuit- carefully and inspect all connec- tions, contatts, polarity of -both the “A” and “B” batteries, and take a look: at the grid condenser and leak, A three-electrode vacuum tubg,can be substituted for the crystal as a de- tector in the simple radio receiving _‘set described in this column a short time . ago, Using a .vacuym’ tube in a crystil detector Justed. The material \Ahlch will bef required to do this:is as follows: One standard vacuum-socket. One 6-10-ohm filament® rheostat. * One grid condenser nhd leak” éom- bined. ~ 4 Three binding posts. ' A source.of filament’ Qurrent ahd a ? source ‘of plate potentl. Schematically - the set connected up as shown' in' Fig. 15 wher us&d"\vm\‘ hree-electrode tube as: a'detector.’ his set;- too, can ~be ‘very- con- veniently mounted on an'8 by 10-inch base, mounting the tube’socket with the filament: rheostat beside It. In a great many of the usual re- ceiving circults. used the so-called ‘de- tector tube:functions not only as a detector, but as an amplifier and as an osc(lln!or, as will be explnined ‘| later. There will - llso be printed a table of symbols used in drawing dlagrams and thus the different parts‘and mate- rials used in these diugrams will be readily understood: by those .who are untummar with these (erml. DALY PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS ,:; A remarkable imaginative . predic- tion' of iireless’ telephony was made i home was, . et, haiz Toronto Man's Remnrknbla Predte- 88’ by* Grant Balfour (J. M. Grant) of To- _rontu in .a 'tifologue which appeared | In"an, English magazine in 1889, and; was nrter\\nrd -reproduced: in a‘ pam- phlet entitled. “Babrak-Koll," - two Hehrew \wrds( meaning: the voice of the ‘lightning.’ The. characters of this little treatise were represented as:in the neighborhood of the Jordan. : “The prophet now took from his gir- dle,” says the narrative, “a small in- .:strument resembling a trumpet for the .| deaf. Coming down:to Mohammed, he asked him. to turn his right side to- ward the southtand,-to put the broad end of the instrument to, his right ear. The prophet the! \llred where his “‘My home, replled Mohnmmed. ‘s in th¢ extreme south of Arabia, 1400 .| miles away.’ “‘Listen now,” said the prophet; ‘dost thou héar the sound of waves?' “I do,” replied the sheik, may they: be? “‘These waves,’ answered the | ‘are the . waveg of the I ocean . breaking upon the Arnbmp shore. Fnrther descrlblng the instrument, the prophet sald: “The th;ng before thee Is but.a rude pattern:in ‘vart of the coming needed devi¢e of man: No such device:ls- requhted by a ‘prophet .of the Lord:to: entfust’ the Hgfmx g with a message. The, prophet’ speaks, nay, he needs but ‘ta’ will, nnd it 1s done.”—Toronto Globe, It HAS BIG LEAD m VOLCANOES — United States Can “@oast” of More Than a Quarter of Those Known'to Be Active. Uncle Sam owns more than.a-quar- ter of the active volcances of the world, the report that two more have| been born in Alaska:making the grand total 106. There are 64 smoking peaks -in Alaska and the Aleutian islands and: many more in western. United: States, Hawali and the Philippines.. It is likely, however, if many, of the so- called vents of the Mount Katmal region of Alaska would hg.¢lassed as volcanoes this country .could boast. of the mafjority. of the. old, earth’s skin troubles—an unenviable record. There are 417 actiye .yolcanpes on the globe that hnve bem located ‘to date.. There are nnmerous pann inthe: Philippine. lslnnds not, sufifclently iwell | . 'kpown to establish whether' they are |- volcanoes or snioke: pots or vents, In Alaska there' are hundreds: of vents from which constantly issue steam and smoke, but which are not-called vol- canoes, B Anz occnsional volcnno. ll\l:sts fortly from the sea near the ‘Aleutian islands; but finally succumbs to the-flood of sea water. Work in Madagascar Compulsory. All idle persons in Madagascar must work or pay a tax for the privilege of llvh)g an’ unproductive lifé, A8 thé .end of the war released tWotisunds of native troops, the colonial government s decided that something must be done ‘to check idleness, especially as there is plenty of work for all comers. A decree just published insists that every European sound of limb must’ work at least 250 days a year up to ‘the age of fifty, but natives are not sAw wn’fl PROPHETIC Vlslo'fl compéTied to work more than 180 days. 2ty an - Of course, anyone with a private for- tune can be exempted,: but that will cost 25 francs per diem for leisure. | All “oisif” taxes will be used to. buy | agricultural machjnery, and tools forif, ! the develppment of, Istand’s.rey, . sources. The aged and crippled, w! recel\e a, small salary. to. geel Too Bad! Too Badl » This i3 {he story. told by a New OFf-! leans _gentleman: attending the:Aor eifn trade ‘conventions \°A - stetimship' arriving from. a:French;port had ‘un enterprising officer who-gaw a fine op- | portunity ' to profit ‘through the dry; condition of the United States. ' He put in a large stock of liquor, and when the vessel arrived in- New Or- leans had no trouble in getting ‘in touch. with purchasers. They ugreed to puy on delivery. The price. was $3,000, The liquor was passed over the ship's side in the middle of the night on to a small vessel alongside and the $3,000 given to the oflicer, The next day the seller went to the bank to buy IFrench. e: changes. A few.minutes luter he was doing two things rat -one time—tear- ing his hair and; swearing:like a troop- er. His $3,000 ‘‘was *Confederite muney.—l’myulelphla Public Eedger. Wild Horses of Sable 'Island. Ever since the dismal. failure. to colonize Sable Isinnd in,the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, when Capada was New France, there haye: been afew domes- tic animals on that bleak -spot, relles A Here m:t.hq fi;lesti opD: rtix afiord for lapghipg a.way % ) mg up your cup’ of joy, anfl ge mg a Premier Artists Qumtette “cbcess ished vocuhsts, seasoned to the stage, and of long .asso ciation .in ehtertainment, will feature the gréat’'classic songs; ‘ina festival'of muqmal harmony and splendor leaves hothmg to be desired.’ ix e n to the highest musxcal tasté.” Five o b at, of that ill-fated attempt.: Some horses were among them, probably survivors of shipwrecks, for Sable island is a dangerous place and bears the name of the Graveyard of the Gulf, from the number of gallant ships which found their end thereabouts. The horses ‘multiplied and developed into a rough hatdy little breed of ponies. More than one hundred of these wild native ponies perished during the Iast winter, the government steamer, Lady Laurler, reported the other day when she arrived from a trip to the Atlantic graveyard. The covering of the island grass by dvifting snow dur- ing a stormy winter-was declared re- spounsible for the deatbs, It is likely that another such winter Wil put an end to this unique little horse colony. Cigarette t’s toasted. This one extra Frocess gives a rare and deolightiul, quality ~——impossible to duplicate, Gmr.mtccd by H Mo B S th 263-W Overland is one of the most NORTHWEST MOTORS, INC. ) - - - CARL RIGG. , Manager 1 213 Eleventh St. ‘ popular cars in America today and stands more firmly intrenched | than ever in popular favor. | = At $550, the Overland, fi .the offers grcater automobile value for the moncy Federal than any other car. ., | chosen bl with a square inch of brakxng surface. Louxuy ) %5 pounds of ‘fl(}g,}xt, all- stc;l touring bmj vt | baked-on lustrous finigh and maly ofic: exclusive-Overland features. The ]oymakers -Jumps headlong 'antl with sizzling énthy the ding-bustedest collection of popular entertaniment stunts and novelties y very clapper oyt i the joy bells. .. Talk about comedy. peatedly declared to be the be duced in'America in years, way, and comes here jast as it was staged there—a Met- ropolitan Theater success at your very door. Hipple Concert Comedy A great'stroke of good fortune landed this delightful company, whose varied and tuncful en- terlainment is the last word in musical excellence. them. Mr. -and Mrs. Glen Wells high ideals it portrays. Edward Taylor Franks is one of t‘he ‘big ‘men of country, ‘a Officer for distietive abili- “Hes. His lectures varu: hi[:‘bvly_.cfll?\cul‘ “The Conquest of Peace”" A spectacular Pageant to be put on the stage by all the kiddies of the Junior Town Activities. B SEASON TICKET 70 7 ALL GNLY 5200 BEMIDJI CHAUTAUQUA| SRS YT — Quartette siasm into ‘ever read about. They jingle the “A Pair of Sixes” Here it is. This has been re- L piece of comedy pro- It had a long run on Broad- John E. Aubrey The small town booster. The man who discovered how to get out of the “Hick” class ‘ and be a real community. | He is a real buxhlm, ‘hear him. Hon. Alex Miller ; Here is & man who can point’ Watch for Appearing in that delightful out new beauties and charms little droma.. of.. the.. heart, in a small town nnudonc«- . “Atonement.” This is a play that you did not realize” wet that captures by the strength there at all. A friend” of’ of its finc sentiment, and the the Westerner and a frknd of man. Bagdasar Bag- be hdigian- will one of the sur- prises of the pro- gram. A scholar and publicist from abroad, he his I comes v greut mmst wrad w@n u1 b i ‘Hom Edward Taylor Frankl 555 o JULY, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26