Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1921, Page 34

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By the Associated Press. - ¢ NEW YORK, Detember 323.—Presi- Harding, who set a record I Xen‘-dlnlnco oratory on Armistice “day by addressing simultaneously ,lhree great throngs of more 100,000 persons, gathered at Arl < ton national csmetery, San Francisco rand New York, raay easily find him- ‘where as distinctl; eated within a aker. as if they were 'ew yards of the ‘Canned” music, too, faces a poten- tial rival in the loud-speaker. It would be as simple to connect the stage of the etropolitan Opera House up with the nation at large as to connect & President, once the equip- ment was set up. Telephone engineers say the Arm- istice day experiment proved that _____ ' THE EVENING' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. G, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1921 = Possiblefor Emzy State to Hear | BOOTLEG TRAP IN RoAD, Preszdent Talk in White House Deputy Puts in Pavement of !I’nk Studded With Spikes. PORTLAND, Me., December 22e—A large slgn reading “Federal Agetts— Stop,” and further down the road a pavement of heavy pianks, studded with spikes, is a device which Hezrbert H. Hovey, chief fleld deputy of Maine's prohibition enforcement. has proposed for catching n{m by motbr, Hovey contends that thia device will eliminate unnecessary gu: cording to his theory, citizen Wlil obey the mandate, and his agents, bootleggers running a gl;e&fnble [ Wije Pulls Alarm To Bring Home Her Fireman Husband By the Associated Proms. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Decem- ber 22—Mrs, Catherine Carley left her home to do some ef- rands, In her absence her two ehildren locked her called that her erick B. Carley a freman and WO0O0D OUT FOR ECONOMY. Governor General Combining Gov- ernment Activities. MANILA, Philippine Islands, No- vember 18 (By mail).—Governor Gen- engral Wood has announced that he already has begun work on plans to consolidate certain government acs tivities on an economical basis, in otder to obtain uuMc t funds for the care of lepers ane and foy ‘education, public worku and pub- lio welfare work in general. “This does not mean, however,” said the governor general, “that the services of certain officlals or em- loyes will have to be dispensed with n _the government. We want all the omcmuvn need, but we do not want he unhepessary ones." Dne of the first steps taken toward pruning down the expenses of the government is the announcement of lme merging of the mint bureau with the insular tnn iry, the mint be- coming simpl Y ivision of the treasury in parate bui E Manufacturers’ Sale of ngh-Grade "~ CHOCOLATES ¢ We Offer for the Holiday Season f OUR HIGH.GRADE CHOCOLATES' With Fruit and Nut Centers At Wholesale Prices seif talking to an audience running - high into the millions and scattered through every atate in:the Union be- #Zfore he leaves the White House. Indeed, says R..W. King, one of the Americ Telephone and Telegraph Company’s engineers, whose work on J1he loud-speaking device made possi- ‘ble the ushering in of a new epoch in space annihilation at the ceremonies fover the bier of America’s unknown soldier, it is well within the range of possibility that President Harding ‘may see the day when a President “can sit at ease in the White House and talk at once-tp every city, town :snd hamlet in lmshunltea‘ States that s tapped by telephorie wires. development of the last two years, An’ audience of 50,000,000 perhaps! | the amplifer whi A 3 O J00 0o anet plifier which made it possibie They don’'t even blink at figures like that—these telephone company . engineers. For ability to look, un- abashed. into the faces of a columnh opencd in 1915. A lcng-distance call of citnher& ma;clhlng in !hr?el acfl)l: from New York to San Francisco in- great open white spaces, Is one o s _400,000.000,00f 2 the prerequisites even fo thinking it “about that marvelous contrivance, the elgrtrical amplifier, of which the Joud-sp ng device is only one in a’l lonx list of practical applications. For Instance, the electrical current | “that carried President Harding's, Tuner:1 oration to the crowds at Arl-!not limited to telephonic use. gton. S'n Froncisto and New York| It is a fundamental of radlo and s mu tiplied 3,000,000,000,010,001,- ' wire telegraphy; of radio telephon- 00,000,000 times before it rolled ing: of all long-distance electrical ‘out, converted into great sonorous signaling. sound waves, over the heads of three| audiences. 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[ ROSE COMBANY 2120-22 Georgia Ave. Phone North 2044 LT music could be reproduced over the|car will be uninjured, whereas. a. wire circuits at least as putely as bootlegger l:vlll speed up and be' | J=Lb., Famey Box thon Quality 1s reproduced on the best phonograph | caught on t! ikes, where federal records, and that it will be & matter |agents will grab him. of but a few years when the last - X vestige of metallic ring will be elim- ln;‘le Chocolates 60c and $1.00 Per Box Candy Canes 50c to 60c Per Dosen and Up h the ke!' battalion fire chief and his nu- tomobile, two engine and a Indder truck. also trooped many of them ever heard to a New York audience of persons of defective hearing. Physiclans use it to study the beat- | ing of the human heart. These are some of its scores of uses. *And the amplifier King. ves it will be but a unil all the principal and large university audi- 2-Lb. Fancy Box Marathon Quality Chocolates $2.25 Per Box On Sale at Marathon Confectionery 527-529 Ninth St., Corner F St., and 725 9th St. N. W A. A. Mantzouris Co. instead of flames saw omly a home locked agalmst tl lly i of the house and e pointed out, in on long-distance circuits carrying publio addresses and similar events from other citles. whlle the loud-speaking device is ould easily be switched IlllllIlIIflllilllijllflllillllllllIIIl]mll_lllllllllllllllll'llllllg ) cy,” says Mr. been In widespread use, piling up ciphers unseen on every long-distance telephone line in the country since the (ranscontinental circuits were Beautlful Lamps Make Ideal ants Floor Lamps Bridge Lamps Table Lamps Boudoir Lamps $5.00 Up- « MUDDIMAN c. 616 12|h St.——1204 G St. tions. The number of amplifications nc-cessary between any two points depends not only upon the distance but upon the nature of the cireuit. Neot Limited to Phoning. But the principle of the amplifier Is S LU DT Address any communication to the president, D-G-S, 2325 18th Street N. W. Phone Col. 9855 ' Best Granulated Clover Bloom SUGAR BUTTER 10 POUNDS ONE-POUND PRINT tVas the amplifier that picked up {during the It took 3,000.000,000.000,000 amplifi-‘ caused by enemy gubmarines and cations to convey the oration and the! translated them into sounds by which . other ceremonies to San Fancisco so0'commanders of allied warships were that they could have been heard:abie to locate the hidden foe. through an ordinary _teélephone r It made possible the “fog line” in ceiver. Then they had to be ampli-iNew York harbor—th: magnetizsed fled a million-milllon times by the!cable leading up the channel which loud-speaking device. rroperly equipped vessels can follow A mere ten million billlons—10,000,- | in_the thickest fog. 000,000,000,000—0f amplifications were| Recently it brought the first music necessary to bring the? ceremonies out clear and strong in” New York. T Ten thousand were used-to bring the ccremonies here, and a million-million 10 raise them to audibility for the New York audience. New York audience. The other million-milllon amplifi- cations were used to carry the Presi- dent’s voice to the Arlington crowd. 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