Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1929, Page 71

NEW HGl SPEED * PETIRESYSTEN Messages or Photos Sent Quickly Over Radio or Telephone. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, Jan. 12—A new pic- ture facsimile transmission system that will transmit and receive at a distance, a picture in black and white or halffone of a size of 5 inches by 8 inches in 48 seconds was an- nounced and described recently by V. Zworykin of the Westinghouse Re- search Laboratories at_a meeting of the Institute of Radio Engineers. The device also is capable of trans-| mitting and receiving written messages | at the rate of 630 words a minute. ‘The received messages and pictures are reproduced directly on _photographic paper from the original picture or message. The system does not require either a special preparation of the original or a skilled operator for trans- mission or reception. Older Methods Too Slow. | The existing methods of electrical icture transmission can be divided nto two classes: one which requires special preparation of the original be- fore it -can be transmitted. and e other which can transmit the original directly. The first one includes the electrical contact method, now almost abandoned, which requires the preparation of the original in such form that the dark and light of the picture give variable electrical resistance when explored by & traveling contact. In another form of transmitter of the same class, as in the Belin system, | which is still in commercial use In France, the picture is embossed with a special ink so that that it may be repro- duced by a microphone in the sama way as an electrical pick-up reproduces phonograph Tecords. The method which requires the prep- aration of a transparent picture either in negative or in positive form belongs | also to the same class. In this case the picture is explored by a sharply defined pencil of light »hich passes through it and activates a photo-cell placed behind it. ‘The variation in optical density produces a corresponding variation in absorption of the light, and therefore the photo cell delivers an electric cur- rent varying according to the picture. New Scanning Beam. The present requirement of high- |} speed transmission, however, rules out | all these methods, due to the time| necessary for preparation of specially | treated originals. In this case only one solution remains, and this is the scan- ning of the original by a pencil of light and the utilization of the light reflected from its surface. The amount of re- flected light is directly dependent on the density of the picture or lettering. The original source of light is focused first on a diaphragm to make the size of the spot independent of the size of the source. The image of the diaphragm, with necessary reduction, is focused on the surface of the picture. The reflected light is gathered by means of the parabolic reflector, the focus of which coincides with the illuminating point. Part of the reflector is cut away in order to pass the light and the remain- ing part is brought into close proximity to the surface of the picture. In this case almost-all the reflected light is collected and projected as a more or less parallel beam by the reflector. A plane mirror with a small hole for pas- sage of the illuminating spot intercepts the reflected light at forty-five degrees and diverts it to the photo-cell. The optical path of the whole system is quite short and the construction is flexible for adaption to almost all kinds of scanning systems. The over-all optical efficiency is many: times greater than the best possible solution by the first method. Receiving Simple. At the receiving end a standard bromide photographic paper 5 inches by 8 inches is wrap] around the recording cylinder and a special glow Jamp furnishes the light for making the reproduction. The new lamp was developed by M Knowles in the Westinghouse labor: tory and uses helium glow for record- ing. The glow is restricted to the re- quired size by a mask bulit into the tube. A discharge of approximately 15 milliamperes at 400 volts is sufficient at the present speed to produce very satisfactory blackening on the bromide Ppaper. For the control of the glow tube which exposes the photographic paper, a vacuum tube is used. The glow tube is connected in series with the plate | voltage for the vacuum tube. Fluctu- ations in voltage upon the grid due to| the picture signal produce correspond- ing variations in the glow tube current. If the signal as it comes from the audio amplifier were applied directly to the| grid of the control tube, a negative pic- ! ture would result. That this is true| can be verifled by following the steps in the transmission of the picture. When | e light is reflected from a white area 1A the original picture, a relatively large amount reaches the photo-cell. ‘The| corresponding photo-cell current is am- | plified, producing a loud signal. At the | receiving end this signal would increase the average plate current of a tube working on the lower bend of the char- | acteristic curve. Such an increase | ‘would augment the light from the glow ! tube, darkening the photographic paper instead of making it lighter. Reversal Kills Statie. Unless_the picture is to be recorded | upon a film and subsequent prints are | to be made it is necessary to reverse the process. This reversal might take place at the transmitter, but is unde- sirable for pictures which are largely white, as printing, for example. Bursts of static would be recorded as black | spots on the white background. On the | other hand, if the reversal occurs at the receiver these disturbances tend only to make the white whiter. Hence, reversal at the receiver is used. For the reception of the picture sig- nals the radio sct may be a standard receiver. The amplification in the case | of weak signals is preferably at radio | {requency, in so far as possible, in order to reduce distortion. Transformer- coupled audio-frequency amplification, | however, gives very good results if the | gain is fairly uniform between 2,000 and 4,000 cycles. To date a standard R. C. A. short-wave receiver has been used for all work. This employs a stage of redio-frequency amplification with a screen grid tube, detector and two audio stages, SUFFRAGISTS GAIN. Movement in Bulga_r;\ Shows De- cided Increase. SOFIA (#)—The movement for ex- tending universal suffrage to women in Bulgaria is now so advanced that at the next general election women will put as many candidates in the field as men. ‘Women play a prominent part in the public life of Bulgaria. Marr‘lhan half of the Bulgarian school teachers are women. In the government depart- ments most of the officials are women. ‘Woman associations are organized along strictly American lines. public welfare organizations in almost every city and village. Night Air Trips. Beginning at dusk every evening, night flights are being made over Hamburg, Germany, to give the people a chance to see the beauties of the city when lighfed up. A continuous service of similar trips is to be con- ducted over Berlin next season. There are | pleasant | THE SUNDAY I he steps before a microphone. Why an announcer or entertainér ab- solutely invisible to every one hearing his voice should have tc bother about the cut of his clothes or valeting or grooming of any kind is beyond me. But the simple fact is that these in- visible pertormers are held to standards | quite as rigid as if they were appearing ion a concert or opera stage. The only answer seems to be that one just can't stand up before a micro- phone unless he is looking his best. Years of radio werk bring about some degree of indifference, but to the great majority of radio artists the discovery of any little shortcoming or disarranga- ment of dress causes acute distress. The result of all this—whatever the psy- chologists may say about it—is that we have a salon for broadeasting. which supplements this intuitive sense of pro- priety by every detail of case and charm and beauty which it can supply. I sup- pose that there is a lot of assuran: ba gained by being carefully dr: and appearing in a perfectly ordered environment—and I'm telling anybody who will listen that a radio artist neads assurance. Actor Cited as Example. I used to think that women were more fidgety than men about such things, but as time goes on, I see little difference between the two. I have in mind an actor who does occasional readings, and who has to make him- self up completely for his radio per- formance. He keeps a supply of grease paint at the studlo, and I am absolutely convinced that if this should be missing some day, his voice would go with it. Women, of cou have more complicated dress problems than | men and they appear to do a lot more fussing about their clothes. This is particularly true about beginners. who seem to think that their clothes get-up is more important than what goes through the microphone. Another curious thing about this is that many artists who are ordinary simple, straight- forward people, unconsciously assume the grand manner the moment they enter the studio in preparation for a broadcast. I asked one of them once why she felt it necessary to dress with such elaborate attention to detail and to sweep into the studio like Mme. Recamier. “If I came to the studio carelessly or indifferently dressed,” she replied, “I ould feel the eriticism of others, par- ularly women, before my turn came. Sometimes, all those people out there listening scem to me like a pack of wolves waiting to devour me. I have to use every bit of will and summon every ounce of assurance and self- esteem there is in me. If my ego should be punctured by somebody lift- ing an brow at my last year's dress. I probably would cave in. One of my most valued artistic assets is & maid, who, after she has done me up, mur- murs ecstatically about how charming look. This sends me off to the studio with all flags flying and a lot of my fear passes away.” I got a little light on this general problem of conditioning artists from a The annual cruises of the officers and men of the United States Naval Reserve Battalion of the District of Columbia will be held in July and August, aboard the reserve training ship, the United States Destroyer Abel P. Upshur. The specific dates were fixed in & letter received by the com- mandant of the W ton Navy Yard from Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval operations. The first cruise will be made from July 6 to July 20; the second from July 27 to August 10, and the third from August 17 to August 31, % This arrangement will make it pos- sible for the Upshur to remain in port one week between cruises, to make necessary preparations for again going to sea. While Lieut. Comdr. Finney Bascom Smith, commander of the bat- talion, has not ennounced the order in which the divisions will cruise, it is understood. that this year they will cruise in their numerical order, under the system of rotating, that is the first division will make the first cruise, the second the next cruise, and the last by the third division. : The crulsing area and the liberty ports have not yet been decided upon, as the order directs the commanding officer of the Upshur, Comdr. Mark L. Hersey, to report to the commander of the destroyer squadrons of the Atlantic Scouting fleet, to which the ship will be attached during . each cruising period. The cruises probably will be in the waters off the New England Coast, with liberty possible at New York, Boston or Newport. ‘The Baltimore Naval Reserve, as has been the practice in the past, will send a division here to- board the Upshur for each of the three cruises. Preparations now are being made for the annual inspections of the battalion, and particularly the emergency drills which will be held aboard the Upshur. The fleet division officers are making out their watch, quarter and station bills, which show where each man must | be for every emergency, and in this work the reserve officers are receiving the co-operation of Lieut. Hutchinson, United States Navy, executive officer of | the ship. As each division is organized as a skeleton crew for a destroyer, the of- ficers expressed the hope that the in- spection board from the Navy Depart- ment would permit each division to go through its drills separately. It was | pointed out that at the last annual in- | spection, there were three —separate emergency drills being held on the Up- shur at the same time, which made it a sort of three ring circus and most confusing. Aboard ships of the regular Navy only on> emergency dril is held at a time, it was added. With the completion of the station bills, the men will be drilled regularly |at their stations so that they will | know their duties thoroughly. ~They | were hampered in this respect last | year, a5 the Upshur only arrived here a week or two before the annual in- spections, and many of the men had | never been aboard her up to the time of the inspection. Lieut. (Junior Grade) George W. Daisley, president.of the United States Naval Reserve Officers’ Assoclation of | the District of "Columbin, has called |a mecting of the organization to be | held ot the Navy Yard Armory, follow- | ing the regular drill next Monday {night. As this will be the annual meeting, new officers will be elected, and a delegate selected to represent the local body at the annual convention ! of the Nationel Association to be.held here the latter part of February. It was indicated that the local Re- serve officers will have some important recommendations on Reseryve matters to bring to the attention of the conven- tion, but as yet have not formulated their program. The following have been ordered transferred from the 3d Fleet Division to the Volunteer Reserve, for failure to maintain efficiency by attendance at drills regularly: Williem J. Corlis, seaman, second class, 2007 Tenth street northeast: George D. Everett, fireman, third class, 5409 Thirty-ninth street; Samuel J. Hatcher, seaman, second class, Clarendon, Va, and Richard M. Nichols, the Flagler. George A. Payne, 124 Twellth street HAVE never quite understood why it should be necessary for a person to care about his appearance when newspaper editor. Newspaper veteran: will remember that the old newspaper p, and many of those of the present . was always knee deep in news- |papers and cver: other imaginable | kind of litter and disorder. My friend | the editor has editorial rooms as im- | maculately kept as & New England schoolroom. There is never so much as a burnt match on the floor and in- stead of bellowing for a boy, the re- porter or desk man taps a soft toned bell. There are nice drapes on the | i windows and some fine prints on the | walls, Furniture and appointments are lall simple and beautiful. The staff, | consciously or unconsciously, lives up to this environment and there is no | carelessness in dress. “I have studied this problem care- fully,” said the editor, “and I find that | | more and better work is_done under | these conditions than in the old dirty, | noisy mewspaper rooms. There is in-| | finitely less waste of time and confusion |and I am convinced that in this calm, | | orderly environment better stories are| written. While most newpaper men are not, in the real sense, artists, there is | an important creative element In their | work and the general problem is some- what the same as that of a broadcast- ing studio.” “Old Ideas” Passing. It appears to me that the old Bo- hemian ideas, which cast writers and artists of all kinds in a setting of con- | fusion and disorder, is passing. Radio, |in providing every possible detail of | convenience ' and in beauty for Iits | studios, came on at about the time | when new ideas were beginning to take | hold, and it missed the era of uproar | and untidiness through which the news- papers have passed, or are passing. The fact that it has come so quickly | in radio may be partly due to the fact | that women have had a hand in it, but 1 rather think it would have come any- way. Business enterprise of all kinds is taking up the slack in offices and | factories and higher standards of order- liness, dress and behavior are being | maintained. Radio artists, of course, ave just like all other normal human beings. when they are not disturbed by critical, chal- lenging or hostlie eyes peering at them through the microphone. —Around a large broadcasting studio there is easy and pleasant social intercourse—quite | unlike the traditional interminglings of | Montmartre or Greenwich Village—but | somehow, artistic performance seems to | require the maintenance of definite standards. Sustained Mood Essential. One notes that a good actor, perhaps playing a serious er tragic role, does| not step out of the part when he takes | a curtain call. The integrity of the| gerrormnnce would somehow be lessened v any sudden letdown. A radio per- | formance must, in somewhat the same | way, be carried through from beginning | to end. There must be a sustained| mood, enhanced by every possible de- tail of dress and environment. For this reason, a great broadcasting studio is a producing center in the same sense as a theater and the necessity of spacious- ness, color, order and beauty is obvious. (Copyright, 1029.) D. C. Naval Reserve northeast, was enlisted as a fireman, third class, and assigned to the Fleet Division, it was announced at the battalion headquarters. The local Reserve headquarters has received the record of transfer to the local organization of Harvey T. Black, | 105 sSixth street southeast, a phar- macist's mate, second class. He has been in the Regular establishment for six years, and was aboard the presiden- tial yacht Mayflower at the time of his transfer. Ensign R. H. Hudson, 2d Fleet Division, has begn ordered to appear for examination tomorrow for promo- tion to the rank of lieutenant, junior grade. Jacob Donald Detwiler, 401 Twenty- third street, has been promoted from the warrant rank of radio electrician to that of chief radio electrician, it was announced. Ralph A. Power, 5727 Ninth street and Charles H. Gerwig, 117 Carroll street southeast, both scamen, second class, have been ordered trénsferred from the Volunteer to the Fleet Re- serve and assigned to the aviation division. The following have been ordered transferred from the Aviation Fleet Division to the Volunteer Reserve: Harry A. Adams, jr, 1432 Spring road and George Harold Eaves, Glen Echo, Md. SAILOR ATHLETE PLANS TO BECOME MINISTER Mobile Student Boards U. S. 8. Langley for Cruise to Chile. SAN DIEGO, Calif. (#)—A 21-year- old college student, foot ball player, boxer, student of aviation, United States sailor and aspiring writer is planning to follow in the ministerial footsteps of his forbears for three generations. Joseph Louis Tucker of Mobile, Ala., who reported here to the U. S. S. Langley for its cruise to Chile, only recently decided to become an Episcopal | minister, but he does not believe his varied interests incongruous to pulpit training. The sea claimed Tucker first, when as a lad of 13 he embarked for Europe as an officer’s mess boy. A student at three universities, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, University of Alabama and University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., he has never hesitated to leave school for a sea trip. Returning from Chile, he plans to continue at Sewanee in preparation for the ministry. He is keenly interested in aviation and has about 200 hours in the air to his_credit. Tucker played foot ball in prep school and on the Navy team which defeated the Army in the annual service game at Chicago Thanksgiving day. While at Alabama he boxed for the American Legion. Tucker is the son of the Rev Louls Tucker of Fort Smith, Ark. PLANES AHEAD OF CARS. Nicaraguans Accustomed to Marine Corps Aircraft. BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (#).—Most of the inhabitants of this region have never seen an automobile, a railroad or even a rubber tired buggy, but they regard the airplane as commonplace. ‘The United States Marines are always willing to carry passengers whenever the seating capacity of their planes is not required for military purposes, and many Nicaraguans arc taking advantage of the offer. The trip by air from Blueficld to Meanagua requires three hours, compared with seven days by hoat and horscback. Mosquito Survey Asked. To prevent a recurrence of the epi- demic of dengue fever in Greece the league health committec of the League of Natfons has asked the medical direc- | tor to enlist the co-operation of ent mologists in carrying out a mosquito survey of Mediterrancan countries. Offcial reports to the League show that in Greece 850,000 persons were stricken with fever and 2,372 died, STAR English Star Featured GERTRUDE LAWRENCE, Famous musical comedienne from Great Britain, who will be the guest artist in the General Motors “fa party” tomerrow night through Wi and associated stations. RADIO TIME IS CUT FOR SENDING PHOTOS Less Than Half Minute Now Re- quired to Send Pictures by Air or Wire, NEW YORK (#).—Less than half a minute now is required to trans- mit photographs by radio or wire. Speed and success have been com- bined in the development of appatatus | for the transmission of pictures that are good duplicates of the originals. Time required to send a 5 by 8 inch photograph has been reduced from four and five minutes to 48 seconds. Equipment used in this process and developed under the direction of Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin of the Westing- house research laboratories was de- seribed In a paper read before the In- stitute of Radio Engineers. In some of the experimental transmissions pic- tures were sent over the short wave companion station of KDKA, Pitts- burgh, and picked up with ease. In sending a picture, an ordinary photograph or manuscript is placed on a cylinder moving under a beam cf Iight. This is reflected at an angle by mir- rors to a photoelectric cell of the mag- nesium-caseium type, filled with argon. Converted into electric current, the signal is amplified by a three-stage Another Year Begins... On WASHINGTON, D. ©C., JANUARY 13, 1929—PART %' RADIO MANUFACTURER CAME UP FROM MOTOR MECHANIC BENCH “Gene” McDonald Started in Automobile Factory at $6 Per Week. President of Chicago Firm Is Pal of Explorers and Archeologists. CHICAGO (#)—If it is not “Gene” McDonald getting into the newspapers it is his radio company that is. “Gene,” or more formally Eugene F. ‘McDonald, jr., pal of explorers and archeologists, and himself explorer, yachtsman and hunter, is president of the Zenith Radio Company. years ago he bought patents from R. H. G. Matthews and Karl Hassell, who were building radio sets on a hand-to- mouth basis, built a factory and went into business on a larger scale. Hassell now is chief engineer, Matthews is & lieutenant commander in the Navy, and both are wealthy. Profits Increase Rapidly. The first year's profit was $20,000; that of 1928 is estimated at above $2,- 000,000. The company's stock, which went on the Chicago market last Feb- ruary at $32.50 a share, has crossed $200 and been split four for one after a 300 per cent dividend. McDonald, sr., was a real estate man in Syracuse, N. Y., when McDonald, jr., asked the Franklin Motor Company for a job. An executive suggested a berth in"an office, but the youth went into the factory at $6 a week, advanced to the mechanic's bench, became a sales- man and then ran across Hassell and Matthews. He first got “radio fever” when he heard a ‘“blooper” set in a Pittsburgh garage. He tried to buy a single tube set in Chicago and so encountered the Zenith inventors. The rest of the story is written in the history of the company, the name of which was taken from a broadcasting station operated by the men, 9zn—"Z-nine" and then “Zenith.” The radio magnate has been active in lines other than the purely industrial. In co-operation with the Assoclated Press he instituted the first radio inter- view, McDonald, then with the Mac- Millan expedition north of Etah Greenland, talking with a reporter al a Chicago station. He also instituted the “air piracy” suit against the Gov- ernment, won the right for his station WJAZ to_ broadcast over any wave amplifier before going into the radio transmitter. For picking up pictures a standard receiver, with transformer _coupled audio amplification, is used. The out- put is fed into a glow tube, whose light is focused nto a tiny beam playing on a cylinder covered with photogranhic paper and moving in step with that at the transmitter. The beam fluctuates in density to make the lights and chad- ows of a photograph, which then is developed in the regular way. Seven | | NE F. McDONALD, Jr. | band, and prodded legislators to a regu- lation of the air. Leads Adventurous Life. McDonald, now 40, twice has ven- tured into the Arctic. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Reserve and a host and entertainer of distinction. He often is “good copy” for news- papers. Three years ago a small pleasure steamer went down in Lake Michigan, off the municipal pier, with a loss of more than thirty lives. Mc- Donald, entertaining a party on his yacht, heard of the disaster, hastened to the scene and was the first to don a diver's helmet for an underwater search. Throughout the search for bodies, his was the directing voice. MANILA WARS ON RATS. Authorities Seek to Check Cause of Buhonic Plague. MANILA (#).—Bubonic plague has broken out in parts of India and China and the Philippine health authorities have started a campagin against rats, the principal carriers of the disease. It is estimated that there is one rat mately 12,000,000. The chief of the health service issued a warning that until this number is reduced the out- look would be dangerous. Sanitary inspectors are acting as pied pipers in the ports of Cebu, Iloilo, Zam- boanga, Legaspi and Davao. Perfume Beads in Europe. Smart feminine dressers of Europe have a new fad in perfume beads. The baubles are heavy, and each is a recep- tacle for the scent. Different odors may be carried in the beads, thus give ing a combined scent according to the wearer’s taste. As for every person in the islands, approxi- | |of the Richard J. Harden Camp at its | last meeting, the newly installed com- | L. Mattocks: pre: Meetings This Week. Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp, Wednesday night, Pythian Tem- ple. Richard J. Harden Camp, Thursday night, Pythian Temple. Gen. M. Emmet Urell Auxil- iary, Wednesday night, Pythian Temple. Col. John Jacob Astor Auxil- jary, Thursday night, 921 Penn- sylvania avenue southeast. Following the installation of officers mander, George F. Cook, announced the appointment of the following com- mittee chairmen: Relief, W. D. Watts; entertainment, Joseph J. Harvey; re- cruiting, John A. Chisholm; memorial, William E. Rink; employment, William James E. Maynard; auditing, Harry B. Coulter. The com-| mander also announced the agpcint-| ment of Past Department Commauder Wwilliam L. Mattocks as a member of | the department employment commit- tee and Past Department Commander Albert Michaud as a member of the department grievance committee. In the recent announcement of the installation of offieers the name of Charles Ammann appeared as color sergeant. This should read Thomas F. Allman, color sergeant. The reports of retiring Commander | Harry J. Sherwood, Quartermaster | Thomas A. Hudlow, Histerian E. Byrd Dolan, William O. Ohm, chairman of the relief committee, and Harry B. Coulter, chairman of the auditing com- mittee, were read and placed on file. William O. Ohm, chairman of the rellef committee, stated that J. G. Noyes, who is being treated at the Naval Hospital, was on furlough and able to attend the meeting: A, Chisholm and Willlam E. O'Neill are ill_at their homes. Following the announcement of the recent death of James Finn, “Taps” was sounded and the usual period of silent prayer was observed. Frank T. Carey, of the 5th United States Infantry, was elected to mem- hership. Department Commander James G. Yaden addressed the members on the good of the order. Other sp2akers were Ernes: R. Graves, C. E. Larstow and J. L. Dawson, of the Gen. Henry | W. Lawton Camp, and Jacob Orken, | of the Richard J. Harden Camp. Department Installing Officer Wil- liam I. Jenkins installed the office:s of the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp at its meeting Friday night in Pythion Temple, as follows: ‘Commander, Charles P. Galpin; senior vice com- mander, Alexander T. Jenkins; junior vice commander, C. L. Davison; officer of the day, Joseph Weininger; officer of the guard, Robert Culin; trustee, George V. McAlear. Following the installation ceremonies the Miles Camp held its annua' ban- quet in the dining hall of the temple, when the following program was given, condueted by Cleveland Kennicutt, toastmaster: Address, Department Commander James G. Yaden; address, Carrie E. Nolan, president of _the Ladies’ Auxiliaries: vocal solo, Miss | Jeanette McCaffrey, with Miss Kath- ryn McCaffrey at the piano; address, Col. Winfield Scott, commissioner of pensions; address, Dr. H. L. Richard- son, pension examiner; _recitation, Gretta Ludwig: address, mander-in-Chief Rice W. Means, presi- dent of the National Tribune; remarks on the good of the order, Past De- partment_Commander James E. Mayn- ard and Charles P. Galpin, commander Past Com-._ of the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp: _ vocal solo, Miss Jeanette Mc accompanied by Miss Kathryn Caffrey. The Gen. M. Emmet Urell Auiliary ing officers: President, senior vice president, Lillian junior vice president, Ethel 'y chaplain, Holis Beckwith: patriotic in- structor, Loretta Power; historian, Vir- ginia Aureton; conductress, Emma Tull; assistant conductress, Henzmann; guard, Elizabeth Foley; as- sistant guard, Georgia Pritche! The department auxiliaries will Iwld their annual ball on the evening of January 26 at the L'Aiglon, Eighteentn street and Columbia road. The joint installation of the auxil- faries was held Monday night at North- east Masonic ‘Temple, Departmen: President Carrie E. Nolan acting as in- stalling officer. Edna R. Summerfield was in charge of the departmenc color team work. Refreshments were served iollowing. the ceremonies. Me-” Johanna At the regular monthly meeting of the Lineal Society of the Spanish War the newly elected officers were in- stalled by Past Chief Ruler Katherine Baum, assisted by Lucy Goldsborough as aid. Chief Ruler Mary A. Rink announced the reappointment of Sadie W. Coulter as chief of records. The members of the society pre- sented the retiring chief ruler, Mary E. Werden, with a handsome bag in appreciation of her work during the past year. NEVADA WEDDINGS GAIN. | 250 Per Cent Increase Is Reported This Year. RENO; Nevada (#).—The number of * weddings in Washoe County for the . first 11!, months of this year was 3,268, or 870 more than in the entire State for 1927, according to figures compiled by the county clerk. More than 2,750 of the licenses were granted to Californians, who crossed the State border to evade the three days’ notice of intention to marry laws. Definite - figures from Ormsby and Douglas, the other bordering counties, . are not available. Since California’s three-day law be- came effective wedding permits have increased more than 250 per cent, 1,228 licens: fornia banns fective July 31, 1927. M. Artti, Finland's minister to_ the Soviet government was robbed by Rus- sian thieves while en route to Lenin-° erad from Moscow. 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