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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-23
HEARST HAS
ORGANIZED =
NEW PARTY
tBy Associated Press. ]

CHICAGO, 22.-Steps 0 a
political taken of the Independence
This followed speech
by William Randolph Hearst which the
and the adoption declaration of
forth the objects the organization
which attain them. provisional national
mttee which Hearst chairman authorized
to
Presidency and VcePesdency after the Republican and Demo-
held their gatherings Chicago
thirty-fve
delegations that about 125 attended
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-23
RAILWAY STRIKE
in URUGUAY
(By Associated Press. }

,MONTEVIDEO, Feb. "a The
employees of all railways in Uruguay
have gone on strike. There are
about 1900 miles of railway in Uru-
quay which is controlled by British
capitalists.
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CONTINUED on Page A.
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sSThis paDeR fs az
Reremt from olhol
newspapers, an4
thank the GOa1 ct
Verse and PrOse that
Il II daGeReAt."
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29
RNmW. WMEY OE ESANffSAlgglSSo
AnD THE WdRElEgg OUTFIT MADE dD1 lAna-
u 0

secondary ooils and made powerful Co.,
dsnsers Of various material not . fits1s
OF which he found IN Junk plea The
sparks from such coils can cause an
noyance and interference when Uncle
Sans aerograms are fitting through
the ether.
'SeIective'' wireless tslsgrapny. thak
Is, system by which iptsrfsrsacss
from other stations are eliminated
through syntoniAng the receiving ap-
paratus with the wave length Of the
transmitting station By means OF .
tuner" has made great advances iats-
1y, but does not wholly out out inter-
ferences when tho latter comes from .
strong spark in the vicinity Of the re-
ceiving station. There are instruments
for which It is claimed that they VIII
eliminate all signals regardless Of how
close or strong, whose wave lengths
vary in q slight degree from that OF the
station to which Il Is "attunsd" But
few OF either government or CONNER
cial stations, at least on this coast. are
equipped with them.
have heard the buzzlike signals
from q half dozen stations at the same
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29

ether waves from the large stations.
just as In the analogy of the pond the
ripples from pebbles quickly disappear
among the larger waves, there was no
interference and no cause for COM
plant
But the American boy kept pace with
the latest inventions. He soon aban-
doned the Marconi coherer and
decoherer, the former of which he
made with q small tube OF glass,
a platinum wire and the nickel
ana silver filings from q nickel
and . dime: the latter from an
ordinary electric bell Taper, and made
himself the latest electrolytic detector
which he connected with Z pair of the
most delicate telephone receivers. which
can be purchased from any dealer IN
eiec.ric goods. found one San Fran
cisco youth using q pair of receivers
mole sensitive and of greater receiv-
inx power than those used by the navy
department.
With the ability to receive came the
ambition to send or transmit. Unable
to buy the long distance spark coils,
the price OF which runs wells up into
hundreds of dollars. he obtained plans
ana diagrams and. with remarkable in
genuity and dogged determination, set
to work to wind his own primary and
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29

time, and with the '.tuner" have been
able to pick out the particular station
that / wanted to read and shut OUT
the others, or at least made them so
faint that they did not confuse me.
However. when receiving from q sta
tion at a great distance, whose waves
are coming so family that they are
barely diDcernible to the ear, and q sta
tion within q few miles and having =
strong spark breaks in" as the Incl
dent referred to when Mare island was
receiving from Point Iona and some
boy in Alameda broke In, the latter
comes SO much louder that it practi-
cally blots out the faint buzz" from
the distant station That Is one OF the
principal sources OF complaint made
by the naval stations, not only against
the boys with experimental equipments
OF unusual strength. but also against
some of the commercial stations who
sometimes may fail to recognize the
right Of government business to have
precedence over everything else.
splendid type OF the American
youth Is Ralph W. Wiley. a young cleo
trician, who has the most powerful
and best equipped experimental wire
less plant on this side OF the bay,
entirely home made. Installed upon
the back porch OF his home at 21oo
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29

and placing some restrictions upon it
so that government and commercial
business is not interfered with
The president forwarded to congress
letter from Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf calling the formers attention
to the necessity of such law and in
cluded a report citing numerous in
stances of interference with the gov
ernment's aerograms. While neither the
presidents message nor Secretary Net
calfs letter says so in as many words.
1t is apparent from the letters men
tioning instances of interference s.by
persons operating with no serious OBJ
ject" and his statement that laws of
the nature proposed would never
seriously interfere with legitimate
workings of commercial wireless sta
tions," that is the great American boy
that the president is after To show
how the latter is Interfering with
Uncle Sans business by invading his
wireless zone. il is necessary to ex-
less telegraphy.
though somewhat crude. than the fol-
lowing:
You have thrown stones in a pond
and observed the ripples and waveIets
on the surface OF the water radiating
in all directions. If the stone was
large the disturbance on the surface
of the water was in proportion and
the waves larger and radiating to a
greater distance from the splash than
IL the stone was small. Had the
large stone been followed by a small
pebble the ripples of the latter did not
interfere with the waves Of the former.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29

latest inventions and discoveries, but
made his own independent experiments.
Today there is not a large city in the
United States, especially where COM
mercial or government wireless sta
tions are established, where numerous
"aerials" cannot be seen on housetops.
on tops of barns, in trees. on windmills
and other places. In San Francisco and
the bay towns there are more than q
score of such stations put up and oper-
ated by boys from 10 to Is years OF age.
Alameda and Berkeley. are fairly dotted
with them.
In Berkeley station I found a
condenser made out of a number of
quart milk jars. the tuner" out of a
five gallon distilled water demijohn,
and the ambitious inventor at work
making a more powerful Leyden jar
condenser out Of number of seltzer
water bottles from which he had cut
the top. But upon clapping the re-
ceiver to my ears I heard TIM" (Point
Loma) calling "Lx," the cruiser West
Virginia, which was then about on the
southern California coast, and q little
later heard the Mare island navy yard
operator burning hole In the at
mosphere with his sulphuric words,
swearing at an American boy some
where in Alameda for Quitting in
with his spark" when he was working
with Point Iona.
Instead of tuner" the size Of a Ave
gallon demijohn q San Francisco boy
had achieved the same object and even
better results with q tuner" neatly
made and no larger than pint bottle,
and in his plant, installed upon COW
cred back porch, I found home made
spark coil, which If purchased from q
dealer would have cost not less than
$3.50.
In order to understand how these
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29
BY Karl H. Won Wiegand

. s. :, "a. !. : : '''' '''' 's' , $.
What? President Roosevelt
fighting the American boy. the young
ster whose strenuosity, energy, curios-
ity, desire to know things. to do things
and whose penchant for experimenting
is so Characteristic of the spiri. of our
best nation? Impossiblel
Not only possible. but an actual
fact
Swish, swishw went the big stick
over the head OF the American boy
last week. AS to the swat That will
in a measure depend upon congress,
where the American youngster has
many friends. who. since there is no
more patronage and as it is the presi-
dents last year. may interpose.
And, strangest of all, it is the Ameri-
can boys characteristic faculty of do
ing things that has incurred the dis
pleasure of the president and incl
dentally OF Uncle Sam
It is all right for the american boy
TO do things" says the president. He
DcuGEeE III LIAL ulIllctll anu pEdCllCSS
r. He sympathizes with the kids am
bition 70 know things and find them
out through practical experimenting.
That is the American inventive genius
and is most commendable, declares he,
but Qualities IT with within certain
limits" Those limits. the president
evidently thinks, should be confined to
the good solid ground. 1t was never
intended appears to be President
Roosevei's : opinion. that blue ether
should be a playground for the Ameri-
can boy, or that he was entitled to
more air than necessary for him to
breathe or fly a kite.
But, when the precocious youngster
begins 70 carry his pranks into the
ETHEREAL blue, eavesdrops. taps Uncle
sans aerograms, interferes with wire
less communications and fills the ether
with his own 'splashes.- it's time says
the president. to step In with the big
stick
From trusts and railroad magnates
TO the Amsrfcan kid" is a far cry
In degree not In kind-but not so far
that ne can escape the presidents at
tentton, In itself compliment: but
when the president urges national leg
isiation to place some limit and re-
Etrictione upon the inventive turn of
mind OF the American boy and his pen-
chant for practical experiments. de-
cidediy IL is an honor.
So numerous have been the com
plants to the navy department from
San Francisco, Newport, Washington
and other cities of fnterferences with
their wireless messages by private per
sons and experimental stations. thar
President Roosevelt has sent a mes
sage to congress urging the passage
Of the bill quoted elsewhere on this
page. regulating wireless telography
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29
T.

small wireless stations ca interfere
with Uncle Sans aerograms. al wire
less messages are sometimes termed,
1t is necessary to explain that the os-
citations In tho ether by the disruptfve
discharge OF the electric spark by g
wireless apparatus which IL caught by
tho aerial of tho receiving station
comes to the ear Of the operator
through the telephone receivers on his
head, similar to those worn by tele-
phone girls. in zip, zip. zish, z-z-z-s-t
buzzlfke sound. In q small degree It
sounds something like an electric buzz
zer but not nearly SO loud. I may be
able to convey better idea of the
sound by comparing 1t with the buzzing
of ny or q bee. To the acute and
highly trained ear of the operator these
delicate sounds are intelligble signals
and are read when so faint as to be
hardly discernible to the ordinary ear.
AS long as the boys In their expert
ments confined themselves to receiv-
ing stations and to transmitting spark
coils, the waves Of which did not have
a radiating zone OF more than q mile
or two and were not noticed among the
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29
Aimed at the
American Boy
House Bill No. 17,71e

Be it enacted by the senate
and house Of representatives of
the United States of America in
congress assembled: That it
shall be a punishable offense (a)
to originate or transmit a false
wireless message purporting to
be official; (b) or to break in and
interfere with any wireless sta
ton while it is transmitting an
official message; or (c) to re-
fuse to cease or fail to cease
sending a private wireless mes
sage when called upon to do so
by an operator having an official
message to be sent. Any per-
son committing any one or more
OF the above offenses shall for
each offense be punished by
fine of not exceeding $1,000. or
by imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or both.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29

and soon merged with them until they
were no longer perceptible to the eye
Supposing now that the stones were
thrown in with certain regularity
and system, the size, length and dis
tance between the waves forming an
alphabetical code, and numerous boys
around the pond were making splashes
signal waves. There you get the idea.
In like manner the disruptive dis
charge of an electric spark of high
frequency and great intensity from a
wireless apparatus through the medium
of it's aerial wire, makes splash" in
the ether and sets up electric oscilla-
tions or ether waves. radiating at
right angles from the aerial These
waves, their regularity, space be-
tween and their length. whether dots
or dashes. form the signal code Of
letters.
Well, the president, the secretary Of
the navy and incidentally Uncle Sam.
want the American kid to stop throw
ing electric stones" into the either
pond" that stretches out over the
United States, and through congress
they have asked that 1t be fenced off,
With the remarkable development in
wireless telegraphy in the last three
years have come opportunities for ex-
perimenting which the inventive genius
OF the American boy has taken full ad-
vantage of. The elementary principle
once grasped, he has set to work to
make his own instruments. and the pos
sible infringement upon q patent has
not troubled his mind. Crude were his
instruments at first. 1t is true. but once
he found that they worked, 1t spurred
him on to greater effort and he set to
work improving them, not alone by
copying after the latest style and pat
tern and keeping in touch with the
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-09
"YouNe MRS. WINTHROP

In Young Mrs. Winthrop" at the
Orpheum Theater last evening the
Armin players scored a decided hit,
the play being one of the most inter
esting and entertaining Of the offer
ings of the company to local theater-
goers. The whole company displayed
marked ability. especially Miss Glib
ney in the title role. "The Young
Mrs. Winthrop" probably seen here
for the first time last evening, al
though written and produced a mum
Der of years ago, pictures with fidelity
to life the gradual estrangement of a
happily married couple. because of the
husbands devotion to business, and
his wife's conscientious devotion to so
ciaI duties. The breach is widened
until at last their only child dies while
her mother is at brilliant social func-
ton and shortly after the father re-
turns from a cali, which later it be-
comes known was made for the pur-
pose of saving his wife the pain of
seeing her brother convicted of fel-
ony. Matters continue to grow worse
until they decided to separate, and are
about to do so, when they are remind
ed of their duty by an old time friend
of their parents.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-09
a Bark For Barker.

The editor sat in his easy chair. Ed
tors always have easy chairs-in dc-
ton. He thought he recognized the
handwriting on one of the envelopes.
He sighed.
another poem" said he. reaching
for the waste paper basket. He open
ed the letter. He was agreeably dis
appointed. 1t was prose. 1t ran as
follows:
"a man named Barker had a dog
that barked,. so he called 1t Barker be-
cause it barked and because his own
name was Barker. So the man was
Barker, and the dog that barked was
Barker. The man didn't bark, al
though his name was Barker. Barker
and Barker went for a walk, and
Barker barked-that is, dog Barker,
not man Barker. In fact, dog Barker
barked so much that man Barker said;
Barker, don't bark so often You nev-
er hear me bark Just then man
Barker barked his shin on the bark {
tree and barked like anything"
The editor paused. There was note
inclosed, which ran, please send CHECK
for fnclosed to me at 1901 Barker av1-
nue., city" Then did the deus ez
machina write, with smile. II have
received your joke and win send check
when my bark comes in."-Judge.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-09
AUGUSTUS THOMAS

Augustus Thomas, the well known
American playwright, was born in st.
Louis, January 8, 1859, and received
his education in the public schools
of that city. In his youth he engaged
in a variety of occupations before he
discovered that the could write plays
that would bring him fame and mon
ey. He was in turn a page in the
house of representatives at Washing
ton, a clerk in a railroad Office, a law
student and newspaper reporter.
Among the successful plays that he
has written those that are best re-
membered are Alabama ''In Mfz-
zoura," Arizona" "On the Quiet"
oliver Goldsmith" 1.-THE Other, Girl, y
Mrs Leffngwelrs/ Boots" and THE
Earl of Pawtucket." During the past
few years Mr. Thomas has sprung in
to some prominence as a politician
and has taken more or less active
part in democratic affairs in New
York He is close personal friend
of William ]. Bryan, and presided al
the great meeting held in Madison
Square garden in 1906 to welcome
Mr.. Bryan on his return from his
trip around the world. X
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-09
new PAPER
FOR c. 0. P.
IN BISBEE
Stated on Reliable Authority
That Weekly Organ Will Be
Published In This City With
in Short Time.

After an unusually long respite
from open dissension and factionalism
in the ranks of the local Republicans,
1t looks very much as II the tong
war which was waged In the county
with such bitterness about year ago
would again break forth with renewed
yigor and probably overshadow In
disastrous results the contest which
1t was thought had been forgotten.
The first indication of the approach
Ing break came within the last couple
Of days when it was reported on relia.
BILE authority that weekly Republi-
can newspaper win be published In
the city before very long which will
give to the faithful the real simon
pure dope" as distinguished from
what tne promoters consider the here.
teal utterances of the party organ
now in existence.
Although the statement that there
will be a new Republican paper pub
lished here is made on reliable author
ity 1T is impossible at the present
Tina to ascertain Just who will be the
angel or angels" in back of the pro.
ject as it is understood that at the
pISSSuI lllut, the pTOIHOterS are III
communication with a number OF
prominent adherents of g. o. D. princi
pies, and that final arrangements
have not yet been completed.
The matter was discussed on the
streets yesterday and the opinion
seemed to prevail generally that this
is but another movement to under,
mine the power of r. A. Kirk, the
present chairman of the county cen
trail committee, who also presides over
the destinies of the only local Repub
lican newspaper. Whether there is
another aspirant for the honors OF
leadership or the old-time machine
crowd endeavoring to regain power is
uncertain, but the movement is well
defined.
During the last county campaign
Kirk occupied a strategic position as
manager of the evening paper, and at
various times during the course
of the preliminary campaign, the
power o 1.-THE organ was used to
denounce the opposition. II another
paper is established this advantage
will be greatly reduced, which makes
the movement seem a definite one
against Kirk.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-09
WOMAN DISAPPEARS
MYSTERIOUSLY
Miner Notifies officers of Loss
of Wife-Had $500 In
Money on Person..

Up to late hour last night no trace
had been found of Mrs. James Bell,
wife of miner, who reported her
disappearance from their home on
Tuesday evening. It is believed that
she has left the district.
Yesterday morning James Bell re-
ported to the officers that his wife
had left their home on Youngblood
Hill at about $50 O'Clock on Tues,
day evening, after leaving their four.
year-old son at the home of neigh
Dor and had not returned thereafter
He stated that she had taken with her
about S400 In money.
Bell stated that so far as he knew
there was absolutely no reason for
his wffe's deserving him, as they had
got along happily since their mar
riage and she seemed to be devoted
to their child
Inquiry over the city yesterday fail
ed to uncover any trace of the miss.
ing woman and it is believed that she
left the city on the east bound evening
train.
At the time of leaving home her
husband stated she was dressed in a
brown suit with a brown hat. The
missing woman is described as being
small, with black hair and a dark
complexion.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-09
SILVER MARKET.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Bar silver,
81 1-Sc; Mexican dollars, 441zc
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-09
Laasnd d s.. Winifrsd ven.

A romantic legend hangs around st
Winifred well Cradocus, a neighbor-
ing prince, smitten with the beauty of
a Hoiywe1 damsei and reused to anger
by her. coyness, struck of her head as
she fed from his unwelcome attentions.
The head, rolling down the hill. rested
near the church. and from the spot the
present copious spring gushed forth
as the earth opened to swallow 1p the
assassin. st. Beuno. who was passing,
picked up the head and, with skill
which is now lost TO the medical pro
fession, restored the maiden, with only
a slender white line on her neck as evil
dence OF the miracle But not only did
the well spring from the spot where
the head rested, but the moss on its
brink was supposed TO be possessed Of
q particularly fragrant smell, while the
blood marks on the stones assumed
many beautiful tints on June %, the
anniversary OF the event. Today the
well Is contained in a rectangular
building. and the water flows into a
large basin In the. shape Of an eight
pointed star.-London Chronicle.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-09

RECE|PTsSHOW
BIG INCREASE
Last Quarter of 1907 Exceeds
That of 1906 BY II Per Cent
In Stamp SaIes-ScheduIe
For Mails.

That the population of the Warren
district has increased during the past
year in spite of various obstacles,
seems apparent from the report of the
condition OF the sBfsbee postoffice,
for the last three months of 1907,
which was submitted this week to tae
department at Washington. The mail
service is also being still further i'm
proved by the new railroad schedule.
1t is required that the postmaster
submit each quarter to the depart
ment at Washington an itemized
statement of the business done by the
office. Postmaster Cassidy complet-
ed his report and the sale of stamps
during october, November and Deem
Der is shown to nave amounted to the
sum of $10,127.8S, as compared with
an income from this source oil
SS,73499 during the same month Oh
the previous year. The increase
amounts approximately to IL per cent.
The changing of the schedule on the
FL Paso & Southwestern Railroad
which was effective on last Sunday,
has changed the time OK receiving
and sending the mails and closing
them. The following is the schedule
now:
Mail to Benson and the west closes
s a. NJ
Mail to Ell Paso and east $50 a. m.
Mail to Benson 3:45 p. m.
Mail to Ell Paso, $50 p. N.
Registered mail leaves the city
going east and west each afternoon
and in order to catch the train a
letter will have to be registered be-
fore $3.50 O'Clock. There Is an excep-
ton to this rule. as registered mail
for Colorado leaves the city in
morning.
Another advantage of Bisbee's be-
ing placed on the main line is that
the through trains carry a mail car
making it possible for person to
mail postal matter at the local de-
pot