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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE
FOR CCASTRUCTN{NESS
Actually Some Evidence During
Past Week That Public Has
Some Rights.
Ry BROhDAN WALL

New York. oct. 19.-Conditions
at the beginning Of the new weot
are still favorable for a construc-
tive stock market. President viii
sons condition has ceased to be
factor The American public hiss
apparently made up its mind IN
regard to the league of nations
The final form of the treaty will
agree with public opinion regard
less of personal ambitions. The La
Dor problem is being settled aloa (
n lines Of real Amcr4caniSr1. Tho
move ment to bar foreigners from
trade unions is spreading rapidly
Conservative labor leaders are ac-
tually showing signs that they re-
toenize the rights OF employers.
Indeed there has actually been
some evidence in the last week that
The public has some rights Thu
sherman antitrust law the labrr
Unions and the courts have aiNaf =
IGNORED the public 1t has always
been taken for granted that every
member Of the public was involved
IN one or another Of the parties 20
The disputes over wages. prices and
rates of Sportation. The put
lie has had no voice because the
ucwsps pers as a class allied them
selves with one or another OF the
parties Now tha general public is
making its influence felt by uuar,-
nous condemnation Of all the par
ties to the Scandalous fight against
American prosperity.
with the growth 81 the autnn
lie industry the petroleum indus
try must increase for not only docs
the food and the civil life Of The
l l.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20
BE No BUSINESS
WITHOUT OIL PRODCCTS

But regardless Of the nationalit"
Of the oil companies their stocks
are sure 20 he valuable for In the@e
modern times of the oil burning
ship. the farm tractor. the truck
passenger car. submarine, and aero-
plane and the oil driven machinery
of a hundred descriptions there can
he no business Of any Importance
without the consumption OF p--
lroleum and lis products.
incidentally if the soft coal min
crs strike as they threaten 70 d s.
that viii help the oil companies i'm
mensely. OIL VIII replace coal i7
thousands of factories and where Il
once enters II is never pat out
This will he a good thing by elin3-
mating the great waste Of labor now
em ploved in Transporting coal from
Z he mines tn he great cities,
Savings banks IRE finally dola-
something sensible and unselfeh ta"
their customers. They are going '2
sell high grade stocks over tE"
counter
Ey selling stocks and bonds over
he counter - ihe savings bar
constructive worh VIII be helpeh
stocks ana hande are nothing IN
earth hu, partnerships in the great
railroads. r.!nes Aud factories and
farms of America.
The mew departure will save mil
hons Ia the American investors by
srvclur 1Uta from the touches ot
I'D, .ndters who are taking great a1-
l..utaFe of this air Of mystery 10
pick The pockets IT the people o
tive tune az Hundreds ri millions
+Nrr& year
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20

one 81 the numerous superStit-
ions - 'Eo italian pHasantry is that
rows OF teeth hung around tho necks
ot little children will assist them in
tcethinE
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20

Foosani Eum2nia Oct IA
Threatened @9rs ad Of pcli gra awou&
the children Of st&ty-aWo villages IN
tho Foscani district has been def
nitcly arrested by three American
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20

OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP LINE

Old DOMINION STEAMSHIP LINE =.
Leave for Newport Newa and Norfolk, janet
Norfolk With Main Lac steamers ior New York
daily except Sunday, 500 pm. James River Day
Line Steamer leaves for James River landings Aad
Norfolk SEQ am Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Arrive from Norfolk aud Newport News 90 ana
daily; from Jsmes River Landings and Norfolk
so pm Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20

L. S. RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION CON-
SOliDATED CITY TICKET OFFICE
SO e. Main Street PhoOe RAndoaea ~.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20
LEGAL NOTICES

IN THE CHAM f r Z
COURT OF THE CITY or RICH
MOND, THE 9TH DAY OF OCTO-
Der. 1914
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20

Tho wicked stand in slippery
places
.tiow do YOU know they are wick
ed ,"
"Ey the language they use when
thcy slip. ''- Postun Globe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20

city of Richmond, municipal cor
poration. created under the laws OF
the statelof virginia. Complainant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20
RAILROAD AND STEAMSHIP SCHEDULES

Arrivals and Departures OF Passenger Trains
ard Steamers Daily, unless ottier~ise
si7us4a4 Published only as iriorma-
ton and not guaranteed.
TaiIv except Sunday. Sunday oriy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20
Cleaning and Pressing.

our Suits Pressed. rs Centx-we cali
for and deliver Chesterfield Clean
ing Co. Si0l-2 East Main. Ran.
49,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
...WALL PAPERING

AT Pnpcrsng ~Doac the Better
WAv. Hundreds or designs to Sc
NJ from. A. HETZER & SONS,
- We Main street. Madison
10, Randolph 345.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01
L LAXIRGU Y BORRAS IRA
BAJAN JUNTOS
FL ano proximo vendran a America.

Tn redactor de La AcciGn refie
re asi una conversation que tuyo
con Ia gran tragediantc:
Aprovcchando una breve estan
cia nucstra en- Alicante, dondc ac
tuaba la famosa actriz, inquiri-
mos noticias relativas al aconte-
cimiento teatral.
Margarita Xirgu, esta formida-
bic actriz, inteligencia y compren
sion, nos di0 afablcmentc toda
clasc de dctalleG.
-Efectiyamente, es va un he,
cho la fusion. Desde hace tempo,
amigos de BOrras y mfos inicia-
ron las gestiones. TantO Enrique
, como yo, teniamos tambi6n gran
dcs deseos de trabajar juntos );
asi es que todo ha lido como sobre
ruedas.
-: Cuando realiza la fusion?
-Probablemente no tendra lu
gar hasta el comienzO de Ia tenn
porada en- Madrid, el II dc Sep
tiembre.
d Trabajaran ustedes los dos
en- todas las obras que represen-
ten?
---Desde luego; csa es la base
de la fusion. Yo estoy cstudiando
va todo el repertoire de Borras.
Ell tambien actuara en- las Obras
que hasta' ahora llevo yo en- mi
repertoire.
. Cuanto tempo en- el Ode0n?
-Por 10 menos, cuatro meses,
y quiza, quiza con una pr6rroga
hasta la primavera.
u Y compania?...
La mejor que sea possible, a
base de las dos que ahora actuan.
No lie d6y usted nombres, por-
que ell. defnitiva, NADIA sabemos
aiin,t y aunquc sobre POGO mas
menos va 10 tcnemos decidido,
la formation de una ccmpania, co
mo I'd. sabe, esta .siempre sujeta
a 10 imprcvisto.
=; Con que inauguraran uste-
deS?.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01

Con una obra clasica que va
te:lelnos decidida
-cY despuGs -.
=: Dcsputs?.. ncsp1fGs, mus
chos proyectos, 'nuchas ilusiones
sobre t0do mu.,ivs Gescos dc
trabajar, y "a America primeros
dc .Junio!..
-;Y esta usted contenta?.
=. Mucho!. ;. BOrras es un es-
tupendO actor, y tengo absolute
confanza en- que haremOs una cs-
plendida campaha. Ademas, mi
sueilo dorado es una larga tenn
poiada en- Madrid y en un teatro
centrico y popular.
-cY estren0s?...
--Alli nos tendran los autOres
con los brazos abiertOs y dispues-
toS estudiar con tOdO entusias-
mo V a recibir las obras con que
quieran hOnrarnos.
Despues, Margarita, con sus be-
Hos ojos de ensueiio, que e entu-
siasmo hace brillar, habla lieQa
dc fe de las obras que lleva estre-
nadas; de SUI gratitud al p1blico
de Madrid, que con tanto cariilo
la acoge siempre, y dc sus asrade
cimicntos a todas las prOyincias
espanolas, donde constantemente
lie prodigan aplausos enthusiasts
" donde CANA mucho dincro.
-: D6nde termina su excur-
sion esta temporada?
-AhOra voy Granada, Jaen,
Gibraltar, Scvilla, Badajoz y Cor
doba. Despues, un pequeho descan
so en- mi casita, que bien ganado
me 10 tengo, y este verano acaso
haga una temporada breve en- cl
Norte. Desputs, ia Madrid! Reu-
Mon de compaiiia cl dia l dc Sep
tiembre, y a debutar el dfa Is.
Como yes, lector, la fusion de
estos dos grandes artistas es ya
un hecho, y nos aguarda una tenn
porada teatral ell ell Ode0n, a po
60 que los autores quierai,.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01

/. ~. D., - y
i Nunca olvidaremos, la lilaerre
de- pobiY yyagabundo :. Era ,1n m
,hombre nugi.iento, con. Ia Eafbs
screcida, una bafba negi.a; j: t>eshi-
;:kaclaela, que. haciaa, resi- rrlesaal1tar III lu;
'cidez sugestionadora de .unos ojds
que hablaban de hambres ytpadeci
n1ientos. d, .t5 t~.9. II: T:
Este horabre fiie a cruzar( I'd. ca,
lie vel automovilista pudienso evi
tar la muerte dc. aquel 'hombre,--
Ipucs .tuvo tempo dc, ,detener Q des
war la inaquina. infernal,,., casi
la precipito con saiia, con peryer.
so instinto, para que arrancase la
vida al infeliz vagabundo.
La llama verde y fatidica que
|vimos relampaguear en- los ojos de
aquel chaatteur, Ia pndimos obser
var luego en- otros eompaheros,
animados del mismo deseo DC des.
trucci6n y muerte. 4 1
Podemos 'asegurar que, a yeces,
esos clauteasrs lanzan ,sus autos
con, mala intenei6n sobre los tran,
SeuntcS.
| iCuantos crimenes premedita.
dos sc habran llevado a eaho SO
.pretexto dc un nero incidente au.
tomovilista!.. ~ z
P6ngasele coto a los ,crimenes
de las maguinas de Ia m,ierte,
pues.. dc 10 ccntrario, llegara ua
rnomento en- que no pollIpmos
transitar por las Gales y, raseos,
por tenor que nos ap1aste un demo
MO con ruedas.
/ La Comision del scryicio PIT,
blico debe estudiar bien este asun
to y eyitar que holnbres sin con;
ciencias, sin moral, sin educaci5n
SO hagan cargo de los autos, esas
maquinas representatives !, de Ia
iinsolvencia. y Ell, engreilniento de !
la tbrutalidad y; el ;erimep; !,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01
Las Maqui11las . I.
de Ia M[uer't1;e,,

Por fin, Ia Comisi0n del Seryi-
clio Publico, pondra coto los in
numerables atrOpellos y crfmenes
dc los dichosos AUTOMOBILES, que
dia por dia, vienen lisiando y aplas
tando personals.
Nosotros hemos sido testigos
oculares de muchfsimos atropellos
algunos de los cualcs han side pro-
vocados por los chauffeurs quie-
hes, a yeces, no tienen cOnciencia
dc 10 que hacen. =.
Hoy, maflana 0 pasado, la Co
mission del ScrviciO P1blico regu-
lariZara, mediante una Ordenanza,
el tratico> de esas mAquinas de la
muerte entire San Juan y Santur.
ce.
Creemos que el remediO no esta
precisamente en- regularizar el ira
ficO de los endemoniados autos,
sino ell haccr cntrega dc las placas
de chduttcurs a las personals capa-
citadas mOralmente para guar las
peligrosisimas maquinas que en-
lnanos de algunos inconsistencies
son tremendas amenazas para ell
p1blico.
En- nuestros recuerdos sc levan.
ton los fantasmas elfsangrenta.
dos de las hecatombes automovilis
tas que hemos presenciado.
Una tarde del afio pasado, i'm
autom6yil aplast0 entire sus rue
das un nilo de cinco aiI0s.. Su
cuerpecito qued0 hccllo. una masa
roja, gclatinosa, informc repugnan
1c.
Otro dla fue una pobre yiaja de
10 ai1Os. Tn Ford lie aplast6 Ii
cabeza, la que sc convirti6 en- un
charco de sangre. En- el asfalto
quedaron diseminados los cahellos.
blancos, como una meta de algo-.
don que sc deshiciese. s.:-,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01
CASA De MADEIRA

Sc Ccnde una hcr,i,psd, ca
SO de MADEIRA, de nsuy ;s6lida
construction, con jdrdin, ga
rGge q terrcno para h0rtak
sa q rQcd de iecbe, sta en- 10
cGrreterd de HGto Rey.
Para mds iatormes, esc,1
base a Y. o. Boa %, Hdto
Reg. ADyT.
PATATAS, PATATAS. .
PreciOs, al gust0.
Casa de CADIERNO.
Advt.
HABITACIoN fresea y como
da, Sc alquila en- el Edifcio Borin-
qucn, 7 B. Preferable, persona So
Ia o matrimonio sin hiios. Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01
ss PRoDlGlosO n1EDCAn1EhTo
NTICAICIJIINA EBREY



eiminardo de ID sangre 81 acido drco causa
dolores al orinary Ia inhamai6n.
" a Curs el caarro de Ia vjigas /.
la hinchaz6n prostate enfema
canal de
Ansicac Ejeyde dsconcertado
Aa;caeaGsa Ia
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01
S&ja6osR.

Esta gran fabrica esINANDEZ & Co, agen-
dueha de inmensos bos- tes exclusives EN- Puerto
ques. De ellOs SAGA el Rico de esta importante
material con que cons manuf factura, reciben,
truye sus famosos nue. diariamente, grandes
bles para despachos pedidos de niuebles Wa
Oficinas muebles que BASH. En- toda Oficina
son reconocidos en- ei en- que Sc quiera facil-
mundo entero como los tar el trabajoy y ecolo-
mej0res. mizar tempo, no deben
CANTERO, FER faltar los muebles de
WABASH CABINET CO.. Il.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01
ENFERMOS DE PlEDRA

AntesleHna ldo
expulr Gle disover las riedras
Mgado
mn liro
botis.
Unos fabrcanes Chemical New York.
Sineceta remedio debe obtener lmejor
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01

del
a% .@sst@
duretco,
/ a !. 4 ~
Eb estrmno cr6ncoy eLhfsado
eyi
oberana cihd
i . ~ ;
c6ncos nefrica
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-01
MOVIMIENTO MARITIME

%
Maria Amparo, Fajardo
y Petra, descargando
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-26
The Sailors Uniform.

Why does the sailor wear such
funny trousers, flaring and Tapping
at the bottom? Why, when exposed
to sea breezes, does he wear such a
wide-open neck and Tapping wide
collarf Why does he always wear
a big handkerchief about his neck
and such funny round blue flat
haiti
All of these questions are easily
answered. The Tapping wide
trouser bottoms are made to quick
ly and easily roll up above the knees
when landing on beach in a small
boat and dragging it ashore, or when
he is taking his turn at washing
down the decks. And that broad
collar, which looks like a waste of
good cloth. may be pulled up over
the head and about the ears and tied,
on cold nights when the sailor is on
watch, and it makes a warm hood
for him. The open neck is also
cool when he is sailing in the trop-
les. The neckerchief he uses for a
sling if his arm is hurt, or to tie up
his shore purchases in, or for band
ages. With three OF these big hand
kerchiefs and 4 couple of sticks a
good stretcher can be made. His
round blue hat has been used many
. time for bailing water out of leaky
boats and one in each hand is used
for wig-wagging signals when the
flags are not handy. So you see
there is . good reason for every
thing about his eostume.-Leslie's
Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-26
Colored Jazz Artist Is
Now Americas Foremost
Businessman in OldLondon
JazzMad Blighty Eagerly Seeks Services of Dr. W. H.
Dorsey of "Lil Old New Yawk' and His Eight Slip
Horn Tickling Assistants Each Making $25 Day
With Meals N Evrything Thrown In.

somebody's looking at them. The
Englishman at the traps is a scream;
he's straining his dignity every min
ute and knows it.
Eyes, I will say there's a very
profitable field here for real jazz
artists-while the present dancing
craze lasts. Yes sir, the gravy's
good.
Whats the average earnings of
one of my boys you ask? Well, say
SIS for a working day-with meals.
Yes sir with the English style eats
thrown in. That's not bad for a
boy who knows the slip-horn or can
tinkle the cowbell. You see it's this
way-hrst in the afternoon there's
the dansante from 4 o'clock to
Gas at the Grafton galleries or
some place like that. Then there's
the dinner dance at the Criterion
from 7 to 10 and most likely as not
private engagement somewhere
any hour up to in the morning.
1.-THE rate for a real high class
jazz combination like mine, say,
with eight pieces and the trap artist
getting sound out Of anything from
cuckoo clock to a ground gourd,
is Is guineas-that's $80-for an af-
ternoon dance and 20 guineas or
$500 for the night dance. With the
dinner and the tea thrown in-yes,
sir, thrown in.
"Of course, we're artists and art
lists command high prices, you
know"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-26

father was on the stand much of the
day. The fathers sister never took
her stern eyes from him as he testi-
fed.
Satterlee's former wife who Sc
cured a divorce from him 10 years
ago and was awarded the custody of
Harold was present, a handsome,
stylishly dressed woman. She de-
clines to tell where she resides now
and is said to be in constant terror
of her former husband, who. it is
said, pursued her from city to city
after she secured her divorce
Mrs. Lee Glover. another sister OF
Satterlee and Mrs. Roth, is also
arrayed on the side of Harold and
Mrs. Roth. And the aged father of
the warning brother and sisters was
also in the court room, looking on
with mournful eyes at this family
feud. which promises to have no
end.
Satterlee told of going to the
home of Mrs. Roth on the evening
of October Is, 1918, and gave the
oStdHS Vi tliC dllCSCu SHOOtiliS. his
present wife, to whom he was mar
ried March IA, 1918. corroborated his
testimony. The Satterlees live at
Az South Twenty-second street.
Mrs. Satterlee told of catching her
husband in her arms after he was
shot and assisting him to a doctors
Office. She nursed him. She testi-
fed that he was nervous and lost
flesh terribly"
Satterlee admitted that he was ar
rested in St. Joseph for carrying
concealed weapons Several years
ago and sentenced to 90 days in
Jail. He was pafoled at the in
stance of his sister. Mrs. Roth, and
in her custody.
Mrs. Roth testified that her broth
er has threatened her life repeated
ly The most recent time, she said.
was last August when he came to
her home and threatened to kin both |
her and her husband, she declared. ]
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-26
Story of 10 Year Old Feud
in Family Related in Court
VIM. W. Satteree at Trial Of $4,000 Damage Suit
Against His Sister, Mrs. Eliza Roth, Tells How He
Was Shot by Her When He Came to Demand
Custody of His Son.

One phase of l0-year family feud
for the possession of 13-year-old
Harold Satterlee was fought in Dis.
trict Judge Leslie's court yesterday
where William w. Satterlee is suing
his sister, Mrs. Eliza Roth, for $l5,-
600 damages "for shooting him"
Satterlee is cattle salesman for
Oscar Lindborg of South Omaha
Mrs. Roth is the wife of Ben Roth
manager of Wood Bros, live stock
commission house.
The alleged shooting took place
at the Roth home, 1902 South TWEEN
ty-third street, the evening Of Octo-
Der Is, 1o18s Satterlee had come
there with his wife to demand Gus
tody of Harold. Mrs. Roth is al
legged to have come to the door and
shot him, the bullet entering the
abdomen.
Harold, the boy, was in the court
room all day and took the liveliest
interest in the proceedings. His
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-26

(Universal Service staff Correspondent. }
London, April 25.-His name i.
w. H. Dorsey. He lives in hand.
some fiat in an exclusive west end
section of London where, according
to his business cards, he can be
found at certain hours prepared to
teach jazz music on the piano. Every
night except Sunday he leads the
jazz band Of eight pieces at one Of
London's most famous jazz palaces
Mr.. Dorsey is colored and from
New York. He comes pretty near
being Americas most representative
business man in London this min
ute. For London is jazz mad and
Dorsey is the doctor.
1--WE, come over here to show
these London people the real jazz
music" said the impressario of col
oratura noise. There are a lot OF
cheap imitators who speak with the
broad "a and who don't know any
thing more about our real American
jazz music than a rabbit. To hear
jazz music played by an English
trap artist is like witnessing = per-
Torrance of Ibsen by the Georgia
Ministries.
Nobody but the American color
ed men knows how to put the punch
and the rhythm in jazz because no
body dances like the American col
orded man. These English imi-
tators are too stiff and formal; they
don't know how to let themselves
20 in their music; they're so afraid
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-26
Army Orders.

Washington, April 25-(Special TeIe-
gram. )-First Lieut.. Forrest Halter vet
Urinary CORPS now at base hospital. Fort
Riley, Kas.. will proceed. accompanied by
the necessary attendants. to Fort Des
Moines.
Maj Kenneth Beymer Turner. medical
corps. now q patient at Fort D. A. Rus
sell, Wyoming, is transferred to hospital.
Denver, Colo, for further observation and
treatment
First Lieut.. Frank Gilbert, infantry,
now at hospital, Camp Dodge, IL trans
ferred to general hospital No. 40. St.
Louis. Mo-, for further observation and
treatment.
Maj Chester Harlan Clark, medical
corps, Is relieved from duty at Rock
Island arsenal. Rock Island, ILL.,, and will
proceed to Camp Dodge
First Lieut. Ben H. Weeks. field ar
tillery. Is relieved from his present du-
ties at Camp Knox, Kentucky, and will
proceed to Fort D. A. Russell. wyoming.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-26
USED GRO WIN G.
TREES AS TOWERS
FOR WIRELESS
Major General Squler Tells Of
String Of Stations Which
Read Messages From Prin-
oipal European Points.

Washington, April zS.-Diseovery
that every tree 10 . potential wire
less tower was announced today by
Major General Squier. chief signal
officer Of the army, revealing an
other war secret and telling the
story Of how the American army
with . string Of stations using tree
tops - antennae and messages from
ships At sea and the principal Euro
pean radio stations.
General Squier made. his disclos-
ure in paper read before the Physi-
cal Society OF America. meeting here
1t the United States bureau of
standards. Afterward he look the
scientists out into the woods near
the bureau and demonstrated port
able field laboratory erected there
for experiments in development of
the discovery. He showed how ma
lures wireless tower was nothing
more than q tall tree, preferably
eucalyptus, with small wire netting
spread below and an insulated wire
hanging from spike driven near
the top.
Experiments In 1904.
The paper, which discussed the
phenomon In technical detail, de-
sefibed how the general began ex-
periments In 1904 with 4 view to
using growing trees IS antennae, his
attention having been attracted to
the subject by the discovery dur
Ing army inaneuvers at Camp Atlas
cadero, Cal, that telegraph and tele-
phone buxxers imperative with ordi-
nary grounding because of the dry
season and unusual character of the
soil, became operative when con-
nected with the trunk or roots of
tree.
Gives Perfect Results.
Like the underground wireless
developed for the navy by James
H. Rogers, the treetop radio has
been used with perfect results in
receiving, and also has been used
successfully for transmission over
short distances. Radio telephone
messages have been received
through trees, transmitted by them
into Washington and there trans
ferred to the wire system.
From the moment an acorn is
planted in fertile SOIL" said General
Squier, 1T becomes a 'detector,' and
q receiver of electromagnetic
waves and the marvellous properties
of this receiver, through agencies at
present entirely unknown to US, are
such as to vitalize the acorn and to
produce in time the giant oak. In
the power of multiplying plant cells
it may, indeed, be called an incom-
parable 'amplifyer,'
Cells As Absorbers.
Prom this angle of view we may
consider that trees have been pieces
OF electrical apparatus from their
beginning. and with their manifold
chains of living cells are absorbers,
conductors and radiators of the
long electromagnetic waves as used
In the radio art.
For our present purpose we may
consider, therefore, a growing tree
~ highly organized piece of living
earth to be used in the same man.
ner as we now use the earth as
universal conductor for telephony
and telegraphy and other electrical
purposcs."