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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
transportation Gains
Speed and Safety

TN the field of transportation electrical
wonders have never ceased since the
= first trolley line was instituted, and
they promise to continue infinitely, not only
In facilitating movement Of freight and
passengers by land and sea, but in more
and better safeguards against accidents
arising either through the fallibility of man
or interference by the elements.
Most notable of the recently devised
electrical contrivances of safety is the radio
pilot cable demonstration was given of
this by the navy in New York Harbor on
October 6. 1t is to serve as a safeguard to
vessels at sea and to facilitate their en-
trance into harbors obscured by fog. Com
mander Norton of the destroyer Semmes
piloted the vessel from the Ambrose Chan
mel lightship to Fort Lafayette in the Mar
rows, following magnetized pilot cable.
Radio men who witnessed the demonstra-
ton pronounced it complete success; 1t
eliminated a series Of experiments that
started on August 6.
There was created about the cable an cleo
tro-magnetic field into which the destroyer
sailed. A heavy strip of, canvas was fas-
tened so as to shut away all view forward.
and thus were created the conditions of fog
On a small table back of the wheel were the
amplifers and the apparatus for the recep-
ton of signals was fastened to the sides OF
the vessel above the water line and project
ing at an angle from them. The reception
signals consist Of two coils, each made up on
several hundred feet of small copper wire
wound in a square.
The coils are connected through a switch
to two stage vacuum tube amplifier,
where the current is magnified approximate
ly 400 times and acts on the diaphragms Of
the telephone receivers exactly as, the voice
currents do in ordinary telephone receivers.
The strength Of the receiving energy
varies with the distance of the coils from
the cable 1t varies also with the position of
the coils in respect to the magnetic field. it
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Promises to Restore
Youth by Electricity

n TOT less interest is being taken In the
IN electrical instruments for the use of
dentists and surgeons. and in this
connection Il is permissible TO refer to the
worldwide curiosity which is felt relative to
the claim made by DIR. Eugen Steinach OF
the University OF Vienna that he can restore
youth to the aged by the x-ray.
The full merits of this treatment are yet
to be determined, as Is the efficacy OF the
patent taken out by young Edward NJ Hub
bard of Seattle for process of generating
electricity from the air by means OF dy-
nano weighing only forty pounds. Hubbard
says his invention will revolutionlze the uses
OF electricity In the home, office, &c.. for by
Il every householder shall be able to make
his own heat for cooking and house heating
and shall be dependent on nothing but air
for his supplies
In Italy n similar discovery has been an
nounccd. Gustave Leutner. n widely known
engineer, has discovered. the says. a system
by which static electricity in the atrnos-
phere may be transformed into dynamic cur
rent. The apparatus is described as anten-
nae bearing a retroactive collector Joined
to O special transformer which is acted on
by the radioactive matter through a chemical
process which the inventor does not explain.
But his experiments have been successful, 1t
is reported, and larger apparatus Is being
constructed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
What the Latest Electrical Marves Mean to the World
Radio Telegraphy and Telephony, Transpor-
tation by Land, Air and Sea, Among
Greatest Gamers by Recent Inventions

HVV yHOM 70 ignorantly worship pro-
\H/ claim" Thus, on spot hal
lowed by memories of famous
philosophers, spake a certain positive
preacher in the dawn of the Christian era
In terms as enthusiastic but also as guarded
speak the professors of the mighty powers
OF electricity still yelled in mystery, which
to the uninitiate seem very thick indeed
That this force. in which wonderful things
have been found easily adaptable to modern
ways, is of atomic structure Is approaching
common belief. but it is not yet universal.
and what electricity is serves as question
that brings out many answers, some of
which beg it and none Of which is direct
and concrete.
After study of twice score Of years
physicists still speak Of electricity in sym
bols. They use signs by which the initiated
recognize its mystery; their language Cor so
1t sounds to the ordinary earl is an ndica-
ton of this mighty power in nature in oppo-
sition to direct description of it, The words
of the eloquent physicist arouse awe-like
the ringing of bell which wakes the spirit
and then they proceed to remind their inter-
locutor Of the immense services to mankind
the power they do not define has accom-
plished.
In speech these physicists are not prag
NAUTICAL, but in deeds they are. Pragmatism
pertains to the scientific evolution of causes
and effects rather than to circumstantial
details. 1t is opposed to the practical
Nevertheless the first clear statement the
modern Investigator is apt to make about
electricity is eminently practical He stages
It among every day things by asking in turn
this question. Does it work?" for the an
swer to this Of Eyes or mo" proves to his
satisfaction at least the truth or falsity of
scientific theory.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Electricity as Household Aid

sweeten the housewives toll. Washing ma
chimes, ironing machines, dish washers cleo
trio fans for drying vegetables and fruits,
sewing machines, vacuum cleaners--all and
sundry were present In profusion. And
besides saving labor the claim is made
for these devices that they will materially
keep down the cost of living. The output of
such motor driven devices in 1920 Is esti-
mated at 100000 units.
1t Is not difficult to believe In these seven
figures when one manufacturer alone states
that he is behind in his orders by $4,000.
His little device, it may be mentioned, is a
vibratory implement for promoting circula-
ton and more for fashion than for necessity
Nearly s1s0.OOO,00o was spent last year for
electrically charged devices intended for use
in or about the home. The two big items
for which this money was spent were vac
uum cleaners and washing machines. The
other household aids lag far behind Here
is table showing the growth in the use
OF vacuum cleaners and washing machines:
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This rapid increase is from TWO sources
immigration and births The net increase OF
Japanese in California by immigration from
1910 to 1919 was 1882, while for the rest
of the United States the Japanese popula-
ton decreased by emigration 1873. The
total number of Japanese births since 1910
is 2S,037, or 61.4 per cent. Of the total in
crease for the decade. While the total
Japanese population In California increased
Ill per cent. for the decade the Japanese
minor population increased 252 per cent.
The total white population increased only
22.4 per cent, and the white minor popula-
ton increased only 1875 per cent.
The number of Japanese births increased
from 455 In 1908 to 4s7S in 1919. The 1919
Japanese births were 2S.S per cent. OF the
Japanese married women. In 1910 the
white births were 90 per cent of the white
married women. The State Board of Con-
troll states that the fecundity Of the Jap
anese is three times that Of the whites. In
1910 one birth in every forty-four was a
japanese: In 1919 the ratio had changed
to one Japanese for every thirteen births.
In Los Angeles city and county In 1917 the
Japanese births were 10 per cent of the
total number Of births, and In the rural
parts of Sacramento county in 1919 the
japanese births were 4s.7 per cent. of the
total number Of births.
While the Japanese population in California
has increased during the past decade III per
cent, Japanese land holdings have increased
4l2.s per cent, and the value OF crops grown
by Japanese has Increased 976.S per cent
The Japanese Association reported in 1918
that the Japanese owned 29,105 acres Of
land. and held under lease 1896, 721 acres. maxi
ing total acreage controlled by Japanese
or 5ob.s26. In addition about $4,000 acres
were controlled by Japanese corporations.
In 1870, according TO the report of the State
Board OF Control. the Japanese own 74.769
acres and lease ss3.2s7 acres. total OF
4os,ob6 acres, or an increase for two years
OF approximately $4,000 acres.
Practically all Japanese land is in the ir-
rieated sections OF the State and is thus the
richest land. In San Joaquin county Their >
are 10000 irrigated acres; the Japanese
control $3.50 acres. Sacramento county
has $4,000 irrigated acres; the Japanese con-
al 47,646 acres. Several other counties pre-
sent similar proportionate Japanese control
II land.
II IL averred by the anti-Japanese agita-
tors that the Japanese Government has
hagrantly violated the gentlemens agree
incnt. and that Japanese by the thousand are
being smugsled into the United States over
the Mexican border.
The Governor himself has Endorsed practi-
caJly the entire programme the exclusion
istn He has urged the Federal Government
to pnss Japanese exclusion act similar to
the Chinese act. He also urges the people
Of California to support the new alien land
law at the coming election. The situation
is more critical than at any previous time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Countless New Devices Tighten Household
Burdens. Aid Surgeon and Dentist and
Figure Importantly in Commerce

being greatest when the plane Of the coil
Is parallel to the cable. It is possible to tell
on which side of the vessel the cable lies be-
cause in approaching the latter the signal
is first heard in the coil nearest it. Thus
in tho experiment the first indication that
the vessel was approaching the cable was
faint clicking by the Morse apparatus of
the code word, and the nearer she got to it
the louder became the sound until 1t indi-
Gated that the destroyer was following the
line indicated by the invisible pilot
In this experiment the electromagnetic
field extended about 1000 feet on each side
of the cable, and the greatest depth encoun-
tered was 116 feet. Off the Ambrose Light
ship the cable was grounded and anchored
by concrete anchors. Fort Lafayette at the
Narrows, was the situation of the upper end
of the cable, also the generator end.
Another form Of electrical control, sug-
gestive of the radio pilot cable, but designed
more especially for war use, is found in re-
cent invention by Fokker builder Of the Ger
man pursuit plane. This inventor claims that
his device allows the pilot of parent plane
to control and direct any number of small
planes, sending them about at will and drop
ing bombs where desired. Flying high above
the clouds and from there directing his fleet
of bomb planes, the supervising pilot could
wipe out cities. destroy bases of supplies and
sink ships at sea at will, while he would be
lar out OF reacn py gun Hre ana In perect
security.
The secret Of Fokker's invention lies In the
control, which is by means of wireless.
Enough has been told Of experiments of
wireless control of planes in the air from
the earth to admit of a belief in this in
ventor's assertion of demonac power Fox
ker asserts that he would be able to con-
troll dummy planes not only from the air but
from the ground also, by simply pressing a
button. The tests made at Dayton in 1919
are In the line of the Germans invention.
Communication by means Of electric rail-
ways is not so new a field as those entered
by the experimentalists just described or
listed, but 1t is rapidly growing throughout
the western part of America and in South
America, especially in those sections where
hydro lectric energy is but waiting to be
tapped Governmental approval of these
new devices is general and hearty. In fact,
the mind of individual and society as well
as government is far more receptive in these
modern days than 1t was in the time of
Morse. So many electrical marvels have
proved themselves that he who would doubt
the possibility of additional ones must mag
nifty doubt by negative experiment to gain
any followers.
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HLEASANT it is to turn from these pos
- sible horrors of destruction to the
= milder uses of electricity in relation
to the home. The display Of them at
current exhibition showed that they are be-
ing manufactured on a scale greater than
ever before known.
In order to demonstrate the possibilities
Of substituting electric power for human
labor in the home a model household was
set up which Is intended to shorten and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

FUSED the plea of the Exclusion League to
call special session of the Legislature to
consider the Japanese question. after the
report Of the Board of Control, sent q bold
demand to the Secretary of State that Fed
eial action be taken at once to curb the
Japanese menace.
For many months the Japanese issue has
had large space in all the California papers.
The letter of Gov. Stephens has had the ef-
feet CT solidifying the attitude of the people
OF California on the Japanese question.
Practically every candidate for office In
California, from United States Senator down,
has pledged himself to work for the further
exclusion Of Japanese from California. The
issue at this time is more fraught with pos
s!hilities of international rupture than either
OF the preceding incidents.
Gov. Stephens cannot be called an extrem-
ist nor lingo politician. 1t was not until
the exhaustive report of the State Beard Of
Control was made that the Governor took
any action. This investigation was made at
the request of the Legislature and covers
every phase of the Japanese question in Cali
fornia- In transmitting this report with
his recommendations to the Secretary OF
State. cambridge Colby Gov Stephens said:
california harbors no anImoslty against
tho Japanese people their nation. Cali
fornia, however. does not wish the Japan
ese people to settle within her borders and
develop Japanese population within her
midst. California views with alarm the
rapid growth of these people within the
last decade In population as well as in land
control and foresees In the not distant
future the gravest menace of serious con-
flct IL this development is not Immediate
~ and effectively checked
II trust that I have clearly presented
the California point OF view. and that In
any correspondence or negotiations with
Japan which may ensue as the result OF the
accompanying report, or any action which
tie people OF the state OF California may
take thereon, you will understand that II
il based entirely on the principle of race
self-preservaton and the chronological inn
possibility OF successfully assimilating this
constantly increasing flow of Oriental
blood"
The present anti-Japanese agitation in
California centres around two facts: the
rapid increase of Japanese population during
the past decade and the large increase in
Japanese land holdings The total increase
In the Japanese population In California;
since 1910, when II was 41,356, has been
1920. or III per cent.
The Japanese Association of America made
a census OF Japanese in California in 1913.
They discovered at that time 6Ses2. In
March, 1890 at the request OF the State
Board Of Control, this association made
another census and found s3.62s Japanese
residents In California, including about 5000
children temporarily in japan for eduoa-
tionai purposes. The Board Of Control
made an independent census and found
s7279 Japanese in California, an increase
for the two years Of 1927, or 2e.5 per cent
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merciai adaptation Of the power, but It IL
given to accompany as Q sort of illustration
the fact as stated by electricians, which is
that the force has worked most satisfac-
torily in the most diverse fields. covering
nearly every department of commercial
manufacture for farm. road and home.
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ference is not attainable for 1t. The two
systems are not comparable, therefore. but
each is useful in its own sphere. The two
fields, though distinct, may be joined in
work, and perhaps combination of the two
presents the acme of usefulness for both.
For the great sweep of continent and
world the radio telephone seems the last
work; 1t can command the sea and the air.
In densely populated districts wire telephony
must, for the reasons put forth and which
are obvious, continue to act as the means
Of communication.
Speeding Up Radio Telegraphy.
Radio telegraphy, while antedating wire
less telephony. nevertheless Is producing
new marvels. among the greatest Of which
are in operation at the Lafayette station at
Croix dHins, in France, built by United
States naval engineers and recently turned
over to the French Government. This sta
ton was the first to send a message around
the world, and it has scored no less an
achievement in speeding up the transmitting
OF messages to a most amazing degree.
Radio waves travel as fast as light rays
from the sun-at a speed. that is of about
10000 miles a second. From this great
radio centre, near Bordeaux New York can
be picked up by the radio men in one-fiftieth
of second and they can send 10000 words
ain hour or when the full four shifts of
operators are working in succession the con-
tents of more than three average books can
be transmitted in twenty-four hours.
This great speed in transmitting messages
is attained by one of the latest electrical
devices perfected in connection with radio
communication. 1t is the automatic trans
mitter used in the multiplex system of radio
telegraphy. With the multiplex system a
station can receive four messages at one
time, while communication can be carried on
with four to eight vessels at once. The
automatic transmitter has a keyboard re-
sembling that Of typewriter, and through
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Spanning $500 Miles.

Then. on September 49, 1919 radio trans
mission betweeA Arlington and Mare ISL
and-the width of the contnent-was for
mally demonstrated. On October IL, Fl and
23 final demonstrations were made at Paris
where witnesses on the Eiffel Tower listened
to conversations from Arlington, $500 miles
away
Radio telephony and wire telephony offer
wide contrasts. The latter must have fixed
channels Of communication whose construc-
ton and maintenance necessitates an acces-
sible path between stations, but the results
include secrecy, power efficiency, selection
Of a private station and freedom from inter-
ference.
Radio telephony requires neither fixed nor
accessible channels and no cost at all in line
and maintenance but it is non-secret In the
practical sense and freedom from inter-
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it tape about an inch wide is threaded.
In manipulating the keys the operator
causes the machine to perforate the tape
with series of dots The tape then is
run through an automatic device which
transmits the message at rate Of 200
words minute.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
AERIAL TEST PROVES MERITS.

On December z, 1917, occurred the official
tests at Dayton, Ohio, witnessed by MEM
bers of the Aircraft Production Board the
joint Army and Navy Technical Board and
numerous Signal Corps officers The demon
stration consisted of a three cornered con-
versation between two planes in the air and
ground station Orders were given from
the station and the spectators saw these
orders instantly carried out by the aero
nauts. But this was merely the A, B, of
the demonstration.
When the planes had reached an altitude
of about six miles. where they were invisi-
BILE to the witnesses, conversations began.
One pilot talked to earth and transmitted
message received from the chief of the
technical board to the other pilot while
both were in communication at will with
the latter.
The tests at this demonstration were so
conclusive as, to the possibilities of success
full use of the radio apparatus that quantity
orders were at once placed by the Signal
Corps.
brief resume of further experiments In
the use of radio telephony seeing that it
has developed to encompass the EARTH cam
not be futile If only for the sake of leading
up to that grandest Of achievements. Only
the salient experiments can be given al
though others are equally interesting.
First, then, came the successful conversa-
tons held between Darien and Mare Island
distance of 2,100 miles; also with San
Diego and other Pacific coast stations
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Aircraft telephony for use on military
airpianes was the next step. The success
of these experiments was even more spec
tacular.
On May 22, 1917, Major-Gen. Squier.
Chief Signal officer, U. s. N. called con-
ference at Washington to consider the fea-
sibilty of REORGANIZATION between air.
planes while in flight by means of radio
telephony. From this meeting and discus
sion wireless telephone system was deve-
oped for the signal service
On July 2. 1917 a complete radio tee-
phone equipment was taken into the air
and speech of good volume and quality
was received on the ground with the trans
uniting plane two miles away
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California Seeing Yellow Because of the Japanese

Continued from Preceding Page.
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CIV yHOM yo ignorantly worship pro-
w claim" Thus. on spot hal
lowed by memories of famous
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-03-25
RENO BANK TO PURCHASE
INTEREST in NIXON BUILDING

An option held by the Farmers &
Merchants National Bank of Reno on
the interest of Mrs. Kate /. De Aleria
formerly Mrs. Kate /. Nixon) in the
Kate I. Nixon building n the corner
of Front and Virginia streets. will
be closed this week. according to
present plans. says the Reno Gazette,
and the bank will become half owner
of the property. which is one Of the
finest Office buildings in Reno. Ne
gotiations for the purchase of Mrs.
De Aleria's interest have been under
way for several days. 1t is under
stood that the price paid for the in
terest will run into six figures, al
though nothing definite has been given
out.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-03-25
NOTICE TO

Notice il hereby given that the
County Commissioners for Humboid
County, Nevada, will receive bids foi
an adequate X-Ray Machine to b.
used for County purposes.
This machine is to be used foi
photographic work, and to take pic
lures of all parts Of the human body
machine must be guaranteed and in.
stalled by the successful bidder.
Bids will be received at the Office
of the County Clerk of the Board o.
County Commissioners. at Winnie
mucca, Nevada. not later than Mon
day. at ten o'clock am. on April 9Th
1920.
All bids shall be sealed and ad-