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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22

what twas, but the scientists recos-
mixed instantly that this little piece
o f&graduated glass was &he hear: OF
the whole device, for it is this that
varies the Intensity CT the light., ray
and makes it impinge upon the sen
sitized film with varying degrees OF
light and shade.
curiosity. Few could see it at all,
for it Is hidden between two heavy
magnetic coils, being exactly in the
center of their flux, SO n must know
just where it is and from where to
look before one can see 1t. 1t looks
like a brilliant pin head and is about
thai size and 1t needs a good eye to
follow its rapid and minute vibrations.
1t is suspended from w silver wires,
SO fine that only a Few eyes a see
them without a microscope.
The vibrations of this mirror, it
was explained, to those present, are
controlled by the vibrations of the
microphone at the sounding point.
This m%icrophone carries the needle
which passes over the graduated sur
face of the picture to be sent. Thus
the microphone and mirror, working
perfectly together, translate a phono-
graph record into terms of light. 7
The Lamp a Puzzle.
The lamp was a puzzle ever to
the electric lighting experts present,
for it was the first of its kind ever
seen in America. 1t is made in Eng
land specially for experimental pur-
poses. IT is a tiny arc-light in a bulb.
The-arcsi is formed between a, filament
of platinum and a ball of tungsten,
and is SO intense that it gives 100 can
at what is virtually a point.
Incidentally, lighting engineers were
informed that these lamps have a life
time of only ten hours and cost about
IS a piece. SO there is no likelihood
Of their eve being introduced for
household use!
After the picture of the Indian
chief had been received, M. Belin
sent two photographs over the wire
to- st. Louis. The first of these had
been taken at Princeton during the
football match on Saturday after
ndon.t The Post-Dispatch tele-
guaphed a few minutes later that it
had been received in excellent condiA
ton. !:
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
ONE MAN
AND SERIOUSLY
INJURIES ANOTHER

Chicaxo, Nov. a2s--JUhnSslHunt
was arrcsted this morning ~ h6s
homo as he sht cnlntly AaOklngsA !
cigarette and twirling% revolver
,1rOmSwhich four blI1et1 hAd been
s1ircd.: He was charged With hAy.f
ing shot one man TO- death ma
wounding another bccAusc SheswaS
Jealous Of Mira Florence Tho
IsOn,SA divorces. w ss
Hunt. police said witnessed
had told them, went hSst 70 9
cabaret where he found aSmaliT
named Walter. Mayer talking Nth
q girlAwho proved not to bcSNtrsa.
ThomI,soIl; hut the FcseInblancEcs
was close enough: for Hunt 20 sxffc
three shots at Mayer. Hc ned
and wont to another cabaret
where Mrs. Thompson was seem.
as Earl Smith, q baker, wasaaAk-e
Ing her to. dance. Hunt, witnesses
said, fired 1T Smith. killing him,
and escaped. Mayer's condition
IS AFl0U9. - itE .3iSJTfaTEE&N
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
Devils Lake Post Has
Busy Social Program

Devils Lake, N. D.. Nov. 22.-Thc
Haggaret Construction company re-
ports that should the weather contin-
ne as favorable as at present. the paw
ing contract in this city will be COM
pleted by December J.. The cost Of
the job is about 100000, and about
bithulithic. The company has crews
Of men at work day and night and
very little work remains to be COM
pleted. The PAYERS worked all day
Sunday despite the snow and rain
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
Plant Is Still
Curtailing Operation

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 22.-Announce-
ment was made yesterday by p. M.
Casey, president Of the Equity Coop
combarEo ON cattle shipments to the
plant is still in effect. but that opera
ton continues at a reduced capacity.
He said the company is at ~presentsfol-
lowing a policy of curtailed activities.
Three to four carloads of local live
stock are being marketed daily, he
said.
Recently the company discharged
lis men from it's payroll. The fore.
OF men now employed at the plant
is IS.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
Charged With Theft
In Kenmare Pool Hall

Kenmare, Nov. 22.-clarence Scott
with breaking into the Olympic pool
hall two weeks ago and stealing a
watch, money and other articles. He
will be given a preliminary hearing
before Mayor Nielsen who is Justice of
the peaCe. "u. As
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
Merchants Being Probed
On Sales OF Extracts

Bismarck. N. D., Nov. IA check
is being made of merchants in many
communities in the state who are
selling an abnormally large amount Of
flavoring extracts containing alcohol,
according to w. D.. Lynch, federal pro-
hibition director.
evidence Of sales Of gallons Of ex-
tracts, where the merchants formerly
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
Dan Cupid Has Heavy
Schedule AT Lisbon

Lisbon. N. D., Nov. 22.-cupid goes
on with his work in spite OF the en-
~barrassing financial situation in the
state. Twelve couples have applied
forIlicenses to wed since November 1.
and applications for several more be-
fore Thanksgiving day are in sight.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
100000 MOTOR
LICENSES 1921
POSSIBILITY


Bismarck. IN. D., Nov. 22.-The
motor vehicle registration department
OF North Dakota is preparing for the
registration OF 100000 automobiles
and trucks in 1921.
r. p. Grain, director of the departs
ment, announces that the department
has contracted for 100000 pairs of
license tags. He figures on q 10 per,
cent increase in the number of motor
vehicles. One hundred thousand cars
in@North%Dakota, with a population of
GAS, $50, would put the state among
the first in the number Of cars in pro-
portion to the population.
The 1921 tags will have a dark.
navy blue background, with white
numerals. This is said to be one OF
the most effective combinations de.
viscd for auto tags.
'"rhe increase Of 1919 over 1918
was about 10 per cent, and we believe
that the same ratio will be maintain
ed during 1921" said Mr.. Grain. "A
to the close of business Saturday. OF
this number LAS were for motor
trucks" J
The department ordered l 1000 tags
for 192O,tand all will be sold, it Is be-
licved.
Tag Cost Climbs. z
The license. tags for 1921 will cost
the department II cents a pair, as
compared to IA 3-100 a pair in 1919.
According to Mr.. Grain this indicates
that the price for 1920 was low, as
the contractor for 1920 bid 1S cents
4 pair on the 1921 contract. which
was awarded to the S. G. Adams
Stamp and Stationery company VI st.
Louis.
Total receipts Of the department
thus far in 1920 amount to $780,
182.75. The price on tags. being
based on several factors. will be
changed somewhat in 1921. Informa-
ton on which to base the new ratings
Is now being obtained. t
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
EVENING EDITION.

isolated sectipns of westernE1s North
|Dakota. sWaere there .hayes beens ssggaac-
cesaive crop failures, havesahandltned
their farms and gone into townssand
citiesgt to work. @as aAsSs
Tais is N Of thescaMses.ofS seYeral
Few DAYS. 1t Is satds SFhet feal#estate
values in these sections have fallen
20 low that In many INSTANCE banks
cannot realize the extent of Sth~eGirSa6ans
on them. .s
Lennon will have a Christmas
tree"-Dickinson Press. Presumably
a. uill he a Ixemmon tfee.ssesNasEss&.s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
KENMARE
SETTLER is DEAD

Kenmare. Nov. An. Schwartz,
former resident Of this section, died
at GAINESVILLE, Mimi, asst week, &C
cording to word received by his son
Jacob Schwartz. He was one Of the
early settlers in this section of Ward
county.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
Tag Oost Climbs.

Kenmare, Nov. 22.-The Kenmare
band, directed by Dr.. A. H. circuit,
now has over twenty members.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
Abandonment @ Dry
Farms May Contribute
To Failures or Banks

Bismarck, Nd, Nov. 2s.---Reports
have reached here that farmers In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
CANDIDATES WHO CAN COOK

Boy lingering in him, and every wom- an sees in it hint of what she knew and loved iny father or brother or son.
 The Cox,r rplace at Jacksonburg isn't the acqufa lion of a newly rich, self made masEs The interior woodwork ol the housef is walnut put together wit1
 pegs whifttled down to fit by the gov. ernor's atsrandfather. living room ta.
 ble was once owned by Gen William TecumseYn Sherman One may have doubts about the davenport once the property of Thomas Jefferson, but Gov ernor Cox isn't responsible in any way for th1 extrinsic anachronisms of a cor
 respo3ndent
 Hfre James M. Cox grow up and wofked as a barefoot boy nssthe fields HS wasn't ashamed of being barefoot tlten any more than he is ashamed oi hfroiling lamb chops now. He had the American open door of opportunity ir l(front of him. The stairway to it was steep and hard to climb. He did the
 climbing and went through the door
 He never sought to close that door or
 anyone else; he is struggling now with
 those who would close the door to al but privilege. His career is consistent l with itself throughout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
ADVERTISED FOR A HERMIT

From the Manchester Guardian
 The grounds of Pains H.il. near Cob ham, Surrey. were considered mary vicious achievement of landscape gar dening when first laid olt during the ownership of the nintE duke of Ham ilton. The head gardener. whc WAS given a free hand. produced a bewiEder- iLg variety of supposed amenities- grottos, cascades, chapels. temples. and even hermitage.
 When the job was finished the nobls owner of Pains Hill advertised for 8 hermit willing to live there seven years. It was stipulated that he should wear camlet robe, never cut his beard or nails, and never stray beyond the limits of the grounds. He was to sleep and eat in the hermitage, mat serving aN his bed, and food (was5e6 down sole with water) being sent him from th house. He was strictly forbidden to eA change syllable with my servant oy to speak to anyone else unless first ad- dressed. If he lived there the full term of seven years unde- these restrictions he was to rece.ye TOO guineas. but he was liable to instant dismissal without any payment if found departing from the regime laid down for hermits.
 The advertisement attracted several applicants. one of whom was selected but he fled at tho end of three weeks and -henceforth tbe hermitage was un- tenanted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
ENTENTE CORDIAL

was seated at the moment.
 I had not thought of MT Chapl
 Dizzy as are the heights to which Dol
 las and Mary have attained, there
 still one loftier altitude, and Charlie sS
 on it. Charlie, you may be sure, is
 watching every step taken by Douglas
 and Mary. Charlie is the king of Amer ica, and we must be extremely carefu not to offend his majesty in the small est particular.
 DO you think" I inquired of the noted diplomat, that he will honor us with a visit?'
 My dear fellow"--we had got to the liquors-''my dear fellow, the prepara-
 tions for his reception are already 1T
 progress"
 "But can We? Dare we? Have
 we the inlagination-?" 'No, of course not But he has him. self drawn up a scenario. He will bt escorted across the Atlantic by the en. tire American navy, and met in mid
 ocean by the entire British navy 4 special railway will be constructed from
 Liverpool to London He will be met by the whole of the cabinet, dressed il baggy trousers-that will not be diff. cult-and swishing short canes" .-SplendidI" I cried. .'The imagination of the nanr'>
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

base were the makers inclined to bal loon the spot market. These ad- vances in pig iron and some in steel products are artificial in that they do not represent the real relations between demand and mill production. They are the result of the accumula- tion of two million tons of finished product in the Hards of producers waiting on cars to move them.
 In the Birmingham district alone, there are estimated to be eighty-five hundred carloads of forty tons each of finished products that cannot get to consumers on account of the car shortage.
 Inability to secure building mate rials on time disorganizes the con- tractors forces and adds to his over head expenses. It prevents the con- tractor from figuring on close mar gin.
 If the advanced freight rates, as they should do, develop more cars available for moving stuff and add to the vigor and initiative of railroad management, prices of many products are as apt to go down as to rise The more stuff comes to marketing centers, the less anxious is the pur- chaser and the more stable the price
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
LIKE M,LITKE SAYS

Any man is likely to make a mis- take once. But the man who marries a second time isn't entitled to any sym pathy
 A man can be the best-natured soul on earth without his wife knowing Anything about it.
 Suffering isn't an affliction. It is a blessing. The man who shutters never tries to speak unless he has something to say.
 Why is it that walking will make a fat woman short of breath when talk ing won't?
 One example of perpetual motion is in the house and screen door on tha kitchen in fly time. Our idea of real corn is one tha; hurts so much that it gives you a headache. The old-fashioned farmer who used to get lot of fun out, of swapping horses now gets a lot of pleasure oui of swapping Fords. When a man has store on ths northside of the street he wonders why people are foolish enough to walk or the southside of the street. People do not like a girl who acts | like a man any more than they like 2 | man who acts like girl. The woman who does the most wor rying over her complexion is the wom all who hasn't any. Before prohibition hit us a man use, to go out and come home drunk. Bu | now adays he gets drunk at home an,
 goes out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
Newspapers Duped by Willy Press Agents

A PRESS agent has to be steeped SS in guile to fool~th average metropolitan newspaper, but it is still being done. When the police are taken in the same net, there is at least some consolation for editors who, in newspaper parlance, "fall for'' fake news story.
 Motion picture press agents have been so active in New York lately that campaign has been started against them. Recently a publicity man planted" suicide in Central park lake which caused a two-day search to be made for a young woman with a Japanese name sup posed to have drowned herself be- cause of love affair. Part of her name was the title of new photo play, which the enterprising press agent wished ito get before the public He succeeded. Police searched the lake in vain for the supposed victim of blighted affection.
 The World exposed the publicity agent, who was invited to call at the district attorneys office. Such hoaxes are a violation of the criminal laws and can be prosecuted. Theatrica press agents, as we'll as the movie publicity men, having exhausted al the usual channels for getting theil stars and productions exploited free of charge, are exercising their in genuity in new ways. Not long ago one press agent secreted a lion ir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
" VI T Editor of Famous Weekly Dies in San Francisco

w LILLIAN LIAM M MARION :, FnlDI, nas5r, Mirror, who died in San Francisco, where he went to attend the demo- cratic convention, was one of the most vigorous writers in America.
 With characteristic modesty, he styled himself a newspaper man, but he belonged to the inner circle of distinguished literary men and wom- en. After long experience in the employ of St. Louis newspapers, he became the editor and later the own CT of Reedys Mirror, which soon gained recognition because of it's ad- mirable style and its forceful re- views.
 Mr. Reedy was passionately devoted to what is finest in literature, wheth- CT ancient or modern. He was keen observer of life, His editorials had charm which set them apart from the deadly average of such work and made them widely quoted. He knew men and women as well as he did books. His acquaintance included people in every walk of life, but he was most at home in select gather ings of poets, artists and story tell CTS, where he was honored and his opinions had weight.
 Dozens of "one-man" weeklies have been established in the United States. Most of them fall by the wayside, for lack of support, which is rather sad commentary on Amer can taste, for some of them have had great merit. Reedy's Mirror was a noteworthy exception.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

Keble Howard, in the Sketch. LoRdon YAM apprehensive. Trouble Ts loom ing, and very serious t5buble at < that. If we are not yery, very
 careful, if we persist in yhis sighting attitude towards really 5great people, there will be an5ther world conflagra-
 tion before we have ,settled down to deal with the preliminaries of the con sequences of the last.
 You will not have forgotten how mar rowly we escaped atn international com plcation over the first performance of a certain play. Yoh will remember that. following on a disturbance in the gal | lery of London theatre, the American army was mobilized and the American
 clould. happily blew over, and we just | managed to draw breath.
 | Now we are asking for it all over again. We are not doing the right thing by the Fairbanks family. Holding up | traffic and flinging bouquets may be ' very well in their way. Invitations from dukes and duchesses, earls and
 countessess are mere sops. The question we should ask ourselves, and look stead | fly in the face, is this: How did we treat the President of the United States and his good lady? You know very we'll
 You know that they were invited to Buckingham palace as honored guests, and had their own suite of apartments And who, by comparison. are the Presi- dent of the United States and Mrs. Will son?
 I put this question to noted dipio-
 mat who happened to be lunching at the next table at the Ritz yesterday ..Yes.r he said, after devoting the soup
 and fish courses to careful consideration
 of the. matter.
 "Yes what?' I ventured.
 "I see what you mean"
 I'm glad of that The point is, do you agree with me, and, if so. which is in tevtable, what are we going to do about it?"
 "Wen.' he replied, "to tell you the truth, which I know you will not men ton to living soul who reads your paper. we of the diplomatic service are in curious position. Naturally, our first thought was to accord the same honor to Douglas and Mary-for so they are invariably known in diplomatic and court circles-as we did to the President and Mrs Wilson. After all, a President is a transient parsonage, whereas Doug las and Mary will last as long as the films can flicker forth the noble speci- mems of their entrancing art
 But here is the difficulty. If we ac- corded to them this high honor, what would be left for MT. Chaplin?'
 If was staggering blow. Luckily. I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
School Census Will
 Be Completed Today

A LABAMA's biennial school cen GS sus will be completed today and will be tabulated and announced by the 18th of August.
 As the minimum school age has been changed from seven years to six years, the rate of increase will be considerably larger than it was two years ago.
 The last school census gave Bir mingham 51,116. While no authori- tative estimate of this years census I is made it is a good guess that Bir- mingham will have 57.000 Taking 3.25 as a reasonable multiplyer, this would indicate a total population of l185,25O.
 Names overlooked in the federal census in January, but now being added to the preliminary figures an 
 nounced by the census bureau, will probably bring the official figures above the 1S0,000 mark; perhaps 1892, ,000. It depends upon how thor oughly the work of rechecking is done.
 The unofficial estimate on the 1st of January was 100000. This was based on postoffice statistics, the city directory names in 1919 and the last school census, and could not, it was thought, have been far wrong.
 The federal census was taken this year at a great disadvantage. It was difficult to secure competent emu merators, and as result the first announcement of Birmingham's pop ulation was only ITS, ,22O.
 Scores of cities complained that they did not get fair "deal' and asked the bureau to make new enumeration. This could not be done but the director of the census showed every disposition to help the situa- ton and decided that all persons who had not been counted might be added i to the original sheets. When the census of 1880 is taker cities that have been disappointed this year should profit by the lessor learned. If philosophical citizen, would display more civic pride ant cooperate intelligently and earnestly there would be no room for, disap pointment.
 As far as Birmingham is concerned population of 1S2,00O, or ever i1S0,000, will be doing well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
sIN THE COOL OF THE EVENING"

By z cool of
  the O Is it but the wind eadowg and frn in shake pools bur twilight in that He loveth of
 
 but h miracle s of the S al old story bu ltJush the of n he lden sloxL yrpstin as He far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
No Consideration

Speaking of parking regulations, l saw funny incident few days ago.f says J. F. Rue.
 "On one of the downtown streets a big automobile was parked at ap- roximately an angle of 45 degrees and a man driving a Ford coupe drove in next to this car at exactly an oppo- site angle from that of the big car. This threw the rear of the coupe ex- actly to the rear of the big car, and it would have been an impossibility to have taken the big car out without hitting the Ford The driver of the big car came out and noticed the Ford, so begun to blow his horn in an effort to bring out the driver of the small car. However. after few minutes the owner of the Ford came out. and seeing the big car so close to his Ford be- came angry and refvsed to move his car, going back into the store from where he had come. It was discovered that the Ford was not locked and an- other man in a Ford, parked a few feet away, got in the Ford and backed out so the other car could get out.
 Tn my opinion, the man who did such a stunt as the man driving the Ford should be prosecuted, for, in the first place, had be parked correctly this would not have happened"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
HIS UNTIMELY END

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 Dr. Jesse C. Green of Pennsylvania, at the age of log years and s months. fell off of a ladder and was so severely injured that he died. pr. Green was the only centenarian in Who's Who,' and the only American who learned to ride a bicycle when he was in his sew enties and rode one till he was 100. His lintimely death was due altogether to a lack of the cautiousness whiSh betrays age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
ENGLISH JURY WOMEN

From the New Orleans Item.
 By act of Parliament, women in Eng land are now liable to jury service, just as men are. The men, however, are protected from undue influence by a provision which says that husband and wife shall not serve on the same jury, This will be a great boon to the sob artists of the English bar. It will give them a partly new audience up0y hich to try their tricks of oratory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
Increased Costs Due
 to Car Congestion

THE federal experts on the hous-
 S ing problem have come to the conclusion that the remarkable de- cline in building operations in May and succeeding months is as much due to the freight car congestion as to all other causes
 Pig iron has sold as high as forty six dollars at Virginia furnaces and forty-seven dollars at eastern fur naces. Birmingham could sell at a premium over the forty-two dollar