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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
HEAR SERVICES AT HOME IS PLAN ON
 GUERNSEY ISLAND

Guernsey Island. England. Decem- Der 2.-The small island of Guernsey, in the English channel. has been en- toying unique telephons service for lhe past 24 years, Every Sunday morning telephone subscribers. at east some of them. sit at home and listen to the sermon from the church iver the wires, and in summer they Ire entertained in the same way with music cf the local band. They sim ply ask central for the necessary connection, and transmitter af- fixed to the pulpit or in front of the bandstand does the rest.
 Guernsey developed this system as far back as 1898, when broadcasting was undreamed of and telephones were relatively few and far apart. For 24 years the natives of these unfrequented islands have been en- toying the benefits of brcadcastins 6 system which today is becoming widespread through radio.
 There are eight telephones to every 100 inhabitants of Guernsey. and the service Ia said to be the cheapest in the world. There is no in- stallation charge. and for a business connection the cost is s15 year; residence telephones are even cheap CT. There were no increases made in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
BRAZIL AWAKE Nc
 TO HEALTH NEEDS
Plans for Fighting Disease Being Worked Out by
 Scientists
By Associated Press

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil December, 2.-one of the most notable features of Brazils Centennial celebrations Is the prominence assumed by the ques- ton of public health. Means of promoting and preserving the health of the nation are receiving an amount of public attention far be- yond that which prevailed before the opening of the celebration in Septem Der.
 The National Convention Of Prae- tising Physicians and Surgeons, and the International Congress. for the study of Leprosy, both of which were held here a month ago. gave a strong impulse to the movement. which has been gathering headway for the last few years.
 As part of the official program of the celebration. corner stones were laid for two enormous government hospitals in this city, work on which Is under way. A fed eral department of public health Is now in operation pending the estab- lishment of a federal ministry of public health. which probably will be created In the near future.
 Study Leprosy
 Work Is about to begin on the con- struetion of a lepers isolation colony In the state of Rio de Janeiro, which will accommodate about 1000 pa- tients. The International Congress for the Study of Leprosy gave close attention to tho figures of the last official census, showing that there are more than t5.000 lepers in Brazil. and as a result 1t is expected that legislation will be enacted to pro- mote rigorous campaign to stamp out this plague.
 After about five years work In Brazil 1t is reported that the Rock efeller Foundation headquarters ia this city are about to close tho work of prophylaxia against the hookworm and other intestinal ailments being
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
NeW Peerless Carburetor
 Attracts Wide Attention

The various units and special fea- lures of the new Peerless are being suDjected to much close scrutiny and inspection by motorists everywhere. and by those affiliated with the auto motive industry in 8 professional way, This Is, of course. only natural considering the lively interest eis- played throughout the country on the advent of 8 new product by R Il. Collins and his associates.
 The new Peerless double jet. or two-stage carburetor. is attracting Wide attention and favorable com ment. both from the standpoint of permitting good fuel economy and from the ability 1t has to furnish sufficient gasoline for extraordinary power: this latter feat Is accom- plished automatically, without the necessity of special adjustments or attachments, and without impairing it's economy of gasoline at the quiet CT speeds.
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handled from now on by the federal and state health departments.
 Another sign of the times is the intense campaign now being waged hy the newspapers of the country In favor of the development of outdoor sports. especially football, rowing tennis and boxing. The South American Olympic games, and the international football (Soccer) cham pionship, which were held here dur ing the first part of the Centennial celebration have whetted public taste for athletics to an extraordinary degree. Firpo's victory over Tracey, Tn Argentina may set Brazilian nerves tlneilng with the Idea that South America may produce cham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
IMPROVED x-RAY EQUIPMENT

An improved x-ray plant. ilius- trated and described in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. has a tilting table that can either be changed quickly by hand to any position be- tween the horizontal and vertical. or slowly moved by an electric motor, while g diagnosis is being made. The moving parts afe counter balanced regardiess of angle. A 76- volt transformer supplies a radio. graphic tubo above the table, the holder of whicn is universally ad- unstable and indicates tho accurate placing of ths tubs. Tho appartus is equipped with an automatic plate changing device,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
ENGLISH ROYALTY ARE EXPERTS IN ART IF KNIT |NC Exhibition Shows Work of Queen and Princess Mary.
 British to Honor
 Naturalist

London. December Elf the mem bsrs of London's elite sewing circle spoke American. they would declare that Queen Mary "wields a mean nee dle.' However. they did use the English equivalent of this American term of appreciation when they saw several soft wool quilts made by the Queen'a own hand.
 These manifestations of Queen Mary's handiwork are among 42,300 garments donated to sick and poor children. The contributions were re- gently exhibited by the Queens Lon don Needlework Guild at the Impe- rial institute. In the same exhibit were several beautiful fawn -colored jumpers knitted by Princess Mary.
 A fitting memorial to the late W. P. Hudson. the famous British
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03

pion in the fistic sport. with the re- suit that the young hopefuis of all Brazilian families are now wearing he smoked lamp" badge of that pastime.
 The main object of this new en- thusiasm for athletics Is stronger Brazilian race.
 Official figures published on Bra zils one hundredth anniversary Of political independence showed that there are 145 persons living in Rio de Janeiro who were alive when Bra gil broke away from Portugal in 1922 that is 8 century or more old The eighth birthday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
ELECTRICAL nAKE OVENS

Electrical bake ovens are now be- ing manufactured in sections having at the top and bottom, inclosed heat ing units. which are so distributed as to give a uniform temperature throughout the baking chamber. The sections, as shown in the Popu- larg Mechanics Magazine. are built with capacities of 20 and 60 loaves This new oven makes possible the purchase of as many sections as are needed For Instance. one for tho small bakery, two for the larger shop, etc, and In addition the baker Is enabled to increase his equipment in proportion to the expansion of his business by merely buying more sec- tions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
REALISTIC SKY TOR THE STAGE


 REALISTIC SKY FOR THE STAGE Tn order to give a much better rep resentation of the sky in theatrical stage settings than is possible with customary scenery, a Spanish painter conceived the idea of using as back ground for the stage a structure In the form of half & cupola with its concavc side turned toward tho spec tators, says an illustrated article in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. This vauited surface Is Illuminated by light reelected from the upper axial point of the semi-cupola, and therefore uniformly distributed over tho entire surface, giving q natural representation of the vaulted sky. The cupola consists of . frame with five arched steel ribs shaped spheri- cally and all pivoted at the two lower diametric points of the semi -cupola, which has a span of 6s feet. Of these ribs the front one is fixed and the others are movable. The outer and inner surfaces of these ribs are en- tirely inclosed between two sheets composed of an alright fabric. They are so shaped that when ths air in the space between them is partially exhausted by means of a suction fan, the under sheet is inflated into true spherical form, and the outer sheet Is supported by the ribs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
TRACTOR ROAD ROLLER

That small gas tractor can bs readily changed into an efficient ligtA Foifsf for reAd work was dom. onstFatsd recently in very simple manner, says an iilustratsd article in the PopuiaF Mechanics Magazine. Mash ef tha traction whsis was Ys- placed by golf course wheel with extension vims that had been filled with cement inside the rim, so az to make it's outer face smooth, and like 2 stone reiiee with a tread of a0 incheE The cement < brought the weight Of the tsaetes up to 5000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03

When the carburetor throttle is opened slightly for idling or for low speeds, the gasoline is drawn from the float chamber through n pri- mary jet into the mixing chamber. Here 1t Is mixed with a sufficient amount of air to provide an ecos nomical fuel, and then proceeds through an inlet header Into the cylinders.
 As the throttle is further advanced the flow of gasoline into the mix ing chamber through the primary jet Is augmented by an additional supply coming from a secondary jet. and an additional supply of air is also introduced. This secondary, or double supply of gasoline and air Is not needed for ordinary speeds up to forty-five miles an hour. and so, of course, the cylinders are not being fed with a greater supply of gasoline than Ia actually needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03

Queen Alexandra has . pair of opera plasses. made in Vienna. valued at s25,0oo. They are of platinum. set with diamonds, rubies and sapphires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
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the charges during the war, and the system has always been paying proposition.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
ASToR PUT 100000
ASIDE FOR MISS FORCE

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-The ante
nuptial agreement made by the late
Col. John Jacob Astor, who was
drowned on the TIanic while re
turning from Europe to America
with his young wife, who was Miss
Madeline Talmadge Force and now
is Mrs. William X. Dick, granted
her the income Of property valued
at S1,200,000, 1t became known
today.
Details of the agreement became
public through the application OF
the United States Trust Company
for permission to sell business
property, the income from which
was originally granted Mrs. Dick by
the agreement.
The application is made on the
grounds that reinvestment would
yield $4,000 more yearly than the
rental OF $4,000 now paid.
BY the terms of Astor's will, hi
wife received the income from
81, ,O00, 900 and the use of the Astol
mansion on Fifth avenue until sh,
remarked.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
BOLANDD|ESOFt ]
WOUNDS COT IN
DASH TOESCAPE
Former Secretary to De Valera
Mas Planning New CAM
paign in U. S.

LONDON. Aug. 2.-Harry Boland,
secretary for Eamon de Valera while
they were in the United States. who
was shot Monday while attempting
to escape Free State troops who ar
rested him at Skerries. near Dublin,
died from his wounds last night, &C
cording to a dispatch received from
Dublin.
Following the death of Boland
the Free State government pub
lished a letter which he was alleged
to have written to Seamus o'Kelly,
Sim Fein ambassador in Paris"
This letter urged o'Kelly to at
tend a "clan convention" in the
United States during the middle OF
August and to bring back TO Ire
land all the money and revolvers
aS ailable."
Boland expressed the fear in his
letter that the fight in Ireland
would be a long one
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
TWO BANDITS SEIZED
IN PAYROLL HOlD-UPS

CINCINNATI. Aug. 2-Three
youthful bandits late yesterday held
up a messenger OF a Cincinnati
chain drug company who was on.
his way from the general offices
of the concern with a 5000 pay
roll of twelve downtown stores.
Two Of the robbers were cap
tured single-handed by a policeman
after he had run their automobile
down in a machine commandeered
from a passing autoist. a..
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
SENATE CRAFT
PROBE To HALT
BONUS ACTION
caraway's Resolution to In
vestigate Senators Will Pre-
vent Reporting Bill.

New delay in bonus action was
predicted today as result of Senator
Caraway's resolution to investigate
Senator'S individual financial inter
est in the tariff bill.
'If the members Of the Senate
hadn't insisted on talking about
things other than the tariff and
hadn't insisted on making the same
speeches over and over, the Senate
would be able to take up the bonus
bill by the middle of August" Sen
ator McCumber, chairman OF the
Senate Finance Committee, declared.
There Is no hope that the tariff
legislation will be out of the Senate
and in conference by August Is, as
has been planned for many weeks
Senator McCumber would not hazard
guess as to when It would be pos
sible to get at the bonus legislation
but II Is the general opinion at tn,
Capitol that at least another tul
month Of tariff talk blocks oonui
action.
Recent published reports creditinI
the President with full determination
TO veto tho bonus bill when II come
before him we're discredited b!
Senator McCumber.
81 have read the statements tha
the President intended to veto tn
bonus bill and throw II back int
Congress-" the Senator said. Blu
I think when he really has the bill
before him he will sign II and max
II possible to help out the mon VII
80 richly deaerva its
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
STORY OF STEEL MAKING
TOLD IN MOTION PICTURES

The Story Of Steel" in six reels,
Is now ready for the delectation of
in industrial themes.
The films, made by the u. s,
Bureau of Mines Of the Department
of Interior and Commerce, in co.
operation with the United States
Steel Corporation, for exhibit at the
Brazilian Worlds Fair at Rio &c
Janeiro, may be secured by inter
ested organizations by application
to the Department OF Commerce.
Every phase of steel making, from
the ore pits to the finished product
In shown.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
II RACESL|STED
AT COUNTY FAIR
.|NMONTG0MERY
1000 In Purses to Be Dis
tributed at Rockville, Be-
ginning August u.

70 Twenty-one races are listed for the
Montgomery County Fair which
opens at Rockville on August %.
closing August 25. The racing pro-
gram was made public today by John
e. Muncaster. secretary of the fair.
Purses totalling $4,000 will be dis
tributed. The program follows:
Tuesday, first day-first race.
Inter County trot. or pace, for colts
up to four years old; that have never
been in a race, purse $500; second
race, 2:z0 class, trotting, purse $500;
third race, children's pony races, for
ponies under forty.six inches, one
fourth mile, purse $40; fourth race.
children's pony race, for ponies over
forty-six inches, one-half mile. purse
$40; fifth race, one-half mile, run
ming. purse 800.
Wednesday-2.15 class, trotting.
purse 500; 2:1S class, pacing, purse
$500; six furlongs, running, purse
500; one-half mile, running, purse
$l25 and mule race, one half mile,
purse s25.
Thursday-2.25 class, trotting,
purse 500; 2:25 class, pacing. $500;
free for all, trotting and pacing,
purse $500; one mile running, purse
sl25: six furlongs, running, purse
S125 and mule race, one-half mile,
purse $25.
Friday-2I7 class, trotting. ru, sc
5000; 2:25 class. trotting. purse 5000;
army officers race, conditions to be
made, purse $3.50: consolation, trot
or pace. for horses that have not won
better than third money at this meet
ing, purse 500; consolation, running.
one.half mile, for horses that have
never won better than third money
at this meeting, purse 500.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
SUITS OF MOON BEAMS
BANNED AT HOPATOONG

LAKE HOPATCONG, N. j., Aug.
2.-Bathing suits made Of moon
beams are no longer allowed on
the beach here, even at midnight.
according to the police notices is.
sued yesterday.
Bungalow dwellers had reported
that recently shouts Of Joyous
bathers attracted their attention,
and they saw several pretty girls
who had forgotten their bathing
suits enjoying the luxuries of a
swim by moonlight. The order
came out Immediately.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
MARRIAGE
VALID, IS
DECISION
broadway Baby's" Dream Of
Limousines and Luxury
= Shattered.
BY wINlFRED VAN DUZER.
Universal Service.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Success-
full marriage is a matter Of giving.
Any human being who goes
through the love-and-cherish
formula with the idea Of making
1t a certificate for lawful larceny
Is going to find something radically
wrong with life.
It's on the principle that you
get out of the world what you put
into il. Humanity is a mirror
which reflects the inside Of your
heart.
"Broadway's Baby" held a limou-
sine in her heart; a crafty piece
Of mechanism about the size Of
. Pullman, with silver-plated hood
and a pair of RS interlocked
across the plate in front.
For such a little girls heart it
was roomy. Besides the car there
was a bushel of pearls heaped
round; an ocean-going yacht; q
blue chow; all the filet-trimmed
pink lingerie there is, and a chin
chilla dolman.
Estimate Was Reasonable.
You see Dainty Peggy Udell had
taken stock of her lovely person
before she slowed all these things
under her left ribs. And unlike
most girls whose medium of ex-
change is great beauty, she knew
that her estimate was reasonable.
You will notice, however, that
she left something important out
Of that imposing array; happiness.
So Peggy, who is seventeen, came
10 New York and in all the super
beauty that is gathered in the Fol-
lies, she was the most beautiful.
And while she fluttered round
and round the street of q thousand
lights she never forgot the little
store house beating, beating away
while she danced and while she
smiled and specially when she look
ID out across the footlights.
Finally a gilded youth came
along; none other than Jack Mont
gomery, whose family is so illus
trious and so rich that even Phila-
delphia, whose brows are, high
the city's neck, paid the members
thereof due respect.
Besides being all the other things,
Jack is a 1922 copy Of Apollo Bel
Vedere. ~
Jsek Only Twenty.
Is 1t therefore any wonder that
no matter how much she may have
been attracted to Jack the boy
he Is only twenty-Peggy was sim
ply dizzy with the sure knowledge
bf opportunities. And so she smiled
and Jack smiled and said some
things he declared afterward he
didn't remember, and Peggy an
twered yes, II he'd wait till the
hnal curtain.
Then there was a wild ride to
,Elkton, Nd, from Philadelphia, and
dash to the million-dollar altar.
And despite the fact that the little
bride didn't know that she might
BEE herself as home-maker for this
The Washington times., 1922-08-02

handsome boy. smoother of his way
with her gentle hands; custodian OF
his welfare, she was quite satisfied
and happy. For didn't she see re-
Elected in the mirror OF his person
ality the silver.plated limousine
and the pearls and the priceless fur?
They dashed back to Philadelphia
early in the morning. And quite as
the boy next door who doubtless
loved her always, but could not af.
ford only $25 a week to share with
her, might have done. Jack drove to
a one-armed lunch shop and ordered
breakfast.
Crash went the dream! The mirror
blurred; the limousine raced round
and round her heart and got all
tangled with the lingerie.
Pretty Peggy wasn't being used
right, and she didn't mind saying
so. She wasn't giving, she was TAX
ing. and she cared to take only the
best. II she'd been doing the other
thing, she might have been where
the boy was, tired and hungry, and
did all he could.
Actually a Wife.
Anyway, after the wedding and
the things that followed, were over.
q Judge down in Maryland told the
world from his own side of the bar
that, no matter how alcohol may
have blurred Jacks thinking ap.
paratus on the night of the cere-
mony, he was married fast and
tight. So Peggy actually is a wife.
But what does "Broadway's Baby
get out of It?
Her husband has gone to his
mother in Bellefonte, Pa. The treas
ures of Babylon. AL crowded in her
heart, are nothing but dreams.
And she Is a droop-lipped, sad.
eyed little wife, trying to under.
stand 1t all.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02

is REPORTED BY
ObENCHA|N JURY
Panel Stood 8 to 4 for Acquit-
tai After 90 Hours, Fore
man Says.
by Universal Service.

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 2.AAfter de-
liberating ninety-six hours, the jury
trying Mrs. Madalinne C. Obenchain
for the alleged murder Of J. Bolton
Kennedy disagreed, and was dis
charged at o'clock yesterday after
noon by Judge Schenk.
When the jury reported finally, the
foreman told the court that they
stood eight to four for acquittal.
The case. after seven weeks trial.
went to the jury July 2S at 4:3O p. m.
Whether Mrs. Obenchain will be
tried a third time was not indicated
by the district attorney.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
AUTO TURNS OVER AND r
INJURIES ITS OCCUPANT

Charles STRAIT, Of Ridgeville,
Del, is recovering at Georgetown
University Hospital today, follow
ing an accident on Conduit road
yesterday in which he was pain
fully injured internally. Robert
p. Diemer, 615 d street southwest,
was driving STRAIT to the city,
when the machine skidded and
left the road, turning over. The
driver was not injured. >-
Julian Costello, 1923 M street
northwest. was pinned beneath q
huckster wagon he was driving,
last evening, when the horse be-
came frightened and ran off. The
slight injuries he received were
treated at Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
JUDGE WILLIS BROWN AGAIN
IS CITED FOR CONTEMPT

Judge Willis Brown, recently SEN
fenced to two days in Jail on con-
viction of contempt of Juvenile
Court. has been again cited by the
court for contempt for a newspaper
article.
Judge Brown called on the United
States marshal to receive the cita-
tion. The case is set for Saturday,
August 5.
The first contempt case has been
appealed.