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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
BY PAUL p. COOLEY.
Americas Foremost Radio Authority.
Trees are radio transnitters

Trees are radio transmitters.
So far as known, they have not to
date sent out any Ineligible message.
But trees do take up electrical
charges which. when they have grown
sufficiently, are passed off into the at
mosphere. Usually the discharge
takes place suddenly and certain va
riety Of static" is caused in this way.
For many years static" was just
"static-and nothing more"
Even the smallest child knows that
electricity may be generated by the
stroking of the cats back. This is
fractional electricity. The rubbing of
almost any two substances against
each other will result in such
charges" being set UP on the sur
faces of the two objects.
So with nature.
FRACTIONAL Charges
FRACTIONAL charges are generated.
The air moves on. carrying it's charge.
and leaves behind with the tree a SINH
lar charge of opposite polarity. AS
more and more air passes the tree
this charge becomes greater and
greater.
Finally, peril APPS, change Of wind
temperature + humidity will throw
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12

have action. Well, there is nothing
Ike that in the institute Of politics.
We're not acting on. or deciding
anything as a group. We seek only
to get at the facts and to exchange
opinions as individuals.
And the intimate association nos.
sible during a months stay In a. small
community like Wpliamstown helps
greatly in the development and I'M
derstanding Of individual viewpoints.
1T Is too bad statesmen cannot
get together in this way-around the
stove, figuratively. In the village store.
The story Of Paris and Cannes and
Genoa and The Hague might have
been different II world statesmen
could have talked things over with.
out the fear Of action. of resolutions.
of definite things they must put
through or face the wrath Of gov.
ernments and constituents at home.
Such resolutions bespeak conpro-
mise. Too often public opinion. is
based on arguments that sound well
but are supported by weak facts
weak because the public is NOT well
informed.
What we need IN our city national
and world affairs Is to think more
about our problems. discuss them with
open minds and not act until we
know enough The old primary ward
meetings used to accomplish that
when ward politics was controlled
without corruption.
Weightiest Part of Citizenship
But now the direct method is used
without previous discussion. and too
often Misrepresentation and ignorance
are behind the cbntro1. Drumming q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12

pill over walking to and from work
All YOU have to do is to take pill
and say, I wish l were on the job.
End in minute the pill will take you"
he promised.
Of course the nostrum didn't work.
It were made of coated gum, which
the purchasers chewed in vain and
then walked.
If Whiskers ever hits this town
again he'll have to hot-foot it some
himself, his victims warn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12

ballot in the box is the least i'm
portant act of citizenship; mere i'm
portant g what lies behind it, leading
up to the opinion the ballot ex-
presses
Garfield says he hopes the Institute
Of Politics-funds for the maintenance
of whic,' have been supplied by Der
nard NJ. Baruch. former chairman Of
the war industries board-would point
the way to similar informal discus
sions on all problems in political and
economic life. The Williamstown plan
is to be copied soon in Vienna, in Hol-
land and probably in Chicago.
In gatherings like ours, where &C
ton and resolution are positively pro
hibited. somebody is sure to say wise
words that will set others thinking, "
/ Garfield says.
THAT is what we need--for every
body TO think out the problem before
acting on important matters. Tan
gible results may not be visible to the
naked eye-but they are certainly
there"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12

to talk thinks over and exchange
ideas. When we hold ueetings-town
meetings. conventions, world confer
ences-there Is always the shadow of
official responsibility hanging over
our heads.
People think nothing is being &C
ccmplished unless resolutions are
adopted. Action. they say-we must
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
LEARN A WORD TO-DAY
Tndav,s word is-CAMRRIAN.

Today's word is--CAMBRIAN.
It's pronounced-kam-b with
accent or the first syllable.
It means-Welsh; something per
tanning to Cambria, or Wales. 1t is
used also to describe a certain divi-
sion of one of 'the geological eras.
1t comes fronl-Cambria, the Latin
version of Cyrnru. the native name
of Wales.
It's used like this-''In recent in
ternational discussions in Europe the
Cambrian statecraft of Mr.. Lloyd
George has proved too much for the
Gallo imperpetuousity Of NJ. Poin-
care" Or The Cambrian division
of geological time is so called because
1t was differentiated. or set apart,
originally in Wales"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12

sent for, hot-foot. The messenger re-
turned with a woman-Mrs. Josephine
D. Miller.
She's said to be the only woman
locksmith in this country. maybe in
the world. And experts add that she's
one of the best. 1t took her half an
hour to open that vault door, but the
lock was badly rusted. which made it
very difficult task. 1t isn't often that
lock resists Mrs. MiIlers craftsman
ship for so long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12

These vaults are
kept locked up,
some Of them like
a bank. Well, one
day. with a fu-
neral right at the
doorway of such a
habitation OF the
dead, it was found
that the key had
been lost. The vault
hadn't been opened
in thirty years.
The mourners hat
ed to use dyna-
mite. 1t was an
embarrassing situa-
ton.
The best lock-
smith in town wa q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
Lady Aston Faces Stiff Battle to Hold
Parliament Seat in COMING Election

Pro-booze Conservatives are al
ready trying to induce a prominent
London physician to enter the lists
against her.
Their are two possibilities: either
Lady Astor may win the regular Con-
sentative nomination again. and the
disgruntled ones may put up an in
dependent Conservative candidate; or
she may lose the nomination and her
self run as an independent.
The Liberal party probably will
name no candidate, but the Labor
party, which Is rather strong. is sure
to do so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
RADIO PRIMER

FILTER An arrangement by
which a current of a certain fire.
quency is kept out of chosen part
of a circuit without, however, pre-
venting the passage of currents of
other freqUencies. It consists essen
TALLY of an inductance coil joined in
parallel with a condenser.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
BY ROY GIBBONS.

CHICAGO. Aug. 12.-"Take one of
these little pills and wish you were
somewhere and presently you'll find
you're there"
This was the sales talk handed
out by a bewhiskered chap whose
forefathers most likely sold gold
bricks to an enthralled clientele of
foreigners here.
Mr.. Whiskers- guaranteed his VIM ,.ar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
VERMIN
By DIR. r. II. BISHOP.

u 1 III CGh g o G X
reaches and bed
bugs are not i'm
portant dis g a Sc
carriers, they are
signs of dirty sur
roundings and dirty
habits, which cas-
fly give a foothold
for the entrance Of
dangerous diseases.
Reaches usually
in habit Kitchens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
Strike Pills" Refused to Work
Chicago Hunts WhiSkered Chan

so cents; A good many were sold
ne pictured to his prospects the
advantage OF swallowing q STRIKE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12

APPLE small and weak. the
cry south OF the Rio Grande might
be: Invade the United States and
restore order"
RUBBER
Marshall NJ. Vance. American consul
in Ceylon. writes that the city of
Colombo is experimenting with rubber
roads.
The rubber is used as surface
dressing, applied like a coat Of as
phalt. Then gravel is steamrolled
into it.
Tests so far indicate that rubber
makes the best road and in the long
run is not the costIiest pavement. It
might be different over here, but it is
an experiment that will interest all
autoists. Art OF road paving Is in it's
infancy.
GAINING
How long does it take to become a
success? Henry Ford is at the top of
the ladder and building additional
rungs. Nineteen years ago he had
only ninety-six employees and was max
ing only 1876 cars a year. Now he has
$4,000 employees and makes 1900, 600
cars a year.
Plenty Of others who were barely
struggling along in 1903 are still
struggling, small Don't look for an
invariable rule for success. There in
none.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
THE REFEREE
By ALBERT APPLE
ATROCITIES

Mexico sends protest, to our Stats
Department. against the alleged kill
ing of two Mexican citizens in ths
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
guaranteed his wares

IN propagation for the street car strike
which made Chicago hooe it.
The pills, of course, he said, would
only work in case u strike took place.
For each package Of ten he cha rged
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12
UNUSUAL FOLK
By EEA Service

By NEA Service
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 12.-It's so
wet under New Orleans that people
are buried on the surface In vaults.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12

en- who. with her American descended
husband-a viscount Of the realm
supports every charitable patriotic
and uplight enterprise in Plymouth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-12

mine massacre at Her
rim, Ill.
This rather turns the
tables on the folks who
gnash their teeth at
atrocities in Mexico.
If Mexico had our
population and we were
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
|25 Fears Ago Today
 (Taken from Herald of that datel

An auction sale at the band stand ln Central Park this afternoon con- sisted of a horse, wagon, harness and whip thrown in which was purchased by man for s7.50 The horse was in terribly poor shape and hardly able to stand. The new owner however was confident that he would put the representative of the equines in good condition within a short time. H.. left the wagon there and walked the horse away, returning later with a real horse which he hitched to the gig.
 The Russwin Lyceum theater will pen for the fall season on Monday, August 30, Shore Acres" will be the main attraction. This will be the tftn season of New Britain's beautiful playhouse.
 A jump in the price of flour has Eccn noticed during the past month and from s5.25 a barrel it has reached the sum of s7 a barrel
 There will be no public celebration on Labor Day in this city this year bat clambake of all the Labor Unions will be held at Lake Con- ronnce to which the majority of local residents will attend.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
REDUCING THE CHARITY FORCE

The implication of the mending of the times that is carried in the sug- gestion by the board of charities that the services of an assistant investiga- tor and clerk in the department may be dispensed with within a short time is welcome news to most people. The work of the individuals that are to be let go was acceptable while It was necessary, undoubtedly. but there is no further reason for carrying an extra clerk and an extra person to in- vestigate cases of those who apply for of those applications. At a time when money is hard to get and employment is scarce the Charity Board expense must mount up. Assistants must be hired to take care of the applicants for aid, clerks must help in the mak- ing of records of stuff taken from the stockrooms and of money given, As depression increases charity costs in- crease. The reverse Is obviously true. As soon as people may earn the money to put bread in their mouths and food on their backs, they spend it willingly and allow the board to rest.
 All of us anxiously await a time there will be jobs for all who have the ability to work, when there will be less financial gloom in the atmosphere and anxiodsly scan the signs of the times for forecast of improving con- ditions. We have been told that good times are coming in this city. We now have one of the first conclusive proofs of that fact.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
FOSTER ARRESTED

William 2. Foster, alleged radical, president of the Trades Union Indus trial League, leader of the steel strike of 1919, and thought to be one of those who would seize industry and make the United States into another Russia has at last been taken into custody by the very forces of law and order which he presumably condemns He denies having had any part in the convention of radicals which was held recently, it is supposed that authori- ties have the proof that gives the lie to his denials. Washington secret serv- ice authorities assert the convention was one of a number destined to eventually bring about the downfall of capital and industry through num- Der of radical organizations, extend ing even into the Army and Navy.
 Foster had evidently given up his purpose of working for destruction Through the misleading of labor or 'yanizationA The chances are that
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
SEEN FROM THE TRAIN
(Contributed.) =

(Contributed.) Tall waving grass in the meadow
 lands.-
 Goldenrod, pink Marshmallow,- Just a glimpse as the train flies by Of pink. and green and yellow. White fleecy clouds in the ether
 above,
 Glide through an azure heaven, Like magic ships on magic sea By unseen forces driven. The train in It's ever onward flight Over trestle crosses,- Down underneath q crystal brook Nipples OCT stones and mosses. A cot, and children about its door, Memories of childhood bringing; The graceful sweep of meadow lark Lazily upward winging. A river, refecting ferny banks rowboat moored to a landing; Sott-eyed cows with speckled hides In the cooling waters standing. Ripened orchards, ripening grain, To fullness rapidly growing.- These are the scenes, meath a glow ing sun,
 August to us is showing
 Flo l Atwater.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24

tiens, He will be remembered with a smile of good-nature, however, he Is dear 10 the public which he fooled, because it knew, all the time. that it was going to be fooled, and found what it expected,
 But tricksters who trade upon the finer feelings of humanity are not the lovable individuals that Barnum was. Barnum took the money out of live mans pocket and made him like 1t, The others are practically stealing from dead mans only possession on the earth which he has left behind, love and remembrance. The public should know better than to allow any one to capitalize these sentiments, and should punish those who attempt to do so,
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
USE YOUR BRAIN

Automobile accidents of all degrees of seriousness happen daily, so often that the press of the country pays lit- tie attention to minor ones, and there seems to be at least one day. some trifing smash perhaps that every per son along the street has first hand knowledge Of As the number of auto mobiles increase the number of acci- dents increase, despite the fact that many more laws are coming to bear in regulating traffic on the highways and in the city streets. Henry Ford has stated that the "saturation point" in the automobile industry will be reached when the United States owns 3o.o0o,ooo autos, one for every four or five people, when we now own one for every ten persons.
 The accident to a machine being driven, 1t is alleged. at a high rate of speed by w. M. Wood, Jr, recently, Wood and his companion being killed, was spectacular one. Other mishaps of like nature cause us to stop for a moment and wonder what will be the accident list when there are double the number of machines.
 It is stated that one person was killed in motor accident every forty two minutes. day and night, during the past year, 12.5oO being the total number The injured ran well toward second to two hundred thousand. more than the wounded of the United States in the World War The hazard is growing, there were per cent more crashes in 1921 than in 1920, despite greater number of laws to safeguard life and an attempt to see these laws lived up to.
 Laws will not accomplish the re- suit toward which we are all work ing, the minimizing of accidents, use of the brain, thoughtful driving will. Even though we have no regard for our own lives, we are willing to take a chance with our lives in a speeding machine we should have some consid- eration for the other users of the road. Careful driving consists in discount ing the unexpected actions of the fel- low in the other car as we'll as watch ing the speed and place of your own. The other fellow may be careless, he may take a chance, use your own brain for the purpose that it was | given you.
 AS soon as drivers generally recog- | nize the value of their own thought | fulness in averting accidents there will be no need for laws
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
S2,5OO FOR RAISING THE DEAD

We can sympathize with the be- reaved ones that will go to every ex- treme to get back the presence and life of some dear one, departed, but it is beyond our conception how a per son who claims that he can inject breath and spirit into a lifeless body can earn a living by such practice. And yet there is at least one person who has done just that, if allegations made by dupe are true. pr" AL bert J. Moore of Chicago, it is said, was willing to raise anything, the deader the better, providing the price was forthcoming. Judging from the amount that he charged for raising some person passed on, he was mak ing a fairly comfortable living. His rates according to the story, were ad . unstable, he charged s10 to restore a deaf mans hearing. Presumably the doctor" has the ten, although the pa tient is minus his hearing.
 The healer or the raiser or what ever he was, was fined s1oo for his alleged trickery, but he has taken an appeal from the fine. He is proba- bly out trying to "rause" a bond on the appeal.
 It is well to fine the people who practice upon the credulity or the feeling of loss of individuals who have suffered a loss, but sometimes if seems as if the victim ought to be fined also, for allowing money to be extracted from him on such ex- travagant pretexts.
 Testimony of F. T Barnuim, one of the most successful "fakers" is to the effect that the public likes to be buncoed. He traded upon this liking and offered to the public an opportun- ity to laugh at itself, of which 1t took such an advantage that Barnum's name will live through many genera
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24

unlenism has seen his purpose and
 elected him from It's midst. This, Of
 course Is conjecture but 1t does not
 seem that union labor would have such a person as Foster is alleged to be within its ranks, He would be un- | clothed Of whatever authority he had gained as soon as his true colors were evident or our impression of the vast body ot unionism Ia incorrect Temporarily an extreme radical might gain some power In union bodies but his authority would be limited as soon as it was felt by the federation, un- doubtedly, The greater part of union labor, naturally striving for the ad- vaneement of unionism, Is patriotic enough not to wish radical ideas put Into effect
 What will eventually be proven against Foster remains 10 be seen. Judging from semi- official utterances from Washington and Chicago, where raid on headquarters was made, there Is enough to suspect him with reason Of disloyalty and possibly trea- son. IL is impossible to conceive of a man being suspected of these of lenses unless there Is good grounds for the belief. If there are grounds the United States Is no place for Foster, he belongs in Russia where he may practice his self-expression doc Urine to his hearts content, and get his head cut off if he does not comply with the ideas of self-expression prac- tised by those in power
 1T the charges hinted at are proven Foster will join some of his contempor. aries in the land of free thought, free love and confusion in all probability. If he has large number of followers as radical as himself they should be carefully weeded out and sent along to aid him in the fight lover there" If Russia debars the gifts from our shores as undesirable aliens then 1t might prove profitable venture for the United States to purchase a nice little island, somewhere and establish colony of free-thinkers to set up a kingdom, beg pardon, a gang organi- zation, of their own. Then we should see whether fruit would come of the thoughts of these pioneers of humani- ty, whether they could build up rich than destroying one which others have built.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
TRAIN SERVICE MUST
 STILL BE KEPT UP
Secretary Weeks Declares Govern ment Will Not Permit Transpor-
 tation to Break Down.

Washington, Aug. 24.-In the opin- ion of Secretary Weeks it is unlikely that the Administration will intervene further .n negotiations for settle ment of the railroad shopmen's strike.
 The Secretary of War said that the Administration now had done every thing possible by way of suggestion and that it was now up to the car rlers either to run the trains or let some one run them who can.
 "The Government is not going to permit the transportation service of the country to break down." he said.
 Asked if this meant that the Fed eral Government would take over the roads, MT. Weeks replied that he as sumed that an emergency would war rant such action. He added, how ever, that 30 far as he knew the Ad- minlstration had no immediate inten- tion of adopting such a course.
 Various executive departments, 1t was said at the War Department yes terday afternoon have considered every possible means of cooperation to prevent a collapse of transporta- tion. MT. Weeks declined to go into details as to what measures have been considered
 As for the problem of carrying the mails in such an emergency, MT Weeks said that means were avail able even should the roads be tied up He regarded the transport of fuel and foodstuffs as a far more serious prob lem.
 Mir. Weeks approved suggestions that were advanced that destroyers might be used to convey the mails to seaport cities with automobile truck routes laid out for distributing mail to inland ports It was pointed out that destroyers might carry mail from New York, Boston. Portland, Me: Washington, Baltimore, Norfolk. Jacksonville, New Orleans. and even to San Francisco. trucks being used to radiate from these centres. In such an event, Secretary Weeks de- clared, it probably would be more feasible on short hauls, as from New fork to Boston. to carry mails by trucks, as they also would serve a number of large sized cities en route.
 Secretary Weeks made it clear, however, that he was advancing these views as his personal opinion and had no fears that such emergency measures would be necessary.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24

cents a hundred or approximately 20 for a cent as~ compared with 6 3-4 cents a hundred last night and 10 cents week ago.
 French francs also sank to the years lowest level, being quoted at TIC cents each as compared with 7.SS 1-2 cents yesterday Slight reac- tions also took place in demand sterl- ing.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
Girls Require More of
 A Chance for Recreation

London, Aug. 24.-Girls require more opportunities for play than they get and boys should share domestic tasks with girls in the opinion of Dr. w. H. Hamer. Londons school medi- cal officer. He has come to the con-
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
Member Aod,. surrou of Ejaculation

The A. P. c. Is naticnsl orsnni,a'icn which furnishes newspapers and aiver- t!scrs with strictly hones. ara'Ss's or circulation. Our circrlat'o:i statistics are based upon ths ard.t, Thts 'rsures pro- tact,on against .rnul in newspaper dls- tribution figures to both nstlonal and To- cal advertisers
New Britain herald., 1922-08-24

The only profitable ad,e-iiaiHs -neeiuni Tn the City. Circulation books ,Md press room always open tc edvArtisers.