davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29

have since returned to Baltimore.
Miss Marjorie Denton, OF st. Elmo,
with her guest, Miss Merle Greaver,
spent the past week in Norfolk, Wis
ting relatives.
Miss Elizabeth Davis was the
guest of Miss Margaret du Fief last
week while attending the Rockville
Fair, ana returned home Yesterday
accompanied by Miss du Fief, who
will spend the week in Del Ray.
Miss Margaret Kyle returned home
to Brandy, Va, on Sunday. after a
fortnight's visit to Mrs. J. II. Robert
son, on Howell Avenue, Del Ray.
The Rev Henry B. Lee and little
son from Towson, Md. are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs Robert n. Rust, in
Braddock Heights.
Ralph Cobean returned home to ST.
Elmo yesterday after a two months
visit to his grandparents, IN Buck
ingham county.
Miss Merle Greaver who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. L. +. Den
ton, on Hume Avenue, st. Elmo, for
the last six weeks, left Sunday to
return home to Charlottesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hudson, Of
Washington. with Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Early and children, from Orange, Va,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Harding, on Mt. Vernon Avenue,
Sunday
Master James Kennedy. of Ray
mond Avenue. st Elmo, spent the
week end in Mt. Rainier, with Mrs.
William Bowman.
Mrs. f. O. Coffman, of st. Elmo,
wishes to thank the railroad en-
plovces for their sympathy and for
the donation of $S4.75 which they
sent to her by Mr.. BUrGng at the
time of her husbands death by acci-
dent in Potomac yards
MIR. and Mrs. Paul BaStuschack and
little daughter, also Mr.. Howard
Hildebrand, from Washington, were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c..
Hildebrand, in St. Elmo Sunday.
Mid-week prayer service of the
Methodist Church, Del Ray, will be
at s o'clock Wednesday evening
Miss Elsie Davis of the nursing
staff of Alexandria Hospital, is at
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29

Falls and take the Hudson River
boat trip.
Mr.. clarence s. Haley, of St. Ell
mo, left last evening to visit his par
onts. Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Haley. IN
Radford. and will later join his wife
and little daughter in Riner, Va.
Del Ray Baptist prayer service
at s o'clock Wednesday evening.
DR.. Ray Richardson, and Mr..
Stone, of Baltimore. spent the day
in Br2ddock Heights yesterday, ae
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs A. Fl. Rich
ards. Dr. Richardson is enroute to
Salisbury. y. C., whore he will en-
gage in the practice of medicine.
Little Mildred Cline enjoyed a
happy birthday last Saturday, Au-
gust 25th, when she celebrated the
fifth anniversary of her birth. with
a few near kinsfolk who gathered in
the home Of her parents. Mr.. and
lirs. Bernard Cline, in North Brad
dock.
Mr. D. II. Prescott with Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Prescott, mosored down
from Boston, Mass, and arc guests
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. c.
Linn, in George Washington Park.
Miss Smiley, from Charleston. ".
Va, is the guest Of DR. and Mrs
Frank VI. billiard, in Braddock
Heights.
Mrs. Mary +. Varney requests the
attendance Of every member of the
local department of the Del Ray
Missionary Society on Friday even
ing. September the LIST, from 1870 to
1900 p. M. in the home of Mrs a.
J. Nails, OH Windsor Avenue, Del
Ray. This meeting is called for the
purpose Of joining the Quilt squares,
and each member is invited to bring
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29
THE pOT6NTIoMETER

LESSON NJ. lU4 $500
Some types of crystal detectors are
found to be more sensitive II 4 poten-
tial of a few volts is impressed across
the terminals. The adjustment is usu-
ally fairly critical requiring a very
fine voltage regulation which Is OBJ
tanned with the device known as the
potentiometer. The necessary volt
age is usually supplied by several dry
cells connected in series, across the
terminals Of which the potenuometer
is connected. A sliding contact allows
the resistance to be varied and since
the current through the resistance Is
constant the voltage varies with the
variations in resistance.
One terminal of the battery IN
common with one terminal of the po o
tentiometer is connected to the de-
tector while the variable contact OF
the potentiometer is connected TO the
other side of the detector through the
telephones. A fixed condenser is usu-
ally inserted in series with the de-
tector and secondary winding to pre-
vent the potential from the battery
being shunted across the secondary.
This small fixed condenser IS there
fore called stopping condenser. The
polarity of the battery is also i'm.
portaut in satisfactory functioning of
the detector and may be reversed to
ascertain which gives the best re-
suits.
The carborundum detector is proba-
bly, the principal detector IN general
use employing battery and poten-
tiometcr, the pcrikou ranking next IN
popularity. Both types of detectors
have been in use on Shipboard for
several years, and give very satsifac-
tory results if properly used. The
silicon detector is also operated with
battery by many eXperlmenterS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29

curve approached closest its base
line. With construction at almost
90 per cent be,ow normal, the
country was supplying a little
more than a tenth Of the buildings
it needed.
Economists are finding that
most business and industrial ac-
tivities move in cycles. From an
examination of records it appears
that normal and sub-normal pc
riods are followed at regular inter
walls by "boom" or peak" years.
The chart shows how true this
claw Of cycles is of the building
trades. Beginning in 1903 we
note the peaks" in 1905, 1908,
1918, 1916, 1919 and 1922. They
recur regularly at three or four
year intervals. The phenomenal
building activity now sweeping the
country could have been predicted
three years ego.
In future years it ID not to
be expected that the line vii! fall to
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29

The Misses Margaret and Mary
Young returned home to Rosomont,
Sunday, after a delightful ten day
trip by boat and rail to Boston, New
York and other points. Mrs. Sallie
Prettyman, Of Alexandria, was also
of the party.
Willard w. c. T. L., met yester-
day afternoon in the home of Mrs.
Lillian Henderson, in Rosemont.
Miss Mary Hardesty, from Charles
town, W. Va, is the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. W. r. Newton, in st.
Elmo.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Mugler, Of Hamp-
ton, Va, spent the week end in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. V. c. Donald
son, on Seminary Hill.
Mrs. } L. Howard, of Seminary
Hill, is visiting friends in Falls
Church, this week.
Miss Agnes Donaldson has return
ed home to Seminary Hill after visit
ing Miss Eloise Cave, in Madison
county.
Miss Anne Linn, of George Wash
ington Park. spent the past week
end in New York City.
Mrs. Henry O'Bannon Cooper, of
Braddock Heights, recently enter
tanned Miss Lucille Love Bowie and
DR.. Richardson Joyuer who were her
house guests for several days, and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29
Fifteen Minutes of Radio Each Day
By EDWARD y. DAVIS
Formerly Technical Electrical Expert for u Government

ton. The potentiometer is shunted
across the filament battery and the
variable contact is connected to the
grid circuit. 1t is claimed that this
arrangement permits the potential on
the grid to be adjusted so that the
circuit will function just below the
oscillating point for the tube.
The electrolytic detector which
consits of a fine wire in an acid solu-
tion also employees a potentiometer
and battery. This type of detector
is hardly ever used since the develop
ment Of the vacuum tube has brought
within the reach of many experiment
tiers a more sensitive form of detec-
tor, and those who do not use tubes
prefer the simplicity of the galena
or silicon detectors The electroly-
tic detector like the coherer has there
for almost disappeared from use.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29
LIVE NEWS

POSEMONT .BRADDOCK
DEL RAY Mt. IDA ST. ELMO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29
Shortage in Residences
and Stores Brings Great
est Boom in Building.

TWO billions of dollars is the
L valuation placed by economists
upon the stores and residences
that should have been constructed
TO provide for the country's nor
NAL development between 1914
and 1922. Consequently that CO.
lossal figure measures the shortage
we have inherited from the days
when soaring construction costs
made building Improbable, and
when men and materials were be-
ing diverted to war purposes.
The chart shown above, based
on the building permits issued the
last 20 years in score of the larg-
est cities, indicates how nearly the
country approached complete
building stagnation. In 1915 the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29

any great extent. However it may
fuctuate, it must remain in the
area of abnormally high activity.
From 1908 to 1914 It rose and fell
without wandering far from the
normal line. SURPRISES balanced
deficits and no appreciate short
age could accumulate. But after
1914 the line was continuously be-
low ryrn1al, and the need for new
building became Increasingly
acute. Since the country must
make up this tremendous deficien-
cy while it is supplying its cur
rent needs, we must look for at
least five years OF abnormally high
building activity.
The deficit is mainly in
stores and residences. Ii reliev-
irg the shortage that exists in this
type of construction alone, work
men who are really skilled in the
building trades VIII find continuous
and profitable employment for
years to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29

2G2-4c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29
Rrsrr,ortH|
cohnec1'Nn Of Forenr'omerer>
V..,;.,

The potentiometer is constructed OF
carbon or graphite resistance rod
with a sliding contact, or non-lnduc-
lively wound resistance coils are
wound on small bobbins and the
terminals brought to switch contacts
The total resistance IS from q few
hundred to several thousands ohmS
depending ON the type.
The advantage ot the pOtentlOme-
ter circuit is chat ;ery fine adjust
meut of the voltage may be obtained,
The main disadvantage Is that the
battery is short circuited through
the resistance continuously, thereby
placing a steady load on the dry
cells and shortening their life. The
higher the resistance of the potentio-
meter the less win be the dram on the
batteries.
Another form of potentiometer
which is becoming more common is
used in connection with vacuum tube
receiving systems especially those
employing radio frequency amplifca-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

While it is desirable that SUD
scribers pay for The Gazette by
the week those who desire to pay
monthly, Semi-annually and an
nually may do so The rate by the
week is 10 cents; one month 80
cents; six months, 500; one year,
S4.2O. If paid by the month, SEMI
annually or yearly the subscription
must be paid in advance.
BY paying promptly you not
only help the management to MAKE
better and more prompt delivery
but you help the boy who delivers
your paper. We pay the carrier
commission on all collections. Help
the carrier boy by paying for the
Gazette by the week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29
NOTICE

The Public Schools will open Mon.
day, September 18th, permits will be
issued Tuesday, September 5th.
Children from outside the city linn
its will be admitted as far as accom-
modations permit. at following rates
for tuition:
First, second, ;hjrd, fourth grades,
$1,000 a year.
Fifth, sixth, seventh grades, $500
year.
High School. $4,000 year.
Should the school authorities of the
adjacent counties desire to send any
Of the county children to the AleXan-
Gria Schools they must furnish them
a permit properly authenticated to be
presented TO the Alexandria School
authorities
GILBERT COX,
2G2-4c. Clerk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29
WITH THE CITIZENS BAND AT
THE FIREMENS CONVENTION
CITIZENS BAND OF ALEXANDRIA AWARDED
FIRST PRIZE OF $4,000

Judges, Bandmaster from Fort Monroe Norfolk
and Newport News. Bands competing, PhOebus with
AZ pieces Covington with p pieces, Citizens Band
Alexandria, % pieces
After bands had played the pieces assigned them
the judges agreed by unanimous consent that there
was tie between Citizens Band Of Alexandria and
Phoebus Band from Phoebus Va This necesStated
plavoff between the above named bands. After the
payoff the Citizens Band of Alexandria was declared
by the judges be the winner of first prize of $lO0
and check for this amount was delivered to the CIt
zens Band before leaving for home.
Band organized but two years last May, this was
the first trip ever taken by the band.
Officers President Urban Lambert, Vice President
Geo Scott, treasurer r HelShey, secretary Lam
bert Sullivan, Libran Chas Cornell, Director Prof
julius Hamper
The first prize was awarded Citizens Band by
unanimous agreement of the three judges.
The members of the Citizens Band are also mem
bers of the Relief Truck and Engine Company No.
and accompanied this company to Hampton and the
Truck Company received as much credit as the band
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-29

friend, and every one should bring
needle and thimble.
Fa I'd rRT cd ON do mo ON dond
Mildred L. Emerson.
: Gazette Correspondent.
Phone 765-L-2
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-12
Street Car Service
TO
BIG FREE FAIR
TO THE

The two for fifteen cent ticket will be advan-
tageous for State Fair visitorssas it provides .
round trip for fifteen cents. These tickets can
be purchased of the conductors on the cars,
which will provide opportunity for all passen-
gers who so desire to purchase them. The fif-
teen ticket and twenty-four ticket fares will be
sold at the regularly established ticket selling
stations, the most convenient ones for Fair vis-
itors being located in the office of the Topeka
Edison Company, at 808 Kansas Avenue and
at booth located at our Fair Grounds terminal.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-12
M. A. NATION
Topeka, Kan, With
Standard Life
Insurance
Co.

We have over $SS,-
100000 business in
force. We write both
participating and nom
participating insurance
accelerative features,
disability and double
indemnity. Women OF
same basis as men. We
write a 25-year indow-
ment policy should you
live; ordinary if you
die.
We want good, clean.
live agents. We offer
an attractive non-for-
feitable contract with
plenty cooperation and
assistance to the right
man. Call or write US
for full particulars.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-12

Continued on next page. J
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-12
RETURN FARES

Returning from the Fair Grounds passengers
will pass through the ticket gates at the Street
Railway Terminal, located in the northeast cor
ner of the Fair Grounds. Passengers holding
tickets will exchange one ticket for coupon
transfer check, which is good for one ride from
the Fair Grounds to the City, and may then be
used on any line to which the passenger desires
to transfer. Passengers not holding tickets can
purchase coupon transfer checks for SC at the
terminal ticket gates.
Fair Grounds transfer checks are issued
under the same regulations as any other trans
fer check, are non-transferable and must be used
within ten minutes of the time passenger de-
string to make transfer reaches the proper
transfer point or upon the first connecting car.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-12

The Liberty Life Insurance Co. be-
gan business May s. 1919. and was
formed with absolutely no promo
ton expense either In CASH or I'm
STOCK accruing to the organizers
of the company.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-12
OUT OF WHICH 1T MUST ACCOUNT FOR

Since organization there has been PAID POLICY
HOLDERS Sill ,35054 of which S441a4 Death
Claims and s67.22 SO Dividends Policies.
exceeds that any Life Insurance
Company during similar period there is nothing
which o make q comparison.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-12
SERVICE

FAIR GROUNDS TRAINS will be operated
between Sixth and Kansas Ave. and the Fair
Grounds Terminal at two to five-minute inter-
walls throughout the day and evening. In order
to promote safety, conserve time and render
the best possible service Fair Grounds trains
will not carry local south Kansas Avenue traffic,
and between Tenth Avenue and the Fair
Grounds through trains will stop only at
Douthitt Avenue and Seventeenth Street.
The South Kansas Avenue cars will run reg
ularly throughout Fair Week to handle South
Kansas Avenue traffic. Persons desiring to take
cars on Kansas Avenue south of Tenth Street
for the Fair Grounds should board either
Douthitt Avenue or South Topeka cars and
transfer to Fair Grounds trains at Douthitt and
Kansas Avenue or Seventeenth and Kansas
Avenue.
FARES and TICKETS
The cash and ticket fares now in effect are
as follows:
Cash Fares - Sc
z Tickets = 15c
Is Tickets - $1.OO
"a Tickets s $50
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
PLAN TO URGE PASSAGE
OF BILL TO AID MOTHERS

Representatives Of the Associated
Charities viii smake strenuous ef.
forts to induce Congress TO give
favorable consideration to the
Focht- Calder bill which would grant
mothers an allowance for the care
Of dependent ch..dren.
The MEASURE provides for the
creation Of n fund Of 1905 TO be
placed at the disposal OF q special
board appointed by the District
Commissioners. When shown that
n mother could no longer support
child under sixteen years OF age,
the board.
william II. Parker. general sec.
retary of the national conference on
social work, told Of the plans for
the fifteenth national conference TO
be held In Washington next May.
Miss Corra Barry was elected 9
member Of the board to succeed
Miss Scphy r. Sweet.
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
DAUGHERTY IS
AFTER FRAUDS
IN MAILS NOW
Promises to Prosecute 1852
Who "Plundered Homes
OF the Poor"
By II. X. REYNOLDS.
international News Service.

intornsuonsi news bervtce'
Attorney General Daugherty has
completed plans and issued orders
for the speedy prosecution In the
Federal courts Of hundreds Of alleged
swindlers. who are charged with
''plundering the homes OF the poor"
Of yearly $3.50. .oo0. 900 through fraud
uient use of United States mails. II
was learned officially at the Depart
msnt Of Justice today.
Approximately 500 cases were said
to be In the hands Of United States
attorneys throughout the country for
Consideration Of Institution OF Grim.
inal proceedings and for further ac-
ton" Nearly 300 persons have been
arrested or indicted In connection
with the cases now before the courts.
These cases represent q total loss to
the public through postal swindies OF
Sl<0.ol1.23l.
3,Sss Cases Await Action.
According TO Government records.
3,bs2 cases are distributed among M.
teen divisions Of the Department OF
Justice. az follows:
Atlanta, $50; Austin. Tex. as; Bos'
ton, I24: Chattanooga, 1S3; Chicago
$50; Cincinnati. Ss2; Denver. ~; Kan
sas City. 223; New York, 7ze: Pniia
delphia. 21S; st. Louis. IA; 81. Paul
so; San Francisco. 1871; Spokane o.
The Federal court In the northern
district Of Illinois leads with forty
five cases pending, the northern
district of Texas 10 second with
forty.two, and the southern district
Of New York 10 third with thirty
eight. Nebraska In credited with
twenty-four cases and the western
district Of Pennsylvania with nine-
The biggest number OF large stock
xwindling cases havo been filed IN
the western district OF Missouri.
Nebraska 10 second in these cases
and the northern district OF Now
York Is third.
According to officials Of the De.
partment OF Justice, stock pro.
motors have been most SUCCESSFUL
in the southern district OF New
York. the northern district OF
TEXAS, the northern district OF
Ohio, and the eastern and western
district Of Pennsylvania.
| A considerable congestion OF the
docket has deveiopeu IN the Sous
district of New York. where 23o or
tenders have been either arrested or
indicted.
Explains Delays.
| Attorney General Daugherty ex.
plained today that in consequence OF
the clogged condition Of the federal
| courts throughout the country there
are at present approximately lSo 900
cases Of various kinds ready for TRIAL
and which should have been disposed
of long ago.
Az soon as appointments have
been made In pursuance OF the re-
| cent legislation authorizing twenty
four additional federal judges,
Daugherty said, 1t was hoped that
such conditions might be relieved.
| The Attorney General plans. how.
ever, in the meantime to give par
| ticular attention to postal fraud
cases, as evidence gathered by op-
eratives of the Department OF JUS
| tice show that a majority of the
cases represent the ,victimizing Of
widows and even children.
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
Sale of Winter Hats
a.; .:: E: s:: $285 ';;:;: e.. ;::.: :; Z:


A SELECTION you would never
"A have thought possible at SASS
unless you had already become ac-
customed to Lansburgh Friday Bar
gains.
Sport hats of soft felts and other
materials are trimmed with ribbons,
embroidery and fancies. !.
Trimmed hats range from dignified
black veivets to gay brocades, trim
med with tufts Of ostrich or burnt
feathers, metal cloth, ribbon and
flowers. =,
Untrimmed hats Of velvet and
plush for those who have their own
ideas about smartness and prefer
to choose their own trimmings.
You will be assured of the great
est possible satisfaction at such low
price, and maybe decide you need
several hats.
Second Floor.
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
WOmen's Silk
Hosiery, 79c'

Irregulars of several good
makes, of a quality well worth
these special prices. Some OF the
imperfections are very slight, and
the early shopper will have the
advantage Of selection.
Other irregulars of good makes,
$1.O0 Friday only.
First Floor.
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
BdndeaHr, 39c
Wool Jersey Coats, SIS

So warm and closely knitted
they are the preference over many
of the lighter sweaters, and their
practical tuxedo collar, tailored
pockets, cuffs and belts make
them appropriate for almost any
wear. You may choose from
black, navy blue, brown, reindeer
and mohawk.
Second Floor.
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
Sale of Handmade
BlOuses,. $500

They are made by hand
throughout, of the finest dimity
and batiste, in tailored models,
touched only with hand-drawn.
work and tucking or trimmed
with a dainty edge of lace. Some
are square-neck blouses that
open in the front, while others
are quaint Peggy models with
back closing.
Bargain Table-Main Floor.
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
MUST HANG #
PETITION Of Il
JURORS FAILS
Life Of w. n. stultz, In Fred
srjck Jail, Depends on Mercy
of Governor.

Unless Governor Albert E. Ritchie
Of Maryland acts favorably on the
petition signed by eleven OF the
twelve Jurors recommending life int
prisonment. William II. StuItz, un-
der sentence Of death for the murder
Of Policeman Adams of Frederick.
will be hanged tomorrow In Fred
erick.
Pretty Louise Stultz. twenty.year.
old daughter of the condemned man.
went to Rockville in final effort to
save the life Of her father and was
able to obtain the signatures OF all
but one of the jurors to her appeal
for commutation Of his sentence to
life imprisonment. The only juror
who did not sign is now In the West
on business trip. It was stated In
Rockville today.
Although the murder was COM
mitted In Frederick, Stultz was tried
in the circuit court In Rockville. He
was sentenced to be hanged last Fri.
day, but q motion for q new trial was
filed on Thursday and the governor
granted q reprieve Of one week 10 as
70 permit the motion to be passed on
by the court.
With the dismissal of the motion
yesterday by Chief Judge Urner and
Associate Judges Peter and Worth.
inytop. Stultz's daughter today was
relying on a last-minute appeal for
clemency to the governor.
The Washington times., 1922-11-09
Jabot Collar, SIPS

Long collar, with fluffy, jabot
ends, that adds dash to many
dark costumes. It is Of cream
color net, trimmed with lace and
hand-embroidery. This price is
Just about half its real value.
Linen Vestsss, \attractively edged
with color. Some Nave cuffs 7OC
to match. Reduced to. ..... SON
First Floor.