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Evening star., 1922-01-02

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Evening star., 1922-01-02

Bank clearings in Philadelphia show
ed decrease of $4,648. .7S4. 900 in 1891
compared with 1920. The clearings for
the year ended yesterday were $20.445.-
12,00G.
Evening star., 1922-01-02
ORDERED TO ARSENAL.

Maj. Edward c. Wallington.. Coast
Artillery Corps, at Fort Worden,
Washington. has been ordered to the
arsenal at Edgewood. Nd. for duty.
Evening star., 1922-01-02
January Sales!-Suits
$40 to $50 Suits, $24.75

wooitex TsNored and Sport suts-nannIsh checks
tweeds and hoespun mIxtures-the suit will want
for spring Wear-tatored with wooItex nicely. In wool
talorsd materials; box panel belted and unelted
jackets patch and inset pocketsand In these desirable
shadss-Sarento 0rsen gray brown, rust, henna
Evening star., 1922-01-02

Illinois has $50 woman physicians
and surgeons.
Evening star., 1922-01-02
WOULD MAKE WHEAT UNIT
Suggested as Basis for Exchange
Rather Than Gold or Silver.

BUDAPEST, December 12.-Wheat
as stabilizing unit of exchange. in
stead Of money based on imaginary
reserves of gold or silver. was sug-
gested by Secretary of State Vician
to the Syndicate OF Hungarian Farm
Evening star., 1922-01-02
s'DoLLY' C0STlY LUXURY.
Dresses as Expensive as Are New
est Creations for Adults.

PARIS. December 13.-The over
spoiled child of Paris carrying her
best doll often has a small fortune
IN her arms. for doll dressmakers are
as expensive. In proportion, as. those
who make the newest creations tf8r
Evening star., 1922-01-02
1922!
Starting the New Year
With High Hopes!
Planning Ahead for Big Things!

IdIlHtilg Fneau tOf Dig 1HlHSs'
Inspired by the confidence placed in
this shop by constantly increasing public,
we are hoping and planning to make this
even better place for the women of
Washington to trade in 1922.
Please then accept our thanks for your
generous patronage in the past, with the
assurance that we shall try more than ever
to merit it in the future.
Frank r. Jelleff, Inc.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23

defies alteration by inks or chemicals.
2. Never typewrite check or per-
init check to leave your office that
contains an erasure.
3. Write the name of the payee and
the amount of the check clearly and
plainly. never leaving any margin be-
fore the amount or between .he writ
ten figures.
4. Keep your blank checks under
lock and key and know where every
one Of them goes. They are worth AS
much money as your credit once they
have your name in the right-hand
corner-and some one may be able TO
deceive bank or storekeeper into
believing that check with Il forged
signature Is yours.
5. Finally, to be doubly sure, insure
yourself against loss by forgery or
check alteration. The makers of the
best safety check paper and check
writing machines are so sure their de-
vices defy the efforts of the most in
genious criminals that they carry
their customers insurance themselves
at q merely nominal cost.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23

ments, the tuner. the crystal detectos
and the telephone condenser. can BE-
mounted on a stained base Of wood.
say, eight inches square and one-half
inch thick. This will keep the COM
ponent parts of the set together. max
ing compact unit of the whole and
also be advantageous In that 1t will
hold the instruments while adjust
ments are being made.
The sketch shows how the instru.
ments are connected with each other
and to the ground. The condenser IL
connected to one side Of the tuner and
to the crystal detector. The ground
is connected to the other side Of the
phones and the condenser and the
tuner.
Lamp cord is excellent for connect.
Ing up small radio sets of this kind
1t being a good conductor, well insu-
lated and easy to handle.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
vAGARIEs OF VACUUM TUBES
Peculiar Actions That Always Astonish
and Sometimes Friohten the
Amateur Radiolst.

Everybody who has had anything to
do with vacuum tubes has from time
to time had them do unexpected things
and give results that at the moment
seem beyond explanation.
The explanation Of several charac-
teristics of these miniature giants
which are met with in daily operation
Is sure to prove of great interest to
the amateur. In cases where the ac-
tions of the tube are not understood
these peculiarities have sometimes
frightened people.
One instance Of a newborn fans
fright was brought to attention In a
letter Of inquiry. The instrument had
just been set up and was being oper-
ated for the first time. The tubes had
been firmly adjusted and were just at
the spilling point and-over they went,
giving vent to the most unearthly
sounds. The embryo enthusiast who
looked upon the audion tube as an
electric light, thought 1t was going to
explode. He jumped away from the
instrument and out of the room, and
did not venture near 1t for several
hours, and then only after reaching
round the corner Of the door with a
long stick and pulling the battery
switch Off.
Smilar instances have come to at
tention when bulbs generate vari-col-
ored vapors in the vacuum chamber.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23

tanning the crystal Of silicon or gale
ma on the strip Of metal and allowing
the spring to make contact with the
surface of the crystal the detectOr Is
complete ond ready for operation.
complete crystal detector can be
purchased from IS cents to 81, de-
pending upon the type.
Two other pieces of apparatus are
necessary that cannot be readily con-
structed-they are the telephone con-
denser and the receivers. A tele-
phone condenser to be used in shunt-
ing across the phones can be pur-
chased for about so cents.
For uss with a radio receiver of
this type 1t is recommended that a
pair of 3.0O0-ohm. Murdoch type, No.
SO receivers, costing SO, be purchased.
These are all the necessary parts
needed for the complete receiver.
II 1t is desired, the three instru-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
Famous Tree, 800 Years
Old, Shows Signs of Wear

Mexico City.-The great tree
Of Tule," In Santa Maria de
Tule, state of Oaxaca, after SOO
years. Is beginning to show signs
of wear. This giant cypress.
with a trunk so huge II takes 30
persons with outstretched arms
10 span it, Is known to have been
a fair-sized tree when Columbus
discovered America.
History also recounts that
COrtes and his Spanish soldiers
slept beneath its branches four
centuries ago en- route 70 Hon
duras following their conquest Of
Mexico.
There Is no immediate cause
for worry, however. that Tule.
as Indians call the tree, will
wither away before the present
generation has passed on. And
even If 1t should. Tule has son
some fifty yards away that Is
showing signs Of maintaining the
family honor. Hijo (son) al.
ready Is 50 large II persons are
needed to span it. Hijo Is only
a couple Of hundred years old.
The tree rises 175 feet. The
spread Of its branches Is almost
$50 feet.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23

just the detector by changing the
point ut which the spring and crys-
tai OF the detector make contact until.
when a nearby electric light Is snapped
on and Off. click Is heard In
the head phones. The detector Is now
adjusted on a sensitive spot on the
crystal. BY changing the slider po-
sition, the transmitting station should
be picked up.
After a station is once picked up
It is an easy matter to adjust the do
tector and slider position until maxi
mum response is obtained In the tel
ephone receiver. With a simple set
OF the kind described In this and pre-
ceding articles and little practice
one soon becomes adept at picking up
given station. The entertainment
derived from listening-in Is usually
well worth the time spent and the
money invested.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
HOW TO LISTEN IN

There are two variables In our radio
receiver that require adjustment
when 1t Is desired to listen-in'; first,
the detector. and second. the slide po-
sition on the tuner. Once the slider
position has been determined for any
given transmitting station. It is only
necessary to adjust the detector TO
pick up that same station again.
To operate the receiver for the first
time 1t is best to wait until some
station like KDKA Is transmitting be-
tween 8 80 and 9:30 p. m. Then ad-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
TIPS TO THE RADIoIsT

Fired % caliber rife shells
make good switch points for tun-
Ing coils and receiving trans
formers.
A single wire aerial 100 to
$50 feet long Is sufficient for
local and long distance reception
Of broadcasting stations.
Do not string aerials across
the street or across electric
wires. Keep antenna wires of
electric light and telephone
poles.
Stranded copper or solid cop
per wire should be used. Phos-
phor bronze wire II obtainable
is stronger but not superior to
copper.
Good contact with a piece Of
mineral like galena can be had
by wrapping 1t In tinfoil. OF
course, the top Of the crystal
Is left exposed.
The brass ends Of large car
fridge shells make splendid
crystal detector cups. They
should be cleaned out thoroughly
before they are used.
The winding Of cardboard
tubes from oatmeal boxes may
be improved greatly II the tube
is first heated In an oven for
about Is minutes to take out
the moisture and then wound;
or better still shellac II while
1t Is still warm and leave 1t
to soak In.
In winding tuning coils with
bare wire n thread should be
wound on with the wire. This
will separate each turn. When
the coil Is finished the thread
can be taken of. Shellac should
be applied Immediately. When
the sheIlac u dry the copper
wire win hold its place
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
Makes "Pearls" OF Fish Scales.

Heathsville. Vain Fleeton they
have employed a French woman. who
is engaged in making imitation pearls
from the essence of fish scales. She
is said to have made some fine speci-
mems of pearls"
This new and novel enterprise is at
tracting considerable attention. The
fishermen are being paid 10 cents a
pound for fish scales.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
Profiteer in Leeches
as Demand Revives

Paris.--Whenever you had
headache or pain in the old
days. they put leeches on YOU
the nasty Shiny things that get
in your way as you walk
through your garden after u
rain. When contemporaries of
Pepys used TO get "blood to The
head" Ga common crania dis.
turbance with ''three bottle
men Of the period) leeches
would be hurriedly sent for.
For some reason impossible to
fathom there has been nm in
creased demand for leeches In
Paris IN the last few months.
Fifty years ago ieeches cost
25O francs per 1000, but the
price soon went down to 60
francs.
Pro6feering has now Get In.
Leech dealers are springlng up
here and there and the price
per thousand has gone r3 to 100
francs.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
CRYSTAL DETECTOR
EASY TO CONSTRUCT
Telephone Condenser and Re-
ceivers Can Better Be Pur-
chased-Mounting the Set.

The material needed to construct a
simple crystal detector Is as follows:
Piece Of silicon or galena nodded
In a metal button, 25 cents.
Two binding posts. 20 cents.
A block Of shellacked or stained
wood 8 by 3h inches.
A thin strip of sheet copper or
brass Y inches wide by two inches
long.
Mount the two binding posts on the
block Of wood as shown, fastening un-
der one binding post strip of copper
or brass-see sketch-and under the
other binding post coiled up spring
Of fine springy copper or brass wire.
BY placing the button of metal con-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
Take Annual Levy of S30,0OO,-
900 From Careless Check
Writers in United States.
IS ARISTOCRAT OF CRIMINALS
Introduction Of Modern Protective
Measures Only Hampered Crooks
Plans for Time--Safety PAPER
ls Best Precaution.

New York.-Forgers and penmen
are exacting toll of between $780,
100000 and $35,OOO,OO0 year from
the people of the country because or
the careless manner in which checks
and drafts are written and handled, ac-
c0rdlng to Burgess Smith. eX-inspector
of technical work in the United States
bureau of engraving. writing in Amer
lean Industries, the magazine Of the
National Association of Aanufac-
turers.
Baked by scientific Inventions In
check protecting devices and L. check
paper that defies alteration. check
raisers are now robbing mail boxes
and adopting other subterfuges to
obtain checks which are not safe
guarded. Their depredations are be-
coming so extensive, the writer says,
that authorities do not make public
any more the amount of losses being
sustained.
"Ninety-fve per cent of the busi-
ness Of the nation Is done by check
uHu uIull, su.S TIC Wlllti' i'uihi
the last year total Of approximately
100000 100000 In checks and drafts
passed through the clearing houses
of the nation. based on Il total cur
rency issue in circulation Of about
t5,O00,000,000. In other words, checks
and drafts in circulation constantly
exceed currency and bullion ut the
rate of eighty To one.
1T is only natural therefore, that
the most aStute minds of the criminal
rard form of crime which yields
great profits with little chance Of de-
lection and conviction-alI because of
the innate carelessness of individu-
ais"
Grow With Use of Checks.
Tracing the rapid development OF
the use Of credit instruments the
world over. particularly within recent
years, Mr.. Smith shows how losses
from forgery have increased with the
increased use Of checks and drafts.
"The idea of the bank check is as
old as Egypt" the writer says, but II
was only "A half century ago that the
word check meant little 'or Iothing
In the daily life of the average Amer.
lean business man. Such a thing as q
forged or raised check was almost un.
thought OF. Where today the losses
from forgery are increasing at the
rate of Sl,000000 annually. with more
than S30000,000 estimated as last
years figures, the total annual toll
thirty years ago was only $1,000, 900
"The meIhods employed by ne forg
er embrace n cunning and skill that
is seldom found in other forms OF
crime. The forger and penman is the
aristocrat of the underworld. He Is
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
pissoIvlns Salt Raises Ship.

Norfolk, Va.-Capt. l.. L. Power OF
the schooner Cumberland Queen and
his wife. given up for dead in the wreck
of the ship, arrived In Norfolk one day
recently The ship, after grounding
twice. finally sank, Power said, In the
deep water. The captain and crew
we're taken to Charleston. Then the
salt cargo, with which the vessel was
heavily laden, dissolved and the light
ened ship bobbed up again, to be res
cued by the coast guardsmen.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
How to Be poubIy Safe.

To make checks absolutely safe
against the depredations Of forgers
and raisers, Mr.. Smith suggests the
following measures:
/. Write your checks on paper that
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
MoonshInsrs UsIno Radio.

Revenue officers seeking distillers Of
the far-famed and hardhitting white
lightnin'," In the mountains Of Ken
lucky say that many raids made In
the last few months have proven un-
successful. due to the adoption Of ra.'
diopLons 40 means Of ccmmunica-
don among the moonshinsrA
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-06-23
Forgers Reap
Huge Harvest

one of the 'higher-ups' in an organiza-
tion that Is conducted in most busi-
ness-like way. First, there Is the
banker, who backs the gang with his
wealth and who usually has asso-
GATED with him an expert criminal
lawyer. Then there Is the forger him
SELF who lives in some secluded out
ofthe-way spot. where he has his
laboratory. There, with pens and inks
and acids and blotters strewn about
him, he sits and traces signatures or
obllterates writing with such n high
degree Of delicacy and perfection that
even banking experts are deceived.
Since the forger Is the brains Of the
organization. he must be accorded the
greatest possible protection. Conse-
quently. there are the 'go-between'
men who hire thieves to rob the mail
boxes and presenters to put down
the forged checks. These men never
come In contact with the forger. and
the result is that the arrest of SUBJ
tion.
"And" Vulnerable Point.
Before the Introduction Of modern
protective measures, forgery and
alteration had become so simple II
lad almost ceased being called an art
TO raise check from eight to eighty
dollars. all this master criminal had
to do was to add n " to the T. and
then another zero to the numerals. To
raise six TO sixty, seven TO seventy or
nine to ninety was just as easy, and
80 change five To fifty or to tack some
other word to fifty. say 100 or 1000.
was equally simple. The word 'rnd'
has always been most vulnerable
point Of attack. and in many typical
cases of forgery II has been made to
call for thousands by writing 'thous'
before il.
"For many years the forger had as
his greatest foe the designer of check
writing machines that shred the
amount in colors and at the same time
impregnate the paper with insolube
ink. The introduction of these de-
vices only hampercd the crooks plans.
however. for he could STILL with the
use of his acids, erase the payee line
and substitute for names the words
cash or bearer And, likewise, he
could change the number and date
lines.
ITO meet this new move of the
check raiser safety paper that could
not be erased or alterated in any way
without detection was needed and
by a gradual evolution which led
nearer and nearer to perfection the
manufacturers have only recently
been able to produce safety paper
which has thus far withstood all tests
of the criminal. Thus, the check
forger has again l@en defeated. and
check users who today employ the
modern measures Of protection nf-
forded-the modern writing machine.
as well rs the safety paper-have no
reason to fear that their checks will
be altered"
How to Be Doubiy Safe.
To make checks absolutely safe
against the depredations Of forgers
and raisers, Mr.. Smith suggests the
following measures:
/. Write your checks on paper that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
MAY DISCONTINUE
 JTNEY TICKETS

Because of the transfer of from to 10 jitney drivers to the Glen Iris lines some time ago. all of whom are reported to be discontinuing the jitney ticket system practice by ac- cepting only cash fares. the Glen Iris patrons may be required to return to the seven-cent cash fare, according to a statement from A. E. Langley, of the Ford Transfer company.
 Langley is operating about IS cars on the Glen Iris line and has reg istered a complaint with Public Safe ty Commissioner Cloe. on the ground that he had established the ticket system on that lire, with a supply sufficient to last a year. and that all was running smoothly until the new jitney operators began causing friction by charging cash fares with the result that a number of jitney patrons cashed in their books, rendering the whole system very un- satisfactory. H
 Although a conference was held with Commissioner Cloe. who has the matter under consideration, no action has been taken as it is the desire of the commission to adopt d ticket system that will supply all lines in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
HOME RULE" FOR
 PUBLIC UTILITIES
City Commission to Submit Questionnaire on Proposed
 Amendment

All cities throughout the state that have been heard from in regard to the resolution adopted by the board of city commissioners of Birmins- ham favoring a return of nome rule of local public utilities have favored the action taken by tie city hall officials, and others are report ing from time to time, it was stated yesterday.
 The resolution asks that tho public service commission act be amended to allow the several cities iii the state to regulate their own utilities, and the object in getting other muni- cipalities to indorse the move which began In Birmingham is to make it practicable for them to submit a anestionnaire to the candidates for the legislature in the respective dis tricts.
 City Attorney Wynn stated that he expected all the cities of, sufficient size to warrant such action through out the state would indorse the movement, and enter the fight to se- cure the amendment at the next legislative assembly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
HARRISON RECIPIENT
 OF HANDSOME WATCH

Commissioner William L. Harrison returned yesterday morning from Gadsden where he presided over the twenty-firs annual convention of the Alabama Federation of Labor for the sixth consecutive time. Upon retiring from the office Wednesday Mir. Harrison was presented with handsome 21 jewel Hamilton watch by delegates of the convention, jewel for each year of the federa- tion's existence in appreciation or his services.
 q am hapier and more grateful for this token Of appreciation than anything that has come my way in many years" declared the official, who reported a most harmonious and helpful meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
Euents of Today
 in Birmingham
sso.672,o4s.6s
EvvENTs

EVENTS Ofvitan club luncheon at 1 o'clock at TutwiIer.
 ADJUSTMENTS Lyric--Keith vaudeville and pic- lures.
 Loew's Bijou--Loew's vaudeville nnd pictures.
 Trisnon-Anita Stewart. in "Her Mad Bargain" strand--Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson, in "Beyond the Rocks"
 Aicazar-Norma Talmadge, in "By Right of Purchaser Galax--W. s. Hart. in "White Oak.'' Royai-Feature drama, news and comedy.
 Prfncess-Drama and comedy. Odeon-Drama and comedy. Rialto--Featured drama. West Lake Park--DancinE and bathing.
 ,Edgewood Park Dancing and bathing.
 East Lake Park-Bathing and amusements.
 Miles School Of DancinI. Dancing at 0 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
Ellis Makes Reply to
 Harrison on Opening Of
 Municipal Dance Hall

Answering Commissioner Harri- sons appeal to orgi nized labor to vote for the opening of Pershing Pier, as a municipal dance hall, H. l.. Ellis, city chairman of the com mittee opposing the proposition has addressed the following letter to the officers and members of organized labor, city
 Dear Sirs: I also desire to make statement to you setting forth our position with regard to operating the municipal dancing pavilion. known as Pershing Pier, at East Lake Park. replying to a statement recently made public and addressed to you by Commissioner Harrison, who makes the statement that he is one of you and your representa- tive.
 feel that as city chairman desig- mated to lead this fight against our city going into the business of op- erating municipal public dance hall I have an equal right to direct your attention to the merits of our cause as has Commissioner Harrison.
 Class IIstinctfon
 If Commissioner Harrison had ad- dressed communication calling upon you 10 take stand Tor or against question that now so vit- ally concerns our civic educational and financial problems, I would have no criticism to offer. but when he appeals to you on so trifling an is- sue as the operation of a municipal public dance hall at East Lake. m der guise of Glass Distinction" and urges his people to come to his aid and to blindly follow him in his efforts to win a cause that he has already lost, then I think 1t is time for the laboring people to reply that they will not be so led.
 His first argument is based upon financial view; that this building was constructed for dancing pur- poses by the city and that it's non use of same as such has caused large deficit in the operation of East Lake Park. He therefore wants to provide a municipal public dance hall at East Lake in order that the city may profit and put East Lake on a paying basis, at sacrifice to our public morals. Previous ad- ministrations from observation and experience and for good cause and reasons concluded to discontinue the use of this building for public danc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
BOY KILLED IN
 AUTO ACCIDENT

Frank Warren, a ten-year-old or- phan boy. was struck yesterday aft ernoon by an automobile driven by Mrs. W. O. Lawrence in the business section of Leeds and instantly killed. He was coming from school at the time with a number of other boys.
 According to Coroner J. D. Russum who investigated, the boy stepped from behind another car into the path of the one driven by Mrs Law renee. The impact was so hard that his neck was broken and his body badly bruised.
 Frank lives in Leeds { with his grandmother. Mrs. H. S. Bass, Mrs. Lawrence is the wife of pr. w. O.. Lawrence of Leeds.
 Coroner Russum will announce his verdict in the case today after number of witnesses of the accident have been examined.