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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
FIRST CONCERT
SELECTIONS BY
RADIO CHOSEN
Nighuy-Feature Numbers
to Be Given.

The first program for the phono.
graph concert to be given next week
has been announced by the Kar.
Iowa station. There will be other
feature numbers beside the various
records to be given over the radio.
phone. The selections will be Civ.
en- nightly on a 360-meter wave
length. The weather reports which
are given daily at 1915 O'Clock
and o'clock are given on a 1856
meter wave length. The phono-
graph concert starts at O'Clock
nightly. The program follows:
Monday, March 6-"Stealing"
"Ty-Tee", Loves Messenger"
Peggy, ION Miami Shore, "Rigo-
letto".
Tuesday. March 7-"S Snowflake"
april Showers, "Paraphrase on
Minuet", by the Pyramids" Right
or Wrong, "Serenade'.
Wednesday, March Some Day
Down in Caroline, 81 Want a
Daddy, "Saxophone Fantasia,
"Velma", -Kalua", Everybody
Step.
Thursday, March o Gypsy
Blues, "Fancies", blue Jeans. Il
Never Knew, Mother Machree",
Come Back to Erin, Tuck Me TO
Sleep, It's You. Italian Airs,
Gloria Waltz, Meditation, I've
Get My Habits On.
Friday, March Somewhere
in Naples, When Buddha Smiles"
"Juanita" Woodland Echoes,
Leave Me With a Smile, Weep
No More My Nanny"
Saturday, March 11-'Good-Bye
Pretty Butterflies. Smiling, "Odd
Refrain, "Serenade". Stars,
'fWhat'll You Do, 'Impromptu In
a Flat. Bohemian Girl, Bow
Wow Blues, I'm Cuckoo Over
You, "Pagliacci". . "Ty-Tee'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
RADIO STATIONS FOR BEGINNERS
NEVER GET TYRESOME; INTEREST
INCREASED BY. NEW EQUIPMENT

a receiving station first. Only {
few instruments are required, they
are easy to handle, and require NJ
skill 10 operate. Moreover, a re.
ceiving set needs no license. while
a transmitting station must have G
license, and the owner an operators
license. By the time a little ex-
perience has been gained at re
ceiving, the experimuenter will BE-
ready to take an examination, a5
explained later on, and will know
how to handle a sending set.
Simple Construction.
Before the war it was ordinarily
considered that high masts and
many wires were needed. Since
the development of that period sin
gle wire antennas have been used
almost exclusively by experiment.
ers, while low supports, such as
houses and trees, have replaced the
high masts. Accordingly, the total
antenna cost is not over SO.
There is no reason for buying ex-
pensive or elaborate instruments
at the start. The more equipment,
Il L
ing it, and the larger the liability
of failure due to the inexperience of
the operator. There is more pleas
ure in connecting up few simple
instruments and hearing signals,
than worrying with much apparatus
and no results.
Experimenters who are really in
terested in what it does and how
it does it" find the most satisfac-
ton in mastering the details and
operation of each instrument as
they add it to their stations. That
is the way of the logical mind, and
under cover OF providing a real in
door sport, radio work offers to the
younger minds a tremendously val
liable developer of logical and
analytical thinking, more effective
than school book methods, since
this object is accomplished by real
entertainment.
The landlord who objects to the
erection of an antenna, or the moth
er who does not want a single lit
tie radio room set up is really tax
ing a narrow-minded view of the
matter, not realizing that they are
the would-be expert
meter of an actual educational ad-
AS for the danger from light
ming, no one could ask for better
protection against 1t than is afford
ed by an entenna properly ground
ed. Except in districts where
thunder-storms are exceptionally
severe, single wire seldom needs
a heavy ground and lightning
switch. Some experimenters sim
ply drop the antenna lead to the
ground, SO that it is clear OF the
house. Lightning danger is an alb
surd objection to a radio station.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
INCREASE POWER
OF RADIOPHONE
New Apparatus at Local Station
to Have 40O-Mile Range
Service Continues.

A new radiophone with practic-
ally twice the range and power of
the old equipment will be installed
in the Karlowa station some time
next week. The new range viii
give about a 400-mile radius AZ
which the messages can be received
by phones.
The weather forecast and must
cal entertainments of the com
pany, which are given out DALI
will be greatly improved by ne
new instrument The broadcastino
of the regular program will go m
uninterrupted while work is being
done on the new apparatus. as the
old equipment will not be dis
mantled until the new is ready for
operation.
D. A. Myer, chief operator at the
local station, is supervising the in
stallation and claims that the new
set is the last word" in complete
ness and perfection.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04

| Many wouId-be experimenter
| has been discouraged in his plans
| for a radio station by such ideas,
advanced by some people, as You
! will be tired of it as soon as you
get it." or Why, a wireless set will
cost a small fortune" or mo, sir /;
this house isn't going to have any
thing on it to attract lightning.
A wireless station is the one in
door occupation that never grows
old or tiresome Rainy days or
winter evenings are no misfortune
in the home where the wireless is
ticking out dots and dashes-NAH,
perhaps, telling the battleships
what to do or where to go; Airing
ton, regularly following the clock
pendulum, as it sends it's time sig
nails to the world; or possibly
Nauen, in far-away Europe, or
Bordeaux ringing its messages TO
the world.
Radio telephony has rapidly come
into wide commercial use, and eX-
perimental types are also offered.
1t is the most astonishing expert
ence when, through the signals of
some radio station, comes Hello,
Rock Island, this is S. u. l. call
ing" and q moment later: S. U. l.,
I can hear you perfectly; go ahead"
Or it may be the de Forest station
at Highbridge, N. Y, or the Cata-
lima Islands, or that well-known
man at NSF, Anacostia, Wash, who
will lecture on the construction of
experimental apparatus by means
of his radiophone. Again, you will
hear, every evening, "QST de Kar-
Iowa Radio company, at 606 Best
building, Rock Island, H., every
body stand by and we will com
mence our concert What do you
say, little jazz now? And a mo-
ment later the music is heard,
sharp, and clear, even better than
the photograph itself sounds.
Hear Over Land Phone.
Sometimes the enterprising ex-
perimenter puts an extension te!e-
phone on his radio set, then, call
ing some one on. the telephone,
holds the wirelssS phone to the
transmitter, and the music is heard
over the land line by someone who
does not believe in radio, or is not
fortunate in owning a station.
There is no end to the things
that can be done, no greater incen-
tive to ingenious thinking, no ex-
hausting the possibilities offered
by simple wireless outfit.
The general advice given by fell
low experimenters, who have had
radio sets for a long time, or the
ideas found in magazines NAV give
some misconception as to what is
required in the way of equipment.
The result may be an apparently
prohibitive cost Actually, sim
pie receiving set which will COPY
commercial stations from a dis
lance OF 500 miles or more is quite
small. II all the instruments are
bought the cost is from S25 to $50
When made by the experimen.er
himself, the material will come to |
less.
1t is always advisable to put up
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
Part 2.
A Simple Receiving Set,

For the beginner a receiver of the
two-slide tuner type is the best IT
! is easy to operate, is very simple
! IN construction, and costs little to
make. One advantage about this
type is that everything can be made
with a few tools, with the exception
OF the receivers or phones, which
must be purchased
The Tuning Coil.-There are no
special dimensions to such a tuner.
An excellent one may be made by
winding cardboard tube about
three inches in diameter by ten
inches long. full of No. % cotton
covered magnet wire Before wind
ing the tube it should be given two
coats of shellac, allowing each coat
TO dry separately. Start winding the
wire on the tube by fastening one
end Of the wire through two small
holes made in the tube at a dis
lance of three-fourths of an inch
from one end. Wind the wire on the
tube in an even layer, leaving no
spa cling between the turns, to with
in three-fourths of an inch of the
other end, and fasten the end of
the winding by passing it through
two more small holes.
The next problem will be to make
two end pieces for the coil in the
following manner: Cut from good
soft wood two pieces 4x4x% inches.
Then either cut out the center CT
these pieces with an extension bit
SO that the tube just fits into it, or
cut two discs, just large enough to
fit inside of the tube, from wood
three-eighths inch thick, and fasten
them to the centers of the blocks.
Having done this, purchase two
pieces OF square brass rod 3-16x3-16
by IL inches long, and two pieces of
square brass tube to fit over the
rod and about one inch long. Two
notches should be cut in each end
piece about one and one-fourth
inches apart and three-sixteenths
inch wide by three-sixteenths inch
deep.
From a piece of thin spring brass
cut two pieces one and one-fourth
inches long, one-fourth inch wide at
the top tapering to a width of one
eighth inch at the bottom. Solder
these strips to the two square brass
tubes at right angles to them. A
small fiat head machine screw, toI
which small knob of hard rubber
is fastened, may be soldered to the
opposite side of these square tubes.
The small end of the strip should
De Dent over at right angles about
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
A "HAM" OR "FISTp'
IN RADIO-DO YOU
KNOW WHAT TT Is?

Many short terms are being used
in the radio field today by old and
experienced, or "dyed-in-the-Wool, -
radio operators which are not
technical, but serve the purpose for
expression of common terms. Some
of them are:
Hama "dyed-in-the-wool" radio
fan.
Fist-The style of sending that
an operator possesses as used in
the expression, He has a good
fist"
CUL-See you later.
73-Best regards.
Stand by-Wait while for us.
QSTZTo whom it may concern.
Hook up-Method of connecting
a set.
Tickler-A coil for increasing
signal strength.
Squeak box-A spark coil trans
mitter, usually from a Ford. and a
fayorite with the small boys
OM-OId man.
OW-Old woman
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
Radio Queries

Amateur operators confront many
difficulties and a simple understand
ing of the technical problems Involved
VIII assure success in this interest
ing field. From the correspondence
files of the Karlowa Radio company
this group of questions has been
compiled
Operators are invited to submit
their problems to The Argus Radio
and answers Will be made by The
Radio expert.
R. v, Spring Valley, II1.-Will it
be possible for me to receive music
on crystal detector set?
Yes, If the sending station is
within five to ten miles of you.
II, M, Davenport, Iowa-How far
will a regenerative tuner and a two
step amplifier receive music?
You should be able to hear New
York. Pittsburgh. Chicago, Detroit,
and Rock Island, radiophone sta
tons.
S. c., Rock Island, Ills there
device to make the music audible
over an entire room?
Yes. you should secure a loud
speaking horn.
W. L., Rock Island, nl.-Does a
spark or C. W. transmitter send
farthest for voice transmission
What would I need?
A spark transmitter is not as
efficient as c. W set on a given
power input. You would need a
modulated CIV set for voice trans
mission.
l.. B. E, Hillsdale, Ill. - Where
can l get a receiving set at low
cost?
See our advertising columns.
F. H. G., Chicago, Ill.-Who has
the broadcasting station in your
city known as Voc?
karlowa Radio company, SOC
Best building.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04

State OF Washington has LIE
nydro-eiectric power fo- every
Pquare mile OF its teErttory
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
VELIE ASSOCIATION
DISCUSSES $118.9G

During February. the Velie EN-
ployes' Aid association disbursed
$11S.96. Monthly assessment
amounted to $77.50 End a balance
in the checking account is now
$2SI4s, the report of George l..
Boomer, secretary, shows With
the savings balance of S453.94, the
associations entire funds amount
To $6S543.
The following disbursements
were made last month: Glenn
Lesley. sS4.50; C. Stratton, s11.70;
NJ. F. Smith, 1926, and C. L.
Boomer, $3.50.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
The Argus RadoNews Views Suggestions Or
Building an Amateur Receiving Station

one-sixteenth OF an inch from the
end. Be sure that these "sliders'
slip freely over the brass rods.
Assemble these parts by fasten-
ing the wooden ends to the tube
with thick shellac and one or two
small brads. A hole should be
rods for the purpose of fastening
them to the end pieces. Three bind
ing posts should be fastened to the
end of the coil. One of these bind
ing posts is connected to one end
of the winding while the other two
are each connected to a. slider
The Detector-The detector is an
instrument for changing the current
from a very high frequency, as it
comes in over the antenna, to n
pulsating direct current, which will
be audible in the receivers. In its
simplest form it consists OF a fine
wire resting lightly on a piece of
mineral such as galena or silicon.
One may be readily constructed,
using a large binding post through
which small rod, carrying a short
piece Of No. % wire on one end and
a knob on the other, is passed. A
clip of some sort to hold a small
piece of galena should be fixed so as
tn be under the top of the catwisker
wire.
Having purchased pair Of re-
ceivers. wire the set up as follows:
Connect the antenna to the binding
post connected to the end of the
winding. Connect one of the sliders
to one side of the detector and one
terminal of the receivers. Connect
the ground lead (see note) to the
other slider, the other side of the
detector and the other terminal of
the receivers.
The first adjustment in putting
the set in operation is to adjust the
detector to its greatest sensitive
ness by the use of a buzzer, battery,
and push button connected in
series. It may be necessary to con-
meet wire from some part of the
buZzer to the ground lead of the
set. The detector is properly ad-
justed when the catwisker wire is
resting on a sensitive spot" This
can be determined by the audibiliey
of the buzz in the receivers when
the button is pressed, the loudest
sound in the receivers indicating
the spot on the crystal. Now that
the detector has been properly ad-
tusted it only remains to move the
sliders along the coil until the loud
est signals are heard.
Note.-A good ground connection
may be obtained by connecting a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
SOME LAYING HEN:
TWO EGGS IN DAY

Dave DeSmet. 1901 Eighteenth
avenue, Rock Island police officer,
told brother policemen today that
if he had a few hundred hens like
one he now owns he would soon
have a corner on the egg market.
Dave says that one OF two hens he
owns-ganIe chicken stoch-laid
two eggs Thursday. With only the
two hens in the pen Dave found
three eggs in the nests. Which one
of the two hens performed the feat
Dave does not know.
Anyhow" he said, 81 knew that
one is a mighty good hen and that
the other is just twice as good a
hen"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
ICE DEALERS PLAN
ADVERTISING DRIVE

Plans to carry on an advertising
campaign at the approximate cost
OF $4,000 were made at the meet
ing OF the Illinois-Wisconsin AS
sociation of Ice Dealers, in which
G. a Schoessel of Rock Island is a
leader, yesterday in Peoria.
The publicity campaign will be
carried into every city of the cou,.-
try in order to teach the consumer
the values and uses Of ice. Mr..
Schoessel returned last evening
from the two-day session in Peoria.
Through the efforts of MIR. Schoes-
sci the organization was founded in
chicago is years ago. A conven-
ton was held in Rock Island about
nine years ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04

wire to city water pipe with A
clamp. scraping the pipe clean be-
fore the connection is made. A i've
or six-foot rod, of metal, driven in
the ground makes a good ground
also, providing the earth in which
it is driven is fairly moist.
Part three, next Saturday. will
tell how to make a simple "audion"
detector.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
PERMITS REVOKED

Washington, March 4.-Prohib;-
ton Commissioner Haynes issued
an order revoking the Industrial
alcohol permits of the Fleisch-
mann company of New York.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-02-24
office of Commissioner of labor
and Statistics created.

office OF Commissioner OF LABOR
and Statistics created.
The Department of Employ
ment and Registration is to be
headed by an Employment Com
missioner, takes over the duties
of present secretary and exam
iner.
The Tobacco Inspector, the
Racing Commission and the
Motion-Picture Censors remain
as at present.
The heads of each of these
departments, except the last
three, and the Police Commits
sioner of Baltimore city, will
form an advisory council for the
Governor to keep in touch with
the whole State governmental
machinery. The plan was
drafted by the Reorganization
Committee appointed by Govern
or Richie last summer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-02-24
Nor1oE TO CRED1roRs
IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF
SAMUEL S. HOOVER, deceased
Il i,i
In the Orphans Court of Prince
Georges County, Maryland

nHIS is to give notice that the sub
i scribers, Charles J. Williamson,
Ulysses S. G. Hoover and j. Raymon d
Hoover have obtained from the Or
phans Court for Prince Georges Couu-
ty, Marylan> letters testamentary on
the estate of Samuel s. Hoover de-
ceased. All persons having claims
against the said estate of Samuel S.
Hoover are warned to exhibit the same
with vouchers thereof legally authen-
tcated to the suhsc. bers on or before
the 10 day of July 1922; that said credi-
tors are otherwise by law excluded
from all bene fit Of said estate.
Given under my hand this 7:h day o.
F, bruary 1922.
CHARLES j. VILLA MSON
ULYSSES s. G. HOOVER
j. RAYMOND HOOVER
Executors and Trustees, Estate of
Samuel Hoover, deceased. Frb10
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-02-24

chairman. There are Ito be two
advisory members but they shall
be unpaid. instead of paid men,
bers as at present. This depart
ment shall direct not only roads
work, but also all public con-
struction of any kind.
The Commissioner of Motor We
hicles shall remain as at present.
The Conservation Department
is to be headed by a director,
who takes the place of the pres
sent Conservation Commission
of three members.
The Department of Public
Utilities continues the Public
Service Commission substan
TALLY as at pre- sent.
The State Industrial Accident
Commission is continued as at
present.
The State Board of Labor and
Statistics is abolished and the
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
MAKING "MOVIES"
IN ZERO WEATHER
is A REAL TASK

Making pictures at 1900 feet
above sea-level and thirty degrees
below zero, in FIVE feet Of snow!
That was the recent experience OF
the Penrhyn Stanlaws Company at
Truckee. Cal. where they are max
ing the production OF over the
Border" with Betty Compson and
Tom Moore.
As reported by Albert S. Levino.
WHO wrote the screen play from Sir
Gilbert Parker's short story, she
Of the Triple Chevron." the nrst
morning of his weekend in Truckee
It was so cold that It was impossi-
BILE for the actors to work in scenes.
However, as that same morning at
s. a twefve-car train of San Fran
cisco Shriners got in, with their
wives and families. the whole Stan
laws troupe" including Miss Comp
son and Mr.. Moore. kept warm by
having snow-battles with the visit
ing children. many of whom had
never touched snow before.
Later in the day IL warmed up so
that the actors could stand still
and be photographed, and by that
time a ten-csr train of Elks and q
twelve-car train of knights of
Columbus from various coast points
had arrived to add to the village
gayety; incidentally. multiplying by
about 1000 per cent Truckee's nor
NAL population of 500. That night
the Shriners gave a dance in Ma
sonic Hall which Miss Compson, Mr..
Moore and members of their COM
pany attended as honor guests.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
WILSON THANKS
KEITH'S PLAYERS

When former President Wilson
attended b. r. keith's several
nights ago Manager n. 3. Rob-
bins presented him with q bou-
quet Of flowers from the players
on the hill. The folIewias Tues
day Mr.. Robbins was handed
the following letter from the
former Chief Executive
My dear friends;
was very much touched and
deeply gratiaed by your sener-
Gus thought of me last night
as expressed In the beautiful
flowers you gave me.
wish ! might have had the
pleasure of saying this tn you
in person Individually. am
sorry the circumstances ebiige
me only to send you this writ
ten message, but you may be
sure II is n message Of very sin
cere appreciation OF the pleasure
you have given me and the
heartfelt good wishes 1 feel for
you all.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
(siEnedD WOODROW WILSON.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
Europe Amasses Drama
For American Invasion
Over 1000 Plays by Teutonic Authors Said to
Be Awaiting New Campaign to Enter
Market Here. r,..-

The international copyright situa-
ton which was in chaotic condition
during the war. having automatical-
ly reverted to its pre-war basis. The
United Plays, Inc. that represents all
most all of the leading publishing
houses of Central Europe, controlling
more than 1000 plays, is starting an
active campaign to sell and produce
in the United States the product OF
the prolific Central European authors
and composers, says the New York
Clipper.
Some of the several thousands plays
and operettas controlled by the cor
poration have already been produced
in this country. among them being the
Molnar play "Liliom', produced by
the Theater Guild with great success:
The Last Waltz" Strauss operetta,
produced by the Shuberts; THE AZ
fairs Of Anatole," film produced by
the Famous-Players, and still an
other is THE Rose of Stamboul"
which is being given an out-oftown
premiere this week by the Shuberts
and scheduled for opening at the
Century next week.
several other continental successes
are scheduled for production in the
near future and like the other plays
put out by the United Plays represent
the cream of the Central European
writers. A Franz Molnar play new
to this country, a comedy drama.
THE Swan" is expected to be pre-
sented shortly. The Last Kiss" by
Ludwig BRO, co-author OF the Gear
ina" now at the Empire Theater. is
also in preparation. A Chinese play.
"Ta-o-Tai." by Emerich Foelders. a
rising young Hungarian author, will
have its first presentation here soon;
the play is breaking all records in
Budapest at Blumenthal theater.
"The Matrimonial Beggars." an ultra
modern drama by the Jugo- Slovakian
author, Carl Griesmier, now in this
country, will have a Broadway show
ing before the end of the present
theatrical season. This play was also
a great success in Vienna.
Just what effect the release of so
many foreign plays on the American
theatrical market will have on gen.