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The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-07-05

TAKE TO IDEA
OF INSURANCE
Circulation Increased Nearly
a Million Among Four
Papers Since 1921
by Scheme.
INSURE LOST LAUNDRY
illness, Death, Accident and
General iii Fortune Are
Also Covered by
Policies.

By United Press.
LoNDoS. July 5.-Dondon, and in fact
all England, has gone newspaper-insur'
ance mad.
The hard-working. ill-paid street labor.
er. who a year ago thought no more
about insurance than he did of Rostand's S
French plays, is today covered against
illness. death. stolen laundry, falls and
other accidents.
Let's go back to April 25, 1921. On
his fateful morning. the Daily Express,
one Of London's penny newspapers, an
nounced to its public that any reader
who took the trouble TO sign a coupon
to say that he was a registered reader
with certain specified news agent. would
be paid the sum Of 1000 pounds sterling
in the event Of his, or his wife's death.
This started the great news insurance
race. The next morning the Daily
Chronicle countered with similar prop
osition: but increased the 1000 pounds
10 l,500.
Lord Northcliffe's Daily Mail, "rais-
ed" to 1000 next morning and within
a week the Daily Mail and Daily Ex-
press tied for top place with $500 pounds
death insurance to regular readers.
The next stage in the great race came
when George Cadbury, the cocoa mag
nate. entered the game with 4 compre-
hensive accident and AL in" policy in
his Daily News.
The four early entries in the newspaper
insurance race became known as The
Big Four"
Newspapers sold like hot cakes. The
four papers among them put on a cir
culation Of nearly a million ;inc, OctO-
ber Of that year. with the result that
today half the reading popa!aiion OF
London orders the Daily Express, Mail,
Chronicle and News delivered at their
homes as a guaranty against death, sick
ness, accidents and general i'll fortune.
At first, the insurance policies dealt
only with death and accidents, but as
time passed, things became more and
more complicated. The papers WED in
getting out the best insurance schemes
and new benefit every day.
One morning, for instance, the Daily
Express announced that for measles, scar
let fever, mumps and whooping cough
contracted by any member Of register
ed readers family, compensation Of two
pounds week would be paid.
The Daily News fought back with
"We insure your lost Laundry; the Mail,
with train-wreck injuries, and the Daily
Chronicle with rent-paying scheme for
the temporarily disabled.
Here are a few Of the things against
which these papers insure their regis
tered readers in the illness" line: dip
liberia, scarlet fever, whooping cough, ty-
phoid, munps, measles, chicken pox,
smallpox, scUrvy, anthrax, sunstroke,
Shingles, tetanus.
The also insure against: death by fire,
sea and accident, train wrecks, movie
disasters, heart failure.
They compensate for: laundry loss,
automobile crashes, loss Of eyes, loss Of
limbs or feet; falls from trains.
To give an idea Of the claims paid,
the Express prints a list each day Of
the claims paid during the previous seven
days, headed:
Fourteen thousand pounds paid since
January IL 400 claims.
Other newspapers have paid in pro-
portion.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-07-05
The Difference in Advertising
Is the Difference in Men

truthful, sincere, interesting
and believable.
1t pays the men whose prod
uct deserves the payment,
whose brains are keen enough
to organize for success and
judge enough Of the human
mind to know how to tell their
story with sincerity and inter-
est.
So when you judge advertis-
ing, Judge it by how it is used
and by whOm-not of itself
and Of itself alone.
Remember, an ugly man looks
just as ugly in a mirror.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-07-05
Among the People of This Vicinity

accompanied by his aunt, Miss Sally
McCaulley and his niece, Miss Jewell
Todd.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-07-05

Of itself, advertising is little.
And the differences in it are
the differences which exist in
men.
Just as some men are strong
and virile and interesting, so
is some advertising. And just
as some men are Intellectual
and weak and boring, so is
some other advertising.
"Does it pay to advertiser" It
pays those who are keen
enough students of the pub
lie to make it pay them. 1t
pays those men who are
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23

II the 40 volts In maintained ON the
plate and negative potential Of E-o
10 applied to the grid, II will reduce
the current to zero.
Suppose O-E represents Ave volts
II can be seen then that d change OF
fiye volts In grid potential will accom-.
piish the same result that 40 volts win
In the plate circuit. The ratio of
the voltage change in the plate cur.
rent Is called the factor Of the tube
and Is denoted by the letter "K."
In the tube just discussed the am
plification factor would be 40 divided
by five or eight. The ampllfication
factor Of the tubes available for anna
teur use at present is usually between
4 and 10. The ampllfcation factor Ia
function Of the dimensions and reia.
tive positions of the elements In the
tube.
An incoming radio frequency al
ternating current applied to the grid
OF three-electrode vacuum tube Is
not only reetified but the variation In
the plate is multiplied by "K," the
amplifcatlon factor of the tube This
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
MACkLtN TO OVERSEE
STUDENT RESEARCH
Four State Federations Have Ar
ranged FeIlowships for Study
OF Dairy Marketing.

H. w. Moorhouse, director Of the
research department of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, announces
that Theodore 81. Macklin, professor
OF agricultural economics at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, will have charge
of the farm bureau research scholar
ships In cooperative marketing of
dairy products. Professor Macklin's
appointment and the entire scholar
ship plan has been approved by the
research department advisory commit
tee, which is composed Of DR.. G. II.
Taylor chief Of the bureau Of agricuI-
tural economics of the Department of
Agriculture; Prof. b. II. Hibbard of
the University Of wisconsin; Prof. w.
F. Handschin Of the University Of I'LL
nols, and Prof. e. g. Nourse of the
Iowa State College of Agriculture.
Arrangements have already been
made In cooperation with the respec-
tive state farm bureau federations to
establish fellowships in Missouri Ohio,
Iowa and Illinois. Several other state
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
GAINS 8 POUNDS In
TWO WEEKS TIME
Dyspepsia Entirely Overcome and She
Eats, Sleeps and Feels Better
Than In Years, Says Boston
Resident.

VI have actually gained eight pounds
IN two weeks time and am now eating
better, sleeping better and feeling bet
ter than / have in three or four years.
said Mrs. Celesta Fell, 80 Prince street.
Boston, Mass, recently, In telling Of
the great benefits she has derived from
the use of Tanlac.
My stomach was In such bad fix
before I took T'anlac that did not
dare eat much of anything, for If did
] would have so much pain and dis
tress from indigestion that / felt ike
was going to die. was so run down
and weak from lack Of nourishment
that could not do my housework.
Il was so nervous I couldn't keep
still during the day nor sleep at night.
l can see now II 1t had not been for
Tanlac would have had to give IN
entirely. I am now feeling strong and
healthy and all the credit belongs to
Tanlac."
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
Big ships Radio.

The radio equipment of the ships
Paris and Lafayette is described In
recent issue of Radioelectricity. On both
steamers flve-kilowatt tube trans
mitter has been installed with a wave
range of between 1000 and 1000 me-
tiers. A five-kilowatt motor-generator
set is used to produce the plate-high
tension for four rectifying and four
oscillatory tubes, and the low voltage
current for the heating of the filament
of these tubes. Both vessels are
equipped with radio range-finder, or
radio goniometer," which, reduced to
plain English, means a radio compass.
A distance of 3,400 kilometers has
been covered safely by messages sent
from the transmitter of the Paris.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
Americas Ear1t, Bpreap
Farm Prices Twelve Points Above Year AGO.

The prices OF farm pscducts in
April, 1922, were q per cent above
1913 prices as compared with 15 per
cent above in April, 1921, according
to the monthly data of the United
States bureau of labor statistics made
public In May. The weighted average
OF all the groups for which figures
are collected was 50 per cent above
1913 this April compared with 54 per
cent last April. The purchasing power
ratio OF farm commodities has Inn
proved considerably during the period.
April prices Of farm products are
4 per cent lower than March prices,
while the weighted average. which Is
taken as the price level. remains the
same In April as In March. The
changes from March 10 April are very
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
Mine Workers Hold Conferences

Cincinnati, Ohio.-B. M. Jewell,
president of the railway employees de-
partment Of the American Federation
Of Labor, was authorized Friday by the
chiefs of the shopcraft unions to re-
quest officers of the United Mine
Workers of America for joint con-
ference. Joint action between the
railmen, in their Threatened strike, and
the miners, who have been on strike
since April 1, wis be discussed II Mr..
Jewell's request is approved by uns
miners officials.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
IRELAND ELECTS A
NEW PARLIAMENT
SOUTH IRELAND HOLDS ElEc.
TON FOR PURPOSE OF ELECT
ING MEN UNDER TREATY
Coalition Panel pf Candidates Pro.
sented for Consideration Of the
Voters; Some lnde-
pendents ALEC

Dubiin-The voters Of southern Ire
land went to the polls Friday and
elected and Irish parliament an pro-
ytded under the terms of the Anglo
Irish treaty.
Under the recent agreement between
me factions favoring and opposing tina
treaty, coalition panel of candidates
was presented 10 the people, appor-
hontng representation In the pariaa-
ment at approximately the same rasiu
as shown in past tests OF strengsas
in the Dail Eireann.
A number Of Independents, however,.
entered the field In an attempt Co oy.
erturn the panel on the treaty issoe.
and II was on this phase Of the ssyug-
gle that interest mainly conferred as
the polling began,
Estimates were that at least lb of
the independents would be successful.
Publication Of the terms of the drafs
OF the Irish constitution on which the
new parliament must pass, was not er.
pected to influence the vote. The conn
ment of the Dublin morning newspa-
per Friday Is mostly favorable to the
constitution. The Freeman's Journal
says:
The draft Of the constitution de-
ciares that all political power in Ire-
land derives from the people Let the
people prove now by the fearless
conscientious and prudent exercise of
their franchise that they are worthy
repositories Of that supreme power. /"
The Irish Independent says:
"On the whole the new constitution
La democratic, conceived ON states
panlike lines and with honesty and
skill.
"The inordinately high taxation In
flictsd on our country under the BRIT
lsh regime was due mainly to the cost
OF wars from which we derived no
benefit. Our position In respect 10
war is now quite clear, more definite,
indeed, than that Of any OF the do
minions under their constitutions. The
Free State Is recognized as a nation
with a distinct citizenship"
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23

makes the three-electrode vacuum the
most sensitive detector available.
In actual tubes the point &c" on the
characteristic curves as shown in Fig.
VIII and Fig. TX may not fall on such
a point Of the curve that symmetrical
changes In grid potential will cause
symmetrical change In plate current,
starting with zero potential on the
grid.
1t then becomes necessary to apply
constant potential to the grid by
means of battery in the grid cir
cult, called the "C' battery, to main
tain the grid at such point on the
characteristic curve that symmetrical
changes in grid potential will cause
the maximum symmetrical current to
flow In the plate circuit.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23

federations have the project under con-
sideration. Under the plan each fell
low will be allotted $50 per month.
This will be paid by the state farm
bureau federations. The American
Farm Bureau Federation pays all the
overhead expenses connected with the
studies, including Professor Macklin's
compensation. Only graduate stu
dents will be eligible for the scholar
ships.
Professor Macklin is outlining the
plan of study which will be assigned to
the graduate students to be followed
In their researches in their respective
states. The work will continue
throughout the college year. The re-
ports will be submitted to Professor
Macklin, who win analyze the separate
investigations and make final report.
1t is hoped that the farm bureau
research scholarships will make avail
able new material on cooperative
marketing. While the research for
the coming year will be confined to
the cooperative marketing Of dairy
products. 1t is hoped eventually to en-
large It to include all the important
farm commodities In all the states
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
Subsidy Booze Plan Rejected

Washtngton-Without record vote
the house merchant marine committee
Friday rejected the Bankhead amend
ment to the ship subsidy bill providing
that no government aid should be al
lowed ships on which liquor was sold.
The Edmonds proposal which would
extend the Yolstead law TO the sea by
filming all ships Of any registry touch
ing American ports on which liquor
selling was permitted, was not acted
Tn and the committee ordered the bill
reported by a straight party Vot&
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
~This Can't Be True.r

A travelling man had missed his
train and went back home. He took
his keys out of his pocket, opened the
door, and to his great surprise his wife
sat sitting on his best friends lap and
kissing him.
Smith, I've set trap for you and
caught you" shouted the husband.
Smith replied: with bait like this
you can catch me any time."-Ex-
change.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
RADIO DoN'Ts

Don't expect the circuit to os-
cillate with equal strength over
a great range IL you tune the
grid circuit with capacity
alone. Keep the ratio of L to
@ as near constant as possible
while tuning.
Don't expect circuit to. os-
cillate If the natural period of
the ticker circuit is equal to
the natural period of the grid
circuit.
Don't place the ticker or
plate variometer tight against
the grid coil or a change in the
plate circuit will detune the grid
circuit.
Don't expect high impedance
tubes to oscillate freely in cir
cult designed for low impedance
tubes.
Don't discard a regenerative
receiver until you have tried
more than one detector tube.
Don't forget that a soft gas
eous tube is the best detector,
and that hard tube is the best
oscillator.
Don't treat inductance coils
with shellac or any other var
nlsh or compound that will alb
sorb moisture.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
Mot cuafodIana

At the town meeting OF a small place
"up country" citizen made a motion
that was seconded In an astonishing
way.
"Mr. Moderator" he said, 81 move
that the town set aside money for
three cuspidors to be stationed at prop
er places"
At that an old fellow in the rear Of
the hall who was hard of hearing rose
stfffiy to his feet. II second the mo-
tion," he said, "and move that Jack
Davis be made one of emp
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
Patient Refused to die

Denver, Colo.-After being pronoun-
ced dead by two physicians here, r..
Bisignano of Oak Creek, Colo, left for
his home Friday. He was taken Ill
three weeks ago. Removed to hospi-
tai, doctors treated him, but apparent
ly to no avail. Bisignano died and
physicians left the body on the bed.
Half an hour later the man was dis
covered to have returned from death. I"
Oxygen was administered and today
Bisignano is fully recovered. a...
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
o. 8. 1. superintendent Resigns

Salt Lake-Frederick II. Knicksr-
booker, who has been connected with
the Oregon Short Line railroad in var
ious capacities since March 18. 1897.
and for the past six years general sup
erintendent Of that road, has resigned,
effective July /, 1922, to become gen
srai manger of the Alaska Steam
ship company and the Copper River &
Northwestern Railroad company, Gug-
genheim interests, with headquarters
Rt Seattle. Announcement OF Mr..
knickerbocker's appointment reached
the city Thursday from the Guggen-
helm offices at Denver,
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23

Salt Lake.--In the application for q
certificate Of convenience and me-
cesstty by the Los Angeles 4 Salt
Lake railroad to construct a railroad
from Delta to Fillmore In MiIard
county filed with the public utilities
commission, the company asks that
all formalities be waved in order that
work on the line may begin at once
20 that it can be completed by Decem-
eer 81 of the current year.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23

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The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
NEW CHICAGO DAIRY
PLAN Is APPROVED
Based on Idea That the Producer
Is Entitled to 0ne-Half What
the Consumer Pays.

The Illinois Agricultural association,
ton, the Indiana Federation of Farm
ers' Associations, and the Milk Pro-
ducers' Cooperative Marketing COM
pany have approved the plan of the
Committee Of Nine on Chicago Dairy
Marketing appointed by e. B. Heaton
Of the American Farm Bureau feder-
alton. At the farm bureau meeting
In Chicago the plan was outlined In
detail by the committees chairman,
G. v. Gregory. The basis of the COM
mittee's plan is that the milk producer
Is entitled to half Of the price which
the consumer pays for milk; In the
Chicago territory he now gets 80 per
cent. The plan provides for the re-
organization of the Milk Producers
Cooperative Marketing company. The
new contract must have 5000 sIgners
by September 1, 1922. The farm bu-
reau will secure these. t..-
SapIro o. k.'s Contract.
The committee retained Aaron Sa-
piro, noted cooperative attorney, to
help draft the contract and plan of
operation. ..... 81.
The new contract, which Mr. Sa-
piro says Is the best milk contract in
the United States, provides for pooling
receipts from milk and other dairy
products in four separate divisions, as
follows:
1. Fluid Milk Fund.
2. Condensed Milk Fund.
3. Cheese Fund.
4. Butter Fund.
The net average price received, In
each division for any given month for
milk Cor other products reduced to q
milk basis) will constitute the basic
pooled price In that division. The
first payment in all divisions, to be
made between the 21st and the Both
of the following month, will be the
basic pooled price In the lowest priced
division.
A month later each producer will
receive second payment made up az
follows:
1. Two-thfrds of the amount by
which the basic pooled price in his
division exceeds the basic pooled price
In the lowest priced division.
.. The other one-third win go into
general fund which will be distrib-
uted pro rata to all producers.
Pro rata deductions win be made
for overhead expenses, and a per
cent deduction win also be made
froR each producers check for an.
insurance and working capital fund
After this fund reaches a specified
size, further deductions will be used
to pay back the producers who first
contributed to 1t.
The Operations Committee.
In order to safeguard the interests
of the producers who sign contracts,
an operations committee is to be
created, which will keep check on
the business methods and overhead
expenses of the company. The terri
tory win be divided into nine districts,
each containing as nearly as possible
an equal number of contracting pro-
ducers. The producers In each district
will elect a representative on the oper.
ations committee.
The committees plan also includes
the formation of local associations as
rapidly as possible TO build and own
small receiving plants.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
Professor eell = Radio Ean.

Finding the telephone, his own In
vention, source Of annoyance to him,
Alexander Graham Bell had 1t re-
moved ffrom his home. With the ra-
diophone there Is a difference, It
seems. for MFR. Bell. now seventy-fve
years old, is said never to tire of els
tening in" and experimenting with the
new device. There are few more ar
dent enthusiasts, declare his friends.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23

slight In all the groups with the ex.
ception OF fuel, which Is four points
higher.
Index numbers Of wholesale prices
for March and April, 1922, and April
1921, are as follows:
Index Numbers Of Wholesale Prices BY
Groups Of Commodities.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
Radio for Animal TraInlna.

Experiments with the radiophone as
an aid in animal training are to be
made at the Hippodrome, New York
city, by George Power, trainer of the
elephants, to determine whether It will
be possible for his big pets at some
future date to execute his orders on
the stage while the trainer himself is
absent.
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
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POSITION AND SIZE
OF GRID IMPORTANT
Determine Value of Negative Po-
tential Necessary to Reduce
the Plate Current to Zero.

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tube In radio set it Is preferable to
maintain the grid negative with re-
spect to the filament In order to re-
quire the minimum amount of energy
In the control of the plate circuit.
The relative position of the grid
with respect to the filament and the
plate and the size of the mesh of the
The Meridian times., 1922-06-23

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The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
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The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
The situatIon..-

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world"
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The Meridian times., 1922-06-23

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The Meridian times., 1922-06-23
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Police Head Sings.
Pdedn to NeU York

NEW YORK -- Richard l.. En-
right, hitherto supposed TO be mere
ly n police commissioner. today re-
Vealed himself as the poet of the
uttion's greatest metropolis.
or New York he sings in such
glowing terms as these
This Is the richest proudest city
In the world.
"For the first time since man has
kept a record OF things there is a
city that follows the Divine plan
New York.
I'VE are working out tho great
problem OF the brotherhood OF man
as 1t has never been worked out be-
fore.
THE city might well bear on its
escutcheon, Il serve
New York is the cleanest and
safest city that ever stood beneath
the SUM-"
Proudly we stand before the
world"