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The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-26
Wisconsin University Tests Say
Edison Was on the Wrong Track

out exactly pints without guessing at
the amount. Begin by filling the five
pint vessel.
What is mean: by the closed shop and
the open shop!
What is scientific management!
What in the long run determines the
value of wheat?
How is the re'aiiyc high wage scale
in the United States to be explained
and what limits are there in the deter
minaiioH Of wage?
4 man said Il always buy my paper
from the smallest newsboy." What is
wrong with his principle of conduct?
Why do free meals pauperize. but not
free Libraries?
Just what is unsound with the propo-
,iiion: This couple are unhappy together.
therefore let them be divorced and 20
their separate ways!
OF what use are leaves? ..
Why does a plan, produce Ilowers?
Name the five principal human food
orops and tell in what countries the,
ere produced in large quantities.
Give brief statement explaining:
What are yiiamincs? What did Rose
Bonhcur do for agriculture? What is
butter. and how is it produced? From
rha: part cf the animal is porierhousc
steak obtained? From what animal is
veal obtained! From what source is silk
obtained!
In what Continen; or zone did the fol.
lowing originate? Irish potato, maize, TO-
baccO. coffee!
What country controls: Hongkong. Su-
~ Canal. Greenland, principal islands Of
the East I1dics?
What great engineering project for the
development of the Middle West is now
being advocated!
What is promissory note? A mort
gage? A bond? A stock certificate?
a contract? \ tort? What is the COM
mon law? Equity?
Name six forms of money in circula-
tion in the United States.
How is the freedom of the press guar.
antccd in this country?
What are three essentials for good
health?
What is the normal pulse rate?
What is the normal temperature?
By what is the tone of the voice pro-
duced; vibrations of the pharynx, the
iarynx, or in the mouth?
Who wrote Old Black Joe?
Try our 3Ox3R Special Tire at $1,000.
Taylor Garage.-Adv.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-26
"PAY FOR WHAT YOU SAY"
Everett, Wash, Telephone Company
Installs TelechrO Meters,

! Everett, wash, Telephone Company
Installs TelechrO Meters.
By United Press.
EVERETT, Wash, April 26.-"Pay for
wha; you say" is to be the slogan in Ev.
erett in the future.
The Puget Sound Telephone company
on April J installed telechro meters all
over its system and henceforth Everett
housewives and business men will pay
for their telephone conversations by
the yard to use the telnacular; OF by
telechrone," to use the expert language
of telephone officials.
Sometime ago a man in Rochester, n.
Y, interested in telephony, asked Major
Garrison Babcock, of Buffalo. N. Y.
whether telephone conversation could be
measured on the basis of time. Major
Babcock said it could and developed she
idea represented in the tclcchromcter.
Everett is the first place in the world.
local company officials declare. to make
use of the telechrometer to relieve many
Of its laconic subscribers Of their tclc-
phone bill burdens, and thoroughly
soak" others whose conversation. like
Tcnnysons brook, once it gets started
runs on and on, to the disgust Of party
line subscribers.
Numerous tests preceded the actual
installation of the teIcchromctcr here. 1t
was found that a certain business ielc-
phone consumed 10 minutes day aver
age on two lines, while another business
house used an aggregate Of $40 minutes.
Both these subscribers paid the same
rent bill
On one four-party residential line.
one subscriber used less than Zen minutes
monthly, while neighbor used an az
sresate of 2040 minutes, a fact that was
discovered long before wire man at
tached the telechrometer. 1t had been
found in general that one-third Of the
number of telephone subscribers used
iwo-,hirds of telephone employees time.
while the other two-thirds we're engaged
in getting their wrong numbers about
oney:hird of employees time.
The telcchromcter will also work
hardship on the 'liSencr-in.' II Mrs.
Housewife has a habit of listening to
Mrs. Crosslot's conversations with Mrs.
Upstreet, Mrs. Housewife will hence
forward pay for her pleasure. The mo-
ment she picks up the receiver to steal
a march on Mrs. Crundy, the telechro-
meter will start ticking merrily away
and she will pay as much as if she were
doing the talking. It's all very simple.
With tests showing that 50 percent Of
all telephone conversations are either u1
necessarily long or frivolous. the ia l.
meters" will mean. for Everett at least,
that there will be less visiting on par
ty lines, with a premium on brevity for
all concerned. added weight to the saying
that ''silence is golden" and fewer reports
by central that the lines busy"
The company has decided upon Co.
day trial. with bills rendered much the
same as those for gas. water and electric
ity. The first months bills promise to
record some Interesting data concerning
the use of the English and other lansu-
ages via Mr.. Bells interesting ins'ru-
men..
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-26
NEWS OF THE STATE

Bullets flew in ST. Louis streets Mon
day when two automobile bandits held up
Rudolph Kohn. They snatched bag of
money and fled.
A fire starting in a restaurant in But
Ter Monday caused a property loss of
100000. 1t is the largest fire Butler
has had for years.
Granger won the Scotland County
High School meet Saturday for the Sec
Ond year. James Shuts and Marry Ken
net were high point getters.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Depart.
ment of Missouri, began Monday a two.
day session at the Planters Hotel, St.
Louis. Officers will be elected for the
coming year.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-26

M,msoN. Wis. April 26.-"1hc
Punic War. the identity Of Chesterion.
Babe Ruth. Bill Bryan. and the normal
temperatures of the human body arc
much more important than the chemical
compositions of rubber.
Which Is only another way of SAYING
that two dozen University of Wisconsin
professors believe that they can better
calculate the intelligence of the human
mind than Thomas 4. Edison.
The two dozel. including such nation
allv-known authors as L. A. Ross, socio-
logist: John X. Commons, William Keik-
hofer. economists; F. A. Ogg, political
scientist; and IL. L. Russell, dean Of
agriculture. got together and compiled Il
hundred questions.
NO questionable. however, can be an
accurate test of the college mans ability"
the magazine presenting the questions de-
clares. The college man is training and
developing his mind, not gathering facts" "
Seventeen subjects are touched in the
lis, of questions. Among the questions
are:
Who wrote Main Street." The Brass
Check" This Side of Paradise. Mir
rors of Washington" The Americaniza-
ton Of Edward Box Outline of His
tory?
Is the Standard Oil Company single
corporation? What is the largest steel
company in the United States?
Who is Chcs;erton?
What positions are held by: Compers,
Bryan. Coolidge. Wilson, Lindsay, La.
Toilette, Hays, Hughes, Col Harvey, Ruth,
Taft, Landis, Wood, Blaine, Pershins?
Name some of the works of the late
Lord Bryce.
Is it necessary that courts should fol-
low their own precedents, and why?
How far from Chicago to New York?
From Boston to San Francisco? From
Milwaukee TO New Orleans?
How large was our war debt? What
part have We paid of? How large is
the present annual expenditure of the
United States government?
What are the Four Horsemen Of the
Apocalypse and what do they stand for?
What British colonies are organized on
federal basis?
What are the various methods used
by the federal government to raise mon
ey?
Who are the senator's from your state?
The representative from your district?
How many senators are there? How
many representatives?
How did Tom Sawyer get his fence
whitewashed?
What was Mr.. Micawbcr always wait
ing for?
How was Rebecca. the Jewess, rescued
from being burned at the stake for sor-
cery?
Is George Bernard Shaw young or old?
Did St. Louis precede or follow Charlie.
magne?
Is Utopia the name Of a country, of
a book, or of a man?
Did Shakespeare precede or follow
Milton in date?
Why is the sky blue?
Why are raindrops spherical?
What causes the fall Of dew?
Why is snow white?
When and where was the first English
settlement in what is now the United
States?
Who was Gladstone? The magma
Charta.' What, when and where?
What was the Reformation?
Who were the Spartans? The ''Crusa-
ders'? What, when, where?
What is meant by the Fall Of Fome?
What was the BLACK Deaih"? Wha,
was the Punic War? Who was Leonidas?
Nerxes? Who was Cicero? Name one
of his contemporaries.
Can You locate the North Star? The
Big DippT? Casseopia's Chair? The
Plieades?
A mother sent her boy to the river
10 get seven pin,s Of water. She gave
him three-pint vessel and a fve-pint
vessel. Show how the boy can measure
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-26

4, last President Harding saws he is
convinced that Reilly is not the man to
govern Cuba. This may be a case of mcn-
tai ,tIepalhy. Lots of people in the
nited States have been thinking this for
some time.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-26
SILENCE

Taking is silver and silence is gold
c1' is an old proyerb which still has
useful lesson in it. Artists, to use the
broad sense Of the word. have recognized
the power of silence. Beethovens music
is filled with lovely pauses, redolen, with
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-26

The governments Of the world are soon
to mcc: in conference TO apportion to each
nation its share Of the air highways for
wireless operations. Free air will soon
bc only i memory
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-26

a lawyer of St. Louis, was graduated in
1882. Miss Ferris sister, Mrs. J. :.
Summers of Kansas City. was graduated
in 1908 and was a member of Phi Beta
Kappa.
Miss Ferris receives her B. s. Ed.. and
is now working for her masters degree.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-26

\ lot Of people will have 10 admit that
they do not attend grand opera because
Of their love for music, but merely to
make others think that they can afford il.
Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-29
Gov. Preus Speaks AT s
Baptist Young Peoples
Opening Session, St Paul

st. Paul, June "a: parade,
program by a choir Of $50 voices and
a welcoming address by Governor j.
A. o. Preus formally opened the thir-
ty-ffrst annual International conven-
ton Of the Baptist Young Peoples
union here last night. More than 1000
delegates from all. sections of North
America registered during the day {
Rev. C. w. Atwater, Of Cincinnati.
president of the union, presided at to-
nights gathering. Governor Preus,
In welcoming the visitors, declared
that the country owed much to the
wisdom and faithfulness'' of theI
Baptists. ~ ~
Special music by the choir, directed
BY e. T. Clissold of Chicago and an
illustrated talk on the beautiful
world study in contentment," by
Rev. s. r. Vintont of New Jersey.
brought the evening session to a close.
!. The convention will close July z.
Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-29
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THE BUSY sUMdEI1,R X, n,r;rAe.r. ;.,t,au

THE BUSY SUMMER COTTAGE. =
Our friends have automobiles now.
the summer cottage whers.@ws
To rest beside the waters blue in
peace and indolent content
- put an hours swift ride away, col
brisht and early Sunday morn
beiore the breakfast eggs are cooked
We hear the honking Of the horn.
We must have bathing suits for ten.
although aa our family numlberae
Beds must be made for all who come.
though father sleeps upon tho
Dishes and knives and forks. and
spoons arc gathered in one huge
For we must be prepared 10 feed the
visitors who come our way.
From Friday noon till Monday morn
full many weary trip ] take,
rowing the women and their baDes
upon the bosom OF the lake;
And by that law which rules 2 hossa
I'm at the mercy Of the crew. -
must until they ssy good uo I
everything they vtsh TO do. ..85 81
The chsf III yondsr large hotel II noe.
buster man than u, " 81. ~ ~ /. s
The hsh Tor Aftsen hungry months y y
y my duty now to- fry. s5
Ana thus my glad vacation time sffenls
dawn 70 dusk ID dlisd with cnole..8
For friends have made our rest!ns Nv
sppt the tptisM place ~ ~ Il
Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-29

MT David, mysterious stranger in
secretary Of cabinet minister. with
whom sn1f ne is dining: She takes him to
with the minister it develops that he
Is in. reality the Prince Of Balkanland,
enled as the result of revolution fol-
'3ow,ns 'oNa ..,,a, the word war, and nov in Eng
Revolutionaries of Balkanland are seek
ing his life. Virginia Martin, a social
worker at the factory. where David gets
Sim sa, int him She invites
man, a salesman for the Grumpy shoe
factory, where David works. Blackman
also Is Balkanlander, and he warns
Day1d pay, IT. that he is in danser Blackman is
descends" to be interested in Virginia
David and others from the factory 20
to old Grunby's home, to tell him they
sss uneo h ss ran, ssne 70
and Sydney, his son. despise their home
At the home of Virginia and Black
.n.rdss nan David d., has as..s an encounter with
him to swear that he will not attempt
to cross the Balkan border. He refuses
Sydney befriends him. Grunby's factory
is burned. by dissatisfied workers.
A mob, encouraged by the burning Of
the factor. goes to Grunby's home to at
tack him. Edith stands by, the rest Of
the family leave. David arrives. and
quells the mob. though some damage is
done. Old Grumpy goes to the cabinet
minister to tell Of his grievances, and
ask protection of the law. but the minis
ter tells him he is law-breaker, him
self. and is creating disturbing condi-
uons.
David tells Virginia that Langrode
formerly was minister from the Balkans
to Petrograd, and is a villain. He was
banished by David's father, ruler of
Balkanland. David asks Virginia to spy
on Langrode's movements ,
Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-29
Disabled Veterans AT
Convention Applaud And
Criticize Relief Plan,

San Francisco, June 2s.-Colonal
Charles R. Forbes. director of the
United States Veterans Bureau drew
applause and criticism from the Dis
abled Veterans of the World war
Wednesday when he explained to
their convention the relief measures
the government had undertaken for
its stricken defenders. II.
Cheers greeted his announcement
employment unit designed to. find
suitable jobs for every man given re-
habilitation, and his assertion that he
favored revision sjof tho civil service
laws to give former service men pre-
ferred positions on every government
List. s~ a.<. Z ~ IN: -
Scores of veterans ,clamored for. the
floor, however. TO- Ask why employ
ment had not been found for various
individuals and why others had had
their training concluded too soon and
their training pay stopped. N
Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-29
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 20. 1922.
THE PRESIDENT STEPS IN.

With the distinct understanding that the pur.
pose of his action is to attempt to aid the contest
ants in reaching basis for negotiation and not tc
arbitrate or otherwise harmonic differences be
tween them concerning wages or working condi-
tons, President Harding has invited Representatives
of the striking coal miners and of their employers
to meet in Washington on Saturday:
Both parties have all along professed willing
ness to negotiate but there has been no agreement
on the manner of the negotiations. The union
leaders insist on national conference, while the
operators have declared for separate conferences by
districts. Each side has advanced arguments in
support of its attitude, and there the matter rests
In the meantime the weeks shave passed and there
is constantly growing shortage in the output OF
coal, with winter approaching.
There will be general satisfaction that the gov
ernment, through the president has at last taken
action and there appears to be strong belief
that when once the leaders of the two sides are
brought together under the auspices of the govern
ment, he~settlement of the-srike and the resump-
ton of production will mot be,far. distant
The thing which is difficult to understand is
the inertness of the government during the past
three months, and for long time prior to April 1,
during which it was apparent that great strike
would go into effect The department of justice
has inspected the situation from a respectful dis
tance and has declared repeatedly that the laws of
the country must be observed There in prog
rress movement of character which made it abso-
lutely certain that the laws would not be observed,
and among other things we have the incident" of
the murder of score of men in Illinois by or
ganized and armed mob. The department of COM
merce went into the question Of coal prices with
those of the dealers who willing to confer and
obtained an agreement that not more than certain
specified prices should be charged for coal. This
was we'll enough as far as it went but it did not add
pound to the supply of coal for which the country
will presently be clamoring
The conditions which have led the president to
call this preliminary conference those which
were inevitable result of the strike. They
could have been foreseen, and were foreseen, last
winter If it is wise and necessary for the govern
ment to act no because of an existing coal short
age and the menace of greater shortage, why
would it not have been wise, and why was it not
imperative for the government to act six months
ago to prevent the conditions which every intelli-
gent man knew we were facing and to remedy
which action is now being taken ?|qs
Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-29
HENRY FORD FOR PRESIDENT

There are those who believe that it is the am
bt1on OF Henry Ford to- become president of the
un1teo States There is no law against any reput-
able citizen aspiring to that honor and getting it
IT he cans The fact that Mr.. Ford has made sue
cess OF the automobile business does not indicate
that he will make good president but several men
have been elected president without having been
consplcuously successful in the automobile or any
other business, and without having made records
which would indicate whether, as presidents they
would be good bad or indifferent. Success in par
t1cuar line of business does not demonstrate fitness
for the presidential office, but neither does it ind
cate lack Of fitness for that position. lhsa
Aside from the question Of fitness, what are Mr..
Fords chances if he should choose to go after the
office seriously?
Mr.. Ford is very rich man. With the millions
at his command he could carry on campaign which
would make him truly commanding figure in a
presidential year. and without violating any law of
state or nation The problem is largely one Of or
ganization, adm either Mr.. Ford himself or some
body close to him is past master in organization
work
Suppose Mr.. Ford should choose to organize a
campaign for himself and to finance it with the de-
termination to win. Despite his enormous wealth,
he has made record which would make it easy for
him to appear very effectively as the poor mans
TREND; very large number have strong predis-
position. toward him. That is a great asset in any
campaign. Central committees Of active men in
every state would find it easy to set in motion in
each state strong Ford movement to place in the
field electoral tickets listed as independents, and
committed to the Ford candidacy. The work Of
organization could be extended ali down the line
into the precincts, and a great army of volunteer
workers could be enlisted. Regulations limiting
expenditure need not interfere for the financial end
pf the canpaign could be taken care of before the
really official campaign begins. Millions could be
spent, for which no accounting need be made, and
when the time for keeping track Of expenditures ar
hA
Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-29

the restoration Of the monarchy would
be the worst thing that could hap
pen for Balkanland. There was a
rumor that you were thinking of ig-
noring your sentence ,fof banishment
and returning there. am inclined
to think that he rumor was false"
David paused for moment and
looked 'over the, heads of the three
people, with whom he was talking.
across the crowded reastaurant with
its brilliant little groups Of diners and
through the curtained windows. His
face for those few seconds was like
the face of a sphinx. He seemed. in
deed, only to be listening to the crash
of the music outside. ~
(Continded tomorrow evenin&..)
Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-29
WORLD CROP PROSPECTS.

The statistical bureau of the International In
sttute of Agriculture publishes, in its latest bulle-
tin, the most recent official information from the
different countries regarding the condition of crops
and the prospects for the coming harvests.
With regard to countries other than European,
it is confirmed that the wheat harvest of British
India has given good results, in comparison with
last years crop and with the average It is esti-
mated that the production of India, this year, will
reach 81 million metric tons surprising last year
by 400 and the average during the preceding FIVE
years by 40. The most recent telegraphic COM
n11nications from India are also the5most optimis-
tie: in the Punjab for example, whiehis responsible
tor more than third of the total production of In
da the results of the harvest are said to be above
expectations. As regards. the United States, the
prospective yield Of winter wheat based on the con-
dition OF the crops at May 1st is estimated at 159
million metric tons. This yield would equal that
OF 1921 and be $40 above the average of the previous
i've years. The prospective yield of rye is reckoned
on the same basis at 30 million quintas, or 37%
better than that in 1921 and 17o above the average
i Later reports from the United States confirm this
good outlook for the winter crops, and point to an
equally satisfactory one for the spring sowirgs In
Canada, the spring sowings are rather later than
usual. The crops in Japan forecast moderate
yield. Serious damage owing to drought has oc-
Cured IN Algeria, but there are favorable reports
from Egypt and the Anglo Egyptian Sudan AS
regards European countres, the crop condition may
be considered as passable in Germany, Belgium.
France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands and Poland.
In these countries, in general there has been asde-
cded delay in plant development owing to cold and
damp, especially during the month Of April The
crop development is normal in Great Britain and
Ireland and very good in Bulgaria AS regards the
areas so,n with wheat and rye there is no notable
change. as compared with last year, in those coun-
tries which have furnished data
The ministr of Agriculture Of Argentina, IN .
ation "a tie international Institute sof
states that the yield Of the present
aixA
thoussnd metric tons - compared with $3.50 ti1ou-
sand III 1870 an average Of 4438 thousand
dsfing The previous 6ye years. This years yield
be to q. Of that 81 last year
snd to so 0f skhe 6ye years average S ssss
.S lee ef IL stt The result of tie primary
yS G. sr sess - one thing which
Sxesy xs he gtsn