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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

"a slight swinging movement felt and the table
pushed little sideways After sitting little time the table
levated at the top end Gwyneths right with very
decided movement, showing considerable power.
"This occurred again, and after the sitting
cuded the movement again happened while the stters
sitting the table talking On the first occasion
the hands of all the ers placed top of the table
Nothing further of abnormal nature occurred this day.
81 invited her a visit to the College, and, with her
mothers permission and her employers encouragement this
accepted and left almost Immediately motoring to
London March II. Nothing occurred on the journey
at considered wise give her regular employment
the house staff and she received kindly by the other
maids They told little about.the and asked to
give the girl their sympathy.
disturbances began almost Immediately, and large
number of these reported in chronological order had
largely these reports the observations made by
the other maids with whom she worked These col
lected daily by Mrs Mckenzie, and often verified the
spot The maids asked particularly to note where
Gwyneth when any disturbance took place.
GAS many of the occasoned them consider
able additional work. they particularly alert regarding
this observation, many other similar
seemed foil its end but enough actually by
Mrs. Mckenzie myself my daughter and secretary, and
students staying in the house well the constant
view of damage crocke and furniture to leave with
shadow of doubt to the girl being the focal contre
of unexplained force.
"Gwyneth is girl of twenty years, stoutly built dark
and lethargc in temperament. She has good physical
strength seemed happy her work Occasional fits of
desperation obesscd her in the early weeks of her VISIT and
the maids encouraged rally her out of these
the greatest violence observed during such times.
"a curious look in her which all in the house learned
recognize, accompanied these attacks. She of
intelligence for working girl Her father and mother
uncommuncative regarding her affairs, even
when she made friends with anyone
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slide off the table as Gwyneth was go
ing out of the door.
(2) Gwyneth was placing some
dirty pots on the sink when a large
basin behind her jumped off violently
and moved toward the door.
1t was decided to remove Gwyneth
to the new mill and put her to some
work cleaning machinery parts, but be-
fore this change, about / AS p. M, the
factory doctor, who had called to pass
some hands, was asked into the can
teen, as he had previously expressed
wish to see anything of this nature.
While in the kitchen he saw long
table, at which the staff were having
dinner, rise and fall and move about
several times, but being rather skepti-
cal he thought it was caused by the girl
pushing the table with her leg.
A few minutes later, while seated in
the canteen, he saw one heavy service
table, which suddenly jumped out and
turned over very violently. The doc
tor, who saw this, attempted to turn
the table over in similar manner, but
was unable to do so, partly on account
of its weight and partly because of the
position in which it stands. This was
also seen by a number of gentlemen
who were in the canteen at the time.
When Mr.. Mckenzie had studied the
foregoing report made by Mr.. Bell,
superintendent of the wooden mill, he
became intensely interested, as Conan
Doyle had been.
81 made it my business" stated Mr..
Mckenzie to the writer, ito look into
the matter at once after receiving this
valuable report, and visited Yorkshire
to interview Mr.. Bell. ] saw Gwyneth,
and in the presence of Mr.. Bell ! made
few hypnotic passes over her, to
which she Immediately responded and
fell into the first stage of hypnosis,
from which she was easily awakened
by demagnetizing.
"A shore sitting OF about half an
hour was held in the storeroom Of the
canteen, where the girl had been work
ing. There were present Mr.. Bell, my
secretary and myself. The whitewashed
room was slightly darkened by placing
paper against the window light. The
table was an oblong kitchen table,
heavy, about four feet by two feet.
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Manifestations in the Mil.
Reported by Mr.. L. c. Ball. Manager.

She. Joined the mill forces in October 1929, but 1t was
not until November that anything peculiar was notce,
that patches Of consecutive ends were break
ing down frequently three spinning frames ~ the room
in which girl employed Investigation was MADE py
our mechanics, nothing appeared to be wrong
We had occasion to send Gwyneth into another depart
nent and that the spinning became normal
once more This suggested that the girl the cause OF
the trouble. ~, :,
Immediately the girl brought back it was found that
the breaking down the machine 70 winch she
been The matter reported 10 the WOODEN anu
Worsted Research Association, and representative was
sent but clearly demonstrated to this gentleman
that the ends only broke down when the girl was IN the
vicinity Of the machine.
personally saw wenty-four ends break down when the
girl was in par cuar position. had, the previous
dav three similar breakages This propensity for
breaking down demonstrated to the principal of
the firm The girl brought into tho and asked to
walk down gate" with her hands in her pockets after
an interval of few minutes number Of ends broke down
This repeated different machines and in
ends found to break down.
The day the girl sent into another department
in the MILL and her way there passed of the
machines, and a number Of ends broke down here.
Early in the following week certain occurrences
brought notice by Cwyneth and of her friends
Or returning home evening, about o'clock, photo
graph of her father fell from the wall the mante piece
This replaced but fell second time. While she
sitting by the fire few feet of the
also fell off the mantepece Somewhat later the evening
She was blackeading the fireplace, when small clock
Jumped of the mantlepiece and hit her on the head
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Clock Jumped off the Mantlepiece at Her,
Down With Her and the Wicked Ghost
Conan Doyle Rescued Miss

CIR A. CONAN DOYLE, the distinguished author of Sher
lock Holmes points the Scriptures giving abundant
evidence that human beings in Bible times possessed by
evil spirits and he points extraordinary recent in
which confirms his belief that possessed of
devils nowadays, in the days of the Saviour
ST. Mark quotes Christ saying the demented man who
of the tomb go thou unclean spirit ST. Luke
speaks of the Saviour meeting in the synagogue which
had spirit of unclean devil" Jesus rebuked him. saying
"Hold thy and out of him. And ST. Matthew reports
the when the Saviour drove the devils out into herd
of sne-And behold the whole herd of swine violently
down steep place into the and persisted in the waters
1t was Miss Gwyneth Morley, young factory girl OF
Keghey, a small in Yorkshire, England who Conan
Doyle recently by evil spirits like the
unfortunaes of Bible times The of exactly what hap
pened this young while she was at work in the mill
the evil spirit still followed her when she removed
for the British College of Psychic Science in
London told in extraordinary detail these by Mr.
Mckenzie charge of the Psychic College who finally
the evil spirit of the unfortunate grparty drove
him out, the wicked spook still occasionally
torment her.
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(4 An eghteennch basin jumped off table to the
floor Gwyneth working at the sink some two feet
away This by the rest of the kitchen staff
90 About 2 o'clock the large cuttng-up table lifted
times about three inches from the floor.
go An iron stewpan (fourgaon sze) slid some three
feet to the floor, toward the door.
CD Sink boat stood up end in the sink
90 Oval stewing pan lid flew off to the floor and the
pan jumps the of about six feet each
90 Some four five plates slid slowly out Of the
1O) wooden buffet slid along the floor and jumped
against Mrs. Martini who employed in the Kitchen The
girl going of the door, and would be about three feet
away.
U1) The baking board leaning against the WALL walked
away and then fell
(12) A onegallon castiron saucepan jumped off the
table the floor Gwyneh walking past the table at
a distance of about three feet.
(13) cup of tea, standing the table, jumped up
six or eight inches into the crashed with loud bang
to floor indicating considerable force behind the fall
Tuesday, April %, 1925:
II The cuttinp-un board and spoon commenced to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29
Portrait of Mr.. Hewst Mcken-
gle, of the British College
of Psychic Science
of London.
LONDON, NOV. 1S.

LONDON, NOV. 49,
TT is seldom that dull workaday manufacturing city like
Keghley in Yorkshire, England is stirred to emotional
ouburst over what asserted to be supernatural mani
festatons. Yet this has happened
nineteen-year-od girl of that city for the past twelve
months has been haunted by evil sprt-a poergeist to
use the German word a wicked spiritwhch has cast
schvous blight destruction everywhere along the tra
of the unfortunate girls moyements-whether she was 1o
lowing her daily toll her pleasure.
Her name is Gwyneth Morley, girl worker in a wooden
mill Lucky it is for her that she lived in the twentieth
century Only two centuries ago she would have been
burned as a witch
Thanks to the aid of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle her case
was brought TO THE notice of the British College Of Psychic
Science in London. - -,, r
The distinguished author of Sherlock Holmes heard Of
the case Investigated IT, convinced himself that the girl was
'nossessd of devil" just the Bible recorded caes-ahd
he set about to have the poltergeist driven out. ,
Cvvneth was removed from her surroundings IN the town
and naced as one of the domestic staff with Mr. and Mrs
Hewst Mckenzie in the London Psychic College Inc evil
spirit came with her. 81, -, 49, .L
Mr. Hewat Mckenzie discussed the whole case WIN
te reneentsve Of this newspaper and explained now ne
guided the girl away from her potergelst with the a' Oh
medium, Mrs Barkel. - - - AZ, A.
Kenze that on several occasions the in his LONDON
establishment wrecked Tables TOPPED over crocKe
was smashed and food disappeared Gwyneth MORE! ON!
had IN he in room the potergeist IN destructive
mood and destruction and disorder followed
During her three months stay with Mr. McheHZle' d
careful record of the poterges demonstrations and the CIR
cuns+ances surrounding them metlculousy kept. .
Mr. Mckenzie produced a report from Mr. L. e. Ball
who employed Gwyneth Morley in the WOODEN mill IN Neigh
lev rama follows:
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round, and Immediately the
urn and contents jumped oil
the hot plate on the floor,
rocked about and then upset.
(3) Small table overturned
dimensions four feet by two
feet and slid along the floor
toward the door, where it
iammed itself. This occurred
as Gwyneth was again going
out of the door into the
canteen, and was seen by
two other women.
, 1925-02-08
SOSCalls Stop All Broadcasting
at Statiosn Along the Coast

When an sos call is heard by
any commercial, amateur or private
broadcasting station. the law pro-
vides that all stations give IT pri-
and cease sending. While
many br~oadcasting stations are
quite consistent in complying with
this regulation, Department of Com
merce officials state that all do not
comply. frequently interfere ce 10
noted, when a ship at sea is calling
for aid and other ships and shore
stations are trying to communicate
with her, r~elaying messages and
locating ships In the neighborhood
of the disabled vessel.
or course the distress call goes
out on 600 meters which should not
interfere with any but the broad.
casters using wave lengths well
above 400 meters, but All must
cas- transmitting until the Navy
announces that all is well. 1t Is
possible that the department may
permit b~roadcasters on the lower
wave lengths to continue broad.
casting during such silent periods,
, 1925-02-08
Parts Are Easily Laid Out in This Manner on Thhtyinch
Novice Can Build 8-Tube
Super-FHIeterodyne Now

checked my work with the plans
that came with the material SO that
| could f1d the snags that others
might come across when building a
super" without knowledge Of its In
tricate functions. .
l found that there was plenty OF
Information packed about the parts
which I purchased. l found that
there was only n adjustment to
be made In the u~ltradyne, and
am sure that l Can tell you how to
make that on >and then how to be
come acquainted with the method
Of tuning SO that with only two
dials you can go through the local
stations and bring in programmes
from Boston, Chicago, Davenport
and Atlanta without any %squealing
whatever. / believe you can build
a super" which will produce q full
and perfect tone for your loud
speaker.
The set I am going to tell you
about uses only two knobs In addi-
ton to Its two tuning dials, and
when the two knobs are set once
they need notable touched again
until your battery runs low or until
, 1925-02-08
Radio-Racing
Enthusiast To
Make Cleanup

CHICAGO, Feb. Edith Bennett
the race horse. named after Miss
Edith Bennett. the young American
concert star, made her debut under
colors in the third race at Miami
and won with ease against n field
OF tho greatest two year old fillies
in existence ridden by some of the
best jockies of the present day,
much to the JOY of r dozen or more
Chicago radio bugs who also follow
the ponies.
Eddie Martin plotted the Bennett
filly opposed by such masters as
Parke. Suits. Woodstock, Callahan.
Stevens and Grosser. Eddie and
Edith proved an ideal combination
The former rode n perfect race and
the latter fairly smothered her
field for speed. Insaddition to win
ming in q canter she also established
n new track record. clipping four
fifths OF a second from the mark
established by Ny Colonel for three
and a half furlongs last week.
Miss Bennett was the principal
guest of honor at the recent Chicago
Radio Exposition. where she was
acclaimed as the Worlds finest
radio singer by a special jury of ex-
perts- She is a big ~favoritc In this
locality and when her name2 sake
went to the post for the first time
yesterday she was literally backed
by a group OF local radio-racing en-.
, 1925-02-08
Many Fans Do Not
Observe Rule of
Ether Conduct

Despite educational efforts. liz
norance and indifference continue
to play large parts in radiation null
sances. Many fail or refuse Ia
recognize the fact that they them
selves often are the means of ruin
ing their n%eighbors' enjoyment
and their own.
A set that is ~radiating never can
be delivering anything approaching
sweet musical sDotes or clear
speech. At best there is a mush1'
ness which thiokens speech and
garbles tones. II In no other way
a receiver owner can tell when his
tube is In oscillation he surely can
by turning down. the filament and
adjusting the plate circuit control,
The point where 1t is clearest Is
the proper operating point.
Bringing in outside stations will
be q bit more difficult. perhaps. but
there will be greater satisfaction
all around. Where signals must be
found by a beat note the tube fila
ment should be lowered to the
proper operating point the moment
the stations carrier has been 10.
Gated and tuned in without the beat
note.
II the beat note can be picked
up, then the programme can be
also without radiation.
, 1925-02-08
CHOOSE A GOOD
PLACE FOR
SPEAKER

Much of the distortion present
when using a loud speaker may be
prevented by placing the speaker
In such a position as to keep echoes
and reverberations at a minimum.
B~roadcasting engineers spend
considerable time studying the
acoustics OF a place from which
RADIO programmes r to be trans
mitted. in order that faithful repro
duction of the voice or instrument
may be obtained. Studio walls and
ceilings are constructed of a non
vibrating material and heavy dra-
peries are hung In such a manner
that they may easily be shifted
and placed In the position which
is best for the instrument being
played.
Reverberation is the action OF
the echo repeating the original
sound before the later had died
out. Its dlstorting effects are
much greater than an echo and
may be caused by the proximity
of any resonant material near the
speaker.
While 1t is physically impossible
for the radio fan to take the pre-
cautions that engineers do, a little
care taken as to the proper location
of the speaker will often greatly
increase its tone quality.
A practical instance. of the effect
Of reverberation is had in the case
Of a singer breaking a wine glass
merely by singing into It. The
singers mouth is placed near the
glass and certain musical notes Al e
sung Into the glass. when the sin
ger sings a note of a frequency
corresponding to that of the glass.
the latter Will break.
Another example of reverbera-
tion Is that OF a company OF SOL
diers marching over a bridge or
other hollow structure. They are
instructed to break step SO that
the frequency of the mems steps
is different from that OF the natural
period of the bridge. II has been
said that II a violin were tuned
to the period of the Woolworth
building and a note struck with
sufficient force. the building would
collapse.
, 1925-02-08
Parts for Super

The parts required to build an
elshtytube superheterodyne Of tins
ultradyne type are as follows:
Panel sven by thirty Inches.
Base board eight by twenty-nine
inches.
TWO variable ~eondensers OF .ooo1
mfds.
One semi-variaple or compress
sion type Of mica condenser, .ooo5
mfds.
Fixed %eondensers Of COG and
.ooo25 mfds.
oscillator coils.
Choke coil, 200 NJ. n.
Four rmediate-frequeneytrans
formers, m Of which is designated
as the first or "lnput."
Two audlo-frequency transform
ers.
Two doubIe-elreuit Jacks.
One single-cireuit Jack.
One fllament switch.
One potentiometcr, 400 ohns.
One rheostat is or 2 ohms. Sow
eral may be used.
Eight binding posts.
Eight tube sockets.
Two vernler dlaIs.
Seventy-flve timed Iuqs.
Thirty feet o: bus wire.
Cabinet seven by thirty by nine
inches.
ThIrty-slx wood screws.
, 1925-02-08
DEVELOPMENT is KEYNOTE
i OF THE YEAR

the perfection Of means for relay
ing and rebroadcasting may be an
ticipated in 1926. and adapted to
will, no doubt, take on a more def
mite service rather than its origi-
nal phases of novelty and pastime,
he believes. anticipating higher
quality in receiving sets and
higher power in broadcasting sta
lions. Interconnection and higher
power will give greater availability
to programmes than in the past.
Touching on the development
in receiving sets. DR.. Dellenger be-
lieves that a wider use of highly
selective sets can be expected.next
year and that progress will be
made on devices for using alter
mating current as a tube supply,
although batteries give good serv-
ice and are hard TO displace.
Standardization in the radio in
dustry should eliminate a multi
pliclty of parts and standardize
transmitting and receiving tubes.
DR.. Dellenger expects to see i'm
provements in quality and speed
OF radio transmitted pictures
through. the efforts of numerous
Investigators and companies.
In general, he looks forward to
progress in many major problems
of radio technique, such as various
phases of the interference problem.
rad.o measurements, radio wave
intensity measurement and control
and a reduction Of the effects OF
atmospheric disturbances.
, 1925-02-08
Improve Tuned Radio
Frequency Receiver

At the sent time the produc.
ton Of new ado circuits has sim,
mered down o minor development,
on two types OF hook-ups, namely,
the tuned radio-frequency circuit.
and super-heterodynes. Since.
super-heterodynes are rather CON.
plicated and do not permit econo.
mical operation. popular ~interes,
has been devoted to the varfou,
types of tuned radio-frequency re-
ceivers.
This type has a number of dir
ferent sub-classifications of decided
merit but there is one form that 4,
especially worthy of attention, thai
is, the inductively tuned amplifier
Condenser tuning has been fount
satisfactory and It has become com
mon practice TO employ this meth
cd. This. however. does not alter
the fact that tuning by an Undue
tive control is superior. provided
the inductancea are OF an efficient
low-loss type.
, 1925-02-08

During 1925. DR.. ]. H. Dellenger.
director of radio laboratory. Blu
reau OF Standards. believes the de-
velopment OF a practical means of
directing waves in concentrated
beams in desired directions should
be accomplished. including the use
OF this system at lower frequen-
Giles than heretofore. This system
should also be adapted to the re-
duction> of interference.
introducing another element of
interference reduction. he antici-
pates Improvement in direction
finders and the development of
very directional receiving SYSTEMS.
He also predicts the utilization of
radio waves of between $50 and
Is meters on a regular engineer
ing basis. together with an in
creased knowledge Of the possibili-
ties of those waves and the mode
OF their propagation.
Utilizing the higher frequencies.
, 1925-02-08

audio-frequency two-step amplifier
on the right. The second tube in
the set is the oscillator which
changes the wave. and the third,
fourth and fifth tubes amplify at
the intermediate frequency of 1900
meters.
The cost OF the set is less than
a hundred dollars even when the
best n parts are purchased, tr- ..
set / this kind nothing but the
best OF material should be used. II
is advisable to buy the parts in kit
form so that they are properly
matched. The kits furnish the
principal parts and the others must
be bought separately, as a rule.
Tomorrow the wiring OF the set
Will be explained in detail.
, 1925-02-08
Tube Leads Must Be
We'll Senarated

The grid and plate leads should
always be short and direct. and as
far removed from each other "a
possible. Proximity OF these leads
Will cause lossos by increasing the
inter-capacity OF tie Glen ents and
often causing the ipbo to o~scillate.
The capacity % the elements In the
1879 type tubes is Kept at n mini.
mum by running the wires frcm the
seal and through tho base diasonally
across from each other. with the
mlament leads separating them
, 1925-02-08

III they do not interfere with GOO
When broadcast announcers are
forced to sign off due to distress
calls, 1t is permissible, department
radio officials point out. for them
to announce the briefly &C
fans will know why the broadcasts
ease. The simple announcement,
ship in distress. Signing off tenn
porarily. Station wRC' is cited as
a model.
Some stations do this. but others
stop so abruptly that fans are at a
loss to know what is the matter;
this is what happens when the
operator on watch hears the dis
tress call. and pulls tho main
switch. It is believed that II he
told the announcer to sign off as
suggested above. It would be q
benefit to listeners. who often
struggle for a half hour or SO tc
get the station back. wonder what
is wrong with their set. and when
r~adiating sets are used they fiji
the air with unnecessary squawks
and whistles.
, 1925-02-08
Fixed Unit Increases Capacity

7 when It is on the right the ccn.
denser is disconnected.
A loading condenser should be
OF the lowloss type. having a di.
electric or plate separator OF mica
The connections TO the condenser
may be made with the aid Of brass
machine screws and nuts. which
Will form a binding post connector
for the wires TO the switch and
variable condenser. II this type o.
connector is not used, the wires
should b soldered.
, 1925-02-08
and volume by using a wire on the

and volume by using a wire on the
roof. The second condenser helps
the oscillator coils and the oscilla-
sor tube to stretch out the incoming
wave SO that 1t fits the other trans
formers in the set, which are al
ready tuned in the factory. The
492-mster wave OF WEAF. for in
stance. is actually heterodyned to
about 1900 meters, so that 1t will
efficiently operate the four inter
mediate-frequency transformers.
There are two detectors in a
super-heterodyne. The first detects
the wave picked up by the loop
and is on the extreme left of the
set: the second detects the 1900
meter wave and is the sixth tube.
coming Just before the usual