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Extending the Frontiers
 of Sound

shrill whistling of the piccolo or the shriller screech of a street car rounding sharp curve may run up into the thousands.
 Every musical instrument sets up not only the fundamental fre- quency which we recognize as it's pitch, but harmonics or overtones. which are multiples of the funda- mental pitch; that is. two. three, four, five, and so on, times the fundamental pitch. It is the nlm- Der, frequency and relative strength of these harmonics which makes one instrument, even though sound ing the same pitch. distinguishable from another. Consequently repro 1uction or harmonics, if faithful and realistic reproduction is to be achieved. is of as great importance as fundamental pitches.
 Limits Within Limits
 Thus, for musical purposes, the extreme limit of sound ranges from 24 to 10000 vibrations De. second. But here again another limitation has until.recently existed.
 Even thoug he human ear were able to catch and distinguish every sound within these limits, the arti- ficial ear of recording instruments such as the talking machine and the radio was not equal to the task.
 Of late years, however, the great laboratories of the country have been turning their attention to this problem, and several important in- ventions have been made which have made it possible to record and reproduce the entire range of musical sound. Following the dis covery of hitherto, unknown acoustical principle known as matched impedance," new de- vice called the orthophonic talking machine has been perfected which raises the efficiency of musical sound reproduction to the level of that of the human ear.
 The Frontier Extended
 Thus the first of the frontiers of sound has been widened. Mean while the march of scientific prog ress continues unabated, and simi- lar advances may be expected in the future. Who can say that some day science will not devise a means of extending even that last great frontier of sound which lies along the borders of human hearing, opening up .unguessed. untraversed realms of experience to Man?
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the ones we love best the trouble we do?
 l mailed you letter Sunday night with some inclosures. Hope you don't have any trouble with any of them. Darling mine, if I could see any possible way out I would not do the awful thing l am about to do, but I have laid awake nights the last week trying to figure some way out, but it is impossible.
 I have been unfair to you and a lot of my friends and have gotten myself into such a state of mind that life holds nothing for me.
 While I was in Portland said some, rather in fact, very mean things about you and Joe. Please forgive me. I was only a coward and was trying to alibi myself.
 Sometimes, sweetheart, I think I must be losing my mind to have gone as hog wild as I have the last year or so.
 l have tried to arrange to be buried at sea, as I think that would be better for you, that is, to re- member me as you saw me last.
 Goodbye, darling, I am going now with you in my thoughts and praying that you will not think too hard of your wayward boy.
 JACK.
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257, Seattle, Wash, from whom he evidently was estranged. Message To Coroner.
 His letter to the coroner follows:
 My name is J. H. Kline and up to June 1 of this year was general Alaska agent for the Pacific Steaml ship company. l have followed the sea for living all my life and would like to be buried at sea. {
 Will you wire Capt R. c. Bren- nan, operating manager of the Pa cific S. s. Company at Seattle, Wn, to see if he will arrange for the mas ter of the s. s. Emma Alexander, which is due in San Diego Friday night, to take my body aboard here and bury it at sea en route north.
 T can be identified by MT. J. c. Adams, local ticket agent for the Pacific Steamship Company, who at one time worked for me in Juneau, Alaska. Also, E. B. Barbee, U. S. A., retired, who is living at the War ren hotel in San Diego;
 This act is of my own free will and is caused by financial reverses, and loss of my position with the P. s. s. Company. @
 Please notify my wife, who, last heard of, was living at Route No. 6, Box 257, Seattle, Wash.
 T belonged to Juneau, Alaska lodge of B. P. o. Elks for seven years, but am in arrears in dues. In case Brennan will not author ize my burial by the master of the Emma Alexander, will you wire J. A. Davis, secretary of No. APO, and see if he will authorize the local Elks lodge to bury me, as I have no money to pay my burial ex- penses. r
 f "J. H. KLINE"
 His letter to his wife is as fol lows:
 Tells Reason for Act.
 Wednesday Night, Sept. 22 Sweetheart Mine:
 I can't leave you, darling, with out writing a few lines to tell you how sorry I am to have caused you all the grief and trouble have the last four months or more. Please try to forgive me. Why do we cause
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JACK KLnELEAVES
 LETTERSGIVING REASON 3 ] s \ j SUICIDE. SIU||.]|| J J
FULL ACCOUNT OF DEATH OF JACK KLINE, ALASKAN lIN .f.
 CALIFORNIA WOODS.
LEAVES PATHETIC MESSAGE
 TO WIFE LIVING IN SEATTLE
Body Hanging from Tree for Several
 Days-Life. Held Nothing for : Him Told in Message.

To the many local friends of the late Jack Kline, the following news article clipped from the San Diego Daily Union, will give further infor- nation regarding the last days of the well known steamship man, and additional details as to his death.
 The article follows: .
 Late last night Coroner s. c. Kelly returned from Ramona with indisputable evidence that the body found hanging to a tree near Ra- mona yesterday was that of J. H. Kline, former Alaskan agent of the Pacific Steamship company, Among his effects the coroner found let ters addressed to himself, to Kline's wife and to Arthur P. Sprague, pro- prietor of the Hotel Lubin, steam ship and railroad passes, a bill of sale for the automobile purchased from Keane and other papers. .,.
 According to Coroner Kelly, Kline had been dead six or seven days when the body found yesterday. The discovery was made by w. E. Zader, garage owner of LaJolla, and H. E. Kennedy, who were deer hunting.
 s Kline's act, according to his let ters, was caused by financial rever- ses and despondency over what he termed "a state of mind that life holds nothing for me- He was about 42 years old and leaves widow whose address is route No. 6, Box
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NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF United States Land Office.

Anchorage, Alaska, Sept. IA, 1925. Notice is hereby given that Harry V. Henrikson, together with his wit nesses, Heitman Kristiansen, and Ed ward Vogl, has. submitted final proof on his commuted , homestead entry, Serial O6249 for the E1AEASEASEA Section II, T. 1 N. R. W. s. M. and is now on file in the local land of flee, at Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the local land office on or before November 1, 1925, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issue. ss
 ecf J.. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First publication, Oct. l, 1925. Last publication, Nov. 5, 1925
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chest, with reference to this big Al. askaI load artery, and in the pages of the Prosperity Edition, he feels satisfied that it will be a go3! place to unload it. It is certain the arti- cle will be of considerable interest for Mr. Ulmer writes in a manner, peculiarly his own, and talks straight from the shoulder.
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Connie Peterson, timekeeper of the mechanical department of the Alas ka Railroad, was a weekend visit or in Seward
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 some comfort in the as surance of scientists that the air is full of other sound vibrations which cause no annoyance at all because the human ear does not register them. Despite the noisy distractions of modern life, man, nevertheless, lives and moves and has his being in the midst of wide variety of sound which he never hears, sounds too high or too low to affect his auditory equipment.
 It has been found that persC1 of abnormally good hearing can perceive the aerial vibrations that constitute sound ranging from twenty-four to about 10000 vibra- tions per second. Other vibrations exist far beyond this limit, but our eardrums are not sufficiently deli cate to vibrate in sympathy with them. Therefore they make no i'm pression and we are not aware of their existence
 Canine Criticism
 Certain animals having more sensitive ears are able to hear sounds above this range. When the family dog howls his anguish during a jazz selection played on the upper keys of the piano, he Is not merely registering preference for classical music His delicately attuned eardrums are actually hurt by the rapid vibrations of the high notes. ,t. -s a5-r
 The more vibrations per second in any sound, the higher it's pitch in the scale. Thus the deep note of the bass viol may have only few score vibrations, whereas the
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Terry McGowan, coal mine fore man, was among the local arrivals Saturday evening, departing for the States on the steamer Alaska.
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Jack Chisholm, wholesale salesman of Anchorage, was among the Sew ard arrivals Saturday.
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z. J. Loussac. owner of Loussacs drug store at Anchorage, was a week end business visitor in town.
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Flashlights and batteries, Schaller- CTS Alaska Shop. tf
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The halibut fishing schooners Pre- sident and Alaska, arrived in port on Saturday night.
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Eastman kooak agency, The Alas ka Shop. f
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Y these days of shrieking
 automobile horns, rum bling trucks and changing street cars there may be some comfort i'll the as
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-01
DISASTERS

While there was In 1924 no such
terrific disaster as the japanese earth
quake of the previous year, the list of
quakes, conflagrations, mine explO-
sions, tornadoes and other v~isitations
was long and the loss of life was
heavy. The Red Cross was kept busy
throughout the year. The worst of
these occurrences were as follows T.:
January 3, explosion in starch factory
in Pekin, Ill.,, SO killed January 10,
British submarine with crew of 40
sunk in collision January 10 and 16,
severe earthquakes in Japan, India
and Colombia January 20, coal mine
explosion at ShanktOwn, Pa, 40 killed
February 5, ~ killed when pond broke
through into iron mine near Grossly,
Mimi. March /, explosion of INT at
Nixon. N. J., killed 10; March 4, San
Jose, Costa Rica, half wrecked by
quake; March s, mine explosion at
Castle Gate, Utah, killed 175; March
26, landslide near Amalf, Italy, killed
100; April %, mine explosion at
Wheeling, ". Va, fatal to III April
80, destructive and fatal tornadoes in
Southern states; May 81, tornadoes In
South killed 40; May %, Bucharest
arsenal blew up with great loss Of
life; May 81, % inmates of defective
girls school in California burned to
death; June -, turret explosion on
battleship Mississippi killed 48; June
2S, tornado killed $50 and did vast
damage at Lorain, Ohio; in August,
thousands killed in floods in China
and Formosa, and so lives lost in vir-
gin islands hurricane; September 16,
explosion at Sublet, Wyo., killed
80; September 81, storms in Wisconsin
to 58; October 20, Il killed by
explosion on q. S. S. Trenton Novem-
Der u, hundreds of lives lost In earth
quakes in Java November ID and 10,
destructive CONGREGATIONS in Jersey
CITY. N. J..
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commissions stressed the steady de
cline in our defenses on land and sea
and In the air. but the President indi
Gated that he was not in sympathy
with the demands for huge sums to be
expended on armament. The house
passed the Interior department appro.
priatlon bill carrying a total of SOS.
100000.
Congress took q holiday recess from
December 20 to December 20.
On December 8 two huge public ben.
efactions were announced. James b.
Duke, tobacco and power magnate,
gave $40, 100000 to educational institu-
lions in North and South Carolina (;
and George Eastman, head Of the East.
man Kodak company of Rochester,
N. T., gave $12,5OO,OOO to colleges,
schools and hospitals.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-01
BY EDWARD w. X

Many events of great moment
marked the year 1924. First Of these
In Importance undoubtedly was the
formulation, adoption and putting into
operation of the Dawes plan for the
payment of German PREPARATIONS and
indirectly the financial and economic
Regeneration of t< country and Eu-
rope generally. The success of this
scheme means much for the entire CIV
ilized world. Having been devised
mainly by Americans, it adds to the
prestige of America.
Wars were few and not especially
important internationally. The out
standing ones were the civil war for
the control of the government of
China, the attempt of Spain to con
quer the rebellious tribesmen Of Mo
rocco, the suppression Of a rebellion
in Mexico and a long drawn-out revo-
lutionary movement In Brazil. There
were also several of the ~always-to-be-
expected internecine conflicts In Cen
trail America. On the whole Mars had
rather an idle year. Flo a time The
alarmists talked of war between the
United States and Japan over the
Japanese exclusion clause in the new
American immigration law. but the
crisis was passed safely, for the time
at least.
Great Britain experienced the nov
city of being under q Labor govern
.ment which was fairly successful until
II got tangled up with the Russian
~soviets, whereupon 1t was ousted, the
Conservatives winning the parliamen-
tary elections by large majorities.
Stanley Baldwin again became prime
minister. During the first quarter of
the year the soviet government of
Russia won recognition from almost
every important country except the
United States, but the soviet leaders
continued to recede from their Boil
shevik principles. Socialists captured
the government Of France and Herriot
became premier. President Mustapha
rKernaI of Turkey and Dictator MuSSo
lini of Italy were subjected to severe
attacks from political opponents and
were forced to more liberal attitudes.
In the United States the biggest
event of he year was The national
election, together with the sensational
Democratic convention which resulted
in the nomination of John w. Davis
and Charles w. Bryan. and the indie
pendent candidacy of Senator LaFol
lette and Senator Wheeler on a radi
cal platform. Despite the oil reserve
scandal that had laid the Republican
administration open to attack, the
voters Of the land, by a plurality of
about 100000, decided that Calvin
Coolidge should continue in the presi-
Dental office, with Charles Gates
Dawes as vice president. During the
long months of the campaign business
In the United States had languished.
but Immediately after the election it
revived rapidly, and at the same time
began a considerable boom in
securities on the stock exchanges.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-01
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

Politics consumed a vast amount OF
time and energy In the United States.
as Is the case every four years. There
was little doubt from the first that
the Republicans would nominate Pres.
ident Coolidge to succeed himself. Both
Senator Hiram Johnson and Senator
Robert NJ. LaFollette were candidates
In the preferential primary states, but
the former won almost no delegates
and the latter only those from Wiscon-
sin. The convention was held In Cleve-
land, opening on June 10 with Frank
W. Mondell as chairman. The Wig
consin delegation presented LsFol-
iette's substitute platform. which had
NO support outside that delegation,
and II also cast its vote for the senar
tor. Coolidge was nominated on the
first ballot. the vote being: Coolidge,
1,0o5; LaFollette, 81; Johnson, 10.
Frank o. Lowden OF Illinois was n0mi-
mated for vice president, but declined
and the place was given to Gen.
Charles Gates Dawes of Chicago.
The Democrats convened In New
York on June "a and did not complete
their work until the early morning of
July 1D-the o protrscted national
in the history of American
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-01
INDUSTRIAL AND
LABOR

Labor In the United States had a
year. There was not one general
strike; wage maintained their high
level and In many instances were in
creased. The New York Central Rail
way company increased the pay of 49,
600 employees on January %; Chicago
teamsters won an Increase in Feb
ruary by q short strike, and so did
several other local unions later. Wages
of various classes of railway EN-
ployees were raised during the year
by the federal board. Only the textile
workers of Maine suffered a reduction,
In November. SILK workers Of Pater-
son N. j., went on strike and so did
the garment workers Of both New
York and Chicago.
The American Federation of Labor
held its convention in Ell Paso, Texas.
Communism and the labor party
movement were again squelched, and
Samuel Gompers was reelected presi-
dent. He and many of the delegates
went to Mexico City for the conven-
ton of the Pan-American Labor Fed
Grafton. Mr.. Gompers was elected
president of that body. While there
he suddenly fell Ill and was hurriedly
brought back to San Antonio, where
he died on December 13.
In July the federal trade commits
sion ordered all steel companies to
abandon the pittsburgh plus" sys-
tenn, which was said to work injustice
to the Middle West. The commission
also accused the Aluminium Company
of America of questionable practices.
Organized labor won a great victory
October 20 when the Supreme court
OF the United States ruled that fed
eral courts must grant jury trials in
contempt cases growing out of labor
disputes.
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INTERNATIONAL AT
FAIRS

When the year began the matter of
German r%eparations was still foremost
among the problems awaiting settle
ment. The commission Of experts APP
pointed by the reparations commission
and headed by Gen. Charles G. Dawes
of America began its work January IA
with the examination of Germany's ca
pacity to pay. 1t functioned rapidly
and with precision, formulated what
has been known as the Dawes plan,
and submitted its report on April 9.
Two days later this was accepted by
the Preparations commission, and on
April Is 1t was approved by the Ger
man and British governments. Bel
GUM, Italy and Japan accepted it on
April 20, but France, mainly for po-
litical reasons, withheld approval for
the time being. On July Is, Owen
ID. Young of San Francisco ac-
eepted the position of fiscal agent of
the Dawes plan, and the same day the
allied premiers met In London to dis
cuss the operation of the scheme.
Later they invited Germany to send 8
delegation, and the conference result
ed in complete agreement. France
promised to evacuate the Ruhr within
q year, and almost Immediately began
to get her military and civil forces out
Of the region. The London agreement
WAS ratified by the parliaments, the
German reichstag passed the bills nee
esssry for the operation OF the plan
and the pact was formally signed on
80. Ii was the only scheme yet
put forward upon which the various
nations could agree, and Its adoption
was hailed the world over as the be
Of the recuperation of Europe
irom the disastrous effects OF the war.
Germany began making payments
under the Dawes plan on September
Next day Seymour Parker Gilbert,
young American financial expert,
Was appointed agent general of repa-
ana on October 10 the big
s" Germany WIS offered to the
J, n]iu. !, IL pip:liiiS heavily over
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-01
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

With the aid of the Liberals in par
lament, the Labor government of
Great Britain functioned through most
Of the year. 1t took office IN January
% with Ramsay Macdonald as prime
minister. It's policies were fairly mod
crate, but several Of its bills were
beaten, notably those for the aid of
the poor and for the naturalization of
mines. 1t did not resign because no
party then had a majority in parlia-
ment. However, the people rebelled
against the treaties with soviet Rus
STA which Macdonald negotiated, and
on October 8 the house of
refused him a vote of confidence. Par
lament was at once prOrOgued and
the general election set for October
20. At the polls the Conservatives
won an Overwhelming victory, getting
413 of the 615 seats in the house. The
Liberal party seemed almost wiped
out and the Laborites suffered heavy
losses. Stanley Baldwin was selected
to be prime minister again and on No
vember 6 his government took office.
To the great relief of France, Austen
Chamberlain was made foreign secre-
tary instead of Lord Curzon. Winston
Churchill, a free trader and deter
mined foe of socialism, was named
chancellor of the exchequer.
England's most serious trouble In
ternally continued to be unemploy-
ment. This increased through the
year, and so, unfortunately, did the
cost of living. In February there was
a great lockers strike which threat
ened to cut off most of the country's
food supplies. But through the efforts
of Macdonald and his colleagues II
was soon settled.
France changed her government
twice. Premier Poincare was not in
sympathy with the movement to re-
store friendly relations with Germany.
and on June ] he resigned. Francois
Marsal formed a ministry which lasted
only a few days, and then President
Millerand also gave up his office. The
S0cialists-who are not so
there as In some countries
took charge and made Edouard Her.
riot premier. after CASTOR Domergue
had been elected President. On Sep
80 France turned out q bal
anced budget for the first time In ten
years.
Austria In November lost the lnval-
services of her chancellor. Mgr.
Selpel, who resigned because Of q gen
eral railway strike for higher wages
other unsatisfactory conditions
iue largely TO the greedy proiteers OF
He vas succeeded by Ru-
lolpli Rnmek. AT one time or another
Turing the year the governments Of
Belgium. Albania, South Africa.
7ugo-Slayia, Finland and Portugal also
hands. Greece went further
han that. yenizelos formed 4 minis
rs In January, was succeeded ny Kar
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OF the many notable men and won
en- who were claimed by death during
the year these were the more famous :
In January: Mrs. Martha Foote
Grove, author and educator; Rev. S.
Barring Gould, English author former
Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Vir-
ginia John Leyland, English naval
authority Alfred Greenfield, Austrian
composer; A. f. Adams, impressario
of musicians; DR.. Basil Gildersleeve,
American savant; former Senator w,
v. Allen of Nebraska; George Cram
Cook, author n playwright; DR..
Maurice Francis Egan, diplomat and
author Nicolai Lenin, premier of Rus
STA; Gen. Lee Christmas, soldier of
fortune; w. G. Fox, former minister
I Ecuador; Grand Duchess Marie OF
Luxembourg.
In February: DIR. l.. s.. McMurtry,
noted surgeon; Woodrow Wilson,
tw~enty-eighth President of United
States; Rear Admiral T. o. Selfridge:
Col. William Lightfoet Yisscher, SOL
dier and writer; Pierce Anderson. Chi
cage ARCHITECT III. LoeD,
biologist Rev. Mother Vincent dc
Paul, superior general Of Gray Nuns
of the Sacred Heart Bishop Alexan-
der B. Garrett In Texas; Bishop ]. e.
Gum of Mississippi r. F. Goodman,
lumberman of Wisconsin
h. G. Duprc of Louin-
ana Bishop T. Meerschsert Of Okla
ex-COngressman j. L. slaydeu