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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-27

now introduced the new UX-171 Ra-
diotron. This tube. although no larger
than the UX-112 type which has met
with such wide favor in storage-bat-
terry receivers. is capable of supplying
an amazingly larse volume of undis-
torted output to the ioud-speaker: and
as is the case with other types of
power tubes, it is intended for use
only in the last stage of an audio-
frequency amplitier. The announce
ment OF the new tube was made by
Elmer E. Eucher of the Radio Cor
poration of America today.
The new UX-I7l cube may be oper-
atcd from a 6-vot storage battery
through a or ohm rheostat or if
preferred, it may be operated from s.
volt source of alternating current sup
ply, according TO Mr.. Bucher.
The maximum plate potential of
this new tube is $50 volts. The mega
tive grid bias or &c" battery should
be 40.5 volts for the full $50 .olt plate
potential, with correspondence less
grid potential for lower plate poten-
tials. The following table gives the
recommended vah,es and also shows
he approximate DC plate current for
each value Of plate and grid voltages:
Approx
mate Plate
Negative Current in
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-27
Broadcasting Service Made
Available to F a m y,
Guest and Cook Without
Interfering With Routine
of Domestic Life.

~0NE by one the many comforts
1I and pleasures of modern civil
~ ization have become indispen-
H. M sable features of the present
day home; and so it was to
be expected that radio, sooner or later,
would become an integral feature of
home construction.
The Model Radio House, sponsored
~ the Radio Corporation of America
and situated at Grymes Hill, Staten
Island, overlooking busy New York
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-27
The Demand for Still Greater
Loud-Speaker Volume Without
Overloaded Tube Distortion Is
Met With a Tube of Ample
Electrical Proportions.

New York-In order to provide still
greater power from the storage-battery
receiver, yet without the need for
ng-current-supply. there is
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-27
What is news,
anyway J?

THAT depends good deal If you're type of
is divorces, and murders, and heir-to-nlons-
hangse. If you're another type NEWS closing quota
ton on the stock exchange you're somebody else NEWS
is final at the baseball track
But no matter what type of is also
information about the things you your
day life If there's style gloves
that's If there's type radio
in automobiles records the player piano. better
tooth -paste-that's
get shape of advertisements
pretty important advertising is keeps informed about
all kinds things you know 1t helps you
time and mistakes
Read the advertisements in The Peasantve Press They
here for you o read To miss them is miss
sassasaa&saa
Advertisements contain the most
important news for you
Evening star., 1926-03-20
USURYLAW CALLED
Joke IN MARYLAND
Either Ignored or Evaded,
Says Secretary of BaIti-
more Realty Board.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, March 20.-"It is
quite clear that our usury law, pro-
hibiting the charging Of more than
per cent interest. Is a joke. and prac'
tically all lenders Of second mortgage
money must violate this law. either
in fact or in spirit" C. Philip Pitt,
secretary Of the Real Estate Board
declared today.
Mr.. Pitt was commenting on &
movement just started by the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards to cure some of the evils at
tending second and third mortgage
financing In connection with the sale
of real estate.
Must Either Ignore or Evade.
Mr.. Pitt said:
Second mortgage financing at rea-
sonable rates Is absolutely necessary
If we are to enjoy the widest expan-
sion Of home ownership. Under ex-
listing laws in most States there is no
fnducement for the conservative in
vestor to go into the second mortgage
field, when he must either ignore or
evade the law or accept the same rate
Of interest available from the first
mortgages.
The result Is that the usury laws
are ignored. but in most cases the law
is evaded with more or less risk plus
the reduced element OF safety in sec
ond mortgages as compared with the
first, as the lender usually charges all
he can get--and sometimes more. 1t
Is quite clear that our uSury law pro.
hibiting the charging Of more than 6
per cent Is a joke. and nearly all
lenders of second mortgage money
must violate this law either in fact or
in spirit.
Practice Is General.
1.-THE truth Is that in most cases the
law is evaded in what Is considered
perfect legal manner Furthermore,
it may be said that this sort Of viola
ton Is not confined to those who lend
money on second mortgages. 1t Is
practiced daily by some, who accept
only first class security.
only recently a case was cited
where a borrower on second mortgage
security had paid so per cent for the
loan. When the lender was threat
ened with exposure he refunded
part.
Another case recently brought to
the attention Of the Real Estate
Board was a transaction in which an
ignoramus had been soaked a COM
mission of 10 per cent on a first mort
gage representing less than onehalf
of the value Of the property involved" >"
Evening star., 1926-03-20
BALTIMORE LABOR
COSTS MOUNTING
Now at Highest Peak Since
War, With Wage De-
mands Pending.

BALTIMORE. March 20.-While
the cost of building materials at Bal
timore since 1920 have shown Il
marked decline, labor costs, generally
speaking. have climbed steadily and
the war, according to A. $. Colds
borough, secretary of the Baltimore
Association of Commerce.
In a statement he gives schedule
of comparative index figures for the
period between 1919 and the present
to indicate the general trend of mate
rials and labor.
The yearly fluctuations in mate
rials are given as follows:
1919 materials. 1905; labor. $50;
1920. 1920 and $50: 1921. S25 and
1ll.0: 1922, 84.5 and $50; 1928. $50
and 1885: 1924, 89.1 and HI; 1925,
SS.2 and 1889.
In December. 1925, the labor index
figures was given as 1875 and mate
rials, S5.4.
Recent developments in the labor
field, the report points out. indicate
"A general advance for common labor
from 35 cents an hour to 40 cents.
Union crafts. it Is said, are negotiat-
ing for pay increases as follows:
Pipecutters to $1.05 an hour. slate
roofers from 81 and SIPS. sheet
metal workers from $l.19 to $l20,
bricklayers. S. Il day advance over
present scale Of $50 an hour These
increases, according to the report,
are scheduled to become effective
April |.
Evening star., 1926-03-20
UNIFORM TRAFFIC
SIGNALS ADOPTED
Hesse Instructs Officers in
Giving "Stop" and go"
Signs to Motorists.

A uniform method of giving stop"
and 'go" signals with the arms was
promulgated by Maj. Edwin 3. Hesse,
superintendent of police, at meeting
of police inspectors, precinct com
manders and sergeants last night in
the boardroom Of the District Build
ing Traffic officers will hold their
arms aloft for stop" The ''gO"
signal will be a beckoning wave OF
the arm.
IT developed during discussion of
the traffic situation that traffic police
men used no uniform method of Civ
ing signals with their arms. Some
used the system formally adopted;
others have been halting traffic by
extending their arms in a hori-
zontal fashion. The traffic law deal
ing with the subject simply says that
the signal shall be clear and dis
tinct.'
A movement was initiated at the
meeting to stamp out discOurtesy and
"hardboiled" tactics on the part of
policemen. The sergeants We're told
to impress on the patrolmen the
necessity of being courteous and gen.
tlemanly. Even when ii prisoner be
comes violent" Maj. Hesse said,
Evening star., 1926-03-20
LANDSCAPE PLANNING
For the Home Owner
BY ROSE CREELY, Landscape Architect.

border or in wild garden planting
with ferns and lilies of the valley.
The lower growing violetS are espe-
cially useful as a ground cover, either
with other wild flowers or alone. Viola
rotundfolia. growing only two or three
inches high, Is excellent to cover q
moist, shady spot. the sort of place
where grass will not grow and which
will look bare and unkempt If 1t is
left to its own devices. The Bird
foot Violet Viola pedata) can be used
in the same way under different con-
ditions. 1t delights in dry. sandy soil
and will be thoroughly at home II 1t
is used as ground cover on sandy
bank in the open sun. It's divided
leaves and its effective flowers, some
times all blue Lavender and sometimes
with the three lower petals lavendar
and the two upper petals deeper
violet, make it a distinctive variety
easy to identify.
The common Blue Violet Viola pa
lean Violet Viola ruculata) forms
hat it may often be transplanted with
out fear Of eradicating the existing
wild beds. 1t may easily be moved to
the garden, where it will make itself
at home in either sun or shade. Viola
Violet, though that name more prop
erly belongs to Viola Gamma, Euro
pean variety, is also excellent in the
shade, but does not like a sunny sit
uation. In a moist, shady hollow 1t
will produce a quantity OF flowers of
4 pretty light violet. Our large Amer
lean violet Viola cuculata). forms
dense clumps of foliage. with many
flowers Of violet-blue. 1t Is useful as
o border plant in half-shade, or in a
moist. shady spot in the wild garden
For yellow violets use Viola eric
carpa with golden-yellow flowers or
Viola pubescens with yellow flowers
slightly veined in purple. Both like
shade and dry soil and are. therefore
useful for dry woodlands, where the
blue violets will not thrive. Like the
blue, the white violets prefer a damp
soil. The Sweet White Violet Viola
blanda). whcih is fainty fragrant. has
small flowers of white lightly veined
with lilac. 1t prefers n moist, open
place. The Canada Violet Viola cana
densis), on the other hand, desires
shades. It's flowers are more deeply
veined with purple, but are larger and
more effective than those Of Viola
blanda. It blooms In great profusion
from spring to early summer. The
plant itself is larger than most Of the
Evening star., 1926-03-20

ancient people obtained their salt,
lodges where they mined for orna-
ments and remnants Of clothing indi-
eating familiarity with the use of cot
ton.
"The salt was gotten from a series
Of caverns a short distance from the
buried city" Gov. Scrugham said.
Some of the walls and floors of these
caves are formed In part of pure rock
salt, and here the ancients conducted
heir salt mining. The workings show
ing where large blocks of salt were
removed. are In the same condition of
about 1000 wears ago.
'One of the relics was a pair of san
dals of type never before found in
this country. They are in Il good state
Of preservation, and were made Of
deer hide and equipped with cotton
cords for fastening.
only traces of turquoise workings
have been uncovered, as most of the
work of excavators has been directed
toward the salt mines.
Evening star., 1926-03-20
EDUCATION BY LETTERS
TRIED INTERNATIONALLY
Ohio Professor Introduces Plan o1
Writing Between Boys Of
All Nations.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associ ated Press.
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio. March
2O-Education by mail. direct from
subject to student. is being put In
practice for American boys by DIR.
Sven V. Knudson, professor at Antioch
College here.
MY Friend Abroad is the name
given by DR.. knudson TO his system.
which consists of letter writing be-
tween boys in America and boys
abroad-from Lapland to the Argen.
tine. from Jerusalem to Singapore,
from Poland to Trinidad.
Education through letters written
from one boy to another can be made
into a more personal thing than can
text books written for quantity con-
sumption" DR.. Knudson believes. IF
we can only bring geography. sociol-
ogy and such subjects, which deal
with the surrounding world, closer to
boys personal life. he will like them
ever so much more.
Strengthening of international good
will among the young people of vari-
GUS nations will result from the
scheme, he thinks. In letter writing,
he urges American boys and boys of
foreign countries to write about their
personal lives, their everyday Gus
toms, their viewpoints, their families,
schools and their play.
Evening star., 1926-03-20

OF all the wild flowers that we pick.
ed as children. the violet has the
most lasting place in our affections.
In its several aspects. both yild and
cultivated, it is worthy of place in
our gardens. and yet. curiouSly enough
1t is rarely planted. Many of the
wild violets may be collected from
their native haunts in the vicinity
of Washington, but unless large
masses of the flowers exist in one
place. it is suggested that they be
left undisturbed and the desired plants
be ordered from nursery, rather
than run the risk of eXterminatins
them In their Wild state.
The sweet English violet Viola
odorata) Is not a native of America,
but can be easily grown in our gar
dens. 1t is very fragrant, greatly
to be desired quality. as our native
violets, unfortunately have little or no
odor. From this single sweet violet
most of the florists cultivated violets.
single and double. have been developed.
It should be naturalized in masses or
planted in the flower border.
Another cultivated violet that should
have a place in the flower border is
the Horned Pansy Viola cornuta).
Suggesting a small pansy in shape,
it Is more like violet in texture and
color. 1t can be bought In blue, white
or yellow, but each plant has flowers
of one solid color, like the violet, not
parti.colored like the pansy. Growing
equally we'll in sun or shade and
blooming throughout the Summer, tits
one Of the best plants for edging the
perennial border. Variety Blue Per-
lection Is an excellent blue. Variety
Lutea Splendens a good yellow. and
Snow Queen is a good white. All are
fra grant.
Before leaving the subject of the
cultivates yiolets. the Pansy Viola
tri-color) must be mentioned, as in
spite of its differences it is one of the
family of violets and perhaps the most
effective of the lot. 1t may be planted
either in sun or half-shade, and with
protection will live over one Winter,
but Is best treated as an annual. Bed.
ding plants of the pansy can SO read
lily be bought and set out in the
garden that il is hardly worth while
to try to raise it from seed. Named
varieties Of separate colors, as we'll
as the old fashioned three colored
pansies, are always on the market.
Many Of the wild v1olets are worthy
Of a place in the garden. They may
be used in the edging of the perennial
Evening star., 1926-03-20
MECCA FOR UNWED.
Hopeful Girls Flock to St. Roch s
Chapel, New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. March 20 LR-
For years St. Rochs Chapel in New
Orleans has been the mecca for un-
married women on Good Friday.
Tradition has it that every unmar-
ried VIC nan who will visit nine
churches. say Il prayer and make an
offering at each one OF them. and then
visit st. Roch's and make the stations
Of the cross" finally lighting candle
before the altar. will be happily mar
ried before the year is out
st. Roch's chapel was erected in
1871 by Father Trevis in fulfillment
Of a vow that il none Of his parishion-
ers died during the l8G6-67 epidemic
he would build chapel in thanksgiv-
ing to God. Soon the shrine became
a favorite place for the pilgrimages
of the pious and the walls are covered
with the "ex votos'' of believers.
Evening star., 1926-03-20
HUGE STILL RAIDED
NEAR SLIGO, ND.
Five Men and Quantities of Mash,
Sugar, Meal and Parapher-
MALTA Seized.
Special Dispatch To The Star.


ROCKVILLE. Nd. March 20
Sheriff Clay Plummer with seven
deputies late Yesterday raided a barn
on Colesville. pike three.quarters of
a mile from Sligo. Md, and arrested
five men.
a still Of $50 gallons capacity. 50
gallons of corn whisky. III dozen
glass jars, 5000 gallons OF mash. 1.4e0
pounds of sugar. $500 pounds Of corr
meal and a 10-horsepower engine were
seized.
Joseph T.. Grey and Francis Fan
ming. white, and James Vance, Nevin
Ifepner and Gus Carroll. colored. were
arraigned here ana furnished $500
bond each for appearance in court.
The barn was on Armstrong farm.
Evening star., 1926-03-20
UNCOVER MINES 1000
YEARS OLD IN NEVADA
Were Used by Ancient American
Race. Archeologists
Announce.
BY the Assoclaied Pre-

BY the AssOClaied Press.
LOS ANGELES. March @.-SeVeral
new discoveries throwing additional
light on an ancient race have been
made at Pueblo Grande de Nevada,
the buried city of Nevada.
The archaeological finds were de
scribed here by Gov. Scrughau, who
has followed with interest the excavat-
ing work in his State. They include
the remains of the works where these
Evening star., 1926-03-20
PRESS CLUB RECEPTION.
Program Tomorrow Evening In
Honor of Russian Celebrities.

The National Press Club will give
a reception tomorrow evening at S
o'clock in honor of Vladimir Nemirov-
itch-Dantcheno. ;cofounder of the IA
nous Constantin Stanuslavsky of the
Moscow Art Theater, and Nine.
Dantcheno, formerly Baroness Korf,
Of Russia.
Fifteen members Of Director
Dantcheno's company, which is now
appearing under the direction of Nor
ris Gest, will accompany him TO pre-
sent special program on the occa-
sion, which will be ladies night" at
the club. The members of the com
pany are among the leading artists of
Russia.
Evening star., 1926-03-20

there is no reason for discourtesy
If you must hit him, do it in a cour-
teous way"
Lieut.. Ben Lamb of the Traffic
Bureau criticized traffic officers who
call down. every mOtOriSt who
passes a signal Some Of us violate
the signals" he said. 1T is only
human that we should
Evening star., 1926-03-20

violets. being often a foot tall. and it
can be used with good effect in either
the border or the wild garden.
Evening star., 1926-03-20
LODGE HOUSE SOLD.
Late Senator's Residence Bought by
Representative Watson.

The home Of the late United States
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. 1855 Mas
sachusetts avenue, has been bought
by Representative Henry w. Watson
Of Pennsylvania. The house has a
notable social history, many OF the
prominent figures Of this and other
lands having been entertained there
while the Massachusetts, Senator was
alive.
The house is being remodeled and
Representative and Mrs. Watson eX-
pect to move in about May /.
Evening star., 1926-03-20
PAYS Is PER CENT DIVIDEND.

NEW YORK, March 20 P.-Pri-
vate dispatches received in Wall
street from Berlin state the Vereingte
Glanzstoff, largest producer of rayon
in Germany. declared a dividend of Is
per cent for 1925.
Evening star., 1926-03-20
ART TREASURES BURN.
Palace Of Justice in Client, Bel
gium, Destroyed.

GHENT, Belgium, March 20 UP.-
Priceless art treasures were lost yes
terday when the beautiful Palace Of
Justice was destroyed by fire. The
damage is estimated at 25.000,000
francs (about $1.000.00o at the pres
ent rate of exchange). Many impor-
tant historical documents were burned.
Evening star., 1926-10-26
AID IN PRISON RIOT
FREES4 CONV|CTS
Pardoned by Governor for
Help in FoiIing Missouri
JaiIbreak.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. October
26.-Full pardons as the reward FOR
aiding guards Of the Missouri State
Penltentiary here during a riot and
attempted outbreak Sunday after
noon, in which seven convicts took
part. late yesterday were granted to
four prisoners by Gov. Sam A. Baker.
The men are: Ollie Cooper. Al. ne
gro. serving three years. from Pop
lar Bluff, Mo-, for burglary; Clyde
Wolf, 33, doing Is years. from Kan
sas City. for first-degree robbery;
Grover McAlister, 38, sentenced to 20
years, from Poplar Bluff. Mo-, for sec
ond-degree murder. and Artte Booth.
SO, sent to the prison from Lafayette
County to serve eight years for bur
glary.
Cooper was one of the heroes of
the riot. He was assistant cook In
the tuberculosis hospital, which Is
near the cell building from which the
prisoners fled. He fought off five
of the men as they attempted
to kill him, and j. L. Fleeman, guard
Both Cooper and Fleeman were
stabbed in the shoulder and arm.
The other three convicts went to
the aid of Guard A. J. Wekenborg in
"B" hall of the main cell building
where the attempted break started
and kept the rioters from stabbing
the guard.
Cooper left for his home In Balti
more, Md; Booth departed for Cali
fornia: Wolf went to Chicago. and
McAlister returned to Ponlar Bluff.
Raymond Crews and James Wad-
low, two prisoners who were peppered
with buck shot, are expected to re-
cover, officials of the prison said.
Evening star., 1926-10-26

alton falls. for we have no considerable
commerce here, as in other cities. If
these Government employees are called
upon to keep up the finest city in the
world, with boulevards 160 feet wide
and the best park system in creation
it curtails. the amount allowed them.
And remember they are not in busi-
ness, where the tax can be passed
along, but are on a salary. where the
tax cannot be shifted.
The Congress, in cutting down the
amount Of taxable property and in
creasing the rate paid by private own.
ers is surely cutting down the salary
of the Government employees, instead
Of protecting them. The people of the
District cannot supply funds for the
National Capital without a CORE.
spending plnching of those working
for the Government. Obviously to tax
the individuals here for support of the
Evening star., 1926-10-26
Proves He Wasn't Drunk.

CHICAGO. October 26 @.-To
prove he wasn't drunk, George VIII
son, when arraigned in court yester.
day. offered to balance a penny on
the end Of match. Three times he
failed and the court grew impatient.
Then. trying his left hand. he man.
aged to keep the penny on the match
for 80 seconds. "Discharged." said the
judge an instant before the coin clat-
tered to the floor.
Evening star., 1926-10-26

Nations Capital puts on them a bur.
den in excess Of what is paid in other
places where the burden is purely
local.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
JUSTICE TRIUMPHANT
Official Finds Lad in New Auto
Holds Him for Police.

Walter Glass, justice of peace,
1852 E. Court ST., was anything but
peaceful when he found a youth IN
his brand new car at Michigan and
New Jersey Sts., Thursday night.
A battle ensued in which the
justice was triumphant. He held
the youth, who gave his name as
Harold Tanner, 10, of 1116 N. War
man Ave., for police on charges Of
assault and battery and vagrhncy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
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