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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13
CANADIAN CAMPERS HERE

Edward j. Snyder, of the Bank Of
Nova Scotia, Kitchner, Ont, Glenn A..
Perrin, Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, Waterloo, Ont. and Ivan f.
Dennis, John Sloan & Company,
wholesalers, all of Canada, camped
the week end and were so delighted
with the location, convenience, etc,
that they left letter of appreciation
as follows:
After spending most enjoyable
week end in Belington Park we feel
that to leave without showing in some
small way our appreciation, would be
great injustice to Belington. No
where along the route from Kitchner,
Ontario, Canada, to Elkins, w. Va,
have we found such convenient and
beautiful park.
The welcome which your town, and
others along the route, have extended
to us has indeed made the tour pro-
longed pleasure. We are sure that if
you take similar trip to Canada the
same hearty welcome awaits you.
Since leaving Kitchner, Saturday
evening, May LIST, and passing thru
Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Erie and
Pittsburg, etc, we have met with
many interesting things besides your
wonderful scenery. The most capti-
waiting Of these is the Ircal coal mines
Of which Ontario cannot boast. Al
though your seasons are more advan-
ced than ours the main difference lies
in the winters. They are much more
severe in Ontario with a great deal
more snow. However, both coun-
tries are strong for agriculture
Throughout our entire trip we have
been very fortunate in having no diff
ieulty whatever; not even a fat tire
Providing the same luck aceompan-
les us back it is cur plan to take in as
much Of this part Of the country as
possible by returning via different
route
AS a souvenir Of West Virginia the
most outstanding is the memory of
these picturesque hills and the hos
pitality with which you Virginians
have treated us.
We wish the best of prosperity and
hope to visit you again in the near
future.
IVAN f. DENNIS,
GLENN A. PERRIN,
EDWARD J. SNYDER.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13
PHIEIPPI HAS THREE FIRES

.Philippi had three fires on Tuesday
something not often experienced in
q small town.
The first was the Geneva Hotel,
which caught directly after midnight.
After fighting for several hours the
fire was extinguished, but not until
the first and second floors were ruin
ed. The loss is heavy, but we under
stand is covered by insurance by w.
I. fitzpatrick, the owner.
In the Afternoon of the same day a
dwelling house on the West Side
caught fire and was completely de-
stroyed This building was a very
old one and was owned by an Italian.
1t was insured.
The third fire was the tipple of the
Fstella mines. 1t was extinguished
before the loss was very great, and
is also covered by insurance.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13
HARPER RESIGNS
Mr.. President and Members of the
Belington Board Of Education,
Belinpton. w. Va

Mr.. President and Members of the
Belington Board Of Education,
Belington, w. Va
Dear Mr., President and Members:
Please accept my resignation as
Principal Of Belington High School,
to take effect at the close of the pres
ent school year,
| have been considering making
this my last year as your Principal,
for some time. You will recall, Mr..
President, that | mentioned the fact
to you early last winter, and also in
March, when | was elected to high
err position, that of superintendent OF
of district high school, in Southern
West Virginia, position which also
pays much higher salary than Be
lington can afford to pay.
In resigning, want to express my
highest appreciation to all of you on
the Board. You have been very
courteous and considerable and have
always held every one of you in the
highest regard and will continue to
do so. | do not know of better
board to work with than the Being
ton Board. You have granted all OF
our requests that you possibly could,
and YOU are Interested in the adj
vancement of our High School.
sincerely hope that | have come up
to your expectations of me during the
three pleasant years that you have
employed me. have tried to make
this year the best.
AS your Principal, | did my duty
the best l could, and | can assure you
that / have always worked for the
best interests of Belington High
School / believe that we have made
considerable advancemnt in the past
three years, but | hope that it will
make much greater progress in the
years to come. / am also proud that
our high school is not only one of the
best in the state for its size, but also
that it was member of the South
ern Association of High Schools, and
I hope that it will soon get in the
North Central Association, which will
rank it among the best in the land.
II will be with deep feeling of sad
ness that leave your high school
and town, for | have been one of you
so long that Belington seems like
home to me. As a former citizen of
Belington l shall always have a deep
interest in her success, especially the
success of her high school. You have
one of the best student bodies that
can be found anywhere and | hope
that you will do all you can for them.
/ hope that my leaving will be their
gain.
Thanking you for your kindness of
the past three years, and wishing you
and Belington High School the best
success possible, am,
Your Principal,
CHARLES P. HARPER.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13
OPPORTUNITY or THE AGED

If at eighty | could say
Something to help you on your way,
Sure, | should say it even /
Though you may laugh or you may
cry
It's not the number of lines | write,
But when and where my lines may
strike.
If | can help fellow up
Help him the goal to gain,
surly have not lost my pluck
| have not lived in vain.
/ have passed the milestones of sew
enty-nine,
Gods blessings follow me all the
met the "ups and down" in life
Gone through it's tolls, and cares
and strife.
For me, the setting sun is clear, not
pale,
| see His face behind the veil
The scattering clouds are golden lin
/ see God in his works sublime.
Contributed by R. L. Tallman, on
his seventy-ninth birthday, Dec 18th,
1925.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13
WHY DISARMAMENT Is FARCE

TRoTZKY sums up his view of the
attitude Of various Powers toward
disarmament as follows;
"ENGLAND is not sincere in her
declaration for a disarmament CON
ference, for she has given permission
to Italy to seize Asia Minor
TRANCE sings the hymn of
hypocrisy when she talks about dis
armament, for at the expense Of
squaring her budget she has built
supendous air fleet.
ITALY can not come to that con
ference with clean hands or white
heart while she is proclaiming from
the housetops for the resuscitation of
the glory of ancient Rome-that
means conquests and wars.
"AMERICA does not mean to dis
arm, and it would be folly for her
to do so as long as the Japanese men
ace in the Pacific is a reality.
JAPAN is the most hypocritical
of all, for she processes to sue for
disarment and peace while she is pre-
pairing, planning and plotting to en-
slave China as she has enslaved Ko-
rea.
SOVIET RUSSIA is prepared to
disarm, but not until the nations of
the world have gathered around a
table and first disarmed the causes
of wars. Then arms will become su-
narfl1loIls y
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13
BLANKET MILLS AUTIONED OFF

The blanket mills at Parsons and
Philippi were sold under receivers
sale last Thursday and Friday. The
mill at Philippi was bid in Thursday
by the local stockholders for $4,000
The mill at Parsons was sold Friday
and brought $4,000 the bidders being
the Dor1nan Commission Company, of
New York City, and others.-Parson
Advocate.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13
PRESENTED WITH VOUCHER

The Woodmen of the World, thru
their local committee, presented Mrs.
Rosa Rogers with voucher for
$1,715.55, the amount of insurance
due her from a policy carried in this
order by her husband, the late o. l..
Rogers, on last Friday. Mr.. Rogers
had been a member of Philippi Camp
since 1919.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13

Rev. j. Frank Richardson gave his
lecture IN "The Smile that Wears" in
the M. E. Church Wednesday night
to good sized audience. 1t was well
received. Smiles and miles of smiles
were worn for awhile. The reverend
is an optomist and believes that the
old world is getting better day by
day.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13

Mrs. Will Shinn was at Philippi a
few days this week.
Rev. and Mrs. Jos. c. Hoffman, of
Rainelle, are here visiting relatives
and friends. Rev Hoffman will con-
duct the quarterly meeting at Mabie
next Sunday for Rev. Wells.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13
NOTICE

All parties owing us will please
call and settle within 10 days from
this date Those not settled by that
time will be turned over to a justice
for collection
w. H. BARTE & CO.,
May IS, 1926. Belington, w. Va.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13

Mr.. and Mrs. V. E. Randolph and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Under
wood and children, all of Clarksburg,
were visiting Mrs. Charles Eib and
family Sunday. ea
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-05-13
TO THE PARENTS OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN

Will your child enter school next
fall for the first time?
Watch the papers for further in
formation in regard to their physical
examination.
Evening star., 1926-03-28
Short.Wave Power.

SENAToRE MARCoNI has explain
ed how he and his engineer, Capt.
Round, have succeeded in sending
wireless messages by day to the
Argentine by the use of power Of
only one-flfth of kilowatt and a
wave length of Is meters.
This important discovery, for which
Senatore Marconi gives his engineer
full credit. brings appreciably nearer
the day of worldwide commercial
wireless telegraphy.
1T opens the way for a twenty
four-hour service with any part OF
the world at n much cheaper rate
than has hitherto been possible he
said, because much less power VIII
be necessary.
Recent discoveries have disproved
the old idea that to get greater dis
tances it was necessary to use longer
wave lengths and higher transmitting
power 1t has been known for long
time that by using 60 or even 40
wave length one could get the Argen-
time practically all night, But not by
day.
I'VE had indications that shorter
wave length would go through better
by day, and we tried 1t with very sat
isfactory results.
THE discovery is the more impor
tant from a commercial point of view
because it opens up greatly increased
facilities for communication during
the business hours of the day."
The tests made by Capt. Round
at Chelmsford revealed the existence
of certain qualities in the ether that
may be utilized, by the use of short
wave lengths and much less trans
nitting power. to communicate ever
distances covering the whole globe.
Evening star., 1926-03-28
T. S. Navy Experts Talk Through Waters of Potomac Rive

tact of small motor rotating a cir
cular mirror mounted on a vertical
shaft on the bridge, the maximum
angle of rotation of the scale of the
mirror being 80 degrees This mirror
reflects a beam of light TO n scale.
divided in a scale of linear measures.
On the return of the echo from
the bottom it is received in the star
board microphone, which, through an
electric contact, engages a powerful
brake, instantly stopping the rotation
Of the mirror. The actual depth can
be Immediately read off from the re-
corder on the bridge by noting the
position of the beam of light reflected
by the mirror on the scale. For great
depths a Photographic recorder has
been patented"
Owing to the application Of this
new procedure the security of naviga-
tion is increased enormously, the i'm
portance of which is the more to be
considered since il is a matter Of safe
guarding human life at sea. Unfortu-
nately, the employment of hertzian
waves does not solve. every problem
of navigation. particularly those which
occur when it is a question of safety
of navigation.
In many cases it is important to be
through the atmosphere but through
salt water. For instance, If il is a
case Of determining the presence OF
submerged obstacles. such as rocks or
reefs, or the distance from the bottom
of the sea in order to avoid shoals
unexpected or sudden strandings or
even the presence Of floating obstacles
which escape the eye, as also floating
dangers-icebergs or Vessels-the pres
ence of which is only conjectured.
Even the problem of communication
by means of submarine signals trans
mitted through the water come into
] this category and is Of equal interest.
| The question, so important for navi-
| gatlon, or the passage Of waves
| through water, whether it be for sig
| mailing al distance or for the detec-
ton by reflection Of obstacles, by re-
J 'elvlng an echo of signal from the
"bstacle, Is extremely difficult and
! $eems practically impossible to solve
, 0y means of hertzian waves.
| 1t Is found that these waves. which
| are admirably disseminated in air, are
in fact. absorbed by water. and par
| tlcularly by salt water, because il is
an electrical conductor
Science, already having contributed
| thousands of useful devices and the
| oLiV9 " IHe "OIId IoT the comfort ana
efficiency of mankind, seems well on
| the way TO developing for practical
use another of its brain children"
Many eminent scientists. such as
| Langevin. Chilowsky and Florisson Of
France, Messrs. Pupin, Nicholson, Fes-
sender. Hayes, Cady, Morecraft and
| stephenson, together with many
| others, are interested in the compare
| lively new field and startling develop-
ments along the lines indicated are
| confidently expected.
Evening star., 1926-03-28
Train Telephones.

ERNEST SCHMITZ. representative
in New York Of the German rail.
roads, has announced that radio
telephony has proved so successful on
the express trains between Berlin and
Hamburg that other trains are TO be
equipped.
Despite the noise inseparate from
train" he says, "and despite, also.
the constantly changing distance over
which a three minute radiophone con-
versation is carried on-the train
covers some three miles during the
talk-the audibility leaves nothing to
be desired. The connection, moreover,
is made quite as speedily as in the
case of ordinary long-distance calls.
To receive a call while travelling
on a swiftly moving express train is
just as easy and simple as being
called to the telephone by page boy
in a hotel lobby. Mr.. Brown calls
a neatly uniformed youth as he
passes through the cars of the Berlin
Hamburg express speeding over the
Isnowcovered plains of northern Ger
many. Mr.. Brown looks up from his
newspaper and notes the lettering on
the young mans cap: Train Teleph-
ony. Ltd
Telephone call for you from Ber-
lin, sir says the young man. Mr..
| Brown follows him through the corri-
dor of the compartment coach into the
next car. At one end is a compart-
ment marked telephone station, pre-
sided over by a competent hello girl.
Near her is the customary telephone
booth. He enters, and presently he
| iS fol la IN
a speed of a mile a minute-with his
| friend in Berlin, or in Hamburg, as
the case may be.
| Not only passengers on the train
can he called up by their friends as
| illustrated in the case of Mr.. Brown,
| but the traveller can likewise call them
| from the train. 1t is hardly necessary
| to add that kilograms can be and are
| transmitted telephonically to the pas
| sengers or from the moving train to-
any city in Germany. The charges
| for this service are but little higher
than for ordinary long-distance calls"
| The train telephone station, it was
| explained, represents combination Of
ordinary telephony and wireless teleph-
ony There are three sending sta
tions for the Berlin Hamburg route,
one at each end of the line and one
| half way between the two cities. The
trains have an antenna extending
over the roofs OF the cars. The first
| experiments in train telephony were
made seven years ago.
Evening star., 1926-03-28
P1aciNo sound trans Mitter used in
unoLers cas- te1ephoru1M

u. S. S. Stewart on a voyage from
Newport, r. l., to Gibraltar, and from
Gibraltar to Manila, p. L." The report
continues:
The design of the sonic depth
finder is based upon the theory that
a sound impulse emanating from a
point near the surface Of a body of
water will be reflected back to that
point by any submerged surface with
in its range of propagation. This the
ory applies particularly to the sea
bottom.
"a vessel equipped with some form
of sound transmitter and receiver,
passing over a sea bottom of great
depth, may use this apparatus to
measure depth approximately by send
ing out an impulse with the trans
mitter and measuring with a stop
watch the lapse of time before the
echo OF that impulse is heard in the
receiver. A highpower vibratory
sound transmitter Is used with the
sonic depth finder and sound re-
ceiver which determines direction ac-
curately.
"'All that is necessary is to know the
velocity of sound in water and to
perfect some method Of accurately
measuring the time from the moment
the sound is produced till it is heard
again, is reflected back. This accurate
measurement of the time interval is
now perfected.
Considering the velocity of sound
to be 4,800 feet, or 500 fathoms, the
distance the sound travels to the sea
bottom and back will be equal to the
number of seconds, shown on the stop
watch, times 500 fathoms. The depth
would be equal to one-half of that
amount.
Experiments have been conducted
with a patented device which con-
sisted of a constant speed mechanism
which would be set in motion by the
out t-going impulse and, by means of
delicate relay system, was brought
to rest by the received echo. thus in
dicating the time interval desired"
4 X 4 +
THE International Hydrograp phic
Bureau, describing the Langevin
method of undersea telephoning and
telegraphy, in part, states:
''In principle, if we consider the
problem in its general form, it is q
question of Transforming electric oscil-
lations into elastic oscillations. Ma
turally, every phenomenon which
brings into play mechanical action of
Evening star., 1926-03-28

electric or magnetic origin can solve
the problem.
'As soon as NJ. Langevin thought
of utilizing the pieZo- o-electric prop
critics of quartz the problem of ennis
sion and reception of super-sonic
waves and of their application to
navigation for the detection of sub
marine obstacles and for sounding
was solved.
THE piezo electric phenomenon,
which was discovered in 1880 by Pierre
and Jacques Curfe,- represents one of
the most remarkable examples of the
power of thought on scientific work,
for it is after having foreseen it that
they discovered the phenomenon,
which represents exactly. the best
means which can be selected, as ex-
perience proves, between electric phe-
nomena and elastic phenomena.
"Piezo-electric properties are met
| with in certain crystals, for instance
quartz, which is used and in nature
| ordinarily appears In the form Of hex
| agonal prisms . If the combi-
| nation so formed be compressed, the
| armatures will be electrified and a
current in a definite direction will be
obtained; and if the pressure be re-
| leased a current in the reverse direc-
/ IIOIl Is DTOuuCeu. Ills is Ln6 direct
piezo-electric phenomenon.
THE same arrangement can be used
to detect the arrival of elastic waves.
If the two armatures of the condenser
are placed. one in contact with the
water and the ether insulated there
from. and super-sonic waves reach
| them, the variation of pressure in the
water periodically congresses 3, the
| quartz and produces currents If a
self-induction be inserted so. that the
period proper to the electric circuit
! Is exactly the same as that of the
incident waves. the current which
| tends to be produced will be amplified
by resonance, and an electric oscilla-
| ton will have been produced with
super sonic waves, due to the piezo-
electric properties of the quartz. I"
. IF the two extremities of the
| quartz condenser be connected to an
amplifier of the same type as that
which is used for wireless, the arrival
of the waves can be detected by the
same process of detection as is used
in wireless. 1t Is as though the whole
formed a submarine aerial sensitive
to elastic waves as an ordinary aerial
is sensitive to electro magnetic waves.
and this system replaces the micro.
phone with advantage.
Evening star., 1926-03-28

against an obstacle, pressure is ex-
erted on this obstacle.
when this radiation is directed
onto a palette suspended by tor
sion wire, the palette, if it's thickness
be appropriate, Is pushed by the ultra
sound and the torsion of the wire per-
mits the measurement of the power
emitted. Thus the results obtained
during the course of experiments in
the transformation of eletric energy
into elastic energy can be checked
continuously.
Under the conditions which exist
when the piezo-electric oscillator
(singing condenser is used, 1t is nec-
essary to produce periodical variations
at the same frequency as radiation is
required. and these variations CORE
spond to amplitudes.N
Although the original work of
Larlgevin in super-sonics was concen-
trated on communication and detec-
tion of submarines, the peacetime
value of the apparatus for sounding
the depth of the sea was apparent,
and this feature has been rapidly
developed since the close of the war.
X X
TT is pointed out that in connection
with marine invention of most de-
scriptions it is distinctly noticeable
that the majority of nations are treat
ing such matters as confidential. This,
no doubt, is the result of the war, in
which it was obviously essential to
keep all new inventions as secret as
possible.
1t is thought that an additional rea-
son for not publishing such informa-
ton may be due to aversion to the
publication of imperfect data. The
necessity of safeguarding the COM
mercial rights of these novel forms of
apparatus may also be reason for
withholding information concerning
their details.
In spite of the results obtained by
means of the Langeyin apparatus,
comments the director of the French
photographic service, this system is
too complicated to be taken into gen
eral use. The French photographic
service continues:
Besides, we are certain that we
shall succeed in sounding by means
of much more simple acoustic arrange.
ments. having discovered that light
blow with hammer on the hull OF a
ship transmits to the water sufficient
sonorous energy to make the echo