Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 306, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1922 — Page 4

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Jnbiaua jpaihj Slimes INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street Telephone—MA in 3500. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. I ' ew Tork. Bostom Payne. Burns Smith. Inc. Advertising office* Chicago. Detroit, Sit. Louis. G. Logan Payne Cos. Subscription Kates: Indianapolis, 10c per : elsewhere, 12c per week, entered as Second Class Matter, July 25, 1914, at Postoffice, Indianapolis, lud., under act March 3, 1879. NOW for the post-mortems. THE latest Chinese puzzle: “What are they fighting about?” SOME of those city hall employes will have to go back to work today. HOW it must have pained Senator Watson to hear of his colleague's defeat! WE CAN expect momentarily the Old Guard cry: "Back to the timehonored convention system." NEW headquarters should auction off those “What Is Back of the War” hooks to help pay campaign expenses. DOUBTLESS many of Harry S. News friends wi3h today that Governor McCray had been successful in repealing the direct primary law. MR. BEVERIDGE can now resume his lecture tour, interrupted by the trifling incident of a primary campaign, until he takes the political stump again this fall. NOMINATED for the Indianapolis News Glee Club, Senator Harry S. New, who will now take his place alongside of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, James W. Fesler and Thomas Carr Howe. PERHAPS some fiery congressional oratory caused that mysterious blaze in the United States Treasury building. Statesmen should be more careful about dropping hot remarks. HARRY M. DAUGHERTY Is so busy answering charges agaiDst the attorney general s department that the President has asked for a special appropriation of $500,000 with which to prosecute war grafters, and has selected a fellow- Ohioan to help spend the money. * Mr.-Beveridge's Victory The defeat of Senator Harry S. New, who soon will add the prefix Vx ' to his title, was the direct manifestation of an electorate disgusted w*ith machine tactics in politics. His eclipse as a statesman was brought about because even Republican voters In Indiana have grow*n tired of being told what to do and how to mark their ballots at the polls by so-called organ ization leaders. No wonder the Old Guard in Washington, from the White House on down to the lowest political appointee, was dazed by the result, because to them it was the “handwriting on the wall." For no less was the Hoosler protest lodged against machine manipulation than against Harding policies and senatorial highbindery. Senator New* posed before the people as the personal confidant of the President and as the spokestaan of the Administration. His orators told the people a vote against him would be a vote of lack of confidence in the Administration, and in the face of this urgent plea he was tejeeted by a substantial majority. How great this wi.’ be, only the official returns will show*, but outside of a landslide for the Senator Washington could have got little comfort from the Indiana primary. , Although President Harding did not personally enter the contest, he was liffer-ally auoted by New workers as desiring the renomination of his friend, and the multitude of Federal agents loosed on the State betrayed the no small interest official Washington took in the affair. The Senator's patronage was distributed with a view to expediting his return to the capital, one of the greatest agencies in this scheme being the prohibition enforcement bureau, which was practically remodeled into a New machine long before the campaign opened. Wherever possible, everything was done by the powers that control to facilitate the renomination of the ravored Senator, hence it must be gall and wormwood to this sailant crowd of reactionaries to see their elaborate preparations knocked into a cocked hat by a former Bull Moose, who had the temerity to flaunt in their faces the fact that the old breach had not been effectually closed. The result also goes to show that Hoosiers as a rule believe in clean politics and were not willing to condone Newberryism and all that it implied. Senator New had voted to seat Newberry in the United States Senate after the latter was convicted of election frauds in Michigan, if he had shown a little independence and had refused to perform the standpat bidding on that occasion, a different story might have been written in Indiana today.

The Senator was paraded before the people as a friend of the exservice man and much was made of the fact that he had served in the Spanish-Amerlct-n war, in an attempt to attract the soldier vote. It fell flat, as all such appeals to create a separate political entity of service men should. Mr. Beveridge demonstrated, as did Hiram W. Johnson ones before In Indiana, that one man can successfully appeal to the people if the opposition overplays its hand. He wrecked as beautiful a machine as ever the Republicans had, and he did it lone-handed, simply because the organization had decreed that Senator New must be returned to Washington, regardless of what the public thought. Mr. Turk and Mr. Moores Save in isolated cases, the people of Indiana demonstrated in Tuesday’s primary election they are unalterably In ft* • of prohibition. This determination was manifested by the complete manner in which Dr. Jesse A. Sanders, Democratic candidate for the nomination for United States Senator, who undertook to run on a “wet” platform, was snow'ed under. In Marion County, however, the voters of both parties wandered off* in the wake of false gods and nominated Joseph P. Turk and Merrill Moores as Democratic and Republican nominees for Congress, respec tively, both of whom have entertained a leaning toward the true Mr. Moores, in the rare moment when he took a decisive stand upon any question, supported the Volstead measure, but during the present campaign he was freely charged with flirting with the "wets,” and in the absence of anything more concrete, he is, in the mind of the people, regarded as a nulliflcationist It is indeed a sad commentary upon our political system when the voters must decide between two men whose stand upon a great moral problem is so uncertain. Neither Mr. Turk nor Mr. Moores, nor their zealous friends, should be permitted to mislead the voters. If they sincerely believe they can, lone handed, go down to Washington and bring about the repeal of the Volstead act, or effect its modification, they should take the people into their con fldence and explain the secret of their prowess. If they realize, as others do, the hopelessness of such a Herculean task, they should be equally frank and not seek to delude any one into thinking they can bring about that which they are credited with desiring. In simple truth, neither man, should he be so minded, can accomplish the repeal of the dry law, and it is folly for them, either by direct assertion or by implication, to continue to deceive the people. If they are sincere in their aspirations to represent the people, they should direct their-activi-ties toward formulating policies for the alleviation of distressing ills that have beset the country under the present administration. Each has been endowed with a great responsibility, and they should aot accordingly. Business Better Prosperity seems to be turning the corner. The automobile business, one of the best criterions of business conditions, is picking up. In Ind iaapolis at least one automobile factory is increasing its working force. From South Bend comes the report that an automobile concern is building a large addition and that more men will be employed. Money is easier to borrow and interest rates are lower In fact, everything points to better conditions. People are ceasing to worry about conjltions and are going back to work “to make conditions better. They are aAomplishiog results.

GOOD STORIES NEE DED FOR SCREEN According to D. W. Griffith, Master Director

What does a girl need to succeed on the screen—brains or beauty? David Wark Griffith, masterpiece producer, and who ought to know, said in response to the question: "The answer is—both. Both are necessary. Os course, there are exceptions to every statement so general, but as a rule a girl must have some beauty and some brains," he said. This seemed to be shading the direet interrogation, and Mr. Griffith was told that a single virtue must be selected. He said: “Beauty in spite of all the debating societies, r mains the essential quality for a screen star ” This appeared to clinch the proposition, tut Mr. Griffith resumed: "Especially when animated with personality and intelligence'.” Really, he simply repeated his original reply in different phraseology. Personally. it always has seemed easier to follow the abduction and rescue of a handsome heroine with interest than the progress of a plain and sensible girl through the same adventure, but it's just possible of course that Mr. Griffith knows mere about motion pictures than casual observers. Anyway, there appeared much of real value in this miniature interview with him, and it was hinted that girls posses, sing screen yearnings and beauty would be stimulated by what he had said, but he blighted this hope, too by saying: "Ah, but there are enough beautiful fares on the screen now. There's no lack of beauty.” The more Mr. Griffith discussed the matter the less ho left of the message wanted for delivery to the screen devotees of the world. So he was asked, outright, what he thought was the element most desired by motion picture producers today. Without a moment's 'hesitation, Mr. Griffith answered: "Genuinely good stories: new stories adaptable to the screen; original stories with a wide human appeal. The story is the thing. If you can get a good story, good in the broadest, deepest sense of the word, you will have no trouble finding players good enough to choose from. “There are enough players now. more than enough But stories? If there were a hunt for good stories now I’d be first in the field. Original stories for the screen are as scarce as original stories for the stage and the task of discovering and selecting them presents more difficulties on the screen." Mr Griffith's latest great screen spectacle, "Orphans of the Storm,” a film

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v am jgfew *\ Jftf D. W. Griffith who directed the making of that screen delight, "Orphans of the Storm,” with Lillian and Dorothy Gish and Monte Blue, now on view at the Ohio. version of the stage play, “The Two Orphans," is now on view at the Ohio. . . .|. -|. ON VIEW TODAY. The following attractions are on view today: The Walker company in "Honors Are Even," at the Murat; popular yaude ville and movies at B. F. Keith’s and at the Lyric; “Frivolities of 1921,” at the Rialto: "The Fnloved Wife," nt the i’n-’k: "The Iron Trail,” at I.oew’s State: "Orphans of the Storm,” at the Ohio; “The Sheik's Wife,” at Mister Smith’s; "Is Matrimony a Failure?” nt the Alhambra; "i p and Going,” at the Isis and “The Song of Life," at the Circle.

Simplify Radio Novice with simple receiving set. PITTSBFRGH, Ta., May When radio settles down to real business, the radio novice will become popular. That's the prediction of engineers who are working h-re on a compact receiving set for the future fan. The novice, it is explained, is a radio fan who is interested merely in the reception of radio concerts aud cares nought about how the receiving set works AMATEUR TODAY. Today, the radio amateur is In the limelight. Most members of this tribe put up their own sots, and exp<rirnent with the apparatus until they get what they desire. The number of novl-es is small compered with the amateurs. That’s because practically every radio receiving syt on the market today requires some knowledge of wireless to get good results. Novices will spring up, say experts, when a set comes out that will require as little attention as the modern phonograph The pushing of a button, a minor adjust tnent, and the radio concert desired wll! "come in." SIMPLE SET. For this end, engineers of one of the largest radio manufacturing concerns in tbe country are applying their skill. In the laboratories in East Pittsburgh, they are working on a cabinet radio receiving set, the only adjustment for which they say will be a small lever, or a push button. There are some cabinet sets already on the market. But they arc only the forerunners of a perfected type say the radio engineers, which will require ns little adjustment as possible. When that is accomplished, radio receiving sets will become popular as the modern phonograph. They will be bought by what engineers term the "novice.” | RADIO PRIMER DIELECTRIC—A non conductor of electricity. An insulator. In condensers, air, emica or other dielectrics are used between the plates. These vary in their dielectric capacity or ability to keep a : current from penetrating them.

‘DON’TS’ FOR RADIO FANS BY K. L. DUNCAN, Director, Radio Institute of America. 1. Don't try to experiment with your receiver during n lightning storm. 2. Don't fail to throw your lightning switch to the outside ground wnen not receiving. 3. Don't fool around outside wires that you know nothing ahout. 4. Don’t think that any wire is dead those are the kind that carry the deadliest current. 5. Don’t let yottr antenna wire touch any other wire. 6. Don’t let your antpnna cross under or over any electric light or power wire carrying a current of more than 600 volts. 7. Don't ever expcrrlment with an electrical carrier unless you are absolutely certain of what you are doing 8. Don't get too curious—leave well enough alone. 9. Don’t forget that no loss of life or. property would ever be sustained if tbe ordinary precautions were taken. 10. Don't think that there Is any danger in installing or operating either a receiving sot or transmitting set. There Isn't if you remember those “Don'ts” and do not violate them.

National Capital in Grip of Radiophone’s Charm. WASHINGTON, May 4.-—Picking entertainment out of the air has become the pastime of thousands of persons here. President Harding even has one. The President’s radio receiving set, recently installed by the Navy Department. reposes in a bookcase alongside his desk. His instrument is one of the most powerful made and enables hlin, when weather conditions permit, to hear broadcasts from great distances. The White House radio receiving apparatus is tuned to a wave-length of 25,000 feet and has been termed by experts a piece of “magnificent mechanism.” Washington officialdom has not been immune from the contagious radio fever, and the manipulators of the delichte Government machinery, from Secretary of ! fftate Hughes to Secretary of Labor | Davis, all have receiving sets in their i offices. ELECTION CAMPAIGN'S BY RADIO-TELEPHONE. Many Congressmen, unable to leave their tasks here to conduct personal campaigns in their home States for reelection, are resorting to radio telephony to reach their constituents. This unique means of campaigning was inaugurated recently by Senator Harry S. New of Indiana, who made his first speech in his campaign for re election by radio. The speech was broadcasted to a group of his constituents in Indiana as each word was uttered. Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, the only woman member of Congress, followed Senator New’s lead and instituted her campaign for reelection with a speech by radio which was transmitted through the air to her invisible audience. Radio telephony has become a potent factor In the dally activities of Government departments here and in naval air stations snroundlng the Capital, as well aj local electric firms. The naval radio stat’on at Arlington, Just across the Potomac and within sight of Washington, broadcasts during the day the meteorological report, time signal, weather report, ship orders and naval hews. P. O. DEPARTMENT HAS POWERFUL STATION. The Post Office Department, through its powerful broadcasting station, release*! weather reports, mnrketgrams, wholesale dairy reports and grain reports for New York and Pennsylvania farmers. The naval air station nt Anaeostla, a suburb of Washington, Issues a public health lecture several times a week, and several electric companies broadcast nt various tiroes of the day and evening musical selections, news Items nnd other features of interest to the persons who are “listening in" and enjoying the novelty of hearing the releases ns they Coat, through the air. From the nation’s Chief Magistrate to the small schoolboy thn National Capital has heeded the “Call of the Wireless,” and radio broadcasting today has a vlseiike grip on young and old alike here even “Fneie Joe” Cannon. that grizzled, battle-scarred veteran of political battles of mors than half a century, has become an ardent devotee of the alluring entertainment provided by radio and has a private receiving set. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY We wtll rejoice In Thy salvation, and In the name of our God we will set up onr banners: the Ix>rd fulfill all thy petitions.—Psalm ?0:5. Starred forget me not* smile awsetly, Ring, bluebells, ring! W’tnnlng eyo nnd heart completely. Sing, robin, sing All among the reeds and rushes. Where the brook its music hushes. Bright tgie colopogon blushes—l.augh, O murmuring Spring! —Sarah F. Davis. Unusual Folk SPOKANE. May 4 —Chonng Gin was born in a little village near Canton. In southern China. He never had been away from home when he was 15 years I***" Then he came to the United State* i for n education Hr •‘•ft 'll His family. Is not | rich. II" is working ,W“ I bis way through Wh --‘ate* *-?] ' I Cheung knew ■ nothing es this country when he / arrived here. He Cheung Oin. English, Latin, mathematics and botany are the studies he is “majoring" in. “What do you find hardest about going to school In the United States?" somebody asked Cheung one day. “The studies,” was the youth's ingenious reply.

Lightning Arrester Will Relieve Hazard of Radio AI2GUS

NEW YORK, May 4.—With the approach of the warm season the question of protecting your radio instrument against the danger of being struck by lightning becomes an Important problem. It is the common idea that an antenna, even if used only for receiving purposes, should be connected to the ground at the approach of a thunder storm to provide a path for the lightning should it strike the antenna. Under the now existing rules of tho National Board of Fire Underwriters it is permissible to use a lightning arrester to accomplish this end. This arrester consists of a small coil of bare copper wire, wound on a porcelain form. Adjacent to this coil Is a metal plate which has varying dimensions. There are two small metal plates connected to the ends of the coll and parallel to the plate. The distance between these two small plates and the ground plate Is small and tapering. It is interesting to follow the result

Durability Main Feature of Nickel-Iron Battery DAILY RADIO FEATURE

By R. L. DUNCAN, Director, Radio Institute of America. Nickel iron batteries constitute the aec. ond general type of storage battery used in radio reception. They consist of nickel-plated steel girds. The positive plates have round tubes which contain a nickel oxide as the active material. The negative plates have thin rectangular pockets, hydranll•ally pressed, perforated and corrugated, containing Iron in a very finely divided state. The electrolyte for these batteries is a 21 per cent solution of potassium hydrat* mixed with a email amount of lithium hydrate. The ceils are contained in s steel can, which is electrically welded together. They are connected to form a battery by means of copper connectors. HOW IT WORKS. During the charge of the battery the oxygen is transferred from the iron to the nickel electrodes. During the discharge tho oxygen is returned. In the case of the lead cells one use* a hydrometer to meastiro the specific gravity of the electrolyte in the nickele,!. Tt* ———— •usevtvt cee etx-t. / *Oc,crrvi rocerrj ■ -]|jjp n PoorT ' v * —~ Construction of a Nickel-Iron Battery. iron cell never changes. Therefore the only way to measure Us state of charge is by 'using an ampere-hour meter. This type of battery is very durable and will stand a considerable strain. The full charge of such a battery Is usually 12 volts per cell. It should be recharged when the voltage drops below .9 per cell. The charge voltage of a lead cell is 2.08 volts It should never be discharged below 1.8 volts Never permit a battery to be over hnrged nor drop below Its normal dls charge. CARE OF BATTERY. A well \pt battery will last for years if given the proper care. The best wsy to treat it is to keep it working. Discharge and recharge it often, for it is kept idle its strength and durability will become weakened. But never charge or discharge it too rapidly. About the worst thing that one can do to a battery is to have a wire on each terminal and then touch, or almost touch, the ends together to seo the spark. Some dealers do this to show the purchase that the battery is 0. K. But it is a poor practice. Always keep the level of the electrolyte ono half Inch above the plates. Keep flames of all kinds, at all times, away from the battery. Keep all terminals and connections tight und free from cortosion. Keep the battery clean and dry and do not allow any imp'urjttes to get into it.

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from a heavy charge of electricity, as. for instance, lightning striking nearby Introduces a current in antenna and immediately creates a spark between the two plates. If the charge is sufficiently strong the spark may llare out at the ends and jnmp between the centre convolutions of the coll and the common ground plate. A heavier charge will take in more convolutions of the coil. Lightning striking very close to the arrester will Instantaneously carry off to the ground any Induced current on the receiving antenna, thereby protecting life and property from the hazard. The method of connecting this lightning arrester is shown in the accompanying diagram. It is so simple that an explanation is needless.* Be prepared, radio fans, for summer is coming and “oid man static” may give you a nice jolt one of these hot summer nights—unless you use efficient protection. —Copyright, 1922, by International News Service.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM INDIANAPOLIS STATION WLK—--8:30 p. m., musical program; Michael J. Duffey, piano; George Kadlier violin;. Reagan Carey, saxophone; Donald Irwin, banjo; Horace Beaver, drums. 9:30 p. m., time and weather reports (455 meters). CHICAGO STATION KYW—--8:30 p. m., news, final markets and financial report. 7:30 p m., children’s bedtime story. 8:00-9:00 p. in., musical program by Ruth Tyler,- soprano; Letty Tobbs and Emily Berger, contralto; I.e Roy Hemp, tenor, with Louella Gleason Fate and Ruth Broughton, accompanists ; Lillian Lewis, pianist, and Guy Moulton, futuristic radio. 9:00 p m., news and sports. BCHF.NECTADY (N. Y.) STATION WOT (eastern time) 7:00 p. m , market quotations supplied by New York State department of farms, and markets and weather reports. 7:45 p. m., musical program. PITTSBURGH STATION KDKA (eastern time)— 7:30 p. m„ bedtime stories for kiddies 7:45 p. m., special news. Government market reports, summary of New York Stock Exchange, wefither reports. 8:00 p. m., "Why Every Automobile Owner Should Insure," Harrv C. Gilchrist. 8:30 p m., vocal and Instrumental se lections by Ed McFarland, tenor: Earl Truxeil, pianist, and Charles Ray. harmonica 9:00 0:08 p. m., news (United Press service!. 9:55-10:00 p. m., Arlington time signals. NEWARK (N. J.) STATION WJZ (eastern time) — • 7;00 p. m.. “Jack Rabbit" stories by David Cory. 730 p. in. "Chinese Gordon," by Colonel Henry G. Prout. 8:00 p. m., recital by Ralph W. Tag. barytone. 9:00 p m, reetta! by Lucille Colette, violinist, and Miss Hoffman, pianist. 9:52 p. m., Arlington time signals. 10:00 p m„ piano recital by Ralph Relehenthal. DETROIT (MICH.) STATION WWJ (eastern time)— 7:00 p. m., musical program. ATLANTA (GA.) STATION WS3 (eastern time) — 8:00 p. in, sports and late news. 8:00 p. m., musical program. CHICKENS AND EGGS BURN. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 4—The poultry house of Havens Brothers burned with a loss of approximately $25,000. The fire destroyed 600 chickens and 1.200 dozen egga. The origin of the fire is unknown.

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MAY BE ABLE 0 TO TALK WITH EUROPE SOON Radiophone Makes Rapid Strtdes Toward New Efficiency. WASHINGTON, May 4.—Before tht* year is ended, Secretary of State Hughes may be able to converse with Ambassadors Harvey in London, Herriek in Paris and Houghton in Berlin, simply by lifting a telephone receiver off the hook. So rapid is the progress being made in radio telephony, that within a few months or a year citizens of one coun try will be able to talk with the people of another country thousands of miles away with little more difficulty than they now find in calling up their neighbors, the National Geographic Society stated today in a survey of radio developments. The United States is particularly well equipped with radio facilities for talking across the seas, as the bulk of the most powerful railio stations In the world either are in this country or 'under the control of this Government. Radio telephony is making rapid progress and soon will catch up with its slightly older brother—radio telephony—the society stated. LAFAYETTE STATION ON 2,390 METERS. Only one radio station in the world uses regularly a longer wave length than any station under the control of this Government. And this station was built by the United States Navy. It is the Lafayette station at Bordeaux, France. Its wave length is 23,000 meters, approximately 14 miles. Messages from this station are received in Washington—4,ooo miles from the source. The Lafayette station occasionally is heard in French Indo-China, 6,000 miles away. The Navy erected the station during the war and then sold it to France. However, the Lafayette station will not hold first place long, as its supremacy is being challenged by the commercial station recently opened on Long Island. This station uses a wave length of 10,000 meters, or nearly twelve miles, and is employed in transmitting messages to Germany, a distance of about four thousand miles. Additional units now planned will give this station a greater wave length. The United States Navy's station at Annapolis, Md., is assigned a wave of 17,145 meters (roughly ten nnd one-half miles), the third longest in use, but it is easily one of the world’s most powerful stations. So is the Navy station at Cavite, Philippine Islands, operating on 13,000 meters. The Navy depends on the Annapolis station—which is operated, incidentally, by remote control by means of keys In the Navy Building In Washington— to transmit messages day in and day out over a radius of about 3,300 miles. U. 5. HAS COMPLETE SYSTEM. The United States Navy has the most complete system of high power land stations for radio telegraphy of ail naval establishments. Southward, of the great Annapolis station it has among its larger units the sending plant at Cayey, Porto Rico, using a 10,510 meter ware, and another at Baiboa. Canal Zone, sending on 10.139 meters. The eastern portion of the Pacific is covered from the continent by a station at San Diego. Cal., and another on Puget Sound. The former nses waves of 9,900 meters and the latter of 7,100. In the Hawaiian Islands the Navy has two sen ling stations, one using 11,500 meter* and the other 9.575. On Guam is a naval station which sends on 9.145; and, finally, in the Philippines is the 13,900 meter station. In practically no place where Its ships are lik’iy to cruise will they be out of range of one or more of the Navy’s sending stations. Ex-Soldier Slays Woman and Self LAFAYETTE. Ind.. May 4.—Sanford O. Delx-ng. 27, shot himself fatally, after killing the wife of William J. Meyer, following a quarrel in a rooming house here. He was a World War veteran. Mrs. Meyer is survived by a husband a 13-yeat-old daughter. De Long is believed to have been jcaions. LECTURES ON LONDON. The Rev. John Walton of Ladoga will give an illustrated lecture on London at the Riverside Park M. E. Church ©n Thursday night at 8 o’clock. A movie, "Samson Grinding at the Mill,” will be shown.

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