Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 151, 30 April 1912 — Page 14

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY APRIL 30, 1912. 1

A TELEGRAPH VOTE FOR GUDDEH TOUR Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago Candidates. Some Gotham Auto Gossip.

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(Palladium Special) NEW YORK, April 30. Col. Frank M. Joyce of Minneapolis, first vicepresident at the American Automobile

Association, is chairman of a sub-committee that is to decide upon the city for the start of the 1912 Gidden tour. The executive committee of the A. A. A. had a meeting recently In Buffalo at which the claims of a number of cities were brought up, but in order to get a decision in the matter it was decided to leave it to the sub-committee. The other members of this are Lewis R. Spears, of . Boston; W. E. Moyer, of Des Moines; John Wilson, of Franklin, Pa., and William E. Metzger of Detroit. These men will vote by wire on the town that is to be selected. The decision will be made in a short time. At the Buffalo meeting it is understood the choice narrowed down to Indianapolis and Detroit. There have been some reports from Detroit that there is no particular eagerness to obtain the privilege, although to offset these It may be said that the formal application for the start of the Gldden tour has not been withdrawn by trolt. Minneapolis, although still in the ring, is considered to have slight chances, because from Minneapolis to New Orleans is regarded as too long a jaunt to be satisfactory. Besides that, a tour from Minneapolis to some Pacific coast point is generally regarded as the proper thing for some subsequent year. Not a few persons in the A. A. A., as well as outside of it, would like to see Chicago selected as the point of departure. They regard it as a very good place, the more so because a Chicago-New Orleans tour seems to link up two names very pat, something

like New York-Jacksonville did last year. In fact, If Indianapolis is selected as the start for the tour this autmun, the car that does the path-finding will start from Chicago, because it is believed many Chicago folks would like to travel, over this first stage, in order to take part in the Gidden tour. Thus far nothing has been definitely settled, but there are influences to be brought to bear that will work hard for Chicago for the beginning of the tour. Col. Joyce, as a Minnesota man, no doubt will favor the Twin Cities for a start. It may be said that, if enough entries of cars can be guaranteed from Minneapolis and St. Paul, these cities will have a first rate chance of getting the tour. The report of the compromise committee . of the Automobile Club of America, dealing with a number of points of argument between the administration and insurgent elements In that organization, will be received by members of the club today. It was being printed last night and will be put In the mail early this morning. The report is the work of a committee of nine, Messrs. Taft, Belmont, Ledyard, Allen, Sanderson, Morrell, Peters, Vail aid Eby. No Inkling of the nature of the report could be got officially yesterday, but it It pretty generally understood that the administration element has been successful in a number of its contentions. Following a meeting that will be held late In the month, at which the report will come up for acceptance by members of the club, the annual election of officers will be held. This should, have been early in April, but because of the conditions, it cannot be until well along in May.

The summer meeting of the Society of Automobile Engineers will be held on June 27, 28 and 29 in Detroit. Headquarters will be In the Hotel Pontchartrain. Howard E. Coffin, H. W. Alden and Russell Huff make up the entertainment committee; H. M. Iceland and Tracy Lyon are the finance committee. F. H. Floyd, E. E. Sweet and H. fi. Corse, the transportation committVI and G. W. Dunham, F. H. Berge and J. G. Vincent, the hotels committee.

Not every motorist makeB extended use of bis car on Sundays, although that unusually is regarded as the gib day for touring. A machine was reported in East Orange as speeding 40 miles an hour on Sunday, and the police out there got a number. Tracing it back they found it was that of a Newark man, who says they are wrong about It. "I go to church on Sundays and don't use my automobile on that day," he said. "Nobody else was in my car, for it was in my garage all day and nobody could take It out without my permission." Over In New Jersey.a day or so ago a boy of eighteen called up a garage and ordered a big car sent on livery to an address he gave. When it came, he with a number of companions got in and drove around for three hours. Then he told the man to return to the garage and said he'd be around to settle. The driver, failing to get money at once, had the boy arrested. In a police coMrt, the magistrate said that he couldn't be held on a charge of obtaining value under false pretenses and the law had to be searched in order to discored a clause under which he could be held. Eventually a section was found that said a person hiring a horse and wagon and misrepresenting the destination and purpose, is liable to punishment. So, under the horse and carriage law. the automobile offender was detained for further consideration of his case.

Handed Back Hi Own Coin. A Washington parent tells the following story of his young son. who, by the way, has not reached the shaving stage yet, but, as the story indicates. Is not averse to trying: "The other morning he was reading the newspaper when he suddenly exclaimed, 'Father, I see In the paper that the corporation is going to bust that you are president of.' "Now, I knew that I knew more about my business than the paper, so 1 replied very comfortably, 'My son, never believe anything you see In the newspaper. "A few days later I found my new razor broken, wrapped in a newspaper and thrown behind the bouse. 1 immediately went in search of Bobble. " 'Look here, young man, what's the meaning of all this? I said. 'Here's my new razor broken all to pieces, wrapped in a newspaper and thrown behind the house.' " 'Father,' be replied, backing hastily ont of the room, 'never believe anything you see in a newspaper.' " Washington Star.

TkeTwlutlitOfUfs. Tbe muscles of the stomach in old are arc not as stronr or active in youth and in consequence old people are very subject to constipation and Indigestion. Many seldom have a bowel movement without artificial aid. Many, flso, have unpleasant eructations of gas front the stomach after eating'. All this eaa be avoided by the as of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which permanently regulates the bowels so thai T'ossages coin naturally, and so strengthens tiie stomach that food Is digested without discomfort. Druggists sell it at 50 cents or SI a IsugeeatOs. .... .

The Mirror of Life. Do you wish for kindness? Be kind. Do you wish for truth? Be true. What you give of yourself you find. Your world is a reflex of you. For Ufa Is a mirror. Tou smile And a smile Is your sure return. Bear hate In your heart and erewhlla All your world with hatred will burn. Set love against love. Every deed Shall armed as a fate recoil. You shall gather your fruit from the seed That you cast yourself in the soil. Each act is a separate link In the chain of your weal or your woe. Cups you offer another to drink The taste of their dregs ye shall know.

TELEGRAPH QUICK AND CHEAP Johnson-Varley System of Communication Promises to Supersede Slow Mors Signalling. A revolution is promised In the new Johnson-V&rley system of tuned cable, wire, and wireless telegraphy. At a private press exposition its principles were clearly elucidated by "Mr. Varley and Mr. Johnson. The system Is based upon the well-known law of syntonic synchronism. This supersedes the slow Morse signalling by a system of tuned reeds representing letters and numerals sent from a type keyboard and received at the other end by a similarly tuned type recorder. In all there are 49 differently tuned signals to each machine, and the whole of these range within one semitone. To show that the rate of vibration of these reeds is uninfluenced by variation of temperature a reed was placed in boiling water while the one that was tuned to it was kept out of the liquid, yet on vibrating the latter the former was seen to oscillate In a like manner. The advantages claimed for the new system are: 1. That messages can be sent four times as fast as by the Morse code with one transmitter. 2. Several transmitters can work at the same time over one cable in both directions. 3. Practical elimination of skilled operators. 4. As a result cheaper rates and increased speed. The Johnson-Varley system also makes possible secret wireless telegrams, and all interference of one message with another is prevented by its use. The tuning of the reeds by a mechanical process, not the human ear 1b absolute and definite, and we might say Illimitable, as the fraction of a vibration per second makes all the difference in the world.

ELECTRICITY HANDY ON FARM

Sam as Here. Senator William Pierson Fiero of Catskill was seated about the enormous fireplace in an Albany hotel one night when he told this story: "I remember thirty years ago, when I was a young lawyer, there were about fifteen or eighteen of us all lawyersseated about a fireplace much like this. It was a raw, wet night. A bedraggled stranger, wet to the hide, came in, tried to get accommodations and was told there was not a room left. The nearest other place was a mile away. Shivering, the stranger looked at the fire, but we formed such

a solid line about it that he could not

get near it. Finally one of the lawyers In a spirit of frivolity turned to him and said: " 'My friend, are you a traveler?' " I am, sir. I have been all over the world.' "'Tou don't say! Been in Germany, Egypt. Japan and all the countries iu Africa and Asia?" " 'All of them been everywhere.' "'Ever been in hell?' " 'Oh, yes; been there twice. " 'How did you find things there? " 'Oh. much the same as here lawyers all next to the fire. "New. York Herald.

Montana Man Secures Patent on Apparatus for Operating Plows, Harrows and Other Implements. Interest in the application of electricity to the farm recently manifested itself in a patent upon a system for distributing electricity to operate apparatus such as plows, harrows and other farm implements used in the fields. The patent is issued to Charles S. Doney, Columbis Falls, Montant, says the Popular Electricity. The Illustration conveys something of the inventor's idea, which is to run wires out from the dynamo and on each side of the field. Across the field and

Did Not Look Right. The intelligent compositor, one of the kind that figures in many an anecdote, worked on an Arkansas paper at a period when a well known novel

ist was editor. One day the printer undertook to set up the word "doughnut." He spelled it "donut." "See here," said the novelist, "don't you know how to spell 'doughnut?' You've mlspelled it here." The intelligent. compositor came over and gazed at the proof and scratched his head In perplexity. "Well." he admitted, "that doesn't look right, but it had a w' in it once, and somehow that didn't look right either." ' An Untold Story. There was one occasion wheu Chauncey Depew's mirthmaking abilities received a severe jolt. Feeling the need of upbuilding himBelf physically, he went to a country sanitarium which made a business of hardening muscles and perfecting the digestion. In the routine work of the institution there was a morning half hour devoted to pushing up into the air a pair of dumbbells, and with this as with every other feature of the training the rule was absolute obedience. Moreover, the superintendent of the place was a severe doctor. The first morning after Depew's arrival he had the dumbbells thrust into his hands. During the first few minutes he pushed them into the ether and pulled them down again . with great haste, but in a little while the senatorial muscles began to grow weary. The new member of the class, looking rouud at his companions, took heart and stuck to the work. At last he could stand it no longer. He -let his hands drop to his sides and laughed infectiously. "Doctor," he ha-haed, "this reminds me of a story!" "Mr. Depew," said the trainer roughly, "either keep on pushing those dumbbells or leave the place'." And Mr.JDepew pushed, grimly and without mirth.

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Paying His Debt. A peevish and nagging professor who loved to flunk his students was examining a class in physiology. He placed under a microscope for identification a drop of blood obtained by pricking his own finger. One of the students who owed the professor a grudge when asked by the examiner to state to what animal the blood belonged looked tip after carefully examining the specimen and sweetly replied, "A reptile, sirr Leap Year's Names. ' Leap year, it has been complained by some one, seems to have been named on the same principle as the "Meeting of the Waters" at Klllarney, which is a place where two streams do not meet, but part " A leap year ought to be a year In which we jump over a day, a 364 day year. One explanation Is that all the days after Feb. 29 Jump forward one day in the week more than usual. The Romans used to call it a bissextile year, and the French still do so.

Novel Electrical Distribution. between these two wires runs a pair of wires constituting a movable trolley from Which a motor driven traction engine will tf.ke current by means of a second trolley, the whole outfit

being moved up the field as the ';

ground is prepared by the plows, harrows or drills.

New Fire Alarm Indicator. A new alarm indicator for fire engine stations has three panes, behind which incandescent lamps can be so arranged, as to show the signaling box by numeral or special signs. The apparatus can be worked by hand or automatically by the usual Morse alarm signals. To save the time necessary for finding on a chart the spot from which the alarm was sent, it is proposed to use a translucent map that would be illuminated by the alarm, and would have all boxes of the fire department area marked by numbered disks. The call would also show a red light behind the disk for the signaling box and anether for the station, so that the best route to the fire would be seen at a glance.

ELECTRICAL S NOTES 0

The signal corps has nine wireless stations in Alaska. It Is claimed there is less shrinkage of meats when cooked by electricity. The General Electric company will supply forty electric mules for the Panama Canal. A signal will pass over the 2,700 miles of the Atlantic cable in threetenths of a second. New York is installing additional high-pressure motor-driven Are pumps in two of ifs pumping stations. There are 71 armored telephone cables leaving Manhattan island with a total of 13,561 paid conductors. Berlin employs more than 100 stor age battery driven electrical machines literally to scrub its well kept streets. The Omaha Light & Power company uses a portable motor-driven pump for pumping water from the underground conduits. . The city of Hamburg will build a three mile monorail railroad to test the availability of the plan to the municipal traction system.

Some Great Singers. Some of the world's greatest singers have been discovered accidentally. Once upon a time Wachtel, the greatest tenor of his day in Germany, was cracking his whip and hailing fares In a musical rondo. Mme. Scalchl, the greatest of contraltos, is said to have called her wares In the street before she was found for the opera stage. Camps nra I, the king of tenors; was a blacksmith, but was heard singing like an angel and was enabled to desert the form for the footlights. '

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