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Progressives Plan Vigorous Attack on Railroad Act a i.... i— Fight for Repeal of Transpor tation Law to Be Led by Smith Brookhart, Sup ported by La Follette. By GEORGE F. ALTHIER. Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee. Washington, Deo. 3.— Barked by what they Interpret as a mandate from the people, progressives In the senate propose to launch their attack against the Esch-Cummins transporta tion act, immediately after the con vening of the regular session of the congress In December. President Harding, In his message, will advise amendment of the act, this to he followed by Introduction of an amended bill by Senator Cum mins, chairman of the committee on Interstate commerce. The struggle will be complicated by a flank move ment by Senator Capper who will seek to secure Immediate repeal of the so called guarantee clailBe of the act, and to restore the powers of the state utilities commission as the first step in the direction of reduced freight rates. The Immediate fight for the repeal of the transportation law will be lead by the newly-elected senator from Iowa, Smith Brookhart, who will be supported by the Jji Follette bloc, headed by Senator I .a Follette. The bloc Is expected to include in this struggle as the fight passes on to the next congress, Frazier of North Dakota, ghlpstead of Minnesota and Howoll of Nebraska. All of them are pledged to repeal of the act as a Whole Wants Act Scrapped. Senator Brooklinrt was unready to discuss his Immediate plans today, but cited his platform which calls for Immediate scrapping of the entire act. He says he is pledged to certain things to his people and proposes to attempt their accomplishment at the earliest possible moment. Neither side In the pending railroad fight expects to get results either In the winter session or In the new con gross, each relying upon the other to block positive action. The progres sives plan to force the issue, however, and forsee the railroad question as the paramount Issue In the next presiden tial election. The administration forces will wage thclp fight on the assumption that the ulternfi.tlve is government ownership, while t'he progressive group, lighting to squesse water out of the stocks and reduce freight rates admit that forcing the roads into receiverships would result In economies. Reamed From Wreckage. "Komis that have been operated by ; receivers," Schator Brookhart said, "have been rescued from the wreckage into which private management hud plunged them." The Brpokhart program alms to do these things: Reduce capital value of the roads so it will not exceed the value of the stocks and bonds. This, he claims, will remove $7,00(1,000,000 upon which | Interest must now be paid. Stop the capitalization of unearned Increment. Define the adequate returns to which the roads are entitled so they shAll not < -greed the Interest on bonds. Cut oui the graft In the furnlBhing of supplies by which at least $1,200, 000,000 can be saved. By this means, i the Iowa progressive says, the money ; saved can be translated into lower freight rates. The tentative valua tion of $19,000,000,000 placed upon the roads by the commerce commission, coupled with the guarantee clause, he claims. Is the flrt time in history when watered stock has been legal ized. The recommendations which the president will make In his message are still under consideration In the conferences among the administration senators. Want Board Eliminated. It has been decided by the adminis tration group, among other things, to recommend the elimination of the War Labor board and placing the additional responsibility upon the Interstate Commerce commission of determining both wages and rates. This, it is ac knowledged, would necessitate the en largement of the commission. The amendments which Senator Cummins will offer call for writing the “living wage” principle into the bill and will include provisions which Sen ator Cummins anticipates will save at least $500,000,000 in economies. They are: Compulsory consolidation of roads Into regional aystems. Organization of a general holding company which will own and operate all interchangeable .car service. Provisions for the organization of terminal companies in the larger cen ters and compelling pooling of all ter minal facilities. Common Sense Make Family Glfta the Beet. It is too often the case that when i economies are to be practiced at Christmas time the closest relatives are the ones upon whom the gteatest ' cuts are made. This friend or that friend must not be given anything ‘'cheap.1 So the presents of wife, mother, Bister, brother and father are cut so far as amount in money is concerned, In order that outside friends may re ceive expensive gifts. This is a course pursued by too | many persons. The nearest and dearest must suf 1 fer so that the outside friends, often merest acquaintances, may be ex pensively remembered. Our liberality should be extended to Our own family flrst. The true friend would have it this Way. Those who think otherwise are not worth consideration. Usually It is not those to whom we Should give our best love who cause us the greatest selfdenlal. Why not follow another plan this year and make financial reductions on those outside the family and re member our nearest and deqjest more lavishly. (Copyright. IMS.) Fishermen in France place a tiny mirror directly behind the bait. The fish is supposed to mistake Its own Image for another fish, and thus to be hurried into snatching the hook. Big Testing Laboratories Veritable Wonderland Institution Maintained by National Board of Fire Underwriters Is Topsy-Turvy Place, Wilder Than Famous Alice of Story-Book Fame Ever Dreamed of. Chicago. Dec. 8.—(By A. P)—An Iron telephone pole swinging from the roof like a giant pendulum hit a sta tionary automobile bumper and bent it badly. Then a derrick lifted a red hot steel safe high above a third floor roof and dropped It on a p.le of brick bats far below. The day's work had begun at the Underwriters laboratories, Inc , a topsy-turvey land wilder than any thing Alice in Wonderland ever dreamed of— a place where experts burn and smash and break the crea tions of other experts, all to make life ! and property safer. The glowing safe, fresh from a fur | nace with a temperature of 1,700 de crees. failed to break under the strain [of the long drop, so scurrying work ! men bundled It back into the oven ; for another hour's cooking. If it sur I vives that they will chisel, burn and I smash their way into Its compart ments, and If the bpoks and papers there are found In good condition the manufacturer may attach an "Un dorwirters Laboratories, Inc.” label to his product. Test Auto Locks. Upstairs a little automatic machine is sticking keys in automobile locks— three locks at a time—unlocking them, locking them again and then locking them up and then withdraw ing the keys. An automatic counter records Its operation. The locks must stand the strain of BO.000 similar op erations. In the heat testing rooms flameg are seeping through the cracks of a wood lined, metal covered fire door, built Into the brick f-ont of a furnace. Nearby an attendant with electric re cording devices Is studying what Is happening In the 1,600-degree inferno behind the red hot door. Suddenly the entire furnace front, door and all, rolls away on an overhead track and a workman plays a stream from a two-inch fire hose over the glowing door. The color dies away. Inside the metal covering is a mass of char coal, but the steel plates have with stood an hour's baking without letting sufficient fire throufn^ to ignite any thing beyond the door. Test Concrete Pillar Nearby a cement-covered steel pil lar, such as is used in modern build ings, is being installed in a tall fur nace by brick masons. Its base rests on solid concrete. Hign above a gi gantic hydraulic press clamps glown, applying an enormous pressure. The furnace front is sealed, the gas turned on, the heat gradually rising, until, at the end of eight hours, it will reach i 2,300 degrees. If the pillar still stands the hydra ulldi press, with a maximum power of 545,000 pounds to the square Inch, will be turned loose to crush It. From the tangled debris experts will construct the theories on which fire proof pillars are to be built. In the roof-testing room the testers have completed a miniature roof of patent composition shingles. A gas flame at the end of a long wind tun nel sweeps up over the eaves and plays along the roof surface. Asphalt In the roofing catches fire, but when the blast Is shut off the names die out The roof has passed the test and would resist the usual Hying brands from other burning buildings. Gasoline Fire Quenched. As the burning roof dies out a workman pours five gallons of gaso line Into a nearby tank and lights it. Up abovo an automatic valve opens and fills the tank with a foamy chem ical, smothering the fire. A party of visitors is coming down the hall. An engineer builds a small fire on the tile floor. The flames crackle for a minute or two. Then an automatic fire door, which functions If the temperature changes 10 de grees In two minutes, closes, an auto matic sprinkler head blows o(T and the fire Is out. The Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., was founded by W. H. Merrill, Its president, with funds furnished by the national board of fire underwrit ers. The Institution Is self-supporting through nominal testing fees and the servico charge for factory Inspection and the sale of its labels, which are familiar on hundreds of different devices. Many Samples Tested. In addition to the original test, the laboratory follows up all labeled prod ucts by testing samples purchased In the open market or received from users from time to time. The automo bile lock department alone, passing on locks which, by their use, decrease In surance premiums, examines thou sands of samples yearly. An inventor appeared at the labor atories recently to have a new auto mobile lock which he had perfected tested. Besides what he believed to be an absolutely burglar proof lock, he had equipped his cor with a sig nal device intended to blow if anyone tampered with the machine. While he was arranging for the test an assistant in the laboratory went outside, picked the lock and hid the car. The inventor was satisfied with the demons.ration of the labor atory's efficiency. State to Connect Great Lakes and Mississippi River Illinois lo Advertise for Bids on Deep Waterway at Once —Work Will Start in Spring. Chicago, Dec. 3.—(By A. P.)—Plans to advertise immediately for bids on the Starved Rock lock of the Illinois waterway—connecting link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi —were prepared here by Col. C. R. Miller, director of public works and buildings', and M. G. Barnes, chief engineer of the waterways depart ment. Bids will be received in 60 days and teork will start In the spring. Governor Len Small Friday ordered the department to proceed with the work which will involve the expendi ture of $19 000,000 in addition to $1,000,000 already spent on the Bell island lock at Marseilles. Five Locks Planned. Five big locks, each 110 feet wide and 600 feet long, will raise and lower barges plying between Chicago and Mississippi river points as far south as New Orleans. The locks have been designed to handle fleets of nine, barges of 1,000 tons capacity each at a time. The most economical barge, according to Engineer Barnes, who designed the Tanama locks as well as the Illinois waterway, Is about 190 feet long with 30 feet beam and drawing about seven feet of water when loaded. With these dimensions in mind, the locks of the Illinois waterway were designed. When completed the new canal will follow the Illinois and Des Plaines rivers for 60 miles from Lockport, 11.. to LaSalle, below Starved Rock. The Illinois river already is navigable be low LaSalle. At Lockport the water way will connect with the drainage canal at Chicago. The first of the locks with a drop of 41 feet—11 feet greater than the Panama locks—will be built at Lockport. At Brando.i 1 Roads, near Joliet, the second lock will have a drop of 31 feet. At Dresden island a third lock will have a 17 foot drop. The Bell Island I lock, which is 96 per cent completed, has a 11 foot drop and the Starver Rock lock will take care of 13 fLit more. To L'se Old Canal. The old Illinois and Michigan canal is to be retained from Brondon Roads to LaSalle to take care of small boats. The old canal, with ancient hand ruerated locks which have been In service since 1848, will paralled most of the new route. The lot ks of the old canal, 16 feet wide and 100 feet long, could be placed eiosswi«>e In the 110 by 600 foot locks on the new channel. Dams at the five locks will furnish j power to develop 75,000 herse power, the state engineers say, saving coal valued at $3,500,000 each year. At Brandon roads shops and dry docks will be provided for the barge fleets. _ Honeymooners Sail. New York. Dec. 3.—Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of King George, ' and Lady Mountbatten, England's ' richest heiress, sailed for home on the i White 8tar liner Olympic, after spend ing two months in the United States on a wedding trln. during which they truveled from coast to coast and went j as far south as Florida. Man Confesses to Helping Bury Woman Alive Garage Owner Tells of Help ing Decoy Wife of Friend to Shop Where Murder Took Place. Oinnha H«e Leaned Wire. New York, Dec. 3.—A signed confes sion and description of his part in the murder and concealment of the body of Mrs. Jennie Becker was obtained from Reuben Norkin after question ing by District Attorney Glennon of Bronx county. Norkin's confession makes him out guilty of murder in the first degree, according to Assistant District Attor ney Cohn and an indictment against him will be sought Monday. Norkin, according to his statement, helped to decoy Mrs. Becker to Nor kin's auto repair shop in the Bronx, where arrangements had been made to I kill and bury her. While Norkin stood guard, according to his story, Becker hit his wife on the head with an iron bar as she was leaning over the hood of his automobile, at her husband's request, to listen to the ac tion of the motor. This stunned her and then the two men tied her and buried her alive in the grave previous ly prepared, according to Norkin. ''Why did you do this?” Norkin was asked. •‘I did it out of friendship for Beck er,” he answered. The district attorney's office, how ever, has information that Norkin did it for $100. They have a witness who reported that Becker had said: "It cost me $100 to get rid of my wife.” The theory that Norkin and Becker had committed previous crimes to gether and thnt Becker could force Norkin to do anything by threatening to “squeal” has been investigated by the district attorney's office but no evidence of this has been disclosed. Salt Lake High School Lad Killed by Bandits Salt Lake City, Dec. 3.—Rulon J. James, 16, student at the West Side High school, was shot and Instantly killed early Saturday night by on* of a supposed quartet of bandits dur ing an attempted holdup of the D. and D. drug store. As a sequel tc the killing there oc curred a street battle between the bandits aqd J. C. Donovan, owner of the store. Half a dozen shots were exchanged. Donovan was uninjured and the bandit fled. An hour later every available mem ber of the police force, both night and day shifts, was called out to search for the robbers. Ocean Travel Arrivals. Yokohama. Nov. 30.— Shldxuok* Maru, Seattle; Alabama Maru. Seattle. Wellington. Dec. 2 —Tahtl, San Fran cisco. Sydney, N. S. W., Dec. 2 —Helen. Port land. Departure#. Gothenburg, Nov. 17.—Peru, Vancouver. Cebu, Dec. 1.—Simaloer, San Francisco. Cristebal. Dec. 1.—Albert Jeffres. Los Angeles, Hague Maru, San Francisco. New York, Dec. 2—Caronla, Liverpool; Cedric, Liverpool; Nordam. Rotterdam; La Savoie. Havre; Olympic, Southamp ton; Finland. Antwerp Kobe, Dec. 2.—Amur Maru, San Fran cisco. N»-w Castle, N. S. W., D«c 1.—Canadian j Transportation, San Francisco. London, Dec. 1.—Royal Star, Seattle. j War Threatened Within Two Years. Borah Declares Idaho Senator Advocates Rec ognition of Russia as a Means of Avoiding Great Conflict. Boston, Dec. 3.—Within two years, owing to the near east situation, there may be another great war, Senator William ft. Borah of Idaho said in an address here. His subject was “The Recognition of Russia,” and he advocated that step by the United States as a means of averting another European confla gration. At the close of the senator’s ad dress, the police guard at the hall was called on to prevent a riot when a questioner, who said his name was MacDonald and that he was a world war veteran, mounted the stage. Amid shouts of "put him out,” Senator Bo rah insisted that the questioner be heard. “Why is there no American flag displayed here?” MacDonald asked. Turmoil broke loose afresh and many rushed for the stage to eject the stranger. Police intervened and the incident was closed. Calling for unqualified recognition of the present government of Russia, Senator Borah told the crowd that the recognition of a government did not necessarily carry approval of that country’s institutions. "Just as we eliminate suspicion and fear of other nations, we shall return to conditions of peace,” Sena tor Borah said. “Every conference in Europe since the end of the world war has revolved about the Russian question Within two years the near east situation is likely to bring about another war. It Is up to the people of the United States whose boys would be called on to fight in this war to protest against the present policies at Washington in falling to try to avert such a catastrophe." Progressives Hear Views of Norris La Follette Group Accord Ne braska Senator Enthusi astic Reception. By GEORGE V. AITHIER. Washington Correspondent The Omaha Bee. Washington, Dec. 3.—(Special Tele gram.)—Senator Norris of Nebraska received a hearty reception at the hands of the I.a Follette progressive group, when lie addressed the gath ering on the abolition of the elec toral college and the application of the direct primary in all elections. Senator Norris is intensely in ear nest on this subject, and will Join with the rest of the group in urging upon legislators everywhere to pass statewide presidential primary laws this winter. Senator Norris developed fully the ideas he had previously expressed on tills subject. He believes the voters have the right to name their own candidates free from outside influ ence. He regards tho convention sys tem ns subject to manipulation. He thinks the nomination of candidates in convention is an antiquated sys tem and should be abandoned and the states express their preference direct ly for their candidates. The electoral college he regards as another anti quated Institution and says the people as a whole, the nation constituting the unit, should say by majority popu lar vote who shall be president. He thinks a system which makes It possi ble for a candidate to have the major ity of the popular vote and yet fall of a majority In the electoral college or vice»versa is a travesty on popular government. The senator urged, also, the seating of congresses immediately after they are elected. Ex-Mayor of Kansas Town Files Suit Against Klan Fort Scott, Kan., Dec. 3.—-Theodore Schierlan of Nowata, Okl., former mayor of Liberty, Kan., filed suit for $30,000 damages In federal court here against the city of Liberty and the Coffeyvllle Ku Klux Klan organiza tion. The suit is the result of the flogging of Mr. Schierlan by a masked band recently. The petition Includes Frank M. Beneflel, who, it is alleged, is "Cy clops" of Klan No. 7, said to be the Coffeyvllle branch of the Ku Klux Klan: George West, who It represents to be secretary and 958 other alleged members of the body, whose names are unknown to the plaintiff. The pe tition asks that the two alleged offi cials be compelled by the court to re veal these names. Motion for Acquittal in Murder Case Denied Denver, Dec. 3.—Attorneys defend ing Bert J. Lowe, on trial at Greeley for the alleged slaying of his sister in-law, Miss Edna Fern Skinner, were overruled on a motion for a directed verdict of not guilty, made Immedi ately after the state re%ted Its case, according to a dispatch to the Denver Post. The motion for the directed verdict was based on the claim that the death of Miss Skinner had not been proved by the state and that evidence against Lowe was not sufficient to connect him with any crime. Little Change Reported in Conditon of Wanamaker Philadelphia, Dec. 3.—Little chance was noted In the last 12 hours in the condition of John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia and New York mer chant who is confined to tils home by a serious cold. The bulletin issued by his physicians read: "While perfectly comfortable on the whole, Mr. Wanamaker's condition remains unchanged, although no en couraging improvement can be re corded." PENN MUTUAL LIFE $5,000.00 Policy Coate $00.70 As* 401 dividend* reduce thia coat after firat year; organised 1847 ; aaaata over 240 millions. Write for specimen policy at your age. COULD « 3TURGE3. 7ZO Patera Tnsat Bldg.—Omaha “Tiger” Urges America to Take Hand in Europe (Coattnurd From Pace On*.) Tour case is just the other way- You are the genl in the bottle and don’t want to come out. I call you, by the bottle.” He reiterated that the Monroe doc trine had been outgrown by Amer ica, adding "you have grown faster, allow me to say, than your Ideals. You are a very complacent people.” America, he continued, owed it to Europe to help enforce the terms of the Versailles treaty, because she had so large a hand in the making of its terms, and because its terms—par ticularly those referring to repara tions and disarmament, were being flouted by Germany. Coming finally to the league of na tions, he said: “I don't believe in a society of na tions ns a wpy to suppress war, at least now. When we have progressed more, I hope for it. But I don't ob ject to the best being attempted, to get even the least, which is some times worth counting. "That society of nations exists there somewhere in Genoa. It has already done good; it has done something in the case of Austria. I say If you think fit to come, you conie. You will be well received and we will work, French, British and Americans, to gether. That is my program. You know small beginnings may have great endings. If you choose to get into the family of the society of nations, that is your business; but under the situation, I dare say that you will be obliged to come some way or other and you had better take care that it won’t be too late." The warmth with which the “Tiger’s” message was received was in marked contrast to the reception he got in the long parade through downtown St. Louis on his way to the Odeon. Police Guard "Tiger." The crowds were large but demon strations were sporadic. This was due in part, perhaps, to the fact that the “Tiger” was bo surrounded in his automobile by plain clothes men that many failed to recognize him. Lavish police protection had been provided because of the receipt by local authorities of letters threatening his life. But the nearest approach to hostility that developed was when a curious fat urchin of 13 slipped through the police lines and trudged for some distance beside Clemenceau's car gazing at him. He had a bundle under his arm, but instead of a bomb it turned out to contain only a pair of shoes. The plain clothes men shooed him away, however, as soon as his pres ence was detected. Clemenceau left shortly before mid night on a special train for Baltimore. Ho w'ns scheduled to make a five-min ute speech to members of the Society of Friends at Richmond, Ind., in the morning. He will arrive at Baltimore about 9 Monday morning. Police Hot on Trail of Girl’s Murderer Hachensack, N. J., Dec. 3.—The au thorities are on the trail of the mur derer of Christian Hervish of Wal lington, N. J., whose mutilated body was found Friday in a field there. Professor Hart declared in denying the reports that a formal ar rest had been made. He said that the foreman of the mill In which the mur dered girl had been employed was questioned. The slaying had literally wrung the neck of the girl. The police also investigated the tale of an aged couple who said they saw two men beat a young woman on a lonely road near Carlstadt Thanksgiv ing night. The couple said they saw the men beat and knock down a girl wro arose and ran after them up the road to VVi 'lington. Th police declared the story pro vided a 'me discrepancy, since the al leged assault was declared to have taken place at about 9 o’clock, while the girl was said not to have left the home of a relative here until at about half past 10. Berlin Police Disperse Raids on Market Places Berlin, Dec. 3.—Raids on the mar ket places here following the Inabil ity of dealers to place meat at fixed prices were dispersed by police. But ter was fixed at 770 marks a pound, although the dealers proved that the cost of butter is twice that. At Aix-la-Chapelle, following a communist meeting, demonstrations occurred in the market place. Mount ed police dispersed the demonstrators. Stormy scenes followed, the mobs at tacking the police with sticks. In one quarter the police were forced to draw guns. International Livestock Show Draws Big Crowd Ten Thousand Entries to Com pete in Various Classes at Annual Exhibiton in Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 3.—The 23d annual International Livestock Exposition swung Into action at the Union stock yards here with 10,000 head of cattle, horses, sheep nnd hogs com peting for honors. Stock raisers from nearly every state in the union and many Canadian provinces were in cluded among the exhibitors and a number of Europeans had stock sched uled. Tonight, designated us Chicago night, was given over to the horse show, equine aristocrats from Chicago and vicinity being on exhibition. Judg lng has already been started in the 900 classes entered which will particl pate in the 3100,000 in premiums. Prominent among arrivals were ministers of agriculture from various Canadian provinces as well as stock men from Mexico. South America and Europe. Georgia has entered hogs against the best Minnesota can pro duce: shepherds from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts are pitting their sheep against each other while Maryland's draft horses are competing against entries from Nebraska. Lula Mayflower, last year's grand champion heifer, Is again competing for the honor. The California heifer was the first to win the grand cham pionship which heretofore had fallen to a pampered steer. The hay and grain show held In con nection with the exposition Includes entries by the dukeof Sutherland and Canadian provinces as well as most of the grain producing states of the union. J- W. Lucas of Cayley, Al berta. who won last year's oats chain plonship, and W. Kraft of Bozeman, Mont., last year’s wheat sweepstakes winner, are back seeking further honors. Victims of Mexico Tragedv puried Huge Ciowtl Follows Bodies to Cemetery—Small Supply ok Water Available. Mexico City, Dec. 3.—(By A. P.) —Nino of the victims of Thursday night’s tragedy, members of the con federation of labor were buried, more than 2,000 workmen following the bodies to the cemetery. The automobiles on which the bodies were carried were heaped with flowers and bore banners describing the victims as martyrs and heroes. A small supply of water was avail able when the city engineers suc ceeded in repairing .temporarily one puqip, but this was wholly Inadequate President Obregon’j declaration that the elections would be held Is taken to mean that federal troops will super vise all the voting. It is not ex pected that any great number will vote, but. ample preparations are un der way to prevent certain radical groups from becoming too boisterous. The present situation is made tense by the enmity existing between the co-operistas and the laboristas or ex treme radicals. The former are at tempting to hold the city administra tion, being opposed by the extremists. The other party factions have dropped out of the campaign, permitting tlio two liberal greupb to contest. Finding of Woman’s Body Puzzleis Chicago Police Chicago, Dec. 3.—The discovery of the body of a woman in a lonely swamp spot here revealed what ap peared to be a mysterious murder, virtually without a clew. The body was that of a woman about 45. The clothing was com plete. but without any identification. No purse, jewelry or money were found on the body or near it. There was no indication of any struggle nor any mark of violence upon the body, as far as could be observed. Death occurred about five days ago, it was estimated. \ T'S*»—^ Watch these slogans — after De cember 1st we will hold regular weekly con tests. For the beat alo gan submit ted each week a tlO Yellow Can Coupon Book prize will be awarded. Yellow Cab &Ba$$age (b Telephone ATlantic 9OOO THE THINICWG FELLOW. CALLS A YELI-OW I Winner of, Ford Car No. A-7325 If this number is not pre sented to the Secretary at Moose Temple by Thursday, Dec. 7, 12 o'clock sharp, a new number will be published. ‘ W. A. BARRON, Sac. Mooia Lodge Dr KINGS PILLS —jbr constipation f Regulate * the bowels I . ■ ..- - When in Omaha Stop at Hotel Rome AMATEURS TRY TWO DETECTORS An Interesting experiment for ama teur radio receivers is suggested In the "Radio World." Hook up in cir cuit both a crystal detector and a vacuum tube detector with a one step amplifier. You can then use either jou prefer and with tho aid of an ex tra stage of amplification, signals will be nmplifted to a certain degree of sensitivity. A novel effect would result if both detectors were lined und each one tested out separately. This would give an Idea as to what both detectors do. When using the vacuum tube'as a detector, care must l>e taken that tho switch in line with the crystal detector is open. If the crystal Is to be used, merely close the switch, shut off tho rheostat on the detector tube and adjust the crystal. Sparks The radio section of the Department of Commerce has found It necessary to use a larger broadcasting map, the old one having become too small for practical use In locating the 6t>4 broad casting stations now In existence. The now map, which is 5 by 7 feet in size, Is divided into radio district, and each st. tlon is located in its approximate position. A lighthouse station on the Maine coast reported to the district office by telephone that a large can buoy had broken adrift and was moving away. A radiogram was sent to the tender working on buoys a few miles away. The buoy was recovered and returned to its place before sunset. Radio saved the buoy and probably a day’s steaming of the tender. It also safe guarded shipping by promptly replac ing the buoy on station. Neat hard rubber plates and handles for use in Radio sets can be success fully made from cracked and broken phonograph records. Heat the compo sition wth a blow torch, roll the ma terial Into balls of soft rubber and mold them into any shape desired. Place the rubber mass between two hot metal plates. Thin rubber sheets result when the rubber and plates are run through an ordinary laundry wringer. A high poish can be put on the handles and plates by using a fine emery cloth Hnd oil Giant Still Destroyed by U. S. Revenue Agents Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 3.—What Is believed to be the Inrgest illicit still ever captured In Alabama was de stroyed in a raid in Rock Creek val ley late Friday night by revenue agents and state, olllcers. The plant consisted of a wooden tank of 600 gallon capacity heated by a series of steam pipes from a large boiler. It Is estimated that the output was about 160 gallons of liquor a day. Rickenlrarker to Start Airplane “Flivver ' Fdttory in Detroit Detroit, Dec. 3—Upon hts return from Europe, where for two months he has been honeymooning, Capt. "Eddie" Rlckenbacker, the great American nee, announced that I>e trolt will son have an airplane "fliv ver" factory, constructing engineless planes weighing approximately 100 pounds to sell for less than fl50. Capt. Rlckenbacker says plans for the construction of the planes In large quantities are already under way and that the gliders will bo pro dured In the Rlckenbacker automo bile factory. The tlrst flyers will ho turned out within the next b0 days. "Planes runnot be used for com mercial purposes at present because of the expense," said Rlckenbacker. 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