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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 8 Jun 1922, p. 3

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IcHEKXtl A WCFPp jkM:q " i ;V'-s - . tm art ' •= - MW|Nf fap*t«d to • TNift Yew. tJ: AftOroat Systems Will Use Different f V|* Wave Length* * World Confer. 1 IX MM -- Wl, , , Not Replace Cable. .=•- #•?"-* •, V- ;u'ir r £>"?<> /fe'f IPH New York. -- High-power atatlans of the Rhdlo Corporation of America will be completed thft year at Bogota Bay, Colombia, and In Cuba, and tbe great Baeoee Aires station will be in operation in mid-1923, Bay* JC. J. Nally, president of the company, who returned a few days ago from conferences in Europe at which a working agreement was reached among tbe great wireless companies at. England, France, Germany and America. From any part of the United States wireless messages may be relayed speedily to Buenos Aires, South Africa, Java, Calcutta or Melbourne, when the radio building programs of the great American and European countries are completed. At present France has the moat powerful station In the world in the American-built Lafayette towers near Bordeaux, but this will be superseded by the end of this year by the Port Jefferson station of the Radio corporation, which will be tbe most powerful station in the world. Tbe station under construction at Ste. Assise, near Paris, will bo second. The British wlreleaa chain connect-. Ing England with the empire will hare one station comparatively close to Argentina, and that will be the station at Bathnrst, in Gambia, on tbe extreme western point of Africa, where tbe continents of Africa and South America make their closest approach. "The stations of the Radio corporation, in Cuba and Colombia are practically completed," said Mr. Nolly, "and are watting on the completion of all the towers at Port Jefferson before going Into service. That will take place In December. Belaying from New York to Cuba, to Bogota and then to Buenos Aires will be possible, but will be used only as an auxiliary system. When the Buenos Aires plant is completed next summer it will send to and receive from the Port Jefferson station direct." All of the great systems will use different wave lengths and avoid interference, according to the agreement reached at the conference abroad, for the use of similar wave lengths would reduce to confusion high-power wireless communication all over the world. The British colonial chain of wireless stations Is described as follows by L. W. Austin, head of the United States Badio Research Laboratory, in a communication to The Journal of the Franklin Instltnte: "Unlike the plans for communicating over vast distances by meany of huge stations, the imperial committee, headed by 81r Henry Norman, has recommended that stations of only moderate power be used, spaced at distances of not more than 2,000 nautical miles, the Intermediate stations acting as relays for the more distant. "There have been heated discussions ha England regarding the relative merits of the high-power, long-distance transmission systems in comparison With the moderate power, intermediate relay systems. There can be 110 doubt that the system of Intermediate stations will give by far the most reliable communication, largely on account of the small variability of signal intensity at shorter distances. And probably ffr government purposes, where re- Jlpbtyity la of more importance than volnme of traffic carded the system is superior. "The plans of France for extremely long distance communication are centered around the huge transmitting station now being completed at Ste. Assise, between Fontalttbleau and Paris. This station Is expected by its promoters to •communicate with Saig «m, ladnOtfaa, 5,500 nautical miles; Beanos Aires, 5,950 miles, and, of coOTM-'many nearer points." BMiastd is bttgdlag ene station at home and one in Java for comstwieating a distance of 6,100 miles, nlakoat entirely overland. On the question whether radio is likely to replace the cable is transoceanic communication in the near future. Mr. Austin said: "Frankly, I do not believe It Will, and if it should it will be because the atmospheric disturbances have been rractlcally eliminated. But even now there are certain classes of traffic which can be sen* by radio much more economically and quite as satisfactorily where delays of a few hours arc not objectionable. Continuous twentyfour hour service is, of course, already possible where distances are moderate. Here automatic high-speed reception is making radio a formidable rival of the wire and cable lines." " li at Brussels Brussels.--The striking Idea of building an "International city" at the gates of Brussels, which was first proposed to King Albert of the Belgians la 1913, has been revived and It is now proposed to erect the city and Inaugurate It at the same time as the Brussels international exposition in 1930. It Is Intended that the International city shall be a permanent institution, where every country will have a building In which It will display not only its manufactures and products bat examples ol its art and records of its social progress. These plans were first submitted to King Albert in 1913 by Hendrlck C. Anderson, an American sculptor, formerly of Newport, R. 1., who then was living In Rome. Mr. Anderson was aided In preparing his plans for the ideal city by Senator Henri La Fontaine tnd Pflul Otlet. V 0 0 ft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 Four Babies Weigh P«ur Pounds. Bakersfleld. Cal.--Four babies, each weighing less than one pound, were bom to Mrs. C. Tnbbi in one day at the Bakersfield Emergency hospital. Dr. S. C. Long, cou£tJ\health,officer, announced. ./.'v'- New Industry Supplants Building ef Fighting Vessels Along the Delaware River. MMY AWAITING DtSMMTUti Philadelphia, Birthplace of Muiy Vessels, Also to Be "Graveyard" /yr^fiflavjr'e Fighting Ships That . ' ^'^hsve Become Obsolete. Philadelphia.--A new industryscrapping of old warships--has sprung up along the Delaware river, where not so long ago more than 100,000 men were working feverishly to help build a "bridge of ships" across the Atlantic to check the progress of Germany in the World war. Philadelplifa, the birthplace of many of the vessels, also Is to be the "graveyard" of a number of the navy's fighting craft, discarded because they have become obsolete. Later, when the scrapping program of the arms conference becomes effective, many more ships will be added to the list. Hundreds of met. are engaged In turning the steel from the discarded ships Into materials for the construction of buildings, tools, locomotives, automobiles and other peace-time uses. In one Delaware river shipyard alone therf are awaiting dismantling the battleships Maine, Missouri and Wisconsin, the once proud first-class cruiser Columbia, the monitors Ozark, Monterey and Tono: ah and countless destroyers, Eagle boats and smaller craft. Powerful oxyacetytene torches wielded by masked workmen are being used to cut through the 11-inch steel turret armor of the Maine, while a 125-ton crane was used to take out its 12-inch guns. Further along the yard little obsolete submarines with paper thickness shells are being ripped apart with prosaic chisels to the accompaniment of the gatling gunlike staccato of compressed air hammers. The monitor Monterey, an improved edition of Ericsson's gallant Monitor of Civil war fame, with its surface flush deck, rapidly Is being converted into billets. Its 10 and 12-inch rifles, however, still appear menacingly through the tun rets of its squatty superstructure aa they did in the early "90s (when the vessel was one of the most powerful battle craft afloat* "Grandfather" ef Submarined. A little submarln •, A-l Plunger, "grandfather" of the modern submarine cruiser S-41, Is awaiting scrapping. Creature of the brain of J. P. Holland, the early trials Jf the A-l were the subject of almost as touch ridicule and scoffing as marked the first efforts of Robert Fulton and his steamboat on the Hudson river. The most precious "junk" obtained from the ships is the copper, gna metal, navy brass, manganese bronze, lead and sine. Complete destruction is not necessary in the case of all the craft. The hulls of some of the torpedo boats will undergo a transformation to adapt them to peaceful pursuits. This already has been done with the destroyers Truxton, Worden and Whipple, which will ply between the United States and Central America carrying cargoes of fruit. Engined with kerosene oil burners, they will be lnrge cargo carriers and of such light draft that they can navigate shallow rivers on hl^h tide nnd lay off plantations for loading, thereby eliminating, lighterage cost. Their clean lines give them great speed, which makes unnecessary the expensive refrigerating system used in fruit boatSi Hooch 8prlnMed nn fctreif!^ Louisville, Ky.--When the village water cart failed to appear on time at Beuttyville, Ky., Police Judge H. P. Begley, commandeered a large sup. ply of confiscated moonshine stored In the courthouse and set iasn at4 Work with It, settling the dest on Mala street. Prof. Bell Poees for Sculptor' (C-- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, U ^own posinic for the Washington scvlptor, Moses Dykaaf; . * v t- ' . j. *r "V •' DIDNT KNOW 0W* BABIES Hospital Mixup in Montreal Deceives ^|.WO Mothers; Infartts Afe . t Radlstrlfcatssi. > • ' Montreal.--A couple of tlro-yenr-old babies who were mixed up in a hospital four months ago and have since beeu living in the .wrong households without either mother realising It were properly redistributed. The babes. Pansy Dyke and Myrtle Bartiett, both web-footed, were given to the wrong mothers upon their recovery from diphtheria. Pansy is fair and Myrtle is dark, and, while the parents now say they had their doubts nil along, it wus not until a tiyrd mother Investigated at the hospital that the mistake was revealed. Tiniest Baby Weighs 2 Pounds. New York, X. Y.--A baby boy, which Lincoln hospital authorities say ia the smallest ever born, according to all available statistics, was born to Mrs. Lucille George. The baby weighed two pounds and one ounce at birth, but was in every othe? respect perfectly normal. ...."t' f.: "* %•-" • -• "skx . XT ; HEIRESS AGED 65 WEDS YOUTH *«- Widow of St. Louis Millionaire . parries Literary dilettante. •ays Youngster Is Going to Be Great Day--Woman Gets Income From First ^ jHuat»an*» 820,000,000 Estate. St. Louis.--Announcement has Just been made here jt the marriage in San Diego, Cal., of aba. James Campbell, widow of the late president of the North American company, who was reputed the wealthiest man In St. Louis, and Henry Klas Van Heel, literary dilettante. Mrs. Van Heel is sixty-live and her husband lacks a year of being half her age. She Is heir to one-half the income from her first husband's $20,000,000 estate. It Is a case of Iqve at first aight "Henry and I met two years ago at Mrs. Adolphus Busch's California home," Mrs. Van Heel said* discussing their romance with reporters. "There was a mutual attraction, bat I didn't think Henry loved me." She kissed her youthful husband. Van Heel, who is a native of Holland, has the appearance of a college youth. He has a fair complexion, light hair and mustache of the hoe sometimes termed "pink." His bride speaks of him as a boy. Mrs. Van Heel said that Van Heel's singing was one of the things that attracted her to him. "He sings Dutch and German ballads," she said. "He had been m the United States before and had returned just before the time we met," she remarked. "It seems to have been fate that we should meet. * "Henry is one of the brightest young men 1 ever met," she continued. "You may know there is something, laonder f»l about hiin or Jl %^uuld hot have married him. "I shall wish to keep the name of Campbell," she added. "I shall he known as Mrs. Florence A. Campbell Van Heel." "That's right," raid the young husband, indulgently. "Keep anything you want to." "Henry Is going to he a great man some day--aren't you, dear?" Mrs. Van Heel predicted. "He expresses himself so wonderfully, and tells sucb thrilling stories. I am always him to tell me a story. "He is going to write five hours a day. and the rest of the day ire will spend together.**- Pet Rat Gets Tail MendedL Francisco.--On the receM at Emergency hospital appears the entry: "One rat retailed." Donald Myatt, thirteen, appeared at the hospital with the rat--an Egyptian jumping rat--and tearfully said a cat had "slzzed at my rat while I was holding him by the tall at a pet show and be jumped so hard the skin peeled off." His tears wou a busy surgeon and the skin was sawed back on. "Retires" After Row With Father- INaw, Refuses to -Get Up/ Mow Paralyzed and Can't. . QUARREL RUINS During Idle Years Railroad Has Come to Town, Autos Appear and #heaas Are Installed, butftp ,t<aan* Ims Them. Tlptoh, Iowa.--Thirty-eight yWtTS ago Mrs. Alexander Wickham of Tipton "got mad" and went to bed. "Pm never, never, never going to get up again," she declared. A little while ago she changed her mind and attempted to get out of bed and walk. But she found she was paralysed from her waist down. Mrs. Wickham was a young wife when she' went to bed. She is a white-haired woman now. She is rich, but she gets'ltttte enjoyment from her money. How Mrs. Wickham retired to her bed to remain the rest of her life Is an odd story. One morning she was cutting bacon for her breakfast. She and her father-in-law were quarreling. Old Man Wickham made some remark she resented. She laid down her butcher knife and started for the door. •"Where are you going?" her husband asked. Tn going to bed, and Fm never, never, never going to get up again," answered the wlf > as she walked lata her room and sla nmed the door. She stayed in bed all that day. Her husband thlnktng to humor her, brought her meals. The next morning she refused to get up. Again the husband brought her meals. The third day was a repetition of the first and second. So were the fourth and tha fifth and the sixth. "She'll get over ltT" said the neighbors when they heard of what was going on over at the Wickham farm. Years of Reading. lira. Wickham spent her time reading books and writing poetry. After thirty-eight years of such reading she Is undoubtedly the best read woman In all Iowa. Also she probably has written mora poetry than any woman In Iowa. Neighbors came to see her after she took to her bed. But she refused to . .f ;• , "THAT these are Physicians who specialize on Infant ailments yon know. AD Physicians troubles: all Physicians treat than. B it Ids profession, his daty9 to know fcftman ills from the Stork to & Great Beyooi But in serious cases he calls in the Specialist Why? He knows as evrary Mother knows, or ought to know, that Baby is just a baby, needing special treatment, special remedies. Qui a Mother he less thooghtfal? Can a Mother try to relieve Baby with li lismedy that she would use for herself? Ask yourself; and answer honesty! Always remember that Baby is just a baby. And remembering this you will remember that Fletcher's Gastoria is made especially for Tfifaitu and fMlilwia ism,'K ., A The Husband Brought Her Meals. ceased and she was left severely alone. Her husband called a doctor. "There's nothing the matter with her," said the physician. "She can get up whenever she wants to." But she didn't want to. Specialists from Des Moines were brought in. They could find nothing wrong with the woman. The village grew into a good-slxed town. A railroad was. built through the place. Mrs. Wickham could hear the whistle of the locomotives as they paaaed near her house; Never Saw Telephone, When the telephone exchange was set up in Tipton the Wickhams had a telephone installed. Mrs. Wickham never saw it. It was in another room. Styles In clothes did not Interest her, she didn't wear any clothes, except her nightdresses. Tipton grew until it almost inclosed the Wickham farm. Tbe farm became very valuable. When the father-in-law died, her husband became sole owner of the place. But he gave up farming and went In to raising collie dogs so he could be at home all the time and could look after his wife. Two years ago the husband, worn out with thlrty-slx years of constant waiting on bis wife, died. Mrs. Wickham went to the funeral. But she had to be carried. She could not walk. But she does not express a sUtgta regret over her wasted life \f ContaBtt 15 fluid .ALCOHOL'S pBR OWt tieSiMadaaadlbftM orSiB* Children Cry For &•<&& .-m -J:: The False and the True. AAvaKtblugby the use of large space, the expaadftaro of Ion mat * ^ of ttoney hare placed on the market, haYe pat in.your hone, pwrhap, . many artidea that todayhare been discarded, aaytm will rewffiratelL Do yon man anything that haa more modaaOy appealed t» fte - ' " public thaa hag Fletcher's Castoria: modest ia an hatiriea, plaaffit %4" at aU tlmea--and truthfully---for our babies? - ^ The big splurg, the aurieadiag claims may win for a time, bat the honest truth-telling advertiser is like the old story «f the tortoise ^ J that beat the hare. v V*i Mothers everywhere, and their daughtera, now nothan, apeak frankly, glowingly, enthusiastically in praiae of Fletcher*a CMtaria. - Speak of it lovingly aa a friend that has brought comfort, cheer and v %. nfies to their Uttte-ene. To them: to these true mothers no argument can tndaee them * to aet aside their bottle of Castoria, their old friend, that they *i try even another and unknown remedy for babiea. Then, weald Y0U ' I think of going to TOUR OWH medkine chest to find relief for Baby* troubles? Can you not separate the false from the true? ^ •OTHERS SHOULD READ THE BOOKLET THAT 18 AROUND EVERY BOTTLE OF FLETCNBrtCASTMM ' " GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of O-So-Easy to Use M*n aiik. Wad, Oatta* All At Tkt Bwim Tim*. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES 10c per WHY MOM FOR ANY DYEt That Being tits Cai Private Rooke arrived In the barlacks just in time to prevent his buddy from committing suicide with his rifle. "Holy smoke, old man !** he ejaculated, snatching away the weapon. "You don't want to do that. Whafs the matter?" "Life won't be worth living now," replied his buddy despairingly. "I just Sold my dog to the major." "Shucks, old scout I You can always buy a new dog." "That ain't it Yon see, just after I sold it, I found out the blamed thing belonged to tbe colonel." Wife's Love Worth Six Cents. I Hackenaack, N. J.--Damages of # cents for the alienation of his wife's affections were awarded to John H. Stein by the Jury trying his $50,000 alienation suit, brought against Edgar H. Kane. Five women were on the jury. Play Tunnel Caves In, Boy Killed. Jacksonville, Fla.--J. D. Crabb, eleven years old, was burled alive beneath the family home when a tunnel he and his playmates had made caved In. Firemen, summoned by one of the boys, failed to find the boy before death occurred. r At the age of fifteen the Korean girl ia an "old maid" if not married. Cgg Haa Three Yolks, Asotin, Wash --Mrs. William Chatal* ion recently found an unusually large <gg in the henhouse. She thought It would be enough to bake a wboie cafe* It had three full-sixed yolks. SWAMP-ROOT FOR KIDNEY AILMENTS Then i* only oae medicine that really Stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for •urable ailments of the kidneys, liver and bladder. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Boot stands the highest for the reason that it has proven to be just the remedy needed in thousands upon thousands ui uiitre»siug cases. Bwamp-Root makes friends quickly because its mild and immediate effect is soon realised in most cases. It is a gentle, healing vegetable compound. Start treatment at once. Sold at all drug stores in bottles of two sires, medium and large. _. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a •ample bottle. When writing be sure and niMitinii this paper.--Advertisement. Find Old Graves In Irelsnd. A farmer at Camaghly, near Potnersy, I. eland, while plowing a field on his farm discovered two graves at opposite corners of the field. It took six men to remove the covering stone slabs. As well as human remains, one grave contained a very beautifully designed clay pot In a good state of preservation. The graves were also lined with one-piece slabs. Hundreds of sightseers have visited the spot, aDd the general belief Is that the graves date back to the Sixteenth century. Laugh over your mistakes, yes--but not till twenty years after. Why the Cook Wept A few weeks ago somebody sent US a heartfelt screed about bow some> body had poisoned his dog. We printed It. (And, by the way, a lot of our friends thought It was our dog that had been poisoned and overwhelmed us with condolences.) Now comes another correspondent who has suffered the same sort of loss. But this one has found a ray of humor in the affair. After the tragedy the household sat around and grieved. Several members said nice things of the departed. Then the cook burst into loud lamentations. "Why are you crying, Katy?" said the unfeeling child. "Yon used to kick poor Toto out of the kitchen every time he came in." "Heaven forgive me for It!" sobbed the cook. "Sure, he was a fine dog. Many's the plate he has saved me from havin' Co waah I" -- Cleveland Plain Dealer. t Clever! , A vfascinatlng Chicago wldowr had her ex-husband in for dinner and he presented her with a fheca tor alimony due her. She took It, laughingly, saying: "This Is taxation without rep* resentatlon." Draws No Intereet. "Have you anything in the savings bankr "Only confidence." Going With the Crowd. "What is your personal opte.on writh reference to the great «aestioa we have been discussingT" "My friend," replied Senator 8s*» ghum, "when 1 fin" sayself in an hrta* slstible wave of sentiment 1 vote ao> cordlngly. I once saw a steer caught in a cattle stampede. He might JUave had his own ideas about which way he ought to travel, but there woOMnt have been the slightest use of tXJh lag to stop and express Freshen a Heavy ifcln With the antiseptic, fascinating CoM> cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely scented, economical face, skin. Iwfe* and dusting powder and fofsaa Renders other perfumes supuflaooa. One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio Ointment, Talcum). ( Musical Note. A very deaf old lady, walking alafg tfie street, suw an Italian taraing a peanut roaster. She stood looking at it awhile, shook l»er head and aMdidl: "No, I shan't give you any money for such limbic as ihut. I can't hear ur.y sS the tunes, and besides it smells as If there were something burning Inside F* --The Congregationalism •flotfest. Fran cine--That scar ** four haai must be very annoying. Ferdle--Oh, it's next to nothing. "Vaseline" Carbolated Petroleum Jelly is an effective, antiseptic first-aid dressing for cuts, wounds and insect bites. Ithelpsprevent infection. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. jr.--iisau it) State Street New York 3 - J x " SfSlSSSJeBi'! BOYS' BASE BALL SUITS ^ Here is your chance to get a REGULAR suit and make some money, too. You can get this suit by working two afternoons. We want good boys «» help us advertise our products in their townifc Send name, age and address to » C. DORR SSI W.Kudolpb St. Can also use men and women to direct our boy s. Some of our people earn $40.00 a week in their spare time. Write to Mr, Dorr ;--v 5 EXCURSIONS TO WESTERN CANADA •• Beaad Trip for Single Fire ... - •; •?: . Pins Two Dollars •: Good First and Tklrd Taeaiaya la BmIi A splendid opportunity is now offered thoae vto * desire to make a trip of inuretirm to kwfc own Western Canada's Faniriag Fas4Mt0es Recent advances in the price of isna ptah H*tfcaMMMfty <* further increases will warrant an inciussa intheyikaelllaBlSlCiM^da Farm Lands, now exceptionally tow osaattariqs their fraiasi^^iidoe. The depression is acw mm, and aarmal limes alii 1 haai,' ^aii i u CanadacameWhraogh thelatetniagpsrlodfiitfcaaioafcfcesgtsaAaprepaxedneafc to take aovantage of the better times that we are approaching. To take advantage of the km rates now in force; aad Cor other information, apply to C. J. uFotightoa, R. 412, 112 W. Ad*; J. M. MacLfcchlan, 10 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Authorised Canadian Government AjtnU

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