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IT TEST STAGE |R DOZEN CHANGES TO BE OFFERED BEFORE THE BILL IS PRESENTED Several Vital Feints Under Fire But Committeemen Predict It Will Go Ahead Washington.—The $828,000,000 tax reduction bill has reached the teat stage In the house. More than 20 hours of debate on the measure developed general Indorse ment from both Democrats and Re publicans but the bill faces at least a dozen amendments, which will be of fered on vital points. Sponsors of the measure, which was framed by the ways and means com mittee, predicted, however, that wonld be approved by the house and practically without change. The non partisan character of the bill has won support for it during the long debate from both sides of the chamber. Repreaentatlve Garrett, of Tennea see, the Democratic leader, gave It his Indorsement, though he opposed vig orously the provision to give life ap pointments to members of the board of tax appeals. The opposition apparently la not or ganised on party lines against any of the provisions and Representative Green, Republican, Iowa, chairman of the waya and means committee, and Representative Gamer of Texas, rank ing Democrat of the committee, were prepared to lead the fight for com plete approval of the compromise measure. Mr. Green haa served notice tie will not sanction any Increase In reductions of taxes proposed in the hill. Famous Lecturer Dies Philadelphia.—The Rev. Dr. Russell H. Conwell, renowned Baptist clergy man, founder and president of Temple university, lecturer, author and phi lanthropist, died here after a long Ill ness. Although Dr. Conwell had earned more than $11.000,000 on the lecture platform, he la believed to have died ilmost penniless, having given all his earnings to benevolences. Only re tenti? he mortgaged his home and naed the money for Improvements at the Samaritan hospital, of which he was the founder. He alao was the founder of Oarreeon hospital, In this city, and has been a large contributor to both Institutions. Dr. Conwell was said to have ad dressed more people as a public speaker than any contemporary. He memorized 28 lecturea, all of which he gave without notes, and had de livered his famous lecture, "Acres of Diamonds," 6,152 times, the first time when he was 10 years old. He was the author of many hooks, mostly bi ographies, stories and travel. G. N. Flans Tunnsl Chicago.—A tunnel, seven and three quarters miles long and penetrating the Cascade mountains, one of the greatest construction prpjectq In the history of railroading, has been start ed, Ralph Budd, president of the Great Nortern railroad, said at a meeting of eastern passenger and frleght repre sentative« of that road. The cost will be $8,000.000. The tunnel will reach.from Scenic on the treat to Burns on the east, and electri fication of the lines will coat an ad ditional $2,000.000. The tunnel, which will run on a tan gent with a 1H per cent grade, will lower the summit 1,000 feet. With alignments, this^work will eliminate " 2.000 degrees of track curvature. It will also save one hour's running time and la expected to be completed before the end of 1028. Turks Invade England London.—American turkeys are Just becoming known to England and every body in Mayfair now wants to have on« for Christmas. A large flock of these birds, intended for Thanksgiv ing dinners which were postponed be cause of the death of Queen Mother Alexandria, were sold in London and were found to be such delicacies that hundreds of the birds have been orders ed for Christmas. Starts Savings Account Princeton. N. J.—Henry O. Granger, former United Sstates minister to Col ombia, baa Just given a potential $5, 574.5284)52,824.820. not to be cashed In, however, for 1,000 years. As a lesson In thrift, be has deposited $10 In a Colombia bank to remain there at compound Interest until 2928, when the total will be disposed of by a ■pedal committee for the best Inter ests of the United States and Colombia. The president of the United Sates was named aa a member of this committee. Denver.— H. F. McLerran, of Chey enne, Wyo., who waa Injured when bis automobil«- collided with a motor beta near here, which later caused W# if-"-« death, m* daughter, Who was with Bias at the time of the accident, es caped with minor Injurie« IpwHliw America» army Is ptornOm to buy approximately S.ooo Tmi-murn, mê mêm is Ostende. Wyom ing su# MMttan*. Gfasu J «ine« A. Cmr .»taff of jfae amy, who m mm m that per mmm Ê Ê m m mtÊ I GENEVA AWAITS U. S. REPLY 8N ARMS PLAN Russian Attitude on League Invitation Matter of Speculation by European Nations Geneva.—With Japan, France and Italy opposed to discussing navy re ductions except as aa integral pert of the problem of disarmament as a whole, interest la Genva centered, In bow the United States wonld answer the Invitation to send delegates to par ticipate in the league of nations dis armament studies as a first step to ward the convocation of a general con ference. Another question causing almost equal speculation la whether Russia will participate, for the soviet govern ment like that of the United States and Germany, has been asked to col laborate on the Geneva disarmament program. The league council adopted another significant resolution aimed at ad vancement of world peace, when It quested Sir Eric Drummondl, the sec retary general, to prepare before the next meeting a summary of all sug gestions touching on the pacific settle ment of International disputes and systematic survey of arbitration con ventions and security treaties. The object la to permit the council to recommend at the next assembly practical plana extending the scope of arbitration, conciliation and security pacta as a preventative of war by per haps a broad International convention. NEWS NOTES OF REAL INTEREST PERTAINING TO NORTHWEST 8t Paul.—Tommy Gibbons, St. Paul boxer, may use his prowess In law en forcement. Intimate friends declare ed that Gibbons will bo a candidate for sheriff next year. Helena,—Mrs. H, E. Harmon, mother of W. E. Harmon, Montana state trea sure, died at Tacoma, Washington. Balt Lakke City.—Further clemency was denied Ralph W. Seyboldt, con victed slayer of Patrolman David H. C. Crowther, by the state pardon board In a decision handed down. Seyboldt will have the death sentence pro nounced on him for the fifth time by Judge M. L. Rltohle at a date yet to be fixed. Vernal. Utah,—Dr, Harrey Coe Hnll Inger, who claims to be the oldest practicing physician In the United States with 78 years to his credit, cel ebrated his 101 st birthday by going shout his work as usual. Dr. Hullln ger, Mormon pioneer and Civil War veteran, Is known ns Utah's oldest citizen. He was born In Ohio and came to Utah In 1850. He was a close personal friend of President Brigham Young of the Mormon church. Washington.—A short line of new railroad, which the Union Pacific rail way desires to build from Collier, Wyo. a distance of four miles. Into sugar beet growing country, was described In an application to the Interstate com merce commission. A sugar refinery will be constructed at the end of the extension. Casper, Wyo.—Don M. Lobdell, assis tant director of Industrial relations for the Standard Oil company of diana for the Rocky Mountain divis ion, died at his home here after lingering Illness. Casper, Wyo.—Cracksmen who blew the safe of the Table Supply company In the public market building here, escaped with $8,000 In cash and checks it was reported to the police depart ment. The Interior of the store was partially wrecked by the «»plosion. Pueblo Colo.—Quarantined In hla home with diphtheria, Rev. T. C. Col Mater, Methodist Episcopal clergyman, delivered a sermon by radio to a con gregation in bis church here. Stillwater, Minn.—Burglars knock ed the dials of three vaults off In the Stillwater postoffice and escaped with approximately $20,000 In stamps and cash. Minneapolis.—Two dollars a bushel was paid for %_ car of wheat at the Minneapolis chamber of commerce recently. It waa the highest price re corded In a cash wheat transaction Minneapolis for nearly a year. Doris Reid, once a mannequin, has signed a three-year contract at $100, 000 a year and traveling expenses, design dresses for a nationally known New York manufasturer. In private life she Is Mrs. John Oakley. * Irish Peace Dnblln.—William T. Oosgrave preel dent of the Free State council, In statement to the Associated Press re garding the Irish boundary settlement, declared : "I am firmly convinced that the agreement signed by the Free State, Ulster and Great Brttlan. marks great turning point in the checkered history of Ireland." Rome.—A movement la under way to boycott Rudolph Valentino's film« because of the resentment at hla ac tion In seeking to become a» Ameri can cltlsen. The Popolo Di Roma publishes a letter from an angry cor respondent, who declare* H fa the duty of good Italian« to remain away from moving picture theatres showing filma which feature "a renegade Italian." providing for a 4tMw*ui working w««Ar tfafaeghout the state. Sydney. N. 8. W—The of New South V Mes haa t mk o P T O ft !s 1 ■TX> A* 0« A ft m c Fig. 2 ■ Diagram Showing the Tlskler System Which la Really Batter, Sines It Pro vides a Certain Rogonorat'on Control Over the Entire Wave-Length a By BRAINARD FOOTE In the Philadelphia Public Ledgar. Five-tube tuned R. F. sets, home made, are noted for their excellence of performance on short wave lengths and their failure on long waves On wave lengths higher than 400 meters, reception of DX stations is seldom satisfactory, although locals, of course, are well received. Below this dividing mark reception Improves, and In the vicinity of 300 meters is ordinarily very fine Indeed. Many well-made receivers, neutro dynes and other five-tube T. R. F. out fits are provided with an automatically varied device which Increases the coupling for longer waves or otherwise varies the amplification so that long wave reception Is as good as on short waves. r .. ; * But receivers not so well made do not have such extra equipment, and the user who Is Interested In DX must either he satisfied with DX around 300 meters or else resort to an outside at tachment to even up matters for high waves and, perhaps, very short waves, this latter In case the set gets Into oscillation near 200 meters. One of the most common methods adopted to provide equalized amplifica tion In the two R, F. stages Is to employ three 45-volt "B" batteries and a series variable resistance to per mit varying the voltage and thus force the tubes Into greater sensitivity by mere ''brute" application of voltage from the "B" batteries. ' Other methods call for variation of coupling by changing the position or number of turns on the primary wind ings of the R, F, transformers, but these methods are difficult, trouble some. and make It necessary to take the transformers out. One of Ihe very best schemes consists III making the detector regenerative and Is the method preferred by the writer. Persons not Interested In DX work need not touch this control and It may be left at zero. Tickler on Variometer. The regeneration may be added In two ways—with a tickler coll or with a variometer. The latter Is certainly simpler, and to do It the circuit of Fig. 1. Is followed. The detector (middle In the five-tube set) socket Is « » BF JPlGil Rags ne ration May Ba Added by Fol lowing Thia Diagram. shown and to tho rlght'of It the audio transformer for the first stage. Ths connections originally wars according to tho dotted line, from the plate or "p" terminal of ths transformer. A fixed condenser is usually con nected acroae the primary of the transformer from **P" to "B." This Instrument la labeled <C) In the figure. The variometer la Inserted between the plate (P) of the socket and the (P) poet of the transformer. It may be placed outside the set or on top of It, and the wires to It should be well insulated to prevent any short: circuits. Manipulation of the variometer nl) make the detector oscillate and will cause a whistle. When moved slightly to stop whistle the best condition of regeneration la found and will result In a remarkable Increase in sensitivity. The variometer, however, la not quite aa satisfactory as It might be, but the method Is proposed for the benefit of thorn In position to try the method. The tickler system la really better, since It provides a certain re generation control over the entire wave-length band, whereas the vari ometer does not always do so with complete satisfaction This plan Is shown la Fig. 2. (N) M the third neutrofarmer or toned R, F. coll which la connected to the de in front of It la shown its tector.' associated variable condenser. To the right la the detector socket and to the extreme right the audio transformer, aa fa Fig. 1. Tickler ftyutan) la Simple. The tickler ayvtem suggestion te quite «latpl«. fa, tbht It doe* pot ®ran Uudatlfaf « shaft and dial on the tttaqé It F. coB. A tickler circuit with » fixed «ekler roll am ,_ for «strollfa* the S UU« fa give» fast«»#. * fa m»m SI fa «fa« iMe fe. essnry to remove the fixed condenser CO mentioned in connection with Fig. 1, since this would "by-pass" R. F. energy needed for regeneration. The result Is an Improvement In both volume and tonal qualities, apart from the gain by using regeneration. The tickler coll Itself consists of from 10 to 30 turns of wire of most any convenient size, preferably small, wound on a short piece of tubing slightly smaller than the toned R. coll. Care must he taken that In Insert ing the tickler Its wire cannot come Into contact with any of the binding posts, soldering lugs or wire already on the coll, and, moreover. It Is to be ■Hunted at the filament end of the coll (N). This can readily be determined by noting which end of the coil is con nected to the immovable plates of the variable condenser and also to the grid condenser, shown between the coll (N) and the (Q) post on the socket. If the tickler (T) Is wound In the same direction as (N) the ends of (T) will be connected as Indicated. In case of doubt (T) can be Inserted one way and. If no regeneration re sults, it can be taken out, turned around and Inserted the other way. The variable condenser (C) is prefer ably an Instrument already mounted and located outside the set. Later on. If you like the results, you may Inatall this extra condenser on the panel, with an external knob or dial. The size of the condenser (C) Is not of especial.importance, since. If It Is too small, more turns can be «B«d on coll (T) and, If too large, some taken off. The regular 23-plate condenser Is suitable. One of Its terminals Is con nected to the tickler (T), while the other goes to one of fbe "A w battery binding posts or to any convenient point on the filament circuit The wire used should be Insulated to avoid accidental contacts and the connec tions ought not to be too lengthy. Operation. • Making the detector regenerative In this way permits yob to employ the whistle to tune for DX stations. The set must be carefully neutralized to prevent radiation, but even then It la better not to allow the detector to os cillate when yon are on the wave length of any local station simply be cause there la a chance that you might Interfere with some one. When the "whistle" has been heard and the R. F. dials accurately set. the capacity of condenser (O) la reduced until the whistle ceases. A slight touch of the tuning condenser for coil (N), the detector coll will bring In voice or music. On long wave lengths It will be found necessary to Increase the capacity of (C). And on short wave lengths It may be necessary to aet (C) at aero. Where the natural period of the an tenna Interferes with reception around 220 meters, aa It so often does, the régénération control will offset this trouble. Where it Is never necessary to use more then a quarter or a third of the capacity of (O) to produce regenera tion the tickler should either have fawer turns or should be moved par tially out of coil (N). in case re generation cannot be obtained on the high wave lengths It follows that ths tickler should have more turns. On account of the two stages of tuned radio-frequency In such a aet the added "feedback" for making the detector oscillate will he very Might and much leas than the amount of re generative action required where there la only one stage of tuned radio-fre quency. ness on wave« formerly sort of "deed" la truly astonishing. The difference la aensttlve Connect Plugs Correctly When building a set be sure to note to which aide of the Jacks you connect the plus terminal of the "B" battery. Then be Just as sure to connect your phone cords to file plug to that the f! 11 "*. IfînN ^n't ct'ha^th« 11 "P* battery f 1 Pe *.- n.h-iunc, and S3 ÎJm _ .. d tb _ ThliTJJn.rth not lose inetr HaatUa P hoo oa CarelaQy Headphone«, when well made, are delicate Ipartrement* end should he handled |w* «* curefuily as a fine watch- One then.- roughly, any m 4 . BFBND YOUR DOLLAR AT HOMS When yon need letterheads, en velopes or any old thing In print ing give the order to your local newspaper man and yon will pro fit aa well as he. Every dollar spent at homo creates business activity, more business meant more people and better times for all. Try It and see for your self during the next year. i Increased Levy and Half of Auto LL | cense Receipts Would Bo Available Under Law « PUN SUBMITTED FOR 6000 ROADS Adoption of a plan for the Improve-1 ment of Montana roads was the result 40 Mont-1 of anans held at the state house. A com mittee of 11 will have charge of the dstalls of the plan, which provides for the presentation of an Initiative mea sure next year which would Increase the gasoline tax to three cents a gallon. Distribution would be 85 per cent the highway commission fund and IS per cent to the general fund. The measure would provide for a division of the motor vehicle license money be tween the counties and the state high way fund. The plan also provides that after four yean the highway fund Is to re ceive all of the proceeds from the gasoline tax. The committee believes that $1,200.000 could be raised through a three cent gas tax by 1027. It I« F. 55 figured that It would be possible to construct 2940 miles of highway In a 10-year period. If the Inltatlve mea sure Is adopted, It Is planned to con nect every county seat In the state with a trunk highway If funds permit. Hobson.—Frazier Brothers shipped three carload* of horses and one car of hogs to Princeton, UI. They will sell the horses, hut plan to fatten the hogs on corn before disposing of them. -home. Roundup wll 1 have a community Christinas tree this year. The decis ion was reached at a recent meeting of the local post of the American Legion. Subject to the approval of the city council the tree will be erect ed at the Intersection of Main and Second streets. It will be procured and trimmed by representatives of the legion. 4 - SKops Work Five Days Bulletins poste ' at the local shops of the Northern Pacific railway at Livingston give notice that as of De- cember 1, employment for machinists In the local a..ops will be for five days each week. A total of 888 men are affected In the list of those whose week's work Is to he curtailed for an Indefinite period. - For several months past the same employes have been working five and one-half days each week having elected this program rather than a program of six working days with the number. of employes curtailed. It Is said the plan to cut off either a day or half- day during the dull season has been In effect In previous years. Bcohey.—Pat Roland, employed as a farm hand In the Ooel creek commun Ity, committed suicide by shooting him self In the head with a .82 caliber rifle. He had given no Intimation that hs Intended to end hla life. Death Claims Pioneer William Coleman. Civil war veteran, Montana trail brazor, discoverer of Ruby gulch, and the first man to roach bedrock while prospecting Orasshop-1 por creek, died at the family home at Deer Lodge. One of the moat active of Montanans his death will come as a shock to many persons In all sections of the state. During trie later years he had been algnally honored by the men who help ed win the dvl! war and by those who laid the foundation for Montana's greatness. He was past department commander of the O. A. R. and also past president of the Montana Society of Pioneers. Post Office Name Changed Washington.—The name of the Bat tleeon poet office in Daniels county, which for some time has been located at Peerless, will on January 1 he changed to Peerless, according to In formation received by Congressmen Scott Leavitt from the postoffice de partment Peerless Is a new town on the Sco bey-Ophetm extension of the Greet Northern railroad, eight miles from Battleson. Some time ago the Battle son postoffice was moved to the rail road town, but without a change In Baker Light Plant 8oW A business transection of consider centty when the Midwest Public 3*r vice company purchased the plant and p**) will Of the Baker Light sod Poor The company fa at present operating ef company 'The Midwest Public Service com puny, which fa the new owner ef the local power plant, la an orgaaiaetloo known fa both Montana and Wyoming Wortes#. Wyo., (pfa Oaiter. » tk The mere fact that « doctor had ad vised whiskey aa a stimulant for her husband does not excuse Virginia Charette of Dillon from the possession of a quantity of moonshine, says the supreme court. In affirming a convic tion of Mrs. Charette in the district court for Sliver Bow county. She could only have Justified her possession of whisky by showing that It had bean ob tained on a doctor's prescription, but po ss ession of moonshine, defined as whisky which baa been Illegally dis tilled or produced, the court says, can never be lawful. Virginia Charette waa tried and con victed In the district court for âTlver Bow county of possession of Intoxicat ing liquor. She appealed from the re fusal of the court to permit her to " how that the liquor was kept in the house as « necessary stimulant for her husband, who suffered from heart at tacks. She was sentenced to pay a fine of $800 and serve four months in Jail. The clubhouse recently erected by troop 4 of Whlteflsh Boy Scouts was officially opened and turned over to the troop at a meeting held there De cember S. Surrounded by white birch and young spruce trees, situated on a ~ plot of ground adjoining the city park on the lake shore, close to the munici pal beach, dock and bath house, the clubhouse la Ideally located. The ground was given the boys for the pur pose by tho city of Whlteflsh. The building, which is the first of Its kind In Glacier park council, cost about $800, all of which is paid. Trtatsrs Stats Tabloids i Victor —The first copy of the high I 8C hool paper "Impressions" was pub llahed November 30. Roundup.—Senator John Oliver hav ing tendered his resigned as receiver of the Citizens State bank, It Is under stood that Judge G. J. Jeffries will soon announce the appointment of L I E. Snyder to take hla place, the change to take place early In December, Senator Oliver haa already shipped his household furniture and is preparing I to return to Ekalaka, his former Ronan. —Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Fos take char « e of that POP«'«*- «sort, Tbl8 wlnter the r P Ht ,n 8011,6 K ood llckB at the ,ak6 . 6lear a P uh » 6 < ' anQ P tf rounrt and plan to Improve the road» 1 and cut out 8ome of tbe wor8t cnrveB - ter recently of Deer Lodge have bought Mr. Babcock's lease and hold ings at Lake Mary Ronan and will Glendive.—Ed Brown, manager of the Eastern Montana Light * Power company, since 1020, resigned his posi tion last week and left by auto, ac companied by Mrs. Brown, for Cam bridge, Ind., where they will visit Mrs. Brown's parents. Wolf Point.—The new substation at the local power plant has been finish- ' ed. It contains the latest equipment and Is operated entirely by automatic machinery which eliminates the need of an operator. Billings.—Antonio Herrero, Manuel R< aines and Leo Acosta, are facing prison terms of from 15 to 80 years as a result of their conviction In dis trict court here of the robbery Novem ber 22 of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Brown at the Brown ranch home near Huntley. Lewlstown.—Frank H. Cunningham has been named by Governor J. B. I Erickson as a member of tho Fergus Petroleum commission to adjust the debts and credits between the old and | new counties, Mr. Cunningham fills | the vacancy caused by the removal of E. K. Cheadle, Jr. to Washington D. C. Other members of this commission are John A. Wilson of Stanford, and Otis Mudd of Wlnnet Livingston.— as evidence of the mild weather which has continued-In Llv fa**don, Howard Hauser of the Gra bow hotel exhibits pansies grown In the hotel gardens and It is farther de clared that the lilac bushes are show ing signs of budding. In the esse of the latter. It la thought that because Livingston did not have any lilacs last spring on account of the frost there will be a late crop this fall to compen sate flower lovers for their loss. Miles City.—James Ryan, 78, father of Paddy Ryan, world famous cowboy, died here at a local hospital where he was brought from bis home In Ismay, Mont., a week ago. The elder Mr. Ryan had been a resident of southern Montana for many years and was widely known. Ingomar.—Depositors of the Vanan da State bank are now receiving checks In payment of a 40 per cent dividend, the second dividend paid since the bank was closed. Last May a divi dend of 10 per cent wes paid. E. A. Cornwell, receiver of the bank, said another dividend wonld he paid in the near futurs. Helene.—The public service com mission of Montana has announced that the Mountain States Power com pany had acquired the property of the Libby Water A Electric Co., at Libby. The golden anniversary number of the Rocky Mown tain Husband ma u has . , „ Is the oldest publication In Montana. starting at Diamond City, November 28. 1875. It was founded by R N. and W. H. SutberUn, the former «fill being fa charge of the pioneer pub lication. When Diamond City went the way of moot all placer towns, the Husband. man was moved to White Sulphur , and about IS years ago wo» to Great fallt, the prestot been r ec e iv e d In Butte. This paper