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Madison Wisconsin State Journal (Newspaper) - December 20, 1920, Madison, Wisconsin-FROM- A READER'S NOTEBOOK T k E T R A Z 2IN I. 'he g reat I ta lian co lo ra tu ra sop rano , sin g s an d is hoard by w ire less te lephone on sh ip s of th e Ignited S ta le s navy , no m a tte r w here th ey a re sc a tte re d . W hy fu ss w ith a ou ija board SPLIT T IN G w hen such se m i-su p e r- TH E n a tu ra l e v en ts afro c row d- SECONDS ing in to ev ery d ay life? "W e live in an age o f I split seconds," say s th e an n u a l rep o rt of MaJ. Gen. G eorge O. Squier, ch ief j signal officer of th e a rm y . "W ire less m essage* m ay now be tra n s m itte d and received p rac tica lly be tw een any two ^ ? p o in ts on the su rface of th e dearth in a * ten th of a second." T h is 1s am azin g p ro g ress since the first w orkable w ire less a p p a ra tu s w as Invented 23 y e a rs ago by the I ta lian genius, M arconi. T h a t w as In 1K95. Hlx y ears la te r M arconi sen t th e first w ir e le s s signa l a c ro ss th e A tlan tic from C ornw all to N ew fo u n d la n d , On that, j h isto ric occasion he could tra n sm it n o th in g excep t ro p ititio n s of th e le tte r i S. B ut In a n o th e r tw o y ea rs he sen t com plete m essages by n ig h t. T he w ire less Is easily th e e igh th w onder of th e w orld a s a device of com m unica tion alone. ^ et sc ien tis ts look fo r m ore rev o lu tio n ary in n o v a � tio n s in th e w ire less of th e fu tu re . F o r in stan ce , In 1*14 M arconi in L ondon ligh ted e lec tr ic lam p s w ith c u rre n t sen t six m iles by w ire less. T h a t m ay have been th e b ir th o f l ig h t� ing c itie s and o p e ra tin g m ach in ery by c u rre n t se n t by w ire le ss from d is ta n t so u rces of w a terp o w er. T h e P rin ce of M onaco h as a piano i k en h is y ach t p layed by w ire less by a ^ m a s t e r m usic ian a sh o re . A t th e In d ian a s ta te fa ir, ar. a u to � m obile eng ine w as s ta r te d ev ery five J seconds by w ire less w aves sen t from a s ta tio n in Ind ian ap o lis , five m iles aw ay . | R ecen tly th e 13,000-ton b a ttle sh ip 1 Ohio w as s tr ip p ed o f i ts crew a n d op - c ra ted , s teered an d maneuvered e n tire ly by w ireless from a n o th e r ship. T hese re m a rk ab le p e rfo rm an ces s u g � gest som e of th e p ra c tic a l u ses to w hich w ire less will be pu t in th e fu tu re . M any of th e in n o v atio n s will be A m eri� can , for o u r w ire less m en a re in th e lead. T h e ir la te s t exploit in th e b u ild � ing of th e w orld 's b iggest an d m ost / pow erfu l w ire less p lan t a t fersnn , on l / in g Island It w ill open fo r b u sin ess Ju ly I. 1921. sen d in g and rece iv in g 1,000 w ords a m inute . Bunsen IHM r i l l 1 1 s n e Journal City EditionTWELVE PAGES sam VOL. 136, NO. 80. 81�t Year. MADISON, WIS., MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 20, 1920. PRICE THREE CENTS HEAT PRISONERS TO DEATH? CLARA SMITH TRADE BOARD FLAYS TELLS STORY GAMBUNG IN WHEAT OF SHOOTING Found by Writer in Chihua� hua, Mexico, Woman Re� veals Life and Death of Jake Hamon Legislation to Regulate Futures Trading Urged by Commission in Letter to President; Govern� m en t Selling Machinery Should Move, Assertion E I G H T F I N E S P A Y F O R VV (Note- Sam B la ir , staff c o r r e � spondent of U n ive rs a l Serv ice and the Ch icago H e ra ld E x a m in e r , bas found C lara S m ith H a m o n . He followed her th ro u gh tile s o u t h � west, trav e lin g ap p ro x im a te ly 3,- 000 miles, finally, locating and a r � ranging an in terv iew w ith her at Chihuahua, Mexico.) B Y S A M B L A I R (C opyright, 1920, by U n iv ersa l Serv ice) (C opyright. 1920. by C hicago H erald and e x a m in e r) (Cop>rigut, 1920, by S am B la ir) ASKIN(iTON A " large volum e" of fat un i a 112 in wheat is " mere gambling involving great economic waste and , should be stopped by congressional regulation, the federal trade j commission wrote President Wilson today. The com m issions com- j muuication constituted its report in reply to the president s request t ' i. r . ? ' limn M ot* th an 3,SOO p erso n s w ere kitted by au tom obiles in th e U n ited S ta te s d u rin g th e p a s t year, a c c o rd - T H E ing to th e cen su s b u reau . D E A T H T h eir n u m b er equ als the T O L L popu lation of th e av erag e c ity w ard , o r of m any a co u n ty sea t. T hey w ere k illed a t th e ra te o f m ore th an ten a day. o r about one e v � e ry tw o hours M orta lity from d iseases once g rea tly d read ed h as been m ate ria lly reduced. In m any co m m unities typho id h a s been ASO, T ex.--C lara S m ith l l a � m a s been found . S he has Id me her s to ry . She is going back to A rdm ore, Okla., to lace a ju ly or* a c h a rg e of slay ing the one m an in a ll th e world whom she understood and loved an d h a te d - P o r t J e f - k- I lain on, oil m ag n a te an d re - pub lican na tio n a l co m m itteem an from I O klahom a! She will tell th e A rdm ore ju ry the s to ry she tole, m e la s t n ig h t, w hile a ha lf m oon tu rn ed in to w eird s ilh o u e tte s Hie tree s in the public p a rk w h ere we walk"* in C hihuahua. I T he sto ry is com pleter-h o rrib ly eom - I p lete. A t the beg inn ing , in p o in t of J tim e, it show s C lara , a 17 l e a r old ln" n IceBreaks; CRUELTY IN Man /fescues Little Boy PRISON CAMP IS CHARGEDL all b u t w iped ou t. D ip h th eria no long- j w ith me, she said , a n d lifted m y lin � e r ho lds its old te rro rs . Yellow fev er is a lm o st ex tin c t. B u t m an 's own fo l� ly, n eg lec t and ca re le ssn ess Is s u b s t i � tu tin g new fo rm s of d e a th in p lace of th o se he h a s conquered . T h ro u g h c a re fu ln e ss p robab ly n ln e - te n th s of tho fa ta l au tom obile acc l- % d e n ts m ig h t h ave been avoided. L ives a re lost in f ra n tic e ffo rts to save sec- ?* ends. On a hot a fte rn o o n m any y ears ago a trav e lin g d ru m m er w as d r iv in g h is .'hoes a n ' rig " a long a co u n - J O E try ro ad n e a r W in ch este r, M I L L E R 'S Ohio N o tic ing a fa rm e r I D E A boy w o rk in g w ith h ts ja c k � k n ife on a largo piece o f hardw ood u n d e r the shade of a w ild . .harry tree , the d ru m m e r re in ed up h is m ile -a n -h o u r stead a n d h itch ed an d olttm-ed over th e fence. T he fa rm e r boy exp la in ed th a t he d id n 't like to lift b u gg ies a n d h eavy w agons when he g reased th e ir ax les, so he had m ade a co n triv an ce to do 1 he liftin g for him . T he d ru m m er lo an - *w1 the fa rm e r boy five do lla rs to ta k e out a p a ten t, T h a t boy w as Jo e M iller and his In � ven tion w as the IJftlng-Jack w hich in a rto u s fo rm s is now used on fa rm s. in facto ries, and iii th e bu ild ing trad e s , 1 gem to her h a ir so th a t I m ig h t feel tho furrow ed sc a r- re su lt of-one o f his m any blows, she said. "T h a t bullet w hich killed him should have been tired IO y e a rs ago. 'I w as adv ised to kill h im - yes, by several of the biggest m en in O k lah o � ma. B ut I loved him. I s till love him. "A wom an a lw ay s loves th e first ; m an. And he w as the first m an w ith me- and the only one. "H e's m ade h is peace w ith God. He I told m e so th u t m o rn in g in th e hosp l- J ta i a f te r he had s a id he w as dying and th a t I should go, aw ay an d he would tell the world he had sh o t h im � self. I forgave him on th a t day . Will They Believe? "B ut. oh, if I h ad on ly show n to the A rdm ore people the black m a rk s of his- th u m b s on m y th ro a t, th e to rn skin on rnv hands, th e b a tte re d face of mc. a f te r th a t n ig h t th e b u lle t w as Jire^ Had I show n th ese , ev ery one would believe inv sto ry . W ill th ey be� lieve now th a t my b ru ise s a re a lm ost healed ?" She held h e r face back, so th e m oon� light b rough t in to sh a rp re lie f her fe a tu res . H er finger* trac ed tile black c irc les u nder h e r eyes. She sp read j o u t h e r hands so th e b lu ish , to m m ark - I lugs s till could be seen. 'H ut go back p lease ," she sa id . "and ( tell your read ers I w ill no t g ive m y- STATE BOARD TO LOSE KIEKHOFER P U B L I C A F F A I R S S E C R E T A R Y . D E S I G N S T O E N T E R C O M � M E R C I A L F I E L D not to m ention th a t no a u to tool k it * ha"*' m y re a so n s for in com plete w ithou t a jack . w ish ing to w ait unm olested h e re ." "L iston. I w an t to te ll you first of th a t day and n ig h t-o f th e n ig h t ho w as shot. "F o r IO y e ars we h ad been- he hail do m ina ted me I ha ted h im a n d yet I loved him T he day of Nov. 21 we w ore to p a rt fo r good. It i m my decision and his. . ' And I. for IO years.. I !*ear�, colored, w ere d is � m issed . Thbfce pay ing fines w ere Jo*' P iazze, M ike M ordena. Ita lian s , and H ugh B ostick J . F. Ikivis, R u fu s M ix� on, R o b e rt Jam ils, W illiam Irv in g and Ell Dunn, colored . A ccord ing to D e tec tiv e Sm ith th e m en w ere gam b lin g in th e th ird fiat of th e bu ild in g a n d th e so u n d s o f th e ir voices a s th e y coaxed th e lit t le cu b es could be h e a rd d o w n sta irs . A K E M E N D O T A nearly c la im ed a little v ic t im t o � d a y when W d fo rd , f ive year old son of M r . and Mrs. George H ughes , 837 E a st G o r h a m street, ventured too fa r out on the new ly ( form ed ice. A ttra cted by the cries of the l i t � t le boy and three small c o m p a n � ions, H e n r y Sherven. 24 N o rth F ew street, cam e to the rescue. T h e child was floundering in the w ate r about 200 feet out f ro m shore w as und ersto o d he re W hile no

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