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With a fame for officiency and ability made in a long connection with the Pennsylvania Hines In the United States, he was called to England in 1914 to become gener- al manager of the Great Eastern that handler the largest

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controlled all the railways in Eng- SIRHENRY THORNTON X D'S.

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He became deputy director of, pold. He also had conferred on Inland waterwaye transportation him the American Distinguished with the rank of colonel in 1916, Service Medal, brigadier general later and insper As head of one of the world's tor general of transportation with greatest railways systemą die the rank of major general in 1918 Henry Thornton is cast in the role In which capacity he had charge of an empire builder. The rich of all army transportation or the prairies of the Canadian West continent.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1923.

BASEBALL

More Queries Answered.

QUESTIONS.

One-Runner ja tagged with the back of the gloved hand, the ball being held in that haud by. the fielder as he made the touch, Is it necessary that the runner b- toughed with the naked ball t TwoBases filled and three and two on the batter with two out Next pitch is a ball, sending batsman to first and advancing all runners coming up from third overruns bag and is caught on snap throw from catcher. Runner coming home from third, bas, not yet crossed plate. 'Does run count?

Three-Is thore any limit as te the number of runners in . run-up?

Four-Who has the right-of- way on batted ball, fielder or

runner%

Five-With two strikes on batter, one out and runner on third, batsman misses third strike, which atrikes bis person. Runner lon third scores, batsman reaches

first base. What about it?

ANSWERS.

One-Runner is out. It is not necessary that runner ba" tagged with the naked ball. It must beli hald, however, in the hand mak ing the touch.

Two-Run counts, even thouzb third out was made before runner. coming in from third crossed the plate. With bases filled, the base. on balls entitled runner on third to score. It is impossible to de- prive him of that right.

Three-There is no limit as 'to the number of players of the toain in the field who may take partia|||

a run-up.

FourThe-fielder always has the right-of-way on a batted båll. The runner must avoid him or suffer the penalty of being called out for interference.

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New Method of Reproduction, Dr. A. Neuburger, of Berlin, writing in Popular Wireless Week There are two methods of long distance reproduction of music, eto, known up to the present; ane method is based on the use of the common telephone, the other.exe-

In the kathodopbons, as well as cated with the aid of wireless iion of the instruments as well as metallic diaphragins for taking up In all these cases the reproduc-in the atatophone, the use of telephony. In both cases the telephone receiver is need, if of the voice was an extremely the sound waves as well as for the concert is destined for and astonishingly clear one. It reproducing the voice is avoided gropter audience, the loud speaker made no difference if the sounds as far as possible. is applied. But in the telephone were high or deep, if they were The kathodophone consists of a. receiver, as well as in the loud forte or plano. Every sound was horn which receives the voice or speaker, the transformation of the understood in the farthest the music. The sound waves aro electric impulses into sound- corner

of the great. ball, transformed into electricity with waves is performed by the aid of and there were По dia out a microphone. The Eathodo metal diaphragm,

turbances caused by the metallic phone contains a small rod of Until recently we could not vibration that is invariably as-magnesis of the same kind so are avoid the use of this metallic socisted with the diaphragms, of used in Nerostlamps. This rod plate and therefore all reprodus:

loud speakers.

is made hot by an electric current tions of the human voice, as well

The inventors of this new and ionises the air surrounding it. as of musical instruments, could

loud speaker

aro Messry, The round waves "very the not be fully satisfactory. There Maroll, Dr. Eng, and Vogt, degree of ionisation, which varia was always a metallic found in who have worked for several tions are transferred to an electric the delivery, and several vowels months in order to transform current flowing through the ap- as well as several notes of their recently invented apparatus, partaus. By this method the the music were never perfectly used for the speaking film, so that electric current shows all clear. Even very this plates ofit can serve for giving long variations of the musical metal do not accommodate them-distance concerts. The apparatus sounds of the human voice in selves completely to the rhythmic consists of three paris, and is the form of variations of its impuless of the voice, and the therefore called the “Tri-Ergon- cower. For the transmission of magnetism excited in them is too Apparatus," at the same time the current to the music hall a lasting. There is always a certain being an allusion to the three in-wire-lino is employed but the amount of hysteresis.

ventors working together with the ransmission can also be perform-: Absence of Distortion.

energy of three inventive brains ad by wireless.

These three parts are a receiver Lately concert of perfectly for sounds, called the "Kathode the current is magnified by an new kind was given in the great phone," an amplifier of special amplitier of special construction. THE hall of the State's conservatory of construction, and a new kind of music at Herlin. This great hall telephone for reproduction, the as reproducing apparatus. is The statophone, which serves was quite full. The hall has a eo called "Stafophone." length of

aded on sa ulo principle, that of theelectrostatic telepboze." This statosphone, which at "the concert was placed on the chairs, in the form of five disks of differ ent dimensiour, consists of metal and pros, and has a diameter of about 30 40 centimetres. At

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The metel has nothing to do with the affect. It is only used as a kind of frame.

The instrument contains two main parts, one loaded with positive, the other one with neg. alve statio electricity. By the variations of the arriving current] the electrostatic loadings of the mica parte are influenced, and these parts begin to swing or vibrate. As the mics works at the frequencies used without any hysteresis lost, the tone is very clear and good one.

Efficiency of Projection. ̧

A power of only 3 watte (the power produced by a small pocket lamp battery) 118 sufficient to fill a room uxlarge faa, the music hall of the Berlin Canervatory, one of the largest balls in Berlin, so that the per [form-ancis can be heard, every.

where in the building with the greatest clearness and dietiner. Dess. As the amplifier, though of. *pecial constraction, is based on the principles of the amplifera used in wireless telephony, the tranamission" also own [ba per formed by wireless.

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