The Kent tribune. (Kent, Ohio), 1922-01-26

              The Kent Tribune. LOCAL LEADER IN BOTH NEWS AND CIRCULATION. All the News Our aim For You - - in '22 Get a Tribune Year Book Free to Patrons VOLUME VII. NO. 12 KENT. OHIO. THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1922 5c A COPY, $1.50 A YEAR Congressman Simeon Fess. Will Speak in Kent Tomorrow. 51 tfONGRBSSMAN g. D. PESS. Congressman Simeon I). Fess, of Yellow Springs, 0 who is looked upon as a very strong candidate for the V. S. senatorshlp nomination, will iw the guest of the Kent Chamber of Commerce at noon luncheon Friday, Jan. 27, at the Franklin hotel. ('ongress man Fess has been heard fliere before, and we all know that he, can say thing without much waste of words. Down nt Marlon, with a single sentence, we saw him bring 3110 newspapermen to their feet to cheer Slim for several minutes. Ills talk here will be non-political. "Hut It'll be worth hearing. Mr, Fess lias been in congress since 1013. He was head of the American history department of Ohio Northern university from 1SS0 to 1897, when he, became director of the college of law and vice president of that institution. In 1007, he was elected president of Antioch college, lellow Springs, and served there until he. went to Washington.Ji:W I. 0. F. OFFICERS. Brady Lodge, No 183, I. O, O. F. liad installation Monday evening. District Deputy Grand Master Wei-mer and staff were present from Mantua and installed the following officers:Noble Orand A. W. Broadhurst. R. S. N. G. E; O. Carlin. L. S. N. G. Chas. Towner. Vice Grand .1. C. Carlin. U. S. V. G. G. Bechtle. L. S. V. G. L. H. Hibbard. ' Chaplin A. J. Richardson. Condr. G. Burdick. T. G. T. Hill. O. G. B. H. Newton. R. S. S. M. Barrows. I . S. S.--W. Lines. , R. & F. G. Ixing. F. S. C. L. Brown, Treas. C. Shirtliff. After installation a fine supper was prepared and a good time enjoved. sfci imty bi:m:fit association Will give Dance and entertainment by home talent at Bochtle's hall, Tpoailny evening. Jan. 31, 1922, at 8 o'clock. Refreshments. Admission 25c. Everybody welcome. Chamber Commerce. NOTICF.. All members of the Kent Chamber of Commerce, please get in the habit of watching this space, every week for news, notices, announcements and doings of the Chamber of Commerce. This corner has been very willingly and generously set aside by both papers for the Chamber of Commerce news. Don't look for and wonder why you don't receive letters, but.sub--scribe for the city news papers and read the weekly letter. Everything up to the minute and of some interest to each. The Chamber of Commerce should be of interest to everyone in and nround Kent, and if you have something on your mind in connection with any civic, industrial or other affair of Kent, please let us know about it, as the Chamber of Commerce is surely of. for and by all the people. Asi Rudy Kipling puts It: It ain't the guns nor Armament, nor funds that they can pay; But the close co-operation that makes them win the day. It ain't the individual, nor the Army as a whole. But the everlastin' team work of every bloomin' soul. There will be a meeting of the board of Governors, next Monday evening, Jan. 30, at 7. All meetings to he held in Chamber of Commerce rooms unless otherwise specified. Ail right, let's sol Chamber of Commerce noonday luncheon at Franklin hotel Friday novm, Jan. 27. Sneaker. Coiwrressman Simeon D. Fess. Don't forget to mull your return card. 7!c per plal. 7 I ,tt 'V V EXTRA. Word came yesterday that the I'u lie nil services for Corporal Hugh La Dow would lie held on Sunday, Jan. 2!), at 2 . in. In the. Chagrin Falls Methodist church, lie. A. I. Spanton will officiate. It will lie u military funeral, conducted by the American Legion boys of Chagrin Falls. Any of the boys from Kent will be welcomed if they can nrraiijie to participate. Corporal Lalhiw en listed while Ills mother and sister were residents of Kent. They now reside in Obcrlin. Tho E. ().' Thompson Co., of Akron, was awarded the contract for the lights at the new high school gym. The Ice harvest is on at Lake Brady and the Spelnians have a big force of men at work there, as they also have nt Silver Lake. The Kent branch of the Portage County Welfare league effected a permanent organization by the election of the following officers: Pres., Mrs, Lena Welsenbach; 1st v. p., Mrs. L. B, Hastings; 2nd v. p., Mrs. Walter Heisler; sec, Mrs. Bertha Nichols; assistant, Mrs. L. G. Coolidge; treas., Mrs. 'I. C. Foss. A constitution was adopted and the regular meeting nights set for the first Monday evenings of each month. A 'meeting will be held next Monday evening. The members of the city council will meet at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Monday evening, Jan. SO, nt 7:30 to receive committee!) from any organization that wishes to make suggestions regarding the purchase of (ire equipment, selecting a site and the putting up of a building. Any Interested imtsoiis will be welcome, ns this will be an open meeting. Geo. E. Hinds, cashier of the Kent National bank, is again at Battle Creek, Michigan, following severe suffering that was not relieved by his first trip there. Mrs. Hinds and their son, Geo. W., accompanied him. Though with very bad weather conditions to meet, the Franklin twp. farmers' Institute last week was a very successful one. Good speakers gave talks that had the closest attention and good local talent provided music and other entertainment. v The control of tho institute after this year goes to the Farm Bureau and the officers elected are from that organization, as follows: Pres., Mrs. O. S. Lukens. V. P., J. F. Merkel Sec Treas., Rny Ijemmermen. Ex. Com., Mr. and Mrs, Lukens, Mr. and Mrs. Merkel. Enrico Ros, the wonderful Cuban pianist, gave a magnificent recital at the Normal, Monday evening. He is a real artist. Paul H. Davey, field director of Portage county American Legion Adjusted Compensation committee, requests that the next of kin of all deceased veterans of the World war communicate with him at the earliest possible, moment. This also includes all men who served with the Allies although cilizens of the United States, Communicate with Mr. Davey In care of Davey Tree Expert Co. Dr. Tulloss, president of Wittenberg college, will speak before assembly at the Normal, Feb. 7. ' Dr. Tulloss will talk on Higher Education. He will also lecture at the father and sons' banquet session, of the Lutheran church on the evening of Feb. 6. His lecture will be illustrated with moving pictures taken at Wittenberg college showing student life in clnRS room and about the campun. There is about 6000 ft. of film in these pictures and they are being shown all -over Ohio and Mich igan at the Father and Son meetings. Dr. Tulloss suhiect at the banquet session will be "Men for the Ministry."Somebody stole Reed & Son's Ford coupe from in front of th Univer salis! church Thursday night. John Davey'.s film, "Transforma tion," will be exhibited at the Kent opera house next Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 1 and 2. afternoon nnd evening, at. popular prices. Doubtless every one In Kent and vicinity will be anxious to see this. It Is a new-type of film. See the announcement in full page "ad." of this issue. There will be a "try -out of the film next Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 p. m. to which every membpr of the Kent Rotary club is Invited. This is gratuitous to the Rotary boys, as a token of appreciation of their work of love to the crippled children. Mr. Pnlfl pledges that every thing possible shall be done to make the ooera house warm and comfortable . these cold days. FOUFIGM-RS (JTYE PROfilUM. The Federated Women's clubs of Kent will give nn entertainment nt the Normal college auditorium Feb. t, under the direction of Miss May Prentice, chairman of the Americanization committee of the Federated clubs, the funds going for the purpose of the night school held twice a week at the South school building. The program will include selections by the foreign people who are attending the Arn?rieanlsatlon school. Ml KfusaTt Davis will give a special reading. Kent Boys Mastering the Wireless - - Music of the Artists Heard Great Distance - - Kent Call Reaches Washington -5? ,l ifiSij ft Ti WJkw.Ni,if5- . ' y; la I It L 1 4' t.--V-,?:- i l in i ,,mi llll Ti-HTWnif TV IMTW ii.miMI llfl !: "Hello, Murphy, how was It?" "Fine, Mike," came the reply. It was at a "listening in post." The first speaker was in Newark, N. J. He was talking to Murphy, of Cleveland. . They represented two broad-casting stations in the radio service. Thousands of wireless station boys, with guests beyond number, had been enjoying a program of music. Elizabeth Spencer ajid Thomas Chalmers were tho artists. Their voices and their Edison records, sent broad-cast from Newark had been heard all over the land. Then Cleveland entertained. Daphne pollard, Sandy Shaw, Chas. King, Lila Rhodes and other Keith artists were heard. Mrs. Cantor gong, Signor Friscoei world famed xylo phone artist, was heard in person and on the Edison. The night air carried the music of the artists all 'over the continent. Thousands of young radio artists caught the charm of the artistry and entertained their friends. The particular point at which we partook of the novel entertainment was at. Donald Greene's Radio station on Lake street, iwn nas a neatly fitted up room in the barn back of his home. He has all the necessary equipment for receiving both by tele phone and telegraph nnd sending by telegraph. He is a leader among the more than a score of Kent youths, who have taken to this wonder of the age and his ability to bring the mes sages carried through the air to his receiving station is marvelous. Don s equipment includes a regen erative tuner, which tunes 17S to 6(10 meters: a detector and I wo step amplifier, bis own make; two amplifier horns, a one-half killowatt (Packard) transformer, 10,000 volts; oil emerged condenser, rotary spark gap, homemade oscillation transformer, Mur-dock aerial switch and stornge hat-tery used to light filaments of bulbs. His call is 8-BAY. Communication is heard from Soap Box" Jack O'Brien in Kent. Kent Rotarians had "Soap Box" Jack O'Brien on the program Tues day and the postponement from noon until evening in order to get him was really worth it. It was n very unusual treat that was given the members and a num ber of guests at the Franklin hotel. Jack O'Brien, from Racine, Wis., gave n 15-minute 1. W. W. argument from the standpoint of a radical red. He made it singe. He came into' the room in the hands of Police Officer Snethkamp and the way he waded into things in general was a sensation. After 15 minutes of ranting he yanked off his goggles, threw away his slouch hat, turned down his collar, smoothed his hair and proceeded to give a talk that rang with, patriotism. In answering the red arguments. 0"Brien tore down every argument they had with an Americnn truth. He traced the growth and develop- A (JJFT FOR MISS r.YITOEE. The choir of the Methodist church held a party Monday eveninig, during which they perpetrated a surprise on their organist. Miss Viola Pardee, whom they presented a beautiful pearl necklace. Rev. E. R. Brown was the spokesman and expressed the appreciation of the choir for the devoted services of the organist. D. of A. installation Jan. 26. DONALD GREENE'S RADIO STATIO N, 8-BAY, 129 IoAKE ST. Photo by Beverly, Kent Photo Studio. si;.r'. 1:1 : DON GREENE, Sec,-Ti'eas. Kent Radio Club. thousands of stations. Music is heard from Pittsburg, 8:30 to 9:30 p. in., New York city, Washington, D. C, Cleveland (8-ACS), every Sunday, Akron, Chicago nnd' Newark, N. J., (daily). Don passed the examination in Cleveland and is rated as an amateur, first grade, being licensed to that effect. His transmitting range for direct communication at present is i 50 miles, which he expects to in- j crease to 300 miles in a few weeks. Don was greatly surprised Monday morning to learn that his call had , been heard at a distance far beyond bis dreams. The information came on a card written by Stanlev Glaser, of 2740 Macomb .-t Washington, D. C, and road: "Dear S-BAY: Heard you tj. S. A. (loud) on Jan. 17 at 10:18 p. m.. Washington time. Please confirm. Best 73V (regards)." And Washington is 000 miles away. Every licensed operator is registered in a book issued by the government and all operators can readily menfc of America to prove his case. He defended the frnmers of the American constitution which he said was the greatest document struck off by the pen and conceived by the brain of men. He cited how our forefathers threw off the yoke of Great Britian to establish a government "of the people, for the people and by the people." He urged a national unity, quoting Lincoln that "A nation divided against Itself cannot endure." He referred to St. Patrick's day and praised St. Patrick, who, he said, on an Easter eve lighted a light on Tara hill nnd invited the wrath of Baal and his warriors. "And from this light a new era dawned on Ireland." A torch was likewise lighted by j Washington at Valley Forge when he I lighted the way for a representative i government, a government of no I elates where the ballot of the pau-, per and the millionaire elected Presi-! dent Harding, and selects our spokes-! men. I O'Brien told of his parents coming I from Irelnnd to a pl'ace of freedom. I "They saw the light and settled down in America where they soon owned I land, which is something that they ! and all their ancestors were never I able to own in Ireland," he declared. "I am an American from the crown I of my head to the tip of my toes," he said, "and God willing I will carve out my own future with these two hands nnd this brain. I stand on my own feet. If I fall behind In this race or life I seek no alibi in the character of my environment, the economic system or our form of government. I carry no red flag of bitterness and sedition." The Rotarians had a number of quests, among them Rev. Jas. I. Myers, of Los Angeles, and S. L. Warner, of Clearfield, Pa., both former Kent boys, who were given hearty welcome and who responded with remarks of appreciation. locate the source of a message. "That's blank in eastern Pennsylvania calling blank in Tennesee," "There's that North Carolina guy again," and such remarks are frequently heard in the local radio stations. In the operation of a receiving set, incoming signals come at a certain wave length, for amateurs about 200 meters in length, and are tuned in by the regenerative tuner. By means of the first sensitive bulb called detector bulb, the signals are made audible and the other two bulbs amplify the sound detected by the first bulb. The sounds coming out of the receiver are amplified again by means of the horn fastened on to the receiver. Music nnd spark signals are audible at times at a distance of 100 feet from the horn. The aerial is of the cage type consisting of ten wires with a five-wire lead in. His ground is a buried wire one. foot deep surrounding the aerial and fifty feet of buried pipe. Don has been at the work for more than a year and is constantly increasing his outfit. His studies keep him busy, along with his other duties Ho is at the. station from 2 to 4:30 and 8 to 10 p. m. daily and is glad to have those interested visit his room and enjoy with him the music and other entertainment afforded. Each Sunday evening in addition to the musical program, he hears sermons from Calvary church, Pittsburg. Choir singing is also heard from there. The government sends out market, crop and weather reports daily from Washington. He heard President Harding's address 'from Washington and detected the S. O. S. of a ship that sank in the Atlantic ocean. The operators are looking forward to the Radio dance music that will be sent out from Cleveland, Feb. 1. when dnnces will be held at many points to the music taken from the air waves overhead. Many Kent youths are members of the Kent Radio club, of which Mr. Greene is secretary and treasurer Ivan Patchin is its president and John Getz, Jr.. vice president. Meetings are held bi-monthly at the homes- of members. From Sunshine Land Rev. Jas. I. Myers is here from Ixis Angeles for three weeks. He left home Wednesday, after making garden the day before, and reached Kent late Saturday night along with the blizza.rl. He is visiting his father, Justice G. W. Myers, and other 'relatives, including a sister, Mrs. Palmer, whom he had not seen in thirty years. Rev. Mr. Myers was a Streetsboro boy. He went to California in 1903 and was back here eleven years ago last July. He is pastor of the Ar-tesia Christian church and owns an orange grove 13 miles southeast of Los Angeles. His eldest son, Oerald Willis Myers, Is nn attorney in Los Angeles. He was horn at Hiram, where the family lived while Rev. Mr. Myers attended college. Rev. Mr. Myers was n classmate of Rev, Elliott I. Osgood in the district school in Streetsboro and is a great booster for his old friend and the work he is doing in China. "If Elliott Osgood had remained in tin's country nnd done as great a work as he is doing over there in China, he would be recognized ns the foremost man in our denomination today," he said. Rev. Mr. Myers was Los Angeles' "marrying parson" for many years. In 20 years he has married over ten thousand couples, including Charlie Chaplin, Kolb, of Kolb & Dill, and many who are famous in the movies and on the stage. He Is In touch with many former Knntites. Charles Peck, he says, still has a machine shop, but it's now at Rurbank, Calif. MissTenna Stratton. Popular Teacher is Dead FromAccident-Burial Here. Miss Tenna H. Stratton rests at Standing Rock cemetery, a, sudden close to a life that had already given great service to the world and one which gave promise of still greater service. She passed away Friday last at. Faith, South Dakota, the result of shooting herself accidentally while handling a weapon. She lived but a short time after the accident., "She was a wonderful girl," said a dear friend, Mrs. Mary Wendling, with whom Tenna had spent much of her life. And in those words she expressed the feelings of every one who knew Tenna. She was born at Fish Creek, west of Kent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newell B. Stratton. The date of her birth was April 27, 1876, the centennial year, and she was named Centennial, the name by which she had always been known being an abbreviation.Her mother died when Tenna was young. The mother's maiden namo was Perry. Her father was a full cousin of Commodore Perry. Tenna was raised by Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Thomas, her uncle and aunt. In 1895 she was graduated from' tho Akron schools and in 1890 from Western Reserve Academy. In Hudson and Akron and Inter in Cleveland her home was with Mrs. Wendling, who took such a wonderful interest In her career. She was granted a life certificate in Cleveland. She graduated from the Gregg Business College In Cleveland end took a post graduate course in Chicago.She had also attended Lake Erie seminary in Palnesville. She taught defectives in Columbus ami in ncvelunu. At the State Norr mnl in Syracuse, N. Y., she taught teachers how to teach defectives. For two years she had been doing Americanization work in Cleveland, teaching and lecturing. She was a wonderful student and worker nnd was making a study of many things which she expected to some day put into a hook. With this in view she once worked all summer in n telephone exchange in Cleveland. Once she occupied the pulpit of the Christian church in Kent for Rev. Mr. Besaw. There seemed to be no work that she was feared to attempt. She answered the call for teachers from the west and jvas sent to Faith. She took to the west. She loved it. She wrote of this love to her friends nnd told how wonderful it was. She was made assistant princfual of the schools. She did special work in teaching cow bovs nnd others, caiTyiiw; out: her one big idea of service. Her benefactions, too, were m:iny. Then came the sad news. The remains arrived Monday nitrht and the funeral was held at the Thomas home on Park ave. Wednesday, Rev. I). W. Besaw officiating. There were many floral offerings. Tenna leaves one brother, Hen Stratton, of Cleveland, and. a sister, Lillie, wife of L. T. Vance, vice president and general manager of the A.inx Rubber Co., of Racine, Wis., who accompanied the remains here. MARSH AM, R, N FN TON. Marshall R. Newton is dead. The end came suddenly In the bath room of his home at Mrs. Ellen Grinnell's, 124 West William st, sometime after the noon hour Saturday. Mrs. Grin-nel found him dead in his chair. He had taken a bath and shaved and snt. down in the chair. The end was apparently without suffering, a fitting close of the life of one who had suffered much from injuries and the affliction of loss of hearing. Almost every one in Kent know "Marsh." Newton and liked him. Ho was born east, of Kent, went to Michigan more than 35 years ago with his parents, returning after their deaths more than 30 years ago. Since his return here he had made his homo at Mrs. Grinnell's. One sister, Mrs. Ehinin Coffee n. lives with her daughter at Lake Brady. Mr. Newton was a carpenter, one of the old school of workers who learned his trade and learned it well. He would not do a job of work that, wasn't right. He was exceedingly capable and very conscientious in all his dealings. He was a meinher of the Odd Fellows, joining in Michigan and transferring his membership on removal to Kent. He was also a member of the Encampment. He took great comfort in his lodge membership and the' companionship of his brother members. While living in Michigan Mr. Newton suffered a broken leg while employed in a lumber camp, making him a cripple for life. Some years afterwards he cut one of hi,s feet very severely with au adz. Mr. MowtMi was 69 years of age on (Conffntted on page 4.)