The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-31
BURNS To HUNT
CRIMINALS
BY RADIO
VIII Broadcast Descriptions OF
Fugitives to Millions of
Listening Fans.
BY MARION PARKER,
Cosmopolitan News Service.


Cosmopolitan News Service.
So vast has been the rapid progress
OF radio development that today it
was planned to harness its swift
Senergy to aid scientific crime detec-
stion. and the forecast was made
that farming would be revolutionized
through its use.
~ The Department Of Justice was
quick to see the significance of the
latest report, of July l, that 573
7orooadcasting stations had sprung
up throughout the country; that
between 100000 and 100000 fans
nstened in daily, and that only one
state; Mississippi, is without a broad
Fcasting station.
Hunts To Be Nationwide.
. AS result, It has planned to es
tablish, perhaps. the greatest bureau
OF Identification for criminals. Here
data would be collected and broad
cast concerning the appearance of
fugitive criminals William ].
Burns, the noted detective, is to have
charge OF the bureau. 1t will be the
object Of the bureau, via the radio, tC
start a nationwide man hunt for
hiding criminals within a few hours
after crime is committed.
An official of the radio division
OF the bureau of navigation said
today the latest tabulation showed
there were 203 class IA stations,
forty-two class ':B' stations, and
327 class &C" stations in America.
There is one broadcasting develop
Ing station, where experiments are
constantly being made with va
rious types of apparatus.
The entertainment that is being
broadcast at present has greatly
improved in quality, the official re-
ported. No Photographic music is
permitted at the class "'B'' sta
tons, which represent the better
type Of service.
Service Improved.
With the fall and winter, static
electricity should clear UP, it was
predicted, so reception will be better
and broadcasting is expected to
increase.
The same authority asserted the
s1orty-two class "B" stations are
now operated with an ,input Of 500
watts or more.
When we first started broad
casting" he said. there was only
zone class of station. We decided
to improve the service. Existing
stations were designated "a the
new and better group as class b.
Class C. stations were an out
growth of our last conference, when
we found many stations were oper-
1ating on one wave length of $50
meters. This group is now CLASH
fled as class c. The class "A
sBtations. operate with wave lengths
varying between 222 and 2s6
meters, the class b. division on
While pleasure and benefits are
derived by millions of persons in
America from the radios great de- |
velopment, he said, the farmer I'M |
-doubtedly would eventually profit |
most.
Farmers to Benefit.
with the daily broadcasting of
market and crop information. selling
prices and conditions are brought
right to his door," the official as
krtsd. 1.-The man in Kansas who
hogs to sell will listen in to
bus quotations from Chicago,
ma or Kansas City. He will
Wnere 10 SHIP MS nOgS 10 OlS-
poWE of them to the best advantage,
or, If prices are too low, he may de-
eide to hold them for higher quota
TONS"
There is no difference between the
sbroadcasting done in 1915 and that
of today, except that the wave length
and the power are different, accord
. ing to F. P. Guthrie, district man
ager of the Radio Corporation of
America. 1t was in 1915 that ex-
perinlents were made at the naval
radio station in Arlington and tele-
phone conversation broadcast from
that station were picked up at Homo
lulu and at Paris simultaneously.
The radio service from ship to
shore is progressing, however, Mr..
Guthrie declared. The Leviathan
has radio telephone equipment, and
rs soon as shore stations are COM
pIeted passengers on all radio-sup-
piled vessels will be able to talk with
their homes or offices. However,
Mr. Guthrie predicted there would
be considerable interference if 400 or
500 ships are so equipped and there
An much conversation.
1.-The sunlight, too, has some un-
favorable effect on the transmission
of radio messages by day." he said;
"the cause for which is still a mys-
terry which not even Marconi him.
self has been able to solve