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The Washington times., 1924-07-12
RADIO CHOIR FORMED
BY CHURCH FEDERATION
All Programs Eastern Standard
Time.
NAA-NavaI Radio Station,
Arlington.

Setting the stamp of approval on
radio church services, the Greater
New York Federation of Churches
has formed the first broadcasting
choir In the country, to be heard
exclusively from Station WIZ of
the Radio Corporation Of America
during the Sunday Afternoon Radio
Bible Class period which has been a
weekly feature from that station Tor
the past year.
The newly formed radio chorus,
which will be known as the Church
Community Chorus" will be directed
by Clarence w. Allen. Church
singers of prominence in metro
politan circles are responding with
much enthusiasm, and the special
series of summer services which will
will be given from WIZ during July
and August during the Bible class
hour will include MANY innovations
In religious broadcasting. Mr.. Allen,
who is director of music at the
Throop Avenue Presbyterian Church
Of Brooklyn, is musician of deep
religious conviction, and as a di-
rector his work stands out as repre-
senting the very best in sacred
music.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
7 TRANSATLANTIC
TELEPHONY
IS AIM
Britain Hopes to Establish
Wireless Conversations
With America

LONDON, July 12.-The 200-kil-
owatt transmitting apparatus by
which the British government hopes
to inaugurate wireless telephony
conversations with America will be
installed about the end of August
at the Rugby station, according to
present plans. 1t is hoped to be-
gin the experiments during the
following month or early in Oc-
tober. Z
Speaking in the House of Com
mons only last week, Postmaster
General Hartshorn stated that ex-
periments were in progress to test
the possibility of establishing com.
mercial telephone wireless between
England and the United States.
"Spasmodic communication" said
Mr.. Hartshorn, has been achieved
over extremely long distances, but
the aim of the experiments which
are now being conducted Is to de-
wise a system which will give a
reliable and continuous service"
The "spasmodic communication"
was achieved by the government
committee headed by Admiral Sir
Henry Jackson, president of tho
Radio Research Board. This COM
mittee, whose report decided the
government to install the wireless
telephony plant at Rugby, has been
working unostentatiously some
where in the south of England" at
which there Is no regular wireless
station, and is reported to have OBJ
tanned some extraordinary results.
1t is said that there has been
successful interchange of CONVEX
sation with the United States, and
that members of the committee
have heard speeches and songs
from the States in their homes.
In these experiments several
types Of special aerials, including "A
long-low one, something on the
lines of the Beveridge pattern, have
been used to get directional effects
with a resulting lessening of atmos-
pherics and other forms of inter
ference. Communication has been
maintained at almost all hours of
the day, as we'll as at night.
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Local Broadcast
SUNDAY.

HOO a. m.-Service from the First
Congregational Church Of Washing
ton. The Rev. Daniel A. Polling,
pastor of Marble Collegiate Church,
New York city, Will deliver the
sermon.
400 p. m.-Open-air service held
at the Peace Cross on the grounds
of the National Episcopal Cathedral
at Mt. st. Alban, Washington.
Joint Program With Station
WEAF, New York.
6:20-S:15 p. m.-Musical program
from the Capitol Theater, New York
city, by courtesy of the Capitol
Theater management and S. l.
Rothafel Roxy) The first part OF
the program will be taken direct
from the stage of the theater, and
will consist of music by featured
artists and selections by the Capt.
tol Grand Orchestra. The second
part of the program will consist of
a special presentation by Mr.. Roth
afel of vocal and instrumental ar
lists direct from the broadcasting
studio in the theater.
S15.915 p. Morgan recital di.
rect from the studio Of the Skinner
Organ Company, New York city.
9;15 p. m,-F'rederic j. Haskin in
a talk on American Government
direct from the studio of station
WCAP, Washington.
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'ROmping Around
Radio Dial
BY Listener-In-

If 1t Is the object of the radio
advertisers to sell their goods on
the merits of their broadcast enter
tainment. we as a listener to their
ads would be obliged to go out to-
day and lay in supplies of coffee,
batteries and cleansing powder.
We would have nothing to do
with the candy shops nor with the
roof gardens,
Thus would we express our APP
probation CT last nights perform
ance ard feel that we had fully
paid for our seat in Row A.
It is our understanding that last
nights program, bought from the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company and fully paid for, was
Keenly watched by the rational
advertiser of America as Il fina!
test of re worth of broadcast
publicity"
The program was pretentious and
the transmission excellent. Six
leading stations put the advertise
ment,entertainment on the air
simultaneously from six leading
cities. The audience was as large,
If not larger, than the number Of
persons who notice written adver-
tisements in the most widely cir
culated American weekly.
If it was the sole intention of the
advertisers to get a half dozen
words or so across to the great
American people, we have no doubt
that they succeeded. At times they
were almost too braZen, we felt, in
stuffing those words down our ears.
Determining the extent OF the
value that lies in getting those
words across, however, is a differ
ent and difficult matter.
That is for the advertisers to de-
eide, and If they find that it pays
when the auditor has come around
and looked at their books, we have
no doubt that this radio-ad will be.
come very permanent fixture in
American life.
To get back to the entertainment,
it was excellent, and we believe.
generally accepted as one of the
best ever arranged.
The bootlegged ads, at times, we
felt, were very bad and tactless.
The cleaning powder boys and
the battery entertainers, as far as
we could determine, had the big
double truck ads in the middle OF
the entertainment.
Their layout was original and
meritorious.
1t caught the ear Immediately
and one listened attentively through
to the end.
Their copy, too, was less direct
than that of the other entertainers
The program was concluded, quite
fittingly, with coffee.
Instead of the aroma, 1t was the
music that was emphasized in the
advertisement.
And the music was plenty good
AS for the candy boys, they i'm
pressed us as being a little toe
sticky.
All in all the advertisers spread
themselves considerably and gave
us a pleasant evening.
A sheik atmosphere will surround
Roxy's program from the Capitol
stage tomorrow night.
Doug Stanbury, as the shiek
himself, will start things off by
singing Pinsutis "Bedouin Love
Song" assisted by the male quartet
The Capitol Grand Orchestra will
play Goldmark's Queen of Sheba'
and the "Danse Arabe."
Another interesting feature Of
the bill will be the first public per
Torrance of a song composed by
Theodore Stearns, called LULA
" and sung by Florences Null
holland.
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S10,000,000
RADIO FIRM
FORMED
Lewis J. SeIzniCk, Film Mag
nate, Heads New Company.
Warren Store Interested.

NEW YORK, July 12.-Announce.
ment of the formation of tho Ameri-
can Radio Corporation, with Lewis
J. Selznick, motion picture nlagnate,
as president, was announced here
today. The company is Incorporated
under the laws of Delaware with a
capitalization of $10,O00,0oo in pre-
ferred stock
Warren S. Stone, president Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers' Bank, Of Cleveland, and
former grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. IS to
be chairman of the board Of directors
of the new corporation. and his
brother, Samuel r. Stone, is to be
vice president.
According to a statement Issued
by Selznick, the company has been
formed for the purpose OF consoh-
dating number of important radio
and accessories manufacturers The
business of the lew company will
include the manufacture and sale or
every kind of receiving and trans
hitting apparatus"
at also will manufacture" the
statement read, "non-infringing RADIO
vacuum tubes and tungsten filament
wire under patents recently acquired
py the General American RADIO
Corporation" $780,.
Other officials of the new company
are: Arthur S. Friend, OF New YORK;
treasurer; A. NJ. Gill, of New YORK,
secretary, and Henry NJ. Shaw, OF
East Orange, N. j., vice president
The directors, in addition 10 Mrs
Stone, are to be G. -. d. F!lckok:
A. H. Claus and 3. Frank FOX OF
Cleveland, and Frank Il. Shaw' o.
Montclair, N. J.
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Local Broadcast

All Programs Eastern Standard
Time.
NAA-NavaI Radio Station
Arlington.
ABS Meters, Radiophone)
12.15 n. m.-Live stock markets
WCAP-C. p. 1881
Silent.
WRC-Radio Corporation (46S)
5.15 q. m.-Instruction in inter-
national code.
gy Albion.
s D. m.-Bible talk, by Chaplain
Thomas L. kirkpatrick, Of the
United States navy.
SIS D. m.-Song recital by Fran
ces Breckenridge Horton, contralto;
Marie Belt Orzabal at the piano.
$40 D. m.-Mexican night: Con-
cert program of Mexican music by
the United States army band, Cap
tain Raymond G. Sherman com
handing; w. J. Stannard, band
leader. Program-(a) March, Ia
catecas" (Codina); Qb) Mexican dance,
Maria" Davillal; (c) cornet duet,
La Golondrina'' (serradelD, per-
formed by Master Sergeant j. Du-
fresno and Technical Sergeant H.
Phillips; (O valse de concert, "Sobre
las Olas' Rosas); (e) tone poem,
Prelude Sinfonico" (Carrasco).
p. m.-Introductory remarks by
Doctor L. S. Rowe, director general
of the Pan-American Union.
9:05 p. ma talk on Mexico by
Senior Don Manuel Y. De Negri, Sec
rotary of the Mexican embassy.
900 p. m.-Violin solos by Leo AL
varado, of the Mexican embassy;
Rosita Manzanera at the piano.
$50 p. m.-Concert program of
Mexican music by the United States
Army Band, Captain Raymond G.
Sherman commanding; w. J. Stan.
nard, band leader. Program: ~ Ha-
banera, Mexican Kisses" Roberts);
(g) Six Mexican dances-(D Amor
Y Locura" (Codina), (2) Acacia (3)
Los Ojos de Luz" t4) Sonriso Y
Llanto," 90 Luna de Mel" (6)
"Sensitiva," (h) Characteristic, la
Giralda" (Castro); d valse inter-
meZzo, "Besos y Pesos" martinez;
Cd march, "Alvaro Obregon" Casta.
dena); Mexican national anthem;
1.-THE Star-Spangled Banner"
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ORCHESTRA
NUMBERS
LISTED
Dance Music Is Scheduled
Tonight by Many Distant
Stations

A Mexican night program, the
third in a series of programs de-
voted to Latin American music
and men of affairs, will be broad
cast tonight by WRC beginning
at $3.50 o'clock.
To Talk on Mexico.
Senior Don Manuel y De Negri,
secretary Of the Mexican embassy,
will deliver a talk on Mexico and a
violin recital will be given by Leo
Alveredo, of the embassy, accom-
panied at the piano by Rosita
Manzanora.
A special program Of Mexican
music will be played by the Army
Band. Captain Raymond G. Sher.
man commanding.
Introductory remarks will be
made by Doctor L. S. Rowe, director
general Of the Pan-American Union.
The early program of WRC will
include a song recital by Frances
Breckenridge Horton, a Washington
contralto, accompanied by Marie
Belt Ozabel, and Bible talk by
Chaplain Thomas L. Kirkpatrick, of
the United States navy.
For its Sunday morning church
services, WCAP will broadcast to-
morrow the services from the First
Congregational Church, where the
sermon will be delivered by tho
Reverend Daniel A. Polling, pastor
of the Marble Collegiate Church,
New York city.
The afternoon services at the
Peace Cross, Mount Saint Adams,
also will be broadcast by WCAP.
For his Sunday evening entertain
ment, Roxy will offer several num-
.bers from the stage of the Capitol
Theater and a program of music
from the Capitol Studio. The Skin
ner organ recital and the talk by
Frederic J. Haskin, on 1.-THE Ameri-
can Government" will conclude the
Sunday evening program.
OrchestTas Are Featured.
Dance orchestras will prevail at
practically all distant stations to-
night.
Among the more prominent or.
air are the following:
Mount Royal Hotel Orchestra,
Montreal, CKAC.
The Oriole Orchestra, Chicago,
WEBB.
specht's Club Lido Venice orches-
ira, New York, WIZ.
Vincent Lopez Orchestra, New
York, WEAF.
voc Dance Orchestra, Daven-
port, woo.
Adolphus Hotel Orchestra. Dallas,
WFAA.
Dornberger's Orchestra, Kansas
City, WDAF.
Glover Club Orchestra. schenec-
tady, WGY.
Bob Leman's Dance Orchestra,
Philadelphia, WIP.
WTAM Dance Orchestra, Cleve-
land, WTAM.
WTAs Dance Orchestra, Elgin,
wTAS.
KDKA, Pittsburg, will offer con.
cert by the KDKA Little Symphony
Orchestra from to 10 o'clock.
Other features of the evening will
be three-hour barn dance, begin.
ming at 8 o'clock, at WIS, Chicago
a one-act playlet, entitled Nov You
Don't Respect Me-" at WIZ, New
York, and a concert by the Silk
City Plectral Ensemble, at WOR,
Newark.
WNAC, Boston, will announce by
radiophone q special entertainment
which will include features of the
closing sessions Of the Elks' con.
vention. which has been held there
this week.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
GOMPERS RECUPERATES
AT CONEY ISLAND HOTEL

NEW YORK, July 12.--The con.
dition Of Samuel Gompers. president
of the American Federation of
Labor is improved, his secretary
announced today from the Hotel
Shelburne, Coney Island, where the
seventyfour-year-old labor leader
has been under treatment for a
nervous breakdown.
Gompers was brought to the hotel
from New York Hospital It was
reported that the veteran labor chief
Vas seriously i'll.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
Replacing English Bands

Ten loud speakers ranged in II
circle around the bandstands Of
several parks are replacing the
summer band concerts in number
of English towns. The expense to
the municipality is less and the
quality of music that can be pro-
vided is much improved.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
NORTHERN AFRICA NOW
IN RADEA LIM,ELlGHT

The Mediterranean coast of At
RIGA is now coming into the radio
limelight quite sharply. The sew
eral political states into which
North Africa is divided have not
been able to agree on a radio
policy.
In French Morocco, Marshall
Lyautey, the local commandant, is
reported to allow no Official trans
mission or reception at all. In AL.
geria, on the other hand, plans are
being made for a small broadcast.
ing station. In Spanish Morocco,
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
Paying For Radio Abroad

The radio stations in Germany
are encountering the inevitable
problem of how to pay for broad
casting. Berlin proposes to resort
to paid advertising to help main
tain the stations.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
Summer Concerts in Air

Station WY will broadcast the
series of summer concerts given by
the Summer Music School Of New
York University direct from the
Judson Memorial Church on Wash
ington Square, commencing with
the opening concert Tuesday even
ing
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
Marconi Visits Canada

1t is reported that Guglielmo Mar.
conf will attend the sessions of the
International Mathematical Confer
ence and the British Association for
the Advancement Of Science DIT To.
ronto, Canada, in August.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

radio is still more to the force, be-
ing used for the distributor of all
kinds of news, even for the publ
cation of charges against an army
officer who was confined for thirty
days on some minor ofense.
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Concerts

United states Soldiers Home Band
Bandstand, at 6:46 o'clock. John
y. zimmerman, bandfnaster.
PROGRAM.
March. Pride OF America"
Overture. sEsmont". 7. !. Besthovdn
Merceau. ''Rfslude to the Dsiuge,"
Grand Fantasia. "Rsminiscenee. 81
Fox ' rot 'sav NH River 1 SssS:SS
'vaiSo ESpaSnolO, 'EsDana.
Finale. ''1i Lee Hi Lo" .schuster
"Star-spangled Banner"
The United states Army Band. 1T
Walter Reed General Hospital,
ct $50 p. m. w. J. stannard,
PROGRAM.
March. THE Request. .Jewell
Ballet Suite. Queen Of sheba,"
Gounod
!. Solo.
: 3. Duetto.
!. Allegretto.
S. Finale, Valse.
Excerpts from The Chocolate
vs Ist0's conc:rt:ni:. ; wedding iSsra0 81
(a) "Driftwood."
% Where Is That Ola Girl Of
Grand selection. 'Lchspgrin'
March, 1.-THE Explorer .Jeweil
''Star-spangled Banner"
Community Center Band, Twelfth
and Emerson streets northwest,
az 7:tS ,. m. James d. Miller,
director.
PROGRAM.
March. 'Hostraussr'S March,"
waits. LA Belle de cOrdovs."
Foe TrOt. "DOn't Mind the Rain"
Fox TfOt. ''That ord Gang Of
overture slsS nmDyrsan Ho AL P asy.s
pallet Of Flowers H. Hadley
March. Olympia Hippodrome."
Alexander
"star-spansied Banner"
Army Music School Band. at
washington Barracks. 1880 p. m.
r.. @. Sherman, commandant;
william c. White principal.
PROGRAM
Wedding March from THE Rat
charmer OF Hamelln" .Nessler
Conducted by John B. Veronneau.
Overture, "MasaanieIlo". .Auber
Conducted by William E.Rice.
Fox Trot, June Night. -. Friend
Selections from 1.-THE FREELY
Conducted by Robert W. Muller.
waltzes. Casino Tanze". Gungl
Conducted by Horace z. Nichols.
Solo for trombone, 1.-THE Grenadier''
Hardy
Played by Lawrence r. Tankersiey.
Fantasia, "Reminiscences Of Scot
land" .................G Godfrey
Conducted by John A. Cradle.
Cal Fox Trot, "Maytime". Rose
(b) March Characteristic,
THE Bells Of the Metropoli-
tan Life Tower. Muller
Conducted by Kenneth B. Watts.
"Star-Spangled Banner"
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PRESIDENTS
AUDITORS
POLITICAL
Continental Hall Not
Marked BY Social
Brilliance
BY JEAN ELIOT.

The audience that filled the
Memorial Continental Hall last
night to hear the notification and
acceptance Of President Coolidge as
the presidential nominee of the
Republican party, was marked more
perhaps by political brilliance than
social brilliance. There were
enough, however, of social register
people scattered throughout the hall
TO give the gathering kind of
wagons-hitched-to-the'stars appear
ance.
The Speaker Of the House and
. Mrs. Gillett arrived early. Mrs.
Gillett: who has but recently re.
turned from Europe, was looking as
usual regally handsome in a gown
sof black satin crepe trimmed with
long bands Of fringe. While in
England she visited her daughter,
Mrs. Christopher La Fargo, formerly
Louisa Hoar, the younger OF her
daughters, who has charming lit.
tie place in Kent. Mr.. and Mrs.
La Fargo will stay there for about
six weeks longer and then they
will return to this country for the
winter.
Miss Harlan Returns
From Murray Bay.
Across the hall from the seat
occupied by Mrs. Gillett sat Miss
Laura Harlan, who came back yes
terday from Murray Bay, Canada,
where she has been for the. summer,
and who Is again on duty at the
White House. Miss Mary Randolph,
the other secretary to Mrs. Coolidge,
will leave now for a vacation.
Soon after s o'clock Mrs. Cool
ldge entered the lower box on the
left Of the hall, and with her were
her son, John Coolidge, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Stearns, Captain
Adolphous Andrews, naval aide, and
Major o. N. Solbert, new aide at
the White House. Mrs. Coolidge
crepe simply made, and around her
She carried a black fan. Mrs.
Etearns was clad in black.
Soon after Mrs. Coolidge and her
party were seated the President
came on the platform and the
silence, which had preceded his
entrance, was "split wide OPEN"
q got that phrase from frequent
reading Of the stuff written by
my professional colleagues, who use
political language, and stayed
split for several minutes.
The President spoke. thanked on
his right by the members of his
Cabinet, who are in town--all of
whom had got their white trousers
home from the cleaners in time
except the Secretary of the Navy,
Cur is D. Wilbur who was somberly
clothed in a dark-hued suit.
To the Presidents left among
party leaders sat the Acting Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, Garrard
Winston, who is carrying on in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-15
ANNE GORDON TO WED
ENSIGN DAHLGREN.

An engagement Of interest in this
city, Baltimore, and Princeton is
that Of Miss Anne Huntley Gordon,
daughter OF the late Douglas Hunt
ley Gordon, of Baltimore, to Joseph
Francis Dahlgren, ensign \ in the
United States navy and son Of Pro.
lessor and Mrs. Uric Dahlgren, of
Princeton, N. J.
The engagement was announced
by Miss Gordon's mother, Mrs. J.
Wilmer Biddle, who, with her hus.
band and daughters, is spending
some time in Paris. The wedding
will take place in the fall in Balti.
more, with wedding breakfast from
the Gordon house there, to be given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Biddle.
Miss Gordon is a member Of the
Gordon family of Virginia and Scot.
land. and is direct descendant of
the first Earl Of Huntly. She is a
great'granddaughter Of Norborne
nicholas Southall, adopted son of
President John Tyler. and she is
also great-granddaughter Of Gov.
ernor John Peasants, Of Virginia.
Ensign Dahlgren Is q great.grand.
son OF Admiral John Dahlgrcn, in.
ventor Of the Dahlgren gun ard
author OF well-known books on the
navy. Dahlgren Hall, at the United
States Naval Academy, Annapolis, is
named after Admiral Dahlgren.
Miss Gordon is cousin Of Mrs.
Basil English, of Philadelphia,
daughterin-law Of Mrs. George Bar.
nett. who spends much time in
Washington.
X X
Count Antoine de Laubespin, sec.
ond secretary of the Belgian EN-.
bassy, In motoring through the
Northern states and Canada and
will not return to the embassy
until August 27.
u n \
Mr.. and Mrs. Stacy Jones, who
have been in the West for several
months, have returned to their
home In New York. Mr.. and Mrs.
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SWALLOWING CHINA EGG
FATAL TO THlEvlN0 SNAKE

WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa. Aug. Is.
The two young sons Of Mrs. Min
ME Jones killed q six-foot black
snake which HAD been stealing eggs
from the nests in the henhouse.
They discovered the reptile just
as it was crawling through a hole
in the side OF the chicken house.
While one chung to the snakes
tail the other FASTENED outside and
dubbed It to death. Afterward they
discovered that the snake could not
have escaped. It had swallowed a
large china egg which was bigger
than the hole.
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Find Ancient Boats

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 15.---scien.
lists have dug up from the bottom
Of Lake Kungssater, Sweden, two
well-preserved flat-bottomed boats,
made of oak trunks, and complete
even to fishing tackle. They are
believed to be more than 1000
years old.
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tie to save the life Of Helen Batcha,
twenty-five months old. who sew
sral days ago tried to swallow a
penny that lodged In her throat.
She died at q hospital.
An operation was impossible be.
cause of,~swelling.