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The Washington times., 1924-02-15
FANS HOPING TO KILL
OFF ALEXANDRIA PEST

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Feb. 15.-Ex-
termination Of q new insect Of the
genius ''radiotorium bugabus" il
planned by the radio fans in Alex.
andria, Va. For some time those
in the city who have provided them.
selves with receiving sets to vile
away the winter evenings have been
annoyed by a local broadcasting sta
ton.
Several nights ago when Presi.
dent Coolidge made a speech that
was broadcast from WCAP the local
station broke on the air with
agonizing crys, calling a station in
Canada. It IL doubtful whether the
Canada station ever got the mes
sage, but it is certain that nearly
everyone in town got 1t just in
time to interfere with the Presi-
dents speech. Legal action will be
taken If necessary to eliminate the
disturbance it Is rumored.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
"DEAD SPOT" MYSTERY
At BALTIMORE CLEARED

Solution Of the perplexing dead
spot" mystery, which has been
eliminating reception between Wash.
ington ind Baltimore is believed to
have been found.
The powerful naval broadcastinR
station at Annapolis, MSS, was
silent Friday evening last, and re-
ception was almost normal between
Baltimore and Washington, accord
ing to reports.
As a result, a permanent order
euspending telegraphic broadcasting
from that station between the hours
OF 8 and 10 p. m. except in emer.
gencies, has been issued.
WRC reports an immense increase
IN mail within tire last week from
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Civic Orchestra, st. Louis. KSD
Harold Grange Ill Foobaler, Chi. .WNdAQ
College, .WPAB
"Astor Coffee" Orchestra, New York WEAF 492
Popular Music, Cleveland.
Evening Program, cont. Montreal .CFCF 44O
Program, Davenport
Varied Military Acad, JEFF City. .WOS
9I6Grand Recital Vogt Philadelphia WOO 500
S30-MuSical Program,
Sale Hotel Orchestra, Chicago. .WA1AQ 448
Musical Variety Dallas. WFAA 476
Gen. Charles H. Sheriff. New York. WY 4O6
9A6-Chndren's Program Los Angeles XIII S95
10 to IL
1000KentuGcky Adelpha Philadelphia
Faculty Program Bush consrv OF M MUSIC Cn WMA3 44S
Special Concert Adams Studio OF Music WGR 319
o Popular Program Brsau and Tobias New York IVY 4oS
1OIO-Howard Lanins Orchestra, Philadelphia 396
1030-Novey
Musical Program schenectady i sS0
~ Paul specht and Orchestra New WJz 4SS
Program WBZ Orchestra, Springfield WEI S37
Vincent Lopez Orchestra Buffalo c,s WGR gig
F1oyane johnson, Angeles XIII 895
12-Orioe WJAZ
113-Mdnght
11:10-Casscal WDAP $50
se-Musca Comedy Stars Phadephia Atlanta "UR @ SsS
na5 Nighthawk Frolic, Kansas City .'.'......WDAF al
400 Art Hickmans Orchestra Los Angeles SSS
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
SETS
TO Be HAD
At COST
Corporation Helps Local Drive.
Boy Scouts and Others
Join Campaign.

Announcement yesterday that the
Radio Corporation OF america had
offered to supply at cost all of the
radio sets needed to equip Walter
Reed Hospital and the Natal hos.
pital, brought a ready response
from other quarters to the cam
paign being conducted by Miss Mar.
guerite Todhunter, former Red
Cross worker, to obtain a fund for
this purpose.
One Of the most appreciated con.
tributions was q little sack Of
pennies and nickels gathered among
a Sunday school class OF boys.
Several troops Of Boy Scouts also
took up the matter Of q donation
yesterday and announced their
plans to raise enough money for
several sets next week.
Many organizations and individ.
uals are being asked directly to
contribute to the fund. Others, It
II hoped Will make subscriptions
without q personal solicitation.
Any person interested in the cam
paign and wishing for further dc.
tails are asked TO communicate with
Miss Todhunter, 1114 Vermont ave.
nue.. Telephone, Franklin 6743.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
MUSIC MAKER HALL
TO GLADDEN. HOSPITALS
wendall Hall, whose songs and ulS,

Wendall Hall, whose songs and uke
music floats across the country
every night by radio, will give a
special entertainment at Walter
Reed Hospital tomorrow evening
before his regular appearance at the
WCAP studio.
During the war Hall was enrolled
as one Of the chief entertainers at
army camps and toured the posts
in this country and in France.
Many Of the service men at Walter
Reed hope to renew their acQuain-
tance with Hall tomorrow night.
The Music Maker will also appear
today at the National Press Club
for a half-hour's entertainment.
Yesterday he sang his songs and
told his Jokes at the meeting Of the
Kiwanis Club.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
BOARD OF TRADE WILL
BROADCAST DINNER FUN

Wives and friends OF members of
the Board Of Trade viii share in
the fun at the midwInter dinner
tomorrow night which will be broad
caet through WCAP.
The dinner this year win be a
topnotcher in a theatrical way, the
committee has announced. Con-
gresham win r. Wood Of Indiana
will make an address.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Arc yOu reading Helen R0wland's
wittlciSns on the magazine pagef
Don't miss them today and every day.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
Visits to Odd Fellows.

Grand Master Wilfred e. Lawson
and suite will make the first vista
ton Of the year to the Metropolis
Lodge, No. 16, !. 0. o. F., 419 sew
enth street northwest, tonight. A
program, including piano, violin and
vocal solos and an address by Judge
James W. Witten has been ar
ranged.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
RADIO WEATHER

Reception from distant
stations tonight will be
unusually good through
out the Eastern States
and in the direction of
southwest.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
insulated Wire Best.

An insulated wire for an aerial
Is said to be far better than a bare
copper wire by some radio experts.
This Ia because the weather ID kept
out and It will not have a chance
to corrode. Enameled wire also has
its supporters. The insulation viii
have no effect on radio waves.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
EXHAUSTION OF STORAGE
BATTERIES MEANS LOSS

Leaving the storage battery com.
pletely discharged will probably
cause trouble.
II you intend to close down your
radio set for any length Of time
1t is advisable to take the battery
to some convenient service station
where 1t will be taken care Of.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
Paging 20. Howe Impossible. !"

we are IN tIt OF consternatiOn.
Since our last invitation to Mr.
and Mrs. o. Howe Impossible and
their family to come and visit with
US that they might see and be con.
vinced that the programs we say
we hear are real and not imaginary
wc have not been rewarded with
reply.
Could it he mat they are hufted
up because we referred indil ectIy
to their offspring as the little Inn
poSslbIes?
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
REAR ADMIRAL EBERLE'S Talk NAVY PROGRAM FEATURE
ROMPING AROUND
RADIO : DIAL
BY Listener.In-

Splashed with music and sprinkled
with song. Washington's newest
broadcasting studio was christened
last night.
10 the radio world 1t win con-
tinue TO be known by the curious
and unpronounceable name, WCAP.
Others may elaborate on the four
letters az they wish. Several hear
ers of the opening ceremonies have
decided ON Where Concerts Are
Perfect"
Instead Of carrying out our
listening-in duties at home last
night we became 6 looker-0n at
the christening rites. And we ten.
dered our silver spoon Of congratu-
lation to the royal offspring Of art
and science.
The studio, trimmed out in its
new finery, was magnificent, and
the. participants In the ceremonies
who came to honor, themselves re.
ceived homage and tribute.
To award, due and proper praise
to the artists who contributed to
the first program from the new
studio would be difficult. So we
call them all back for another
encore and q final bow to the
Capitals applause.
Bob" Lawrence, Katherine Riggs.
Wendell Hall, Gretchen Hood, Dora
Minovich. James Garrioch, Aenio
Ralon. Sergeant Dufresne, Louis
Seidenberg. Joseph Young, Alice
~ II
Stannard, the members OF the Army
Band and the music makers Of the
LeParadis Orchestra.
The TattIe-Tale.
BY our attendance at the studio
last night we came to see that the
listener.in sitting quietIy-perhaps
alone-in his home with the ear
muffs pressed against his head may
be led to believe many things that
aren't true.
For instance. those who sympath-
ICED with Bob" Lawrence when he
complained that he was not receiv.
ing his share Of the apples being
passed around. the studio were
greatly misled. We distinctly saw
Bob" pocket at least four Of the
p1pplns that were sent from the
fans at Martinsburg..
And that thunderous applause
that followed all the numbers rem
dered by Bob" and his artists.
Bob" did q lot Of that himself and
the rest Of It came from the mem
bers of the Army Band and the
chorus of fifty that were singing
the community songs.
Perhaps many listeners believed
that Katherine Riggs was seated on
a miniature stage receiving the rapt
attention and intensive gaze Of hun
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

dreds of persons. But she wasn't.
She was alone in q little studio to
herself. never smiling, very serious,
and lingering her harp with not q
single handicap or appreciation to
encourage her at the close Of her
numbers.
Wendell Hall, on the other hand.
performed in the large studio be-
fore an audience Of perhaps a hum
dred. Ana, well, you can imagine
the scene that followed his singing
OF the verse about the announcer.
We fully expected some broken
glass and three round bout. There
wasn't any applause to be heard
in the air for the Red Headed
Music Maker because the audience
was not supposed to be present in
the studio. But we who were there
had a difficult time keeping our
hands folded in our lap.
And there wasn't an evening
dress or a dinner coat In the
studio.
Wendell Hall entered the ranks
yesterday Of ''Those That the Post
men Know"
In his initiation he went Roxy
and Listner-In one better. His LET.
ter was addressed to "The Red
Headed Music Maker, United States
of America" 1t was postmarked
in Ohio and delivered to Hail In
Washington.
Incidentally the Eveready Battery
entertainer has been adding
quantities OF cancelled stamps to
his collection since ne arrived IN
the Capital. Two Of his letters OF
appreciation have fittingly come for
the Halls Of Congress.
One letter, which Hall says has
meant great deal to him, was
from "The Bunch Of Radio Hounds,
323 L street northeast" and was
signed by Pap, Uncle Dud, Tip
perary Margaret, Sassie Sue, Major
Concrete, Henrie and Liz.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
DISTANT STATIONS

This program IS sent By mail and corrected By
telegraph, bat sWDject to IGst-maimate changes.
Eastern Standard Time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
Text of the Walsh
Resolution to Cancel
Both of Oil Leases

The text OF the Walsh resolution.
directing President Coolidge to in
Htitute proceedings to recover naval
reserve lands leased by Ex-Secretary
NJ Interior Albert B. Fall, follows:
whereas, it appears from evil
0ence taken by the Committee on
Public Lands and Surveys Of the
United States Senate that those
certain leases, namely. q lease Of
Naval Reserve No. in che State Of
California, bearing dat0 December
IL, 1922, by the Government Of the
United States through Albert B.
Fall, Secretary Of the Interior, and
Edwin DENLY, Secretary Of the
Navy. as leasor, and the Pan
American Petroleum and Transport
Company, as lessee, and lease of
Naval Reserve No. 3 in the State
of Wyoming, bearing date April q,
1922, by the Government Of the
Fall, Secretary of the Interior, and
Edwin DENLY, Secretary Of the
Navy, as lessor, and the Pan
Oil Company, as lessee, were
executed under circumstances in.
dicating fraud and corruption; and
Whereas, the said leases were
entered into without authority on
the part Of the officers purportng
to act in the execution. of the
same for the United States in VIOLA
tior of the laws of Congress; and
Whereas, such leases were made
In defiance of the settled policy Of
the Government adhered to through
three successive Administrations to
maintain In the ground a great re-
serve supply Of oil adequate to the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
ALLIED EXPERTS
LEAVING FOR
BERLIN
Dawes Heads Committee
Considering Sterilization
Of Marks.

PARIS, Jan. a. Plans for the
proposed gold bank ct Berlin to
stabilize currency were cOneip ered
today alta meeting OF the first com.
mittee Of Preparations experts headed
by Gen. Charles Gales Dawes, OF
Chicago. The committeeman expect
to complete their work after reach
ing Germany.
A program has been drawn up
for the committee after It reaches
German soil.
Both the first and second com.
mittees will depart for Berlin with.
in twenty-fOur hours. The total
party numbers fifty-four. including
thirteen Americans.
Members OF the both committees
are optimistic, but are convinced
that final success depends upon
the attitude of Germany.
While the first committee Is In
vestigating the German banking
and currency situation, the second
committee headed by Reginald Nc.
Kenna, of London, win attempt to
ascertain how much German wealth
Is held abroad and how 1t can be-
applied to the Preparations account.
It, is expected that the committee
men will later visit the Ruhr.
Foreign Minister Jaspar Of Bel
GUM consulted with Premier Poin-
care upon the progress Of the repa-
rations inquiry.
Jaspar arrived Unexpectedly Sun
day. and has been consulting with
Premier Poincare ever since.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
CONSTABLES TO.
GET HALF Of
RUM,F|NES
Commissioners Make Rule to
Stimulate Activity In
Prince Georges.

EVANSVILLE. Nd. Jan. 2S.--
Hoping to give impetus TO the fight
against b0otleggtng In Prince
Georges county, the county COM
missioners have passed an order al
lowing constables one-half the fines
imposed by justices OF the peace in
liquor cases, under the State law,
where the information leading to
conviction IL furnished by the con-
stable.
This added allowance, the com.
missioners hope, will result in added
activity on the part Of constables
in liquor cases.
The county commissioners for
Prince Georges county have recon-
mended to the State roads commits
sion the adoption Of the road from
Silver Hill to the Marlboro pike by
way of Suitland. as a lateral road.
The road L. two miles long and
construction Of three.Quarters OF a
mile Of new road IN this thorough
fare, out Of the 1924 lateral road
fund, Is recommended.
Permission to install red flash.
lights at the Berwyn station. In &C.
cordance with its request, has been
given the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company, by the commits
sioners.
The commissioners have appointed
Robert L. Wells constable for Marl-
boro district, and have ordered the
Of Newton A. James
and Stewart ]. Canvin for appoint
ment as constables in Hvattsville
ordered advertised for thirty days..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
JUDGE WHO HIT
Man FACES
OUST|NG
Knoxville Church Makes
Charges Of Intoxication to
Tennessee Governor.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Jan. 2s.-
Resolutions demanding the removal
Of Judge Charles T. Gates, jr., from
the circuit court bench, If, after
Investigation by the governor, ''the
charges are sustained" were en-.
route to Nashville today, following
their adoption at the fashionable
Deaderick Avenue Baptist Church
last night. The Rev. George Nc.
Call, pastor the church, prepared
and introduced the resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted.
The church severely scored the
Knox county sheriff. Federal pro.
hibiion officers and the city police,
who is it alleged, stood by and re.
fused to place Judge Gates under
arrest when he became disorderly.
Gates, former State attorney gen.
eral, and recently appointed to the
circuit bench by Governor Peay, is
alleged to have become intoxicated
and attacked G. Frank Nelson, an
automobile salesman, in the lobby
Of the postoffice. -
According to the charges, Gates
threw fruit jar, containing whis.
Key" striking Nelson in the face.
Greed Randles, another bystander,
was also injured.
The incident occurred during the
last:minute rush at the stamp win.
dow last Friday.
Gates issued a statement, in
which he said he Remembered
nothing of the affair."" and added
that, IF injured anyone, of
course / am ready to make repara.
tions." The statement admitted
taking a drink" and said a friend
had given him a bottle Of whiskey
to take home. 7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
JOHN LOESER RLACK.

John Loeser Black. fifty-six. q
resident OF Washington since 1914,
died at his home at 2342 Massachu-
sets avenue, yesterday, and will
De buried from his former home In
Pittsburgh Tuesday at IL a. m. He
was educated at Haverford College
In Pennsylvania and at the Uni
versity at Heidelberg, Germany.
Mr.. Black wns a member of the
Chevy Chase and Metropolitan
Cluna-here and Of the Loyal Legion.
He 10 survived by his widow, Mrs.
Julia Black: q son, John Z. Black,
tr.; a daughter, Mary Black, and a
brother. Frank N. Black, all OF this
city. Services will be held from
the home OF his mother, Mrs.
Emma Nicholson Schwartz, ut
Pittsburgh. The Rev. Dan Etten
VIII officiata.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
CORN To YIELD.
SUGAR BY new
INVENTION
Company Said to Be With
holding Announcement
Pending Approval.
Nv THOMAS TEMPLE HOYNE,
nanmaDolitan, News Service.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-Full details
Of a discovery that win revolution
ize, it il said, the entire sugar in
dustry will be forthcoming in the
Corn Products Refining Com
pany, according to reliable informa.
ton, has invented a method OF
manufacturing from corn, white
sugar that answers all the trade re-
uuirements Of cane sugar. The
method Of manufacture has not yet
received the approval OF the pure
food authorities Of the Government,
and for that reason no official an
nouncement has been made.
That the new method OF making
sugar is believed by chemists TO be
wholesome and to come within pure
food regulations seems to Do GER
tain by the action OF Corn Products
Refining Company stock ID the
market.
Insiders. aware of the new dis.
cbvery and cognizant of its tromen-
dous Importance in the sugar IN
dustry, are said to have been buy
ing the stock for some time. Early
TO-DAY It sold at 1877, before 1t re-
acted rather sharply.
During the last three weeks the
stock has advanced $40 to $2b a
share and a number of moderate
fortunes are said to have been
made by well.informed purchasers,
With the leaking out Of the news
concerning the new process TOR the
manufacture Of corn sugar. how
ever. the stock may hesitate in its
advance, or even have e sharp re-
action.
The influence which the new in
yention will have in beneftnng
farmers who grow corn will ne
enormous If the process proves as
remarkable as It is said to be. Al
ready the corn crop Is one or the
greatest annual sources OF natural
wealth in this country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
SON ACCUSES MOTHER
IN FATHERS LOVE SUIT

ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 49,
Testimony to show that alleged
intimacy existed between B. George
Ulizio, shore clubman and real
estate operator. and Mrs. Herman
G.. MuIock was given at the re-
sumption OF the 100000 alienation
suit triad in Mays Landing court
by Herman Mulock, jr., nineteen
year-old SON Of the plaintiff.
He testified that periodic visits
were made by Ulizio to his sum-
mer home In Pine Valley, while
Mrs. Mullock and her daughter
Patricia, were there az his guests.
They were given the freedom Of
the house and all of the servants
Were instructed to obey the wishes
OF mother" the son testified. He
testified that his mother spoke to
him on several occasions about get.
ting a divorce at Reno, and that he
even went 30 far as, to offer to aid
her in doing 30.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28

English Rail Strike
Settlement Is
Expected
D. InternatlonaI News seEvloe.

LONDON, Jan. 28.A set
Element OF the strike Of railway
locomotive engineers and fire.
men was believed imminent to-
day through q compromise.
Strike leaders conferred with
the managers of the railway
companies to consider the COM
pany's offer to make individual
+. adjustments where awards by
the national wage agreement
board were held to be unfair.
The trades union congress,
supported by Premier MacDon-
AIDS labor government, is doing,
its utmost to bring about peace.
Unconfrmed reports were re-
ceived from the Midlands that
attempts had been made, to
wreck trains.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
SLAYER SAYS GHOST
WILL AVENCE DEATH

OIL CITY, Pa. Jan. 2S.-SWear'
ing vengeance on two negro wit
nesses from Wabash, Ind, whose
testimony was instrumental in con
victing him Of murder in the first
degree for the staying Of his father
in-law, James Lawrence. negro. In
Franklin last August, Lawrence
Roberts has been taken to the
death house at Rockview.. He IL
to be electrocuted some time this
week.
Roberts, who once attempted tc
kill Sheriff VOORHEES, and again
plotted escape. and still more re
Gently attempted to end his own
life in the Jail at Franklin, SCOTS
at death and the hereafter, and
says he cannot believe those who
try to carry religion TO him. He
says he is coming back to haunt
those two witnesses"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
ELIZA Q. ROTHWELL.

The last OF the line Of a profni.
nent Washington family, for sixty
years q member OF the Temple
Baptist Church, Eliza c. Rothwell,
eighty-two, died yesterday at the
Baptist Home, 324S " street north.
west, after a prolonged illness. Miss
Rothwell was the last of eight
daughters OF the late Andrew Roth
well and Anna Rothwell.
She Is survived, among other Kin.
folks, by George Rothwoll Brown.
correspondent for the Washington
Post. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday from the Home AT
2;SO p. m. DR.. j. ]. Muir. chaplain
Of the Senate win officiate. 3
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
WILLIAM w DENT.

After serving twenty years &c an
employe of the District Govern.
ment, william w. Dent, seventy
one, died yesterday at his home
at TOT Twenty.second street north
west. following an illness Of nine
Mr.. Dent was born in Frederick.
Nd, and before receiving an ap.
pointment in the District govern.
ment, worked In the Weather
Bureau, and was in the signal
corps Of the army. He Is sur
vived by his second wife who
was Miss Gertrude Bremen, Of
Middleburg, Va, and five sons by
his first wife, William E., Carl, F.,
r. A., Hugh and Captain Victor
H. Dent.
Funeral services will be held
from his home tomorrow at 1880
d. m. Interment win be ct Ar.
iington Cemetery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
BEL CLAN KING, lNcoGNITo,
VISITS FRENCH movie"

PARIS, Jan. 2S.--An unpreten'
ions motion picture house on the
Paris Boulevard had royal patrons,
but didn't know It. Albert. king
Of the Belgians, and his daughter,
accompanied by Consul General
Bastin, dropped into q theater to
while away an hour between trains
while enroute from Brussels to the
French Alps.
The trio stopped outside the pic.
ture palace. looked for q moment
Consulted 20 fheIr watcSsa ana S tnHr
went in. They sat in five-franc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-28
1923 U. S. LIFE INSURANCE
NEAR TWELVE BILLION

NEW YORK, Jan. IA com.
bineu report Of new, business done
by forty leading life insurance com.
panies in 1928, showing an increase
OF 1913 per cent over 1922 in in.
surance acquired and actuily paid
for by American people, was TODAY
forwarded by the association of
Life Insurance Presidents to the
Department Of Commerce at Wash.
ington. The figures represent, a
new record.
On the basis of tn new bust.
ness production Of the rorty COM
panies, which have Ia force n per
cent Of the total legal reserve life
insurance in the United States, the
association estimated the total new
insurance of all companies amount
ed n 1928 to $11 1854, 10000