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Evening star., 1924-12-24
CHURCH GIVEN new
RADIO WAVE LENGTH
Commerce Department Issues Or
der to Local Station Due
to Interference.

Interference in the broadcastins
of church services between stations
WDM, the Church Of the Covenant,
and WCAP, the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co, has resulted
of Commerce, changing the wave
length OF WDM to 234 meters. The
change was made yesterday afternoon.
Numerous complaints have come to
the Department of Commerce recent
ly, with number coming In today,
Of interference between the two sta
tions broadcasting Sunday church
services. Although the Church OF. the
Covenant was ordered several months
ago to change its wave band to 275
meters from about $50, the band has
not been materially changed and the
station has been operating on a wave
band approximating 354 meters, ac-
cordinE to the radio division of the
department.
Listeners-in complained to the de-
partment that they could not sep
arate the two services sufficiently to
get either one clearly. An investi-
cation by the Commerce Department
disclosed that although WDM was
supposed to have changed its wave
band only a few days ago to 275
meters, In reality its signals came
on wave band ,75 meters higher
Crystal set users and those with
small tube sets found 1t impossible to
separate the WDM broadcast and the
WCAP broadcast from the First Con-
greEational Church yesterday,
Evening star., 1924-12-24
WCAP-Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company (46e MetersD

1880 to 1855 p.m.-Mohawk Quartet
in popular songs, presenting Earl L.
Gordon, first tenor; Frank A. Goebel
second tenor; Raymond Towers bari
tone, and Clarence Johnson, bass.
1855 to SIS p.m.-Popular piano
selections by Gertrude kreiselman.
SIS to $50 p.m.-A talk by Henry
r. Rathbone on "A Christmas Mes
sage"
$50 to s:45 p.m.-Readings from
Dickens christmas Carol" presented
by Elizabeth Field, dramatic reader
8:45 to 1880 p.m.-Special Christ
mas program, by Bob" Lawrence
and his musical friends.
1880 to IL p.m.-Recital of Christ
mas carols on the McKim memorial
chimes, by Thomas @. Spence, or
ganist, direct from the Church Of
the Epiphany.
IL p.m.-Sacred Christmas cantata,
THE Christ Child" sung by the full
choir of the Church Of the Epiphany
under the direction of Adolph To-
rovsky, choirmaster. =
II p.m.-Midnight mass, from the
Sacred Heart Church.
Evening star., 1924-12-24
BROADCASTERS TOLD
TO CURB HARMONICS
Department Of Commerce Issues
Warning When Listeners Com
plain Of Interference.

A warning has been, issued to
broadcasters by the Department of
Commerce to eliminate harmonics.
one Of the interferences complained
Of by broadcast listeners. The depart
ment points out that the specifica-
tions governing Class B stations pro-
hibit harmonic emissions
A statement issued by the depart
ment said,
"Interference from harmonics re-
suits from the emission of radio
power on one or usually several fire.
quencies higher than the fundament tai
frequency, but at less inten Sity than
the fundamental. Any transmitting
set, including tube transmitters, is
subject TO this fault IL oscillating
directly In the antenna circuit, and
tube transmitters show the same tend
ency in addition when pushed to
maximum output. The trouble can
be practically overcome by the use
Of master oscillator- power amplifier
systems and greatly improved by the
use Of loose coupling between oscil-
lating and radiating systems. An
effective remedy is 50 comparatively
simple and inexpensive that 1t ought
to be compulsory. II the principle
Of licensing g. station to use only one
frequency per complete transmitting
system were rigidly applied, stations
radiating harmonics could be dealt
with, because they are actually radi-
ating appreciable power on frequen-
cies other than that for which
licensed
"Harmonics of the carrier wave of
stations operating in the lower fire.
quency range OF the broadcast band
or in the marine frequency band will
fall within the range Of the broad
cast frequency band and under GER
tain conditions will prove to be a
serious cause Of interference. 1t Is
recommended that all possible steps
be taken to minimize this trouble by
technical means well known to the
art and by careful supervision on the
part Of the radio supervisors.
The Specifications governing Glass
B broadcasting stations prohibit har-
monic emissions. Immediate action
must be taken to eliminate the ennis
sion Of harmonfcs. Supervisors will
bring the above requirement to the
attention Of owners Of stations fall
ing to 0oeyOot this source OF inter.
feTence%
Evening star., 1924-12-24

to control all the tubes in the cir
cult
In the circuits using a detector and
one or two stages of audio frequency
amplifcation and in other sets using
one or more stages of radio fire.
quency amplification. il will often be
found that while some of the tubes
can be operated from one control,
the operating characteristics of the
other tubes are such that separate
controls are necessary.
In such cases the filament circuit of
the receiver can be combination of
individual and group control, result
ing in efficiency OF operation; case
OF control and economy not only in
cost, but also in the saving of val
liable panel space.
Usually It is best to use individual
control for the detector tube, but
ual control of amplifier tubes when
similar tubes are used in all the am
plifer stages.
Control Of AmpliAers.
A good method to follow is to have
rheostat to control all the radio
frequency amplifer tubes, another
rheostat for the detector tube and
another rheostat for the audio fire.
Quency amplifier tubes.
The wiring diagram OF such a. cir
cult is shown below.
This shows the filament circuits of
a. five-tube receiver employing two
stages OF radio frequency amplifca-
ton, a detector and two stages Of
audio frequency ampliAcation.
In this circuit the first rheostat
controls the flaments of the first two
radio frequency amplifier tubes; the
second rheostat controls the ilament
of the third or detector tube. while
the third rheostat controls the fla
ments OF the last two tubes which
are used as audio frequency ampli-
fiers.
In the radio frequency circuits
there is never any need to light one
tube and keep the rest unlit, but in
audio frequency tubes are lit just as
times desirable to use only one stage
of amplihcation and leave the other
tube out OF the circuit.
Both Tubes Lit.
In the circuit shown below both
audito frequency tubes are lit just as
soon as the current in the fjlament
| circuit is turned on and the only
| way 10 keep the second tube from
lighting when it is not required is
to take II out of the socket.
1t is possible, however, to break the
flamcnt circuit to this tube by a.
| flament switch inserted In the lead
Evening star., 1924-12-24
WEIGHT OF CRYSTALS
is Definitely SHOWN
Standards Bureau Finds Gravita-
tion and Inertia Only Properties
Of Described Forms.

A final report has now been issued
by the Bureau OF Standards on the
experiments Of DR.. Paul r. Heyl on
the weight of large crystals, expert
ments that were recently held. The
conclusion Is unchanged
+ The crystals of topaz and other
minerals weighed the same when they
were upright as they did when laid on
their sides. This means that gravita-
tion and inertia are the only known
properties of crystals which do not
vary in different directions according
to the crystal form. These being also
the two properties OF substances
which the Einstein theory declares to
be OF similar cause, the Washington
experiments tend additional support
to Einstein's viewpoint
Evening star., 1924-12-24
IDEA FOR SIGNALING.
MARS IS ADVANCED.
Writer Believes Some Com
mon Experience, Such as
Eclipse, Could Be Basis.
BT LIEUT.. CoMDR. FITZHUGH
GREEN

1t is natural to suppose tina, the
Martite is. like US, intensely curious
about his neighboring planet. Vision
tells him much; far more, no doubt
than we know Of him. For his tele-
scopes must have become highly per
fected. lie may even be keeping a
flrst-hand record of our wars, our
tornadoes, our spreading cities, our
dwindled forests.
Let us suppose that he invokes the
aid Of his physicists to tell him what
is the best way TO reach us by signal
Light Or sound waves, they reply,
would require too much energy TO
cover the vast intervening space. But
a form OF rays that travel immense
distances with small impulse might
do IL. So the Martite begins to send
out radio waves.
|. Have we begun TO catch them?
1t is highly probable that we have.
Put on your telephones any quiet
night about 8 am. and you will hear
faint whispers sitting out OF the
great black pit above you. Many
OF these whispers cannot be ex-
planned by even our most ingenious
less. So it is not at all absurd to
contemplate the possibility OF their
originating on Mars.
But catching signals and reading
them are very different things.
All codes or ciphers fall into one
Of two classes: they are either of
the substitution or the transpos!tion
type.
Any Code Decipherable.
|: The outstanding feature of all such
schemes Is that no code or cipher
has ever been devised that was not
capable OF being deciphered!
" h-h ,ya 90
cipher any strange combination of
marks and symbols. whether written
OF signaled by our fellow men. we
have great background OF human
experience TO go on.
This Is our first clue to the riddle.
And here the archeologist or the
cipher must start:
What experiences would be COM
mon to the Martite and TO Terres-
trial men?
For instance: The people of Mars
must have figured out when the
moon gets between US and the sun.
Hence to establish a symbol for that
phenomenon they would send some
thing. say groups OF three long dash
es, every time we had a solar eclipse.
Then, after werhad become convinced
that the signals were coming from
outside the earth. we for our part
would wait until some astral body
got between Mars and the sun and
send a similar signal. If the signal
were promptly repeated we would
at once know that it was Mars with
whom -wc were talking.
Thencefcrward three long dashes
would mean literally eclipse. And
from that one image a number OF
valuable abstract meanings could be
evolved, such as: Stop, because an
eclipse stops light; or night, or
death, and so on.
Copyright, 1924, Popular Radio, Inc.)
Evening star., 1924-12-24
TEST OF RAIL RADIO.
Amateurs Able to Aid When Train,
System Fails.

Some time ago the Pennsylvania
Railroad and the American Radio
Relay League undertook a series of
tests to discover just how much as
sistance might be rendered to the
railroad by amateur radio operators
in case the railroads system of COM
munication was temporarily put out
of commission by storms or some
other reason.
The tests have been satisfactory to
everybody concerned. The railroad
company has announced that 1t will
organize formal system of cooper
alton with the amateurs along its
lines.
Evening star., 1924-12-24
wRC-Radio Corporation of America
(468 MeterS).

p.m.-Christmas service and
chimes from Trinity Church. New
York, broadcast jointly with stations
WIZ and WGY.
p.m.-"Health and Beauty" by
Elizabeth Arden.
4:lO p.m.-Piano recital by Eleanor
Glynn.
4:2O p.m.-"The Sudan; Eestibule
to Africa's Negro Belt" prepared by
the National Geographic Society.
4:30 p.m.-Tea music by the New
willard Meyer Davis Trio broadcast
from the palm room of the New Will
lard Hotel.
6 p.m.-Children's Hour, by Peggy
Albion.
Evening star., 1924-12-24
GAME TO BE BROADCAST.
Notre Dame-Leland Stanford Bat.
tie to Be Put on Air.

WGBS. New York, and WGN, Chi
cago, will broadcast the Notre Dame
Leland Stanford foot ball game on
New Year day direct from the Pasa-
dena bowl, Pasadena, Calf. A play
by-play account will be sent over
leased wires direct to WGN and from
there to WGBS.
The game is scheduled to begin at
Q o'clock, Pacific time 6 o'clock,
Eastern standard time). This is the
first time In radio history that the
East has had an opportunity to hear
. play-by-play. description oS-A- Pa.
Gac Coast spbrtins -ANents
Evening star., 1924-12-24

which are not required Is 10y the use
of filanent control jacks.
In most cases. however, the use of
such jacks is not TO be recommend
ed, as they complicate the circuit and
introduce points where trouble is
likely TO develop because Of poor
contact between spring members OF
the jacks.
Evening star., 1924-12-24
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS

RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT.
Carol singing by the Civic
Chorus from Independence
Square, WOO, Philadelphia,
6 to 80 o'clock.
Christmas carols by mem
bers OF the St. Cecilia Society
OF Akron, WAX, Cleveland, 7
to s O'Clock.
Concert by the Orpheus Club
Ensemble. WBZ, Springfield,
J 80 to $50 o'clock.
Sacred Christmas cantata,
The Christ Child" by. choir
OF the Church of the Epiphany,
WCAP, Washington, II o'clock.
Christmas program from the
Miff1in Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal Church. KDkA. Pitts
burgh. II to | o'clock.
Midnight mass from the
Sacred Heart Church, WCAP,
Wa silinston, II O'Clock.
Midnight mass from Old St.
Louis Cathedral. KSD, St.
Louis, | o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-12-24
Hint on Cause of "Whistling."

whistiing is a common fault with
tube sets and is sometimes caused by
the lead-in being too close to metal
and not properly insulated. A wire
connecting the frame OF the con-
denssr to ground lead will ground
coz&azSsrz.
Evening star., 1924-12-24

from the rheostat to the second tube
ar the point y so that when the last
tube is not required, as, for instance,
when great volume is not desired. the
circuit to the Glameut Of the last
tube may be broken by opening the
switch.
opening the filament circuits TO tubes
Evening star., 1924-12-24
First Principles OF Itadio Circuits
Part IlI-Multitube Fila ment Circuits.

The two-type of multitude tilament
circuits given yesterday are repre-
sentative types of multitude circuits
in which either separate rheostats
are used to control each tube in the
circuit or a single rheostat is used
Evening star., 1924-12-24
Local Radio Entertainment
Wednesday, Dec. "a, 1924.
NAA-Navni Radio Station, Radio, Va.
t435 MetersD.

3:45 pm.-Weather Bureau reports.
7:25 p.m.-Civil Service Conlmi ssion
talk on Opportunities for Employ
ment in the United States Civil Serv-
Ice
1905 p.m-Weather Bureau reports.
Evening star., 1924-12-24

variome4er shafts should be OF
hrass or copper. not iron or steel.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
FRANCE SEEKS
MORATORIUM
FQR DEBT
Jusserand confers With Mel
lon-British Demand
Equal Terms
CONTINUED from First Page.l

tContlnueo from First Page.l
It appeared today. Diplomatic scir-
Giles also understand that England
intends to enter an objection to
France paying America without
paying Britain, and will suggest a
simultaneous settlement OF both
obligations.
British government officials are
displaying the keenest interest in
dispatches from Washington init
mating that France might get a
shade the better OF it in the debt
funding negotiations. now going on.
Action To Be Prompt.
British action is not expected to
lag far behind observation, should
such a settlement be completed.
Not only may a funding readjust.
ment be asked, but Great Britain
will be expected to press for set
Element Of the French debt to
England.
"Any more favorable terms ac-
corded France would imply q
corresponding amendment of the
Anglo-American agreement" the
Daily Telegraph said today.
THAT agreement served as a
mbdel for funding the Finnish,
Czechoslovak and Polish debts to
the United States"
1t is possible that England's re.
quest for a postponement of the
ipter-allied financial conference to
January was prompted by a desire
tc learn the final outcome of the
Franco.American negotiations be.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

DON'T ASK dad--he doesn't know
what he wants for Christmas. Blu.
you will know as soon as you look
through the Christmas Gift Sug
rgestions" Columns of the Classified
Section.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
CLOSES
FERENCE
To BLOC
La Toilette and Other Three
Not invited to COP. Meet
Revenge Expected
BY WILLIAM III. HUTCHINSON.
international News Service

BY WILLIAM I'll. HUTCHINSON.
International News Service.
The Senate safely passed it's
first insurgent crisis today when
/ it formally approved without de-
bate the Republican COMMITTEES
awards agreed upon by a Re-
publican conference from which
the La Toilette block had been
barred.
The Republican assignments,
headed nv the promotion of SEN
atOr William Il. B0rah, Of Idaho,
to craftsmanship of the Senate
Foreign Relations, Committee.
were adopted without a record
vote. The insurgents-represented
on the floor by Senator Ladd OF
North Dakota, and BrOOkhart Of
Iowa-joined in the desuItOry
chorus Of ayes.
The Republican Senatorial edict,
BUSTING Senator Robert M. La
Toilette and three of his follow
ers from all party deliberations,
went into formal effect today
when the four insurgents were
barred from a Republican confer
ence at the Capitol.
The Republican membership met
to confirm Senate committee as
signments and the. doors were
closed to the insurgents. It was
the first effort of the Republicans
to administer the discipline or
dered last Friday when ! Repub-
lioan conference read the La Fol-
lette bloc OUT of their party.
Curtis EnfOrces Rule.
Although the insurgents warmed
their heels on the sidelines, they
took their medicine with good
grace. All four were busy in their
offices while the conference was in
session and none attempted to
rush the doors"
The. custer edict, however. was
put in effect by Senator Charles
Curtis of Kansas, the new majority
leader, although he was reported
lukewarn toward the discipline 1t
imposed.
Il did not invite Senators La
Toilette, Ladd, Frazier or Brook
hart to today's conference" Curtis
said. II merely carried out the in,
structions Of last Fridays confer
ence. They win not be invited to
future conferences"
The insurgents meanwhile re-
manned silent on their plans for the
uture and any retaliatory moves.
1t was learned that Senator Ladd
planned to bring the subject to the
front i'll debate on the floor of the
Senate at some early date, but for
The present. it was said, all four
would remain indifferent to the
edict.
The purpose Of the conference to-
day was to approve committee pro.
motions and the assignments given
the trio of new Senator's.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
;VANT4AD
NEWS

DIAMOND platinum ring lost.
Reward offered.
COLUMBIA RID. N. w.-Comfort-
able room In nice home.
'SCARF--Brown broadcloth; lost
Sunday. Reward offered.
sALESLADY---Exp erienced for bak-
cry. Apply at once.
vDLIE- Sedan, 1929; newly painted;
perfect condition.
BLADENSBURG-H 10 rooms,
bath; large yard. $50 Laonth.
SALESMEN---Nat organization
has opening for 2 or 5 young men.
NEAR Bureau OF Engraving;
room. bath, apt: unfurnished.
Reasonable
JANIToR wanted for small apart-
ment house.
TWO rooms furnished for Ink.
wanted.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS TURN 4,
THE CLASSIFIED PAGE.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

out excess profits, the United States.
Its agents, lessees or assigns, shall
be limited to maximum net profit
which may be made not to exceed
8 per cent Of the fair annual cost
Of production"
II leased to a private corporation
the Government would receive an
annual rental Of 4 per cent on the
total sum. expended in the construc-
ton of Wilson dam and erection Of
the adjoining nitrate plants. The
lease would be limited to fifty
years.
Government Operation.
II a Government corporation il
formed the Secretary Of War would
be empowered to name five persons
to organize the operating company.
a $5O,00O,0O0 bond issue would be
authorized to finance the corpora
ton and board " five directors.
to be appointed by the President,
would conduct its affairs. It would
be named ''The Muscle Shoals Cor.
poration," and the directors would
be subject to removal "at the pleas.
ure Of the President"
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
D. {. BODY Gives
ARCHITECT
MEDALS
Hamilton Hotel Heads Lists
Of Buildings Chosen for
Merit in Design

The Board of Trade awards to
adjudged to be Of Unusual merit In
design, which have been erected In
Washington recently, were aIlOunc.
ed today by Appleton c. Clark, jr.,
chairman Of the municipal art coin.
mittee Of the board
Coincident to the announcement
Of the awards, recommendations
were made for the Identification OF
Pennsylvania avenue and the ap.
pointment Of District Of Columbia
representative on the Fine Arts
Commission.
Six Buildings Selected
Medals were awarded to architects
and owners Of six building projects,
az follows:
Hamilton Hotel. J. H. De Sibour.
architect; Hamilton Hotel Company,
owner. \ The committee commends
the structure for simplicity of
treatment, together with distinction
and reserve in ornamentation and
DETAIL"
Horner building, Waddy b. Wood,
architect; Stanley II. Horner, owner.
Commended as IA novel departure,
holiness and originality of design,
tempered with restraint"
Evening Star addition, Marsh 4
Peter, architects; the Evening Star
Newspaper Company, owner. $50
briefly of treatment contrasts with
the rather ornate display Of the
or1ginal is the comment of the
judges, who commend the architects
for substituting lime for marble.
Shop Front, las Connecticut ave.
nue. northwest-George N. Ray,
architect; Mrs. Emma j. Walters,
owner. The design is praised for
its departure from the trite and
commonplace and combination of
the practical and aesthetic
ogden street and Ingraham street
houses-Sonnemann & Justement,
architects; ". r. HI. Bien, owner
OF Ogden street houses. and Charles
II. Galliher, owner of Ingraham
street houses. These structures
are lauded for their embodiment Of
artistic merit in a design which
allows for economy"
Fort Lincoln Cemetery Lodge.
Horace w. Peaslee, architect, Can.
ltol Cemetery Company, owner.
This project is praised for its
combination of the picturesque
and pleasant in a subject" that has
OFTEN suggested gloom and fore.
boding.
Awards were made on thes selec-
tons of a jury consisting of Theo.
dore Well Pietsch and Howard
sin, Baltimore architects assisted
by I. j. d. Fuller, of Washing
ton. They constitute RESUMPTION
OF the policy followed by the board
before the war to stimulate archi.
tectural merit in the Capital
through such awards.
Avenue Plan Urged.
Concerning the development of
Pennsylvania avenue, the commit
tee recommends that it should not
be abandoned to chance, but a
definite plan should be adopted for
its development, both as to public
and private interests"
Among the suggested means to
accomplish the desired results" the
report states, would be the erection
OF government buildings, or by re9u.
lation OF private construction, re-
quiring that certain lines be fol.
lowed, and by the announcement
which might be given private own.
ers to erect suitable facades. in
the shape of related taxes, or a
certain amount Of subsidy"
The art committee of the trade
board also asks that Washington
be represented on the Fine Arts
Commission "at least once in a
while"
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
BILL ASKS PURCHASE OF
LAND FOR U. S. BUREAU

A bin authorizing, the Secretary
|of Commerce to purchase eight
acres of land between the present
site of the Bureau of Standards on
Connecticut avenue was introduced
in the Senate today by Senator
Smoot of Utah. The bill was re-
ferred to the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds.
George K. Burgess, director of
the Bureau of Standards, explained
today that the acquisition of the
land is essential to protect the in
terests of the bureau and provide
for it's future expansion. He said
that unless the land is purchased
now before that section lis more
highly developed that the values
will reach such heights that its
purchase will be impossible.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
fore talking other money problems
with the powers at Paris.
VIII Oppose U. s. Claims.

Treasury officials were not in
clined to discuss the Franco Amer
lean debt question, but said that
the allies must lay their cards down
on the table when the financial
conference meets in Paris.
Meanwhile, they intimated,
Britain intends to oppose the
American reparations claims, point
ing out that from the British view
point the United States is virtually
asking priority on the benefits
under the. Versailles treaty, which
the United States did not sign and
which it never has officially &C
cepted.