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Evening star., 1924-01-22
SUGGESTS INSURANCE
TO SUPPlANT BONUS
Miller viii Submit His Plan Un-
officially to Members of
Congress. -..

A plan to give the 4.96e, 600 ex-
service men free insurance in lieu
of cash bonus is being prepared
by Bart A. Miller, superintendent Of
insurance for the District, and win
be presented unoficially to mernbers
Of Congress.
Under Mr.. Miller's proposal each
man who was in the service during
the war. would receive a $500 thirty
year endowment policy without cost,
with the privilege OF borrowing ON
it after five years.
Using thirty three as the ayerare
age OF the men and 4,4581 as the sp-
number of policy holders.
Mr.. Miller estimates the cost to the
would be S106 600 .Dee for
the first year. The annual cost would
go down gradually to an average OF
500. 600 900 for the thirty years.
1t is Mr.. Mil}er's belief that the
Bureau ceufA handle this
free insurance plan.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
DOCUMENTS BACK
HUGHES CHARGES
State Department Papers
Show Widespread Soviet
Propaganda In U. S.

Additional documents by the score
from the State Departments files in
support of Secretary Hughes state
inents that the Russian soviet author
tiles have been conducting propa-
ganda in this country against the
American government were presented
today to the Senate foreign relations
subcommittee at its hearing on Rus
sian recognition.
Evan Z. Young and Robert r. Kelly
of the eastern European division,
State Department. continued pres
entatlon OF the mass OF papers sent
to the committee by Secretary
Communist Activity Seen.
Having presented at the commit
tees opening session yesterday a
number of papers said to demon
strate complete control" of The So
Wet government, and also of the third
internatfonale by the Russian COM
munist party, they proceeded today
with further information bearing on
the communist activities in this coHn-
try.
In the preliminary showing yester-
day the officials submitted copies or
alleged DEGREES of the Russian soviet
and of the third internationale, the
former showing an approximation of
2,G0oe65 rubies for activities among
the work ers" OF other nations The
third internationaIe decree. 'purport-
ing TO have been ordered i'll 1921 pro-
rides for work in America and west
ern Europe by the executive commit
tee.
Explains Documeuts.
In resuElins the testimony today,
Mr. Kelly explained that the first
phase of the departments documents
yesterday was designed to prove the
essential unity of the group at
Moscow'-the soviet government, the
communist party and the third inter
nattondte. Next, he said, he would
the MOSCOW group and "subordina tes
m this country" and following this,
disclosures of activities in this cour-
try of Subordinate groups would be
made"
Statements by third international
committees in support OF !. W. ".
activities in this country, referring
especially to labor troubles at Port
land, ore; San Pedro and Los Ange-
les. were presented by Mr.. Kelly as
published in the official soviet organ,
the Moscow Izvestia
Rue~tioncd by Nr. Heyab.
In response to question by Chair
Man Borah. Mr. Kelly said nine ma
tons had recognized the soviet gov
ernmeni and six others have entered
INTO trade relations. Five of the
former were obliged TO give recog-
milton, Mr. Kelly said, to assure their
own political independence
IN the case of some of these coun-
tries, the witness said, the soviet
government has violated pledges
against propaganda
Evening star., 1924-01-22

of Buffalo, \. Y. subscribed a Eve
million dollar fund last year for their
university. George Washington Uni
versity, he said, seeks only $1,000, ,0OO
from the people OF Washington.
with all that the university is
doing II 10 soreIy in need Of equip
ment," President Lewis said. Five
or six hundred Students are meeting
each day I'm the damp basement of q
church because there is no adequate
students come daily TO reems poorly
heated and lighted and badly over
crowded. The afternoon classes are
taught By the sAfne men as the f,iern-
most twice as much work as q uni
versity teacher Is expected to de- I'VE
have no athletic Facilities. Our ride
team, which just defeated the best
college teams in the country. has no
ra rage OF Its own. Our foot bali team
has no fela, no lockers and no gym
nasium.
proper care of the young men and
women OF the families of this city
unless we are given the means.
Our plea to the people of Wash
nston will not be that of charity,
or another cause What We want is
a chance to develop the sort OF edu-
cational facilities which will help
make Washington the great center
tfdt II Is UeStiH6u 10 DeEOine.
Campaign Services Pledged.
Among those who pledged in Brief
responses their services in the cam
paign were Claude w. owen. who Will
be chairman of the campaign in
Washington. C. 1. Corby, Col Archi-
bald Hopkins, Roy L. Neuhauser.
Joshua Evans, jr., David A. Baer and
5: Wilmer Latimer.
Those present at the meeting were
Rev. Douglas p Birnfe. Il. l.. BurcbeiI,
John II. Wilkins. Joshua Evans. jr
George W. Daizell, Delos ii. smith.
Clarence w. De Knight, G. l. Corb5,
J: Wilmer Latifnrr, David A. Baer,
Stanley H: Fischer. Philip ErshleT,
Butter, Paul spsrry. Georgs +; LIN IL
payidton. Charles W, Fetrfax. Eranlk
H.. Sefhnses, DIR. Daniel L. Borden:
Edward Stafford, Parke A ualle-
her, William G. Van Week, Hugh 6.
L. Hodgkins, Charles p. Light, Rich
ard ", Hgnson u John = ,.insy =; LsTner, Msas
II. Coepsr, Coi. Archibald Hopkins,
Charles &, clover, jr.. DIR. Henry W.
jaeger n. Latane Lewis. Efskine
Gordon, Albert ]. Gore, Arthur II.
SsIssft' WiIIfar Warffeld Ross, Harry
T. porfier, r. L. Neuhaaser, John w.
Braurier, Francis r. Weller. Charles
II. Woodruff, William Bruce King,
Harry g. Davis and Maj. William {.
Rarf3eD.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
Nug.zrs johnson
Dalirers Maiden
Speech in Ssssute

Senator -aIagnus Johnson of Min
:resuta made his nnafden apeech in
the Senate slate yesterday .aftsr-
noon. His text WAS the Mellon tax
.pian and itte gproposal to reduce
the .surtaS.
Senator Johnson's voice, famed
as the loudest speaking: vs,Iicle of
any man in public life, runihlcd
and reverherated around the SEN
ate chamber. when Ire raised it at
times to n high pitch.
HE announced his unqualified
opposition to the Mellon plan for
u reduction of the surtaNes and de-
clared himself In favor of publicity
for income tax returns.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
MRS. OYSTERS RITES
:. TO BE HELD TODAY
Funeral Services To Be Conducted
by Rev. DR.. Abernethy
This Afternoon.

Funeral services for Mrs. James r.
Oyster, wife Of Commissioner Oyster,
Will be held this afternoon at the
residence. Meridian Mansions. 2400
18th street. and burial will be in Oak
Hill cemetery.
the honorary pallhearers are Com
missioner Cuno II. Rudolph. Commits
sioner j. Franklin Bell. Theodore W.
Neyes. Henry y. Brawner, ir.: Capt.
George w. Evans. E c. Graham. vii
liam y. CiaIliher. George H. Judd Jo-
Seph ]. Weller and a. 1Ieftwich Sin
clair.
The services viii be conducted by
Rev. Or. William S. Aberne1hy and
Rev. DR.. A. Freeman Anderson. EdI's.
oyster died early yesterday morning
following a protracted illness.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
SAC, 600 is PROMISED
FOR FROSTBURG NORMAL
Gov. Ritchie Assures That He Will
Make Recommendation for
Appropriation.
spocisl Dispatch 10 The Star.

spncisl Dispatch 10 The Star
F'ROSTBCRG. Ma, January 81
Following the receipt of a letter from
+1oy. Albert C. Ritchie by former
Judge William C. Walsh of Cumber-
land, in which he indicated that he
would recommend an appropriation
of $4,000 for the Frostburg State
Normal School, the meeting to have
been held last night TO have a com
ruittee appointed to take up the mat
ter of an appropriation for the school
WIS abandoned.
IF S40-880 is appropriated for Frost
burg Normal, il is .Pinted out that
this sum together with the S55.900
granted the school under the former
administration of the governor. or
sa5 ee8 In all, is much in excess of
any amount appropriated for the
Frostburs school for long period of
years.
The Frostburs Normal authorities
Ifave asked for Sl80,0e0, of which $4o,-
apo would be spent for additional
land and improvements and the ad-
,iitional $50. .0o8 for another Sdormi-
tory to be added after the new dorini-
Tory building now under construction
is completed. The improvements
would include a $5,ee0 residence for
The principal a-.. - -..
Evening star., 1924-01-22
Sea Worms Parallel Ballroom,
In Modernity Of Their Dances
Scientists Study Repenls Close Kinship Of T,vo.
Moonlight Provides Intosicotion and Incer.
fire for big Nights of Former.

Correspondence of The Star and Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Copyright. 1923
PARIS, November 26.---Modern ball
room antics have a close parallel in
the nuptial dance staged by sea
worms.
That is not the opinion Of a dis
gruntled bystander, but the entirely
erudtte judgment pronounced by
Messrs. l.. Fage and r. Legendre,
who have Just completed two
year study Of nernids OFF the Britt
tany coast Their findings have been
presented to the French Academy of
Sciences, which devoted two sessions
TO hearing ali about tho intricacica OF
"jaas" dancing.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
FALL DENIES LOAN.
Zevely Says He Knows Of No IT.
Irregularities in Lease.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, January ga b.
Fail. former Secretary of the Interior,
Yesterday reiterated his denial that
he had received money from any ene
in connection with the leasing OF
the oil reserve to the Sinclair in
terests.
you can say for me enphatically
that Harry F. Sinclair has never
loaned OF given me penny in any
Uay." Mr.. Fall said in referring TO
portions or testimony before the COM
nittee yesterday of Archie Roose-
welt.
clair. declared he was here on 4bzsi-
ness for q few days and that cali
ON Mr.. Fall yesterday was only to
nav his respects to an old friend.
Mr.. Zevefy said he knew Of no 1ir-
Irregularities in the oil lease. "All
i can say, he added. "is that the
lease was the best the government
ever fat--for the government. not
e. L. Doheny, president Of the Mex
[ican Petroleum Corporation, is aboard
his private car at Destrahan. Led
fifteen miles above New Orleans. He
had issued no statement early today.
Evening star., 1924-01-22

1ntoxication of moonlight acts as
an incentive for the sea worms TO
ssage ahear 6ls se n'ghtis gti,,o, Led
worms swim close in-shore. The fe-
males then detach themselves from
the group, take up position and are
soon surrounded by males.
The lady worms then start dance
similar to the movement that made
the Streets of Cairo famous. Not to
be outdone, the males go on the war
path, dancing around In circle so
that their prisoner can't escape.
Faster and faster Whirls the solofst,
until suddenly she bursts, scattering
thousands OF sea a-greefl eggs. These
are carried away. on the backs of the
Father worms, ma the party breaAs
up.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
WOMAN DIES IN BIG FIRE.

LYNDONFrLLE, VT. January r.
One woman was killed and a. num-
Der of persons were injured in a fire
which virtually wiped out the bust
uess section Of this village early to-
day. The loss is estimated at about
$500. 900. Six business buildings and
the Hotel Lyndon were RACED.
Evening star., 1924-01-22

at the time that ] wrote il down.
have always been impressed with
MT Weinberg through my dealings
with him. / do not see how IL was
possible for me 10 hsve rnisundsr-
stood him, but from what he says
may have been."
V-ahlborg told the committee that
his advice TO Archie Roosevelt to re-
Sign was not based upon any other
consid Grafton than his apprehensior'
of what might come 70 nm IN INT
way of embarrassment through his
cornection with the Sinclair Russian
rorporation Mr.. Roosevelt had IN
tarpreted his suggestion, WahlDers
added. as that he should resign from
the Sinclair Consolidated OIL corpora :
tion. :.
WaIhers disclosed TO the commit
tee that Harry F. Sinclair had loan
ed" stock in his corporations ana
liberty bends to Zevely. The stock, al
least, was sold. but what use was
made OF the money or OF the nonds'
the witness said, ne oiu hot hno~
The committee at that point directed
suhpoenas to be issued for Sinclair
employees 10 appear with records and
books that may shed light upon the
transaction.
According To Wahlbers, hy direc-
tion of Sinclair. he had placed, sub
iect TO the order OF Zevely, 3.5Ot
sjIhres of the Sinclair Consolidated
Company stock snd &o5.6ee worth of
liberty bonds. The transfer took
plsce in October or November, 1922
the witness said, explstrtng that the
transaction had seemed TO him sus-
picious.
fnuroot FresscH Witness.
Chairman Lenrupt pressed the wit
ness as to whether there wzas any
thing lin the back of your mind" in
connection with the matter, but the
latter sal there was nohing that W as
based on facts.
J1non order OF Col. Zevely. he con-
tinued. the stock had been sold, for
what price he did not know. Col
Zevely Ind given him. the witness
the rnorrey obtained through the sale
of the stock. nor for the liberty
bonds. Senator Walsh estimated that
the stock had brought about $4,000
to which the witness made no COM
ment.
Lyman E Smith & Co. OF New
York were named by the witness as
the brokers who sold the stock loaned
to Zevely, but he said he could not
remember whether their check had
been turned over 10 ZeyelT or whether I
he had been given cash
to handle innumerable private mat
ters for Sinclair, and his loyalty to
his employer had caused him I'm
easinesE when he thought that he
might be called upon by the commit
tee to disclose Some OF the informa
ton. He had first learned OF SIN
.clair's intention 10 go to Europe on
January Id, he explained, and il was
at that time. he asserted, that he de-
citied TO talk matters over with
versation, the witness declared he
had made some reference to the fore
man of the Fall ranch having paid
him 81 400 for cattle.
MIR Roosevelt Indicated TO me thai
he felt there was something wrong
about the Teapot Dome deal" Wahl-
berg said, -'and that he thought
could prove it. 1t was after j haG
given the matter thought l called
Mr.. Roosevelt on the phone, to tell
him that could net prove it. and
that was the reason for my second
telephone talk with him
Evening star., 1924-01-22
COKE STOVE FUMES
CAUSE MANS DEATH
Chimney Fires, None Serious,
Are Reported From
Several Places.

Gas fumes yesterday caused the
death OF James H. Price, fifty-four,
1919 street southwest, in a building
under construction near the Zoologi-
cai Park. A hot fire from coke
fatally.
CHIMNEY fires were reported at 2a17
18th street northwest, 1903 Newton
street northwest, and 1886 Irving
street northwest None was serious.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
UNIVERSITY CIVIC AGENT.
Part Institution Plays Described
| by &. w. q. President.

She part the university plays as
civic enterprise was described by
President Lewis yesterday at lunch
con In the Racquet Club. attended by
sixty business men. He told what the
university is doing for the city now
and what 1T promises for the future.
Pointing out that $4,000 residents
Evening star., 1924-01-22
SINCLAIR Is SILENT.
Saws Senate Committee Has Fin
ished With Him.
Br the axspcisted Pres.

By the Associated Press. g..
NEW YORK January 22.-Harrs
r. Sinclair, oil operator, who sailed
for Europe last Wednesday on the
steamer Paris, told newspaper1nen at
the dock that he expected to be
abroad for six weeks. Asked About
the Teapot Dome inquiry, he said: Il
am through with that; they have fin
ished with me.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
PLANE FALLS AND BURNS.

LONDON. January ga f,assen
ger airplane arriving from Paris this
AFTERNOON crashed at the Croydon
aviation terminal and took FIRE. The
plane was destroyed, but the passen-
gers ana pilot escaped. :
Evening star., 1924-01-22
NEW YORK FREEZING.
Mercury Drops Thirty Degrees in
Past Twsnty-Four Hours.

NEW YORK, january 22:-New
York to-day experienced ITS second
real cold day this winter.
The mercury. starting at about
freezing p0int late Sunday. dropped
80 degrees during twenty-four hours.
-Four fires OF flrst magnitude. last
night caused the death from exposure
of ono firenfen and intense suffering
to many others.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
10 BUILDINGS BURN, LOSS BIG

NORTH SYDNEY Nova Scotia, jan
uary 22.-Seven buildings in the busi-
ness sections were destroyed by fire
and three other buildings seriously
damaged early today, causing a loss
of S176,090.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
FALL Is RECALLED
TO EXPLAIN MHERE
HE GAINED $1DO GOO

1c,ontinued from First rage.l
Evening star., 1924-01-22
D. c. TRAFFIC COURT,
NO LIMIT ON SPEED,
ASKED BY SENATORS

tcontinued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-01-22
OBJECTS TO CAeck Statement.

WahTberg had taken exception to
the Cancelled checks statement during
their 7.so O'Clock talk, Archie said,
declaring that he did not remember
ever having said anything of the
kind.
Replying to an inquiry from Chair
man Lenroot. republican, Wisconsi n,
Roosevelt said:
Il ain sure that he said that he
would not like to have 10 explain
about the Cancelled checks he had Tor
$Ss.ooo. was so impressed with 1t
Evening star., 1924-01-22

lContinled from Ffrst PaEe.)
it is probably not to come in the very
near future"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-01
PROGRESS OF RADIO
DEPENDS ON AMATEURS

NEW YORK, April 1.-The as
surance Of the success and further
development of radio largely de-
ponds upon the continued world
wide interest of the amateur" de-
clares owen D. Young, chairman of
the board of the General Electric
Company and chairman of the board
of Radio Corporation of America.
II consider that one of the great
est assets of any new art is to have
the youth of the world confident in
its future. And what an immense
resourse this promises to be. This
fact alone gives us assurance that
radio is here to stay.
History records clearly that the
greatest inventions have been made
by men under thirty years of age.
Literally hundreds of thousands Of
the youth OF our country are now
interested and at work on radio
problems. We have then the future
inventive genius Of the world al
ready preparing to add to its great
contributions. Many of the present
great inventions have been made by
such young men lpred on by the
unique and romantic characteristics
of their subjects.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-01
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
FOR INTERNATIONAL SHOW

NEW YORK, April ]. Final
arrangements have just been made
for the worlds first annual inter-
national radio show which is to
open at Madison Square Garden
on September % and continue nm
til September %.
The board of directors of the
r. NJ. S. a. has taken an exclusive
ten.year lease on Madison Square
Garden for it's annual and inter.
national radio show which will be
held there every fall until 1884.
The association has also taken
over the Chicago Coliseum for a
like period and another ten-year
lease is being negotiated on a
Western exposition building.
An outstanding feature next sea
son will be the introduction of
foreign exhibits.
There will also be a series Of
ultra-important public experiments
and demonstrations held during the
show. under the supervision of a
special jury of celebrated radio
authorities, for the purpose of
bringing to light and testing out
new, radio inventions and theories.
carried on for unknown wireless
An extensive search is now being
carried on for unknown wireless
inventions OF all sorts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-01
GETS
PHILIPPINES
on AIR
Tunes In on cayite Station,
10000 Miles From Naval
Aerial Here.

John w. Whitam, naval radio OPP
orator who works through the great
station at Arlington and receives
messages from such suburbs as
London and Rome. had few min
utes Of leisure the other night and
began to reach out for new records.
He brought in the station at Cavlte,
Philippine Islands, 10000 miles or
more away--just about half the dis.
lance around the world at tilis lati-
tude.
1t was accidental, too, the tuning
In Of this distant station Also 1t
just about reaches the limit Of pos
sible distance, for one can go east
or west. at this latitude about TO-
600 miles and little farther. The
world isn't big enough to get more
distance.
Whitan1 sends and receives in
code, Of course. He sends through
the Arlington wireless plant. but
receives over the aerial erected on
top Of the Navy building In Wash
ingtOn. He Is In nightly touch with
San Diego, San Francisco, Balboa,
San Juan, Paris, London. and
Rome. Not long ago he picked up
q message from Guam, 10000 miles
or more away. This message, like
the one from Cavite. was tuned in
accidentally.
Business is brisk over the navy
radio. hence Whitam has but little
time to grope for distance. For
that reason he seldom attempts it
Copyright, 1924, by w. p. Heinz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-01
BUREAU oE STANDARDS
FIXES RADIO FREQUENCY

To serve as a standard of radio
frequency. the Bureau OF Standards
has two especially constructed wave.
meters covering the frequencies in
more general use from Is to 1900
kilocycles per second Q665O to SIS
meters).
These standard wavefneters are
used in celebrating wavemeters be.
longing to the Radio Inspection
Service, manufacturers, colleges or
others in need of standards Of fire.
quency, in radio measurements ard
in adjusting the radio transmitting
set which is used to transmit stan
dard frequency signals.
Each standard wavemeter consists
of a variable air condenser of spe.
cial design, four fixed mica con-
densers, number of interchange
able inductors or coils. and a res
onance Indicating device. The ma
jority OF the inductors are wound
with high-frequency cable in sin.
gle layer upon skeleton frame OF
special insulating material.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-01
SPEECH IN ESPERANTO
TO BE BROADCAST

New YORK, April 1.-The in
evitable partnership between, radio,
the international medium communi-
cation and Esperanto, the interna-
tA.@snl language will be realized in
America for the first time the
evening OF April 5, when J. d.
Savers, president OF the New York
Esperanto Club, broadcasts a speech
in Esperanto.
The Esperantist message will be
broadcast from station WOR using
405 meters in Newark and will be.
gin at 6:35 o'clock.
Mr.. Savers will speak a few min.
utes in English, giving few facts
abont Esperanto, and then finish
in that language. Thousands of
Esperantists in Europe, Cuba, Mex
leo and Canada, where station WOR
has often been heard, have been
prepared for the speech and will
be. listening ins
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-01
PENN STATE TO
HAVE RADIO
FR0L|C
Alumni Night Will Be Mark
ed by AII-coIIege
Features.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, April 1.
The 10000 graduates and former
students of the Pennsylvania State
College. from Maine to California,
are preparing to tune in for the
first annual Penn State Alumni
Radio Night" program to be given
from the college station, WPABr the
evening of Wednesday, April 3,
from O'Clock until IL.
Ever since the college station
had its first trial programs. less
than a year ago, the graduates and
friends of the college throughout
the country have been clamoring
for Just one big Penn State night
on the RADIO Accordingly, the
program makers at the college have
set April 3 as the date, and seere-
taries of branch alumni clubs in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Washington, Chicago,
st. Louis and elsewhere are attend
ing to getting out the crowds in
groups where loud speakers win
play an important part in bring
ing greetings from alma Mater
The alumni night will be featured
by the cream of the student must
cal talent, including dance or
chestra playing college songs. the
varsity male quartet. mandolin sex
tet and other talented groups.
DIR. John M. Thomas, president
OF the college, will give a talk. ard
there will be personal greetings to
graduates of the various schools
by their deans. Hugo Bezdek,
athletic director, and alumni asso.
citation officers also will have spe.
cial messages from the station on
the campus.