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The Washington times., 1924-02-04
GERMANY ENDS MONOPOLY
OF NATIONS RADIO
12 to 2

Until recently, says a report from
American Consul General f. f. r.
Dumont, at Frankfort. on Main, Ger.
many, the German postoffice au-
thorities had a complete monopoly
OF radio service in Germany, but
lately they have granted permission
to special companies to construct
broadcasting stations, and have
given licenses to private persons to
buy receiver sets.
Those who disapprove of control
point out that not only is initiative
discouraged by it, but that in prac.
tice it would be impossible to en-
force regulations without organizing
a system for spying out privately
constructed machines in private
homes.
Nevertheless, the system of gov.
ernment control is to be retained
for the time being in Germany, and
those who listen in" must do so
with sets that bear the government
stamp. They must have also post.
office licenses, valid for one year
and costing twenty-five gold marks
Transmitters are supplied by the
postoffice department, but broad.
casting programs are arranged by
private companies. Fees are col.
lected by the postoffice, which set.
ties with the companies.
The Washington times., 1924-02-04
UP SHE GOES"
To BE AGAIN
RAD|OED
Musical Show Will Be Broad
cast From Boston Thurs
day Night.

The heavy and genuine demand
for seats for William A. Brady's
musical comedy hit, "Up She
Goes" now at the Wilbur Theater,
Boston, has caused the manage
ment to put on a special midnight
performance on Thursday night,
February Z. Many workers who
are busy afternoon and evening
have requested the management for
midnight show.
Their requests have been backed
by hundreds Of others who have
been unable to secure seats at the
regular performances. This is the
first midnight performance Of a
real musical comedy anywhere,
Perhaps one of the most inter-
esting features of this midnight
performance will be that station
WNAC, the Shepard Stores, Bos-
ton, will broadcast this perform
ance, affording an opportunity to
those through the West to hear
this smart up-to-the minute musical
show.
Thousands of letters poured into
the radio station after the first
broadcast of this show, and many
demands were made for them to
rebroadcast it; it affords all those
at a distance, who were otherwise
unable to hear the first broadcast,
an opportunity to listen in.
Broadcasting entire theatrical
performances direct from theaters
is one of the many features intro
duced by station WNAC this sea.
son.
With them this is an art and
each performance has been Of the
type that has so enthused those
listening in that packed houses have
resulted from it.
1t is very evident from the ex-
pressions of appreciation of the
first broadcast of up She Goes"
that this midnight broadcast will
meet with the approval of radio
enthusiasts as well as theater-
goers all through the country, even
more than is usual from an effort
of this sort.
The Washington times., 1924-02-04
ONE MORE FAN
TALKS WITH
LONDON
Amateur at Pittsburgh Makes
Eighth Connection With
Britain in 2 Months.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. AIN
the last two months radio anna
teurs in one United States radio
district after another have sue
ceeded in establishing communica-
ton with operators in England,
France and Holland.
Now the eighth district rolls into
line with the announcement here
that B. P. Williams, operator Of
Station 8-ZAE, in this city, sat
down at his station the other night
and worked British 2-OD for an
hour.
According to latest advices from
the American Radio Relay League
headquarters, at Hartford, Conn,
this makes the fifth United States
radio district in which amateurs
have communicated with European
operators.
Congratulated By British.
The others are the first, second,
third and ninth districts. Soon
after the contact Williams received
the following message:
"Congratulations on connecting
the eighth United States district
Great Britain. Please convey 73'S
best regards to them from the
British Radio Transmitting Society.
You may be interested to know that
1 communicated with the ninth dis
trict at Marion, Ind. yesterday"
The foregoing was signed by the
British call 2-OD.
The transmitter at Williams sta
ton used three Western Electric
five watt tubes with only eighty
watts on the plates.
Used $50 Metre Waves.
The source Of supply was a 500
volt motor generator. The signals
across the ocean were exchanged at
an approximate wave length Of $50
meters.
In addition to working 2-OD, Mr..
Williams has also received signals
from British 2-KL, 2-SH, 2-LD and
5-NN; French SAB, and the Hol-
land station PCH. He reported
that the last-named station was
easily the loudest of all the foreign
sets worked.
The signals were received on
single-circuit, short-wave regenera-
tive set with detector and audio-
amplifier. The communication was
established between 1905 and 1885
a. m. Eastern standard time.
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will place KSD in the front rank of
stations for this week.
Tomorrow night KSD announces
an all-night star program to be
broadcast in connection with greater
distance tests. The program will
be continued until Washington 8
breakfast time and, according to the
advance notices, nothing but stars
will be allowed near the micro
phone.
Wednesday night the ST. Louis
Massenchor, assisted by the ST.
Louis Symphony Orchestra, will
broadcast a concert under the direc-
conductor, of Beyreuth, Germany.
part in the program.
On Thursday night will be the
regular concert by the st. Louis
Symphony Orchestra under the
baton of Rudolph CAM. Ignaz
Friedman, pianist, will be the SOLO
ist of the evening.
Everywhere is radio and talk Of
radio.
But on the train platform at
Union Station Saturday it was in
a little different form.
A crowd of men and porters Cook
ing for all the world like an inn
mense crap game) attracted Listen
erin.
Inspection showed it to be a dem.
onstration by a baggage smasher
of a new hook up. A piece of train
mans chalk and the cement plat
form were being used for the lesson
in radio.
The Washington times., 1924-02-04
|ROmping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listner-In-

An instrument which has come
to be considered one of pleasure
only was converted yesterday into a
carrier of sad and fearful news.
AS reports Of President Wilson 8
death were carried to the many pull
pits from which sermons were be-
ing broadcast yesterday morning,
the flow Of words was halted for a
moment to be followed by an
nouncements Of the passing Of the
wartime President.
A receiver that had brought MANY
hours of pleasure to President Will
son in the last years of his life was
silent as the fateful words crossed
and recrossed the aerial above his
IS street home
President Wilson had found com.
Tort in radio and at the time Of his
only appearance before a micro
phone spoke to a larger audience
perhaps than any other one man of
history.
1t was fitting that his passing
0AiONAu oo loIu III Sucn manner.
With the brief announcement that
the world has been saddened today
by the death Of former President
Wilson," WCAP last night stated
through the air that "out Of respect
to his memory this station will be
silent this evening"
Other stations which had sched-
uled programs other than church
services likewise were silent.
At all Of the services which were
carried out through the air. respect
Tor the memory of the dead Presi-
dent marked the sermon and song.
AT Calvary Episcopal Church,
Pittsburgh, the congregation arose
for fitting prayer, and, still stand
ing, sang abide With Me-"
Similar tributes were paid else
where.
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quency current whose strength Is a
faithful copy Of the vibration OF
the speakers voice.
The antenna from which the
ether waves radiate is swung from
two graceful steel towers l43 feet
high 1t consists of four wires,
crossing a flat top lis feet long,
with lead-in wires falling 14O feet
vertically to the transmitting ap-
paratus. A motor.generator in an
adjoining room furnishes power to
the set at fourteen volts for tube
filaments and at 1900 volts for
plate circuits. The station includes
also a receiving set on which an
operator listens constantly during
transmission so that he may pick
up any distress calls from ships
at sea, as required by law.
When a program is to be pro
duced locally, power is thrown on
the set and the wave length and
antenna current are checked. a
green lamp in the stu'l.o notifies
the announcer that all is ready. He
presses a button which makes the
final connection from tho micro
phone, and then introduces the
performer to the invisible audience.
The control operator listens
through headset or Il loud
speaker to the entire program and
varies the degree of amPlificatlon
so as to fully load, but not over
load the transmitter.
InstaIls Loud Speaker
To give the guests on his estate
The benefit of these excellent pro
grams, Colonel Green has installed
on the top of a water-tOwer a
group of loud speaking sound PRO
iectors connected WITH another
amnlifier, the whole being known
as n Western Electric public ad
dress system. Ample space for
automobile parking is about the
water tower and Colonel Green has
invited his neighbOrs to drive IN
and listen to the programs, which
are clearly audible for a half mile
or more. On pleasant Sunday
evenings last summer it was net
unusual for several hun1Cc1 cars
to bill the allotted space and line
the driveways as their OccupantS
listen to music from Broadway or
Fifth Avenue, New York.
Plans are under way for tho
installation of additional projectors
at Round Hills Light rocky isle
off the shore of the estate--so that
passengers of the New York boat
may be entertained as it passes in
the early evening and farewell
messages may be sent out to de
parting guests.
With the arrival Of it's b:G
brother, the 100-Watt Western
Electric set of Station No. l may
still broadcast programs but at less
frequent intervals. 1t will he used
to disseminate the contributions OF
local artists, market and weather
reports, local news, etc.
Colonel Green Is installing d
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Local Broadcast

NAA-NavaI Radio Station. Arlington.
$3.50 Meters, c. w. aFc.)
1870 D. m.-Frut and vegetable ship
ments.
200 p. m-Fruit and vegetable
markets.
3:45 D. m.-Closing livestock.
D. INLAY and feed market Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday.
$3.50 p. m.-Daily market, grain.
10 p. m.-Weather forecast.
(435 Meters, radiOphOne)
1915 p. m.-Livestock markets.
1:45 p. m.-Fruit and vegetable mar
kets
500 o. m.-Livestock.
S:45 o. m.-Weather report.
4:05 p. INLAY and feed.
4:25 p m.-Dairy products.
(2,65O Meters. spark.)
~ m. and 10 p. m.-Time signals.
1901 p. m.-Weather report, ship
orders. naval press news.
WCAP-Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Company (469 Meters).
Silent night
WRC-RadiO Corporation of America.
(469 Meters.)
$500 p. m.-Special Memorial Service
for exrPresident Wilson, with a Eulogy
by Joseph P. Tumulty, and musical
numbers.
(The regular program has been cam
celled out of respect for Mr.. Wilson.)
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Enjoy Concerts at Sea.

The steamship Kroonland, which
left New York for California via
the Panama Canal, was equipped
with a powerful portable radio set
with which to pick up concerts
while en- route, and expects to be
in touch with the United States all
the way. Concerts will be given
for passengers Of all three classes.
On the trip east WGY was picked
up 500 miles off Los Angeles and
the same evening San Francisco,
Kansas City and Dallas music was
heard.
The Washington times., 1924-02-04

radio compass station to aid in
direction finding. Ann to expedite
development of new types uf anna
teur receiving circuits. he has
erected a number OF small buildings
with shop facilities.
Many a young fellow has ideas
which would be mos. valuable if
he could work them into practical
devices. But he lacks the time. the
facilities. and sometimes the tech
nical training. My scheme is to
give a welcome and job on the
place to any such Eoan-old or
young-who can convince me that
he has an idea and that he means
business. 1t isn't to he u loacirg
place for radio bugs--shey'il have
to earn their board anil lodging by
real work"
The Washington times., 1924-02-04
Cheap Crid.Leak,

A very cheap but efficient grid
leak can be constructed by just tax.
ing the detector tube and making
pencil mark between the grid and
filament pins, making sure that
mark comes in contact with both
pins. A little experimenting and
adding or erasing the line as the
tube requires and the right value
can be found.
The Washington times., 1924-02-04
A Radio Tablet.

An innovation in radio church
comes from Pittsburgh.
BY means of a broadcast appeal,
Calvary Episcopal Church. is Great
ing a fund to be used for the con-
struction Of radio tablet in its
building.
Subscriptions have been received
from all but handful Of States, 1t
was announced last night. Sugges.
tions OF a verse of the Bible appro,
pirate for inscription on the tablet
also are asked from the church's
listeners-in.
Calvary's services were broadcast
last night through station KDKA.
Subscriptions of 10 cents were asked
from each Of the hearers.
KSD To The Front.
st. Louis whence have come many
excellent broadcasts In the past
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-07-10
SENATORS HOLD
TO TOP RUNG
Divide Double Header With
Detroit Tigers

Chicago, July 1O.-Washington
still rested in first place in the
Americans today, having split with
Detroit in a double header, and
the Yankees having gone down to-
defeat before the Chicago White
Sox, leaving Washington with a 49,
point lead. Washington lost the
first game to Detroit, 5 to 2,
and won the second game, 4 to 2.
The Boston Red Sox took a dou-
bic header from St. Louis, 5 to 0
and 5 to 4. The Cleveland Indians
also won double header, the vic
tim being Philadelphia, 3 to / and
6 to 3. Ineffective pitching by
Markle and CASTOR gave the Chi
cago White Sox an 8 to 6 victory
over the New York Yankees. Mos
til hit two home runs for Chicago.
In the Nationals, Cincinnati beat
Philadelphia, 6 to 3, while Boston
defeated Pittsburgh, also 6 to 3.
JesssaPetty, pitching ace of the
Indianapolis American Association
team, registered his 10th victory
yesterday.
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relations. The proposed school
will be Of great value to this coun-
try providing the facilities for sci
entific study and the basis for a
sound public opinion. It will un-
doubtedly be an important aid in
the training of those who enter our
diplomatic SERVICE"
DR.. Eliot, in accepting as q rus-
tee for establishing the fund. de.
clared that he was heartily and on.
Enthusiastically in accord with the
project.
The trustees, among whom are
numbered thirty nationally promi-
nent men and women. have issued
2 statement outlining the charac-
ter and scope of the school and
urging public support. ,
1--WE ask the general nnhl;. .,,,
port, the appeal concludes, Gin the
erection of this Postgraduate
school in the form of contributions
TO the capital sum of $1,000. 600
tnat IS required to found and main
tain it. The creation of such a
living institution will not onlv he
an Investment enriching those con-
tributions which we. "a Amar;- !
cans, can. make for the proores.
Ct civilization, but It will preserve
Lor the youth Of our country the
example and influence Of . noble
The Hanover National Bank Of !,
New York has been selected as the
national depository Of the fund.
Contributions mlly Be sent - -:
Walter Hines raRe School, In n, !
Relations, III Broad
way. New York City.
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looked 100 tough, Mr.. Tunney was
Kept far away from them.
With the exception of the two
Greb bouts, Tunney hasn't faced a
really high grade battler. In the
first Greb bout, Tunney was beaten,
IN the second he was victorious. In
neither did he look the part of n
sensation.
Gibson, his manager, tells YOU
1unney is u greatly improved fighter
and predicts he will beat Carpenter
worse than Gibbons did at MICHIGAN
City.
Will Beat Carpenter
II brought Tunney along SLOWLY"
says Gibson, "just as | brought Ben
ny Leonard along by easy stages.
Tunney didn't look any worse in his
Hedging days than Benny did. Final
~ Benny reached his real form and
won the worlds lightweight cham
plonship. Tunney won the American
light heavyweight title before reach
ing his top-most ability. Today he
is really great fighter"
Mr.. Gibson is, of course. not nm
Ike the common run of fight mara
gers, and one should not take his
enthusiasm too seriously.
Tunney is pretty fair fighter,
but no world beaten. He is fast and
clever and these qualities ought to
win for him over the decrepit car
pentier.
Tunney, however, has never been
a great aggressive fighter. Taking
chances is not his speciality. Car
pentier can still fling fairly hard
straight right. Tunney may decide
that discretion is eminently the bet
ter part of valor, and 20 into shell.
If he does it will be tie. rible fight
to watch, for the Frenchman proved
in his marathon with Gibbons that
he can retreat with the worst of
them.
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ging, followed by revival Of base

ging, followed by revival of base
| running.
I That has been the situation il
baseball covering the period OF the
last Is years.
Going back that far we find tina,
pitching was the dominating facto,
o.. the sport. Close games with low
scores were the rule. Playing fol
one run was all the vogue. The sac
r'tiee and the, steal were popular
strategic moves.
Them came a curbing of the pitch
er and the rise of the slugger. The
home run became all popular. Every
batter took a healthy swing. Stra-
tcgy in a sense was discarded for
brute force.
F.. Now we have q sort of a fifty-fiftv
proposition between the pitcher and
the batter, which tends TO- make for
more baserunning. Speed once
more becomes most valuable asset.
Iy Cobb once told me that he re-
garded his speed as his one best bet,
during the days when he was con-
stantly thrilling the baseball world
by his daring on the bases.
f.t.r
When one thinks.s of Cobb's
greatness as a player, his remark
able batting ability stands out as
the thing that made. HIM the talk OF
the baseball world. Yet Cobb says
his great speed did more to make
him dimond celebrity than any
other one thing. Cobb explains thus
ly: s.
Nothing worries a player more
than to know that he must handle
II ball perfectly in order to get his
man. That means he must field
ground hit clearly and follow it up
with an accurate throw.
Tin my prime, believe. could
travel down to first base as fast as
any one. Opposing inflelders knew
it, and when came to bat they
worked under strain.
incidentally l sought to keep the
opposition in the air by constantly
my style at the bat.
MY speed, and the mental atti-
tude of the opposition, helped me
reach first hundreds of times, when
should have been retired"
Speed isn't the asset to winner
that it was Is years ago, but its
value during the past five years has
increased over 100 per cent.
The dangerous clubs in the two
major leagues today are those who
are utilizing their speed by taking
chances on the bases.
The Washington club, present SEN
sation of the American League race,
is shining example of this truth,
Manager Harris has his players run
ming at every opportunity.
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corner to half sole the gloves be-
tween rounds.
Mr.. Moody, champion of England,
stepped into the ring with the ty
phoon recently s. When he was
revived he demanded to know in
very sour cockney, "Who blew up the
blooanin' glove factory?"
The long distance crouch nursers
claim Greb is equal parts of clown
and freak l.. .. This reminds us tina,
it took some, of the ancients long
time to admit Christopher Columbus
was right.
Greb has simply quit Waiting and
gone to one-stepping. He's taken
the good Mr.. Queensberry's ballad
and made fine jazz out of it.
:5u .t, aA.s
This may net sit we'll with the be-
whiskered gents who thrilled to the
abdominal puffings Of John l..
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look a tin type of Stanley Ketchel
between the eyebrows without blush
ing in all foreign and domestic
languages.
They say Mr.. H. Greb doesn't kick
hard. But he does kick often, ana
any picnic hound will tell you what
an awful thing an all-day drizzle
is.
They say. too, that the Pittsburg
plague is just q two-handed fighter
Still, his victims have never
been able to learn where the ethe,
six keep coming from.
The hurrican cares not who writes
the country's laws if he may paste
most OF the country's jaws.
Mr.. O'Goofty thinks quite wen o,
him. He made hit with me the
first time / saw him." says One
Punch. I'm fact, that's how ] got
this tin ear"
80 The. tornado, wears out 40 much
leather on other delegates ribs that
he has to keep q shoemaker ! mi his
J. ~-..-- 81
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Following acceptance by Johns
Hopkins University of the pro-
posal to establish q graduate school
Of international relations at the
Baltimore Institution in memory of
the late Walter Hines Page, spon-
sors of the movement have launch
Cd q nationwide appeal for ST.
1000, the ANIMAL income Of
which it is estimated will be re-
quired to found and maintain the
new school. dos
!. This action is the outgrowth of
conference held in New York,
and attended by distinguished
gathering of educators, statesmen,
pubiicists and practical men of af-
fairs, to discuss the need for and
the possibility of establishing such
q school. Among the scores Of ma
tionally known personages who
have, accorded it their approval are
Charles E. Hughes, Secretary of
State, and DR.. Charles w. Eliot,
president emeritus Of Harvard
University. i.
II an, glad to know Of the PRO
posaf to, establish a memorial to
the late Walter Hines Page in the
form Of D permanent school of in
ternati0nal affairs at Johns Hop
kins University" said Secretary
Hughes, in commenting On the pro-
posed school. ..The career of Mr.
Page must be q constant inspire
ton to those who are endeavoring
TO promote good will. among the
nations. and It IS fitting that tie
tribute to his memory should besa
permanent foundation for the bet-|
t& understanding Of international
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RENAULT AND DEMPSEY LABOR DAY.
Champion Expected To Meet Canadian Chal-
lenger In N0-Decision FIGHT
and the dope is he will do it again.
Renault Eager To Go

and the dope is he will do it again.
Renault Eager To Go
Fitzsimmons has asked him to
accept the Labor Day date here
and the feeling is that he will not
decline.
Parker. the bank-roll man. is
willing to slip the champion $780,
goo in crinkly, green notes. This
IS not to be shifted at in any Ian
guage. And it is soft money for
lighting a stingless puncher like
Renault in a no-decision fight.
The Canadian will sign if the
champion comes to terms, as it is
believed he will within the next 10
days.
Renault. encouraged by the
stand Gibbons made against Demp-
sey at Shelby. and remembering
that the awkward Firpo knocked
the champion out of the ring, is
said to be eager for the match.
Renault doesn't think Dempsey
can box we'll enough to put him
away and he has notion that he
VIII make such a good showing
that a return bout, with rich
purse involved, will be inevitable.
East Closed To Champ
Not that iRenault would be fight
ing the champion Labor DAY for,
nothing. His end, if the bout goes
through, will be close to $4,000.
Paker feels that he can spend
nearly 100000 on a Denpsey4Re-
nault match and still make money.
The blue sky bowl will seat 40, 900.
That's amply big enough, with
prices ranging from S. to $35.
Another reason to believe this
match may go over is that. Demp-
sey hasn't chance to fight in the
east before next winter. Richard
has Firpo and Wills carded forl
late August. That will be his final
gesture for the season in big league