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Evening star., 1924-01-17
$4,000 DAMAGES
ASKED FOR ACCIDENT
Suits Filed Against J. Forrest
Walker of Gaithersburg as
Result of Auto Crash.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd. January IL
Suits in which damages aggregating
100000 were asked were filed in the
circuit court here yesterday. j. For
rest Walker a we'll known merchant
of Gaithersburg, this county, is the
defendant and John Overbeke, ST.,
understood to be a prominent business
man of Cleveland, Ohio: his wife,
Mrs. Maude J. Overbeke, and their
children, Misses Alice and Edith
Overbeke and John Overbeke, jr., are
the plaintiffs.
The suits are the outgrowth Of an
automobile collision on the Rockville
Gaithersburg pike near Gaithersburg.
about noon on the 23d Of last August.
A large touring car in which the
members of the Overbeke family were
on their way from their Ohio home to
Washington. and which was being
driven by the young man, collided
with a delivery truck belonging TO
Walker and which was being oper-
ated by a young resident Of Gathers
burg. The truck was turning off the
pike into a side road when the Over
beke car came along and crashed
into it,
All five occupants of the Ohio car
were more or less seriously injured.
Mr.. Overbeke, sr., and his daughter,
Miss Alice, were the worst hurt, the
latter being unconscious for eighteen
hours. All were taken to the Mont
gomery County General Hospital.
where Mis- Alice remained for several
months and the others for varying
periods.
Mr.. Overbeke, ST., claims $4,000 for
personal injuries and $4,000 for loss
of his wife's services and expenses
resulting from the accident. Mrs.
Overbeke asks $4,000, as does Miss
Alice Overbeke. and each of the others
sues for 100000,
The cases have been docketed. for
trial at the March term Of the circuit
court and porbably will be tried at
that term. The plaintiffs have retain
ed Henry E. Davis of Washington and
Takbott & Prettyman Of Rockville to
represent them.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
Married 20 Years, !.
Maryland Couple
Claim u. S. Record
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. January IT,
A wedding cake large enough for
the principals. six children, thir-
teen grandchildren and twelve
great-grandchildren will be cut
this evening, when Mr.. and Mrs.
Rein H. Armacost of Baltimore
county celebrate the SEVENTEEN
anniversary of their wedding.
They enter claim to being the old
est married couple in the United
States.
Mr.. Armacost Is ninety-four. He
takes an active interest in the
evtns of the day. votes at every
election, and is the owner of the
prosperous farm where he has
lived since his birth.
Mrs. Armacost. ninety, lives on
the adjoining farm. where she
was born, and manages it herself.
She said today:
mo. l don't vote. / think there
are lot of things, more important
for woman to do"
Mr. and Mrs. Armacost are the
parents of seven children. six of
whom are living. There are four
teen grandchildren, thirteen OF
whom are living. and thirteen
great-grandchildr twelve OF
whom are living.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
TR|NKLE CAUTIONS
/ OF: BUDGET LIMIT
Virginia Governor Again En-
phasizes Economy Need in
Appropriations.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated PRESS.
ERICHMOND, Va. January 17.-Rec-
omraendation that the amounts fixed
in the official budget of the state gov
ernment for the next biennium be ad-
hered to as closely as possible in
framing the new appropriation bill
for the Virginia general assembly
last night was made by Gov. Trinkle
and Chairman Garrett, thirteenth dis
trict. of the joint finance appropria-
tion committee.
The appropriation committee Of the
house and the finance committee Of
the senate met to organize for it's
work and the remarks of the chief
executive and Senator Garrett were
regarded in assembly circles as the
Keynote of the policy to be followed
In considering appropriations.
Held Constructive Legislation.
II have seen the budget system de-
very beginning the senator re-
marked, land I have no hesitancy in
saying to you that our Virginia
budget law is the most constructive
legislation ever enacted by the Vir-
ginia legislature for improving the
business affairs of our state govern
ment.
THE budget which is before you is
a document fairly and honestly con-
ceived and executed. 1t presents a
clear and detailed plan for financing
the state government during the next
two years. and l urge that the joint
committee consider with care and de-
liberation the various items in the
.itative bill and have the fullest in
formation obtainable before us before
We begin making amendments"
The chairman called attention to
the fact that the budget provided for
appropriations amounting to S23,322,-
446, which is a sum $2O,345,O0 less
than the figure asked by the depart
ments and institutions for the next
two years and S523,789 less than the
amounts appropriated for the last
blennium.
Gov. Trinkle's remarks to the COM
rnittees were along the same line as
those included in the preamble to the
budget. He again warned that the
appropriations must be kept within
was opposed to an increase in tax
alton.
Byrd Questions Governor.
Senator Byrd, Twenty-sixth dis
trfct,. chairman of the state demo-
cratic executive committee, 'irected
a series OF questions at the - ernor
and expressed the opinion ...at the
budget presented a very dangerous
margin" on which to work, since the
estimated revenue during the past
two years had fallen short $4,000, 900.
II the same mistake should be
made again this time, at the end of
two years. We would have a deficit
of s5,000.O00 on our hands" he said
PERSONALLY, 1 do not believe the
states revenue will show an increase
of 10 per cent during the next two
years and I think we are working on
4 very dangerous margin. as present
ed in the budget"
The budget recommends appropria-
tions for the period $4,000 less than
the estimated revenue.
Senator Byrd asked the governor
how he expected to replace the def
cit of $1,750,000 incurred during the
past two years. The executive re-
piled that he was hoping this would
be accomplished through a greater
increase in the revenue than has
been estimated in the budget
Evening star., 1924-01-17
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, January II
tSpeciaD.-Two mysterious robberies
within the past two weeks at the
home of T. Clifton howard, 200 South
washington street, came to Eight to-
DAY. Eighty dollars In cash mostly
silver, was taken from the home last
sunday and pocketbook belonging
10 MRS: Howard evidently was stolen
about two weeks ago. The rebberies
were Kept quiet until this morning.
Patrolman Padgett, who has been
working on the case for the past
rev days, has reported to Mrs. How
ara that his efforts have been fruit
Mrs. Howard had not discovered the
loss OF her handbag, which contained
put little money, until Washington
police returned it to her after find
ing 1t on Highway bridge.
only three days out of the State Hos
pital at Staunton. where he had been
ebriecy. Glenn Floyd of Richmond was
arrested here last night by Patrolman
SnellingS on charge of drunkenness
He had two half pints of whisky on
his person.
Floyd was sent TO the city Jail after
he had been held for grand jury ac-
ton. The hospital from which he had
oeen paroled on ninety days probation
Fire of undetermined origin this
morning caught in mass of waste at
the garage Of Corporalletti Brothers,
1900 King street. The fire spread to
several tanks of gasoline nearby, and
for a time threatened several large
storage tanks. A general alarm was
sounded, and the fire department had
the blaze under control in short time.
Damage was slight. it was said.
John w. Brookfield this morning as
Sumed his duties as pailiff of police
court to succeed H. Melvin Devers.
whose resignation became effective to-
day. Devers has Joined with Jesse
Thomas and has formed a bonding COM
pany.
The regular weekly luncheon of the
kiwanis Club was addres ssed today by
T. L. Settle of the National Recreation
Association, who advocated whole
hearted support Of Fairgrounds by all
civic organizations.
Later he addressed committee oR
women interested in playground work
Funeral services for Allen E. Sulli-
van. who died Tuesday night, will be
held tomorrow afternoon from the
residence, 1915 Prince street. Serv-
ices will be conducted by Rev. Edgar
Carpenter, rector of Grace Episcopal
Church. Burial will be in Bethel
cemetery.
Officers of the American Legion
auxiliary will be elected tonight at a
meeting which is to be held in the
rooms of the chamber of commerce.
Walter Robey. charged with hav-
Evening star., 1924-01-17
DENIES BRITAIN PAID
NO HEED TO HUGHES
McNeill Answers Lloyd George
Charge Relative to Reparations
Farley Proposals.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. January 1I.-Throughout
the last twelve months the British
government has never neglected an
opportunity for attempting to enlist
the assistance of the United States
in the settlement of the repara ion
question, Ronald McNeili, under
secretary for foreign affairs. said in
the house of commons yesterday. He
was replying to Mr.. Lloyd Georges
criticism that the government had
not made the most OF the offer of
Secretar OF State Hughes to help
solve the reparation problem.
In a lengthy defense of the Brit
ish foreign policy, Mr.. McNeill said
the Hughes proposals were originally
made to France on December Is, 1922,
and had never been officially COM
ment. The foreign office. he eX-
planned. learned of the proposals
through the British ambassador in
Washington to whom Secretary
Hughes had communicated them in
strict confidence. Although France re-
jected the American offer, continued Mr.
McNeill, Great Britain advised the
United States. then and subsequently,
that the British government would
welcome an American observer.
Mr.. McNeill said that Mr.. Lloyd
George had rather exaggerated the
character of the American proposals
in calling them Official proposals from
the American government.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
JOHNSON IN DETROIT
TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
Seeks Votes of State That Sup
ported Him Four Years Ago
in Primary.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
DETROIT, January 17.-HiramI
Johnson. Calffor mia. arrived in De-
troit today to open his campaign for
republican presidential namination in
the state that four years ago cast
its preferential primary vote for him.
Close friends and political follow
ers met the California senator upon
his arrival from the train and ac-
companied him to a hotel, where he
planned to remain until tonight, when
he Will be the guest of the Union
League Club, preceding his address
at the armory.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
INJURED MAN PULLED
is MILES IN SLED
Breaks Leg and Makes Nine-Hour
Trip to Aid in West
Virginia.

Special Dispatch to The Star
WESTON. w. Va. January ia
sixteen mile sled ride over a, scant
sprinkling Of snow. which proved to
be a morass of half-frozen mud, was
resorted to in the hope Of mitigating
the pain of Patrick Dempsey, a driv-
er, suffering from a broken leg, who
was brought here from Lynn.
Although chilled by the nine hours
in the cold the sled was being drag
ged, Dempsey and his injured leg
were pronounced none the worse for
the experience
Evening star., 1924-01-17

ing been the boss of Preston Posey,
thirteen-year-o r-old bootlegger. will be
heard in police court tomorrow morn
ing PoSey, who did not appear yes
terday as ordered, declared to police
that he had misunderstood the time.
Robey was arrested on two warrants
charging violation Of the prohibition
law and contributing to the delin-
quency OF a minor.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
GOVERNOR CANDIDATE.
johnson C. Mckinley Enters Yves
Virginia Race.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

GRAFTON, w. Va, January IL
Among the latest democrats to be
doomed for the democratic nomina-
itfon for governor is Johnson c. Nc
Kinley Of Wheeling. The atmosphere
has been much cleared by the an
nouncement of D. Z. French, Blue
field, former member of the state
senate, that he is in no sense a candi-
date.
Prospective candidates are L. S.
Tully, Mount Hope. banker and busi-
ness man; ]. D. Sweeney. Williams
town; Glen Shaver, Fairmont: Joseph
T. Terrell, Parkersburg, late of Key
ser, and George l. Neal, Huntington.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

AS a rule, the traveller who gives
the porter a dime is the one who
has made him work a dollars worth.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
DIES OF BURNS.
Explosion Follows Lighting of Gas
Burner
Special Dispat tch to The Star.

SpeciaI DIspatcn TO The star
FROSTBURG, Md, January IL
Clarence Coleman, forty-fve, who
conducted a grocery on Broadway.
died early yesterday at Miners
Hospital from burns sustained a
week ago at his home on Bowery
street. when leaking gas exploded as
his father, Hiram Coleman, seventy
two. was applying a match to the
stove burner in the sons room
The father. also burned shows
slight improvement at the hospital
1t is thought that Clarence Coleman
inhaled the fumes besides sustaining
severe burns about the face and body.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

Miss Mary Doyle packs two heavy
sacks of mail over a ten-mile route
every day in East Syracuse. n. Y.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
The Political Outlook
is Reviewed each week by trained correspondents ir

In every state of the Union there's
Star staff correspondent-selec for his
keen perception and his close acquaint-
ance with men and measures-who con-
tributes to this countrywide review from
the local viewpoint Now that both of the
great political parties have taken the first
step in President-mal<ing- news from
each locality becomes important-for its
bearing upon the great contest that's
ahead. With these local forecasts you can
form accurate opinions and watch the
Evening star., 1924-01-17
KILLED BY GAS FUMES.
'ial Dispatch to The Star.

CUMBERLAND. Md, January IT,
age, Fairmont. only son OF Mr.. and
Mre James Close, Paca street, for
meriy of Midland. was found dead in
the Fairmont Tool Company plant
from carbon monoxide fumes from
the motor Of an automobile.
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
CENTRAL PLANT.
FOR REED IS
PLANNED
Drive for Funds to Equip Hos
pitaI Throughout Is to-
Be Intensified.

A powerful central receiving
station which can be tapped by 500
or more nsteners-in is now being
considered as the best way In which
to take radio to Walter Reed and
the Naval Hospitals.
The Radio Sales Company which,
In connection with the Radio Cor
poration OF America, has offered to
equip the two institutions at cost
as their share of the campaign
being conducted by Miss Marguerite
Todhunter to obtain funds for this
purpose, expect to complete within
a few days survey Of the grounds
Of the hospitals and to make an
estimate as to the cost Of such
equipment.
Method Is Tried.
A similar method was used at the
hospital at Camp Kearney, CALI
eornia, and has proved highly sue
cessful.
BY employing the central station
instead Of individual crystal sets,
the sick and invalid service men
would not be limited to local
stations and would be able to enjoy
programs from their home towns
In every part Of the country.
The station would be operated by
q skilled radio operator and the
day and night programs would be
decided upon by the officer In
charge of entertainment Of the In
situations.
Should there be special programs
at distant stations those programs
would be tuned-in instead OF the
local broadcast.
Drive Goes Forward. =
In the central station plan, there
would be required a complete wiring
OF the wards OF the institutions with
a socket at the head Of each bed
to which the men could connect
their headphones.
The cost Of the installation, Il
Is said, would be about the same as
the cost Of individual crystal sets
for the patients.
The campaign for funds for the
installation Of radio-either by use
OF the small sets or by the central
station plan-will be intensified this
week and the appeal made more
general.
Several prominent Washington.
lans have volunteered their services
to Miss Todhunter to carry on the
work.
All of those persons who are in.
terested in the project are asked to
communicate with Miss Todhunter.
l114 Vermont avenue, telephone
Franklin STAB.
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
RADIO TRANSMITTED
CABINET WEIGHS TON

The radio transmitter which forms
the heart Of the Rensselaer, Poly.
technic Institute broadcasting sta
ton WHAZ is contained in q laSge
black steel cabinet weighing a ton,
in which are installed the vacuum
tubes, filters, relays, resistances and
other auxiliary apparatus. The an.
tenna relay is mounted on top of
this framework. Four $50 watt
vacuum tubes and one so watt tube
are used for transmitting. A fila.
ment current Of 625 amperes Is
supplied from a constant potential
generator.
The frequency Of the transmitted
energy (wave lengthy is controlled
by the value of the inductance, in
the oscillatory system, which in.
cludes the antenna. This inductance
Is adjusted by means of a vario.
meter. The movable coil also serves
to vary the coupling between the
antenna circuit and that portion Of
the coil system which Is Connected
to the plates and grids Of the oscii.
lator tubes.
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
WBZ WILL GIVE
COURSE IN
MUSIC
Tuition Fee Of 81 to Be charg-
ed for Lectures on APP
!. probation.

A radio university course, In
musical appreciation, for which q
tuition fee Of 81 will bel required,
will be conducted by WBZ, Spring.
field, Mass, beginning March 6.
The course will consist Of eight
weekly lectures by Prof. Robert
Elisha 8. Olmsted, Of Smith Col
lege.
The tuition fee was decided upon
to defray the expenses Of the in.
structor who win prepare and pre-.
sent the course and at the con-
clusion pass upon the papers sub
mitted by. his radio students
Each enrolled pupil will receive
printed material designed to assist
him in the course and in differ
entiating between the types Of music
he viii hear by radio.
A feature OF the course will be
the use Of actual examples for the
lectures. The students not only will
be told about the different forms of
music with explanations Of their
characteristics, but actually will
hear music to illustrate these points.
The first lecture viii consider in
general the self expression Of music.
the dance instinct and the song in.
stinct. In the second lecture, Prof.
Olmsted Will consider specifically
ancient and modern dance music
In later lectures he will treat the
subjects OF program music, the
music Of the theater, sacred music.
patriotism and its expression, must.
cal forms and the worlds greatest
songs.
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
T|GERT To TALK
At D. c. RADIO
SHOW
U. S. Commissioner of Educa-
ton Will Dwell on Value
of Broadcasting.

John j. Tigert,. Federal commits.
sioner Of education, will make one
Of the important addresses at
Washington's first annual radio
show at Convention Hall the week
Of March 10 to 26. Mr.. Tigert will
speak on THE Value of Radio as
an Educational Medium"
Speeches by members of the Cabi-
net and prominent Government of.
ficials will form q part Of the pro.
gram OF entertainment for the
snow. The entertainment features
are now being arranged by Robert
Lawrence, director Of entertain
ment for the exposition, who came
into radio fame through the broad
casting Of his community concerts
from Central and Eastern High
schools.
President Coolidge has been re-
quested to take a leading part in
auspiciously opening the event by
speaking to the radio fans in the
eastern section Of the United States
through stations WCAP and WEAF.
Due to the pressure of official
business, Secretary Of State Hughes
has notified the show committee
that he will be unable to person
ally take part In the exposition. Mr..
Hughes, however, will be repre-
sented by Butler Wright, Third AS
SiStant Secretary of State.
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
|N|N|AT URE SETS
! KEEP FANS
BUSY
Outfit Installed in Capsule
Said to Produce Satlsfac-
tory Results.

Every mail to The Times office,
since the picture Of Will Lesher's
small set was printed about two
weeks ago. has brought some report
Of a small set or some claim to
the ownership Of the smallest set
In Washington. Two of these sets
are shown in the pictures on this
page today. One is shown because
Of its size and the other because
Of its simplicity,
The two sets pictured were built
by Samuel Copp. 734 Otis place. and
Robert Conn, 1901 Sixteenth street
northwest.
One distinction between most of
the sets which have been reported
to this office, and VIII Lesher's
should, out of all fairness, be noted.
L,esher's is the only really small
set with an adjustable tuner. All
the others are Of the fixed tuner
type.
Started With Big Set.
Cops progress has been just OPP
posite to that of the average fan.
Instead of starting with a crystal
set and gradually working up to
large outfit as the bug" grew on
him, he started with a tube set
and has gradually worked down the
scale each time making a smaller
and less powerful set.
Starting with a large tube set,
with several stages Of amplification,
he next made a match box set, then
he made two or three around PEN
ellis, each time getting better re-
suits, finally making one with two
coils around pencil Of the slider
type with rather sharp tuning ca
pacity.
His next attempt was to build
this worked so we'll that he decided
to make a still smaller one. His
final and supreme effort was the
set pictured, built inside Of q five
grain capsule. He left the crystal
Of this set outside the capsule and
even with this addition the set
measure less than an inch In length
and Is about one-quarter Of an inch
in diameter.
Coal for Crystal.
Copp has found that some forma-
tions of coal work as well for a
crystal as the ordinary galena does.
He uses coal as a detector with
any of his sets and gets the same
results.
Robert Conn, who is in the
eighth grade at Sumner School,
built his set at a total cost of is
cents. . He has q tube set, and
finding that it would not work one
evening, he set to work and soon
had another one, so that he did not
even miss an evening Of listening
In,
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
EXPORTS OF RADIO SETS
AND PARTS GROW FAST

Radio exports for the year 1928
totaled $S,44S,112, compared with
$2,S9779S last year. according to
Department of Commerce statistics.
While the shipments Of radio APP
paratus form only about s per cent
Of the total value of all electr,caI
exports, which in 1928 passed the
$72,00O,OOO mark, radio exports in.
creased about z per cent out Of a
total gain Of $4,000, 900.
December radio exports totaled
$335,3OS, compared with S8S1 827
for November, and $27O,O61 in
October. In November. the bulk of
American radio apparatus, sent out
of the country went to Argentina
Canada, Australia, Panama, Mexico
and England.
Twenty.four countries purchased
apparatus valued at over 81. 900
from American exporters,