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The Washington times., 1924-07-10
NAVY RADIO MEN
CITED F D R
BRAVERY
Four Gallant Operators Stuck
At Posts In Tacoma
Disaster

The four naval radiomen who
stood by with the late Captain
Sparrow, of the unfortunate cruiser
Tacoma, when she was broken up
by heavy seas in January, after
grounding near Vera Cruz, Mexico,
have all been commended by Secra-
tary Wilbur, Of the Navy, for con.
spicuous courage, devotion to duty
and disregard of personal danger.
or the four gallant operators who
endeavored to maintain communica-
ton with shore stations, only one,
Chief Radioman Joseph v. Cooper,
u. 8. NJ, of Buffalo, N. Y, remains
alive, the other three having per-
ished with their skipper in line Of
duty. Secretary Wilbur's common.
dations were sent to the next Of kin
of Radiomer Solomon Swim, of New
York city; Henry H. Lussier, of
Bristol, Conn; and Edward T. Her.
rick, OF birmingham. Mass.
Part OF the commentator of
Chief Cooper reads like a page of
thrilling movie scenario:
Remaining at his station in the
radio house eDdeavoring to keen IN
Ito communication with Vera
Cruz, he accomplished this until the
radio shacks was demolished bv
heavy seas end he was washed out
on the deck with Captain Sparrow,
Lieutenant Hungerford and three
radiomen.
He tried to keep them alive, only
to have them die one by one, prao
tlcally In his arms. Later, although
in an exhausted condition himself.
ne left the hammock space in an
effort to rescue Captain Sparrow,
who was in distress on the main
deck, but the heavy seas separated
them. A little later he again at.
tempted to get his skipper, who had
died in the meantime, but he did not
nave strength to do so. Finally, he
himself was rescued in a semi con.
scious condition and taken below 10
the sick bay. The next morning he
was lowered over the side on a
stretcher into boat for transfer to
tug, but the small boat was can.
sized and he was forced to swim to
Blanquille reef and made his way to
the lighthouse some 800 yards dis.
tant, where he found safety at last l."
The Washington times., 1924-07-10
BUREAU OF CENSUS
LISTING RADIO SETS

The Bureau of the Census is fin
ishing up a census of radio sets
and apparatus manufactured dur
ing the calendar year of 1928. This
survey applies only to apparatus
manufactured, and not to sets in
use or the distribution of same.
The enumeration being taken is
part of general census on the
electrical machinery and apparatus
industry. The specific products to
be tabulated under radio apparatus
include: receiving sets, tube and
crystal, loud speakers. head phones.
transmitting sets, transformers,
rheostats, lightning arresters and
miscellaneous parts. Motor genera
tors come under the general head
Of electric generator and radio
tubes are classified under vacuum
tubes with X-ray tubes. Both the
number of pieces of apparatus
manufactured and the total value
are being recorded. 1t is Under
stood that final report will not
be made for at least a month or
two.
The Washington times., 1924-07-10
GUIDING
n { " MAIL
PLANES
Stations $50 Miles Apart
Can Talk to All Machines
Connect Every IS Minutes

When the transcontinental ali.
mail service was officially opened
on July /, thirteen of the flying
field relay stations along the route,
with headquarters at Washington,
already equipped with radio tele-
graph Transmission stations cooper
ated.
These stations, situated about ESQ
miles apart on the 3,400 mile route.
are located as follows: Hampstead,
l.. l.; Bellefonte, Pa; Cleveland and
Bryan, Ohio; haywood, near Chi
cago, Ill.,; Iowa City, Iowa; Omaha
and North Platte, Neb.; Cheyenne
and Rock Spring, Wyo.; Salt Lake
City, Utah, and Elko and Reno.
New. The field at Rawlings. Wyo..
Is not yet equipped. A leased wire
is used from Reno to San Francisco
to complete the chain and avoid IN.
reference with Pacific coast radio
stations.
Operating on a working wave be.
tween $500 and $500 meters, these
stations call each other on the
3,99S-meter wave, but shut down 70
listen, every fifteen minutes, for
emergency calls.
This chain of radio stations acts
as an aerial train dispatching sys.
tenn. It furnishes quick service for
planes, transmitting advance wealth
err reports and orders to stations
where planes and pilots relieve each
other on their cross.country flight.
Air mail il carried across the
country in approximately thirty
three hours each way.
All plane arrivals and departures
are now reported to WWX, at
Washington, which station can
communicate directly as far west
as Cheyenne under good conditions.
All the air mail radio stations are
equipped with c XIV arc sets, most
II which were supplied ty the
Shipping Board. On July I a
twerty.four hotir service at stations
between San Francisco and Cheyena
and haywood and New York was IN
augurated. but between haywood
and Cheyenne, where the night fly
ing is done, only a sixteen.hour
schedule will he necessary.
The department. has twenty seven
special mail planes ready for serv-
ice and forty.twJ rilots. all familis.
with the sections of the trans.conti.
mental routes over which they will
fly. Ten planes \ trip win lie EN-
ployed, one 10 each jump" the
pilots also relieving each other.
The Washington times., 1924-07-10
F ARMER KEEPS
HELP WITH
RADIO
Nebraska Man Wins Prize
With Letter on Benefits
of Receiving Set

A prize recently was offered by
1.-THE Nebraska Farmer" published
at Lincoln, Neb., for the most inter-
esting letter on the benefits derived
by the farmer from radio. The prize
was awarded to Methodius B.
Bartek, Of Saunders county, Neb.,
whose letter follows.
when it was remarked, two or
three years ago, that 1t was pos.
sible to detect sound waves from
great distances without a conductor
of any sort, people were inclined to
be incredulous. But now we do not
have to go further than perhaps
our neighbors house to see for
ourselves that radio is not merely a
fad, but a reality and more or less
of a necessity in the case of the
farmer and his family. l stress its
value to the farmer because he is
somewhat more removed from the
social and recreational advantages
usually associa ted with city life.
Offers to Farmer.
among the things that radio
offers to the farmer are help in
operating his farm more profitably
and educational and social ad-
vantages. If farmer is interested
in the markets he can simply tune
in at noon and get the grain, live.
stock and produce prices-whether
there has been 81 rise or a decline
in same, and what the prospects
are for the next day aSAo receipts
and consumers demand, mus help
ing him in formulating his own
Judgment as to the advisability OF
selling or holding for rise.
~ have found the weather re-
ports of inestimable value during
hay-making and other times when
the farmer depends on weather con-
ditiohs. At some time or other some
of us are interested in travelling
more or less, and to know the con-
dition of the main roads comes in
handy.
Talks Go Well.
"In the evening, after the chores
have been finished and supper IL
over, 1t surely is great to be able
tC listen in on your choice of pro-
grams. be it a lecture or good en-
strumental or vocal selection. One
of the series of talks which l greatly
appreciated was that given last VIM
ter by Doctor Condra, of Lincoln,
over one Of the Nebraska stations,
on the resources and beauties Of o Ir
great commonwealth. The musical
programs by master artists are al
ways at the fingertips of the farm
family with a receiving set, and
cannot be easily duplicated because
of the expense and prestige neces-
sary to secure this class of talent
Many farmers object to buying
a receiving set because of the cost,
but this Is a trivial matter in COM
parison with the advantages of radio
as a home entertainer. To the man
who has trouble keeping his boys
on the farm l say buy them radio
set"
The Washington times., 1924-07-10
ROMPING AROUND
RADIO DIAL
BY Listener-In

lose one Of its most loyal and most
popular supporters.
Announcement was made yester-
day that Bruce Lum, chief an
nouncer and assistant program direc-
tor of WRC, has been appointed an
official of the new municipal broad
casting station in New York City.
1t is an advancement of which
local listeners will be proud.
The station for whose interests
Lum will work made an elaborate
debut on the air Tuesday night.
On the program were the Rever-
end Monsignor Charles A. Cassidy,
the Reverend Doctor Charles w.
Nauman, Rabbi Bernard Drachman,
Commissioner Grover Whalen,
Mayor Hylan, Rodman Wanamaker,
the New York Police Band and
quartet. Vincent Lopez's orchestra.
the Six Brown Brothers, and
Estelle Carey, soprano.
The aims of the new municipal
station were summed up by Mayor
Hylan as follows:
ITO insure uninterrupted pro-
grams Of recreational entertainment
for all the people. To assist the
police department in the work of
crime prevention and detection; the
fire department in the expedition
| of employment of its land and ma
rine equipment in fighting fires,
and the health department in safe
guarding the physical well-being of
New York's gigantic population"
The station also Is expected to
introduce revolutionary methods of
education in the fall.
Accompanying Lum into the serv-
| ices of the New York station will
go George Oliver, engineer of WRC
and instructor in the course of
wireless code broadcast from that
| sta tim for the mast five Months
The Washington times., 1924-07-10
NEW BROADCASTING
STATIONS LICENSED

New broadcasting stations licensed
during the past week are as fol-
lows
KFAJ-University Of Colorado,
Boulder, Colo, 261.
KFQM-Texas Highway Bulletin,
Austin, Texas, 26S.
KFQN-Third Baptist Church,
Portland, Greg, 283.
KFQo--Meier Radio Shop, Rus
sell, Kan, POI.
KFoP-George S. Carson, Jr.,
Iowa City, 224.
WDBX-Otto Baur, New York,
N. Y, 233.
WDBz-Boy Scouts Of America,
Kingston, N. Y, 233.
WEBA-The Electric Shop, High
land Park, N. j., 233.
p, WT TX G. saal Co., Chicago,
The Washington times., 1924-07-10
Local Broadcast

All Programs Eastern Standard
Time.
NAA-Naval Radio Station,
Arlington.
(435 Meters, Radiophone.)
3 p. m.--Live stock.
S:45 p. m.--Weather report.
1908 p. INLAY and feed.
4:IS p. r1l.-Dairy products.
WCAP-C. & P.-469.
6:55 p. m.-Announcement of base.
ball results.
WRC-RadiO COrporation.-469.
5I5 p. m.-Instruction in code
practice.
6 p. m.-Children's hour, by Peggy
Albion.
7;45 p. m.-"Quieting the Receiver
Neighborhood," by Doctor Alfred
N. Goldsmith, chief broadcast en-
gineer of the Radio Corporation OF
America.
8 p. m.-Piano recital by Ethel
Grant.
SIS p. m.-Song recital by Ruth
Smith, soprano; Katherine NJ. Grow
ley at the piano.
$3.50 p. m.-Concert of Hawaiian
music by the Aloha Players under
the direction Of Alma H. Wolking
9 p. m.-Dance program by Pete
Macias' L'Aiglon orchestra
9:55 p. m.-Retransmission of time
signals and weather forecasts.
The Washington times., 1924-07-10
RADIO IN EVERY
HOME SOON
REALITY
Manufacturer Says Receiving
Set Puts Poor on Equal
Plane With Rich

The development of low-priced
receiving sets capable of good all.
year-round reception, as evidenced
by the excellent equipment of this
character now on the market, has
placed the man of small means
virtually on the same plane as the
rich man, in so far as opportunity
for enjoying life is concerned, it is
declared by Powell Crosley, jr., radio
manufacturer.
II looked forward to the time
and it Is not far off-when radio
will be regarded as an indispensa BILE
source Of home entertainment and
education" said Crosley. Modern
man cannot live without diversion
and how can he obtain as unfaiI.
ing variety of entertainment. day
in and day out, and at such a small
investment, as he now secures
through radio?''
To the family of sufficient means
to enjoy the opera, the theater
and other forms of entertainment
at will radio offers an additional
source eof diversion, information
and culture, brought directly to The
home, Crosley pointed our. 'Rut
to the family of moderate circuu-
stances, to whom the more costly
forms of entertainment coma as q
luxury, radio indeed a universal
source OF entertainment" he sJid.
Il consider that radio satisfies
a definite spiritual need of the
people, and that it is destined to
have a profound effect on the life
of the modern man. 1t Will go far
toward allaying the restlessness
and discomfort that is largely
product Of overwrought nerves, In
sufficiently rested by amusement
and mental diversion.
Il cannot image a hone with
out radio receiving set as soon
as the entire public become aware
of the benefits to be derived. Even
to those who are able to command
the more costly forms of enter
tainments, the opportunity ~ hear
talks OF prominent men from other
cities, and to be amused without
travelling from their homes, makes
a receiving set invaluable"
The Washington times., 1924-07-10
RADIO PIRATING BOBS
UP AGAIN IN PARIS

Radio pirating in Paris Is not a
popular pastime, but ever since the
American, Reginald Gouraud, got
away with it, others have occasion.
ally followed suit. The other night
there came in a concert which all
amateurs recogized as originating
from BID. They waited peacefully
for the end and the signing off,
when the station suddenly an
nounced Post SIS sending-stand
by a minute and we will continue. 4"
Then 1t vanished into the night,
not to be heard again. AS the
French amateur licenses have got
TEN down only to about DE-, every
one is now worrying about the
mystery Of the newcomer. He has
not been heard from since.
The Washington times., 1924-07-10

The convention cried wolf once
too often.
After sticking by the proceedings
faithfully for Avo weeks on through
the 101st ballot. we were sitting in
Griffith stadium yesterday after
noon when the nomination was
made, perfectly satisfied that there
would be no nomination before
night.
Thus do we reveal our limited
knowledge Of politicians and their
ways.
Some comfort comes to us from
the fact that a similar fate befell
the nominee.
He had left the radio to pose for
a photograph when the landslide
swept him into the nomination.
AS a listener-in, we are glad the
convention is over-even deeply
thankful that it is ended and that
ticket Is finally born out of dead
lock.
We had never attended a political
convention before the two of this
year.
Our knowledge of the proceedings
at such an affair was a little vague.
Radio now has brought us first
hand knowledge of how these mat
ters are attended to.
In the future we will forget how
utterly boring some of the sessions
of the convention became. We will
cease to condemn it for its dilly.
dallying.
What we will remember is that
we heard it and we will find salts.
faction in our knowledge of roll.
calls and motions and political
compromises.
Tonight we will return to the
old order of listening.in. There
will be much in the entertainments
Of the future with which we will
find fault-often to a greater de-
gree of censorship than was the
case in the convention broadcast.
But, after all, broadcasting is
developing mighty fast and one of
its greatest steps forward was the
simplifying of the two party meet
ings.
The moon is in a favorable con.
dition tonight for fair reception.
Many late entertainments are on
the programs, and unless drowsi-
ness captures us, we will have a
pleasant evening.
The local broadcasting field is to
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-26
POLAR FLIGHT
is POSTPONED
ONLY ONE YEAR
Commander OF Shenandoah
Looks for Flight to Arctic
During Next Year.

LAKEHURST n. J.. Feb. G. -
Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne
commanding the American dirgible
Shenandoah, declared the Polar
flight was merely postponed fol
this year, He said mooring masts
will be erected at Fort Worth, San
Diego. Camp Lewis and Mare Is
land and used as experiments.
The Shenandoah. as scout cruis-
er to the Atlantic fleet. will be
in commission in the early summer
and then join the Pacific fleet for
maneuvers.
The present chief concern is to
test the mooring masts, said Lans-
downe, which will be erected on
ships and the Patcka which Is tc
accompany the dirigible during the
summer months.
A number of motors installed for
the Polar trip have been taken oui
of the Shenandoah. 1t was found
they did not give enough additional
speed to justify the room they occu
pied.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-26
DANIELS SLAPS
RIGHT BACK AT
COP. CHARGES
Former Secretary Of Navy
Says G. O. P. Should
Get Oil Stain Recipe.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 26.-
what the Republican National
Committee should be doing now is to
necure recipe to remove the stain
of oil" from a secondhand Cabinet,
said former Secretary of Navy Dan
iels last night, instead CT trying
to draw red herring across the track
in the hope of diverting condemna-
tion and wanton waste of billions
of dollars worth of oil"
The statement was called forth
by the charges of the News Bureau
of the Republican National Com
mittee that Daniels wrote the sec
tion under which Secretary DENLY
acted in signing the Sinclair and
Doheny leases.
Il am much keener in having IL
legal lease of naval Gil reserves
cancelled than in sending Fall to
The penitentiary. but I'm strong for
BOTH" Daniels said.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-26
Senate Oil Committee Given
Possession of New Evi-
dence in Case.
SENATOR LODGE BLOCKS
INVESTIGATION ATTY.GEN
President Coolidge H a S
Hours Conference with
Daugherty's Counsel

WASHINGTON. Fob. 26.-Pre-
sented with several scores of tele-
grams sent to Washington to Pub
Usher E. NJ Mclean from Fall at
Palm Beach were given the Senate
Oil Committee which went into ex-
ecutive session.
The kilograms contained several
hundred words and were presented
by Division Superintendents of the
Postal and Western Union.
After two hours conference. the
committee adjourned until tomorrow
stating examination of the tele-
grams had not been completed.
Chairman Lenroot stated some of
the kilograms will be placed in the
records tomorrow.
In the Senate today. Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu-
setts, and Senator George II. Moses,
OF New Hampshire, blocked immei-
late consideration of the Wheeler
resolution for investigations of At
torney Daughertys administration.
President Coolidge prior to the
Cabinet meeting, had an hours con-
ference with Paul Rowland. Of
Cleveland, counsel fer Daugherty
during the House impeachments pro-
ceedings one year ago.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-26

fully prepared to surprise tle vic
tim in or outdoors and | Challenge
opponents of the proposal to give
the number of cases within the last
10 years where the armed citizen
has prevented the burglary, shot
the burglar. or deferred the high
wayman from carrying ont his pur-
pose.
'Pistols are as common In the
United States as lead pencils. There
are more people in the United States
carrying pistols or possessing them.
outside the armed forces. than in ell
the rest of the world. There are
more shootings and killings with
revolvers in the United States than
in all the countries of Europe. Asia
and Africa
after we have taxed the pistol
out of existence as far as possible
in the United States. we will then
be in a position to deal with the
crooks.
"From my experience as former
police commissioner and eleven
years as chief city magistrate of
the City of New York. my advice
to law-abiding citizens IL they have
revolvers. is to go down to re
river and throw them in
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-26
DAUCHERTY is
C0URT|NC FULL
INVESTIGATION
Declares IN Letter to Senator
Willis He Will Help
Oil Committee.
CALLS ATTENTION TO
WORK HIS OFFICE DOES
Admits He Purchased Sinclair
Oil Stock But Disposed
OF 1t at a Loss.

WASHINGTON, Feb. &c. Attorney
General Daugherty writing to United
States Senator Frank B. Willis of
Ohio, said: Il would like to place
before you many thoughts" in rela.
tion to the Wheeler resolution.
Daugherty stated in his letter
that any committee of the United
States Senate will be afforded ev-
cry facility for full inquiry into
the administration of the Depart
ment of Justice"
The Attorney General declared
such an investigation will show ths
Department OF Justice has been
conducted in a high degree of ef-
ficiency"
Daugherty stated he had asked
President Coolidge to get outside
counsel to prosecute Fall so the
country would be satisfied.
Daugherty said he had placed the
case of Col. Charles B. Forbes IN
the hands of special counsel who
was pushing the case now before
the Chicago Grand Jury.
Daugherty admitted he had bought
Sinclair oil stock before he became
Attorney General and sold it siz
months after. He said he closed
out his holdings last fall at a net
loss of $2S share.
Daughterty stated he had never
been asked for an oral or written
opinion on oil leases.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-26
DAUGHERTY COMES TO OWN DEFENSE
Personal Telegrams Submitted to Senate Oil Probers
First to Return
To Starting Point
Wins Air Flight

SEATTLE, Feb. 26.-Lieutenant
Colonel L. E. Broome declared here
today that the winner of the air
race between American and British
armies in the around the globe
flight starting on March Is will be
declared to the side which first re-
turns to the starting point.
1t. Col Broome said forced land
ings and other troubles are part OF
the game"
He is leaving on the Canadian
steamer Thispval Thursday to place
food and petroleum stations in
British Columbia, Alaska and Japan
for the fliers to pick up. He will
join the fliers in Yokohama and
accompany them to st. Johns, New
foundland.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-26
PISTOLS AS COMMON AS LEAD
PENCILS IN UNITED STATES
SAYS JUDGE MAD0O OF N. Y.

CHICAGO, Feb. 26. - A drastic
bill to prohibit the importation Of
reyolvers and placing an excise
tax of 800 on each on those manu-.
featured in the United States ex-
cept for export, introduced in the
United States Senate by Senator
Royal S. Copeland, has been en-
dorsed by the Michigan Audubon
Society, Mrs. Edith Munger, OF Hart
Mich, the President. has announo-
ed
The bill, largely written by Chief
Magistrate William McAdoo of New
York City, was recommended to the
Michigan society by its crime pre-
vention committee chairman, Joe
Beatty Burtt.
1t acknowledging the society ac.
tion. Magistrate McAdoo declared
that the bill has been endorsed by
two international police conventions
and approved by the American Bar
Association, as well as New York
judges and the mayor
Those opposing 1t. he said. are
advancing IAN Illusion very com
mon. that law-abiding citizen arm
ed with pistol meets an outlaw
highwayman or burglar, on terms oi
equality This is absolutely not So
he declared. "The robber has care
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-26
PARIS "DRUNK"
RECOGNIZED AS
RUM RING HEAD
Dapper Dan Collins Said to
Have Exported Huge Guam
titles of Wine to the u. S.

PARIS, Feb. 26.-Dapper Dan Col
Inns, arrested here for drunkenness
and subsequently recognized by New
York detectives. James Mccoy and
Charles Kane, during an inspection
of the city jail. was the head of a
huge bootleg rink having headquar-
ters in Paris which poured French
wines and brandies into America at
the rate of a hundred thousand bot
ties year, according to information
in the possession of the French po-
lice
Collins, also under the name OF
Hussey, led a luxurious life as So
ciety man in Paris and on the Ri
veria.
Big Gambler
Last summer he was conspicii.
Gus figure at Deauville. where he
broke the baccarat bank three times
in one night. cleaning up nearly a
million francs.
The story of Dams fatal slip-up
after doging the police for three
years is one of the strangest in the
annals of crime. Mccoy and Kane,
who were here to take back man
wanted in connection with the
Shattuck robbery. were invited to
visit police headquarters here to
examine the system.
Recognize "Drunk''
During the tour they were shown
around the depot where all pris.
oners are taken after arrest.
While inspecting the procedure
two policemen arrived with drum
ken American millionaire" They
had arrested him for creating a dis
turbance in bar Mccoy and
Kane recognized him simultaneous
ly despite his denials and protests
which he is keeping up today.