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Evening star., 1924-05-11
"ROXIE" WILL VISIT
: HERE TOMORROW
Plan to Install Radio Sets in All
Military Hospitals of
Country.

Confident of the success of his
pIan to install radio receiving ap-
raratus in the Army and Navy hos
pitals in the east, S. L. Rothafel
(Roxie) will come to Washington to-
morrow to confer with government
radio experts as to the feasibility of
extending the movement to include
all of the disabled service mems
hospitals from coast to coast and from
the Canadian border to the Gulf of
Mexico.
Although many of the cities in
which the veterans hospitals are
located are not within range of
.rRoxie's" broadcasting voice. the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, it is understood, is plan
ming to connect up with special long
distance telephone circuits the pow
erful broadcasting stations in the
distant cities, so that the great radio
impresario's appeal for funds will
reach every community in which the
institutions are located.
Those with "whom "RoXie" will con-
fer include LIE Roy Marx. chairman
Of the committee which arranged for
ter Reed. Mount Alto and the naval
hospitals; Surgeon General ireland
of the Army, Surgeon General Stitt
of the Navy, Commander Joseph p.
Kaufman, executive officer of the
naval hospitals; Maj. Joseph Maui
bourgne, officer in charge of the Sig
nal Corps at the bureau of standards,
and Maj. John w. Sherwood. recre-
alton officer a Walter Reed Hospital.
The work of installing the radio
apparatus in the three service mems
hospitals in Washington, purchased
ha raj hNy. %
1y Within a, few weeks it is hoped
10 have all of the apparatus in oper-
alton. The men installing the appa-
ratus at Walter Reed have tre-
mendous task in wiring the 132 acres.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
BULLET KILLS WIFE.
Meant to Brighten Her After Quar-
rel. Prisoner Explains.

Trying to brighten" her, he said,
Scott Winfield White, colored, thirty
nine years old. 335 C street south
west, shot and killed his wife, Lot
tie c. White, yesterday. He de-
clared he had no intention of harming
her.
Trouble, he said, was brought about
by his wife attending dances and
gambling. Gertrude Burke. twelve
year-old stepdaughter of the con-
fessed slayer, informed Policeman
Edgar Downs, desk sergeant at No.
precinct, of the shooting about 3
o'clock this morning.
Sergt- j. +. Bobo and Policemen
G. A. Strobel, w. Fl. McGrath and
Edgar Downs, accompanied by L. A.
jackson, patrol driver, met White on
the street and placed him under ar
rest. He professed ignorance of the
shot having taken effect.
The bullet struck the woman in
the abdomen, and her body was found
on the floor when DR.. Ira L. Warf
went there in response to an emer-
gency call. White is a mattress
maker. He came here two years ago
from Topeka, Kan.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
TALES OF BIG CIRCUS
TO BE TOLD VIA RADIO
Lew Graham, Famous Announcer
Will Broadcast From WCAP
Tomorrow Night.

Fascinating tales of the wonderous
life with the biggest of all circuses will
be broadcast from WCAP at 7:45 to-
morrow night by Lew Graham, famous
announcer with Ringing Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey. 1t is estimated that
this veteran Of the circus world has
spoken to more than 50.000,000 people
within the confines of the canvas big
top during the thirty years he has
spent trouping in America and Europe.
Tomorrow night Mr.. Graham will di-
rect his talk particularly to the chill
dren. He will tell them what ''OId
john, the veteran elephant eats for
breakfast, and all about the terrible
time Mary Ann" the giraffe, expert
enced when she contracted sore throat;
what becomes of the clowns when they
are not frolicking on the hippodrome
track; all about the school which Mile.
Leitzel, the aerial queen, conducts for
the children of the circus-the sons and
daughters of the performers; what hap
pens to the baby elephants when they
eat too many peanuts. and other inter-
esting facts of the sawdust and tinsel
world.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
RADIO APARTMENTS
ARE LATEST STYLE
Tenants Have Choice Of Plugging
In on Four Different
Stations.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 10Radio equip
ment in every apartment is the latest
style in apartment houses recently
erected in New York, New Jersey and
California, Electrical Merchandising
announces in its current issue.
The most complete apartment erect
ed in New York is equipped with four
separate receiving sets operated in
the superintendent's office and kept
tuned in on a like number of broad
casting stations. Four separate trunk
lines are carried to each individual
apartment living room, making it
possible for any tenant to choose be-
tween four programs by plugging in
on one of the four trunk lines in his
own apartment.
In the installation of such a service
each loud speaking outlet is so ar
ranged with contact and coil that
the circuit operates satisfactorily,
whether the horn is plugged in or
not. Provision also is made for a
power amplifier of sufficient current
carrying capacity to supply any make
of loud speaker and all apartments
at once, if required.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Woman's Society Elects.

The Woman's Society of the Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church at its
annual election, held last week, chose
the following officers: Missionary de-
partment-Mrs. j. G. Cross. president:
Mrs j. d. Fall, vice president; Mrs
+. d. Pugh, secretary; Mrs. w III.
Magruder treasurer; Mrs. A. Z. Earl,
librarian. Work department-M Mrs.
w. p. Sterns, president; Mrs. James
B. Cunningham, vice president; Mrs.
T. P. Russell, secretary; Mrs. o. G.
Whitlow. treasurer; Mrs. W. Y. Han
dy, auditor. The terms of the new,
officers begin Suly l.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
WPAB COMIC OPERA.
State College Students to Be
Heard in Program.
Special Dispatch to The star,

'pNN'"' Disphtth tO Inc SAr.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa, May 10
The most ambitious musical feature
ever attempted from the radio broad
casting studio of the Pennsylvania
State College will take place Mon
day night, May f9, when student
talent will offer the comic opera, H.
NJ S. Pinafore"
Members of the mems and women's
glee clubs have been rehearsing for
weeks on this opera, which was a fea-
ture of music week observance on the
campus. The broadcasting will take
place under the direction of r. w.
Grant, head of the college department
of music. Owing to the small size
of the WPAB studio. only the princi-
pals in the cast will be used and
most Of the selections will be solos,
duets and quartets. The broadcast
ing is scheduled for $50 pm, east
ern standard time, following the
usual farm and garden program at
s o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
-essrs Robinson, Sanderson a

Messrs. Robinson, Sanderson and
Rumney for their letter of 2Sth. Jan.
in the present year. The last was
accompanied with 1,4e0 flags alag
stones for flooring East Portico at
Mount Vernon) which came with very
little breakage and for your care Of
and attention to which 1 beg you to
accept my sincere thanks. "On the
18th of November 1 enclosed you
- on Walks and Welch Esq. for
fifty pounds sterling and will before
Mr.. Sanderson leaves the country
settle with him for the balance.
1T gives me great pleasure to
hear that We may, soon expect to see,
you in this country
with great esteem and regard
am Sir, 80 .
"Yr most obed and obliged Hble.
servant. G.. WASHINGTON"
Evening star., 1924-05-11
CARDINAL TO SPEAK.
Archbishop of New York on WCAP
Program Tonight.

A program new in the annals of
radio will. be broadcast simultane-
ausly tonight by stations WCAP in
washington, WEAF in New York and
WAR in Providence, r. I.
For the first time the new CARDINAL
rr,hbishop of New York, His Emil
nence Patrick Cardinal Hayes. will
broadcast a Message on the Catholic
charities: the boys choir of st. Steph--
ar,s Church. New York city, will
render a program of sacred choral
.,uaic: several appropriate organ Sc
Inctions will be heard from the Skin
ner organ studios, and arran gementS
~ under way to secure a noted
singer. The newly returned cardinal
.nd these choristers will come to the
,trlgJoa of WEAF and the program
Wis be broadcast simultaneously
through the above-m entioned stations.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
UTAH BACKS COOLIDGE.
G. O.. P. Selects Double Quota of
Delegates, Each to Have Half Vote.

/ PROVO, Utah, May 10.-Fourteen
delegates at large. double the states
Quota were selected by acclama ton
at the Republican state convention
here Yesterday to represent Utah at
the national convention at Cleveland,
June 10. Each delegate is to have half
a vote. Likewise four delegates were
selected from each Congressional dis
trict, each to have one-half vote.
The platform adopted indorsed
FPresiden Coolidge and pledged
Utah's national delegation solidly to
his support
Evening star., 1924-05-11
"The Vanished GLORY" Tonic.

The Vanished Glory will be the sub
ject of the sermon by Dr. Ulysses G. 3.
Pierce, minister of All Souls Church,
this morning at 10Th and Harvard
streets. The new church will be open
for visitors from 4 to o'clock From
to $50 o'clock there will be a quiet
period with music on the Green memo
rial organ.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Tilted Girl Leaps to Death.

NEW YORK, May 10.-Josie Lom-
bardi, twenty-five years old, leaped
seven floors to her death today from
window in the East 18th street
factory where she was employed
Friends of the girl, who vainly tried
to pull her back from the ledge. told
the police that Josie had been lifted.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Local Radio Entertainment
Sunday, May II, 1924.

NAA-Nav.l Rndio Station, Radio,
Va. (435 Meters).
1906 am. and 1905 p.m.-Weather
reports.
WMU-Doubleday-H Electric Com
pany (361 Metes).
Silent.
WIAY-Woodward & Lothrop (.73
MeferSD.
Silent
Early Program Monday.
1890 a-m.-Phonograph and piano
selections.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Program by Soprano.

Miss Marjorie Stuart, information
ally known coloratura soprano, will
give her second radio recital tonight
from WY. AS a result of her first
recital broad dcast by WIZ, Miss Stuart
received hundreds of letters from
more than twenty states requesting. a.
return engagement before the micro
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Rev. Poppen to Occupy Pulpit

Rev Emmanuel Poppen of Grove
City, Ohio, will occupy the pulpit at
the IL am services at Grace Lutheran
Church, 18th and Corcoran streets
northwest, today. In the evening
he will deliver an illustrated lecture
in the church hall on "Women's Work
in the Church"
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Amateurs Gross Pacific.

The belief that amateur radio in
the United States is about to swing
wide the doors of other nations, open
ing the way to private communica-
tion between individuals in widely
distributed sections of the globe, is
given still greater credence by the
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Dry Cell Standards Underway.

Representatives of nine dry battery
manufacturers, four electric com
panies, two telephone companies, a
railroad, the American Railway Asso-
citation, and nine government de-
partments met at the bureau of stand.
ards April % at a preliminary con-
ference on dry cell Standardization.
Standard performance tests for
radio filament and plate batteries
were adopted at the conference, and
the Standardization tof b battery
sizes. at least a standardization of
the unit cells. was proposed. A spe-
cial subcommittee will shortly be ap-
pointed by DR.. G. W. Vinal of the
bureau of standards to make recon-
mendations as to the B battery speci-
fications.
The committee decided not to re-
quire a noise" test of batteries, since
they were not believed responsible for
sufficient noises TO make these tests
worth while.
The committee was also instructed
to recommend a standard set of des-
ignations for all types of dry cells,
so as to do away with the present
confusion resulting from the fact that
each manufacturer uses his own des-
ignations.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS

report that F. d. Bell, prominent New
Zealand radio experimentor, has
heard 500 American amateur stations
The reception of signals from anna
teurs in this country is becoming
altogether too easy" says Mr.. Bell
in letter to the American Radio
Relay League. "It has come to this,
that any one with a single tube and
two-coil circuit can hear a dozen
on any single night, and the receiver
that won't bring them in is 'dud'
I'm referring, OF course, to the louder
stations For the very faint ones
am still a believer in two, or even
three, stages of radio frequency.
During the last twelve months
more than 500 Yanks have been log
ged at this station. The other day
went through my entire record and
marked down the number Of different
nights df any on which each sta
tion had been heard. If a station
was heard more than once in a single
night still counted it as one only.
The operators at 6AHD (Which is
listed in the call book under the
name Of E. T. Plumer Santa Monica,
Calif) share five-watt tube be-
tween them and both pushed their
calls across the Pacific in quick sue
cession. The writer has listened once
or twice in the region Of 100 meters
and heard few Yanks on detector
only. This Short-waye work is GER
tainly wonderful"
AS soon as the New Zealand anna
teurs are able to increase hteir range
two-way communication probably
will be common.
Evening star., 1924-05-11

WMD-Church or the Covenant GA
Meters).
10 am--Everygfris' Bible Class,
Miss Mabel N. Thurston, teacher; so
prano solo by Miss Edna E Misslitz
Ii ABANDONING service, sermon
by Rev. Charles Wood, "Springtime
Reasons for Trust: anthem by the
pm.-Evening service, sermon by
Rev. George b Howard OF Princeton,
N. J.; evening choir of 100 voices.
wRC-Radio Corporation Of America
(460 Meters).
Silent.
Early Program Monday.
p-m.-Fashion Developments of
the Moment, prepared by Women's s
Wear
$40 p.m.-Song recital
1925 p.m.-Current Topics. by the
editor of the International Inter-
prefer"
1886 p.m.-Piano recital.
$3.50 p.m.-'What Women Are Do
ing Today" by Mrs. William Atherton
Du Puy.
pm.-Song recital
4:10 p.m.-Book Review. under the
auspices of the League of American
Pen Women.
5:15 p.m.-Instruction in interna-
6 p.m--stories for Children. by
Peggy Albion.
500 p.m.-A talk on education. un-
der the auspices of the National Edu-
cation Association.
WCAP-CheanpeAke and Potomac
Telephone Company t4Ss Meterx).
IL am.-Service at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church: Rev.
Joseph r. Sizoo will deliver his first
sermon as pastor of the church.
n xvi pafh alah
Chapel of the National Cathedral of
the Episcopal Church at Mount ST.
Alban.
6:20 TO s p.m.-Musical program
York city, by courtesy of the Capitol
Theater management and S. L. Rotha-
fel (RoXie). The first part of the
program will be taken direct from
the stage of the theater and will
consist of music by the Capitol Grand
Orchestra and selections by the fea-
tured artists. The second part of
the program will consist of a special
presentation by Mr.. Rothafel of vocal
and instrumental artists direct from
the broadcasting studio in the theater.
s to Sis p.m.-Frederic j. Haskin
in a talk on The American Gov
eminent"
Sis to 10 p.m.-Special program,
under the auspices of the Catholic Chari-
ties of the Archdiocese of New York
dle). by Maurice Garrabrant; selec-
tions from "Gallia" tGounod), by St
stephens Roman Catholic Church
choristers, DR., John Philip Foley
directing; violin solos by Karl
Klein. .'Forsaken" (Kaschat Winter
nitz), Spanish Dance" (Rehfeld) !;
vocal solos by Everett Clark, 'rKash-
miri Song Woodforde-Ffnden +,
'fMacushla" (Macmurrough), Kitty
O'Toole" (Protheroe), Ave Maria
(ArdadelD, by St Stephens Choir
listers: address by his eminence, Pat
rick Cardinal Hayes; organ solo by
Maurice Garrabrant, "Agnus Del"
(Bizet); violin solos by Karl Klein,
lie Deluge' 'Saint-Saens), "Old Irish
Melodies" Transcription by Kreisler),
"Tamborin ChinoiS" (Kreisler). "Ho-
sana' Jules Granier) by St. Ste
phens ChoristerS vocal solos by Everett
Clark, with violin obligato by Karl
Klein, Tho Old Refrain" (Kreisler),
Mother Machree" (Young-Olcott-
Bald; Onward, Christian Soldiers"
by St Stephens Choristers; organ
solo by Maurice Garrabrant.
10 to 1915 p.m.-Additional details
of the plan to install radio sets in
the homes of "shut-ins'' in the Dis
trict of Columbia, by LIE Roy Mark.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS

Tonight.
Concert by "Roxie" and his
gang" direct from the studio
Of the Capitol Theater. WEAF,
New York, WCAP, Washing
ton. and WAR, Providence,
6:2Q to 8 pm.
Special program under the
auspicies of the Catholic
Charities of the Archdiocese
of New York, WEAF, WCAP
and WAR, 8 to 10 pm,
Jan Webers cello quartet,
WIZ, New York, 6 rs pm.
Symphonic program by Ben
Stad's Symphony Orchestra,
WIP, hiladelphia, 8 80 pm.
Recital by Marjorie Stuart,
internationally famous colora-
ture soprano, WY, New York,
op.m.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Amntcurs' Time Cut.

Amntcurs' Time Cut.
Broadcast listeners throughout the
country will be glad to know that
the time for evening amateur trans
mission has been moved forward an
hour during the period of daylight
saving" by a new order of the De-
partment of Commerce. The nine
district supervisors of radio have
been instructed to advise all general
restricted and special amateurs that
they are required to observe a silent
period from z pm. to 1890 pm, local
standard time, or from pm. to IL 80
pm, daylight saving time. and on
Sundays during church services, from
May l until October l. Copies of the
order have been sent to all licensed
amateurs by the district supervisors
of the department.
The order was not issued by the
department until the approval Of the
American Radio Relay League was
received, and it rebounds to the
credit of that organ ization that it
offered to Cooperate with the depart
ment in an effort to prevent a repe-
tition of the confusion and increased
complaints which followed the adop-
tion OF daylight saving time in many
sections Of the country last year.
Listeners-in should appreciate the
gift of an hour by the amateurs and
the spirit of cooperation shown by
their unselfish agreement The de-
partment has issued the order affect
ing about 1900 amateurs, with re-
luctance, since it appreciates the
work and interest of the amateurs,
but no other method of preventing
confusion of time and operating
hours presented itself.
Nineteen Stations "Sixn on.
Nineteen class A and c broadcast
ing stations ended their broadcast
services during April, according to
statistics compiled last week by the
Department of Commerce. They fol-
low:
KDYW, Phoenix. Ariz; KDZF, Los
Angeles. Calf: KFCM, Richmond
Calf; KFEJ. Tacoma, Wash; KFHS
Lihue. Hawaii; KEW, Towanda,
Kan; KFOB. Minneapolis. Mimi:
XIV. Los Angeles. Calf: KISS. Long
Beach, Calf: KUS. Los Angeles
Calf: WABB. Harrisburg, Pa !;
WBAD. Minneapolis. Mimi: wBBI.
Indianapolis, Ind: WCAY, Milwau-
kee, Wis; WEAR. Baltimore, Md; ;
WJAE. Munice. Ind; WMAW, Wah-
reton. y. D.; WMAZ. Macon. Ga, and
WPAQ, Frostburg, Md.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26

How well I feathered my nest
Rabelais.
His bark is worse than his bite
Herbert.
am almost frightened out of my
seven senses-Cervantes
| finG the medicine worse than
the Beaumont and Fletcher.
I am going to leap into the dark
Rabelais.
If you would be loved, love and be
lovable- Benjamin Franklin.
Imitation is the sinrerest of flattery
Cotton
I'll make the fur fly bout the ears
of the old cur-Butler.
I can tell where my own shoe pinch
es me.-CeWantes
III blows the wind that profits no
body Shakespeare.
It is a wise father that knows his
own child Shakespeare.
will die in the last ditch-William
of Orange
l won't quarrel with my bread and
buffers Swift.
1t is better to wear out than to rust
out bishop Cumberland.
Let us do or die-Burns.
Laugh and be fat-John Taylor
Leap out of the frying pan into the
fire -Cervantes.
A bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush-C ervantes.
A bakers dozenz-Rabelais
A cat may look at a king Title Of
pamphlet published in 1862.
A carpenters known by his chips
Swift.
A fair exterior is a silent recommen
dation Publius Syrus
All that glitters MS not COLDER
vantes.
ALPS well that ends well Shakes
peare.
Although the last, not least Shakes
peare.
And all labor without any play. boys,
Makes. Jack and dull boy in the end.
III. A. Page.
A penny for your thoughts swift.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
-Publius Syrus.
AS busy as a bee-Lyly.
At our wits end-Heywood.
Bread is the staff of life-Swift
AS clear and as manifest as the nos
on mans face Burton.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-26
BANKERS DIRECT
WAR ON CROOKS
Rising Crime Wave and Attacks
on Banks Called Forth In
creased Measures of
Defense.

Criminal activities against banks
have reached unprecedented proper
tions in recent months, according to
a report made to the AMERICAN Bank
ers Association by its Protective
Committee, which directs the work OF
the Association aimed to combat Grim
inal operations against banks.
SHARP increases in crime perpe-
trated against banks definitely prove
that instead Of being broken the
crime wave has risen to heights here
tofore unknown to the banking fra
ternity," the report said. Strangers
continue to trick or otherwise in
yeigle unsuspecting banks into MAX
ing generous contributions to their
cause-a terrific toll which defies the
imagination. Bank burglars and hold
up men have apparently redoubled
their activities during the last six
months The number of criminals
plying their trade in this field has
grown to such proportions that there
is now a fair sized army comprising
this more desperate type of criminal.
specializing against banks"
Don't cash checks for strangers"
is the warning emphasized by the
Committee in view of the situation
It adds:
1--WE are gratiffed to report favora-
lie results in good proportion of
cases investigated, which are due to
tective agents through their staff of
specialists in bank crimes In Mon
tana two fearless, well organized
bands of professional yeggmen attack
ed more than score of banks with
such reckless abandon that the situa-
ton seemed beyond control Realiz-
ing that conditions demanded prompt
and drastic treatment, trained crew
of operatives were delegated to con
duct a special investigation through
out the state. Nineteen men and two
women were arrested OF these four
already are serving sentences, three
are on trial, four are awaiting trial
and the rest were freed for lack of
evidence.
"A similar roundup was carried out
in Oklahoma. Conditions in other
states similarly bad were investi-
gated and with the cooperation of To-
cal, state and federal authorities and
the co-ordinated activities of mem
bers the percentage of arrests and
convictions has materially increased:"
The report pointed out that figures
covering bank burglaries over a pc
Rod of thirty years showed that 1909
banks, members of the Association
and entitled to It's protective services.
have been attacked, suffering losses
aggregating $1,196,00O, while nom
members to the number of 2,357 were
burglarized and suffered $4,25O,OOO in
losses. The point was also brought
out that there are only half as many
non-members as members, so that
these losses among them represent an
excessively high rate as compared
with members.