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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
AUTO SHOW EFFECT
MUCH LIKE CIRCUS
Spectacle as Whole Too
Great for Visitors to
Grasp Easily.

fright this way, ladies and gentle
men"
That would be the cry that would
strike your ears as you enter the
automobile show in Convention Hall
if II was a three-ringed circus. 1t
is not, but you seem to hear the cry,
anyhow. For no sooner have you de-
posted your admission card with the
tiCket-taker than your optics receive
d jar You see everything. yet moth
ing, until you collect your senses and
begin directing your attention to the
spectacIes, one at time.
You take a labyrinthian path
through the tumble of trucks, de-
livery wagons and speciality displays.
Before you have become thoroughly
oriented YOU are looking at a man
with "A hose squirting water on a
Windshield. You listen a moment and
learn he wants to sell you small
package Of paste, or the like. that
will keep your Windshield clear IN
all sorts of weather.
Intert sting, but you proceed and
wind your way up some stairs. Your
eyes are open now, but your ears are
sharper, and they hear a feminine
voice:
This is the automatic bumper con-
troll device. Stops a car automatically
when it comes in contact with any
object" You see a young lady, and
YOU find out later she is the only
lady exhibitor in the show.
Here is a man showing you the
joys of shock absorbers. In another
corner is booth. appealing to
the eye. 1t is the display of
the American Automobile Associa-
ton with automobile license tags
from everv State of the Union and
all the q assions of the United
States.
You wind your way to the second
floor which presents the appearance
Of a carnival. And then you see cars,
q half million dollars worth. Big cars.
the quinteSsence of elegance and me-
Chanical refinement; little cars, equal
ly as appealing to the esthetic, but
perhaps more so to the peck etbook.
dream of better days. Out of the
of Il price tag, and then you are
brought to your senses.
You move along to your favorite
make, the car that has been carry
ing you and your family around the
city and into the country for several
years. You converse with the sales
man. You tell him your troubles and
he tells you how the 1925 cars elimi-
nate all that. You are half convinced,
and if you don't make up your mind
on the spot you go home with a de-
termination to work harder and get
one of those fine machines.
AT any rate, the automobile show
makes you happy. You are happy in
the thought that this is a great age
We are living in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30

flex circuit, known as the inverse
duplex system, the path of the signal
through the tubes at radio frequency
and through the detector system is
the same as in the ordinary type of
reflex circuit, but the order in
which the audio frequency current is
passed through the series of tubes is
reversed. the signal instead of being
introduced into the grid circuit of
the first stage r. F. amplifer is in
troduced into the grid circuit OF the
tube preceding the detector and then
step by step through each preceding
tube.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
Commissions Are Given.

Commissions in the Officers Re-
serve Corps of the Army have been
issued by the War Department to the
following: LleweIlyn w. Estes, 40
Louisiana avenue, as major and
staff specialist; James f. Couch, Blu
reau of Animal Industry, as a captain
in the Chemical Warfare Service
Philip A. Tolson. 2237 Georgia ave-
nue., as d second lieutenant in the
Quartermaster Corps; Reuben T.
Carlson, 1902 Massachusetts avenue,
as a second lieutenant in the Chemi-
cal Warfare Service, and Emory n.
Miller, 1927 Lamont street, as a Sec
ond lieutenant in the Quartermaster
Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
RADIO TEST SUCCESS.
Chicago Program Heard Distinctly
in New Zealand

CHICAGO, January 3o.-A special
test program, transmitted by radio
cast WGN, In an effort to reach
Australia and New Zealand, was
heard distinctly for two hours in
New Zealand. the Chicago Tribune
announced today.
The program was begun at mid
night and continued until 4 am. AL
though reception conditions were I'M
favorable, due to heavy static and in
reference from commercial stations
the sharp wave from WGN cut
through and, according TO word re-
ceived by the newspaper, the program
was heard for two hours by +. IL
Scott. Tasman, y. T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
Metallic Lead Used,

In an interesting series of articles
now being published in the Wireless
World Uondon) on crystal reception,
James StraChan mentions a curious
type of catwhisker consisting of
rod of metallic lead a Quarter-inch or
so in diameter and sharpened to q
point where it presses against the
crystal The idea is to eliminate the
disturbance of the adjustment by vi
bration of the catwhisker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
WHAT GOES ON BEHIND TIL
SCENES IN A REFLEX CIR
CIIIT-RART Nv.

A functional diagram of radio re-
ceiver of the simple detector type is
shown in Fig. l.
This applies just the same to either
e. vacuum tube or crystal detector
circuit.
The collector is equivalent to the
antenna system which serves as a
means of collecting the signal energy
sent out by the transmitting station
the detector is the part which strips
the audio frequency voice current
from the radio frequency carrier to a
form which can operate the phones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
HAS REGULAR PROGRAMS.
New British Radio Station Largest
in World.

The new broadcasting station of the
British Broadcasting Company at
Chelmsford, England, is now on the
air with regular programs. The
wavelength is 1900 meters and the
call letters are Xxx.
The power used is the largest of
any broadcasting station in England
and probably in the world; 1t is %
kilowats. At present the programs
are transmitted from 1870 am. to
1890 pm; from 4:30 to $50 pm.
and from 1880 to $3.50 pm. These are
British daylight saving time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
Unfair Trading.
From the Progressive Grocer.

From the PROGRESSIVE Grocer.
I'm not surprised that you make
such . splendid profit in your
business remarked the grocer 70
the coal dealer. But it's hardly fair
you know"
Hardly fair" rejoined the otehr
What do you mean"
We'll was the reply, "if I sell a
pound of butter 1T goes to the pur-
chaser, while IL you sell a ton OF
coal 1t goes to the cellar"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
Thawing Pig Cost $4,000.

Lyman Tibbals, farmer living
near Winsted, Conn, endeavored to
fire get so hot that his house was set
on fire and a total loss Of $4,000 sus-
tanned. The porker and the entire
conte~'e - tNA home were destroyed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
BRITISH WHISKY MEN
PLAN EGO, 900, 900 GROUP
Distillers' Company Is Due to Take
Over Dewar and Walker
Operations.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 30.-The biggest
whisky deal in modern times, involv-
ing 920,000,000 sterling, has been
Professionally agreed upon by the
principals, Buchanan Dewar, John
Walker & Sons and the Distillers'
Company, subject to approval of the
respective shareholders.
The Distillers' Company. IL is under
stood, Will take over the ordinary
shares of the other two companies at
the rate of five shares of the new is
sue for four shares of the other two
companies. The respective companies
will conduct their business on the
same individual lines as formerly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
King Receivers From Operation.

BUCHAREST, January 30.-King
Ferdinand has completely recovered
from the operation he underwent re-
Gently for intestinal trouble. AL
though still in bed, the king is carry
ing out his usual work. He expects
to be UP and around next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30

Many fish are capable of produc-
ing sounds, some by the scraping of
fms or other organs, some by means
of the teeth, and some by means of
gas emitted from the air bladder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
Food Specials

Fridays and Saturdays Only
soc Coffee 2for86c
tpoundl 3ec per q, wv
OPeko Tea 2fOr7Ie
~ ID. regularly 6ocl
Pure Cocoa o6o-oc
~ ID. regularly 25c1 O~
Fn ~ :. Lemon ern.1Sn.i Extract .r 2tor4Ic
F s,sx Olive :, OH 49,, 2torI.I9
of9T ,s W s,,,; Jam 2tor49c
SIa ,s 20 Try Jan Jam ~, 2for49c
I9r ,s y Jam JAM. a., 2tor49c
Orange Marmalade ofor1cn
ia o. jar regularly &bc1 0S
Pure Grape Jelly oto~ &c.
Ito On. jar Regularly sSc1
Beef Cubes oGo1.
Regularly sol J0S &c
Lggetrs Salad DreSs oforHI.
tReguIorlv kocl
F f,o ~ % su 1sts.,., 2for40c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-30
Human Interest

1t is not the quantity of your pur-
chase, but your presence that is
particularlywelcom in our stores.
Rich or poor alike, whether spend
ing $500 or SC, are entitled to
the same kind of courteous,
friendly treatment that will in
duce them to become permanent
Liggett customers.
Evening star., 1925-06-16
A School of Aviation.

A gift of $1,000 to the New York
University by Daniel Guggenheim to
establish a school of aeronautics has
just been announced by the chancellor
of that institution. Mr.. Guggenheim' S
letter of bestowal sets forth his rea.
sons for this munificence in terms
that give great encouragement to
those who hope for a more rapid
American development of aerial navi-
cation. He calls attention to ma
terial progress that has been made in
the air mail, in the use of airplanss
in surveying. in photography, in the
prevention of forest fires and in fish.
cry, to indicate the great possibilities
for extending the usefulness Of avis-
ton outside Of wartime employment
He feels that the time has come for
the establishment OF aviation definite.
ly as branch Of scientific research,
and he, therefore. gives this ricn en-.
dowment to start the procedure.
1t is appropriate that America,
where the airplane was first devel.
oped and put to practical use in peace
time, should be the scene of an edu-
cational movement to advance its
value. That it is 2 future means
of practical transportation is plainly
Evening star., 1925-06-16
Loree Making Place
In Railroad History

A vital figure in the transportation
world today, and one likely to assume
greater Importance as the Interstate
Commerce Commission proceeds with
it's plan of railroad merger, is Leonor
Fresnel Loree. AS president of the
Delaware and Hudson he is actively
enga ged in promoting a consolidation
of seven smaller railroads Nast of the
Mississippi, and as chairman of the
board of directors of the Kansas City
Southern he is likewise seeking to
merge several Southwestern lines into
a strong system. If these plans work
out Loree Is likely to assume a place
in railroad history possibly along with
the young Van Sweringens. beside
such stalwarts as Jay Gould, Jim Hill.
Hartman. Shaughnessy, Stuyvesant
Fish and Commodore Vanderbilt.
Just now. Mr.. Loree is prominently
before the public through the project
of his group to build a new 344-miie
line the length of the State of Penn
sylvania. and also because of his pro-
test against the absorption by the
Illinois Central of two small roads
which invade the Southwestern terri
tory west Of the Mississippi in Louisi-
ana. Both matters are to come up
shortly before the Interstate Com.
merce Commission.
L. F. Loree is veteran Of nearly
half a century's service in the rail-
road game, but he Is still in his Wig
orous COS. While much of his efforts
today are directed along financial
lines, he ever has been and sti,l is
practical railroader. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Evening star., 1925-06-16
julius Kruttschnitt.

Julius kruttschnitt, who died yes
terday in New York. was one of the
outstanding figures in the transporta.
tion world. though he was not greatly
In the public eve. 1t was characters.
tic Of him to remain unnoticed.
though intensely busy in the discharge
Of his important duties. He began his
railroad career in 1878 as a construc-
ton engineer in the South A few
years later he Joined the Southern
Pacific Company, and was one Of the
most important factors in the develop
ment of that system, with which he
was identified during the remainder
of his life. He was a practical rail.
road man, with a broad vision. An
efflcient executive, clear-thinking
practical railroad administrator, he
was recognized by the transportation
world as an eminent authority. He as.
serted. strong influence in shaping
tho railroad policy of this country.
He was in agreement with the prin.
ciple Of Government regulation, but
stoutly opposed to public ownership,
believing that through private initia-
tive and administrative endeavor could
the transportation system of the
United States be brought to it's highest
.efiiciency and its greatest service to all
the people.
Evening star., 1925-06-16

bend. Women normal In conformation
walked in an unnatural and unusual
way. Persons not stricken by the So
cial fad laughed at it, but 1t has been
proved that a fashion cannot be
laughed out of fashion. 1t must run
its course. Not long ago many girls of
Washington walked with a strange
gait called the debutante slouch. Per.
kaps there have been many styles Of
walk between the Grecian bend and
the Bond street bend, but the person
who has no time and little inclination
to keep up with fashions cannot re-
call them. A good many girls have
put on the athletic stride, and it is
believed that few men have the heart
show that young women's minds turn
to athletics. and that they think it de-
airable to walk erect with free swing.
1t is thought that this is a satisfac
tory style of walk and something like
the gait which nature meant healthy
persons to have. 1t is becoming to
women.
A good many young women are now
carrying canes. There is nothing the
matter with their feet or legs. 1t is a
curious style. The young women are
not lame, and do not need canes to
help sustain them. They do not need
walking sticks in Washington to ward
off tramps, because the police attend
TO that. = 1t used to be that some men
would carry a slender Malacca walk
ing stick Ito have something in the
hand" and to lend grace to their gait.
Our girls do not need an artificial aid
10 grace. AS the Bond street bend
has broken out in London it is almost
certain that we will have d number
of cases OF this bend in Washington.
Evening star., 1925-06-16
Furniture and Cement Cases
Revive Interest in Trust Law

Dispatch, give industry dangerous
power to control supply and demand.
On the other hand. the economic ad-
vantages arising from elimination of
waste and of duplication are self-evi-
dent" Referring to the adverse de-
cision Of the court in the hardwood
association case of three years ago.
the Rochester Times Union notes that
the c6urt evidently has decided to
take the view that there must be def
mite proof Of monopolistic purposes"
in explaining that the recent judg
ment is virtually a reversal of the
earlier one" Agreeing to this con-
tention, the Sioux City Tribune states
that the decision Clarifies the Sher-
man law" while at the same time the
Tribune warns that some combina-
tions are used for the principal pur-
pose Of gouging the public After
ALL" the Wichita Beacon adds, "the
Supreme Court reflects public opin-
ion, and it's decisions are prob
ably in line with reactionary pub
lie opinion which has become evil
dent in the past three or four years"
AS to the facts in practice, the Asbury
Park Press asserts that there re.
suits from many of these associations
an odd uniformity of prices which
suggests that competing compa nies
are competing less than the public
would like"
Commenting upon the furniture in
dictments. the Fresno Bee indicates
their scope with the statement that
the proceeding is one Of the. most
sweeping of it's kind ever instituted
under the act, for the concerns in.
volved are said collectively to have
an annual output of 10000 ,000."
The Indianapolis News quotes an AS
sistant Attorney General as stating
that there never has been a time
when rigid enforcement of antitrust
laws was more needed"
Evening star., 1925-06-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

O. Is Carlsbad still popular re-
sort?--A. S. f. .
A. Before the war, Carlsbad was
probly the most famous spa of Eu-
rope, and 10000 visitors year jour
neyed there. After the war Carls-
bad became karloby Vary of Czecho-
sloyakia. Nearly $4,000 visitors stay
ed there last year, which was more
than twice as many as the year be-
fore: five times as many Americans
as English were there, number eight
times larger than the number OF
French.
Q. Can a stepmother get her step
SON s compensation?-H. T.
A. Under section 607-C of the ad-
justed compensation act, a step
mother Is entitled to the adjusted
compensation in the same order or
preference as the mother. =
Q. At what intervals are the guns
1t cost?-D. B. l..
A A 21-gun salute is fired at D.
second intervals. The cost depends
upon the size. For 3-pounder, the
cost of each shot would be so cents,
for a 6-pounder rs cents.
@. How is valet" pronounced?-
W. E
A. The word has been ,anglicized
and the final "t" is sounded. The
French do not sound the It" the.
having the sound OF the English
long "a
@. Are there more cows now than
there were in 1920?-W. d. h.
A. Although there are now more
dairy COWS, the total number has de-
creased slightly. In 1920, there were
23,722 900 dairy cattle and 1888 900
beef cattle: while in 1924 there were
"a SIS, 900 dairy and 42,l26,OO0 beef
cattle.
@. What was the origin of the old
custom universally practiced. of d1-
viding a choir in two?-F. 7. G.
A. Adrian Willaert. founder of the
Venetian School of Music, went to
Venice to live in 1856. He was made
chapel master of the Church OF ST
Mark, which had two organs facing
each other. This circumstance led
Willaert TO divide his choir In two.
He thereby established a custom
which ultimately became universal.
| O. When was armor most generally
used M. F.
| A. The suit of armor reached its
complete development under Henry
VI of Engla nd 0422-146D at about the
| time that the English were driven out
of France G453). The armor was
| forged of thin steel and made to fit
| the body and limbs.
Q. Did Dolly Madison invent ice
| cream?-R. X. G.
! A. To Dolly Madison. wife of the
| President of the United States, is
sometimes given the credit for in
| venting ice cream. 1t is further as
| serted that 1t was another woman,
| Nancy Johnson, wife Of a young naval
! officer, who invented the ice cream
| freezer However, ice cream was in
| troduced to the English aristocracy Of
! the late eighteenth century by Lon
! don confectioner named Gunton, who
may or may not have been its in
ventor. 1t is quite possible, of course,
that among the many rnistresses of
the White House, Dolly Madison may
Evening star., 1925-06-16
The Crisis in China.

Closely following reply by the Brit
ish legation at Peking to a Chinese
note of protest over the shooting Of a
number Of Chinese last week in an at
tack upon the British concession at
Hankow, occurred the killing of a
British subject at Shanghai by road
side snipers, presumably Chinese. and
the wounding Of his companion. This
crime is likely to increase the tension
between the British government and
China, and may lead TO active inter
vention by the foreign governments.
The present troubles in China are
developing in a sinister parallel to
those of 1900 when the Boxer rebellion
occurred. 1t is definitely an anti
foreigner outbreak. There is, however,
a difference between the two situa-
tions. In 1900 China had an estab-
lished central government at Peking.
Today the central government at the
capital is nominal in its authority be-
yond close radius. China has been
broken up virtually into a number of
provincial, army-ruled areas of govern
ment
Twenty-Five years so ii became nee
essary for the allied Western powers
10 organize an expedition TO penetrate
to Peking and relieve the legations
there besieged. The old empire was
in effect destroyed. A new China ap-
peared, a China Of varying fortunes.
with rich possibilities for exploitation
by foreign interests.
This present turmoil in China has
started from strike Of cotton work
ers at Shanghai, rebelling against the
rule Of the Japanese owners of large
mills there. That this strike and the
subsequent demonstrations OF anti
foreignism have been promoted by
Russian agents is definitely charged,
IS. indeed, virtually acknowledged by
representatives Of the bolshevik gov
ernment at Moscow, though denied in
China.
The situation is undeniably grave.
1t has the possibilities of warfare not
only in China but elsewhere. 1t is
the more serious because of the lack
OF strong central government at
Feking. Unless the Western powers
definitely withdraw from China, yield
ing the international concessions and
submitting TO the outrages that have
been committed upon their nationals
without any attempt at punishment or
correction, a policy Of firm resistance
must be adopted by them. Their pres
ence in China is practically the issue
Of this present murderous agitation.
Their withdrawal would not solve
China's problem. would, indeed, aggra-
vate it. 1t would undo the work of
many decades and leave China in
state of helpless turmoil. 1t would
seem as if the parallel with the Boxer
rebellion of 1900 would have to be con-
tinued.
Evening star., 1925-06-16
The Bond Street Bend.

News comes from London of an.
other social eccentricity which re-
minds one that history repeats. This
new thing which the cable tells Of is
the Bond street bend. 1t is said. "Ob-
,ervation Of people walking in the So
ciety haunts Of London reveals the
fact that 80 per cent walk with a
bend, launching their shoulders for.
ward, bending their knees and walk
ing in the form OF a. question mark. .
A fashionable woman, asked why she
walked that way, said: .'Oh, don t
know. Fashion, suppose. One simply
can't have the oid-fashioned figure.
One simply has to droop."
Some years ago there were in Wash.
ingtoh many examples Of tho Grecian