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Evening star., 1925-05-14
YOU AND UNCLE SAM
Series OF Educational 4rtices Telling Federal
ment Is Organised and HotU 1t Functons-W ritten
Expressly for School Children.
No. 55-How All Our Expenditures Are o. k.'d.

The other day Controller General
McCarl decided that So was a JUS
tif1able tip to stewards on a trans
atlantic liner, turning down the con
tention of Secretary of State Kellogg
that a $40 tip was reasonable This
was just one of the innumerable and
relatively mhnitesimal decisions that
lhe controller general makes.
Ihere seems to be a quite general
ignorance and MISUNDERSTANDING as to
the duties of the Controller General.
since the budget system was adopted
ny our Government, with the General
Accounting Office as a partner in the
business management of Federal
nnances, this has grown to be one of
the most important agencies of the
Government, so that one of the first
new Government buildings will be
erected to house the General Account
ing Office, which is now occupying 20
different buildings
There seems To be quite a wide,
spread miSconception that the con
troller general. who is administrative
ofhcer of the General Accounting
Office. passes upon all claims against
the Government, whereas some are de-
cided by Congress and some by the
courts. The director of the budget 5
duty is to keep executive recommen-
cations for expenditures within the
Government prospective income.
Then, under the Constitution. Con
greSS has the sole authority TO say
how much shall he spent and specific
ally for what it shall be spent. Next
comes the Controller General with
twofold duty Cd to see that the
money appropriated by Congress is
spent as Congress intended, and (2l
to see that the Government gets every
dollar that Congress intended from
tariff duties and tax laws.
With some 1000 disbursinG officers
all over the world accountable to their
respective departments. one of the
Controller Generals greatest tasks is
to check up regularly and see that
these disbursing officers, who are not
always chosen on account of special
fitness, pay out these funds only for
the specific purpose designated by
Congress and that it is not diverted
to other uses at the behest of ad-
miniStrative officers. And if some
funds are thus spent improperly he
must get restitution from the dis
bursting officer or from the parties
10 whom the money has been paid.
The disbursing officer may have
honestly thought he was paying the
money within the law, but he must
either pay it back or the department
he represents must admit its error to
Congress and seek relief from the ap-
propriating authority. Each disburs-
ing officer has to render an account
monthly or quarterly. which is exam
ined in detail by the General Account
ing Office.
There are four principal functions
of the General Accounting Office: U
Auditing accounts, t2l settling claims.
(3) rendering advance decision upon
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bookkeeping. For every item his Of
flee must go to the law and see what
the law authorized regarding that par
-ticular Appropriation.
The investigation work is new
feature. The Controller General can
prescribe and install a new system of
accounting, If investigators find 1t will
be more efficient. Recently the Con
troller General had a new system of
bookkeeping installed. Instead of the
old bound ledgers he now has at work
a system of sheets on machines which
is an outgrowth of the system used
by banks. In this way 1t is possible
in each account to tell what the bal
ance is each night. This was first in
stalled in the Office of Recorder of
Deeds in the District of Columbia and
in the Department of Commerce.
He is also standardizing forms for
accounting. Where there were for
merly 153 different forms there are
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specific claims and "a making inve
LEGATIONS for remedying the system {
accounting. installing new systems {
recommending to Congress when le
isla tion is needed.
The claims settled are those L
disbursing officer cannot pay becau
his authority is limited. The hea,
of departments often submit claim
for advance decision.
1t must be made clear that tn,
Controller General or the General Ac
counting Office does not actually max,
any payments; it merely certifies t,
the Secretary of the Treasury ac
counts that should be paid
An excellent illustration of the pre-
audit work is seen in the issuance o
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now three. He is also working on a
UNIFORM system of travel regulations
ihere were previously 54 sets proyid-
Ing Tor departmental allowances and
now there is the one sheet, uniform
for all.
The Controller General also fur
nlshes TO the Bureau of the Budget, on
request, information relating to ex-
pendltures and accounting
tCopyright. 1925 by Will p. Kennedy
Evening star., 1925-05-14
EXPLAINS YOUTHS DEATH.
Police Drop Inquiry Concerning
Syracuse Freshman

SYRACUSE, n. Y, May IA APo.
Police officials declared last night
there is no need for futher investiga-
ton into the case of William Johnson,
freshman at Syracuse University, who
was found dead on the porch of the
Phi Delta Theta house early yester-
day
This decision followed an autopsy
Evening star., 1925-05-14
FIRE RAZES 1000 HOMES.
Casualties in japanese Blaze Are
Not Estimated.

TOXIC, May IA (A.P.).-More than
1000 houses and buildings were de-
stroyed by fire at Kunra jaya, a cen
ter of the silk industry, some 40 miles
northwest of Toxic. Several casual
ties have been reported. but no esti-
mate Of the damage has been made.
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The fifty sixth article in this series
Will be on "Our Big Public Play.
grounds" 1t will be printed in this
paper next Sunday.
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American toys are sold in India.
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which disclosed death WIS from suffo-
cation due to clogging of food in tho
larynX.
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Australia is unifying it's railways.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RADIO EACH DAY
BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA,
Noted Authority on Radio.
AL Rights Reserved. Reproduction Prohibited

ing with an external vo!tmeter will
often save trouble from tube burnouts 9
because OF the application Of excessive
iiidInent current across the filaments
OF the tubes. They can also be used
10 check up the exact amount of cur
rent TO furnish each individual tube
ana keep the rheostat adjusted so as
TO keep the tube operating at its most
eHlclent point and in accordance with
the manufacturer specifica tions
Voltmeter reading from zero to
eight volts should be used in the fila
ment circuit and another voltmeter
reading from zero to 100 volts should
De used in the plate circuit.
Now here is where the tap switch
can be used to advantage.
Through its use, the zero to eight
son Eotmeter can be used to check up
on the flament of all three tubes as
SHOWN In the diagram II more tuhes
are used all that is necessary Is To ada
more sWitchpoints to the switch ard
connect the rheoStat side of the other
nIaments with the extra switchnoints
IN tne same way that the filaments of
sHe three tubes are connected in the
diagram shown.
Inc plate voltage voltmeter for
testing the condition of the r ha
is connected, s shown. 1t is a s;mnIe
matter with such a connection TO test
the b batteries to see whether tbey
are up to the mark
BIND contacts should be provided in
each series to avoid the possibility of
shortlng some of the cells in the p
paeterles and for providing an "or"
necessary to keep the voltmeter IN
operation all the time. They need
only De used occasionally to check I'm
on conditions in the circuit ~
Evening star., 1925-06-27
SIX new STATIONS
join BROADCASTERS
Newcomers, Given Class A Ii
oenses, Represent Five States,
Mostly in West.

Another half dozen broadcasters,
representing five States. were well
coined by the Department of Com
nerce this week. All of the stations
have been given Glass A licenses and
will work on power ratings Of from 5
to 500 watts.
AS in the cases of nearly all of the
recent additions to the broadcasting
family, the wave lengths assigned are
extremely low in the Class band,
the highest OF the newcomers waves
being 254 meters.
The news stations, with their call
letters, names Of the owner, wave
length and power, are a. follows:
WABC. the Asheville Battery Com
pany, Asheville, n. c.. 254 meters, 10
watts; WJBA, D. H. Lentz. jr.. Joliet,
ILL.,, 206.8 meters, so watts; WJBB,
L. w. McClung, ST. Petersburg. Fla,
206.8 meters, 10 watts; WOWO, the
Main Auto Supply Company, Fort
Wayne, Ind, 227 meters, 500 watts;
WIBE, Thurman A. Owings, Weirton,
w. Va, 246 meters, so watts; and
WHO, F. NJ. Schmidt, Farina, Ill,
205.4 meters, watts.
The most prominent of the new
coners, WOWO, has made elaborate
preparations for its station and ex-
poets to become a familiar voice of
the Middle West despite the low wave.
length. The trick call letters, it is
believed. will add to the novelty of
the plant.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
ADVENTURES OF A BROADCASTER
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE,
RadioscriOe.
Secretary Sanders Gets a Radio Set.

In Europe when q mans won dis
tinction. he gets a knighthood or q
baronetcy. or Is elected to the Acad-
emy of Immortals. In America we
give him a radio set. Not long ago.
when Everett Sanders was appointed
secretary to the President, his fell
of Terre Haute. Ind.
decided to make him a present in
token of their pride In the honors
that have come to him. A popular
subscription of nickels and dimes was
raised for the purpose. The commit
tee in charge. as 1t told Sanders later,
could have raised enough to buy him
a farm in his native county. but
came to the conclusion he'd prefer
something more up to date. so they
bought him the finest radio set on
the market. It's now installed in the
Sanders home at Washington, and up
to the time Of the departure of Mr..
Coolidge's right-hand man and Mrs.
Sanders for Swampscott' the big
etght-tube apparatus was In con-
slant action.
Charles S. Willis, 1477 Newton
street. is the latest recruit in the
army that wants to march against the
noise menace In Washington. This
is his letter Of application:
My old wife and I have always
been pleased and instructed when
you are on the air. We will miss
you. but we hope that you will
enjoy your well deserved vacation
ana return to us with increased
visor. We greatly approve your
intended fight to reduce the noise
In our city. In your enumeration
OF unnecessary noise you failed to
mention when Romeo calls for his
Juliet, stops in front of her home
and tootS and toots his horn for
her to come to him. An amend
ment was added to our Constitu.
ton to stop the making and selling
or intoxicating liquor-its use
caused so many deaths and misery.
~ is more necessary now to stop
the making and selling of autos to
protect and save the human race
from destruction.
X
E. b. Reid, who runs the American
Farm Bureau Federation headquarters
IN Washington and is one of my col.
leagues on the radio. has given me q
brand.new title. Had letter from
him this week addressed: "Interna.
tional Correspondent and Air Mas.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
How to Use q Single Volunteer for
Several Jobs.

With the passing Of the tapped
yariocoupler and other tapped forms
of inductance. the business in tapor-
inductance switches dropped off to
very low figure. These tap switches
are usually associated with tapped in.
ductances. but there are many other
uses to which they can be put.
Most fans know that 1t is important
to keep the batteries of a receiver UP
to the required strength for most
eficient operation. Those who have
wired volunteers and ammeters into
their receivers have found them to be
Of considera BILE value in keeping IN eve
on the condition of the batteries, and
have also found them to be of great
aids in tuning their receivers.
Hint on Tuning In.
In tuning in local stations or stations
that are not at any great distance
from the receiver installation II is not
necessary to have every adjustment
set with. great care. The stations
boom in even though the receiver is
not tuned exactly to the wave length
on which the station is transInitting,
and slight adjustments of hiament
current have very little effect on the
operation Of the receiver.
In using sets of the superhetero.
dyne type and also those of many
tubes in tuning in distant stations
the tuning becomes critical, and such
seemingly uMmportant items as MA
ment current and plate voltage be-
come important factors in tuning
Use of Voltmeter.
A voltmeterwhich can be used with.
out the usual trouble incident to test
Evening star., 1925-06-27
seur." Perhaps Reid thinks ! rut
people the wrong way.

seur." Perhaps Reid thinks ! rub
people the wrong way.
"
Mrs. J. Irwin Steel. Mechantcsburg.
Pa, who has heard me tackle JapA-
nese.American relations frequently on
the air, writes for information about
the Institute OF Pacific Politics" about
to be held at Honolulu, The prime
mover in the enterprise, which he
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president GI
Leland Stanford University. and q
brother OF the Secretary OF the Navy.
The Honolulu Institute, which Is pat.
termed broadly after the Institute Of
Politics at Williamstown, Mass, is in
tended, like the latter, to be an an.
nual affair. The inaugural conference
in July viii be attended by distin.
guished men from the United States,
Japan. China and the British domin-
ions that border the Pacific.
X
DR.. ]. Tyrone Kelley, editor Of the
Farmers Magazine. which il devoted
to cooperative national marketing,
hurls at me from his Washington Of
fice sweet-smelling bouquet OF fare
we'll:
find Adventures Of a Broad
caster" a unique department Of
The Evening Star, and. with the
others who are interested IN the
work Of Americas foremost radio
scribe. I am hopeful that you will
keep It up during your trip West.
X
Mrs. George II. Martin, 1858 Cali.
fornia street, in a goodbye billet doux,
says:
was so happy to read your re-
cent mention OF President Cool.
idge's prediction goodnight radio
message to his beloved father and
my great invisible audience"
knew he would be elected, for II
ever man and his audience~were
in the presence Of God he and we
were that night. had a strange
experience that evening Of seen and
unseen exaltation. 1t has been a
silent but powerful influence in my
lie ever since. And now you are
gong to my beloved and great
Northwest, which / know and love
well. having watched villages grow
into attractive modern cities. I
know what a delightful and inter
esting journey you will have, and
that you will bring back to your
limluess unseen audience some Of
that fresh spruce pine and Mount
Iacoma air that you're going to
imbibe.
tCopyright l925)
Evening star., 1925-06-27
PARTY OF MACCABEES
ON TOUR OF VIRGINIA
Group Leaves Washington for Auto
Trip Which VIII Embrace States
Noted Caverns.

A large group Of Maccabees left to-
day for tour Of Virginia. This
Maccabee excursion caravan, headed
by the newly appointed entertainment
committee for the forthcoming con-
vention. will spend tonight and part
of Sunday at the Crystal Cavers, at
Strasburg. Va. leaving at about noon
tomorrow for the Endless Cavers, at
New Market. Va. They will also in.
spect the Shenandoah Caverns. at New
Market. Two excursion groups Of
Maccabees from Baltimore and Rich
mond will join the Washington party
at Rockville. The entire contingent is
moving by automobile.
This is the tenth trip in and around
Washington that the entertainment
committee has piloted In preparation
for the coming convention. The COM
mittee consists Of George Bower, A. D.
McCurley, c. H. Hickey, o. j. Brown,
E. o. Hawkins and A. c. McFadden.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
RADIO SEEKING NEWS
OF LOST EXPEDITION
Result Of KDKA's Effort to Locate
Nutting Morse Party in Arctic
Not Known.

Results Of KDKA's efforts to locate
the lost Nutting Morse expedition by
radio will be known when the Cana
dian ship Arctic gets into the North
ern seas on her annual trip from
Quebec. AS she is equipped with
special short-wave transmitter, 1t is
probable that the Arctic will be able
to establish two-way communication
with KDkA at Pittsburgh.
A search for the Lief Erickson, Will
liam Nutting's lost vessel, in which he
sought to follow the route of the
Norsemen to America, will be carried
on, and officials at all posts and
camps in the Arctic zone will be asked
for information as to the lost ex-
plorers, who have not been heard
from since September.
The Pittsburgh broadcaster sent out
warnings to the northland last year,
but as communications from there
are impossible, not a word has been
received as to how her broadcasts car
ried. If tidings Of the lost ship are
found, KDKA will relay messages
from the Arctic to the radio world.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
D. c. DELEGATES LEAVE
FOR N. E. A. CONVENTION
School Officials and Teachers to
attend 63d Annual Session, A.
sembling in INDIANAPOLIS.

A delegation Of District school ON.
cials and teachers left Washington
To-Day Tor Indianapolis to attend the
sixty.third annual meeting Of the Ma.
tional Education Association. The con.
vention will open tomorrow with y
vesper service similar to that held an
the Capitol steps in WASHINGTON last
year and will close July 4.
Inc accredited delegates and alter.
citation, are headed by Selden M. EIv
supervising principal of the fifth di'
vision and president of the orea MIA.
ton. superintendent of Schools Frank
w. Ballou also went to the conyen.
ton. He is scheduled to make ~.
opening address at the first meettn1
Monday morning, Of the general as.
sembly. His topic Is Progress in the
Science Of Education"
Evening star., 1925-06-27
ADOPTS COOLIDGE PLAN.
Shipping Board Gives instruction
for Sale Of Vessels.

Formal instructions were sent to
President Palmer Of the Fleet Corpor.
alton by the Shipping Board yesterday
to conduct all negotiations hereafter
for the sale Of ships and ship routes
in accordance with tho recent action
Of the board establishing this proceed.
ure at the suggestion Of President
Coolidge.
The board directed Mr.. Palmer to
submit recommendations to 1t after
completing negotiations, with all de-
tails bearing on the prospective sale.
In considering these recommendation
for approval or rejection. it was said,
the board under the plan will feel free
il necessary to call before it any of
the prospective purchasers, but only
for the purpose of obtaining additional
information and not with any view of
negotiating.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
ARTISTS PLAN CAMPAIGN.
Seek Remuneration for Work on
Radio.

The Broadcasting Artists Associa.
tion of America, which sprang into
existence early this year in an attempt
to arrange a method by which radio
performers could be remunerated for
their work before the microphone, is
planning a new Nationwide campaign
to begin late this Summer and to carry
through the Winter, according to re-
ports reaching Washington.
The association, outside of it's New
York branch, made little progress in
the Spring, but officials believe there
Is a growing need for the movement,
and have either dispatched or appoint
ed organizers in dozen cities, extend
Ing to the Pacific coast. The efforts
for the time being will be focused on
those cities which boast four or more
broadcasting stations.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
PAID BROADCASTING LESS
Advertising by Radio Declines
During Summer.

A sharp decline in the amount OF
maid" broadcasting has been noted
in the east since the opening of the
Summer months. Many of the large
business firms which in the Winter
have successfully turned to radio
broadcasting for advertising, have for
saken the microphone during the hot
weather, but expect to return In the
Fall.
Summer broadcasts which are re-
ceiving chain tie-ups are the Stadium
concerts, from the Lewisohn stadium,
New York: the concerts by the Marine
Band at Washington, and the Gold.
man Band concerts from the mall Of
Central Park, New York.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
Station Named "Voice Of Pacific. 81

Equipment for the CNRV broad
casting station of the Canadian Ma
tionaI Railways at Lulu Island,
British Columbia, will be sup
piled by the Northern Electric Co.
Vancouver, British Columbia. The
new broadcasting station, which is to
be known as The Voice of the
Pacific" will use two steel towers
$50 feet high. quadrangular and ta-
pering In shape and located about 200
feet apart. Equipment will consist
of a Northern Electric transmission
outfit with a 500-watt output, capa-
ble of transmission for 1000 miles
under average weather conditions.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
BAIL DENIED MAORI GIRL
VIII Face Second Trial for Rae.
nano Staying In Fall.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, June 81 R.-i
Olympia Maori charged with the MIR.
der Of John Bagnano, alleged father
OF her child, will face her second triaI
In Litchsheld County this FAN, and
pending the retrial the girl defendant
will not be admitted to bail.
These are the orders of Judge John
X. Booth OF Superior Court, entered
Yesterday after more than two hours
OF heated argument. The first fury
in the Maori case disagreed.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
STATIONS DROP OUT.
Only 20 Expected to Send Defense
Day Program.
TONIGHT.

Although 80 stations throughout the
country have been invited to partici.
pate in the chain broadcast of the
Defense Day ceremonies. July 4, spon.
sored by the War Department and
arranged through the cooperation Of
the American Telephone and Tele.
graph Company. it appeared today
that there probably will be only about
20 stations that will Join the hook-up
The ceremonies are expected to last
for about an hour and a half and the
program will be opened at Washing.
ton, where WCAP will pick UP the
first addresses and then pass along
the program to the other cities. The
chain for the event will be the largest
arranged since the broadcast of the
presidential inauguration March I.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
CRANDALL PLAYERS
TOP WRC PROGRAM
''Saturday Nighters" to Give
Extensive Entertainment.
"Aida" Is Cancelled.

A concert by the United States
Army Band, recital of three ar
fists and a program by the Hotel
Mayflower Orchestra have been sub
stituted for the rendition of the opera
Aida" to have been broadcast over
WRC by the Manhattan Opera Co.
III New York al AS o'clock tonight.
"Crandalls Saturday Nighters.' to
take up the air program tonight at
1880 o clock, will top WRC's perform.
ance with an unusually extensive pro.
gram.
The Army Band program, begin
ming at 7:45 o'clock, will be followed
by a staff recital at 9:15, which will
be given by Godfrey Ludlow, violin
list: Milton J. Cross, baritone, and
Keith Mcleod, pianist.
The hotel orchestra will begin
playing at 10 o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
Japan Invests $440,554 in Radio.

An analysis of United States radio
exports in April, amounting to $685.
i48. shows that Japan took nearly a
hall million dollars worth; her i'm
ports totaled $440,554. Canada stood
second with imports of $60,756. Aus
tralia was third with $59,461, and
Argentina took $5S,4S3. The United
Kingdom imported S51.241 worth Of
radio equipment.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
Czech Interest in Radio GROWING.

Interest in radio Is growing in
Czechosl0vakia and with the comple-
ton Of the new American built S90.-
600 broadcasting station at Prague,
increased demands for receivers is
anticipated. The new broadcaster Is
a 5-kilowatt type and will transmit on
500 meters. Smaller 1-kilowatt stations
will also be erected at Brno, Brati-
slava and Kosice, advices to the De-
partment Of Commerce state.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
Flyer Fails Test.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. June 27
R.-Capt. A. S. Herold, u. s. A.. who
yesterday started on an unsuccessf,,i
Salt-Lake.to. n.Francisco.an
dawn.to-dusk airplane flight, returned
to the air mail flying field here at 2:19
pm. yesterday. He came down at
Wesco, New.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
Teneriff Fans Get Long Distance.

Radio fans on the Island of Tene-
riff. in the Canary group, have sue
ceeded in picking up stations In
France and Spain, and now de-
mand for receivers has started, Con-
sui Gibson reports. So far Ameri-
can sets are practically unknown
and untried.
Evening star., 1925-06-27
Club in India Asks Radio License.

At Rangoon, India, the Burma
Wireless Club. with a membership Of
100 fans. is planning to import appa-
ratus and has applied for a broad
casting license. Successful loud
speaker demonstrations with a four
tube set have increased local interest
greatly.