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Evening star., 1925-01-12
PAR|S-bERL|N WAR
NEAR OVER TARIFF
Hope of Temporary Accord
to Avoid ReprisaIs Fades.
Last ParIey Today.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, January 12.-French Of
ficials expressed today only slight
hope of inducing the Germans to sign
even a modified modus vivendi to
avoid the prospective tariff war in
consequence of the deadlock in the
negotiations for a new trade pact
intended to take the place of the
Versailles treaty customs provisions,
which expired Saturday.
In a last effort, however, Minister
of Commerce Raynaldy had an ap-
pointment for a supposedly decisive
conversation this afternoon with DR..
Trendelenburg. head of the German
delegation engaged in the treaty ne
gotiations.
prpYTN NOT krap~rn
Evening star., 1925-01-12

officers elected
recently for the
ensuing year.
The officers who
we re inducted
were: L. r. Mis-
W o n q e r. COM
mander, Lincoln
Camp; Adelbert j.
Webb. senior vice
commander; o. G.
Sutter, junior vice
commander: F. T.
f. Johnson. Z. F.
Warner and II. N.
Williams, camp
council; r. L.
Whitcomb, o. A.
c. Oehmler and
Charles w. Grin
stead. board of
Evening star., 1925-01-12
De MILE SEEKS STUDIO.
Negotiates for Purchase of Thomas
Ince Interests.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. Calf, January H.
Cecil B. de Mile is negotiating for
the purchase of the Thomas Ince
studio with a view to launching his
career as an independent producer
under the, banner of the United
Artists. according to Douglas Fair
banks of the United Artists group.
Mrs. Ince. who took charge of the
Ince ofsss..s.Ttion after Mr.. Ince's g
death, confirmed Fairbanks statement,
but added nothing final has been de-
cided."
De Mile has resigned as director
general of the Famous Players
Lasky Corporation. ..s-"
Evening star., 1925-01-12


junior vice presi-
dent: Mrs. Mar
garet Bradt, Mrs,
Anna Horn and
Miss Etoile AL
b r | g h t, tent
c o u nc il; Mrs,
Addie Hickman,
patriotic instruc-
tor; Mrs. Gather
Inc Austin, chap
lain; Miss Cath
crime Bailey. Miss
Bessie Dix, Mrs,
Anna Ecker and
Mrs. Charlotte
Cary, color bear
ers; Mrs. E.
Helen Temple,
secretary: Miss
Evening star., 1925-01-12
Herriot Able to Take Walk.

PARIS. January 12.-Premier Her
riot yesterday took a short walk in
the grounds of the foreign Office after
luncheon. This was the first time
the premier had been out of doors
since he became III about a month
Evening star., 1925-01-12
Church Union Vote Heavy.

+ TORONTO. January 12.-At a late
hour last night SIS Presbyterian con-
gregations had voted to enter. the
United Church of Canada, and 1e3 had
voted against union. according to the
church union bureau of information.
Evening star., 1925-01-12
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
OF VETERANS INSTALL.
Lincoln Camp and Ellen Spencer
~Mussey Tent Seat officers
s. for Year.

The Lincoln Camp. Sons of Veterans,
and Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent,
Daughters of Veterans. at Il joint
meeting in G. A. r. Hall installed
Evening star., 1925-01-12

managers; James W. Lyons, secre-
tary; Charles M. Overacker, treas
urer; Thomas w. Bresnahan, patrio-
tic instructors. Solomon A. Smith
color bearer; Charles w. Grinstead
guide: Warren r. Smith, inner guard
and Frank B. Smith, outer guard.
Officers installed for the Ellen
Spencer Mussey Tent: Miss Anna
Hage, president; Miss Marjorie May
nard, senior vice president; Mrs.
Evening star., 1925-01-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

A talk on the child labor amend
ment by Miss Ethel NJ Smith, legis-
iative secretary of the National
women's Trade Union League. will
feature a meeting of the Columbia
Junior High School Parent Teacher
Association tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock.
The wspiya will hold Iuneheon
meeting tomorrow, 12:45 pm, at
University Club. .'
Lincoln Park Citizens Association
will meet tomorrow, s pm, at Bryan
School. A national statesman is ex
pected to speak.
The pmrent-Teaeher Association of
Franklin Thomson School will meet
tomorrow, S pm. DIR. r. w. Ballou
and Miss Jessie La Sale will speak.
Following the meeting the school will
be open for inspection of its improve
mrnt5.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait will
| speak upon The Duty of the Hour"
| at the general meeting of the Wash
| ington section, Council of Jewish
| Women, tomorrow. 2:30 pm, in the
vestry rooms of the Eighth Street
| Temple The council is planning a
| society circus" to be held January Is
| in the ballroom of the Arcade.
Mount Vernon Council. No. 10, Jr. o.
| u. A. NJ. will present a Bible to Brad
| burn M. L. Church Wednesday. 8 p. m.
| and hold grand installation Thursday
| evening. 81
Col. James b. Petit Camp, Ne. 2,
United Spanish War Veterans. will
meet tomorrow. 8 pm, at s21 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. install
| lation of officers.
| Tke American Business 'Ciub Will
| hold a luncheon meeting tomorrow,
1890 o'clock, at Franklin Square Hotel.
Evening star., 1925-01-12

Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens
Association will meet in Sixth Pres
byterian Church.
Evening star., 1925-01-12

The District of Columbia Public
School Association will hold a joint
meeting OF it's committees on educa-
tional methods and progress; legisia-
ton. and school expansion, in Frank
lin building. Ffve-year building pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1925-01-12
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TONIGHT.

ToNIGHI.
t0unt Pleasant Congregational
Church Mems Club Will meet. 8
o'clock. DIR. J. o. Knott will give an
illustrated lecture, Jerusalem and
the Temple" using the new trans
lux screen. Music
Evening star., 1925-01-12

The Holy Name Society OF the
Shrine OF the Sacred Heart Church
will meet, o'clock. at Sixteenth
street and Park road.
Evening star., 1925-01-12

Northeast Washington Citizens AS
sociation will meet, s o'clock, In Lud-
low School -.
Evening star., 1925-01-12

st. AIMS Ladies' Auxiliary will
meet, o'clock, at the Asylum
Twenty-third and X streets.
Evening star., 1925-01-12

Tke American Business Ciub will
hold a luncheon meeting tomorrow,
1890 o'clock, at Franklin. Square Hotel.
Evening star., 1925-01-12

Mount Vernon Council. No. 10, Jr. O.
U. A. NJ. will present a Bible to Brad
burn M. L. Church Wednesday, 8 pm.
and hold grand installation Thursday
evening. =
Evening star., 1925-01-12

The League of Republican Women
will be addressed by Representative
Burton K. French. 4:3o o'clock. at
Hotel Gordon. Subject, The Consti
tuition OF the United States and Some
Amendments" All Republican wom-
en- interested are invited.
Evening star., 1925-01-12

The Dupont Circle Citizens Associa-
tion will meet, 4:45 O'Clock, at
Rauscher,s, Representative Davis of
the House District committee will
speak.
Evening star., 1925-01-12

Women's City Club: Informal party
of cards and nah jong, s:30 o'clock
under auspices OF entertainment com
mittee..
Evening star., 1925-01-12
TO-DAY,

Washington Council of Social Agen-
cies Will meet, 4 o'clock, at Raleigh
Hotel. Topic: solicitations on the
Streets by Charitable Organizations"
with special reference to a situation
that developed during the Christmas
holidays when certain organizations
were refused permits to solicit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
interference STUDY
PLANNED WITH TRUCK
Radio Section of Commerce Depart
ment to Send Vehicle Out on
Three-Month Tour.

The radio section of the Depart
equip a motor truck for a three
month tour in search of collidins
broadcaSts.
The truck probably will be started
from Detroit within the next few
weeks and after touring the imme
date vicinity will cover a good part
of the Great Lakes district. Special
apparatus designed by the Bureau of
Standards for measuring field inten
Sity of superpoWer stations and also
other sensitive receivers and loops
will be loaded on the touring detec-
tor.
Under the radio sections original
plans. fleet of these motor trucks
would have been scattered through
out the United States this Summer
to conduct a Nationwide study of
interference and interfering waves.
Failure of Congress to allow an APP
preparation for the work upset the
elaborate program.
1t was pointed out yesterday by
department officials that the spe-
cially- equipped motor truck is by
far the best means for tracing radio
interference. Careful reports will be
made on the research work of the
Detroit truck, and will be used as the
basis for again asking an appropria-
ton by Congress this Winter. With
the coming of Superpower, it was
said. constant attention must be paid
to the conflict of the broadcasting
stations operating on higher power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
FEW new STATIONS
ARE GIVEN LICENSE
List of Applicants Falls Off as
U. S. Seeks to Discourage More
Broadcasting Centers.

The rising tide of broadcasting
stations is believed to be definitely
checked.
The list of new broadcasters H.
censed this week notes only five new
Corners. In the meantime, it is said
at the Department of Commerce. a
large number of little.used stations
are giving up their permits and
leaving the broadcast field to their
more persistent enthusiasts.
Included in the stations officially
welcomed this week is WHIT, the new
Class B plant of Chicago. which is
listed as belonging to the Radiophone
Broadcasting Corporation. Deerfield,
III. Unable to obtain one of the high
class wave lengths, WHIT has ac-
copied the 23S-meter wave and is
making the best of II with 1900 watts
of power.
class A plants, three in the Middle
West and one in the East Thew are
WGBW, Spring Valley. Ill. 10
watts. 256 meters; WICK. the UNI
versity Of the City of Toledo, Ohio,
100 watts. 205.4 meters; WIBI.
Flushing. ". Y, watts. PISS meters.
and WIBJ, Chicago, so watts, 2l5.7
meters.
The falling off in applications dur
ing the past three weeks, according
to Chief Radio Supervisor w. D..
Terrell. is believed to have resulted
from letters of announcement sent
to prospective station builders. As
soon as information is received either
in Washington or at the offices of any
one of the district radio supervisors
that new broadcasting plant Is
under consideration, "a letter goes out
explaining that wave lengths are hard
to find and in many cases entirely
unavailable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES
SOLVE RADIO PROBLEMS
Activities Lessen Interference
Complaints in Many Cities, Re
lay League Says.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HARTFORD, Conn, May 16.-Vigi-
lance committees. used by the Ameri-
can Radio Relay League to clear UP
the~question Of various kinds of radio
interference in communities through
out the country, have, according to re-
ports to league headquarters in this
city, justified their existence in every
community where they are working.
Buffalo, N. Y, has achieved note, due
to the accomplishments of it's COM
mittee. Other cities that have shown
important results after the appoint
ment of committees are Oakland and
San Francisco, Calf; Elizabeth
Bloomfield and Bayonne, N. J. In
number of radio clubs throughout the
country interference committees per-
form the same duties.
According to one investigator in
Denver, there are a host of causes
aside from the interference from near
by transmission stations. In several
instances, notably in Buffalo, com.
plants were made by owners of sets
which, on investigation, proved to be
of such low efficiency that they were
unable to successfully tune out inter-
fering broadcast stations on wave
lengths near those which the owner
sought.
In such cases the advice of the vigil
lance committee is confined to useful
radio information for the. set owner,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
No. I6-Inexperience Spells Concert.


With invited guests To listen in
on the speechmakers at prominent
banquet, Smith was again on his best
behavior as radio operator, but his
best proved to be rather feeble. He
bundered from the very beginning
by giving his audience a taste of the
clarity and volume from a nearby
station, thereby putting them in
bad mood for listening to distant
station that naturally would call for
closer attention.
His next mistake was to wait until
the speeches commenced before tuning
in on the desired station. 1t was not
so much that he missed some of the
opening remarks because of the time
consumed in tuning, but mainly that
he doubled his difficulties There had
been several opportunities to tune in
on the station before the broadcasters
switched the control from the studio
to the banquet hall. but each time
he dialed for the station and caught
vocal selection he told his audience
that he hadn't invited them TO hear
music and that he would hold off
until the real show was on.
Had he used the finale of the vocal
program for tuning in on the sta
ton. he would not have been so com
pletely upset by local station that
suddenly came on at Inc appointed
time Tor the banquet addresses. This
confused him to a point where 1t was
10 minutes before he could locate his
desired station we'll enough to know
that when he was cutting out the
local station he was not also cutting
out the banquet.
The chances are that If the set had
been all tuned for the banquet the
local station would have come in as
a sort of obbligato. And it would have
been relatively easy with so Selective
a set as his to have tuned out the
local without losing the banquet al
the same time. Going at il the way
he did he was virtually trying to catch
the obbligato of a distant station
through a broadly tuned local one.
That is always difficult.
But my troubles had only begun
Smith told me the next evening. mo
sooner had I demonstrated my inabil-
ity to make good job Of tuning for
the distant station that one Of the
guests sought to help me out by sug-
costing that we be content with the
local program. ! thought that would
be easy. but when | brought II in
clearly ! noticed that some Of the
people looked annoyed. The tones
were harsh and there was a lot of
static. but ] had to let il go at that.
"Of course / tried plugging in so
AZ to cut out one of the amplifler
tubes, but while that eliminated the
noise il also eliminated the detail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
SHIP COMPANY SUFFERS
FROM u. S. ALIEN LAWS
correspondence Of the Associated Press

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
ROTTERDAM. Holland, April "a
American immigration restrictions are
the bugbear of most European trans
atlantic shipping companies and to
them the Holland-America. Line at
tributes to a great extent the unfa-
vorable aspect of it's financial year
although no mitigation of. the
American Immigration laws is to be
expected for. few years to come" the
financial report of the company says,
''ws believe that this restrictive policy
cans.t endure, because the continued
development :: the vast territory of
the United states must ultimately
bring about shortage of labor. and
il Is plain that IN the end America n
industries. under the pressure Of high
wages, will not be in position to
compete with a reorganized Europe"
In view of the American restric-
lions. the special Polish emigrant
service from Danzig to Rotterdam had
10 be discontinued, the report says,
bur against this diminished emigra Mt
traffic the company sets an increased
travelling impetus among well-to-do
Americans. and it is upon the devel-
opfnent of the high-class passenger
traffic that the efforts of all trans
atlantic lines must now be concen-
trated. 49,. 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

One of the women present insisted
upon hearing the words of her favorite
song, so | went back 20 the full mum
Der Of tubes and turned down the
rheostats as much as 1 could without
spelling it altogether. ] know they
didn't like 1t, but what else could
| dor"
You could have been a little more
experienced, j told him frankly.
Perhaps YOU think that you're vast
ing time some evenings when you
tune in on nothing in particular, but
by now you probably realize that this
gives you practice so that when you
have company and want to show them
what a good set you have you need
not get off that old story about the
radio being like a bashful child, In
this particular case II you had been
a little more experienced you would
have solved your tuning and volume
problem with the local station by
first tuning it in sharply on all the
tubes and then throwing one of the
dials off a little. BY detuning. so to
speak. instead of reducing amplifica-
ton or current, you could have had
volume with clarity"
Smith. however. had two or three
other troubles on his mind, and we
had to run along to these. They. too.
involved experience. but he decided
to try A little intensive radioing while
he was on the subject. 1t explains
why he was game enough to admit
that he finally spoiled the evening
by dropping "A radio amplifier tube
when he had removed it for inspec-
ton of the contacts.
This was my spare tube that ]
had installed just few days ago,
he explained. so | was up against it
For what?' | startled him.
For tube, of course"
Are you sure it was not for a lit.
! tie resourcefulness?" I asked There
was time when you had to send
| the family home by train just be
cause the engine stalled, but those
days have passed. Nowadays you
| use little gray matter and get home
on your wits. You'll soon be doing
| the same with your radio set. You
could have used one of the audio
amplfler tubes in place of the burn.
ed-out radio amplifier and then given
| them an earful with a little less am.
plification. There's always something
on the air that you can get even if
your set isn't tuned up for what you
would prefer
When Smith bought new tube the
! next day he felt as if he We're buy.
ing a ticket to new opportunities in
radio pleasure and instruction.
Next week, No. 17-Cutting Out
Stations.
Copyright, 1873 by the UIIman Feature
Service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
NOW SIGNING OFF SOON
TO STOP AT STATION WLW
Program Will Be Closed With Ap-
propriate Quotation-"Please
Stand By" Also to Go.

Now signing off" will be heard no
more from WLW at the completion
of the programs. Instead, there will
be given IAN appropriate quotation,
such as "Great thoughts, like little
deeds, need no trumpet: good night"
When signing off, came into use
in the early days of wireless teleg-
raphy it served a definite purpose in
Informing the other radio operators
that they could answer the message
and the sender would, If possible,
listen in for 1t. Since the modern
radio broadcasting does not touch the
general field of conversation but is
used principally for entertainment
purposes, the stations officials feel
there is no longer any need for the
signing off"
please stand by is another phrase
that is no longer used at the WLW
studio. A special microphone is used
to tell the artist when to prepare
and when to "broadcast" and through
the use of the solo and ensemble
studios it permits continuous pro-
gram without interruption and max
ing it unnecessary to ask the radio
audience to pleas. stand by while
the, studio is being arranged for the
next number. as is the case where
only one studio is available in
broadcasting station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
ADVENTURES OF A BROADCASTER
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM E'ILE,
RadioScribe
Washington's Favorite Indoor Sport.

is on the march and not in retreat
X 4 k
May % is "Cantigny day in the
annals of the LIST Division. This
years anniversary is to be celebrated
on the air Officers of the division,
with Gen. Pershing as guest of honor.
will commemorate that baptismal and
triumphant test of the fighting quail
ties of our expeditionary force at a
dinner in Washington. 1t will he an
orgy of Renaissance and will be
broadcast. In his mastery report of
the operations of the American Army
in France, Gen. Pershing said:
On the morning Of May %. 1918.
the 1st Division attacked the
commanding German position in
its front, taking with splendid dash
the town of Cantigny and all other
detectives, which were organized
and held steadfastly against vi
cious counter attacks and CALLING
artillery fire. Although local, this
brilliant action had an electrical
effect, as it demonstrated our
fighting qualities under extreme
battle conditions and also that the
enemy's troops were not altogether
| inVincible.
Copyright 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
More Radio Conferences.

The proposal of the radio commits
sion of the League of Nations, sug-
costing that preparatory conference
on radio be held by the countries of
Europe in 1926 prior to theN Inter
national Radio Telegraph Conference
originally scheduled for Washington
September next, is being considered
informally by Government officials
concerned with radio activities. No
official copy of the suggestion has as
vet reached this Government, which
is of course not party to the league
However, as the question involves the
date of the International Radio Con
ference here, it is understood it is
now being discussed unofficially
In it's report to the transit and
communications committee of the
league the radio telegraph commit
tee pointed out that such a parley
among the European governments, or
at least their radio representatives,
appeared desirable so as to expedite
the work at Washington. The report
implies that similar conferences might
well be held by non-European states,
inasmuch as the Pan-Americas had
a joint conference last Summer in
Mexico City concerning the radio
problems of the Western Hemisphere
The report was rendered by repre-
sentatives of Great Britain, France,
Italy, Belgium and Uruguay. 1t also
is suggested that the questions COM
mon to radio telegraphy and teleph-
ony, Including broadcasting as well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
SEES RADIO ADVANCE.
Expert Says Business Men Will
Send Own Messages.

Donald Murray, a British electrical
engineer, believes that within a period
from Is to 20 years business men
throughout the world will have at
their service telegraph systems by
wire and wireless far more rapid and
serviceable than the present equip
ment, and probably cheaper. He
refers to the coordination of wire and
radio services with recording ma
chimes, like the teletype, which prints
communications just as they are
transmitted.
The three "Ts"-the telephone, type
writer and typist, always indispensable
to the business man-wifl soon be
augmented with a fourth 1T" factor,
the teletype, he claims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
WCAP - Chesapeake and Potomac
: Telephone Go. 1855 Metersl.

81 a.m.-Service from Grace Re
formed Church of Washington. DR..
Henry II. Ranck, pastor, will deliver
the sermon.
z 4 p.m.-Scrvice from Bethlehem
Chapel. Washington Cathedral of the
Episcopal Church. The sermon will
be delivered by the Rev. James f..
Freeman. Bishop of the Episcopal
diocese of Washington.
$40 to Sis p.m.-"RUXie and his
gang. direct from the Capitol The
ater. New York City.
; S:15 to 9:15 p.m.-Organ recital by
Maurice Garrabrant, direct from the
studio of the skinner Organ Co., New
York City, assisted by Theodore Karl.
wen; known American concert tenor,
and JOY Babcock. violinist.