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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
RADIO CONFERENCE
MAY Be POSTPONED
international Farley Likely
Not to Be Held Until
Fall or 1927.

The international radio conference,
authorized and provided with funds
by Congress. may be moved over into
1871. II was learned today Should
II be held this wear, il * unlikely that
the delegates will gather in Wash
lngton before lat" Autumn
The principal reason FOR the DELAY
* understood TO be the unsettled con
dItion in which radio has flpfIndered
uurlng the past year and the unwiII-
lnEneSS Of several of the leading ma.
tions Of the world ia discuss pcrma-
nent international regulation until
they have determined how to con
slider radio and bros dcasting within
their own borders
1t is also hoped by the United
States Government that Congress viii
have made up It's mind as TO wha,
radio legislation it wants before OF
Gals OF other governments are invited
to discuss regulations.
The international conference was
originally planned for the Spring Of
1928. The date then WAS advanced tn
the Fall. Then April " this year WAS
fixed on tentatively and overtures
made to fifty or more nations TO send
delegates on that date.
Since these overtures were made
it'tu!HS ueHHlle mas Deen planned ~
the State Department it is learned,
and official invitations are being
held up.
According to present indications.
England is about TO alter its policy
after two years of experimenting in
leasing broadcasting rights. and take
the broadcasting privilege into its
own hands France has likewise en-
deavored TO learn what TO do with
broadca sting and several alterations
In the present governmental policy are
being considered. The United States.
Of course. is in much the same situa-
ton as to the future of radio and
until these home questions have been
thrashed out an international confer
cn'r, could do little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
TOWER BUILT IN GERMANY
AMONG TALlEST IN WORLD
Constructed Exclusively for Com
mercial Radio Purposes. and Rises
92S Feet Above Ground.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. February 11.--One of the
tallest towers in the world. built eX-
lusively for commercial radio pur-
poses has been completed for the
German ministry of posts and tele-
graphs at koenigswusterha near
Berlin.
Towering 92S feet above the ground.
the triangular steel and aluminium
equalng the Eiffel tower in Paris.
Including an antenna mast of IS feet,
however, the tower eclipseS the Paris
structure by two feet.
4 spiral staircase of 1900 steps
winds up to the top of the tower, a
climb Of half an hour. A onepassen-
ger elevator, running in a tube IS
inches in diameter, makes the trip
in four minutes. The whole structure
weighs only 700 tons. one-tenth the
weight of the Eiffel tower. and cost
s96 900 exclusive of radio equipment.
1t is guaranteed to be earthquake and
stormproof. The Eiffel tower cost
s.. eco. zoe at a normal rate of ex-
change.
A e0-kiiowatt short wave sending
station. designed to serve the Far
East, liz being built in a twostory in
sulated cabin on platform T34 feet
above the ground. The tower will he
the binding post for 80 antennae lead
ing 10 many sending and receiving
stations assembled at Koenigswuster-
hansen. There is ample room for
expansion to meet the needs OF all
Europe for years.
The towers radio equipment is espe-
cialiy designed to meet the needs OF
transmitting photographs by wireless.
DR.. Bredow, chief of the radio divi-
sion Of the post office department, is
predicting that in n few wears business
letters will he sent by tube from
branch post offices to the main post
Office building in Berlin, photogra phed
and wirelessed TO points as distant as
Java in less than 10 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
RADIO CHANGING
SHIP NAVIGATION
"Direction Finder" and Other
New Aids Give Better
Service at Sea.
BY the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, February IL
Radio. which has dissipated the pail
of loneliness that once oserhung ships
on the isolated parts of the high seas,
also tx effecting II marked change in
navigation methods.
More than half the larger boats Wis.
ltinE Pacific Coast ports are now get
ting direction signals over the sound
wave and as a result the older more
cumbersome ways Of figuring dis
tances, longitude and latitude are
fading.
'.Direction Finder"
The information that goes to the
captain in his chart room through the
direction finder" enables him to de.
termine his exact position at sea,
without reference to the ships speed
or detailed log. a loop" which is
the antenna. is operated on bearings
like weather vane al the top of its
shaft. When this Is swung into n
position that gives the ma Ximum in
tensity of sound. determined by ear,
ii is pointing directly at the signalling
shore station. 1t then is swung at
right angles so that no signal what
ever is received.
In this position dials and hands op-
record the direction of the ship. elm.
mating the necessity of figuring va.
ration because of magnetic attrac;
ton, as must be done with q comma SIS.
Set Clocks by Radio.
Another advance in navigation cred.
liable to the radio is the manner Of
giving ships at sea the correct time.
In the old days the captain set his
chronometers when In port or offshore
where he was within range OF "a flash.
ing light signal, the dropping of
metal ban or the whine Of a siren
These adJuncts are still employed. but
he navigator need not depend on
them. For he can get his time at
stated intervals n" matter in what
part of the world his ship NAV Ice.
Those on the Pacific from Alaska
1" Korea are given "A time signal
every day at 10 pm. San Francisco
Time Ii has been caught from points
as distant as London.
Accuracy Insured.
The time given To the navigator il
which in lay terms means that il is
not in error more than a half second
To the average man a second"
means little to the Mare Isla nd Naval
Observatory it il l-sG Tooth part of a
day. Time IL measured much more
infinitely than by seconds" however
The observer gets his time. not
from the sun as is popularity sup.
posed. but by the movements of stars
which are invaria BILE. If mistake
OF half second should be made one
day IL would almost inevitably be cor
rected the next time the observer
peeped through his telescope and saw
a certain star pass a fixed point in
the heavens. determined by line on
the telescope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA
Noted Authority on Radio
All Rights Reserved Reproduction Prohibited

size OF the electrodes SO that the sur
face area of one is larger than the
surface area of the other very diff
ferent action takes place under the
application of alternating. current po-
tCntials. Suppose that the conditions
are changed. az shown in Fig. =,
" here the 'A' electrode is reduced TO
a very small surface area, say. Just "A
pinhead, while the area of "B' is in.
creased considerably
In that case, when "A" is positive
to Il the smaller positive to the
larger-i.e., the smaller positive and
the larger negbivt), n compa rativeIy
heavy current of GeVeral hundred
mi1liamDereS will flow in the circuit
but when conditions are reversed. 50
that "A" is negative ami n" is posi-.
tive fhe smaller negative TO the
larger, emily few microamperes will
flow. This action naturallr produces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
NEW FARM SERVICE
ON RADIO PLANNED
Question and Answer Method
to Supplant Speeches
and Papers.

Brief questions and direct answers
Will supplant speeches and the reading
OF papers in the new scheme Of farm
bfoaucastlnS TO he inaugurated
throughout the country next week un.
der the auspices OF the Department of
Agriculture.
Under the title. Fifty Farm
Flashes" a daily service has been ar
ranged for leading broadcastine sta
tons that will ask and answer so
questions of timely interest to farmers
In the various sections of the country
throughout which the information is
radioed.
The new policy, according to Sam
Picksrd. recently appointed chief Of
the radio service Of the Department of
Agriculture. has been adopted in the
belief that talks and addresses are no
longer the most attractive way in
which I" present the departments ad
Vice and instructions.
Selected F'ra,N Letters
In ARA nging The flashes" Mr. Pick
ard explained. the department viii
select the most interesting current in
formation sought by farmers as indi-
Gated in the several tho,lsan ds Of let
ters received each Week by the depart
ment Stations, he said. will be fur
nished only such material an is Of par
ilcular interest to the agricultural sec
tons within their positive reception
areas.
Arrangements hay been completed
whereby the country has been divided
into approximately 80 broadcasting
areas and one station given the eX-
elusive permission TO broadcas st
throughout each section. The list of
stations viii he announced next week
and contains the call letters of many
of the most widely known broad
casters.
Other Services.
In addition TO the flashes" several
additional radio services will be IN
augurated by the department in the
next weeks. OF special interest TO
women will be the "housekeeper's half
hour which is expected TO begin in
March and which will follow the same
question a nd answer form as the reg.
ular farm service. A service for boys
will also be instituted the first of
March in the Radio Order of Junior
Gardeners. also a question "A nd "a nswer
service. which will introduce nature
study and gardening Information.
A supplementary service for farm
ers Is also to be distributed next week
which will contain quotations and bits
of information gathered from several
hundred valuable periodicals available
to very few farmers.
Later. after the new forms Of farm
broadcasting have become establish
ed Mr.. Iickard said. II Is hoped to
institute a national farm school with
the leading agricultural schools and
the Department Of Agriculture CO.
operating and granting diplomas to
those listeners who complete the
courses and pass the examinations.
A failure of SPANS wine crop has
caused crisis in the barrel stave
market
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
NEW RUSSIAN STATION.
Jeningrad Plant to Have 10000
Mile Radius.

LENlNGRAD, February II R.-
Russia is striving to keep pace with
the United States and Engia nd in
radio communication. A number OF
new stations are in course Of con-
Sifurti0n. The plant AT Leninsrad
VIII nave radius of 10000 miles. The
iefial masts, 20 in number. will be
more than 1000 feet in height, and
regular communication will be main
iained with China, Japan, Europe and
North America Long and short
wa YES will be used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
BUYS HERBERT'S MUSIC.
Roxy" Purchases Library to Form
Nucleus of His Collection.

NEW YORK. February II S
/. Rothafel, radio entertainer, known
as Roxy" has purchased the entire
musical library Of the late Victor
Herbert. ii was announced The
library contains Herberts own mel
udies, symphonic scores. orchestra
tions. classic and light comedy music.
Mr.. Rothafel announced that the
collection would form the nucleus for
the library for his new thaater, now
being built here. The collection was
purchased from Ella Herbert. daugh-
ter of the composer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11

the condition for rectification-that is,
considerable current flow in one dlrec-
ton end comparatively very little flow
IN the opposite direction between the
electrodes.
The rectification obtained with this
tyEe Of device ~ about as perfect as
It has been possible to obtain wit h
AIRY practical ieciifior and is one OF
tho reasons why II has proved 80 pop
uiar. Tie only possible disadNdntas e
hat IL has is the use of Il glass bun.
which can break under lad treatment
IL has no parts To replace. no 1ilament
To burn out. no liquids IL spill or that
have to ba rcploni> he'd because of
evaporation. and its useful life undor
proper care and eliminating acct
dental breakare Of the tube. l. eSti-
mated at about 10 wears.
The means used TO obtain half wave
and full wave rectification viii he dis
cussed tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
Motorman Is Held.

PITTSBTRGH. Pa. February II
CP). a rur"ner's jury Tuesday held
Harry korshun. a Inutorman. for The.
grand jury on Il mauslaughtcr charge
after conducting an inquest into the
Neville Island street car tragedy here
January IL, III which four persons lost
their lives. Korshun was in charge of
the Inflated car. which left the rails
nd plunged into the Ohio River
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
RADIO SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Atlanta Prisoner Elected President
of Glass.

ATLANTA. February II @.-Ben
Unions, a prisoner at the Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary. has been elected
president OF n radio Sunday school
class organized by the Baptist Taber
nacle here
Every one who listens in TO the
program OF the Agoga class OF the
tabernacle has been enrolled as a
member OF the radio class.
Gibbons Is said to have been con
verified TO Christianity by listening in
10 the AGoSa programs over the radio.
he Is patient in the prison hospital.
Morgan Blake, sports editor Of the
Atlanta Journal. is teacher OF the
class, and the programs are broadcas st
over WSB
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
WRC-RadiO Corporation Of America
li6S.l leferSl

z p.m.-''Archeology in the south
ern States" by II. H. Collins. jr.. Of
The National Museum.
7:25 pm. - United States Army
Band, Capt. Raymond G.. Sherman
comma ndant; Capt. William j. stan
nard. band leader. Address BY Mai
Gen. Charles Mex. SaltZman, chief
signal officer of the Army. broadcast
with station VIZ.
$3.50 pm.-'The Far Cry moving
picture presentation, broadca with
station VIZ, New York
pm.-The Royal Salon Orchestra.
broadcast with stations VIZ. WGY
and WtAD. from New York.
Ia p.m.-"The Political Situa ton in
Washington Tonight" by Frederic
William Vile, broadcast Jointly with
station VIZ
1915 p.m.-'The Record Bovs''-AI
Bernard, Frank kamplain and Sammy
Slept. broadcast with station WIZ.
1o:45 pm. - Never Davis Swanee
Syncopators. broadcast from the Swa
nee ballroom.
Early Program Tomorrow.
1l:55-ArlinEton time signals.
IL MONOGRAM recital broadcast
from the studios of the Homer L. KIT
Piano Co.
p.m.-Meyer Davis New Willard
Hotel Orchestra. brOadcas at from the
New Willard Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
RADIO AFFECTS DIET.
Credited in Iowa With Increasing
Use of Corn Sugar.

DES MONIES. Iowa. February II
Cp.-Radio is credited in Iowa with
changing the Human diet
Station WHO revealed that after a
few weeks campaign by radio in he
half of the Use of corn sugar and
other corn products. some 10000 re.
quests for recipes for preparing food
With these products were received.
The station obtained a skilled die
titan who compiled a pamphlet on
corn products recipes. The campaign
was in the interest of increased con.
sumption Of corn as an aid in reliey.
ing the surplus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
u. S. MAN SLAIN IN SYRIA.
Wichita Grocer Victim of Druse

WICHITA. kans.. February II OP).
Ellis ioup. 40 a Wichita grocer. was
slain by DruSe tribesmen in SYRIA
about month ago. relatives here
have been advised
loup came to Wichita in 1912 and
received his naturalization papers in
1921. He went to Syria several months
ago to bring his family to Wichita.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
WM.iL - Washington Radio Forum
tsl96 Metersl

p.m.-Emerson & Orme Buick Or
chestra.
1870 -"Psychoanalysis as
Modern Force" by DR.. y. Percy Hick.
ling, psychoanalyst.
7:45 p.m.-Emerson & Orme Buick
Orchestra.
$50 p.m.-"Abraham Lincoln" BY
?. j. Haltigan. reading clerk of the
House of Representatives. Also the
reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg adj
dress.
D.m.-Emerson e. Orme Buick Or
chestra in Il half hour OF dance num-
bers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
LocalRadio Entertainment
Thursday. February IL. 1926.

NAA-Navai Radio STATEN, Radio. Va.
(l34.5 Metsrsl.
3:45 p.m.-W eath her Bureau reports.
S:55 p.m.-Time signals.
1905 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
WCAP - Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co. 1862 Metersh
Silent.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45 to 7:45 m.-"Tower Health
Exercises" from Metropolitan Tower,
New York City.
WRHF-W asl1ineton Radio Hospital
Fund Committee ts56 Metersl.
II am. to y noon idAilyt-Curren
events for "Shut-ins."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11

A failure of SPANS wine crop has
caused crisis in the barrel stave
market
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
us. TOST|CK BY.
| ARMS Farley
d GEoRaE 3. H0LNEs

- 0Y GkSUkSN1E Abs kAVAAAAEt0
me American Government has
no antgntion OF withdrawing from
che League OF Nations projected
Embarrassment conference, even
Enough the highest officials Of the
Administration are convinced that
khe Geneva gathering VIII accom-
blish little. II anything, OF con-
ktructive nature.
limitations by friends Of the
league In the Senate that the Adj
sninistration is trying to scuttle'
the forthcoming conference Were
declared by Administration offi-
0ia1s today TO be unwarranted.
The difficulties that President
Coolidge and his chief advisers see
81 Geneva are not OF American
manufacture, 1t Is claimed, and
they revolve almost entirly around
Frances insistence that disarma-
ment be figured on q basis Of q
nations potential war strength.
rather than on existing strength OF
armies and navies.
s.Potential war strength takes
into account population natural
resources, wealth. industrial de-
veiopment, food supplies every
thing that enters into the art OF
modern warfare
How to arrive at any method OF
reducing armament on such a basis
IS this is a problem that has the
chest minds of the Administers
tion stumped
It is the well.nigh unanimous
opinion of Washington officialdom
that the Geneva conference will be
unable to find any yardstick by
which armament can be measured
on this bases = the basis which
France insisted upon and succeeded
in writing into the tentative agenda
to be discussed May Is.
If the powers at Geneva 20 ex.
ploring into the abstract realms of
national wealth. production. and
potential resources. President Cool
idge,s chief advisers can see little
ahead but debate and discussion
which can only lead to ruffled feel
fngs and no real acconpli shment.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
ACHING BACK AND LEGS
GIVEN QUICK RELIEF
Policeman uses Sloan's to get
lid of aches after exposure
to wet and cold

4 policeman. who has been mem.
Der OF the Philadelphia police de.
partment for twenty-six years.
writes that he has found a way to
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stiffness caused by over-exercise
and exposure.
''I do a lot of walking and am
exposed to all kinds of weather"
he says. when all other remedies
fail, Sioan's Liniment gives me re.
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sloan's gets results because it
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The Washington times., 1926-03-23

Photo by INTERNATIONAL :
SARAH FRANCES PEARCE
Daughter Of w. ID. Pearce. who,
with Is others, was taken from
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leo. By Francisco Villa and his
bandits and murdered In 1916.
She may be paid PREPARATION BY
the Mexican government in the
near future for the death 0f her
father. Miss Pearee is q student
at the University Of California,
southern branch. and she SAYS
there Is more than SI00, 900 In
vOlved in the PREPARATION, and IL
she gets il she win use IL in her
study Of music.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
DR.. RICHARD BURTON
WILL SPEAK HERE

DIR. Richard Burton, of the Uni
versivt of Minnesota, will speak on
The Literary Man and the Bible"
In the chapel of the Georgetown
Presbyterian Church. Thirty-first
and p Streets Northwest, tomorrow
at o'clock
His address is one OF a series of
ten events being held in the church
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
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All first quality. With band Top,
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The Alaska fisherman., 1926-07-15

the chief of the policemen. The others were known as James Henry, Dick, Jacob, Tom, and Kattian. The total unpaid claim amounted to $1,56O. Delegate Sutherland intro duced a bill providing for the payment of this sum. The bill sui fered the usual delays incident to such a small matter, but was finally passed in the closing days of the last session. As far as is known, these policemen are all dead now, the most of them are survived by aged widows to whom the money will be many times welcome for the long delay. In addition their faith in the word of the United States government will be vindi- cated.
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-07-15
FISH COMMISSIONER
 TOURING TERRITORY

Commissioner Henry O'Malley accompanied by Congressman M. W. Shreve and his son Lyman, have been travelling through the Territory during July. Mir. Shreve is the chairman of the sub com mittee that has charge of Alaska Fisheries. The party travelled through southeastern Alaska pn the new Fisheries boat Brant. After their arrival at Seward, they
 plan to leave on the Government railroad for Fairbanks and then follow the Richardson Highway out. Col. Steese of the Alaska Road Commission has placed an auto mobile at their disposal for that purpose. Congressman Shreve plans to be back in Washington, D. c. by the early part of August.
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-07-15

Are you going to vote in the next election and for whom?"
 Citizen; "Yes."
 George; "You know we have to beat Sutherland, and so l hope you will vote for MT. Marquam. But more important even than that, we have got to beat Paul. You know he has got even the Eskimoes or ganized."
 Citizen; "Yes."
 George; "Well can't you promise me that you will vote for Marquam and against Paul?"
 Citizen; "Mr. Grigsby, that is none of your business. And as for Tom Marquam, he and his wife are well known"
 George; "Goo-ood bye."
 But the Honorable George is at least thorough. He went among the men who work for the city. He spoke to one and got the ans wer any free and independent citi- zen would give a hired solicitor for Marquam;
 "None of your d--n business who vote for"
 Perhaps our readers will allow us to say that MT. Grigsby, lawyer and now campaign manager, will make a very fine solicitor for MT. Tom Marquam. Some have been unkind enough to say that he will make votes for Sutherland and the regular Republican ticket of the first division. Perhaps he will for there is no telling how citizens will take this prying into their affairs.