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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
RADIO RECEPTION
BETTER IN SUMMER
Old Theory Falls as Stations
Unheard Last Winter Are
brought in"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Sumertime.
long classed as period in which dis
lance radio reception was a fact in
name only, slowly is bringing about
change in opinion among listening
experts.
The present Summer season, but a
few weeks old, has been productive of
much better reception than was all of
last Winter, when night after night
local stations were all that could be
received with any satisfaction.
Sunspot Blanket Removed.
Numerous theories have been ad-
vanced for the change. Among them
was the statement that the diminish
ing of sunspots, so much in evidence
last Winter, has remr' ed a magnetic
blanket that tended to Smother radio
signals when coming from greater
distance than $50 miles. Since the
sun beVan its southwark journey
noticeable improvement in reception
has been observed. Distance stations
that could not be logged last Winter,
with no local transmitters in opera
ton, now can be brought in with
powerful nearby station IunctlOnlng.
On local silent periods this class of
reception equals if it does not surpass
the so-called ideal conditions of the
Winter.
Low-powered transmitters, mainly
operating on the lower wave lengths,
where the interstation interference is
the greatest, were most difficult to
bring in last Winter. Now they tum-
BILE in almost on top of one another.
Less Static and ''Fading."
One of the greatest drawbacks to
ideal Summer reception is the In,
creased amount of static, attributed
largely to thunderstorms. While
static Is ever in evidence, both in
Winter and Summer, it dies out
enough between Summer thunder
storms so as to leave many periods
wherein conditions are as nearly ideal
as could be hoped for.
Another disturbance known as fad
ing" wherein the signals come and go
with varying intensity, this Summer
has been less of mar to reception
than the fading of last Winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
History of the Kohinoor.

The first owner of the famous Kohl
moor, or Mountain of Light" was, aC-
cording to legend. the hero Karna.
whose deeds are celebrated inthe Ma
habharata" and who is said TO have
carried the great stone 5000 years
ago. The Kohinoor, which was brought
to England from India 76 years ago
and presented to Queen Victoria the
following July, made its first au-
thentic appearance in history in the
fourteenth century when Ala-ed-Din
carried it to Delhi.
At that time it was said to have
weighed 1913 carats. 1t appeared in
the great diamond market of Golcon-
da in 1850. The lack of skill of q
Venetian lapidary, Hortensio Borg
hese, reduced the weight to 279 carats.
After the sack of Delhi in 1888 the
diamond went to Afghanistan, being
the property. in turn, of several Al
CHAN rulers; thence passed to the
Sikh chief, Runjeet Singh.
Upon the abdication Of the last ruler
of the Punjab. and the annexation of
that territory to the British empire in
1919, the great stone became the
property of the East India Company
the famous John Company''-who
presented it to Queen Victoria. 1t
was recut soon afterward, and now
weighs but 1929 carats. 1t is beyond
price, although SIC, 100000 has been
given as a fair valuation.
There now is an average of one
radio receiver for every seven families
in Victoria, Australia.
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BIG UNITED MARKET rs URGED
ON SITE OF PATTERSON TRACT

the market center would have to go
in the same direction.
The Patterson tract has already
been Zoned industrial and first and
second commercial.
Location i'm lexington Urged.
Another indication that the future
commercial center is in this Ecking-
ton area, according to the best judg-
ment of business leaders, is found in
the fact that some 200 dealers on the
present Farmers Market and related
business houses in adjacent squares
have petitioned Maj. Carey III. Brown
to have the new market established
in the vicinity of lexington place,
First street and Florida avenue:
The petition stated that the signers
were vitality concerned in the selec-
ton Of a new site for the farmers
market and requested public hear
ing on the matter before any group
selected by the commission, so that
they could lay before it facts regard
ing the most desirable and beneficial
site for the market.
Maj. Brown said that the advisable
ity of such q hearing as requested
would be mentioned to the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion when a recommendation as to a
site for the market was presented.
The survey committee has had a
study made of the centers of popula-
ton in the District based on the
census by police precincts to see in
what area a market center should be
located to be most readily accessible
to the largest number of residents
1t was shown that the proposed loca-
ton in lexington would be cerlven-
lent for a very large percentage of
the Inhabitants of Washington.
Study Made of Tract.
A particular study of the Patterson
tract has been made to see how well
It meets the six requirements named
The contour IL the Patte1 on tract
lends itself naturally to tapping rail-
road connections Immediately adj
jacent, about mi distance of the rail-
road frontage as indicated by x in
the accompanying drawing) Spur
tracks could be run to bunkers at
the rear of a Center Market building
to make cheap coal delivery. Streets
cut, through the property at right
angles from Flarida avenue could
provide warehouse frontage with
spur tracks running to rear platforms
for direct unloading. The clustering
Of warehouses and wholesale houses
along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks
in the lexington section and toward
Brookland has been studied as con-
firmatory of this efficient business
method.
The study of population by police
precincts has shown this to be- CEN
tralIy located with refeEenc e@ta4 the
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integral parts of the one system,
That is why the Department of Agri-
culture representatives are looking
most favorably upon the Patterson
tract-because it provides ample
room for such a model arrangement,
and with ample space for parking OF
automobiles for those who come TO
the market to buy provisions. There
is no other place in the District
where SO acres of land are lying I'M
developed in the very heart OF a grow
ing commercial section.
Relatively cheap warehouse SITES
have been purchased in the Ecking,on
section on Baltimore and Ohio tracks,
running about So and $3.50 a foot, as
against like property in the compar-
ativeiy small area on the Pennsyl-
vania tracks which has been quoted
at $3.50 a square foot. Those. VINO
have estimated say that warehouse
sites could be provided, with spur
track facilities, on the Patterson tract
for So square foot. :,
The connection with the railroad
Yards from the Patterson tract would
pass under the grade of New YORK
avenue, thereby eliminating any grade
crossings.
Several hundred business men, and
all the consumers Of the District are
anxiously awaiting the decision as to
where the farmers market will be
located after the farmers have been
tiispossessed of their present stand to
make way for building operations. 1t
is understood that when the survey
committee has completed its study, IL
it then decides to recommend the Pat
terson tract to Congress for develop
n1ent as model market center,
negotiations will be entered into with
owners Of the property to allow
temporary use of the property for a
farmers market until Zach time a.
Cungress acts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Davis Asks Identity
OfD.C Mayors in
Letter to Kellogg

Daniel E. Garges, secretary of
the Board of District Commission
ers, had referred to him yesterday
a letter written by Secretary of
Labor Davis to Secretary of State
Kellogg asking the names of the
mayors of cities within the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The letter, Mr.. Garges said, did
not indicate a lack of local data
on the part of the two cabinet
officers, but was a form letter sent
to each city in the country by the
Christy Mathewson Memorial
Foundation. 1t bore Secretary
Davis signature as chairman of
the national committee. 1t has
been the policy of the State De
partment to refer all questions
concerning local organization to
the District Building.
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Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
avenue and Twelfth street southwest.
1t was hoped to make this a whole
sale market center patterned after
the great wholesale districts in Chi
cago and New York AS a prelim-
mary step, a new plant and ware
house of the Cudahy Packing Com
pany was located at Twelfth and E
streets southwest to cover $4,000
square feet of land, and having d.
rect switching connections with the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
But the Department of Agriculture,
which under the building program is
to have extensive housing to take
care of activities which are now scat
tered in As buildings, and whose
building activities will extend to.
wards this proposed freight terminal,
feels that the new market section
should not go south of the Mall. The
Department of Agriculture has two
representatives on the committee now
making the market site survey.
There are two principal objections
advanced against this waterfront plan
lit is nowhere near the center of
population, and to get to it,, people
from all parts Of the city would have
to pass through the most congested
section of the city.
Patterson Tract Urged.
The other available site being con-
sidered, and which seems to meet
all requirements st,tted by the sur
vey committee is the Patterson tract
on Florida avenue northeast, between
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
yards and the Columbia Institution
for the Deaf. Congress has for many
years considered purchasing this tract
for park purposes. During the war
it was occupied as Camp Meigs, and
here the District National Guard units
encamped before leaving the Capital.
More recently the circus exhibited on
part Of this site.
This tract contains approximately
SO acres, and while the Potomac
Freight Terminal was. boosted as a
million-dollar project, the commercial
development OF the Patterson tract
would represent nearer $8,000,000.
The price asked for the tract is
$500, 900.
The Patterson tract lies for nearly
a mile along the tracks of both the
Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania
Railroads. 1t is three-quarters of a
mile from the front entrance of Union
Station. The fact that it is in the
new commercial zone is shown by the
fact that during the last few years
scores Of the largest wholesale and in
dustrial concerns have located along.
side the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
tracks, with rail connections. This
indicates that the wholesale district
is1cErowing in that direction. To keep
in touch with tha-W wholesale district
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Department still has q large supply
on hand. Recently they placed the
time limit for their distribution to
July, 1927.
Many Have No Space.
AS far as could be learned here, pa
triotic organizations who would desire
a few trophies, much as field guns,
have no means of displaying or keep
ing them. Nevertheless, if the George
Washington Post had not stepped to
the fore. there would be no tangible
evidence to date that the thousands
sent to war by Washington even cap
tured a coat button. There are sew
eral huge guns at the National Mu-
scum and other German war nipple
ments, including uniforms, rifles. sub
marine parts and a Fokker scouting
plane. So whenever the District
resident has a passion for looking at
the tools employed by the kaiser's
forces he can get an eye-full. But
they are not District property.
Sometime in the near future, Gen.
Stephan is going to launch another
big drive to interest civilian and pa
triotic Washington in the proposition
of paying the freight bill and arrang.
ing places for the exhibits. The War
Department, 1t was emphasized yes
terday, is ready and willing at all
times to give the order for shipment
on presentation of the freight bill
guarantee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

w pOhNAA " GA ~
A recent search
of the wa ter front
here for the chan
teys of a former
day brought so
poor a result that
searchers w e n I
scurrying to other
ports, with little
better effect.
The search was
/ n connection
with a motion pic
ture production.
Its object proved
Il musical Blue
Il l r d - found
perching right on
the motion pic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

LuTH SET.
The investigators found a few old
sailors among the 1900 gathered for
sea battle scenes in the story of the
frigate Constitution the best authori-
ties.
Its the grog." explained an old
British seadog. You see, most of the
chanteys said something about a bit
of rum. A right good pull in the old
days on the sailing ships was re-
warded."
In justification of his theory the old
fellow brought forth whisky John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
HONOR SYSTEM FAILS.
Policy Does Not Work Well Among
Philippine Convicts.

MANILA, P. l., July % R).-A
policy of combining the worst Moro
criminals from Mindanao and Sulu in
Bilibid prison in Manila instead of at
the San Ramon Penal Colony at Fam
boanga has been inaugurated. A
dozen Of the most desperate convicts
have been brought here.
At the San Ramon colony the pris-
oners are placed on their honor to a
large extent, with the result that
many of them have escaped and
formed outlaw bands which have ter
rorized the Moro country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
SEAPLANE HITS LOG
IN RIVER, PILOT HURT
Two Other Occupants Uninjured in
Accident in Landing at
New York.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, July 24.-Sweeping
down on the East River to refuel at
a gasoline sloop. a seaplane from
Florida, struck it's nose today against
a log which was barely visible from
the surface, smashing its cockpit and
hurting one of its three occupants.
John Nell, pilot. and Thomas Nc
Namara of Tampa, Fla, and James
Conway of Palm Beach. Fla.
Capt Murphy and Edward Back
man of the Clason Point life saving
station. put out in a dory and res
cued the flyers. The cockpit had
shipped much water but the plane
was kept afloat by the wings. Nell
suffered a broken nose and cuts on
right hand and lip. The others were
not injured.
Nell, a former army flyer, refused
to speak of the fight. He and his
companions hoped off from Hamp
ton Roads, Va, Friday for oyster Bay
and originally started from Tampa.
copyright. 1920
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the best policy, but adds: ''The ma
ton signed the Baldwin agreement;
let us stick to it like men,"
The Sunday papers devote much
space to the debt controversy and to
speculation on the possibility of Mr..
Melons meeting Montagu Norman,
governor of the Bank of England, and
French statesmen.
The Sunday Times, which is not as
ISOLATED with the Daily Times, com
.ments editorially, deploring the con-
troversy which has arisen, but at the
same time declaring that Mr.. Church
i'll knocked the bottom out of Mr..
MELONS and the American Treasury's
contentious" concerning the CONNER
cial part of the debt. The Times begs
America to remember that if she re-
sents this somewhat futile hunt for
the villain, it was she who on this
occasion started the running.
Denies Cancellation Aim.
eff incorrect statements have been
made" says the Sunday Times, they
must be answered. But 1t is impor-
tant that Americans, both as specta-
tors and targets in this fresh out
burst, should not mistake it's mean
our obligations.
we can see, and it is useless to
blink at the fact, that the American
attitude is responsible more than any
other factor for the present disorgan-
ization of the world.
Before long American herself must
come to view this matter with vision
much less detached, and then she may
revise her opinions. And when she
adopts a more truly international
viewpoint she will have concluded
that great service to the world which
she began in 1917"
David Marshall Mason, an associate
of the Institute of Bankers, founder
of the Sound Currency Association,
and former Liberal member of Parlia.
ment, says in a letter to The Asso-
ciated Press! "WeIl-informed writer's
and speakers, who are attacking the
funding of Great Britain's war debts
TO America, would quarrel with their
bread and butter"
All Europe should be thankful that
America is prosperous, he says.
ETLVn1DTrTy DrSNrWU1eS ruou-r~r -,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
SHOT ALARMS MANY.
Police Find Colored Man Fired Pts
toll in Argument.

After police of No. 10 precinct had
rushed to the Clydesdale apartments
at 1901 Adams Mill road late last
night in response to report that two
women and a man had been shot
there, they found the excitement was
occasioned by two colored men in an
argument during which one fired u
small pistol in the rear of the apart
ment.
Sergt. William Mcdonald and Po-
liceman Walter Allen arrested Jesse
Derrk, SO years old. of 1852 Bell place
northeast, and William Mckinley
Braxton, %. of 405 n street as they
were crossing Ontario place not far
from the scene of the shooting.
Derrk was charged with intoXica-
ton and Braxton with carrying a con-
cealed weapon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Two Officers Promoted.

Lieut.. Col. James T. Watson, In
fantry, recently stationed at Fort Jay,
N. Y, has been promoted to the grade
of colonel and Maj Samuel w. Noyes,
Infantry, recently stationed at Schuyl-
kill Arsenal, Philadelphia, has been
promoted to the grade of lieutenant
colonel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

largest number of District residents.
Most of the farm products come
from Maryland suburbs, rather than
from Virginia. Chillum is the center
of one of the biggest truck areas close
to the city. The farmers could come
in to the Patterson tract over three
roads, the old Riggs road by the Sol
diers' Home grounds; the old Sergeant
road, and Queens Chapel road, all of
which converge into North Capitol
street or down Twelfth street northA
east to Rhode Island avenue and
thence direct to the Florida avenue
grounds.
Truck Garden Section.
Further east on the east side of
Eastern Branch is big truck gar
den section of Maryland. This area
would feed into Benning over the old
Sheriff road and Benning road into
Florida avenue. Benning road also
leads into the Seat Pleasant section.
In addition the farmers would come
in over the Bladensburg road from
around Landover, coming down to
Fifteenth street and Florida avenue
and direct to the Patterson tract.
Benning road to an intersection with
the Marlboro Pike would also be q
feeder for the truck section down
Marlboro way. Entrance from Ana
costa would be over the Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue
bridges linking in with the Maryland
State road into southern Maryland
via Camp Springs, t. B., and on to
La Plata.
The Eighth, street car line from the
Navy Yard runs across the front of
the Patterson tract connecting with
the Seventh street, Georgia avenue
line up Petworth and into Silver
Spring, and the f street line extend
ing out to Chevy Chase and making
direct transfer connections with the
Fourteenth street lines. From the
Treasury, via New York avenue, the
Maryland line going out Rhode Island
avenue comes up to Florida avenue
and lexington Place.
The Brookland line comes up North
Capitol street, and there is direct
connection from the Anacostia limo
at the City Post Office. 1t can readily
be seen that there is direct car service
to this proposed new market center
from all parts of the District.
The Department of Agriculture will
always own the Washington. Center
Market. 1t has been using this insti-
tuition and will continue to use it as
a research school for information to
eliminate waste and reduce cost in
handling and marketing food prod
| ucts. 1t has been making a study
| of rapidity in handling perishable
foodstuffs from the producer to the
consumer. 1t studies ways to pre-
vent damage in handling through
proper Grating and so forth.
Wants Branches Together.
The Department Of Agriculture ID
| firmly convinced that all units of the
market systematic retail market, the
wholesale market and the farmers
market and the packing house
lhranches should all be together. as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
HERRICK DENIES TROUBLE.
No Demonstration Against q. s. En-.
bassy in Paris, He Says.

PARIS. July "a [9.-The Ameri-
can Ambassador, Myron T. Herrick,
today denied that any trouble had oc.
Cured around the embassy, saying:
There has been no demonstration
before the embassy or chancellery to-
day by any one. There has been no
unusual police protection in expecta-
ton of a Communist demonstration
only the usual French police were on
duty"
Demonstrations against foreigners
on sightseeing buses continue in the
boulevards, and Americans are not
singled out for verbal attacks on these
nightly tours. It is the French idea
that all foreigners are taking bread
from the Frenchman, hence the boos
and catcalls when tourists start seeing
Paris by night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
New Oregon U. President.

EUGENE, Greg, July "a P).-The
University of Oregon will install it's
new president, DIR. Arnold Bennett
Hall, on October IS, as part of weeks
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
of the university's founding. DR.. Hall
comes from the University of Wis
cor1Sin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Titini Sleeps as Mobile Talks.

NEW YORK, July "a GF).-Titini,
pet terrier, who accompanied the polar
flyers, holds that as a lecturer her
master, Gen. Mobile, is an expert
navigator. She slept peacefully on the
platform throughout the generals
erudite lecture to the Engineering
Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
TROPHIES OF WAR co BEGGING
in DISTRICT, RECORDS SHOW
George Washington Post
of Legion Has Only One
Owned in Capital.
Payment of Freight From
New Jersey Only String
on Federal Gifts.

Trophies of war, captured from the
German imperial army by the Amer
lean forces in France, and which
were almost priceless eight or nine
years ago, are having difficulty find
Ing a claimant In the District of
Columbia.
Under War Department regulations,
the District Is entitled to a large num-
Der of the captured war relics, the
only requirement for their possession
being that 1t take them f. o. b. Rari-
tan, N. J.
And that. together with what should
be done with them In case of accept
ance, Is what is holding back what
ever desire there may be for them
To date, only one organization in the
Capital has taken advantage of the
opportunity George Washington
Post No. 1, American Legion, which
has a German gun out on it's front
lawn at 1929 / street.
Many Applied for Relics.
When the War Department devised
its plan for disposing of the relics, it
was agreed to give them to the States
ana territories, including the District,
In proportion to the number of men
sent to the front. The District was
informed of the trophies it was en-.
titled to, and Maj. Gen. Anton
stephan. commanding the District Ma
tlonal Guard. was placed in charge
or making up a list of the desired
weapons.
He canvassed every organization in
the city, had lists of the large number
of articles printed and distributed and
received the George Washington
Posts application. That post paid
the freight bill down to Washington,
and, possessing permanent quarters,
had space enough to display 1t.
While nearly every hamlet, village
and town in the country has more
or less taken advantage of the oppor-
tunity to get a German prize and dis
play 1t in the main square, the War
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

SAN PEDRO, Calf, July "a
Steam and ships Of steel have stifled
the songs Of the days of sails and
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Conditions are so bad In Latvia. that
not only merchants but farmers are
facing failure.
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Manufacturers of Italy expect to
manufacture much of the equipment