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| interest in No. for $1,000, but in
so doing lost a fortune. His sue
cessors reaped 100000 out of No
3. He sold his interest in No.
for $4,000.
Opens Gambling Palace
Little more than year after he
reached Alaska Richard. only g.
had amassed his first fortune. With
a stake of 100000 he opened his
first gambling venture, the famous
Northern saloon and gambling pal.
ace in Dawson City.
The saloon prospered and soon be-
came famous as the only straight
gambling house in Alaska. But in
less than a year Richard was broke
agsi,.>. His policy of playing
square" even with gamblers led to
his downfall. The other gambling
houses in Dawson closed earlier than
the Northern, and the faro dealers
and card sharps from those places
would come to Richards place to
play their winnings Rickard played
them $3.50 and they broke him.
But Rickard made his fame as a
square shooter" and it never de-
serted him.
Richards next Job was saving
wood at SIS per cord at Rampant
City and it was there that he met
Rex Beach, fresh from college, in
1898.
Saloon at Nome
Il liked Richard. but we we're not
close friends" Beach said. II was a
9 O'Clock boy and he was a midnight
son. In the spring of 80, we both
stampeded to Nome. He had $21, 1
was told. 1 was practically broke.
He started The Northern Saloon"
mamed after his first place at
Dawson) and sold quarter interest
for $21.OOO He prospered in Nome
and was well liked I got to know
him better in Tonopah, New, several
years later"
Ole Elliott and Kid Highley be-
came Richards partners in his sec
ond gambling hall and saloon at
Nome.
Richards reputation as a square
shooter" helped business and for
four years the place earned about
100000 year. Tex conducted a
bank on the side for the "sour
doughs" and they'd struggle into his
saloon from the gold fields with
their nuggets and say Keep my
stuff. Tex" and walk away without
bothering for receipt.
The bitter Alaskan winter made
the westerner suffer and Tex left
Alaska for California.
Tin going where a fellow can
keep YARN, he said.
fridays chapter will deal with
Richards second marriage and his
gambling days at GoIdfield.)
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Did You Know
That

DILL MUNDAY, the At
u lanta scribe, who threw
all those honey phrases over
the air about the New Years
football game. was offered a
Hollywood screen test.
And passed. So did Warner
Mel. Waite Hoyt is get
ting 900 smacks week from
the vaudeville people. The
Georgia Tech football players
got all hot about the things
the California journalists called
them. Before the Cali
fornia game. Dempsey
wanted $4,000 out Of his
own jack from his banker a
few weeks ago. And the
banker wouldn't give it to him.
He gave him two-hour
lecture on keeping dough. #.
And the Demps okayed him.
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BY GEORGE KIRKsEY
United Press stan COrrespOndent
LCnnurIrht 1920 By Inliad PrfsaI

Copyright. 1929. BY United Press
Tex Rickard made a reputation
for himself as city marshal Of Hen
rietta. Tex. for his ability to handle
men without gun play Old-timers
can not recall a single instance dur
ing his more than a year in Office
when he was forced to use his ''gat'
on a bad man. Cattle rustlers, sky
1arking cowboys and dlunkards ,;ere
the principal customers Rickard
dealt with. He received no stipu-
lated salary for the job, but made
lis money in fees. Each drunk ar
rested brought $3.50 and each loose
hog or stray dog, 81
II was willis serving as city mar
shall that Rickard married his nrst
wife. Leoua Bittick. They had one
child. boy. The child died early
and is buried beside his mother III
the Henrietta cemetery.
Married Three Times
Time almost obscured all trace
OF Richards first marriage and '6
was not generally known that re
was married three times. Rickard
never talked about his private lie.
Life as city marshal soon grew
dull for Tex. one winter night
Rickard was sitting around the stove
I'm a Henrietta saloon when a cow
how came i'm with a letter from jim
Roberts. a former Texas COW hand,
who wrote glowingly of life in the
KIondike. Roberts told about miners
carrying their gold in tomato cans.
I'm headin' for that country
bows" Rickard told the group.
"-There must be plenty Of loose
money. I'm going to get me stake
and buy 1000 yearlings.
Reach Juneau Broke
Rickard started north early in
1905 with Willie Slack. Ii was on
the trip north from Seattle that
Richard got his nickname OF Tex
from a sailor who asked him where
lie was from.
The pair landed at Juneau broke
and with only a few scanty possess
sions in the spring of 1895. From
Juneau they drifted from place to
place
In July 1896 when the first Klon-
dixie strike was made, Richard was
a bartender at Circle City, 300 miles
below on the Yukon. Dogs and pro-
wilson's were scarce. but Richard
finally got his outfit together and
hit the trail to Dawson. He had no
dogs and had to pull his own sleigh.
The weather was so below zero and
the snow waist deep in the drifts.
Recalls Tough Journey
we made Dawson City, however,
i'm the vanguard of the onrushing
army. most of whom had TO come
south over Chilkoot Pass, Richard
once related. when I think of that
Journey 1 don't see how any one
but a giant could have made it.
There were only one or two houses
and a dozen OF so tents when Rick
ard arrived in Dawson. 1t grew
overnight into tawdry frontier
town and Rickard rode the crest of
the boom into his first big money.
He staked out two claims-No. 3
with Jack Dodson and No with
All Mayo on the Bonanza creek.
Both claims we're strikes" but
along with his good fortune came
his first big mistake. He sold his
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HANCOCK COUNTY MEET

BIZ Times Special
GREENFIELD, Ind. Jan. 10.-The
drawings for the Hancock county
high school basketball tournament
have been completed. They follow
Friday, IAN. 1S
7.30-Wilkinson VS.. New Palestine.
a:3o-Fortville VS.. McCordsville.
Saturday, Jan. 10
9:O0-Charlottesville VS.. Mt Comfort
10.0O-Eden VS.. Maxwell.
Westland VS.. winner Friday 7:30
game
2:OO-Winner Friday $3.50 VS.. winner
Saturday a. m.
3.00-Winner 10 a. m. Saturday VS.. win
ner II a. m. Saturday.
s:0o-Winner 2 .. m. vs.. winner 3 p. m.
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DLAYING floor guard with the
Il Hope Haven five of New Or
leans, Claude Oergeron is said
to be one of the best meters
around the Crescent City. His
team, coached by Charlie Logan,
Indianapolis, is on northern
jaunt and will meet Cathedral
here at the Cathedral gym Sat-
urday night. Logan was an ath-
lete at Wabash college four years.
Oergeron is an all-around ath-
1ete, playing basketball, baseball,
indoor ball and taking part in
track in the dashes and broad
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I.SvZ.E 7sl WI 3llIs1
[''x'IIl..Z[HE
Isl NHzKXZZc&s SSSi \ 81 Is
TREATMENT OF new
KONJOLA BANISHED
HEALTH TROUBLES
Gas Bloating, Heart Palpita-
ton and Indigestion Pains
Yield to Merits of
Master Medicine.

Since Konjola has been intro
dHced in indianapolis it has become
the talk of the drug and medical
trades throughout this entire sec
ton. 1t is said that no sufferer
can afford not to give Konjola a
trial. Its medicinal qualities, in
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TO MEET PAYNE

bW JNIJCU FTt6S
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. - George
Courtney, Oklahoma, who recently
deserted the middleweight ranks,
will make his third start as a light
heavyweight against Tiger Jack
Payne, Australian Negro, here Mon
day night.
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jump. And he also mingles in
amateur boxing.
The intersectional contess at
Cathedral Saturday is expected
to attract capacity crowd. Tick
cts are on sale at Spalding's and
at Cathedral.
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GODFREY is PUNISHED
Pennsylvania Commission Fines
Negro $1,000 and Suspends Him.

BIZ United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.-George
Godfrey, Negro heavyweight, today
found himself shy $1,000 and under
suspension by the Pennsylvania
state commission.
Godfrey fouled Al Walker in a
bout here Monday night and the
commission Wednesday fined him
$1,000 out of his purse of $4,724.35
in addition to suspension.
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KIKPS BASKETEERS

BIZ JnItcd PTc8S
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-Kiki Cuyler
Chicago Cubs outfielder, will bring
his Flint (Mich) basketball team
here Friday night to meet the Chi
capO Nationals.
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DUE IN CHICAGO

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-Temmy
Loughran, light-heavyweight boxing
champion, will arrive Friday morn
ing and began a campaign which
he believes will bring him promin-
ence as claimant to the heavy
WEIGHT title.
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under direction Of the Kerrick Tours,
solves the problem of seeing the Mardi
Gras comfortably and inexpensively.
Special sleepers will leave Indianapolis,
February 9th at 3:zz P. M. via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, via Louisville, returning
February 18th. Cost of trip, including
occupancy of berth to, from and at New
Orleans, from Indianapolis $500 (S8I.65
if upper berth is used).
Your train is your home en- route both
ways and at New Orleans; you live in per-
feacomfortonanall-steeI, modernL. g. N.
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sIGN 1a2a CoNTRACTs

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Chick
FGiliS and Art Veltman, rookie out
fielders, have signed their 1929 con-
tracts with the New York Giants.
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L. & N. Personally Conducted AH-Expense Tour
$50. 80 round trip from indianapolis

train. Many special services add to the
pleasure and interest of your "trip. Let
us give you details of this enjoyable trip.
Embrace this opportunity to enjoy also
the many other varied attractions Of de-
lightful New Orleans, including horse
racing now in progress.
ReguIarreduced Mardi Gras round-trip
fares, for transportation only, on regular
trains to New Orleans, Mobile, Biloxi,
Gulfport, Pensacola, etc. are available; we
will gladly quote these upon request.
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VaLpo Noses Out
Michigan Normal
BIZ Times Special
VALPARAISO

BIZ Times Special
VALPARAISO, Ind, Jan. TO-
Valparaiso university defeated
Michigan State Normal here
Wednesday night, Sc to "a, in fast
thrilling encounter. The score was
knotted six times during the contest.
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1927 captain of the University Of
Iowa football team, to Miss Dorothy
Mueller, Pomona. Cal, was an
nounced.
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LIGHTWEIGHTS IN TRIM
Jimmy McLarnia, Joe Click to Meet
Friday Night in Garden.
BIZ United Press

bW LHfItW FFtHN
NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-Jimmy
McLarnin. Vancouver (B. c. light
weight, and Joe Click, Brooklyn,
were in fine shape today for their
ten-round bout in Madison Square
Garden Friday night.
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City High School Card
for Weekend.
FRIDAY

FRIDAY
Broad Ripple at Shortridge.
Beech Grove at Washington.
Cathedral at Southport.
Warren Central at Manual.
SATURDAY
Hope Haven New Orleansl at Cathedral
Newcastle VS.. Technical at Armory.
Shortridge at Martinsville.
Washington at Milroy.
Castleton at Broad Ripple.
East High (Xenia, Ohio at Crtspus At
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Summary

Totals LIB 10 So Totals ....14 81
GRID STAR ENGAGED
BIZ United Press
IOWA CITY, Ia, Jan. 10.-The
engagement of Emerson w. Nelson,
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MoRGANTOwN, Ind, Jan. 1o.-Morgan-
town I. o. o. F. gave the Bedford Stone
here "A to &c. before a large crowd.
/ o. o. F.s meet New Palestine here
Jan. 16. Gilmore and Farmer starred for
the winners. Kruchten and owens starred
for Bedford,
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GREENWOOD. Ind. Jan. 1O.-A large
crowd saw the Noblitt-Sparks five go down
when the fast Strauss Says of Indianapolis
won 81 to 26. The visitors never were
headed. Grimsely and Evans starred fol
locals.
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Amateur, Independent
Basketball Notes

The City Sunday tournament for teams
playing Sunday afternoon independent
basketball will star. Jan. 20. Eight teams
from each section of the city will COM
pete in preliminary rounds to decide the
representative five to participate in the
final round
On Jan. 20 eight teams from the east
side will take part in the first round. -Four
games in the morning. two in the after
the east side champion The same pro-
cedure will be followed on respective Sun
days and the final round will be played,
Feb. IT. meeting of managers and rep
resentatives will be held at Liberty hall
tonight. Additional information can be
secured by calling Harold Engelhardt. Oh.
1854 between and 7 p. m.
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Sacred Heart High School team defeated
the Shamrocks last week, % to 10. Sacred
Heart Senior Girls defeated the Soph-
ignores. 10 to 5. Sacred Heart boys five
will meet st. Johns Friday night with the
girls playing the West Newton girls.
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fridays chapter will deal with
Richards second marriage and his
gambling days at GoIdfieId.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Permanent BASIS
/ FOR BOARD URGED
Radio Group Handicapped by Ap'
pointments for One Year,
Bar Report Holds.

Placing of the Federal Radio Com
mission or other licensing authority on
a permanent basis, in order to stabilize
the supervision of broadcasting, is rec
commended in tentative report to the
American Bar Association by the COM
mittee on radio law.
1T is undesirable that persons in aue
thority over so important field should
be handicapped by the fact that their
appointments are only for one year"
the committee says 1.-THE present divi-
sion of authority between the commits
sion and the Secretary of Commerce,
while justified by the original tempo
rary character of the commissions di-
rect control, involves a great deal of un-
necessary duplication of work and some
degree of uncertainty and delay"
The committee declares that the most
important radio question before Con-
eress is that of the character Of the
licensing authority and the scope of its
power. The radio act of 1927, when en-
acted, contemplated that direct author
ity over radio communication should
be confided temporarily for period Of
one year to commission Of five mem
bers. At the termination Of the year
these powers were to revert to the Sec
rotary Of Commerce and the commits
sion become an appellate tribunal to
which all controversies would find their
way.
An appeal is provided from decisions
of the commission during the first year
to the Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia The act intended to con-
tinue this privilege of appeal after the
Secretary of Commerce should become
the licensing authority, but, says the
committee, it is doubtful whether the
language Of the statute is apt for this
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
RADIO BY UTILITIES
SPLITS COMMISSION
Judge Robinson Opposed to-
Grants-CaIdWeII Favors
Best Program Service.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Radio has run across another one of
those snags that develop where there
is a difference of opinion 1t centers
around whether public utilities should
be permitted to operate broadcasting
stations.
The chairman of the Federal Radio
Commission, Judge Ira Z. Robinson, who
formerly was justice of the West Vir-
ginia Supreme Court. has decided views
on the subject. He said that he voted
against granting WENR, Chicago, con-
trolled by the insult power interests.
10000 watts power because it is the
private mouthpiece of the public utili-
ties"
Supporting Judge Robinson's attitude
are several members of Congress who
have expressed concern at the revela-
tons of propaganda activities by utili-
ties at hearings before the Federal
Trade Commission.
One of them. Representative Bland,
Democrat, of Virginia. told fellow men,
bers of the House committee on mar
chant marine and fisheries, which has
charge of radio legislation. that he ia
vored an amendment to the radio law
prohibiting the granting of broadcast
licenses to power companies. Then he
SAID. l DelleNe II is an exceedingly
dangerous polly to permit public utili-
ties to establish stations for the pur-
pose of promoting better relations be-
tween the utilities and the public"
Looking at the question on the other
side, Commissioner o. H. Caldwell of
New York has an opinion directly OPP
posed to Judge Robinson. Before the
House committee he declared that good
program service to the public in the
area served by a station, irrespective
of ownership, had been his criterion for
the granting of broadcast licenses.
Adding to his argument. he said that
most stations, including those operated
by churches, colleges, newspapers and
independent corporations, have the same
object-promoting their interests with
the public. Another statement by Mr..
Caldwell was that although public utili-
ties are operating stations in several
cities. listeners had not complained of
Objectionable propaganda.
Capt. Guy Hill. broadcast engineer
$or the commission, took another slant
at the subject. Should Congress put
ban on broadcasting by utilities, he said,
a number of popular stations would
come under the knife.
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STATUS OF RADIO
STATIONS IN MAZE
is Broadcasting Public Utility or
Private Enterprise9 Is
Query Raised.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Out of the maze of legal opinions,
litigation and congressional controversy
clouding the status of radio supervision
there rises the question: Is broadcast
ing station a public untility or purely
private enterprise?
Louis Caldwell. general counsel for
the Federal Radio Commission, Sug-
gests that broadcasting is new type OF
public utility similar to the business OF
providing heat light, water or power,
where the general public has a right
to service without discrimination. In
this sense, broadcasting, is public
utility by the laws of nature, because
once broadcaSting station is in oper-
alton it can hardly prevent any member
of the public from receiving its pro-
grams" he says.
Although it is possible for radio
transmission to be so conducted that a
specially constructed receiver is neces-
Sary to decipher the communication, it
may be taken for granted that the Gov
eminent will not permit any OF its linn
tied number of channels in the broad
cast band to be used in this manner.
The messages are intended for the
public and are not like toll point-to-
point messages which are private in
nature.
I'm defining the service of broad
casting stations. it is mistake to COM
pare it to wireless biography, to tele-
graph or telephone, in which there is
a communication facility open to the
entire public for sending messages. In
broadcasting, the emphasis is on re-
ceiving intangible commodities, con-
sisting of information, instruction and
amusement"
The theory that broadcasting sta
ton is purely private enterprise does
not take into account the rights of the
listening public to daily programs Of
news. market reports instruction, en-.
tertainment and the discussion of CUES.
tons of public Importance. Mr.. Ca,d.
we'll says. Although broadcasting is &
comparatively new business it has reach
ed the point where the public regards il
as a necessary part of daily life.
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either the National or the Columbia
systems. is to go out from the former.
1t will open at $3.50 pm, Eastern time,
and tie hook-up will include WIZ,
WBZ, WBZA. WBAL. WHAM. KDKA.
WLW. WJR, KWK, WREN, KYW and
others.
Arrangements for the program are In
charge of b. c. Erskine, chairman of
the associations broadcasting commit
tee. The features are given through the
courtesy of n member each week, l55t
ton as sponsor.
Different nights have been arranged
for the presentations and various
groups of stations will be used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Artistic Design of New WAC Station
Seeks to Develop Atmosphere Appeal

NASHVILLE LF).-The science of
radio has joined hands with the es-
thetic.
Realizing that. while cold science
alone can reproduce the ideal program,
it cannot create it, the radio world
has sought to develop atmospheric
appeal through the artistic design of
studios. Buildings for the transmitter
equipment also have not been forgotten
An example of the effort to meet the
plea of broadcaSting artists for sur
roundinss that would be iii harmony
with their work is the new station of
WLAC. Beautiful studio settings are
climaxed by mission type transmitter
house.
In the studio and reception room
harmony in interior design and APP
pointmentS has been sought. Spacious
ness is feature of the reception room,
which will accommodate 400 guests.
Each of the two main studios has a
distinctive motif in the blending of ap-
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movement Of the antenna wires, as in
cases where the antenna shifts about
in a heavy wind.
This change in antenna capacity is
transferred to the oscillator circuits by
intertube coupling and adds to or sub
tracts from the circuit capacity. so that
the frequency of the master oscillator
Is changed periodically.
This trouble has been eliminated now,
however, by the application OF the
principle of the screen-grid valve to
the system of transmitting. The screen
grid valve, or tube. is primarily different
from the ordinary three-electrode type
of tube in that it contains two grids in
stead of one
One of these grids is the regular
control grid and the other is used as
screening or shielding grid. The
purpose of the screening grid is to p-o-
tect the plate circuit from the ca
pacity effects of the control-grid cir
cult and. vice versa, to protect the
contro!-grid circuit from the capacity
effects of the plate circuit. 1t does
this while at the same time allowing
electrons which are emitted from the
filament to pass through the two gridS
freely and unretarded, unless the con-
troll grid is made either positive or
negative. In other words, the screen
grid tube prevents feedback inside the
valve.
New Transmitting Tubes.
The latest tubes utilizing this princi-
pie for transmitting are being placed
into service for short-Wave transmits
sion quickly and in increasing numbers
on account of the great stability they
offer to transmitters so equipped They
are made in two sizes, of l and 2
kilowatts, and are used as amplifiers
that are controlled by master oscil-
lators equipped with crystal frequency
control
When used with the proper shielded
transmitting circuits they cut out
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pointments interior finishing and color
moods. The smaller is a crystal
studio" and color tone of silver and
black is carried out in every detail.
The other studio. large enough TO hold
100 artists, has color combination Of
green and gold.
A similar concern for beauty is shown
In the transmitter building. ) miles
south of Nashville. which houses the
new 5,000-watt Western Electric trans
mitter and is the home of the engineer.
The house is made of concrete-Iined
Stucco blocks. with red brick trim
mings, and has a roof OF green tiles.
On each side Of the building are the
200-fOot antenna towers.
Every known scheme has been fol-
lowed to make the studios acoustically
perfect. The walls, floors and ceilings
are insulated throughout with sound
absorbing materials. Every opening
into the studios likewise has been pro-
vided with rubber mating and felt to
check outside noises.