Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1923, Page 17

FOLCENANKILED BYELEGTRE SHOEK Was Helping Neighbor In- stall Radio When Antenna Fell on High-Volt Wire. [ Iy " YWhise as TWILLIAM D. ALLEN. isting a neighbor to in- #tall radio wires yesterday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock, William D. Allen, , a park polic a ocked to death by an electric current from a high voltage overh wire of the Totomac Electric Power Company a short distance from his home, at 107 Xenla street, Congress Heights. Ie was assisting Ira B. Taylor, 124 Yuma street. #A verdict of accidental death in the case was rendered at a coroner's in quest in the morgue toda: Taylor, in his testimony, stated that he did not know that police regulations raquired @ permit before a wire could be strung across the street. This resulted in the coroner's jury recommending to the Commissioners that wide publicity be given in regard the erection of radio antenna and the stringing of wires. This was done for the protection of cltizens erecting such paraphernalia. Taylor was still being detained by the police this afternoon. Allen was at home when children called to him that a man up a tree THE BY RADIO TODAY | Schedule of Wireless News and Entertainment. LOCAL STATION val Radio Station, Radio, Va. (435 Meters). e §:05 to 8:20 p.m.—Public healt service broadcast No. 193, “Trachoma and Its Prevention. 10:05 p.m.—Weather bureau report. Early Program Wednesday. 9:45 a.m.—Live stock Teports. Weather report. ruit and NAA— ents, 5 p.m.—Live stock markets. Fruit and vegetable stock reports. ther bureau report. Hay, teeds, crop reports, WJIH—William P. Hoyer Company. (273 Meters). 3 to 4 p.m.—Financial and market reports; music (daily). WMU-—Doubleday-Hill Electric Com= pany (261 Meters). 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.—Musical program (daily). WCAP—Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (469 Meters). 6:30 p.m.—Lowell Sherman and Katherine Cornell, in the love scene from the second act of the Broadway success, “Casanova’” Mr. Sherman is considered one of America's fore- most actors, and_the title role in} “Casanova” gives Mr. §herman an op- portunity to display his many talents. 7 p.m.—Joséph Morgenstern, bari- tone and Minna Rutenberg, pianist. Program by Mr. Morgenstern, “The “Azra” ‘& Rubinstein), Aria from “Werthe “Massenet), “Drinking | Song” (Mascagni): plano solos. by Miss Rutenberg, “Black Key Etude (Chopin), “Revolutionary Etude “hopin): solos, by Mr. Morgenste rfumed Viole (Plotnik), Fisher,” (Bizet); piano solo, by Miss Rutenberg, “Rain” (Pletro Yon). 7 p.m.—Orchestra from Line steamship Paris. $:30 p.m.—“Brooklyn Eagle Cur- rent Events Talk,” by H. V. Kalte born, assoclate editor of Brooklyn Daily Bagle 9 p.m.—Annual dinner of the As- sociatlon of National Advertisers, Inc.. broadeast direct from the West- chester-Biltmore Country Club, at Rye, N. Y. P. L. Thomson, publicity manager of the Western Electric Company and president of the asso- ciation, will act as toastmaster. Speakers will be as follows: J. Butler Wright, third assistant secretary of state, and Whiting Willlams, well- the French o laws gOVerning | yyown authority and writer. Mr. Wil- lams, who has just returned from the Ruhr, will speak on “The Ruhr Miner and American Musiness.” Music by the Right Quintet, popular New York entertain i 1o to p.m.—Dance music played by the Meyer Davis Le Paradis Band, had frightened them with a revolver, | ¥ {p’ Cafe Le Paradis. and he Immediately set out to make an investigation. Going to Xenia street in front of the Taylor home he called to Taylor, who was arranging his wires, to know why he had fright- ened the children with a pistol. Taylor, amused at the statement of the alleged scare, assured the park policeman he had frightened no chil- dren with a pistol, explaining he was merely up the tree arranging to in- stall his radlo. Then Allen willingly started to assist his nelghbor, and was drawing the radio wire across the electric light feed wire when he | All Progra cuddenly received a shock and fell to the roadwa: Jacob Wolfe, police chauffeur, sum- moned from his home nearby, took Allen to Casualty Hospital. Allen was living when placed in the auto- mobile but was dead when the hos- pital was reached. Dr. E. J. Whalen examined the body and pronounced life extinct. Taylor, a paperhanger, was detained at No. 11 police station so police might have him at an inquest at the morgue today. Allen is survived by his wife and two children, the young- er being only several days old. CITIZENS RE-ELECT DR. E. E. RICHARDSON | -:::° 12 rmen. Dr. E. E. Richardson was re-elected president of the Congress Heights Citizens' Association at a meeting in the Congress Heights Baptist Church | ¢ last night. Other officers elected wer Weeks, first vies presiden c White, second vice president; J. A. Marceron, secretary, and Gustay Ben- der. treasurer. F. ustav Mender were elected dele- zates to the Federation of Citizens' Associations. B. J. Newcomb, J. A Slarceron, Valentine Wahler, George B. Stevens and F. H. Samuels were clected as trustees for Wilson Park A resolution was _unanimously adopted to request the District Com- missione to pave 11th street south- east, from_Pennsylvania avenue to the Navy Yard bridge. —_— ASSIGNED TO DUTY. Three D. C. Residents Get New Posts in Army. Three residents of this city, re- cently appointed second lieutenants in the Army as a result of competi- tive examination, have been regularly assigned to distinct branches of the service and to stations for duty. Sec- ond Lieut, Paul G. Kendall of 1731 Church street is assigned to the lst Cavalry Division in Texas; Lieut. John M. England of Anacostia goes to the 17th Field Artillery at Fort Bragg, N. C.. and Lieut. Clement A. McCalley at the United States Capitol to the air service, with station at Brooke Field, San Antonio, Tex. ASK TO ADOPT FOUNDLING. Permission to adopt Helen, a thres- Year-old foundling, was asked yesterday of the District Supreme Court by Lewis A. Snider and his wife, Wini- fred H. Snider, of 925 Farragut street northwest. The child was born De- cember 3, 1920, and was left at the Washington Foundling Asylum. L. D.|and markets. 3L Cannon and |0l WRC—Radlo Corporation of America (469 Meters). 6 p.m.—Children's Hour, by Peggy Albion. Early Program Wednesday. 5:15 to 6 p.m.—Instruction in in- ternational code practice by the en- gineers of the Radio Corporation of America. DISTANT STATIONS. ms Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time. WJaZ—New York (435 Meters). Sew Friends in * a MacMillan stor: 30 p.m.—Warner Hawkins, plan- 45 p.m.—"Business Conditions,” by arren Hickernell. rner Hawkins, planist. se Ball and Banking,” pm. “E Page & C 5 Frank Jacob, 8£:50 p.n.— ot izabeth Gibbs, contralto. p.m. yild Animal Hunting"” by arlie Mayer, who has spent twenty vears in the jungles. J Yo, — “Garden Talk, French by 10:30 p.m.—Hotel Astor Grill Or- chestra. E: Program Tuesday. 2 p.m.—Charles Brydan, tenor. 4:15 p.m.— Commodore Hotel hestra. - 5:45 p.m.—Closing reports of the New York state department of farms Or- WLW—Cincinnati (309 meters). 11 p.m. — Vocal and Instrumental os; Richards quartet. 12 p.m.—Circle Orchestra; Richards quartet. Early Program Wednesday. 11:30 a.m.— Weather and business reports. e 2:30_p.m.—Business reports, 4 p.m.—Grain and stock quotations. .m.—Produce and stock market quotations; news bulletins. :45 p.m.—Radio drama, *“The Coun- try Fair,” by WGY Players; WGY Orchestra, instrumental selections. Early Program Wednesday. vegetable I chestra. %) ri] 1:30 7 pm.—Bedtime storles; roll call. = a St c review, by Elllott 8:15 —Police Band. 9 p.m.—Abram Shefter, pianist; Louls Gabowitz, planist; Ernestine Bacon, soprano. :15 p.m.—Charles K i odd1E Kerr and his Early Program Wednesday. 1:30 p.m.—Weather forecast. 3 p.m.—Hotel Walton Concert Or- WMC—Davenport (484 Meters). 45 p.m.—Chimes concert. 7:50 p.m.—Sport new: v S ews and weather Early Program Wednesday. 13 am—Murket quotations. 2 noon—Weath; E v ) el er and river fore —(:ll'ml'l concert. —Closing stocks and markets. : .m.—Educational lecture by C. G. Kern; music, = WOR—Newark (405 Meters). 6:15 p.m—Marion Newland Ad soprano: Hosina Harder, pianist. 6:30 pm.—Man in the Moon storles. 7 p.m.—Marion Newland Adam, 8o- prang: Rosina Harder, planist. , Farly Program Wednenday. 2:30 p.m—Helen Louann, mezzo soprano. 2:45 p.m.—Charles Kelvin, 3 p.m.—Helen Louann, solos. 3:45 p.m.—Charles Kelvin, tenor. { Irish Irish WFAA—Dallas (476 Meters). 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.—Charles Scogin, baritone: Willlam Pennington, tenor and planist 12 to 1 am.—Miss Ruth Fabian, singer; Mrs. Clyde F. Mageo, reader. arly Program Wednesday. to 2 p.m.—Address by repre- sentative of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. WBAP—Fort Worth (476 Meters). 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.—Fort Worth ar- tists. 10:30 to 11:45 p.m.—Novelty concert by the I. N. McCrary Rubber Com- pany. WHAS—Louisville (400 Meters), Silent. Early Program Wednesday. 5 to 6 p.m.—Strand Theater Or- |chestra; police bulletins; Walnut Theater Orchestra; “Just Among Home Folks"; Alamo Theater organ;: news bulletins. WHMC—Memphis (300 Meters). 9:30 p.m.—Program by the St. An- drew's Colored Sextet. KSD—St. Louls (546 Meters). 9 pm—Program by the Flower Show Band s by Dr. George . Luther and H. 6:15 p.m.—Dinner concert the Grand Symphony Orchestra. 30 pom.—Feature. 7:45 p.m.—Children's period. carmer market reports Address by Dr. John Ray by Ewers. §:30 pm.—Concert by Hamm's Con- certina Orchestra. Early Program Wednesday. a.m.—Music: market “eports fusic; weather forecast. Market reports. KYW—Chicago (536 Meters). 7:30 p.m.—Bedtime story. 01 to 9:30 pm.—Program by the American Farm Bureau; speeches by G. Theim; H. W. Moorhouse, on rico Fixing. Early Program Wednesday. 10:30 a.m.—News and comment. 11 am—Market reports. 11:30 pan.—Late financial news and comment. 12 noon—Market reports; reports. 12:30 p.m.—Late news and comment. 12:35 p.m.—Table talk by Mrs. Anna J. Peterson of the People’s Gas Compan: 2 p.m.—Market report. 0 p.m.—Closing quotations. ‘15 p.m.—Financial comment and late news. 3:30 p.m.—Closing stock quotations. 5 p.m.—Late news. WBZ—Springfield, Mass. (337 Meters). 7 p.m—World market survey 0 p.m.—Twilight tale lectures on_household management. 8 p.m.—Concert. 9 p.m—Bedtime story for grown- ups by Orison S. Marden. Early Program Wednesday. 1 .m.—Weather report: ket _reports SAVE COAL! Have Your Metal W eather Stripping Done Now Let Us Estimate Diamond Metal Weather Strip A Main 1540 BM‘J;“ G Bt. N.W. weather 12:30 p.m.—Stock, produce markets and weather reports. WSB—Atlanta (420 Meters). 6 p.m.—Late news flashes; sport summary; markets. €:20 p.m.—Bedtime story. 9 to 10 p.m.—Musical entertainment, by the Sacred-Quartet. 11:45 p.m.—Radiowl concert. Early Program Wednesday. 1 to 2 p.m.—Musical entertalnment, 5 p.m.—Howard Theater Orchestra. WWJ—Detroit (516 Meters). 7 p.m—News Orchestra; Town Crier; vocal selections, by Thaddeus ‘Wronski and his puplls. bulletins. 10:25 a.m.—Weather forecas 12 noon—>Music. News Orchestra. —Weather forecast; mar- WIP—PHILADELPHIA (500 Meters), T chping Alone >— > I ask my friends to join me weep- ing for broken dreams and lost Lenores, but they refuse—they’re busy keeping_the wolves and bob- cats from their doors. “We have no time for tears,” they mutter, “we have to pay the bills now due, the wall-eyed grocer for his butter, the Volstead vintner for his brew. The winter blasts will soon be sweeping from Dr. Cook’s world famous pole, and we can’t join you in your weep- ing until we’ve bought nine tons of coal” And so in silence and in sor- row I weep, the tears run down my chest; and people say, “Perhaps to- morrow we'll join you in your briny-fest, Today we chase the minted shilling, the'useful groat, the good long green, that we in season may be filling our tanks with spar- kling gasoline. Today we all are busy planning to boost the town and make it grow, and for the pres- ent we are canning all symptoms of outrageous woe. Today the skies are bright and shiny, there are a hundred things to do, so we can’t pause to shed the briny—we leave the weeping graft to you.” My ac- tive friends are round me sailing, { and every now and then they cheer, and I must do my weary wailing without an understudy near. (Copyright: WALT MASON. i | l | i I | 6 p.m—Weather forecast; Dick Re- gans WIP Orchestra. YOUR AUTO PAINTED IN 6 TO 8 DAYS For $35 and Up No Spraying, Waxing or Patent Brighteners Used We Use Valentine's Special Auto Varnishes = R | m l Lyknu Auto Painting Co. 1741 Johnson St. Rear 1715 15th N.W. RENTACHR MMAIN. 622 AMERICAN AuTo LvEy &' “Just a Real Good Car” The Winner Of the Monday Drawing At the Beauty Pageant A. B. BOLTON Call and Get Your Com- bination Parking Lamp HARPER MOTOR CO. - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D; c, BiLL CAME i For Teis SEAL S myoeaa! to ¢ from 5:15 to 6 nge Iy its in p.m. ernoon. Zadok Wilso of a silent nigh iradio editor W Cleveland, Schenectady. KDKA and station without James R. Prat nue southeast, {1 think night be of th the be the | Monday, Wednes it estab) crystal set consldered Circuit Di dons, against Shelton an her January streets. verdict. sustained represented by 17 Pittsburgh, 1 think that if a silent | v Inight were adopte tube set owner good ~ programs Popular demand has caused WRC practice afternoon until The code tesson also will be broadcast daily instead of on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday aft- de the n of Silver Md., is one crystal set owner in favor radio returns of the Yale-Princeton | °r to the | he roy t. In a lette ilson said many crystal set owners w perhaps a m, interruption.” her, 914 Virgin w Ipleased with the programs of WRC. only tes that h fair that ed for th owne letting and day H. Groves, last at Attorne Leahy and Lucien H Pennsylvania Avenue he said. “but also them r Friday silent.” $2,000 FOR AUTO ACCIDENT. Miss Marie Bank, a stenographer, vesterday was awarded by a jury in sion 1, before Justice Sid- a verdict for $2,000 damages owner of automoblile_which collided 10th and R | Mr. Groves consented to the Miss Bank claimed to have serious She Willlam E. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1923.. The United States ' Supreme Court has settled a <montroversy over a patent ease tlgat has in- volved litigation and ‘appeals to Congress for seventy-one Years. The court yesterday wecided that Willlam E. Woodbridize, deceased, had abandoned his Anvention for firing _projectiles frgm . rifled can- non, and that his wstate was not entitled to any co ensation from the government'for, its use. Woodbridge in February, 1852, filed his applicatiol In the 'patent office, and when his claims were allowed he had tiee papers filed in the secret archivas, where they re- mained for more, than nine yvears, until in Decembor, 1861, he sought to have the patemt Issued, explain- ing that he thought an opportuni- ty had arrived o make the inven- tion pecuniarily, valuable, In the war ‘between SHRINE CIRCUS GREETS KALLIPOLIS GROTTO| Get-Together Night One of Blg‘é Features of Second Week at | Convention Hall. “Get-together night” was held at Convention Hall last night, \A'henl until the states Hom 5:50 Over | more than 400 members of the Kal- lipolls Girotto joined with a large out- pouring of Shriners to enjoy the Shrine circus, now In its second week run. t The visitors who were special ! Zuests of Almas Temple, marched to | { the hall in a body. and. accompanied | cussed had been monopoly.” mermann, conductor. March, “Arms of America.” quest) Morceau, ) Scenes_from Sa; x trot. alifornia” ... Waltz Suite, ante” . “Home To “The Star Rifled Cannon Patent Claim, 71 Years Old, Declared Invalid the use of rifled projectiles was highly developed, but whether the government Woodbridge invention was not de- termined by the Supreme Court. Tt finally disposed of the long dis- by finding Woodbridge by the delay in pat- enting his invention had sacrificed whatever rights he may have had as the original inventor method of firing rifled projec Chief Justice that Woodbridge had deliberate delayed the issuance of his patent term of the monopoly rendered commercially mere attractive by the civil war, when cannon were needed and could make more money out of the correspondence which had passed between Wood- bridge and the patent office pro ed, Chief Justice Taft stated, that ‘Woodbridge had forfeited his right to a patent actually claim Taft the The ORCHESTRA CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Stanle: Hall, this evening. beginning e Band Orchestra, John & o'clock., ture, “Williagm Tell” ation' . musical (Request) . 'An Orang: Blues" . Spangled used the that the les. announced Program .. Rossini *harm- Roberts Ringle Nov. 15th =RADIO= SALESIETUD 10 1403 ParkRoo WaswinaTon,0.C, Authorized Dealers Radio&®:Corporation _ g Will offer the Washington Public the GREATEST VALUE ever placed on the RADIO market. The Aeriola, Sr. (Westinghouse Set) he by their own band, were able to let | their presence be known blocks be- fore they entered the building. | Tonight the order of De Molay will | 1a|lt-nd the circus, and will also be | shown all courtesies by the commit- | tee_in charge. | The Jasleys, a new act of the John W. Moore shows, feature attraction | of the entertainment, made their first appearance last night and were given | a hearty welcome, for their splendid | acrubatic feats ! HELD UP, LOSES $60. Francis J. Milbert Also Is Relieved of Watch, He Tells Police. A colored hold-up man last night | robbed Francis J. Milbert, 722 3d strect, of a gold watch valued at| 0. Not a word was spoken by the robber. who displayed a revolver. | Milbert told Detective Howard Ver- million i { "'Milbert _explained that he was at | 4th and T streets about 7:45 o'clock and had stopped to light a cigarette. | Just as he was about to take a puff, he said. the glistening barrel of a| revolver pointed at his head attracted his_attention. | The watch was surrendered to the | highwayman without a fight, the de- tective was told, and the latter quiet- 1y disappeared. Milbert was ufiarmed. | VISIT WHITE HOUSE. Girls’ Friendly Delegates See Mrs. Coolidge., Two hundred and fifty me the Girls' Friendly Socie! Episcopal Chureh, now holding its annual convention in Baltimore. were recelved at the White House by Mrs. | Coolidge yesterday afternoon. Following the reception at the White House tea was served the par- ty in the Elizabeth memorial room, 7th and H streets northwest. Mem bers of the party arrived in Wash- gton from Baltimore yesterday and | during the RADIO TO “PICK UP” GRIDIRON BATTLES Yale-Princeton and Yale-Harvard | Classics to Be Heard by | “0ld ELi"” Alumni. period | SPring. | Arrangements for picking up the gridiron classic Saturday, and the hears | Yale-Harvard battle on November 24, and been made by the Yale Club of ashington for the benefit of the lumni of old Eli in the National Cap- ital, who will be unable to attend the games. The returns from both games will be reccived in the lounge of the University Club, 15th ‘and T streets northwest, beginning about 1:45 p.m. A buffet luncheon will be ser pre- ceding the returns. A numbe of Princeton alumni will be the guests| of the club Saturday, while the fol- lowing week the ciub will have as its guests alumni of Harvard. Owing to the fact that the local | broadcasting stations will be “on the alr ovember 24, radlo returns from the Yale-Harvard game must be pick- ed up from a distant station. Because of the anticfpated interference, the | elub s arranged to receive tele- graph returns from Cambridge to augment the radio report s The arctic tern is the world's cham- | pion daylight saver. This bird has twenty-four hours of daylight eight months in the year and considerably ! mare daylight' than darkness the other four. Saks & (Tompany have silent henefit should keep marking with was ROOF $ PAINT From point. no other roof pai justifies a higher price. J. W. HUNT || Florida Grapefruit 5 CENTS Buy Direct From Grower HENRY H. HARRISON Owner and Operator, Alextown and Berkley Groves Miami, Florida 1421/, P Street N.W. Opposite Riggs Market Wholesale and Retail Agency Two Cars Now in Yard Red and Brown. the owner's 1221 N. Y. Ave. Phone Maln 1352 Seventh Street . 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