Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1925, Page 37

Current News Events Summary of Important National, Foreign and Local Affairs Specigily Arranged for the enience of Students. Con Civics. With only.two more working days hafore this Congress comes to an enc Wednesda: Charles B. Warren's nomiratio: to ‘be Attorney General remains unconfirmed. It has been the nlan of administration leaders in the Senate, however, to let the con on. g0 over until the special sessic of the new Senate, which comes into reing at noon Wedn day, is ready to act. The Senate judiclary ymmitiee favorably reported the nomination of Mr. Warren by a vote of 9 to 4 on Tuesday. History. The postal pay bill and the legisla- ive appropriation biil are now before he President for his signatu having heen passed by Congress last week The President, by signi the first L grant an average increasc of $500 “« vear to postal employes and in- rease some rates. By signing the atter he will grant a salary increase to members of Congress, the Vice President, the Speaker of the House ind the members of the Cabinet. After bringing its investigation to an end, suddenly and with explana- tlons which did not sound very nlausible to newspaper men who covered them, the House aireraft nquiry committee resumed open 1sarings again last week and heard about the same line of ‘“give-and- " testimony which has featured hie investigation from the start. The ting witness, however, Admiral Willlam S. Sims, who in his characteristic _®ave the committes his own iews about the American Navy. The hattleship has become a back number, @ said in effect, while the submarine and the airplane should be developed 0 the greatest extent possible. He greed with Brig. Gen. Mitchell as- sitant chief of the Afr Service, that & 2,000-pound bomb from an airplane would sink a battleship, but he came out strongly for separate air services, declaring the naval aviation branch should be composed of naval aviators thoroughly trained in the tactics of was Rear etired manne ‘The District rent bill, continue the Rent Commi ed during the emergency of the war, and about which there has been 80 much discussion pro and con during the short session of this Congress, is doomed. Failure of the House rules committee last week to agree to a special rule which would give it privileged consideration in the crowd. ed hours of Congress' wind-up spell- ed failure for the measure, as oversial nature consideration now. which would n creat- its con- would prevent its The new retirement bill, which low- ers the age and increases the annui- ties for retirement of Government employes, passed the Senate last week, much to the gratification of housands of employes. The bill has a good chance to pass the House in o closing hours of Congre. idden American public 20,000 proposals for new vorious State Legislatures and about 4,000 to 7,500 of them finally will be enacted, ac- cording to a statement by the Na- tional Industrial Council in New York last week. The statement said a fair velume of “anti-business” legis- lation is to be found, although this olass is considerably less than usual The law will face laws in the this year, History. Alonzo B. Houghton, America's Am- ba dor to Germany and now In London to succeed Mr. Kellogg, who becomes Secretary of State March §, was paid an unusual tribute by Ger- man. Foreign Minister Stresemann on leaving RBerlin, who described him +s “one of the outstanding statesmen of our time.” Mr. Kellogg reached Washington Thursday and on Friday paid a visit to the Senate to renew old acquaintances there. He met newspaper men Friday morning, but adopted the expedient of “nothing to say.now” to avoid the embarrass- ments which might result if he an- swered the fusillade of questions from the correspondents. Manuel C. Tellez the first accredit- ed ambassador to the United States from Mexico since the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries, presented his credentials » President Coolidge last week and assured. him that the through which the Mexican people have passed during the last decade had “borne beneficial and wholesome results.,” He told the President it was the firm determination of his country to do its utmost in the work of national reconstfuction. Michael Frunze, who has succeeded Leon Trotzky as war minister of So- viet Russia and chief of its army, made his “maiden” speech on the army last week. He sounds a warn- ing that “a big military crash with the enemies of Soviet Russia is in front of it,” and urges that Russia prepare for it. Turkey has signified her intention of participating in the proposed league of nations arms conference. Speaking to a group of 100 women representing the National Women's Patriotic Organizations at the White House last Monda¥, President Cool- idge outlined his views on national defense. He said the United States “can afford to limit its military and naval establishments so as to assure that, while determined and able to defend ourselves, we have no inten- tion of aggression.” He explained that {f every nation would adopt a similar policy there would be a great decrease in armament costs. About in the proportion that the nations re- place force by law in International relations armaments can be reduced, and this action will be the gradual outgrowth of arms conferences. The French are disturbed because the famous sleeping car which was Marshal Foch's headquarters and In which the armistice was signed, is becoming weather-beaten. It is at present in the courtyard of the In- valldes Building, where it is the fa- vorite exhibit of the Museum of the Invalides. Hialmar Branting, three times prime minister of Sweden, died at Stockholm last week. He was con- sidered one of the leading public men of the country. He was the first So- cialist to be prime minister of Sweden, he was the Swedish representative to the League of Nations, and he was the winner of the Noble Peace Prize in 1921. In the League of Nations con- ferences he was especially Interested in disarmament. King George of England has been ordered by his physicians to spend the remainder of the winter In the south of Europe. Wintering on the Rivieria was the custom of his father, Edward VII, and of his grandmother, Queen Victorla, but King George has not been south since his coronation in 1910, except for a formal visit to Italy in 1923. Tndians in the district of San Blas, Panama, revolted last week and killed 20 Panamans, resulting in the decla- ration by the Panaman government that the district was in “a state of sTége.” The Indians base their revelt struggles | alleged acts of injustice by the) namans who govern their district. Meeting in Chicago last week, the Sociallst party convention voted to ontinue its organization separate and apart from any “third party movement,” and severed its relations with the Progressive party. All through the city last Monday, pairiotic organizations held appro- priate ceremonies In recognition of the 193d anniversary of the birth of teorge Washington. Hundreds of per- =ons journeved to Mount Vernon to visit the tomb of Washington on that day as the pilgrims of old journeyed to visit the source of thelr inspiration and guidance. Med!ll McCormick, who would have retired from the Senate, March 4, was found dead in a hotel here last week. His death resulted from heart dis- ease. He was burled in Chicago after services had been held here attended by the President and Mrs. Coolidge, the majority of the Senate, members of the Supreme Court and the entire cabinet and most of the diplomatic corps. A member of a prominent Chi- cago family, the Illinois Senator was one of those opposed to the United tates joining the League of Nations and assisted in the historic fight agalnst ratification of the Versailles peace treaty by the United States. Although he had less than a week to complete his term in the Senate, a successor to Senator McCormick was named by Gov. Small of Illinois He appointed Senator-elect Charles S. Deneen to fill the vacancy. The ap- pointment was made at the request of Senator Curtis, Gov. Small de- clared Economics. In order to help in restoring Euro- pean currency to the gold standard & world currency parley has been sug- gested to the Senate Commission of Gold and Silver Inquiry. Participation In such a parley by the United States would not be from a wholly unselfish standpoint, as the condition of “bad money” in Europe is unfavorable to successful trade and intercourse be- tween the United States and Europe. While all the talk goes back and forth over World War debts, the American Debt Commission an- nounced last week that it had ac- complished the arrangements for pay- ing half of them. When the Debt Commission was organized $10,150,- 000,000 in principal plus more than $1,000,000,000 {n interest was due this country. Settlements, extending over a period of 62 years, have been made with Great Britain, Poland, Finland, Lithuania and Hungary, while Cuba has paid her debt of §10,000,000 in full Despite the steady rise of gasoline prices this Winter, figures announced by the Interior Department last week show that 1924 saw the greatest pro- duction of gasoline in history, the total being 8,959,680,220 gallons. This exceeded by more than 1.000,000,000 gallons the previous high mark in production, According to an announcement made by the War Department, 2,400,000 veterans have made bonus applica- tions under the adjusted compensa- tion act. The payment of cash bonuses to those whose compensation amounts to $50 or less is effective March 1. Art. % The party responsivle for blame is in_doubt, but there has been a de- cided rift among those who have been planning to carve out of the great granite face of [Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Ga., & memorial to the South- ern heroes of the Civil War. Gutzon Borglum, sculptor for the memorial, started the ball rolling last week, which resulted, a few days later, in his being discharged from his posi- tion as sculptor for the memorial, and later a warrant was sworn out for his arrest, which he has successfully eluded so far. Mr. Borglum issued a statement from those he criticized to verely thote who have been directing the work of creating the memorial. His denunciation was followed by a statement fro mthose he criticized to the effect that the chief trouble with plans now was to be found in the sculptor. Later Mr. Borglum was dis- charged, and immediately after it was found that his models for the piece of sculpture had been destroyed, and Borglum was blamed for their de- struction. A warrant, not yet served, has been sworn for his arrest. A 20-year-old girl from Mobile, Ala., Mary Frances O'Connell, trod the heights of victory one night last week when she made her grand opera de- but in the leading role of a new opera. Coming to New York unknown two years ago, she studied a year on a scholarship she won in Alabama, sup- ported herself for studying another year by singing In the chorus and finally won a vocal contest which re- sulted in her choice as leading lady and assured her a chance at success in grand opera. Science. A unique test to determine how much food the human brain needs to work at highest efficiency” will be conducted by a medical student of the University of Chicago. For the last two years he has carried scales with him to determine the amount of food he consumes normally. Then he has taken intelligence tests to meas- ure the functionings of his brain under normal circumstances. From now on he will eat only When he is hungry, will pay no attentlon to reg- ular schedules for his meals, and will eat very little. He will measure the amount of food he takes and will again submit to the intelligence tests. | This latter experiment will last for two years THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 1, EXPERT CONSTRUCTS NOVEL RECEIVING ¥. W. Dunmore of the radio laboratory of the Bureau of Standards, shown with the radio laboratory in hix heme. By means of wires extending through his residence, he ca provide radio entertainment to the bedroom, Kitchen, sewing room, sitting room, sleeping porch and basement. He can also make an extension of these wired and provide radio concerts to his neighbors. RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS Preliminary tests to determine the feasibility of operating a floating broadcasting station on Léke Mich- igan during the Summer will begin this week when a party of radio ex- perts leaves Chicago harbor in a power boat fitted out Wwith special electrical laboratory equipment for a short cruise. No attempt will be made on this initial expedition to carry on exhaus- tive experiments, although the boat has been virtually converted into a floating laboratory with every facil- ity for the work W. E. Newman, the Mohawk Electric who is directing the expedition, sends word to Washington that the party Is merely going to investigate the| practicability of a floating broadeast- ing station. “If the first test justifies further research,” sald Mr. Newman, “we will undoubtedly make further tests be- fore the Winter is over. There is a| great deal of theoretical material available on the subject, but nothing practical in the way of a high-power | floating broadcasting station has | ever been atfempted my knowl- | edge. S It is the conviction of the Mohawlk officials that a floating broadcasting station which could be moved to| any point of vantage in Lake Mich- igan will aid greatly in solving th problem of Summertime reception chief engineer of Corporation, to WO0O Links Up Plunketteers. | The Plunketteers of the Mark Strand | Theater, New York, are now a perma- nent feature of Station WOO, Philadel phia, in conjunction with Station WEAF, New Yorky It is expected by Joseph | Plunkett, managing director of "the Broadway theater. that soon four or flve other stations will be hooked on with WOO and WEAF. An extravagant stage and studio pro- gram will feature the Plunketteers on the air tomorrow night. “The Walls of China,” a colorful overture, will be played for the first time by the Mark Strand symphony orchestra, with Carl Edouarde conductor and Alois Relser assoclate conductor. The ‘“‘mikes” on stage will next pick up for the air a two-part divertissement, featuring Emily other long ocean flight similar to its flight here from Germany in October. Capt. Steele, commandant at the Lakehurst naval station, stated that the next ocean flight has been plan- ned to test the ability of the Los Angeles when inflated with helium, a less buoyant but a safer gas than hydrogen, with which it was inflated when it crossed the Atlantic. Education. A fellowship fund of §$3.000,000 is the gift of Simon Guggenheim, a mining millionaire of Colorado, as a memorial to his son. It is to be known as the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The scholarships will be open to men and women, married or single, of any age, race, color or creed. The first appointments will be made for the academic year 1926- 37. After the first year there will probably be 40 or 50 appointments annually, and each will carry with it about $2,500. The student may study in any university in any country. Only - college graduates who have shown marked ability in their sub- Jject will be appointed, and they will be expected to make some real con- tribution to knowledge. g Dr. Frank Ballou, superintendent of schools in Washington, was elected president of the department of super- intendence of the National Education Assoclation, at the annual convention of that department in Cincinnati last week. Eighty per cent of American stu- dents entering colleges in the United States have given up praver and do not consider it necessary to take God into their lives, according to a test made among freshmen entering the University of Chicago. The test re- veals the need of a more thorough religious education of youth, accord- ing to those who conducted it. Two years ago a 15-year-old school- boy put his name and address in a pop bottle, sealed it and threw it into the Detrolt River. Last week he received a letter from a sallor on the Pacific coast who found the bottle near Santa Barbara, Calif. The bottle evidently floated out through the lakes and the St. Lawrence River route to the Atlantic coast, southward along the coast, to the Panama Canal, through the canal and up the Pacific coast to Santa Barbara. The discovery in Central America of fossilized remains of prehistoric North American animals and also of animals known to have lived In South America in the early days of that continent was announced by the Field Museum of Chicago this week. This discovery comes as a climax to the three years' work of an expedition led by Prof. Elmer S. Riggs. Prof, Riggs, together with other fossil ex- perts, bellevs that this discovery shows that Central America was the great battlefleld In a strusgle be- tween the animals of the two con- tinents. An earthquake, described as the severest ever felt by the Alaskan pioneers, rocked the towns along the Alaska Rallway, according to reports from Anchorage and Seward, Alaska, this week. The shock was recorded by the selsmograph at Georgetown University here and was the most vio- let that has been recorded in three or four years. After trial trips to Bermuda, Porto Rico and the Canal Zone, which will take place in March and April, the dirigible Los Angeles is to take an- Helen Taft Manning, daughter of Chiet Justice Taft, last week was ap- pointed dean of Bryn Mawr College. Mrs. Manning is the mother of two chil- dren. Her husband is assoclate profes- sor of history at Swarthmore College. The Democratic members who con- stitute ‘the minority in the Indlana General Assembly last week sought the same expedient adopted by some Republican members of the Rhode Island Senate several months ago, and to halt the legislative machinery fled the State. Their absence pre- vented any action by the General As- sembly, because there was no longer a quorum. The members, who feared the Republican majority would be able to pass a bill which they de- clare would be detrimental to Demo- crats in the State, 1bft the State capitol at Indianapolis in a chartered motor bus, which brought them to Dayton. They were served with warrants, but refused to acknowl- edge them. Assured that the measure to which they objected would not be passed, the Indlana State Senators, however, returned to Indianapolls after their short and self-imposed exile and were greeted by the governor. They will not be fined or otherwise pun- ished for their desertion. Senator Stanley of Kentucky, who opposed drastic legislation aguinst “hit-and-run” motorists in the recent Senate discussion, was knocked down and run over by an automobile which a1 not stop last Monday night. His condition was not serious, and he is Day, soprano, male quartet. and the Mark Strand Walls From a Wireless Man. The life of “Sparks” seagoing radio operator, Is not always a happy experiencq ‘One from Washington complains to his superiors ashore that, between a skipper who is a “radio bug" and the skipper's Belgian police dog, which seems to have a taste for radlo operators, he is far trom pleased with his present berth. Operator “Sparks” was seeking a soft assignment and thought he had it when he shipped aboard a freighter | at Savannah, but now he writes as | follows: “In the first place, the operator who left this ‘“‘wagon’ certainly had his reasons, as probably reports on re- | palrs coming in to you will show. He | has things all fixed up for me, except- | ing that e skipper Is a radio bug for whom he built a four-tube set.| The “old man" has to have “A" bat- teries and takes 'em out of the radio shack. I use the other battery until it is run down and then suspend | operations of listening in until it is| charged again. Maybe after it's| charged, the “O. M.” will hring back | the other and take my full one. Then 1 have to wait until that one is charged. Then again, I can’t open up | to answer any calls until I run up| and see if he is listening in. He told me to let him know when I cut in, so I wouldn't burn up his set. “This is only half my trouble. The skipper has two Belglan police dogs; one of them Is ugly and bites. Nipped me twice, and bit the gteward good, also a previous second mate. Pro- tes availed nothing—the dog still rides with us; everybody is afraid of him, but scared to say so “Besides all this, I have to check cargo and do part of the purser's work: I don't know whether I have to do all this or not, but I go ahead and do it, and say ‘Yes, sir,’ and ‘No, sir’ The mates both kid me, but I'm going to rest all the way home. Can't open up the set, anyway, at night, because the O. M. listens In and I'm afraid to disturb him. Short-Wave Work Improves. Through the use of the experimen- tal short-wave transmitter NKF, at the Bellevua Radio Laboratory, the Navy communication office in Wash- ington is now communicating regu- larly at night with London, Balboa, n Diego, San Francisco and Peari Harbor, Naval operators at San Fran- clsco and Pearl Harbor, following the lead of those at Balboa, have built themselves short-wave recelvers, and the number of words sent each night is steadily increasing on the 71.5- meter channel. During the Pacific maneuvers this Summer radio engineers expect to conduct extensive tests with & new 54-meter set, soon to be installed on one of the vessels of the fleet, and speclal receivers located in remote parts of the Paocific Ocean. Lieut. F. H. Schnell, a naval reservist and a Radio League official, will have charge of the low-wave or high-fre- quency experiments. His ship call will be NRRL. # The study of short waves hasdevelop- ed the fact that distances of more than 2,000 miles have been covered in day- light with an input of less than 1,000 | while 6 |an afternoon concert for set, operating on 71.5 meters, is being heard practically all over'the world. Letters from Holland, China, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, France, Ger- many, India_and Honolulu have been received. New Zealand also copied the Shenandoah during her transcon- tinental flight. A French operator on the Rhine says he has heard NKF feet from his phone: An operator in Samoa picks up the RCA station WGH, at Tuckerton J., on 103 meters, regularly KOA RBills Song Fest. KOA's radio audience will have first opportunity next May to hear Denver's far-famed Music week celebration and annual Spring festival of more than 500 events. Musical organizations of 27 Western clties will be represented, according to Freeman H. Talbot, KOA program man- N | ager and executive director of the Den- ver Muslc Week Assoclation. Included on the program will be the opera “Erminie,” an evening of dancing by stu- dents of Denver dancing schools, com- petitive cho: g by senior choruses, dvanced stu- dents, & chorus of 4,000- school children and & novelty attraction of 10 concert grand planos which will be played at once. More than 40 instrumental bands and orchestras will be heard by listeners, in addition to 50 choruses and 60 church choirs. Other features during the week include community singing in factories, stores, churches and among neighbor- hood ' groups, competitive singing by service clubs and educational lectures on musical topics. Farmers Like “Stock Yard Music.” “To me the sweetest music on the air is your musical voice saying ‘cattle strong to 50 cents higher,’ or ‘hogs, 15 to a quarter higher,” writes a farmer | from Narka, Kans., to Miss Nannie B. | Cox, who broadcasts live stock reports from the Kansas City office of the United | States Department of Agriculture. T then feel,” he continues, “at peace with the world. and can easily imagine you to be the most beautiful Jady in the whole United States. But when you say cattlo and hogs are 50 cents lower static seems to spoil your musical voice and you seem—well, not quite 50 good 100king.” Radio in Poland. Polish radlo regulations have met with disfavor from fans, manufac- turers and dealers, due to their sever- ity and complexity. Recent advices state dealers are forced to see offi- cial permits before they can sell com- plete receiving sets, or loud speak- ers, but now sell parts freely. Im- portation is discouraged, as the Poles hope to establish a large home in- dustry. At present the one large pro- ducer is seeking a monopoly. Despite the regulations and handi- caps, radio is becoming & craze. De- mands are increasing for equipment of foreign make, in spite of a high sales tax of 20 per cent on Imports. Only Polish is permitted on the air. A new broadcaster is expected to open this month, but as the wave lengths to be used are not yet an- nounced, the types of sets best adapted to reception are unknown. The band may be between 350 and 600, or 600 and 2,000 meters. Broad- casters are held rigidly to regula- tions, the number is limited in dis- tricts, and special concessions are necessary. A fee of 100 zlotys per year per kilowatt is required from private broadcasters. Receiving set licenses are granted only to citizens watts. Communications to Belle- vue indicate that this 10-kilowatt of age, and fees are charged by the government and the broadcasters. ,-,"u'L. 40 e MOTHER! Fletcher’s Castoria is a pleasant, harmless sub~ stitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages. Ot has been in use for more than 30 years to safely relieve Constipation Flatulence Diarrhea Wind Colic To Sweeten Stomach Regulate Bowels Aids in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest and Natural Sleep without Opiates “To avoid imitations always look for the signature of Eipren girections on cach package. Physiciany evssywhere ocommend e | Ak A AA A AT A A A A T Ak A sk ok Aok ek sk e ek sk ok ok Y Futt Rt 1925—PART 1. MUSIC MEMORY TEST TO BE GIVEN TUESDAY WRC to Carry Brunswick Program. Famed Artists Are to Participate. | e { The first installment of the Bruns- wick music memory contest for March will be broadcast Tuesday night by WRC in conjunction with stations” WJZ, New York; WGY, Schenectady; KDKA, Pittsburgh, and KYW, Chicago. In the forthcoming contest the names of instrumentalists and or- chestras will be announced, the listen- ers belng required to name the selec- tions played. The Cleveland Or- chestrs, the Elshuco Trio, Leopold Godowsky, planist; Josef Hofmann, planist; Bronislaw Huberman, violin- ist; Elly Ney, planist; Mishel Plastro, violinist: Max Rosen, violinist; Wil- lem Willeke, celllst; Frederic Frad- kin, violinist; the Minneapolis Sym- phony Orchestra and the Brunswick Concert Orchestra are included in the list of instrumental artists and or- ganizations from whom the march programs will be selected. Must Guess Names. In the case of vocalists, the radis | audience will be required to guess the names of the singers as well as of the compositions sung. Twenty - four famous singers compose the list of possibilities for the march contest, including Michael Bohnen; baritone: Karin Branzell, contralto; Mario “hamlee, tenor; Guiseppe Danise, baritone; Claire Dux, soprano; Maria Ivogun, soprano; Theo Karle, tenor; Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, tenor; Bdith | Mason, soprano; Marie Morrisey, con- tralto; Sigrid Onegin, contralto; Tino | Pattiera, tenor; Ellzabeth Rethberg, | soprano: Frederiek Schorr, baritone: | John Charles Thomas, baritone: | Marie Tiffany, soprano; John Barclay, baritone; Isa Kremer, soprano: Eliza- beth Lennox, soprano; Allen McQuhae, tenor; Frank Munn, tenor; Virginia Rea, soprano, and Irene Williams, soprano. Approximately 12 numbers will comprise each of the five programs, making a total of 60 compositions and at least 20 artlsts to be identi- fied by the contestants. . Radio Rates in U. S. The Grimeton high-power station, recently completed for the Swedish government by an American company, ie reported as giving excellent serv- ice. The rates from Sweden to the United States are the same for radio as for cable, but both are very much below the relative prices of other services and of general living costs in Sweden. : X X X * ; ¥ X * - X % ¥ * X X If player, Order month. Ak Ak ke ok Ak oAk koA Ak Ak ok ok sk ek e ek ek e skedk ek sk sk ok ke ik e ek ke ok ke sk etk sk ke ke dokeokok ko ok kokok ok dokok | your learned his lesson b, He has done what a As manager of the Washington Base Ball Club, he won the pen- nant in the American League—and then the world champion- ship. Not only did he triumph as a manager but he starred as a John Smith and His Radio BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL Car owners throughout the world ha motoring—and have benefited thereby. ve followed John Smith in his daily Now he has taken up radio, and is willing that his fcliow fans showld be amused aad profit by his evening experiences. Smith has a it will pay radio devotees to follow him in The No. S—Getting Static. Like the boastful little girl who | told her inquirers that if her father | could get Paris he certainly could get | static, Smith was boasting of a lot of | reception that no one ever wants. “Atmospherics,” the technically mind- | ed call it, “the nolses of space.” | While the origin of true static is| still @ matter of opinion, being caused by sun spots, miniature -electrical | storms. in the ether or some natural process of this nature, it is known not to have a definite wave length, and thus cannot be tuned out of a recei ing set at will. The noises put into the air by humanity, such as that cre- ated by electric generators, street car motors, etc., however, can be reduced or eliminated by changing the posi- tion of the set or by complaining against companies respousible for the interference. mith feared first noise he heard one even to his tubes or his batteries, but by disconnecting the aerial wire and turning up his filament rheostats un- til the customary “frying” sound came from the loud speaker he found that the noise was mainly from the air. “Am I to expect this regularl: he questioned, somewhat worried. “If this were regular, do you sup- pose that millions would be buying radio sets and enjoving them?" I re- torted. “There is good radio weather and bad. Just happens that tonight the air is full of no When this happens, my advice to vou is to save time and your batteries for nights when the air is right. Yo don’t stop being enthusiastic over toring just because you aren't com- fortable driving in an ice storm T'll keep that in he said, “but tonight I'm just interested enough to want to experiment a little. I have a notion that there are a lot of noises in the air that I can get rid of if I try. In other words, if I can elim- inate the unnatural noise I can tune in and not bé bothered so much b static.” Smith was beginning to talk like a real fan. The {dea was we got busy. “For one thing,” I said, “there goes the first street car that has bothered you. It has poor brushes, result in a lot of sparking. It's a car that haen’t been on this line before, and the chances are that it will be sent to the shop before long that all the og was due by ng | faculty for “finding out thinge.” ao Sunday Star carh week. way. I can hear that, too. call what 1 sald about amplify noises as well as the things you wan to hear, you'll tune in our present sta tion a little closer so that it will come in without requiring so much amplifi cation. If we get the signals fr the station real loud in the detect and the foreign nofse just moderately it is evident that the final product will be greatly in favor of our sta- tion.” Smith tried my plan, but was dis appointed because he could not tune clearer, and here it was necessary to tell him to try shifting the tubes around. Tubes that are poor as radio amplifiers will sometimes work very well as audio amplifiers. It pays to change around “Make the changes while the set is operating,” I explained. “If you get a squeal in the process, don't let it ‘bother you." Thus by experimenting Smith got static without him. Little little noises were minimized until the nat ural crackling didn't seem so bad Like the scratching of a phonograph, you can learn to overlook a certain amount of static, particularly when you know that without any apparent warning the air may clear up and Eive You your station as clear as a bell. The mystery of radio, Smith found, i half the fun Next Week—No. 6: (Copyright, 1925 1t you re- a little its gettin the foreig: Tuning In. by the Ullman Featu Service.) PRINCETON MEETS G. W. U. Child Labor Amendmest Will Be Debated Tuesday. “Resolved, That the Proposed Amendment to the Constitutien in Reference to Child Labor Be Adopted.” will be the subject of debate between teams from Princeton University and George Weshington University Tues- day night in the George Washington Unlversity auditorium, Twenty-first street between G and H. The local team, consisting of J. P. | Trimble, J. V. Ogg and R. N. Faulk- | ner, will uphold the negative. The Princeton team will includ Frank H. Connor, Richard F. Sater and Carl Pierson. Princeton alumni Washington in “Now somebody is using an elevator in the apartment house across the et Bucky Harris Teach You Base Ball y knows how to play the game he does. He y hard knocks and bitter disappointments. great many people said He is going to give Star readers thirty lessons on “How to Play Base Ball” ing Tomorrow and continuing for thirty days in he Zoening Stae Bhe Suniay Star They are going to be practical lessons. He will go right into the minute details of the game—making it clear who should fill - certain positions and why others should be changed. He will tell you the importance of teamwork—what constitutes it—and how to bring it about in your club. In other words, you ‘will get in thirty lessons the benefit of what Bucky Harris knows of the art of playing base ball— knowledge that has made him the idol of the game. Every boy in your neighborhood will be reading Bucky Harris’ lessons—so you cannot afford to miss one of them. They will have the ad- vantage of you if you do. The lessons will begin tomorrow, followed by a Weekly Review of the games during the season. h your newsdealer —or have Star Carrier service deliver direct to your home. 7 issues a week, 60c a Phone Main 5000—Circulation Dept. have been invited. President Williar Mather Lewis of George Washington ! Un 1 presi Y| D ;*************************¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥**********¥¥¥¥¥¥¥~¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ couldn’t be done. »