Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1925, Page 9

\ ~ CRANDALL PLAYERS TP WRC PROGRAM “Saturday Nighters” to Give Extensive Entertainment. “pida” Is Canceled. A concert by the United States Army Band, a recital of three ar- tists and a program by the Hotel Mayflower Orchestra have been sub- stituted for the rendition of the opera ' to have been broadcast over by the Manhattan Opera Co. ew York 7:45 o'clock tonight. “Crandall's Saturday Nighters,” tu take up the air program tonight at 10:30 o'clock, will top WRC's perform ance with an unsually extensive pro- gram. The Army Band program, begin- ning at 7:45 o'clock, will be followed by a staff recital at 9:15, which will be given by Godfrey Ludlow, violin- ist; Milton J. Cross, baritone, and Keith McLeod, pianist. The hotel orchestra will playing at 10 o'clock. SIX NEW STATIONS JOIN BROADCASTERS Newcomers, Given Class A Li- oenses, Represent Five States, Mostly in West. begin Another half dozen broadcasters, representing five States, were wel- comed by the Department of Com- merce this week. All of the stations have been given Class A licenses and will work on power ratings of from 5 to 500 watts. ases of nearly all of the recent additions to the broadcasting family, the wave lengths assigned are ¢ low in the Class A band. est of the newcomers' waves being 254 meters. The news stations, with their call letters, names of the owner, wave- length _and power, are as follows: WABC, the Asheville Battery Com- pany, Asheville, N. C., 254 meters, 10 watts; WJIBA, D. H. Lentz, jr., Joliet, 11, 206.8 meters, 50 watts; WJIBB, L. W. McClung, Petersburg, Fla., 206.8 meters, 10 watts; WOWO, the Main Auto Supply Company, Fort yne, Ind., 227 meters, 500 watts; WIBE, Thurman A. Owings, Weirton W. Vi 246 meters, 50 watts; and Schmidt, Farina, Il 5 watts. prominent of the new- comers, WOWO, has made elaborate preparations for its station and ex- pects to become a familiar volce of the Middle West despite the low wave- length. The trick call letters, it is believed. will add to the novelty of the plant. Local Radio Entertainment Saturday, June 27, 1925. A—Naval Radio Station, Va. (434.5 Meters). p.m.—Weather Bureau reports p.m—Weather Bureau reports. Radio, 8:45 10:05 WCAP—Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. (168.5 Meters). Silent. oration of America Meters). | —David Boyd's New Willard | rchestra, broadcast from the New Willard Hotel p.m.—Play-by-play account of ashington-Philadelphia base ball ‘WRC—Radio C (468. the W game. 7:05 p.m.—Base ball scores. 7:10 p.m.—Bible talk by Dr. James A. Bell, educational director of the Y. M. C. A., under the auspices of the Men'’s Organized Bible Class 7:25 pm.—A Tribute—The Dialect of Paul Lawrence Dunbar,” by W. Alfred Falconer T:45 p.m.—Concert by the United States Army Band jointly with WJZ. 9:15—Staff recital by Godfrey Lud- low, violinist; Milton J. Cross, bari- tone, and Keith McLeod, pionist. 10 p.m.—Hotel Mayflower Orchestra. 10:30 p.m.— “Crandall's Saturday Nighters,” including Artle Fay Guil- ford, soprano; Hilbert Kratzer, tenor; Goldie Dressier Hutchins, contralto: Woodruff Youngs, in comic songs; Gaetano Giove, baritone horn; George Benedict, violinist; George Emmons, organist; George H. Wilson and Emile Smith, pianists, and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, under the direc- tion of Daniel Breeskin SATURDAY, 310 8:00—New York: Vocal, New York: Vocal and P Base ball score: troiy. News Orchestra: weaibe w York: Dantzig's Brooklyn Shepard Colonial Daace New, York: Scores: music cago: Varied program: 3:30—Bhiiadelphia: Dasee music. 3:40——Philadelphia: Police repor 4:00—New York: Orchest 330" New York: Scoree. mi Mooseneart, 07 Sudle: ansas City: Scores: Si 4:50—Philadelphia: Base ball scores Iphia. Weatner: dinner 1l Orchestra: market amoer music by the stra, : K. Amphion Chicago 5:40—Atlanuc City Scores: Philadelphia’ organ reci Scoses: 6 10 6:00—Atlantic City: Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago: Stock excange cert by Drake Concert nsemule Chicago: Bolivar Boys Band from hicugo News. Lnancial sod New’ York: Vocal ale Quartet Bostoy New York Pmiladelphia New" York and ote] St Regi Tncle Wip & Sport Music the Tower Twins Arcady Orchestra: . Ont. Uncle Dick: Newark: Voe: Philadeiphia: New York lic: musl Vocal solos o antic City: Seasice Hotel Trio 8:45—Mooseheart. 111.: Dinner concert by Chicago: Barn dauce: 7 TO York: Piano selections: health : Vocal solos: talk . York Ole Plantation concert .. New York: Quartet: Huy States Marine Band Chicago Kansas City ssel ball scort e Surf": Pittsburgh: Base Musical saw sel ossvilie Chicago: Dinner conc Gardens Orchestra avenport: Score Ralph William Concer traight’s NMontreal: Stud; o Saiks ontreal: Studio program New York: Talk: vocal solos Dallas: Orchestra program . Moncton. N. B.: Musical program: ol 7:40—Cincinnati: Children’s stories Ghimes concert: Sextet trumental New York Allantte City® Shelburne icako: Musical program Portjand:” Children's program .. .. St Louis: Musical ‘prosram feom a3 gma.hl Organ recital: \stores; Jaff) 0—Louisvi B San 8 henter Los Angeles: Talk: ratiotorial .. Scherectady: Dance music by an 8:45—BrepirEh. Westimgh & tsbirh Westingho Chicago: Kaiser's Orchestra: oreen 5 To proer 9:00—Los Angeles: Talk: musie: Francisco tal sextet instrume orehdetra New York: Vocal program: sol Cleveland: Noveity program' Philadelphia: Benjamin Frank Atlantic_ City: K bock New York: Band: vocal sl Boston: Copley Plaza Hotel Minneapolis-St. Paul: Voca! BT Bane Verman Reaman forecasts . % inner hour Joseph Knecht's and ‘weathe; 9:30—Los Angeles New York St Lou e mug Los Angeles: Children's program. » 10 TO 0:00——Minneapolis-St, : Weather: 3 New \f:?’kx Vincen 2,0 ReVanic Seupic. songe: New York: Ernie Golden's Hotel Mc. + Xngeles. Dinner dance music Orimat . Muscal program:. bal ina, Sask.: Bedtime it O alph Williams and his Rai Davenport: Musical program: K. 5—Hot Springs: Base ball. sports: musi 0—Hot Springs il s Angeles 250 101 08 sesitny Vocal and instrumentai ‘pi Drake Hotel Mooseheart. cital by Albert Concert: F. Bro 0—Cincinnati: Special featurs OO aRa " Vocal and instrumental pro Examiner Long § s Angeles: ' Musical program Fothmond Hill, No ¥+ Glens Denver: Joe Mann and his Rainbow Oakland: Re ular program 30—Chicago: Oriole Orchestra: re: 12 Mi 00—Cincinnati: Songs: Freda Sanker Los Angeles 255 Organ recital 12:30—Chicago: Or3 & 1710 :00—Los Angeles. HOO—tkiand” o s Angeles Dance RADIO SEEKING NEWS OF LOST EXPEDITION Result of KDKA’s Effort to Locate Nutting Norse Party in Arctic Not Known. Results of KDKA's efforts to locate the lost Nutting Norse expedition by radio will be known when the Cana- dian ship Arctic gets into the North- ern seas on her annual trip from she is equipped with a rt-wave transmitter, it is the Arctic will be able two-way communication with KDKA at Pittsburgh. A search for the Lief Erickson, Wil- liam Nutting’s lost vessel, in which he sought to follow the route of the Norsemen to America, will be carried on, and officials at all posts and camps in the Arctic zone will be asked for infor m as to the lost ex- plorers, who have not been heard from since September. The Pittsburgh broadcaster sent out warnings to the northland last year, communications from there are fmpossible, not a word has been received as to how her broadc; car- ried. If tidings of the lost ship are found, KDKA will relay messages from the Arctic to the radio world. ARTISTS PLAN CAMPAIGN. Seek Remuneration for Work on Radio. The Broadcasting Artists’ Associa- tlon of America, which sprang into existence early this vear in an attempt to arrange a method by which radio performers could be remunerated for their work before the microphone, s planninz a new Nation-wide campaign 1o begin late this Summer and to carry through the Winter, according to re- ports reaching Washington. The association, outside of its New York branch, made little progress in the Spring, but officials believe there i3 a growing need for the movement, and have either dispatched or appoint- ed organizers in a dozen cities, extend- ing to the Pacific coast. The efforts for the time being will be focused on those cities which boast four or more ‘broadcasting stations. Norway Plans Radio Exhibit. The Norwegian radio dealers and the Radio Association plan to hold a radlo exhibition September 1, this Vear, according to advices reaching ‘Washington. 5 an' Omana: Organ_recital by Los An eles Portland: Portisnd Hotel 2 TO 0] es: Hollvwood Nite 2:00—Fon MRS Midnient srohc - PAID BROADCASTING LESS Advertising by Radio Declines During Summer. sha decline in the amount of "p?l\id" tl;l?nadcasllng has been noted in the east since the opening of the Summer months. Many of the large business firms which in the Winter have successfully turned to radio broadcasting for advertising, have for- saken the microphone during the hot weather, but expect to return in the Fis}:lmmer broadcasts which are re- ceiving chain tie-ups are the Stadium concerts, from the Lewisohn stadium, New York: the concerts by the Marine Band at Washington, and the Gold- man Band concerts from the mall of Central Park, New York. Tenerif Fans Get Long Distance. Radio fans on the Island of Tene- riff, in the Canary group, have suc- ceeded in picking up stations in France and Spain, and now a de- mand for receivers has started, Con- sul Gibson reports. So far Ameri- can sets are practically unknown and untried. Station Named “Voice of Pacific.” Equipment for the CNRV broad- cllflng station of the Canadian Na. tional Raflways at Lulu Island, British Columbia, will be sup- lied by the Northern Electric Co.. Bancouver, British Columbia. The new broadcasting station, which is to be known as “The Voice of the Pacific,” will use two steel towers 150 feet high, quadrangular and ta- pering in shape and located about 200 feet apart. Equipment will consist of a Northern Electric transmission outfit with a 500-watt output, capa- ble of transmission for 2,000 miles under average weather conditions. Japan Invests $440,554 in Radio. An analysis of United States radio exports in April, amounting to $853,- 148. shows that Japan took nearly a half million dollars’ worth; her im- ports totaled $440,554. Canada stood second with imports of $60,756, Aus- tralla was third with $59,461, and Argentina took $58,483. The United Kingdom imported $51,241 worth of radio equipment, instrumental program: Harmonica Band WHN nsirumental 5 WMCA ey ork: Uncle Geebee: Bob Kruh and hf concert by Gleveland: Hotel Statier Concert Orchestra g id fnal_market' reports iustrumental solos: talk: Suepard Colonial ‘Dance 'Orchiestr ; siring trio program: Uncl score: ries: al_solos o e Hotel Adeipbia Orchostra special features Pr Scores. musical program . ler's Four: concert by ihe United ner concert {rom Coligress Hotel sl Musical program; addres y 5 migsical program . Pnyinarmonic Orchestra: Band . e vocal and’ instrumental otologue trumental pro; tise Band conce olla’s Orchesira d instrumental program Program ‘Wajdor!-Ast! : Oriole Orchestra: readings: Hawaiian guitarists Grcneptra Loper s Orchestra .. . Carterer others: vocal and instrumental solos . ance rchestra. £o Straight's wn THE LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT JUNE 27, 1925 Programs of Distant Stations Scheduied for Easterr Etandard Time Meters, Miles. 20 20 4 PO Stations, los; band Lo . po; market T % s' Club Orchesira. orchestra WGBS jamin Fraok: reports . LW Eug s Orchestra Skeezix ume for children 1al Beilevue-Stratford’ ‘Hofel program. 7 PM. dance music WPG uotations: markets: dinner con: ! & and Biackstore Quintet WGN Miasours WA g SS2 SE pert=s SRR Roberi; police aiar: usical progr isia sC kRO Cokin oL SESTETS EROESC San @ Beimo; 3 PM. talk e ouRe EEL. t_Orchestra Orchestra . et gukmkososLe sae 1 Lo Luow o Wy rchesira: solos: taiks .. CN pposTam . program . e MmO IES Mo IRSERES DENERR 3235 IEcowetold BEPede oo £ram e recital . 10 P.M. al " soios. nd Coo ‘Coo Club Orchestra . Prnitatapaning . planist: police alarms Orchestra FOANGS BEG COrORBO BINBEY o8 LRSETHEE B W @D BOBBOG RGO RIS LGS 11 PM. PSS Dance’ Orel Alpin Orchestra. boolk talk g Gards @ Ban nbo P. Ban cal program . Orchestra rogram; ngs Orchestra: RN G B CoR Ak HE09%%8 SBRESSE B 332323 EBINS23 ® D oeman @ 8 11 P.ML TO 12 MI gram Dick uick s Cabirians Smith's Paramount O Lane Orchestr: Vocal and ipstrumental D Connor's Orchesira: song: 2 AN and instrumental program Orchess ance Orchestra 3 AM. RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. Concert by the United States Army Band, WRC, Washing- ton, 7:45 to 9:15 o'clock. Ole Plantation Concert, WNAC, Boston, 7 to 9 o'clock. Concert by Shannan’s Band, from Mall, Central Park, WNYC, New York, 7:15 to 9:15 o'clock. Novelty program by Ev. Jones and the Coo Coo Club, WTAM, Cleveland, 9 to 12 o'clock. “Crandall's Saturday Night- ers,” WRC, Washington, 15:30 to 12 o'clock. STATIONS DROP OUT. Only 20 Expected to Send Defense Day Program. Although 30 stations throughout the country have been invited to partici- te in the chain broadcast of the fense Day ceremonies, July 4, spon- sored by the War Department and arranged through the cooperation of the American Telephoj and e graph Company, it apr:red today that there probably will be only about 20 stations that will join the hook-up. The ceremonies are expected to last for about an hour and a half and the program will be opened at Washing- ton, where WCAP will pick up the first addresses and then pass along the program to the other cities. The chain for the event will be the largest arranged since the broadcast of the ‘presidential inauguration March 4. Pilgrimage Ceremonies to Be Given Ceremonies at the party in honor of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial centennial pilgrimage group aboard the liner Leviathan July 3 will be broadcast by WNYC. The i age will sail the following France. for EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ADVENTURES OF D. C., SATURDAY, A BROADCASTER BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE, Radioscribe. Secretary Sanders Gets a Radio Set. In Europe when a man’'s won dis- tinction. he gets a knighthood or & baronetcy, or is elected to the Acad- emy of Immortals. In America. we give him a radio set. Not long ago, when Everett Sanders was appointed secretary to the President, his fel- low-townsmen of Terre Haute, Ind., decided to make him a present in token of their pride in the honors that have come to him. A popular subscription of nickels and dimes was raised for the purpose. The commit- tee in charge, as it told Sanders later, could have raised enough to buy him a farm in his native county, but came to the conclusion he'd prefer something more up to date, so they bought him the finest radio set on the market. It's now installed in the Sanders home at Washington, and up to the time of the departure of Mr. Coolidge’s right-hand man and Mrs. Sanders for Swampscott’ the big eight-tube apparatus was in con- stant action. * ok kX Charles S. Willls, 1477 Newton street, {5 the latest recruit in the army that wants to march against the noise menace In Washington. This is his letter of application: My old wife and 1 have always been pleased and instructed when you are on the air. We will miss you, but we hope that you will enjoy vour well deserved vacation and return to us with increased vigor. We greatly approve vour intended fight to reduce the noise in our city. In your enumeration of unnecessary noise you failed to mention when Romeo calls for his Juliet, stops in front of her home and toots and toots his horn for her to come to him. An amend- ment was added to our Constitu- tion to stop the making and selling of {ntoxicating liquor—its use caused so many deaths and misery. It is more necessary now to stop the making and selling of aytos to protect and save the human race from destruction. * ok k¥ E. B. Reid, who runs the American Farm Bureau Federation headquarters in Washington and is one of my col- leagues on the radio, has given me a brand-new title. Had a letter from him this week addressed: “Interna. tional Correspondent and Air Mas. seur.” Perhaps Reid thinks 1 rub people the wrong way. * ok ok % Mrs. J. Irvin Steel, Mechanicsburg, Pa.,, who has heard me tackle Japa- nese-American relations frequently on the air, writes for information about the ““Institute of Pacific Palitics” about to be held at Honolulu. The prime mover in the enterprise, which he calls “peace maneuvers in Hawail,” is Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president ot Leland Stanford University, and & brother of the Secretary of the Navy. The Honolulu Institute, which is pat- terned broadly after the Institute of Politics at Williamstown, Mass., is in- tended, like the latter, to be an an- nual affair. The inaugural conference in July will be attended by distin- guished men from the United States, Japan, China and the British domin- ions that border the Pacific. * Ok ¥ ok Dr. J. Tyrone Kelley, editor of the Farmers' Magazine, which is devoted to co-operative national marketing, hurls at me from his Washington of- fice a sweet-smelling bouquet of fare- well: I find “Adventures of a Broad- caster’’ a unique department of The Evening Star, and, with the otkers who are interested in the work of America's foremost radio- scribe, I am hopeful that you will keep it up during your trip West. g * % % X Mrs. George H. Martin, 1858 Cali- fornia street, in a good-bye billet doux, says: 1 was so happy to read your re- cent mention of President Cool- idge's pre-election good-night radio message to his beloved father and “my great invisible audience.” I knew he would be elected, for if ever a man and his audience~were in the presence of God he and we were that night. I had a strange experience that evening of seen and unseen exaltation. It has been a silent but powerful influence in my life ever since. And now you are going to my beloved and great Northwest, which I know and love well, having watched villages grow into attractive modern cities. I know what a delightful and inter- esting journey you will have, and that you will bring back to your limitless unseen audience some of that fresh spruce pine and Mount Tacoma air that you're going to imbibe. (Covyright. 1925.) FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RADIO EACH DAY BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA, Noted Authority on Radio. All Rights Reserved. How to Use a Single Voltmeter for Several Jobs. With the passing of the tapped variocoupler and other tapped forms of inductance, the business in tapor- inductance switches dropped off to very low figure. These tap switches are usually associated with tapped in- ductances, but there are many other uses to which they can be put. Most fans know that it is important to keep the batteries of a receiver up to the required strength for most efficient operation. Those who have wired voltmeters and ammeters into their receivers have found them to be of considerable value in keeping an eye on the condition of the batteries, and have also found them to be of great alds in tuning their recejvers. Hint on Tuning In. In tuning in local stations or stations that are not at any great distance from the receiver installation it is not necessary to have every adjustment set with. great care. The stations boom in even though the receiver is| not tuned exactly to the wave length on which the station is transmitting, and slight adjustments of Alament current have very little effect on the operation of the receiver. In using sets of the superhetero- dyne type and also those of many tubes in tuning in distant stations the tuning becomes critical, and such seemingly unmimportant items as fila- ment current and plate voltage be. come important factors in tuning. “Use of Voltmeter. A voltmeter'which can be used with- out the usual trouble incident to test- PARTY OF MACCABEES ON TOUR OF VIRGINIA Group Leaves Washington for Auto Trip Which Will Embrace State’s Noted Caverns. A large group of Maccabees left to- day for a tour of Virginia. This Maccabee excursion caravan, headed by the newly appointed entertainment committee for the forthcoming con- vention, will spend tonight and part of Sunday at the Crystal Cavers, at Strasburg, Va., leaving at about noon tomorrow for the Endless Cavers, at New Market, Va. They will also in- spect the Shenandoah Caverns, at New Market. Two excursion groups of Maccabees from Baltimore and Rich- mond will join the Washington party at Rockville. The entire contingant is moving by automobile. This s the tenth trip in and around ‘Washington that the entertainment committee has piloted in preparation for the coming convention. The com- mittee consists of George Bower, A. D. McCurley, C. H. Hickey, O. J. Brown, E. O. Hawkins and A. C. McFadden. . ADOPTS COOLIDGE PLAN. Shipping Board Gives Instruction for Sale of Vessels. Formal instructions were sent to President Palmer of the Fleet Corpor- ation by the Shipping Board yesterday to conduct all negotiations hereafter for the sale of ships and ship routes in accordance with the recent action of the board establishing this proced- ure at the suggestion of President Coolidge. The board directed Mr, Palmer to submit recommendations to it after completing negotiations, with all de- tails ng on the prospective sale. In considering these recommendations for approval or rejection, it was sald, the board under the plan will feel free if necessary to call before it any of the prospective purchasers, but only for '.EO purpose of obtaining additional information and not with any view of negotiating. Club in India Asks Radio License. At Rangoon, India, the Burma Wireless Club, with a membership of 100 fans, is planning to import appa- ratus and has applied for a broad- casting license. Successful loud speaker demonstrations with a four- tube set have increased local interest greatly. —— Commissioned in 0. R. C. Boyce R. Bolton, 3418 Thirteenth street, has been commissioned by the ‘War Department a major in the Medi- cal Corps, and W’lluam’dln‘!:;k. 4‘“} Kansas avenus, a secon mant of Infantry, both in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army. B Reproduction Probibited. ing with an external voltmeter will often save trouble from tube burnouts | because of the application of excessive | filament current across the filaments of the tubes. They can also be used 0 check up the exact amount of cur- |rent to furnish each individual tube (and keep the rheostat adjusted so as | to keep the tube operating at its most | eflicient point and in accordance with | the manufacturer’s specifications. | A voltmeter reading from zero to eight volts should be used in the fila. ment circuit and another voltmeter reading from zero to 100 volts should be used in the plate circuit. Now here is where the tap switch can be used to advantage. Through its use, the zero to eight- volt voltmeter can be used to check up on the filament of all three tubes, as shown in the diagram. If more tubes are used all that is necessary is to add more switchpoints to the switch and connect the rheostat side of the other filaments with the extra switchpoints :Y):elh(;rs:emla \g’:)' that the filaments of | ubes are conn ydti:rx;dm shown, et eliniies e plate voltage voltmeter testing the condition of the B banerri:'; is connected, as shown. It is a simple matter with such a connection to test the B batteries to see whether they are up to the mark. nd contacts should be provide each meries to avoid the popssibxmg :;; shorting some of the cells in the B batteries and for providing an ‘off” position for both switches. It is not necessary to keep the voltmeter in operation all the time. They need only be used occasionally to check up on conditions in the circui D. C. DELEGATES LEAVE FOR N. E, A. CONVENTION School Officials and Teachers to Attend 63d Annual Session, As- sembling in Indianapolis. A delegation of District schoo] oM. clals and teachers left ‘Washington today for Indianapolis to attend the sixty-third annual meeting of the Na- tional Education Assoclation. The con. vention will open tomorrow with a vesper service similar to that he) the Capitol steps in “’nshlnnondh?;: year and will close July 4. The accredited delegates and alter- nates of the District Education Asso. ciation, are headed by Selden M. Ely, supervising principal of the fifth df. vision and president of the organiza. tion. Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou also went to the conven- tion. He is scheduled to make the opening address at the first meeting, Monday morning, of the general as. sembly. His topic is “Progress in the Science of Education.” . BAIL DENIED MACRI GIRL. Will Face Second Trial for Bag- nano Slaying in Fall NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 27 (8).— Olympia Macri, charged with the mur. der of John Bagnano, alleged father of her child, will face her second trial ;’n Id.illch:gald Emntg this Fall, and ending the ret the girl defe w}ll_lh not be nd;‘nltud to b‘u‘ll. Gty ese are the arders of Judge John R. Booth of Superior Counfl‘onund yesterday after more than two hours of heated argument. The first jury in the Macri case disagreed. Flyer Fails Test. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 27 UP).—Capt. A. §. Heroid, U. 8. A., who yesterday started on an unsuccessful Balt-Lake-to-San-Francisco-and-return- dawn-to-dusk airplane flight, returned to the air mail flying fleld here at 2:18 p.m. yesterday. @ came down at Wesco, Nev. Czech Interest in Radio Growing. Interest in radio is growl in Czechoslovakia and with the conn‘aph- tion of the new American-built $90,~ 000 broadcasting station at Prague, increased demands for receiv: anticipated. The new broadcaster is a 5-kilowatt type and will transmit on 500 meters. Smaller 1-kilowatt stations will also be erected at Brno, Brati- slava and Kosice, advices to the De- ?lrtmanc of gamm.g State. Okay Radio Company Open Evenings Until 9 P.M. 415 11th St. N.W. T BY A. M. s L T T O D S 7 of Bush Valley CHISHOLM. (Copyright, 1925, by Strest & Smith Corp.) One of a series of the year’s best short stories. "_(Continued from Yesterday's Star.) Tim rendered verse much as a cow wades through a swamp, with the same sglow determination and with much the same tendency to bog down. ‘He had been letter perfect the day before, but when he faced the crowd with a scowl of fierce determination, the whole thing passed from his mind, leaving an utter blank. With prompt- ing he achieved the first stanza, stammered his way with more prompt- ing through the next, and then stuck hopelessly, -with the finality of a dead engine. “Go on, Tim,” the teacher prompted. “Week in, week out—"" *‘We kin, we kout,’” Tim repeated loyslly, and came to a full stop amid titters. “‘From morn till night,’” the girl prompted with sinking heart. But Tim was sunk without trace. “Oh, Tim!" she whispered tensely, “can’t you remember?"” Tim shook his head. “I forget the dam’ thing.” he said in a perfectly audible voice, and de- scended to hide his shame in the ob- scurity of the back seats. Later his father took him to task. “'Tis not that I mind ye fallin® down on the piece that was set ye f'r to speak,” he sald. “But ye should not_have swore.” “I know,” Tim admitted penitently. “I did not go for to say it. It slipped off me tongue bYefore I thought. Makin’ po'try about a blacksmith is crazy, anyway. But I will tell the teach: “'Tis all a man can do most times,” Mike nodded. ‘““As ye say, black- smiths is no things to make po'try about. But swearin’ in public sounds like—I mean 'tis not right."” So far things had gone very well with the Rigneys; but the following BSummer fate struck them heavily. In July Mike Rigney's wife died sud- denly; and in a dry August a brush fire swept down on the little ranch. The house and stable were saved, but the stacks went, and most of the standing crop was seared with the scorching breath of the fire. The old grays survived, but two good cows never came out of the brush. When Mike Rigney had buried his wife, and bought enough feed to bring his remaining stock through the ‘Winter and a grubstake for his family, he was in debt and worse off than he had been two years before. Sad-eyed and discouraged, he took counsel with his son, whom little by little he had admitted to terms almost of equality. | “I must get me a Winter's job in the camps,” he said. “An’' that'll ye'll have to run the place, “I can do it,”” sald young Tim Wllhi confidence. “‘'Tis takin' ye away from school | when it opens,” his father went on regrefully; “an’ Barney an’ Tessie too, for he's big enough to help ye wid the Fall work, an’ she must keep | Christmas | house an' cook. maybe ye can go. After 'Tis a shame to lose yer schoolin’, but poverty’s a hard | el “There’s a new teacher.” said Tim. “Don't worry, father. I'll be lookin’ after the ranch all right, an’ the kids too. S0 Mike Rigney got a job in a logging camp, where, to put a climax | on the misfortunes of the Rigneys, a log slipped as he was working on a skidway. He came out of it with a fracture of the right leg, several broken ribs and the possibility of in- ternal injuries. But he was lucky to be allve, for a rolling log is the most diabolically malevolent of inanimate things. He was driven in a springless wagon over frozen, rutted roads bare of snow 80 miles to a hospital. The boys passed the hat and sent Tim $30. Tim could not go to his father, be- cause he was needed at home. He wrote him the first letter he had ever written to anybody, an epistle of weird spelling and fearful construc- tion, but nevertheless direct. This missive he committed to the care of Sam Hake, to be posted. “But dammit, kid,” said Hake when he heard the bad news, “can you make out all right? How are you fixed for grub? “Fine,” said Tim. e got lots.” Hake sized up the wood pile and estimated the feed stacks. “Be careful of your fires, son,” he T advised, “especially on cold morgings. Don’t leave your drafts open too long. Lots of fires start th: vay." “1 know,” Tim nodded. “Well,” sald Hake, swinging into the saddle and turning up the collar of his fur reefer against the cold north wind, “I'll be along every so often. Bo_long, son.” He made a point of riding that way, and he told the Rigneys’ nearest neighbors to keep an eye on them and report to him at once if anything un- toward occurred. But nothing did. And so time drew on into a bleak December which brought no snow to muffle the iron-hard trails. i 8 Old Man Sankey, like Young Lochin- var, rode out of the West and he rode all alone; but there his resemblance to the gay young gallant of the ballad ended. He was not seeking a bride, having left such frivolities behind him with the years, as memories that burn- ed rather than blessed. He rode a big, sure-footed buckskin cayuse with the peculfar back stripe which 15 popu- larly supposed to indicate excellent horseflesh. He rode alone for personal and private reasons and to all ap- pearances he rode unarmed, though an inspection of the blanket roll tied to his saddle cantle would have re- vealed a late model of the handy in- vention of the late Col. Colt, caliber .45, oddly assorted with a set of climbing frons such as are used by telephone linemen, and a heavy pair of cutting pliers bound with fnsu- lating tape. Mr. Sankey jogged out of the hills and down Bush Valley, and for rea- sons of his own he avoided ranches and chance wayfarers. But a mile or so from the Rigney ranch a per- sistent_clicking attracted his atten- tion. Knowing quite well what caused it, he dismounted and lifted the buck- skin’s nigh front hoof. Loosa shoe. Mr. Sankey expressed his opinion of a certain smith in verbiage which should have created a limited torrid zone in his immediate vicinity, did the best he could with a couple of stones and rode on very slowly till he came in sight of the Rigney ranch, where Tim was busy with his evening chores. Mr. Sankey, regretting the necessity, rode in. “Evening, son,” he observed, with a benevolent smile, for a long life had taught him that politeness is a cheap in of surprising purchasing power- ! I'm wonderin’ if you got & few horse row.” Tim had. He produced a hammer, nails and a pair of pincers. Mr. San. key smiled approvingly and proceeded | to reset the shoe. “That cayuss is fresh shod,” Tim | observed as he watched him. “T guess | you've been up against a bum black- | smith, mister.” “So 1 have, by the glory eternal,” Mr. Sankey admitted, softening the | nature of the assurance quite need- lessly out of deference to the age of his auditor. “You got a good eve.” “Anybody could see that,” said Tim. “Corkin’ dulls darn’ quick on frozen trails when there’s no snow."” “'So it does,” Mr. Sankey agreed, re- gretfully. He let the leg from the grip_of his knees and straightened his back. “Here's a dollar for you, son, and thanks.” " said Tim, shaking his head. Mr. Sankey ejaculated in as- tonishment. “You p'ison rich or p'ison proud?” 5 | “Can’t take nothin’ for helpin' a man out.” said Tim. “Tt used to be that way when the West was a white man's country,” Mr. Sankey returned. “Well, son, I'm obliged." “’Sall right.” said Tim. “You bet- ter stay for supper. It'll be ready in 10 minutes. “I wouldn't want to put your ma said Mr. Sankey. Ma's dead,” Tim bluntly. “That's too bad, pathized. Your pa?” My sister does it. Pa's in the hos- pital with a busted leg. There's just me and the kids.” “Why, how old be vou, son?" “Fourteen,” Tim told him. informed him, Mr. Sankey sym- “Who does the cookin'? { shoe nails and a hammer I could bor- | ust you and the kids, hey, Mr. Sankey. “Well, that's gettin’ along in life,” Mr. Sankey admitted gravely. ‘‘You can look after the kids, of course. And maybe the neighbors help with the heavy work."” “Sam Hake helped me,” sald Tim. . Tim agreed. “Live close by? “No, he lives the Crossing. He's a mountie.” Mr. Sankey started slightly. “Them mounted police is good people,” he said. “I'd like to meet him. You expectin' him along this evenin’, maybe?” “He was here yesterday and he won't come again till next week.” “Oh,” said Mr. Sankey. “Well, since Yyou've been kind enough to ask me, son, I will stay for supper. He quite won Tessie Rigney's heart by his praise of her cooking. Later he smoked by the fire and told them thrilling stories of the | West of an earlier day. He seemed in no hurry to go about his business, whatever it was, and Tim could do no less than ask him to stay the night. So Mr. Sankey stayed. “Goin’ to be sorter lonesome for you Christmas, ain't it,” he ‘said, “with vour pa in the hospital?” “Sort of” Tim admitted. “But there's a Christmas tree at the school house Christmas Eve, and I'm goin’ to_take the kids.” “Santa Claus visitin’ there that night?” “There were presents for all the kids last year, whether the: vent to school or not,” said Tim. Ve ain't been able to go this Fall, but maybe we can after Christmas.” In the morning when Mr. Sankey had gone Tessle found a $5 bill on the pillow where his head had laid, and a scrap of paper bearing the in scription “Merry Xmas.” She brought both to Tim. “He shouldn’'t have dpne that." Tim frowned. “We weren't doing it for pay. What'll we do with it, Tess?" “I don’'t know,” said Miss Tess, who had several dozen uses’ for it “S'pose we send it to dad for Christmas,” Tim suggested. “He's had a hard racket, and he can buy a pipe and smokin’. Maybe it'll cheer him up.” l;'Afl right,” little Tess agreed loy- ally. Meanwhile Mr. Sankey rode on, and giving the Crossing a wide berth for reasons of his own, came to the little | town of Pilot Hill. There he stabled his buckskin and took hired convey- |ance to the larger town of Clydebank, |which lay some 12 miles to the |southward. He put up at a cheap hotel and loitered about apparently | aimlessly for some days, occasionally | entering the Commercial Bank to get his bills changed. Then he re- turned to Pilot Hill, where he had his buckskin newly sharp-shod all around, superintending the job him- self. Also he added a farrier's ham- Jmer and nails to his equipment. | On the afternoon of December 24 he rode into Clydebank; but this time he rode directly to the rear of the frame building which was occu- pied by the Commercial Bank. The vicinity was deserted. Mr. Sankey |looked at his watch, which on a pre- vious visit he had synchronized with the bank’s clock. It was 10 minutes past three, precisely. He dismounted, and instead of dropping his cayuse's reins merely, he hitched the halter shank to a telephone pole, anchoring him securely. Then he took a gunny sack from the saddle and entered a |shed used for fuel and storage an- nexed to the building proper. Inside | this, he gently tried the door, which gave admission to the bank itself, (finding it—as he had found it on previous experimental occasions—un- locked. 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