Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1926, Page 56

- RDOBILLCOMNG - UP BY TOMORROW Senator Watson Promises Consideration—New Meas- ure Is Foreseen. The congressional mill grinds Slow- ty and far from exceeding sure. ned again and again, the con- sideration of radio now is definitely romised for tomorrow by Senator fames E. Watson, chairman of the conference committee to which the matter of framing suitable control legislation has been referred. i At that time, says Senator Wat- son, the conferees representing both Houses of Congress will begin work on an entirely new bill to replace the present proposals before House @nd Senate. It will be the first formal meeting of the three senatorial and the five House members of the joint committee, Senator Watson's belief that a new bill will come out of the committee is shared by Senator Dill of Wash- fngton. Senator Watson sees a com: promise measure in view, but will not commit himself to an opinion on its contents. Senator Dill asserts the indications are the bill will retain the ‘commission idea, with the administra- tive phases of radio being left to the Department of Commerce. A radio commission seems to be fa- vored by the legislators. The moot nt is the extent of the powers to g:lvonod in it. Senator Dill's original bill would make it a permanent regu- latory Representative White, on the House side, would have it an edvisory board of review, large pow- ers of discretion being left to the Secretary of Commerce. But the Dill and the White bills ere not the only rellef plans brought for . Of a temporary nature are the resolutions offered by Represent- ative Dickstein of New York and Jater by Senator Copeland. These would authorize the Secretary of Com- merce to discontinue the further licensing of broadcasting stations and to enforce the use of assigned wave lengths, looking toward later perma- nent legislation. These are the eight conferees on radio who will meet tomorrow: Sen- ators Watson, Republican, Indiana; Dill, De: t, Washington, and Gooding, Republican, Indiana, and Representatives White, Republican, Maine; Scott, Republican, Michigan; Lehlbach, Republican, New Jersey; E. L. Davis, Democrat, Tennessee, and Lazaro, Democrat, Louisiana. TOKIO FINANCIERS DENY ‘BIDDING FOR FUGA ISLAND Rumor From Manila of Japanese Negotiations Not Credited in Nation’s Capital. By the Associated Prees. TOKIO, December 16.—The foreign office stated yesterday it has no knowledge of any one in Japan at- tempting to purchase Fuga Island of the Philippine group from its private owner, as reported from Manila. The Mitsui Company, one of the Jargest financial interests in Japan, made a similar statement. A Manile dispatch quoted the Times @8 saying Vincent Masigan, who pos- ®esses the small island, having in- Rerited it from ancestors, who held title by a Spanish land grant, was ne- gotiating sale of it to a large Japan- company. The intended pur- chaser was not named. ‘Would Strip Man for Rent. than it used to, but people are notic- ing it more. This is the answer of Director Ton- dorf of the Georgetown Untversity Observatory to the flood of inquiries reaching him as to whether earth- quakes are increasing in number and frequency. Because of the precision of instru- ments which record tremors, the pub- lic is informed constantly through thelr newspapers of disturbances of the earth’s crust in all parts of the globe. The lay belief that the shocks | are becoming close together is a re- sult of this publieity. “The layman, unofficially interested in the restlessness of the earth's crust, should know the truth," says Dr. Tondorf. “The problem of com- puting earthquake frequency was first sclentifically undertaken by Count de Montessus de Ballore, one-time direc- tor of the seismological observatory rthquakes Not More Frequent, Only Noticed More, Georgetown Expert Says The earth is not shaking any more of the government of Chile. In 1900, after a close analysis of the then avallable earthquake records, 131,202 in number, he placed the annual aver- age at 3,830, equivalent to an earth shock every two hours and 20 minutes. “Four years afterward Dr. August Sieberg of the University of Jena questioned the estimate as too low. A recaloulation made by him in 1923 lifted the annual average frequency to 9,000, or about one every hour. Five thousand of these quakes he indicated as being left sensibly on some part of the earth's surface in varying inten- sitles. Violent quakes, classified by others as world-shaking, occur at in- tervals of every three and a half days, either om the continent or on the ocean's bottom. Those on land, however, average every fifth day. “California, the least immune of all United States territory, is visited by a shock on an average of 81 times annually. The liability of one of these shocks being heavy is about eight tenths of 1 per cent.” DAUGHTER OF PREMIER CHRISTENS MOTOR SHIP Largest Boat of Type in World Launched as Edda Mussolini Performs Ceremony. By the Assoclated Press. GENOA, Italy, December 15.—Six- teen-year-old Edda Mussolini has made her debut as a public figure and incidentaily took a bit of work off the shoulders of her busy father. Standing among Fascist officials, the Duce’s daughter christened and launched the 32,500-ton Augustus, the world's_largest motor ship, which is destined for the South American pas- senger trade. There was a trace of self-conscious- ness in her face as she swung for- ward in_ her: father's characteristic gesture, but otherwise the slight girl acted as if she presided at public cere- monies every day of her life. “She is the apple of her father's eye and she adores him,” said a friend of the family, “and if she faltered to- day, it would hurt him worse than a dozen attempted assassinations.” The Augustus is the first “all Fascist” ship, and carries the Fascist lictoral emblem on her prow. She was built by Italians of Itallan ma- terials in about eight months. Her length is approximately 710 feet, her width 82.70 feet and her speed 21.75 knots. COLDS THAT DEVELOP INTO PNEUMONIA Persistent coughs and colds lead to serious trouble. 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