Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1927, Page 11

WASTINC RONG: (DY Gl TASUNRY 59,0410 27 PART 1. \ — === = T"A‘[—KS OVER OCEAN Make Trip toNew York. Drop 75 n Box. And Telephone "Hello™ Across the Sea > v dear ol' Lunnon™ will have tu New York City to dvop their % - BB Calls Placec DUIing DAY, | 5 2ok uents tor ibeal connbctiohs th the newly inaugur Tra Each Avesaging $125. e & Sl ave o Listening-in Fails. plained yes ce chief ope and Potonia s Eivten of this vadiophons < By Ax Press o the Nat,onal Capital expee YOIRRK s . infory " hecod in v guve wn He pleked ap a veceiver i Ne news room and asked for Clong pine from | VEHReeS W 1 the desired opera from Londoa. tock between K32 wam., and | pm AEE BRI TE0 ikten w York time, no one of which was S ARORE. e ampeced naterially by static or e ed partcularly by compents on ¢ the wenather The uyerage length of toduy = calls the Amervicsn Telephone ting the present gua teleph ompany. priv of the tulks showed th to bave been not wholly sue according & Teleg U minuies, \dvert sement Orvdered. onvers s e tween $125 and $15 \ Jucal newspaper. with powerful t Prompiy at 1 oelocs the service receplion apparatus. printed today was discontinued for (he d hat | what“it was possible to overhear. It hour being the sunset hour 1 on- Was evident that only one side, the don anu transmission being accord- | New York transmitting side. could fngly more dificult be picked up, and that only onl ? s )£ this was audible. The listeners-in Service Extended. &ot no London comment e$ ot that Because of the press of appli rvepeated by the New Yorke who desired o be among the Antong the calls which t talkers, when the service v S an e DR EELATHE Augurated yvesterdat the usual el historic Methodist churc ing howr was extended o and ot . nden and New Yoik. Th half hours. permiil < e ihe Rey. Dr. Francis B. Upshaw put_through the John Strezt Chureh : Herewier. it was announced, 1) Methodist Church in New Yurk, and K will be “elosing n ax 1 Rev. George 11 MeNeal of City nally ned Ruad Chapel. London. where John pe difiieulty was experienced to- | Wesley p lax. not with static; which restricted | At 9:30 thix morning. the New York communication somewhat yesterday. | Sun. through William H. Rankin of .’ hat in locating some of the persons the William H. Rankin Company, re in London wigo had announced them- | quested by radio telephone that the selves rous of talking “any time | London Daily Telegraph insert in its they were called issue tomorrow a quarter page adver The London Saturday found many |tisement for the Sun. This was said had left London for the week end.[to Le the first advertisement ordered Some had left word they would talk | for publication in a London daily by Monday, and 16 calls have been | long distance telephone between New booked for that day. four tomerrow | Yerk and London and others for Tuesduy The first word-for-word transcription An analysis of the types of calls of a conversation on a wax cylinder placed over the Transatlantic service hetween representa yesterday showed that those who were mal Advertising anickest to avall themselves of the | As-gelation in New York and the new means of communieation were don Advertising Association newspapers, bankers. insurance com- | phonographic record of the conver V panies and business men tion. which was made here. will be Although many persons and frms sert te London for confirmation ¢ | from Houston, tor replied he said I want t put through a i London Y Londor she vepeated i s “Yes, London I don’t know anything about that Il have to give you thé chief operi Ton was asked Lomden? 1 don't know. (lold the | v minute and PN tind on There was a delay of several tes and then she came bucelk with the information already ouilined Bat Uil take vour name and phone g wimber and et you know when vour il can he sent throngh.” she added TEXAN BOOSTS ARCHERY BY SLAYING BIG BEAR ™ jury however Animal Falls After | =Nt ney 400-Pound Two Arrows—Pack of Hounds Keens Bruin at Bav. tie Associated Press HOU N. Tex., January S.—Jack Carothers, Houston business man, hopes to revive the ancient and hon orable game of archery To give it impetus announced a bear hunt with the and arrow in east Texas less than & day's ride in an automobile A day later he re. turned with a 400-pound black bhear, which he had kiiled in what is known the RBig Thicket, a considerable By brush-grown aveu Theé first artow from the bow, which has a Tipound pul. wounded Bruin; the second tound a vital spot. ‘The ange was close, but the benr, worried by o pack of hounds, did not charge, Apparently to make the contrast ncient and modern was brought to raphed within the v at liberty under bhond on charges of if 1 30 stories high. the tallest in Houston Ohio Criminal Is Electrocuted. COLUM Robert F Thompson, at the Ohio Penitentiary to for the murder JTuly of Gertrude 1'Ostroph. 10, near Coshoc: | driv convicted of killing the | introd st- L publ minute plea for clemency was denied. propriation ton. He wi girl after a criminal assault. A JUDGE GONFERS ON JURY CHARGES ~Meitroad Wealth Fitzhenry of Peoria Talks With U. S. Officials in Alleged “Fixing.” SAactated Pross and conferved nt officials who which recently on charges of con County (Ch spiracy was fortheoming from the judge, or from As United Staies District Thompson, or Patrick Roche and Clarence Converse, speclul intelligence ) announcement talked trial and Thompson prosecuted Hoff. man and seven other men acquittéd with him Several days ago cated two men in the us, but whether a move toward accusing them of contempt of court had been learned Jdoseph Plunkett o police captain to obstruct justice homas Nmith, deputy marshal veported Tashjian offeved him $15.000 vailable tor jurt wve to walt until somethiy *was Judge Fitzhenry's only information for newspaper men after | the conference. Plunkett a happe Wright Memorial Approved Unanimous approval w terduy by the Senate i Ohio, January 8 (®). tee to a bill to authori 54, Coshocton, | on Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk Ohio, went 1o his death in the electric | commemc tempt in history by 2.000,000 Share 22.333.000,000 The face value of American rail roads’ outstanding securities s ap proximately 3,000,000, this wealth i ared by ne 2,000,000 stock and hond holders These figur were given by Commissioner Lewis of the Inter state Commerce Commission before the House committee hearings or the independent offices approprin tion Bl made public last week when the Wil was reported to the House, The valuntion of the railvoads o placed by $22,000,600 00,000 incr The commissic while there wer for new raflvoa 1926, there were nearly that many requests for abandonment andonments, in «u large measure,” he said, “have heer sought bermuse of the competition of hus and truck lines, particu Tarly us to short lines VOTE CHARG'ES IGNORED ton, W. Va., Election. CHARLESTON, W. Va.. January & (#).—The Kanawha County grand Jury today ignored charges of attempt- ing to intimidate election officials brought against Mayor W. W. Wertz | even others follow of Charfeston and ing the November election After he: jury repo an indictment.” The charges were made by W Byrne, Democratic political leader Charleston, iRle” dist n n " | Grand Jury Fails to Act on Charles- ng 15 witnesses the grand ed to Judge H. K. Black that “we are unenimously of the opin ion that there is not sufficlent evi-| dence to justify this body in returning K and a clerk in the “tri- ict, a Republican strong- 'WORK SEEKS TO CLEAR | 1iv 1t mewe MINERAL LANDS TANGLE St mio Secretary of Interfor Sends Draft of Legislation Embodying Designed to clear up (he tangle in Congress which has arisen over | granting of title to minerals in school | eXisting reservations of sections_in public-land States retary House public lands the bill presented by Mr. Work, s them [t A'so - stipy provee from the leases shall be used excl sively for the support or In ald common or public schools His Views. this condition is violated hy 1 States All lands within the Tlimits Rtates, specifically reserved f s water power purposes, invoived any pending suit proceeding Work vesterday sent pymmittee condition that the v of the mi the United for proposed ihe fon also specifie grant of miuerals in school sec < shall not_apply to the Territory ds | Aluska. ‘There v much ¢ u cussion of the tit grants to sch of | mineral-bearing lands in States si Provision | Congress reopened last December ix made for forfeiture in the event % he Bill Cuts Passport Fe=- Passport fees would be e from $10 to $5, the Ilife of pa n of the S ate from two to six ve and all charges for visas at Amert in of legislation embodying terms which | the United States courts and Sub-jeonsular ofices abroad would be s the favors ject to and inciuded in valid appl- | ished. und o Grant of minerals In school sec- | cations. claims or rights under the ¢y Den tions to States, under the terms of | AW, ave excluded from the provisions | New yorl hold, where the intimidation was al- | N leged to have occurred Suit Against “Peaches” Fails. 3W YORK, January 8 () plaint wit the dismi $150.000 dam; gainst Mre, Fran ill. 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