Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1922, Page 16

16 i ; THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHING ON, D. C, MARCH 26, 1922—PAR‘T 1. 5 ' - -_———_—ses Tells of Taking U.S. Flag First.. to” Wrangell Island W. E. Reyrwlda, Comman- dant of U. S. Coast Guard, Waves Glorious Emblem Over Head. 3 The Amefiean flag. acknowledged by authorities to have been carried 2shore by the first landing party on Wrangell Island, in the *Arctic ocean and now under international investi- gation as to its ownership, was car- ried by oung third lieutenant from the United States revenue cut- ter Corwin, on August 12, 1881—a third lieutenant who now ‘is W. E. leynolds, captain, commandant of the United States coast guard. From his sunny and cheerful office, | at 11th and ¥ streets northwest, the | former intrepid northern adventurer guard, " . Consult the Best Interests of Your Household and Also the Best | ; Interests of Your Pocketbook — We W]]l Expect You Here Monday Glasswalte 'AI.I.IMINUM_w;.- ever; Almmi-| Special, at $3.98 INSEER 5198 —You will find in this lot, man\ attractively | “porcern | Special [‘fMirro” Aluminum Ware| $3.08 Coffee , and Teapots. Special, | | ‘$2.98 nerLects! 6-Quart Sauce- | pans. Special, | $1.39 —Pure Aluminum Percola- tors. Special....... 5 98C Aluminum Round directs the affairs of the coa: while behind him hangs a picture of | ALUMINUM an ship of northern 'y seas, | r, reminder of adventurous hile the American State Depart- ment has begun to look into the mat- ter of the ownership of Wrangell Jsland, whif the subject was being dcbated on the floor of the Senate in connection with * the four-power | ————— ———— — | treaty and American rights in the : 8 : arctic while Vilhjalmar Stefansson | (e pead up. ;‘,,r;‘,fi,'a‘;fif,‘_'u"f“',h: flaz | has advanced claims that his recent | 3o we ran up the shore. to decorated picces at llus specul price. . 5 | =Etectrie troms, Mesco . L SR pixs 3. 69 | enettc Bawes, $24.98 Qf”‘" ‘i Dinner and Glassware explorations, in which he landed two {cipo we Saw ihead; before reach x Special. . Sxpeaitions: g the diiptan .| the cape, howe on was neard. |l | : P estab d Bri 3 “fand surmising that it was a sig i —Pure Aluminum, { Lower ices tne land, there exists within the pli-{for our return. we hastened bac | Dishpanx. Special ar nTgiees ! Wooden Ware ; ; | | able leather folds of an old but care- fully kept diary the actual record of tire” first landing by man on that bleak shore. hing the plice of landing in two ! and one minute from the time | nding. he weather being thick and l —Wooden Spooms, several | | sizes. Special. . l OC $24.08 7 MRS O8CIpl B $2.49 Set. Special |- 25¢| Quotex From Diary. f we were unable to form an it & In Capt. Reynolds' diary of August ofefslion extonts jorg el tant, Kettlen. Specialss. orees o eyn e i B e % = e gron and the $1 Down. and $1 Per Week | Kettles. Special 3 C | vegetation is muc hand an ount of the experiences | yTESTEL of the landing party. In clear-cut | 4% D€ style, filled with accurate detail, and | TNETE WiS no snow on f““,fif"“’:;} touched at times with the enthusiasm | 500 YS Tirds are plentiful and bear of oUCh, ‘which baq thilled &c 2 tracks were seen on the river's bank. i | great adventure, the story tells of * The driftwood on the beach "l}ed«_cl:a} events of a day. which al- lls a conclusive evidence that the coast “’: ¥ bflb gone down in history = l|s partially clear of ice at some time: jxMembers of the landing party, Capt. | Among other things we found was « '}r}nélda‘;n; included le' C. L«[boat paddle, also a wedge which had Hooper of the Corwin, evidently been made by a civilized Muir, later author man. Everybodyeaboard had an op- the Corwin"; F. Owen, engineer|portunity to go ashore and there were officer of the Corwin; Edward W. Nel- { but a few who did not avail them son. a passenger, now in Washington | selves of the chance. * * > = il q > bPels S —7-plece W —Potato Mashers. s Sl |F;1[2‘1:l:': Gota - bamd $4. 49‘&“’;1 . 39 |Fpeem - T 15C‘ cial o 4 | —82-1 Cott Set. | —7-plece Berry Set. s o accerns s $4,49 svecidd - 49¢ I_{I:“E?g':sfi:,',s‘;:f"sg'éflflg& 19c |8 Tt ~—O0'Cedar Oil, rezular larly 337 980 cial s $32 98‘ v oiss Teu $49 98 | STetiet l-n..er. 10 rolls. 25 . = [T e . —Wizard Polishing W: AN 7 s senses . —51-piece Dinner Se \_.'!".e" Pea Vay floral decoration. Spe- 7 | special clal —51-plece Dinner Se $7 98]— uxar and Cream Sets blue-bird pattern. cial —S50-plece Dinner Sel —Syrup Pitche! gold hairline decora- $8.98rs;zm.1 2 —Dust Mops, $2. Special, $1.49. —Mopn, _regularly $1.25. (= Special, 78e. Soap, per bar —Regular 30c Bottles of oil. Special, 18¢c. —Babbitt" Cleanser DOES YOUR HOME NEED SOME OF THESE SPECIALS? $1.29 —Regular 25 Dust tion. - Special.. \ith the biological survey. and him- [ people will doubtless, { Clothx. Special, 15€. | Sitrkmans | ZS0-plece Dinmer | —Water . Tumblers, regu- cle ¥ = self. . i . of spending so0 much time and lal Sonp | blue and gold hairline $8 98 larly 19c. Special ....... l PECIAY « ciocoo o inmimmmisioimisrnins 49 The diary was evidently written on|and risking so much to reach a land | |J| | de”mmng Sooeiat . | SOLD ON CLUB TERMS i C ;he nl:‘:u o; the twelfth, after return | that has never been visited, to leave == E"*"‘ 1 —Red Senl —35-piece Breakfa { —Goblet: herbets, ete., C 7“?-Ihhn-r-l rom the adventure. in two hours without exploring it or ||| |Lye . 3 101 $] 4 98 regularly 29c. Special. l C Special ........ am e 39 “We were called early this morn-| being positive the crew of the Jean- | Wh“e Hiame . g;'ed;? .F.ul.h.i‘ S . ‘ E Washday Combmauon | C ing.” the record says, “and found the!nette has not been there!' But the Cooking Ware P - = 1 — e - \es‘siel #mm ng toward l(i:nd: we-wcrk; people who say l;u\l I(lu\'e no idea of || ¢ Double Holler. Refri ‘| | —Roll-top Bread ol s .39 rveady for a start in a short time. I|the immense fields of ice in motion —2 - quar uble 8 Ti or —Galvanized Iron Boxea. of heavy | T " did not sleep well last night—the|and that every minute of delay was ||| | Special ..... 9 Cl efrigerators " |_—calvani | quality tinware. - Monday Witk Coupen le. A. Rogers Greylock others say the same—for I was con- | decreasing our chances of getting At Reduced Prices size. 79C Special i | tinually thinking of the trip we were|out and creasing our chances ol —8-qunrt les. | £ 2 R Si]‘-er“-u“, about to make and anticipating nu- | being crushed by the ice. We were |} b special 5 Ci - | 98C merous encounters with b rs. The | fortunate in being able to land at all wind had blown fresh during the| “After following up the ice p: night off shore and had loosened thetoward Herald Island for some ho ice considerably, and the vessel could | We squared away for the Ala Discontinued Pattern Y3 Less Than the Regular Top Icer Type Re- _g_quart 25-1b e 3 ch Special | zet much closer in. Kept steaming | coast.” —8-quart Kettles. 1rough the ice, which was auite Ship Was Sent by Paper. Special ... ; heavy in some places, and getting | A 5 which. .6 ! | —Garbage Pails. | 3 . nearer the Tand until we were Withini | poynelds refers, was the hin sent 16 | || | —S-auart Saucepans, cov- (St . 98¢ Sale Price & few hundred yards of the beach, and | the Arctic by the /New York Herald. | i ered. Special.. Apartment House| 5 = Gard | 8¢yle Refrigerator. | You Will Need Garden Setof 6 Tea:poonr-—fl)«- then dropped anchor in a large clear g Ehome me e e of o Mrge Cltsr|and in search of which the Corwin f a trip over the 5 v S D e ot in ot | The Jeannette was later found to have gt i, .‘ een wrecked and some o er crew I rould have been willing 1o Bive 2| to have escaped to Russia. Two other month’s pay i ad gone over the|ghips whalers, which had been m jce and got there a few days before [ 5Pl B ithh Br Lo o in Was her. The goal was at last reached in"search were the Mount Wallaston f{‘i"hg";" object of our cruise accom-|,ng the Vigilant. Evidence that they paneds had both foundered with loss of their Boat Was Lowered. crews was found by young Reynolds “A boat was immediately lowered|and companions, who had been put || and captain, doctor, Mr. Owen, Prof.|ashore from the Corwin in_Siberia. Muir, Mr. Nelson and myself got in it. | previous to their landing at Wrangel || I took a flag. We were soon at thejIsland. . beach; captain jumped out and waded| The Corwin had a broken rudder, ashore. I was right beside him, beingand as it was thought best to put the first to land. 1 offered captain |south. out of the Arctic region and ||| the flag to take possession, but he|the ice, to repair her. Capt. Reynolds told me to keep it and place it on the | said he. with two other white me| bluff, so I waved the glorious em-|was put ashore. With two native blem of American liberty above my |one of whom was an interpreter, the | head, and in the presence of one or|party put forth in three sleds, a skin two other officers and the boat's crew | hoat, twenty-four dogs and provisions { . took possession of the land in the;from the Island of Kolyuchin, goins |} - name of liberty and the government|over the ice to the mainland. They || of the United States of America.|found evidence of the loss of the || . Cheer after cheer was given by thelwhalers at a certain native 1 & erew aboard ship as we landed and|and then returned to a poi £- ! ,? 60-1b | ice ca- | Tools for Spring |5 §10.08| | s *"““'“‘-s Lamps for Bedrooms En;'d;:‘.lo(\.s.-s‘::ee?ial.R.‘jg.‘.‘: 89¢ ed Refrigerator, and Dining Rooms —Garden Rakes® . 69C | 539.98 ‘ —Boudoir "\pe‘"al A ”v‘.”.~-'” i | 79| sinr- 5298 -‘ 7 $4.49 length. Special | —C o m bination | Trowel and Weed- 25 [ er. Special...... | | chines, good models. ‘ Special ‘ — Stepladders — . ! Monday with this well made, 5-foot | coupen. size $l 39 —wmnw Clothes ! Hampers, round | shape with cover, Monday with{g i ed thiscoupon Fell reinforced throughout. None sold with- ‘Syle- Kann's—Third | None sold without Floor. this coupen. (8) 1 Poreelain-1. apartment ho sl)le Special 2 —Table -Lamps, with | | —Five-toot Skirt Boards, attractive silk shades riswold L 98C Special— | regular $1.93 $l 39 | 3 1 Special —Gray Enamel Fish Bollers, | [ None sold without this coupon. |Special 89C | 2 Kann's—Third Floor. waved the flag, and the -steamer’s|nated as a meeting place for them | whistle saluted a number of time: we responded to the cheer with a will. | had been repaired with pieces taken | “While most of them were engag- | from a wreck in the north seas, and i ing in-searching for evidences of the | the party then set forth in further |} land ever having been visited by |search of the Jeannctte. 1t was in | §i = mah, Mr. Owen. Dr. Rosse and I, witi | this search that the Corwin came |/} meveral men, went on top of a cliff | upon Wrangel Island and, after hav- P to yhnz the flag; we took with us| ng waited for the opening to shore, | % 2 I 5 T A 9x12-Ft. Size and a 27x54-In. Size. i The Two for - near the meuth of the river. The flag Capt. Reynolds had ext. i Vi * Wan Jashed to the pole and I com- [scith the revenue cutters in northern —The smallrug . matches the large one. and the returned Corwin. The ship menced ‘the hole that was to re-|waters, carrying law and order into ceive the flagstaff: after the other gar places where the ships and crews two officers had tried their hands at were the only representatives of the _ digging the hole, it was finished bY ) government. .thef men. A large bottle, containing I - a Yew ¥York Hel;ai‘d and alre;‘lg;d of " the Corwin’s visit was las| to - h siome st betow the fur crne| LOOK FOR BODY IN RIVER. < next eperation was to raise and plant —_— - the pole. and we all shared in that |Special Dispatch to The Star. work, each being anxious to have| FREDERICK, Md., March 25.—The someihing to do with the erection of | oy o Momocacy river was dredged | | fel!! so proud of the Stars and Stripes | for a three-mile stretch this week, in | | hefore as 1 dia when it waved Lo]an effort to locate the body of Harvey | J il kepehlat bl ity nd | Gartrell, twenty, who shot and killed | /f i —Regular price of the large rug alone is 1 $9.95. solis Land. Three hearty ‘cheers and ger were given, which were re-|Arta Iris Jenkins, seventeen, three :r‘: dea to by three times three from | weeks ago, and who is believed to have | |§/ o! Ship. “tapt. Hooper had limited up to two | drowned himself. | hours on'shore, as the ice was in mo- | Rewards totaling $600 have been of- tion and he was afraid it would close | fered for the recovery of the body. Last Ten (10) Days of This Great Removal Sale on ::'-:::( 5th we will be lau-iod Iarger building. 63 7th Street. 3 These Are All First Quality Rugs —No Seconds —Made of heavy grass, closely set together with 720 double warp, insur- -ing a maximum amount of service. . LJ i g Bre . —An extra protection is the binding sewed at both ends and sides. | —The patterns include Chinese medallion, all- over floral de-|—Those who know these “Kooltex” rugs will appreciate | signs, Walls of Troy, etc., on green, blue and brown grounds; what delightful summer rugs they are and how well named, but there are not all colors in every design. : bemg cool looking in texture. They are firmly woven with \a sturdy cord warp. -One side is plain, the other in the de- —900 rugs seem like a large quantity; -but when the ex- signs mentioned, so that either side may be used. traordinarily low price:is considered it is really not a large : . quantlty and they will go out very qulckly —You will probably want several for your home, cottage, ho- |} Kann ’s—Third Floor. - ' A el etc., this summer—secure them at tomorrow’s low price. This Is a argain that you don't see every day. A well-balanced 3-piece genuine reed suite, 2 strongly built; covered in handsome heavy taffeta . cretonne. Special removal sale price............. REED-FIBER, FAN BACK CHAIR A popular chalr ap The chair for renl| ; popular price. comfort — of gen-| wiy; jook well in ¥ uine Ypsilanti reed | .y room. Speciall) Q«\u fiber. Our sgeclal| \orova) sale price "““ 513-75 . notfz:ng?s.fi BAR HARBOR CHAIR YPSILANTI FIBER ROCKER A well made| Fere's a bargain that you've been G clair, of el iing for. This quality willow; | chajr will last cammot be dupllé| for years. Get ohe mow. Special cated at this spe- | Ohe mow: Epechsl cial removal sale | T5ce iy CHAIR $575 | $8.98 Recker -1'5” Recker $0.98 Exactly as illustrated. Exactly Scotch Lace Brishie Panel Curtains, Each, 29¢ . Monday With T‘Il C.l”l _Made with loops along the top ready o shir ou el 1 Baetly tucal designs. —Lis o o aold withou Cotton idntkesm, $6 Monday With This Coupon Table Covers, 29¢ Monday “n- Thix Monday “m- This Coupon i Cook’s Linoleum Rugs, $3 Monday With This Coupon _Size 6x7%° ft.. bordered and_th -tmctu—e ‘oriental designs. $5.95 value. : ZLimit, two_te & person. —Nowe ‘old witheut ¢ mpol. Kamn's—Third FI —All sizes, filled with good qual- ity cotton and covered with art ticking. . —Limit, two to a person. —None sold without coupon. (8) Kann's—Third Floor. Tixactly as Hustrated. Exactly as illustrated BABY CARRIAGES . . . $17.50 UPHOLSTERY, NOVELTY & SIIPPLY STORE 911 7th St. N. W. Made in Dutch stsle; ceam mlor e shinle T it e A TR S I S strived electn: Wanhauye Son: ! Monday With This Coupon " —Rich colorings, in splendid oriental denigns. $14.95 value. —-lell 3 ,i% o person. thout couy ®) T Rann's—THirnd Floor. T ) ®)