Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1923, Page 3

THE SUNDAY TOBREAK .. AL Guards Discover Bricks Dis- placed. But Leading No- where to Liberty. THWART ATTEMPT | Guards at the District il thwarted | AN attemnted delivery, it was learned Yast night. after four pri vried loose & half dozen bricks spoons smugkled into the south cell wing from the dining hall. e keen e ards Dean and Michael Branniga g the rounds one night during the week, noticed that in the southern- | most coll of the ind_tier, cvory- thing was not qui shoatd The it n wfter seeing Tow from The which the removed Excape Not The joke would half Posxible. have becn on the privoners, becuuse the wall that they | Wwere breaking into wae not the outer wall at all, but a division like an air | P between th outer wall Al tler. T woughit that away they the cell ti ver the Nary Expects to Find Unteld in Exploring Arctic Vast Deposits of Oil May Be Revealed by Air Craft—New Continent May Pro- vide Short Route to All Lands. e wi transport operations from will be launched and thit will be a facttor in the gafion of the polar regions AU the present time tie versus the airplune holds the center the stage in an animated con versy their used. ich the the. LML MEINTYR ex air navi- have a million he Ard revealed to cxplored Navy This ¢ square n that b the never been man will i the United coming sumn the Arctic by air not n w Th ciden ter impe the of airship ot hus for over relative merits It i~ quite possib! will their frozen north the Navy's ne stacular dask ne will be | BTCtC wo flight will e squadron of car &0, On the rigid for- Bt airplanes the | ! reached of far g sccum unky which he naval u the so-c other hand p. the Shen table contender hird alternative ation expedition to plo explorers conttment erte wn e tists lose mineral wealth the Arctic give up se the aerial pioneers that held inviolate for cent. Will commes charted between Europe and the cific? i Will il fields be located that supplement the ady dwingling supply in other countries? 'hese are a few of the gre that these Interpid naval men will seek to answer. Following the receipt of approvil President Coolidge of an Arcti naval expedition, the Secretars of the Navy has appointed a Dboard eaded by Rear Admiral Moffett. chief of the bureau of aeronautics, to investigate and make definite plar ‘or carrying out the project. The composition of this board insures expedition will und taken with evers u j e tee of success, backed exDert | 1 reasons beyond this t kno se and reinforced with the venture they may be had in plenty Kol »{ the In the forthcoming expedition the Navy eaNe i dnniets S S may ze the way for future com- which are presented mercial air routes and so reduce t | distance between continental E the far east to one-third of that over nt-day lanes of travel. A glance at map i sufficient to demonstrate th contention. Practically every great cir- | cle course’ by air Europe to the | far cast | | the great circle is navigator by air and by sea straight line is to the mathem: the shortest distance between | point E: hol and and o is a the presented in two—the She vanguard of th for honor is the < the N, augmen ed observa ad out in a funl rieh wi in have be ries routes Pa f Romance. suggestion—t hitherio unknown “throws u gla mand the exp with which the mer a polar flight is dwarfed into Insigni icanc xistence of such tirent trongly suspected weny contidently believed va in the “time of th s of mor hours be only in th lion squure tions air- | explore througi more than a century of tim and this will be the great unknown ich will give up its « be Naval airmen, who will wing possibl= by a problems No Definite Plan Yet. no definite plan | ot been formu- under It known that of operation has a: The maiter iscussion for some in val circles and all the Jroposed Arctic expedition have been ved, but it will remain for tn ppoint by the S Navy to make concrete ions as plan of is bee past has time angles lated n to the nrve official board ctary of th end: operation. Meanwhile civen full oration of th out another priz of contribution to s | cage. What is more. i profound influence on our everyday lives In the temperate regions of th | varth It is claimed by meteorol- | oglsts that our weather condit {the northern hemisphere are directly | affected by the air currents in the upper air strata of the Arctic regions, {and that with a Arctic in by the way ntific know o the i may have ceom speculation has been Tn the lively dis- on by I alr experts. author- ies on Arctic conditions and sciena- which has been going on since Arctie expedition first came rein tists, air needed for | rope and | s through the Arctic, and | knowledge of these | el Juy STAR, WASHINGTON, D. DECEMBER 9, 1923—PART 1. cEnozaor U | 5 . { AR waGion | i right: Map of polar reglons, giving d | for “the golden fleece—the discovery and exploitation of oil flelds—iooms up as a beckoning hand to invite t neers of ndustry and comme: ologists have maintained the tence of these depo in the Arct locked in the grasp of the froz t of the north. Will it be s grip wil be loosened by Navy's “Leviathan of the Air i Wil float gracefully over the | pack and point the finger of progre t the hidden recesses of mineral | wealth supposed to exist there? A survey of the possible lines of | rouch and the conditions which | 1l shape the plans of the explorers | is necessary to full understanding of he prodlem | | From Nome, Alaska. 1o the no j pol approximately 1500 | naut 7 an air line. Point | northernmost point of and Wrangel lIsland are ighborhood of 1,100 nautical miies from the pole. Between these two points and the top of the earth lies the great uncharted regions that the cxpedition wiil explo To the | stward of the pole are Spitzbergen d Franz Josef Land, about equi- from the north pole, on a s of 650 miles with the Dole as enter. While these islands offer sser base to the pole than can be n Alaska, they are at a rela- { tively greater distance from the cen- {ter of the unexplored territory to the west of the pole. It is expected | that Alaska will be chosen as a base for operations, and Nome will prob- ably be selected as the starting point Another consideration in air naviga- tion of the Arctic is a factor that has | ot entered into the plans of previ | ous explorers. {""Whereus, in the past, a matter of | ia few miles might be the guage of success or fallure, the balance of life | or death to the lonely arctic traveler mushing his w ith dogs and sleds over the frozen pack, alrcraft have ! annihilated these vital consideration Arctic the The Raré Book Shop 723 Seventeenth St. Prices Paid land take W. A. Moftett. who the National Geographic heads the board arranging the enor, representing Soclety on the board. Lower nncex. of time and distance possibl particular the two ual as a4 number planes in the s of eraft gould b sistance to one another Favor of Airshi of othe: Much that b of the airship airplane, (e and rad ation one of the fon with Arctic would mooring sint of ch service tape will of necessity be off from nd this r amph and flotat combination ships and airplanes able. The long dius of the Shena Ly the ditions of t equij water land for an wheels A exy map out ns for the planes. |t rmation could nchorage i of a hurri « no trick at all to trans- For Christmas Delivery No Cash—Pay Next Year ON ALL SIZES Payments as Low as $7.50 Per Month WASHINGTON GARAGE CONSTRUCTION CO. Main 7984 CONTINENTAL TRUST BLDG. {the coming effort and are | readiness example, and have it in the de- within a few weeis after cision. was made. Firdt Stage in Ship. 1f airplanes are used in the expedi- tion it is likely that use will be made of a ship to transport them to the Arctic. Such & plan would be an ex- tension of the proposal of Lieut. Com- mander Robert A. Bartlett, who re- quested that the Roosevelt, which quartered e doughty crew of Ad- miral Peary on his successful polar expedition, be purchased by the Navy Department. Lieut. Commander Barg- lett, who had an active part in Peary's expedizion, will be one of the prin- cipal advisers and moving spirits in has been p- pointed on the board, which is headed by Rear Admiral Moffett. The base ship would carry the airplanes to the edge of the pack lce in Arctic ocean and from the planes would be sent out toward pole Nothing could be more convincing of the careful thought and well bal- anced consideration that has been given the project than in the char- acter of the men who are back of it. President Coolidge In his letter of aushorizstion to the Secretary of the Navy states: “As it fell to the Navy to achieve the final goal through the efforts of Admiral Peary, It is emi- nently fitting that th v should continue the work feve that the expedition W h you have view will he of great practical vu and will be carried through with t thoroughn and efficiency, W marks ev project wirich the N undertake Secreta \ Denby approval from his chief with thusiasm. It is in line with ki sire to keep in touch with tie ad- vancement of information on Arctic exploration, a desire whica led him to deslgnate a representats of the United States Navy to accomplish & simllar expedition ship of Capt. Roald Amundsen. The appointment of Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the bureau of aero- Announcement MAISON GUSTAVE 1 IN PERSON Has returned to Washington and Wishes to { inform his Friends and Patrons That he bas taken full mansgement of his former business 706 13th STREET N.W. 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