Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1924, Page 19

BERGDOLL SAYS U. S. | CHARGE IS ILLEGAL! Denies Preparing to Return as Deserter, Declaring He Never Took Oath i I SKEPTICAL OFFERS ! OF Several Propositions Made to antl Evader, He Admits. By the Associated Press. EBERBACH, Germany, March 29— Contending that the charge of deser- tion against him is illegal, inasmuch < never sworn in or wore uniform of the United States Army, Grover Cleveland Bergdoll made emphatic denial today of the re- port that he was preparing to return to the United States and the rumors that he contemplated embarking at{ Hamburg this week. The draft evader, returning to his hotel here after a motor trip to the Black Forest, admitted that several inauthorized propositions had been put up to him by third parties whose redentials failed to impress him, al- though the: ged to have car- in _blank, of State ofticial red duly s Hughes seal, These documents, it Bergdoll, were supplemer, ers from the Departmer Sting American con. ialy in Germany where to expedite his passage. Skeptical of Proposition. *~The parties 0 approached m said Bergdoll, “hinte i probabili would 3 eta; and bearing the I would be ziven a light sentence for evading the draft in cas. rily, but I was skeptical of the whole He confessed that he would not mind returning to take his medicine, but could not see the way clear 2 five-y He reit iliegal ar sentence confronted him. ated that his conviction w the fact that his serving a sentence under same charge, as he had never taken the oath as a soldier or donned & uniform. id that the allezed with which the third part were equipped when they approached Bergdoll_were issued in the name of “Bryant.” B W LONDON STRIKE MAY FAIL OF ADJUSTMENT Graduated Wage Raise Seen as Possible Obstacle to Pro- posed Settlement. By the Associated Prese. LONDON, March 29.—Although terms have been reached between the delegates of the striking trans- port workers and the companies operating the tramways and busses, London will have to do without these services until Tuesday at least, as a nong the men is to be taken hilc it is believed the terms ar- ranged will be accepted, it is not al- together certain that another hitch will not ari as, according to an statement concerning the ss some grades of kers employed at indoor work in connection with the tramway serv- ices will get only a four-shilling increase In_wages, while the other workers will receive six. The men have insisted all along on. equal treatment for all grades FAIL TO PICK UP KDKA. Argentine Radio Fans Hawve Little Success in Effort. 5 ATRES, March 29.—Radio entina report little suc- ted attempts last night Spanish languay st by KDKA, the inghouse radiophone station at Pitts- burgh. Pa. So far as can be learncd the program was not received in this city, Fans at and_also of Buenos picked up with some ance. oints in the interior aces outside the city Aires report having partly the radio program, but distortion and interfer- Large Store Room 1832 14th St. N.W. ‘Will alter to sunit tenant. Desirable for any business. David E. Barry 1807 H St. N.W. Main 1801-4693 Realtor Finder or Loser —will be readily located through a Classified Ad in The Star. The first place any one who has found something looks is in The Star— ‘where the one who bas lost it is most likely to an- nounce the fact. The Star prints MORE | Classified ads every day than all the other papers here com- bined — because everybody makes use of them. *Around the Corner” Is A Star Branch Office Planet Mercury in the evening. I surrendered volunta- { chile | THE SUNDAY § THE STARRY SKIES IN APRIL By Prof. Samuel G. Barton of the University of Pennsylvania. This month affords the bests oppor- tunity of the Yor seeing the The paths of the earth and Mercury are shown in figure 2. As is evident from the figure, the orbit of Mercury being much smaller than that of the earth, the planet lies nearly in the di- rection of the sun, so nearly so that for the greater part of the time it cannot be seen in the sun's glare. For the same reason we do not see the stars, even the most brilliant ones, in year Figure 1. 'The constellntions ut sky so that the direction faced Is at the bottom; that is. if facing east, hold east at the bottom, as south now is. TARTH'S ORa)y Pigure . the daytime which But at the times at Mercury's direction differs most from that of the sun it may be | moon. seen shortly after sunset near the| this time is nearl sun in the west or in the east before sunrise in the early morning. In figure 2 the positions of the earth and those of Mercury on the same dates are shown. On March 22 Mer- cury was on the opposite side of the sun from the earth and nearly in line with the sun. Since that time the $10 Dollars planet has been east of the sun by an increasing angle. This angle reaches a maximum of nearly 20 degrees on April 16, as shown in the figure, and t will be seen best then. t just possible to mark the nosition of Mercury on April 16 on figure 1. It is on the horizon about 25 degrees north of west. This map is made for 8 o'clock. One should look for Mercury earlier than this when it is higher in the sky. It is seen best in the twilight not long after sunset. Higher than Mercury s Venus. Its position is shown for the first, sixteenth and thirtieth of the month. Thee is no mistgking 9 p.m. April 1: Hold the map to the Motions of mercury und the earth. Venus. lts brilliance exceeds that of any heavenly body except the sun and | The brilliance of Mercury at | the same as that | of the star Capella at A and brighter than that of Aldebaran at B. 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After April 16 Mereury is closer to the sun each night, and is soon lost in the sun's rays again. While April 16 is the best night, the planet may be seen for a few nights before that time and for a smaller number of nights afte ward. Veaus. The other planet, Venus, the sun than the earth, is also its best. A figure showing the motion of this planet was given last month Venus is at its greatest eastern e gation on April 21 On that evenin it will set at 10:42 of Philadelphia time anywhere (local, not standard Venus is often tao close tc be seen, there fs not the s of opportunity for ‘s that we have in the Venus has a much gre nd also having Mercury, may be from the sun. Mercury is never more than 28 degrees awuy from th while Venus may degrees away. On April 1y 46 degrees wway. At that time magnitude js minus four, which mean that it is nine times as bright as S rius, th t of the fix There is no difficulty the broad daylight, except it is h: to locate on the bright hackgrou the sky. When the location is e rately known V is not hard sed. On 4 phase 1i the moon After th time it crescent which cannot e n except tel Th ter brilliand ger orbit than are launching our AR, WASHINGTON, D. C, seen much farther | MARCH 30, crease 2 little until it reaches a maxi- mum on May 25. Venus is the earth’s twin as a planet. It resembles the earth more than any other planet in size, density, atmosphere and other characteristics. Because of the unfavorable comdi- tions under which it is seen, less is known about Venus thaif about other planets. We are not even sure yet as to the manner in which It rotates on its axis. Other planets shown on figure 1 are Neptune, which ix Invisible to the naked eye in the constellation i.eo, and the which s in Virgo. a, the bright star at ¢ conspicuous ob- Saturn is brighter than Spica, t quite us bright as Arcturus at Saturn is south at midnight April After time it is west of at m nearest This planet well for the next few agittarius and Ju- s cannot be seen in to the may b In tigure 2 w ve of Mercury, shown the orbit ame plane rees between the t £ part the orbit of th the rull line, Mercary is | is, on the northern side | M the earth's orbit, In the dotted fine part it is below the plane of the earth’s orbit. The points M and N at which Mercury cross the plane of the earth’s orbit are called the nodes of the orbit. deseending node | at M, where it goes from above to be- nd ascending node at N. It will sm the figure that we have | {an exe nal condition presente { Mercury is at its d and that o in the that i, straight line the three | the line of nod = - Spring drive for 500 NEW CUS’ High-grade Furniture at ONE DOLLAR DOWN! ments of ONLY ANOTHER DOLLAR! needs good furniture should 1924—PART 1. and November 9, it is only near these times that such a transit could occur. Iff Mercury passes the earth at any other point of its orbit than. M or then, as it is above or below the planc of the earth’s orbit, it is not directly | tween the earth and the sun, transit o 3 . The orbit of Mercury is not a cirele, and, as is apparent from the figure, it i nearer to the earth's orbit when at sun at N. For these transits are not equal in the two points. 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