Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1926, Page 10

10 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON 5, 1926—PART 1 longitude east or west of the Meridian boc- and which s not often more than | MOTHERS INVITED. PflI_AR BDN”NENT {| NORGE CONTROL ROOM AND STARTING POINT OF ADVENTURE | L L S R Prfl BRUSS PRlZES | _— ! g seen that one line is not sufficient to | \L | Beneficiaries Under Proposed Pen- the direction of travel and of the dis- tance covered from hour to hour, |fix the position of the airship accu-| { forms the basis of all navigation, | rately, so another line is necessary. | sion Law to Meet Thursday Night 2 | % = 5 whether traveling in ships upon the| As the airship is assumed to be fly | e anciarion e AT | o oo e seas or by airship above them. ing on a given meridian, the time B e v ering 1, | i ¢ : : : The magnetic compass, invented |elapsed since she was at a known Tt ave TiVitad to attand & more than 500 years aso, i still used | position on this meridian is noted, and E to he held by the 4 — | . 3 - 3 . - ok by navigators to guide them over the | from a 'knfll\\'lmlgo ofinc drift, air _— S e toe (‘(&xl!lhvlr'» l}"‘en:n‘)ll;: i i | . 4 % . || oceans. That the compass does not |Speed, etc.—in other words, the dead " e E"SWOrth 0utllnes Resuns tO % point true north, but foward | reckoning—the ground speed is FII'St -Award GOeS 10 James‘ '|‘|1>~'r1“\“m;;h( “J'hl"'l n;’ = ubll‘\.. ¢ the magnetic north pole, was first em- | termined, and a circle of equal e s : . . i || phasized during the voyage of Colum . e ekate o Be Gained From Work L Bl [0 When 1t was dlscovered that the |drawn on a chart. GE White—Womanfands | Mcs Lot clements iehaeman o ol ” > » 5 | needle was pointing almost 12 degrees | . ! mxlurlvl,‘ u.‘mlm sible “ dr.a;\' ll]n-: be & nurbes -r-'\xwko,\_ Pt . i @ | | nis sailors. Navigation char e Players. H. D. Murray will presid BY LINCOLN ELLSWORTH. 3 | : % | |tell us just how much the c S posn B L y n o o I N EL q 1 3 [ Points est or west of true north, and | Vi on." The bearing of the sun, with | _Feats of herotsm, quick wit an The story of our G0f-mile flight ; By Aowing. for ihe variation a fajrly | reference to the airship’s position, may | resourcefulness are recorded in the : 3 from Spitzenbergen out over the } i i L et Lha ke cam be | then be found, and a course set’ with [annual first aid and life saving awards Burglar Gets $63 in Jewelry Polar Sea is now a matter of history: e L i 3 reference to the sun | announced today by the American Red| A thief broke into the apartment of but history does not record the feel- | ason for this variation is that Pole Route Will Save M ” Cross for the year 1925. All of the | W. L. & nstedt, 1416 Euclid street inzs of the six men who, after drift- g the earth's magnetlc poles do not lie [ 4 o SO0 T g { elght recipients of the awards, which | ve afternoon 3 stole ap ing ahout in the ice for days, re- : : % at the same spot as the geozraphic| oo i u"u:‘m i ‘,"'m’r L carry cash prizes, had been trained prox turned to solid land azain subdued, ¢ | |poles. In fact, the magnetic North | A FUERL 18 WHBEIRAT eraphi | by the Red Cross in first aid and life loot include antique Chinese ring <add and perhaps humbled by i 4 i Pole, which attracts the compass | Sorthe WIRIRE QUL 9F Lhet freat whits |saving methods and re selected | a rold ring and a pair the experience. We had learned our 5 i E 4 needle, lies 1,200 miles to the south of | iy B OREE e 1t [ from among many applicants earrings i quence, our insignificance in 3 g . g {the geographic North Pole, on the [(oRETUICEE B8 & FOMMEr aspec. | pirgt prize in the first aid awards | north co: of Canada. r naviga- | It S Ens, 0 pioneer | hito James G. White, an employe | transpolar fight that cannot be over- | o (1 “Western Electric (o. for = psence of the eat elemen an is, after all, an emotional ’ |tion in the Arctic regions, where the | o0 ch he is easily brought to his b . [directive force of the earth's magnetic | “§% route over the Polar sea [ReToiSm and resour cfulness displayed . | field is very weak, owing to the near-f .0 T, SOV SR Iar Sed |in rescuing another emplove of the One would naturally think : o, had that after an experience such as we k of the magnetic pole, the usuai | jro PRE BEEn SOACEC . company after he had come in con v § : K b en Lurope and Asia of the | o had had we should be satisfied. But . e v aircra e Became | {LEE NIt o i ol et Vil waste, with all its danger, there is | 3 ; : 9% 2 tandency; for thé neeldlsito AWIE | Niurh Pola) the jsurney Tram London |Couver; Wash. WHIts effccted ‘the H osklip o e G T . than in o surface ship. For this rea. | Nrth Pole, the journey from London | receye’at peril to his own life 1720 Street N.W. | S E = | | son variations as high as 180 degrees B e e 3 would be shortened by almwost one Telephone Worker Wins. silent, white realm—strikingly beau % | 3 tiful in its elemental simplicity—that . | may be encountered in the Polar Sea. | WOU! | . | - Elmer R. Porter of Greenshurg, P’a Brocaded Chinese draws men on. Nature is, after all, ' G 8 . and s sodsat hik 5 ; y ; Amundsen’s Sun Compass. As speed, and still more speed, is | el oman of the Bell Telephone | [l Silk Crepe, 28 in., 83 25 . an acquired taste, and as Van Dvke | theh aloas adsys » slogan nowadays, this short cut |1ne foreman of says, “One begins by adn \ Hud- As science has no information con- | between Occident and Orient should ",.;""‘ld' ;':D“""”“‘]‘ Pl 5 i:’L' per vyard irst prize for his at of stopping Ly son River landscape and ends by lov- ning the exact amount of this vari- | promote the use of this route fc ing the desolation of the Sahara.” {157 1a) #hése’ raglon ih coml| e e & the flow of blood from the ruptured B : la mail and expr service. tery of an injured motorist by press Chinese Colored i o § % > % pass” has been devised by Amun: jmmer travel the Aretic' has v > The Vast Unknown. ; . _ ! y e 1o | \ 5 s s whn tho: aim 1e BAiar Summer travel the Aictic hes meny | ing his: finger on the artery fur 45| |[iPongee, a3 iin, pee Sl 50 t yet finished instrument s operated by clockwork. | 24 hours of daylight, an even surface | hnites hefore un s L vyard e . 3 % “irs methods aved the ill lies the “Great If properly set before starting, it will Frii 4 ¢ st r4 temperature around freezing, anc s vue, we have wiped always indicate true north by i prism- | a1 bockets, which are the hug ind 10 llife of an injured motorist also won Japanese Pongee, 5 | ¥ 000 ‘sQuEDS sniles O It P e ; reflected in of the sun in a ground the third prize award for W the very pole itself—finding only a » {lass divectiy in front of the pilot, so | PRATRRRL o lat exploration | o aman. employe of e Fuc fciiTlc ; mnm&fle. b Sl 00 deep polar sea—on the uropean sids long as one keeps on the same merid- | goes hack mearls. 400 & ploration | hone and Telegraph Co.. who was ||} per yard.. . e e e Hilis o which the compass is adjusted e i hea vears, and the }yorking a me ne teno. Ne Rut between the pole and A n to which the compass is adjusted. | record is studded with crushed and | Jonrin® i for Bt aid - went v there still lie 1,000,000 square miles The principle can be illustrated by | pointing the hour hand of your watch foundering ships and the deaths of | gyeq Quint. emplove of the Southern \mexplored region—a territory al- & ¥ 3 0 e most double the size of Alaska. or of e f toward the sun. The approximate | mndreds of brave men. To reach the | Beil Telephone and Telezraph Co.. at that of the United States east of the ; north-south direction will be halfway | o Fele may serve no purpose in | gylgxi, . R ; : | ltself. What fs it. then, that nrges Py A ssippi River: and there are indi S 4 between the hourhand and the 12 s that within that area there i = s \ 3 o'clock ;mark on the watch men of a certain mould and temper |y e Dimitroff of “The flood tides should reach the o knowledge of the airship’s position | With life or death a m drowning of 11-vear-old Fugene Alaskan coast from the north if this A $ for its indications, any errors in dead. | N “Sreat elemer . C'hurchill at York Beach, Me., last unobetructed basin, The times and | divection as indicated by the sun com S ing the boy by swimming with him ranges of the semi-daily tide from uw‘\ pass. Not only must the course of the | (eorze Leigh Mallory, who lost his | through a heavy tide and sea alonz a PAYS | Greenland coast to the Alaska coast airship be known, but also the specd | life trying t Mount Everest, | rocky stretch of coast was performed through the air, the speed over th. | answered that question himself: “Be- |at zreat peril to his own life, the 57 S0 our work is are also an_indication that there is i 2 3 Sk land in the Polar Sea. Another indi- ' 3 3 | sround and, finally, the deviation | cause it is the he achievement |award sets forth cation is the great age of the ice 8 : . % 5 from the cou steered, or the drift | itself is not the real end. nor is the . - " found in the Beaufort Sea. { 3 |angle. must be ertained. Th fame it brings. The end is in the A Woman Given Prize. Spitzbergen, ever since its discovery | . 4 e 9 data, when combined on a calculati; doing, in the exertion. the effort: second prize for lif went te in 1596, hs star! ; ; : machine, show immediately what new | above all, in the consciousness of the | Mrs, Ruth Sutton of Jackeonville foe * Compounded ; course to steer under the existing wind | unconquerable wili imming to the rescue of four girls Semi-Annually znrr;wel'n coast n;:e_ anh.‘;\.;n 1;11}]; in : A conditions And cour Haver to stbmit or viakl lin the surf a R eksonieil Commencing January 1, 1926 0 degrees north latitude, which is e : at is else not 10 be overcome Third prize At only 10 degrees, or 600 miles, from | WIDE WORLD PRoTGS . ] Chartiig the Course. Aste: 16 Baibiin ool St e man ) award : Assets Over the pole, is washed by an arm of the | Above: The pilot's cabin on the dirigible Norge of the Amundse > A Owing to the variable winds and the § the work in hand imperi- | going to the rescun n $11,000,000 Gulf Stream. Thus the waters are worth-Nobile polar expedition. 4 _ round fogs that prevail in the Aretic ulm!v and ruthlessly demands many of | surf at 1side. Ore. 1 par & S 1 ’ ’ ice free for the greater part of the Lower left: Ki g sy the Summer months, a dead-| the best gifts of manhood, both of | James F. Whitten r n " vear and the islands are easily ac- | air on the polar P“:fifml::," reckoned position must be checked up | bods and of mind. "It tempers the | Won the fourth p y ‘e « urplus, $1,000,000 cessible to ships from the 3 & - ¥ s by some other means. The s < the | Will for the conguest of difficulties a companion at Porter Laks S e s Lower right: Lincoln Ellsworth, American member of the expedition. T e s i o e oo et M DARIOm: Atk 4 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. depending the prevailing winds | e tions may he made at this time of Beyond that. driving man forw Temporary Quarter arifis the S ar B30 SAIED | o anmineahave i gombined Norsed| milos whithid simbat Abuble el s vear. When the navigator measures | on the path of esolution, ix 1ta €164t | ing inco spce, I ) 1004 E STREET N.W. has ever been the barrier to those who | power of 730, and a maximum speed | tance of our proposed flight from | | the altitude of the sun he knows only | illusion. its.complete devotion to e spacealod During Bldz. Construction. as to reach the North Pole by i & 4 that he is somewhere on e ERG oY o8 P ion and striving to understand . aspire to reach the North Pole 1Y fof 62 miles an hour. ‘The tutal cruis| Spitzhergen to Aliska. across the unmarked Polar Sea—our | soccall ; R, ok e ¢ creator and'the builder JAMES BERRY, President ro Ly ing radius of the airship is 3500 But how are we to find dur way latitugde north of th puator and our | right anele 5 i - 1, 1020, by The New York JOSHUA W. CARR, Sec'y Perilous Ice Barrier. This frozen surface of the Arctic | ‘ Ocean, some fifteen hundred miles in | diameter, breaks up ompletely every . Summer, the great fields of ice drifi Atlantic. At any time of vear, how- ever, a storm may rift the i and throw up great ridges of Yet man with his ideals is forever | §i pushing onward and upward into Ihe' il unknown, seeking to find where n«)’ man has ever found before. After Parr; journey in 1 rorth- ward from Spitzbergen to latitude 82 degrees 45 minutes, 66 vears elapsed hefore a further north was recorded, although many expeditions made the attempt. Nansen, in 1893, entered the ice with his ship, the Farm. off the Sy hatnliee b " . g New Siberian Islands, and after drift- Suites at will oive vears of service—s 9 - , paEel <o . . 2 e ke 4l e B T uites that will give vears of service—suites that will beautify yvour home—at a price that was made possible through a quantity and opportun rchase marched over the ice with one com- 2 3 : ; : =~ At PI une purchase. panion to latitude 86 degrees 14 min- | IE e one of the many home lovers that have been looking for distinctive furniture for vour living room at a moderate price—see the it : A 8 a moders — se suites utes north, the Farm meanwhile | 3 Yeaching 85 degrees 57 minutes to the | [ north of Spitzbergen. _ I i m blocks by the pressure of the moving | . . v . fce fields, so that no place on the || frozen surface, as Peary says, oan‘ | he counted upon to be in the same || locality A month later. il Specially Purchased! ‘ Specially Priced! Sale begins tomorrow and lasts for four days only! | | i i i It remained for Cagni of the Duke | [ of the Abruzzi's expedition five vears | i @ iater to be the most successful of all | | = those who had tried to reach high lati- | fi : iinles ou the E‘uropeur:“ e ot tholl| Liberal Terms of Credit Cheerfufly pole. Leaving his second supporting ’ ¥ Siy) Arranged, Pay on Easy party at latitude $3 degrees 10 min- | ¢ i K Weekl 3 tes, Cazni pushed morthward with ) Y 3 i eekly or Monthlv Payments three companions, detcrmined, if he ¢ ; X : L could not attain the pole, at_least to { 4 ? outdistance his predecessor, Nansen. Sy | He reached latitude 86 degrees 34| g x5 oy ‘ v minutes, where, on account of failing 4 R gz " e e ek [ S : ; uxa ade duites back. While the northward journey | |i TN X A ; 5% 3 > : / 7 - had required 45 days, it took the party | ek § & 2 60 days to return, for the ice was Sae AR ¢ " g 7 A B eetir i it e oavaneing sonadl e ; : " = g Every one made by the Buffalo Lounge mer, and the westward drift of the - S q . iy e o e ; 5 3 s ! Co;, one of the finest upholstery makers in Franz Josefsland, their base, before | America. they could sight it. Spitzbergen to Alaska. . Reresiint o SR 14 different color combina- ploring the. Arctic by balloon and air il I o N = — i i ship were seriously entertained. The ||k ! 4 4 3 S : ‘ tions from which to select. Jac- well remembered. But, with_the de- | }f 3 1 H 3 1 H 3 Ll St it wane s (|| This overstuffed suite as illustrated $1 79 Six Stylés of Frames This overstuffed suite as illustraied $219 war, a new era dawned for Aretic ex- | | loration. ; B ropsseltransppIAE Aigh Regularly $239.00—This Sale Regularly $279.00—T his Sale Jacquard Velour covering all over, reversible cushions. Is U 1926 we plan to fiy from Spitzbergen || B " . So S o f across the pole and right over the Jacquard Velour covering all over, reversible cushions. Jjpome of the outstanding -features of these zreat “blind spot” in the Polar Sea to | Suites— Point Barrow, Alaska. The total fly- : < 4 ing distance is 1,800 nautical miles, 600 i 5 Y o m; pole and 1,200 from the pole to Springs are all Foster Ideal Springs; no finer Alaska. S For this flight, instead of using air: { T e . spring is made. planes, as in our first attempt, we N 2 All ¥ have purchased from the Italian gov- |} | y % Wi hich & ernment the N-1, a semi-rigid dirigible | / eb Bflltom and Back, which keeps the nirship about half the size of the suite always in shape. Shenandoah, and rechristened her the | ¢ Norge. s g k> . She was designed by Lieut. Col. No- TN AR B R e e . All Fra‘mes nr; made in the Buffalo Lounge hile of the Italian air service and \ SN ! 3 7 " 2 ; actory from selec v y made her maiden flight on March 1. q N g S Mo X ) i y from selected hardwood. Thoroughly 24, over Rome. From tip to tip the 7 A : 2L . l kiln dried. Norge measures 347 feet 8 inches. Her / A 2 i g gas capacity is 640,000 cubic feet. The K n3F & A ¢ Shenandoah was 640 feet long. with a & 7 Y I I ) Eachlfrume Is Hot Glued and Dowelled at gas capacity of 2,140,000 cubic feet. \ every joint and thoroughly corner-blocked Using hydrogen, the Norge has a Rpomeos\ . i R ) gross lifting power of 22.9 tons. The 2 . N D throughout. Back Posts are hand sawed from solid two- inch stock and are in one piece. No. 1321 Kenyon p e Seat Rails are extra heavy and will with- Sh’eet N.w. | S stand the severest strain. This overstuffed suite as illustrated $239 Backs of Davenports are braced with two | 1 1S OVerstuffed suite as illustrated $28 Regularly $289.00—This Sale i e BB e Regularly $339.00—This Sale Jacquard Velour covering all over, reversible cushions. Genuine Mohair covering all over, reversible cushions. Buy now at this great sale and have the suite put ) . aside if you do not wish it delivered at once. We hold Sale of Chalr S goods 90 days without any storage charge. e d als 0 We have included in this sale a few distinctive high-back living room and hall chairs irom the same Sale Prices That Mean : X D S f k . 4. S. Plaut & Co. resge Department Stores e Great Savmgs Newark inlvmznfiu Courteous Service Chicago Palais Royal—Fourth Floor = Completed and ready for occupancy One block from 11th Street and 14th Street cars, just around the corner from the Tivoli. 1 Room, Dining Alcove Kitchen and Bath Open for Inspection Manager on premises Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. 727 15th St. N.W. S % A e e R A AR ASanaansasss o) 34