Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1926, Page 4

EXPERTS ACCEPT CLAIMS OF BYRD Europeans, However, Seek Proof—Great-great-grand- mother Predicted Success. By tho Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 11 Navy experts are accepting as 3 eccomplished the flight of T Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and Pilot ¥loyd Bennett from Spitzbergen to the North Pole and back, notwith - standing the feeling of reserve held in Italy, Denmark, Norway and Ger- many, pending positive proot of the #chievement. With his sun compass and his own bubble sextant Byrd at all times was @ble to determine his exact position to know positively when he crossed over the Pole and circled about it Jt is the belief of the naval expert: that, with a bright sun shining and absolute freedom from fog or clouds Byrd was certain, when he returnec to Kings Bay Sunda visualized from the Peary had observed from the ice, the exact top of the world. Mariner’s Compass Useless. ft is the opinion in Naval circles that, with the formula which had been worked out to determine his geo graphical position, Byrd's claim will prove outside the realm of contradic tion. Because of the sun compass and his own bubble sextant, resort to the THE EVENING NORGE TAKES TO AIR ON FLIGHT TO POLE AND ACROSS TO ALASKA (Continued from t Page.) of the members of the expedition is fat, although several are men of great physique and large frames. Four light Arctic sleds are stowed away in the keel of the ship, for use It the expedition takes to the ice, and four light tents of waterproof silc have been taken to provide shelter from the wind and enable them to avoid the labor of maling snow houses every time they camp. Skis are carried for use by the Norwe- gians, and snowshoes are provided for Lincoln Ellsworth and the Iialian membes of the crew Italians Are Problem. The problem of how the will stand t.e cold is worr Norwegians somewhat, for have to land far from and work their way back over the ice, there is some fear that the Italians will crack under the unaccustomed cold and that other members of the expedition will be daugerously dela; ed caring for them. However, they will shift into polar suits before they get on the ice—suits which provide great warmth at that time of the vear. Parachutes are also carried, so that If it is found impossible to land the ship at Alaska because of wind, or because a descent is necessary far from a settlement lurge enough to supply men to hold the airship to the ground, the members of the ex- pedition may drop to the ground with some of their supplies. This would leave them rather short of food, but they will take thelr rifies with them, and, if they come down near the coast of Alaska or Siberia, they should be able to find enough game to sustain mariner’s compass, which is of litile value in the Arctic regiomns, owing 1o magnetic variations, was unneces sary. He sailed straight away to. ward the Pole, without any markers below to show him the route, and the plane winged its way back over the ‘vast stretches of ice directly to the spot where the birdmen started on their momentous journey. By the Assoclated Press. From Rome come reports of some incredulity, but it is admitted that if the claln is sclentifically proved, ft will mark a wonderful achievement, ‘The chief doubt raised in the min ©of the Itallans is over the ability of the plane Josephine Ford to ne- @gotiate 1,600 miles from Spitzbergen to the Pole and return in 15% hours. It is contended that when the Amund- sen-Ellsworth dirigible Norge, which was built near Rome, makes f{ts filght over the Pole, it will make sclentific investigations under more favorable conditions than are pogsible from an airplane. Hailed as Characteristic. Tn Germany, although reserving final judement until Comdr. Byrd pre- sents proof supporting his claim, the newspapers hail his announced cdn- quest of the Pole as a characteristic :euult of “Yankee enterprise and dar- ng.” In the opinion of the Danish ex- plorer Peter Freuchen, Byrd solved the problem where Amundsen fafled last year “by traveling light.” Freu- chen that if the commander as- serts that he circled the Pole "we may be certain he has done so.” Dr. Skattum, president of the Geo- graphical Soclety of Norway, asserts that it is impossible to accept Byrd's clalm until his observations are pub- lished. Great Great-Grandmother PropheSies. Mrs. J. Rivers Byrd of Baltimore, grandmother of Comdr. Byrd, was 7ot astonished at the achievement of the commander. eat-great-grand. mother Byrd, she said, predicted a long time ago that one of her de- scendants would get to the Pole. “In some sort of fa conveyance a Byrd was to go to the Pole,” she raid, ‘“but Great-great-grandmofher did not Include alrshi Journeys through the air were only known in fairy tales in her time. If anyFody was to reach the Pole, I just knew that Dick would do it. . BYRD PILOT’S FEAT ELATES HIS SPONSOR| | Lieut. Henderson Selected Bennettl as Navy's Best Man for Arctic Journey. On recommendation of Lieut. George R. Henderson of the Naval Alr Sta- tion, Anacostla, D. C., Lieut. Comdr. | Richard E. Byrd selected Chief Pett: Officer Floyd Bennett to be his ri hand man for his polar project Consequently, Lieut. Henderson was one of the most jubilant persons in Washington yesterday when the news of Byrd and Bennett's spectacular flight into the Arctic wastes was re- | ceived. | “When Lieut. Comdr. Ryrd was pre. paring for the MacMillan Arctic ex- pedition Jast Summer he asked me to yecommend a good_pilot-mechanic to take alons,” said Lieut. Henderson. | “I told him Floyd Bennett was the best all-around man in the Navy ““Where is he now? Lieut. Comdr. Byrd asked, and I told him he was aboard the U. S. S. Richmond, then | in Australia. In a month Bennett was | in Washington, and when the question of his land plane experience was | raised, to be sure of his ability, Ben- net went over to the Army at Bolling Flold and flew evervthing from Sperry messengers to Martin bombers for & week. le more than satisfied the Army that he was a crackerjack | pilot. I knew his ability, because he was at Hampton Roads with me sev- eral years ago, and. I had no hesi- tancy in believing he would make good at anything he undertook.” [ GETS 30 DAYS IN JAIL FOR RECKLESS BOATING Man Accused of Operating Motor Launch While Drunk Files & 1 | {work and eat and Appeal. Haled into Trafiic Court for op- erating a motor hoat off Hains' Point under the influence of liquor, James Hutcherson, 2 newspaper em- ploye, was sentenced to 30 days in jail following his conviction before Judge Isaac R. Hitt, late yesterday .afternoon. Giving as_his defense that he had not operated the launch, Hutcherson noted an appeal and was released upon & bond of §100. He was also fined $50 by Judge John P. Me- Mahon and Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly on the charges of intoxication, disorderly conduct and assault, it ‘being alleged that he kicked Police- man A. D. Mansfield while ir the patrol wagon. No reason was given for the trial fn Trafic Court, inasmuch as the \ease was made out under the Shep- act, which has nothing to do with the present traffic regulations. | Two sailors, John F. Philllps and l@us F. Kuner, companions on the launch, were turned over ‘o naval authorities, following thelr convic- tion of intoxication and disorderly conduot. A girl, Helen Hoover, also in the them until they reach a settlement. Capt. Amundsen and the pilots all hope that they will have sufficient tuel and gas left to reach Nome, for there a landing would be compar- atively easy in any light wind. Norge Entirely Overhauled. fore his eyes on the wall of the cabin, This question of helght is one of | great importance, because when an unfavorable wind 13 encountered the pilot, by lifting or dropping the ship, may find a level at which the wind is more favorable, or at least not so strong. When fog Is encountered, as it will be often, it may be necessary to lift the ship above it, S0 as to pre- vent it from being covered too thick- ly with a coating of ice from the mist which wiil condense on the envelope. Norwegians Good Pilots. : The Norweglans have proved them- solves very skillful, both at steering and holding the ship at a determined level, because nearly all of them have been brought up on the water, and their knowladge of ships and naviga. tion gives them an instinctive “feel” of the wheel. Directly in back of the man in charge of the elevalors are a number of glass tubes set in brackets, con- nected by rubber tubing to the bal- loonets above. These tubes are in two parts, consisting of inner and outer glass tubes, which by means of indl- cators show the amount of gas in the eight balloonets and the pressure of the air in the interior air tunnel, which keeps the balloonets distended to their utmost. By means of the tubes, the pilot knows at all times what is going on inslde the 850-foot gas bag, and may regulate and equalize the lifting power of the various balloonets. To Conserve Gas. The ropes operating the gas valves at the top of the ship are hooked be- side the tubes. There are four of these ropes, each one operating the valves on two balloonets. They will be used mighty sparingly on the trip across, for the gas will be conserved as much as possible, in case the ship meets adverse winds and the fuel gives out aad it is necessary to operate the ship as a free balloon. And every bit of gas is necessary to keep the heavy load in the air, al- though the ship may be greatly light- When the Norge slowly lifted her great bulk from the hands of the land crew and headed toward the Northern wilderness of ice, she was in as per- fect condition as mep could put her. With the experiencd gained on the hard journey over Europe they had overhauled her, made intinite adjust- ments, tuned up the motors and per- focted her condition for the 62-hour flight across the polar wastes be- tween Spitzbergen and Alaska. Up to the last moment men went over the huge skeleton of the ship agaln and again, checked over the stores to insure that nothing neces- sary was forgotten and that nothing useless was taken. They checked up their instruments, looked over the fuel lines to see if there were any leaks, tried the con- trols and examined the elevator and rudder wires. And when they pushed off they were as confident as men ened by discarding the fuel tanks dur- ing the voyage. On the other side of the forward compartment, at the after-end, are the telegraphs to the three-motor gondolas, two on each side amidships and one at the rear under the keel. The telegraph works exactly as it does on a steamship—stop, slow, half speed, full speed and even reverse, for the aft motor has a reversing gear for aid In maneuvering. By means of the telegraph, it is possible for the pilot to be in instant communication with the mechanicians in the gondolas, so that the whole power plant of the air- ship may be directed as a unit. The airship carries no water ballast, but a small amount of water, mixed with glycerin to prevent it freezing, was taken along in the ballast tanks as a reserve for the motors. Gasoline in tins, which may be thrown over- board in an emergency, takes the could be that everything which hu- man_ingenuity and foresight could provide against some sudden need in that 1,000,000 square miles of un- known space, a desolation of ice and snow, had been provided. So they are off, Amundsen, With the tiny wrinkles around his eyes from peering®into many Arctic winds; Ellsworth, shy, diffident, but with a quiet bravery which has endeared him to the Norwegians; Riiser-Larsen, that giant of & man, calm and master of any situation which may arise, with eves of steel which look at dan ger merely as a trial of his own skill and stamina; Nobile, short and slight, with the nervous intensity of the Latin, who knows every tiny nut and bolt and scam of his great ship. Dirigible Light But Strong. When they climbed into the cabin of the ship and took their stations, from | the helmsman at the bow to the last man in the rear of the steel skeleton, | they entered s odd an environment | as any explorer ever dreamed of. Th huge bit of construction seems as deli- cate as one of the light dogsleds they carry with them in case they are forced down. But Amundsen and every one with him has confidence in this airshin. Built of light steel tubing, so that it weighs only 11 tons, it is tremendously strong | and flexible. So beautifully balanced | is” it that when in a state of perfect | equilibrium one man can slowly shift its 350 feet with one hand. i But with all its refinement of line, ts lizht framework, the great balloon will 1ift 21 tons besides its own weight, and every bit of that load is needed. The cabin in which these men will leep for nearly three days, from the windows of which they will see vast spaces of earth where no man has ever walked, as far up under the bow, & narrow, tapering room, about 30 feet long and not more than 5 feet wide. It is built of steel tubing about three-quarters of an inch in diameter, fastened firmly by rivets and welds into the steel keel above. At the bow, where the helmsman stands, it is just the width of a man, the windows curv- ing to a point before him. Steered by Sun Compasses. The Norge steers with a wheel like any other ship, and in front of the wheel is a ship’s compass. On each side of the helmsman, fastened on the outside of the cabin, are sun com- passes to be used s checks against the ordinary magnetic compass, whose ations so near the magnetic North are apt to be misleading. The sun o 5 is being used by Amundsen’s friend and rival, Lieut. | Richard Ev The lnventori of the compass is Dr. Albert H. Bump- | stead of the National Geographic So- ciety of America 56 st experimented with the Goer ompass, a complicated arrangement of mirrors, but discarded this in favor of the Bumpstead device, which is -extremely simple. It is merely a small sun dial fitted to a clockwork. Once in 24 hours the clock- work drives a hand around the dial. Once in 24 hours the Arctlc sun, as it circles the horizon rim, moves the shadow of the sun-dial pin around the dial. When the airship’s course Is set, the clockwork-driven hand is adjusted so that the shadow of the pin falls di- rectly on it. When the airship sticks to its course, the shadow and the hand should move together. \When they separate, the navigator knows that he is heading away from his course. ‘Wheels to Control Ship. This first compartment of the cabin, used for navigating and controlling the ship, is the smallest of all, not more than seven ov eight feet long. Just in back of the helmsman, and to the right, are two wheels Sticking out from the side of the cabin. "The forward one of these wheels is for opening the aperture in the bow of the ship, by which air is admitted to the tunnel that runs through the balloonets above, so that, as gas escapes, the outer envelope of the bal- loon may be Kept tight. No one ig regularly stationed at the wheel, but it is used at the direction of the pilot in command at the time, who may operate it himself. Close behind the wheel is another, slightly larger, which operates the elevators by which the ship is steered up or down, and by manipulation of which it is kept on a level keel at the height desired by the pilot. A man is always stationed here, as at the helm, and it is as diffiult a task to keep the ship level as it is to keep it headed on its proper course. A dirigible, unlike a ship on the water, yaws four ways, sideways and . forfeited $25 on an intoxica- tien charge. ralvoas same time ago, is continuing its extensive program started up and down. The operator of this wheel is aided, howev by an incli- nometer, a device hanging him, which shows by a pendulum | of the keel. place of the water ballast. Chart Table for Air Strategy. The next compartment to the rear s the largest. Here is the chart table, where the observations will be worked out, and where the meteorolo- glst will calculate the weather and determine what course to take to find the most favorable winds and at what height the best conditions will be en- countered. It is possible, if a storm comes up or is seen approaching, to calculate the best way in which to meet it, for, as storms usually travel in circles, what might be an obstacle might be turned to advantage by skill and maneuvering. As for the observations, they will be so many and varied that consid: erable mathematical work will be done on that table, and the expedition is fortunate In ving not only several skillful navigators, but also an expert mathematician in the person of Comdr. Berger Gottwaldt, a wireless of the Norweglan navy. ides of this compartment, as of others, are of glass from a distance of about 3 feet from the floor or deck. The doors by which the ship 1 entered are also here. And sticking out from each side are large globular windows, like those on the deck of Capt. Nemo’s famous sub- warine, so that no matter what the weather, no matter how cold it is or what wind is blowing, those inside may look down from the ship in a per- pendicular line. At the right side of the compart- ment are two airplane compasses, which look something like speedom- eters. It is in this compartment also that the greatest amount of stores is packed, and in which the men can move about or even lie down, for it is difficult to find a space to stretch out at full length on the Norge. Men will sleep only when they can no longer stay awake. Wireless Room Compact. The next compartment is given up almost entirely to the wireless sets, ex cept for a tiny alsle along the side leading to the steel ladder that goes up into the keel. The sets are erected in an amazingly small space, in a room buiit of beaverboard. Just in back of this room is the gen- erator to supply electric power, oper- ated by a tiny propeller sticking out from the side of the ship, .which can be folded down and made to lie stll when it is not needed. Through the tiny aisle at the side of the wireless room one walks a few feet aft to where a ladder, less than a foot wide, reaches up to the interior It is not more than six feet long, this ladder, and as one mounts it the interior of the long ship is opened up. Qne looks forward and aft through a triangular tunnel, wide at the top and narrowing to a mere footpath at the bottom, lined on each side with shining steel fuel tanks, 26 in all, and overhead the sagging brown cloth of the hydrogen balloonets. In this swaying, undulating space— for the keel wriggles like a worm at times—two men are on constant duty. It they slip and fall sideways from the catwalk, about a foot wide, there is nothing between them and the ground but a thin plece of strong canvas. At the top of the ladder,.somewhat over the cabin, but projecting a little beyond its limits, are the four ham- mocks in which a few fitful hours of slumber may be snatched when the men are too tired to stay awake any longer. They do not inspire one with confidence as beds. Ship Built Like a Watch. Walking aft long the footpath, which gives beneath one's welght and on each section of which only one man is permitted at a time, the beauty of construction of the semi- rigid keel claims attention. The Norge is truly built like a watch, so carefully has she been put together. The triangular tunnel of the keel is typical of the smaller parts of it, for each section is built. of tri- angular frames made of steel tubes. They are tiny things these tubs, no larger than one's index finger, but welded together and making up rames that are tremendously strong. The keel is built in sections, the bottom of the V being two parallel triangular frames of tubing, with a cross bracing of tubes such as is seen in the latticc-like framework of a sky- scraper girder. From the ends of these frames two other frames run up the sides of the triangle, just inside the skin of the ship, to be connected overhead with other triangular ' frames of tubing. And in between there are other frames running across the vectangle formed by the side frames, giving the utmost . strength without whether the ship is level. The height which he is to keep the ship is ted by a barometer, also just be- rigidity, But the crowning feature of this work {8 that each little frame, when- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1926. DIRIGIBLE NOW WINGING HER WAY ACROSS TOP OF THE EARTH M.E BISHOPSPLAN GREATER SERVICE World Program Expansion Is Voted at Closing Session of Conference. Plans for an extension of the world service p m of the Methodis" Episcopal Church throughout its for elgn apd home fields were adopted by the Bdard of Bishops of the church | this afternoon in the final meeting o its semi-annual conference. The program includes a guard gainst morli ation of the Vol stead act or prohibition enforcement tensive upaigns of educatior mong coileges and universities, the making more positively Christian the memership in_ this and foreign na- tions and development of native lead | ership in mission field The program was | hands of a world s to which three Me the United States and four from foreign flelds were appointed. The placed in the vice commission hodist bishops o ever it joins another, comes to a point and is set in a ball and socket or ball-bearing joint. This makes the keel of the Norge so flexible that it can be bent and twisted about without any danger of breaking in two. It is a triumph of dirigible construction, and particu- larly adapted to the strains which must be put upon this ship in her dangerous flight. Precarious Paths to Gondolas. About amidships are two fairly large holes in the skin of the (lirigi- ble, and from the holes run narrow footpaths to the motor gondolas, one on each side. The paths are about a foot wide, ridged to prevent slipping, and with only a tiny steel tube at one side to support whoever walks | on them. Over these paths the me: chanies clamber noncha y, with | nothing between them and the ground but their nerve and their grip on the rail. That walk won't be so pleas ant when the footpath is coated with ice, and the ship is in a fog so thick one cannot see more than a few yards ahead. The gondolas are about four yards from the side of the ship, the tops of the propellers being about twice their diameter from the sides of the gas bag. It had been thought that molsture freezing on the propellers might be | thrown off in the form of tiny pieces of fce with such force that the bag might be cut, but when this was called to the attention of the Italian con- structors extra strips of fabric were fastened on the sides of the bag. Built for Cold Trip. The gondolas are of o ngw design for dirigibles because of tho low tem- perature to be encountered and the necessity for protecting the mechan ics sitting out there Tar from the side of the ship, exposed to all weathe there is in the Arctic. Thev are of duralumin, the only duralumin on the ship, and built so that they may be almost entirely inclosed, leaving only openings for ventll In each : aybach motor of the type u f 240 horsepower. The motor at the stern of the ship is directly helow the keel and in entered more casil Only two of the motors will be used so as to conserve fuel, and it is possible that if it were neces sary to lighten the ship one of them might be dropped overboard, probably one on the side, which would give the ship a list but which would not be so serious as the lack of weight astern if | the aft motor were dropped. The duckwalk runs by the entrance to this stern motor and curves upward to where it joins a ladder which en. ables gny of the crew to climb up in the ex&'me stern and adjust control Sometimes a. man is stationed ck there to shift welght in the ship quickly. He sits in a rather precarious nervetrying place, in the dim light which comes through the balloonets and the canvas around the keel, en- tirely surrounded by cloth which shuts him off from whatever is go- ing on. 26 Gasoline Tanks. As one walks back through ship, the long rows of huge gasoline tanks on each side stretch away in a seemingly interminable line and up the ascent to the bow until they are Jost to view. Therc are 26 of them, 13 on a side, and in all they hold 81y tons of futl. They are carefully con- nected by metal tubes, and every pre- | caution has been taken to make the joints tight so that there will be no| leaks. it [ ‘A drip of gasoline might have seri ous consequences. As [h‘n tanks are emptied, and each one of them holds | from 80 to 100 gallons, they will be| thrown overboard to compensate for the loss of hydogen from the bal- nets. ¥ Lo tme are dozens of little wires and control cables along the sides of the triangular tunnel of the keel, which are noticed only when the construc- tion is more carefully examined. The: are the wires to the rudder, the el vators, the signal wires to the gon- dolas and other things of which only Rijser-Larsen and Nobile know the exact use. Top Must Be Patroled. In the bow the walk goes up :nor:" 3 ¢ and then one comes to a| ) which leads to the very top of the ship. It may seem incredible, but one of the duties on board a dirigible is to walk along the top of it eve once in a while to see of the valves, | which stand out like big eyes in lullru‘ of four along the top, are working pr"l"’l‘o‘;‘i is a slight depression along the seam at the top and through th a strong rope is strung. When the man gets to the top of the ladder he slips a rope over this longitudifal rope, fastens it about his waist and goes on an aerlal promenade which for thrills ought to make anything else in the world seem tame. This duty will be particularly neces- sary in the North, for as ice forms on the top of the ship and snow falls, some one will have to go up and . shovel off the snow and break the ice. The ice is removed: easily, for the bag undulates beneath the feet much like the thin ice on ponds which small boys delight in skating over, so that one walks in a hollow As the bag mo! under the ael sallor the ice cracks and it is e to brush it off. This will be the spe cial task off Lieut. Gustav Amund- sen, mephew of the explorer. He says it is easy! Nine Always on Duty. There are nine men on duty in the airship all the time—three in the motors, three'in the cabin, one wire- less man and two men in the keel, whose duty it is to watch for leaks and see that the structure is noti weakening in heavy weather. | There are 18 men in all on board, | but they will not be able to take regu- lar shifts ‘on, and off duty because the duties of some of them are con- stant, such as those of .the meteor- ologist, Malmgreen, and the historian; the | cuit, | double-note magnifier. Man Who Staged Suicide Hoax Held By Police on Two Charges of Arson George Winfleld Brown, 302 D street northeast, who left a note announcing his intention to commit suicide and a bundle of clothes on the banks of the Tidal Basin about a month ago, was arrested by. police of the first pre- cinct last night on two charges of ar. son. Police allege he was responsible for the burning of a billboard adjoining the 5 and 10 cent store on the corner of Seventh and I streets, as well as fire in a trash box placed at the Il of the same building Sun- night. irown today denied any intent in ing efther fire, He declared that he was passing the fence and noticed It blazing and turned in the fire alarm, which brought out the engines. He said, however, that he might inad- | vertently have tossed a match, after lighting e cigarette, into the trash. Regarding the suicide hoax, Brown said that he was just preparing to jump into the Tidal Basin, when a park policeman came into view, break- ing up his plans. Upon thinking the situation over later, he sald, he de-f cided not to end his life. At the time, | when police were considering drag-| ging the river, Brown's estranged wife advised them that such efforts would be unnecessary since she stated he had probably left the note and the evidence of suicide just to worry her. Ramm, who must take pictures and keep the log. Capt. Amundsen, Mr. Ellsworth, Lieut. Riiser-Larsen and Col. Nobile must be pretty much on the job all the time, particularly in bad weather All of course, have nothing warm to eat, onl the condensed diet which Amundsen has found valuable on polar expeditions; slecp and food £re two of the least of their worries Wireless Set Simple. The wireless set to e used on the dirigible Norge during her flight across the Pola is an extremely simple send ing and receiving machine made by the Marconi Co. specially for use on a trip during which all parts must be asily accessiblé, interchangeable and arefully insulated. It is estimated by t. Birger Gottwaldt, the wireless jert of the ship, that it will have a range of 1,000 to 2,000 miles, so that the ship should be in touch at all times with the civilized world. It will also be equipped with a direc tion finder similar to those used by ships at sea, so that the position of the airship may be checked by wire s signals from the large stations of urope and America. By obtaining cross bearings the position of the ship may be closely placed. The generator for the transmission apparatus is a high-tensfon machine rated at 500 watts and 2 2,000 revolutions a minute. The transmission set is a special Marconl direct-coupled circult with anode feed. The transmission cfrcuit consists of two transmitting valves, which absorb between 300 and 400 watts with an ordinary direct ‘coupled circuit to the aerfal, there being no intermediate circuit. The energy in the aerfal is a maxi mum_ of 200 watts, and the wave length 500 to 1,600 meters. The aerfal 18 300 feet long, dropping through an insulator on the floor of the cabin, with a sinker on the end. Expect to Speak Ships at Sea. For transmission, either continuous waves will be used, or they may be chopped up with an interrupter so that messages may be received from the airship by ships at sea. There are two tubes in parallel, taking in ahout 400 watts each. The set is rather open and especial- ly insulated for use in varying tem- peratures. It had to be built so th a man working with half-frozen fin- gers might easlly get at its parts and change them. The aerial tuning conductance con- #lsts of wide-spaced turns of bare copper wire of unusually heavy gauge and insulated on porcelain. The coil has tappings for the valves, the aerial and also the reaction coil inside for the grid circuit. The key used is an ordinary sending key, with a mo. tor interrupter to break up the sig- nals. The receiver consists of a special tuner with open.and closed circults and a coil-holder for three sets of ¢oils specially made for this machine. The tuner is an open and closed cl very simply made and worl from 300 to £5,000 meters merely by changing the colls, putting in larger colls for longer waves. There is a seven-tube amplifier of the Marconi tyvpe, and a telephone amplifier may be added as well as a Between the | amplifier and the high and low fre- quency amplifier a note-filter may 1 introduced, the most efficient note fr quency being from 800 to 1,000 eycle: A special single tube heterodyne will also be carried. covering the same 500 volts at | wave lengths @s the tuner. Head-| phones or a small loudspeaker may be used, both being carried The direction finder consists of two double-tuned loops placed at right | angles to each other around the en. | velopo of the afrship, each loop being st an angle of 45 degrees to the keel of the #hip, making a 90 degree angle between thera. They are connected | to a Marconi direction finder and con- | nected to a radio goniometer and search coll, which are in turn con- nected to a tuning eircuit which works on wave lengths from 1,000 to 20,000 meters. In searching for signals for direc- | tion the minimum signals will be used, as they are very sharp and can be casily placed within one or two de- grees. The maximum signals can be heard, more or less, over the entire tuning range, and for that reason are less accurate, Capt. Gottwaldt believes. When a siznal is heard and the di- rection Is to be found. the search coil |is turned until the point at which the mum signal is heard most clearly top 5 eter, the zero of which marks the bow of the ship, the | direction from which the signal is ence to the keel of the ship, and a few simple_calculations give those aboard exact information as to the direction in which they are steering on any set course. When the direction finder was tried out on one of the Norge's short trips, signals were heard from America, and Capt. Gottwaldt has no doubt that in the Arctic he will be able to get all the important stations. He does not think that there will be much static in the polar regions, and hopes that I he will always be able to send mes- sages as well as to receive them. (Copyright. 1926, by the New York Times and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ), 42 GET JAIL SENTENCES. Former Cumberland Policeman Among Those Admitting Guilt. Special Dispatch to The Star CUMBERLAND, Md. May 11.— Forty-two were given jail sentences running from 10 days to 4 months {by Judge Morris A. Soper in United | Statés Court here yesterday, follow. ng pleas of guilty. The shorter term prisoners will be confined in jail here, which s0 crowded that thoge having | longer terms will be confined. in the Oakland and Hagerstown jails. Twen- y-five were taken to the Cakland jail iast night. The heaviest sentence was imposed on Ernest E. Seeber— four months and §500 fine. William H. Steepe, former desk sergeant of the Cumberland Police Department, was given four months. It was his second offense also. Thirty entered pleas of not guilty. but it is expected a number of these will change the pleas to guilty when called to trial. It is thought it will take several days to dispose of the es, as there will be some jury trials, and then the civil doeket wiil be taken up. United States District Amos W. W. Woodcock and Attorneys James T. Carter . 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W, «Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit” coming may be ascertained with refer- | i being beld at | | b CONTRACTORS HIT FITZGERALD BILL Declare Bureau Control of Workmen’s Insurance to Be Socialistic. The Assoclated General Contract of America, throush fts divist officials, at the a th tod Al protest Ee) i insurance workmen's comper the District of Cc This bill, which 1 siderable controversy anizations in otel Was proposed de ion ia. s created c among Vi ington, is op on porting the Under: The Fitzgerald burean to handle wo sation awards, and th provides that the risk sumed by the regular panies. The Government's meti away with competitive construction of public works was criticized. Now the Government buys its own material and hires its own men, then pursues the work under its own direction. Last year the association condemned the Army engineers for their entry into private construction work and aid_ particular _emph: on the method of handling the erection of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. The outgrowth of this was the introduc- tion of a_bill which provides for the letting of Government contracts competitive bidding basis, except times of emergency declared by the President A discussion of the proposed uni- form lien law, as affecting the con- struction industry of the country, re- vealed there was a general opposition on the part of contractors, architect and some representatives of bondin: houses to the present provisions o the proposed law. The law provides that a mechanics’ lien is good three months after the completion of a build- ing and would be effective starting from the beginning of construction. provides for a n's compen Underhill bill should be a isurance com vd of do bidding 3 — ¢ Reed Patient Held in Assault. Charged with assaulting two eleva- tor operators in the Veterans' Bureau, Mitt Kimintak, a patient at Walter Reed Hospital, was turned over to the hospital authorities for mental ex- amination, following a hearing in Po- lice Court today before Judge Robert E. Mattingly. The two elevator men. William Stout and Edward G. Turnure, testi- fied that Kimintak started a fight with them because they tried to pre- ';_m him from dashing into private offic AT on| in | Ci bishops numed to the commission are Bishop Lauress J. Birney of China, 1ke of Parfs, g:-hop £ Mexico, Bisiwn of Indla, B% Hughes of Detroit, Nicholson of Detroit. of the Anti-Saloon op Thomas Hender- George A. Frederick B. | Edwin _Holt hop Tho! | This commission has at its disposal |about $8,000,000 for use in carrying {out its proz . it was stated today by a representative of the commission It is hoped by those connected with the commission, however, that this amount may be increased. A number of resolutions affecting the general policies of the church alsc | were under consideration today. The | board decided this morning, after ma ture considerarion of the matter, not to take any official action in the case of Bishop Anton Bast of Copenhagen Denmark, who is under a sentence of three months for an alleged misrep resentation made in his church paper the Lighthouse, through which he col lected funds for charitable purposes ast last week was granted ntence pending a ruling or an appeal he has made for a new ial in the Copenhagen civil court Fearing that any action by the bo: of bishops might prejudice his oppor tunity for complete exoneration, the decided zgainst any formal Gratitude Voiced. A number of r tions of thanks {for their entertainment in Washine | ton, in which Bishop William F. 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