Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1926, Page 5

CHANGES APPROVED FOR BUILDINGS BIL Local Amendments for Su- preme Court Structure and Defined Area Favored. The two local amendments to the $165,000,000 public buildings bill, one uthorizing a structure for the United States Supreme Court and the other defining the area of the city in which Jew Government bufldings should be crected, are understood to have been agreed to by the Senate and House conferees now at work on the bill. It was learned today that the con- ferces have about decided on the Bruce amendment which place the vew buildings in the territory south of Pennsylvania avenue and west of iryland avenue projected in a line o Twining Lake. L'Enfant Plan Favored. The purpose of the Bruce amend- ‘ment is to group the buildings in a line with the Capitol and the White }ouse, and the amendment sets forth that its purpose also is to have the new buildings erected as nearly as possible in harmony with the L’Enfant plan for the development of Wash- ington. The Bruce amendment already makes provision for any enlargement of the Government Printing Office, which lies north of Pennsylvania avenue, erection of Government warehouses at some other locality than along the NMall. It 1s understood that the con- ferees will also provide that the Su- preme Court building may be erected without regard to the Bruce amend- ment, since frequently it has been suggested that this building might more apropriately be placed on some ETound facing the Capitol. Final Agreement Near. The confreres also have made good fprogress on the several amendments ©f the Senate relating to the money to he spent throughout the country, and it is expected that final agreement ‘will be reached tomorrow The bill authorizes $50,000,000 for ‘Washington, to be apropriated $10, 000,000 annually; $15,000,000 to com- plete a number of buildings in the States that were authorized in 1913, and $100,000,000 to meet the most urgent reguirements for public build- ings throughout the country. Practically all of the amendments affecting the national program were inserted by the Senate with a view to giving Congress more voice in passing on the location of buildings fl;‘i]ln was contemplated by the House JOWANS URGED TO VOTE IN SENATORIAL PRIMARY Pree Notary Service Offered if They Will Cast Ballots in Con- test by Mail. Towans residing in Washington who have n lezal vote in their own State are being urged to take part in the coming senatorial primaries on June T former Senator Brookhart and others clash for the Republican nomination. The same election will nominate the entire congressional delegation, town- ship, county and State officers, W. G. Ladd of the clerk's docu- ment room in the House Office Build- ing has to Jowans here who wish to take ad- vantage of the law permitting them to vote by mail to come to his office, whiere he is prepared to aid them in filling out their applications. His announcement says he will furnish free notarial service. Today and untll Saturday night Mr. Ladd will be in his cffice until 10 p.m. for this catfon which the Jowans hers make no & ballot serves ;l.l;dfhc ]\Ul]1lt(;<‘l\ of registration. Mr. s mail address i3 box 23, Ho; Office Bullding. o SENATOR R. B. HOWELL'S MOTHER-IN-LAW DIES Mrs. S. V. Chase, 79 Years Old, Leaves Three Daughters. and One Son. Mrs. S. V. Chase, mother of Mrs, R. B. Howell, wife of Senator Howell of Nebraska, died at the family resi- dence, 1868 Columbia road today after an illne: of several months. She was 79 years old. Besides Mrs. Howell she leaves two other daughters, Mrs. W. H. Carter of Fort Bridger, Wyo., and Mrs. Menry James Forman of Reading Ridge, Conn., and a son, Charles Warren Chase of Gary, Ind. Funeral services and interment wil be private. & ——— FINAL DIVORCE AWARDED. Mrs. Herbert P. Washer Gets De- cree After February Hearing. Chief Justice McCoy toda varde Mrs. Anna M. Washer a decree odr absolute divorce against Herbert P. Washer, formeriy of Keesville, N. b ut now a guide at the Capitol. The decres is the result of the trial together, in Februa of two divorce #uits, involving Washer and George M. Duncan, supervisor of the surface printing division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Mrs, Washer obtained an interlocutory de. cree at the conclusion of the hearing, «is did also Mr. Duncan. Duncan, who had been sued by his wife for separa. tion on October 1, 1924, filed a. cross. bill. _Attorne; Raymond Neudecker and Bertrand Emerson, jr., appeared for Duncan and Mrs. Washer in the (wo proceedings. NORWAY CONGRATULATES. Sends Felicitations to U. 8. on Suc- cess of Byrd Flight. By the Associated Press. Congratulations of the Norwegian government on the successful polar flight of Comdr. Richard E. Byrd were given Secretary Kellogg today by Minister H. Bryn, acting on instruc- tions from Oslo. et FAIR ON NORGE COURSE. No Storms Indicated in Reports to ‘Weather Bureau. By the Associated Press, Reports received by the Weather Bureau today from Nome and other Alaskan points indicate continued fair weather with light winds along the course of the Norge. It was said some cloudiness might be expected near Point Barrow, but no storms nor high winds were indl- | matron = . Violet Jenkins, 11 years of age, of “'ynthiana, Ky., who recentiy became fobe in Kentuckys and also would permit the| when Senator Cummins, | sued an invitation generally | i | condemning LODGES DINE TONIGHT. Argo and Menorah Banquet and Dance at Jewish Center. Argo Lodge of this city and Menorah Lodge of Baltimore, will give a joint banquet and dance tonight at the Jewish Community Center. It will bo the first time the two lodges ave joined in such an_occasion and a large at- tendance is ex- pected. Julius Rels s general chairman of the arrange- ments committee. Other members are Harold Ganes Morris Gewirz, H. M. Goldstein, M. D. Rosenberg and Sol Herzog, Ad- dress will 4 |‘)(! made by Alfred D. BUB-MREIR Cohen ~and Dr. Boris Bogen of Cincinnatl. 915,000,000 WASTE LADTO .S, CORPS Army Engineers Criticized by President of Contractors’ Association. Charges that the Corps of Engi- neers of the United States Army is wasting $15,000,000 per annum of the money paid by the taxpayers of the country were made today by Brig. Gen. C. R. Marshall, jr., retired, presi- dent of the Assoclated General Con- tractors of America and head of the construction department of the United States Army during the World War. Addressing the general contractors, who have been active in opposing the vork done by the Army engineers on Government ~ operations, on the ground that it is interference with private business, Gen. Marshall ex- plained that much of the $58,000,000 worth of equipment purchased by the Army engineers was not being used, nd that the resulting loss in deprec: ation and overhead resulted in a loss of about $15,000,000 per year to the taxpayer: Announcement was made that the proposed bill to provide for the es- tablishment of a bidding private concerns on Federal trug- tion had been favorably reported by the subcommittee of the House judici- ary committee. This bill would pre. _rludo the Government from purch: ing its own materials and hiring its own labor for construction and would allow general contractors throughout the country to get the benefit of Gov- ernment busin The contractors adopted a report the methods used by highly speculative builders and sub dividers in erecting and carr through their projects. The report stated that on projects where high financing and highly speculativ inethods were used an unhealthy v sult in the community was brought about. It was explained that man: of the promises made to purchasers in subdivisions were wholly dependent on the amount of money acquired Al:f the undertak- often not carried through if a desired number of pur- chasers was not forthcoming. High rents, high bullding costs and gener ally unhealthy conditions, the report said, are brought about I such spec- ulative undertakings. CIVIL SERVICE BoDY OPPOSES PUBLICITY Answers Petition of Stowell to Compel Disclosure of Temporary Employes. William €. Deming, George R. Vales and Jessie Dell, composing the vil Service Commission, today filed answer in the District Supreme Court to the mandamus proceeding recently instituted by Dr. Ellery C. Stowell, president of the Better Government League, to compel the disclosure of the names on the list of temporary employes of the United States Gov- ernment. Mr. Stowell had asked the court to require the commission to furnish him with a list of such em- ployes or to permit him to inspect the list. Through United States Attorney Gordon, Assistant United States At- torney Rover, Attorney J. Kennedy ‘White of the Department of Justice and Isman Baruch, solictor of the commission, the court is aSked to dis- miss the petition of Stowell on the theory that he has not sufficient inter- est to maintain the suit, which is in effect one against the President of the United States, tc whom the com- mission acts as an advisory board and to whose orders alone the members of the commission are subject. The claim also is made that the rec- ords of the commission are confiden- tial and, if access to them are afforded the petitioner, he might learn matters of personal history of appointees and resuits of examinations and examina- tion papers never open to the inspec- tion of any unofficial person., Includ- ed in the list sought to be inspected, the answer says, are narcotic agents and inspectors and other special confi- dential investigating agents, whose identity should not be disclosed in the Government interest. To furnish a list asked by Stowell, say the members of the commission, would take the time of a typist for two days and would interfere with other employes of the commission who are daily posting and making changes in the temporary records. ‘The commission finally claims it is exercising its lawful discretion, which may not be reviewed in mandamus proceedings. e o DELEGATES ARE NAMED. Veterans Announce Groups to Attend Annual Reunion. Delegates to attend the 36th annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held at Birmingham, Ala., May 18 to 22, were an- nounced today by two local organiza- tions of the Veterans. Delegates from Camp 171 will be Judge Charles B. Howry, John M. Follin and W. L. Wilkerson, with Mrs. Esther N. Emmart as sponsor. Delegates from the District of Columbla. Brigade will be N. D. Hawkins, commander, and Emmett M. Waller, adjutant. Offi ladies of the brigade will be Mrs. Pearce Horne, sponsor; Mrs. Thomas M. Baker, of honuy; Jesse R, Anthony, chaper : Ketchum, Miss L3y awkin: and Miss Carolyn I , malds Confederate of honor. Miss Lillian Chenowith will bride, is the voungest person ever|be mald of honor for the Army of married Northern Virginia. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1926. PROGRESS OF THE NORGE AND ROUTE PLANNED TO NOME, ALASKA N .v’»‘.bp.O:O0:0:0:\‘:\0:';‘0;0‘" AN 8 0.000,9.000, RN et QRXXRRXKAXXXXXKRKARY ORI ot RNy A VOO X) (XXKXRROCKK A KRR RN AXRXAX OO0 RN X AR A\ XAXRI0 KAAAASIARS B RS TRAUXXXANNS 50____140 (XX UAANX (X \:‘:.0.0’\ o 00 A J XXX ‘.:'.:' ROUTE OF THE NORGE X\ AANASAA ) N X XXXXXXXXXY XXX 7 KNy QBRI BSOS PR O XOAENBNK XK ‘,.0.0 W XXX R RO, A XX RRRXRLOL N = v % 0 Bk R Ao QXX OO OB RO e RO BB BB B0 BN BN XN X0 oo Q K % & 0 A e KRN0 %9, SN & XXX 0 00 ',r X A < Z w 30 40 Here is shown the route covered, according to the last wireless reports from the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile airship Norge, which sailed from Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, at 1 her ultimate destination, Nome, Alaska. The hours given i 0 o'clock_yesterday morning, Norwegian time (1 a.m. Washington time), to fly over the North Pole, ‘the hollow squares on the map show the position of the Norge at hours ahead of Washington time. The thick black line shows the course the airship has alresdy Dotted lines show the routes taken to the Pole by Lieut. Comdr. Peary in 1909 by dogsled, and and her probable course onward toward the times stated. The figures are Norwegian time, which is six covered; double line shows her probable future course to Nome. y Lieut. Comdr. Byrd by airplane on Sunday last. NORGE MAKES PERFECT START, WITH BYRD’S PLANE ESCORTING NORGE PASSES POLE IN FLIGHT FROM SPITZBERGEN TO ALASKA PINCHOT CHARGES ELECTION FRAUD Declares 50 Per Cent of Pittshurgh Electorate Used False Tax Receipts: By the, Associated Prese. PITTSBURGH, May 12 harges that 50 per cent of the 14,800 persons who qualified in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago to vote in the May 18 primary had practiced fraud in reg- istering were made today by Gov. Gifford Pinchot, candidate for the Re- publican senatorial nomination. According to the governor, the Pittsburgh Registration Commission reported to him that a system of chain registering with fradulent tax re- ceipts had been uncovered. The re- port, he sald, indicated that many tax receipts, necessary before a voter can be registered, were made out in pencil and were used many times, the name of the taxpayer being erased and another written in each time the re- caint wae presented to the reglstra- tion officers. The registration commission un- covered the frauds, the governor add- ed, by checking the registration lists against the county treasurer's tax books. This check, he said, showed that half of the persons who regis- tered April 14 had not paid taxes. second in command of the Norge ex- pedition. The ship lost 11 hours by the mere act of passing over the Pole—that s, on approaching the Pole it was ay, Norwegian time, aboard nd a moment later it was 2 7 sterday. Tt -mile route was in the Tand of the Midnight Sun, making it a daylight trip throughout. After passing the Pole the Norge, ; * 17 ROME CHEERS SUCCESS OF DIRIGIBLE NORGE Crowds Gather in Streets to Read Reports—Chamber Shouts Applause. By the Associated Prese. ROME, May 12 ws of the flight of the Italian-built Norge ov the North Pole caused great excite ment here and large crowds gathered to read the newspaper extras. The victory of Reald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth and Col. Nobile was treated by the newspapers as essentially an Italian triumph. Premier Mussolin personally com- municated news of the Norge's ex ploft to the Council of Ministers. was greeted with salvos of applau for the members of the expe which is felt to have added glory to the history of Italian e ploration. Midland, Md., May Special Dispatch to The €iar. MIDLAND, Md., May 1 . election here resulted in William I Phillips being chosen mayor to ceed himself. He was opposed by I mer Mayor Clarence A. Cavanaugh BY RUSSELL D. OWEN. By Wireless to The Star. KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, May 12. —At 9 o'clock yesterday morning, Greenwich time, or 5 a.m. New York time, the Norge, of the Amundsen- Ellsworth-Nobile = expedition, started for Point Barrow, Alaska. y Straight into the morning sun, a tiny speck soon lost in the golden glow of the north, the dirigible disappeared on her journey across the Pole and into the unknown wilderness of the Arctic The glant airship, like a silver crea- ture of the air, rose slowly and grace- fully from the hands that held her nd with her motors humming sailed swiftly down the fjord, following the ath Comdr. Byrd had taken in his spurt to the P She turned over across the bay and rose over Cape Then her black silhouette was lost in the sun. There was rush and swift action to Comdr. Byrd's departure and the tense hazard of his takeoff, but the s departure was tremendously because of the ponderous grace and quiet dignity of the great ship, lifted her immense burden from the ground and sailing into the un- known like a liner of the air. There were power, endurance and swiftness all embodied in her action. Cheers and Tears at Departure. Those .below the floating fabric raised their hats in the air or flung up their arms in farewell, some cheering and a few moved to tears by the tenseness of the moment which saw their comrades departing on the greatest Arctic feat ever attempted. The air vovagers were to spend at least 60 hours in Arctlc regions never seen by man, and at the end face the greatest hazard, when they may be forced to land the dirigible without assistance from the ground, some- thing never done before. All the day before Kings Bay was in a fever of preparation, the men of the expedition assembling equip- ment, packing provisions and small things for comfort and making sure that nothing was overlooked. Me- chanics swarmed over the dirigible. grooming her as though she were a race horse. Every bolt, stay, control wire and girder was gong over care- fully. The fuel tanks wére minutely examined, all pipes were overhauled and all instruments tested. The big motors raced as they re- ceived their final turnovers, the im- mense green curtain near the end of the hangar billowing out in the gale created by the propellers. The new motor was put in splendid condition. FComdr. Gottwaldt tinkered over the wireless, making sure that the bat- teries and all the connections were in good condition, for on his direction- finder much depends. Crew Spurts at Tasks. There had been uncertainty all day as to the time of departure, but late at night it was announced that the start would surely be made so as to take advantage of some of the most won- derful weather ever seen in the Arctic. Capt. Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth and Col. Nobile were guided somewhat by Comdr. Byrd's report that there was no fog and splendid weather at the Pole. They had not expected to start un- til a v later, for there were some things yet to be done. But the neces- sity for speed and the utilizing of the favorable weather made ull hands tear through their tasks. All day the work. ers of the expedition tramped over the snow to the hangar carrying their personal effects, so that at the last moment they could jump into their flying clothes and be off. Capt. Amundsen spent part of the day making his usual trip on his skis, smilingly confident of the result of his daring. Lincoln Ellsworth, beaming because the long wait was over, spent his time in fixing some of his equip- ment and having his snowshoes re- paired. He was so happy he could not sit still. Ellsworth’s Brthday Falls Today. “You bet I'm happy,” he exclaimed. “I have waited 45 years for this. Why shouldn’t I be pleased at getting away on the trip I have dreamed of all my life?” He smiled into the distance far over the hills and went on: “May 12 is my birthday. That ought to be the day we get over the un- known region. It would be a perfect birthday if we found land.” If Jand is found it will be called Ells- worth Land, for the whole ambition of this American explorer has been to write his name on the Arctic map. He has been like a courser tugging at the leash ever since he settled down here for the long wait. Byrd Gives Farewell Dinner. Ellsworth, Capt. Amundsen, Lieut. Riiser-Larsen and Col. Nobile went aboard the Chantier for dinner at the invitation of Comdr Byrd and cele- brated the American explorer’s flight to the Pole and back, as well as their own departure. Comdr. Byrd toasted Capt. Amund- sen and told him he was the greatest explorer that had ever lived, a greater even than Columbus. Comdr. Byrd also talked about a South Pole expedi- tion by airplane and Ellsworth said he would go with him. Comdr. Byrd gave to them infor- mation as to compass variations at the Pole and advice on navigation problems they would face in the un- | known area, At the end of the | dinner Comdr. Byrd grasped Capt.| Amundsen by the shoulders and gave his good wishes. After the dinner all went asheve and as they stood grouped arourd Josephine Ford, the first plane €9 to the Pole, Comdr. Byrd presented to Capt. Amundsen and Mr. Ellsworth & sun compass, a bubble sextant, a drift indicator, polar trousers, charts showing the variations discovered at the Pole, and other souvenirs. Capt. _Amundsen presented to Comdr, Byrd a matchbox he had carried to the South Pole, with an in- scription, and Ellsworth gave to the American officer the knife he had carried in the World War, with the inscription, “to the great adventure.” Capt. Amundsen gave to Floyd Ben- nett a hunting knife with a walrus handle. It was an occasion for mutual gen- erosity, friendliness and congratula- tion by men engaged in the most daring feats attempted since Andre cut away his Arctic balloon. All then went to the house occupled by Capt. Amundsen and Ellsworth, where they exchanged further compli- ments. Capt. Amundsen played American tunes on the phonograph and the Americans wished godspeed to the Norge's leaders. After these felicitations _Capt. Amundsen, Ellsworth and Col. Nobile began their final packing, and in a few hours all went to the hangar, where they climbed aboard the Norge. All those who could crowd into the hangar gathered about, shaking hands and wishing a successful voy- age. Many hands then manned the ropes attached to the dirigible and with shouts walked from the hangar in the light of the midnight sun. Mount Zeppelin smiled down on the scene and the other peaks were bathed in the eoft, yellow light, making a beau- tiful picture. Everything was rich with color except the sky, which was pale blue from the reflection of the white snow beneath. When the Norge was clear her motor started and purred with the soft sound of idling, low-speed ma- chines working smoothly. Her nose was pointed to the north. When the ropes were let go she rose slowly to a height of several hundred feet. Those below gave cheers and as hands waved in farewell from the #hip the motors were speeded up and the Norge drove out through the fjord. Byrd Escorts Ammldsflj. As she started, the big blue Fokker, carrying Comdr. Byrd, Floyd Bennett, Lieut, Parker, movie photographers and the Times correspondent, roared into action. Slding down the slope where a few hours before she had started on her great adventure, the Josephine Ford leaped quickly into the air with her light load. She cir- cled the great dirigible and for nearly an hour accompanied her over the mountains toward the open sea. “Our only problem is the wind," said Col. Nobile, pilot of the Norge, just before the start. “We expect none this side of the Pole, but we may meet it on the other side, where the condltions are little known. But we have high hopes that everything will go well, and I am confident that we will reach Alaska easily. May Not Stope at Pole. “I do not know whether we will stop at the Pole or not. It depends largely on the weather, and we may not wish to lose valuable time. The great problem fs nét to reach the Pole, but to explore beyond it.” So they went—Capt. Amundsen, who smiles at the North; Ellsworth, shy, diffident and brave; Col. Nobile, with the hawklike face of the fiyer; Lieut. Rijser-Larsen, the giant Viking, wistful, with calm, cool eyes, and the others who have dreamed, planned and worked for this adventure for so_many long months. None knew what was before him or what stories of lost places he might bring back. Comdr. Byrd was much interested because the Norge followed a course that would take her to Cape Morxis Jessup. Others also noticed that the dirigible did not turn north so quickly as Byrd’s plane did. Several explanations were offered, one being that it is easier to navigate the dirigible over water, avoiding bumps, and another that Byrd, having flown to the Pole and discovered no land, Amundsen, with quick shift of plans for which he is famous, decided to go via Cape Morris Jessup on the chance that land may be found north of there, where many belleve it exists. Whatever the cause of the long first leg of the flight on a course 60 de- grees west of north, the fact that it was a direct course toward Fort Jessup made many speculate as to its meaning. Kings Bay seems a deserted village. The big hangar is again empty and the people are worn out by a long night vigil and their celebrating. A sudden silence has descended on the place and if the sun was not over Luncheon Mountain, as the Chantler has nicknamed it, one would think that it was midnight. (Copyright, 1926, by the New York Times and ‘8t. ‘Loiis. Glope-Democrat.) % PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS 'MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Superylaion U. 8. Treasury Zqve B 9. N. W. Page.) Continued from First | as 170 meters whers wind was stong- er. Sun breaks through gentle clouds, thus visibility s still good. All well. 11:25 p.m.—88.30 degrees north lati- tude, direction north. Speed, 60 kilo- meters; helght, 800 meters. Gentle wind. Minus 12 centigrade. Longi- tude and other details unknown owing to fog. All well. Drop Flags at Pole. Midnight—89 north latitude, 11 eust longitude, direction north. Speed, 60 kilometers. Height, 720 meters. Light southeasterly breeze. Fog and tem- perature minus 12, Barometer, 715. ‘These observations possible by catch- ing short glimpses through banks of fog. Beginning to notice the cold. All well. We reached the North Pole at 1 a.m. Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobile. Lowered three flags when the Norge was over the Pole. It was the great- est of all events in this flight. Riiser- Larsen made observations which showed that we were over the Pole. The Norge descended with speed re- duced and the flags were lowered over jcy wastes whose edges gleamed like gold in the pale sunlight breaking through the fog which surrounded us. Roald Amundsen first lowered the Norweglan flag, then Elsworth, the Stars and Stripes and finally, Nobile, the Italian flag. (Copyright, 1926. by the New York and &t Louis. Globe-Democrat. NOME READY FOR NORGE. | Times Amundsen Wires Request for Men to Assist in Landing. NEW YORK, May 12 (#).—The air- ship Norge, second aircraft in history to fly over the North Pole. was to- day on its way to a landing tleld at Nome, Alaska, the fourty-fifth birthday of Lincoln Ellsworth, New York, one of the expedition's leaders. The great balloon duplicated within three days the feat of the threec-cr- gined airplane, Miss Josephine Ford, commanded by Lieut. Comdr, Richard L. Byrd, with the difference that Comdr. Byrd returned to Kings Ba Spitzbergen, in a 1,600-mile non-stoj flight, while the Norge continued a 2,750-mile journey toward Nome. Roald Amundsen, commander of the third expedition to reach the North Pole and the first human being to reach the South Pole, wired yester- day to Ralph Lomen, Norwegian con- sul at Nome, to have 100 men ready to lower the dirigible. He said he would keep Mr. Lomen advised of progress by radio, and the consul had four anchors, known as “dead men,” placed in readiness to hold the ship down. First Message From Pole. The Norge left Spitzbergen at 10 am. Norgewlan time, or 4 am. Eastern standard time, Tuesday and sailed over the Pole with the 17 mem- bers of its crew at 1 a.m. today Nor- weglan time, or 7 o'clock last night Eastern Standard time. The news reached the New York Times and St. Louis Globe-Democrat by radio in the first message ever recefved from the North Pole. The papers gave out the news at 3:.04 a.m. Eastern stand- ard time today. Comdr. Byrd saw the Norge off, but remained at Kings Bay to prepare, in the words of Lieut. Alton N. Parker of his party, to “investigate every foot of real estate near the Pole for Uncle Sam.” Twenty-five men have now seen the o] ———/a]———] Il FIRST AID B TO TIRED FEET Strap Pumps and Extra Wide ibut Women Oxfords for Choice of many models that allow you foot comfort and at the same time a dress-up appearance yow'll like. Vici, Tan and Patent; sizes 2% to 10, AAA to EEE. North Pole—six in the Peary expedi- tion, Comdr. Byrd and his pilot, Floyd Bennett, and 17 on the Norge. The Norge reached the Pole in 15 hours from Kings B: Comdr. Byrd re- quired 15 hours and 30 minutes to go to the pole and back to Kings Bay in his_airplane, and Peary, using dog sleds, took eight months for the trip to the Pole and back to civilization. Averages 50 Miles Hour. The Norge traveled at approximate- ly 50 miles an hour, and it was esti- mated that if she kept this pace she would reach Point Barrow, en route standard time. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, C: explorer, now living in New Y pressed delight today that Byrd Ellsworth and Amundsen were realiz ing a prophesy of his made three years ago that airships and dirigibles flying over the top of the world would open the shortest and most practi- cable routes between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The Norge is 348 feet long, was in- flated with 19,000 cubic meters of hydrogen at Kings Bay and loaded with 6,000 kilograms of benzine for fuel. Its best speed is 62 miles an hour. It was built in 1923 by the State Airship Factory at Rome, as the N-1 for the Italian Air Service originally had a luxurious cabin for the King of Italy. It carried the Itallan flag at its stern beside that of Norway ongits trip from Rome to Pulham, England; _Oslo, Norway; Leningrad, Russia; Spitzbergen, and thence to the Pole. Rome Awaits News Calmly. Italy, in the words of the Rome Giornale D'Ttalia, awaited news from the final hop with the “religious calm with which one awaits, the Divine crowning of all human endeavors.™ The Norge, a non-rigid ship with a metal keel, is described as a “blimp with a backbone.” The metal keel runs from stem to stern, and on it is an 18-inch runway cailed a “catwalk.” The control cabin was slung under the keel, just forward of midships. The vessel has three motors, and is steered by a wheel, like any other ship. Sun compasses like Byrd's in the control ecabin were used to check against the magnetic compasses, which is apt to be misleading so near the magnetic pole. Tho ship was equipped with a sled, tents and other essentials for a possible forced landing. Amundsen, who is one of Norway national heroes, was beaten to th North Pole by Robert E. Peary. He set out for the South Pole by dog sled, reaching it December 14, 1911, beating four rival expeditions from as many countries. His nephew, Lieut. Gus- tave Amundsen of the Norwegian navy, i a helmsman of the Norge. Roald Amundsen last year made the first attempt to reach the North Pole by airplane, but failed. Ellsworth met Amundsen in 1924, when he paid for three airplanes Amundsen had ordered in Italy. He accompanied the Norwegian on his polar dash last year, and was made Once the mighty s 1t of a migh‘!y civilization. City to Nome, at 10 p.n. tonight, Eastern | LESTER SMALL GRAND Easy to own. We will gladly show MII.’ = L HOMER L. KITT CO. 1330 G St. Everything Musical which started with enough fuel for 3,000 miles, headed for an unexplored area estimated at 1,000,000 square miles, one-third as large as contl- nental United States and never visit- ed by man. Explorers of the past be- lieve they have found evidence of land in this area. This last geographical mystery of the globe stretches from north of Alaska to the Pole. It is practically the last lure left to explorers—to de- termine whether there is in it any- thing but ice-gnarled rock and barren waste such as fringe the polar sea in which it lies. Trip of Five Jumps. The trip from Rome to Nome, which began April 10, was laid out in five jumps, totaling 6,850 miles. The first was from Rome to Pul- ham, England, 1,400 miles; thence to | Oslo, Norway, 700; thence to Trotsk, | near Leningrad, 600; thence to Kings | Bay, 1,400; thence to Nome, 2,750 miles. From Kings Bay to the Pole is 750 miles, from the Pole to Point Bar- row, 0: thence to Nome, 750 miles. The men on the Norge who saw the | North Pole are Ellsworth, Amund-| sen, Comdr. Umberto Nobile, the pilot, who built the Norge: Lieut. | Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen. Lieut. Emil | Horgan, Capt. Oscar Wisting. Lieut. sustav Amundsen, a phew of the commander; Frederick Ramm, Comdr. Birger Lund Gott- walt, Natala Cecloni, Frithjof Storm Johnson, Fenn Malmgren, Vincenzo Pomella and Sergts. 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