Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1926, Page 5

ROUTE OF NORGE' FLIGHT A PROBLEM Many Dangers Had to Be Avoided—Special Weather Service Organized. tContinued from First Page.) Nerway. where the ship on its fight | from Leningrad to Kings Bay could vefill her fuel ballast tanka and ob. | tain moe gas If ft was necessary. The Route to Pulham. When a landing near Leningrad was | Aacided on the route hecame as fol Jowe From Rome the ship should sail | along the Ttalian Coast, cross the northwestern part of the Mediterra- | nean, fly along the western part of | the French Riviera. cross southwest arn Franee, follow the French west | cnast up 10 Rochefort and from there | Airect as possibla go ta the British I aerodrome in Pulham, northeast of London in Norfolk. | It might. however. he necessary to | land in France if the weather condi | tions on the flight from Rome 1o Pul. ham should be had. Thersfore. the | sxpedition asked the Krench authori ties for permission. In case of such A situation. to go dewn into one of the French sheds. We received the same friendlv answer as we got when we | raquested the British government for permission to nse the shed at Putham ¥rom Pulham 1o Leningrad the ship ! had to fiv by wayv of the Norwegian | | eapital. Oslo. where a niooring mast wae erected. When fi is stated that in Kings Bay in Spitzbergen during the Winter hoth a mooring mast and a hangar were huilt, an idea Is given | of the pracantions that were taken to | make sure of a safe landing for the | <hin on the flight ta Spitzhergen from | Rome. Weather Service Organized. Of cqual importance was the main tanance of securify as far as possible when the ship was in the air. There | fore, we shall mention the metearolog ical auxillary service that was es tablished for the expedition, ite need having been shawn hv our experiences in our examination flight last Summer The organization of the weather service this year was huilt npon prin ciples 1o a certaln extent similar to 1hose utilized last vear, The greatest Aiffere hetween the meterolngical mervice of the two expeditions was that | on the 1926 expedition the metecralng feal expert was on hoard the ship. We shall try 10 explain (o our read ars the difficulties that threaten an | airship when it has to pass over re- gions in which the weather is fre auently changing. We will also reveal the risks that threaten fving in fos and snow and with the ship encrusted | in fce. In faci. an alrship is very de- | pendent upon the ‘weather in starting or landing. as well as during fiight. d. One of the graatest troubles comes | from the wind. It is impossible tc 1ake & dirigible ont of its shed or iake §1 in whep a strong wind is blowing The most dangerons wind during such maneuvers is that coming from the sides. ‘Ther the ship rune the visk of not clearing the hanzar doors and of heing forced against ane of the door frames. The ransirnetion of an air ship s sn fragile that only a little pressure will hreak its steel skeleton During the flight with the Norze 1a Alaska it happened three times that the wind waz tan strong aronnd the hangar 10 allaw takinz the ship out of the shed. Otherwise the meteorologi eal conditions wers favorable for fiy Inc Strempis have hesn made tn lessen the starting and nding diMeculti for airships by the erection of moor fng masts, wi llaw the ship to | mtart and land in rather high wind velocities, he<e masts alsn make the ship more independent of the wind | direction at 1he mooring places. However. it is not only at the star and landing that the wind makes it Aificalt 1o manenver airships. Thei speed will never he as sreat as that of airplanes. (mir averaze speed with the Norge on the longer di: nees was not more than 47 miles an hour. It is ehvions that with sueh a slow speed evan a moderate head wind will con. siderahlv extend the flight, whide a favorable wind will sherten it. Very strorg winds are never advan tageous even if thev are following The reason is that a heavy wind al waye is accompanied hy vortices and ather disturbances in the air Ar eardingly the different part= of the senscitive airship may rome into winds of varions velocities and direction. <o that in the worst rasy = the result may be the braaking down of the whole tabric. i rming on Ship. Frouble Caused by W Dangers of fee ¥ The wind. however. is not the only slement that may he dangerous for an | airship. There are also several forms of precipitation that can be rather unpleasant during fiving. Al kinds | of precipitation diminish visibil though not so much as a real fog dpe: Precipitation increases the difficulules | for the navigator. and they may he- | come dangerous if the precipitation | lasts for a long time. The case hecomes dangerons when | the precipiiation deposits on the ship fisell. This mav happen with wer anew. Rut the most perilous form is in erust iee that easily collects on all parts of the ship that are exposed to | the wind. % This fee erust may he formed in | many wais, For example. hy rain- | Arops, cooled helow the freezing point I an that they freeze immediately after | touching the ship. and by ing of similar undercooled vet amaller water drops, which also freeze when they are deposited on the dif | ferant parts of the ship. The ice crust loads the ai fn a very short time. It ship’s how heavier than the stern.| since the ice forms more readily on | the bow. The new ire crust danger | threatens chiefly at temperatures a Ilitle below the freezing point. At lower temperatures the risk is smaller. | but even at rather low temperature heavy rime crust may fAsten on the hip. “The huilding fog. con- | hip down makes the ! of this iee crust has | 10 he avoided in some way. It can be | done by choosing another helght for fiving. It may. for instance. he pos sihle to go over and under a cooled fog. The route may he changed and | have an effect. especially when it is | possible 10 zo over land instead of | water, and vice versa If. however, it seems impossible 1o avold the ice crust and the ship is far from ite destination. the only thing to | Ao is to return, for it is quite impossi- hle far an airship to siay in the air for a leng time with ice building | going on. Visibility as an We have alveady mentioned the in fuence of the wind and precipitation on an alrship. We have now to con- wider another very Important element for an airship, namely, visibility. Fog may be disastrous for flying. When thick it is a serious hindrance to navi- gation. making all measuring of the drift impossible, as the ground cannot he seen. Fog makes also a landing very dif- fieult and even impossible. although the navigator may have succeeded in finding a landing place. Of course. fog is a serious drawback for an expedition exploring unknown regions. because it will he impozsibl to see if the ship is over land or sea. ‘When the tsanspolar flight was pre. Ks«ential, {ont ihat over the fand the | wa | postpone the | May. | Alask: ond lance ! have additional ones adopted for | sueceeded in obiainir {any | Putham = the North Pole ty on heavy w Kings Bay he could ani place to be reached in to Capt was in pared meh eare was taken to prevent fog making it a failure. Capt. Antundsen has already poinied A\retie he Simmer of June, July and Angust are ve hoe. whale covered with ice ture do " noin Thronghe therafore, the greund jve will naturaily rriving from southern mer vegions. By thi part of the humidity will fall a In the Spring there Imo: fog, since na such reason for its fory ing ex The ideal time for a tran polar Aizht would have been the end of April. but as the shed in Kgngs Bay was not ready at 1 ime we had t vt to the first part of this season the the is tempera pan in thin vise above free nm yerain enlid down and ke vl the an coniing A fo Radio Weat e Arranged. Wea have different w fere with : how ¥s the weather can inter ship's flight. §i therefore, of the highest fmpor to arrange the fight from | in such n way that the feal conditions were able as possible We had best time stacting place where we landed extablish a wireless serviee during the fight could furnish meteorologist on hoard the shjp with all the information that conld he nse ful 1o him when he had to find the best voute for fving over the diffsrent countries which <hip had pass on her wat Thi <ihle had assistance the official was espec where the ofs ihe Institute. The director now seen in many was, h each had that the to choose f W 1o be able the It d have been impes ant if the expadition zot the friendliest valuable evervwhere it adidressed bureans in Norway, the assist srolo work to eary not weather Iy the case expedition ot complete Mot that institnte at Hesslehers 100k o upon himsel? the hard work of organizing the weather service for the immense distance we had to cover from Rome to Alaska assisiad by the meteorolo®@«( of the expedition. Maalgren. The plan was the from all the landing placas should be fixed according 1o the forecasts of the local weather birens, 1 Worked During the fight a sarvice was established on bo; <hip, The same metonrolozical 1ele srams breadeast hy the various s tions that are nsed hv all conntries in Europe were alsn received hy the Norge'z wireless, “Thev allowed the metaorologist on hozrd to draw svnop al weather maps from “which he uld make the necessary forecasts But hesides these ordinary tele grams il was of great importance to the of hig in sufficient how the System on Shiy metearol expedition. Thus it was terest to he informed in time hefore the ship landed weather was at the landing For some parts of the way, therefore. special armngements were made for the henefit of the expedition. Telegrams were sent to the wireless statfon on hoard directly from the landing place which the ship was. ap- proaching. In some places the ship recelved such telograms even every hour and in some cases the expeditiol the necessar: information hy directly calling up the varions ions without having made ny special zements, Aided by Friends a So long Ttalis A British. as the ship flew over in rope. afl went after the plan. From to ngland we had the good assistance of the Halian and French and especially the British meteorolo- sts, The weather burean in Lon n had established a special service forr the expedition at the aerodome in and the same institute as sisted the expedition to fix the start ing day for flying from Pulham to Oslo. - Some hours after we had started from Pulbam, we received the first telegrams from the Meteorological In stitute in Oslo that from the moment took over the service. It was also this institute that advised the expedi tion o that in good time it left Oslo | and It gave also to the expedition the necessary information during the trip from Otlo to Gatchina. The zhip staved for three weeks at this place because some trouble at Kings Bay made it impossible to tart from Russia. Many people, e and Teven technical e with eve nz *| Landing place. | THE one alert and ey duty. Lient. W s Amunndsen ~ight. zed New Yook meteorolugival experts. declared fore the flight that, due 1o the very changing weather hetween northern Norway and Spitzh the flight over this stage would the most visky of the whale expedition. but ft proved that this was a mistake. the transpolar tself by far being there are many ain the . view. And. in Avctic Ocean Spitzhergen is he ey of the and ntionad point flving *over hetween Norwan risky North ¥ s al Spitzberzen in Leningrad two | a3 s hefore the arrival at Spitzhergen i such long progresses are very | difficutt to make. especially in north ern regions, where there are only a telegraphic meteorological sta he n hetween Norway Spitzhergen is very foggy stormy. but. due the very well organized mete ical se in Leningrad. the tion ceeded in chposing a good day for the Predi enlt, had tn he forec also o sue- During this part of the flight, the expedition got, in addition 1o the ordi nary broad 1t weather report from the varim stations in Northern it} Western Buropean conntries, weather ervations evers honr especialiy lapted for the tise of the N They were sent every hour from Spitzhergen. northern Norway. and from two small | vle far from land in the Arctic Ocean Janmaven and Bear l=land Theee reperts valuable for the en was rather had, there: heinz some cnowfall at the South Cape How ever, it was noticed, to the great =at isfaction of the memhers of the ex pedition. that the snow did no harm I'ta the shin. | The telegrams from Spitzhergen formed the expedition thal some snow was falling at the landing place Kings Bay. but only in squails, that the ship conld hope to have zood visibilify hetween the squalls. This proved to .he corvect, the weather at the landing heing pretty zood. Al Spitzhergen. the Norge's meteorologi had to establish his own weather service that stood in inti- mate contact with, the governmen | furest service at Tromsoe. in nol ern Norway, Weather Forecast in ns for this service were artly received by the Heimdal, a | Norwegian gunboat that was de {tached (o Spitzhergen 10 assist the expedition. and partly by the wirelesd King's Bay that was hired by the ‘o Club for the henefit of the ex ‘noptical maps were drawn three fimes a day |7 The meteorologists at King's Bay | and. Tromsoe together had to fix the |'most favorable hour for the start. { And there were many mefeorological | factors to care for on the last part of A clear sky was wanted, A visibility and a favorable he expedition also wanted a rometric pressure and a low ture. ast two elements infiuenced the lifting ecapaecity of Kor each degree Fahrenheit he very Norway weather proved 1o flicht from Spit7 where the so olar Stage. he teleg: at | A | pedition. greatly dirigible. that the femperatire went Norge gained 80 pounds in lifting capacity, that was Increased with 140 pounds for each tenth of an inch added to the harometric presaure, Pérfect Polar Weather Assured. We had to wait some days at Kin, Ray hefore the ship was ftted out for the long flight. During these days the ther sitnation was good, as was veported by Commander Ryrd, who one of those davs flew to the 'th Pole and back again: in heautiful whather, Every day the wind in the heights vag determined hy pilot balloon ascen- sfons. This work w carried out by an 1 ian scientist, brother of ('ol, Nohil®. At Kings Bay there was alse electrical expert from the Radio Insti- tute in Prague, Dr. Behounek He hrought with him an ionaspiretor that was placed in the Nor cabin. The instrument gave good service during the polar flight and afided a good deal (0 the scientific results obtained by the expedition. ; On May 10 all work on hoard was finished. and after that day the start depended only upon weather condi- tions. The situation seemed good. From Novaja Semija to southwest Canada there was a high pressure that probably would last for many days. Spitzbergen was at the western houndary of the area, which meant favorable winds, at least to the Pole, air the | down, the | EVENING in | | hoard had dis | | <hip | fuel with her as possible, all of the | Norwegian members of the crew went | passed over | lowed the ship's triumphal flight over STAR. e in his assige with the Fantia Glote: Democrat ) The start was fixed to take pla 1 ooclock in the night hetween M 10 and 1. That we did not start at the time fixed is another story that shall he told later in thix narrative. Rebuilding of the Norge. Now let s yeturn 1o the prepara tiens made during the Winter. The =hip which the Norwegian Aere Cluh houzht from the Ttalian ernment was of a tvpe that all il found hest ftted for o on 1oconld take with her tuel e cover the distance over the North Pole hasin and at the same time was not big that it would he dificult 10 manenuver. 1t was built according to the ideas of the man wha should pilot her, Col Nohile, 1t helonged to the semirigid tvpe generally nsed in Halv. and we found that the pride of Italians in its constrietion was fustified Rut it not huilt a transpolar flight. What the Aero Club bought the N-1, as it then was named, had a cabin, with comfortable chairs, and its outfit was 10 a certain extent vather lnxurions. And It was not in any way capable of resisting the rongh atmos pherical conditions in the Arctic re mns. Neither had the ship anangements n her how for landing at mooring masts. Therefore. it was necessury to rebuild her. and that was done in Rome during the Winter S important were the changes made that when the flight started the hullt for crujses over the Medi terranean and South Europe, was “trong enonught to resia the climate in the Aretie. s fuel creased. cxnerie expedi capacity was gieatly v anvelope aronnd th valves was strengthened at its mos cansitive parts. It nose was ftte with arrangements for mooring mast landing. and in the cabin was installed machinery to make 1 possihle for the | frew to land fn Alaska without assist- | ance from the gronnd | But at the same time. all comfart an ppeared. Nothing was | Jft of the original ouifit. The great | cabin, with its chalvs and (ables, was | Veplaced by a little one. hardiy large | enongh for the pilof navigator, helms. men. \ireless men and the other memhers of the expedition, to have | working peom. Almed to Raise Fuel Capacit In spite of the cold regions which | he ship had to go over the cabin's wall was covered only with eanvas. | All these things were done In order| that the ship could carry as much in was the experts agreeing that this | a success. most important factor for ! ful realization of the flight | When the changes were made the| down to Rome in Fehruary (o take avt in the trial flights. The first took place immediately after their arrival. and on an eight hour flight along the Italian coast to Naples and back fo the shed at Cam. | piann, outside Rome. the ship proved to he in complete order. The three motors, of 230 horsepower each, func- tioned like clockwork, and as far as| then could he seen all the changes made for the transpolar flight cor- responded to its purposes, Work at Rome Completed. During Mavch trial flights went on combined with other tests and at length the day arrived for us fo go down to Rome to be present at the heautiful ceremony when the ship to the Norwegian flag in the presence of the [talian prime minister, Signor Mussolini. the presi dent of the Norwegian Aero Club, Mr. Tommissen, and Norwegian and Ital tan officials. On the same day the ship was named the Norge (Norway) and the name of its constructor and pilot was added to that of the expeditiol official name thereafter bhacame the Amundsen - Ellsworth - Nobile ‘I'rans polar Flight of 1926. This was made as a sign of gratitude toward Col Nobile for the important work he had done for the henefit of the expedition during the Winter. A few days afterward we went to Norway and .embarked there for Spitzhergen, where we were togjoin the expedition. From there we fol western and northern Europe with an interest people easily will understand. | During the flight from Rome over France to Pulham. over the North Sea to Oslo, from. there over Sweden and the Baltic Sea to Gashina and on to Vadsoe and over the dangerous part of the Arctic Ocean from Norway 10 Spitzberzen tige ship hehaved her- selt wondertul® And it was with WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, Lieut. Osear Omdahl, pilot of the tends the casting off for her depart JUNE 3, 1928. igible Norge, walking alo ‘ 1 of the huge v the New York Times and St Lanie Globe-De dirigible Norge, watches and superin- from the hase at Spitzhergen. The photegraph was taken a few moments hefore the Norge's start on her historic ht across the North Pold. (Phote roprrisht b the New Tork Timi the ship Bay | atest joy that we <aw appear at the mouth «f Kings earlv in the morning of May 7 The ship landed on the snowcov. | eved ground and we palled her into the shed. It was then with still greater jov that we heard our com-| vades teil about her flight. | Since the ship had left Rome it had heen 103 hours in the air. It had flown over nine countries and five sens, weveral of them conxidered to be | of the most windy and foggy on thel glohe, It had covered about 3.000 miles. 1t | had flown in fog. in =now. in tempera ture constantly’ sinking. in strong head winds and side winds. Better than he had hoped. it had proved to be the ship he wanted. And it was with a quite natural eptimism that all the memhers of the expedition com meanced thair preparations for the| fiight fo Alaska. (Copyright. G, in the United | Rew York Times and St | Pemoorat. Butaide 1 | W Norweian A (Ta Re Continued.) INMATE SEE'KS RELEASE St. Elizabeth's Patient, War Vet-| eran, to Have Hearing Monday. William P. Houghton of Misse wants to get ont of St. Elizabeth's, and has asked the aid of the District Supreme Court through a petition in habeas pus flled hy Attorney George F. Curtis. Justice Adolph A. Hoehling has granted the writ and di rected Dr. A. W. White, superin tendent of,the hospital. to have the man in court mext Monday. Houghton is an expert and served in France. He was ad- Judged ifisane April 24, 1925, but fur nishes a certificate of physicians that he has now recovered. FREE SPEECH CLINIC. Georgetown University Hospital to Treat Afflicted This Month. Free treatment will {he Georgetown University Hospital speech clinic for persons ‘with afflic- tions, Miss Jennie Hedrick, director of the clinic, announced today. Re ginning next Tuesday. clinics will be held every Tuesday in June from to 4 o'clock and on Saturdays from | 10 o'clock to noon. | Children over 2 do not talk, mechani e given at vears of age who those operated on for cleft palate, stutterers, lispers and | adults whose speech has been affected by paralysis, larygectomy or other cause, may be treated at the clinfc. and St Lonis Glnhe Democrat | D. C. GUARD MOVING PLANS ANNOUNCED! Transfer to New Quarters to Be Made July 1, Military Serv- ice Legion Is Told. Arranzements for the of the Distriet National Guard head quarters from the Armory tn the sface alloted for this purpose in Government buildings in the vicin ity of the Capitol were announced at a meeting last night of the Military Service Leglon of the District. The transfer will he made before July 1. Col. Stirlin~ Kerr. commander of the Legion. nresided at the opening of “the meeting. which was later turned over to Maj. Bugene Edwards, who i organizing A contingent of the organization to go to Philadelphia for the Sesquicentannial flag day ex ercises on June 14. About 20 mem hers volunteered to represent the or ganization on this eccasion. for which they will wear uniforms of the old transfer | time National Guard nunits of the Dis trict. Col. F. Lester Jones was elect- ed a member'of the [eginn, Ohio Have Petition Ready for Former Senator. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 3 (). — Ohio Democrats were taday anxiously awalting decision by former United States Senator Atlee .Pomerene whether he is (o enter the race for the senatorial nomination. Mr. Pom- erene will announce his intent in Cleveland next Monday, according to information here. Following the big Democratie rally here vesterday, the former Senator's friends obtained a nominating peti- tion for him and had it all signed. pwvaiting his signature. If he de. cides to enter the race. his petition will he ready to file with the secre- tary of State, Democrats Hotel Inn 604-610 9tk St. N.W. Daily. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 0 Tenee. S 18 et 18 ronm 1 Furtn 0% more. Booms ks Mother 2 whroom, huilding | MACMILLAN HOPES TONAP POLARLAND Has Already Attained 21 Ob- jects and Sails June 19 to Add to Them. Ry the Asenciated Prass. CHICAGO, June 3.—The discoverias of Comdr. Donald B. MacMillan in his four years in the White North dn not include tha Pole, but ha has attained ’1 objects which affect the maps of the world. When the explorer leaver this month 1o lead another expedition into the polar regions, his ambition will he to make more of this uncharted area a matter of white man's record. MacMillan's vecent bonk shows he has discovered Crocker TLand. He has found evidence of a new land far i 1o 1he west of his last camp on the | Polar Sea. Surveys of previously un- |explored areax hava brought much significant matter 1a light, while the discovery of coal in Bay Fiord and his , inding of records of the Kane and second Grinnell expedition. add fur- ther eredit to hie work. Another fea- | ture has heen his axtensive contribu tion in the fislds of geology. botany. ornithology and meteorology. Made Eskimo Dictionar, MacMillan also has done many things for the {nhabitants of that land. { among which was his aid in compiling a_ dictionary of 3000 words of the { Eskimo language. | The fitinerary of the expedition. | which safls June 19 frem Wiscasset, | Me.. Includes 20 stops on a vovage of about 5.600 miles. The Bowdoin. smallest ship ever taken into Arctir waters, will have a crew and per will take his turn at the wheel. One of the chief purpose= of this ex pedition 18 to survey the Norse ruins in Labrador, which are located on Turnitvick Jeland. The tripis financed by F. H. Rawson, Chicago banker. { and made in the interests of the Field | Museum of Natural History. Tells of Difficulties. Comdr. MacMillan gives an inkling of the apirit which moves the explorer into the north land. ‘The weapons which assail the ex. plorer are extreme temperatures heavy snows. drift, bitter winds. treacherous thin ice, high pressure ridges; and often the result is starva tion, diet, sickness. death,” he says. “Through centuries man has strug gled aver and on and out. over: No. leads, scaling towering ice caps, stag gering along uncharted coasts and wearily planting his flag upon hither- 1o unknown truths, glorying in his struggle against the alements for the wceumulation of knewledge.” % PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. 8. Treasury 1408 H ST. N. W, For Rent 917 15th Street N.W. The Edmonds Bldg. A suite of rooms on the second floor of this modern building, overlooking McPher- son Square on Washington's “'Wall Street.” Very reasonable rent for satisfactory lease. (SHANNGI R LUCHY 713 14th Street N.W. Mgin 2345 sonnel of but 10 men, each of whom | Man's Land, rushing the thin ice of | * 5 FLIGHT BY NORGE OVER U. S. STUDIED [Nobile Says Proposals Are Befcre Airship’s Owners for a Decision. By the Acociated Prese | NOME. Alaska. June 3.—The | of the Norze. Jtalian-buil' dirigible of {the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile trans polar flizht, today awaits the dec I of the Italian Aero Club at Rome ac 10 whether the airship will be reas jaembied at Camp Lewls Wash. fo fights over the United States With the arrival yesterdar of ol U'mberto Nobile, designer and pilot of the Noige. and Tahan membe the crew. 1he party of ex { made the 1rip from Kings Bav. Spitz hergen. to Teller. Ta miles north of here, were reunlied for the fivst time since landing May 12. Capt. Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Eilsworth of New York have heen here more than three weeks Club Must Gise 0. K. Several offers for flizht Norge in the United States received hy Col. Nobile. ig the propegty of the Club.” he sald. in discussing the pro- posed flig ‘I do not know wheth er the Norge will he reassembled at Camp Lewis. 1 have had 1 propositions made 1o me which I have communicated 1o the club at home. Col. Nobile aid three monthe would be required 1o reassemble the Norge.s should American flights be decided upon. | The Norge will he shipped 10 Seat tle on the first freighter reaching Tel ler. at present jce-hound. The ex plorers will return to the steamshin Vietoria, which is scheduled to leave Nome ahout June 13 Col. Nohile has accepted an offer to build an airship for the Japanes: zovernment. and is scheduled to rive in Japan September 5. Parts for the Japanrse ship are now heing made in Twaly, hut will not permit assem bling i time for a t over Asia this vear, <ald Had Mussolini Faith. “Refore 1 left TRome.' dsclared Nobile. “Premier Mussolini said to me there was no doubt in the world that T would reach Nome This expedition cost Kovernment 4,500,000 lire government huilt moor | hangars at Oslo, N hergen. “You should have a mooring mast and hangar at Nome. 1If 1 cross the af the e been The Norge Ttalian Aero the Ttalian The Ttalian £ masts and -ay, and Spitz . Nobile said the Norge had suff cient gasoline when it descended a' “Teller to have continued 1o Cordova south central Alaska. in perfect safety. He did not explain why the airship landed ar Teller instead of Nome. which was the place Amundsen originally planned to end his trans polar vovaze. Nejther Amundsen nor Lincoin Elle worth, second in command, was in the group that greeted Nobile when he landed on the beach here from the motor hoat Hazel Decision in Court-Martial May Be Reached Next Week. 1 The Aefense counsel for Lieut. Wil llam H. Faga. U M. C.. formerly assigned as quartermaster sergeant of the Ananpolis Marine Barracks, whe is facinga court-martial at the navv vard on a number of serious charges, vesterday completed presentation of witnesses. After rebuttal witnesses have been heard, opposing counsel will mal their pleas and the court will take the case. Decision may be reached early next week. TLucien H. Vandoren. chief defense counsel. vesterdayv put Dr. Joseph D Stout of Washington, a narve special- ist, on the stand to testify that the accused officer, whn is a World War veteran, was a typical “hvsteric” and that at tim his nervous condition caused him to do things for which he ‘was not fully responsible. The defense sought to show by Dr. Stout's testi mony that this nervous conditions caused Lieut. Faga's absence with out leave from the Marine post at Annapolis last Winter, on which a de- | sertion charge 1s based I Capt. T. T. Taylor, judge advecate, today began rebuttal testimony. HXEXEXREXEIN “Margy” Again in Polka Dots B ('rvfic Veiled in Georgette $35 Woman's frock fea- turing polka dots and the hemline jabot. The peasant sleeves combine georgette and the dotted crepe of the foundation. (Third Floor.) THE HECHT CO. F STREET