Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1927, Page 4

STATC TS OFF - STRANOED ARMEN Plans of Wilkins and Eielson for Their Rescue in Arctic Are Unknown. BY A. M. SMITH, Oorrespongent of The Star aod North Amer- can Newspaper Alliance. NEW YORK, April 2.—The plans of Capt. George H. Wilkins and his pilot, Ren Efelson, for rescuing themselves from the Arctic ice 100 miles north- east of Point Barrow, are still up- known, though nearly two days have d since a message was received m them, saying that their plane had been forced down by engine trou- ble. The latest message from Point w, received Thursday night, stated that the explorers had not been able to get the signals of their light, short-wave set, through since 6:30 p.m. ‘Wednesday (11:30 p.m. Eastern time). Blight weather disturbances, aecom: panied by static, still persist about Barro w. Wilkins and Eielson took off at $:08 am. (11:08 am. Eastern time) Tuesday morning, to search for land in the unexplored Arctic. They car- ried a 16 hours’ supply of gas. Two hours out they signaled al well, after which nothing was heard from them untii 4 p.m. Wednesday—36 hours later, when a brief message came through saying that they were well, but had been forced down by engine trouble—presumably, on their return trip from the unexplored regions. Two hours later the message was peated and nothing further had been eard from them when the Barrow base last communicated with Fair- ‘banks last night. This may mean that they have left the plane and their radio apparatus and are walking to . Point Barrow over the ice, or it may mean that they are still at the plane attempting to get it in the air, but are unable to reach the short-wave set at w because of the uncertain radio eonditions of those latitudes and un- favorable atmospheric_conditions. The Detroit News No. 2, sister ship to the No. 1, in which the flight was made, is standing by prepared for a rescue flight, but as Capt. Wilkins' instructions were emphatically against such a flight, unless he com- manded it by wireless, Pilot Alger Graham will await such instruetions re starting a search for the men. pyright. 1027, in all countries. by North American Newspaper Alliance.) POLICE CALLED TO DANCE. ‘!-enty Fights Reported in Alexan- dria, But No Arrests Made. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 2.— Twenty fights were reported te be in rogress at Elks’ Hall Auditorium, on nce street, last night when a riot call was sent to the police. ven officers were rushed to the from different sections of the eit¥. but when they arrived there was no evidence of disorder. The hall had engaged, police were informed, fraternal dance. ortly before midnight a youth whom the police were told lives in Clarendon left the floor apd found his sweetheart in the commany of a Poto- mae youth in an automobile. He is | said to have struck the Potomac youth in the face. General fighting followed. No arrests were made. | THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Rain this afternoon and tonight, slightly colder tonight; tomorrow fair. Maryland—Rain tonight, colder in ‘west portion; tomorrow partly cloudy. Virginia—Light rain tonight, colder dn west portion; tomorrow partly @loudy. ‘West Virginia—Rain and colder Wight; tomorrow fair. Record for 24 Hours. ‘The: meter—4 p.m., 42; 8 p.m., 42; 12 midnight, 41; 4 a.m., 40; 8 a.m., 41; noon, 42. Barometer—4 p.m., 29.75; 8 p.m., 29.80; 12 midnight, 29.81; 4 a.m., 29.78; 8 a.m., 29.78; noon, 29.80. Highest temperature, 46, occurred &t 5:15 p.m., yesterday. Lowest temperature, 39, occurred at $:00 a.m., today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 58, lowest, 56. Tide Table. @Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Today—Low tide, 2:18 a.m. and 2:46 P-m.; high tide, 8:08 a.m. and 8:36 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:06 a.m. and . 8:38 p.m.; high tide, 8:59 and 9:27 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 5:53 a.m.; sun sets 6:31 p.m. ‘Tomorrow-—Sun rises 5: -: 6:32 p.m. oon rises 6:30 a.m.; sets 7:18 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- Balf hour after sunset. . e Condition of Water. Temperature and condition of tl mT r at Great Falls at & a.m.: g ‘emperature, 46; condition, muddy. <5 ‘Westher in Various Cities. +F B2 sk Weather, @ to- a.m.; sun very H Stations. WOUIH - £OPINSIK zanaan| ZIndiz 1ioa "SSS Toud: 2 Cloud 007 Rain 0.16 006 C| s dy . Pt.cloudy . Ptcloudy Cloudy . Cl 8 Sme PSSR SRREZERE Greenwich time.today.) Temperature. Weather. ; Cloudy Part clouds Part cloudy Part clou “lou art clo Part cloudy e ar art cloudy (8 am Stations. o Iton, Be: %“?I‘Ill Cuba,. . . lon. Canal Zoue. Citizens of Milwaukee have a lot to learn. For one thing, they must learn THE “EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, Ailments Most Prevalent in District Affect Respiratory Tract, Say Nurses Ailment of the respiratory tract, in- cluding pneumenia, influenza, broncehi- tis and rhinitis, are most frequent of all maladies in the Distriet of Colum- bia, it is shewn by an analysis of the last year's work just published by the Instructive Visiting Nurge Society, The study was made from the records of 10,119, dismissed patients, Wwith the respivatory diseases number- ing<in all 1,899 cases. The next larg- est number of more than 30 maladies classified was measles, with 496 cases. Least among the maladies encounter- ed by the nurses with typhoid fe with four cases, and ulcer of the stomach, also with four cases. The report reveals that nearly 12, 000 persons in Washington were visit- ed on an average of nine times each. To attend to this vast volume of work, the society employs a staff of 41 graduate nurses and 12 senior student nurses, each of whom mak an average of nine visits a day. Th organization has grown from a single nurse in 1900, when the society started its work In Washington. According to the report, 7,020 of the total of 10,119 dismissed patients were women and girls, and of the same total, 3,498 were colored. Abeut 1,800 cases were incident to child birth. Mere than 45 per cent of the total dismissed cases were children under 1&. . The total budget of the seciety for the year was $105,680. Of this, $40,817 was furnished by patients who paid the entire cost of the visits and by several insurance companies which provide nursing service for their policy holders. JESUIT ASTRONOMER, ONCE HERE, DIES IN OMAHA Rev. Willlam F. Riggs, Noted as Scientific Writer, Was For- merly at Georgetown. Rev, William Francis Riggs. 8. J., director of the Creighten University Observatory, at Omaha, Nebr,, and for: merly attached to the Georgetown As- tronomieal Observatory, died yester- day in Omaha, according to word re- ceived here toeday by his friend, Rev. Francis A. Tandorf, 8. JI. Father Riggs was internationally known as an astronomer and writer on scientific subjects. He was a mem- ber of the most prominent American and European astronomical associa- tions. No information was received here regarding the cause of his death, but it was known that he had been in 1 health for seme time. Father Riggs was about 72 years old. He received the degree of doctor of philosophy at Georgetown University in 1917, and for a number of years before then was an assistant to Rev. John George Hagen, S. J., director of the Georgetewn Observatory and now director of the Vatican Observatery, in Rome. Deep regret over Father Riggs’ death was expressed at Georgetown, where he had a number of personal friends among the faculty, Some years ago the noted astronomer gained a great deal of noteriety while following selentific studies in cennec- tion with a famous murder case in By proving from a phot CHAPLIN SPARS FOR TIME WITH LEGAL MANEUVER Counsel Files Motion to Quash Service of Summons by Publicatioen. By the Associated Press. 1.OS ANGELES, April 2.—A legal maneuver intended to glva Charlie Chaplin an additional three months in which to answer the divorce caom- plaint of Lita Grey Chaplin was ex- ecuted by the film comedian’s counsel vesterday with the filing of a motion to quash service of summons upon him by publication. The motion contends that the court order for publication of summons on Chaplin was void in that the com- plaint failed to show sufficient cause for action and because the complaint since has been amended Argument on the motion was set for April 7. Should it be sustained, Chap- lin's attorneys said, it would cause another 90-day service on the come- dian by publication of the summons. The present service by publication would force Chaplin to file an answer in_the case by April 18. Mrs. Chaplin’s attorneys defended what they termed ‘slight interlinea- tions made in the complaint” on the ground that they have been ordered by the court. graph that a shadow seen on the side of a building could not have been thrown there by the sun at a certain haur and day, he established a perfeet alibi for the prisoner, who was on trial for his life. PINEDO LANDS IN GALVESTON Voyage From New Orleans to Texas City Is Made Without Incident. By the Associated Press. GALVESTON, Tex., April 2.— Francesco de Pinedo, Italian fiyer, landed at Galveston at 10:30 a.m. to- day on the New Orleans-to-Galveston leg of his four-continent flight. The air voyage from New Orleans was made without mishap. De Pinedo was escorted into Gal- veston by three alrgbnn from the 3d Attack Group at Fort Crockett. The Italian ace circled over the city once and made a pretty landing in the harbor, coming to rest off pier 4, where he was met by a launch from the Coast Guard cutter Co- manche. The Army planes, joined by two others, hovered over the an: chorage. MRS. M. J. REDMAN DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Washington Resident Was Affl- iated With Vermont Ave. Chris- tian Church and Eastern Star. Mrs. Martha J. Redman, 68 years old, of 134 Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, Md., who came here 27 years ago from Aville, Ind., died at Garfield Hospital yesterday following a short illness. G Mrs. Redman was affiliated with the Eastern Star, Takoma Park Chapter, No. 12; the Willlam Frederick Red man Auxiliary of Takoma, Post No. l?&, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and tH® Vermont Avenue Christian Chureh. She is survived by her husband, Martin L. Redman; a son, Cleo Red- man Auxiliary of Takema Post, Neo. becca Ericksen and Mrs. Ocie DeHoff of Garret, Ind., and Mrs. Ellen Amos of Brighton, Colo., and a brother, Ed- ward Whan of Aville. Funeral services will be held at the Verment Avenue Christian Church Monday at 4 p.m. Rev. Earl Wilfley will officiate. Interment will Qemetery. be in Glenwood Woodward & Lathrop 10th, 11th, F and G Streets NEW LINEN ARRIVALS Ireland from Italy China Purchased at a special low price concession and offered to you for much less than regular Italian Lunch Sets $6.50 One runner, 16x50 inches and six place mats, 12x18 inches, Italian Bridge Sets $3.95 One cloth, 36x36 inches, and four napkins, 12x12 inches. Lansn BscrioN, Ssconp Froon. P Chinese Handmade 13-piece Lunch Sets $13.95 Chinese handmade, an- tique filet Lunch Sets, in- cluding one runner, 17x49 inches, and twelve place doilies, 11x17. Irish Linen Napkins $3.95 Dozen Damask Linen Napkins, size 19x19 inches. Irish Linen Napkins $6-95 Dozen Dinner size Napkins, 22x22 inches ; damask pat- terns. i d il e A New Arrival and Our Initial Showing of Bangalor Indian Druggetts COLOR—the password of Spring, the keynote of home decoration—is strikingly featured in these new Indian Rugs we are showing for the first time. The distinctive motifs, the unusual figured borders and the vari- - ety of patterns offered are colorful testimony to their newness. For Summer use, for the bungalow, for seashore cottages and camps no more suitable rug could be suggested; they are economical, too, being seamless and reversible. 6x9 Size $24.50 Rua Spcrion, Firra Froon. the mew titles of 165 of the principal strests of the city, which have just been renamed. 8xH) Size $35 9x12 Size $48.50 D. C, BATURDAY, COMMERCIAL CREDIT COURSE IS PLANNED Study Will Be Established in Senior High Schools—Com- mittee Named. Membership of a special committee to take charge of the establishment of a commercial credit course in con- nection with the economic and sales- manship classes of the senior high schoels was announced yesterday at the Franklin School. Those who will serve on the committee are: Dr. A. L Howard, G, J. Jones, Miss Crom well, C. 8. Shippen and Asst. Supts. of Schools Stephen E. Kramer and G. C. Wilkinson. It is the plan to have the course completed by the Easter holidays. The school officials were enabled to establish the credit course through the generosity of the Retail Credit Mens’ Association, which put up $150 in prize money to be used as the former deemed ‘wisest. Decision aiready has been reached to have the students who take the spe- elal course to write essays on “Credit” at the completion of their work and give two prizes in each senior high school of $10 and $5. Prominent local credit men and bank- ers will be invited to address the credit classes, it, was announced by the mem- bers of the committee. WOMEN GO ON STRIKE. Prisoners in West Virginia Peni- tentiary Object to Food. 65 woman inmates of West Virginia Penitentiary, who, it was learned yes- terday, went on ‘“strik Monday against prison rations. Warden S. P. Smith when asked about the “strike" admitted he was having some trouble in the prison, but refused to add to this statement. The women have been confined to their department in the prlslclnlsi?‘ce the “strike" in protest against the quality and quantit food served to them, L B . PLANS TRIP TO ORIENT. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 2 (#) Senator Joe T. Robinson, Democratic floor leader, revealed last night that he is “contemplating” a trip to the Philippine Islands, Japan and China for observation and investigation. Pressure of private business may change his plans, but he has applied for a passport, the Senator announced. It he goes he will sail early in Jun APRIL 2, 1927. | SEVEN SENTENCED INELECTION PROBES Three Philadelphia and Four Chicago Officials Given Year Each. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 2.—Three registrars of the eighth division of the thirteenth ward were sentenced yves- terday by Judge Willlam C. Ferguson in Quarter Sessions Court to one vear each in the county prison. They were convicted March 11 on charges of padding the voting list with 189 names, including that of a dead man, in the primary election of September 5, 1925. The defendants, Edward Thomas, Alfonso Naddeo and George Morris, are also charged by Assistant Dis- trict Attorney James G. Gordon of casting eight fraudulent votes at the general election. THREATS ARE CHARGED. Sentenced Chicago Officials Claim They Were Forced to Err. CHICAGO, April 2 (#).—Four elec- tion officials of the ninteenth precinct of the forty-second ward were sentenc- ed to one year each in the county jail by County Judge Edmund K. Jarecki yesterday on charges of misconduct in handling hallots at the November general election. They included a Democrat judge and clerk and a Republican judge and clerk of election. A motion 10 vacate the sentences will be heard April 11, and the offielals were held under bond of $2,500 each. Similar charges against a fifth elec- tion official were dropped temporarily because he is ill. The officials were charged with fraudulent marking of ballots, making wrong tallies and sub- mitting a false canvass of the votes cast. The defendants testified that men with pistols stood behind them and forced them to make the false re- turns under penalty of death. Both Democrat and Republican candidates were aided by the false returns, figures showed. - . A check of 260 weman students at the University of Kansas revealed that 151 were letting theiy bobbed hair grow long. “Cherry Blossom” Pictures No introduction of these exquisite, tinted pho- tographs of the famous Japanese Cherry Blos- soms is needed. International is their fame and surely every Washingtonian wants a pic- ture of their beauty to cherish during the eleven months of the year when they are but memories. Or perhaps you would like to send one to an out-of-town friend. $1.50 to $18 A new shipment of 500 pictures of “Old Iron- sides,” 25¢ each—the entire proceeds to go to- ward restoring the old ship. Prcrure SeCTION, SIXTH FLOOR. AL N7 o) AR R Numdah Rugs Bring a colorful note to the Springtime home Even more informally picturesque than usual is the Summer home in which one finds one or more of these Angora goat’s hair rugs. 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