Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1929, Page 5

PANTAGES WITNESS HELD FOR PERJURY District Attorney Declares Others Will Be Brought Before Court. By the Associated Prees. LOS ANGELES, October 17.—Inti- BYRD'S SUPPORTING PARTY. PREPARES Four Men, With Three Dog Teams, Will Cache Food and Supplies for Geological Explorers to Follow. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Ster and the New York Times. October 15.—The supporting party of the Byrd expedition, composed of four men with three dog teams, may get away in a few hours as the temperature has THE TO LAY DEPOTS EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. o depots will consist largely of for the geological party. It mark the trail for the geological party over the most dangerous part of the Barrier, attempting to avoid crevasses and, when they must be crossed, find- ing the best way through them. The teams will leave Little America with a heavy load and after they glek up the supplies on the Barrier, which are to be distributed from the first to the fourth depot, their load will’ be about 1,100 pounds. This will de- crease rapidly, of course, as the first depots are laid, and when they come to the worst crevasses just before reach- ing the fourth depot, the load will, for- tunately, consist only of the supplies for the last depot to be put down by them and the food they need for the return journey. Another fortunate thing is that be- fore picking up the maximum load, 44 C., sleep in each of them, and at! night, when camp is made, food will be cooked in one while whoever operates the radio set uses it in the other tent to_communicate with the base. Every possible safety precaution will be taken in going over new ground or over crevassed regions. ‘The men will be tled together with Alpine rope, fas- tened to a belt which will ease the strain on any one falling into a hole, | and one , also at one end of an Alpine rope, will go ahead to look for crevasses. All Precautions to Be Taken. | ‘The sledges will be lashed together at reasonable intervals so that if one breaks through a snow bridge, it will be held by the two others and can be hauled to the surface. Bamboo poles will be carried for use in particularly THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1978, Announcement Watch the Washington | News every Monday for |DGS Specials, beginning 1Momhy, Oct. 21st. ~ Beechnut Spiced Cookies Seasonable Food Necessities—Nationally Known at Regular Low Prices—Plus Cheerful Service and Delivery to Your Door Without Charge. Such is the Policy of Our Stores. There Is a DGS Store Near Your Home—Phone Met. 0689 for Information risen considerably and there is & warm sun shinjng. Much of their load has already been taken several miles up the bay to the foot of the Barrier, where it will be picked up, and the first night's camp will probably be five or ten miles farther on beyond the top of the Barrier edge. ‘When they go they will be accompanied by members of the geological party who will help them up the difficult pull that leads to the Barrier about 12 miles south of Little America, and remain with them a day or two before returning. miles south of Little America, the dogs will have become accustomed to the trail and will be in better condition for the heaviest pulling. Depot Laying Found Essential. Depot laying has been found abso- lutely essential in all polar travel. Peary established depots on his journey to mations by District Attorzey Buron | Fitts that perjury charges will be filea against more witnesses in the case of | Alexander Pantages heightened inter- est today in the trial of the theater magnate on charges of criminally ai- tacking Eunice Pringle, 17-year-ola | | dangerous areas. The loads will be packed on the sledges in sleigh sheets, pleces of canvas which are wrapped around the load and are lashed with rope. Some |of the supplies, particularly the dog |food cached last year, are bulky and | clumsy, and therefore, sleigh sheets. tance out from the depot. So that if a | thy | will be better than the canvas tanks or dancer. Fitts' statemert came after a day of startling turns in the trial, featured | by the indictment of Garland Biffle, first defense witness for Pantages, on & perjury charge. Biffle, who was arrested Tuesday after he testified he had overhearc Miss Pringle say to Nicholas Duneav, a writer, just before she visited the theater man’'s office on the day of the asserted attack, that Pantages “would be sorry” if he did not book her vaude- ville act. The State co:tends that Duneav_was not in the theater at the time referred to by Biffle. Father and Son Accused. During a courtroom argument over the Biffie testimony Fitts asserted that in all his experience he had “never seen such cold-blooded, deliberate at- tempts to suborn perjury as have been made by Alexander Pantages ard his son, Rodney, in this case.” Contention of defense attorneys that Biffie's arrest in the presence of other defense witnesses had been a delib- erate attempt by the prosecution w irtimidate witnesses drew an order from the court that any future ai- rests should not be made in the prea- ence of persons waiting to take the stand. C. H. Heard, optician, with offices in the Pantages Building, was the first defense witness examined _yesterday. Heard testified that only three or four minutes had elapsed between the time Pantages and Miss Pringle went into the little conference room where she said she was attacked and the time he heard the girl's screams. Version of Time. Prosecution witnesses previously haa testified that they were in the room more than half an hour before the girl ran from the door irto the hal- way of the theater building. Under cross-examination by Deputy Prosecutor Robert Stewart, Heard ad- mitted that he had known Pantages for nine years and that they were well enough acquainted to give each other the “high sign” when they met in the hallways. Previous prosecution testimony that Miss Pringle was assisted from the little office by W. L. Gordon, a State witness, was hit by Heard, who said she was alone and standing before the office door when Gordon appeared on the scene. Duneav, author of Miss - Pringle’s dance skit, the next witness, identified & copy of the vaudeville act script and said he sold it to Mrs. Pringle for her daughter. Efforts of the defense to in- troduce the transeript into the evidence were overruled by the court. Ordered to Remain. ' Duneav’s examination was brief, but he was ordered B O ke, ‘sroperyman: of Garden Leo ef an, of Grove, Calif., testified that his home adjoined that of Mrs. Lou Pringle, ., and that he had * “Do you know Nicholas Duneav?” the ‘witness was asked. “Yes, sir.” “How many times have you seen him Garden Grove?” I ot 50, of 75 times.” he Teplied. This contradicted the testimony of Miss Pringle and her mother, who declared Duneav_had not been at their Garden Grove home more than four or five times. Questions by del!ns:hmns!‘ Du}: Ln?ndeg to elicit testimon; an . had {;een close associates, rosecution. The court ruled that no Evidence had been submitted to show there wes any conspiracy and warned the defense against any further ques- tioning along that line. Zlaket was on the stand when court adjourned and was to resume his testi- mony tod: THREE CAPITAL MEMBERS TO ATTEND “Y’ "MEETING Cooper, Thrift and Scott Will Go to Chicago for Session’s Late This Month. Three Washington members will at- tend a meeting of the national council of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion in Chicago October 21 to 24. They are William Knowles Cooper, Hugh A. Thrift and Emmett J. Scott. The organization’s work among boys and young men in the United States and 30 foreign countries will be dis- cussed. Activities of 1422 city railroad, | industrial, rural, colored, Army and Navy associations will be outlined by Wwilliam E. Speers of New York, chair- man of the home division. 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Trail South Is Difficult, ‘The treil south from Little America to the fourth depot, the southern limit of the aupg)rflng party's journey, is the most difficult part of the long sledge trip over the ice barrier to the Queen Maud Mountains. It was the part on which Amundsen had his only difficul- ties while on the barrier and before reaching the terrific chasms of the glaciers leading to the polar plateau. Over this part of the route the sup- porting party will break trail and mark a way for the following geological party, | in addition to laying depots for their use. This trail was marked last Fall to a point 44 miles south of Little America and three caches of food made there which will be consolidated into_two, the furthest of which will be Depot No. 1. This is at latitude 79 degrees 21 minutes south and on a meridian which will be followed as closely as | possible all the way, longitrde 163 de- grees 30 minutes west. The other three depots will be placed by the supporting party at latitude 80 degrees 10 minutes south, 81 degrees south and 81 degrees 45 minutes south. They are roughly about 50 miles apart. Will Go First to Framheim. The supporting party will go south to Framheim, Amundsen’s old headquar- ters, either over the bay ice or if that is too much broken up by pressure, for it towers high in the air now and there are bad fissures and crevasses, over the barrier itself to Framheim. Even ti latter route is crevassed this Spring be- cause of pressure. - From Framheim the way lies up a slope at the foot of which is a crevasse about 12 feet wide, which was crossed easily Jast year on a somewhat narrower place now marked with flags. Once up this slope, which will be a stiff pull and where the dogs of the geological party ay help, there is a level stretch over a terrace of ice to the foot of another Once up that and the top of the rrier is reached," with no more hills ntil the mountains are reached, al-| though the surface rises in gradual un- dulations from a height of 256 feet above sea level, as noted by Amundsen, just after the edge of the barrier is d, to & height of 928 feet at lati- tude 79 degrees, 12 minutes. This the highest point on the entire route to the mountains, as at the last depot 85 degrees, not far from Mount Nansen, the altitude is only 476 feet. And for 40 miles before reaching that point, the altitude of the barrier is less than 100 feet above sea level. So it can be seen that the elevation of more than 900 feet so much further significant as indicating the presence of land at that point. The existence of land there is further shown by the heavily crevassed area just south of this elevated point, where the barrier drops from 900 feet down to 364 feet above sea level in a few miles. And just beyond the crevasse is the cache which will serve this year as the first depot. To Avoid Crevassed Region. ‘This crevassed region will be avoided | as it was last year by going somewhat | to the east of the course and then turn- ing back again. Amundsen got into this place of innumerable crevasses, which he called the trap, on his depot journey and later on the polar journey, but got out of it by turning east. “There was no need to look for crevasses,” he said in his books, “there was literally nothing else to be seen.” ‘This place lies in a sort of hollow. Atter going around the trap, the first depot will be established by ad dog food to the stores already there and cov- ering them with snow to form a big mound surmounted by a flag. The en- tire route will be marked by these yel- low flags fastened to strips of bamboo and stuck in the snow at half-mile in- tervals, and at every noonday halt a snow beacon with a flag on it will be erected. ‘The depots will be more elaborately | marked. however, so that in storms or | days of bad visibility on the return Jjourney it will be easier to find them. In addition to the snow mound and the large flag on it, flags will be placed at quarter-mile intervals for a distance of five miles on each side of the depots. There will be 20 of these flags on each side, and each one will be marked with the letter “E” or “W,” denoting east or nd a number, showing the di Two Bedrooms, Liv- ing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Re- ception Room. Electric Refrigeration. THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Rd. | different story to tell. he | SWallow many caravans of the size of returning party loses the trall and finds a flag marked “E-16" the members will know that they are four miles eas of a depot. Good Route for First Part. The traveling should be smooth and safe for some time after leaving the first depot, if conditions are still as Amundsen found them, until the third depot is placed at 81 south. The second depot at 80 degrees 10 minutes is just beyond Amundsen’s depot at 80 south, which was large, well filled with sup- rl‘iu and well marked after his return | rip. “It is not impossible that it will be found useful later on,” he wrote. But after the third depot is laid down, the supporting party will face the wors | part of the entire barrier trip. On the first trip Amundsen made across this crevassed area, twice on a| depot-laying journey and going south on his polar trip, he had little difficulty with crevasses. But on the way home after reaching the Pole he had a d now gone over fer without ha: ing really clear weather,” Amundsen | says in . “This time we had it and were able to see what it actually looked like. “The irregularities began in 81 de- grees 12 minutes south and did not ex- | tend very far from north to south, possibly about five kilometers (three and a quarter miles). How far they extend from east to west it is diffcult | to say, but at any rate as far as the | eye could reach. “Immense pleces of the surface had | fallen away and opened up the most horrible yawning gulfs, big enough to ours. From these open holes only wide cracks ran out in all diregtions, be- sides which mounds and haycocks were everywhere to be seen. Perhaps the most remarkable thing of all was that we had passed over here unharmed.” And yet for the reassurance of folks back home, he did pass over this area safely four times, on three of which he was unable to see where he was going; so with ropes and belts and available there is no reason why these dog teams and their drivers should not get across safely, although they will have to watch their step. May See Land to East. 81 degrees 45 minutes, and the last depot to be put down by the support- ing party, the going should be smooth dropped 'a good part of their loads. They may also be able to get a glimpse to the east, a sight of which would somewhat reward them for their dif- ficult journey and at the same time tantalize them with the thought that they would see land and not be able to reach it. The Barrier is heavily crevassed to the east, also indicating land, and last year the depot-laying party saw a pressure line to the west which ran parallel to their route at a will have been done, however, and they will turn homeward over the crevasses and around huge holes fortunately much lighter than when they went out. ‘The work of the supporting party is The remaining part of the trip to| and easy, particularly as they will have | of the land which Amundsen saw far | distance of a few miles. Their work |3 North Pole, men turning back after leaving their sledge loads at regular | intervals, and the English explorers of | the interior Antarctic also established depots in this way. Amundsen put down one depot during his first season and extended it early in his second season when he was forced to abandon an early start because of the cold. ‘The importance of the depot is that it enables the advance party either to | travel light part of the way, or, as in | this case, to avoid the necessity of lay- ln{‘ their own depots by relays, or some other methods, before making their final start on their journey. The geological party will be able to follow the route by the sup- porting party half way to their objec- tive, the Queen Maud range, and to use dog food in the depot so that, when they finally begin the last half of their journey, they will do so with practically the same loads with which they left th: | base, Little America. t can be seen that the work of the supporting party is an integral part of the trip south and necessary to the success of the geological work. | Supporting Party’s Equipment. The equipment of the supporting party is somowhat different from that | of the geological party. There will be three teams of nine dogs each, each team pulling two sledges, fastened to gether with cross-chains so t| rear sledge follows the track of the | front one. | The front sledges will be freight sledges and two of the trailers will be basket sledges, with high sides at the | rear. They have a brake on which the driver can jump in case of emergency. The third trailer will be a light sled; made by Christopher Braathen and to be used by him, as his dogs are some- | what lighter than the others. | All the trailing sleds have gee at the | front—strong poles sticking upward at an angle of about 40 degrees, on which guide the sledge around obstacles. ‘The dogs will be harnessed in pairs on either side of a long line, called the gang line, with the leader at the head. ‘The harnesses are somewhat different, as, instead of a stiff collar, a harness bamboo poles and the other precautions) of webbing easily adjustable to the size of the doge has been made to suit the individual liking of the drivers of the supporting party. It is light and strong. Two tents will be carried by the sup- porting party, tents of the lobster-pot —on _aristerratie fow er 16(h St bove Seott . H. L. RUST COMPANY 1001 15th N.W. Nat'l 8100 of the utmost importance to the success of the geole party. 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