Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1930, Page 25

Saturday at 8 AM. The Sale of Sales! SOCIETY BRAND SUITS & OVERCOATS $65 Suits & Overcoats $55 Suits & Overcoats $50 Suits & Overcoats $3 7 .50 Extra Salesmen! PO time to Open a ; ? Extra Fitters! Charge Account Extra Tailors! Use the Seventh Street Entrance at the Men's Furnishings Department Navy Pilot Plans Flight in Glider Launched by Blimp Another innovation in avia- tion will be witnessed, nmblbly early next week, when Satou. ob 2‘{"' A the nu?::\?%'; on duf o ’ Department, in a glider rom the mvn irigi- Los Angeles at Lakehurst, J. ‘In’ making this announcement yesumn{ the Navy Department said that the glider is completely assemb and the structure whlch secures it to the airship is being built. It is believed that all preparations will be complete by the end of this week, the de- partment pointed out, adding that the launching will be made u mn zheultm as the weath- 'megmefwbemdho(the secondary training type, known as the “Prufiing,” and was ob- tained from the American Mo- torless Aviation Corporation of New York City, the department said. Tt is of the same type as that uled by Lieut. Barnaby in flights at Cape Cod last Summer. WEATHER FINDINGS PLEASE ADML BYRD Meteorological Observations at “Home of Blizzard” Prove Valuable. Among the major contributions to sclence Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd expects from his Antarctic expedition are those relating to meteorols ob- servations, the explmr indicates in 8 radio message the National Geo- graphic !ociny The vast continent, 'hleh is “the long has been regarded as s “wenthn breeder” fur continental and island areas in Southern He here, including m ern South America, Bouth Africs, Aus- tralia ans Yew Zealand. But it M has betn the world's “weather spot” from lack of any sustained .i-r vations of its temperatures, barometric pressures, study of its land-level and altitude air currents, and similar date terials of weather 4 which are the raw mad CHINESE BEGGARS ‘BELONG T0 GUILD Follows Instructions and Con- tributes From His Reve- nues ‘to Society. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAIL, January 17.—Americans may be the greatest “joiners” in the world, but in Chins even beggars must become members of & guild. For the mendicant there is no other alternative than_join and r do as he is told. He must wnlflbute his earnings to his begging society and at the end of the day or week all members ther about and the total revenue is livided equally after the leaders have extracted commissions. Native shops and residents must also contribute to the guild or suffer sericus uences, such as having beggars conseq ‘| threaten to die on the door steps. To have a beggar die at one’s door in China s bad luck and as a result there are very few Chinese non-subscribers to the numerous societies. 8o professional is the begging class in China that children are brought up and trained for the profession, trade or whatever you wish to call it. Parents have been known to mutilate their off- for life just to make them suit- al for begging. No sort of deformity is too horrible to commereialize upon. Methods of begging vary. In eh-nl- hai, one is aceosted by beggars at almost every street corner. Ragged urchins dart out from side streets Ind !rot alongside rickshaws gers to give them a few fi" tor “chow.” Ragged mothers, holdi ing children, moan in front of runu- rants and hold out their hands for “cumshaw.” Cripples roll and cry on the pavements. Some even voluntarily | their heads hard and frequently ground, all for a few coppers, SEVEN COAL BARGES SINK IN COLLISION ‘| Two Men Rescued From East River After Boats Crash With Freighter. By the Assoctated Pre: NEW YORK, Ji nu-ry 17.—Seven Pennsylvania Railroad coal barges sank Wednesday night after a collision in the East River with the freighter Exbrooke of the American Export Line. ‘Two men hurled into the river were rescued by tugs. - ‘The accident occurred between Wil- liamsburg Bridge and the Navy Yard. EDUCATIONAL. Service Exams. P -re ]lo' for Clerk-Carrier xamin The CIVII !!lvll 'l.." SE Cor THin & T Bte N Mer BT Wood's Commorcml School New Cl now forming i All Commercial Coy 311 East Capitol St.__ Linc. 0038 SCHOOL, OF _ WASHINOTON Ripid Protress 1538 B st wow. Net. PACE COURSES aney: s . €. ation sses eauest UNIVERSITY Buliding ht-two-fAive-nine Specialized Accounting Courses available in general accounting and e accounting. Individun) T uction—Rates Reasonable rol ny ‘l‘lml l“ 17th St. N.“’Tt !nlle Sll P‘-I 51 Art~Advertmnz Interior Decoration Costume Design Positions for Graduates. Ask for New Catalog LIVINGSTONE ACADEMY 20 Years in Washington Met. 2888 The George Washington University Law School Member Association American Law Approved by ‘-.ll::ll Bar Assoelstion Second Semester Begins February 3 Registration Period, January 27-February 1 Inclusive Stockton Hall 720 20th St. Telephone West 164 R POST OFFICE. statisti. .T"m course for Paten Service Prej N.W. _Me! EMERSON INSTITUI'E 7ith Censecutive Year Spring Term Begins February 3 Afternecon School tional ited Ci ‘I School Cou: eSS o gty SR s 1738-1740 P a “ Day. Seho prediction. Radios Dr. La Gerce. Rear Admiral Byrd's message, trans- mitted through the New Yorl ‘Times radio station, 15 addressed to Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, vice prulanm e{ 'hs National Geographic Soclety, was for Dr. La Gorce that lyrd nnud the expedition's meteorological statien. The explorer tells how the station's ob- servations were used in determining the time of flights and also the meth by which he has been mlloetl.nx meteoro- logical data for permanent scientific records. The message, dated January 8, sa) 'So great has been the contributio; of the L Gorce meteoralogical station to the success of our flights of explora- tion that I feel it my dul{ s well as my pleasure to report the “We dug our airplanes from under the %w tnmthe spr}gl a8 soon w peratures woul thereafter, on November 18, our weather men, Haines and Harrison, reported to me that they thought the weather was suitable for the base la; flight. They made this prediction without sny re- ports from the trail party. POie left immediately and had sun- shine for the 440 miles to the moun- tains. The visibility is generally so bad here that without sunshine we prob- :bly could not have landed successfully to lay down our base. Photographed 50,000 Square Miles. “A few days later, November 28, Haines reported the weather favorable for the South Pole was possible we woul another day of such suital ‘We left at once for the sunshine for practi Veatiier mén Toported that weather m| con were favorable for a flight to the east- ward. We left at once and had bad flllbflltx fl!lhh in Ant.. artica are largely profitl “It is, in my Q the weather. p 80 very accurately wi available. Suhuqumm phulud the notability of predic- ns. “In order to make one or two addi- tional exploration flights we have uun- ed the weather closely since our fl!;huudigqu bunammm S0 it is clear that che contribution of the meteorological section to the success of our flights of exploration has been very great indeed. Praises Haines and Harrison. “‘Haines and Harrison have also made valuable scientific records. They have made surface observations every hour, day and night, over a riod of 13 months. In the u they have made 400 pilot balloon the .velocity and direction of wlnc at various levels. Many of these ball have given wind data as high as 30000 feet. Upper air humidity, pressure and temperature have been obtained by kite or ltrplnne on 40 days over a period of onths. e lm glad to. be able to report to you the splendid work done by your Tepresentatives.” “(Signed) RICHARD E. BYRD.” ‘The technical men referred to in Rear Admiral Byrd’s radio mesun are William C. Hines, meteorologist, w] salary is being defrayed by’ the Nltbn‘l Geographic socletyy which also allotted & $50,000 (llnfl the Society Increases Grant. The National dp Society contributed $25,000 toward the seientific work of the Byrd expedition before its @ departure, and on:November 23 last Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, Ppresident of the so- clety, radioed Byrd: “Our trustees snd research committee have votedwdoub\t o the soclety’s original herefore award an additional &; 000, uvnuaMs when desired.” The entire amount of the Nlthntl 's m\'-l“lb\.lfln used in various phases of the scientific work being carried on try the expedition. MAYOR HEADS VIRGINIA ANTIQUITIES GROUP Williamsburg Oficial Elected Head of Colonial Capital Branch. Historic Sites Preserved, Special Dispatch to The Star. WILLIAMSBURG, Va., January 17.— George P. Coleman, Mayor of Wiiliams- burg, has just been elected head of the Colonial Capital Branch of the Associa- tion for Pressrvation of An- tiquities, as successor to Mrs. iam A. R. Goodwin. Mr, Coleman wu formerly State highway commission The first grnm'nt or ch-yur hsd of the local branch, when the A. was inaugurated as a loekty‘ nuw with a number of branches throughout the State, was Miss Elizabeth Coleman, V. A. years ago saved the old Capitol site from commercializa- tion, and new owns the historic powder magasine—the Powder Horn-—and the old Colontal Prison whlch the vgfty will soon restore. The 30-ineh brick walls are still staunch, bu\ the upper half- swl'y is in bld WOODMEN INSTALL. Officers of Bladensburg Camp In- ducted Into Office. Special Dispatch to The Btar. !LADENI!UM. Md., January serve Colonial Camp No. llnl Modem ‘Woodmen of Ameries, of this pllcu, were installed Tuesday hight in the Bladensburg Schoel’ Clarence Gasch. They are: Cou William Manning: banker, Albert Fier- stein; clerk, Frank H. Flerstein; escert, Carl Fierstein; sentry, Hillman Cornell; watchman, Headley F. Gasch, and trus- tees, E. W. Hubbard, Wallace Littieford and Louls Peak. Announcement was made that on the night of January 28, the camp will hold & meeting in the parish hall of St. Luke’s Church, the feature of which will be an address by S. 5. Rubey, from headquarters in Rock Island, Mr. Rubey is the State deputy for the Dis« trict_of Columbla, Vi Delaware and eryhnd &u: one pulun million dies of -suto in Virginia as ruult tram.