Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1930, Page 5

< BYRD STARTS HOME, LEAVING 2 PLANES Skipper of Ice-Scarred Ship‘ Describes Battle to Reach Explorer’s Camp. (Continued From Pirst Page) | Was no way out of it. They perched on the hill top, wide wings outspread ®gainst the sky, like two giant birds Testing for a time. Ship Bears Marks of Ice Battle. | With every rare moment of leisure in | loading, the men of the swo groups, those Who came down on the ship and | those who had been ashore this last year, chatted of things in which they thought the others would be interested, | tales of amusing things that have hap- pened, of the trip down from the pack, of the trail and flights | As the Byrd expedition had reached the Bay of Whales on December 25 1928, it was actually there 13 months and 25 days, and there were many things to ‘be talked about. | But perhaps the most interesting to us was the story of the ship. She bore marks of her battle with the ice all along her sides. Holes Punched at Deck Line. Her sheathing was cut and scarred where blocks of ice had hit her in the | gales, and holes were punched right through the bulwarks at the deck line. | There was no doubt that she had been | on a rough passage, and as Capt. Mel- | ville said, “One more day and we would have had to turn north and run out of it. She couldn't have stood much more.” But both Capt. Melville and Johans- gen were enthusiastic about the ship. | They doubted if another vessel could | have stood the battering she received | and come through it | And Admiral Byrd was as pleased with ! the way the crew had handled her and | stuck by their guns in difficulties. He | spoke of it again and again as he looked over the bark. She has a brand-new bridge this year. Melville Tells of Trip. “We got along well until we got al- most through the pack,” said Capt. Melville. “The first 26 miles of the pack were rather bad, heavy old ice, but we struck a lead that was on our course and we followed it. It kept on opening up, anti we got through all| right until the 7th, when the gale began which lasted all the way to the Bar- rier. It started with a blizzard, and when it wasn't blowing great guns it Wwas snowing. “New ice was forming fast also, and through the latter part of it we ran through a lot of that and slush. The swell increased and I figured we were near open water. Finally we came out at night with the gale blowing nearly a might have sunk us. “Finally we decided to turn tail to the storm and run for shelter. It took Run Through 16 Miles of Pack. “The next day, the 8th, the gale began to moderate a little and we made and aga! south. to ice up on the 13th. d some ice before that, but it was not serious. From then on 1t began to gather in earnest. The crew worked all the time, chopping and smashing it from the sides, from every | place they could reach. There were 27 inches of ice on the poop deck when we reached shelter, so you can imagine how much we gathered. “It was worst forward, for there we could not get at it. The seas came over solidly and went aft, and the ice in- creased until there was a mass around the martingale which a man could not t his arms around. There must have tons on the headgear of the alone, and that weight made her her nose into every sea. Afraid Headgear Would Go. “I was afraid we might lose the head- the engine full ahead and with no solar observations and the compass acting crazy, as it always does in those lati- tudes. It was hard to tell where we were. But it was a blow on the 15th, when we sighted land. to realize how far we had been blown off our course. I know it has happened before under | such conditions, but just the same I was | disappointed. The weather cleared soon and then we saw the high peaks of what turned out to be Ross Island. My only consolation for being so far away from Little America was that I was able to see Mount Erebus, for I have always wanted to see it. It is a magnificent mountain. “Once in under the lee of the land we got to work chopping away the ice and must have cleared 200 tons off her. Even now, as you see, there is ice all along her sides and the ropes are like iron bars and the blocks frozen solid. Running along under the Barrier, we got rid of the worst and then made good time. But it was a rough ride while it lasted.” Soundings also were made along the whole face of the Barrier by Ralph Shropshire many samples taken from the wa'cr and bottom. The series of soundings runs all the way from Dunedin. (Copyright. 1930, by the New York Times €o."and the St 'Louis Post-Dispatch. All | gights for MBublication reserved throughout the worid.) BOLLING HEAVES TO IN GALE. Supply Ship Hits Storm on Way to Meet City of New York. By Radio to The Star and New York Times. ABOARD S. S. ELEANOR BOLL- ING OF THE BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, Pebruary 20.—We are in a cyclonic storm, hove to. Our’ position at noon today was latitude 65 degrees, 27 minutes south, Jongtitude 177 degrees, 17 minutes east, 1,267 miles southeast of Dunedin, New Zealand. ‘The barometer went down to 28. All are hale and hearty. ‘We had a great snowstorm and gale Jast night and cleared up this morning, but now a gale again. Seems like one | gale after another. The Bolling, being west of the 180th meridian, was nearly a day ahead of New York time in transmission of the above dispatch yesterday. The steamer is scheduled to meet the City of New York north of the Ross Sea ice pack and give it fuel and supplies for the return to New Zealand. Sydney Police Shoes Padded. SYDNEY, Australia, February 20 (P). —Constables are to be given a more | even break with malefactors. Hereto- fore a policeman’s made a nojse that could be heard a block away, but & thin layer of felt between the outer | and inner sole is expected to make every policeman " man, - | Czegka, machinist; THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. With every purpose of its great undertaking successfully carried out, the Antarctic expedition headed by Rear Ad- miral Richard E. Byrd (lower right) has started the homeward voyage. At the top is the tri-motored Ford ‘monoplane Floyd Bennett, in which, with three other members of the expedition, Admiral Byrd made his historic flight over the South Pole. The plane had to be left behind on the ice barrier when the expedition boarded the bark City of New York for the return voyage. The expedition’s stanch old flagsh Antarctic at the start of the expedition. is shown (lower left) as it sailed from New York for the CHRONOLOGY OF THE BYRD EXPEDITION left New York in A of the South Pole ition from the time the first mm‘mc.mmm?wmumsmm the base at Little America m the Antarctic follows: ship from 1928. 25—The bark City of New York leaves New York. August October 10—Comdr. Byrd and his party A Larsen. December 2—The City of New York and Zealand, for the Antarctic. sail from Los Angeles on the whaler C. the Eleanor Bolling leave Dunedin, New Chairman of Shipping Board December 14—The City of New York starts through ice pack, the Bolling re-| ASkS That He Be Replaced turning to New Zealand. December 25—The expedition arrives at the ice barrier. 1929, January 6—Permanent base established at Little America. January 16—Comdr. Byrd makes first Antarctic flight, exploring 1,200 square miles. January 31—Comdr. Byrd saves Roth, aviation mechanic, from drowning when ler Cliff collapses. Barri Pehru-ryoll—cumar. Byrd explores 40,000 square mfles of unknown territory by November 10—Supporting r November 18—Comdr. !yrmne pm. (E. 8. T.). November 28—Comdr. Byrd wirelesses eturns to Little Americs. base-laying flight to Queen Maude November 28—Comdr. Byrd and three companions sta; Mountains. rt for South Pole at 10:29 from the South Pole at 8:55 am. (E. 8. T.): returns to base at 5:10 p.m. December 5—Comdr. Byrd discovers a new mountain range as he explores 35,000 | ministration’s policy of disposing of square miles of unknown territory. December 21—President Hoover signed bill commissioning Comdr. Byrd a rear | admiral. Because of Health. By the Associated Press. Chairman O'Connor of the Shipping Board today requested President Hoover to replace him as head of that Govern- ment agency, but said that he would refain his membership on the board, ©O’Connor said his health made it nec- be relieved of the chairmanship. He said, however, that uld perform the du- ties of & commissioner if some one else took the chairmanship. ©O'Connor was appointed chairman of the Shipping Board by President Cool- idge in 1924. He has supported the ad- on its hands at the end of the war. During his administration practically December bzes(_ceolo"“l party finds cairn containing Amundsen relics of 18 :the entire merchant fleet owned by the fore. years 19 January 19—Geological party arrives back at Little America, having discovered coal ouf on Mount Nansen. February 7— the expedition home. February 19— Personnel of the Byrd expedition: Rear Admiral Evelyn U. 8. N., commanding; Russell Owen, New York Times correspondent: Bernt Baichen, first pilot; Harold I. June, | pilot; Dean Smith, pilot; Dr. Francis D. Coman, medical director; Dr. Haldon Barnes, assistant physician; John L. Sutton, engineer; Charles E. Lofgren, personnel; Clair D. Alexander, per- sonnel; Dick Konter, assistant steward Lawrence Gould, geologist; Willlam Haines, meteorologist; rison, aerologist; surveyor: John S. O'Brien, surveyor; Ralph Shropshire, hydographer; Arthur Walden, in charge of dogs: Edward man; Frank John J. Bayer, assistant en d mond O'Brien, engineer; Harry Adams, engineer; Steve Strom, seaman; James , fireman; Charles Kessler, seaman: seaman; Jol Cglflu H. Black, seaman Gould, carpenter; first mal oe D. Ganahl, second mate; Harry King, second mate; Bendik Johansen, ice pilot: Epaminondas Demas, aviation mechanic; Kennard Bubler, aviation mechanic; Jerry De Cecca, aviation mechanic; Victor H. Carrol B. Foster, fireman; William Gavronsky, seaman- aviation mechanic; Arthur Berlin, fire- man: Jacob Bursey, dog driver; Will D. Reilly, dog driver: Lieut. Tom Mulroy, chief engineer; Ralph B. Benson, sea- man; Elbert J. Thawley, second as- sistant engineer; Arthur B. Creagh, as- sistant cook; Benjamin Roth, engineer; Capt. Fred C. Melville, City of New York; Capt. Gustav Brown, Eleanor ; Bolling: Lieut. Malcolm Hanson, chief radio_operator; Llayd Grenlie, radio; Carl O. Petersen, radio operator; Ashley McKinley, aerial photographer; Wil- liam Vanderveer, motion prcture ‘pho- tographer: Joseph T. Rucker, motion picture photographer: Leland Barter, seaman; John J. Cody, first assistant engineer; Anson Walker Perkins, sea. man engineer; Paul Siple, Boy Scout; John Jacobsen, sailmaker; Christopher Braathen, skiman; Sydney Greason, steward; George Tennant, chief cook, | and Louls Reichart, assistant cook. 1 YALE HEAD DECORATED. French Chevalier of Legion of Honor Conferred on Dr. Angell. NEW HAVEN, Conn, February 20 (#)—The decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, awarded the French government, was confe: yes- terday uj Dr. James Rowland Angell, | president of Yale University, and Dr. ‘Wilbur L. Cross, dean of the Graduate School, by Paul Claudel, the French Ambassador to the United States. The eeremony was in the office of President Angell in Woodbridge Hall, where a few guests had gathered to meet the Ambassadaor, Ry Sl % City of New York completes passage of ice pack on way to bring . ' Pebruary 18—The City of New York Teaches Bay of Whales. leaves for home. Comos <aew] HALT GVES PARLEY TIME TO REFLECT New Treaty Will Be Based on Replacement and Build- ing Programs. BY PAUL SCQTT MOWRER. By Wirele; 7 e, AUasts e LONDON, England, February 20.— Adjournment of the Londgn five-power Naval Conference until next Wednes- day on account of the French cabinet crisis will, it is declared, give all the delegates time to think things over and see what has been accomplished and what remains to be done. ‘The frame work of the new treaty has been pretty well decided. The treaty will run until 1936 only. It will be based not on fixed ratios but on building and replacement programs as adjusted here, It is expected that a general dis- armament, conference to limit land and air forces and extend naval limitation to the powers not represented here can be held within a year. Then, in 1935, there will be a new five-power Navi Conference at which it is expected that the limitation arrived at now can be! transformed into reductions. The differences between Great Brit- ain and the United States have been narrowed down to such a fine point that '.hl% can seemingly be eliminated bynJlnlI‘ t effort of good will at almost any e. The Franco-British differences re- main the key to the conference, for other tonnage figures, including our own, must depend ultimately on what tonnage Great Britain finally accepts vis-a-vis France. One possibility is a three-power or possibly a four-power agreement, including Italy but exclud- ing France, which would thus, in a sense, be isolated. Another. is suggested—namely, that the United States, Great Britain and Japan make, if possible, a three-power agreement and then insert this agree- ment into a five-power treaty in which France and Italy would be invited to put any figures they like. Son Finds New Job for Edison. NEW ORLEANS, February 20 (#).— Charles, Edison_has found another job for his dad. He sald his father ex- pected millions of acres to be devoted to golden rod culture for rubber pro- duction and ventured the prediction he would have to finish up by inventing a cure for hay fever. Government has been sold, including the United States Lines, the North At- lantice service, headed by the Levia- Rocuntly O'Connor retired as prasidmt BT flflhw actual operat of Gov- ‘The mof e N:; ent to award panies regardless of whether their ships were bought from the Government. He has advocated favoring those ship companies ufinun' ships purchased from the shipping Board. SENATE WILL WAGE VIGOROUS BATTLE ON POLITICAL PACT (Continued From First Page.) ‘would undertake to deal with problems which arose in connection WAS Who opposed the ratifica- of the four-power Ps%e treaty, which emanated from the Washington Naval Conference in 1921-22, and which was ratified by the Senate. Much Depends on French. “At least we have possessions in the Pacific,” said Senator Borah, ‘I The London conference has taken a holiday because of the overthrow of the French government. Not a little will depend upon the attitude of the French delegation when it returns to London to resume the discussion of naval limitation. In the meantime, it is expected that the attitude of the American delegaion, as voiced by Sena- tor Robinson, and the opposition to any political commitments developing in the Senate will be given due consideration in London and in Paris and Rome. It seems clear that a treaty emanat- ing from the naval conference which would provide for large increases in the naval program of the United States would have an unfavorable re- ception in many quarters in this coun- try. On the other hand, there is a feeling here that if the nations can be brought to a real agreement on naval limitation, covering all categories of ips, at London much will have been accomplished. It will be looked upon as a foundation on which hopes may be based of reduction in armaments in the future. —_— Portuguese Burglars Day Workers. LISBON, February 20 (#).—Burglary Police records disclose that 80 per cent of the robberies are cammltug’edurlnl the siesta hours. Residents stay awake for most of the night because of the intense sun during the | Mayflower A:t Company INC, is now located at 1405 KAY ST. N.W. TOWER BUILDING Greeting Cards and Stationery ‘e, BETAIL 4 2 . ships which the United States found | in Portugal is a daylight occupation. | g U. 5. NAVAL ENVOYS CONFER IN SECRET Withhold Information on Meeting at Hotel. By the Associated Press LONDON, February 20.—The Amer- ican naval delegation held a secret meeting in the conference room of the Ritz Hotel this afternoon. Every at tempt was made to withhold informa- | tion on the meeting, even to the fact | that it occurred. A press announcement at headquarters simply stated that Mr. | Stimson was in his office and was un { week end. At 4 p.m. Secretary Stimson and Sen- ator Reed walked to the House of Com mons for a conference with Prime Min- ister Macdonald. | The work of the London Naval Con- ference was at a standstill today. Legal |advisers of the various delegations— | { including the French—in an informal | way began discussions of the sub- { marine question, however, The conversasions were purely in- formal and without any binding effect, but the experts expected to go thor- oughly into the problem of undersea craft. In circles close to the French dele- gation it was said that no matter what | government might be formed in France the French naval position would re- main as it has been from the beginning of the conference. Parley Faces Uncertainty, The conference is hedged about with doubt and uncertainty. Much of its outlook for the future depended upon | solution of the political crisis at Paris. The conference opened more than a month ago with the provisional Anglo. American parity agreement as a start. ing point and with hope of bringing some reality into naval reductions. Much of the early optimism has disappeared. Hope now looks to limitation rather than to reduction; to curbing the naval ambitions of the future rather than to reducing the navies of the present. Figures Remain Unsolved. During the few weeks of the confer- ence’s life old stumbling blocks of the past were removed only to be replaced by new difficuities. The present con- ference succeeded in compmwmising | fompromises to define methods of limit- Ing cruiser strength. But it still has to solve the more vital problem of the fig- ures of naval strength which are to be allotted each power. It might be said that the delegations of Great Bryjtain, the United States, Japan and Italy greeted the few days of comparative rest. which the adjourn- ment until next Wednesday will allow with sighs of relief. ‘Their fondest hope was that by next Wednesday the French would be back in Lond ready to proceed with the conference, and even may have under- gone a cl of heart on their big fonnage demands. Subcommitiee Will Meet. ‘While every effort was being made by the delegates to get a breathing speil during the interim this did not mean that all conference work ceased. A subcommittee planned to meet several | times to continue discussion of special | ship categories, but the work of draft- | ing a_submarine restriction agreement will be postponed until the French return. It is not planned to make the work of the subcommittee arduous and its members will have plenty of time for recreation. Although no plans have been made for any meetings between the delegation chiefs it was thought possible Secretary Stimson inight have an informal talk with Mr. Wakatsuki or Mr. I(lcudonldlldhbtlfm wgdnuflll Dino Gran leaving for Italy today with Admiral Sirlanni, so that four- power conversations were pos- sible before next week. REACTION TO ITALIAN NOTE. Regarded in Paris as Effort to Hurt French Position at London. PARIS, February 20 (#).—Authorita- tive reactions to yesterday's Italian memorandum at the Naval Conference | were not available in Paris today, but | it was recognized in most political | circles that the Tardieu program as| modified even if a radical cabinet should come into power. In unofficial circles the Italian note was regarded as rather an effort to place the French representatives in London in a difficult position than an effort to attain real parity with France. PLAN GENERAL BILL FOR VETERANS’ BENEFIT Bubocmmhtes_ Is Directed to Frame Measure From All Proposal In- troduced This Session. By the Associated Press. House veterans’ committee yes- | terday directed a subcommittee of five to draft a general legislative bill for | the benefit of World War veterans, after considering all the bills introduced at ;h&s session dealing with veterans' legis ation. A wide variety of proposals to liber- alize and smooth out difficulties that have arisen from the present laws have been introduced, and all of these will be gone over by the subcommittee with a view to drafting into a general bill the most desirable features of each. AS SPACES ECHO JAZZ ST. MORITZ (N.AN.A).—One very noticeable thing about St. Moritz this season is the custom of carrying port- able talking machines on every sleigh or funicular expedition. There is no such thing now as a snowy solitude. 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