Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1930, Page 4

A4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1930. DETAILS OF WILKINS SUB VOYAGE BARED Letter to Jahncke Reveals Plans for Cruise Across Pole Under lce. ""Wurther details of Sir Hubert Wil- kins' proposal to go beneath the ice in the obsolete submarine O-12 from Spitz- bergen, across the North Pole, to the Bering Sea was made public in & letter submitted yesterday to Assistant Secretary Ernest Lee Jahncke by Sloan Danenhower, former Naval Reserve lieutenant commander. ‘The O-12, now out of commission at Philadelphia, under the Wilkins pro- gram, would be equipped with an air observation balloon, with television and radio, and have machinery calculated to_bore through ice 50 feat thick. Mr. Jahncke said, with reference to the proposal: “Here is an undertaking that would bring Jules Verne into the twentieth century.” Great Spaces of Open Water. Last Friday Capt. Wilkins with Simon Lake, submarine inventor and builder, and Danenhower, who is president of the Lake-Danenhower Corporation, called upon Jahncke in person. The letter submitted yesterday was in an- &wer to the latter's request that the matter be put In writing. He has al- ready replied, saying the request is un- der consideration. ‘The letter stated no great unbroken floes had been observed in the Arctic regions, and that there were no ice- - bergs there of great size. Over 25 per cent of the distance from Spitsbergen .%o the Bering Sea, it said, could be mailed in open water. . On much of the remainder of the Youte, the letter added, estimates placed the’ ice depth at 10 feet, due to the of the floes in Summer. Could Rise in Any 10-Mile Area. "tgmaufgnlfl‘?e ;h‘ould h"lhle to fl.’tne wi miles of any given spot the Arctic Ocean,” it was said. : ‘The submarine would be equipped - with “a telescopic conning tower for the purpose of drill] ice,” and in this matter it was est d' ice of 10 feet thickness could be opened for sufficient distance to permit the submarine to emerge. Another device would be provided, Rowever, capable of drilling through ice up to 50 feet thick, genln( a hole . of sufficient size to enable ~Tenewed, engine exhausts discharged iMnd the batteries recharged. An observation chamber would be built into the prow, and finely focused lights provided, which would penetrate the water for some distance ahead. In addition, a compression chamber would be added, in order that men in diving suits could move in and out of the sub- merged craft. Navigate by Compass. ‘With this equipment, it was estimated & submarine could move under the ice at an average speed of 4 knots an hour, with little danger of damage by colli- sion. Navigation would be managed en- tirely by magnetic com; . Danenhower, in his letter, said that if the Navy granted their request for @ charter on the O-12, he would com- mand the craft, while Capt. Wilkins would lead the expedition. He sald Dr. H. Sverdmpfmchulf,“ulmln of the e n, been en- listed and that he would apply to th Norwegian Geophysical Imuana permission to serve as chief of sclentific staff of the expedition. London Treaty Plays Part. Danehower answered an objection previously voiced by Assistant Secretgry he for the Jahncke ‘that the chartering of such & | submarine might run afoul of the pro- vision of the London naval treaty, which specifically mentions ‘experimen- tal submarines. "Danenhower suggested that prnvtsioa be x‘n;de for the craft upon completion of its voyage fo be scrapped or returned to m Govern- ment for scrapping. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Ladies’ Auxiliary of - trict of Columbia e Dental Society, Cit; Club, 8 pm. aker, Dr. Fred A, Moss of George Washington University on “The Seven Ages of Man.” P Meeting, American Institute - —_— ute of Elec , Club, 8 pm. Bpeaker, Bassett Jones, consulti: - gineer, of ectric Ele New York, on “Elec - ot tric Ele. Card party, Red Triangle Outing Club, at the club house, Canal off New Cut road, 8, pm. T Heart soclal, Naomi Lodge, No. 1, QOA O. F., home of Mrs. Ella Curl, 3658 ‘arder street, tonight. party, Woman's Auxiliary, No. p] Card 13, Typographical Union, No. 101, Win- i ston Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting and buffet supper, Chamber of Commerce, grand ball room of the Magflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, Columbia Review, W. B. A., 1750 Massachusetts avenue, 8 p.m. Card party, W. A. Simpson's sudi- forfum, 730 Seventh street southeast, fonight. Comedy play, Rebodd Players, Bright- wood Rebekah Lodge, Masonic Hall, Qeorgia and Colorado avenues, 8:30 ~Meeting, Columbia Heights Business 's _Assoclation, New Amsterdam tel, Fourteenth and Fairmont streets, 8330 pm. “Banquet and dance, Alpha Kaj LPrMcrnll.V, Hotel o i Roosevelt, to- , Panhellenic Club, e ‘Washington University, gold room of y. gold the Wardman Park Hotel, tonight. Clemson Alumni Dinner meeting, Association, City Club, 6:30 p.m. Card party, Waneta Council, Pythian Temple, tonight. FUTURE. Luncheon, Lions Club, garden of. the Mayflower Hotel, tomorrow noon. Meeting. Mira McCoy Andrews Day Nursery Assoclation, Hamilton Hotel, Somorrow, 10:30 a. Meeting, Washington Exchange Club, Carlton Hotel, tomorrow noon. Speaker, Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas. Luncheon, D. C. Bankers' Associa- cabinet room of the Willard Hotel, - LT pm. Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard room of the Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 pm. Meeting, United States Daughters of 3812, room 127, Willard Hotel, tomor- Fow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Aero Club of Washington, room of the Willard Hotel, tomor- w, 12:30 pm. Lecture, Rosicrucian Fellowship, 907 Pifteenth street, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Lec- turer, Theodore Helene of X}:w York, Capitol Hill W. C. T. U, ‘en philosophy. E. Church, tomorrow, 2 p.m. Meeting, Card party, Justice Council, No. 2. Sons and Daughters of Liberty, Naval d Pennayl- Lodge Hall, Fourth street an [ yania avenue southeast, tomor h R L R L Aot education law SENATOR JAMES E. WATSON Of Indiana. SENATOR HIRAM BINGHAM Of Connecticut., REV. DR. W, COLEMAN NEVILS, §.J., President of Georgetown University. MUSIC RUBINSTEIN €LUB CONCERT. ‘The Rubinstein Club is -the oldest women's choral group in the city, and the members always present their grams in the large ball room of the Wil- lard Hotel. Last night they gave the final program of the current season be- fore an audience that completely filled the hall: The members themselves, as usual, made an attractive picture, grouped in their pukl inted evening gowns in a tier of seats at one end of the hall, with palms and vari-colored flowers in a huge basket as decoration. The club.has never sung better than it did in the famous “Seraphic Song” by Rubinstein, the composer for whom the club is named. The arrangement was that of Samuel R. Gaines. There was intelligent co-operation in production of well blended tone quality and a nice sustaining of & long-spun note just before the final phrase. Only in one passage, just following the final alto solo phrase, did the chorus come in with a loud, sharp attack, when a softer rising to fortissimo might have been much more effective. The whole thing was so well done, with splendid singing of the alto part by Edith White, who has an unusually rich voice, and exquisite violoncello ac- companying, as well as piano, that the latter part of it was repeated. This song is one of the most beautiful melo- dies ever written, and the singer would be soulless who could not its mes- sage and give it interpretation. Claude Robeson led his singers effectively in this number and also the Cornelius ADVERTISENENT [ RECEIVED HERE K. & M. Drug Store—E. Cap. & 8th Sts. N.E. Is a Star Branch Office There comes a time when WALTER F. BROWN, Postmaster General. SENATOR JAMES COUZENS Of Michigan. DR. L. S. ROWE, Director general of the Union, Chaffin “Ein Ton,” in which Herman Pakler, baritone, sang a solo part ex- tremely well. This number, too, was repeated. The other numbers all were Mfi:r in theme and melody develop- ment. The principal guest artist was Martha ‘Whittemore, cellist, of New York. She seemed at her best in the cello part of the Rubinstein number. In her solo selections she had nice resonant tone, but lacked smooth transition from phrase to phrase and rarely achieved m distinctive color in interpretation. instrument is rather difficult for & large hall and solo programs. It seems happiest in ensemble in chamber music. Miss Whittemore's efforts were generally well received. H. F. INTERHIGH SCHOOL CONCERT. The Interhigh Festival Chorus, com- posed of the major choral classes of the high schools of Washington, with the Interhigh School Festival Orchestra and Band, nted its annual program before an extremely appreciative audi- ence in the auditorium of Western High School night. cantata “In Music's Praise,” written by the American, Henry Hadley, who has become especially well known both as composer and-as orchestral conductor. ‘The chorus of 200 voices showed to ad- vantage in this number under the direc- lon of Dr. Edwin N. C. Barnes. M ret Bittner, soprano soloist from Cen- tral High School, has a sweet, flexible voice and poise that is remarkable for 80 young & singer. Albert Powers, tenor soloist from McKinley High School, and Howard Samsel, bass soloist from East- ern High School, both sang admirably. This was the first time that the schools 1 \. | | | WE, Pan-American THE ABOVE S8IGN s DISPLAYED BY AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH OFFICES. other Washington The Star prints such an overwhelmingly greater volume of Classified Advertising every day than any “Around the Corner” is a Star. Brench Office you want to quickly supply some want in connection with your business or your home. The most direct and success- ful way to do this is through a Classified Advertisement in The Star. By this means, you are sure to engage the atten- tion of practically everybody in and around Washington. For your convenience Branch Offices are located in most every neighborhood, in town and the nearby suburbs —where copy for The Star Classified Section may be left, insured of insertion in the first sue. There are no connection with . Branch Office service; only regular rates are charged. paper that there can be no question as to which will give you the best results. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, Speaker of the House. SENATOR PAT HARRISON Of Mississippi. DR. CLOYD H. MARVIN, President of George Washington University. had student soloists. Previously they have had adults of considerable experi- ence. The innovation seemed quite suc- cessful last night. Mary Garrett Lewis was an especially sympathetic accom- panist. ‘The 80-plece orchestra was under the direction of Ludwig Manoly. The violins showed unusually fine co-ordination and sense of legato playing. They gave Friedman's “Rhapsodie Slavische” and Charles Wakefleld Cadman's march, “Festal in C.” The band of 60 members, Hyrum Summerhays conducting, played Had- ley's “Song of the Marching Men"” with true military briskness, and also gave, as the finale, a group of favorite selec- tions by Victor Herbert. NEW OFFICE.RS T0 6O IN Amity Club Holds Installation Meeting Tonight. Installation of officers will feature a meeting of the Amity Club of Wash- ington to be held at the Club Chanti- cler tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Repre- sentative Benjamin Golder of Pennsyl- vania will speak. The new officers are: Edward J. Ostrow, president; Norman C. Kal, first vice president; Irwin Semsker, second vice president; Albert Jacobson, secre- tary; Maurice Narcisenfeld, treasurer, and Nathan Plotnick, sergeant-at-arms. Installation will be made the incum- bent president, John Korman. JUDGES ARE NAMED IN ORATORY FINALS 9 Prominent Men to Choose| Winners in Seventh Na- tional Contest. Distinguished legislators, a high gov- ernmental executive, a diplomat and educators who have won national recog- nition compose the board of judges who will select the best of the seven com- petitors in the finals of the seventh National Oratorical Contest to be staged here in the Constitution Hall May 24. For the first time in the history of the contest there will be nine judegs instead of the usual five. They include Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Postmaster General Walter F. Brown, Senators James E. Watson of Indiana, Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, James E. Cou-~ sens of Michigan and Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Dr. L. S. Rowe, director gen- eral of the Pan-American Union; Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of Geo) Washington University, and Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., president of Georgetown University. Twenty-nine judges will pass upon the prepared and extemporaneous ad- dresses of the boys and girls who will compete for the national championship cup and the privilege of representing the United States in the Fifth Interna- tional Oratorical Contest to be held in Washington during October. All seven of the national contestants will be glven a Summer tour of Europe with expenses paid. Randolph Leigh, director general of the contest, will be chairman at_the national finals. Dr. Ray Lyman Wil- bur, Secretary of the Interior, is to make an introductory speech. The judges’ decision will be an- nounced by Harold G. Campbell, asso- clate superintendent of the New York city high schools, who will present the trophy cup to the winner. Today marked the beginning of ticket distribution for the national finals, with numerous requests being received at contest headquarters in The Star Bullding. INCREASED BIRTH RATE IMPERILS BULGARIANS Land Will Not Sustain Rapid Rise in Population, Sofia 8t men Fear. SOFIA () —Bulgaria holds first place in Europe and possibly also in the world for proportional increase of population. According to the statistical office, which has just completed the returns for 1928, the number of births recorded in that year was 185,000—or 33 per 1,000 inhabitants. The proportion of deaths was 18 per 1,000. Both figures show a considerable de- crease from preceding years, but the increase in population by 15 per 1,000 every year is giving rise to some anx- iety among the ernment authorities. It is argued that, with modern hy- gienic methods and the campaign agalnst such devastating diseases as tuberculosis, the population of the country soon will be too great. It is now about 6,000,000. ‘There is no more land to be divided among the peasants and industries cannot provide employment for the ex- cess population, so that measures will have to be taken to induce the people to emigrate. AVIATION HAé EFFECT EVEN ON ARCHITECTURE New London Home Shaped Like Airplane, With “Cockpit, Nose and Wings,” Designed. LONDON (N.ANA)~It would al- most appear that the present boom in flying is beginning to influence domes- tic architecture. A house has just been built at Amersham, in Bucking- hllrnlhlre, which is shaped like an air- plane. The ‘“nose” is the library and the “wings,” each 30 feet long, which are set back at an angle of 60 degrees from the “cockpit,” are the dining room and the drawing room. In the center of the house a fountain plays and the garage is in the cellar. Bachelor Apts. 1737 H St. N.W. 2 r. and b. completely furnished ~hotel service. Low Rates Weekly or Monthly Phone Nat. 1572 Supper and dancing will follow the meeting. . 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It was, in fact, a slow, dino- saur-like “barge” that was re- sponsible for the rupture of a good many things, includ- ing the ambi- tion of John Horner to ex- plore regions unknown, ~and thus get himself away from the shallow, river water to which he had been confined. The trouble with John Horner was, however, that he didn't know what was good for him, nor did he know that he had a wife that was much too good for him, In this, as in most all things, the National Players found themselves completely at home. They started off with their best foot foremost. They traversed two acts with as much saltiness in their lines as John Horner hoped there would be in his own particular briny deep. And even when they reached the genteel but doddéring last act they carried themselves as though the material in hand were a fit feast for Walter Gllbert. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. a king. Thus, briefly, was the spirit of comedy most strongly in evidence at the beginning—amusing, gay, un- hackneyéd. Nevertheless, {t withered into a somewhat inglorious grave at the end. The most pronounced moments of merit in this play are when Pansy Horner admits that she has bought the ferry boat under her husband’s very nose; when Hattie convinces John that his wife, Pansy, is about to become a mother; when the ferry boat gives up the ghost and ex- plddes in the middle of the National Theater’s most realistic rainstorm, and when Freddie Sherman’s most lawyer-like contract is mutilated into a curt sentence by the subtle Nick Dominick. There are other hilarious moments, too, lots of them, in the first two acts, particularly when Edith Gresham is casting her net around the lifeguard who rescues her, only to find that he is to marry her. Otherwise, the end is apparent- 1y too near the beginning, as is the custom of most comedies of the pres- ent day and age. The role which Frank Craven played for a time this season in New York is handled most credit- ably by Walter Gilbert. Marion Wells seems especially well cast, and it is a joy to have Marion Sterly back after her few weeks' vacation. The chief honors for real, deep, dyed-in-the-wool characterizations are carried off by Edith Gresham and Romaine Callender, but Freddle Sherman and Forrest Orr do well with less conspicuous roles. On the whole, “Salt Water” is a breezy comedy, whose virtues stand close to the surtace and whose vices are hidden by the talents of its thesplan navigators. E. de 8. M. CIvIC BODY HCNORS MEMORY OF TAGGART Georgetown Progressives Urge D. C. School Be Named for Late Leader in Legal Profession. The naming of one of the new schools in the District of Columbia for the late Hugh T. Taggart is urged in a resolu- tion adopted by the Progressive Citi- mens’ Association of Georgetown at a meeting of the body last night. In a detailed obituary of the life of Mr. Taggart, the resolution set forth that he “was one of the leading civic leaders of the District of Columbia and always actively engaged in the affairs of the District.” Mr. Ti rt was attached to the office of the United States district at- torney for nearly 30 years and was at one time special assistant to the Attor- ney General. He was a professor of law in the Georgetown University law school, president of the Bar Assoclation of the District of Columbia; ident of the Columbia Historical Society, and president of the Board of Children's Guardians, now the Welfare Board. He was also president of the Georgetown Citizens’ Association from 1880 to 1885. The resolution stated that he was at all times interested in the welfare of the public schools. . 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The officers are elected for two-year terms and one-half of the slate elected at a meeting each year. Mrs. Edna L. Johnston, recently appointed to fill an unexpired term of vice president, was elected to that office. Others elected were Mrs, Grattan Kerans, recording secretary; Mrs. Laura Porter, corre- sponding secretary, and Mrs. H. L. Parkinson and Mrs. Helena D. Reed, directors. ‘Those remaining in office and whose terms do not expire until next year are Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi- dent; Mrs. Harwood Read, second vice president; Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Fried- man, treasurer, and Miss Fay Bentley and Mrs. Edward Keating, directors. Gratification was expressed over the fact that the department of efficiency of government of the National League of Women Voters, under the govern- ment efficiency heading, has suffrage for the District at the top of the list. Mrs. Doyle, the president of the Dis-" trict Voteless League, was elected a member of the board of the national organization at its convention in Louis- ville recently. An address was delivered by Miss Mayde Aiton, principal of the Amer- icanization School for Naturalization in the District. Mrs, Ida Husted Harper, member of the State role of honor of the District Voteless League, was & guest of honor. 3 —_— ‘The association of cats with so many nursery rhymes takes us back to the days when almost every one belleved in witches and witchcraft. Cats were popularly held to be familiars of witches, and a witch was suj to be able to change herself into & cat, and back again, at will. TRADE MARK REGISTERED estate of Sarah Alice Harriman, by erder Philadelphia, Pa., together with additions from the | British Embassy A prominent local family leaving for Europe, and other sources. 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