Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1930, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, \VASHiNGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1930. BODIES IN AT | —= 300 YEARS FOUND Extra facilities will be available for free parking Seven Dutch Explorers on Jan-Mayen Isle Recently Honored. BY BJORN BUNKHOLDT. POREO, Norway, October 2.—The bodies of seven Dutch pioneers in the Arctic have fi.‘n been found at Jan-Mayen Is- ]-nd vinl rested there for nearly 300 ‘The men are believed to have Perished from scurvy and hunge'r (The position of Jn.n -Mayen Island, in the Arctic Ocean, is given as 71 degrees north and 8 drs’rees west.) made by a Rus- nnad; -~ Tomorrow, krid by chance, as the burial p nown. Olonkin cables as follows: “I found it queer that nobody really knew the exact spot where the grave was, and I started a systematic search. Finally I came upon a stone cairn whi ot Ry $1,000,000 of new merchandi was_found, later several teeth, and O m c Se finally pleces of wood from coffins. At ’ ’ l st all seven bodies were !nun , and it W POSS tlble definitely to f:!ablhh sp sreais= shown for Hecht Month, tomorrow, Gruesome Arctic Tragedy. ‘The tragedy behind the death of the Dutch explorers is one of the most ° . gruesome in Arctic history. In 1633 a Dutch expedition had hunted whales at rl a e u ]_c a ° Mayen, and its leader, wishing to ascer- 9 tain if 1t was possible to stay there over the Winter, found seven men who were willing to try the experiment. They Were jeft behind August 26, with & dog as_company. en were simple seamen and without any experience for such a stay. Their leader, Outgert Jacobson, with clumsy letters wrote in a diary un i Sl b THtecatly fell otk of: Ty hand - whesh e died - Atiempis of the group normous 1s e extient o 1S to get fresh food during the Winter by hunting ‘did not succeed and_when darkness set in urvy e P'Inllll When Spring arrived, they w 0 weak hat the ine bl 14 kflli & B s ot i e once-a-year event that we cannot of Apnl Jacobso n died, and another seaman continued the diary. Death Near for All g-riwit. possibly begin to list even an infin- ‘We are nu ln bitter need and dying. Nobody but I is able to move. I cnwl e Jtesimal portion of the items tha The diary enda on Aprfl 30 wi'.h un wm'ds “Wind Fe e e, ill b 1 d 1 et e SRE e el will be placed on saie. ‘was forgotten until Olonkin found it. (Copyright, 1930.) NAVY ORDERS . Cumdr Ma thias Eumgmv deteched B T L We have not left a single thing un- tached command Division 15, Destroyer et, to member of seriiiis| done to provide outstanding values Md., about November 1, to U. 8. Houston. Lieut. Roger Brooks to duty Navy in every department of the store and simie=ged even lower than usual prices will pre- 5, to . 8. 8. R-2. Lieut. Howard E. Haynes, orders Au- e =8 yajl jn the entire store, including the ‘Lieut. (Junior Gl‘ld-) Charles K. detache: Hlmer, to temporary duty Nnnl Air Station, rgeremwas Basement and Bargain Annex. C' detached U. to temporary duty Naval Base, Pear] Harbor, T. H.,, Decem- ber 20, to Naval Alr Station, Lakehurst, T e We doubt if ever again will the un- about November 20, to Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. i emem ysual market conditions coincide so Jlnul.ry 20, to Naval Station, Tutuils, Chief Boatswain | Commmop— perfectly with Hecht Month to enable BSeattle, about Novem- =i :mi”' | us to duplicate the truly exceptional Capt. Harry W. Gamble, acting termaster, orders to Department of ?1' gEwEr iy merchandise values our buyers have scheduled to sail from San Diego, Calif. on_or about October 18. mm: Lxeut wmum H. Doyle, orders leehunt N. J, midons w2 gacured for this month. Fl'll LicuL Prancis 1 de- . Quantico, haint Bealuie’ty San Francisco, Calif., on or abou 14. lace ., Quantico, Va., via the U. 8. 8. Cmument scheduled to sail from San Francisco, Calif,, bout October 14. . Of o S o If you have homes to furnish, if you Pacific, to Headquarters, Marine Corps, | ‘Washington, via the U. 8. 8. Chaumont, scheduled to <au from San Francisco, siecimei | have fall clothing to buy for yourself 3 “°;’.§T.°’B Kithen or your family, this isthe opportunity. Subscribe Today BUSINESS IS GOOD AT THE HECHT CO.—Thanks to Washington I¢ costs only about 1% cents Rav "7;3.:3&&2’:"%.‘3{‘“.?1’; . pp;edellve ed to you re;uhpr’y In spite of the trend of business this year the Washington public has given The Hecht Co. a sube g;r' aing e Sundsy e ] [) stantial increase in business since the first of January, as compared with the same period last yeam m;l‘e!whflfle "lw 5000 and In the month of August, 1930, we delivered 32,285 packages in comparison with 22,647 in 1929, lvery immedi- sty e mm Alen! il co- F Street at Seventh 2