Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1935, Page 24

WAREISANDERS FAD EALYBOAT Meager Traces Left to Tell of Grim Fight Waged in Lonely Spot. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. v Radio to The Siar. WAKE ISLAND, May 21 (NA.| N.A.).—Like the years that have faded into shadowy memories, men have, come to these barren islands. Wake, Wilkes and Peale, tarried awhile and | departed, never to return, ward into the ocean. The barges must first be snagged through the breaking surf outside the lagoon, hitched to & tractor ashore and pulled upstream while men waist-deep in water guide the ropes until quiet water is reached. Coral and Sand Beaches. Around the southwest sides of horse- shoe-shaped Wake Island a yellowish | white rough coral and sand beach alternates with rocks, whether toward the sea or the lagoon, while on the | northeast sides there are loose, sun- blackened coral boulders from which every grain of sand has been washed. Beyond this is an almost impenetrablz jurgle of interwoven branches of trees, some with trunks 3 feet in diameter, though not more than 10 feet high. A deceptive path leads to the in- terior from the ankle-twisting, shin- scraping coral boulders, only to end in blind pockets of tangled branches. After cutting a trail with a machete I at last came to what apparently was once a small clearing made by men. THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1935. claim it, but on one side was s semi- circular pile of stone, evidently once a fireplace, and nearby a bare, weather-bleached pole, cut by a saw and trimmed by & knife, stood erect in the ground. Origin of Boat in Doubt, Cutting through another tangle of brush I found what was once a 30- foot boat, broken and fallen in de- cay. Whether it was of Japanese, English, German or American con- struction, the nautical experts who | saw it later were unable to agree, The elements through the years had erased any markings. How and why men came here in this boat is not recorded. No more is known about their leaVing, or whether they ever left. Their bones may still be lying among the flotsam carried ashore by stormy waves and bleached by the suns of many years. On the ocean side of Peale Island we found a pole 55 feet long and 3 | feet square, bored by termites into & that had broken loose from Japanese fishing nets and drifted thousands of miles; bottles and boxes, and the bleached and broken skeleton of a whale scattered over an acre of beach —a graveyard of the Pacific. Newspaper Alliance, Inc. JEFFERY RITES TODAY | Two Services to Be Held for Former Envoy of U. 8. NEWPORT, Ark., May 21 (#).—Fu- neral services for R. E. Jeffery, for- mer Minister of Uruguay, who died here Sunday night, were to be con- ducted at the Jeffery residence here today at 12:30 pm. by Rev. Alex- ander Henry, pastor of the Presbyter- ian Church of Newport. Services were to follow at the Pres- byterian Church in Batesville at 3 p.m., with Rev. T. J. D. King, pastor, ating. (Copyright. 1935. by the North JAmerican | MARY PICKFORD’S ROLE WINS CHEERS Screen Star Given Ovation on Return to Stage After Many Years. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, May 21.—The applause and cheers of an enthusiastic theater audience echoed again today in the ears of Mary Pickford. Miss Pickford’s eyes glistened with tears as she was given repeated cur- tain calls after she had played in “Coquette” before a packed house at theater until she said a few words telling of her happiness at the recep- tion accorded her return to the stage. After concluding its performance here Saturday night, the company will tour a number of Western cities. IDLENESS 1S COSTLY Roadhouse Employe’s “Night Off” Becomes “Off Night.” MILWAUKEE (#).—A “night off” that was reversed into an “off night” lett John F. Murray, a road- house employe, moaning over the woes of idleness. Setting out in his car to enjoy his leisure, Murray stopped for gasoline. His car went into reverse, knocked the Metropolitan Theater here last | down a gas pump and banged into the night—her first appearance in a full- length legitimate stage drama since she acted in David Belasco’s “The Good Little Devil.” of another customer, Russell nusch. Fuel being pumped into Jannusch’s car took fire, destroying Jannusch | car In addition Murray was ordered to pay a $50 fine for reckless driving. g femtece Senate Confirms Cooke. The BSenate yesterday confirmed Morris L. Cooke of Pennsylvania as ad- ministrator of rural electrification. It was the first nomination to be acted | upon for the new work-relief set-up. A comprehensive road building pro- gram on national lines is planned for the Union of Bouth Africa. nd Appointments | 20 MILES NORTH OF i OLNEY, MD. 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