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orals PRAISE
EiaSON'S FLIGHT:
Wilkins’ Companion Was
Former. House Office Build
-1 ing Guide —Studied Law.
The flight ni Capt. George H Wilkins
grid Carl Eielson from Point Barrow
to Sprirbergen was highly praised in of- j
final circles here yesterday
Secretary Wilbur declared the feat ‘a
wonderful accomplishment from a navi
gational standpoint, as he must have j
passed in close proximity to the two
poles, the magnetic and true ’’
Secretary of War Davis telegraphed i
“Congratulations. You have added
another splendid chapter to America’s
Illustrious contributions to aviation
progress ” _
Assistant Secretary Davis of War De
partment aeronautic*, telegraphed the
explorer that ‘ words fail to express mv
atreere admiration for your wonderfu*
feat. On behalf of your comrades in
the Army Air Corps I extend heartfelt
congratulations." ~ _ .
Bear Admiral W. A. Moffett, chie, ot
the Naw Bureau of Aeronautics, said
that Wilkins followed much the same
course planned for the dirigible Shen
andoah before she was wrecked.
Passed North Pole.
He said that the great circle passes
ever Nome. Alaska, across the North
Pole to Spitsbergen, and that if the
flyer kept his course he could not have
•voided crossing the great unexplored
Arctic area and the North Pole.
Admiral Moffett said that he as
sumed Wilkins used a sun compass as ,
Com dr Richard Byrd did in his flight
from Spitsbergen to the Pole and re
turn
• Heartiest congratulations on your j
splendid flight front Alaska over the (
North Pole to Spitsbergen” Secretary -
Kellogg telegraphed. “It is a wonderful
accomplishment.’* .
Two men in Washington in official
h?e —Representative Olger B Burtness
of North Dakota and Delegate Dan A
Fatherland of Alaska—are particularly j
Slid that their friend. Carl Ben Eielson.
as achieved fame.
Guard at House Office*.
Representative Burtness got Eielson
his K'b as a guard at the House Office
Building, for they are both native* of
North Dakota, end the member of Con
gress recalled last night that Eielson
eras studying I**’ at George Washington
University during the school year 1921-{
1522. but did not complete his course. ,
Mr Burtness is well acquainted with j
Eielsor, s folks, the flyer's father being i
A merchant at Hatton N. Dak. a com- i
riunity of TOO or 800. The elder Eielson
Is practically a pioneer in thai country
and is of Norwegian stock.
"I am mighty pleased at the record
Bet has made.” Representative £urt
ness declared last night "Os ctmr.sc. 1
am particularly delighted that a boy
from my district has flown over the un
known Arctic. He is entitled to great
credit. Ben was born and reared in my
district and I have known him for
vtars He is very modest —very retir- ‘
Ing— the same general type as Und-]
bergh.” . , , !
Mr. Burtness saw Eielson the last
time last Summer in North Dakota at j
the State convention of the American j
Legion, tor Eielson is a former service j
man When Eielson was in Washing
ton he was a “buddy” of Mr. Burtness j
secretary, the late George Brodie, who
finished" law here and went to practice
in California.
The North Dakota Rpftr m ntatiwe saw
Eielson at Fairbanks. Alaska, in 1922,
and recalled last night that the aviator
made an exhibition flight, witnessed by
th- late President Harding during the
Chief Executive's visit to the Territory.
Taught Alaskan School.
Delegate Sutherland had a large
•hare in Eaebwn's going to Alaska, for.
wtiCe the flyer was here he often con
versed with Alaska’s official represent
ative m Washington concern ins the
temtonr. Mr Sutherland said that he
advised Edison to go to Alaska The
fiver taught English for a year at the
Fairbanks High School, but the lure
cf aeronautics was too strong for him
•nd through Mr. Sutherland he got the
post Office Department interested in
air mail flying in Alaska.
Eiflsnp obtained a plane through Col.
Pm. Henderson, then second assistant
postmaster general, and flew the first
atr mail to Alaska. Mr Sutherland
said, using skis on the plane and dem
onstrating that Winter flying was not
only feasible, but profitable. During
their talks in Washington. Mr. Suther
land had some doubt about operating j
airplanes in an atmosphere W to 50
degrees below zero, he said, but Eielson
had th* idea that that would mean
a freedom from air pockets
Mr Sutherland said that Eielson used
to fiv to Washington frequently when
hr was on duty at Langley Field. Va
previously he nad served in the World j
War the delegate said, and had been
an instructor. Eielson is now about 30
years old.
Flies Plane Route.
Referring last night to Eielson and
hi spectacular flight. Mr. Sutherland
•aid “It was a marvelous flight One
has to consider that while the German
fivers had considerable difficulty with
the. ice where they have landed Elfi
•on and Wilkins were in the extreme
ct ’he Arctic Winter. It is safe to
assume that the weather was much
colder there This flight marks a new
milestone sn the flying annals of
Aiasaa.
. Eielson it associated at Fairbanks
grt’h two aviators. Joseph Ctomod and j
George King in an airplane company
jMjrying principally passengers and
weight from that {joint to all over the
'Territory Eielson'* old air maul rout*
to Alaska was from Fairbanks to Me-
Orath or, the Kuskoqulin Valley
During the Summer of 1924 Mr Suth
erland went on an automobile tour
through the Territory with En-ison He
found tine youpg flyer to b# a hne
mechanic, reserved and efficient The :
J*st time Mr Sutherland saw Eielson j
«u in Washington about two year* ago j
The delegate her never met Capt. Wii-j
k m
TIPSY TRAFFIC LIGHT
GIVES STOP-GO SIGNS
jlvto Knock* Signal Over Against
Machine Parked at
Curb.
Fallen from it* ,oJty pellion and
leaning at a rakish angle against an j
automobile parked at the curb n* ei«> .
trie traffic light at the southwest for- l
r,er of Sixteenth and K street* kept i
right. an telling motorists to atop get j
ready ar.d go yesterday afternoon
In* .jgit' eat knreked down by an*
gutotnotoik operated by Dudley hank*
J‘Jja 1 we»i’>'-**tobd stiect, according to'
ttj* polite huj.a-t struck It while drlv-1
tog west on K street
COOPER IS NAMED.
If M C A Official to Aid ip Bti
vetion Army Campaign.
William Knowles Cooper, general **<
r« tary of the Young Men's Christian
Aaw>'lauon uas been named chaSi/mn.
i>i a speakers bureau foi trie Ha) vaunt.
A ivy's campaign for VUA/MAt to hr
held 1 rorii May 4 to 14 to help fltiuirc
1»> proposed IS9OAMM) bunding pi opal
AA the wjuthwest comer of ffjxth and k
afrm ta i* war anuoun**d yesterday
jonn Pool* and WiUlarn fS tinge Jr
ober* of (he halvaUnn Army* ad
a brwrd and iJtmi *» tiiinan j iff v«
Lnitmcd er additional members A
Sucpajgo commiti**.
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75 WOMEN HELD
IN SHE PROTEST
Jailed by Ruse When They
March on City to Demand i
Friends’ Release.
I Bjr the Pree*.
ST CLAIRSVILLE Ohio. April 21.
Further demonstration! by striking
coal miners and their sympathizer*
were feared here tonight a* a result of
the arreat today ol nearly 75 women by
a ruse thl* morning The arrest of the
women ended a “march of protest” on
, th- Beimont County Jail by almoat 900
men and women today The protest
was staged because of the arrest of five
persons earlier in the day in connection
with “marchea'’ during the week on the
Mutton Hollow mine of the Shadyskie
Coal Co
Sheriff C C. Hardesty anticipated
ihat when the striking miners learned
that the women, most of them miners’
wtvea, had been Jailed, they would
again march on the jail to an effort to
obtain the womens freedom.
Although th: National Guardsmen sta
i ttoned around the jail were withdrawn
after the W'omen had been arrested and
the "march halted, H was understood
they were in readiness should they be
called upon again to guard the Jail.
Today’s "march of protest ’ began at
Mutton Hollow mine, the "mar. hers"
coming by motor truck The advance
guard of women was met by an armed
National Guard detachment on guard
at the Jail. Sheriff Hardesty and Lieut.
Col Don L Caldwell. National Guard
observer, invited the women to enter the
jail “If they wished to see their friends "
After the women had entered, it was
; >,nid a deputy locked the doors, and
I ihev were placed under arrest. Sheriff
Hardesty said *hey would be held in
! jaij until Tuesday when they would bs
arrsignod on charges of rioting. Bond*
range fr»wn 1190*1 to H.ftOO.
aw— •
Coohdge Oiren Box of Fra it.
President and Mrs Coohdge yester
day were preaented with a box of citrus
fruit by Charles A Moran and Jack
.1 Finn, former service men fiom
Florida on liehalf of tire Kockledge,
n* Chamber of Commerce.
The vie)tors were introduced by Bena
-1 i/ r i> ,i,r an ti Fletciier of Florida l*’e»
rie pair presented another box of the
liijjt to Vue Pierideni Dawes. Hena
uit David J Walsh of Massachusetts
I introduced them to the Vice Prasi
dc-nt
Plane LUcd by Wilkins Is Departure
From Usual in Commercial Aircraft
!
In- t/jokh**4 Vega monoplant uaed
by rjapt Wilkin* and Pilot Btel*t>n in
liwlr DjyrU/'uUr flight over the top of
Hut wwld u regaid*-d to the i#rodluU
ral world »a • rnduai departure from
Ut» g mere fly adopt*d theory of «©n
otiuriion for eommerrlal ahplanea
| Kxprnaive and laborious to kautUl be
mum* of the artullAi conatfuritlon of tte
fOM-Jagi th* l/nkhM(t Vega embodies a
eiewnlfctraa of Hue end Iw* es parasite
losMatir# found only to Hi* high epeed
and roatiy raring plane* Thr type of
fuselage In the furkheed V*g», Jo #*«*
ha* boon used tor all auMewful modern
i arlog plana* tur jigging Italy * preaent
aorid r»ord »peed-ißw*rd holder
#-ow*r*o with » Wngitt WHttiwM ’
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 22, 1928-PART I.
WILKINS SENDS TWO
BRIEF NOTES AFTER
LANDING ON ISLAND
_ (Continued from First Page)
j the left as we sail into it ta a hill. |
called the beehhe; close to It lieth a
large and high mount, called the Devil s
Buck, commonly covered with a fog, j
and if the wind bloweth over It, it :
I darkeneth the haven, and seemeth at if j
It smoked, filling the haven therewith;
, on the top thereof are three small, white j
hills covered with snow, two of them
stand near to one another. In the mid- j
i die of this harbor is an Island, which
to called the Deadman’s Island, because
they bury the dead men there after this
manner : They are pul Into a coflln and
covered with a heap of large stonea, and
notwithstanding arf this they are some
time# eaten by the white bear* "
No further details of the flight were
forthcoming from Spitsbergen tonight.
The only additional fact that was prof
ferred waa that the plane landed at
Green Haroor, 40 mile# from the radio :
station.
WINS ON THIRD EFFORT.
DETROIT. April 21 OP). Capt
George Hubert Wilkins, veteran Arctic
i explorer, and Lieut, Carl B. Eielson.
Alaskan pilot, have flown aero#* the j
top of th* world," from Point Barrow, j
| Alaska, to Spitsbergen.
In a brief message to the Detroit j
New* today, Wilkins reported the sue- |
; oesaful accomplishment of the 2,200- |
mile flight acroos the Arctic ice pack :
iin these words; . j
‘Reached Spitsbergen after
] hours flying One stop 5 days Recount
i bad weather."
latter it waa learned the stop was at
Doedmansoeiro (Dead Man* Island),
Xft miles from Svalbard, whence Wll
; kins aent out hit radio message. The
message waa dated April 21, and timed
I 1231 pm.
j It was Wilkins’ third attempt to j
span the Arctic wastes, and word of its
successful culmination came after icar
h*d been expreaaed that he was lost
after having left Point Barrow. He
1 was last heard from at Point Barrow
! early «hto month, when his radio cent 1
nut a fragmentary message about plans j
for a take-off shortly.
Plana for organizing a rescue expedi
tion were being talked of here when
Capt Wilkins* message from Svalbard
| was received.
Whether Cant Wilkins actually flew
• over th* North Pole was not known.
His plans, however, contemplated a
{CfNira* between the pole and the North
| Americ an eontinent, w here he desired
j to make scientific observations.
Word also to awaited whether he and
i his companion found land In the un*x
ptored area they crossed, and whether
they were able to observe ocean ettr
j rents, temperatuies and make soundings
' tn the Interest of meteoioltigv
i ali-rnoled angina of 220 horaepower tha
! lurk hired Vaga, an a robin monoplane,
; ha* a high speed of 135 mile* par hour,
arid a rruiMng aperd of 110 mllaa par
i hour 'I ha -pan of lie single whig of
| rantllevii rimatrurUon I* 41 fart , and
tha langih over all la 27 feel 5 tmhea,
{ Virtually tha enure plane beara a
< oval lug of *pru< t plywood The fne»*
; Inga round and amooth, Is rnvered with
the long atrtpa and glued to rirmlar rib*
nndei a pressure of 150 ton*. Tha wing
1 la rover wl wlih l-32-lnrh aprure i»ly«
! wood whirl) add* greatly in the general
rigidity of the * trim u re.
i In the aenae that pianea are ip"kfc> of
a* all meui," tha J/ickheed vl (a
I "all ftwod," W
MAROONED ANO ILL,
TWO SAVED BY TUG
Craft Breaks Ice Barrier at
Madeline Island After Mail
Launch Fails.
Hr th» *M<»ut«t Pjc#
BAYFIELD Wls , April 21 - The tug
William A. Whitney rammed its way
through the lee of Chequamagon Bay
and arrived here with two critically 111
persons from Madeline Island, after a
| motor launch had made two unsuc
cessful efforts to break through.
I The tug. after a battering voyage
! acroaa the 6-miie stretch of ice-Ailed
water with Mr*. Nel* Nelson and Har
old Trulaon. who are 111 aboard, ar
! rived at 7:30 pm. In a critical condi
tion from gall atones, Mrs. Nelson was
i to be taken In an automobile to Ash
land. with the prospect that an opera
tion would be performed to save her life.
Trulaon 1* seriously 111, With no medi
cal aid on the Island, his condition has
j not been diagnosed.
Successfully climaxing a day’s deter
mined effort to bring the sick persons
j to shore, the tug also carried IS islanders
j from the Apostles, where they had been
< marooned two weeks
Another trip to Madeline Island was
planned by the tug’s captain tonight,
i with provisions and mall While there
! is a supply of food on the Island, the
| 300 residents have no meals and are
lacking* some staples. No mail has
been received during the two weeks.
United States mall launch Byng, with
a crew of six men, made two valiant
effort* today to reach Bayfield with the
sick pair. The Arst trip was turned
j back when but a mile from shore. It
was through this heavy sheet of lee
| that the tug later plowed its way.
Undeterred by the Aral failure, the
1 launch veered south after returning to
the island, striving to reach the mouth
of the Bad River, where lee floea turned
j H back again.
Mrs Nrlsort and Trulaon were there
j transferred to the tug.
NEW TREATY* DIVISION
j TO HANDLE U. S. PACTS
Kellogg Delegates Drafting and
Study of Documents as
Number Increases.
In View of the recent Increase In the
number and complexity of pending
treaties, Secretary Kellogg has estab
lished a treaty division in the State
Department with the responsibility of
the drafting and study of such docu
ments.
Charles M, Barnes, assistant solicitor
of lire department, has been placed In
charge, and Wallace McClure, assistant
to the economic adviser, la his assistant.
■J ha division will take over, under the
Secretary of State, supervision of nego
tiations for arbitration treaties. 19 of
which arc now in various stages, too
dilation treaties and commercial treat
ies as well as miscellaneous treaties
dealing with the prevention of smug
gling. copyright, trade-mark and patent
convention*
*
Broker Fitea •• Bankrupt,
Edward H Dove, • broker, In a peti
tion to he adjudged a voluntary bank
nipt, falls the District Supreme Court
that he owes |IMR« and Has no asset*
Me le represented by Attorney Leonard
A. Blocn.
STEFANSSONIAUDS
WILKINS JOURNEY
Declares Explorer Has Open
ed Northwest Route,
Dream of Ages.
Hr lh* AmMvtuted hreii*.
NEW YORK. April 21.—A dream of
the age*—-* northwest passage across
i the world—has been brought nearer
j practical achievement through the
j pioneering of Capt. George H. Wilkins,
who today completed a 2,100-mlle flight
across the Arctic region. Valhjalmur
Stefansson, veteran Arctic explorer, said
I tonight.
I The flight of Capt. Wilkins—the first
| airplane journey from America to
Europe over the polar area—was over
a course that will shorten by hundreds
of miles the distances between con
tinents. Stefansson pointed out. He
pictured the North Pole as the new
! crossroads of the world when air cara
; vans of the future will meet in their
| Journeys from continent to continent.
Early Weak Important.
While Stefansson voiced great praise
i for the latest achievement of Wilkins
i and his pilot. Ben Eielson. he declared
; his work preliminary to the flight was
! of far more importance to the develop
j ment of air transportation in the Arctic
! region.
j In support of Wilkins’ belief that
| landing places exist about evpry 5 miles
j in the Arctic. Stefansson told of three
j forced landings that Wilkins and Eiet-
I son made far north of Point Barrow a
i year ago. Each time the landing was
! made without injury to the occupants
I of the plane, and when a wing was
1 damaged on the last forced descent
Wilkins and Eielson dismantled their
i plane and made of it emergency equip
, ment with which they treked back to
| civilisation, meanwhile living on wild
I game.
These adventures, coupled with the
aerial conquest of the Arctic, tend to
; prove the greater safety of transpolar
I flight over transoceanic flight between
continents. Stefansson believes,
j Flying conditions in the Arctic gen
erally are far more favorable than those
i over the North Atlantic, he said, and
i air travelers in the event of a forced
| landing have an obviously greater
: chance of surviving.
Arhleves Dream of Ages.
Stefansson summarized Wilkins'
work. "He has at last achieved the
northwest passage that the Elizabeth
ans dreamed of—the short route to
! India."
Capt Wilkins was second in command
of Stefanssons Arctic expedition of
1913-I®. Referring to his flve-vear ad
venture in the Arctle with Wilkins.
Stefansson scouted the legend of a "lost
continent’’ In the Arctic. He indicated
. in the section of the Arctic still unex
plored there is not room for land the
size of Cuba or Labrador. He added
nothing but deep sea had been found
bv his expedition in the area where the
"lost continent” was supposed to lie.
During the time of his 1913-18 ex
pedition Stefansson said Wilkins be
came the first aviator U> study the Boot
ing ice pack, making observations far
i from land and securing data from which
; he evolved his theory that safe land
ings could be made in the Arctic.
Wilkins’ expedition was known as the
Detroit News-Wilklns Arctic expedi
tion. of which Stefansson Is a director.
The scientific side of the expedition
was under the auspices of the! American
Geographical Society of New York.
BYBD PRAISES WILKINS.
I Declares Aretle Explorer’s Xaase WBI
Go Down in History.
BOSTON. April ?t The name
of Capt. George H. Wilkins will go down
in hislorv as one who has done a great
deed. Comdr. Richard E Byrd predict
todav when told by the Associated
Press of the Australian explorer’s suc
cessful flight across the North Pole area
from Alaska to Spitzbergen.
Comdr. Byrd was in charge of the
first air expedition to the North Pole
two wars ago.
"I have been following Cant WPkinv’
activities very carefully.” he said. "I
have felt that his determinetlon would
eventually accomplish for him some
thing big.
"I have not the details of his flight,
hut the fact that he has flown from
Point Barrow to Spitzbergen means
that he has undoubtedly done some
thing very great which will send his
name down in history.
■He could not haw failed to have ex
plored some previously unexplored areas
in the Arctic Oretn I congratulate
him most heartily and also the Detroit
News and the city of Detroit who have
so generously and loyally backed him."
FRIEND GETS CABLE
MESSAGE FROM FLYER
Expect® Wilki#® to T«ke Cool Boat
to England. Then Come
to America.
hr the Aftwiriatert Press.
BAN FRANCISCO. April 21.—Mrs.
Ray E. Shreck of San Francisco re
ceived a cablegram from Capt George
H. Wilkins today, saying he had ar
rived safely at Sitzbergen and was feel
ing fine.
Mrs. Shreck and her husband have
been friends of Wilkins for years.
During Capt. Wilkins' preparations
f..r his transpolar hop he was In fre
quent communication by radio with
Mrs Shreck. She said today his plana,
in the event of a successful flight to
Spitzbergen. were to take a coaling boat
from there, probably to London as soon
ss possible. He expected to take the
first coaling boat that could carry his
dismantled plane. Eventually he ex
perts to come to the United States.
"I know that Capt, Wllktua Is the
happiest man in the world today.” Mrs
Shreck said "Hl* cablegram indicates
he had a delightful trip, hut he did not
say whether he had seen land."
LAUDS PLANE BUILDERS.
Wilkins Sends Message of Praise
to Men Who Mede Craft.
BURBANK, Calif,. April 31 UFV—
Alan Lockheed, head of the Lockheed
Aircraft Corporation, builder of Capt
George H. Wilkins' plane, today received
the following message from Capt. WU
klp* at Svalbard, HplUbeigeru
"Twenty and one-half hours flying
One stop five days account bad weather'
Machine handled load splendidly Con
gratulations Keeler. Lockheed North
rop. Boggs. Jay, Stadleman and boys In
shop. Wilkins, Eielson ’’
“Y” TO GIVE MINSTREL.
Glee Club Will Present Show for
Calvary Baptist Clssa,
The Y. M O A. Glee Club will give
a nuuslrr! show for the Vaughan Class
of Calvary Baptist Qhurrh tomorrow
night at 8 o’clock In the Sunday ttelnad
House. Eighth and II streets,
leading parts will be taken by Wil
liam Crania, Dan Abbott, Ira Kitder
I'hendur Morgan, Marburv Henman and
lame* McGrath. Louis B, Thompson
will he director of tha show and Mr*.
I Grace Stanley Btevenf will be aec>m
panisl. ?
FLIGHT TESTIFIES
WILKINS' ABILITY
Scientist Overcame Many
Obstacles to Attain
His Goal.
BY A. M. SMITH,
Detroit N>w#p*tM»r Man Who A"nmpn''tfti
WiiUine to Point Barrow. Alaska, to
9 pert 1 1 Dlapatrb to The Star.
DETROIT. April 21.— News that
Capt. George Hubert Wilkins, veteran
Arctic explorer, and Lieut. Carl B. Elli
son. his pilot in three successive an
nual explorations of the Arctic area by
airplane, have successfully completed
their flight from Point Barrow, Alaska,
to Spitzbergen thrilled Detroit todav.
The hazard faced in this flight, un
dertaken purely for scientific observa
tion. has never befn exceeded by any
in the history of aviation. They took
a course never before charted over an
area where any disaster to the plane
or men would have put their lives in
extreme jeopardy and under Arctic
conditions, which are more difficult to
overcome than any other known flying
conditions in the world, with the one
assumed exception of conditions to be
met by Comdr. Richard E. Byrd at the
South Pole.
The dispatch from Capt. Wilkins indi
cates they probably took off from Bar
row some time during the day of Anri!
15. Conditions at Barrow at this time
of the year would have made it almost
imperative that a take-off for the 2.200-
mile flight to Spitzbergen should b* at
earliest dawn.
Scientific Objectives.
The object of the flight as outlined by
Capt. Wilkins In Los Angeles, where he
purchased and outfitted the Lockheed
plane used, was to observe ocean cur
rents. make soundings, get temperatures
of the Arctic waters at different depths
procure samples of the ocean bed and
I explore land if any was encountered.
The Importance of such a project has
been indicated by leading meteorologists
«of Sweden. Canada and the United
States for some years. Only by more
detailed knowledge of polar meteorology
and Arctic oceanography will it be pos
sible ultimately to establish a ring of
weather observation stations about the
North Pole, which will give the final
and necessary data for weather fore
| casts of lower zones of the Northern
Hemisphere.
Even these data, according to Wilkins.
Byrd and other scientists, must be sup
plemented by similar observations and
permanent stations in the South Poie
area to render the most dependable
weather bureau service for the world
By Wilkins' successful flight he has
j taken the forward step providing tins
j ultimate service, which has long been
j the object of his careful study and of t
j purpose to which he has held with
| characteristic persistence.
Wilkins Out of Funds.
On the termination of the Detroit
j News-Wilklns Arctic expedition of 1927.
> Wilkins was financially stranded, witli
j the exception of the resources invested
. in one Fokker plane, the fuselage of
( another Fokker and one Stmson bi
plane. the latter the gift of the Newi
i to Wilkins and the only remainin-;
1 usable plane at the termination of
I that expedition
Wilkins sold this outfit and Imme
diately ordered the building and out
fitting of a Lockheed plane, an ajl
i wood craft, chosen among many because
lof its lightness, speed, capacity for
i adaptation to Arctic low temperatures,
i and. finally, the possibility that in dire
calamity in the Arctic area, the wood
' of the plane might be used in various
! wavs In working their way out over the
ice.
The Lockheed plane was shipped to
Fairbanks from Los Angelos, there as
sembled and finally rigged for the Arc
tic flight. The explorers took off from
Fairbanks February 21 and arrived
without mishap at Barrow on the eve
ning of that day. One or two radio
messages from Wilkins that day and
the following were all that were picked
up by radio stations of the United
States Signal Corps, the latter co-oper
atinir In the most helpful manner, ac
cording to Wilkins’ account before leav
ing Fairbanks.
Km Word Received.
From February 23 until today there
had been no word from Wilkins and
-peculation was high as to whether he
had been able to take off from Barrow,
and. if he had. what had happened
to him and Eileson. Tills morning a
member of the News staff received a
letter from George E. King and Joe
Crosson. both Alaskan pilots, the lat
ter having been employed for one flight
In the Wtlkins expedition of 1927. pro
posing the organization of a relief ex
pedition.
The utter futility of such a relief
expeditions was emphasized mam times
bv Wilkins during the expedition last
year. His four years’ experience with
Stefansson In the Arctic. 1914-191®. and
knowledge of conditions in the Arctic
area convinced him that without exact
sun observation and a fixed position of
stranded explorers In the Arctic ice
area it would be as impossible to find
them as to find a needle In a haystack.
Because of these conditions and the
impossibility of reliance qp compass
navigation In airplanes traveling the
Arctic, Wilkins left written orders that
If he and Eileson did not return from
their flight of March 29. 1927, no re
lief attempt should be made.
Sharp Variations.
Impossibility of reliance on compass
in surh flights Is due to the fact that
variations of magnetic lines are sudden
and sharp in the region close to the
geographic pole, and particularly be
tween that pole and the magnetic pole,
about 1,100 miles south In the Bothia
Peninsula. The speed of an airplane
makes constant corrections of the com
pass course necessary, Comdr. Byrd.
In his account of his flight to th* North
Pole and return, slated that except for
the sun compass used, that flight would
have been Impossible.
That Implies there must have been
a visible sun during the flight. Wilkins
was provided with the sun compass
as well as other necessary navigation
instruments on his present flight.
Doubtless lie was also provided with
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all equipment, emergency food and
extra clothing to prolong the chance*
of the explorer* In case they had a
forced landing and crash, with repairs
to the plane Impossible.
That he and Eileson remained five j
days on a forced stop during his flight
to Spitzbergen and then were able to j
continue Indicates that with his u vual i
foresight and knowledge of conditions |
they w'ere provided with primus stove* ;
for reheating the Wright "Whirlwind" ]
engine of the plane, also covering of!
some sort to place over the engine for 1
this warming-up operation.
The temperature at Barrow when ]
they took oil would range about 30 to 1
i 45 degrees below zero fahrenheit.
Triumph for Wilkins.
It requires several hours of heat from
! the primus stoves—a small gasoline
single burner—using two or three of the
; stoves, to bring the temperature of a
! tent-covered motor up to a possible
! starting temperature,
j To have made the present flight sue- :
j cessfully is a triumph of a peculiar per
! sonai nature to Capt. Wilkins The un- j
j scientifically minded have for three
| years been asking, “what’s the use of i
such attempts?”
Popular opinion acclaims the success- j
ful venturer, whether he is in the quest
of pure science or interesting romance.
I But. as certainly, popular Judgment is i
i likelv to call a man who fails a fool,
i Wilkins was fairly proof against i
! sentimental attack from either ouartcr.
!He is essentially a scientist. He had
the one purpose of getting more knowl
edge about a portion of the earth that
has never before been traversed and
I realized fully the value of such knowl
j edge if It could be won.
FINDER OF JEWELS
! ELUDES DISCOVERY
Clues Lacking When Search
Is Made for SIO,OOO
Kohlsaat Gems.
*
Although Headquarters Detectives
James Sprlngman and James Lowry
! were added to officials Investigating the
1 1 loss of some 110,000 worth of jewels late
Friday, by Mrs. Julia D. Kohlsaat,
prominent New York society woman, on
a train that brought her from New York,
the authorities confessed last night that
they stil. lacked a clue.
I Mrs. Kohlsaat. who is a guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Stantey Carr at
3000 Woodland drive, was without fur
j ther information. Search of the coach
!in which she rode revealed only the
empty Jewel case, with a gold, dtamond
i studded cigarette case alone remaining
I of her valuables. I
The jewel case had been left in the
; women's restroom. Mrs. Kohlsaat told
the police, after she had gone there tc
take a smoke, following luncheon in tbs?
I dining car. The train had left New
I York at Priday noon, she explained.
[ mid she had luncheon about 2 o'clock
’ The jewel case slipped her mind, she
said, until she had stepped from the
train at the Union Station, and thee
she gave the alarm to station officials
Meanwhile the train had gone into th?
yards, and. as search was instituted. A
B. Harris, a Pullman Co. electrician,
found the jewel case empty, save for
the cigarette case.
Lieut. Henry Fisher and Sergt. James
M. Walker of the terminal police were
assigned to the case, but their ques’
proved unavailing. The stolen jewel*
included half a dozen valuable brace
let< and rings, as well as earrings. Mr*
Kohlsaat resides at 116 East Fifty-sixtr
street. New York City.
YOUNG BARkLeY FINED
FOR RECKLESS DRIVING
1
Kentucky Senator’s Son Pleads
! Guilty to Charges Arising From
Early-Morning Crash.
Pleading guiltv to charges of reckless
, driving and failing to exhibit an oper
ator’s permit. David M. Barkley. 3102
Cleveland avenue. 22-year-old son of
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, was fined
*75 on the first charge and *1 on the
s'wond in Polite Court vesterdav. The
charges arose from an accident in the
early morning of April 8, when he
crashed into another automobile at
Twenty-fourth street and Kalorama
road, throwing It onto the sidewalk
and slightly injuring its two occupants.
The other car was driven by John
P, Gilmore. 3701 Massachusetts avenue
;He and Ralph Bailey. 1601 Argonne
place, who was in the car with him
were injured The accident was wit
nessed by Policeman H. L. Morton of
j the eighth precinct.
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LINCOLN’S BIBLE ’ "
GIVEN TO LIBRARY
Volume on Which Martyr
Took Oath Presented by
Widow of Eldest Son.
By the A*•»>< iit'd
; The Bible upon which Abraham
\ Lincoln's hand rested when he took
the oath of office as President has b**n
given to the Library of Consrew by
Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln, Widow- of ,
. the President's eldest son.
In addition, the Lincoln family Bible,
containing records in Lincoln's hand
: writing, and a gold medal presented to
j Lincoln’s widow bv the people of Prance
I immediately after ner husband’* assassi
nation are included in the gift.
A letter which accompanied th*
medal, bearing signatures of leading
i liberals of France, also will be placed
]on exhibition in the library. The large, f
black scrawl of Victor Hugo is the out
j standing signature to the document
! which expresses the appreciation of the
j French citizenry for "Lincoln honest
j man ”
©ic collection also includes letters
from John Bigelow, United States lim
; ister io France, and William H. Seward,
Secretory of State in Lincoln's cabinet,
i These betters to Mrs. Lincoln deal with
i arrangements for the presentation of
i the medal
• Another letter, from Queen Victoria
to Mrs La.'toln shortly after her hus
bands death, which was part of a val
uable collection given the librarv by
I Robert Todd .Lincoln several years ago.
will be transTtorred to a place beside
the medal ana letter from France
The initial eh try in the front fly
leaf of the famfi." Bible in Lincoln’s
handwriting, notea "Abraham Lincoln
• and Mary Todd rrvrried. November 4.
1842.” There folloy s records of th*
| birth of each of th? feur children and a
record of the marriage of Robert Todd
Lincoln.
The inauguration B:bf*. indica*es by a
flyleaf inscription that it was given
Mrs. Lincoln by the clerk of ‘he Su
preme Court who certified Lincoln'
t oath of office. The seal the Su
i preme Court as well as the certifica
tion of the clerk appear on the back
| flyleaf.
BOY THEORY’IS PROVEiN
BY FINDING LOST PURSE
Minister Finds “Nothing Escapes
Eyes of Young- *
sters.”
j Acting on the theory that “nothing
escapes the eye of a small boy' Rev
Hugh T. Stevenson of 3400 Tenth street
northeast enlisted the aid of boyhood
in a search for a lost pocketbook and
proved the theorr to be a fact.
After appeals to street ear companies,
the police and other organized azennes
had been without result, the minister
decided to trv out the boy theory.
Faring forth to the street he acoostMl
the first boy he saw. Robert Salb of
3406 Tenth street northeast, and was
rewarded with the information that,
Robert not onlv had seen a nodretbook
like the one described, but had it at.
hi* home, awaiting a claimant.
Identification proved easv and now
Dr. Stevenson’s colored wash woman,
who had lost th? purse will be able to
meet the rent bill when it comes due
next week
FIRM GIVES $12,500 PRIZE.
American Company Makes Fiast
Award to Bremen’* Designer.
NEW YORK. April 21—Prof. Junkers,
designer of the Bremen, received the
first material reward of the Bremen's
1 Pieces* when the Electrolux Co. paid
him 50.000 mark? <*12.500». which the
concern offered for the first airplane
flight to reach America from Europe.
The prize win be devoted to the uses
( of the Junkers Research Institution.
; One of the first uses the Junkers com
; nanv will make of the experience gained
: in the Bremen flight win be to a paih
-1 finding expedition across Asia this Bam
[ mer by two sister ships of the Brentgr.
| This expedition wiH map out a route
' for the establishment of a regular air
plane service between England '/*ti
India. For a king time it has been
! known that such a route would be mos*
profitable because the immense *avins
in time on the delivery of mail frcca
England and which would justify high
, postal fees.
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