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Evening star., 1923-09-04
Birth of a Pacific Isle.

The birth of an island is described
In report received by the hydrog-
raphers Office at Washington from
Capt. George 3. Genereaux, master
OF the steamship JacoX. who declared
he was an eyewitness to at least part
of the phenomenon. .,.-.....-
Recently. while on his usual route
from Singapore. the captain said, a
violent disturbance was noted on the
surface of the sea. where mass
dark in color. with straight sides,
about 100 feet in height and between
two and three miles in length" had
risen above the water.
There were breakers along the en-
tire length" the report said, where
the sea was washing away loose ma
terlai. Repeated explosions were
noted, causing large waves. These
continued at intervals of about one
minute for more than an hour"
First report of the newest arrival
in the land family came from Capt.
NJ. Tami OF the Japanese ship Malato
Maru. according to official records.
The island has been officially named
Tagawa, but on most charts is desig-
mated New Born"
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by squirting gasoline into the car
buretor. One man stood at the car
buretor and the other at the clutch
ust in tSe way o BACK were oat of oSr
dangerous position. With the first
officer. Hans Olaf. at the wheel and
myself in the rigging. we worked
the boat clear Of the foe and then
with the wheel hard to starboard we
sheered off just in time to avoid a
collision.
Shortly after the fog lifted and we
could see smooth, open water beyond
a long tongue of firm ice. which pro-
jected out TO the westward. We had
! to follow this for several miles be-
| fore we were able to round it's point
and gain comparative shelter in Its
lee We then tied up to large foe
land allowed the engineers to finish
| their job. The pack ahead was for
the most part composed of heavy
shore ice which had evidently drifted
away from the land. for we saw a
good deal of sand and dirt upon IT..
The next day we steamed seven miles
| further and came into another
stretch of open water with the edge
of the pack running north by west.
We followed along this for about
twenty-four miles and finally found
our progress blocked by great sheet
Of ice running east and west. We
then decided to buck the pack again.
heading directly for Wrangel. which
distant. And then. down came the fog
once more and closer crept the ice
fields We drifted with the current
in the direction of Herald Island.
thirtv-eight miles west of Wrangel.
This was am. August 13.
The fog held all that day and on
until the afternoon of the next. when
| it cleared sufficiently for me to take
an observation. ] found that our drift
during the preceding forty hours had
brought us within seven miles of
Herald Island.
Fought Menace OF Ice.
Then for five days solid we alter
| nately bucked ice. drifted, backed up
and fought off menacing ice cakes. 1t
was one continual succession of foEs
with rain and mist filling in the in
tervals. We hardly saw the sun in
all that time. When the fog lifted
for few minutes. or perhaps longer
we would worm our way through the
tortuous lanes between the floating
Evening star., 1923-09-04
By HAROLD NOICE.


NOME, Alaska, September A.
"Wrangel island or bust" was our
slogan swhen we left Point Hope be-
hind us the 9th of August and head
ed northwest into the Arctic ocean.
Would we get through? What would
We find on that forlorn arctic island
Would we find the little party alive
and still waiting patiently for the
succor which had been so painfully
long in coming? OR would we find
nothing but the corpses of the gallant
band.
Crawford and Gale had never
known, but in Toronto last spring l
had met Crawford's parents and little
sister. fine. courageous family,
waiting bravely for word of their bril-
liant and promising son and brother.
Maurer was also unknown to me. but
had heard great deal of him from
Steffanson and others who had been
with him on the particular branch OF
the 1913-l8 expedition. Of which lie
was a member. Knight, had known
well. He and I had been with Steff-
anson on a number of the latter $
long sledse journeys in the north and
we were once fellow invalids with
scurvy when our chief brought us
diet of raw caribou meat.
/ could visualize the little party as
they landed on the island in Septem-
ber. 1921. full of youthful enthusiasm.
! could see them with we'll stocked
larder comfortably housed for that
first long winter. tending at intervals
their lines of traps. l could imagine
their relief as the sun returned and,
later on. the snow departed from the
land and the ice began TO move.
Hoped for the Best
1t was not hard for me to realize
their terrible disappointment rs the
summer passed and the ice failed to
open up sufficiently for ship to
get through. or perhaps the ice had
cleared away for few days. or may
be longer. and no ship had come. How
they would climb to the top of the
ocean for sight of sail, Then per-
haps the ice had closed in again not
to leave for that year But they
would hope for relief until the last.
Would their courage suffice for an
other winter? Would their supplies
admit of further delay even though
their courage might still be high?
Beyond this point ! must admit my
speculations were tinged with fear.
but. though fearing the worst, l
still hoped for the best.
1t was hard. moreover. to be
gloomy on such a day. The sea
was free of ice, the temperature
was around fifty degrees. and the
Donaldson, her deck cluttered with
two walrus-hide boats, twenty shag-
gy Eskimo dogs, sleds,. hunting gear
and. all the various impediments of
an Arctic expedition. plugged stead
lily ahead in spite of a stiff westerly
wind which we had encountered
shortly before rounding. the point.
The next day we began to look for
ice. as we had made considerable
Evening star., 1923-09-04
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Evening star., 1923-09-04
PLAN SHAM BATTLE
FOR G. A. R. REUNION
Lake Trips and Evening Of Enter
tainment in Program at
Milwaukee. -
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, September A.
Lake trips. little business and an
evening of entertainment make up to-
days program for the members of the
G. A. r. and auxiliary bodies in an
nual convention here.
The heaviest convention work is
set for late today, when the various
Evening star., 1923-09-04

we steamed along the gradually
lowering south side, keeping as close
70 the beach as possible and blowing
the whistle at minute intervals, to
attract the attention of any person
wko might be living along the coast.
(The second installment of Harold
Nofce's story Of his rescue expedi-
Wednesday)
Evening star., 1923-09-04

The following message is the exclusive
personal story of Harold Noice. comman-
der of the Wrangel Island relief exped-
tion. who returned to Nome. Alaska Aug
ust 81, after his dash into the arctic to
rescue four white and one Eskimo
woman rnarooned there since September.
Io2i. The party was landed on Wrangel
Island under instrNntions from Vilhjalmur
Stefanson the polar explorer, for the pur-
pose Of claiming it for the British king
on behalf of Canada. relief ship was
year. but owing to heavy ice was unable
to reaoh the waiting marooners and they
were forced to spend another year Of exile.
No word had been heard from them or of
them since they landed in 1921 and grave
fears had been expressed regarding their
safety. Harold Noice. though young. al
ready veteran of the arctic. was chosen
this year to lead the, rescue expedition,
with instructions to get through without
fail The first installment of his en-
thralling story follows:
Evening star., 1923-10-14
INACCURACIES IN HISTORY
|CITED AT CITIZEN SESSION
Col. w. E. Rogers, at Mount Pleas
ant Meeting, Talks on Battle of
Monitor and Merrimac.

A discussion of Muzzey's history
at the Mount Pleasant Citizens As
sociation meeting at the Johnson
Powell School last night ended in
by Col. William E. Rogers, who gave
an eyewitness account of the bat
tie off Hampton roads, between the
Monitor and the Merrimac.
Col. Rogers cited the famous naval
battle in connection with an mac
curacy which may creep into history.
Referring to the statement in sew
eral histories, he said that the Mon
itor sank the Merrimac. This state
ment, Col. Rogers declared, was un-
true in that the Merrimac was scut-
tied by her own crew.
Col. Rogers was given a rising vote
of appreciation at the conclusion of
his talk, and 1t was ordered that his
remarks be written out and given to
the Congressional Library.
The association adopted resolutions
asking that space be given the Co.
lumbia Heights Association and the
Mount Pleasant Citizens Association
In the proposed library to be erected
in that section for meetings. A reso-
luton was adopted thanking Samuel
Fowler, veteran car starter of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company for many years. for his
kindnesses.
Miss Marie Ready, the new COM
munity center secretary. gave short
talk on proposed community center
work in the Mount Pleasant section.
Miss Nettie S. Hickman, Frederick
J. Bates and NJ. S. Murray were
elected ito membership. In the alb
sence of the president, Robert H
Young, Col. Rogers, former president
of the association, presided Charles
F. Consaul, secretary of the asso-
citation, announced that all last years
chairmen of the associations commit
tees had been reappointed.
Evening star., 1923-10-14
GIRL PREFERS JAIL
TO RETURNING HOME
Held for Theft, She Refuses Liberty
Rather Than Go Back to Old
Fastened Parents.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. October 13.-Eigh-
teen-year- Helen Dainelak pre-
fers Jail to her home. Standing in
northeastern police court today the
girl refused to accept liberty when
Magistrate Rohleder stipulated she
must return to her parents.
Never. I'll stay in Jail rather
than do thNt." she answered. and she
shook her head with such determine
tion that her bobbed hair tumbled in
confusion over her face.
Helen was in court to answer
charges of larceny preferred by Miss
Lizzie Roane. also eighteen, who
claimed that the girl had taken her
s35 wrist watch and S12 ,chip-dia-
mond ring.
Parents Old-fashioned.
Then 1t came to light that Helen's
parents were somewhat old-fashioned
in their ideas. They believed that
girls of her age Should be home early
at night.
The restraint grew irksome. A
girl friend reviewed for her daily
descriptions of joyous evenings and
Helen became more fretful. A scold-
ing and she left.
A plaintive tale to the landlady at
18th East Monument street won Hell
en- a weeks board on credit. while
she was waiting for her pay" She
roomed with Miss Roane. The loss
of the watch and ring was discovered
shortly after. She confessed, the po-
lice said
Evening star., 1923-10-14
CHURCH DEDICATION
IN TAK0MA TO END
Rally of Officers, Congrega-
tion and Sunday School
on Program.

Rally day" at the Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church today will close
the program of dedicatory services
tion with the new building. Rev
Thomas G. Clark is pastor.
AT the morning service there will
be rally of the members and Off
GERS of the church, congregation and
Sunday school. In the evening a spe-
cial musical service and rally for
young people will be held.
The past week began with the first
communion service in the new build
ing. at which twenty-five members
were received into the church, max
ing the total membership more than
600.
On Monday and Tuesday the foil
meeting of the Presbytery os Wash
ington was held in the church, with
Rev. William A. Eisenberger as mod
orator. The new kitchen equipme ent
was given a demonstration a din
ner served by the ladies of the church
to the visiting ministers and members
or presbytery at noon Tuesday
First Prayer Meeting.
The first prayer meeting was held
In the new edifice on Thursday eve
ming. 1t was conducted by Rev. John
Installed pastor of the church. serv-
ing in such capacity from 1897 to 1903
and who has a warm place in the af
lection of many of the older members
or the congregation. A large assem-
blage greeted Mr.. Van Ness.
Friday evening the art window
placed at the rear of the choir loft in
memory of the boys VINO served in
the world war. was formally dedicat-
ed. The service was emi-military as
well as religious. large number of
soldiers and patients from Walter
Reed Hospital were present and par
tfcipated In the exercises.
The new building is of gray gran
lite with limestone trimming. 1t rep
resents a cost of 100000. The plant
is thoroughly up to date, and pro-
vides for all the various church uses
and functions. including. in addition
to the main auditorium for the regu-
lar church services, five departmental
Sunday school auditoriums, many
Sunday school classrooms. ladies' par
lor. board room, pastors study, COM
pletely equipped kitchen with steam
table. stationary coffee urns, large
drawers of silverware. New pews
pulpit furniture and large pipe organ
are installed in the main auditorium
The church was dedicated with all
debts taken care of. 100000 having
been raised during the dedicatory
services to accomplish this.
The old building will be remodeled
and made over into a community
house, where meetings and events OF
many kinds, civic. social and relig-
ious, may be held.
Evening star., 1923-10-14
D. c. AND MARYLAND MEN
GET ARMY COMMISSIONS
One Also From Virginia Is IncIud-
ed Among Second Lieutenants
Chosen by Examinations.

One hundred and fourteen young
men nave just been commissioned
second lfeutenants in the regular
Army as a result of competitive ex-
amlnations held in all parts of the
United States last June. OF that
number three are residents of this
city: These are Paul Green Kendall
OF 1871 Church street, John Mitchell
England of Route 9, Anacostia Sta
ton, and Clement Aloysius McCalley,
care of Representative J. H. NORM,
House of Representatives.
successful candidates from Mary
iand are James F. McGraw, Smith
burg; James H Mahoney, BaItimore:
Granville v. Morse, Edgewood; Daniel
r. Norman, Sparrow Point; Victor P.
Noyes. Baltimore; Edward L. Rich,
Jr, Catonsville; Franklin NJ. Seward,
Ridgely; John p. Schaefer, River
dale; Richard H. Torovsky, Annapolis,
and Lee Carl Vance. Fort Hoyle,
The only successful candidate from
Virginia is Thomas Rives Potts of
Gordonsville.
Evening star., 1923-10-14
bLACKMA|L|NG TRIO
SOUGHT IN SUICIDE
Two Women and Ex-PoIiti'
clan Believed Cause of
Mayor FoIsom's Death.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
IRVINGTON, n. j., October 1.-two
women, one from New York and the
other from New Jersey, and a man
said to be a former politician, are
being sought in connection with the
suicide of Mayor Edward Folsom OF
Irvington, who took his life because
he had seen his fortune pass into the
hands of blackmailers who knew he
once served a term in prison. This
announcement was made tonight by
Assistant Prosecutor j. Victor
D'Aloia. who was said to have been
given the names of the alleged black
mailerS by the former mayors son.
While the search was on Mrs. Fol
som, the daughter of the rich man
from whom Folsom stole when he
was a youth, so he could marry her,
cried out for punishment of the black
mailers.
There was one thing that baffied
her, howeyer-the mysterious disap-
pearance of letter her husband
wrote two weeks before he took his
life Mrs Folsom has searched all
the former mayors effects without
avail for the document which she
believes will show in detail the acts
of those who made her husbands life
a parallel to that of Jean Nailean.
Mr. Folsom, who had built up a
business and made many friends in
the community to which he and his
wife came after he was relea SSd from
Auburn prison, was penn1lesS when
he died. His coal company was mort
gagged for $4,000. and it was believed
most of the money, and more, had
been paid to the blackmailers. :.
l., u.
Evening star., 1923-10-14
RECLAMATION. HEAD
QUITS PROBE BODY
D. w. Davis Says Official Pc.
sition DisquaIifies Him in
irrigation Research.

D. w. Davis, commissioner of the
reclamation bureau. has resigned
from the fact-finding committee re-
Gently appointed by Secretary of the
Interior Work to investigate govern
ment policies and methods of reclaim
ing arid and semi-arid lands. it was
announced last night.
Commissioner Davis two weeks ago
sent his letter of resignation to Sec
retary Work from Glasgow, Mont.
under date of October 1. The Secre-
tary has accepted 1t.
Gives His Reasons.
In declining to serve on the fact
finding committee, which holds it's
first meeting, at the Interior Depart
ment, at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing. Commissioner Davis stated that
he believed himself disqualified, be-
cause of his position as head of the
bureau. In his letter
to Secretary Work he said:
Il desire TO bring to your attention
certain reasons why it seems to me
l should not serve as member OF
the fact-finding committee on federal
irrigation.
1T is contemplated that this COM
mittee will Investigate generally the
problems of national irrigation. Such
investigation naturally will cover not
only the acts of former heads of the
reclamation service, but also my acts
as commissioner of the bureau of
reclamation.
'tThe committee might desire to
make recommendations contrary to
policies l am approving. On the other
hand, it might desire to approve poll
cies initiated by me. In either case
It seems to me my presence on the
committee might cause some embar-
rasSment
II have such a personal interest
in the matter that, under the ordinary
rules applicable to such cases, 1t
seems to me i would be disqualified
l feel that the problems of the
bureau of reclamation are in need of
all my time and attention in my ca
pacity as head of the bureau
Evening star., 1923-10-14
POLICEMAN HERE
FUGITIVE q YEARS
Terminal Force Member Gives Up
on Theft Charge-First
Bond Forfeited.

Sergt. Charles F.. Hamilton of the
Washington Terminal police force,
who was known previous to 1919 rs
Cline F. Kirkpatrick, walked into the
fifth precinct last night and sur
rendered himself as the man wanted
on bench warrant isued few days
ago to Detective Charles Wise of that
precinct. Kirkpatrick was listed as
a fugitive from justice by the district
attorneys office here on May Z, 1919,
when he Jumped" his bond after ar
raignment in grand larceny case.
He was charged at the fifth pre-
cinct last night with grand larceny
and was again released on bond, this
time of $1,000. double the previous
amount
The original case is listed on police
headquarters books as grand larceny.
with the American Railway Express
Company as complainant. on Novem-
ber %. 1918.
Rose In Two Positions.
During the railway strike Kirk
patrick. assuming the name of Hamil-
ton, TOOK position on the police
force of the Washington Terminal.
Since that time he has risen from the
position of private to sergeant of
the watch. His superiors have ex-
pressed high praise for his efficiency.
Inspector Grant of the detective
bureaH however, only last week in
vestigated a report that an attempt
had been made to steal the criminal
identification record of kirkpatrick
from the detective bureau, the re-
port being that one of Kirkpatrick s
friends familiar with police routine
was interested in wiping out all trace
OF his record. Inspector Grant yes
terday said, on hearing of the report,
he Investigated and assured himself
that all records in the case were in
tact
Evening star., 1923-10-14
D. c. HEADS ALL DAY
AT BUDGET HEARING
Chances of Obtaining In
crease in $25,144,882 Linz
itation Seen Favorable.

The three District Commissioners
concluded a day of continuous testi.
mony before the budget bureau late
yesterday afternoon hopeful that
their plea for an increase in the
estimates would be granted, in part
at least.
The Commissioners cannot discuss
what took place at the hearing. which
lasted until o'clock, but it is known
that they regard as favorable their
chances of obtaining some increase in
the limitation of s25.144.SS2 originally
placed on local expenditures.
The results of the Commissioners
enorts to obtain urgently needed ap-
preparations for next year will not
De definitely known until the budget
Is transmitted to Congress in De-
cember
Virtually the entire afternoon yes
terday was devoted to schools, play
grounds and health estimates.
Budget Committee Interest.
1t is understood that the several
members of the budget committee
conducting the hearings displayed an
unexpected interest in details and
also indicated that they had famil-
tarized themselves to an unusual de-
gree with the minute workings of the
municipal government.
The regular estimates carry only
about 100000 for school construc-
tion, and 1t is believed that the bud
get officers will give most careful
consideration to the possibility of
including in the regular budget the
additional school items asked for in
the supplemental estimates. The to-
tai in the supplemental school esti-
mates is about S1.400.000.
The budget committee will resume
hearings on the District government
at 2 O'Clock Monday afternoon, with
the following matters scheduled for
considerations: Water supply, chari-
ties, penal institutions and public
buildings and grounds under Col
Sheriff.
At the hearing tomorrow it is un-
derstood an effort will be made to
have the allotment for continuing
work on the new conduit from Great
Falls increased
Evening star., 1923-10-14
BANK CHALLENGES STATE,

Preservation of "the integrity and
operation of the national banking
system" was the aim of the govern
ment in asking the Supreme Court
yesterday for permission to intervene
in the case brought by the First Ma
tional Bank of st. Louis against the
state of Missouri set for argument on
November IL.
Under the decision of the state
courts OF Missouri. the bank was pro-
hibited from establishing a branch in
ST. Louis. The government in its mo-
tion yesterday declared that IL "chal-
lenged the right of the state of Mis-
souri, either by statute or by judicial
proceedings to regulate or control
national banks"
Evening star., 1923-10-14
PROTEST PRIZE FIGHTING
AT BERWYN "ARENA"
Service Men in Disgraceful Display
With Professional Bruisers.
Says M. E. Board.

Criticism of professional prize
fight at an arena" at Berwyn, Nd.
In which. it is claimed, men in the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps, have
been announced as participants is
made by the Board of Temperance.
Prohibition and Public Morals, of the
NJ. E. Church. in a statement made
public last night
Are the Army. the Navy and Ma
rine Corps being run for the benefit
of prize-fight promoters?' the board
asks, adding these contests were not
sporting propositions for the enter
tainnent of men in the service. They
are prize tights in which men in the
service are mixing 1t with profes-
sional bruisers
1T is disgraceful situation"
Evening star., 1923-10-14
Col. Keller Put
on Retired List
at His Request

Col. Charles Keller, former En-
gineer Commissioner of the Dis
trict, was placed on the retired
list of the Army yesterday on his
own application, after more than
thirty-three years of military serv-
ice.
1t has been known for some time
that Col. Keller planned to retire
from the military service to en-
gage in private engineering work.
He recently returned from CAL
ifornia, where he went to inspect
some proposed engineering work
on which his services had been re-
Quested
Evening star., 1923-10-14

meetings in Washington in December
at which time the convention city VIII
be selected.
Besides Mulvane, the members Of
the subcommittee are Charles D
Hilles, New York: William NJ. Fuller
Massachusetts,; II. L. Romme., AR
kanses, and Ralph Williams. Chicago