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BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Uncle Sam is now preparing what 1t
Is hoped and expected will be accepted
as a national standard of style-a man
ual Of practice for editors. publishers.
newspapers, printers and writers-to be
used as text book In colleges and
business schools.
The initiative in this important task.
two sections Of which have already been
completed, was taken by George II.
Carter, the Public Printer and chair
man of the Permanent Conference on
Printing, who, under the law, is author
ized by Congress to TX the style to be
followed for all Government printing.
His style manual is already a widely
used authority, but 1t is his aim to
have the new revised handbook repre-
sent most thorough study Of the COM
plicated subject, so that 1t may merit
further public regard and general use
as q standard
The Public Printer has held back the
publication of his revised manual to Sc
cure the cooperation of an Interde-
partmental Committee, with the idea of
so perfecting the manual that it would
prove to be o model not only for ell
branches of the Federal Government
but for the entire publishing profession
and related interests. Public Printer
Carter selected as chairman of this Ad-
visory Committee Henry d. Hubbard, In
charge of publications at the Bureau Of
Standards, because of his work for more
than 80 years in the standardization
field. Others on the committee are
webster p. True. editor, of the Smith
sonian Institution; Frank d. Smith,
assistant chief Of publications, United
States Department of Agriculture;
Martin A. Roberts. Library Of Congress;
Alice M. Ball, State Department, and
Bernard H. Lane of the United States
Geological Survey.
The Public Printer impressed upon
this Cooperating Committee that the
chief aim was to do the job carefully
and thoroughly. They have been meet
ing once a week for approximately a
year. They have already submitted to
the Public Printer the first section,
which covers questions Of capitalization.
The second section was approved by
the interdepartmental group today and
will be presented to the Public Printer
tomorrow. This second section covers
the use of compounds and hyphenated
words. These two subjects are consid-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
$4,000 IN jewels
TAKEN BY BANDITS
New York Man Says He Was
. Forced From Illinois Bus
and Robbed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AhSuelebeo Rrebs.
DIES PLANES, Ill, August 4.--Julius
Dreyfus. president Of the Arm Of Aaron
J. Dreyfls, Jewellers, New York City,
said he was robbed Of 100000 In unset
diamonds last night by three men.
Dseyfus, who was taken from q bus
at Oak Grove, Wis, was released by his
eaptors here this morning.
The diamonds, Dreyfus told authori-
ties, were done up In three packets.
They were insured.
Dreyfus, who spent yesterday In Rock
ford, boarded the bus Mt WATERFOWL and
was bound for Fond-du-Lac, Wis
There were three passengers besides
himself and the driver.
At Oak Grove two Of the passengers
suddenly arose in the bus. One stuck
q revolver against the drivers back.
Dreyfus said, and the other held him
up. The third passenger, Q woman, be-
came historical.
Dreyfus said he was commanded TO
get on the bus and enter o car IN which
he was bound and gagged and made to
lie on the floor.
After he wps thoroughly searched.
and the packets Of diamonds were
seized by the trio, he was taken to q
point q mile and q half from here and
tossed out of the car.
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wall were crushed. In the end we
found ourselves compelled to lower the
floors in order to keep the space disable,
and we had TO do this several times, the
total deepening amounting to more
than q foot and half.
On account Of the load of snow on
our roof-almost 10 feet, with q weight
of about a. tons-the danger of the
roofs coilapsing got threatentngly
near, the more SO in that We had re-
peatedly noticed the so-called neve-
strains. As the sole counter measure
possible, we constructed q snoring pillar
in the middle of the cave, which we
hope viii at least slow up q collapse
suficiently to give us the opportunity
of getting out without injury.
The Central Meteorological Station of
the German Greenland expedition, To-
Gated $50 miles from both the East
and West coasts and at an altitude Of
10000 feet, was installed more than q
year ago after the expedition had sailed
from Europe IN April, 1880.
Dr. Georgi reached the center Of the
island on July 81, 1890, with the first
party to arrive there. In Mid-Augllst
he was Joined by DR., Ernst Serge, who
was TO spend the Winter with him at
the central station, but they informed
the dog-team group Of which DR.. Serge
had been a party that unless they re-
ceived more supplies by October 20 they
would abandon the station and proceed
by hand sledges toward the west sta
ton.
When this information reached the
west station Prof. Alfred Wegener, the
expeditions leader, set out for the CEN
trail station on September 81. accom-
panied by Or. Fritz Loewe and Is Eski-
mos. they carrying tons Of provisions.
Forty days later DR.. Wegener, DR..
LOeve and the Greenlander Rasmus
reached the central station after q BIT
ter Journey on which they had had TO
dump their last provisions miles from
the central station
Dr. Georgi and DR. Serge were at the
central station, not having dared to
leave because Of the intense cold. Rest
ing only day and half. Prof. Veg
ener set cut again for the west coast
with Rasmus on November /, upon per-
cciving that the provisions could be
stretched to feed only three until the
end of May.
when he wrote the foregoing dis
patch, on May 9, the day Of the arrival
Of relief expedition ut the central sta
ton, Or. Georgi knew that Or. Veg
ener had not reached the west station,
but as the leaders body had not been
kuS&tG0 AAAo 10tE G&tAAAA NV ~ S&Ah@G& -
with certainty. Two parties tlsen eft
the central station for the west coast,
one OF which brought In the foregoing
dispatch while the other found Prof.
Wegener's body.
Dr. Loewe was brought back to the
west station BY propeller sledge in May
and Or. Serge also returned. On July
~ 3 party set out 10 dizmantle the
central station and thu expedition win
return 70 Germany IN the Fan.
twerid copxriaht. 1881. BIZ Academia, Heid-
- -. Z: = 60 q - =:
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u. S PREPARES STYLE BOOK
FOR EDITORS AND PRINTERS
Committee of Experts Ponders Old Rules
in Attempt to Clarity Standards and
Bring Them Up to Date.

cred the most complicated and impor-
tant in the entire task OF standardiza-
ton.
SO important Is this Standardization
Of the manual considered that the Ma
tional Book Manufacturers Association
has had an active committee on the
subject. developing standards of pro-
cedure and style. II has expressed its
deep interest In the forthcoming Gov
eminent printing style manual to such
an extent that II set aside It's work on
compounds and hyphenated words until
the Interdepartanental Committees re-
port is available This committee OF
the National Book Manufacturers As
ISOLATION Is continuing to work on the
subject Of handbook for preparation
OF manuscripts and trade customs.
In explaining how intricate and COM
plicated the work Of the 1nterdepart-
mental Committee has been, emphasis
Is placed upon the amazing develop
ment Of language from two angles-one,
the vast changes that are coming about
in English in the way Of new vocabu-
laries: and, two, the Standardization
efforts by national societies and their
committees, which give years Of study
to correct and exact definitions Of
terninoaogy and technical vocabularies
In some cases new definitions have
there has been considerable discussion
regarding the capitalization and
hyphenation Of terms now in the arbi-
trary stage.
It is the hope Of the Interdepart-
mental Committee to find . simple ar
bitrary basis for moderate number of
rules with just little arbitrairiness as
possible. This work has carried the
Interdepartmental Committee into al
most every branch of science and into
score Of style manuals in an attempt
to find a rational basis. They feel that
every group making q certain arbitrary
use has some reason therefor, perhaps
unconsciousiy, and they are trying to
find these hidden reasons-the why Of
the arhitrarineSs- compare and digest
them and out of the boiling down
process TO get the best reasons, simple
and easily fnemoriSed, for q standard
rule. They think this has been accom-
plished In the two sections already
drafted.
It is emphasized that the recon-
mendations Of the Undergraduates
Committee are subject 10 the approval
of the Public Printer, for inclusion in
the revised Government style manual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
MRS. VANDERBILT'S SUIT
FOR DIVORCE UP TODAY
Reno Judge to Hold Private Hear
ing in Action on Cross
Complaint.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
RENO, Nevada. August Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, jr was to present a
plea for a divorce before Judge Benja-
min F. Curler here today. At the
request of her counsel private hearing
was arranged.
Attorneys said Mrs. Vanderbilt. the
former Mary Weir Logan of Chicago,
probably would obtain q decree without
contest on her cross-complaint charg-
ing cruelty. Vanderbilt, former news
paper publisher, also charged cruelty in
an action filed before his wife BROUGHT
suit. Specific allegations were not made
public.
The Vanderbilts were married here
July 8, 1923, the day she obtained n
divorce from Waldo Logan. Vanderbilt
and his previous wife, the former
Rachael Littleton of Chattanooga, Tenn,
had been divorced nine months before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
Rather Collector
Dies of Bite With
Snake Serum Near
Pike County, Pa, Re.
cluse's Body Found
by Neighbors.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORT JERvIs, N. Y. August A.
The story of hermit who died In his
lonely cabin from the bite Of one of
the rattlesnakes he caught for his live
lihood came out of the remote mountain
section OF Pike County, Pa. last night.
The 74-year-old recluse. Edward
Wenzel, was found dead on his cot
Sunday by neighbors. Near the head
of the cot. in mesh wire cage, was o
RATHER Hanging In q bag hooked on
the limb Of q tree outside was another
live RATHER.
The aged man died with ife-saving
snake venom serum almost within reach
of his hand County authorities found
the serum in his cabin. They said he
probably had been bitten as he prowled
about the rocky lodges where the snakes
bask in the sun and had struggled TO
his home In such q weakened condition
he was unable to use the serum.
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RefueIed One Time.
ARMY ORDERS

Mai. Gen. Briant n. Wells. now COM
naandlng the Hawaiian Division, has
been assigned to the command OF the
HAWAIIAN Department 90 the relief Of
Nat. Gen. William LAssiter, who h CONF
10 home 70 await retirement septeri-
IL 30: Brig. Gen. Andrew Moses has
been relieved from command Of the
pnnaxaa Coast Artillery district at
Quarry Heights, Panama. and IL as
signed to duty 81 the War Department
a assistant chief Of staff, Oil; Col.
Lowe A. Mcclure. retired. has been as
ni9ned 10 duty at the public high
schools. oakland, CALI; Lieut. John ,.
reii1H2d from duty IS assistant 20 mai.
s. 81. Arthur, CORPS of Kngineer1 In
lclaxNsA az Es0eEai engineering protests
- ~ UlElfict ~ CciumbtA and -
zssM A. ifR "a fe1n once % tl1e ehl9E
:, zKifEE. AEnnfti0ne BufidiEis.
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CONTINUED From First Page.)
route, which is 1900 miles long, win
take him 70 Hunter Bay for his next
stop, . night Of $50 miles; thence across
Great Bear Lake to Fort Norman, 275
miles farther. From there 350-mile
jump win bring him to Aklayik.
letter Than Shorter Route.
This route was chosen in preference
10 shorter line along the northern rim
Of Canada, where fog over an uninaab-
tied wilderness increased the hazard OF
the flight. although the distance OF
100 miles could be negotiated IN one
day under favorable flying conditions.
Northern flyers pointed out the dan
eers af the northern route to Col. Lind
Rerrh and explained the difficulty of
anding them II they were forced down
IA the wilderness and were unable TO
take ca again.
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lecture Of police today a. o po1iksea1
agency o. the Soviet government TAther
than commercial concern.
The organizaticns sale was opened
after i've hours work last night
Yuzhamtorg win not be authorized to
supervision win be allowed % execute
contracts signed previous 10 the raid
last Friday and 70 embark Or receive
merchandise bought or sold before that
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
45O-MILE DOG TEAM TRIP
OVER ARCTIC ICE DESCRIBED
Perilous Journey Made to Sketch Possible
England-to-Canada Route
by Expedition.

, end Of the sledging on the West Coast,
and then. after q year of almost con-
tinuous hard work with us, they had
finished up by travelling $50 miles In
four weeks. The only rest they had
had was on the I'VE days we were laid
up for unpleasant weather or astrono-
mical observations
ton: On this journey at least they
were never short Of food, and each dog
had 10 days penmican ration as
sort Of condemned mans breakfast,
all, that Is, except one-eyed Barmsie,
who fell down Q crevasse and was lost
just before we reached the mountains.
Follow Flowery Trail.
Next morning we started on our walk.
For the first two hours we followed a
delightful fiowery route through the
mountains. Then we came to Ivigtut
Glacier Here we had quite D lot Of
trouble, for the slope was steep and
the surface cut up by Ice falls and by
deep. but fortunately quite unhidden
crevaSses We only had to cross the
glacier and then walk down the SOUTH
ern side for three miles, but It took US
i've hours to do 1t.
Then we started the 2l-mile walk
over the mountains to Ivigtut. We had
hoped to arrive that night, but the
roughness Of the country and the short,
thick growtfls Of willows and birches
slowed us UP so much that we were
forced to lie down as we were for the
three darkest hours
We started or again, feeling rather
cold, at 2:30 next morning but the
bills soon warmed US up. We reached
Ivigtut at am. on July 80, Just a.
hours after we had left our camp on
the ice-a somewhat toilsome ending
to such q pleasant sledge Journey. r
Find Home Comforts.
Then came hot baths, our letters from
home, delightful hospitality and plenty
of good food and drink in this most
up-to-date Of Greenlands settlements
The British Arctic Air Route Expedi-
ton, under the leadership Of H. G. Wat
kins. has been in Greenland since July
26, 1890, making weather observations
on the ice cap and charting possible
landing places for an air route from
Britain to Canada. In o dispatch dated
June "a Watkins said that about q
month from that date ship would
arrive to take some of the members of
the expedition home. On its arrival
the party had planned o 14-month stay.
The journey of Scott. Stephenson and
Lieut.. Lindsay across the ice cap took
them along the inside edge Of the
coastal mountain strip. never before
see by man save at the point where
hansen tried to cross the cap in 1888.
From Ivigtut the three men are to sail
for Europe or America, according to a
previous dispatch
tCopyright, 1881. in the United States by
North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc,
and the New York Times. Elsewhere by
the Times, London. All rights reservedO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
SPEEDERS' FOE IN CRASH
Motor Cycle Policeman Sinclair,
Struck by Car, Escapes Injury.

Motor Cycle Policeman r. ". Sinclair
of the Traffic Bureau, nemesis of trafic
law violators, was involved In o traffic
accident yesterday when an automobile
he was driving was struck by an auto
mobile operated by Mrs. Rebecca Krup-
saw, APO Fourteenth strret, at Spring
road and Fourteenth street.
Neither Sinclair nor Mrs. KrupsAw
was injured, and they have agreed TO
settle for minor damages out Of court,
according TO police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04

IN the FOLLOWING Dispatch James n.
Grssniend. describes Ms Sso-rsis Journey
from the eTpedttion's base camp Near
AnrmacsaIik, on the east coast. to
fpfgtgt, on the soathDest; Their drYtpGt
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FLYERS HELD IN SIBERIA.
nad weather virtually Ends Chances to
Beat Post and Gatty Record.

TOXIC. August 4 DIN the face Of
uufayorable weather reports, Hugh
Herndon, IT,, and Clyde Pangborn,
American aviators, had not been able
tonight to set definite time to take
on from Khabarovsk, Siberia, Tor Nome,
Alaska, In continuation Of their attempt
TO beat the record. OF Wiley Post ana
Harold Gatty in flying around the
The flyers slept this forenoon in the
Russian Aviation society's building near
the aield ut Khabarovsk, where they
landed ct $3.50 pm. (i:bn s.:ss.. Eest~
ogn stanAe-a simeJ yesterday rom
Upor rising they scanned the sky.
hopeful Of resuEsaF1g the flight tfslG
afternoon, but weather reports were
against them and the hour OF starting
was not definite.
Delayed by Broken wings.
The fight was delayed ct Khabaro-
vsk when a wing of the plane was
damaged In landing. Hefndon and
Pangborn had intended to get away
immediately after refueling, but de:
cided to remain overnight In view OF
the damage to their plane. The wing
RenTo News Agency dispatches quoted
the flyers as denying New York re-
ports that the round-the-w world attempt
had been abandoned.
Possibility that Herndon and Pang-
born would lower or even equal the
record set by Post and Gatty waned IS
the delay at Khabarovsk continued At
pm. q am. e. 8. I'd today. Hern-
don and Panghcrn were 20 hours and
10 minutes behind Post and Gatty.
who landed IN New York days, is
hours and 81 minutes after taking on.
The flight to Nome lies over the Sea
n Okhotsk, around the tap Of the noun
famous Kamchatka Peninsula and
across the storm-swept Boring Sea.
Most Of the route Is over water.
Post and Gakty encountered fog dur
inR almost al Of this Les and were
forced TO fiy blind.
Invited % TeAio.
The flyers received several messages
urging that they come to Toxic TO start
their ucn-et0p night across the Pacific,
but desuike adverse weather reports and
q soggy landing held e Khabafoysk
they had not changed their plans 70
start for Aisxta 6 soon ~ the weather
showed Improvement.
This afternoon the flyers went sight
seeing n the 30O-year-Old Siberian
town where their dash around the world
has been temporarily halted Khaba-
roysk 10 famous Tor itB fur peits, wind
driven d0ur mills end vodka distil-
leries.
TOXIC FLIGHT ABANDONED.
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Ashbins and Jones' Give Up Plans After
Two Attempts Fan

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, August P1.
Two Texas aviatoTB who twice had
thought themselves well on the wav to
Toxic Tor q nonstop ref1eling night
rested here. today after the failure Of
their second attempt, due 10 inability TO
md their refueling plane In . sky world
OF fog and rain.
Messages were coming from Seattle.
where they had started their flight. and
other points. asking them TO reconsider
their decision 10 abandon the flight for
1881, but Reg l.. Robbins and Harold g.
Jones, Fort Worth, Tex. flyers, insisted
TITS too late TO try 1t again this year"
Their refueling plane, which had
landed for more gasoline ut Ruby. half
fT.3o am. Eastern standard tirne). re-
Joined them here last night.
AIoft for 81 Hours.
Robbins and Jones landed here at
a:35 am. (t2:3S pm. Eastern standard
tiEne) after almost "a hours In the air
since they left Seattle early Sunday
when we came over Fairbanks In
perfect weather" Robbins said, land
saw clear skies 70 the westward we
Thought everything was going 10 be clear
sailing and It was until we got between
Katag and Unaiakleet.
'Tlen Il became foggy and rainy. Il
became right dtfhcult to keep the re-
fueler IN sight and finally we lost it al
together. We realized the refueler could
not get over the mountains to Unalakleet
90 we came back to Fairbanks and new
over town for three hours hoping
(James) Mattern and CNick) 0reener
would return 50 we could refuel and try
again.
But when they did not return and
the ground fog lifted We started to
land, picking q hole in the fog to set
down. We had so gallons Of gasoline in
the tank when we landed. Fuel con-
sumption averaged % gallons an hour
and the motor worked perfectly all the
time"
RefueIed One Time.
The refueling flyers came down at
Ruby after fighting fogs and clouds
over mountain valleys leading into Un-
alakleet, on Norton Sound After they
landed the weather became worse and
they were unable to leave. Meanwhile,
the Fort Worth, unable 10 ind the re-
fueier, decided IT was lost, and returned
20 Fairbanks
One refueling contact was made be-
tween Fairbanks and kaltag. which Is
about rs miles from Unaiakieet, and
100 gallons Of gasoline were taken by
the Fort Worth.
Early last month the Texans were
forced down on their frst attempt at
Solomon Beach, near Nome, when bad
weather made refueling difncult
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A radio station at Cuxhaven, ca tha
North Sea, Germany, shroadeaSts und~
icni advice 10 ships ct sea II pas
senger or member of the crew be-
comes III.
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ARGENTINA CLOSES
SOVIET TRADE FIRM
YuShamtorg Found Political
Rather Than Commercial
in It's Activities.

albbUCldseu FTe1S.
BUENOS AIRES. August 4.-On the
basis Of documents seized In . raid. the
xuShamtorg was described by the pre-
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n costs only about IL cents
per day and 5 cents Sundays 60
have Washington's best newspa-
per delivered to you regularly
every evening and Sunday m0rn-
ing.
Telephone National 5000 and
t. delivery win start iu1meai-
aselR 1,he Route Agest wfll ocl-
let IS ne END q Ae@h mouth.
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tWorlo enpxrlHht, ip3is % AkRdemlR, NeId-
S.ss.s - 49, y ~ z d $50 -.
4 xssis q b ssis isFkItdsa5 -
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After climbing i've hifis we saw cur
glacier not far 10 the south, but it
looked too rough and crevassed 70 make
worthwhile siedging round TO q, 10 we
decided 70 stay where We were for tbs
night ard start walking for 1vtgfHt
next morning. taking only what we
could carry on our backs.
Then came almost the only un-
pleasant part Of the whole journey. In
Southeast Greenland II b warm enough
10 keep COWS and pigs. Farmynfd
animals and Eskimo dogs cannot live
together, 50 We had been told that we
must shoot our teams. Quite aEart
from sentiment, the destruction "a SO
much Valunbie material Was .
tnlnauuR2ly umTAnanmEt lob
Tie d6ss ha6 been bought e the
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L|NDDERGHs SAFE
N CANADIAN WLDs.
Message From Couple Today
Tells of Plans to Leave Baker
Lake for Hunter Bay.

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The Washington times., 1931-04-09

ONNOAOAbO
Misses Dress Section in Our
Regular Dress Department,
Sizes IA to 20.
Jr. Misses Dress Section in
Our Entire Junior Depart
ment. Sizes IL to 10.
Little WOmen's Dress Sec
tiOn in Our Regular Mill.
merry Department. Sizes 141a
to 2812.
WOmen'S Dress Section in
the Center of Apparel Floor.
Sizes 38 to A.
Larger WOmen's Dress Sec
tiOn in Our Regular Coat
Department. Sizes 46 to 81.
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Beautiful dark blue flnish, privately owned
and driven; this Is a good one.