SAFETY CONTEST PRIZE
Launching of “Speejacks,” Largest Sai’iig Y;«ch»
fillowing Inuncblng of the yacht
"Hpeejacka." owned by Albert Y.
Gowan of Cleveland nnd Harvard
Hun. at Neponset, Muns.
Thres
yenrs ago Mr. Gowun drove Idi
motor bout of tbe name num«
around the world. Ho expects t<
cross the Atlantic lids summer. Tin
vessel Is built of steel ami Is 121
feet over all
Ellesmere ‘ Lost
Land” of Arctic
Island to Get Close Scrutiny
by MacMillan.
Norfolk Wall Safe
Yield» Valued Relic»
Norfolk, Va.—Two commis
Washington.—“Ellesmere Island, the <
second nearest known land to tbe . , sions engraver! on sheep-skin
North pole, Is to g‘-t the closest < parchments, the first signed by
scrutiny It bus ever bad by white men , Bresldent John Adams, and tbe
ss om- result of tbe MacMillan Arctic • second by President Thomas
making
Jonathan
expedition,' says a bulletin from tbe < Jefferson.
Washington headquarters of tb® Na- ; ‘ Cowdery a surgeon’s mate and
llonui Geographic society. “This land । < a full surgeon in the United
Iles at the head of Baffin bay, the ‘ States navy, have been uncov
broad water highway to the Arctic < ered by Dr. John C. Sleet of this
which Is Inclosed oa one side by Grqen-- , city, who will make an attempt
to have the documenta restored
land and - n the other by Baffin island,
to their lawful owners. The first
contlnuea the bulletin.
commission bears the date of
“William Baffin, for whom the bay
1W“> und the second 1808.
and Island are named, was tbe first ]
Tbe documents Include a Ma-
white man t< catch a glimpse of the
sonic diploma from Washington
unknown land which came later to be
lodge No. 26, making Mr. Cow-
railed Ellesmere Island. That was In
dery a Master Mason, and sn-
1616; but It was only a glimpse, and
other from the Hudson (N. Y.)
other Arctic explorers were so long
lodge, making him a Mark Ma»-
In duplicating Baffin's furthest north
ter.
that there came to be serious doubt of
The papers were found In a
the existence of Ellesmere Island.
steel case hidden In an old brick
Existence Long Doubted.
wall of ■ bouse under repairs.
Preacher Fined Speed
"The land wns not sighted again un
“Sentinels of Safety" 1« the status
Sermon for Violation
til 1852. Tbe first white man to set
designed and executed by Regal del
New York.—The Rev. Arthur
foot on |t was Doctor Hayea, a mem-
Hatta for the Explosive Engineer, ■
Baggerly. who occupies the pul
ber of Kane's exjiedltlon |n 1854. After
Greely was the first to discover a publication for users of explosive*
pit of the Methodist Episcopal
Hayes explored an Isolated section of pass Inland Into Ellesmere _
__
-
_
island In The trophy la to be placed In com-
church at Quogue. L. 1.. on Sun
the shore, the land gradually emerged 1882 whrn hlB expedition was sta- petttJoA as an award for national mine
days, fulfilled the terms of an
from the traditional Into the retd; but | tJo|lw1 at Fort c„nger on Lady Frank- and quarry safety In a coWest "betHt
agreement whereby be obtained
ss in other of the northern discoveries Un bay. He found a large fresh-water conducted under the auspices of tbs
a suspended sentence on »
different explorers discovered various lake, and west of It. over a small di United States bureau of mines.
charge of speeding In the
headlands and (lenlnrulas Idependent- i vide, a broad Ice-frefe valley leading to
selves assist In trying to locate the [
ly and dubbed each a 'land.' Hayes’ ; the west. One of his party, following
Seamen’s Institute Locate» whereabouts of members of their fra ! Yonkers city court.
The clergyman was released
portion, the east coast of the north : the trail which Greely had biased, when 18 of the 25 men died of starva
ternlty.
I; by Judge Gorfinkle on his prom * central section of the big Island, be- ! reached the west coast. In this valley tion. The site of this Arctic tragedy.
From June to October,the Institute
Ise that lu bls next sermon he J came 'Grinnell Land.’ The north end. and . other similar valleys are good across Smith sound from Etah. Is now
New York. Every sejpoil town or gives a series of concerts und enter-
; would urge bls flock to obey ttie 4 along the Polar sea, became 'Grant growths of grass In tbe summer as marked by a bronze memorial tablet,
city bus Its "port of missing men." It tulnmeuts and at these affairs the ■' speed laws. Doctor Baggerly did ♦ Land.' Othpr names which have stuck ,
well as a profusion of wild flowers. placed during the summer of 1924 by
Is a common thing for seamen to drop names of mlMtng men are flashed upon
; not make speeding the text of 4 to localities of Ellesmere island are Herds of musk oxen graze In the val Cnmmflnrtpr
Commander MacMillan on bebalf
behalf of
out of sight thereby causing anslety a screen. Since there are usually be ' ’ tils sermon, but be told of the J •North
the leys and have furnished a welcome the National Geographic society."
IJncoln,’—paradoxically
to friends nnd relatives. This I» true tween 500 anil IKK) men wbo follow the
: Yonkers Incident, nnd added ♦ southernmost
portion—‘King Oscar food supply to explorers. In Grant
especially of seamen who sail on rov sen for u livelihood at these entertain ' ' that “some people have to learn ,
Land,' 'Bear Cape Land.' and ‘Jesup Land are large herds of white caribou,
Germany Needs Beds
ing commissions, changing from vessel ments. the bulletins on the screen are : by experience."
He said his ’
Land?
wild cousins of the reindeer.
to vessel und shipping anew from port read In tbe course of a mouth by many " lesson had been with his arrest .
Berlin. Germany.—Sofia Goetz of
Island lacks only about
"Ellesmere
"It
is
believed
that
large
areas
of
seamen.
on Central avenue. Yonkers, and ;
to |H>rt. Yet few of these lost seamen
fifty miles of being the northernmost Ellesmere Island, between the grass the German Welfare Institute be
with their ships. A large ma
At one of these concerts a man saw ’’ that In the future be would .
known land In the world, that distinc covered valleys, are capped by per lieves that for hygienic, moral and
« II — the
tilt» speed
snOTHl regu
rPkiU *
Jorlty of them are simply B’S* becauss his name flashed among the missing. ii carefully respect
social reasons every man. woman and
tion being held by the north point of ( petual Ice.
being a happy go lu< ky lot they neg After the entertelnment he sought Mrs :; lotions. He asked tils congrega
Greenland. Cape Morris Jesup, not far
"Three hundred miles south of Lady child should have his own bed. She
lect to keep their friends Informed of Roper and confided to her that his <> tlon to do likewise and then
to the east Ellesmere Island's north Franklin bay Greeley's party suffered estimates that in Germany 9,000,000
brother might be looking for him. He J ; passed on to his religious dls-
ernmost point. Cape Columbia, Is fa- 1 Its terrible privations In the winter beds are needed to bring about this
So many Inquiries concerning I""1 said that 17 years ago he had said "' course.
mous as the starting point of Peary on and spring of 1883-4 at Cape Sabine, condition.
seamen came to the Seamen's Church good-by to his brother nt tiie Buttery
his memorable dash to the North pole
South street that In Jan He wns about to embark on a cruise
Institute nt
In 1909. From Cape Columbia. Elles
unry, 1920. the Institute found It ad- nnd he liked the sea so well thnt he
mere Island extends 500 miles to tbe
inlMluiC inrn i had shipped on other cruises. When
%I mm I j I u to estublllh tl
they made an effort to find each othe> south, Its southernmost point being
department,” and thè work of locatlng , he returned he was unable to find his
still nearly 400 miles farther north
but without success. Both of then
sudi mrn lina been intruated to Mrv brother or any truce of hla where
were seamen anil when the Institute than Point Barrow, Alaska, and 2.000
Jnnd Itoper, wbo 1» known to follow- abouts. Mrs. Roper finally located his
wns appealed to It discovered that they miles farther north than the United
missing brother In Oakland, Cal.
had l>een living within four city blocks States-Cannda boundary.
remote nnd small In the world. She
When a letter Is received from an of each other. For some reason neither
“Ellesmere Island Is 300 miles wide
Is the house mother of the Institute anxious mother or relative the letter 1»
had happened to encounter the other at the point of greatest width, but the
and to hundreds of seamen of many i acknowledged.
on tbe street. They were delighted land Is so cut Into by deep fiords that
nationalities »he Is affectionately
Found Hit Mother.
at being brought together again. They in many places the waters of the east
known as "Mother,"
ern and western sides lie only 50 to
had been lost to each other for a year
A
youth
appealed
to
the
American
turned Into the UrJted States treasury
The Institute receives about 100 in-
75
miles apart, distances that can be Dead Letters Result of Care $55,523.96 In cash removed from mis
Another
Instance
was
that
of
a
boy
qulrles n month concerning seamen for consul In a foreign city to help him
covered quickly by dog teams. These
whom anxiety la felt. And these In find tils
' mother,
• »-— —
who
»- - »--
had
j ■ been • lost
• to who was to enter a school. He bad a
directed letters or found loose In ths
less Mailing.
flords, reaching toward each other
mails.
qulrles nrv gaining in number because him for four years. The Institute was secret yearning for the sea and be de
from
the
opposite
sides
of
the
Island,
the work of the missing department asked to help locate the mother. After cided that It. despite bls mother's op
Postage stamps were taken from let
Washington.
—
While
it
Is
generally
mark out the two or three routes that
has been Increasing to such an extent mueb work the mother was found. She position, promised more lively adven
accepted that this Is not tbe age of ters or found loose in the malls hav
have
been
used
so
far
by
expeditions
ture
tbnn
the
somber
schoolroom.
He
ing a value of $12,165.67, almost double
that It has become international In wns In destitute circumstance» The
crossing the Island. It follows, there miracles nevertheless there are thou
Letters are received frequently youth, who wns earning a good liveli made up his mind to run away on tbe
the »ntlre revenue of the postal serv
sands
of
patrons
of
the
United
States
fore,
that
Ellesmere
Island
Is
ktiown
from distant ports and Inlnnd villages hood. wns overjoyed at finding her. duy he was to begin his studies. He
ice in 1789.
mails
who
take
It
for
granted
that
chiefly along three narrow bands: One
of Europe asking for news of rovers of . other youths feel the urge of the sea was big for bls age and he managed
Three-cent fees collected for the re
He had no> between Grant Land and Grinnell Uncle Sam has many wonder workers
the Seven Sena. Some of these com und run away from home, not realising to get a Job on a ship.
turn to senders of letters which could
near
the
middle
of
the
on
his
pay
roll.
Land,
one
munications come from Holland and , the anxiety they cause tlielr parents. been at sea long when be wns found
a third toward the south
The very fact that there are wiz not be delivered totaled $92,007.54.
Great Britain, nnd many from parents On becoming remorseful they write to by the Institute and returned to bls Island. and
But this is not half the story.
ards in the employ of the Post Office
end.
mother.
He
found
more
work
than
of American boys from country towns their parents, only to discover that
Checks,
drafts and money order»,
department
—
men
and
women
who
are
“Despite the fact that Ellesmere
they have moved from their former adventure on the sea nnd he was only
and hamlets
whose owners could not be located,
home, without leaving a forwarding ad too glad to return to hla mother ami Island Is perhaps better known than uncanny, to say the least. In decipher
Inquiries In Every Port.
bls studies. His case Is typical of any of the other Arctic lands north of ing Illegible handwriting—has caused and amounting to $3,546.542.43. finally
dress behind.
As soon as these communications
North America, knowledge of It Is con no end of trouble and expense to the found a resting place In tbe dead let
The foregoing are some of the lea others.
received the work of looking up the
fined largely to the coasts and the government as well as to the tax ter office.
Since
it
wns
established
the
“
miss
sons
that
cause
seamen
to
lose
trace
absent ones begins. Euch month the
For want of correct or complete ad
fiord
crossings. Extensive areas of the payer, along with Inconvenience In the
Ing
men's
department"
has
located
Institute publishes n bulletin of men of their families. Seamen forget to
receipt and delivery of mall matter.
dresses 21.000,000 letters were depos
Interior
are
still
unknown
or
Imper
1,905
men
reported
as
missing.
Among
re|>ortcd us missing, und these bulletins write home. Others leave home In s
Yet, with all this expert handling ited In the dead letter office, not to
fectly mapped and no careful surveys
this number were cuptalns. mates, en
go to every port In the world, the pique Two brothers hnd a fulling out glneers. carpenters and ordinary sea
have been made of any of the regions. and careful study of handwriting on speak of 800,000 parcels which had
over
the
possession
of
a
shirt
and
lost
various foreign consulates In the city
The planes of the MacMillan expedi the part of the postal clerks, the an been Improperly addressed or wrapped.
men. They belonged to all nation
which receive Inquiries requesting sight of each other during the lute
tion will repeatedly cross Ellesmere nual revenue from dead mall matter
Strange to say, this depositing of
allties
them to locate this or thnt mnn send war. At the conclusion of tbe war
Island this summer In establishing the received by the government amounts letters and packages In the malls with
such Inquiries to the Institute If the
advanced base In Axel Heiberg Land, to approximately $300,000.
Incomplete, Inadequate or Incorrect
mnn 1s n seaman. And seamen them-
and. equipped with map-making cam
addresses and wrapping comes, In a
Wealth in Dead Letters.
eras. will make detailed records of the
large majority of cases, from those
Last year the dead letter office re- patrons who are the most liberal con
terrain.
Grant Land In particular,
or-
SHE ACCUSES SPAIN
over which the direct air line from ceived $120.000 from the sale of
tributors to this branch ot the United
Etah to the Axel Heiberg base lies, pbaned packages which could neither States government.
be
forwarded
to
the
addresses
nor
re
should be as well known topographical
Big Business Is Big Loser.
Skunk, Too, Friendly but Not as anything but companions of tb. ly by next autumn as Maine or New turned to the senders because of Inad
wilds.
equate
addresses.
The
same
office
It
has
been estimated by postal of
foundland.
Overwelcomed.
“But that darned skunk I
I Jus
ficials that 300,000.000 pieces of mall
couldn’t bring myself to fondle him
are given “directory service" every
Glacier Park, Mont —United States I although the poor devil almost wagge,
year, which means that employees
his
tail
ns
friendly
as
a
dog
when
hi
Forest Ranger Lewis Hanson of the
| must take time from the regular han-
Two Medicine valley in Glacier Na approached me begging for the flap
' dling and dispatching of mall in the
tional park fed flapjacks nil winter to Jacks which he had seen me feed t.
endeavor to provide correct addresses
a mink, a weasel, a skunk nnd two the other nnlmals. I had to laugh a
for thti huge volume of misdirected
gray squirrels. The mink, weasel and myself at times, when I was ahnos
matter. In New York city alone the
the squirrels got so tame they ate out convinced that he was sincerely
cost of this service approximates $500
of his hand, but lie left the skunk to friendly In the wagging of that tail.
every ¿ay in the year, and the total
"Once I wns on the verge of giving
wait on Itself "cafeteria fashion."
amount through the country is stu
Veteran troopers of the Rocky Moun him the hand offering Just to show
pendous.
tains say this Is the first time they that I hnd no partiality for the other
While the revenue from the dead
ever heard of a mink or a weasel get- i animals.
letter office 1c sufficient to keep that
ting tame enough to eat out of a mans ।
brunch of the postal service function
ing. It Is not nearly enough to pay the
hand.
Read Bible Through in
annual toll for support of the "nixie."
The Incident came to official notice '
69 Hours, 15 Minutes
A "nixie” is a letter or parcel so im
when Ranger Hanson kept reporting a
Yucaipa. Calif.—The Bible can b<
properly addressed thnt it enn neither
shortage In flour rations. The chief
be delivered to the addressee nor re
ranger, when lie discovered w lint Rang read from cover to cover In 89 hours
turned to the sender without special
er Hanson was doing with the flour, I nnd 15 minutes by any ordinary
treatment.
This special treatment
wns first Inclined to reprimand the | church congregation with u taste foi
costs the Post Office department, or
subordinate, but on looking over the the task. This was demonstrated by
the taxpayer tn the final analysis, ap
rules and regulations, he changed his tbe 130 members of the First Metb
proximately $1,740.000 every year.
mind nnd allowed the extra supply odist church of Yucaipa when they
In Unde Sam’s manual, forest rang completed at 9:15 p. tn. Tuesday a
ers are Instructed to be kind to ani Bible "marathon’’ begun at midnlgb
Tames Jail Birds
Saturday.
mals.
Los Angeles, Calif.—C. E. Jennings
Though attendance lagged at time»
Ranger Hanson's amiability has ex
is no fake hypnotist, according to guards
tended to more specie» than any other during the long relay reading. In
nt the Los Angeles county JaU. Arrested
has yet made pets of in the wilds of which one volunteer after another took
on a check charge, Jennings was
up the sacred text, there wns a throne
the Rockies.
placed In a cell. There were several
of
several
hundred
persons
In
tin
“Of course, In the tourist season,
Lady Drummond liny, British news
•toughs’’ In JaU and Jailers soon no
It's different, but during the lonely church as the marathon swung Into
paper correspondent who makes grave
ticed these had developed sweet dlspo
months of the long winter a fellow has Its Inst lap—-the Book of Revelations
charges against the Spanish In Moroc
sltlons.
Some even hopped and
a friendly feeling for anything with All Joined the readers In pronouncing
Mrx Mary A. Church and her son, James Church, who have been clnss-
co, accusing them of outrages. She
life In It," Ranger Hanson volun the final verses of the book, then con
....
so.
says the Spaniards have violated all
teered. "These animals evidently felt eluded the long service by singing the
the conventions and treaties affecting
the same way about It, for they kept Doxology nnd adopting unanimously
the Tangier neutral gone, and that as
a resolution to make the Bible mara
activities, Mrs. Church has kept up her home.
a result Tangier Is overflowing with hanging around my cabin door all win- thon an annual event.
_____
I ter, und I sure couldn't regard 'em
starving nnd diseased refugees.
Lost” Tars Found
for Anxious Kin
Bring Big Money,
But Are Costly
>
MINK, WEASEL AND TWO GRAY
SQUIRRELS TAMED BY RANGER
Goes Through College With Son