New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
MRS. G.. KEPPEL'S IDEAS AMAZON TO Be EXPLORED
English will Teach Natives
Rubber Cultivation.
STEFANSSON COMING HERE
Completes Preparations for His
Arctic Expedition and Urges
More Wireless Stations.
Ln1 cahLe % Tho Tribune I

IBIS Gable 20 The Tribune
/ London. March 29-An expedition
consisting Of five white men and nine
Maiays led by o. +. Akers. of the Am
AEON Valley Development Company.
will leave England on April II on
two years exploration trip TO the ANA
zon River. The expedition is being or
ganized by the port of Para and the
Booth steamship Company.
II will start from Para about May /
on IL light draft stern wheel steamboat.
specially built for the voyage. \
, naturalist accompanies the party to
> collect specimen parasites for the
School Of Tropical Medicine and also
specimens for the British Museum.
+ The main object Of the expedition,
however. IS to teach the natives OF the
Amazon Valley improved Eastern
/ methods Of cultlvating and tapping
rubber trees
May Censor Prospectuses.
/ The exposition OF the Putumayo
atrocities led to n suggestion being
made for government censorship OF
prospectuses OF companies proposing 10
J exploit native labor In tropical regions.
/ Reginald Enoch. an engineer who testi-
/ fed before the Parliamentary commit
tee on the Putumayo horrors. made the
suggestion for a censor during the
course ~ his evidence. and the idea was
very well received by the committee.
/ Enoch said that the development of
/ national resources I'm the tropics and
/ Tho care Of the natives should be looked
upon as Industrial science. He sug-
I gosted that censor's bureau should
/ have power 10 investigate conditions
I of labor and withhold a prospectus
until "a resident official had verified the
report
An objection offered to the idea was
/ that official sanction OF prospectus
would practically convert the shares
! offered into government stocks. and
/ that company promoters as rule
/ would be willing 10 pay a very high
price for tho official seal on offers.
To Explore North Of Alaska.
Stcfansson, leader of the Canadian
! Arctic expedition. who has been In
! London since early in March. has en-
! gagged full staff OF scientific assist
ants and has completed the work OF
! equipping the expedition. He is leav-
| ing shortly for New York Stefansson.
before coming here. had engaged seven
| OF the ten men who are TO accompany
! him. He believes the three secured
here make the expedition one of the
! best equipped ever sent 10 the polar
regions.
He has arranged for fitting "A long
distance wireless apparatus in the shin
! karluk, an old whaler. which now is
being reftted at the navy yard. He is
! hoping TO secure the erection of one or
| two land wireless stations to facilitate
/ tho sending OF messages from the base
/ of operations at Lands End, Prince
, Patrick Island. which at present is
! Loo miles from the nearest wireless
station at Nome. Stefansson regards
| the establishment of these stations as
Of vital Importance to the complete
success Of the voyage.
Area Hitherto Unknown.
! The expedition will go north through
/ the Boring Sea in July. Stefansson
said the great work before the party
was exploring the hitherto unknown
area north of Alaska 100000 square
miles i'm extent.
IF there's land, as K. A. Harris as
serts, the voyage will be of the greatest
scientific Importance" he said. II in
/ tend that the exploration shall be as
thorough as possible. | am taking two
/ biologists. two topographers, two 90
] Ologists, one oceanographer, one mag
netic observer and three anthropolo-
/ gists, including myself.
I'VE expect To be away three winters
and four summers. returning i'm 1916.
/ We expect TO send ship home each
year To bring up supplies and avoid
wintering large number of men who
/ have nothing TO interest them The
| scientist can always find something to
occupy his mind and energies, but idle
sailors in winter quarters are nui-
sance. Probably shall move my base