The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-11-01

With His Silver Dollar among
Natives of the Northern
Part of Siberia.
or Aasoei1Trn paEsa,

car AnoccikTKn PaEna1 Z
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. THE
ubiquitous American trader appears
70 have discovered a part, at least,
of Northern Siberia and to have
made Il his own. So strong hold
in fact has he secured upon the
natives OF that little known part OF
the world that while the American
silver dollar is taken with ayidity In
trade, the Russian trader who offers
two Russian rubees for the same
amount OF goods Is looked upon with
IEusDicion.
Lisntehant ArbenieY, OF the Rus
sian navy, who was a member of the
Russian expedition which upon its
arrival at st. Michael. Alaska, few
weeks ago, reported having found q
large body OF land forming the coun-
terpart OF Nova Zemlya, and enclos-
Ing the Kara sea, in book on the
work OF the expedition in 1912, Just
published. wakes humorous about
the American traders met with dur
ing the voyage.
Wherever natives congregated, he
says, there stood the tell-tale log
cabin. whence silver dollars, Ameri-
can rifles and canned goods were
doled out in return for the precious
turs in which the land abounds. The
offer ftwo roubles instead OF one
silver dollar was in many cases
treated with suspicion.
Lieutenant Arbeniev argues that
1t is about time tho Russians took
more interest in their own lands and
people. He records visit paid to
the Taimyr and Waigatch. the two
steamers OF the expedition, when on
Teheliuskin at the end of August,
1912, by fungus, a chieftain styled
Bobrovsky, which means beaver. who
proudly displayed a medal conferred
upon him by the president of the
United States for succoring the sur
yiyors of the Jeanette Arctic expedi-
ton.
The influence of the alien traders,
says the lieutenant, does not seem to
have been physically harmful to tho
natives, but quite the contrary so
far as the appearance of the younger
generation is concerned. They have,
however, been unable to alter the in
describably filthy habits of the ST.
berlan redskins.
The discovery of the new land by
Captain Wilkitzky, the commander
of the expedition which arrived at
st. Michaels, is the result OF the en-
beavers OF the Russian government
to render commercially practicable
the Northern sea route to the Far
East. The captain is son of Cen
eral Wilkitzky, who died in Febru-
airy last, and who as chief of the Rus
sian photographic service signed the
instructions for the survey OF the
Northern Siberian coast for which
the present expedition was organ
ICED.
The Talmyh and iWaigatch are ice
breakers specially built to perform
the northern voyage from Vlaisyos-
took to st. Petersburg, and are
equipped with wireless installations.
Every year since il 910 section or
the coast has been surveyed, and an
was made to reach European
waters without wintering. Last year
the expedition was unable to reach
Cape Tcheltuskin. The leader, Gen.
eral. Sepgeieff. who has subsequently,
invalided, declined to proceed north
ward and turned back to VladisYo-
stock. Y III. fN@
According to the opinion hydro
graphers, Captain rWilkitzky decided
at any cost to come westward. even
if he had to winter in the Kara sea.
In these circumstances he boldly
moved norbhward and made the inn
portant discovery of new land,
which he has reported in laconic
message to the admiralty. After re-
counting that he put into st.
Michaels for coal and because OF
slight damage received during a
storm, he says, 1--WE continued our
survey. as far as Cape Tcheliuskin,
where the ice proved impracticable.
We then went north, seeking a pass
age. We discovered land extending
over 200 miles as far as latitude 81
north, longitude sc east. Being un-
able to get through we turned back.
On Bennett island we took the col
lection left by Baron Toll, and in
that neighborhood discovered a new
island"
Cape Tcheliuskin, in Siberia, is
the most northern point OF the main
land of Asia. Bennett usland is the
most northern member OF the new
Siberian group, and lies about sou
miles east from Cape Tcheliuskin.
The Jeanette was lost in 1881, at q
point 100 miles east of tBennet Is
land after drifting in west-north-
westerly direction for two years. In
1884 objects believed to have been
from the wreck OF the jeanette were
picked up on the southwest coast OF
Greeland. 1t was upon the current
which conveyed these relics that
Nansen relied in his expedition with
the Fran during which he achieved
as farthest north in April, 1895.
The presence of land in these re-