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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
TELLS OF TIMES WHEN
DOG MEAT TASTED GOOD
Sir Douglas Mawson Confirms the Discovery Of Antarctic
Continent by Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes
Many Years Ago-Sea Elephants

fore. The birds and sea elephants
We're absolute strangers to fear, and
would inspect the camera maH-with
as much seeming interest as rhe CAM
era man inspected them.
The character OF winds that
blow on the edge Of the Antarctic
Continent was graphically shown by
the fact that the men had to lean out
upon it, at an angle of perhaps forty
FIVE degrees to walk in the ordinary
wind, while no camera could record
anything but a blank when the big
zard was at it's height. The hut which
was the headquarters of the party.
had one window, which was IN the
roof The breath of the men and
the steam of the kitchen caused this
to become frosted over to a thick
ness of FIVE inches. Men going out
to take records OF the Chronological
instruments had to break the Ice that
froze before their faces. from one
side Of their hoods to the other, and
pictures showing how their faces were
covered with great patches of frost.
bite, told an eloquent story OF suffer
ing.
The cellar was a natural refrigerator.
and consisted simply of the space I'M
der the hoor OF the Init When the
cook wanted a piece Of meat he would
send dog down to get a penguin or
leg OF mutton. and would take 1t
away from him as he came out One
day the dog got away with a leg OF
mutton, which was rescued only af-
ter chase OF two hours: and then
it was so damaged that the party
voted to give 1t to the doge after
all. Reading matter was IN great de-
mand. One of the party read the En-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
THEME, THE PRICE
Of ONE SOUL
RAILROAD Y. NJ. C. A. WILL BE
ADDRESSED BY REV. II. III.
MELTON.

The Sunday afternoon meetings at
the Railway Y. NJ. c. A., continue to
grow In attractiveness and are attend
ed not only by the railway men of
the roads and offices. bat by many
other than railroaderS
Last Sunday large crowd heard
Rev. B. H Melons stirring address
on who Is the Greatest Man In the
World" and there will be a large
crowd next Sunday to enjoy the speci-
ally attractive program which has
been prepared and which comprises
fine orchestral music under the leader
ship of L. E. Fletcher. choruses. etc.
The MEMS Chorus" is becoming a
very attractive feature and consists
of choruses, quartettes, duets. solos.
etc, under the efficient Leadership
of Mr. j. Schaeffer Renner. Anyone
interested in playing or singing ought
10 see these leaders. Mr.. Hadden
8 Watkins will render several solos.
DR. Melton will deliver message
on THE Price OF One Soul"
These services are varied and con-
sumo only an hours time and men
are finding them not only interesting,
but very helpful to them.
The association has been very busy
this week in enrolling new members
and issuing several membership cards
pired.
The Friday night Literary Society
Is proving very attractive to the young
men and all the departments Of work
are being maintained and advanced
with a commendable spirit OF loyal
zeal.
Secretary s. L. Thomas was ham
pered a few days OF the week by his
old enemy rheumatic" but managed
to get to his office and forgot the
pain in the Joints by his vigorous hand
shakes.
The Thursday lunch was an en-
joyabIe occasion and attended by
a goodly number
The officials Of the association work
| ing staff In addition to the General
Secretary. are; Assistants, s. Preston
Dowdy, f. II. Bell and L. f. Fletcher.
Fl. f. Reinhardt and NJ. l.. Arnall.
clerk.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

plications for the position. but Just
who has tho best chance for the new
position. which was created at the
last meeting of the State Legislature
is not known.
Those who comprise the board are:
Governor Stuart. DR.. f. A. Alderman
president of the University of yir-
GINA; Superintendent Nichols. Of the
Virginia Military Institute: DR.. J. D.
Eggleston. president OF Virginia Poly
technic Institute; DIR. Thomas s. Wat.
son. State goologist, and George J,
Johnson. of Abingdon
The State forester will Cooperate
with the forestry department at the
University of Virginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

Washington. Jan. 2S~-TeIIing of
times when dog meat--and the meat
of starved to death dogs at that
tasted better tsaan any porterhouse
steak he had ever eaten: picturing
region where the average velocity
OF the wind Is fifty miles, where a
buting flag gees TO shreds in few
minutes flag OF stoutest canvas Is
threshed 10 pieces in an hour, and q
flag of tin is battered out of shape in
the first sale, so that sheet iron Is
the material that must be used; de-
scribing sea elephants that weigh
sometimes al much as four tons each
and measure twenty-five feet in
length showing penguin rookeries so
large and so densely populated that
from a vantage point they seemed
like vast pebble-strewn beaches, in
stead Of bird colonies, Sir Douglas
Mawson has presented before the Ma
tional Geographic Society one of the
most remarkable stories Of polar ex-
ploration that has ever come from
those regions.
In his account OF his researches
along the great Antarctic Continent
discovered by Rear Admiral Charles
Wilkes-who was the same Admiral
Wilkes who inquired in the historic
Trent" affair, in which he. during
the War Between the States, held up
the British packet Trent. and re-
moved from her Mason and SlideiI
Sir Douglas paid tribute to the ex-
pIorer and his work
Mawson and his party undertook
the work under the patronage OF the
Australian Government. The steam
er Aurora, formerly plying in Ameri-
can waters, was the ship that carried
them to their base and finally brought
them away A midway base WITH a
wireless relay station through which
the party could keep in touch with
civilization, was established at Mac
ouarie Island, which was on the old
sailing ship route between Austria
liza ana Cape Horn. and whose
beaches are lined with the wrecks
OF many ship. The main base was
established at Cape Dennison, on the
Antarctic Continent, and second
base several hundred miles farther
east.
Taxes Interesting Pictures.
Pictures were brought back by Sir
Douglas showing the nesting places OF
a number of birds OF passage who go
to the Polar Continent to nest, and
whose eggs have never been seen be-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
MONEY. RUNS OUT:
COMMITTEES J0DLESS

Most of the City Council Commits
tees are now at standstfi1, and will
remain so until the budget has been
reported and acted upon by City
Council.
The regular meetings Of several OF
the committees are scheduled for
next week. Tho committee on streets
will meet on Monday at o'clock.
At this meeting there may be some-
thing pertaining to the street car sit
uAtion. On Tuesday at 6 o'clock the
Claims Committee will meet. There
ID little for this committee to act
upon. On Thursday night the Adver-
Using Committee will meet in regular
!, session. This committee has nothing
to do It has no funds. and may
simply meet and approve the record
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
LEAVE TO SET UP
BElLW00D EXHIBIT
CHESTERFIELD FARM WILL
SHOW AT SAN FRANCISCO
WHAT CAN BE DONE HERE.

Albert add James Bellwood, Of
fchesteIfieid County. OF the BeIlwood
farms, left yesterday afternoon at &
o'clock via the Chesapeake and Chic
Railway for San Francisco. where
they will install their Agricultural Ak
hibit on the exposition grounds.
This exhibit wifi show just what can
be raised ON a single farm In Virginia.
This Chesterfield farm is noted
throughout the South for its fertility,
and the Bellwood brothers have won
many blue ribbons at the Virginia
State and other fairs Numerous
farm products are raised on this land
and tho exhibit Is expected to be one
OF the best IT the sxpQeitiun
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
WELL KNOWN PILOT
SUFFERS FROM TUMBLE

Hampton Va, Jan 23-Captain
J, ]. Darden. who has charge OF the
pilots office in Newport News. sus-
tanned painful injuries in fall at
the door Of his Office Thursday after
noon. He was brought to his home
In Newport News Avenue. where he
as given medical attention by DIR w.
T.. Knewstep. His injuries are most
painful. but are not considered dam
gerous.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
WENOENBURG MAY
Be CITY CANDIDATE

state Senator l.. q. Wendenburg
Will probably enter the race for the
senatorial toga from Richmond in tbs
summer primary. He now represents
Henrico, New Kent, Charles City,
James City and williamsburg. Hav-
ing been annexed to the cty OF Rida-
mond. he is thrown out OF his old
district. When seen yesterday he
would not commit himself. but stated
that he had the matter under con-
sideration
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
poCAHONTAs

Especial to The Richmond virgfnian.)
Pocahontas, Va. Jan. 23.-Rey.
Father Vincent of Rerwind. w. Va.
was the guest Of Rev. Father Anthony
This week.
Mr.. Walter Britton left Wednesday
for Portsmouth. to visit relatives.
Mr.. Sol Hyman, of keystone, w.
Va. was here this week. the guest OF
relatives.
Mr., flames H. McNeer "a in Ba1h-
more. Nd, and Lynchburg this week
In the interest of his bank.
DR. L. J. Stump was called to Rich
mond this week on account OF the
illness of his son, Claude. VINO Is at
tending the Medical College in that
city.
c. b. Ambrose. Of the Department
of Justice. Washington. d. c., was a
visitor In our city this weak.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

Upon one occasicn sar Douglas ret
out with DR. Msrtz and Lieutenant
MINIS ON a coast c1fAfting expe-
diuon. After about 200 miles MIN
MS and his siedge wers lost In Z
great crevasse. Hours OF calling
brought no response. and ~ suash-
ed to pieces sledgs at the bottom,
told a painful STORY Of his fAte.
Thereafter Mawson and Merts turned
around and started back to camp.
They ate all the dogs one by one. as
they died Of starvation Finally there
was only one dog left-Old Ginger.
"Old Ginger was a noble animal"
said Str Douglas. ''Hnd he was game
to the last. But when he died Of
that sheer hunger OF the Antarctic
wilderness Of ice and snow, Morris and
had to eat his carcass. We ate the
bony parts first. breaking every bone
so AZ to get out the marrow. Raw
dog meat may not sound wen at the
distance, or when one Is this far re-
moved from the ultimate hunger in
which the stomach seems to attack
its very self. but there It tasted a.
good ~ anything you evor a&e.
Merits Ssckens and DieA
Finally Msrtz began to sicksn and
to weaken. and In = few days, jan
uary II It was. he died. I almost
turned Cannibal, 30 starved out was
my condition. but with 1t all buried
him. and then started hack on tho
hnndred-mile journey that lay be-
tween me and safety. 1crs Of body
and sick OF mind, 1t was moro by
crawling than by waiting that was
able 70 set back to camp. only to 80
the Aurora disappearing over the ho-
rixon. II had left provazions for ma
however. and six men to search for
me. Nothing but providence sAvsd
me from the fate OF Aertz and Mn
mis-"
Sir Douglas showed pActu7es Of beds
of coal that tell OF . time when
tropic summer once reAUned IN Uhis
great home of tns bNz1ards, and
others revealing tho great loo clifs
with tho Strained SHOWS Of . hum
dred winters upon them, each stxa-
tum standing out a. clearly ~ though
1t were q dffrsrsnt stratum e< ssdi.
mentary rock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

GOvcrnor Stuart At Dnnyille.

Danville. Va, Jan. Ex-Governor
Henry c. Stuart was the principal
speaker last evening at the annual
banquet OF the Danville Chamber of
Commerce. During his address NE
complimentsd the members OF this
organization upon the good work
they have done during the past twelve
months,
The Governor will leave the city
today and will be back at his office
Monday morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
DEPOST0RS MAY
DRAW INTEREST
CITIZENS WHO PLACE FORFEIT
WITH GAS DEPARTMENT MAY
GET SOME BENEFIT.

In order to give citizens some bene-
ut from deposits made with the city
for use of gas. Councilman w. A,
Sullivan will at the next meeting OF
Common Council introduce a bill de-
signed to allow all depositors 8 per
cent on their deposits
Acting under the restrictions i'm
posed by an ordinance recently pass
ed by Council. relieving property
owners OF responsibility for unpaid
gas bills. tho Gas Department IL caus-
Ing users Of gas to put up q deposit
commensurate with the amount OF
gas usually consumed.
Inspector Shelton stated yesterday
That the deposits were not demanded
Unfortunately nor generally. but
were required only in cases where
there might be a delinquency which
would entail q loss upon the city.
City Attorney Pollard said yester-
Gay that such an ordinance as that
proposed by Councilman Sullivan
would stand.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

Of the preceding meetings with A.
nances at the low ebb, II is likely
that the Advertising Committee may
have few funds for the coming year.
All these committees are scheduled
for the coming week. however, and
the members are expected TO be pres
ent,
1t is generally underst God that tho
Finance Committee will make a rec
ord, and have the budget ready, so
that the Mayor may be able to sign
the ordinance and have operations In
effect by the first of February.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

Freezing. Va. Jan. a3.-CIaude F..
Beverly. deputy collector, destroyed
moonshine still of fifty-gallon
capacity at Clintwood on Wednesday.
This still was captured by Marshall
buchanan last fall but 1t was stolen
away at nighttime. A few days
since 1t was recovered by the authori-
ties, and notice given the collector at
Big Stone Gap.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
WILL ELECT STATE.
FORESTER FEBRUARY |

For the purpose of electing n State
forester. meeting of the Virginia
Geological Commissioners will be
held February in Governor
Stuart's office. There are several ap-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

Pictures were brought back by Sir
Douglas showing the nesting places OF
a number Of birds OF passage who go
to the Polar Continent to nest, and
whose eggs have never been seen be-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-25
Mothers Tell Of
Mothers Friend

Fxperience Is or should be our best
teacher. Women who have obeyed the
highest and noblest of all sacrifices. the
struggle for the life of others, should
have a better idea Of helpful influence
than those who theorize from observation.
At any rate when prospective grand
mother urges her daughter to do as she
did--to use Mothers Friend" there IS
reason to believe 1t the right advice.
Mothers Friend is an external ap.
plication for expectant mothers. Its pur-
pose is to furnish plancy TO the muscles,
TO take away the strain on the cords and
ligaments. to relieve the tension of nerves
and tcndons SO apt to provoke or ag-
Eravate nausea, morning sickness, witch
ings Of the limbs and so on.
Although, in the nature Of things, a
woman would use Mothers FRIEND but
but rarely, vet so effective has it been
found that this splendid remedy is on sale
in most drug stores throughout the
United States. II has been prepared by
Bradfeld Regulator Co., 400 Lamar Bldg,
Atlanta. Ga. and advertised by us fol
over forty years This is a fine record
for such a special remedy and the CRATE
full letters received to-day are just as
appreciative as were those of years age
Notwithstanding that methods are sup
posed to have greatly advanced. Ask at
the drug store for a bottle Of Mother s
Friend" It is worth while.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-25
WITH THE FRENCH WOUNDED
The Woman's Sacrifice.

Paris. Feb 25, $50 p. m.-Away
from the battlefield one sees war
stripped of its glamor. We see the
heroic work of nurses who are on
duty day and night This is de-
yotion, self-sacrifce, suffering pa
triotsm- qualities which only great
war and its terrible consequences
can inspire to the highest develop
ment The women everywhere are
helping and everywhere one sees
self-sacrifce and devotion to coun-
try.
The women of the United States
do not know how fortunate they are
Here there are plenty of women who
suffer in silence, whose strength is
out of proportion to their ambition.
Their hands are tied by some chron-
ic disease common to womankind;
that weak back, accompanied by pain
here or there, extreme nervousness,
sleeplessness. maybe fainting spells
or spasms. are all signals of distress
for women She may be growing
from girlhood TO motherhood, and
later suffering from that change
which leaves so many wrecks of
women. At any or all of these per-
iods OF a woman's life she should
take a tonic and nervine, prescribed
for just such cases by a physician
of vast experience in the diseases
of women. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription has successfully treated
more cases the past fifty years than
any other known remedy. When youI
feel dull, headachy, backache, dizzy
or perhaps hot flashes, there is moth
ing you can accomplish, nothing you
can enjoy. You can find permanent
relief in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. 1t is sold by medicine
dealers. or trial box by mail from
DIR, Pierce. Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo,
n. Y. on receipt of 30 cents. or one
dollar for large boX.-Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-25

material advocates took tneir defeat
good naturedly and on final passage all
of them voted for the bill.
The material clauses, as now moor
porated in the bill. reads: "All materi-
ais contracted for shall be OF the best
quality. and the building be construct
ed. in the discretion OF the commits
sion. with native oklahoma granite
concrete. colitic limestone, marble and
stone, and preference shall be given to
other Oklahoma materials and to Ok
lahoma labor, when the same of a suit
able character can be obtained at
reasonable market prices
It was the words lin the discretion
of the commission which caused all
of the contest These words We're not
in the law as passed by the Fourth
legislature, and to strike them from
this bill was the object of the Buck
ner amendment
As finally passed the bill makes the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-25
FOR RIGS
ON RIVERBEAO LEASES

Oilton Okla, Feb. 24-Contracts
are now being entered into with own
ers of pile driving machines to sink
pilings in the Cimarron river bed on
which to build oil rigs on riverbed
leases. 1t is understood that the state
land commission now requires this
There are several miles of producing
leases, just west and south of Oilton,
and bids are now being received from
oil companies for additional leases in
this locality. Heretofore the riverbed
has been leased by the length-mile or
half mile-but in the future the leases
are to be given by the section, town
ship and range numbers, the same as
other oil lands.
The placing of rigs on pilings in the
riverbed will prevent accidents that
will cost waste of oil. This, it is said
is the argument of the state land COM
mission. During high water periods,
when the Cimarron gets on a rampage
and frequently sweeps everything be-
fore it, a riverbed derrick is liable to
be carried away, at least torn down,
disconneCting the casing. and permit
ting a vast waste of crude oil The
piling, it is claimed will act as an
anchorage for the rigs. and the re-
quirement of piings is a "safety-frst
proposition.
II is this section of the Cimarron
riverbed that is now in controversy in
the courts between the state and the
former Creek Indian nation, both
claiming title The full value of the
property is estimated at 100000 The
ownership hinges on the navigability
of the Cimarron, and a decision is ex-
pected soon. If the court holds the
stream is technically nayigable, the
state will be thus awarded the own
ership; otherwise it will revert to the
Creeks
The Phoenix and Constantine refin-
cries have purchased a half interest
in the riyerbed property of Frank
Brown Of Independence. Kan, the new
owner of the Oil Belt Terminal rail
road, according to a report from a re-
liable source His property is in sec
tion 5-1S-7, three-fourths of a mile
south of Oilton. 1t is understood that
pipe line may be built from the
property via Oilton to the refining
plants.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-25
INDIAN BILL
CARR|ESL SLARGE
APPROPRIATION
OF THIS AMOUNT st,243.7o5 is FOR
OKLAHOMA AT VARIOUS POINTS
NEW CLAIM is FILED BY
McMURRAY.

Washington, Feb. 2i.-The $11,25O,-
600 Indian appropriation bill reported
by the senate committee on Indian
affairs, contains items applicable to
Oklahoma totaling $1243.7O3, which
is an increase of $475,1S3 over the
total for that state allowed in the
house bill. The figures do not in
clude the Choctaw and Chickasaw
per capita payments which will
amount to about S5.000,000.
Among the items added by the SEN
ate committee are $4,000 for the
woman's board of domestic missions
of the reformed church in America
for buildings on the Fort Sill mill
tary reservation; $2750OO for the
Oklahoma public school fund, caused
by Indian land not being on the tax
rolls of that state; $4,000 for main
tanning the Choctaw and Chickasaw
tuberculosis and trachoma sanitor-
iums: $1,000 to enable the superin-
tendent of the five tribes to enforce
the prohibition law within the juris-
diction of the union agency, and with
drawing from allotment land which
may be recovered for the Creek ma
tion in any pending suit and for the
payment to citizens $2,OS0 in lieu
of allotment of land
There is to be tried out before the
court of claims a new claim of j. F.
McMurray, as assignee of the law
firm of Mansfield McMurray & Cor
nish, against the Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations, accruing prior to March
4, 1907 The filing of the suit by
McMurray shall be held to be wal
yer of the statutes of limitation on
their part. Any amount the court
finds owing to the tribes from Nc
Murray or the former law firm is to
be deducted and Judgment rendered
against the prevailing party for the
difference.
The McMurray claims amount 10
between 100000 and $4,000 and there
is said to be counter claims pend
ing amounting to about $4,000. The
case will involve the unpaid eX-
penses of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
citizenship court, the Freedman case
and the Chickasaw warrant case.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-25
AMERICAN
CARGOFoR
THE ORIENT
STEAMER INVERCLYDE, WITH
GOODS LABELED MADE IN AM
ERICA" SAILS FOR THE FAR
EAST.

Galveston. Tex, Feb. 2l--A cash
ier. some statesmen and an invitation
to the general public to come aboard
is about all that Captain Henry Ad
cock needs to make the steamer In
verclyde a frst-class department
store. The most fastidious of Gus
toners could be pleased from his
large stock and they could have the
pick of a choice assortment OF goods
from locomotives and automobiles
down to baby shoes, and all the other
articles in between, up and down the
scale
The Inyerclyde departed this after
noon for ports of Russia, China and
Japan, via the Panama canal \ total
of 1900 square bales OF cotton valued
at S1O3,Gl5 were picked up at Gal
weston. The remainder of the cargo
that weighted the big steamer low in
the water was taken aboard at New
York. The steamer was the tenth to
leave Galveston this season for ia
pan via the Panama canal.
Since the European war, the stocks
of "knick- knacks" in the Orient-gen-
orally procured from Germany and
England-have been greatly depleted.
and purchasers are now entering the
American markets Made in Amer
lea" is stamped on practically every
separate piece of the tons OF mer-
chandise shipped on the vessel. The
steamer will call first at Honolulu
then Moran, Yokohama, Kobe. Shang-
hal. Kelung and Vladvostok.
The manifest, two dozen pages in
thickness, starts gayly off with its
list of contents. the greater part Of
them being packed in cartons of a
dozen each.
The locomotives and automobiles
were in knocked down form.