Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-08

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Macmillan Loft Sydney, N. 8. aboard
the Diana In July. 191S. The ship was
wrecked or Barge Point, Labrador. but
was finally pulled on and taken to ST.
Johns, where the supplies were trans
ferred to the Erik.
Three Rescue Attempts.
In the second ship the party reached
Etah, on the west Greenland coast,
August 20.
II was more than two years ago that
the FIRST relief expedition was sent out.
Doctor Grenfell's Labrador missionary
schooner, the George B. Cluett, started
In July, 1915, for Etah, but was unable
to 20 through the heavy foes Of ice on
cOuntered.
DR.. Edmund o. Hovey Of the Ameri-
can museum then fitted out the Dem
mark, but this ship failed also, and II
believed to be still frozen in the Ice
or the Greenland coast. 1t was Capt
Robert Bartlett, companion Of Peary
ON the trip when he reached the north
pole, who finally succeeded where the
Others had failed. He used the staunch
sealing steamer Neptune. and by his
feat he adds considerably to the repu-
tation he made on his several voyages
with Peary. Bartlett says the Ice on
this trip was the heaviest he had ever
met. Macmillan was also one Of
Peary's lleutenants on the polar trip.
Many Of the things Macmillan has
accomplished in the far North will be
appreciated only by the scientific
world. But even the layman can un-
derstand his work In mapping a great
stretch Of the coast Of Ellesmere
Land, across Smiths sound to the
west Of Greenland; discovering the
second biggest glacier in the northern
hemisphere; locating two new islands
and disproving the existence Of two
more, showing that Croker Land, seen
by Peary from the summit Of an I'm
mense cliff, Is only q mirage. and pene-
tratIng. many miles over the frozen
ocean beyond the point where Croker
Land was supposed to begin.
Reached Just In Time.
When rescued by Bartlett at Etah,
Macmillan and the members of his
party were living on dog biscuit and
ducks eggs, but were in good health.
They would probably have endured
severe hardships next winter, however,
II they had not been reached in time.
Macmillan crossed Smiths sound
once every year he spent in the North.
and every time came through without
q mishap, O remarkable feat In itself.
he found rich mineral-bearing rocks
and extensive coal fields. The exact
nature Of these discoveries Ia not yet
entirely disclosed. A complete report
will be given out BY the American
museum. The expenses Of the trip
were borne by the museum. the Ameri.
can Geographical society, the Univer-
sity Of Illinois and various persons In
terested in Arctic exploration.
With his thousands Of specimens 20
valuable to the scientific world. Mac
MILAN brings back an insignihcant tin
box, which to one person In the world
means more than hundred nar-whale
skeletons. Macmillan told the story
Of this little box as follows:
IT gave this box to q little Eskimo
girl, who will cry her eyes out over the
loss of II. She insisted upon coming
with US up from Etah. Forty miles
from there we had to chase her OF the
boat. and in her hurry she left this
tin box. She can comfort herself with
the other treasures priceless to hen ]
gave her q little silver watch, tooth
brush. bits Of gaudy cloth, q rattrap.
some parahn which she used az
chewing gum and O piece Of soap. ]
first saw the child when ] came north
with Peary on the trip when he found
the pole"
W. Elmer Ekblaw and all the mem
bers Of the party gave high praise to
DR.. Morton p. PorSild, q noted Danish
scientist, head Of the Danish govern
ment scientific station at GOdhaven,
Disco island, Greenland. Ekblaw was
the first American scientist to spend
any time with Doctor Porslld, although
students from several European coun-
tries have been sent to the station for
instruction.
doctor Porsild Is doing work In bot
any, geology, astronomy and zoology
and In the study Of Eskimo culture
which will gain recognition from the
whole scientific world" said Ekblaw.
'He and his wife have been at God
haven since 1906; their daughter was
born there and has never been out Of
Greenland. He initiated his work and
the Danish government was 20 I'M
pressed BY its value that they allow
him 10000 crowns (about $2,6SO) q
year to carry It on. II extends
throughout the Bafin Bay region and
along the east coast Of Greenland
doctor Porsild II forty-nve years
old, but looks older. he has Q beauti-
ful home, an extensive library and Q
weIl-eQulpped laboratory. The numer-
Gus hot springs at Godhaven render
the climate and vegetation similar to
those some 600 miles 70 the south"