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SNOWBOUND MAIL ROUTE OF NORTH
RIVALS AIR LANE FOR REAL DANGER

80 on Christmas day we said;
Hes been delayed; storm.bound,
perhaps; himself, his dogs and
his sled covered. II may Be. by
the quick-drifting snow. where
they have stopped to sleep. But
he'll break out He'll como. He
may be here tonight The next
day we said the same thing. And
the next. And the next"
But when the carrier did not
arrive on December 2s the little
colony got busy. Anxiety for the
missing carrier was divided with
uneasiness about the mail and
that rule Of postal efficiency that
does not tolerate delays to the
mail.
RESCUE PARTY CHOSEN.
A council was called. and It was
decided to send out q rescue party
to find the carrier and bring him
back, II alive. but at any rate to
get the mail through.
Provisions were 90 scarce no one
man could give but . little.
but by connmunity contributions
enough was finally contributed TO
outfit two expeditions. -
Michael Kaywak, an experienced
reindeer herder. and Patrick Tux
rook, q far.rangtns hunter, hap
pened to be In the village, having
mushed 1t for more than q hun.
dred miles to take part in the
celebration at Christmas time.
They were selected for the relief.
One Of them was to 30 along the
coast, the other q short distance
inland along the trail. ..
A. an evidence OF the carriers
ability, they found him at q dis
tance Of about twenty miles from
the village, stu trotting beside his
dog sled. He had struck rough
going, had been showed in two or
three times, but he always man
aged to get through. ...-
"It makes no difference that the
relief expedition did not have 70
20 far" concludes the report Of
the Arctic postmaster and school
teacher. "The opportunity had
come to these Arctie.Americans to
show what the attitude Of every
American community should be
toward the great central agency
Of servics that. more than any
other. unites us an ..
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down over this route Oh November
1, the carrier being expected to
reach Kotzebue, the lower end OF
the 65o-mile run, by the end Of the
month.
The return trip starts at once.
timed to reach Barrow December
25. So regular has been this
schedule that the December man
is spoken of as "the Christmas
mail"
But this year there was no
Christmas mail. After moro than
six months the 'belated news has
Just reached the Pcstoffice De-
partment from the frozen North.
the greater part Of this time. or
all but seven days. consumed In
reaching Seattle.
Nobody who has ever lived
here on the Arctic coast through
such a winter as this-the worst
within the memory Of Eskimo
would ever speak Of Chicago. or
any other place down there as
windy" reports the icebound
postmaster.
Time after time, beginning
early last November, the wind,
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Mr.. Siebern's claim, which he
has presented through an action
in the New York courts. has set
the art world a-boiling, and has
made some estimable gentlemen
feel considerably annoyed and the
public feel more than q little
foolish. The quarrel arising there
from, even though 1t be decided
by the courts definitely in favor Of
one or the other, Is likely to
simmer for a long time. This
subject Of who did this or that
in the art world is a ticklish one.
Is there not still question as to
who built the Pyramids? Is
Pompey's pillar really a misnomer?
Or has Thebes q thousand gates.
as Homer sang. or only nine
hundred and ninety-eight by actual
count? And have there not been
centuried disputes in the nearer
world over the authorship Of art
pieces since Leonardo da Vinci in
vented the wheelbarrow! Some OF
these disputes have been. in q
manner of speaking. settled by
boisterous fellows with daggers, or
more subtiy with the poisoned
wine cup. before we learned to
say. your Honor. protest" or.
"Your Honor. beg leave to offer
this photograph as Exhibit A." So
determined are the partisans Of art
70 have their way.
There was a man in the middle
ages who. having decided ruefully
that he himself could do nothing
In the large creative way for the
cause Of art. put half q brick In
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bern claims. as an incident Of his
suit against Niehaus, that the de-
sign and model that won the award
and for which Niehaus has been
paid and honored by the nation
was bis design and model. The
legal action actually is brought
Ito enforce the terms of a con-
tract entered into between Niehaus
and Seibern," under which the lat
ter claims they were to divide the
proceeds G25. 5.oo0 after the compile
ton and erection Of the Key
Memorial monument and statue.
The claim does not say that Mr..
seibern is asking legal and public
recognition as the sculptor Of the
memorial, but unqualifiedly 1t,
amounts to the same thing.
Seibern maintains that he can
justify his claim-that half the
money belongs Of right to him
with all the proofs legally required.
Apart from the legal and documen-
tary side Of Seibern's claim. and
from the witnesses he says he can
bring into court. he maintains that
there is intrinsic proof in the
statue itself that the workmanship
IL his.
It should be said that II 10 not
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BY WILLIAM p. FLYTHE.

BY WILLIAM p. FLYTHE.
"HERE are more dangerous
mail trails than the air route
- across the Rockies. Postal
authorities reluctantly admit this.
For this perilous passage that
would take less than half a day
in an airplane requires more than
a month by the only practical
means Of transportation.
It is the route from Barrow to
Kotzebue. the longest as well as
the farthest north Of all mail
routes.
But even here In the outpost of
civilization postal efficiency is an
established fact.
Eskimos arrange their events by
the monthly arrival Of the mail
sled with the dog team or rein
deer. They even regulate their
Christmas by 1t. And when the
mail is a day late. as 1t has been
on one or two exceptional occa-
sions, grave fears are felt for the
safety of the two natives who
brave weather few white men
could survive . day in.
The first winter mail starts
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bis pocket and went out hunting
for the man who broke Michael.
angeles nose. Such an ardent and
disinterested fellow would be
happily employed in unraveling the
present tangle. and he would no
doubt be suitably rewarded by the
concourse Of diplomatic. political
and artistic elite that prayed. sang,
gloried and felt deeply when Presi-
dent Harding pulled the draperies
of the Key Memorial on the
14th of June. and Mr.. Niehaus
bowed his gratitude for their ep-
preciations Of his work.
Parenthetically. I asked Mr.. Sci
bern where he was on the 18th OF
June. Mr.. Seibern said he was
making ready to go on a fishing
trip, the bass season being due. by
the calendar, to open in his State
the following day.
THE commission to execute and
erect the Key Memorial was
made six years ago by a committee
of which James H. Preston, then
mayor Of Baltimore, was chairman,
and several noted public men. In
cluding Lieut.-Coi. C. o. Sheriff..
Of Washington. Superintendent Of
Public Grounds and Buildings.
representing the Federal Govern
ment. ~
The award was the result Of a
competition in which most Of the
known and unknown artists of the
United States participated. Partici-
patton in this contest required sub
mitting q model design. Mr.. Sci.
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By RICHARD J. WATERS.

SAN FRANCISCO. July Is
When Christopher Columbus
crossed the Atlantic. the aids to
navigation were very primitive.
consisting essentially Of the eie-
mentary magnetic compass. to-
rether with indomitable assur-
ance of good luck.
Since those days, however.
every maritime nation Of the
world has recognized the neces-
city for the development OF
various aids to navigation.
Until the past year or two
these developments have con-
sisted mainly Of compensation
devices for the magnetic COM
pass. the log. the sounding ma
chine. the pelcrus, the chart
lighthouses, lghtships, beacons,
buoys, foghorns, whistles, bells.
guns, the Sperry gyrocompass,
submarine sound signals. etc.
LIGHTS FUTILE IN FOG.
Lishtships and lighthouses are
established and maintained at
public expense along the coasts
and at harbor entrances the
world over to serve navigators as
Kuides, or as danger signals, for
the purpose Of preventing acci-
dents.
However, during thick or foggy
weather, when the greatest need
for. these aids to navigation ex-
lists, they fail to serve their pur-
pose adequately.
Light waves, at the present time
do not penetrate foE. Sound sig
nails are at times unreliable and
cannot be depended upon to in.
dicate direction or distance.
The various dangers to nav.
ration have been greatly reduced
by the general use Of radio.
At first this aid to navigation
was used not az . means for pre-
venting accidents, but usually for
the purpose Of procuring timely
aid, thereby minimizing the loss
of life and property.
The next step In the use Of
radio was the installation OF d.
rection finding stations. These
stations have been established at
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vessels can take simultaneous
bearings without Interference.
The operation Of the latest i'm
proved system can be carried out
accurately by any navigating
officer. It's operation requires
no special knowledge Of radio
apparatus or codes.
With the telephones upon the
ears the coil is rotated by means
of a small handwheel, during
which time characteristic signals
from the station will be heard
with gradually varying degrees OF
tones until the plane Of the coil
is at right angles to the direction
of the station from which the
signals are transmitted, at which
point the signals fade away COM
pletely.
BY means Of cross-bearins on
two or more stations or by several
bearings on a single station with
the distance logged between bear
inss, the position Of the ship can
then be determined by simple
trianguiation with an accuracy
equal to sight bearing on visible
fixed obiecta
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Golden Acclaim.

The Macys. the Vanderbilts and
the Rockefellers all have priced ex-
amples OF his work. He has q life-
sized group In the gardens Of
Evert Macy. at Scarborough. N. Y.
His work for the R6ckefeliers
during the past ten years totals
four solid years. For the greater
part Of that time be lived on the
Rockefeller estate at Pocantico
Hills. In the privately printed
book describing the Rockefellers'
art treasures, Seibern's name APP
pears five times as creator Of fig.
ures. friezes and fountain pieces.
with accompanying pictures OF his
work. This work OF Seibern's has
been reproduced In art journals
several times. both in this country
and abroad. and flatteringly COM
mented upon. John D. Rockefeller
selected Seibern to go abroad and
make some art studies for his pri-
vate gardens. On his return he
made three life-size fountain fig
ures. one fountain group and many
decorative pieces.
MR.. sEIBERN also made the
AVA sculptures on the Dillon Me-
mortal. Of which Arthur Ware was
the architect. He made the
sculptures ION the Ocean Cable
building in New York city. and on
the Telephone and Telegraph
building. now nearing completion
in that city. He was and Is now
associated with some Of the most
prominent architects In the United
States, including welles Bosworth,
for whom he has done sculptural
decorations and designs several
times.
Seibern's work has been ex-
hibited in the National Academy
of Design. the Architectural
League. and in galleries in New
York. Buffalo, Philadelphia,
Chicago and Boston.
He studied in this country In
the National Academy Of Design,
where his classmates were such
well-known artists as Paul Man
ship, August Krause and Leo
Friedlander. In addition. he stud
led and worked in both Italy and
Greece.
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NIEHAUS, CHARGED
WITH USING MODEL
OF ANOTHER ARTIST
Art Friends of Both Men Rally to Their Re
spectiVe Defense, While Public, Likewise
Stirred by Amazing Charge, Wishes for
Settlement of Latest Controversy Over
Golden Acclaim.

From tho foregoing account Of
Mr.. Seibern's career. accomplish
ments and achievements. all Of
which can easily be authenticated.
It win be seen that he IL not all
together a nobody" in the realm 3
Of art.
RECOGNIZED AS MASTER. :,
He is recognized by his New
York contemporaries as a master,
of the classic tradition. His /,
studio. which is In Greenwich
Village in New York city, ID In !,
teresting for several features. For
one thing. It contains several
specimens Of his work, but not one
of them has any hint Of the
technique used by the cubist. I'm,
pressionist or other ultra-modern
schools of sculpture.
One would naturally expect an
artists in Greenwich Village to dis
play the influence of such schools.
Seibern. however. Is apparently in
terested solely in beauty, as 1t is
understood and expressed in the
work of Praxiteles and other mas
ters of ancient Greece and Rome
THE action instituted in the
New York courts echoes loudly
In Baltimore, where many Of the
country's most public spirited and
patriotic men and women take just
pride in the statue 80 recently un-
veiled to the man who, imprison-'
ed on q British warship, saw
Through the dawn's early light
that the flag was still there" They
take a special pride in the fact
that the memorial design finally
accepted was chosen by q commit.
tee from hundreds of models sent
In by American artists from every
part Of the country, chosen by
those well qualified to choose for
its symbolic power and beauty as
a monumental landmark in the his
tory of American patriotism. The
American public. no less than the
art world. will be pleased to see
the quarrel finally over and
through, and they may be pleased
to hang someone's scalp along
with that Of the renowned DR..
Cooks top.knot.
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be 30 preposterous as to make the
claim Mr.. Seibern makes. He
further says he befriended seibern
when the latter was poor and help
ed to give him his start in life.
Mr.. Niehaus is well known and
personally known to artists and
public men. Several Of the mem
bers of the commission that award
ed the commission for the statue
speak for his artistic ability and
rectitude. Mr.. Preston. formerly
mayor Of Baltimore. in particular.
vouches for his character and
states that never q word OF
suspicion has bean said against his
name. He cannot understand why
Mr.. Seibern waited six years be-
fore making his claim. Mr.. Seibern'
answers this by saying he didn't
have the money to make the orig
inal design and model. and that Me
haus supplied all money to work on
under contract with him. Colonel
Sheriff. Is averse to the thought
that Seibern had anything to do
with designing or executing the
work. and. because Of the many &C
complishments Mr.. Niehaus has to
his credit, cannot believe the story
that on this occasion he appro-
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Millions i'm Shipping
Destroyed by
Worrn-Like Mollusk

swimming larva ensues. This goes
out to SOW wild oats, or lead =
"pelagic" existence for a while,
after which it decides 1t Is about
time to settle down and prepare
for old age.
1t selects for this the first bit Of
a floating object that comes Its
way and begins to dig in.
It begins with a tiny puncture,
just large enough to admit the
microscopic organism and then
widening the burroW as It increases
in size. Some Of them grow to be
four feet in length with a diam.
eteraof q half inch. making a hole
in the ship of that size.
A $50. ZOO, 900 LOSS.
II now stops burrewins and be-
gins to concern itself with repro
duction. It is estimated that a
single specie may reproduce from
100000 to 1000, 900 annually.
The worms are more destruc-
tive, the report claimsA A con-
spicuous instance Is q loss suffer
ed In San Pablo and Sulsan Bay,
when the worms destroyed $2o.-
100000 in shipping.
Just recently a long wharf con-
structed In Chesapeake Bay, near
Smith Island, collapsed within
three months after it's construc-
ton. Investigation proved that
the piles had been severed by ship
worms. Pc"
More recently attention has
been called to the ravages Of the
ship worm In the canal region,
where on the Atlantic end we have
q huge borer known as Keynes
shipworm, which freely attacks
greenheart timber. . wood that was
supposed to be immune" says the
report. 90
A closely related ship worm af.
fects the fresh waters Of the Mira
flores Lake on the opposite side.
This 10 the first fresh water ship
worm reported In American
waters. Ea
To date DR.. Rartsch has dsioov-
sred twenty-eight different speci.
mons Of this destructive water mol
iusk and says that there are at
least five more which he has not
had the opportunity Of ciassifyinE.
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"tllCu 10 always pAoWthe - s
cut loose and lashed this coast
with storms that have made mush-
ing it's trails the hardest and most
dangerous travelling in the world.
CHRISTMAS MAIL FAILED.
This winter the mail did not
arrive before Christmas. nor on
Christmas Day, nor on Monday.
the 26th, when the less solemn
part of the celebration began.
And as the folks came to-
gether here at the schoolhouse
for the festivities. the entertain
ment, the giving Of presents, the
feast and the outdoor games that
were to last three days, the one
serious topic Of conversation was
the non-arrival Of the mail car
rier. 'onoway.puk' Cbig wind,
they said. shaking their heads.
'opkotiseechuk' (traii very bad).
But we didn't begin at once
to worry about this. Ned Nus
hunginya. the splendid Eskimo
mail carrier. isn't the sort that
you easily or quickly start worry
ing about. Ned 10 not only ike
all Eskimo, Intelligent and kind
in the treatment Of dogs ana
ready to 90 hungry himself rather
than see them starved and under
fed, but when going with the
mail he does not add his weight
to the load the dogs must haul.
He does not ride on the sled.
He is running when he comes
into the village and when he
leaves. But how do we know that
he does not sit on the sled. or
stand on the runners when he
gets beyond sight Of the village?
RUNS WITH HIS DOGS.
The truth Is that when carry
ing the mail he wears. not fur
breeches az do most Of US here,
but thin khaki pants, in which, II
he were to sit or stand still on
the sled with the mercury down
where Il has been hanging this
wintsr-around forty beiow--his
legs and feet would quickly
freeze.
He runs with his dogs prac-
tically every step Of the fifty miles.
II any man In Alaska could be
counted on to bring dog team
through that man In Hushun-
Einya
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unusual, In q work Of such magni-
tude as the Key Memorial, that sew
eral artists are employed on de-
tails Of the plan. 1t Is the custom
among masters engaged on such
immense undertakings to employ
other artists to work with them un-
der their guidance and direction.
Mr.. Niehaus admits that Seibern
was employed by him to do work
Of this kind on the Key statue. But
that admission does not satisfy Mr..
Seibern, whose breach OF con-
tract" claim strikes much deeper,
and, in the minds Of artists. and Of
Mr.. Niehaus in particular, is tanta-
mount to claiming the whole works
and all the credit that belongs
Herewith.
THE attitude Of Mr.. Niehaus to-
ward the claims set forth in Mr..
seibern's suit for half the money.
and the contention incidental to
them. is very simple. He denies
them. He says that he cannot con-
ceive of the slightest basis for
them. He says the Key Memorial
is wholly his own in conception. de-
sign and execution. 1t is a shock
to him, he says. that anyone should
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In . fog, can be located without
delay incidental to hunting.

In . fog. can be located without
delay incidental to hunting.
In the holster system radio
beacons are installed on light
vessels and at lighthouses in the
vicinity to harbor entrances and
places dangerous to navigation, the
exact location of which are plainly
shown on all maritime charts.
These stations send out char
scteristic radio signals similar to
lighthouse flashes.
In the vicinity Of New York
three radio beacon stations have
already been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
channel light vessel, Fire Island
light vessel and Sea Girt, N. j.,
lighthouse. other lighthouses and
light vessels are being similarly
equipped.
IS QUICKLY OPERATED.
with the holster radio com,
pass and direction finder Install
ed In the chartroom Of q vessel,
the navigator can operate II
quickly and as often as desired
without the cooperation OF any.
one and without the knowledge
Of anyone, either aboard his own
ship or on shore. Any number OF
The Washington times., 1922-07-16
By EDMOND McKENNA.

"YHO designed and executed the memorial monuments
w to Francis Scott Key author of the StarSpangled
Banner that unveiled at Fort McHenry in
Baltimore harbor the fourteenth of June of this year by
President Hardingf
Charles Henry Niehaus, nationally known sculptor has
been paid for it in honor and money. g
Emil Siebern, sculptor not well known, claims half
the money which, if he should be successful in making good
his claim would incidentally result in bestowng all the
honors on him. -
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By. WILLIAM p. FLYTHE.

ENToMoLoGIsTs and bacter-
ioiogists are having a merry
little dispute on the relative de-
structiveness and costlfness Of the
bugs under their immediate super.
vision.
. The former hold to the opinion
that the insect pests which destroy
crops and feed on trees and occa-
sionally carry disease are far more
dangerous. \
But the latter claim that when
It comes to actual damage, the lit
tie germs that cause most of the
physical disabilities and deaths are
really the greatest expense facing
the world. -
This controversy has been a
deadlock until recently. The -bac'
teriologists had no new germ to
offer. The entomologists had no
\ new bug.
WORMS ATTACK SHIPS.
Now comes the National Museum
here with the ship worm. Com
pared with other insects and germs
he is a really dangerous being, for
he menaces the world commerce.
says a report.
II is nothing In his young life to
cut the underpinning from a pile
inside of a few weeks and precipi-
tate It into the ocean.
He also thinks that an ocean.
going steamship 10 his natural
enemy and proceeds to bore . hole
into Il Just as effectively as q half
inch drill. Enough Of them would
make a ship a first-clsss sieve. de.
clare Government scientists.
DR.. Paul Bartsch. Of the National
Museum, has Just completed a
careful study Of the ship worm
and prepared a monograph on the
subject. '.
He proceeding first 10 prove that
the ship worm is not q worm. but
o moIlusk. a>distant relative Of the
oyster and clam. ......
There ara two types. One gives
birth to living young and the other
IL egg.isyins. It 10 this latter type
which makes up the subject Of this
study.
Altar the eggs hatch . little tree
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New Radio Compass
Gives Ships
Bearings i'm Dense Fog

various harbor entrances Of the
United States. The purposes of
these stations were primarily a
war measure, to locate possible
enemy or strange vessels. In
peace times these stations fur.
nish bearings to ships upon re-
quest.
PLANS USED BY NAVY.
In the navy system. one or
more radio direction finding sta
tions are installed on shore in the
vicinity Of harbor entrances or
places considered dangerous to
navigation.
These. stations are equipped
with radio transmitters or are con-
nected to q central transmitting
station by means Of the ordinary
telegraph lines.
Vessels equipped with ordinary
radio apparatus can obtain bear
inss by request. However. a mer-
chant vessel desiring to learn its
position must first establish
radio communication with the
naval radio station on the wave
length Of that station.
When approved, the merchant
vessel then sends . series Of
radio signals and the direction
finding stations take bearings
which are either sent direct to
the ship by radio or are trans
mitted to q central sation, where
they are plotted on a chart and
the position then sent to the ves-
sci by radio. u
NEW COMPASS INVENTED.
Now comes an improved means
for q ships master to find his
own position. This system Is
known as the holster radio COM
pass. .
The inventor Of this system II
Frederick A. holster, for many
years connected with the United
States Bureau Of Standards as q
member Of its engineering staff.
The utility of the holster radio
compass and position finder on
shipbosrd goes further than TAX.
ing bearings on known stations
on or near shore. other vessels
at sea. perhaps In distress or lost