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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15
Business Women
Plan Vaudeville
Arrangements to be Com
pleted at Mondays
Meeting

Inc February meeting of the
Business and Professional Wo-
mems club was held Tuesday even.
ing in the auditorium of the
chamber of commerce and was :.
musical evening. Miss Lucy NJ
Graves, president of the club, wa,
in tn echair, and during the pro
gress of the supper a most en-.
Joyable program was rendered
Several selections were sung bv
Miss Mary Callahan; Mrs. Sam
uel Houston, of Washington, gave
two interpretive dances; duets
were sung by Miss Margaret How.
ard and Miss Evelyn Howard
and a number of plantation melo-
dies were given by the Roberts
Quintet" Miss Ruth Roberts, Miss
Mary Hunt Roberts, James w
Roberts. Cameron Roberts and
Allan Roberts, all singing and
the Misses Roberts also playing
the mandolin and banjo. For
several months past the me
bers of the club have had the
pleasure of hearing talks by well
known speakers, but this was one
of the most delightful meetings
of the winter. The entertain
ment committee served delic-
ious supper. with the table decor
a.ions in keeping with the Val
entine season.
Miss Corinne Reardon, chair
man of committee to raise funds
tc reimburse the club treasury
for the purchase of a piano. re.
ported plans under way for an
entertainment, in the nature of 9
vaudeville show, early in March
( in which a number of other or
ganizations in the city will co.
operate. each club putting on {
"stunt." The committee in charg.
of arrangements for this show
will meet Monday evening, at the
chamber of commerce, to furthe'
discuss plans. Members of thi-
committee are Miss Lucy NJ. Gr"''
es, Miss Corinne T. Reardon. Mis-,
Blanche Stansbury, Miss Eliza.
beth Ramey, Miss Carolina Yates
Miss Margaret Abramson, Mrs
frankie Howell, Miss AnGels
Nevitt, Mrs. Noel Garner. Mis-
! Emily May, Mrs. Carroll WoN'f
Miss Lillian Hoffman, Mrs. Lin.
wood Nails, Mrs. Helen Spring
man, Miss Amos, Miss Mar,
/ Moore. Miss Bertha Allison, Mis-.
/ Irma Coleman, Miss Crosson
Mrs. Mary Troth, Mrs. Charlie!
NJ. Shepperson, Miss Marian
Smith and Mrs. Charles Strauss
Miss Graves read letters from
national headquarters reminding
the club to prepare for represen
tation at the national convention
to be held in Portland, Ore. tn
! following summer.
\ The next meeting Of the clul
/ will be held on March l3.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15
THINK CYNOPHAGOTHERIUM
LURKING AROUND NORFOLK


anonymity. In a written report
to the Virginia Pilot, however,
they declare that in their opin-
ion the curious beast ventured
from his supposed haunts in the
great Dismal Swamp in search
of change Of diet.
Many of the reports of this
beasts. ravages are not to be
confirmed while many others show
that dogs and pigs were killed
by some animal and a portion
of their carcases was devoured
by an animal plainly carnivor-
Gus.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15

Paris. Feb. 15.-French and
Belgian miners quit work by
thousands today in a strike over
wages.
While the general strike de-
clared by the French miners fed
Grafton doeS not start officially
until tomorrow morning, workers
at many points stopped as soon
as word of the plan reached them
Several thousand Belgian work
ers walked out at Cuesmes in con
nection with nation wide de-
mand for p per cent increase
in wages.
The national council of confed-
Grated miners Of France has thus
far RETAINED from joining the
strike in this country. This is
welcomed by operators, as q fav-
orable sign. but L'Eclain admits
a majority of miners in the Loire
Valley will walk out tomorrow
The strike is expected 20 be par,
TALLY effective in the Nord, while
the Pas de Calais and AMIR
Coal Basins await Saturdays in
terview with employers at Douai
The French press today expire,
sed fear that Germany wout'
interpret the coal strike as en-
couragement of resistance IN tn
Ruhr. The Petit Partisan appeal
to the patriotism of the worker
not to give the Germans thi
much hope.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15
Four Prohibition Cases
Are Set For Tomorrow

The case of Mercer Langley
Archie ButtleS, James Haire and
Thomas Jackson. indicted by a
grand jury in the corporation
court Monday for alleged viola
tions of the state prohibition law,
are slated. for trial beginning at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning in
the corporation court.
In this court today George Con
roy, indicted for an alleged vio-
lation of the prohibition law, was
fined $50 and costs after he en-
tered a plea Of guilty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15
Ruhr Citizens Still on
Verge of Outbreak
Of Hostility
OFFICER FLOGGED
Germany Encouraged at
News of Trouble Re-
sulting Over Wages
Paid French Miners

France was baked today in
her battle for coal-in which she
threw 100000 men and a billion
francs into the Ruhr-when
French miners approved a gene
raj strike to start tomorrow
morning and many left the pits.
The strike, and a simultaneous
walkout of Belgian miners, was
stated to have connection with
the Ruhr situation, but Germany
took heart at the. occurrence.
German leaders pointed out that
France, during her months occu-
patton of the Ruhr, has secured
about 2 per cent of what coal
she would have received had she
stayed away.
M. lie Troquer, minister Of
public works, began his appeal
for British cooperation before Bo
mar Law and Lords Curzon and
Derby at Downing Street. TIL
French Minister asked brltaH
to let fuel trains. troop manned
passed through Cologne.
The French government hopes
TO confine the coal strike to the
Loire Valley. since all miners as
soeiations will not go out, and 1t
was announced today that coal
trains were moving from Ruhr
pits to France. Belgium, Switzer-
land, Italy and Holland.
The Ruhr was still on edge for
an outbreak; a French officer was
reported to have beaten by Ger
man crowd. although one dis
patch had the incident occurring
at GelAenkirchen, while another
placed it at Bocbum.
The town of Gelsenkirchen did
not pay the hundred million
marks fine imposed upon it for
the wounding of two French Off
GERS and its officials seek to arbi-
trate the after with General De
GOutte.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15
DIES FROM INJURIES

Danville, Feb. Is - Antonio
Prestoni, who a week ago was in
iured when an awning subsido'
rom the weight of snow an
rushed the man to the sidewalk
lied from his injuries yesterday
ut Edmunds Hospital.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15

Winnipeg: Bank clearings in
1922 here reached S2,563,93S,7O4,
ranking third among American
titles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15

Ottawa, Ont: Canada in 1922
produced 1856 400 bushels of
wheat, six million more than in
1915.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15
Twelve Degrees is Low
Mark Reported in
City
SWEPT BY GALE
Coolest Weather Since
1917 is Prediction of
Weather Bure u
Fires Menace Chicago

Washington. Feb, 15.-The
present cold wave will last Sc
hours longer at ieasI. with the
probability of holding on much
cnger. the weather bureau sta
ted today.
The forecast for the next SO to
as hours is for continued cold for
all of the territory east of the
Mississippi, with decided drop
in temperature tonight in Nlr-
o5nia, North and South Carolina.
Georgia. northern Florida and
Alabama.
While a gale and severely cold
weather held the entire country
in its grip this morning and last
night, Alexandria was not lag
ging behind.
At six O'Clock this morning the
thermometer registered Il de-
grees. the coldest weather so far
here this winter. A wind that at
times reached the proportions OF
gale has been sweeping the city
since early yesterday afternoon
today gave no signs of dying
down.
The cold snap. it is said, will
continue the rest of the week.
I Ushered into the Central Plains
States on Tuesday by a heavy
snowfall and high winds, the cold
spell will be the most severe
since 1917, the weather bureau
Ipredicts.
Detroit, Feb. 15.-Michigan to
day was still held in the worst
Of the winter and the local wealth,
er bureau could not state whet
relief could be expected.
1 The slow movement of the
storm over the St. Lawrence Val
Hey was given as the reason 70,
continued cold.
Unless there is rapid rise il
temperature within the next da.
Ior so there is a chance the Goa
Continued on page three)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-15
WEATHER

Fair tonight. Colder in east Gen.
trail portion. Friday fair. Contin-
ued cold
Evening star., 1923-06-25

Macmillan will place on the cliff facing
the camp a memorial tablet in honor
OF the eighteen men of the Inflated
Greely expedition, who died there
in 1884. This tablet has been author
lied by the trustees of the National
| Geographic Society.
DIR. MACMILLAN hopes to reach Cape
Sabine about the middle of August
and will select the most advantageous
spot to allow the ship to be frozen
into the ice for the winter. Should
Ice conditions as far north as Cape
Sabine prohibit this course, he will
winter at Jones Sound.
To Get Own Meat Supply.
The first necessity upon arrival will
be to lay in a goodly supply of fresh
meat, principally seal meat 1t has
| been found that 1t is essential in the
far north to eat plenty of fresh
meat to avoid scurvy. Although the
Bowdoin Is carrying a large supply
of food, past experiences in his fifteen
years of arctic work have proved to
DR.. Macmillan the absolute necessity
OF conserving every ounce of food A
polar expedition expected to last a
year frequently has turned out to
| last from two to four years instead
and appetites whetted by arctic work
have devastating effect on the
ships stores.
Walrus hunting also will be in
order, for the hide is excellent for the
soles of the Artic boots, or kamiks as
,, the Eskimos cali them. Catchine
Wairus is not recommended as a past
Tune Tor a nervous person for the
walrus do not hesitate to attack
dories or the Eskimo kayaks With
their long. heavy tusks propelled by
several tons of beef they are formid-
able battering rams and many are
the boats they have STAYED in and
sunk.
If possible, they are shot while ly-
ing on an ice pan or. if in or close
TO water, they are harpooned before
they are shot to prevent their sink
ing
The Macmillan expedition is not a
stunt. Its primary purpose is to
ada TO the worlds knowledge of the
tar north which presents the largest
quered by mans courage and in
genuity. On top of the earth there
are half million square miles of
unexplored territory and thousands
upon thousands of miles untrod by
the white man.
trated far enough north. but that al
| most all expeditions have been spec
| tacular dashes for the North pole.
that mathematical point on the
1umbled Ice of the Polar sea, and the
| explorers have hurried past vast
| regions unknown to man.
| New Land Only Mirage.
| DR.. Macmillan purposes to explore
much new territory. to substitute
| guesswork and theory. Prior to
| his Crokerland expedition of IeI3-I7
| the maps of the Arctic presented a
| land IN the Polor sea something more
than 100 miles to the west of Cane
Thomas Hubbard This was the land
Evening star., 1923-06-25

havior during manufacture was care
fully watched to insure the longest
possible life. In addition. all mate
rails have been supplied to manufac-
ture these batteries aboard as needed
1t is the great care used in select
ing materials, installing appara tus
and arranging for communication
that leads DIR. Macmillan to express
confidence that his party not only will
listen in" on the doings of civiliza-
ton, but that he will succeed in re-
turning to the world, week by week
the story of his own experiences.
On previous trip time signals were
received through the northern lights
OF his crew possessed sufficient radio
knowledge they would have received
radio MESSAGES as well.
DR.. Macmillan is enthusiastic over
news reports and other radio broad
cast features, particularly for the
beneficial effect on the morale of the
party.
One of the chief problems of the
leader of the arctic exploration
party" he said. just before sailing,
''is to preserve harmony and good
feeling among the meE. When one
stops to consider that for $50 days.
after reaching winter quarters the
Bowdoin will be frozen into the ice
and that for many weeks we will be
enshrouded in the arctic night, the
value of radio communication will
be readily seen.
Will Help Keep Men Content.
previously. it has been almost i'm
possible to avoid trouble when men,
bers of the expedition, all varying
widely in temperament. have been
cooped up together. 1t is surprising
how quickly a man becomes talked
out. Then. unless he has some real
interest, some work that fascinates
him, he is inclined to become morose
and not infrequently quarrelsome.
II believe that the radio will supply
the home touch, topics Of conversation
and constantly renewed interests that
will make this the happiest and most
contented exploration expedition that
ever went into the arctic"
DIR. Macmillan also uses extreme
care in the selection of the members
of the crew and party. He prefers
single men, with as few home ties as
possible. and shuns the professional
man or one whose career distinctly
lies in civilization. This is because
such a man, during the comparative
on the time he feels he is los
ing and the loss of opportunity. Also,
such a man looks forward eagerly to
the termination of the expedition. to
the day when the ships prov once
again will be headed to the south and
home. Many times unfavorable con-
ditions in the north prevent this, and
the expedition faces another year in
the icy grip. Some men, confronted
with this situation. have nearly lost
their sanity after interminable hours
and days Of brooding disappointment
The Bowdoin is now headed for
winter quarters. just south of Cape
Sabine, about eleven degrees from the
north pole. at 79 degrees north
latitude. There at Camp Clay. DR..
Evening star., 1923-06-25

inches a day. DR.. Macmillan. on
previous expeditions, has discovered
a number of glaciers and charted
records will be enabled to- check
closely on the movement Of these
huge bodies since he last saw them.
pected, the reports Of large quantities
of ice in the north Atlantic are pleas
ing to DR.. Macmillan, because 1t
means that the ice which ordinarily
waters is coming out early and win
permit him to navigate his snip 70
a point farther north. -,
The vessel in which the party VIII
the Journey is the smallest ever used
in arctic work, and Is only eighty,
nine. feet long. Because OF its small
hold it Is registered as only nfteen
tons capacity although actuaiiy II ID
nearer eighty. Though small in size.
the Bowdoin was especially built In
1921 for arctic work, and in design
and construction, embodies the ideas
of DR.. MacMillaE, who has sailed
north in many dineSent types OF shlpe.
of the knockabout type. and Is sturd,
lily constructed of oaN with special
sheathing of greenland Just neIoW
her water line. It is 3xceptlonaily
wide at the stern to w&d on loose
ice from the propeller bla6es. and Is
somewhat dish shaped, 80 that when
caught in an ice jam the tendency Is
to thrust the vessel up on top or the
ice rather than to crush In her SIDES.
To Use Sails When He Can~
To conserve fuel for the powerful
engine, DR.. Macmillan, who Is "a
skilled navigator. plans to sail the
Bowdoin as much as possible.
An example of the ships durability
was afforded on the last trip when
she struck on shallow ground on the
way north, was given full speed
ahead and. bounding like jack rab
bit, hit eight or nine times before
finally going clear into deep water.
She ripped off her shoe and split the
keel. but it was not until few
weeks ago, when she was put into
paired. Despite this, the vessel went
through the entire trip without
trouble. and there was comparatively
little water In her when she was
pumped out on her return home.
Besides DIR. Macmillan the men,
bers of the party will include:
Ralph II. Robinson of Haverhill.
Mass, his chief assistant. who ac-
companied him on his last trip to
Thomas McCue. mate. whose career
reads like fiction of the most melo-
dramatic kind. He went to sea at
the age of ten and has served In
every conceivable kind of craft from
trawler. He is a New Foundlander
and served in the British army dur
ing the war. He was actually in the
trenches three years and twenty-five
days and was wounded four times.
He was on MacMillan's last expedi-
Ition.
Donald Mix of Bristol. Conn. radio
operator. He Is twenty years old, the
youngest member Of the party.
Richard Goddard of Winthrop,
Mass. Making his second trip with
Macmillan for the Carnegie Institu-
tion.
John Jaynes of Somerville. Mass.
the engineer. An expert mechanician
and formerly a teacher in the Somer-
willie High School. He is the only
married man in the expedition.
James Gilchrist, cook. Wide sea
experience.
In Greenland. the eighth member,
an interpreter, will be taken aboard.
Evening star., 1923-06-25
Macmillan, Famous Explorer,
With Peary at the North Pole

Donald Baxter Macmillan, who is
now forty eight years old, has a long
and remarkable record in arctic
work, including his participation as
Peary's lieutenant in the expedition
which reached the north pole in 1909.
The sea gave him his environment
as child. He was born in the his
torIc fishing village of Provincetown,
Mass, on November 10, 1874.
Exploration called him from a ca
reer of teaching, and in 1908 he got
bis first sight of the far north as as
sistant in the Peary Arctic Club
North Polar Expedition. His later
arctic work has included:
1910-Member of the Cabot Labra-
dor party.
1911-12-Ethnological work among
Eskimos Of Labrador
1913-17-Leader of the Crocker
land expedition.
192O-22-Commande of the Mac
MILAN Baffin land expedition.
Besides contributing to many mag
azines. DR.. Macmillan is the author
VI our I ears In the White North
published in 1918. A second book
telling of his experiences is soon to
be published
His versatility surpasses that of
many OF the most celebrated expedi-
ton leaders. In addition to being a
practical navigator and having the
working knowledge of medicine requi-
site to an arctic party chief, Dr. Mac
MILAN is a student of various special
sciences. He took his A. B. in 1898
at Bowdoin College. which gave him
the A. NJ. degree in 1910 and that of
Sc. d. in 1918. He became principal
OF Levi Hall School in North Cor
nam, Me-. in 1898, and in 1900 left
there to become head of the classical
department at Swarthmore, Pa, Pre-
paratory School. From 1903 to 1908
ne was Instructor at the Worcester,
Mass, Academy. He is professor of
anthropoloSy at Bowdoin College. In
Evening star., 1923-06-25
ROBBERS KILL JEWELER.

NEW YORK, June 25.-While grap-
pling with one of trio of well dressed
young men. who attempted to rob his
jewelry store in the Bowery district.
Nathan Hebald was shot and killed
by the other two robbers The three
men escaped in a large touring car. No
iewelry was stolen
Evening star., 1923-06-25

l910-12 he did postgraduate work at
Harvard.
In 1888 he was an ensign in
the aviation branch of the United
States Naval Reserve.
He is widely known as a lecturer
and is a fellow of the American Geo.
graphic Society and the Royal Geo
graphical Society Hondon), as well
as the National Geographic Society,
the Harvard Travellers Club, the Ex-
p!orers' Club and Theta Delta Chi.
He is unmarried and his home is i'm
Freeport, Me-. few miles from the
port from which he sails.
Evening star., 1923-06-25
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Evening star., 1923-06-25
Ado Is BIG FACTOR
IN FATE OF LATEST
ARCTIC EXPEDITION

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-06-25

sre advancing after ages of retreat
over the wireless he will send his
findings.
Voyage to Last Is Months.
The Bowdoin goes prepared for
fifteen months voyage. She may be
trapped and held for years. She may
never return. 1t is possible, for all
the skill put into her construction,
that she will be crushed by the ice.
Or she may remain sound as a nut
with no living man TO care for her.
The little schooner, navigated by
MacMfllan himself, viii advance to
within IL degrees of the north pole
and there will be locked in the ice for
the winter. on thte edge of the larg-
est area OF the earths surface which
IL yet to be explored by white men.
Takes Movie Film, Too.
In this winter station. as well as
1While on the way and during the period
of exploration after the end of winter,
Macmillan will use two of the most in
genious of Inventions to record his
work: the movie and the wireless. He
. has 10000 feet of moving picture Aim
with him. dEIWH&
And the radio-wil it work?
Yes says Macmillan.
There are experts who say no. They
say the aurora borealis is to radio like
a brick wall to an arrow. They point
TO other difficulties
But Macmillan replies that in 1921,
IN an experiment, he himself picked up
time signals through the aurora.
With him is Donald Mix, a lad Of
twenty, as eager for the work as a
youngster for a picnic. He was chosen
from long list of possibiites-chosen
FOR his special abilities as wireless op-
orator for an arctic explorer.
And Mix says with his chief, We'll
get the messages through
In the United States and in Canada
an army of radio amateurs will listen
Tor Mix's signal on specified night
each week.
When they pick him up, they will send
the messa ge-it will be in code-to the
nearest newspaper cooperating in the
experiment.. That means the nearest
newspaper. in the United States and
tauada, which is a member of the
North American Newspaper Alliance.
Tie message, decoded. will be published
n turn.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-11-01
CToo late for last week.

Mr.. and Mrs. f Calvin were
in Webster, Wis. Tuesday.
Mr.. Ludwig and r. Britton
made a business trip to James
vile, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Swanson en-
ioyed a visit with friends from
town Of Danforth Sunday.
Miss Verona Ludwig returned
to Webster. Wis. Tuesday. after
spending several days with her
parents.
c. Hanstad and Francis and
Victor Ludwig had the pleasure
of walking home from Kerrick
last week.
n. Matson and W. Shute at
tended the directors meeting of
the Pine County Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. in Askov last Sat
urday.