Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-18
FLAPPERS AND WHITE INDIANS
IN ARCTIC, M'MILLAN SAYS
Back After Fifteen Months in
Frozen North, Explorer
Brings Marvellous Stories
and Rare Animals

SYDNEY. n. s., Sept. 16.-Captain
Donald Baxter Macmillan, explorer,
who has brought his vessel, the Bow
dom. to ancF or in this port after
fifteen months in northern Green
land and Ellesmere Land, today tOlG
Of Eskimo flappers and white In
dams, the amazement of Eskimos at
motion pictures and other things in
the Arctic.
After loading oil and water, the
only supplies found necessary after
fourteen months in the arctic, Cap
tain Macmillan sailed this afternoon
for Wiscasset, Me.
The captain said he planned to
make the journey to his home har
Dor without touching elsewhere.
On the way to port in a storm,
the schooner shipped considerable
water through her matches, and the
dogs, foxes, and other animals
tethered on the deck had to swim
for it at times.
The Eskimo fIappers haven't
bobbed their hair yet, but they like
to smoke cigarettes" Macmillan
said. They used to have trouble
finding enough girls to go around.
but this year for some reason there
is a small surplus and d number of
unmarried young women--a very un-
usual condition among the polar
ESkimos.
"One of the biggest surprises for
the trip was when [ bought a bag
of potatoes at Diske, the farthest
north settlement in Greenland. L
thought tEey had grown them some
where but in reality there were i'm.
ported from Denmark"
Mae MILAN said that the BowdOin S
radio worked remarkably Well 1t
was the first trip of eight, he said,
in which he was able to send and "a
celVe messages to and from kis fam
lily and friends. The ships station
sent about 81, 900 words and received
more than 100000 words Of press
news alone.
Natives Marvel at Movies
About 10000 feet of motion pic
lures were taken along and shown
10 the Eskimos, including several
reels taken on the voyage of 1917.
The natives stood Spellbound on the
snip as they saw friends and rela
yves, some of them long since dead.
brought back to life and motion nv
tfe white mans magic machine.
Previous indications that glaciers
are advancing and not refreatin.r
nave been confirmed. Glaciers which
the memory of Eskimos now Tvina.
mad not reached the sea now are a r
!he seashore and breaking off into
lcepergs. This phenomenon. Mac
NliIan SAID, sfould mean an in
creased number of icebergs in the
Alctlc current off New Foundalnd.
coming back 10 radio, DR.. Mac
MILAN said that the chief radio
phenomenon noted was that com.
Ii .,I was practically impos-
Sliole with all eastern stations. al.
chouSh Annapolis. Md, was heard
la!ntIy at times. Stations on the Pa
cine coast were plainly heard and
the one station that could be de.
pended upon at all times was one
al Prince Rupert, operated by an
amateur named Barnsley.
Macmillan said that he had heard
py radio OF the discovery of white
indians in Panama" They are AL.
plnos, he declared.
W mite Eslln-os I've seen lots of
tIelll' ne added. They only mean
mat some other white men had
oeen there ahead Of you: thew are
half breeds"
Inc Bowdoin brings back. in ad.
tutIon TO much scientific data in
the fields of geology, meteoroloev
ana ornthology, a great variety of
furs, Eskimo canoes. arms and
carved ivory. She also carries a
paIr OF young blue foxes, three full
sto"h dogs, and a half dozen pun
pies, three white gerfaloons. a
species never before successfullv
brought south.
Eskimos Laugh at DR.. Cook
uIt ESAi-nos accompanied the
explorer on the explorations. to.
seiher with seventy dogs. Thev
We're picked up at various points
on the way north and dropped
aSaln on the way back. .Among the
h@tlNes was Tooh-A- Suk. Dr.. Cooks
Eulde. Captain Macmillan saws thar
LOOK Is well remembered by the ma.
.lVes who laughed al his claims
declaring that lie spent the winter
on Jones Sound. 500 miles sontb
Of the North Pole.
referring TO MS prediction made
IN l925 that the Labrador sold rush
would fail. Macmillan told of meet.
ms one group of explorers. heavily
bearded, who had sworn not 10
shave until they had found gold
The little schooner has proved
herself practically ice proof, Mac.