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NEW YORK. June 2s.-P-Cot-
ton opened steady. July. 1918:
oct. 1850; Dec. 1884: Jan. 1886;
Mar. 1900.
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~ q. FUTURES

NEW ORLEANS, June 25.-(P-
Cotton futures closed steady at net
advance Of 8 to 10 points.
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LIVESTOCK

FORT WORTH, June 28.-{P-
Hogs: 1000; 1Oc to l5c higher; tor
s10.s5: better 1925 pounds raj
hogs S1O.75G 1925; desirable 1920
pound truck hogs $1,000 1925.
Cattle and calves: 1900; very
quiet; common slaughter steers Sc
range; COWS up to S925; others So;
bulls S6.5018.o0; light vealers
$3.50: heavy calves Sl1.
Sheep: 1000: steady. wethers
SIPS; yearlings $40; feeder year
lings SITS TO $3.50.
CHICAGO. June 28.-lP-Hogs
$4,000: Is TO CSC higher; top 11.40;
packing sows 925 TO 1910. Pigs,
1925 to 1l-25.
Cattle: 1900. Calves: 500. Steady,
top 1855: slaughter steers, good
and choice 950-15O0 lbs 13.O0q15.65.
COWS. good and choice $50 TO 1900:
vealers Cmilk-fed) good and choice
1900 to 1875.
Sheep. 1000: strong 10 TO CSC
higher; 1875 to 1485; ewes, $50 to
CTS.
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1884: May 1884; July 1874; Oct.
l8.49; Dec. 1859.
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iapsed into Inconsistencies on her
way TO the hospital.
AEhcraft was SO years old and was
born in Protection, Kansas. He had
seen . flle- for a number Of years
&ld was considered an expert pilot
Miss Gentry was formerly a cash
ser IL a restaurant. She attracted
attention early in 1926 by plotting a
plane under the Brooklyn and Man
haitian bridges over the east river
in New York.
In 1928 she set an endurance solo
record for women fliers BY staying
in the air over Roosevelt field for
8 hours and 81 seconds.
Drop Note
The Answer was last seen over
Roosevelt field about els a. m. A
mechanic on his way to work later
found a note which had been drop
ped from the plane saying the gas
oline vas running low but there was
enough in the tanks 10 last two
hours. The note described a fog
bank as about 80 feet thick.
A clock in the plane. broken in
the crash. had stopped at 6:l5
o'clock.
ROOSEVELT FIELD. N Y. June
26.-LP-The monoplane Three
Musketeersr was crawling through a
heavy fog over Long Island today in
a quest for a new endurance refuel-
Ing flight mark. with its crew IN
mindful or the tragedy which befell
'"The Answer" Viola Gentrys plane
which took off last night IN another
assault on the record
Martin Jensen. pilot Of the Three
Musketeers. saw The Answer disap-
near into the fog. however. and ~ a
rote dropped to the flying field
asked What happened 70 Viola?
saw her disappear AZ low altitude.
Am worried"
The Three Musketeers was re-
f,eled ~ Z n. n. The operation was
carried on 1000 feet IN the air as
the two ships were forced 70 climb
above the fog bank.
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N. Y. FUTURES

NEW YORK, June 26.-P-Cot
ton futures:
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My hearts in the highlands, my heart
is not here:
MY hearts in the highlands, a-chasing
the deer"
N&
FRANCE.-It will be recalled that
just prior to recessing the House and
Senate passed resolution providing
for postponement from August !, 1929,
to May /, $780, of the due date of the
debt of about $4OO ,OOO, 600 owing our
Government from the French govern
ment upon the account of the war
stocks left by us in France and pur-
chased by France, on condition that
prior to August /, 1929, the French
Parliament should ratify the Mellon
Berenger agreement. To be sure. the
resolution did not become law, owing to
the neglect of the Vice President and
tine Speaker of the House to sign 1t
prior to the recess, but the President
has stated the intention to honor the
expressed intent of the Congress.
But, Notwithstanding the sensible
decision of the President. the little
difficulty of the war stocks debt is not
settled. For the French Parliament
does not wish to ratify the Berenger
agreement prior to ratification of the
Young plan by all the governments
concerned, and it is highly improbable
that such ratification will be effected
prior to August l. On June 27, accord
ingly, the French Parliament passed the
following resolution:
Before opening the discussion rela-
Evening star., 1929-06-30
The Story the Week Has Told

tive to the ratification of the interna-
tional debts, and because of the limited
time before payment of the war-stocks
debts is due. the chamber, desiring to
proceed with a thorough examination
of the text of the accord with Wash
ington, and in view of the new ex-
perts' plan (the Young plan), notes
the governments declaration that 1t
agrees to open new negotiations with
the United States looking to the post
ponement until December 81 OF the pay
ment for Army stocks
Premier Poincare is to undertake the
negotiations indicated. But what an
swer is to be expected from Washing
ton other than that the unconditional
postponement requested could only be
granted by the American Congress, and
that the Congress has recessed to Sep
tember 23. Apparently, then, the Ber-
enger agreement must be ratified be-
fore August /, or the war-Stocks debt
must be paid before that date. The
developments in this business will be
watched with great interest.
In the first three months of this year
deaths exceeded births in France by
70,205, whereas in the corresponding
period of 1928 births exceeded deaths
by 1888. A plausible explanation of
the melancholy figures is the excep-
tionally severe Winter, causing high
mortality, especially among infants.
! GERMANY.-On June 27 the Reichs-
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BY RUSSELL OWEN.

LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica.-The
first season of the Byrd Antarctic Ex-
pedition has ended and the amount of
work done has exceeded Comdr. Byrd s
expectations Five and a half months
have elapsed since the expedition left
Dunedin. In that time heavy task OF
unloading has been accomplished, the
largest base in the Antarctic has been
built three exploration flights, covering
10000 square miles, have been made
and there has been creditable amount
of scientific work. A vast territory has
been claimed for the United States east
of the Ross Dependency.
The three exploration flights made
by Comdr. Byrd were supplemented by
a Photographic flight. in which the
Rockefeller Mountains, discovered by
him, were mapped by aerial camera, as
was the coast of the barrier northeast
of the Bay of Wales and the bay itself
Another mountain range, peaks of
which were first seen by the command
er, was found on this flight to extend
far to the southeast. Land has also
been seen to the south between King
Edward Land and Carmen Land.
A geological trip was made to the
Rockefeller Mountains, and they were
found to be of very old formation
not allied with the land on their side
of the barrier. The range was surveyed
and its position located. Meteorological
observations, including 125 balloon runs,
have been made, the aurora and its pos
sible connection with radio is being
studied, radio experimental work is be-
ing done. magnetic observations carried
on and also studies of the barrier struc-
ture, especially in relation to crevasses
and ice 0rystallography. A good deal
of other work is being done this Winter.
including dietetic and biological studies
During this time there have been
built three main houses, one small liv-
ing house and one tiny hut made of
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boxes in which man will attempt to
live all Winter as an experiment;
Photographic laboratory. three main
storerooms, dug out Of the snow, radio
and airplane workrooms and a machine
shop, two snow hangers for the planes,
one-half mile of tuItnc!s for the dogs
and men, a magnetic observatory, a
meteorological observatory, a meteoro-
logical workroom, a geological workroOm
and a gymnasium big enough for box
ing Three radio towers 60 feet high
have been erected and equipped with
various types of antennae and two long
auxiliary antennae have been strung on
poles above ground. An entire system
in duplication for generating electricity
for radio and electric lights has been
set up.
Two sledging journeys have been
made, one to the south and one to the
east, in the directions flights will be
made next year, and main bases of
food. fuel and other supplies estab-
lished. A food cache, fuel cache and
an oil cache have also been placed some
distance from camp in anticipation of
a possible emergency, and a cache laid
down at the Rockefeller Mountains.
Dangerous material, such as acetylene,
which explodeS at low temperatures,
and blasting powder has been cached
far awav. In addition to all this, enough
seals for food for dogs and some for
men have been obtained. There is
sufficient food and coal here to last
much longer than the expedition will
remain here, giving an ample margin
of safety.
Three attempts were made with the
City of New York to penetrate by sea
to King Edward Land, but were de-
feated by storms and drifting ice pack.
On one of these water froze so thickly
on the ship that the rudder had to be
chopped free before the ship could be
maneuvered. An effort to find Franz
helm, Amundsen's old base to the south.
has also been made and will be con-
tinued when the sun returns.
Voyage to the Ice Barrier.
The City of New York left Dunedin,
New Zealand, on December 2, 1928, and
after getting to sea was taken in tow
by the Eleanor Boiling for the 1900
mile run to the edge of the pack ice,
where she was to meet the whaler Lar
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Many Noted Canadians
Claimed by Death

Death has made Canada the poorer
by a shockingly long list of distin-
guished Canadians. The list already
includes the names of Sir Vincent
Meredith. financier; Sir James Atkins,
former lieutenant governor Of Mani
toba; Sir Hugh John Macdonald, son
of the great Sir John A. and an emf
nent citizen of his own account; Sir
Lomer Gouin, for years power In
Quebec; Sir Clifford Sifton, nation
builder and financier; and Hon. DR..
]. w. Edwards, former federal cabi-
net minister and a leading conserva-
tive member of Parliament. The pass
ing of five titled Canadians in this
short period is remarkable circum-
stance and calls attention to the steady
diminution of the Dominion's knight
hood ranks. No titles have been grant,
ed for 10 years, and 1t is improbable
that the present rule will be altered,
which means that in few years the
only titled Canadians resident in Can
ada will be the holders of the very few
hereditary honors. Already. it is inter-
esting to note, no Canadian cabinet,
federal or provincial, contains title,
None of the nine lieutenant governors
holds title, nor any member OF
provincial legislature.
Evening star., 1929-06-30

columns and broke into spray. Tha
ship passed to the west of the islands,
photographs were taken and the po-
sition fixed by observation and found
to correspond with Scott's.
No sooner had these islands been
passed than the edge of the pack was
seen ahead, and in short time the
two ships were feeling their way be-
tween pieces of pack and heading to
the eastward to get around ice which
lay between them and the Larsen. 1t
became foggy and snow fell, so that
speed had to be reduced, to avoid hit
ting some of the small bergs and huge
cakes which loomed out of the dusk
ahead. 1t was the most dangerous part
of the entire trip south and was COM
plicated by navigational difficulties, so
that for two days Comdr. Byrd seldom
went to his bunk to rest and never to
sleep.
In the midst Of the thick weather,
when it was almost impossible to see
the Boiling ahead and the two ships
were crawling between the main ice
field and huge flow of heavy pack,
the steel hawser snapped near the New
York and trailed behind the Boiling. A
winch was started to get 1t aboard, but
after part of it had been coiled on
the after deck 1t slipped on the winch
drum and went fiving over the stern,
nearly carrying three, men with it.
After that the two ships cruised along
In company until over an ice flow
ahead could be seen a trail of smoke,
and presently tiny whaling chaser, on
which was Capt. Nilsen of the Larsen
came along, lifting and dipping over
the long Antarctic swells. They sa-
luted and went by after a whale.
Ships Lashed Together.
Once around the corner of the flow
the ships were in huge ice bay, and
in the distance could be seen the bulk
of the Larsen. Near her. as soon as the
sea went down a little, the expedition
ships were lashed together, and the
Boiling began unloading coal to the
New York. Eighty-seven tons were
taken aboard, so that when the Boiling
finally cast off and started back to
New Zealand the New York had more
coal in her bunkerS and on deck than
fFVorf{pOad ~ Efo,,rfh Dara
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Epitaphs
BY BRUCE BARTON.

TN Ashland, Ohio, a menu.
nent bears this inserip-
ton:
In Memory Of
Ashland County's Pioneers
Including Johnny AppIeseed
John CHAPMAN
An Ohio Hero, Patron Saint
OF American Orchards
and
Soldier of Peace.
Who was John Chapman?
A simple man like you and
me. Born in New England, he
roamed to Ohio. He held no
public office; he accumulated no
fortune.
But everywhere he went he
carried a pocketfui of apple
seeds. He dropped them into the
rich Ohio soil, along the road
ways. At his home he reared
one apple orchard after another,
giving the young trees freely to
settlers.
Today, in a hundred widely
scattered sections of Ohio, the
roads are shaded with fruit trees,
and the children eat of the
fruit-beeause Johnny Appleseed
once passed that way.
Have you ever heard the legend
of how the Mosque Of St. Sophia
got it's name?
The Emperor Justinian built it.
IL was to be his monument, to
bear his name forever.
He paid for everything and
supervised every operation, un-
willing to divide the credit for 1t
with any other living soul.
The crowds gathered for the
unveiling. The Emperor stepped
forward and tore away the veil
tCopyri
Evening star., 1929-06-30
Light Bulb Called
Moon by EskimOs

The electric light is the latest toy
Of Canada's arctic Eskimo, according
to the annual report of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police, which states
that the children of Twilight" say
Push button and moon comes into
room" The radio and airplane are two
other modern devices to reach the
denizens of the Arctic, who are also
accustomed to the phonograph and who
are said to have a decided preference
for jazz and Harry LADDERS selections.
Patrols in the depths of Arctic Win
ter in lashing bliZzards, hazards OF
travel over the ice, cold so intense
that 1t froze coal oil and rendered
primus lamps useless, peril of glaciers,
threats of starvation in the barren
lands and host of other rigorous ex-
periences are also chronicled in the re-
port. In addition to the long patrols
which have become tradition of the
scarlet and gold, the police report Is
repIete with interesting details about
the Eskimo and pictures of the rapid
invasion of the Arctic Circle by twen-
tieth century civilization.
Evening star., 1929-06-30

then drew back, Aghast.
For on the tablet where he had
ordered his name inscribed was
found the name Sophia.
Ansrily, the Emperor ordered
the city searched. Let them dis
cover the eulprit whose name
had displaced his. ...."
The second day they brought
to him a poor, eringins washer
woman, who lived in q hovel near
the wharves. Trembling and
fearful, she confessed.
She knew the decree that no
one should contribute anything
to the building of the ten,pIe
but Justinian alone. NcVerthe-
less, she had coveted a little
share.
Having nothing to give, she
had torn the straw from her
mattress and held il out. to the
horses as they passed, drawing
their heavy loads of stone to the
hilltop.
The angels, witnessing her gift,
had erased the name Of Justinian
and carved the name Sophia in
stead.
Johnny AppIeseed and st.
Sophia both remind US that the
humblest human being can con-
tribute something il he only will.
Here are three epitaphs of
average human beings:
I. Here lies q man who estab-
lished clean grocery store and
left it as his monument.
z. Here lies . woman who gave
three sons to the world, all
decent, all with a little better
start than she had.
8. Here lies John Jones, who
held a succession Of jobs, all of
which he hated, and who died
from heart failure while hurry
ing away from his work.
Evening star., 1929-06-30

animals is estimated at a million. It
is the indispensable animal, 'the camel
Of the Arctic; as on long trek the
camel lives on it's hump, so on like
employ the reindeer lives on Its accu-
mulated fat. It furnishes food and
clothing to the natives, and the export
Of reindeer meat to the States steadily
increases. In 1928 two million pounds
was exported. 1t is superior to the dog
for long-distance transport. ~
Prior to 1921 there were no reindeer
in Alaska. 1t was in that year that the
first herd was imported from Siberia.
The innovation raised the EskimoS
from the primitive to the pastoral
stage" Up-to-date storage plants and
abattoirs have been constructed at
seven points along the coast. Cold-stor-
age plants are excavated from natural
walls of solid ice. 1t has been esti-
mated that the 200 600 square miles of
Alaskan land covered with dry moss
can furnish adequate grazing to 10000
900 reindeer.
The council Of the American Chemi-
cal Society recommends that Josiah
willard Gibbs be honored among other
illustrious Americans in the Hall OF
Fame. How astonishing how vividly IL
Illustrative of the continuing crudeness OF
our general sense of values, that Gibbs
should not have been among the nrSt
half dozen so honored! For 1t has long
been recognized by the most competent
judges, not merely that Gibbs ranks
easily first among American scientists.
but that he is in the very first rank Of
scientific genius. British and German
pundits are apt to class him with New
ton and LeibnitZ. His paper on THE
Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Sub
stances" was as epoch-making as Fara-
days Experimental Researches" 1t
was the "Onlie Begetter" of physical
chemistry. To it the present face of the
world is very largely beholden, for from
physical chemistry derive those special
Steels and sundry alloys without which
where would be our automobile and
radio industries, etc, ETC.? Yes, it's
about time Willard Gibbs found recogni-
tion in the Hall of Fame.
Gibbs was all his life an obscure pro-
fessor at Yale. Perhaps, now that Yale
has lost her supremacy in foot ball and
rowing, she would be well advised to
change her name to Gibbs University,
content to base her reputation hence
forth not on athletic prowess, but on
the achievements of her sons in intel
lectual fields.
y \
NOTE.-A settlement between the
Mexican government and the Roman
Catholic Church In Mexico Is of1icially
announced,
Evening star., 1929-06-30

sen. Much depended on that meeting,
and it had been planned that as little
time as possible would be wasted at the
edge of the pack, burning valuable coal.
Comdr. Byrd did not want to get there
too soon, and at the same time he
wanted to be sure to meet the Larsen,
SO that the big ship could take the New
York in tow and pull her through the
pack quicker than the smaller ship
could force a way with her own en-
gines Being towed by the Boiling en-
abled him to time his arrival with more
exactitude and also to recoal the New
York
The weather was favorable until just
before the pack was reached. There
were strong following or westerly winds
most of the way, once or twice rising
to gale force and kicking up a high sea-
but the two ships rode 1t with ease and
the hawser held. despite some anxious
moments, until the 9th, when 1t parted
near the taffrail of the Boiling. 1t was
made fast again after some clever ma
neuvering.
The first icebergs were seen on the
9Th, huge tablelandS of white, with the
seas breaking against their sides and
shooting so feet into the air. Naviga
ton was beginning to become difficult.
although, because the compaSSes were
affected by proximity to the magnetic
pole 1t was great aid to obtain radio
bearings from the whalers and cross
them with position lines obtained by
observation. The radio compass also
gave a bearing on the Larsen, so that
even without sighting her during the
last day or two, when the weather was
becoming Increasingly thick. it was pos
sible to lay a straight course for the big
ship.
Sighting Of Scott Island.
The whalers had reported that Scott
Island, two lonely rocks rising from the
midst of this icy. wind-swept sea. did
not exist; that they had sailed over the
position without seeing any sign of
land. So there. was some excitement
when on the 9th the two peaks were
seen rising to the right of the course.
They were the dreariest bits of land
man ever looked upon, covered with
snow and reddish brown lichen.
among which some birds we're nesting
The waves crashed against the basaltic
Evening star., 1929-06-30

This summary and review of the accom-
plishments to date of the Byrd Antarctic
Expedition has been prepared by Mr.. owen,
The New York Times and The Star stan
correspondent with the expedition. since the
explorers went into Winter quarters early
in April. II has been sent in sections. by
wireless. and is here gathered into one COM
prehensive article.
Evening star., 1929-06-30

NOTE.--A settlement between the
Mexican government and the Roman
Catholic Church In Mexico Is officially
announced
Evening star., 1929-06-30

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