The Times Leader from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 22

A PAE OF SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON PLANS SOUTH POLE DASH XV 1 ill 1 I iiife on the big white space on the map. "The crossing of the south polar continent will be the biggest polar- Journey ever attempted, a longer Journey than to the pole and back and Infinitely more difficult because we shall always be advancing over new ground, with no depots to draw upon. "The minimum distance from eea to sea is roughly 1,700 statute miles, and more than half the distance will be positively a new route. With good fortune it is probable that the whole Journey will cover new ground that Is to say, after, reaching the pole from Wed-' dell sea we may strike out a route to Ross eea, which will be neither that which I followed on my previous Jour-new and which Captain Scott took nor the other and shorter one adopted by Sydney university and was with Sir Ernest on his last expedition, Is the scientific adviser of the new expedition. According to Professor David, Dr.

Mawson demonstrated that whenever there was a bright aurora it was impossible to transmit wireless messages. The latest reports received by Professor David show that the Australian expedition was a brilliant success. Dr. Mawson and his companions found two large land areas and explored about 1,300 miles of new coast line. Dr.

Mawson has shown that the wind velocity In Adelie Land averages forty-eight miles an hour for the whole year and frequently reaches a hundred miles an hour. Sir Ernest's Plans. In describing the plans and scope of the expedition Sir Ernest said: "The main object of the expedition will be the crossing of the polar continent The unknown fields In the world which are still unconquered are rapidly narrowing down, but there still remains this great work. Of recent years the interest of geographers and the public has been concentrated on the approach to the pole from Ross sea "Except Dr. Bruce's discovery of Coats Land, In 1904, and the results of the Fllchner expedition of last year we know scarcely more of the Weddell quadrant than we did In Weddell's day.

There Is a vast unexplored region ish clocks and the calendar, everything except the sun." In discussing the possibility of aero-planing Sir Ernest said that he did not think that flying to the pole has as yet come within the range of practical possibility, but he did not discount the future of aeroplanes nor did he think that they never would be successful in the antarctio regions. At present he did not think that they could be trusted to do such work as he contemplated. It Is possible that the Shackleton sledges will be constructed of metaL Sir Ernest exhibited a piece of tubing as light as a peashooter, but with great tensile strength, made of steel composition, which is a secret for the present If it can be used it will reduce the weight of a sledge sixty pounds and means a saving of 600 pounds' weight on the Ice, or twenty days' food for an ice party. The new metal is being submitted to laboratory tests in temperature as low as will be encountered at the pole. Rear Admiral Robert B.

Peary la opposed to the suggestion that la put forth that motor sledges be used in the expedition. He says that no machinery Is of anything like the value of those two machines the man and the dog. Dog Most Valuable Animal "IX your motor aledge breaka down." aaya Peary, "it cannot be eaten and is started in the coldest weather we had. This la necessary In order to avoid the breaking of jhe Ice In the wind and tidea In the north you cannot be sure that your cache is where you left it or whether your road will remain, but In the south the Journey Is on a polar continent While at the north the pole la in the midst of an Ice covered ocean two miles deep, the south pole Is at an Ice cap on a mountain range two miles high. The antarctic Journey can be made In summer, although much of It Is at a high altitude, the highest elevation being 11,700 feet, but there can be reliance on depots of supplies remaining a month, a year or five years where they are put and the road will atay where you make It" The minimum cost of the new expedition will be 1250,000.

but the sum required may reach $360,000. Professor David, who has the chair of geology in 7 Captain Amundsen. "From a geographical point of vie the complete continental nature of th antarctic can be absolutely solved such a Journey. No one now kno whether the great plateau dips grad, ually from the pole toward Weddell sea; no one knows whether the great Victoria chain of mountains, which has been traced to the pole, extends across the continent and links up with the Andes. The solution of this problent Is naturally of intense interest to geographers all over the world, and the discovery of the great mountain range which we assume to be there will be one of the biggest geographical tri; umphs possible." DEPARTMENT; her view of ber own appointment "1 am not going to conduct this depart 2 ment aa a woman'a administration, It's going to be the same kind of aa administration a man would give.

What do I think of the opportunities They are not a particle different not at that 1 am In charge from what tbef would be If tha right kind of a were In charge. JACQUE9 KNICKERBOCKER, I W0MAM HEADS A BIG CITY There waa little about Dr. Davla to suggest the eternal feminine. She waa dressed In what was as near a feminine representation of a business man's suit aa could be imagined. One plain pin at the neck of a blouse and a Phi Beta Kappa pin dangling from a rhaln at the waist waa all that was conaplcuoua In Jewelry.

"No. It len a tribute to the woman'a movement" abe aald when asked for I 1 A No, 8 copyright by American i Press Association. i 1, 5 and 8. Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, with Lady Shackjeton and Amund-- sen, discoverer of the south pole.

2 and 10. Vessel caught in antarctio loe. 3. At the edge of the antarctio plateau. 4 Harpoon gun used by 6cott expedition.

6. Scott's huts in the antarctio. 7. Scott's ship leaving England. 9.

Stbrea for Shackle-ton's former expedition. THE announcement that Sir Ernest Shackleton is about to lead an expedition to cross the south polar continent from Wed 3ell sea to Ross sea, a distance of 1,700 miles, making the south pole a "halfway house" on the great Journey, of which at least half will be over an entirely new route, has awakened world Interest It will be the biggest polar Journey ever attempted and if successful will open up in the Weddell quadrant a vast unexplored region which is still a blank on the map. The planning of the expedition has started an epidemic of restlessness among the adventurous of all classes, aptly described as the "south pole fever." Sir Ernest is snowed under with applications from young and old, their ages ranging from sixteen to flfty-elght, who wish to share In the glory of his enterprise and are prepared to go In any capacity. The explorer has been compelled to decline in nearly very case, for It is estimated that be will be unable to take more than forty-two men. "I wish I could charter a mighty ship and take them all," he says.

Scientific men who have worked with other expeditions, naval officers, air men, soldiers. Bailors, lawyers, country squires and clergymen have all offered their services. Sir Ernest is much gratified by the offers of assistance from some Splendid Dogs to. fWkae by AmieaaYvM AaaoeUtlan. (HIS Is the height of the ami- son whTi the do of Bt Bernard monntaln am hard at work kwt trTlrn and pflrrlma to tbe famous hoaplce In pw-ltrnd.

I Of all brda at tha oinlna It oubtful tf any haa a Urcr plar In Wfni or romantlo hlatory thn th Bt Uemard. Entwtnd with the rhllil-Uh rcollctlona of mott rit th ator1a of the marvelous prt 6w 1 this a-pecta bare kn In tha ri traveters ovr the Klmplon p. In th Aha Aafl no plctur. not tti that Waahlnsrton rtrxMlns; th Delaware, la mara famtltar than the on which appar bi every acrlMi of mrhri re4rm, at Wt of th lat retwrattnTi. rcrtln( ot) of tho nnbla ani-vnia la tha mldt of a terrinc enow tens, siaadlnf aver the half burted form of a ansa and to attract by ala krod baytnc tbe rwoihn party of mtmlu trorm the Horplos at st Br- A iravtW hi viatt tn th frt 8t Bmaw pv Jut ejBlt forty of tka nw, mamlflrnt tho w14 tf eala, ea ksjakf Mar.

MtU i aa of the officers of the Scott expedition. Commander Evans, Commander Campbell, Dr. Levlck and Mr. Drake all have expressed their readiness to help In the preparatory work of the new venture. Plans Nineteen Hour Day.

Among the many interesting suggestions that Sir Ernest has received is one from Dr. Marshall, who accompanied him on his last expedition, "Dr. Marshall suggested," said the explorer, "that we should Ignore the clock and adopt a nineteen hour day. Thus we should perhaps rise at 7 o'clock, begin marching at 8, cease marching at 12, resume at 1, and atop at 5. We should sup from 6 to 6, then sleep eight hours, till 2 in the morning.

The new day would begin at 3 a and we should set out on the march at 3 o'clock. This would mean a saving of thlrty-flve hours a week or nearly a month In the five months of the expedition We should live six months In five. "Hitherto we have slavishly taken our European customs to the polar regions and spent tedious hours In the sleeping bags. Hours which we did not spend in sleep we lay and yawned, waiting for the day. Now we have realized that the day was already there all the while, if we had only known how to use it This time we shall abol Save Lives In WINTER 9CEME8 lir JsMft BERN i-rr ti ieAVT I of no value whatever.

You cannot even burn it for fuel, but the dog is- the toughest and most enduring animal known for arctic travel. He will out-travel the elk, and he is available down to the last ounce of him, either for food for other doge or for man himself. After the sledge work of the winter and various hunting expeditions 1 had at Camp Columbia 133 dogs left out of 250 with which to make the sledge Journey to the pole. I think that while the motor aledge can carry a larger load and make better spee0 for short distances over smooth going, there la nothing known that will compare with dogs for speed and safety. "The antarctio expedition Involves a greater distance than the Journey to the north pole, but there are advantages in it aa compared with the short-er Journey.

At the north the trip must be made In the dead of winter. I the road every year, nearly two-thlrda of the number accomplishing the Journey during the winter. Those that make the Journey then are invariably poor laborers either going to or returning from work on the other aide of the mountalna There are of course a lot of tourists In the eummer. but many of them would be aurprlaed If they attempted the road In midwinter. The cold la Intense, and the pasa Is seldom free from enowatorma.

These latter are terrible things to face. The wind often rises to a hurrlrane. and aometlmea fierce bllfiarda come on that last many hours and even daya. Tha work of the mnnka haa bn considerably alleviated by the Introduction of the telephone. They are now In telephonic communication with Bt Remy, on the Italian aide of tha Alpe, and Cantlne de Prox.

a small Inn, on the Hwlaa slope. The number of travelera atnrtlna up a paaa from either aide la duly telephoned, and thua It la poaalble for the mnnka to keep an accurate register of arTlvnla and de-parturea and to know approximately the whereabouta of the travelers The atorlee told of tha wonderful fty and remarkable Intellleenre of the Bt. Pernard dne are not aerated. Iat winter a verr try ing one, and on one tha ho-plre wea crowded with a thouaand weather bound traveler. The don had a erv buy and frequently remained out In the hitter weather for twelve, fourteen and elteen hours at a afresh.

During thee lone hours they Itook little food and no aleep They often eiffr from eevere rheumatlarn a riit of the eipoe'ire and have to ent down to the valleys below to renjperate. 1 On dog haa a reoord of fifty-all re-() la err fond of golns out proepei-tlna on h' own account Al the berlonlng of lat winter he found and r'jldd to the hopre party of In'ti traveler, amont them three 'imn end two rhlldron. The path -a hlrv-kd hy an araianrh. and the A'tt had to mak a wid detour hefore tv monetery we reached Phort'y ofef (hi he ecented a traveler who -m. h'ind eral ft deep In the -ow Hd it not hn for the dot tt rran woiiid have pr1hd fmr- fo-md a rVlM on rr of da'h -rried it In nia moij'h for thr-qiiartera of a rol to tr hoepae The tra'n'na of ihm doa la rea'Ir a ery Imp1 met'er T' yotinsr ona ar ten Tut in the iromf month inn the whr there aiwara tnr man down tt.

and the n.e rif to to for him te to harV wen he haa fo'ind the man. to wek Mm tip rf la aa'e-p 3rd iad hm to th r.opioa rjn fri. ta Pf pamard e'anda thirty rr. hrh at th ahoutder end we'ehe about li ARTHUR 1 BRINTON x- a a rr- Icy Mountains DINNER mnf proT an ik'n rmaln" In th p-in of h- f'. ful mBloTr h.

of apt at hopio tArt thm ttfla of Ma moift pt4rr Tb mown'ain on wnirn lh monarr atanK oi p' n- ao! lu'y. Over pvrr-fita trar- IN AT nothing and aaw wood" la to be the motto of Mlas Kath-erine Bcment Davis, the new commissioner of correction. the first woman to head a New York city department. She waa appointed by Mayor John Purroy Mltchel. She baa a woman aa her aecretary.

but her flrat deputy and the other department aubordlnatea are men. She made it plain that aha does not Intend to ask any favora because ahe la a woman Aa a woman. It waa aug-geated, ahe might be more auccenaful In getting needed money from tha board of estlmate. "I do not want the fart that I am a woman to help me to accompllahment" ahe replied. She will displace no one under her Jurisdiction without rauae.

but there la reason to predlrt that any one caught dlaobeylng ordera will get short ahrlft Mlsa Davla la modern, but not radical. John Rork ef ollrr onre aald she was "the cleveresl woman 1 have ever met" Onre she aald she would be willing to have vice aeerecated In New Tork If there a fenre around the dlatrlrt and a gate st whlrh everv man who ntred would have to register. She haa taken all the colle and unlveralty degrees that ran he ronferred on a woman except one some In Mount Hol-yoke. In Chicago. Vaaear and Fierlln.

8he Is not a dortor of rnodirin. Bhe haa traveled etterslvelv ahroad and haa ben superlnten-lont of the state reformatory for women at T. She la going Into her new work sra-temaftrallv Fhe first Intend to study the lawa dealing with her new position. Then she wll take up the financial end. She will do lust as did In taking rharg of the Hedford reformatory lwm every detail of the work.

"P.y method" she eaid. 1 hop to my department wtth the least poesih'e number s'ake Bedford knw all the )oKs In th place and how much to expect of every per-aon mp'ovd there" ''in her fret day In ther seemed to sp'rit of hovpltaiitT and from ail th clerks and ass etant. ph smiled rr la 'v on all ihou ho epfros'-te her ad It was t-st sHe was fr'ende cr)- r'erk who red rn Joklo about the pot. ni'itle of nk rthhons end things to tr'm the chandeliers remarked I 'She terrihie phes hrlT' wt-f rou oi a re i ar rmti Pfc l'is a to4 up a nd-romine; r. nd a such Dt Devi was err'd' in t-T nw rponsi Th ate I giin1 o-jt ih of ro'liiop a 1 i ft rn tUlvl ad a retrjr that vtendd t-a'f-mitf irrnu the etfr st in a rai-ge pialrj tyi of naodvrUlnt crmit -r 1 1 i I A 'j.

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