New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1923, Page 13

Men's and Young Men's Odd Trousers 15% Off BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOL HOSE Reg. ase Value Up to $5.00 ARGTIC LAND HELPS WORLD KEEP WARM Coal Mined in Spitzbergen, Miles North of Alaska Washington, D. C., Oct. 30.—Spitz- bergen, where favorable weather dur- ing the past summer permitted the making of important surveys never before possible, has a unique interest because it is one of the few Arctic or Antarctic lands that are being made to yleld up minerals to the temperate zones, according to a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the National Geographic Soclety. “The northern tip of Alaska to which a few government officials push cach summer may seem all too close to the North Pole for the average dweller of the warmer regions of the earth to live in unless he is pursuing sclentific investigations,” says the bulletin. “In Spitzbergen, how- ever, which is 600 miles closed to the top of the world, several hundred ordinary men of Europe and America are making their homes the year round while they strip coal from be- neath the ‘ice-covered mountains. It is excellent coal, too, and there is every reason to believe that the min- ing operations will grow steadily. IFormerly Was “No-Man’s Land” “The discovery early in the twen- ticth century, that Spitzbergen's, coal underlies large areas brought it sud- denly back to the world's attention and made sovereignty over it well worth claiming after it * had béen abandoned for generations as a sort of no-man’s land. Barents, a Dutch- man, discovered Spitzbergen in 1696, according to the usual records; but the Norwegians claim that their sea- men visited the islands at earlier dates, Henry Hudson, searching for a northern passage to the Orient in 1607, learned of the vast number of whales near the islands and as a re- sult Spitzbergen's waters became for a time the world's greatest whale fishery. P4 “The Dutch were foremost in this development. By the time of Amer- ica’s Revolutionary War whalers from the Netherlands had taken about $100,000,000 worth of whale products from the region. Catches became so great in the early years of the ex- An Arctic “Summer Town.” barrassed ‘to haul the blubber home. . An Artic “Summer Town"” “A thriving ‘summer town,’ Smeer- enberg, was established and flourished for a score of years. It was an anom- alous community, a Dutch town in the frozen Arctic, with its shops, drink- ing places, and bakeries in addition to the oll refineries, cooperage establish- ments and smithies of the whaling in- dustry. When the whales in the im- mediate neighborhood of the islands were destroyed and the whalers had to go farther afield for their catches, Smeerenberg, dwindled away, About the only reminder of this one-time thriving Dutch community is the cem- etery of a thousand or more graves in the cheerless, frozen earth. “In 1920, a treaty was signed by most of the leading European nations and the United States recognized the sovercignty of Norway over Spitz- bergen. The islands have an area roughly of 25,000 square miles, about that of West Virginia, Its lofty, needle-like peaks are mantied almost from top to bottom in perpetual snow and between are huge glaciers. One great ice-river, the Queen Maud Glacier, is fifty miles wide. “The ill-starred expedition of the Swedish explorer, Andree, who hoped o reach the North Pole by balloon, took to the air from Spitzbergen in | 1897. The fate of the members of the expedition was never learned. A few message-buoys dropped the day of the start were found near Spitzber- gen. No later word was received.” ' | CUlockmakers' Pilgrimage Clockmakers from all over Kurope | and some from America recently gathered in Paris to honor the cen- | tenary of Abraham Breguet, a, great | French clockmaker who died Septem- ber 17, 1823. A big congress at the Paris university wes included in the program, Breguet sought . refuge in Lendon during the reign of terror in France and while thegp made a large number of chronometers for the British admiraity The rail family contains 180 species | o small or medium sized birds. " October Busy Month For Inspector Curtin The month of October has heen the busiest month the office of the elee- trical inspector has experienced sinece that department of the city govern- ment was established, Inspector Cyril J. Curtin reports. The number of permits ssued and inspections made will very nearly double the highest mark reached prior to this month, ac- cording to present indications, MISS COHE) RTAINS Miss Marlon Cohen was hostess to a party of about 10 couples at a Hal- lowe'en party held last evening in the garage at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Myer Dunn of 426 South Stanley street. Guests were present from Waterbury, Hartford and Meriden, The garage was attractively decor- dted in colors suitable to the occasion. Music and dancing were enjoyed and refreshments were provided. Miss Mildred Steinhouse presented g pro- gram of dances which was well re- ceived, The guests appeared In at- tractive costumes. 7 BARBER IS BANKRUPT. Attorney David L. Nair has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptey for the United Barber Shop on Washing- ton Place. The assets are $3,100 and the liabilities $5,157.63. The barber- shop was closed by attachments week, one of the actions being hrought by Mag & Berkowity, owners of the bullding for rent. MRS. GORMAN IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Bridget Gorman of 33 Lawlor street, one of a party of three local people’ who were injured when her car overturned in Willlmantic Sunday morning, has been brought to this city from St. Joseph's hospital, Wil- limantic, and is now a patient at the New Britain general hospital. She had four stitches taken in her head. WIFE SUES }bR DIVORCE Althea Super has brought suit for divorce against Clarence W. Super. The present residence of the latter is unknown, WEDNESDAY HUALITY GDUDS AT ECONOMY PR!EES 6for$1 Women’s Sweaters $1 55 | ter sald today, for | will be hung in the London headq la slecp which Tasted until he died six TYPICAL BOY SCOUT, Santa Barbara Youth Is Model For Painting. New York, Oct, 30.—~Andrew Blake, 14, of Banta Barbara, Cal, represents the typlcal American Boy Scout in an oil painting by Albert Horter, Ameri- can artlst, which has been presented to Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts. Blake, who is an LZagle Scout, the highest rank obtain. able In scouting, was chosen, Mr. Hor- | “his most neat ap- pearance, his character and his youth- ful beauty." The gift is the first of a series of paintings which will deplet the typi- cal scout of every nation, and which ters of Sir Baden-Powell, ELKS HALLOWE'EN PARTY New Britain lodge, B. P. O. Elks, will hold a public Hallowa'en spcial tonight at its home on Washington street. The hell will be decorated with Hallowe'en suggestions and fav- ors will be distributed. Pumpkin pie, | crullers and cider will be served. BREAKS SAME ARM AGAIN George Anderson of 285 Chapman street 1s at the New Britain General hospital with a broken right arm as the result of a fall on the sidewalk in front of his home yesterday. The t | boy fell about six wecks ago when he | broke the same arm. BURGLAR GETS $25 Adam Jerokoviez of 98 Grove street reported to the police this morning that his stors had been entered during the night and $25 stolen from the cash register. =~ Entrance was gained through a rear window, he said. The police are investigating. Fatal Sleepy Sickness Returning home from the seaside, a boy named Roby, aged 14, of Brier- field, J.ancashire, England, fell' into days later from “sleepy sickness,” as it is called here. The death was re- ported recently, and none from the disease has followed as far as known. ) SPECIALS AT MORNING SPECIA FROM 7 A. M. 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