New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1928, Page 11

SUCCESS IN ANTARCTIC MEANS NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, HIGHEST AVIATION HONORS FOR BYRD AND HIS COMPANIONS Here is one of the most remarkable pictures ever taken. It was taken at the soutah polc and shows the five members of the Scott expedition when they reached the pole January 18, 1912, only to make the heart- breaking discovery that the Norwegian party under Captain Roald Amundsen had beaten them by 34 daya. ‘They found his tent and a Norwegian flag. Beott, Captain Oates; sitting, Lieutenant Po rs and Dr. Wilson. Left to right, standing, are Petty Officer Evans, Captain R. F. The tilm from which this picture was made was not found until 1914. Evars, Oates and Scott periched on the 900-mile trek back to their base. A relief party found their bodies, and the film. If Navy Flyer Makes Trip Over South Pole, His Achievement Will Rank as the Greatest Exploit—Dangers Are Many and Reward Will Correspond. By MIUTON BRONNER NEA Service Writer London, Feb. 2—If Commander Richard E. Byrd of the United States navy succeeds in flying over the south pole, he will be acclaimed as the greatest aviator-explorer in history. Yes, he will be greater America’s Lindbergh! The man who made that state- ment is one of the few living ex- plorers who tully realize the perils of the south polar regions. He is Herbert G. Ponting, & member of Captain Scott’s British expedition when it reached the “bottom of the world” in 1912, . Mast Dificult of All Feats “The"difficulties encountered in & hop across the south pole would, by comparison, make every other fiylng schievement seem simple,” Ponting said. “Commander Byrd already has two wonderful accomplishments to his eredit. “Like Lindbergh and Chamber- lin, he has flown the Atlantic ocean in one hop. Unlike anyene else, he has flown an airplane over the north pole, “In crossing the Atlantle, one takes off under known weather con- ditions and encounters only reason- ably high temperatures. If forced down, there is & chance of being picked up by a steamship, as was Miss Ruth Elder. “Even In fiight across the north pole, danger is lessened by the presence of animal life that will provide both food and fuel in case of accident. The, country is than eomparatively flat, and tempera- tures are higher than in the ant- arctic regions. Mountains in South “While the north polar region 1s mainly open mea frozen into an icy waste, the antarctic is a vast continent whose average height 1s the grcatest on earth. There are mountains towering 15,000 feet into the sky. Mount Erebus, 13,350 feet high, is an active volcano. Ross Island, from which Scott and Amundsen made their successful dashes to the pole, is 1500 miles from the nearest land—New Zea- land. And Roas Island is 900 miles from the pole.” Here the actual flight will start. Luek, flylng skill and the elements permitting, it will end at a base at Weddell Sea, on the other aide of the pole. Graham Land and Weddell Bea, from which unsuccess- ful attempts at the south pole have teen made, is only 700 miles from the tip of South Ameriea, but it is ¥150 miles from the pole. “Every condition In the antarc- | tie s most forbidding,” continued Ponting. “At the approach to Ross Island is a great ice barrier which averages 70 feet in height and ex- tends for mere than 400 miles. Be- yond that, to the Beardmore Gla- cler, is 400 miles of ice-covered plateau which ascends to 9000 feet above sea level. This vast platean | alone is &s large as all of France. “From the glacler to the pole is another 500 miles. It is a land | where it never rains. It fs a land | where human beings never have | lived. And once the open sea is left behind, there is not a vestige of any sort of animal life, “Probably it & the windiest place on earth. I have been In blissards there when the wind raged at 70 miles an hour, with the mercury 30 degrees below zero. During Mawson's explorations, his instruments registered 150 miles an hour during one blizzard—and then themselves were blown away. “There is ar.clent ice on the con- tinent varying from 100 to 1000 feet in thickness. The glaciers that reach the sea produce fce- bergs big enough to bear New York City on their backs. I have seen bergs 28 miles long. “Instruments show that the mean temperature of the antarctic is 11 degrees colder than the north _ole regions, and 24 degrees colder in ‘winter.” 8o that s what Commander Byrd will face when he makes the attempt late in 1928. To clear the mountains he will have to fly at an altitude of more than 16,000 feet, He may run into gales In which no man nor flying machine could possibly live. If he is forced to land, it probably will be on Jagged fce that will wreck his| plane. Even if he made a safe landing, he would be in a vam waste with very limited esupplies on his own machine and with no ‘CANADA DRY” “The (hampagne 'qu:er | possibility of killing anything for | tood or fuel. | “It Byrd succeeds,” said Pont- {ing, “he not only wili have been | the first to fly acrcss that barren continent, but the first to cross it in any way. It would be a flight | of vast sclentific importance. He can chart his route and note the comparative heights of land. He {may discover mountain ranges | higher than any of those we ar- ready know, “It is the hardest goal any avia- tor ever set for himself. If Byrd accomplishes the seemingly im- possible feat, he will be a hero of heroes “Yes, even a greater hero your Colonel Lindbergh.” MOBILIZATION OF SCOUTS NEXT WEEK First Assembly of Its Kind for This City than The first mobilization of the New Britain Boy Scouts since the days of {the World War will be made at |some time and place next week, which will be observed throughout the United States as 1Sth anniver- |sary week. Particulars of mobiliza- jtion will not be announced until the actual call is issued, the object be- |ing to see how many scouts could !be gathered at an Instant's notice if | an emergency occurred. At an agreed hour which will re- main secret until is comes, Scout Executive O. A. Erickson, Commis- sioner Charles E. Morgan, the |deputy commissioners, ~and the | council officers will set in motion a system of telephone notifications to troops through their scoutmasters and assistant scoutmasters. These In {turn will notify senior patrol lead- lers and patrol leaders, and these | will pass the word along to the as- sistant patrol leaders and the rank and file. All scouts when notified will take the speediest methods of reaching {the mobilization center. All New | Britain troops will report at point. Plainville scouts will mobilize |around Deputy Commissioner How- jard M. Knapp at a poin: |town and Berlin and Kensington (troops will report to E. O. S8hjerden {and Mr. Schultz in their own town- ships. Troop 6 of Maple Hill will | have the option of meeting in that locality or joining the general body of scouts here. | During the recent floods through- out New England Boy Scout troops were called up in many cities to do | emergency service, and their means lof gathering was similar to that | which will be employed here mext week. A special Boy Scout service will ibe held in the South Congregation- al church at 7:15 o'clock Sunday evening, when the film, “A Regular Scnul," will be screened. The star lof this picture, Fred Thompson, is a former scout commissioner. Seats in one section will be reserved for scouts until five minutes before the time of the service. scouts turned out for a similar serv- ice and it is hoped that the 200 mark will be exceeded this time. ‘The scout office is also planning a handicraft display in a store window and has appealed to the scouts to leave examples of the handiwork at the scout office. The annual camp banquet, usually held during the anniversary week, will be postponed summer camp site choice can announced. be READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS Ps FALLING HAIR one | in that| Last year 100 | and called at a later date when the | (HANGE POLICIES "IN PLAYER AWARD Winner of Honor to Get an Order Tor $1,000 in the Fatare Chicago, Fob. 3 (UP)—The Amer- ican league has voted that hereafter the “most valuable” player voted by the sports writers, intend of being rewarded with a handsome gold- edged certificate, he will get an or- der for $1,000, In taking this action the league officlals concurred in a policy prac- ticed by the National league, The American league originated the valuable player idea in 1922 and that year George Sisler, first base- man for the Bt. Louis Browns was voted the honors. S8ince then Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Roger Peck- inpaugh, George Burns and Lou Gehrig have been given the honor. The National league did not start 1“‘ valuable player award until sev- eral years after the American but each National league player honored with the award was given $1,000. In making the money announce- ment the officlals took occasion to reiterate their original statement that the award is made to the “most valuable player to his club” and not to the most valuable player in the league. Simultaneous with the announce- |ment regarding the change in the award came word that the league now has a public relations depart- ment., Henry P. Edwards, for years a member of the Baseball Writers' as- sociation in Cleveland, is the director of public relations. FRANGO-AMERICAN TREATY ASSURED Against War Washington, Feb. 2 (#—Negotia- treaty of arbitration have been suc- ‘cus(ul and the document, including |a declaration against war as an instrument of natlonal policy, will | be signed here next Monday. The day wil mark the sesquicentennial of the first treaty between the two countries, the Root arbitration treaty which will expire February 27 and will be followed by a vevision of similar | agreements between this and other toreign countries. The preamble of the treaty con- tains the declaration againat war, an ecxpression of hope that eventually all governments wifl abandon armed | conflict in favor of peaceful settle- ment of all disputes. treaty, however, should a controver- sy arise between France and the United States that fails of diplon.atic treatment, the arbitration formula senate. In addition, the agreement bars from arbitration any disputes con- cerning purely domestic affairs, in- volving the interests of third party | or the Monroe Doctrine. | The new treaty will interlock with the Bryan conciliation pact. Many | clauses of which bring the United States and foreign countries to ef- torts toward peaceful termination of imulunl problems. In the case of France the Bryan treaty, which is effective until denounced by either | signatory, stipulates that reither | will daclare war until a year after ‘conclllntou have failed to reach an lndJunmenL | The treaty to be signed Monday includes mention of the Bryan pact and it is the intention of the state department to Incorporate its pro- visions in arbitration agreements to be signed with other countries which are not parties to Bryan treatiea. Postponement of discussions for a | separate Franco-American treaty to | cutlaw war, as proposed by Foreign Minister Briand last year, will re- &ult from signing of the new agree- ment. Becretary Kellogg countered the Briand suggestion with another that multilateral treaties by arrang- ed to include other great powers | but that has met with Fren®h ob- jection. 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Kirkpatrick was sales manager for the American Dry Goods association and had occupied the apartment for ten days with Jack Carroll, a salesman for the association. Carroll sald Kirkpatrick had been shot in the head during the World War and until two days ago had been under the care of & physician because of a nervous breakdown. He sald Kirkpatrick often complain- ed of severe headaches. He is sur- vived by a widow and two children in Newton. MILITANT HYMN 15 FUNERAL MARCH “Nnward Christian Soldiers” London, Feb. 2 (M—The hymn of | the church militant, “Onward Chris- | tian Soldiers,” will be played when ' the body of Field Marshal Earl Hulg‘i |leaves Westminster Abbey tomorrow. At the request of Lady Halg there | will be no funeral music or dirges | | when the world and the British em- | pire pay thelr last tribute to the war leader, Two Humble Servants In the procession of many titled and famous men who will accom- pany the body to the Abbey from St. Columba’s church, where it lay in| state today, will be two humble and | faithful servants of the fiield mar- shal. They will have the place of honor immediately behind the gun |carriage carrying the coffn. The faithful retainers are Ser- | geant Becrett, Haig's trusted servant | |for 60 years, and an old warhorse which carried Halg through the| campaigns in France. The horse is now in the possession of King George who loaned it to grace the last pageant in its master's honor. Fired First Shot The gun carriage to be used in conveying the casket in the funeral procession is the one belonging to the gun from which the first British shell in the great war was fired and | is the one which was used at the | burial of the British unknown sol- | dier. Field Marsbal fo Be Carried to | them in death. T |hilts of their inverted swords, the Admiral Earl Jellicoe, Admiral Earl On his coffin lay popples acatter- | men were subject to such intense Dicatty, General Baron De Ceyninck ed by his widow near the helmet, the baton, the sword and the medals of the general. Wounded Pass Coffin Battle maomed men trudged past the coffin in Bt. Columba's. War mothers brought bouquets of red popples—memorials of the fighting in Flanders where their sons gave thelr lives for king and country. tened unchangingly on the feet of the Royal Horse Guards stood at each eorner of the catafalque. They guarded their own in death, for the fleld marshal was titular head of the Royal Horse Guards. % ‘With their hands resting on the With bowed heads, their eyes fas- i the passing throngs, pimked men of | strain that the guard was changed | frequently. Coolidge Alanson B. Houghton, American {ambassador, will represent President | Coolidge at the funeral tomorrow. The Prince of Wales will represent | | King George. Marshall Foch, gener- alissimo of the allied and associated armies in the World war, heads the list of distinguished soldiers who will |act as pall bearers. The others are: Field Marshal Lord Methuen, Field Marshal 8ir Claud Jacob, Field Mar- Shal 8ir Willlam Robertson, General | |Lord Horne, General Sir Hugh Gough, General BSir Herbert Law. | rence, General Lorn Byng; Marshal of the Airforce, 8ir Hugh Trenchard, of the Belgian Army Marshal Petain of France and General $ir Jan Ham- 1iton. Burial will be on the earl's near Bemersyde, Scotland, The earl's son and heir, & boy of 10, who is at home recovering from {an illneas, had not been told today of his father's death. 666 is a Prescription for | Colds, Grippe, Flu, Den; Bilious Fever and Mclarhm It Kills the germs. estate osts in Your Home? Deep roars, sad moans, terrific chattering, and long sad sighs. No, we are not speaking of a haunted house, we are merely describing the sounds you hear when the plumbing and heating equipment begins to “go sour.” These noises are expensive, not to say embarrassing. They should be eliminated. all LEROUX { The Master Plumbing Hundreds of wreaths surround the | |body in Bt. Columba’s. The custom- | |ary white flowers have largely given place to red popples which have be- come the predominant color in the |church giving it a brilllant hue. | Among those who ordered wreaths | | of poppies were the king, the Prince | {of Wales, King Albert of Belgium and the representatives of foreign governments, Poppics Substituted The substitution of the popples for the white flowers was in tribute to Haig's institution of the poppy fund for disabled soldiers. Through it important aid is given to the Brit- ish Leglon poppy factory which was etablished under Haig's sponsor- ship. The disabled soldiers there are working overtime to supply the de- mand and thus the great comman- der who served hs crippled com- rades in his last years still serves many | VAM JA “Jack satisfled—go bwck and get your money. The Love Thi “You Poor Man! You Look Like the Last Rose of Summer! AND NITA KNEW HOW TO DO IT STEALING OTHER WOMEN'S HUSBANDS WAS HER GAME! 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