The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1906, Page 21

Q,N—“ ity + -Pages 21 to ' i - - to s Paoer not be. taken "'Om Y- *++¢ _— SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1906. EXPLORER PLANS TO REACH SOUTH POLE IN AN AUTO INOVe + | Scheme for Antarctic Explorations Is Proposed by Henryk Arctowski, a Be;gian Scientist. be successfully navigated on the ice. 5 o He Believes Motor Could Make a Successful Run Over the Ice in the Region Special Cable PERSISTS IN HIS PLAN. owsk d a - Smooth Fields of to The Call. the outlay of much s necessary, not isolated but con- y Yort is needed, and for years Arctowskl has be antly ham- views intc ot scien- lic by means ses, nemoirs and articles in learned as well as CONFERENCE OF EXPLORE His s. easing energy has found its re- e had the satisfaction of Mondial, he that the idea sprung he result of his own in- Antarctica, had spread to €0 great an extent that it was t forward spontaneously by the cials who guided the con, , adopting M. Arctow a wider scope, 746 TR AT7ZHY. oe. xistence of xpeditions. \ inen- given i consultations and t in itime 2 , 1906 Polar ex- nvited to send notices to such as M. Arctowski's project, copies of which h the Invitation. rers who - attend the meet< uss M. Arctowski’'s paper,’ | other paper which may e id before them, and formulate a working scheme for the International Association The scheme having been dopted r International Con- v: ptember, of the of- | e pre for the | | o L. ARCIOWEK1'S GL%I;-UTG vrk“ga ; the oceans which bathe the Antarctic circle, the Atlantic, the Pacific-and the Indian Ocean. His mature consideration of the subject has brought to M. Arctowskl | the conviction that the greatest impor- | tance attaches to the preliminary cir- ‘cumpolar expedition, which is to clear | the ground, or rather, make out the course for the explorers in these great sections. It is most important, as Maury sald long since, to commence | by finding the natural harbors in which | the ships of the international expedi- | tions can lay up, and and from which they cah send out expeditions by land ok 4;1%}4’/ 1 AN A 8 BELGIAN EXPLORER, WHO A MAP )F THE REGION AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE or over the ice, according to circum- | stances. ‘ | Taking advantage of, the knowledge | opened up to explorers by the recent dis- PROPOSES TO GO TO THE SOUTH POLE N the R yad Bruce, 1 end, only y, could as tion of a as M Arctowski did not lose lowing year he again n before the German Assocla- i Medical Me and Con- Still the t n the International gress met Washing- tical steps had been taken to scheme at i formulated his tional co-operation in tion before' the Wash- Congress on lines nearly the same Jaid down at the Dover meet- British Association, and again scientific world listened with atten- But for the realizaticn of an idea for which the co-operation of many na- , | learned | nization nce then | Arc- | pe i —% | coverers, M. Arctowski proposes pene- | societies and the polar ex-|trating toward the south pole along the plorers who were present at the first| coast of Victoria Land, and along the | meeting. The congress is expected to|route followed by Scott and his compan- |adopt a definite plan, and the plan|ions in their famous march over the ice adopted by it will be immediately laja |fields to the farthest south yet reached. before the various Governments by the | Sailing by Cape Horn, and following the Belgian Government with a request for | route of the Belgica, passing through the co-operation in carrying it out. | straits of the Belgica, M. Arctowski plans WILL FOLLOW SCOTT'S ROUTE. | sasling across the as yet unexplored re- There are many indications that the | 5ion facing the Pacific Ocean, skirting any scheme adopted at the preliminary |1and, continent or islands which may be meetings and at the final congress will | found there, and finally landing on the ice be that of M. Arctowski. On all sides | barrier, in one of the natural harbors in the men who know the polar regions |the ice, where safety can be found, and best are loud in their approval of it, | Where no difficulty attaches to the disem- For example, in the number just pub- |barkment of stores, such as the “low | lished of the official organ of the Geo- | Quay of ice In 164 degrees west,” to which graphical Soclety of 'Parls, La Geo- | Captain Scott moored the Discovery in | graphte, there is an article on the sub- |1%02. |ject by the well-known authority,{ It is at this point that M. Arctowski | Charles Rabet, in which the value of [proposes that the explorers should call | Arctowski's scheme 1Is strongly in-|motor power to thelr aid. Scott and his sisted on. icompnnmn-. as Dr. Mill relates in his ex- The outlines of this scheme have been | cellent work on ‘““The Blege of the South given. It resolves itself into |Pole,” found, on disembarking, at their exploration of the greatice quay, that there stretched before them sections of unknown land and sea{a flat surface of ice barrier, extending for which lle around the sSouth pole.|hundreds of miles, and free from hum- These sections, M. Arctowskl points| mocks or crevasses. It was over this ice out, may be marked out in three great|plain that the Emglish explorers traveled divisions, each of which faces one of |for 3% miles, & slow journey of fifty-nine ‘ already systematic which days, crowded with hardships, enabled nothing but “indomitable will” them to surmount. $ SPECIALLY BUILT MOTORS. At the end of the fifty-nine days these determined explorers were forced to turn their backs on the un- explored land which stretched before them, their supply ,of food being so reduced that they could only hope to reach thelr ship in safety if no .retard- ing chance befell them and if they were able to exist with never a full meal during the tramp back. Y M. Arctowski hopes to cover the ground these men trod 8o wearily across in ease and swiftly by means of spe- clally constructed vehicles, part motor- car and part sledge, vehicles propelled by motor power, but, when the nature of the ice or ground to be traveled over permits it, throwing the weight of the loads they carry on the sledges which form their body, and having broad, leather-clad fron-spiked wheels instead of the wheels usually associated with motors in our clime. M. Arctowskl is busy at the present time perfecting the last detalls of his plans, the question of the construction of motors sultable for the work re- quired of them along the ice barrier has been taken up by engineers, and it is very probable that even at the time of the meeting of the polar explorers in May all the details of the prelim- inary expedition will be worked out. Besides the Interest which attaches to it from the novelty of the idea, M. Arctowski's project for the use of mo- tor-power the lce-barriers is most likely to prove of great value, By the use of motors instead of dog or hand- drawn sledges, not only can speedy and safe transit be attained, but also heavy loads can be carried, stores of food, clothing, the materials for building a hut, etc.,, so that at Scott’s point far- thest south, or possibly still —farther south, a permanent station may be built for the explorers, whence they can pen- etrate farther south’still; perhaps-to Henryk Arctowski, the Belgian explorer, has proposed a “scheme for the exploration of the Antarctic regions by the use of a motor car. * His plan has found favor with noted scientists and may receive the support of his Government. He ' believes an auto could Wkl 1B ez;fj%goflfi 10" & the Inmost recesses of the pole itself. M. Arctowskl, though now a Belgian citizen, is a native of Warsaw, where he was born on the 15th of July, 1871, and st'fdled at the universities of Liege, Parfs and Zurich. On finishing his uni- versity career, he occupied himself for three years with chemical research in the laboratory of Professor Spring at Liege. He was one of the first people to become interested in the project of M. de Gerlache for Antarctic explora- tion, and before even the project was published or any of the funds for the | expedition collected, he volunteered to Join the expedition. Warmly recommended by leading members of the Belgian Academy of Sclences, his proffered assistance was at once accepted by M. de Gerlache, afd during the two years of organization he labored to help M. de Gerlache and to prepare himself sclentifically for the work to be done during the voyag ending some time In Switzerlan studying the classical glaclers of the Alps, The Belgica started from Antwerp in 1897, explored the Antarctic lands sit- uated south of Cape Horn, and effect- ed the first wintering ever done in the Antarctic regions In 1898, returning to Antwerp in 1899. This expedition of the Belgica was the first expedition in which sclentific work was systemati- cally carried out by a staff of highly qualified sclentists in the Antarctic re- glons. M. Arctowski and his compan- fons threw themselves. into the work with an enthusiasm which nothing could aquell. 3 M. Arctowski, who was “created a Chevaller of the Order of Leopold, as were M. de Gerlache and the other sci- entists of the expedition, and who 1s a Fellow of the Royal Geographical So- clety, ‘was married in 1890 to Miss Jane Addy, an American, who had lived for some years in Paris, studying music, and who still pursues her artistic career on the Contiment and in London, M. Arc- ‘towskl and she having their home'in Brussels {n a charming flat. PRETTY ENGLISH WOMEN BATTLE FOR THE VOTES Titled Dames Take the Stump in Behalf of Husbands. RESORT TO FEMININE WILES T g S M. HENRYK: ARCTOWSKI & oce - LONDON, Feb. 3.—Many a candidate in the election just over owes his suc- cess at the polls to feminine influence among the voters. In no previous po- litical contest have so many soclety women been engaged In canvassing and dodging the corrupt practices act. Politiclans have learned by experience that a few feminine wiles often accom- plish more than eloquent speeches. A smart little wife, who is pretty and daintily dressed, may do more with a glance to win over a wavering voter than her husband's gift of the gab at its best. A smile, even through a veil, or the touch of a lily white hand, though gloved, convinced many sus- ceptible electors on whom masculine rhetoric failed. Arrayed in their most bewitching gowns, and looking their prettiest, the women of Mayfair played the game for all it was worth. They drove around in motor cars: they made house to house visitations afoot; they lent their charming presence to committee rooms and they appeared on public platforms and bestowed their smiles on the audi- emce. Not Infrequently they made speeches themselves. STUNNING GOWNS WORN. Mrs. George Cornwallis West, better known as Lady Randolph Churchill, proved herself one of the most suc- cessful canvassers in England. During the campaign she worked hard in the interest of her son, Winston Churchill. The other night on a platform at Man- chester no less than nineteen magnifi- cent bouquets were presented to her, and her rooms at the hotel have been veritable bowers of flowers—gifts from admiring voters. She usually dresses very quietly, black and white belng her favorite colors, but for the contest she provided herself with some really gor- geou frocks, in which she carried all At a megeting the other night she wore a Parls gown of cardinal velvet trimmed with Point de Venise lace, and in her dark hair wore ruby butterflies, simllar ornaments appearing on the corsage. She looked wonderfully young and strangers took her for her son's wife or sister. Winston has always been enormously proud of his hand- some mother, but now more than ever. She got hold of scores of the Conserva- tive voters and talked and coaxed them round to her way of thinking. She has had no end of opportunities of emulat- ing the example of the famous Duchess of Devonshire, who kissed the butcher on condition that he would vote for her husband, but history does not yet record if she made use of her chances. LIBERAL IN PROMISES. In the absence of her husband through fllness, Lady Edmund Talbot effectively superintended the organiza- tion of his contest. Mrs. Alfred Lyt- telton, wife of the ex-Colonial Secre- tary, made speeches in his behalf. The Marchioness of Tweeddale assisted Sir Willlam Evans-Gordon in that by no means delectable borough of Stepney. Lady Wimborne helped her son. Ivor Guest, at Plymouth. Viscount Dal-~ rymple was in the thick of the fray at Wigtownghire. < At Thirsk, Viscountess Helmasley did battle for her husband. Lady Bull was her husband’s most active canvasser at Hammersmith. By her beauty and, wit Lady Beatrice Pole-Carew won many votes for her husband at Pem- broke. The Countess of Warwiek made speeches in behalf of Socialist candi- dates, and drove hard-fisted sons of toil to their meetings in her motor car. Most of the titled dames, of course, were on the Conservative side, but so far as numbers go, the Liberals had quite as many pretty women on thelr side. If all the promises made by the petticoat politicians on elther side were fulfilled, England would be a veritable for the workingmad end