The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 17, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 August 1928 — Page 3

Ice Ram Wins Glory in Arctic

Soviet Ship Krassin Per* formed “Miracle” in Nobile Rescue. New York.—The experts said there was no more hope, that only a miracle eould now save twenty-one men lost in the Arctic with the dirigible Italia or in searching for those so lost All the efforts of science were powerless against the obstacles which the Old Man of the North contrived to put in their path, they said. The experts were wrong. Where airplanes equipped with pontoons and radio, airplanes of all sizes and designs, handled by the best pilots of Europe, had managed, after weeks of labor, to bring one of the Italians crew to safety, the Russian icebreaker Krassin, a mere ship, rescued seven and then turned around and rescued three would-be rescuers. Airplanes and wireless played a part, but the actual hero of the rescue was the strong, slow vessel built to dispute the right of way with icebergs. And, while six other nations contributed their share, the glory of the° exploit belongs to Russia. Recrimination* Fly. For a month the Krassin pushed doggedly on through the northern seas. It was a month during which airplanes buzzed helplessly over sick and starving men, or sought for them in vain or got lost themselves. Other ships than the Krassin were unable to penetrate the ice. Men on foot and men with dog teams struggled toward the goal of a little red tent on a disintegrating ice floe. But at the month s end only Gen. Umberto Nobile of all the sixteen men who flew over the North pole in the Italia had been saved. His rescuer, marooned for two weeks himself, was also brought back. Other rescuers were less fortunate. Captain Sera, Italian alpinist, and his Dutch companion, Van Dongen, were missing. Capt. Roald Amundsen and four comrades were lost after the explorer, ignoring his old quarrel with Nobile, had set out to the rescue in a French plane. The Amundsen party is still missing, as are six of the Italia’s crew. Two members of the crew are known to be dead, i Now,[while preparations are being rushed for the Krasin’s continued search for the remainder of 'he lost men, recriminations are flying and hints of carelessness and folly are freely expressed. The Russian press, glorying In the achievement of the Russian relief expedition, which accomplished more than all the others put together, does not hesitate to attribute the loss of the Italia to mismanagement from the start and to Fascist ambition which sent the dirigible on her last journey in the face of unfavorable weather reports. , Heard Final SOS. Even more serious insinuations have been made against Capts. Alberto Mariano and Flippo Zappi, who have been quoted as admitting they left their injured comrade, Dr. Finn Malmgren, dying on the ice while they took all the provisions for the three and pushed on toward safety. The bitterness of these reports is the aftermath of weeks of worry, hope and fear during which the world has seen and applauded feats of heroism, sacrifice and ingenuity which have alternately relieved and deepened the tragedy of the expedition. Warning of the disaster flickered over the Italia’s radio as. racing back from the pole through a storm on May 25, she told of the gathering sleet and ice and buffeting winds. Then listeners heard only the final SOS and knew that the dirigible was down. Only a rough guess at the Italia’s position when she crashed could be made as the relief expeditions got under way in half a dozen countries. It was confidently asserted that tn airplanes lay the only hope of rescue, for the ice was too rough and broken for overland travel and too solid for ships. The power of the Krassin was not yet appreciated. Norway and Sweden had the first airplanes on the scene, operating over Spitzbergen from the Norwegian Ice breaker Braganza and rhe sealer Hobby. In seaplanes, Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen and Lieut Luetzow Holm began the search but found.no traces. For a few days Lieut. Holm was lost when the fog forced him down to camp on the ice with polar bears which fortunately displayed only curiosity and no hostility. They sniffed about his camp at night, but he was able to take off in clearer weather and get back to his base. Most of Party Stunned. Meanwhile in Italy, France, Sweden and Finland bigger planes were being equipped for the search. As they

AT 82 PASTOR STILL IS ACTIVE ON TIGHT ROPE

Veteran lowa Methodist Minister Gives Bible and Wife Credit * tor Long Life. Des Mol'.es.—Th* “secret" for long, healthy, and happy life is really no secret at all. believes IW. William Christie Smith, veteran lowa Methodist minister, who at eighty-two can still walk a slack rope and “kick jronr hat off.” The formula has been proclaimed to the world for more than 2.000 years and may be read by all desirous, in the Bible, declares Doctor Smith. Following are the Biblical formulae cited: “Hear. O, my son, and receive my sayings and the years of thy life shall be many.” Prov. 3. 7-8. “What man is he that desiretb life, and loveth many days that be may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart

hurried north, rumors of faint signals from the Italia were being circulated. The rumors were not widely believed until two weeks after the crash Radio Operator Biagi of the Italia succeeded • in getting Into communication with the expedition’s base ship, the Citta dl Milano. He gave the position of his party as off Foyn Island, and tn later messages the story of the wreck filtered througt to the outside world. Overweighted with Ice. her gas bag perhaps leaking, the Italia crashed toward the rough Ice. knocking off the gondola in which General Nobile and nine others were quartered. Lightened. the bag rose again and the only indication of the fate of six men In its upper compartment was given twenty minutes later when a column of smoke was seen some miles to the northeast, in which direction the envelope had disappeared. Most of the party left on the Ice were stunned by the crash. When they were- able to take stock, they found that Vincent Pomella had been killed outright. General Nobile had fractured his leg as had Natale Ceccioni. and Doctor Malmgren, the Swedish meteorologist, had a broken hand. Their food supplies were not great, as most of the provisions to be used in case of accident were in the upper compartment. The radio was broken, and most of the party were tn despair. Believing at first that the bag had burned, killing their six comrades instantly, the marooned men envied their comparatively easy fate, for they themselves saw only a slow and painful death where they were. General Nobile has told how he dlsuaded Doctor Malmgren from suicide, how the Swede’s optimism returned and how he set out, although injured, with Mariano and Zappi to bring aid. The meteorologist insisted on setting out on the hazardous trip afoot because of his superior experience of Arctic conditions. Planes Drop Supplies. The little group of three toiled ovei the rough ice hummocks and disappeared. Meanwhile the radio was repaired and soon planes were flying north to drop supplies for the marooned men. .The little tent w’hlch was their only shelter had been painted red to make it more readily visible, but three times rescue planes passed overhead without seeing the object of their search. Three times the sick, starving, helpless six waved madly and hopefully. They could see the planes so clearly that help seemed almost within reach of their outstretched hands. Three times hope died again as they saw the rescuers vanish. At last a series of radio signals were arranged and four weeks after ttife wreck Major Madalena in an Italian seaplane equipped to receive these signals, circled over the little encampment. He could not land, but he dropped food, clothing, medicines, arms, radio batteries and other supplies attached to parachutes. Some of the supplies landed” safely, others were lost as they floated too far away. Planes Balked. The danger of starvation was removed, but the problem of rescue remained. The world thought it was solved when Lieut. Einar-Paal Lundborg, Swedish ace, landed his little plane a few yards from the red tent and brought Nobile out to safety. But when he returned for the disabled Ceccioni his plane overturned on the rough ice and he too was marooned. His friend, Lieutenant Shyberg, rescued him in a similar plane after two

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from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” Ps. 34. 12-14. Besides his faith In scriptural prescriptions. Doctor Smith attributes no small part of his longevity and happiness to his “faithful wife, a good cook, a good housekeeper, and in every way a splendid helpmate.” Doctor Smith was born on a farm In Ohio, next to the youngest of nine children. When he was ten years old the family settled on a farm in Warren county. lowa. His father’s death, when he was thirteen years old, forced him to take charge of the farm.jft’T Getting his schooling “between rarm chores,” Doctor Smith was not only a practical farmer at twenty-five, but he was a graduate of Simpson college, Indianola, lowa. While attending Simpson college in 1869 he did not have the advantage of a gymnasium. For exercise he took up slack rope walking, stretching a

weeks delay due to bad weather, but the ice was then so broken and soft that another attempt was impossible. It was then that experts said the last chance, barring a miracle, was gone. Hope for the Amundsen party, never heard from after they left Tromsoe, Norway, on June 18, was also abandoned. The six men with the Italia’s gas bag seemed doomed and It was not believed the Malmgren party could have survived so long with their meager supplies and poor equipment. Captain Sora and Van Dongen bad also disappeared. The crevices between the ice were too narrow for seaplanes to land, the Ice was too soft for planes equipped with skis, the floes were too big for ships to buck. Pessimism was the dominant note of all the despatches. But the Russian expedition pushed on. It had been well and carefully prepared and It brought into the Arctic a new method of procedure, taken over from the new ice breaker service which was put into operation last year between Vladivostok and the Lena river. In this service powerful ice breakers follow a route which seaplanes carried on board spy out for them through the ice. Krassin Steam* on. The most ice breaker in , the world, the Krassin, was sent on tttt expedition under command of Captain Egge, who was assisted by four navigators especially assigned to him ' for their experience In the Arctic. The ship, built for this sort of work in 1917, is of 10,000 tons and 10.000 horse-power, and can crush through Ice four yards thick. * Leaving Leningrad on June 15, the Krassin steamed on while the world’s | attention was given to the planes vainly trying their rescue work. Pilot Chukhnovsky, one of the most skillful of Soviet flyers, flew on ahead, directing the ship toward the most navigable channels in the ice fields. On one of these scouting trips on July 15 he saw two tiny figures on the ice waving frantically. As he returned to give the news he was forced to land himself on Cape Platen, but by wireless he directed the Krassin to the spot and insisted that they leave him until the Italians had been rescued. The two men were Mariano and Zappi, nearly dead from starvation and exposure. Carried aboard the : Krassin, they revived quickly. At [ first it was reported that Doctor Malmgren had died a month before and the two Italians, refusing to I abandon his body, had remained with it until rescued. But later they said the Swede, too weakened from his injuries to continue, had told them to leave him while they pushed on for help for the others. Left Behind. The last they saw of him, they said, he was waving to them feebly from the shallow grave they had dug for him tn the ice. He had no food, for the Italians took all the provisions j with them. The day after this rescue the Kras- 1 sin fought her way to the little red tent and took aboard the five men, who had so often seen rescuers tn planes passing almost close enough to touch that they could not believe j in the- reality of the Russian vessel. 1 On the way the Krassin had passed the lost Captain Sora and Van Dongen. A Swedish plane rescued them and later picked up their companion, Vanning, who had been left behind because of snow blindness. Returning toward Advent Bay for coal, the Krassin picked up Chukh- | novsky. Aside from the feat of rescu- ' ing men given up for lost, the sturdy * ■ship had given the world renewed holies for the flyers still lost and a new conception of Russian efficiency. Joy Is in Doing Good Great minds, like heaven, are pleased in doing good, though the ungrateful subjects of their favors are barren in return. —Rowe.

rope between two trees at Ms boarding house. He has never lost the agility he acquired through this recreation, and two years ago entertained delegates to a Christian Endeavor convention with feats on both slack and tight ropes. One Sunday, not long ago, Doctor and Mrs. Smith drove 50 miles In their nine-year-old Ford to a former charge, where he preached the sermon. “Don’t get angry, for it interferes with digestion and poisons the blood,” l > said. “Patience, sobriety, and kindness are virtues that prolong life and make it pleasant for all." Unknown Pays Debt Portland, Ore.—Charles F. Donnelly. president of the Northern Pacific railroad, recently received an envelope containing SI,OOO tn United States currency with a six-word unsigned note reading “for undercharge in freight years ago.” Few people try to look wise, but many try to loot pleasant

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Stem-Rust Spores in Barberry Bush Common Plant May Produce - 64,000,000,000 in Course of One Year. (Prepared by the United State* Department of Agriculture.) Calculating the possibilities of the barberry bush as a source of stem rust in wheat has carried investigators of the United States Department of Agriculture into mathematical multiplications that are beyond the reading capacity of the man whose arithmetical tables may have stopped with billions or trillions. Lynn D. Hutton, of the bureau of plant industry, says that a common barberry bush 6 to 8 feet high . may produce more than 64,000.000,000 stem-rust spores tn a single year. Spores Are Small. These spores are extremely small and may be carried by the wind. Each one that alights on a grain or grass plant may produce a rust pustule which contains 200,000 red or summerrust spores, and any one of these alighting on a grain plant may again multiply Itself by about 200,000 within a, week or ten days. Just assuming that each spore from the original bush j lodged favorably and multiplied, the ' number of rust spores in the second generation of red rust would be expressed by 256 followed by 19 zeros, besides which the number of cents In all the European war debts combined would make comparatively easy reading. Grain Loss I* Big. Four or five additional generations may be produced in a year favorable to rust spread. Fortunately for our food supply only a small percentage of these spores ever actually germinate and damage the small grains. Those that do live, however, are responsible for an average annual loss of 50,000,000 bushels of small grains in the upper Mississippi valley states. How many barberry bushes may remain as sources of infection is not known.. Many have been destroyed as farmers have realized how dangerous ’ they are, but many have not yet been [ reached. Each one remaining is a , source of danger. Cod Liver Oil Gives Uniformity to Chicks Those who have made use of cod liver oil—given it a thorough trial for a complete season, feeding It to all fowls on the plant from growing chicks to matured laying and breeding stock—report a decided better and : more uniform growth in young chicks, | better molt in old birds. Common dis- ■ eases of the flock have been practical- i ly eliminated. The layers produce I many more eggs. Eggs for hatching have been more fertile and the eggs hatch better. They also say the cost is nil compared with the result obtained. i T The poultry raiser who fails to taake use of cod liver oil in his poultry feeding operations for the layers, breeders and growing stock is making a big | mistake. A season’s trial will be the best investment ever made. Fattening Ration Is Given Out by Jersey ' Th£ New Jersey station gives the following as a desirable special fattening ration: One hundred pounds corn meal, fifty pounds wheat middlings, fifty pounds ground heavy oats or ground oatmeal, thirty pounds meat scrap. This mash is mixed with water and fed to the broilers three times a day, all they will clean up in 15 to 20 minutes. When milk is available for mixing, the meat scrap should be omitted from the mash. If semisolid buttermilk is used, dilute one part of it with three parts of water and then mix with mash. When powdered milk is used, substitute thirty pounds of it and omit the meat scrap. Water should be kept available for the birds. Market the broilers when they weigh two and two and half pounds. Lime and Phosphates as Pasture Top Dressings Some of the English investigators have demonstrated the good effect' from lime and phosphates as top dressings of pasture. The carrying capacity has been doubled under such treatment Previously cattle or sheep grazing on such land had been troubled with rickets resulting in heavy losses from cripples and paralysis. In one such instance reported from England, lime and superphosphate were applied. Samples of the grasses from treated and untreated areas were analyzed showing that the percentage of phosphorus, potash and lime had been more than doubled through the treatment. The increases were as follows: Phosphorus 136 per cent, potash 102 per cent, lime 152 per cent | Agricultural Notes | Artichokes make good pasture for hogs in late summer or early falL * • • Cut the lawn often and do not remove the clippings. They help to build a good lawn soil. • • • The farmer who applies timely and thorough sprays consistently throughout the season is the one who harvests a profitable crop. Quality products pay best • • * Garden plantings, either fruit or vegetable, frequently suffer from lack of moisture during summers. Complete control of weeds and grass In the garden is the protection practiced by the skillful grower. • • ♦ Dust are a source of pleasure to the hens during the summer months. Spade up the fresh, moist earth in the shade, and the hens will do the rest Dust baths are instrumental in keeping lice under control.

Must Prove Capacity for Mountain Climbing Mont Blanc will soon be as safe for the average tourist as a crossing of the Champs Elysees. This is sufficient to Indicate that it will not° be entirely without Its dangers. The departmental council of Chamonix, however, has decided to increase the number of accredited guides and has opened a series of severe examinations. The first try-outs lasted a full week, with night-climbing and tracing, with and without dogs, over the most difficult peaks of the region. Among the successful candidates were Marius Farlni, French skiing champion, and Jacques Bugnet, the hero of one of Mont Blanc’s epics a year ago when he saved the lives of three companions by letting himself to the bottom of a gully. He carried one of them on his back through a raging snowstorm for nearly three miles, and fainted, with both feet badly frozen, Just as he reached a rescue hut. —London Mail. Should Not Be Ready for “Shelf” at Sixty Many of the finest achievements in statesmanship, literature, medicine and the arts have been made by men of sixty or over. Is not Dr. W. W. Keen at 91 one of the foremost physicians of the world I Edison is at work at 80; the statesman, Arthur James Balfour, 89; Elihu Root, 82; Von Hindenburg, SO; Clemenceau, 86> The astronomer Galileo, the philosopher Herbert Spencer and Lamarck; Browning and Goethe, the poets, Verdi the composer, produced their masterpieces between the ages ct 70 and 85. Titian painted at 98. Sarah Bernhardt and Joseph Jefferson acted at 75. Most of the successful generals in the World war were far past the American War department retiring age of 64. It is certain that productive mental activity is greatest after the age of 40, provided that the health of the Individual is good and that cares and responsibilities do not take away his ambitions.—Scientific Monthly. The war has made table linen very valuable. The use of Red Cross Ball Blue will add to its wearing qualities. Use it and see. All grocers.—Adv. Volts Keep Fish Straight The electrical stop now employing 45 volts of current, established on the Rogue river, Oregon, for the purpose of diverting the salmon and steelheads from the turbine race to the fish ladder, is operating without apparent harm to the fish. The electrical stop, while not an entire success, seems to be filling the bill, and much valuable data on the device is expected to be collected during the summer. The device consists of charged wires placed in such a manner as to shock the fish not keei 'ng In the channel. Horse Furniture Mrs. Pester —Nose bag! Indeed! Where do you get that idea? That’s a hand-embroideried laundry bag. It’s Nothing like a nose bag. Her Husband — That’s what I thought It’s a nose bag for a clotheshorse. Life means more when you are green and unsophisticated.

Im till breaking ! SALES RECORDS' GREATEST JULY IN WILLYS-OVERIAND HISTORY' The big forward inarch of Willys-Overland continues! < ' Following the greatest six months in Willys-Overland’• : § . •■ 20-year history, with sales exceeding the entire 1927 - output, came July with far more sales than any previous July. 100% more Whippet and Willys-Knight cars were purchased than during July last year. This success is not surprising. Whippet Fours and Sixes and the three great Willys-Knight J Sixes offer a degree of comfort, performance, J? safety and economy never previously ; available at such extremely low prices.. Orders now accepted for prompt £ i delivery. z < VfITV w Gome in. Let us arrange for an early demonstration so that you last may judge for yourself the performanceabili&of any of tlieic modernly engineered cars. WILLYS-OVERLAND, Inc ‘ TOLEDO, OHIO

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There Is Hope Mary—Mother, I’m afraid Mrs. Jones will never visit us again. Mother—What makes you think so? Mary—How can she if ghe keeps on staying? Complimented ? He was no Adonis, but his heart was gold. He presented her with an unusually ugly pug dog on her birthday. She warbled: “Oh, thank you. Harold. It’s Just like you, so it is!”

Inexorable Campaigner “Do you forgive your enemies?” "I forgive ’em,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But I still cherish the belief that they were awful foolish.”

Some fellows couldn’t even tell the truth In a diary. Bankers have as many secrets to keep as doctors. How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.—Southey. On Matrimonial Seas “He lost his bachelorship I” “Yes, it was carried away on a permanent wave.”