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urged this as an lleveland, a little wain asked her, meant, "he did into the arawing tudio Window," Andrews. don orgotten » British Of- a Favor TV the theatre.â€" Life in R Of eland to t," over | tremblâ€" is as am , a little waiting luced & Y as t reâ€" that Holdâ€" ind 1a" 18 e h "eaded across country to Churchill, from there they flew north along the coast of Hudson Bay to Chesterfield Inlet and then across the barren lands to Baker Lakeâ€"s total flight of nearly 1,500 miles over unexplored territory. For the greater part of the flight the compasses carried in the planes could not be used owing to the nearness of the magnetic pole. Arctic flights e headed across from there the coast of Huds Inlet and the lands to Bake of nearly 1,500 territory. â€" For While we were caches on the easte son Bay therao was West, for it ts in the are centred. Two Ing five passengers equipment, left La Mani The prospectors were landed in pairs at various points on the east coast of Hudson Bay, Each party got a canoe and the necessary food and equipment to last three months. A headquarters vwas established at Richmond Gulf and from this base a sixâ€"passenger seaplane operated. ‘The plane, with a maximum cruising range of 1,000 miles, was employed in movâ€" ing the prospectors fror one area to another, so that little time was wasted in a country where the geological forâ€" mation was consifiarmt wniftusuck1 y \ Prospectors Moved By Plane But in spite of dificuities, various â€"«caches have been established in the Arctic and Subâ€"Arctic; _ invaluable data have been obtained, and those of us wintering here are confident that this year the North will sutrenâ€" der and reveal some of its longâ€" guarded secrets. Our expedition was sponsored by J. E. Hammeil, a Canadien mine opâ€" erator, who won both fame and forâ€" tune breaking new trails. A fishing schooner, the Patrick and Michael.‘ was bought and amminnad $a« a.zlr _ t. _ others 1 was a month in the and with only . food. prospectors were lost in a Seiuembvr blizzard, one never to return, the other crippled for life. Together with I 2 e IEted caked with ice crashed as the pllotl attempted to take off from the, troubled waters of Hudson Bay; two‘l prospectors were lost in a September i nave formed the opinion that it is also an inhospitable and forlorn land, & land of blizzards, with drifting snow as Impenetrable as a London fog, and of cold so intense that it blisters like boiling water. For us, too, it has been a land of traged?. In the past year there has been a «etermined effort to crack open the North and to discover those rich minâ€" eral deposits, stories of which have been current since the days of Fronâ€" tenac. But the business of discovery is proving dificult. The writer is attached to the Northern Aerial Minâ€" erals Expedition, which is attacking the North by plane, canoe and schoonâ€" erâ€"and victory, so far, is with the North., The schooner was wrecked in an uncharted channel; one of the planes | â€"Of our great *forthland is exemplified in the following article appearing im the New York Times. We reproduce it as an unvarnished tale â€"f the stark realities that go handâ€"inâ€"hand â€" with the search for mineral wealth. Prospecting by airplane for minerals in the frozen North country of Canâ€" ada, Arthur Lowe, now in charge of the expedition, gives for the first time a connected account of the tragic adventures and trials which winter forced on the prospectors when thelri schooner struck a shoal and a plane had crashed into a lake. Wireless‘ installation salvaged from the schoonâ€" er enabled Mr. Lowe to mmmunir‘utel his dramatic story direct to The New York Times radin atatian | The interest taken in the S;ates in connection with the A TALE OF ADVENTURE FROM THE STARK NORTH Marooned in the Subâ€"Arctic While Blizzards Rage, a Party of Airplane Prospectors Send by Radio a Vivid Account of Hazards and Tragedy The interest taken in the Unlted'l-‘rom Baker Lake the planes carried Chatmne bm semenmmkpat o ho y F Ners 1 was marooned for nearly nth in the barrens without fuel with only a limited supply of S‘MATTER POP ng difficult. The writer is to the Northern Aerial Minâ€" pedition, which is attacking 1 by plane, canoe and schoonâ€" victory, so far, is with the 8 in the irked, and in,July welthe men in Iohn, N.B., for the Sup. froze it wou st taken in the United nection with the opening *Sorthland is exemplified N.W .1 forlorn land, with drifting as a London tense that it ter. For us. H b it n )0 C On the seventh day of the galeâ€"the situation looked desperate and we decided to wait no longer. We took off from the lake and headed north, fAying dangerously low. Our first conâ€" cern was to pick up J. Rutherford and T. Cowans, two veterans of the Poreuâ€" pine, ‘because we knew their supplies must be getting low. With dificulty we located their tent pitched on the: shores of a large lake, and succeeded in landing near it. The tent was drifted high with snow; there were no signs of life, no sound except the whistle of the wind through the struts of the plane. I crawled along an iceâ€" covered pontoon, waded ashore, pushâ€" ed aside the frozen flap of the teat and crawled inside. There was a note nailed to a box: "Walking back; grub giving out." We flew on to the noxt camp. The prospectors there were more fortunâ€" ate, having shot a caribou on the day before our coming. But they had run desperately short of fuel and their| tent pole had been whittled down until bu the men in before the larger lakes froze it would be months before help co~ld be sent to them, as our planes could not be fitted with skis. The prospectors were scattered hundreds of miles apart across the barrens with food and fuel sufficient for only a few weeks at bestâ€"and the mercury was already flirting with zero. win«‘s from the northwest. It became imperative that the men should be brought in with all speed, and since the wreck of the schooner prevented ’us from building a headquarters, they should be taken out to civilization without delay. Search for Lost Gold Hunters A wind started from the northwest. and biew stcadily for a week, someâ€" times with a velocity of eighty miles an hour. It was accompanied by snow flurries and driving mist which made any attempt at flying suicidal. During the week the small lakes froze over and we were faced with the knowledge that unless we could get 4j Ship Piled on a Rock C It seemed that the vessel had been proceeding slowly through the chanâ€" |nel when it touched a shoal. In an |effort to clear it the captain ordered full speed ahead and the ship piléd up onto the rock. Too late, soundâ€" ings were taken. Fortunately there was a deserted shack about two miles from the scene of the wreck which had been erected years previously by‘ the mounted police. In this shack the| crew found teiaporary quarters. But: it became obvious that unless they’ could be . evacuated quickly many' w._uld perish during the winter, for ,the schooner could not be salvaged and the men were not provided with iwinter cloth‘ag,. , _ Finally a whale boat was outfitted for the 150â€"mile jJourney to the fur irading post at Chesterfield, and the the crew left in this under the comâ€" mand of William Robertson, the mate. September proved a tragic month 1 for the prospectors. Snow fell heayâ€" | ily and was accompanied by biting P reached the mouth of Chesterfield Iniet. At that point I left the ship and proceeded by plane to Baker Lake to take charge of operations in that area. Those of us on the Patrick and Michael, the base ship, made slow progress. For five days we were aground on a shoal in Hudson Bay, a gale which lasted three days blew us 100 miles off our course, ice fields slowed up our progress, and it was not until September that we finally the prospectors to aréa; ‘i_n the North reported to be rich in"minerals. m y NET You +tave custarp)" _ ~} ALL OVErR YourR Face! : STILL o Nou insist "You DiDNn T EAYy HE Piece pâ€" f } oF CusteaRr D/ i/. TP:iE? f\Q i /‘/, f* é\le ss iR Promec ?,’%‘/} > ~~â€".â€" k (‘3,, & 2 t §_':;)_\) < o @g? [ a) SÂ¥ C & & _.' \ early days of September we ireds of miles, placing prosâ€" taking them provisions or iem to new and more favorâ€" s. Toward the middle of i concern developed at the 1 of the schooner, and acâ€" a flight was made eastward it. We found it hard and _shoal at the entrance to o. It was listed over at a angle and scemed in imâ€" nger of slipping into deep sinking. Below us we could ew at work on rafts trying the cargo, and away on the untidy dump consisting of Iruras, packing cases and planes carried could get A striking beach ensemble of robe, beach pyjamas and bandana to match, in which Mrs. Howard Street of Philaâ€" delphia recently appeared at .Palm Beach, Florida. "Sept. 22. Pulled out after dayâ€" light. Joe left Webley revolver beâ€" hind two boulders. Have not had glimpse of sun since we left three | We succeeded in reaching all prosâ€" | pectors in the field except Rutherford j and Cowans. Day after day â€" we ,-'searched for them from the air, but | without â€" success,. They seemed to | have disappeared completely into the ]'sflent snowâ€"covered â€" hills. William [Storr, an experiment prospector, and | two Eskimos were taken to the desertâ€" !ed camp by plane, and they started | to backâ€"track the missing men. It was 'not long before they discovered the ’trasedy which had overtaken the two | prospectors. ‘There came a place fwhere the tracks of only one man | were left to follow. j , A Tragedy of the Trail | _ But it was unnecessary for Storr to continue his quest, because after being 'seven days on the trail with neither food nor covering, Cowans staggered | into camp. He managed to tell us that Rutherford had died of exposure four days previously, and then he collapsed. An idea of his desperate | struggle for life can be obtained from | his diary, which he ‘gave me afterâ€" ; ward and from which I quote ex-, cerpts: ? BIZARRE NEW ENSEMBLE "Didn‘t think they could the weather," they said. it was no thicker than a cane. They were surprised to see us. It is of Shrea not nC t general knowledge the Arabs ar the Atlas mountains. make it in WHAT, SNOW IN AFRICA? CANADA is C'ALLENGED Meantime we were practically withâ€" out fuel, water or food, and temperâ€" atures were running as low as twenty below zero. But for once we had a lucky break. After three weeks of chilly waiting a strong wind blew up from the east. The ice was carried out into the lake and our boat was freed. We succeeded in finding chanâ€" nels between the floe ice to the open lake and thence to our base. Z K 5> ( #esstk 2 ‘ #1 % 22 C o ‘C Cowan‘s. condition â€"was desperate n when he arrived, and it is amazing j that he should have traveled those |hst few miles. The mukluks (sealâ€" 5 skin boots) were cut from his blackâ€" , ened feet and first aid was rendered, .’: but we knew that the only chance of 'd;aavlng his life was to rush him to s | 4 hospitalâ€"1,500 miles away. ‘ e’ Captain Mat Berry, pilot of ouri plane, undertook to take him south : at once. ‘The machine took off from n,1?.aker Lake in zero weather; the _ pontoons and wings were thick with ‘|ice, and icicles festooned the struts. ~| But in spite of difficulties greater than those which attend a transatianâ€" ‘{tic flight Berry succeeded in fying his â€" |plane to Churchill Harbor he refueled. l’He attempted to take off without deâ€" | lay, but there was a heavy sea running |and this, combined with the tremndâ€" ous strain the plane had already unâ€" dergone, brought disaster, Amphibian Plane Sinks The pontoons of the machine colâ€" lapsed as it was lifting from the water. The few watchers on shore saw the‘ plane tilt forward, right itself and | then begin to founder. A boat sucâ€" ; ceeded in reaching the wreck and in < saving the passengers, but by such a|‘ narrow margin that the plane sank ! before even a small bag of mail could .. be saved. A wireless message was 1 sent to La Pas. A second plane was ; rushed in at ofiée, and + few â€"hours i4 later Cowans was im the hispital. ( During Berry‘s trip south we were i having our difficulties in the north. It c was essential that our wireless equipâ€" t ment should be salvaged from tholf schooner, and to effect this 8. C. Cusack, the operator, J. D. Donovani e ;and the writer remained near thel“ wreck. The work was accompllshed-n and the greater part of the equlpâ€"li ment moved to our base, when the A lake partially froze over. Our ‘only c means of communication had been n by boatâ€"and the boat was frozen solid in a foot of fce. Sa Back at the base it was not long | "Sept. 23. Have to slide down ‘creek-beds. Nobody â€" saying â€" much. !vaeled maybe five mi‘es, but going ‘hur‘d. owing to soft snow. Very 'lslm'm,\' and cold, nearly unbearable. | "Sept. 24. Started out across musâ€" keg, snow on top, water underneath, Made about 600 yards, winds and storm made it too hard to travel. Dropped down behind rock. Looked back and could not see Joe,. Went back and found him lying on his slde., Shook him, but he was dead. Meard plane, but could not see it, owing to, stormâ€"." days ago and compass no use. De cided to leave rifle behind. An Arabian Knight on Skis in Africa have a es C 1925 â€"by The tell Syndicate, Inc.} ski club, but they have, and this Arab is When a few weeks ago the second appearance of this volcanic island ocâ€" curred, parties steamed to the spot where the explosions took place, but no attempt was made to land, as the island was slowly disappearing under, the pressure of the heavy seas. 1 | The Governor and his paity explorâ€" {ed the entire island, which was of | whaleâ€"back formation. The party reâ€" | mained for imore than an hour. The iland was fourteen miles from Icacos and two miles from Chatham. Two craters were discovered on its summit near the northern extremity. ‘ The total area of the island was about three acres, and the heavy seas washed it away in the course of a few weeks. ‘Tdad went by steamer to explore it. Great care had to be exercised in makâ€" ing a landing, as it was found that the crest of mud was very thin and treacherous. The mud under the surâ€" face was still very hot. That emergence of the island was during the governorship of the late Sir George Le Hunte, and a party, including the Governor, the Chief Justice and other offi@rials from Trinâ€" _ _ Portâ€"ofâ€"Spain, Trinidad.â€"The re cent appearance of a volcanic mud island off the island of Chatham and its sudden disappeararce a few days later recall the "first night" performâ€" ance of this remarkable submarine volcano on Nov, 4, 1911, the mud island having ten appeared, accomâ€" panied by terrific explosions. | When you get to Washington, it‘s 0 late to learn.â€"Mayor Walker, Recent Rise and Disappearâ€" ance of Volcanic Area Recalls Earlier Exâ€" ploration Soon Lost in Heavy Seas Emergence Accompanied by‘ Terrific Gas Explosion I Work this winter has been difficult. Planes were unable to come north owing to the intense cold and heavy drifts. Instead of speeding through 'the air at a hundred miles an hour“ we have plodded over the hard packed ,snow from igloo to igloo. Accomâ€" panied by Shevekatah, a famous Eskimo hunter, I am leaving in the ° course of the next few days to make my way to the end of steelâ€"700 miles | !away. | Vanishing Isle First Seen Off Trinidad in 1911 before wireless communication was [established and we learned that the Hudson Bay Company had succeeded in getting a small schooner to Chesâ€" terfleld from Repulse Bay. In this schooner *the crew was taken to Churchill, from where they rade their way through the bush to the end of steel. WN I AKI a club member MUWIT 11 V mow The oldâ€"time slate of persowally conâ€" ducted political organizations now gives some indication of followlhg the oldâ€"fashioned school into oblivion. He Had Assistance. ped ] London Times Trade Supplement: |In the early days of the Empire Marâ€" keting Board it was pointed out here that, however weli conceived its plans might, be, ultimately its publicity lcampaign would have to be judged by (the same standard as that applied to other advertisements â€" the measure of success attained in "selling the goods." It is therfore with considerâ€" able satisfaction that we learn on the authority of the board that imports of Empire produce into this country durâ€" ing the last two years have broken all previous records for many comâ€" modities. The Board‘s publicity scheme has been la.gely concerned with the increase of sales of produce, and, therefore, is perfectly legitimate to regard the increase in fmports as eviâ€" dence of the success of its efforts. So the driver gave the animals a free rein and the three men tramped doggedly on behind. Thirty minutes passed and this time they did not reâ€" turn to the wagon. _ Another thirty minutes dragged by and all at once the dim, ghostlike forms of ranch buildings appeared before them. A few minutes later the horses were in the stalls and three thankfu! men were within the warm shelter of a ranch kitchen telling their story to eager listeners. Once more the inâ€" telligence of the horse had been deâ€" monstrated. F ribitinntibniqicutedit h ds ies S hss deschs ts lc3 2 I do know horses, We have been trying to lead the horses home. 1 suggest that we let them lead us home." C a load of coal from the railroad yards, ten miles distant. During the return trip the sun darkened, the north wind quickened until it stung the face, and hard, needleâ€"like particles of snow beâ€" gan to hiss against the clothing of the men. By the time they were three miles from home the storm bad inâ€" crased to a blinding blizzard that shut out completely the world in which they _ lived. Desperately the men struggled to unhitch the horses from the heavily loaded wagon and set out on foot leading the faithful animals behind them, Thirty minutes later, after making a complete circle, they saw the abandoned wagon loom up beâ€" fore them, They tried again and again returned to the wagon.( A third time they tried and a third time reâ€" turned to the wagon. The situation was indeed desperate. The storm showed no sign of lesâ€" sening, and deep concern was written | on the face of the three men. Sudâ€"| denly one of the men spoke: "See : here, I don‘t know the way home, but | Empire Marketing Board One sunny morning a few winters Ago a Wyoming rancher sent three of his men with a twoâ€"horse team to get and the intense cold that almost inâ€" variably accompanies a severe blizâ€" zard, make the fact of getting lost in a Wyoming snowstorm a serious matâ€" ter, even in this Gay of twentieth century progress. * By BERTRAM E. HALL } in Our Oumb Animals Nowhere south of the Arctic circle does the deathâ€"dealing blizzard deâ€" scend more swiftly and unexpectedly than upon the plains of Wyoming. The high altitude of the state, its sparse population, the vast, treeless regions The Judgment _ |New Tubes Bring _ ors shovld be at least 135 volts and preferably 180 volts and the grid bias should be reduced to not more than 1.5 for 185 volts on the plate or 8 volts for 180 volts on the plute. The CGâ€"880 full weve rectifier tube superseded the old CXâ€"318 full wave rectifier tube and may be substituted in place of the CXâ€"813% without any changes in equipmert or w.ring. The CXâ€"381 halfâ€"wave rectifier tube superseded the old CX 116B hal{â€"wave rectifier and may be substiéuted in its place without any changes in wiring. to .25 meghom for the plate resistors and 2 meghoms for the grid resistors with couplingâ€"capacities of .90C mfd. The plate voltages applied to the "B plus" terminals of the plate resistâ€" When CXâ€"34v high mu tubves are substituted in place of 801A tubes in resistunce-erupled amplifiers, best reâ€" sults can only be obtained if the values or plate and grid resistors are changed _ When 112A or 371A tubes are subâ€" stituted in place of 112 and 271 tubes, respectively, in A. C. receivers in which the filaments of the tubes are heated from the filament «indings of a power transformer, no changes are necessary since the tubes will autoâ€" matically draw the proper amount of current from the windings The same changes in filament cirâ€" cuit characteristics are required when substituting a 371A in placc of a 371 tube in storage battery or "A" elimâ€" inator circuits. In substituting a 112A or 371A tube in place of a Câ€"301 or 301A tube in the last audi stage of a receiver, the plate and grid bias voltages should be changed to the recommended values for maximum resuits in addition to the filament changes necessary when substituting an "A" tube in place of a Câ€"301 tube. CHANGES FOR PoWER TUBES In substituting a 112A for a 112 only the value of the flaiment resisâ€" tor need be changed. The 112 draws .5 ampere at five volts and requires a fixed resistor of 2 ohms or a rheoâ€" stat of 6 ohms while the 112A draws 25 ampere and therefore requires a fixed resistor of 4 <hms or a rheostat of 20 ohms. The grid bias and plate voltage characteristics are the same and the tubes can be used interchang» ably in that respect. Ee PAAA OTEWE TT WUTERE tl‘l’:.. EUL, ‘ In substituting a 301A wube in place of a Câ€"300 soft detector tube, in addiâ€" tion to changing the value of the filaâ€" ment resistor, the grid return should be connected to the positive filament lead instead of to the negative filaâ€" ment lead required for use with the Câ€"300, or 300A. When fixed resistors are used, the value of the resistor should be as nearly as possible the correct size reâ€" quired, four ohms for one %01A tube, two ohms for t\ » 301A tubes, etc. NEW RHEOSTaAT NEEDZD Before replacing a Câ€"301 tube with aâ€" CXâ€"301A tube in old receivers, therefore, care must be taken to reâ€" place the old rheostat with one of A suitable size. Where more than o.% tube is controlled "rom a single rheoâ€" stat or resistor, «. course, the resistâ€" ance required in the resistor is lower., Two 301A tubes for instanc« connectâ€" ed in parallel and drawing together .6 an.pere require a resistanc» of 2 ohms to reduce the six volt: to fiv» and for this purpose a 10â€"ohm rheostat will give full control. les resistor (rhecsta« or fixed resistor) in the filament circuit required to reâ€" duce the six volts supplied by the storâ€" age battery to the five wolts required by the tube filament will be different, For the Câ€"301 tube the resistance of the resistor required to produce a drop of one volt with one ampere flowing in the circuit was one ohm. A Gohm rheostat was therefore used to provide a sufficient range for control. In the case of the 301A, the valu« of the reâ€" sigtor required to produce a drop of one valt with a current of .25 ampere in the circuit is four ohms and a re» sistor of 20 ohms is recommended to obtain suitable conmtrol down below five volts. rent drain of .25 lmfié};s‘;t- H;e-‘-;|u This means that the value cf the ser However, the main point of differ. ence lies in the filament character istics. Whereas the Câ€"301 tube cause} a current drain of one ampore at Ava volts, the CXâ€"301A tube caases a curâ€" rent drain of .25 amperes at five volts, .l Modern tubes in place ct old ones ; 'iudolmntduluimpmmnl _[qulity, volume, and sensitivity that .\ aids in reception of distant stations m | set equipped with the old iype of tube | with a metal base, as used three or | four years ago, .an be vastly improvâ€" ed with new tubes. Engineers conâ€" |tend that after tubes are .n use al. most daily for a year their efficiency is greatly reduced. Tubes need not burn out to be worn out. To begin with, consider tle old typr Câ€"301 tube which has been uperseded by the CXâ€"301A tube. The operating characteritsics of these two tubes are .limilar with the exceptisa that the CXâ€"301A is much more efficient and has a higher amplification factor. The plate voltages and grid bias voltages required for both types of tubes are practically the same so that frowm the ’stundpoint they canâ€" be used interâ€" changeably in circuits Jesigned for either of the tubes, Whop the CX. 301A is substituted for the Câ€"301 tube in neutralized circuit receivers the neutralization values must be read~ justed. How Modern Detectors a Amplifiers Can Be Used in Old Receivers to Imâ€" Sets Up To Date prove Reception l t# 6 14 ‘g,