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EXPLORER FINDS
MCE LOST FOR
800 TEARS
Professor Stefansson Travels
in Arctic Regions Among
Red-Haired People.
SEATTLE, Sept. IS—Ranking next
in importance from an ethnological
standpoint to the discovery of the lost
tribes of Israel is the discovery made
by Professor Vilhjalmar Stefansson, of
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, of the lost tribe of 1,000 white
people. They are believed to be direct
descendants from the followers of Lief
Ericksen, who came to Greenland from
Iceland about the year 1000. and a few
years later discovered the north coast
of America. These people are living
on Victoria Island, SO degrees east of
the mouth of the Mackenzie river and
more than 2.000 miles by the coast line
and are still in the Stone Age. While
the civilization of nearlv 1.000 years
has passed they have stood still. Pro
fessor Stefansson, who left New York
city in 1908 on his trip, has just arrived
In Seattle.
One of the remarkable incidents of
the five years exploration which Stef
ansson carried on is the fact that he
left his winter headquarters in Banks
Land four years ago with sufficient
flour and other cereals to sustain lilrn-
If and his Eskimo associates for two
weeks, and enough salt and tea to last
four weeks. With this scant supply of
food, he lived for four years on the
bleak Inhospitable shores of the Polar
t*a. Caribou, seal and bear furnished
him food and clothes.
Discovers Thirteen New Tribes.
During his travels about the region
at the top of.the world Stefansson dis
covered thirteen new tribes of people.
Ten of these tribes had never seen or
heard of white men. The progenitors
of two other tribes had seen the mem
bers of the Franklin exploring expedi
tion. and one tribe had once been vis
ited by a whaling vessel.
The tribe of w’hite people which
Stefansson declares are purely of Nor
wegian origin, never had seen other
persons of their own color. Their num
ber of about 1.000. and more than
half of them have rusty red hair, blue
eyes, fair skins and tow-colored eye
brows and beards. They live on both
shores of Coronation gulf, on the main
land of North America and Victoria
Island, which formerly was known as
Prince Edward island.
It was for these people that Raold
Amundsen, discoverer of the south pole,
eearched while making his celebrated
trip through the northwest passage.
Amundsen, it will be remembered,
stated that natives had told him of a
race of white people living to the north
ward, but he was unable to find them.
Ethnologlcally, they are entirely dif
ferent from the Eskimo not only in the
shape of the skull, but In general fea
tures, color of eyes and texture of
hair. There is not a single trace of
the Mongolian type tn them While they
retain but a few of the customs of the
Norsemen who were lost from Iceland
in the twelfth century, their method of
life Is entirely different.
They Use Copper Knives.
The conditions under w-hich they live
are the most primitive. No vegetation
except moss and a few stunted willows
grow in their habitation. They are meat,
and fish eaters, pure and simple. The
Islands abound with caribou and the
sea with seal. They use bows made of
willbw sticks, bound together with sin
ew, and their arrows are tipped with
flint and native copper, which Is pried
out of ledges or found in stream beds
on the mainland. Their knives also are
made of copper, with horn handles, and
made in much the same manner as
these implements were made by the
early Norsemen who inhabited Green
land. Likt nearly every savage tribe,
thy have a legend of a flood which a
long time, ago devastated the world.
They still use the same kind of bone
needles that were invented by their
forefathers, and many of their methods
of life are somewhat similar to those of
their progenitors.
They are a migratory people, never
remaining longer than a few weeks in
the same place. When they moved
Steffansson and his associates moved
with them. They never live on the
coast and it was for this reason that
Amundsen failed to discover them
when he sailed by their island. In the
winter time they settle on the ice in
the center of a bay, where they hunt
seal. In the summer time they go to
the center of the island, where they
hunt the caribou.
Wear Swallow-Tail Coats.
Their houses are made of snow for
the walls, and a roof is stretched over
the top by means of small pieces of
driftwood, w hich on rare occasions are
found on the coast. These stray frag
ments of wood are highly prized Furs
furnish their clothing. Their shoes are
cut to come well up the thighs, where
they are met by a kind of underskirt
which reaches to the waist. The coat
is fashioned In precisely the same man
ner as the swallow-tailed or full dress
coat. The whole outfit is held together
by means of the thongs and buttons
made from rawhide and bone. There
are no walrus in that region
None of th. natives had ever seen a
match or a rifle.
During five years Stefansson's rifle
brought down nearly Ko tons of meat
He maimed a large portion of the coun
try. The maps of the top of the world,
lif says, hf(» groshlv ina<•<*urat♦
Stefansson b ft fi.t New York to make
hts report, and will return to the An tic
to way of the Edmonton trail and Mac.
i, r 11 " a >» accompanied by
a And crsor, Fie'w.en them
HihHp ri urn> ' th* feu-
’uresof shtch gr< th. s ktnH -kulle and
Lp.‘ ! “ f nln. '..n barren ground
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KRAZY KAT K WESTION
Mr. Stranger walked up to an. Atlanta soda fountain today, enjoyed a five-cent drink and
tendered the soda jerker a one-dollar bill.
“Sorry,” said the jerker. “I haven’t ninety-five cents in change. Hand me the nickel the
next time you come in.”
“I’m not coming in again.” said Mr. Stranger. “I live in New York. And all the money
I have is a one-dollar bill and a five-dollar bill.”
“That’s easy,” returned the soda man. “Take back your one and give me the five. Here
is your four dollars and ninety-five cents change.”
Now, how could he change the five when he couldn’t ange the one? The answer is so
easy it is ridiculous, and that’s why it is so hard. Even Krazy Kat could solve it if he put
his mind in it.
The Georgian will publish solutions mailed to the Puzzle Editor. But no questions will be
answered.
WANTS ANGLIN
TO SUE JESTER
Attorney for Wife of Man Alleg
ing Love Theft Defends
Her Character.
Far] Hutcheson, well known young
Attorney, today issued a defense of Mrs.
John T. Anglin and declared that if her
husband brought his threatened suit
for $25,000 for alienation of his wife’s
affections against W. R. Jester in this
county, Mrs. Anglin would win a com
plete vindication. Here is Mr. Hutche
son’s statement:
Relative to charges by one John
T. Anglin against his good wife, of
this city, as result of an attempted
shooting scrape in Macon, said
Anglin being acquitted of charges
of assault with intent to murder
W. R. Jester, of Atlanta, I wish you
would give me space in your col
umns for a few words in behalf of
Mrs. Anglin.
I know’ the lady personally and
hereby vouch for her irreproach
able character. I am cognizant
also of some things In connection
with said John T. Anglin. The
case has been tried to a great ex
tent in the press. Public opin
ion is formed oftentimes without
all facts being known. Evidence
so often is the basis of a miscar
riage of Justice. If the public knew'
the life that said Anglin led this
good lady in the West, they would
pause before rendering a verdict.
I know that Mrs. Anglin is a good
woman, has done nothing wrong
and that Mr. Jester has known her
since she was a child, Mrs. Anglin's
father being In Jester’s employ.
I trust that Anglin will enter
suit against Mr. Jester in Fulton
county, and I am certain that the
public w'ill then have an opportu
nity to pass a sentence commen
surate with the weight of the
scales of justice.
Judge Ross, attorney for Anglin,
is a great lawyer and a friend of
mine. He charges certain things
against Jester and brands Mrs.
Anglin as a bad woman. I.et us
have a trial of this affair in Ful
ton through a damage suit, where
lawyers’ Influence is not so far
reaching as in the county of Bibb,
and then we shall see another side
to the outrageous and untruthful
charges of a defendant, who can
not testify, but who can say any
thing that he desires on the stand,
because he can not be reached by
an indictment for perjury.”
SAVANNAH PASTORS
WHO RAPPED JURIES
WILL BE ON VENIRE
SAVANNAH. GA.. Sept. 18. —Savan-
nah ministers having protested against
the quality of men on the jury’ lists. It
Is understood that when the new list
Is compiled there will be a surprise in
store for them In that practically all of
them will be on it. Almost every phy
sician in the city also will be on the
list.
It was stated by the ministers that
the class of persons who should serve
on juries were not put on the lists, and
that this was the reason the judges
found difficulty' In securing good Jurors
and why' it Is hard to convict In cer
tain cases, particularly for violations of
the liquor laws.
The Jury commissioners gave cre
dence to the statements, and in order
to remedy the matter and satisfy' the
ministers, the preachers themselves
were put on the list
LEGISLATORS OF MUSCOGEE
FOR LURWELL FOR SPEAKER
COLUMBUS. GA . Sept. 18.—Nomi
nees to the next Georgia legislature in
this section are almost to a man for
Representative Burwell, of Hancock,
for next speaker of the house Musco
gee county has three nominees and all
three of them have announced that
they will support Burwell as long as
bls name is before that body forspeak
”r. Colonel J S Shepherd, of Sumter,
Is the second choice of the representa
tives of this section for the next speak
er of the house.
GUNNER IS KILLED ON
ENGLISH DREADNOUGHT
Sept 18.—One man was
killed and a number injured tn an ac
cident to a gun on board the British
dreadnought Edward VII during tiring
J off Colon, according to an unofficial re.
| port rei elved here today The admi
ralty office would not confirm it.
DIXIE MILLING PLANT BURNS
N ’ s-i\ ri i tens . Sept. |g ft,,
!of unknown "ilglti ha» destroyed the
i> •n' ■' t < rennessee Milling plant at
[Ertl.l Sj. luge, Tenn,, with 8375,000 loss
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SAVANNAH ADOPTS
STRICT INSPECTION
RULES FOR COTTON
SAVANNAH, GA., Sept. 18.—Ship
brokers, railroad and steamship offi
cials, cotton inspectors and transporta
tion mon have adopted for use at the
port of Savannah the inspection rules
of the Savannah Maritime association
The object of these rules is to reduce
the number of complaints registered
against damages to cotton shipments
when they reach their foreign destina
tion. Other South Atlantic posts adopt
ed these rules two weeks ago.
The rules provide for a more careful
Inspection of cotton which is offered
for shipment; for a strict enforcement
of regulations as to marking bales and
wrapping them carefully. Bales bear
ing indistinct marks will be condemned
before they' are loaded for shipment.
400 tjIRLS ATTENDING
WESLEYAN THIS YEAR;
500 BOYS AT MERCER
MACON, GA., Sept. 18.—Wesleyan
college irfnd Mercer university were
opened for the 1912-1913 term this
morning. Both report extra large at
tendance. There are nearly 400 young
women at Wesleyan, and about 500
young men at Mercer.
Formal exercises were held at Wes
leyan, members of the faculty render
ing vocal and instrumental numbers
An interesting address was made by
Professor M. L. Brittain, the state
school superintendent.
Exercises were abandoned at Mercer
this year, the students beginning their
classes at 9 o’clock'
NINE KILLED, 30 HURT
IN STREET RIOTS IN
TOWN IN PORTUGAL
LISBON, Sept. 18.—Nine persons
were killed and 30 injured today at
Evora, capital of the Portuguese dis
trict of Evora, in a battle between
townspeople and soldiers.
The soldiers were escorting a band of
political conspirators to the barracks as
prisoners when a crowd of spectators,
enraged by the insulting remarks of
the captives, attempted to take them
away from the soldiers for summary
punishment.
The soldiers resisted the attempt and
fired into the mob of townspeople. The
fire was returned with revolvers. The
battle raged three hours.
SUES STATE WHEN TREE
SPRAY GETS ON HIS AUTO
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 18. —Affirming
that a state employee, while spraying
trees, allowed some of the liquod to get
on his clothes and automobile. Max H.
Elbe has filed a claim against the state
for $7.
| SHOP TALK
The Askin & Marine Company, 78
Whitehall street, announce their first
showing of millinery and ladies’ ready
to-wear, beginning today and lasting
throughout the week. Stylish pattern
hats, from imported models, ranging
from $5 to $25, and the newest fall suits
at attractive prices are some of the
features of the opening. Nowhere in
Atlanta is found a greater variety of
modish millinery and attractive ready
to-wear than at this store, according
to the management. A cordial invita
tion is extended to all to see the dis
play.
The sales during the past week at
the W. A Day Credit Clothing Com
pany’s. 14 West Mitchell street, have
been attended by large crowds, accord
ing to reports of the management.
James Duffy Is at present in New
York buying his fall and winter stock.
A large line of fall goods is being re
ceived by the United Credit Clothing
Company, 73 1-2 Whitehall street.
One of the most common ailments
that hard working people are afflicted
with is lame back. Apply Chamber
lains Liniment twice a day and mes
sage tlie parts thoroughly at each ap
plication, and you will get quick relief.
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receipt of their large import order of
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You are invited to the
Atlanta Theater tonight,
Sept. 18, 1912. Brilliant
music and interesting exer
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Southern College of Pharmacy.
Don t walk talk Georgian
WANT ADS fill all wants both
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TELLS WHERE TH
FIND RIG HE TOOK
Horse Thief Writes Note to the
Police Chief and Stolen An-
imal Is Recovered.
Major Charles Vittur. proprietor of
Vittur's livery stables, today regained
possession of a fine horse and buggy
which had been missing since Saturday.
He got the rig back by following in
structions in a mysterious note re
ceived by Police Chief Beavers from
the horse thief.
This note, which came to the chief
written on a dirty piece of paper in a
scrawling hand and inclosed in a tele
gram envelope, read:
“Tell the livery stable man on Ma
rietta street he can get his horse and
buggy if he will go to a point one
mile above Norcross. He will find it in
the woods, tied to a tree, right behind
a church. Tm drunk.”
There w’as no signature. The charac
ter of the almost Illegible writing in
dicated that the writer knew what he
was talking about when he said he was
’’drunk.”
Chief Reavers turned the note over
to Major Vittur, and the liveryman at
once hurried to Norcross. He went to
the point indicated, and there, behind a
little country church, tied to a tree,
was his horse and buggy. The writer
of the note was gone.
The thief called at Vittur’s stables
Saturday morning and rented the horse
and buggy, giving his name as “Scott,”
and explaining that he wanted to drive
to Ben Hill. When he failed to return
at the appointed time, a search was
started, but nothing was heard from
the horse and buggy until the arrival of
the note.
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Bowling Green, Ky., R. No. 4.
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VERY GOOD FOR ALL ’
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Only a Few Hours Each
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Amounts to More Than
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Mr. Level Head, who is the “master
mind” in a successful business, listen
ing to complaints about business de
pression. said:
“The main trouble with business is
that you think too much about it dur
ing leisure hours. Try my plan. As
soon as I leave my place of busi
ness at night. I forget it. On an av
erage of two or three nights a week
1 do a little educational reading—
nothing heavy—l don't study. For in
stance. just at the present time I am
interested in reviewing the Atlas 1 got
from The Georgian. I have read the
chapter on the official machinery at
our seat of government. I am looking
up principal cities throughout the world
and riading descriptions of them. All
of this helps me In my business, be
cause It takes my mind off of the lit
tle cares and worries, and at the same
time Instructs and interests me.
. “By spending a few hours a week in
this way, 1 figure that it equals about
two weeks of continuous reading
within a year’s time. Think of the In
humation gained in that time!” 1
You can get the Atlas in question I
only by dipping or tearing out ths
headings from the first pages of this
paper, as explained in the announce
ments printed flam day tn day.
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ATLANTA MAKES BID FOR
ADVENTIST CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—More than
100 ministers of the Seventh Day Ad
ventists denomination are holding a ten
days conference at Tacoma park. The
quadrennial session of the general con
ference of the denomination will be
held next May. Washington Adventists
want the conference held here. Atlan
ta, Nashville, Indianapolis and Spring
field, 111., also w’ill make a bid for it.
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CIRCUS TRAIN THROUGH
TRESTLE; OWNER KILLED
CAPE GIRARDEAU. MO., Sept. 18.
—One man was killed and sixteen per
sons injured when a circus train On
the St. Louis and San Francisco rail
way fell through a trestle over Hunter
creek near here. The train carried
Lamont’s dog and pony show. It was
dropped a distance of 25 feet. Harry
Lamont, one of the owners of the show,
was killed. A relief train arrived th<
morning and began removin -
wreckage. 1 5
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