Saturday, May 8, 1926
DID NORSEMEN REACH AMERICA?
MacMillan Seeks to Prove They Did —
500 Years Before Columbus i
Donald R. MacMillan at the wheel of
one of the enrly Norse ships such as t'
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in darkness and the roads of the
ocean led mostly to an unknown death
in the shadow of great waves, certain
low, black Bhips with gaily pirnted
sails crept westward from northern j
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hie schooner, the Bowdoin. Below,
the tenth century explorers used.
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Europe to see what lay beyond the
\ mysterious sunset rim of the Atlan
j tic.
1 | Just what happened to these hardy
| voyagers is not definitely know. It
• is believed, however, that they reached
I North America and established colon-
I ies there.
And now a twentieth century Am- ci
erioan. Donald B. MacMillan, is go- *
iug north to find out. Within the
coming years he expects to have dofi- t
hit* proof that the Norsemen diaeov- s
eted and settled North America nearly t
509 years before Columbus. s
For fiild Museum. c
MacMillan leaves Wiscassett. Me., I
lin his schooner Bowdoin on June 19. i
He is making his trip under the aus- t
piecs of the Field Mitsrum here, w.th 1
Frederick Itawson, Chicago million- t
aire, financing it. j I
“Our operation* will carry us to a
I point about 70 degrees north latitude,” !
MacMillan says. “Till* will bring us
about 309 miles beyond the arctic cir
cle. For three months we w.U work ‘
in and about Labrador. Bafflin Island.
South Greenland and Eleesmece Is
land."
It is in this territory (hat Mac. Mi- ’
lan expects to find proof of early 1
Norse settlers. Particularly is this 1
true of Labrador.
The’old Norse sages tall of n land
beyond the ocean that was colonized
by daring voyagers. It is MacMil
lan's belief that this land Included
not only Greenland, which the Norse
men are known to have reached, but
part of the North American continent.
He hopes not only to find such
things as weapons, grave stones, build
ings and the like; it is his belief
that there exists hidden nwny in this
wild land remnants of a tribe of the
Norse settlers; people who can be
identified as actual descendants of
these pre-f'olumbian colonists,
If he succeeds he will add one more
bit of evidence to the great daring and
sk lled seamanship of those semi-bar
bare sea rovers of the ninth and tenth
centuries A. D.
The nverage Norse ship measured
about 100 feet in length, bore a single
mast nnd carried some twenty pairs
of oars. The central part of tie boat
was decked, nnd on this deck the row
ers sat, each on his own sea chest |
which contained his belongings. At
each end of the boat there was a
short raised .deck, underneath which
there were living quarters for the
ship’s officers.
The seamen worked and slept in
the open. They could not "go below."
ns there was no space under the amid
t ships deck. At night, or in stormy
j weather, a sort of tent-like covering
I of canvas was stretched over them.
I On long voyages everyone ate cold j
' food; these early ships had no gal
| leys nnd no cooks. The Norse sea
| captains had no compasses, steering
I solely by the stars.
These ships had high bows and
sterns, carved usually into dragons 1
e heads and tails. The big mainsail was
usually made of wool, generally gaily
pnined in b'g vertical stripes. Each
rower went armed, hanging his shield
y over the side.
t It was in Buch ships, frail and dan-
II gerous by modern standards, that the
|w Norsemen crossed the Atlantic.
MacMillan, incidentally, plans to
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"For Ift years I have been running’
back and forth,” he says, "but this
summer I’m going to pick a site up
there to build ah entire cotnmunity as
a permanent base whieh I will keep
open for five years. Tn 1027 I want
to try again for the north pole nnd I
want to make this base iny headquar
ters, so that I can send baek for sup
plies and still remain on the top of
the world."
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BANKERS CONTEMPLATE
SMALL SERVICE CHARGE
Alleged That Too Many Unprofitable
Accounts Are Carried.
Durham. May 6.—“ Putting bank
ing on a business basis" is in reality
what the special clearings committee,
beaded by Allan T. Bowler, is mak
ing a gesture toward in the report
that will be submitted tomorrow morn
ing on "unprofitable accounts,” and
which is expected to precipitate some
of ;itc most important discussion of
the thirtieth annual convention of the
North Carolina Bankers Association,
in session here.
Investigations of the eommmittee
are said to show that many accounts,
even numbers considered large, are
unprofitable, due to iseveral condi
tions, one which is tiint the depositor
may keep out checks for n larger
amount than tiis balance, thus using
the crcillt of the bank while the hank
gets little or nothing from the ac
count.
Service Charges.
Service charges will be considered,
"ending bankers say, as a means of
meeting this situation, based on the
daily average collected balance of the
depositors, and suggestions have been
imple of a sliding scale of charges,
with service rendered as a basis. It
. will be contended that it is not a
j stab at the small depositor, for he
often has a profitable account, it is
understood.
Several banks of the state have al
ready put in a service charge, or have
authorized it, it is learned, among
them being ail some of those in
Greensboro, Goldsboro, Tarboro. War
saw, Hickory, Charlotte and Chapel
Hill. Banks in (’impel Hill, it is re-1
called, were the first to start a service
charge, the many small accounts of
j University students ranking it desir
able. or necessary.
Just what the discussion Will lend
to, bankers arc not willing to pre
dict. Some think action may be
taken, others Jbelieving it may go
1 over for further study and considera
tion. It is understood, however,
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Invisible Empire Is Faced
By Civil War in North Carolina
Asheville, May, 6.—A civil war has
invaded the invisible empire in North
Carolina. Mountain klansmen, sev- j
eral thousand strong, are in open re-.
volt against the present regime in I
the re&lm of North Carolina and about
the head of Judge Henry A. Grady. 1
grand dragon, thunders of dissension
roll, according to reports tonight. i
Dissatisfaction over the Handling of !
the state affairs of tile order, of a !
special finance committee, for an|
audit of the state books late October,
has continued to see the unabated, it
was learned, and the result is that
the third province represehting the
western end of the state has with
drawn its support and plan* a state
meeting in Asheville early in June
to which Judge (Irady and his asso
ciate in office will not be invited.
State Officers Fight Back. 1
In the meanwhile the state officers
have written letters banishing, in ef
fect, the mountain klans because of
alleged refusal to turn over certain
property following the adoption of the
resolution, the charters of the organi
zations in the third province are un
derstood to have been thkon up pend
ing adjustment of the matter. ,
The mountain klans continue to
meet, it is reported, and preparations
for a struggle to Bavc the organiza
tion by ousting officers which have
been the cause of dissension are go
ing forward.
The klannieh spirit of the men of
the mountains is well known and the
unity of the western part of the
realm is unbroken, it is reported.
Strict secrecy has cloaked the ac
tivities of the organization in west
ern North Carolina, and the bitter
dissension that has swept the moun
tain klansmen into a separate camp
has not appeared on the surface.
Resolutions Adopted.
Decision to come out in the open
with charges of mismanagement was
reached at a recent meeting of Ashe
ville Klan No. 40, it is understood,
and at that time resolutions seetjng
forth in a very pointed manner the
MORIUSON PUTS SOME
V ! PEP INTO BULL SALE
Former Governor Pays 91.000 For
Fanffina 801 l Sold by State Col
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Raleigh News and Observer.
Fo riper j Goveruor Cameron Moi'ri
son, represented in the person of
Countjt Agent Kopc Elias, of Meck
lenburg county, furnished the real
thrill pt (the sale of blooded Jersey
stock held at State College yesterday
when &y Increases of $25 per bid he
bought; this famous Raleigh’s Farmers i
GJpry for; SI,OOO. The bull was sold
bp fliei college for a bank in Rock
ingham. ‘The animal was previously
owned by ( J. F. Biggs, of Rocking
ham, who refused an offer of $27,500
about 'twjo years ago. The sale
started slowly and the bidders were
contentions of the mountain men were
unanimously adopted and have since
j been sent to every local organisation
. of the klan in North Carolina.
, Repeated . demands upon Judge
I Henry A. Grady and C. C. Mollwain,
grand klacliff, for an accounting of
| the realm funds have been made, it
] is alleged in the resolutions, whieh
; further change that these demands
were made by service men, lecturers
I and other klansmen at the kloreo in
annual session at Raleigh last Oc
tober.
It is, further set forth that the re
port of the grand kligraph showed
that the books of the realm were
more than $6,000 out of balance nud
that subsequently a committee was
appointed to investigate and report.
The resolutions then allege that the
committee was refused the books of
the realm and that no intelligent
audit could be made.
In concluding, the local klan de
plores the situation that has arisen
and condemns the attitude alleged to
have been taken by Judge Grady in
the matter. Decision to continue
! meetings of the mountain klans plans
, for a provincial meeting to precede
the state meeting here in June, and
other details of working out a solu
tion are understood to have been set
’ forth.
The immediate resignation of both
, the grand dragon, Judge Grady, and
the grand klacliff, C. C. Mcllwain,
is demanded, and arrangements set
forth for the broadcasting of the po
sition of the organizations in the
mountains as set forth iu the resolu
tions.
Following the mailing of copies of
the document adopted by the Ashe
ville klan, numerous replies indicat
ing support in the stand taken have
been reeeived, it is understood. The
matter, so far as could be learned;
has not yet been referred to the
palace and nothing of ;the attitude
of the uational officers ieould be as
certained.
cautious, but \rtien anijnal Nip. 29
was announced the crowd] of,some 200
sightseers, students and ' buyers rose
as due man and a murmur of admira
tion went up for the beautiful physi
cal proportions of the fanu^ia. hull.
A gentleman from Virginip .seamed
determined to have the animal. ' He
met raise after raise and [KonefElSus
topped him. Finally, whtyi Mr. Elias
nodded his assent to $l,<X)O, the gen
tleman from Virginia recognised ibis
defeat and began to turn the pages of
his catalogue looking for more likely
| prospects. { | j ,'
A new oH electric train which was
tested recently by the Canadian Na
tional Railways, ran from Montreal
1 to Vancouver, a distance of 2,937
i miles, in less than three days. The
actual running time was 67 hours.
I North Carolina Wants Separate Day.
I Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, May 7.—Since Tennessee
beat North Carolina to the draw in
selecting October 7th, the anniversary
of the battle of Kings Mountain as
“Tennessee Day” at the Sesqui-cen
tennial at Philadelphia, the day whieh
North Carolina desired to be known
as “.Noith Carolina Day”. Governor
A. w. McLean libr written the com
mittee bn arrangements asking if
some other day between October Ist
and 7th' cannot be selected by North
Carolina as its official clay at the ex
position, i : ' ■; ;
Thpugh the common Interest of the
two states in the battle of Kings
Mountain is Well known, as Tennes-
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see then was a part of North Caro
lina. Governor McLean feels that it
would be to the advantage of the state
to have an entirely separate day,
rather than to share the day .jointly
with Tennessee, and is of the opinion -
that Tennessee would prefer to have ••
its day unencroached upon.
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The fact that thousands of men in 7
Calcutta are but of work has result
ed in a protest against the increas
ing employment ‘of women in that
city in clerical and other positions
heretofore filled by men.
Instead of prosecuting smoke law
violators, Cleveland officials give their
names to high-pressure salesmen of
devices to reduce the smoke nuisance.