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Show x STEFANSSONIN BITTER DISPUTE Geologist Says Living on: Game During Arctic Trip Is Impossible MONTRAEU Jan. Prof J J. O'Neill, geologist of MeGill university,! B jndny took up arms In the controver- J y begun la, week when Dr. R. A , Anderson of Ottawa, second in com-, inand of the Stefaniaon ArcUo expedl-1 tlon of 1913. accused the explorer of having subordinated in' exeats of science to lile personal advantage. Professor O'Neill, who was a mem-1 her of tho southern branch of tlie sx-5. sx-5. edition, commanded by Dr. Anderson, eald an unsatisfactory basis of organl-, ration has caused friction" from the first. This frli-i Ion, he declared reach-1 d a crisis after stefanson had lost J ), lils vessel, the ICarluk and 11 of her BSf row, and rejoined the southern parly ' E2 describing its refusal to turn its re-1 S malning provisions over to him as "in-1 HSB subordination if not actual mutiny ' j LIVED ON" WHITINGS The crux of tho difficulty between ES JiiemlM'm of the expedition and theli leader, he said, was thnt thc were allL 3 in the pay of tho anudian gnvern- EB ment while Stefansson, althought set Efl over them as chief, looked lor Income to his writings gi "This arrangement was ridiculous. I; x torment Instead of In the government's t5 ; 'i f r. 1, ' he said. lg Stefansscn. h0 asserted, had bees I charged w ith purchasing supplies for I both dlvlelona of tho expedition, al- M though it was understood each was 1 to operate Independently. 8 At Nome, Alaska, the starting poir.t. Trofessor O'Neill said, a "terrible old V.'.nrlu awaited us." I Stcfansson had made the purchase. V hut he had taken great pains to mtk I the Karluk, ho northern party's ves- tAt the finest titled out ship that ever m left for Polar seas 1 DIVISION OF SUPPLIES I ''The Alaska, as ours woe called, was I in such a iTlllpldatcd state of prcaerva- I tlon that 'he Inhabitants of Nome were. I making wafers as to how long it Would I i emaln afloat. Then crime the question of rcelv!n I our sharo of the supplies. Stofimsson I rook nearly two-thirds of these and I jiractlcally all .he provisions, lie had I purchased, for -xan plia with t..e gov-I gov-I i-rnment's mono;, approximately bev-I bev-I n tons of pemmlcam . prepared food- Ho generously allowed us a t! pusand pounds. He also appropriated everj available Pled and dug thnt Scottic Al- I itn. tho Nome m usher, could find lit excused himself by saying Hut we ould easily get along without thm as our work would not take us off the continent." I MEALS PAR APART HSjVgS As an example of stetansson's nllcg- Kl ed extravagance. Professor O'Neill B ted that he once, sailed In an American ByftBI Vessel; the Polar Bear at J1.000 a 1 day. "The gowrnment muy n;.?.- consider a full inquiry Justified" Professor O'Neill said Stefansson'S claim that a "traveler could live on tho game, he encountered in the Arctic Was absurd." "I have traveled four times over a 2oo mile route," he said "And all the game I saw was two caribou and a few small animal.'. Mr. Stefonsaon' boasts thrat nls party lived comfortably on what the-, shot an i never missed a meal. I naked one of his men if flits vas true, and !:.. replied that if they never missed a meal, soma ci them Were damned far apart " |