Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-09
WALTER WELLMAN HOME.
The Great Explorer Talks of Hi
Work In the Arctic Regions.


Work In the Arctic Regions.
New York, Oct. 9.-Slightly stopped
by reason of his crutches, the tall, mus
cular form of Walter Wellman. the
arctic explorer, whose second expedi-
tion nearly cost him leg, limped
slowly down the gang PLANK OF the
Cunarder Umbria yesterday. Assisted
by Mrs Wellman he made his way
slowly TO carriage a the head OF the
pier and While waiting for his baggage
to be landed talked freely of his ex
perience in Franz Josef Land and OF
the probable fate of Professor Andree.
The finding of Andree's buoy off the
coast of King Charles Land on Sep
TENDER by the Norwegian cutter Mar
| tha Larsask only confirms my opinion
| that Andree and his companions are
lost" said Mr.. Wellman. The buoy, as
! you know. was to be thrown over by
| .Andree if he found the pole. 1t was
taken to Stockholm and opened and
found empty.
sof my own efforts to penetrate
Franz Josef Land you have heard.
left Tromso, in Norway, in May, 1898.
/ in the steam sealer Frithjof. We made
a landing at Cape Flora, Franz Josef
4 Land, the point where hansen so provi-
dencially met Jackson, and proceeded
by sledge eastward to Tegetthof, our
| winter quarters.
4 My expedition had two objects. On,
J. was TO explore the unknown portions
of Franz Josef Land to the east and
/ northeast. and the second TO reach
4 more northern point than ha4 yet been
4 Travelled by man.
ION March 30. 1899. we had reached
latitude So, east of Rudolph Island L
slipped into a crevice eighteen inches
deep hidden by the snow. / was haul
ing on the sledge TO encourage my dogs
al the time. My shin bone was scrapeG
and my leg sprained. walked eight
days after that until ! fell exhausted,
and then Lad to lie on the sledge anu
he dragged back to the headquarters at
Tegetthuf. With a temperature of lO3
and my right leg swollen its entire
length.
II was sick at Tegetthof from April
. to July a. and was then taken to
Tromso and finally TO London. where i
nave been under the care of a special
list.
). II believe the pole can be reached anG
that Franz Josef Land is the best pos
sible route. Our expedition resulted in
, making Franz Josef Land definitely
known and III adding thirty new islands
10 the map. We are giving the Islands,
straits and points good America
J names, and this is the first time Amer
lean names have been so used. excep,
in two points during the De Long ex-
petition twenty years ago.
II don't favor the corporation of ma
tons in arctic explorations. believe il
~
! Mr.. Wellman said he had no definite
plans but intimated that he would tn.
r another expedition by the Franz Josef
< Land route. He left Ior Washington
y with Mrs. Wellman at l p. m.
VIII Oppose the Martial spirit.
Q New York. Oct. 9.--Bolton Hall yes
n terday gave out q statement concern.
v ling the formation of a new organiza.
L ton, of which he is temporary secre
! tary. which is to be known as tn,
# American League. The purpose of tn,
o American League is to oppose TIL,
t. growing warlike spirit in the United
: States. A meeting has already beer
e held and platform adopted which
first of all. reaffirms the doctrines o
IS the declaration of independence an'
e says that others as we'll as the peopl
II of the United States should come un
"a der its heneficence.
: Its third and last clause says: wv
= adhere to the American idea that gov
eminent derives it's just powers from
Ie the consent of the governed, and tn
y, conclusion is I'VE are therefore OPP
: posed to the use of force in the exten
lie sion of American institutions
l. Among those named by Mr.. Hall a
y, league are Carl Schurz, Edward NJ
IN Shepard, w. Bourke Cochran, Rev. {
I'd II. Parkhurst. Rev. II. Van Dyke VIII
Ia liam Dean Howells, Charles w. Dayton
t. Henry Loomis Nelson, John Dewitt
le Warner, Rev. Robert Collyer Re,
ut John w. Chadwick, Judge Henry Bis
III choir, Jr., Ernest n. Crosby. samus
e. G9mpers and Wheeler H. Peckham.