Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-18
EXPLORERS TROUBLES.
Side Lights on Squabbles of the
North Pole Chasers.
DEDRIoK AND THE PBARY CLUB.

Quarrel of the lieutenant and SUR
geon of The Expedition Now Re-
turning Has Not Disturbed the Cor
dial Relations of Their wives.
Zieplcr, the BacI1er og the Baldwin
Expedition. Calls 4ss Members "Cie-
are.te Smoking Dudes"
There seems to be no cad of trouble
among TIC arctic explorers, interest In
whose exploits is heightened by the
announcement that Lieutenant Peary
is now on his return from the far
north According to the accounts,
there has been a serious quarrel in the
ranks of the Peary expedition, DR..
Dedriek, the physician and surgeon,
having either been forced out or re-
signed. DR.. Dedrick's wife, Mrs. Cora
DERRICK. who is a teacher in the pub
lie schools at Arlington, n. j., says
that she had never for moment
doubt@l that the doctor would pull
through all right. She was sure his
grit would carry him through any
emergency that might arise She de-
clared that she had no information
about his Homecoming beyond the tele-
gram from her husband lately pub
lished. Through neighbor she tele-
graphed $50 to the doctor Mt Sydney,
G. r., as he requested. She was not
prepared to say whether she would
continue to teach or not. 1t will de-
pend on her husbands plans.
Mrs. Dedrick is not teaching school
because of necessity, says CORE
spondent in the New York Herald. Her
father IS james l.. Boyd, well to do
citizen Of Washington, n. J. In addi-
ton to this the Peary Arctic club made
an agreement with DR.. Dedrick when
he sailed north four years ago to pay
his wife $50 a month and to deposit
500 month to her credit in bank
Mrs. Dedrick refused to say whether
the club has continued to make these
payments since Or. DERRICK resigned
his commission, more than year ago.
but the understanding is that it has.
While Mrs. Dedriek was very guard
ed in her statements. it was plain that
she did not entertain the same harsh
feelings against the club that her hus-
band did She was strong in the de-
Tense of his actions, nevertheless, and
said that he must have some strong
reason for doing as he did.
She stated that she felt that the diff
ferences between her husband and
Lieutenant Peary were not of a per-
sonal character. They were the warm
est of friends before sailing and Mrs.
Peary had told her that they were
greater friends than ever two years
ago. Notwithstanding the fact that the
husbands evidently quarreled and sep
arated in the far north. Mrs Dedrick
and Mrs. Peary spent two pleasant
weeks together last fall in a New York
hotel
DR.. Dedricks life has been one of i'm
pulses. He was graduated from the
Hackettstown public schools about
twenty years ago and took up the
study of medicine Suddenly he gave
this up and went to Washington, n. j.,
as editor of the Warren Tidings. He
brought the paper quickly to pros
porous condition, but when on the
wave of success he abandoned the
newspaper and entered Hahnemann
Medical college in Philadelphia About
this time he married Miss Boyd. After
graduation he went to Saltwater. Sus-
sex county, and became a leading ply
stefan in that section. Suddenly he
closed his office without any eXplana-
ton and returned to Washington n. j.
For year or more he devoted himself
to arctic study. and when Peary an
nounced that he was going to make a
dash for the pole DIR. Dedrick secured
n commission from the club.
William Ziegler, the millionaire back
er of the Baldwin expedition, is very
much wrought up over the failure of
that enterprise,
"All want is to reach the north
pole" said Mr.. Ziegler to a New York
World reporter II don't care how
much money it costs. If | can plant
the stars and stripes there, I'll be the
happiest man in the United States.
I'm not after scientific research, though
/ know Wen get as much as anybody.
1t doesn't matter if one expedition has
failed; I'll send another. But it won't
be a lot of cigarette smoking dudes
this time Wen get there yet"
Mr. Ziegler's ire had been aroused
by statements made by r. l.. Vineyard
In Boston upon his arrival there. In
them he criticised Commander Bald
win and Captain Johansen, calling
them both self willed men.
Il came back" said Vinyard, BE
cause Mr.. Baldwin came back. ! had
nothing t. do with the trouble be
tween the captain and Mr.. Baldwin"
why did you leave when you knew
relief ship was at Franz-Josef Landp'
insisted Mr. Ziegler. You had coal
and plenty of supplies oh, | know
you say you ran short of food and