New-York tribune., 1902-10-03

,Phl,osraph by Aiue DuPontJ
/ willing to face all charges Of alleged bad tudg-
Weut
Al first NJ Baldwin was dislncIined TO discuss
. the controversies which ia was alleged took place
{ between Rim and captain Johannsen. of the
. America After being told that it had been re-
+ ported that the expedition had been short Of
+ food and supplies he said.
There is not a word OF truth in the report OF
oEr nor having sufficient supplies. That is ridlc-
u,oHS- IL is easy 10 explain the trouble between
myself and Captain Johannsen- He wanted 70
o~ the whole thing that's all The row first
started between the captain. or, to give him his
proper title. sailing master. ard the ice pilot
whose name was Arnesen. The !ce pilot took
up ElS place in the crows nest on the ship when
We We're tu the iceteIds. and should have had
and eventually did have. complete charge OF the
directing Of the ship The sailing master oh
j-'fei 20 the ice piots holding absolute sway
over the movements OF the ship at any time and
that is how rhe rov began. I. Of course. took
the side Of the pilot and saw that he kept
IN command while We're IN the ice This pilOr
had had tweuty-nine years experience in the
iCefelds while The sailing master had had prac-
ti-aIIy none. 20 not want the public 20 think
that this sailing master was the Johannsen who
YVES On charge Of the Nanseg expedition on.
no. thar is mistaken idea. II had had Nan
SENS man there would have been no trouble.
BROUGHT BACK ENTIRE NUMBER
II think the fact that there was trouble on
board shows that were working hard. and is
more iu our favor than otherwise. The expedi-
ZION went away with forty-tvo persons on
board. ana a- brought back the same number.
The Frtm Grif-td around in the ice for four
years while Iu one we diI almost as much and
established AN outpost. Why ought 20 be
congratulated instead or you say in America.
jumped on I have learned one good lesson.
though never take Svedr and a Norwegian
together along with You II You want 20 avoid
trouble. The joe pilot was a Norwegian and
the sailing master a Swed-. There's the whole
thing iu a nutshell
wow tell me exactly what I am accused Of in
this affair"
To Mr. Baldwin was then shown a clipping
from d N-U-Yo newspaper which contained
signed statement from j. Knowles Hare. an
artist ON the expedition who recently arrived
here the steamship Kroouland The state
n-nt Gas that there had been a disgraceful
quarrel between the captain OF n America and
Baldwin, and also that there had been an insult
de-ur food supply Mr.. Baldwin was also in
formed that r. ) Vineyard. OF Durango, COL.
thr first member OF the expedition 20 arrive in
America. had said. according 20 report. that he
would never 60 north again with Mr.. Baldwin.
u don't believe IT," CALCULATED the explorer.
Il can't believe n. Why neither of these men
has any cause to say anything against
Every one was treated fairly. and no one can
SAY truthtulIy that h. was not
If I 20 again next year. matter whom 7
take with me, whether they be ZuIus, Hottentots
or white men. there are sure to be some kickers
iu th- GROVE. The members Of this expedition
were mostly young men. and few Of them had
eve SrIuI-rtakeu such "a trip before. This might
explain some of th" things said about me- but |
am done a great injustice.
I've had a fairly pleasant time Of IT, taken al
together Some of the men brought musical in
strumeuts along with them. and they cheered US
up a bit Another feature was the Ciuemato-
graph pictures that took OF various Ice
scenes. We also took hundreds Of photographs.
our most exciting adventure was when We We're
coming back and we're caught In the pack ice
This was really serious. and the ships propeller
frame was broken and yhe rudder and screw
WFr" bent Two members of the party were set
on by white bears one dav and had narrow
cape, but, taking all things into consideration.
our adventures We're few
SENT THREE HUNDRED MESSAGES.
We were sending balloons and buoys adrift.
containing messages. continually. Altogether We
sent over three hundred MESA ges. Fifteen bal
looms were sent up. but they never reached their
destinations. The meteorological observations
taken and the dredging viii be of great interest
20 science We manufactured our own hydrogen
gas for the balloons without accident, which is
The knowledge gained of air and ocean currents
viii also be Of great value TO science"
Why did YOU not reach the pole2'
Because 7 did not want 10. II had been our
intention 20 establish station on the northern
coast Of Franz Josef Land. the jumping off
place for next years campaign. The ice was TOO
hard for the ship 10 reach the point and the
provisions had 10 be taken 10 this point bv
sledges This took so much time that I was too
late 10 make the dash
l still believe that when the pole is reached
II Will be found 70 be surrounded by ice The
fate Of Andre2 Why think he went down into
the sea
Mr. Baldwin said he might see William Zise.
Ter last night He went 10 the Hoffman House
He has come directly from Tromsoe Norway AZ
the direction Of Mr. Ziegler -
Accompanying Mr.. Baldwin was DIR Caor1s
Shorkley and his wife who were With the raIisS
expedition that went 70 Tromsoe after the
America.
DEDRitk SAYS HE HAD MENTAL APATHY
Plainheld. y J.. Oct , (SpecaD-Dr r +
Dedrck, who left the last Peary expedition ON AZ,
count OF lack OF harmony with members ~ The
party declared yesterday. in address before the
members 0f the NeW-Jersey State Horcaon,,bto
Medical Society. that his condition ar thar IN.
was merely one q mental apathy he svoLe5
laughter by remarking "PeoOIs 5aa r,iIas - 49,
said I crazy and the further avav tbe,, 49,
fhe CraZier i became. He further safd tn. ftse
among the EsquimauX was preferabIe 10 associa
ton with the members OF the Peary party.