Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11
EYpI .oRERS' TROUBLES.
Side Lights on Squabbles Of the
North Pole Chasers.
DERRICK AND THE pBARY CLUB.

zlegier, the naclSer OF che Baldwin
Expedition. calls Its Members 'sCIe-
arctic Smoking Dudes"
There seems to be no end of trouble
among tl@arctic explorers. interest in
whose exploits IS heightened by the
announcement that Lieutenant .Peary
IS BOW on bis return from the far
nmfh According to the accounts,
there has been a serious quarrel in the
ranks Of the Peary expedition, DR.
Dedrick. the physician and surgeon.
having either been forced out or re-
signed DR. Dedricks wife, Mrs Cora
Dedrick, who IS a teacher III the pub
lie schools at Arlington, n. j., says
that she had never for moment
doubted that the doctor would pull
through all right She was sure his
grit would carry him through any
emergency that might arise She de-
clareds 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 Delrick 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 Or. Dedrick when
he sailed north four years ago to pay
his wife 500 Il month and TO deposit
500 a month TO her credit in bank.
Mrs. Dedrick refused TO say whether
the club has continued to make these
payments since Dr. Dedrick resigned
his commission. more than a year ago.
.but the understanding is that it has.
While Mrs. Dedrick 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. DERRICK
and Mrs Peary spent two pleasant
weeks together last fan in a New York
hotel
DR. Dedrick's 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 T., .r.iie S,:dG.alT g.. e
this up am, SIC to Washinltu. y. -.
as editor OF t.te Warren Tidin-s. He
brought the laper quickly to a pros
porous conitou. but when on the
wave of success he abandoned the
newspaper ard entered Hahnemann
Medical cole e. in Philadelphia About
this time he r!arried Miss Boyd. After
graduation he went TO Saltwater, Sus-
sex county, and became leading ply.
stefan in that section Suddenly he
closed his office without any eXplana-
ton and returned to Washington. n. ].
For year on more he devoted himself
20 In ho
nounced that lie was going to make a
dash for the pole DR.. Dedrick secured
O commission from the club.
William ZiegIer. 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 Il don't care how
much money Il costs If | can plant
the stars and ;ripes there, I'll be the
happiest maa IA the United States,
I'm not after -c'entfic research. though
know wen r"t as much as anybody
1t doesn't M; ter If one expedition has
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be lot of e.. uratte smoking dudes
this time VII get there vet"
Mr. Zieglel ire had heeu aroused
by statement made by Il l. Vinyard
in Boston Cis.t his arrival there In
them he cri sod Commander Bald
win and Cal ;.in Johausyu. calling
them both SCI; "illed men
Il came hac.:." said Viuyard. 'be-
cause Mr. + So u came back had
nothing ~ with the trouble be-
tween the capt.in and Mr.. Baldwin"
why did yuu leave when you knew
q relief ship was at Franz-Josef LandF'
insisted Mr Ziegler. You had coal
and plenty of supplies, oh. know
you say you ran short of food and
dogs Yes continued Mr.. Ziegler,
turning TO the World reporter, they
had lot OF tenderfeet along. and he's
| one of them
I'VE were MT tenderfeet! rejoined
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