The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-03
HAD SUFFICIENT SUPPLIES
Explains His Trouble With
 Captain JOhannSen.
The Latter is a Swede and Objected to Being Placed Under the or- ders of the Norwegian
 Ice Pilot.

New York, Oct 2-Evelyn B. Baldwin, the Arctic explorer. arrived today on the steamship Germanic of the White Star Line. Mir Baldwin made the following statement:
 There is not a word of truth in the report of our not having sufficient sup plies.
 Tt is easy to explain the trouble be- tween myself and Captain Johannsen. He wanted to be the whole thing. The trouble first started between the captain, or, to give him his proper title, sailing master, and the ice pilot, whose name is Arnsen. The ice pilot took up his place in the crows nest in the ship when we were in the ice fields. and should have had, and eventually did have complete charge of the directing of the ship. The sailing master objected to the ice pilots holding absolute sway over the move- ments of the ship at any time, and that is how the row began.
 q, of course, took the side of the pilot, and saw that he was kept in command while we were in the ice. The pilot had had twenty-Eine years experience in the ice fields, while the sailing master had had practically none.
 No Death Occurred.
 'The expedition went away with forty- two persons on board. and we brought back the same number. The Tram drift ed around in the ice for four years, while in one year we did almost as much and established an outpost. Why, we ought to be congratulated instead of, as you say in America, jumped on. have learn ed che good lesson, though-never take a Swede and a Norwegian together along with you if you want to avoid trouble. The ice pilot was & Norwegian and the sailing master a Swede. There's the whole thing in a nut she'll"
 In response to Me Baldwin's request for information. he was shown a publish ed interview with J. Knowles Hare, an artist on the expedition. The interview stated that there had been disgraceful row between the captain of the America and Baldwin, and also that there had been an insufficient food supply. MT. Baldwin was also informed that r. S.. Vineyard of Durango, Colo, a member of the expedition. said that he would never go north again with MT. Baldwin.
 T don't believe it," said the explorer. Every one was treated fairly and no one can say truthfully that he was not. ne members of this expedition were mostly young men and very few of them had ever undertaken such trip Def re- This might explain some of the things said about me. but I am being done a great injustice
 Had Pleasant Time.
 We had quite a pleasant time Of 1t, taken altogether. Some of the men took musical instruments along with them and they cheered us up a bit. Another feature was the oinematograph pictures that we took of various ice scenes. We also took hundreds of photographs Our most exciting adventure was when we were coming back and were caught in the pack ice. Two members of the party were set on by white bears one day and had a narrow escape.
 we were sending balloons and buoys adrift, containing messages, continually Altogether we sent over 300 messages Fifteen ballons were sent up but they never reached their destinations. The meteorological observations taken will be of great interest to science. We manu- factured our own hydogen gas Tor the baIloons without accident, which Is another thing we deserve credit for l still believe that when the pole Is reached if will be found to be surrounded by ice
 "The fate of Andre? l think he went down into the sea-"