The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

In the current gossip about Lieut..
Peary's new polar expedition are two
Incidents of interest. One is that Will
liam Marconi would be only too pleas
ed to equip a wireless telegraph SyS-
tenn so that the explorer might be kept
In constant communication with the
world, and the other that DR.. Dedrlck'
who was cast off by Peary during the
last expedition north, still claims tnat
his differences with the explorer have
not been settled. DR.. DERRICK was left
by the last arctic party at Etah in the
summer of 1901. AS to the puDlshed
reports that the financial differences
between Lieut.. Peary and himself had
been adjusted, DR.. DERRICK makes TINS
statement:
81 wish emphatically to state that
the differences between Mr.. Peary ana
myself have not been settled. The sur
mise that money due me has been pald
Is incorrect: $500 or more is still due
me for services rendered, OF winch MI.
Peary, in his acceptance of my resig-
nation, says: ON the receipt or your
diaries. notes, game lists, ETC., now IN
your possession l will authorize the
club to paw you the bonus of $50 per
month provided in our contract for
faithful service
Il turned in these papers. Then,
upon his refusal of my voluntary SerV-
ices because 1 chose to remain within
reach of his headquarters so that the
men in the arctic might have chance
for medical aid, instead of availing my
sci of his directions to return to the
supply ship about to sail. the puerile
argument, imperfectly hiding a mali
cious motive, was advanced that the
money would now be refused me.
The payment of money due me
would settle financial differences, but
would not condone the inhuman con-
duct which followed:
"(a) A supply ship steaming away
from a man isolated from civilization
and with no supplies whatever, with
the announcement, Not one ounce Of
food will be given YOU
"(b) After crossing the dangerous
channel by sledge in the midwinter
darkness of Jan. 6, to have ones med
ical services refused, though 33 1-3 per
cent of the party had died in the fall
months-ordered away without an in
quiry as to ones health or the proffer
of page of reading matter or any
supplies
''The refusal on Feb. 2 of my request
for a few pounds of food Ito vary the
years diet of nothing but the meat OBJ
tanned by the Eskimos, largely seal or
walrus, and generally 1oud), my re-
quest ending with a desire for a few
if he could not let me have anything
else; the courteQsuly worded refusal on
the plea Of having nothing to spare be-
ing belied by constant unnecessary
gifts of food to Eskimos in the very
settlement in which l lived.
"(c) His brutal reply to my note of
Jan. IA: L am not interested in your
movements as long as you keep COM
pletely away from me and my sta
lions h9AaINlTiffAl1- GVn1J Nv,
to let me know in case my services are
required by you. I shall remain here
directly across the channeD until you
leave Sabine, unless driven away by
scarcity of natives or food
"(d) His personal refusal at his
headquarters upon his return from his
northern trip to allow me to treat a ma
tive member of his party invaded with
assesses unless I had brought dress
ings across the channel with me, hav-
ing none, of course.
Such and allied actions could not
be condoned by merely paying the
money due me, so that the report of a
settlement Of our differences is absurd.
In some countries a government Off
cial guilty of such conduct to com
tryman would have the CT dntry's in
sigma stripped from his shoulders"
To this arraignment Lieut. Peary
makes no reply, and it is plain that he
considers the Dedrick incident closed.
AT any rate, it may be safely surmised
that the physician will not be a mem
Der of any expedition with which the
explorer has anything to do.
Marconi Wireless Scheme.
Marconi's interest in the next flight
TO the pole" is purely scientific. He is
ready to equip the expedition with
wireless telegraphy, so that messages
may be sent by the exploring party
TO the ship and from there flashed to
The Marconi stations off the coast of
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
we have perfected wireless teleg-
raphy," says Mr.. Marconi, ito an eX-
tent where in time it would be avail.
able for use by an arctic party. Two
years ago it would have been out of the
question. A few months hence we shall
be in position to do much more. From
what L know of the subject, the two
great obstacles in the way of this ex-
pertinent are the difficulty of transpor-
tat1on and the unexpected capers cut
by apparatus which behaves with COM
parative docility in lower ATTITUDES.
AS L understand it, metal has to be
used sparingly where the cold is SO in
tense, and the best steel is rendered as
brittle as glass. Even the sledges have
TO be fastened with thongs or strings,
as bolts and nails would be out of the
question. 1 also appreciate that an
arctic explorer considers the question
of his commissary, and he does not
care to feed any more persons than he
has to. An expert operator with the
pioneer party would be out of the ques-
ton. But believe that all these diff
culties can be overcome.
First we will consider the question
of transportation. An ample equipment
would be necessary for sending mes
sages from the ship to stations in New
foundland. Dynamos would be neces-
sary for obtaining power to transmit
that far. The ship will be forced, 1 be-
Heve, to within 400 miles of the pole,
and 1t will be seen that powerful ap-