The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-18
.PEARY'S SHIP OF|
FOR ARC J ] ! c. SEAS Il ].
Little Vessel Sails From New
York Cllcercd by Great
Crowd.
WILL CARRY TWENTY PEOPLE
Commander Will Go BY Rail to
Cape Breton, Wl1cre8lic Will @
Board Ship.
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NEW DIRK, July 17.--Whlcs every
form Of craft whistlcd IL god-spepd and
hundreds OF men, women and children
Justly checrcd It and It's crew, the polar
ship Roosevelt lifted anchor yesterday
AFTERNOON off West Thrty-fourth Street,
and steamed gayiy down the bay. Com
,nandcr l'cary, with delegation Of the
Arctic Club, stood amidshps bowling TO
the plaudts thnt came from all sides Of
the river IT was exactly $40 O'Clock WHEN
Il she lifted anchor and less than TWO hours
later she had passed quarantine.
Commander Pcaty ana his guests ac-
cotnpaned the Roosevelt to the Nurrows,
then returned to the city in the govcrI-
nicnt tug Nantucket. al midnight after
Z concluding every arrangement, M1'.s Pcnry
\ left the city on an express train, In
tending to so by rail to sydney, Cape
Breton, where he will board the ltoost-
Welt and remain on her until the region
Is reached where she will be no longer
servlGeable.
Captain Frank q. Houghton will take
the ship as far us sydney. then Captain
Robert Bartlett will take command. u.
Left Parents UnaWares.
The physician who VIII accompany Com
mandcr penry to the Pole. is Or. Louis
J. Wolff, OF Sllverion, Ore. 4 young man
who has been connected with the Bellevue
Hospital dispcnsary for several months
4 Or. Wolf starts on tho pcrilous Journey.
with only an Informal ;tdieu to his
parents. They will not know that their
son has gone on the Arctic expedition un-
til they receive u dispatch from him some
some time to-day. He says he did not
t.tek ~,
his Intention, 50 he decided to keep them
III ignorance Of his going until he was
out Of reach Of protest. Dr, VOLTS father
Il lisa wealthy hop grower Of Silperton. Orc.
ON board the Roosevelt as she went
down the bay were Commandments Mrs.
Peary, Marie Agnitn and Robert Pcary,
" Jr. their children; Mrs. Magdalcno Die.
bitach, Inother-in-Inw OF the explorer;
Miss Babb. Professor Monroe Smith,@o
Columbia University: T. l.. Delafield.
General r.. Russell Lowell. Herbert L..
Bridgmnn, Philip *. Wolcott Wallace
Downey, OF the Shpbuilders' Association:
Charles Allken. Fred r. Dclafleld ana
Professor Holland T. stone.
Farewell Statutes.
Volcy after volley of statutes roared
from forts and clubs as the ship passed.
While every liner, yacht and tug sent out
It's greeting In Its own peculiar way! At
the Atlantic Yacht Club Il Svo,lcy greeted
the Roosevelt, Which responded by dipping
Its colors THE yachts Josephine. Lucille
II and Carmen, stcaming UP the bay. blew
+. their sirens while the we'll dressed women
aboard waved their handkcrchiefs and the
men yelled. The Crescent Athletic Club
also fired n salute and sent out u boat
to convey It's well wishes.
BEFORE einharklnC there WIS N n n for
NAL farewell held on the tug. Norbert
x H. Rrdgman, secretary and treasurer or
the Arctic Club, making brief speech,
I in which he declared that the Arctic Club
would stand by Mr.. Pcary and his crew
to the last.
Replying Mr.. Peary said:
3I appreciate MI that has been done
for me. am going now in Gods name,
md with the help OF God I hope TO &C.
complsh the end In view. have n good
ship. the best that has ever nloughed a
northern sen. ! know the crew. l Is
a,tried one. have no fears for it. What
+ ever the outcome. YOU may be sure the
effort Will not he lacking.
Later Commander Peary said be had
new plans for the slcdgcs which must
be used after the Roosevelt is abandoned.
Ie will have from SIX to eight dogs for
each sled.
. ft5f5a855i SiSW VI lllC NOOSCVCll,
All told. there will be only twenty
persons aboard the Roosevelt when she
4 turns her bow to the north. Besides
the crew. the captain and Dir, Wolff al
ready named. there viii bc George a.
Wardel. the chief engineer. and Charles
Percy, both veterans OF arctic exploration
trips; Matthew A. Hensen, Pcary's faith
full negro servant. and Professor Ross
T.. Marvin. of Cornell University. Pro-
fessor Marvin IS n geologISt 5and goes
ID with Wow to experimental work and
to aid in the surveying and geographical
work. Both Professor Marvin and Dr.
Wolff are volunteers. Then there's the
cat, q hitherto homeless creature, which
boarded the ship at the Atlantic Trans
port pier a fnw days ago, He has been
chrstcned "rrddy,'' out Of respect for
his new associations, lie got n thorough
scrubbIng Saturday night, and Isn't Il
bad looking animal after MI. Thc%crcw
say he'll live several minutes In the
Northern air.
Yesterday morning $500 tons Of coal
were pitched into the Rooscvclt's hold,
and the final cargo was stored away. In
the early hours of the morning private
launches did IN Land Office business car
ryng the curious over to the ship while
she lay off West Thirty fourth street,
Some Of the launch owners demanded
rs much as 81 for the round trlpaand Eot
It. Several persons narrowly escaped be-
ing drowned, owing to the rccslessness
of the pilots Of these small craft, most
OF whom seemed to have drank too free
~ to warrapt the safety of the guests.
One anxious person In white duck troNls-
FRS slipped off n launch and got q ducl-
Ing almost up to his waise before he
caught the limo thrown from the Roose-
relt