The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
PEARY SHIP IN HOME PORT
ROOSEIELT FOULS 4 FERRY
HOiT ON HER LAST LAP.


stHI Nteak anu iLhckh HNu ETOpette
DIades-Men An Agree In Praise Of
Their COmmsndrr -Sure They'd Have
Reached Pole but for a storm.
The stanch ship Roosevelt, from which
Commander Robert T.. Peary made his
dash" for the Pole, distancing all other
Arctic explorers, arrived here last evening
with her skipper, Capt. Bartlett, and nearly
all OF her original crew, in fine shape and
ready for another trip to 1.-THE north.
The Roosevelt voyage from Sydney
Cape Breton, was mighty slow, as she had
only two propeller blades, one Of which
was twisted, and she could not make more
than about six miles an hour.
She dropped anchor at City Island at J
o'clock yesterday morning, and AZ her
steering gear was not in good shape, Capt
Bartlett decided not to risk running through
Hell Gate under his own steam and tele-
graphed for a tug. The Guiding Star lowed
the Roosevelt TO the foot OF West Forty
second street, where she anchored last night.
In rounding the Battery the Roosevelt
fouled the ferryboat Hamilton of the
Sonth Ferry line, punching out several
Of the Peary ships d but doing no
other damage to her.
Before the reporters boarded the Roose-
welt. Capt. Bartlett. Ross Marvin, DIR. I. j.
Woin and Matt Hansen, a colored sailor,
DdI ie1I UeT OH the Jug II WdS Sdlu NDht
Mr.. Marvin would accept the offer OF the
chair OF mathematics rendered him by the
Mercersburg Academy. Pennsylvania.
The Roosevelt brings back sixteen dogs
and two sledges. One Of the latter will be
presented to Morris X. Jesup, the chief
bsoker Of the expedition. The Roosevelt
sailed originally for the Arctic from the
same spot in which she anchored last night.
She brought back one automatic piano,
used by the officers and scientists, two
talking machines used by the crew and
several barrels OF records. The ~favorite
song in the forecastle was Give My Re
CARDS to Broadway"
The crew entertained themselves while
the graphophones were not running by
playing cards. They had forty-two packs
Of cards originally, but brought back only
a few, badly worn. They had also dominoeS
and checkers. All hands said they were
mighty glad TO yet back to "A place where
turkeys went with Christmas. Last Christ
mas their diet consisted chiefly of musk
OK and Arctic hare.
The Roosevelt is still aleak n hasn't
a foretopmast, which was carried away in
her struggles against the ice.
There was no unpleasant feeling among
the sailormen of the expedition, as often
happens in cases where adventures are a
long time away from civilization. Peary
was praised without stint by every man
aboard.
Charles II. Clark, fireman, whose ship
mates call him He Eats En- Alive" be-
cause he has got outside of portions Of
eighteen Esquimau dogs, was the happiest
man in the party. He IL only "a years old
and never had been to sea before he en-
listed with Peary.
Clark was selected to take supplies over
the ice with a party Of Esquimaux head
ing Poleward. After he had fulfilled his
mission he started back and lost his way
in a binding nowstorm. He ran out of
provisions and he and his Esquimaux
began to eat dog. sharing each starveling
dog killed with its mates. Two of Peary's
guides sent on the trail of Clark and his
party discovered them when they had
slaughtered their last dog and were ex-
hausted.
Capt. Bartlett declared that "the chief"
would have mad the Pole if the blasted
four day storm hadn't come up"