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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-10

and proceeded to Cape Moss. Then
came the dash for the pole when he
pierced the far north TO point which
his instruments registered as 81 de-
grees @ minutes latitude and the forty
ninth meridian of west longitude. This
point was reached on April 81, 1906,
three years to n day before the one on
which Cook said he touched the pole.
The journey was made with remarka-
BILE dlrectness, as his march from Cape
Moss TO the elghty-fourth parallel was
made In virtually n straight line. At
"a degrees 36 minutes the expedition
ran into an open lane of water two
miles wide and was held up six days
before able to proceed. On this open
lane peary put the blame for his fail
ure. AS soon as young Ice formed the
party pushed out into the thlnly Gov
cred lane. Most OF the lightly weight
ed sledges were over and preparing TO
return and reload when wind sprang
up and opened the lane again. AS the
bulk Of the provisions were on the
south side, the expedition was forced
to proceed without them. II was heart
breaking but a longer delay meant
certain failure.
SO the party abandoned the better
share of its supplies and continued its
course. From that point until the lati.
tude of 50 degrees IL minutes was
reached the journey was comparative
ly easy. The ice proved smooth, and
weather conditions were OF the best.
Then suddenly bad storm sprang up,
and Poary and his companions were
forced into camp. There In driving
storm Of he and snow all hands re
malned idle for six days. The Ice on
which the party was campcd drifted
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seen happens ! shall plant the stars
and stripes at the geographical pole.
"lf conditions are no worse IN the
next season than they were during the
last voyage shall hope to accomplish
the object of the expedition and re-
turn In about fifteen months-tba Is,
In October, 1909. ! am prepared, how
ever, for a stay Of three years.
II shall follow the same north route
as In my last trip via Sydney, straits
OF Belle isle. David straits, Baffin's
bay and Smith sound. ] shall take on
the Eskimo and the dogs in the Whale
sound region as before and shall en-
deavor TO force my ship to the same
winter quarters on the north side OF
Grant Land as in the winter Of 1905
and 1006. The sledge work will begin
In February. | shall follow the north
coast of Grant Land as far west as
Cape Columbia and possibly beyond
instead Of leaving land at Point Moss,
as did before.
MY course will be more west of
north than before in order to counter
act or allow for the easterly set of ice
discovered in my last expedition be-
tween the north coast OF Grant Land
and the pole. The attainment of the
north and south poles by American ex-
pedltlons would be worth to this coun-
try many times the few thousands ex-
pended just for the closer bond. the
deeper patriotism resulting, when ev-
cry one of the hundred millions of us
can say the stars and stripes float at
both ends of the earth's axis and the
whole earth turns about them"
News From Pesry.
In the middle OF the following Octo-
Der word came from the Roosevelt at
Etah, the most northern settlement in
the world. Ts degrees 20 minutes north
latitude. II came in the form of let
ter from n member of the crew, the
explorers crew. 1--WE are now sever
ing all communication with civiliza-
tion," the sailor wrote.
Before us lies the great ice pack,
stretching for a distance of 200 miles,
and against its force the sturdy little
Roosevelt has now set It's PROV. Etah,
which we are about to leave, is COM
prlsed of four skin tents, called tupiks
by the Eskimo.
"We will then transport our food
and other supplies TO Point Ulass by
means Of twenty-five dog teams We
expect to be IN position TO make the
dash to the pole by February. The
country here is alive with game. We
have 200 dogs, magnificent brutes.
Never in all my experience have I
been so well satisfied with the spirit
OF the CANNES us on this voyage. II
It is possible, to reach the pole these
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HOW THE EXPLORER
Warned by Previous Fail.
ures. tie Made the Most
Careful Preparation Possible
OR weeks the scientific world
had waited breathlessly, hoping

IN OR weeks the scientific world
had waited breathlessly, hoping
daily 10 hear from Peary. He.
like Cook, was overdue, having been
away from his permanent base longer
than was anticipated. and, like Cook.
he pushed onward with dogs and Es-
kimos.
His great determination and init.
mate knowledge of polar conditions
were looked upon as his chief assets
In his advance on the pole.
IL Is admitted that freak of ma.
ture alone prevented his reaching the
boreal center ON his last previous at
tempt.
Peary planned to make his dash IN
the summer months, while DR.. Cook
advanced in the late winter. He made
his dash upon the same general theory
which he advanced upon the occasion
of his first attempt. This was a sim.
pie and set plan to keep on trying
along the same line until success or
death was met. Peary figured that
each attempt put him nearer to the
pole and that he learned more and
more about the general conditions
along his course at each effort, and
should he adopt now route all this
knowledge would be lost. with each
trip bringing him nearer and nearer
TO his goal those Interested in arctic
exploration felt certain that success
would meet the naval commander in
this, his supreme effort.
The american Route.
The general route lay up through
Baffin's bay, Smiths sound, Kenne-
dy's channel and Robeson's channel
into Mares sea. In 1S0i-05 he nearly
reached the seventy eighth parallel, on
the west Greenland coast. In 1S0s-90
he turned back only after reaching
land close TO the elghtleth parallel, on
the east coast of Ellsmere Land. In
1900 he took the east coast of Grin
nell Land aud reached the eighty sec
ond parallel Tho northern coast OF
Grinnell Land was skirted in t905-06,
and winter quarters We're made at
Cape Sheridan, Grant Land. He
moved past Cape Hecla on the west
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PEARY SECONDS
Ills independent Discovery
OF the North Pole SiIences
All the Scientific Doubters

TAs 3 II to silence the croakings Of
jA the scientific Doubling Thomas
AA es who had been rending the nt.
mosphere with their pessimistlc
renisol to credit DR.. Frederick A. Cook
win his greatest of modern geopraph.
scai attachments came the electric fash
winch, translated into the vcrnaculnr.
became, Stars and stripes nailed TO
tne north pole" The signature to this
wonderful message was ''Pcary," and
shat was enough to make II of su.
preme Importance.
Penry discovered the pole on Aprll
B' 1902 and consequently reached the
coveted goal nearly year later than
Dr. Cook. He did not find any traces
OF Cooks expedition near the pole.
\ Pesry's Last Trip.
Commodore Peary left New York on
his last trip on July T. 1908, to Join his
exploration steamer Roosevelt at syd.
ney. Cape Breton, for the dash TO the
pole. The vessel was admirably equip.
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COLORED MAN DIES
Rheumatic Poisoning Caus-
ed Death of VIM. Grain

William Grain colored, aged sixty
five years, died at his home located
one mile west of Agosta at 10 o'clock
Friday morning. Demise was due to,
rheumatic poisoning with which the
victim had been suffering for several
months.
A wife, one son and two daughters
are the surviving members of the
family. They are, Mrs. Lillie Bills OF
Delaware, Mrs. Ruth Bank Of near
Agosta and John Grain of Columbus.
Funeral arrangements are not COM
pleted. +.
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THE MARION DAILY MRRoR FRIDAY sEPrEMBER TO- 1909

OF Greenland than mad ever before
been attempted. This was the essen
tlal aim of his work prior to 1893.
When he started for the arctic that
year II was with the purpose of trying
for the pole. lie spent four consecu-
tive winters In high attitudes, first on
one side of the channel and then on
the other, but when he came back In
1902 he had not fully accomplished all
he wished. One great trouble was that
he could not force his ship far enough
north TO establish winter quarters
where he wanted them. From the vi
cinity of Cape York to the north end
OF the passage along the coast of
Greenland the distance is about de-
grees, or 800 geographical miles.
Tho next winter and spring 1S09-
1000 he used Fort Conger as his base
and crossed over TO Greenland and fol.
lowed route previously traversed in
studying the coast. In latitude SO de-
grees 80 minutes, after leaving the
land, he encountered n broad streak of
open water which could not be crossed.
He then turned back. In April. 1901.
he proceeded from Fort Conger I'm n
northwestcrly direction toward Cape
Hecla. This was TO have been his
point OF departure from Grant Land.
His dogs gave out before he got there
and third spring was permitted to
pass without improving the opportu-
nifty so temptlngly at hand. In 1902
the latter programme was repeated,
with a little better fortune. Peary actu-
ally got out of the ice fifty or sixty
mllcS from the Occan On A nril o1 hn
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grees below zero.
AS early as March 10, Pcary had
attained the latitude, S5.26. Here
the commander was reinforced and
Bartlett was in command of the ad-
vance party AS usual the expedi-
ton was broken up into several par
ties, and when Peary's party touched
Bartletts encamped party, for in
stance, Bartlett would break camp
and start on a march and Peary's
party would turn in fro a rest. BY
this method the advance party was
advancing while the other party
was asleep or vice versa. Also In this
way, Peary kept in touch with his adj
vance party every day.
Peary describes his leave taking OF
poor Marvin and certainly his last
words to that gallant young professor
were pathetic: "Be careful of the
leads, my boy"
II is clear that Peary was FORUM
ate, for he frequently speaks of the
unbroken expanse OF comparatively
smoth ice in every direction. or
course, he made good time. This was
not invariable, for once he struck an
harassing open lead, necessitating a
heavy detour over a mass of danger
Gus ice and heavy snow. On another
occasion, the party narrowly escaped
death by being crushed with leo
blocks or from drowning In sudden
~ opening leads. Such are the tragic
and desperate experiences I'm which
men engage in that country.
We learn of Peary's arrival at S7.48
new record, beating Peary's farth-
est north by a number of miles. We
also learn that Bartlett was a real
hero and is worthy of great honor.
But Bartlett, despite his magnificent
work, was not to see the pole, and is
seems that Peary was to go alone,
save for the presence of Matt Hem
sen, the negro, and few Eskimos.
Peary has an amazing story to tell
of his final discovery of tho pole.
That he should have accomplished 30
much in so short a time Will aston
ish the civilized world. IL Is true he
was able to reach degree after degreo
of latitude against the heavy odds of
many open leads and much bad
going, but still Il is a certainty that
he was wonderfully favored by the
elements That he was able to keep
in contact with his advance party
so well would seem to Indicate that
the ice was not often in motion In
spite of open leads, and the fact THAI
ne made such good speed would em-
phasize the fact that very often he
had splendid ice to travel over: In
fact, he must have had good going
the better part of the time.
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Peary's Route.


This year his route, like that of DR..
Cook, lay In a general way from Grant
Land northwest. He gauged his jour
ney as an archer gauges his aim In n
strong wind. Commander Peary plan.
ned to head for n newly discovered
island northwest of Grant Land and to
strike north from there. He figured
that this would give him leeway In
which TO drift should lanes OF water
again impede his progress.
Peary In going through Baffin's bay
worked against the drift of the ice and
not with it. The old notion of the
polar sea was to the effect that the
pole was so surrounded by an uncon-
luerable mass OF grinding ice that It
meant the destruction OF any ship or
human being to attempt to pass
through or over ID.
Sailed July II, 1908.
Peary sailed from Sydney on the
Roosevelt, his stanch arctic shin built
to withstand enormous pressures OF
the Ice, on July II. 190S In the cargo
were large quantities of looking
glasses, silver thlmbles, ,shotguns and
other useful implements with which
he intended to reward the Eskimos
and d.arouse their enthusiasm.
I'VE are ready for the trip" he said
II have done entirely too much work
In that country 10 be certain of any
thing, so I'll not promise anything be-
fore start, except that am going to
put into il every bit of energy. moral.
mental and physical. that | possess.
81 feel confident that In any cnse
shall carry the AnTican Dag farther
north than ever. Unless the unfore-
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ped for such an expedition, and the ex-
plorer was confident of success.
IF ] have ordinary good luck,| he
said lust before his departure, "my
friends In New York may take II for
granted that will make my final dash
uuring the coming winter. If should
reach the pole In the winter of 190S-00.
which is the hope of my life, you
will hear of my triumph between Aug.
10 and Sept. 10, 1900"
The explorer arrived at Cape York,
Greenland, July 81, 1903. On Aug. II
the Roosevelt was at Etah, which
point she left Sept. 20. He had good
supply of Eskimos. dogs and provi-
sions.
The last word from Pcary prior to
his message was received Oct. Z, 1908,
from Harry Whitney, wealthy resi-
dent of New Haven, Conn. who was
left by the expedition at Etah In charge
of Peary's provisions. He said that
the Roosevelt left Etah on Aug. 10 on
Its northern journey.
Some idea of the course the explorer
took may be gained from his plans as
he outlined them before his departure.
His idea was TO reach the pole by the
"American route" a way which he
himself had studied and developed
during his former expedition. The ad-
vantage of this route is that It allows
base OF supplies approximately 100
miles nearer the goal than the Spitz-
bergen case, Its chief rival.
The advantages OF the route ap-
peared from Peary's trip In 1906 when
ne attained the northernmost point
hitherto reached by 81 degrees
minutes at the forty-ninth meridian
OF west longitude. This was on April
81. The commander on his present
expedition hoped to follow the path
taken three years ago.
Caught In Ice Drift.
Comparatively smooth travelling he
then found until he reached latitude
S5 degrees IL minutes. There he en-
countercd a terrific storm which held
him prisoner while the ice drift car
ried him seventy miles to the east.
These handicaps and the constantly
widening lai4cs of water and increas-
5ng roughness OF the ice, together with
threatened failure of supplies, forced
Peary to turn bnck on April 81. when
he had reached latitude 81 degrees 6
minutes. To have gone further wonld
have meant sure death by starvation.
AT this point Peary put up flags and a
brief record OF his achievements and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-10
THREE BURN
Children Cremated in Fire
that Destroys Sum-
mer Home.

Minneapolis, Minn. Sept. t0-Three
children were burned to death, three
Others severely burned and four were
saved by their sister Sarah. aged
seventeen. who rushed through the
flames and dragged the children to a
window and dropped them to the
ground as the result of a fire which
destroyed the summer home OF Rich
ard A. Walsh, a st. Paul attorney at
Brentwood, White Bearlake, early to-
day. ta-I
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ION the return march in the nexr
expedition | probably shall do volun.
tarily what j did lnvoluntarily last
time-that is. retreat upon the north
coast OF Greenland "a course diagonal
ly with the set of the ice) instead OF
attempting TO come back to the north
coast of Grant Land (diagonally
against the set of the lce).
Features Of Plan.
The main features OF my program
are, first, the utilization of the Smith
sound, or American route. This
must be accepted today as the best
or all possible routes for determined,
aggressive attack upon the pole
"Second.-The selection OF winter
base which commands "a wider range
of the central polar sen and its sur
rounding consts than any other possl-
Bile base in the arctic regions. Cape
Sheridan is practically equidlstant
from Crocker Land. from the remain
Ing unknown portion of the northeast
const OF Greenland and from my Near
est the Pole OF 1906
"Third. Tho use of sledges and Es-
kimo dogs. Man and the Eskimo dogs
are the only two machines capable of
such adjustment as to meet the wide
demands and contingencies OF arctic
travel. Airships motor cars, trained
polar bears, etc, are all premature,
except as means Of attracting pub
lie attention.
"Fourth,-The use of the hyper
borean aborigine dhe Whale sound
Eskimo) for the rank and file Of the
sledge party. 1t seems unnecessary
to enlarge upon the fact that the man
whose heritage Is life and work In
that very region must present the best
obtalnable material for the personnel
Of serious arctic party"
His Previous Record.
Commander Peary has stood in the
foremost ranks Of arctic explorers for
nearly two decades. He was born at
Crosson Springs, Pa, In May, 1856. He
entered the navy in 1881 His first
polar experience was acquired IN 1886,
when he made Reconnaissance OF
the Greenland inland ice. In June,
1891. he sailed from New York on the
Kite and, making his headquarters at
Mccormick hay, on the west coast of
flreenland, penetrated AZ far north as
latitude SO. In 1SD4-5 he reached the
sevonty-elghth parallel on the west
Greenland coast In 1889 he went TO
between the seyenty-ninth and .eirhti-
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was An latitude ~ degrees 12 minutes.
the highest attained on this side of the
pole. He then found so many openings
In the ice, however, that further ad.
vance was foolhardy.
That Commodore Peary had very
clear idea of what the discovery of the
north pole would mean TO the dlscov.
ercr. the country he represented and
TO mcn of science is indicated by a
statement he made on the eve of his
last expedition. He said:
"The attainment OF the pole spells
national prestige. For three centuries
some OF the hest men in the best coun-
tries have devoted their lives to this
quest and without success. The con.
quest of the north pole Is the last great
geographical prize which tho world
has to offer to adventurous man. For
that reason I feel by every right that
this great country of ours should he
the winner. Once won there will be no
future challenge. TO the first conquer
or belongs the spolls and the glory.
Entirely regardless of any intrinsic
value, the discovery of the pole will he
as distinct a milestone In the history
OF the globe as was the discovery OF
America by Columbus.
"The efforts which have been car.
ried on for the past 800 years to lind
the pole have resulted In securing
very large amount of scientific mate
rial and Information and of greatly
widening our geographical horizon.
Still more important information is yet
TO be obtained from the remaining
great unexplored area and particularly
In this case in connection with tho
polar sea, the autobiography of which Ia
entirely unknown And yet. without In
any way desiring TO detract from the
value of such work and results, / feel
that the great meaning of this con-
quest lies not In these. IL Is rather a
matter OF national sentiment, and the
fact that the north pole is a trophy
which the proudest nation In the world
will be glad to win and wear looms
very large to me-"
Glacial Wonders.
The grandeur of natures forces may
be understood when one OF the gla.
ciers of Disco bay, Greenland, is stud
led. Helland estimated that 1t had a
thickness OF 920 feet, with breadth
OF lS.iOO feet, and was found to be
moving ut the rate of forty seven feet
per diem. Aud this Disco bay glacier
was only.one OF the many. Rink estl-
mates that on the west coast of Green
land there are 10000 square miles of
territory, all contributing their supply
OF icebergs.
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Lively Cbeess.

How did you find the stilton sent
your .t a.sH A3.
"Flnd It? We didn't And III, A
soon as ever my wifes hack was
turned It jumped from the pantry
shelf ran down the garden. out Of
the gate and was last seen chasing a
frightened dog down the road."--Lon.
don Scraps.
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Great Expression.

"They tell me, Grimley, that your
daughter sings with great expression" /"
Greatest expression you ever saw.
Her own mother can't recognize her
face when she's singing"-Home Her.
aid.
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Glacial Wonders.


Tradition has It that Noah's faith.
ful dog was the last animal to board
the ark"
Yes. The hog was probably the
tirsi SO that be could grab an end
seat Washington Star.
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Marriage rs a'good thing for single
men said the bridegroom elect.
huml fes.' remarked Mr.. H..
peck, Tor single men only" - Nav
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Inseots' Winos.

The wings of the housrfy vlbrate
335 tlmds second; those OF the honey
bee ii0.
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sturdy IeuoTs are certain TO take us
through.
Whale Meat For Dogs.
ITO feed the dogs we took thirty
tons of whale meat aboard at Labra-
dor. Many strange scenes are enacted
ON the deck Of the Roosevelt. and one
can imagine what 1t means in the
way of noise and echoes with 200
dogs and thirty Esklmos with their
women and children all taking up a
position on the deck of the craft"
1t was at Etah that Peary fell In
with Rudolph Francke, the only other
white man who accompanied DIR. Cook
on the first part of his expedition.
Peary landed coal and supplies for
the relief of DIR. Cook. "who had not
yet returned" He also sent Francke
home, at the latters request, on board
the Erik.
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A Hint.

"Yes," said the young student
thoughtfully. "when get Interested In
a subject never stop until have EN-
braced It thoroughly"
That's nice" was the hesitating re-
ply. "Do-d do you think I'm an inter.
csting subject"
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(BULLETIN.)

Sydney, N. S. Sept 10--Wireless
messages received here this afternoon
from Battle Harbor. via Cape Ray
and North Sydney. say the Roosevelt
Commander Peary's ship, Is still
there today, coaling and making
minor repairs. AS the Roosevelt Is
unable to make more than five or
six knots an hour IL is now practical
" certain she will be unable to reach
Syney before next week.
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Copenhagen. Sept. 10-Dr. +. A.
Cook left here today for Christ
ians and where he will take passage
on the Oscar II for New York.
"A great crowd gathered at the
station to witness the departure OF
the world-famous explorer and the
farewell accorded to him was almost
an enthusiastic as the reception OF
last Saturday.
The Doctors car was filled with
flowers and fruits. AS the train pull
ed out % great cheer rose.