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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
JOHN R. BRADLEY.
The Man Who Financed Cooks Ex-
petition to the North Pole.

The Man Who Financed Cooks Ex-
petition to the North Pole.
A man who shares in the honor and
fame of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, dis
coverer of the north pole. is james Il.
Bradley, who financed the Cook expe-
dition. Mr.. Bradley is also an ex-
plorer of much fame. and as one of
the most indefatigable hunters of big
game in the world he has had thrill
ing adventures on every continent. In
relating some of his hunting expert
ences recently Mr. Bradley said:
II will never forget one experience
which | had with rhinoceros. | was
going along one day through an open
section of the country in equatorial
Africa, my caravan plodding along be-
hind me- About 800 yards away to
the left I saw something which at
tracted my attention and. getting out
my glasses, discovered a rhinoceros.
when was within about 100 yards
Of him / fired and saw from the kick
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

LENoR F. LoREE. John c. Stubbs. men
who have played important parts in
the Hartman achievements and each
a past master in his respective field
Of endeavor.
The big man in the Hartman rail-
road world in the future will be Judge
Lovett. He is the one man who is ex-
pected to bring about the cooperation
of all the big interests involved. He
will probably come nearer being to the
lines what Hartman has been in the
past than any of the others. Judge
Lovett is a native of San Jacinto, Tex,
and was born June %, 1860. He was
educated ut the Houston (Tex.) high
school and was admitted to the Texas
bar in 1882. In 1884 Judge Lovett be-
came local attorney at Houston for the
Houston. East and West Texas rail-
way company and has since continued
in railway service as, consecutively,
general attorney and general counsel
for the Southern Pacific lines in Texas
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19


for lost. But his indomitable courage
carried him through where whole ships
companies have come to grief.
The one man who started with him,
Rudolph Francke, was left to guard
the supplies at Annootok. twenty miles
north of Etah. west Greenland. This
man remained alone for several
months and then seized the first OPP
portunity to leave, when Commander
Robert E. Peary arrived with his ex-
petition on board the ship Erik. Cook
had sent one letter to Francke by Es-
kimo messenger before Peary arrived.
but if he sent any more or returned
for supplies after Francke left it is not
known. According to Francke, Peary
insisted on obtaining large number
whal horns which had been left at the
supply station by DR.. Cook and which
were expected to defray the cost of his
return from the arctic.
There was some mystery about this
affair when the news Of 1t came out
on Francke's arrival in New York, and
charges and countercharges few back
and forth with increasing bitterness
between the Cook adherents and the
friends of Peary. AS month after
month passed without further sign
from Cook there was talk of relief
expedition. Admiral Winfield S. Schley,
the hero Of the Greedy relief rescue,
was named as one of the leading fig
ures in raising the money necessary for
the movement to find DR.. Cook, and
short time ago an expedition started
to seek the missing explorer
Until recently no word was received
from DR.. Cook since March II. 1908
: He was then on the polar ice north of
Cape Thomas Hubbard. about $50
miles from the pole. He was the only
white man, with several Eskimos and
a big equipment of dogs, sleds and
supplies. He was then on the eve of
making desperate dash for the pole
over the ice. He was making a
straight course for the pole and said
that If he were lucky he might reach
his supply station at Annootok by the
end of May.
DIR. Cooks dash was hastily con-
cefved. He started on hunting trip
in the spring of 1907 with John r.
Bradley, a wealthy New Yorker who
had hunted game in all corners of the
world except the polar regions Mr..
Bradley bought a Gloucester fishing
schooner with an auxiliary gasoline
engine and in this vessel went north,
DR.. Cook being in command.
The hunting trip ended in the latter
part Of August, 1907. and on Aug. &c
the schooner stopped at Annootok. on
the northwes coast of Greenland AL
most up to the last it was thought
that DIR. Cook would return to New
York, but he decided to remain and
make one man attempt to reach the
pole. One of the crew of the schoon-
er, Rudolph Francke. a young German
American. volunteered to stay at An
nootok and guard the supplies.
The first week the two men began
building house for the long winters
habitation, Then they hunted for a.
month. laying in stock of meat. The
thermometer went down steadily with
the approach of the long arctic night.
and, while they were hunting il was
constantly between so or 40 degrees
below zero.
They spent the winter preparing the
sledges and the supplies for DR.. Cooks
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

this country Glenn FL. Curtiss the IA
nous aeronaut. was barely beginning
his experiments.
The achievements of Curtiss at
Rheims were a great triumph forA
America and an American machine
and make him a figure of worldwide
renown in aerial circles. His winningl
of the international cup means that the.
international aviation contests viii bel
held in this country next year. On the
second day of the meet at Rheims Cur7
tiss few six and one-ffth miles in s
minutes 50 3-5 seconds, breaking ali
previous records for this distance on
Aug. % be won the International cuu
by flying twelve and two-ffths miles
in - minutes 30 80 seconds, and The
following day be flew 1868 miles f1
% minutes 40 2-5 seconds. winning the
three lap speed contest Many of the
other contestants did good work on
Aug, 81 Reriot smashed the worlds
speed record by flying six and one
fifth miles in 8 minutes 2-5 seconds.
Curtiss has been manufacturing MOS
tor bicycles for several years at his
factory in Hammondsport. n. n
Quickly realizing the future of aerial
flight. he was one of the earliest In
America to devote careful attention to
the manufacture of aero motors he
was Invited by Professor Alexander
Graham Bell to become one of the
six members Of the latter's Aerial Ex-
pertinent association. and with the
exception of the experiments carried
out at Baddeck. Nova Scotia. last
winter the greater part of their WORK
in solving problems of aerial light
was done at Hammondsport.
His machine, a bipane. is about
thirty feet wide, with a total expanse
of surface of 225 feet. The total
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

and will have especial supervision over
the negotiations uf treaties The i'm
portani JapanpSp treaty is to he en-
tered into within the next two Years.
and Mr. Hoyt will devote himself
largely to the framing of this measure.
After completing his public school
education in WilkeSbarre. Pa. where
he was born fifty-three years ago. Mr..
Hoyt entered Ya'e university and
graduated with hon0rS He then at
tended the University Of Pennsylvania,
where he took up the study Of law.
He practiced in Pittsburg for some
time and in 1883, through his father.
Ex-Governor Fl. N. Hoyt. was made
assistant cashier of the United States
National bank in New York In 1886
be went to Philadelphia as treasurer
of the Investment company. but re-
signed Iafpr and resumed his law
practice
Mr.. Hoyt entered the office of Judge
Shiras In 1890 and later became a part
ner of Colonel Dechart. In 1897 he
was appointed assistant attorney gen
eral of the United States and later
became solicitor general His father
was governor of Pennsylvania in
1899.
Both President Taft and Secretary
Knox are delighted that they have
been abie to SECURE the services of Mr..
Hoyt fer lie position IL give the new
office prayer dicfFty from the start.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

getting to the north pole Up there
the pole is surrounded by shifting
sea of constantly moving ice. An au.
tomobile would he lost.
AT the south pole one can approach
by ship no nearer than $50 miles. II
then becomes necessary to travel over
the fields of ice. The snow there has
no crust and the ice is rough, OBJ
served that in my trip to the antarctic
zone With the automobile | will be
able to get over these fields. When /
have the first one completed and have
tested it | shall build others and then
dash for the south pole
DR.. Cooks dream of getting to the
south pole never has been realized. He
abandoned the idea some time later
for the dash for he north pole which
has been so suereSsful.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

MRS. o. q. P. BELMONT AND MRS. JULIA
WARD HOWE.
accident which happened to her sew
eral weeks ago in Minneapolis, when
she broke her ankle. was obliged to be
brought in wheel chair to the meet
ing She was so splendidly enthusiasts
tic and spoke with such fervor and
briliancy that her accident was I'M
known save to those who happened TO
see her wheeled across the lawn.
Mrs Howe. who also came in a
wheel chair. was helped to the plat
form by Mrs. Belmont aud her ad-
dress was notable in that every word
she spoke could be heard distinctly by
every one present. The pioneer re-
viewed her work of fifty years activ-
ity and remarked. The changes in the
position during the ninety years of my
life have been marvellous. and today
woman is entering her own
For years Mrs. Belmont has been an
advocate of woman suffrage but only
recently has she become one Cf its
leaders.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
DR.. Cook S North
Pole Trip

w X. FREDERICK A. COOK, the
courageous explorer who has
~ gained undying fame by his
discovery Of the north pole, is
resident of Brooklyn. For years he
has given his attention to arctic eX-
pIorations and in 1912 was surgeon
of the Peary arctic expedition and in
1879 surgeon of the Belgian arctic
expedition. He has received numerous
decorations from the geographical So
cieties of Europe for his research and
writings in the polar field.
DR.. Cook started on his present expe-
dition in the summer of 1907, sailing
from North Sydney. @. B., on board
the schooner John r. Bradley, built by
John r. Bradley of New York, who
financed the expedition.
The party was REINFORCED with
sledges dogs and arctic equipment
at Etah. Greenland, whence it sailed
March 3. 1905 DR.. Cooks plan was to
set aside all tradition by making the
dash to the pole during the winter
months, when the elements are consid-
cred least advantageous for an ad-
vance northward.
Without big ship, without the COM
pany of single white man, DR.. Cook
dash for the north pole was made I'M
der Incredible hardships. and he had
not been heard from in more than n
year and had been practically given up
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
THE ART1sT-MAR1NLR 1T WORK.

passengers and the safety of his ship,
is a master mariner. however, who
finds time on voyage to paint pic
lures in oil, write songs and compose
verses that are of more than ordinary
merit. For the past fifteen years he
has been using the palette and brush
and now has a collection of fifty paint
ings, some of which have been ad-
mired and praised by artists of ma
tional reputation.
When the weather is bad Captain
Trant spends his spare time writing
verse or composing songs. He is Eng
lish bred and born and master of the
Leyland liner Devonian.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
JUDGE ROBERT SCOTT LovErT.


and since 1904 general counsel for the
Union Pacific railroad and Southern
Pacific company and affiliated lines.
He Is also president and director of
the Houston and Texas Central Rail-
road company: Galveston. Harrisburg
and San Antonio Railway company:
director of the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation company. Oregon Short
Line Railroad company. Southern Pa
cific company. Union Pacific Railroad
company and Wells Fargo & Co.
Lenor F. Loree, at the head of the
Delaware and Hudson railway. has
long been a prominent figure in the
railroad world. He was born in Full
ton county. H.. in the year 1858. and
when the Pennsylvania gained control
of the Baltimore and Ohio he was de-
tailed to that road. A year or so later.
on June /. 1901, he was elected its
president and left that road to take
the presidency of the Rock Island at
salary of $4,000 year. Since leav-
ing the Rock Island Mr.. Loree has
been at the head of the Delaware and
Hudson.
Since 1895 julius Kruttschnitt has
risen rapidly In the esteem of Harri
man. During that year he was made
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

JOHN r. BRADLEY SEATED ON RHINoCERos
HE KILLED IN AFRICA.
Of dust from his thick hide that had
fired too high In a second he had
wheeled and was coming for me like
a locomotive. | dashed toward my
gun bearers and snatched from one
my Winchester and with this opened
fire on the rushing beast, and in eley-
en- seconds more or thereabouts had
pumped eleven bullets into him, most
of them glaneing off from his snout,
but one fortunately breaking one Of
his knees. He is too heavy and
clumsy brute to do much on three
legs. and / was thus enabled to ma
neuver so as to put bullet through
his brains"
How Mr. Bradley came to send an
expedition to the north pole is an in
teresting story IN itself Primarily he
did not equip his schooner. which later
he turned over to DIR. Cook. for a
strictly polar expedition of discovery:
but. having hunted big game in every
other quarter of the globe and signing
for other game than lions. leopards,
tigers and rhinoceroses to conquer. he
determined to shoot polar bears. seals
and such other game as could be found
along the northern fringe of this con-
tinent He wanted sport. and DR..
Cook, who had become notable as the
first man to conquer Mount Mckinley.
In Alaska. the taliest and bleakest
peak In North America if not in the
western hemisphere. went along as
compauien and 10 make scientific OBJ
serY -Asious
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

LOUIS BLEkloi' achievements and
thrilling lights that in keeping pace
with the daily occurrences one almost
forgot that only year ago flights Of
n few minutes were heralded with
even more acclaim than is now given
those of one TO two hours. AS the
opening days of September, 1908.
made a new era in the aviation history
of the world. for it was then that Or
willie Wright first showed the possible
ity of remaining in the air one hour
and over at Fort Myer, SO the Rheims
race week will doubtless stand as the
pivotal point in 1909 toward illustrat-
ing the brilliant advance of aviation
A year ago even the Wrights had not
demonstrated conclUgively to the
world that they bad mastered the Sc
cret of fight 1t is true they had done
SO in 1905 by their secret flights at
Dayton. their best fight being Slightly
over thirty eight minutes. This has
since been accepted as correct. but all
that the world knew one year ago Of
acknowledged flying was that Della
grange, by his fight of - minutes 25
seconds at Rome on May 80. held the
record for the longest time in the air.
Wilbur Wright arrived in France in
August and on Aug. 49, 1908, made
fight of s minutes 10 2-5 seconds, sim
ply a forerunner of what he was about
to do a month later. Bleriot had made
a few small fights with his mono
plane. Farman had won the Arebdea-
con prize and had succeeded in remains
ing in the air few minutes, and in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

improvements were made on this line
When 6. NJ. Hays was retired as
president of the road Mr.. Hartman
selected Mr. Kruttschnitt to be the
fourth vice president. representing Mr.
Hartman as president. Since 1904 he
has been director of maintenance and
operation of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific lines. Mr. Krutt-
schnitt was born in New Orleans July
80. 1854.
John c. Stubs Is traffic director of
the Hartman lines and is perhaps the
best example of what the traffic ex-
pert has become through the consolida
fion of railroad lines. controlling as he
does the traffic of the biggest system
in the country. He has been fire.
qnently spoken of as the traffic brains
OF Hartman. Mr.. Stubs is sixty We
years Of ace and a native ef Ohio IL
began his railroad work nearly fhirf1
years ego md has been promoted a,,ti
feda. ha helsls ane of fl,a ms
falrtaaE p9sFs i'll the rail w,sy gs4ss
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

weight of the en-
tire machine ready
for fight is 700
pounds. about 100
pounds heavier
than the first ma
chine used at Min
cola.
The five types of
machines that stood
out prominently in
the Rheims events
were the three BIZ
planes. Wright. Cur
tiSS and E0iSiu and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
CAPTAIN AND ARTIST.

Master of the Devonian Also Writes
Songs and Poetry.
1t is no easy position, that of cap
tain of a big steamship. Besides the
multifarious duties of the office and
the worry and responsibility, there are
the nervous passengers to be looked
after and given assurance that sword
fish and whales are not going to attack
the vessel
Captain Alfred Trant, while always
on the alert for the comfort of his
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

t1SS ana OiSln, and tz@AC A.EtAf
the two monoplanes, Bier at and q
toinette. The voisin has Shown al
It is worthy rival of the two And
can makes. aud the one used By Phi
nan when he remained IN the an
hours 43 minutes "a Is seconds
Aug. % possessed the additional Il
city OF being ftted with the Gnos
seven cyIinde- rotary motor.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
HoYT's NEW POST.

Former Solicitor General Now Coun-
selor of the State Department.
new and most importaDt govern
ment office. that of counselor of the
state department. was filled recently
by the appointment to this post 0t
Henry Hoyt. ex-solicitor general. The
new counselor of the department will
deal with all the large legal questions
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
r
MRS. BELMONT's MEETING.
How the Noted Society Woman is AID
ing the Suffraeists.

ing the Suffraqists.
Probably the most unusual gather-
ings ever held in this country to
further the cause of woman suffrage
were the recent meetings at Marble
House. the famous Newport residence
of Mrs, Oliver Fl. P. Belmont. and if
there is anything in social prestlge
then the movement has had ire
mendous wave of success.
To have Mrs. Julia Ward Howe the
aunt Of the late Ward McAllister, at
one of the meetings and to have TINS
ninety year old pioneer of the Wo-
mans cause address the gathering was
In itself an achievement of Mrs. Bel
mont. Another noted speaker was the
Rev. Anna Shaw, who, because OF an
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

general manager of
all Southern Pa
cilc lines and be-
gan extensive bet
terments, which re-
suited in the re-
building Of the
syste m. Under
his management as
fourth vice presi-
dent and general
manager nearly
$7O.000,00O was ex-
pended upon the
HyQtnn1 al1f7 rraaf
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
Figures In
The Hartman
Succession

AFTER the re-
"a tirement of E.
II. Hartman,
t b e railway mag
nate, to his summer
home at Arden. N.
Y, public interest
naturally turned to
the next in COM
mand, Judge Robert
Scott Lovett. Lenor
F. Loree, j ulius
Kruttschnitt a n d
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
The American
Victory -
at Rheims

'THE a via t ion

THE a via t ion
I con t e S t s at
Rheims, France,
marked a great step
in advance in the
effort to demons
strate the practical
bility of aerial
fight by hea vier
than air mac hines.
The entire weak
was so replete with
r &c ord breaking
oohinunn1nntg q n "A
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

WR. FREDERICK A. COOK, the
III courageous explorer who has
~ gained undying fame by his
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BROOKLYN.

Henry }. Jordan has gone to Boston to
work.
Arthur Bstcheler, of Boston, is visiting
friends here.
Robert Friend and family have returned
to Lowell, Mass.
Walter Crockett is building new house
on the bay road.
Will Nutter has returned from the sum-
mer school al Orono.
Miss Waugh, OF Boston, is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Jennie Dority.
Miss Bessie Allen, OF Lawrence, Mass,
is visiting her father, Fred L. Allen.
Stillman Mayo, of Beverly, Mass, is
visiting his grandfather, John Reed.
Charles Parker and wife, OF Washing ton,
D. C., are boarding at Charles Psrker's.
Lee II. Powers has returned to Boston.
He was accompanied by Gleason Allen.
Mrs. Nancy Mayo has returned from
Bar Harbor, where she has been visiting.
Mrs. Melancy Chatto, Of Freeport, is
visiting friends here, after an absence OF
twenty years.
Mrs. Emma Smallage, of fremont, and
Mrs. Williams, of Salem, Mass, were in
town last week to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Elizabeth Freethey.
Mrs. Eliza beth Freethey died sud-
denly, Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the age Of
seventy eight years. Mrs. F-eethey had
been member OF the Baptist church for
many years. She was a kind friend and
neighbor. She leaves two sons-James
and Albert, Of this place.
Clinton Viles Wasgate died suddenly at
his summer home at Flye point Saturday
evening, Aug. 7, at the age of forty-nine
years. The remains were taken to East
Boston, his winter home, Sunday. Mr..
Wasgate leaves an aged father and one
SON Harold. The remains were accompa-
MED to the wharf by Naskeag lodge, F. and
A. N.
Aug. 9. UNE FEMME.
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COUNTY NEWS,
ge- addlstorsl oo.rty Ns.e. .es osAe, paps.
sEDcwrcK.

sEDGwICK.
Arthur L. Sargent is i'll.
H. o. Ford is at home for few days.
J. A. Closson is visiting his son Harry in
Portland.
Miss Carrie Grindle, former resident
is in town.
John Russell, IT,, Of Boston, is guest Of
j. @. Eaton.
Miss Lucy Grant is caring for Mrs. NJ
A. WATSON, who is still very low.
The family Of Capt. Arthur Gray, Of
Boston is visiting at w. H. Robbins.
Mrs. F. H. Smith is visiting her parents,
Thomas Tapley and wife. at West Brooks
willie.
Rev. E. Sanderson and family left
Saturday morning for few weeks vaca-
ton.
Howard t. Cole and family OF Bangor,
are at Mr.. Coles old home with his
mother and sister.
Mrs. NJ. 7. Young, OF Washington, who
has spent several seasons at Harbor
View house, is here.
Miss B. s. Howard, Boston, who has
been guest at E. P. Ciapps, has gone to
North Sedgwick for a few weeks.
Mrs. Alfred Page, who has been with her
parents, t. F. Peabody and wife, at The
ldler, will return TO Needham this week.
Mrs. W. s. Bartlett, who has lately
undergone critical operation at the hos
pitsl, is .arly recovered. She arrived
with Mr.. Bartlett last week.
Rev. c. T.. Owen, OF Waterville, preached
at the Baptist church Sunday morning.
Rev. Arthur Warren Smith will preach
next Sunday and the Sunday following
and Rev. DE-. Davies, Of Philadelphia, is
booked for the last Sunday IN August
Edward P. Cole, an aged resident, whose
illness was reported last week, died Tues
day. He was for fifty years member OIL
the Baptist church here, and led the choil
for thirty consecutive years. He was ar
exceptionally fine tenor singer. As long
as health permitted, his winters we're oc-
cupied BY teaching singing schools in this
vicinity. He is survived by widow, two
sons - Edward c. and Ernest NJ, and two
daughters 80 Susie Z. and Mrs. Judith L.
Cole. Services were held at the home
Thursday afternoon, Rev. E. Sanderson
officiating. Rev. A. w. Smith offered
prayer. The sons, a nephew and a grand
son were pail bearers.
Aug.9 H.