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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Chances His Plan.

From this point the expedition COM
prised 20 men, 10 sledges, and 10 dogs. II
was necessary for Marvin to take q
sledge from here, and 1 put Bartlett
and his division in advance to pioneer
the trail.
The continual daylight enabled me to
make a moderation here that brought my
advance and main parties closer together
and reduced the likelihood of their be-
ing separated by open leads.
After Bartlett left camp with Hender-
son and their division, Marvin and 1 re-
NAMED with our division 20 hours long
err and then followed. When we reached
Bartlett's camp he broke out and went
on and we turned in. BY this arrange
ment the advance party was travelling
while the main party was asleep. and
vice versa, and i was In touch with my
advance marty every "a hours.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
All Followed Him Blindly.

All had blind confidence so long as
/ was with them, and gave no thought
for the morrow. sure that whatever hap
pened I should somehow get them back
to land. But I dealt with the party
equally. l recognized that all its i'm
petus conferred in me. and that whatever
pace / set II would make good. III any
one played out. / would stop for short
time.
/ had no fault to find with the condi-
lions. My dogs were the best, the pick
of l22 with which we left Columbia. AL
most all were powerful males. hard as
nails, in good flesh, but without super
fiuous ounce. and. what was better yet.
they We're all in good spirits.
My sledges, now that the repairs were
completed, were in good condition My
supplies were ample for 40 days, and.
with the reserve represented by the dogs
L
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Moves ExpeditiousIy.

had no reason to complain of the
going for the next two marches, though
for a less experienced party, less adapt
able sledges, or less perfect equipment II
would have been an impossibility.
At our position at the end of the sec
ond march, Marvin obtained satisfac-
tory sight for latitude In clear weather.
which placed us at s5.4S. The result
agreed satisfactorily with the dead reck-
oning of Marvin, Bartlett and myself.
Up to this time, the slight altitude OF
the sun had made II not worth while to
waste time In observations
On the next two marches the going i'm
proved, and we covered good distances.
In one OF these marches a lead delayed
us a few hours. We finally ferried across
the Ice cakes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
DISCOVERY OF THE POLE IS DESCRIBED BY PEARY

A Dense lifeless pail hung overhead.
The horizon was black and the Ice be-
meath was CHASTITY, chalky white, with
no relief-a striking contrast to the glim-
mering, suniit fields of Il over which we
had been travelling for the previous four
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
American Explorers Own Story Of His Thrilling and Successful
Dash to the Absolute Apex Of the Earth.

tage Two OF them, Hansen and Ootam,
were my companions to the farthest point
three years before. Two others. Eginwuk
and Sigloo, were In Clark's division,
which had such a narrow escape at that
time, and now were willing to go any
where with my immediate party, ana
willing to risk themselves again in any
supporting party.
The fifth was young man who had
never served before In any expedition,
but who was. IL possible, even more
willing and eager than the others for
the princely gifts-a boat, rifle. shot
gun, ammunition, knives, etc. which
had promised to each of them who
reached the pole with me; for he knew
that these riches would enable him to
wrest from a stubborn father the girl
whose image filed his hot Young heart.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18

sledged across Ice and sea and deposited
on shore. A house and workshop were
built OF board, covered with sails. and
fitted with stoves. and the ship was
snug for winter In shoal water. where 1t
touched bottom at low tide.
The settlement on the stormy shores of
the Arctic ocean was christened Hub
bardville.
Hunting parties were sent out on Sep
TENDER 10 and bear was brought In on
the 18th and some deer a day or two
In
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Goal Of Centuries Reached By MarvelousIy Swift
Travel, Smooth Ice and Mild Weather
Helping Sensations of Intrepid
Commander at Climax of
His Life Work.

ing, but for the first time since leaving
land we experienced that condition. fire.
quent over these Ice fields. of hazy at
mosphere, In which the light is equal
everywhere. All relief is destroyed. and
1t is impossible to see for any distance.
We were obliged In this march to make
a detour around an open lead. In the
next march we encountered the heaviest
and deepest snow of the journey, through
thick, smothering mantle lying In the
dcpresSions of heavy rubble ice
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Temporarily Discouraged.

i came upon Bartlett and his party
tagged out and temporarily discouraged
by the heartracking work of making
road.
knew what was the matter with
them. They were simply spoiled by the
good going on the previous marches. /
rallied them bit, lightened their sledges
and sent them on encouraged again.
During the next march we Travelled
through thick haze drifting over the
Ice before biting air from the north
east. At the end of the march we came
upon the captain camped beside a wide
open lead with dense black water sky
northwest, north and northeast.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Has Narrow Escape.

We built our igloos and turned in, but
before l had fallen asleep 1 was reused
out by movement of the ice and found
a startling condition of affairs-a rapid
ly-widening road of black water ran
only few feet from our igloos.
One of the teams of dogs had escaped
by only a few feet from being dragged
by the movement of the Ice into the wa
ter.
Another team had an equally narrow
escape from being crushed by the ice
blocks piled over them. The ice on the
north side of the lead was moving around
eastward. The small floor on which
were the captains igloos was drifting
eastward In the open water. and the side
of our igloos Threatened to follow suit.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Eighty-F0ur Is Passed.

We concluded we were on or near
the eighty-eighth parallel, unless the
north wind had lost us several miles
The wind blew all night and all next
day.
At this camp, in the morning, Bart
lett started to walk five or six miles to
the north to make sure of reaching the
eighty-eighth parallel. While he was
gone 1 selected the 40 best dogs in the
outfit and had them doubled.
I picked out five of the best sledges
and assigned them expressly to the
captains party. 1 broke up the sew
enth for material with which to repair
the others and set Eskimos at this
work.
Bartlett returned in time to take a
satisfactory observation for latitude in
clear weather, and obtained for our DO
sition S7.4S. and that showed that the
continued north wind had robbed us
of number of miles of hard earned
distance.
Bartlett took the observation there
as had Marvin five camps back, partly
to save my eyes, but largely to give
an Independent record and determine
ton of our advance.
The observations completed and two
copies made, one for him and the other
for me, Bartlett started on the back
trail in command of my fourth sup
porting party. with two Eskimos, one
sledge and Is dogs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Few Handicaps Are Faced.

A few hours sleep and we were on
the trail again. AS the going was now
practically horizontal, we were UNI
hampered and could travel as long as
we pleased and sleep as little as we
wished.
The weather was fine and the going
like that OF the previous day, except
at the beginning. when pickaxes were
required. This and brief stop at an
other lead cut down our distance. But
we had made 20 miles in ten hours and
were half way to the eighty-ninth
parallel.
The ice was grinding audibly in every
direction. but no motion was visible.
Evidently 1t was settling back into
equilibrium and probably sagging due
northward with it's release from the
wind rraaaura
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Makes Record Run.

The next day Bartlett let himself out.
evidently, for a record, and reeled or 20
miles. Here Marvin obtained another
satisfactory sight on latitude, which gave
the position as 1888 (or beyond the farth-
est north of Nansen and AbruzzD, and
showed that we had covered 80 minutes
of latitude In three marches.
In these three marches we had passed
the Norwegian record OF 1914, by Nam
sen. and the Italian record Of 1884, by
Cagni.
From this point Marvin turned back In
command OF the third supporting party.
MY last words to him were: BE care
fuI OF the leads. my boy
The party from this point comprised
nine men, seven sledges, and 60 dogs.
The conditions at this camp and the APP
parently unbroken expanse Of fairly level
Ice in every direction reminded me OF
casni's description OF his farthest north.
Danger Is Encountered.
But I was not deceived by the appar-
emily favorable outlook. for available
conditions never continue for any dis
lance or any length Of time In the arc
&c regions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Ready for Final Effort.

With the disappearance of Bartlett /
turned to the problem before me. This
was that for which had worked for 50
years. for which had lived the simple
life: for which had conserved all my
energy on the upward trip; for which
had trained myself as for race, crush
Ing down every worry about success.
In spite of my years, felt In trim
ft for the demands of the coming days
and eager to be on the trail.
AZ for my party. my equipment and
my supplies. was In shape beyond my
most sanguine dreams Of earliest years
MY party might be regarded as an
ideal, which had now come to realisation
las loyal and responsive to my will as
the fingers OF my right hand.
Men All Tried and True.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Macmillan Turns Back.

Goodsell, according to the program. start
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Eskimos Wild with Joy.

From here we followed the captains
trail. and on April % our sIedres
passed up the vertical edge Of the
glacier fringe, little west of Cape
Columbia. 49,
When the last siedge came up I
thought my Eskimos had gone crazy.
They yelled and called and danced
themselves helpless. AS Ootah sat down
on his sledge he remarked, In Eskimo:
The devil Is asleep or having trouble
with his wife. or we never should have
come back so easily"
few hours later we arrived at
Crane City. under the bluffs OF Cape
Columbia, and. after putting four.
pounds OF pemmican into each OF the
faithful dogs to keep them quiet We
had. at last, our chance to slsepl
ROBERT E. PEARY.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
First Handicap on Return.

Igloos there disappeared completely
ana the entire region was unrecogniz-
able. Where on the outward journey
mad been narrow cracks. there were
now broad leads, one of them over Ave
miles In width. caught over with young
Ice. 49, -
Here again fortune favored us. and
no pronounced movement Of the ice
having taken place since the CAPTAIN
passed, we had his trail to follow. We
picked ND the old trail again north of
the seventh igloos, followed IL beyond
the NTH. and at the big lead lost IL
finally. g' 80 -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Mem AII Tried and True.

Four OF them possess the Technique OF
dogs. sledses. ice. and cold a. their heri-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Saved by Quick Dash.

Kicking out the door of the igloos
called to the captains men to pack
their sledges and be ready for a quick
dash when a favorable chance arrived.
We hurried our things on our sledges.
hitched the dogs, and moved on to a
large Ice foe west of us. Then, leaving
one man to look out for the dogs and
sledges. we hurried over to assist the
captains party to join US.
A corner OF their raft impinged on
the ice on our side. For the rest of the
night and during the next day the ice
suffered the torment of the damned,
surging together, opening out, groaning
and grinding. while the open water
belched black smoke like q prairie fire.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-18
Finds Clear Stretch.

Then the motion ceased, the open wa
ter closed, the atmosphere to the north
was cleared, and we rushed across. be-
fore the ice should open again.
A succession of laterally open leads
were crossed, and after them some heavy
old Ice, and then we came to a layer OF
young ice, some of which bucked under
our sledges. and this gave US a straigh,
way of six miles to the north.
. Then came more heavy old foes
covered with snow. This was q good
long march.
The next march was also a long one
1t was Bartlett's last hit. He let him.
self out over series of large old foes
steadily increasing in diameter ant
covered with hard snow.
During the last few miles walked
beside him or in advance. He was sol.
emn and anxious to go further, but the
program was for him to go back from
here in command of the fourth sup
porting party, and there were no sup.
plies for an increase in the main party
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
Eorecn,t fnr snccial LocaIlties-For New EnI

Forecast for Special Localities. New England.
rain Sunday showers followed by clearing mod
crate easterly winds becoming variable.
For New York showers today Sunday partly
in northern portion. light
"a moderate variable winds
For Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, partly
cloudy to-day preceded by showers Sunday fair; light
to moderate variable winds becoming westerly.
Pennsylvania, partly cloudy. preceded by
showers to-day: sunday light variable winds be
coming northery.
For New York showers and cooler to-day;
SUNDAY fair: light TO moderate variable winds.
Local Official ReCord-The following Official record
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
ROOSEVELT AT MISSION
THE NEED OF THE N4TIVE.
EnPresiGent Tells of Settlers
DutieS-ShOoting Monkeys.

-,,she British East Africa, June 4.-The
.-,bsrs of the Roosevelt party, who arrived
80. Yesterday afternoon on special train from
x-.,,ohi and spent the night in camp near the
.,u-oad station. started out this morning TO
.ss;t the local station of the Africa Inland Mis-
dor. an American organization. Mr.. Roosevelt
,,en+ some time shooting monkeys, particularly
tbs colobus. this morning. Edmund Heller
,srred three Of the colobus species and green
faced monkey. and Kermit Roosevelt killed two
large specimens of the former. Major Mearns
oocuped his time in shooting birds
Arriving at the mission, Mr.. Roosevelt made a
.horough inspection Of the institution and after
ward had luncheon with forty of the mission
aries and their wives and settlers of the country
The Rev. Mr. Hurlburt welcomed Mr.. Roosevelt
70 the mission
Replying. the eX-President expressed his pleas
IRE al being able TO the Africa Inland Mis-
sion and recalled the fact that his visit of to-
DAY was the fulfilmeat of promise made TO Mr.
Hu-lhurt at Washington some time ago, when
the missionary was introducing TO Mr. Roosevelt
az the White House the delegates of Christian
organization
'T an glad TO have seen the work personally"
Mr Roosevelt continued. 4 am pleased to see
the settlers and to find you working together
zs it would be no credit TO the missionary the
e peculiar feeling for the settlers working in
this country. they remind me of my own
people working in the Western states. where
they know difference between Easterner
Westerner Northerner and Southerner. and pay
no heed to creed or birthplace
There is ample work 10 be done. and all had
best work shoulder 20 shoulder. believe with
vi ry heart that large parts Of East Africa will
Iorm the white mans country. Make every eff
fort 70 build up q prosperous and numerous
population. Hence am asking the settlers TO
cooperate with the missionaries End treat the
native Justly and bring him TO a higher level.
I particularly appreciate the way your inter
UNCONVENTIONAL Industrial mission is striving TO
teach the African help himself by industrial
education. which is prerequisite to his perna-
nent elevation. II seems TO me that you
doing yeur work in a spirit if disinterested de-
vetion TO an ideal
R J. Cuninghame. the manager of the expe-
dftion. and l. A. Tarlton. of Nairobi, remained
at camp to-day completing the preparations to
start on the trip into the Sotik country To
reach this territory the party will have to travel
two days without meeting water.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
ROCKEFELLER ON GOLF
Returns from Hot Springs-Not
Interested an Stocks.

John D. Rockefeller did not commit himself on
topic Of contemporary interest more vital
than golf played and playable on southern links.
when ne arrived at Jersey City yesterday after
noon from Hot Springs. Va He was told by
several reporters that there had been rise in
the price of stocks. but If It news TO him he
made no sign that would indicate his market posi-
ton.
Golf beats business game where fun plays
a part" remarked Mr.. Rockefeller zone Of the
best golf in the world is at Hot Springs
When it comes to golf I full Of useful &nd up
to-date inforna tion. Il is more interesting than
the stock market and can get a better tan
playing 1t than business produces Look at my
hands. Brown. eh? I really glad TO get BACK
10 New York. I haven't been here for hve
months"
Becoming serious when TIE death Of H H
Rogers was mentioned. Mr.. Rockefeller said: 1t
was a great blow. 1t is sad, very cad.
Mrs. Rockefeller accompanied her husband as
did also his sister-in-aw and granddaughter. At
his home last night it said that the family
would leave the city in few days for Pocanttco
Hills. The trip had tired Mr.. Rockefeller. 1t was
said, and he retired at o'clock
Part OF the summer will be spent at Cleve-
land
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
OBITUARY NOTES.

George Phillips. of Battle Creek, State Factory
Inspector of Michigan, died from heart disease
while waiting for a train in Des Moines Iowa,
yesterday.
CLAYTON r. SWEET. head of the corporation
OF Sweet. Orr & Co. with factories at Newburg.
Wappingers Falls. Joliet New Orleans. New York
City and Port Jervs. died yesterday from pneu-
monia a Newburg. Ills wife died on May 10 from
the same disease. Mr.. Sweet born in Wap-
pingers Falls in 1894
DR.. DANIEL S. CHASE. dentist. said to have
been the discoverer of the process Of making gold
foil. extensively used by dentists died in Medtord
Mass. yesterday from pneumonia. He was ninety
years old He was well known in the South
ERNST EHRMANN. who was for many years
a prominent real estate dealer died on Thursday
at his home No. l6 East 49th street. He was vice
president OF the Central Realty Bond and Trust
Company when the real estate holdings of that
concern were taken up by the United States Realty
and Construction Company. This change brought
about the amalgamaton OF various big concerns
form s6s 90 go realty corporation Mr.. Ehr-
mann was associated with ex-Nayor Hugh j.
Grant in many real estate operations.
MISS ELSA HCRLBUT. eldest daughter Of
Frank NJ. Hurlbut. president OF the Union Square
Savings Bank died in St. Vincents Hospital yes
terday after illness OF SIX weeks. Miss Hurt
but was twenty-eight years old The time for the
funeral has not yet been set.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
THEATRICAL NEWS.

Eleanor Robson will close tomorrow night her
long engagement at the Lyceum Theatre in The
Dawn of a Tomorrow On June IL she viii sail
on the American liner St Paul for vacation
abroad.
A musical comedy entitled The Motor Girl will
succeed The Great John Canton at the Lyric
Theatre beginning June 10. Georgia Caine. Bessie
Franklin, Helen Adair Smith and Cook and Ade-
Iaide Sharp Will be in the cast
The Knickerbocker Theatre will be opened next
season with a musical comedy called The Dollar
Princess Va1i ValH will head the company.
sam" Sothern arrived here yesterday to take
mart in the production OF The MolIusc." IN which
Sir Charles Wyndham and Miss Mary Moore will
appear
Margaret Anglin departed yesterday for Ottawa
Canada 10 visit her brother. Frank Anglin. who IS
a Justice OF the Supreme Court there
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
TsEFsE FLY ROOSEVELT DANGER
Traveller, Just Back from Africa, Tells of the
Pest of the Lowlands.

DR. Louis L. Seaman who followed the japanese
army throughout its campaign in Manchuria, ar
rived here yesterday the Lusitania, after trip
part Of the territory in which Colonel Roose-
velt hunting Dr. Seaman said he attended
the dinner given for Colonel Roosevelt at Nom
hasa Regarding the big hunt in Africa DR.. Sea-
man said:
Colonel Roosevelt faces few dangers in the
country which he is hunting. He will encounter
his greatest dangers when he reaches the lowlands
where one Of greatest perils viii be the tsetse
fy I have beer through the country in which he
:. now hunting. but 7 vas not able 10 push on as
far as he is TO 90 because Of the rains
Hunting IN that country is in many ways as
simple as II is in an English hunting park The
beasts one meets sre not very ferocious A man
With Z gun has little 10 fear from them The lion
being hunted stands no show az ali BY the time
the hunters get him he is Uinded- for he has
been chased &sf nile out into the open,
where Re turns a. bay. He is so Tinded that ne Il
able 70 do little. The hunter has simply 10 jump
down from his horse and face Mr. Lion and blow
his blooming head of 90
D. Seaman brought hack many specimens. GONE
70 decorate his rooms and others for Cornell Unit
versity.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
WOULD SELL YERKEs COLLECTION.
Executor Says Real Estate and Pictures
Should Be Disposed of Now.

Louis s Owsley. of Chicago, executor Of the es-
tate of Charles T. Yerkes, fled his answer yester-
day in the United States Circuit Court to the bill
of complaint in the suit of the Underground Elec-
tric Railways Company, Limited. of London. a
creditor of the estate $4,000 Owsley questions
whether the allowance Of this claim made by the
Probate Court of Chicago has the force of a judg-
ment. He said the actions of Mrs. Mary Adelaide
Yerkes in trying to have him removed as executor
and preventing him from taking out anclllary let
in New York have prevented him from taking
possession OF the New York estate.
Owsley says in his answer that If compelled TO
into cash within short time the assets
of the other than real estate and art coilec
situated in the State Of New York. the amount
derived therefrom would be insufficient for the
payment of debts and the cost of administration
and ii would be necessary to sell the real estate
and art collections to pay the debts and cost OF
administration on the other hand, he said, II the
real estate and art collection were now sold and
the proceeds applied to the reduction Of the debts
they would be reduced that it would be possible
to pay out of the balance of the assets all the
debts. cost of administra tion and considerable
amount to Mrs. Yerkes account of her dover
and still leave material balance for the payment
of legsCies.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
PROB4TE S4YRE WILL.
Graudniece Loses Fight for Share in
S2,OOO,O0O Estate.

Judge Thomas a. Davis. after hearing evidence
Yesterday IN the Orphans Court at Newark IN the
contest the will or the late James r Savre.
suddenly ended the hearing last evening hy admit
ting the will probate. The Judge announced that
the caveator. Mrs Annie Y. Marvin. had no basis
for her contest. The estate valued at over
81 600 900. Mrs Marvin was not mentioned IN III"
Will and in effort TO break 1t alleged that Sayer
OF unsound mind and unduly Influenced
when ne drew up the document. and that the three
witnesses 10 II not present together with the
testator when the document was signed.
The witnesses Edward i. Dobbins. vice
president OF the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company: Henry NJ. Tuns, cashier of the National
Newark Banking Company, and Dr. Frank B.
Vaudeville The last named has since died. BY the
terms the viii several hundred thousand dollars
left various charitable Institutions and so
Ccties.