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New-York tribune., 1909-10-03
DRY" ELECTION CAUSES SUICIDE,
His Business Gone and Mortgage FOreclOsed'
Brewery Agent Takes His Life.

KN..hinRton Ind oct. 2.-George NHIIoH' 's'''
of !, rcrre Hautc Brewing Company al Loosoole'
winch went dry" ia the recent Mdiuh Gum
local option election. killed himself last nishi ''7
business had dropped away and n"i'Sdbe "'s
.,.l,,,.-el .,.ste,5a. yn ms hulsos ano wagons
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

All good citizens should register Tomorrow.
A full registration IS needed 10 insure the cleo
ton Of business administration. AXE no
chances of losing your vote by failure TO register.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03
DIES AT THE AGE OF rOs YEARS.
lHy Teleg,aph TO The TribuN-l

liiy TELEGRAPH 10 Ihr lIlbuIs
Plainheld. Conn. oct Mrs Lucille 81 q
Barre, OF Volunown a native of toilette. Canada
is dead al the age Of 100 years She died suddenly
from heart failure never having been sick dal
in her ne W children survive her
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03
W.LSHTNGTON " STIRRED.
Aarsc n CanHOn DeaL CrcatfS SEN
saitoh al me Camfal.
flJH Tar TIIlua- I.u,.alI

N. .'''a Tee 1iibuHe Eui.a4.I
a.. '--st'.i. ''.t. --Tl~ news tl4at l:elresenta-
pTfDeit Parspns had is. (, pulli. interview.
~, SEQ s'atI,er Cannon w.ih entering into de -
,.., representative Fitzgerald and certain Tam
~ members OF Congress wherein IN ,er.,, for
444'ofi rendered the so-cslIed Cannon rules al
Gsntinusd on sIrtb n,v.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

STEAMER ALBANY AROUND The WARsHiPS.
Four trips a day. oct {. .. s, and 5. Sec ad's.-
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03
ARREST NEAR Mr.. TAFT.
Police Take Man zCith RerOIuer Into
CuStOdU.

Portland, ore. oct. 2.-There was only one
unpleasant incident connected with President
Tafts visit here to-day. This was the arrest
of a man who carried camera and attempted
10 get into the front rank of spectators just
the President was leaving his hotel. When the
man. who gave his name as Arthur G. Wright,
was searched revolver and an extra supply of
ammunition were found on him He also had
a police shield. marked Lowell Mass
Wright told straightforward story. He said
he was a craftsman employed by the c. W
& F. Smith Iron Company. Of RoXbury, Mass,
that his mother lived at Billerica. Mass and his
father at Lowell. Wright explained his pcs
session of police badge by saying ii was given
to him five years ago by Chief HOsmer of
Lowell He said he had been on three months
pleasure trip through the West. The police will
hold hhI pending further examination into his
antecedents
Lowell Mass, oct Arthur G. Wright who
was,arrested in Portland. Ore. to-day was born
in Chelmsford Centre, five miles from here
twenty-eight years ago. his parents being Mr.
and Mrs Gilbert F. Wright. His father owns d
large farm and is d real estate dealer in Chems-
ford.
Arthur e. Wright lived at home until three
years ago, when he went to Seattle. He visited
his parents last summer. and it was understood
he had become "a craftsman. Wrights father
port that lie had committed suicide to be pub
Iished for the purpose of seeing what effect it
would have"
Young Wright never connected with the
Iowell Police Department.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

"lhE STORE AND RESTAURANT
hss eaei of Hudson VeFi,tinsf
49, a9a- Co. l5, Fui,,,i, S.. Nv York
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

'n''Hosd On .irlh page.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-15

grees 80 minutes, after leaving the
land, he encountered a broad streak Of
open water which could not be crossed.
He then turned back. In April, 1901,
he proceeded from Fort Conger in a
northwesterly 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 a third spring was permitted to
pass without improving the opportu-
nifty so temptingly 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
miles from the ocean. On April 81 he
was IN latitude "a degrees II minutes,
the highest attained on this side of the
pole. He then found so many openings
in the ice. however, that further adj
vance was foolhardy.
That Commodore Peary had a very
clear idea Of what the discovery Of the
north pole would mean to the discov-.
erer, the country he represented and
to men 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 best 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 the world
has to offer to adventurous man. For
that reason l feel by every right that
this great country of ours should be
the winner Once won there will be no
future challenge. To the first conquer
or belongs the spoils and the glory.
Entirely regardless of any intrinsic
value, the discovery Of the pole will be
as distinct a milestone in the history
of the globe as was the discovery Of
America by Columbus.
1.-THE efforts which have been car.
ried on for the past 300 years to find
the pole have resulted in securing q
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 the
polar sea, the photography of which is
entirely unknown. And yet, without in
any way desiring to detract from the
value Of such work and results, 1 feel
that the great meaning of this con-
quest lies not in these. 1t is rather a
matter of national sentiment, and the
fc fr0
which the proudest nation in the world
will be glad to win and wear looms
very large to me-"
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latitude 80. In 1S94-5 he reached the
seventy-eighth parallel on the west
Greenland coast. In 1889 he went to
between the seventy-ninth and eight
eth parallels on the east coast of Ellis
mere Land. In 1900 he reached the
eighty-second parallel on the east coast
of Grinnell Land. In 1866 he skirted
the north coast of Grinnell Land and
made an attack on the pole from Cape
Moss. This was the expedition which
reached what was at that time "far-
thest north"
The earlier work of Peary was d.
rected toward a more complete survey
Of Greenland than had ever before
been attempted This was the essen
tial aim of his work prior to 1898.
When he started for the arctic that
year it was with the purpose of trying
for the pole. He 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
entity of Cape York to the north end
of the passage along the coast of
Greenland the distance is about 6 de-
grees, or $50 geographical miles.
The next winter and spring QS99-
1900 he used Fort Conger as his base
and crossed over to Greenland and fol
lowed a route previously traversed in
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PEARY SECONDS COOKS EXPLOIT.
A Second Daring American
Arctic Explorer Has Reach.
ed the Top of the World

that the big lead encountered in both
my upward and return marches in my
last expedition. and which was also
observed by me in 1902, although
closed at that time, is an essentially
permanent feature of this part of the
Arctic ocean. This lead extends west
ward from Cape Morris Jesup, the
most northern point of Greenland, in
the general neighborhood of the
eighty-fourth parallel toward Croker
Land, and forms the line of demarka-
ton between the heavy, rough, nearly
motiOnless ice embayed in the great
blight between Cape Jesup and Crock
er Land, and the less heavy, more mo-
bile ice of the central polar sea, NOV
ing steadily from the ice encountered
areas north of Boring strait, across
the pole toward the north Atlantic in
a broad stream between Cape Norris
Jesup and the northern point of Franz
Josef Land.
81 have little doubt of my ability to
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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 day before the one on
which Cook said he touched the pole.
The journey was made with remarka-
BILE directness, as his march from Cape
Moss to the eighty-fourth parallel was
made in virtually a straight line. At
"a degrees Sc 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 thinly COW
cred lane. Most Of the lightly weight
ed sledges were over and preparing to
return and reload when a 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. 1t was heart
breaking, but longer delay meant
certain failure.
So the party abandoned the better
share of its supplies and continued its
course. From that point until the latf-,
tude of So degrees II minutes was
reached the journey was comparative
~ easy. The ice proved smooth, and
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His Independent Discovery
of the North Pole SiIences
All the Scientific DOubters

a S if to silence the croakings of
"a the scientific Doubling Thomas
~ - es who had been rending the at
mOsphere with their pessimistic
refusal to credit DR.. Frederick A. Cook
with his greatest of modern geograph-
ical attainments came the electric flash
which, translated into the vernacular,
became, 'Stars and stripes nailed to
the north pole" The signature to this
wonderful message was 'Peary," and
that was enough to make it of SUI
preme Importance.
Peary discovered the pole on April
g., 1909, and consequently reached the
coveted goal nearly a year later than
DR.. Cook. He did not find any traces
Of Cooks expedition near the pole.
Peary's Last Trip.
Commodore Peary left New York on
his last trip on July Z, 1908, to join his
exploration steamer Roosevelt at Sgd
ney, Cape Breton, for the dash to the
pole. The vessel was admirably equip
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Nothing Lett UndOne to
Make a Success of This
His Supreme Effort * *

weather conditions were Of the best.
Then suddenly bad storm sprang up.
and Peary and his companions were
forced into camp. There in q driving
storm Of ice and snow all hands re-
mained idle for six days. The ice on
which the party was camped drifted
to the east nearly seventy miles dur
ing the storm. and upon taking obser-
vations after the wind had gone down
Peary found himself at the forty-ninth
meridian.
Provisions now ran low, and the al
lowances were shortened. Weaker
dogs were fed to their stronger broth
ers. and by exerting themselves to the
utmost the explorers were able to
make fair Roadway. The lanes of wa
ter were increasing constantly. how
ever, and the hummocks grew larger
and larger On April 81 he called the
final halt in his advance.
Even should he reach the pole. he
knew that he would never return safe
ly to the mainland Turning, the expe-
ditiOn headed for Cape Morris JeSup
after putting up a flag 1T the point
farthest north. The chance discovery
of several musk oxen alone saved the
party from starvation. Once, too, the
explorer and his Eskimos were nearly
drowned in crossing a lane covered
with thin ice. 1t was at the eighty
fourth parallel that Peary came upon
an unusually wide lane. and while
camped waiting for a chance to cross
the ice upon which the party was
gathered separated from the main foe
and drifted away for five days. A cold
snap cemented it to the main body
then, and on ice which threatened each
moment to break beneath them the
explorers. their dogs and provisions
spread out in long line and made the
perilous crossing.
The men. with snOWshoes on their
feet, did not dare to slip ahead, but
were content to scuff along while the
block ice bent beneath them like rub
ber It was two miles across this tic
klish bender, and in silence the party
crossed. Had they paused an instant
the ice would have given way beneath
them, and rescue would have been i'm
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glasses. silver thimbles. shotguns ana
other useful implements with which
he intended to reward the Eskimos
and arouse their enthusiasm.
1--WE are ready for the trip" he said
81 have done entirely too much work
in that country to be certain of any
thing. so I'll not promise anything be
fore l start. except that l am going to
put into it every bit of energy. moral,
mental and physical. that l possess.
81 feel confident that in any case
shall carry the American flag farther
north than ever. Unless the unfOre-
seen happens l shall plant the stars
and stripes at the geographical pole.
''If conditions are no worse in the
next season than they were during the
last voyage l shall hope to accomplish
the object Of the expedition and re-
turn in about fifteen months-that is,
in October, 1909. 1 am prepared, how
ever, for stay of three years.
81 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 1906. The sledge work will begin
in February. l 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 l did before.
'FMy 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-
petitions 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 Peary.
In the middle of the following Octo-
Der word came from the Roosevelt at
Etah, the most northern settlement in
the world, IS degrees 20 minutes north
latitude. 1t came in the form of a let
ter from a 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 its PROV. Etah,
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which we are about to leave, is COM
prised of four skin tents, called tupiks
by the Eskimo.
1--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 as on this voyage. If
It is possible to reach the pole these
sturdy fellows are certain to take us
through
Whale Meat For Dogs.
''To 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 it means in the
way Of noise and echoes with 200
dogs and thirty Eskimos with their
women and children all taking up
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 DR.. Cook
on the first part OF his expedition.
Peary landed coal and supplies for
the relief OF DR.. Cook, "who had not
yet returned" He also sent Francke
home, at the latter's request, on board
the Erik.
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make this lead-that is, the eighty
coast of Grant Land (S3 degrees north
latitude) my point of departure, with
fully loaded sledges. If this is done
1t will shorten the route by nearly 100
miles and distinctly simplify the
proposition.
con the return march in the next
expedition l probably shall do volun-
tarily what 1 did involuntarily last
time-that is. retreat upon the north
coast of Greenland "a course diagonal
~ 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 ice).
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
Of all possible routes for determined
aggressive attack upon the pole.
"Second.-The selection of a winter
base which commands wider range
Of the central polar sea and its sur
rounding coasts than any other posi-
lie base in the arctic regions. Cape
Sheridan is practically equidistant
from Croker Land, from the remain
ing unknown portion of the northeast
coast of Greenland and from my Near
est the Pole of 1906.
''Third.-The 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 q means Of attracting pub
lie attention.
"Fourth.-The use Of the hyper
borean aborigine 0he Whale sound
Eskimo) for the rank and file Of the
sledge party. 1t seems unnecessary
to enlarge upon the fact that the man
whose heritag e is life and work in
that very region must present the best
obtainable material for the personnel
Of a 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
Cresson Springs, Pa, in May, 1856 He
entered the navy in 1881. His first
polar experience was acquired in 1886,
when he made a reconnaissance Of
the Greenland inland ice. In June,
1891. he sailed from New York on the
Kite and, making his headquarters at
Mccormick bay, on the west coast OF
Greenland. penetrated as far north as
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-15
HOW THE EXPLORER PLANNED HIS DASH
Warned by Previous Fail
ures, lie Made the Most
Careful Preparation Possible
~ OR weeks the scientific world
had waited breathlessly, hoping

~ OR weeks the scientific world
had waited breathlessly hoping
AA daily to 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 Els
kimos.
His great determination and init
mate knowledge of polar conditions
were looked upon as his chief assets
in his advance on the pole.
1t is admitted that a 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 DIR. 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 a new 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
Bafin's bay, Smiths sound, Kenne
dy's channel and Robeson's channel
into Mares sea. In 1S94-95 he nearly
reached the seventy-eighth parallel, on
the west Greenland coast. In 1S98-99
he turned back only after reaching
land close to the eightieth parallel, on
the east coast of Ellsmere Land. In
1900 he took the east coast of Grin
nell Land and reached the eighty-sec-
ond parallel The northern coast Of
Grinnell Land was skirted in 1905-06,
and winter quarters were made at
Cape Sheridan, Grant Land. He
moved past Cape Hecla on the west
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ped for such an expedition, and the ex-
plOrer was confident of success.
eff have ordinary good luck" he
said just before his departure, my
friends in New York may take it for
granted that l will make my final dash
during the coming winter If should
reach the pole in the winter of 19O8-09,
which is the hope of my life, you
will hear of my triumph between Aug.
10 and Sept 10, 1909"
The explorer arrived at Cape York,
Greenland, July 81, 1908. On Aug. IL
the Roosevelt was at Etah, which
point she left Sept. &c. He had good
supply of Eskimos, dogs and provi-
EiOnS.
The last word from Peary prior to
his message was received Oct. z, 1908,
from Harry Whitney, a 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
ne outlined them before his departure.
His idea was TO reach the pole by the
american route" way which he
himself had studied and developed
during his former expedition. The adj
vantage OF this route is that it allows
a 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
he attained the northernmost point
hitherto reached by man-S7 degrees
6 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
So degrees u minutes. lere he en-
countered q terrific stor which held
him prisoner while the zee drift car
ried him seventy miles to the east.
These handicaps and the constantly
widening lanes of water and increaS-
ing rOughness Of the ice, together with
a threatened failure of supplies. forced
'Peary TO turn back on April 81, when
he had reached latitude 81 degrees 6
minutes. To have gone further would
have meant sure death by starvation.
AT this point Peary put up flags and a
brief record of his achievements and
started back for Cape Morris Jesup.
Concerning further plans for his adj
vance on the pole, Peary said:
There is no doubt In my mind but
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possible. This experience and that in
the storm camp on the way north
taught Peary that polar ice on the
southern side of a lane moves slower
than that nearer the pole and also
travels east. Both he and Cook put
this discovery to good use later.
Peary's Route.
This year his route, like that of DR..
Cook, lay in general way from Grant
Land northwest. He gagged his Jour-
ney as an archer gauges lis aim in a
strong wind. Commander Peary PLAN
ned to head for a 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-
querable mass of grinding ice that it
meant the destruction Of any ship or
human being to attempt to pass
or over it.
Sailed July II, 1903.
Peary sailed from Sydney on the
Roosevelt, his stanch arctic ship. built
to withstand enormous pressures of
the ice, on July II, 1908. In the cargo
we're large quantities of looking