The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
ANDREE'S BALLOON
IN FROZEN NORTH
Tribe of Esquimos Tell An Ex-
traordinary Story
THE EXPLORERS DIE
Sad Echo of Mysterious, Tragic Death
Of Crown Prince Rudolf of Aus
tria Is Heard-German Pro-
tective Tariff.
THE EXPLORERS
BY STEVEN BURNETT.

Berlin, January 1.-(Speoial.) Jan extra
ordinary story which, it is believed. may
throw some light on the disappearance of
the Andree balloon and its occupants L
years ago, has been published here
through the German Cable company on
the authority of the missionary who has
1ryoted many years of his life to work
among the Hskimos.
The missionary has reported to his
ings in the extreme north of Canada he
came across an unknown tribe of Eskimos
who had come from the farthest north.
According to what they told him they
had an extraordinary experience at a Pc
Rod which must have been some years
ago. They said that they were one day
astonished to see a white house In the
sky coming down toward the earth. In II
they found two half-starved white men,
but though their vitality was to a GER
tain extent restored by meals Of reindeer
flesh, they were so weak that they died
shortly afterward.
The Eskimos stated that they used the
white house" as a storeroom for the
ropes, of which there were a great num-
Der attached They still had with them
several ropes, all well made and remark
ably strong.
The missionary informed the bishop
that he intended to make a long tour
north with some of the Eskimos In the
hope of discovering some trace of the
balloon, which they evidently found. and
which. 1t is thought, may have been that
of Herr Andree.
Many previous reports have appeared
regarding alleged discoveries of traces Of
Andree and his expedition, but on inves-
tgation they have proved to be without
foundation. Andrees balloon, in which
the explorer was accompanied by DR..
strindberg and DIR, Fraenkel, started from
Danes island on July II, 1897
learn that the German ordnance en-
sipeers have succeeded in perfecting a
remarkable unified" projectile which is
stated to combine the function of shrap-
mel and common shell.
The ammunition factories at Spandau,
the German Woolwich, have lately been
working at high pressure with a view
to supplying the artillery of the entire
army with the new projecrile at the short
est possible notice.
Henoeforward the army will require to
be equipped with only one instead OF two
kinds of ammunition.
The war offices OF all the great powers
IN the world have been wrestling for the
past 10 or Is years with the problem of
unified" projectie. and the German
artillery are now highly gratihed with
the complete success of their own en-
deavors.
1t is claimed that the new projectile
exceeds in carrying power velocity and
destructiveness any artillery ammunition
hitherto employed for German guns Ger
man Held guns should, 1t s thought. now
be definitely able to overcome the SUI
perfority of the French artillery.
When will echoes of the mysterious
tragic death of Crown Prince Rudolf of
Austria cease to be heard in Europe?
The latest reminder of that most sinis-
ter event in the house of Hapsburg comes
from the unhappy Princess Louise of Bel
eium, recently deprived by death of the
father from whom she had been estranged
for years.
Princess Louise, whose sister, the Prin-
cess Stephanie. was widowed by Crown
Prince Rudolfs untimely death, has pub
1ished an article in the Poster Lloyd al
Vienna, In which she says:
Always when in Budapest I take the
same walk. I walk to the City park, my
heart beating, and I suddenly come to q
standstAl before a statue 1t is a hunts
man in stone, who gazes dreamily before
him.
Long forgotten scenes come back to
me. A world of memories storms my soul
thoughts and feelings that never quite
me. I see the Crown Prince before me
in the strength of his youth. I hear
his voice saying: Where shall I find
the wife want? Tell me her name?
"'Go to Belgium. There a flower
blooms-my sister Stephanie,' and he
went. / see the wedding, a picture OF
happiness, of peace. 1 see the spring;
then so soon afterwards the autumn and
the dreadful end.
THE voice of the Crown Prince Ru-
dolf still rings in my ear. The year
before his death we walked together in
the beautiful park of Laxenburg. The
most beautiful things he says, would
be to die when one is 3d. in full posses
sion of strength, knowing and feeling
one could do all things unfsttered by
circumstance
Certain persons exist who say they
know the facts of the crown prince s
end. They are silent: they live upon
the price Of their discretion. They alone,
perhaps, know the conclusion of the trag-
edy. I know all that went before in all
its phases. I nm silent, but for other
reasons"
Only last November one of the char
acters In the imperial drama passed
away in the person OF Baron Louis We
tssra, who died in the United States
Z in Colorado. His name had not been
publicly mentioned for 20 years.
That her protective tariff had enabled
Z Industrial Germany to conquer tho
entire world" was the proud boast ut
tered In the reichstag by Herr Dolbrucek
the imperial secretary of state for the
= interior, In the course of a debate or
the new, German-Portuguese commercial
\ treaty.
He rose to defend the government
against an attack made by Herr Gothein
the leader of the little free trade grour
IN the reichstag.
& II do not intend to dissect the the
Qretical disquisitions of Herr Gothein.
said the minister. II would only cal
|. attention to the fact that under cul
present fiscal regime our industry has
K. ponquersd the entire world. Trade ant
kariff have recently developed. Our agri
bulturists have become a class with re-
marketable power. Wages have increased
a Until 1t has been proved | am wrons
h my conclusions regarding our economic
conditions, l must adhere to the belief
K which I think is shared by the over
Fl Whelning majority of the people, tina
Dur fiscal policy is sound one