Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06
LIKELIHOOD OF WAR AVOIDED
Count Won Aerenthal Clarifies Bad
Situation.
HAS UNDERSTANDING WITH TURK
Austrian POutOffice Department IL TO
Handle Large, stylish Hats
Through the Mails for
the women,
HAS UNDERSTANDING WITH TURK
BY ERIC aRrNDMARK.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. Especial to The
Bee Am intensely interesting story Of
arctic adventure reaches here from from
soc where the explorer, Ernest Mans
field. has just returned from tho land OF
ice.
He chartered the steamship Aurora OF
fOrty-one tons. and left Tromsoe on
August p The vessel encountered an
iCe-pack Off Bear island, through which
Il wurmed its way, arriving at Bell sound
on August q, with ten hours coal supply
aboard. After hastily landing men 20
gather timbers for erecting the new set
Elements Of Mllar and Williamson, the
ship sailed Immediately for Advent bay
for coal. returning on the following night
TO Bell sound.
Though the ice was closing In, the eX-
plorer succeeded in getting his stores
ashore. and then retreated into Lowe
sound There was ice around and fog
prevailed for several days, 80 that it was
impossible for the ship to get out. Mr..
Mansfield, therefore, went through the
ice in a small boat to superintend the
erection Of a camp at Mlllar settlement.
The Norwegian craft Hvidfisken was
iammed into Recharche bay by the ice
at the same time, having aboard Captain
Svendsen, a crew OF ten and the Finnish
ornithologIst, Ludwig Munsterhjelm, all
without any provisions.
Crew AbandOns ship,
The encroaching Ice forced the Aurora
to seek shelter in Braganza bay, thirty
miles up the ford. The captain Of the
Aurora came to Camp Millar, and in
formed Mr.. Mansfield that he, with all his
crew, had decided to beach the ship, march
overland to Advent bay, and get pas
sage by an American steamer. Mr.. Mans
field returned Immediately with the cap
| tain TO the ship.
He prevented the Bleaching OF the ship
| and practically forced the engineer TO re-
main on board. The captain, pilot and all
! the crew except the engineer abandoned
the vessel on September II and started for
| Advent bay. Failing to reach It they re-
turned in a femished condition to Camp
Millar, where Mr.. Mansfields manager
| supplied them with food. After the ship
had been abandoned by them Mr.. Mans
| field assumed command and chose a crew
| from among his wOrkmen. Three days
later terrific easterly gale came on. The
! anchors broke and the vessel, drifting
ashore through the massive icefloes, was
continually threatened with destruction.
The ship, however steamed through the
gaps between the flOes, finally anchoring
amidst huge masses, embedded in the ice.
Refugees short of FOOd.
Nine days after his departure the cap
tain was brought TO the ship by three Of
Mansfield's Camp Millar men with the
news that the Hvidfisken was hopelessly
| frozen in by the young ice; that all hands
were living on one biscuit day. with but
little meat, and that a boat had been
smashed by the ice and three men ship
wrecked in Bell sound.
Two biologists who were acting for mu-
seums were stranded on Axel island and
all were In want of nourishment.
Mr. Mansfield informed the captain that
by abandoning his vessel he had forfeited
his right to command IT, and that he him
self, with his men, having saved the shiI
several times, would now be It's COM
mander and would take all back as pas.
| sengers.
| But II they agreed to enter his service
they must all engage In their former posi-
lions and pay, otherwise he would take
the vessel TO Tromsoe himself. Every one
readily agreed and MI Mansfield sent re-
lief to the distressed men and a message
that he would relieve them
Rescues Them All.
He then took his ship to Advent bay
where he loaded with coal and returned
Immediately to Camps Millar and William.
son, which he provided with the necessar!
winter fuel. He next sailed to the edge o
the ice, where the Hvidfisl1en was i'm
prisoned; and picked up Captain SvendseI
and the passengers crew. shipwreclre,
trappers and stranded biologists and sallet
for Norway with tweuty-seven- all tol,
abOard-twenty-three Norwegians, thre
Finlls and himself