The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-12
SACRIFICE Of LIVES
IN The FROZEN SOUTH.

knows of her loss but is unable to
answer any of the wireless messages
transmitted to her.
The steamship Aorangi, which was
bearing her to New Zealand to meet
her husband, is about 1000 miles
southwest of here. 1t Ia equipped
with short range wireless sending
apparatus, having a radius OF only 900
miles. The sending stations here are
equipped with powerful apparatus
tina; often communicate direct with
San Francisco. Many messages have
been sent into the air bound for the
Aorangi to tell Mrs. Scott OF the dis
aster and some must have reached
her, it is thought. Her ship is due
| to reach New Zealand via Samoa and
Tahiti, Feb 2s.
Captain Oates.
LONDON, Feb. 12.-Of the Ave
deaths claimed by the relentless
winds and SHOWS that guard the
south pole. that Of captain Lawrence
Edward Grace oates, stands out today
in dramatic relief from the whole
4 ltragicaily heroic story OF the Scott ex-
Ipedition.
mo Surrender Oates as he was
4 known throughout the army, died true
to the highest traditions of services
and his own gallant reputation, by
4 giving up his life that he might no
longer hinder the advance of his
comrades.
Oates came naturally by the spirit
of adventure that led him to join the
; polar expedition He was OF an Old
, Yorkshire family. which now occupies
Il Gestingthorpe hall. an historic man
/ sion on the border of Essex and Sui
folk Both his father, the late n. E..
Oates, and his uncle, Francis Oates.
3 were fellows of the Royal Geographic
! cal Society, and noted travellers and
]. explorers,
= Oates joined the Enniskillrn dragons.
i, He say, active service of the most
It strenuous sort and early in the fight
j. ing earned the sobriquet "No Sur
n frender Oates by gallant bit OF
l. work in repelling a Boer attack. Oates
and his patrol fought off the Beers
! for hours and as each of his men
: used up his ammunition. Oates order
! ed him to crawl back out of range OF
;. the Boer bullets One by one his men
!. crawled away until Oates was left
j alone. Twice during the engagement
the Boer commander demanded the
! surrender of the little force. Each
!, time Oates replied that he was there
ito fight and not to surrender The
), Beers finally retired. but one Of their
last shots wounded the gallant Eng
lishman in the thigh.
After his wound healed. Oates re.
turned 10 the front and fought
= through the war, receiving thc queens 3
: medal for bravery Afterward he went
with his regiment to Egypt and INDIA,
Former comrades OF No Surrender
: Oates say nothing else was to be ex
II pected of him. when, realizing that
his slow progress was the greatest
t handicap to his companions, he walk
It ed out OF the shelter tent to meet
i death in the blizzard. In line with Ills
II historic message to his commander
e his old spirit is seen. The message
u read:
r Il am going outside and may be
n gone some time
Greeiy's Opinion.
n ROME, Feb 12.-Maior Genera
IS Adolphus Washington Greely, z.
n A., famous arctic explorer, who IL
n 1881 undertook north polar expedl
p ton and reached latitude So degrees
n "a minutes the farthest north a
tha. time. was found today in Rome
of by United Press correspondent ant
st asked for a statement regarding Car
tain Scott. General Greeiy said
Il was convinced that both Scot
and Amundsen would reach the soutl
v pole. Scott's expedition was the bes
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