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CAPTAIN SCOTS CAREER
STRENUOUS FROM ITS SlARl

, Admiralty had promised TO give him one
1Io immediately suggested TO Lieutenant
Scott TO apply for the post. Scott de-
,,r-red AS he had no leaning to~ard that
sort OF work. but he was looking Tor
well paying job and as this seemed "''
Chance he applied. TO his great surprise
and at first somewhat 10 has dlsappoli'-
ment. ne was chosen az the commando
He was then Just twenty-nine years Ola
In all Of his life he had suffered only from
an attack OF measles and q shgnt touc"
of Maltese fever His 5-feet-9-inch frame
was well knit and strong and he seeIneo
;ust the man to undertake such strenuous
y.orl. To ureplre for the Antarctic trap
no had 4 wear OF hard work before MN
and ne set about his task. As he worked
he became more enthusiastic over """'
at first had seemed TO him an unor@aH'v"
of scheme. The mere details OF htuhS '"1
shin and provisioning her Tor 'hi-'
wears cruise in tho polar regions "'l0
In. no means so hard for the younS He"-
tenant as was the work of choosing MS
etar TO add TO his difficulties, leader
for the expedition had been appointed
lie was a very able scientist, but MOI
]
sailor. and his presence on board
with power 10 say Just where the snip
should 20. would have created a diihcu''
and delicate situation for scott. Inc
Roval Geographical Society finally saw
things as did Lieutenant Scott and he was
allowed to have supreme command.
TIE expedition was ready in the sum-
ner OF 1907. and on July . OF that year
tbe Discovery steamed out Of the Thames.
The vessel was wooden one, specially
constructed to battle with the ice. King
Edward VII and queen Alexandra paid
farewell visit 10 the Discovery at CoWes'
and there Captain Scott was decorated by
the I<incs with the Victorian Order. On
August the Discovery headed for New
Zealand
AT Cape Town Captain Scott decided
that before he went further lac would
weed out his party. Several OF those on
board who had become somewhat insubor-
dinate on the trip south were dismissed. At
New Zealand he again felt that some
change in his crew was necessary and
with the help OF the Admiralty he soon
had crew mostly Of blueiackets.
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Though Captain Scott started ont ah'a'
oC tbe best equipped expedition that hdH
over headed for the South Pole %" WINS
beaten by Raold Amundscn, who reached
.tbc bottom Of the world ON December
Il 1911 while Scott did not get nearer
than $50 miles OF the South Pole mp 70
January 3. 1912 when his last message
was sent back. save for the hfIri one
telling of his intention 10 remain ~ we
South another year
When the Terra Nova left Tor the J. di
South i'm 1910 these men were with cap
tain Scott: Lieutenant T.. r. g. x. Evans
r. y. second in charge Of the Ncster"
marty. DIR. T. Wilson. chief Of scientIhc
staff zoologist and artist, lieutenant v
/. A. Campbell X. y. leader of the East
ern party; Lieutenant n. l.. h. Penncli'
r. n. magnetic and meteorological work 3
Lieutenant II. f.. dc =. Rcnnick. Il. ", OF
the Western party; Lieutenant II. H.
Bowers. ROYAL Indian Marine Engineer
Lieutenant l.. ". Riley. Il. n; surgeon
G. NJ. Levlck. K. y. doctor and zoologist'
Surgeon T. L. Atkinson. K. ~, doctor,
bacteriologist and parasltOogist. =. H.
H. Drake. r. y. secretary. G. H.. Mearca,
IN charge Of the ponies and dogs for the
Western party: Captain l.. L. q. Oates.
Iniskfling Dragons, in charge Of ponies
and dogs; Or. 6. G. Simpson, physicist OF
the Western party; T. Griffith Taylor
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, enlist, he was sailor on an Australian
whaler. and when his vessel touched M
| Cape Adare lie became so interested that
| he went 70 Europe TO organize party OF
his own.
Amundsen, who finally discovered the
| South Pole went first 20 the Antarctic
regions as the mate OF Captain Adrien de
Gerlache. who was the head OF the Bel
| gian expedition in 1889 On this voyage
the man who later disputed Peary's claim
TO the discovery OF the North Pole-Dr.
| Cook-was surgeon. This expedition went
| 20 Il degrees 20 minutes south latitude.
where their ship was caught IN the fee
and remained for more than year They
were near Alexander Island
! There was a German expedition under
! Professor Erick Won Drygalsky in 1901
and 1902, when Kaiser Wilhelm III Land
was named. The Germans reported the
| discovery OF bare rock rising one thou
sand feet from the sea.
! Or. A. Il. Nordenskjer nephew OF the
discoverer Of the Northeast Passage. at
the head OF "A Swedish expedition. cruiscd
in tho South I'm 1893. Ills vessel, the Ant
4
| Hill Islands. where II was held for some
months. until rescued by an Argentina
| gunboat, the Uruguay.
! James Coats and Andrew Coats financed
7 the expedition OF Or. ". s Bruce who.
| In 1903, sot out with the main idea of
charting the Wcddell Sea. The Scotsman
was stopped by the ice barrier at "a de-
| grees | minute. lie named Coats Land in
! 1904
| The French sent two companies in 1903
05 and 1g0S-'l0. DR.. Jean Charcot was at
the head OF both. The first expedition
was made in the Francois. The vessel
| proved to be too small besides which
there was not a great deal of money back
OF the expedition. and after much hard
ship she returned north. Dr. Charcot was
| careful to have a better equipment on his
second voyage, which was made In the
Pourquoi Pas. The observations OF Or.
tho mountain chain from Graham Land
to Cape Adare is part of the Andes.
Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the
Antarctic I'm 1908 on board the Nimrod. He
had gained valuable experience while
with Captain Scott on the Discovery in
| l902-'0S. His equipment was Of the best.
Besides dogs, he had Siberian ponies and
! a motor car constructed especially for ice
| work. He went through Ross Sea to the
edge OF the great ice barrier. He went
! almost 10 King Edward VII Land. stop
ping at Cape Royds. They were not far
from Mount Erebus in March. 1905, and
half "a dozen of the party assembled the
mountains summit height OF l3 800
feet. Shackleton's record furthest south
was S. degrees g minutes, which he at
tanned In January, 1909 The pole was only
| 10 miles away, but cold and hunger
| forced him to return north.
The story of Amundsen's dash TO the
South Pole, which he reached more than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-11
MEN TELL OF FOURTEEN
HOURS WITHOUT A MEAL

depots have been established on the
bo,nc,yard route The track of the bar
rior is well marked with snow cairns. The
members going forward are Scott, Lieu
tenant Evans. Wilson. Bowers. oates.
LaesIey. Petty officer Evans and Cream.
January o. 1912. latitude S7:32. height
$500 fcet-Afier leaving the upper gla-
cier depot south Of Mount Darwin.
stecred southwest two days. This did
not keep US clear OF pressure ridges and
crcvasses, which occurred frequently at
first and gave Us trouble, but We rose
RAPIDLY I'm altitude. Probably the diff
cult places were more snow covered than
further eastward. The advantage or
this course was mainly felt on the third
and fourth days. when. owing TO our al
titude. We got Il splendid view of the
distribution of land masses ringing the
Ice sheet and the arrangement OF ice
fails Since leaving the depot our
marches have averaged over fifteen stat
ute miles . day.
ION Christmas Day we were close up TO
the 5th parallel. and the prospect OF
Christmas fare gave MS an excellent
}
not so happy the following day. The sur
face grew more difficult as We approached
the S1th parallel. On New Years Eve.
in latitude ~ degrees - minutes. We de-
poted there unit OF provisions and re-
built our sledges with new short runners,
which remarkable piece OF work was per-
formed by the seamen Of the party under
adverse conditions
In Sight of the Goal.
Although il cost us nearly a days
march. the change amply repaid Us. We
have been able to keep up our average,
and we are now within 80 miles OF the
pole. / am going forward with a party
of FIVE men. sending three back under
Lieutenant Evans with this note. The
names and descriptions OF the advance
party are: Captain Scott. r. "; DR. VIII
son, chief of the scientific staff: Captain
oates. Inneskillng Dragons. in charge
OF the ponies and mules; Lieutenant Bow
ers, Royal Indian Marine. commlssariat
officer; Petty officer Evans, r. ", in
charge OF sledges and equipment.
THE advance party goes forward with
Il Upilu y plOhAs4Ollst anu iilt pAuoptNAo
OF success seem good providing the
weather holds and no Unforeseen obsta-
Cles arise. II has been very difficult 10
choose the advance party. as every one
was III and able TO go forward. Those
who return are naturally much disap-
pointed. Every one has worked his hard
est The weather on the plateau has been
good. on the whole The sun has never
deserted Us, but the temperatures are low,
now about minus 20 degrees. and the wind
is pretty constant However, We are ex-
cellently equipped for such conditions, and
the wind undoubtedly improves the sur
face. So far all arrangements have
worked out most satisfactorily. It f.
more than probable that no further news
will be received from us this year, as our
return must necessarily be late"
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SCOTS PREDECESSORS
IN ANTARCTIC HISTORY

Before Scott and Amundsen started for
the South Pole I'm 1910 there had been
many other attempts TO reach the point
furthest south The history OF explora-
ton in the Antarctic begins one hundred
and forty years ago. when Captain James
Cook, OF the British navy, crossed the
circle. In ia the same voyager, with
two small ships, the Resolution and tho
Adventurer, pushed his way through the
pack ice TO latitude lilo south, which I'M
der the circumstances is 70 this day con-
sidered a remarkable achievement.
In 1890 there was a Russian expedition
under Captain Bellinghusen. who dlscov-
cred and named Peter Island and Alex
ander | Land. lie failed, however, TO
pass Cooks record. which remained our
thest south" until 1926. when James We'd
dell. an Englishman. with the brig Jane
and cutter. went TO 7i.l5.
other adventures were spurred 10y the
success OF Weddell and the Russian eX-
ploror John Biscoe, in British sealing
vessel. discovered Blscoe Island and Gra-
ham Land In 1891. and probably would
have gone further had not sickness de-
veloped in the party. The discovery OF
Graham Land was one of the most inn
portant. from the view OF tho geographcr,
as # Is one OF the largest tracts within
the Antarctic circle.
Two vessels under John Balleny were
sent out by London merchants in 1889,
and tho Balleny Islands found place Oh
the map. In 1871 Jules DUrville went as
far south as 60 and took possession OF a
tract which he called Adele Land.
The first American 10 venture into the
Far South was Lieutenant Charles wilkes.
who discovered Wilkes's Land in 1889, ana
in 1872 Captain James Clark Ross. with
the Erebus and the Terror. named two
mountains for lis ships and Ross Sea for
himself. He went as far south IA latitude
7s.lo which record was not beaten for
sixty years.
Ross's most important discovery, how
ever. is the Antarctic land mass, which
he sighted from his ship. IL was owing
to the discoveries Of Ross that Scott
Amundsen and Shackleton were enabled
10 go south with the knowledge that land
was not far within the Antarctic circle
on the American meridians and some dis
lance north on the African and Austria
liam meridiaDs.
The use Of steam-propelled vessels gave
decided impetus to polar exploration,
and in 1874 the Challenger. Of the British
navy, with a party of scientists aboard,
reached 66 degrees and 40 minutes. Some
twenty years afterward four vessels OF
the Dundee steam whaling fleet went far
into the Antarctic Ocean. to get glimpse
OF Graham Land. Carstens Egeborg
Borchgrevink. in 1896, Is believed to have
been the first white man to set foot on
the Antarctic Continent. Though a sch
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counted for only by some disaster
which overlook the party perhaps, i"
ascrevasse or succession OF terri"'V
tslzzards. The death of one OF INC
,&rrty on February H. less than
fnenth after the return journey Ia"
been begun. may have been due TO
fall into crevasse in which the parry
probably lost most of its equipment
ia touching tribute to Captain scout
'and his comrades vas paid last Hls"'
hAoa meeting Of the Royal Geograph-
icaI society. Half an hour before the
meeting. began the tiers Of the niue
theatre were packed. \ notable inquire
present was that of Sir Allen Nliiiaii
Yeung. the veteran Arctic explorer
Il profound silence fell upon the audl-
Gnec as The chairman. Douglas Fresh
field rose to refer to SCOTS fate. his
Voice faitered several times III the
sz61nrse on his speech. while his hearers
FAIstened with bowed heads. lie said;
syf"FareweIl TO 4 band Of heroes whose
Emes will shine as an example OF u'e
Audurancc. which is the highest FORM
ofs courage as the noble evidence II
INEQUALITIES of Englishmen. Not once
or twice I'm oar rough island story
have these qualities been shown, ana
never more conspicuously than by the
members of this Inflated expedition
Scott lives i'm all our minds and VIII
Ixre in the memories rs the ideal oil
Che English sailor Of our age, q man
Sntenectuallv gifted as We'll as brave
md resourcefui in an emergencies fuH
6f scientific zeal and enthusiasm. Nor
! 40 his companions deserve less honor
Eoual i'm their daring their endurance
, and their deaths, of their accomplished
work we shall hear hereafter. For the
moment we can think only OF the price
hey paid for IT,"
\ message of sympathy was sent 10
81, the Geographical Society from the
3. King in which his majesty said:
- Il am deeply grieved to hear the
very bad news YOU give me Of the loss
of Captain Scott and four of his party
lust when We were hoping shortly to
welcome them home on their return
from their great and arduous under
taking. heartily sympathize with the
b ROYAL Geographical Society in the loss
b 10 science and discovery through the
. death of these gallant explorers.
"a Members Of Parliament and high Of
80 ncials OF the navy department includ-
ing the First Lord of the Admiralty
Winston Spencer Churchill. pay hlgh
tributes TO the explorers in interviews
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-11

No need to continue suffering. Sir
Hiram Maxim, the Veteran Inventor OF
Maxim Gun fame, has invented a Won
derfu treatment for all Catarrhal and
Breathing Disorders: II cured him after
everything else had failed, and II vii
relieve you.
The method is unique and so simple
that you can use Il In your own HON.
without interfering with your daily occu-
patton.
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ION the stu. after the storm. eisn'ee"
inches Of wet snow covered the otls''l""'
sort surface. We could not nav" ~
von.od M all had not the leading P'"N
,,o,r snow shoes. Tho men hauleu %"
elt. n took fourteen hours without
,,.aI to do eight miles. At the iifst ha'
the, ponies uor" destroyed. a. We hdd "o
more forage FOR them. To-day we INV
come through the pass and descfh"e" ""
Raardmoro Glacier. but only with INFINITE
difficulty and after twelve hours NorN'
rbe soft snow brought by the storm con
tlnued over the pass. Men on ioot Sam
to their knees. and sledges sank To theF
crossbars continually. The dogs nave
given some help. but could only be lightly
! laden on such "A surface.
II send this note by returning teams
The party Is very fit. but cannot keep up
/ the. hours which we have been Worklhs'
/ The storm has already cost Us I'VE days
It's effects may yet delay US turther'
which would be Il serious matter. Other-
wise everything has worked as Planned
/ We hapc 10 find better conditions as VIC
advance up the glacier. We are neces-
sarily dcpendcut on the weather. and the
season thus for has been very unproms-
| ing.
'Decemler q. latitude s. degrees MIN
utos south. longitude l6' degrees q min
utcs east. height about 6,Nco feet lour
miles south. thirty west. Of Mount OAR
win Largely as a result of the storm re-
ported I'm my last dispatch. the lower
reaches Of the glacier were filed with ter
ribly soft snow. Men on foot sank 10 the
knee az each step. II would have been
quite impossible TO advance had We not
pulled on skis. As IL was. the runner
surfaces OF sledges proved inadequate
They frequently. sank 10 the crossbars'
requiring 20 be extracted with standing
pulls. For four days We struggled in this
morass. scarcely advancing five miles a
day. although wording ten TO eleven
hours II rs difficult TO pitch camp and
load sledges on such a surface on the
nth day the surface grew little harder
and We were able 10 push on. stlll pulling
on skis We did not get abreast Of
Cloudbreaker Mountain until the nth. so
that the snow cost us weeks advance.
since the sixteenth we have been able
10 make very GOOD marches, working up
from thirteen 10 twenty-three statute
miles day. By programme I arranged
10 push on from the eighty-hfth parallel
with eight men and twelve units OF pro-
visions, but | hoped TO reserve a margin
over this As We stand. we are only half
n days food short on programme and
should have a good chance OF getting
through. The weather continues unsat-
lsfactory We had to march without
sight Of land on occasions. We are get
ting Intermittent fog in this most cree
vassed part OF the glacier. Everybody
10 in tho best of health and spirits.
1T has been most dini-ilt TO select
the returning party of four which car
ries this note. Our position constitutes
our upper glacier depot. Complete
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ponies continued to pull spiendidly' Ihe
excellent condition they retained uhusr
severe work / attributed entirely TO the
management of Captain cakes In spite
of DELAYS. we reached latitude 50 degrees
q minutes. within twelve miles of Mount
Hone. on December 4. We could have
reached the glacier with five ponies on
the following day but for the lhtefVeh-
ton of a southerly gale, "hlch lasted
four days. during which We ala not sish'
land. although only rev hllies away
The wind was very violent az times 4
prodigious amount of snow fell, and we
lad continually to dig out ponies ana
tents. The temperature rose TO plus B.
the snow melting on our equipment and
completely soaking everything with water
No such prolonged storm has hitherto
been recorded In these REGIONS In Decefn-
Der.
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TO the morning papers. which also con
tain aulogistic editorials on the mem
beers Of the expedition.
DR. Louis Charles Bernacchi. who was
with Captain Scott in the Discovery
Antarctic expedition, said last night IN
Liverpool regarding the death Of his
chief:
eft is improbable that blizzard was
the real cause Of the disaster to Scott 5
cxpedition. 1t seems probable tina.
CAPTAIN scott. in his endeavor to reach
the pole before Amundsen. cut things
TOO fine in the matter Of food. Ny
op;nion is that the party died from
starvation hut that the blizzard proved
the GROWING catastrophe.
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..tcap,ain Robert +. Scott was sailor oil
a.ia hest TYNE England produces. He en-
.iered the royal navy in 1SS when "
2 Years old and spent three years OH .''
training ship Britannia. While YET edue'
he showed signs of capacity Tor leauei-
shin for he was chosen captain of a team
from among sixty other boys. Nhen lie
left the Britannia he was sent TO the OdPe
of Good Hope station, where ne RENAME"
three years, returning TO England tan
strong man who gave promise OF an ca
ceptional career He then spent three
wears on the Baciic station, returnns
home a lieutenant. lie had good record
having stood four, one and two IN MS
examinations. and was allowed to choose
the subject in which he wished to special
ize. Lieutenant Scott chose torpedoes
When he had been eight years lieu
tenant and had gained an extra stripe
Scott was appointed torpedo lieutenant on
board the first class battleship Majestic
where he came into contact with men Oh
the highest prominence. Prince LOUIS OIL
Battenberg was captain Of the battIeshlp
and Sir H. stevenson was the admiral
whose flagship the Majestic was. The as
signment proved the turning point in MS
career. lie was in a group Of men who
had served under Sir Leopold McClintock'
in the expedition 10 gain the Northwest
Passage.
Captain SCOTS family about this time
met with several misfortunes and he found
himself the head of the family with sew
eral persons dependent upon him As a
lieutenants pay would not meet the de-
mands that would be made upon his purse
ne went 10 London TO see what he could
do to augment his income
BY mere chance he met ar Clements *.
Markham in the street. and the president
OF the Royal Geographical Society stopped
him t. renew an acquaintance made
when Scott was a young midshipman. 1t
was the desire Of Sir Clements 10 send an
expedition TO the Antarctic, and his plan
had proceeded so far at that time that
a ship to be called the Discovery was be-
ing built and the scientific STAFF was be-
ing appointed
Sir Clements was DESTROYS or having a
naval man 10 command the vessel and the
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Of the calamity that is reported TO nave
overcome the party, are all the more
interesting. Here are some of the re-
ports:
December 10, latitude So degrees 10 MN
utes.-After the return of the motor party
from latitude 81 degrees 10 minutes we
pushed steadily south. hopeful for better
weather conditions. a second pony was
destroyed at latitude - degrees ~ NM
utes a third at latitude 50 degrees d MN
utes and two more near the SD para 'lei'
None OF these animals was exhausted oV'
,vos sacrificed ON account OF Tightening
loads and as food FOR dogs.
AS We approached the weather gre"
worse snowstorms were frequent the SKY
was continually overcast and lana very
rarely visible. Under these circumstances
IL was most difficult to keep straieh'
course and maintain steady marches. IN"
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RETURNED TO LONDON A HERO
AFTER FIRST VISIT SOUTH

In two years he was back in England
hero. raised 10 post captain and honored
by the King with the rank Of Commander
OF the Victorian order. lie received
medals from all over the world. but his
achievements and the recognition of them
did not turn the head OF this young man.
Many persons seeing for the first time the
youthful voyager found II hard to believe
that he had accomplished so much and
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a month ahead OF Scott, IL fresh in the
memory of most persons. Amundsen had
heavier and more cumbersome equipment
than did Scott, but he succeeded in es-
tablishing his depots OF reserve provisions.
and reached his goal with no great hard
ship.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-12-31
Mean Swindle.

Bishop Blougram. at tea in Den.
YER said of the exploitation Of white
slavery" by novelsts and playwrights:
These weak writers can't even shock
us They have neither the pluck nor
the power TO shock us, And thus those
who read their vapid stories or see
their vapid plays are fooled as badly
as the $4,000 German schoolgirls.
In Germany. the other day. a scoun'
drel inserted an advertisement In all
the newspapers OF the landau adyer
tisement OF book entitled What
Every Young Girl Should Know Before
Marriage This book would be sent
securely sealed in plain wrapper, on
receipt OF $3.50, And SO forth and so
on.
"Wel. $4,000 German girls each sent
$3.50 10 the advertiser, and guess what
they got for their money! They got a
cook book"