The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-07

have heard, three vessels. one each for
the Lighthouse. the Coast and Geodetic.
and the Fisheries services. eaeh of which
snail be the best Of It's kind which the
government has. The new Cedar repre-
sents the accumulated experience and
pest thought in design and equipment OF
the Lighthouse Service The new vessel Of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey will be able
to Keep the sea for thousands of miles in
stead of hundreds. and for months in
stead Of weeks. The Roosevelt re-
modelled for the fisheries use, provides for
the flrst time a steamer of adequate car
go and seagoing capacity and makes Of
serious value that which hitherto has been
a rather sad joke.
Mrs. Peary Receives Guests.
The banquet was preceded nv q recep-
ton to the guests by Mrs. Peary and her
daughter Miss Marie Peary, known the
world over as the Snow Baby Girl 7"
The guests were ushered into the blue
room and found the banquet table sur
rounding a garden of flowers exotic nor
fumes mingling with the odor of domestic
blossoms. The place cards were nhotos
Of the steamship Roosevelt" except that
or Secretary Redfield. which was painted
by Miss Peary.
At each plate was a map showing
si1cS VI the United States.
Alaska and Great Britain. Before
Admiral Perry's plate was a silver
model OF the ships used by the ex-
plorers, Hudson. Davis and Bafin.
Upon this miniature silver shin was
inscribed:
rms representation of a shin such
as was used by John Davis, Henry
Hudson and William Baffin, ilIustrious
artic navigations of the olden time
mas been presented by the Royal Scot
tish Geographical Society in token of
conGratulation, admiration and recog-
milton to Robert Edwin Peary, Ameri-
can citizen. an explorer of the frozen
aruc' not less daring. than his daring
predecessors. who was the first to at
tain to that thrice noble goal so long
sought by innumerable bold mariners
the north pole. Edinburgh, cath Nav.
1910"
President Loans Map.
Behind Admiral .Peary's chair was
large relief map of Alaska, illuminated
by electric lights. The man was made
by the Geological Survey for Presi
dent Wilson's private study and was
loaned by Mr.. Wilson to Admiral
Peary. Above the map was the Amer
ican nag which Admiral Peary planted
temporarily at the north pole. The
nag, discoiored, torn and held together
by many patches was supported by
two ivory narwhal horns brought back
from the polar regions by Admiral
Peary.
AS the first course of an elaborate
dihner was served, the guests saw
thrown on plaque of ground plate
grass colored picture of the midnight
sun. This was followed by a colored
picture of an Arctic iceberg. Through
out the dinner these pictures followed
IN rapid succession. carrying the
dlners into the vast white region
penetrated by Admiral Peary. Nearly
loo views were shown and when a
photograph of Admiral Peary's iglee at
the north pole with the Stars and
stripes waving in the Arctic wind
was thrown into view the applause
was spontaneous and enthusiastic.
Inc speeding was begun by Assistant
secretary of the Interior Jones, after the
Introductory address by Admiral Peary.
secretary Jones told of what the Ipte-
rior Department is doing in Alaska and
SAID: 'Alaska's resources are compare.
lively untouched and yet there has been
obtained and put into the markets of the
world products of the value of about
'ooVo'Wo. or almost 81 for each acre of
the entire Alaskan territory"
COMMISSIONED of Fisheries Smith told
OF the buying of the Roosevelt. and ex-
planned the purposes to which the shin
will be put.
Commissioner of Lighthouses Putnam
told OF the progress recently made I'm
establishing aids to navigation along the
Alaskan coast. He said: There are three
times as many lights In Alaska as there
were four and half years ago. Though
the coast line of Alaska is much greater
than all the other continental coast line
OF the United States, Alaska has one
third as many lights and two-thirds as
many for signals as all of South
Supt. Jones. of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey. told of the surveys work in the
territory and said: 1T is to the past eff |
cient work of the Coast and Geodetic |
Survey that Alaska largely owes its pres
ent prosperity
After the speaking Admiral Peary
shook hands with his guests, auto |
graphed a few of the plate cards and
was complmented as being as great |
host as he is an explorer