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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-27
Wilson's Answer
To Pope's Peace
Plea Ready to Go

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-President
Wilson's reply 10 Pope Benedict's peace
proposals has been completed and is
ready 20 20 forward 10 the Vatican
Although the President is known to
have consulted several Of his closest
advisers on the subject. no hint Of the
actual contents Of the reply has been
disclosed. II is declared. however.
that the document is virile one. and
that IL will be interesting reading for
the American people when made public
II was said tonight 20 be very prob
able that the note will be presented
20 the Vatican by representative OF
the British Foreign Once. II this plan
is executed IL will be received by the
Pope through the same channels which
the Vatican used in transmitting the
peace proposals TO Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-27
Berlin Depressed
By u. S. Embargo
Cannot Hold Out Until
Spring, Say Passengers
on Neutral Liner

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 90
Many passengers who arrived here yes
terday from a neutral European port
OH a neutral steamship expressed the
opinion that Germany is hard hit eco
nomically, that her food is low and
that discomfort prevails throughout the
empire, except in Prussia, where the
military set and its constituents are
feeling the trying times the least.
American trade restrictions upon the
north countries, they declared, had ere
ated much depression in Germany, since
the Germans had counted on getting
winter SUPPLIES of foodstufs from the
Scandinavian countries. On board
were persons VINO had recently been
in Germany and they had talked freely
of Germany during the voyage.
Among the returning passengers was
William Bartholomew, of Philadelphia,
who mad been the Hamburg representa-
tive Of the Pure Oil Company Of Hol-
land since 1897. Two months ago he
decided 70 leave for America.
For six weeks prior 10 mis- departure
he said he was held in seclusion, and
during that time, through lack OF
proper food and air, his health became
SO poor that he lost fifty pounds in
weight.
Being denied the freedom Of the
city, he said it was difficult to obtain
any definite idea of just how bad con-
ditions were in Germany up TO the
time of his departure from Hamburg.
For the last five months, he said, 1t
was impossible to get satisfying meal
in Hamburg.
According to other passengers on
the steamship, several members OF the
party travelling with Mr.. Bartholomew
confded 70 them that conditions in
Germany were unbesrable, and that she
could hardly hold out until Spring.
All food and clothing, they said, were
being used exclusively for the mill
tary forces and the civilian popula-
tion was suffering incredible hardships.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-27
Germanamericanisrns
from the Stcnt,-Zeiturc)

The same former diploma, Gerard pre-
die,ed in a Chicago speech that when the
hrst list of casualties becomes known here
the mothers and wives Of the killed will be
the first 10 burn down the offices of the pro-
German newspapers-alludng thus to the
pro-German press and the few English
papers tina, won't be intimidated by these
anarchists in broadeloth Is this. Sir st.
James. TO be meant for a concealed appeal
to the mob' Upon this man an order OF
the Bath could certainly not confer nobility,
true nobility.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-27
Berlin Calls Cripples
Even Men in Hospitals Are
Forced Back Into Army

COPENHAGEN. Aug. 26.-The diff
Guilty which Germany is experiencing in
obtaining men to fill the ranks is
shown by an Interpolation presented in
the Reichstag by Deputy Davidsohn.
calling attention TO the practice OF the
military authorities in recalling to the
service pensioners who have been dis
charged for disabilities.
The Interpolation says men receiv-
ing pensions for so per cent and more
Of total disability, and even crlpples
TO whom supplementary pensions have
been granted. are being constantly
forced into the army again. and that
in some cases men are taken from hos
pitals before their treatment is COM
pleted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-27
Carnegie Scientists
Lost III a Jungle

San Francisco, Aug. 26. - Bradley
Jones and Daniel VI. Wise, scientists
and explorers for the Carnegie Insti-
tute, who left this country last year
for South America, were awaiting
death in the heart of a jungle near
the head of the Amazon River on
June 30, according 70 letter which
reached mere to-day.
The message. mailed at Lima, Peru,
gave no indication OF the fate that
met the two men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-27

on Borges Point, on the Labrador coast.
Nothing daunted, the explorers re-
turned to st. Jonn's, n. F., and were
transferred to the steamer Eric, which
landed the party at thcii base, Etah,
on August 90
I've had some hardships, of course,
due to the cold, but we had no sick
ness whatever" said Macmillan. The
only thing that saved US from scurvy
was our fresh meat supply. The men
always got fresh meat until near the
last, when Small and | lived on dog
biscuits and duck eggs. tell you,
Bartlett was welcomed by US. When
Bob arrived Small and were the only
two members of the expedition at Etah.
We were living with Esouimaus and
had planned TO stay all winter with
them. but a taste of real bread was
certainly welcome after eating dog bis
cults for two or three months.
"Esquimaus had brought us word that
the war was on, but We knew practical
ly nothing about it until Bartlett ar
rived with papers and put an end 20
the arguments Small and | had been
having on whether the Germans had
reached Paris"
Enhances Bartletts Reputation
The relief Of Macmillan and Small
By Captain Robert Bartlett, in the
stanch sealing steamer Neptune, en-
hances the reputation Bartlett has
earned as one of the foremost Arctic
navigators.
He left st. Johns y. F., four days
after DR.. Edmund o. Hovey, of the
American Museum of Natural History,
had started in the steamer Danmark
from Disco Island, off the southerly
coast Of Greenland, on an unsuccessful
attempt TO relieve the Macmillan ex-
petition for which considerable anxiety
had been felt The Dsnmark stuck fast
in the ice, however.
People said it would meet the fate
of the Danmark." Captain Bartlett
stated tonight, "but | had too much
reliance on the Neptune, the queen Of
the sealing feet, 10 believe them. At
the same time, in all my trips with
Peary, ! have never seen such heavy
ice. | did not spare the ship, how
ever. We smashed through the heavy
ice of Melville Bay and passed the
Danmark, stuck fast in an ice field in
North Star Bay. At Disco We made a
three-hour stop and effected some re-
pairs Finally we reached Etah. after
hard passage, got Macmillan and his
party, and, after staying four days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-27
Macmillan Back Safely;
Crocker Land Is a Mirage
Explorer in the Arctic Four Years. Tells of Hardhps but
Party Is in Good Health When Relief Ship
Reaches Sydney

SYDNEY, n. s., Aug. 26.-Donald B.
MacMilan's Arctic exploration expedi-
tion arrived here tonight on the re-
lief steamer Neptune, after four years
spent in the polar regions.
Macmillan, who was one of Rear Ad-
miral Peary's lieutenants on his sue
cessful dash for the North Pole, con-
frmed previous dispatches from him
that there was no Crocker Land, such
as had been reported by Peary. Peary's
mistake was due 70 a mirage so real
that the Macmillan party had been
deceived by it for four days, he said.
The first objective of the Macmillan
expedition, which was organized under
the auspices of the American Museum
Of Natural History and the American
Geographical Society. with the CO.
operltion Of the University of Illinois,
was to prove or disprove the existence
of Peary's Crocker Land, which has
been a prolific source Of dispute among
geographers and scientists.
The next purpose of the expedition
was TO conduct survey of the Green
land ice cap. While Macmillan did not
deny that he had made some discover
les. he was reticent concerning them,
saving he was under orders TO report
to the Museum of Natural History, IN
New York. He plans to leave Tues
day for his home in Freeport, Me-, and
thence to New York.
Explorers Health Good
The health Of the explorers was
rooc. as had been reported previously
by wireless.
"We had good luck" Macmillan said.
"provisions were plentiful and there
was plenty of game and eggs to be Sc
eu,cd. but am glad Bartlett Gin COM
n,ard of the relief expedition came
along. We were getting pretty low and
might not have lasted another winter.
Touching on Crocker Land, MacMi!-
Ian said: "Peary was deceived by
mirage, due to layers of air at diner
emf densities suspended close to the
ice. Peary sighted this supposed land
from a cliff l,400 feet high. We
mounted the same cliff, and for four
dqvs were deceived. Finally, when the
sun shifted. il was no longer there. II
was but mirage. but so clear that
Won could see green hills, covered
with vegetation, rising high above the
water II was supposed TO be 100
miles northwest from Cape Thomas
Hubbard. but we sailed l5l miles
northwest. passing over the supposed
Crocker Land.
cit was a wonderful image. II de-
ceived the whole party, and Small
Jonathan c. Small, mechanic and gen
eral aid insisted for long time that
Crocker Land was somewhere near, but
finally we had to admit that Peary was
mistaken. Don't think, however, that
Peary was taking. II would deceive
any man. no matter who he was
Not a Life Lost in Arctic
The expedition was carried through
without the loss OF man and despite
disaster at the very start. The ex-
plorers left North sydney in July. 1918.
on the steamer Diana, but were wrecked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-27
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d,v and tomorrow, with slowly
rising temperature gentle west
TO southwest winds.
fulI Report on Page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-27
Not a Life Lost in Arctic

The expedition was carried through
without the loss OF man and despite
disaster at the voTy start The ex-
plorers left North sydney in July, 1913.
on the steamer Diana, but were wrecked
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-23
Pythians Enjoy
ABig Fish Fry
johnson, Trait, Shire and Evans Fix
The Eats Notwithstanding and
Games a Feature.

The Mexico Pythian Lodge and
many of their friends enjoyed big
fish fry Thursday afternoon in Char
lie Heinlen's Grove, just south of
Mexico.
1t was a happy time for all pres
ent. Rev. Wharton led in the potato
race and other games. Tom Mar
shall talked and talked, until he got
hungry, and kept hurrying the sup
per. DR.. Bolts enthused over the
dancing and that "fat mans race"
Master Fred l.. Johnson, in his line
of tripping the light fantastic, scored
all down the Inches a good one.
C. P. Malone was looking in every
where, to see that 10y was uncon-
fined"
The fish and the good old corn
bread-my, it was all great.
Among those who were happy in
the enjoyment of all these good
things were the following:
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Marshall, Miss
Grace Marshall, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Holmes, Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Malone,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Blum, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. ]. Kelso. MIR. and Mrs. Raj
ney, Mr.. and Mrs. j. ]. Wood, Mr..
and Mrs. Thurman Stallings, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. F. Kehl, Mrs. l.. S. Kehl,
Rev. and Mrs. Wharton, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. E. Lowry, DR.. and Mrs. Mcdowell
Bolts, Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Johnson,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Hamilton, DR.. and
Mrs. r. w. Berrey, James Garrett,
Edwin Marshall, L. d. Penney, Mr..
and Mrs. Turner Williams, Mrs. w.
w. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Ev-
ans, Mrs. F. A. Pearl, Mr.. and Mrs.
Virgil Pearl, Miss Mollie Sparks, j.
A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. r. A. Mark
we'll, DIR. J. F. Harrison, Philip Shire,
Ben Barnes, Mrs. Nellie Collins, Mr..
and Mrs. John Marshall, Mitchell
White, F. E. Trait. Mr.. and Mrs. F. B.
Kent, Earl Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Beal, Chal Blum, B. F. Haskell, Price
Guthrie, Joe Davis, Emmett Atkin-
son, D. F. Adkins, E. L. Cass, Chas.
Flittner, Sam Byrns, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
E. Sims, j. w Woodbridge, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. D. Stocks, Ross Wagner, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. w. Plunkett, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Ragsdale, ]. A. Gallaher,
F. P. Kelso, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Mar
tin. Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Shannon, Mrs.
F. F. Pearl, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Gea-
ry, Mrs. ]. c. DeLaporte, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Clyde Johnson, VIM. Eller,
John T. Stewart and Mr.. and Mrs. L.
A. Beach.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-23

Howard Haught of Vandafia is su-
ing R. P. Keith in the Audrain Coun-
ty Circuit Court for libel, asking
$4,000 actual and $4,000 punitive
damages.
Taught fled complaint against
Keath in r. B. Hooton's Court in
Mexico, charging Keath with steal
ing a horse. Keath took change OF
venue to John H. Thole's Court in
yandalia and was discharged.
Plaintiff alleges the charge was
maliciously, falsely and wrongfully
brought and that his good name and
reputation have suffered,
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-23

Here is a list of men from Audrain
county for whom credit has been Civ
en- the county by the War Depart
ment from the Adiutant Generals
office in Jefferson City:
Mexico PostOffice.
Churchill B. Brooks, Infantry, Ft
Logan, Colo.
Leonard B. Coatsworth, Medical
Corps, FIT. George Wright, Wash.
Clarence H. Powell, Infanty, Jeffer-
son Barracks Mo.
10y Russell, First Mo Infantry,
N. G.
John X. Kaesewurm, First Mo. In
fantry, N, G.
Gideon NJ. Powell, U. S. Navy.
Tymon G. Roberts, U. S. Navy
Herbert B. Plunkett, U. S. Navy.
Daniel v. Mildred, U. S. Navy.
Clarence S. Eubanks, U. S Navy.
David B. Mcclure, U. S. Navy.
Jospeh G. Barnes, U. S. Navy,
Charles H. Guthrie, u. S. Navy.
Thompson Postoffice.
Charlie L. oliver, Co. F, Fourth
/ Mo, Infantry, N. G.
Benton City POstoffice.
Hugh ]. williams, U. S. Navy.
Floyd A. Rockwell, U. S. Navy.
Laddonia PostOfflce.
Ashby H. McClintic.
Discharged on Account Of Dependents
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-23
GANDER CREEK LETTER.

The Old Bachelor says the average
wait of women is until they are ask
ed.
Sile Simip was in to see the Horse
Doctor Tuesday about a hinge for
his horses gait
The Well Digger says the way to
success is to begin at the top and
work yourself down.
Lem Hanks spent Tuesday after
noon figuring what he could have
saved by staying single.
The Old Miser had the misfortune
to crack a bone in his jaw Friday.
He was trying to crack smile.
The affairs in the life of Polk
Twabble came to a halt Saturday af-
ternoon for half an hour when his
mule balked.
On account of so many trenches
being used in the war Fletch Pliff
will not dig any to drain his cave
with until peace is declared.
Mrs. Bud Flooter bought a new
hat Saturday and it is very becoming
to her. The bill for it will soon be
coming to Mr.. Flooter.
Miss Rosy Moots, who has been
taking singing lessons for some time
is developing such sweet voice that
it's begun to draw flies.
Lem Hanks was seen at church
last Sunday night. His object, which
is a matter of much speculation, has
not been definitely decided.
The engineer on the morning
train informed several citizens on the
platform Tuesday that he did not
have to wash his face until he got
ready.
Meeting will soon commence al
Pumpkin Hill Church. 1t is princi'
pally for Tim Moots who has beer
breaking couple of heifers to mill
this summer.
! A meeting of prominent citizen'
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-23
Mexico Missouri Of The Torpeod Starved To Death

report. Something hit my head with
thud and l became unconscious.
when l came to myself 1 was in
the water hanging to a stateroom
door. l wasn't quite certain where
l was for a long time. After a while
l saw on the other end of the door a
mans leg; later this disappeared. 1
was afraid to move for fear would
lose my hold on the door and 1t
would float away. Later l saw the
leg, with piece of blue overall hang
ing on it floating away. 1 suppose l
must have been hit by the door as it
fell. The blow broke some bones in
my temple which are still loose. 1t
must have been then about 10 or IL
O'Clock. Over on the west could see
the ship burning and hear the horses
groaning. l could see one barge; l
learned that there were some others,
but l could not see them. 1 heard
the boat go down just about daylight.
Nobody seemed to be near me and l
could see nobody. The water was
getting very cold by this time.
thought that l was the only one that
had been saved. The sea was not
rough and there was a little moon
light. All sorts of things wandered
thru my head as l lay slowly tapping
up and down with the water. Then
my temple would hurt, and l would
lapse into unconsciousness.
Found The Rest of The Crew.
I'VE were drifting all the time,
and soon after daylight struck cur
rent, which moved us along at con-
siderable rate, and which was very
warm. After two hours we floated
! into a big eddy, and there we found
the rest of the people. Some of them
were in boats and some were cling
ing to wreckage. One hundred and
eleven in all were saved. At least
400 people were on the boat when
she was struck. l can't say how
many were lost because some may
have been picked up by other boats.
After while we sighted a big
submarine, bigger than any / had
ever seen, which came over to where
we were floating and picked us up.
1t had no name or number that l
could see. We were put in fairly
large room, and the submarine start
ed at once. 1t began diving but
there were so many of us in the
room that it had to come up fire.
quently to prevent our suffocating.
All of us were sick and faint. We
were on the submarine four or five
days. Then we were transferred to
a German man-of-war, and carried
south, our captain thought.
Taken to an Island.
con February Is, as near as we
could calculate, we were transferred
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-23

Mrs. B. A. Thornbugh of this city
hands us the following story, clipped
from a South Carolina paper. We
have, asked number of people about
the DR.. Hurley is referred to therein.
]. A. Abbay says he thinks such q
family lived in Mexico about 18 years
ago and one of the girls was a stu
dent in Hardin College. The family
is scattered now.
Like hot breath from European
battle field, alive with the foul reek,
brutality and feverish anguish of
real war, let into peaceful and COM
Portable South Carolina, was the re-
cital yesterday of DR.. George c. Bris-
tol, veterinary, of the Columbia We
terinary Hospital, of the story of his
ten weeks in a German prison camp
on an island in the southern Atlantic,
of his rescue from a torpedoed horse
ship, and his experiences of revolving
German cruelty.
Missouri Live Stock Man.
He is a native of Arizona and has
been connected with the live stock
industryin Missouri for several years.
He is a graduate of Northwestern
University, class of 1898, and did
post graduate work in veterinary sur
gerry at Toronto University. He was
in charge of the live stock at the
st. Louis Exposition, and bears Gre
dentials from David r. Francis of
st. Louis, president of the Exposition,
and at one time candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent.
DR.. Bristol had been engaged in
buying and carrying horses to Eng
land since the beginning of the war,
and was on his 18th trip when his
ship was torpedoed, and he fell into
the hands of the German crew of the
submarine.
In Torpedoed Horse Boat.
DR.. Bristol weighs over 200 pounds
now, and is sunburned and hard.
With his leggings and khaki attire,
shirt open at the neck on a thick
chest, he is an arresting figure. His
thumbs bear scars from "thumbing
rack" on which he was swung up for
almost four hours by his captors, and
there is wound on his foot, now al
most healed, where he was shot by
German officer.
Bought Horses for England.
"A year ago last February" said
DR.. Bristol, 81 was buying horses for
shipment to Liverpool. England, as
purchasing agent for a large live
stock exporting concern. 1 had been
Unusually lucky and had picked up
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-23

to lighter. We were then carried
to an island where the prison camp
where we were to be put was located.
The Germans said it was IA miles
to the island. I don't know where
the island was; it may have been
anywhere. We had 20 hours day
light and four hours twilight; it
never got altogether dark. 1t was
summer when I was there and very
hot. The island was seven miles long
and five miles wide. The Germans
said it was in the southern Atlantic,
between Africa proper and South
America.
Communication existed between
Germany and the island, because
there were German warships in the
harbor and the place was guarded by
disabled German soldiers. The is
land was cultivated and was the best
land l ever saw. Every footo of ground
was planted in sunfowers. The
heads of some of them were as big as
a Ford auto wheel, and the grain as
large as a mans thumb. The seed
were ground into -four from which
black bread was made. This was
sent to Germany. l should say there
were about 1000 men of all nations
on the island. The German officers
were unwounded, we'll taken care of,
and spoke excellent English. They
would walk around among us, spit in
our faces, and curse at us in good En-
glish. The German soldiers all SEEM
ed very much afraid of them They
liked to sit in the shade together, call
out to one of the prisoners to run,
and they would shoot at him when
he ran; then they would laugh when
he tumbled over wounded, or dead
The ordinary soldiers were not as
bad, but they used to hit us over
the head with rakes when officers
came around.
I'VE were fed on half a pound of
sunflower seed bread day, and four
ounces OF crude fish oil, which was is
sued tot1s about 10 o'clock in the
morning. 1 weighed 202 pounds
when l went to the island and 109
when 1 got away.
Mexico, Mo-, Man, Victim.
Men were dying all the time.
Thirty-one of our crew died to my
knowledge before I left. After we
had been on the island for four
weeks DR.. Hurley, the only physician
we had, called me over on the sand
one night where he lay and said that
he was going to die. He said he was
not sick but just starved. He talked
to me a few minutes about messages
to give his mother and sisters in
Mexico, Mo-. his home, and then
concluded on page 81
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-08-23

and oldest inhabitants took place at
the Store Wednesday night in which
the weather for the next few months
was arranged.
Bud Flooter took his scythes Fri
day morning and began a systematic
search for his mule. He has threat
ened to cut every weed on the place
if necessary.
The Constable says man can hide
most anywhere when it's dark but in
daylight he must hide himself some
place where nobody can find him if
he doesn't want to be discovered.
| The editor of the Tinville Gimlet
has written several editorials this
summer about the deadly hose fly
but will not write any more as the
flies seem to ignore everything said
about them. Like Hoover toward j.
A. Reed.
Crick Twickembury, who has been
on the sick list for some time, says
there is no difference in time when
eating a bowl of soup to start at the
bottom of the bowl and eat up or
start at the top and eat down.
Slim smittiberger got letter Sun
day from his uncle who recently fail
ed in business. He lost everything
he had except his honor and the prop
erty he was wise enough to settle on
his wife when he found he was get
ting into trouble.
Word has been received from HI
Larrity who recently went to st
Louis to have a time. The note
which was written while propped uT
in bed in a hospital was as follows;
/ tried to hop
A moving car,
1t didn't stop
And here are,