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New-York tribune., 1920-02-21

later pursuits, his first important as
slgnment was in the tropics. From
1884 to 1888 he was engaged in survey
work for the Nicaragua ship canal. in
cldentally inventing rolling lock gates
tor that waterway
Attracted to the Arctic
IL was while he was thus assigned
to duty in the tropics that he became
Interested IN Arctic research In a
Washington bookshop one day he
PICKED up work on Greenland which
fascinated him and which led him to
ASK leave of absence from the navy to
visit that little known land. 1t was
IN 1886 that he first went there and
made an extended reconnaissance of
the ice cap east of Disco Bav. in lati-
tude 20 degrees north. At this time he
had little thought of reaching the
pole. his purpose was to explore
Greenland and other regions far this
SIDE or that ultimate goal; particu-
larly TO determlne the topography of
Greenland and its continental. insular
or archipelagic character.
his second visit to the north was
IN 1891 as chief Of an expedition sent
oy the Philadelphia Academy of Nat
ural Sciences; sailing from New
York on the Kite to Mccormick Raw
on the west coast of Greenland. Using
shaI place as base, he made long
sledge and foot excursions along the
coast to Whale Sound, Inglelield Gulf
Humboldt Glacier and other remote
points. carefully surveying and map
ping the regions visited Ne pene-
trated the Arctic as far as Independ-
ence Bay in latitude 81 degrees 81 min
uees north, ascertaining the con-
vergence OF the eastern and western
coasts, and thus practically proved
Greenland to be an immense island
ana not, as some had held, part of
polar continent.
y, he discovered Melville Land and
Heilprn Land, lying beyond Greenland,
and hlled up many blank spaces on the
map of the Great Lone Land. For
these mes, achievements he received the
Cuilom medal Of the American Geo
graphical Society, the aPtron's medal
OF the Royal Geographical Society of
London and the Medal Of the Royal
scottish Geographical Society of Edin-
burgh.
Two notable discoveries were made
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for a return from well-earned retire
urged the development Of aviation as
the most important means Of national
defense and organized the National
Aerial Coass Patrol Commission, which
led to the establishment Of the first
coast patrol unit at Huntington, L. /.
Through his enterprise and at private
expense more than 800 aviators were
trained for service in the war. On his
first ascent in an airplane, at Long
Beach, on October IL, 1915, he mar
fowly escaped death through an acci-
dent to the motor. He purposed to
organize comprehensive survey of
the entire Arctice regions with air
craft, but his plans were postponed by
the war. He was president of the
Aerial League Of America, and short
time ago became president of an air
plane company at st. Louis. Mo.
Vilhjalmur .Stefansson, himself one
Of the foremost Arctic explorers, said
Of him: "He was easily the greatest
explorer who ever ventured into the
North. His greatest contribution to
exploration was the introduction of
common sense. Previously more en-
phasis had been laid on the heroism
and tests Of endurance developed b.
trips into the North. Peary adopted
the methods of the Esquimaus and thus
travelled comfortably in winter, the
season found hardest by his prede
cessors. In opinions he was broad
minded and personally he was q
charming man"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21

before an indomitahlo American ex-
plorer had attained the goal which for
centuries had been vainly sought bv
many men of many lands. The roll Of
Arctic explorers had been voluminous
and illustrious. Beginning with the
Vikings at Thule, it bore the names Of
rrobisher, Davis, Barents, Hudson
Bafiin, Barrow, Scoresby, Parry, Frank
lin, Mee.cIintock, Kane, Hall, Hayes,
Payer, Schwatka, De Long, Greedy, Nor
denskiold, Abruzzi, Fiala, Wellman
Amundsen, Nansen and their corn.
peers, all credited with high achieve
ments. Last and first the hand
of success inscribed the name of Rob-
ert Edwin Peary.
The discoverer of the pole performed
his great work after years of effort.
when he was at the prime Of life at
the age of ffty-three. He was born
at Cresson, Pa, on May 6, 1856, the
son of Charles N. and Mary (Wiley)
Peary Three years later his father
died and his mother removed to Port
lar land, Me-. where on the waters and
islands of Casco Bay he developed a
love for seafaring adventure. He went
to Bowdoin College, won high honors
in both scholarship and athletics and
was graduated a civil engineer in 1877.
-Four years later he followed his Port
land-bred inclination and entered the
United States Navy as an engineer
nthcer. BY interesting contrast to his
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
NIillie Liston, Actress, Dies
She Appeared on the Stage and
Screen for Thirty Years

Mile Liston, sixty, for more than
thirty years an actress on the stage
and in motion pictures, died yesterday
in Bellevue Hospital of pneumonia.
Her husband, Hudson Liston, who is
seventyseven years old, retired from
the stage four years ago
Mrs. Liston was born in Durham
Canada. She played with her husband
in more than fifty plays, her last ap-
pearanee being in "Freedom," staged
by Mrs. William Faversham at the Cen
tury Theater. She appeared on the
screen with Annette Kellermann in "a
Daughter of the Gods" and in thirty
motion pictures produced by the Plymp-
ton Studios. While working on pic
ture with that company last week she
caught cold, which developed into
pneumonia.
Mr. Liston became partly blind
eleven years ago. In 1916. though af
Aicted with defective hearing, he
played with John Barrymore in Gals
worthy's Justice" He began his
career on the stage with Oscar Wilde's
father.
Services will be held tomorrow
morning at II o'clock at the Campbell
Funeral Church F. F. Mackey. former
ly vice president of the Actors Fund
will Officiate
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
Colonel William A. Ludden.
Veteran of Civil War. Dies

Colonel William A. Ludden, seventy
seven, veteran of the Civil War and q.
pioneer manufacturer of gold pens, is
dead at his home in Bath, N. Y. He
was a resident Of Brooklyn most Of his
life, and funeral services will be held
this evening sat O'Clock at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Kinch
48l Chauncey Street, Brooklyn.
Colonel Ludden was born at Grafton
N. y. He was a member Of the famous
"Red-Legged Devils" during the Civil
War and was captured and confined in
Libby Prison. He served after the war.
in the 18th Regiment, Of Brooklyn,
until 1873 He was one of the organ
izers of Brooklyn City Post, G. A. r.,
OF which he was commander for
several years. He was formerly
deputy high chief ranger of the An
cient Order of Foresters of America
and was president of the old 2ltl
Ward Democratic Association.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
Baron Russell, Noted
English Editor, Dies
Dramatic Criticism and Political
Writings Read in Europe and
America for Half.Century

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 20.-Baron Russell
edward Richard RusselD, for many
years editor of "The Liverpool Post"
is dead at his residence in this city.
Baron Russell was widely known in
literary and dramatic circles through
his many contributions to newspapers
and magazines for the last fifty years.
He was noted for his dramatic criti-
cism, political writing and Shakespear-
ian studies.
Baron Russell was born in London
eighty-tive years ago and was editor
in chief of "The Liverpool Post" since
1869. He was previously dramatic
critic and writer of political articles
for "The Morning Star" in London, and
he was an intimate friend of Golden,
John Bright and Gladstone, who recon-
mended him to be knighted in 1898.
He associated himself many years ago
with reform movements, and many of
his articles caused widespread discus
sion in Great Britain.
Baron Russell was a member of Par
lament from Glasgow for two years.
He was treasurer Of the Newspaper
Press Fund of Great Britain and the
first chairman of the Liverpool Reform
Club. He was invested with baron
etcy in 1919
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
DIR. F. J. SCHOENENBERGER

DR.. Frederick J. Schoenenberger, a
specialist in kidney diseases and po-
lice surgeon since Mayor Gaynor's time,
died in Bellevue Hospital yesterday. He
was taken there month ago from his
home, 65 West Eighty-ninth Street. DR..
Schoenenberger was graduated from
Bellevue Medical College in 1892 He
was member Of the Acadmey of Med
icine. His wife, Gertrude, and his
daughter, Lucy, survive him. Funeral
services will be held at his home Sun
1av
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
Admiral Peary, Discoverer of Pole, Is Dead
IS Blood Transfusions in
Two Years Fail to Save
Life of Noted Explorer;
Family Is at Bedside
Spent Years i'm the Arctic
Reached Goal After %
Years of Effort; Burial
i'll Arlington Is Likely

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Rear Ad-
miral Robert Edwin Peary, retired, died
at his home to-day from pernicious
anGnia, from which he had suffered
for years and for which he had within
two years received thirty-five trans
fusons of blood the latest ten days ago.
He left the Naval Hospital, where
he had beer undergoing treatment on
February Ia His condition was then
believed to be improving, but he grad
ually grew weaker and the end came
this morning. With him at the timo
were his wife. his son. Robert T.. Peary
jr, his daughter and her husband, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Stafford, and his
niece, Miss Madge Diebitsch.
1t had been known to the Peary
family for several weeks that the ad-
mirals life was in danger, but the news
was kept from the public because no
one thought the end was so near.
Burial probably will be in Arlington
honors of his rank.
Explorers Club, of which Admiral
Peary was president until illness
forced him to retire two years ago,
will attend the funeral, it was an
nounced tonight. Vilhjalmur Stefans-
son, Arctic explorer, who is now presi-
dent of the club, will head the com
mittee. Others will be Major General
David L. Brainard, Herbert L. Bridg-
man, one of Pcary's closest friends and
former secretary Of the peary Arctic
Club; Isaiah Bowman, director of the
American Geographical Society, and
Captain Robert A. Bartlett, who was
master of the Roosevelt. the ship in
petition to the North Pole.
Won Fame in Arctic
STARS and Stripes nailed to the
Pole!" That was the message which
was given to the world on September
6, 1909, telling that exactly five months
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
ALEXANDER G. CALDER

Alexander G. Calder, forty eight,
brother of United States Senator VIII
lam NJ. Calder, died yesterday. He
formerly was associated with his
brother and his father, Alexander G.
Calder, in the building business in
BROOKLYN. He is survived by his wife,
brother and sister, Mrs Hamilton 3
McNair. Funeral services will be held
a. the home of Senator Calder. 551 First
Street, Brooklyn, but the arrange
ments have not yet been completed.
OBITUARY NOTES
DANIEL J. MDoNALD. fifty-seven, for
mer Excise Commissioner of Queens County
died Thursday at his home "a Prospect Ave
nue., Maspeth. Long Island He was re
Gently associated with the Highway Depart
ment of Queens and was formerly a membe
Of the Queens County Board of Supervisors
MRS. SARAH CATHERINE HULL POT
Potter, formerly a. we'll known builder Of
this city. died Thursday of broncho-pneu-
monia at the home of her son-in-law, DR.
George v. Price. 429 Ninth Street, South
Brooklyn
FRED H. vUNK, forty-one, brother Of
John X. Vunk, former county judge OF
Riverhead. Long Island. is dead at his home
in Riverhead
MRS. MINNIE MULLEN. forty-eieht
wife of Magistrate Fred S. Mullen, died at
her home. on Major Avenue. Arrochar
Staten Island. yesterday morning, of pneu
monia.. She was the daughter of Daniel r
Cornell. tor many years Asscmblyman
from Richmond County. She leaves her hus
band and three children.
CHARLES G. VAN DE WATER, brother
of the Rev. G. r. Van de Water rector o
ST Andrews Church. died Thursday at hi
home in Washington. He formerly lived in
Brooklyn for many years and practioCd Law,
in Manhattan.
MRS. MARY BERGEN GARDNER, widow
of Major Fred Gardner. of the Salvation
Army, who formerly secretary to Eva
Ballentine Booth. died Thursday Of nrterio
sceross at her home, ITS Eighth Avenue,
Brooklyn.
JEFFERSON P. SMITH. seventy-eight, H.
member Of tho firm of Ward B. Smith &.
Co, master truckyncn, is dead of pneumonia
at his home. 1877 Penn Street, Brooklyn.
MANUEL RODRIGUEZ. scventy-seyAn. a
manufacturer Of Havana cigars, who retired
two years ago, Gied Wednesday at his home,
259 Greene Avenue. Brooklyn. He was born
i'll Spain and came to this country fifty
years ago.
JOHN JOSEPH FAGAN, fifty-four, a re-
tired policeman. died Thursday of pneumonia
at his home. 35S Seventh Avenue, South
brooklyn. He was n patrolman for thirty
years. He was a member of the Patrol
mems Benevolent Association.
WILLIAM r. NOSSITTER. brother or
Charles e. No,stter. Sheriff OF Westchestc,.
County, died Unexpectedly yesterday OF apo-
plexy. He Wa. former chief of the FIRE de-
partment Of 1arrytown, N. Y.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21

ing to the Mayor. He characterized
icy of the state in relation to the
cities, provided under tho bill, as
revolutionary and startling"
THE inevitable result must be to
weaken the public schools in the esti-
nation Of the people," said the Mayor
"for the people will view with alarm
the mounting school budgets accom-
panied by an absolute deprivation Of
popular supervision and control. It
is species of taxation without rep
resentation.n
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
MARRIAGES

PLATT-HYPEs-At Columbus. Ohio. Feb
ruary 16. 1920. by the Rev. Sydney E.
Sweet, Richard Newbold Platt. of South
Orange, N. j., and Cora, daughter Of
the Rev. and Mrs j. w. Hypes cf CO.
lunbus.
WRiCHT-EMERY-A Lockhaven Penn.
Ruby II. Emery TO Mr. Robert H. Wright.
February 10, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
BIRTHS

and Mrs E. ". Mcdonald
announce the birth of their son, Richard
Edward. at their home All West End
ave. New York, Monday. February 16,
1920.
and Mrs Joseph Meltzer.
617 West 14lst St. New York City, an
nounce the arrival of boy. February IS,
1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
GEORGE r. HILL

HARTFORD, Feb. 2o-Georse
F. Hill, eighty-two president of the
State Bank and Trust Company, and
in the banking business siXty-six
years, died to-day. He was a native
Of Springfield, Mass, and is survived
by his wife and one son, George c.
Hill. of Garden City l.. I.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-21
OCEAN VIEW MAUSOLEUM

In cemetery beautiful. Greater New York.
Coinpiete-ready for occupancy Crypt.
nno inches for sale. Booklet and particu-
lars lars sent. on request. N. Y Community
Aausoleum Construction Co. No sos Times
Building. N. Y. Tel 747I Bryant.
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redeemed. The easy way to find out
about that was to ask the treasurer
when that warrant would likely be
called for redemption, and discount
would be made accordingly. If the
treasurer gave disCouraging reports
as to when the warrants would be re
deemed, it depressed the price of
warrants. A species of graft devel-
oped in this way. A friend of the
treasurer who had money would re-
ceive tip that certain warrants
were soon to be redeemed, and the
friend would go about and buy them
up, and then the war ant call would
be made and this friend would re-
ceive quick returns on his invest
ment. 1t was well to have money
and be friend of the county treas
urer in any county, but especially so
in Blaine county After making
good haul on warrants, they had
plenty of money, but the friend
would be Indifferent about buying
them now because it would be long
time before there would be anoth
er warrant call, and he could de-
cline to buy, thereby depressing or
beating down the price until the de-
mand for money and the desire to
unload warrants made it a very
tempting investment, and when
Smith had taken all he had money
to pay for, the treasurer would
make another call and the friend
would make another haul, bigger
than before.
OF course, It was only natural that
Smith would be grateful to the
treasurer and it was to be expected
that they would "split" the profits
between them. The money in the
Mccormick bank could be drawn on
the checks of the treasurer, and he
and Smith hit upon the plan of
drawing county money to place in
Smiths hands to use in buying the
warrants, and they made enormous
profits by investing the peoples
money entrusted to Smith. At first
they turned the money promptly and
made the profit, the difference be-
tween the face value and the price
at which Smith bought them. But
for every day they delayed they re-
ceived the interest, so they made
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the delays longer as they grew holder.
1t was the privilege of the county
commissioners TO say when warrant
calls should be made, and they had
10 handle the commissioners care
fully to keep from having their plans
interfered with. As time went on,
it became plain that if Smith himself
was a member of the board, lie and
the treasurer would have more OPP
portunity to handle the speculations
without unexpected interruptions, 50
Smith, for example, became a candi-
date and county money was used
TO buy the whisky to convince the
FOUNDERS that Smith was first-rate
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Some Old Tax Stories
BY the Editor

the unsettled obligations. For eX-
actly a third OF, a century he re-
manned absent from town, and in
the meantime the Bunting store had
developed into two separate insti-
buttons, a store and bank, and
they both failed. Mr.. Bunting re-
tired to his home, the cashier &C
cepted a position in Canada, and at
ter a fortnight, Mr.. Bunting took a
trip to Ogden, retired with the re-
quest that they not call him and in
that room he departed this life
With the history of banking taking
such course, people were not very
strong believers in banks unless they
were strong banks.
Officials in different counties be-
gan to act on the theory that they
had better be careful where they
banked, and for hundreds of miles
arounds, cities, towns and counties
opened checking accounts with the
Mccormick bank at Salt Lake City.
In the words Of the street, that bank
had dead-loads of money. 1t rapid
ly became financial Gibralter and
had to have more room. 1t had
ground on which to erect a new bank,
but the managers decided to enlarge
on their plans and wanted an addi-
tional strip of ground which they
could have bought at almost any
time for fifteen hundred Or two
thousand dollars. Now that they
needed it and were able to pay, they
dickered in vain for it until they
finally put up seventy-five thousand
dollars in cash for the title.
The officials of Blaine county did
their banking at the Mccormick bank
and were more attentive to the task
of getting the money delivered into
its safe keeping than to redeem the
county warrants. Sometimes the
money would lie there in large
amounts for weeks or months when
home people were holding warrants
that might just as well be redeemed
with the money in the bank. The
proper process was for the county
treasurer to publish warrant call,
stating that warrants of certain
issue numbered thus and so will be
redeemed as presented, paying their
face value plus the interest.
20 make the process clear to per-
sons who have not studied such
things, let us suppose thai Robert
Smith hauled some wood for the
county and received a warrant for a
hundred dollars. 1t was the same
as if had sold the wood to you or
me when we had no money and we
had given him our promissory note,
agreeing to pay at some future time
with interest. If Smith was in need
of ready money he would try trading
the warrant in at some store or at
a bank or to some man who had
money for speculation. He might
be offered only 500 or $95 or very
much less than that, according to
when the warrant was likely to be
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CHAPTER ".

In former chapter | told how a
young district attorney showed his
Willingness to cheat the people of
his county out of thirty thousand
dollars if he could only have pass
for year whereby he could save
perhaps two or three hundred dol
lars of necessary expense and be
able to take some trips that were
not necessary.
In those days Bingham county
did some funding to enable the
county to go ahead and build court
house and pay the bills out of ready
money which they had borrowed.
The borrowed money, or rather the
evidence of the loan, was evidenced
by bonds or county warrants cor
responding to notes given by an in
dividual. The county, thru its Of
ficials, signed up and promised to
pay public money at certain times
in the future. There were not many
banks in the country then, and any
one carrying on business anywhere
between Salt Lake and Butte usually
banked in one of those places.
Charles Bunting did little banking
in one corner of his store then, and
kept some money in a safe just as
the average firm does now, using
the bank nearest to its place on the
street. He in turn would bank with
somebody at Salt Lake, the McCor-
nick bank being used extensively.
At just about the time the court
house and the asylum were being
built, there was a great deal Of mon
ey moving in payment for materials
and labor, the Bank of Idaho at
Blackfoot failed. 1t had been con-
Quoted in a frame building about
where the Rowles-Mack store is
now, but the state and county funds
were not much involved. The losses
were chiefly individual losses, but
there were many of them, and the
cashier vanished rather than face
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can money kings and queens is COM
ing true, 1t is conservatively esti-
mated that American wealth arriv-
ing in Paris daily amounts to $780,
100000 The Maurettania alone,
Just in, had a list of millionaires
aggregating $5O,0O0,O0o.
And they are no pikers," these
Americans said one prominent
Rue de la PaiX store proprietor glee-
fully.
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fellow. likeable enough to be voted
for. There were low risks and high
profits ahead for Smith and his
kind after election, and people who
wonder why Blaine county has been
SO deeply in debt for a generation
can gain more information in the
next chapter.
To be continued
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To be continued.
RICH AMERICANS
MAKE PAREE GAYER

PARlS.--"Gay Paree' is particu-
larly gay these days because the
predictions of an invasion by Ameri-
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A good deal of presidential tim
Der this year seems to have ''nots"
in it.-Seattle Argus.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-18
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 United States Land Office

Juneau, Alaska, August 26, 1920
 NOTICE IS HEREBY given that Rutherford II. Abbott of Killisnoo, Alaska, has filed notice of his in- tention to submit final three year proof in support of his homestead entry, Serial 03767, for land en- braced in U. S. Forest Survey No 1O9, situated in Lat. 570 30' N., Long. 134' 34 w. Mag Var. 3Oo 25' E., on the north bank of Still water Anchorage, A mile NE from Turn Point, Kootznahoo Inlet, Ad- miralty Island, unsurveyed land, Alaska, and more particularly de- scribed as follows:
 Commencing at Cor. No. l,
 M c. on line of ordinary high
 tide, Saltwater Anchorage,
 whence U.SLM. No. 1O9 F. &,
 bears N. & AT E., 1.68 chs,
 thence N. 35o 35' w, .24.10
 chs, to Cor No. 2, thence N. ia 35' 46' E., 11.1G chs. to Cor. No. 3, thence & 31' 55' E.,
 PITT chs. to Cor No. 4, M. C.,
 on said Saltwater Anchorage, thence meandering same CD s.
 G2' 00' w., 7.60 chs. CD S. 0o w., Log chs. to Cor.
 No, l, NJ. C., the place of be-
 ginning, containing 2441 acres.
 Final proof will be submitted be- fore A. II. Kuettner, U s. Commits sioner, at his office, at Killlsnoo, Alaska, on the 30th day of Deeem- Der, 1920, by said Abbott and two of | the following witnesses, Hany Pee 1 han, II. w. Grube, Alex Sobolef and Henry Tamma, all of Killisnoo 1 Alaska
 FRANK A. BOYLE. Register 1 First publication Sept IA, 1920. Last publication, Nov. 12, 1920.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-18

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