Evening star., 1920-02-20
ADMIRAL PEARY
! DIES AT HOME
IN WASHINGTON
!
North Pole Discoverer III
Several Years With Per-
nicious Anemia.
BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA,
B0YHOOD SPENT IN MAINE
y(ade Famous Discovery in 1909.
I Was Accorded Honors by So
cieties World Over.

y WaS dCcUIucu 0OuOIS ny 0O-
Il cieties World Over.
Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary.
q. S. N, retired, discoverer of the
north pole and famous arctic ex-
plorer. died at his home, 1881 Wyom-
Sng avenue. at 1870 O'Clock this morn
Eng. Pernicious anemia. from which
he had suffered for several years,
was given as the cause of death.
At Admiral Peary's bedside when
the end came were his wife. Mrs.
Josephine Diebitsch Peary; his daugh-
Ter Mrs. Marie A. Stafford, and her
husband. Edward Stafford, and a
niece. Miss Madge Diebitsch. 1t was
stated that funeral arrangements had
not been completed.
IIlness started Two Years Ago.
About two years ago the first traces
0f the disease which resulted In Ad-
miral Peary's death became apparent,
when. upon returning to his home in
Washington after a lecture trip on
aerial Preparedness. he complained
that he was not feeling well. A dag
nosis was made, and physicians stated
nicious anemia. and that the only
remedy would be in blood TRANSMISSION.
The flrst TRANSMISSION did not accom-
blish the desired results. From time
TO time. since the initial operation. ac-
cording to DIR. II. F. Strine. the ad-
mfrar0 physician, thfrty-ive transfu-
0ions were undergone by Admiral
Roary. The last TRANSMISSION was per
formed in the Naval Hospital here ten
Tho admiral was removed to his
home and his condition was reported
60 be greatly improved. Yesterday
efternoon. however, he suffered re-
- I'll
1orning.
Born n Pennsyfvanla In 1850.
Robert Edwin Peary was born in
Cresson, Pa. May 6. 1856. He was
the SON Of Charles N. and Mary p.
PeAfy, His father died when he was
three years old. and his mother took
him to Portland. Me-. where he spent
his boyhood. roaming about Casco
bay. He went to Bowdoin College,
winning fame as runner and jumper.
an4 mood in the honor column of
scaelsrship- Following his gradua-
Zen where he got position as
fraftsm9n In the coast and geo-
detfc survey of1ices. He spent his
spefe time studying civil engineering
info the United States Navy. and be-
cnMe Lieut. PeaFy. Y. s. N.
His arst assignment WAS to the
tYopics He was . leader of the party
which surveyed for the Ncaraguan
20 Washington that he became inter-
ested in arctic exploration.
First Trip Into North.
Obtaining leave from the naval
Dorvice. he led an expedition into
Greenland to determine the extent CT
this mysterious land. He determined
many arctic points which today are
familiar points-Independence bay.
Melville land etc-and in one of his
1a4er voyages he discovered the IA
nous meteorites which he brought
hack to civilization. One of the
meteorites weighs eighty tons.
Between voyages Admiral Peary re-
ooFted to the lecture platform to raise
funds for further exploration. In one
tnrtance he delivered 16S lectures in Sc
days. raising $13,000
On his sixth voyage. with the pole
IN view. ne had to give up because
both Of his feet became frozen. AL
though he had reached the most
Eortherly land in the world-naming
~ cape Norris X. Jessup. at the tip
OF Greenland--and had also attained
1at- S4.l7. the northermost record in
the western world. he was still in
great despair He wrote in his diary:
The game Is of. My dream of six
teen years is ended. have made the
best fight 1 knew. believe it was q
good one. But l cannot accomplish
the Impossible"
Decided to Try for North Pole.
BY the time Admiral Peary reached
civilizati0n. however. he had decided
cially designed ship Roosevelt he drove
further into the frozen ocean than any
navigator had ever been before On
foot he advanced until his record, for
this seventh trip stood at $50, where
starvation and cold again checked the
party.
The explorer was fifty-two years old
when in July. 1908. he set out on his
eighth and successful invasion of the
polar region.
Tor Tor Mr.. Peary. shouted to Col. Roose-
welt as the ship was leaving it's wharf
at New York Its the pole OF bust
this time, Mr.. President"
sF World Hears OF Feat.
1t was on the afternoon of Septem-
Der s. 1903. that the following few
words reported to the civilized world
for the first time this crownine
achievement Of three centuries of ef-
fort:
INDIAN HARBOR. via Cape Raw.
y. F.. September 6.-To the Associated
Press. New York.
stars and Stripes nailed to north
pole. PEARY."
the pole had been just five months be-
fore. on April s, 1909
When he got back to civilization
he was surprised to find such a
, Aerce controversy raging over him
and his rival. DR.. Cook. but he easily
established his claim before scientific
bodies throughout the world He was
raised to the rank of rear admiral of
The United States Navy and retired
on pay. Congress voted him it's thanks
IN special act, and gold medals and
honors of many kinds were showered
upon him.
A scientific and popular narrative
OF his success he wove into book
called THE North Pole" while his
other expeditions are described in de-
tah in his ''Northward over the Great
dee" and Nearest the Pole"
An account of Admiral Peary's ex-
plorations in the far north. written
ty Gilbert Grosvenor. president of
the National Geographic Society, is
printed on page in today's Star
Asnirar. Far ly Liked.
Admiral Peary's closirg years were
bpent in well earned rest, living for a
~three-wife, daughter and son-on
Eagle Island. off the coast from Port
land. Me. Mrs. Peary was formerly
Josephine Diebitsch of Washington,
D. c.. marrying the explorer in 1888.
She frequently accompanied her hus-
band on his northward journeys, and
on one of these trips Marie Ahnighito
Peary was born and bears the distinc-
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