THE BEE : OMAHA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1JK)9.
PEARY'S STRUGGLE FOR POLE
Dauntless Courage and Hardship
Crowned with Success.
LIFE CENTERED ON ONE TASK
l-eri
Privation Before Rmrklnf tho
Irrtl Osal Well Rarae
Trlintk.
Fnr twenty-three years Commander Rob
it Kdwln Prary has had before him as
h a goil the one spot farthest north, which
Ms dispatches now say he has reached.
Mori? than a score of yean of hard en
deavorbefore his first expedition, In 1SS,
he had planned voyages In his mind either
to the pule or to reconnoitre and map out
possible lines of Arctic travel, always with
the one place In view; and since lWi, his
life has centered entirely on the actual at
tainment. Peary really begsn the search for the
North pole In 1CT, when he crossed Green
land from Whale Round, on the western
roast, to Independence Bay, Its northern
limit, which he named for the dste he
reached there, July 4. He had but one
companion, F.avlnd Astrup. a Norwegian.
since dead, and their march of 660 miles
In each direction over the trackless waste
of the Interior Ice-cap, formed a unique
lecord. Nansen was stimulated by It to
his famous expedition beyond Frani Josef
Land In 1K9T.
In m' Peary tried to utillxe this Ice-cap
as the first staite In an advance towards
the pole, and started with eight followers
to make the Journey. Hut frightful storms
beset them, their dogs perished in scores,
snd they could only proceed twenty-six
miles In two weeks. They had to abandon
this attempt, four of the party being frost
bitten; and a winter's preparation was
prautlcally wasted. But Peary was undis
mayed, and lster, with two comrades, Let
and Senson. he crossed ths plateau again.
only to find on reaching Independence Bay
thnt the beetling cliffs and rugged shores
forbade the possibility of launching an
expedition towards ths pole from that base.
fT VsJaabU Explarwtleas Made.
X During other years Peary explored much
of the unknown parte- of Greenland, practi
cally delimiting Its whole western seaboard
and correcting many existing Inaccuracies
as to the configuration. He also found the
great meteorite at Caps Tork, and after
extreme difficulty succeeded In getting It
on shipboard and conveying It to the United
States, where It is now In the Natural
History museum. He crossed Smith
bound and accomplished considerable
exploration tn Ellesraer Land, his
whole sojourn within ths Aretlo circle be
ing characterised by effective and unceas
ing activity.
Peary's setbscks In early years served
but to Increase his determination to suc
ceed eventually. If he met checks and
losses, as hs had often said, he counted the
gain In experience and information as more
than compensating for them. His decision,
therefore. In 18)7. to undertake ths next
cason a mors ambitious effort than any
his previous ones, occasioned no surprise
to those who knew his best, for they were
satisfied that whlla his physical powers re
mained at ths full ha would never abandon
his attempts to solvs the great polar mys
tery. Plaaned Five-Year Trip.
Accordingly, the summer of 1898 saw him
But out In the steamahip Windward for his
new pillar campaign. The ship was pre
sented to him by Alfred Harmsworth of
iAindon, and his plans provided for an ab
sence of five years. He Intended to take
the ship aa far as possible up the north
water ithe series of connecting channels
which stretch from Baffin's bay to the
polar basin), and then, disembarking, send
It home, (o return next year with more
supplies. He and his two companions. Dr.
Dcderick and Matt llenson, were to make
their way polar ward, establishing caches
at every prominent headland, through the
nieuium uf the , Eskimos, and ultimately
milking a dash across the great crystal ex
panse which Invites, yet ever repels, ac
cess to the Arctic sphinx.
But once more Peary met 111 fortune.
The season of 1W8 was very severe; the
winter set In early and ths ship was frosert
up for the winter In Kane basin, only sixty
miles beyond Cape Babine, the entrance
gate to the polar fastnesses. Unable to do
better. Peary decided to land at Cape Dur
vllle, and with the help of ths Eskimos
whom he had brought along make his way
up ths coast to Caps Heola, the farthest
point of land known on that slds of ths
channel, whenoe he could make his dash
aoross the shifting, gleaming plans toward
the ultimata north.
From Caps Hecia some 480 miles would
separate him from the pole and 900, fol
lowing ths coast line, from his base at
Durvllle, but he proposed to utilise for an
advanoed depot the old Greely station,
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Star Cut Tumblers Straight or bell
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Heavy, strong and durable sheets,
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35c Dutch Collars 19c
All Linen Initial Handkerchiefs
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Negligee Shirts, light and
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Oray Enamel Dish Pans, Just the thing
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4
"I'll Get That
Song Tomorrow"
Theatre Goers Kow Know Where
to Buy "Song Hits ' tt
the Time They are
Introduced.
"I am going to get that song at 'Hospe's'
tomorrow," exclaims ths delighted matinee
Blrl, as she applauds soma particularly
pleaalng atnger.
Khe knows. 8hs Is well aware that the
A. Iloap Co., of 1&13 Douglas street HAS
the song In question JUST as soon as the
vailous lyrists offer tt to Omahans over
the footlights.
Orpheuro, Boyd and Burwood hits are to
to l,ad at Hospe's, and no where else that
k, while thsy are new.
All of the bright ditties of the Orpheum
bill for this week aie litre aa follows;
'Vlp-1-AdJy-I-Ay," "oh What I Know
AbuUl, You-" "Somebody's -WaiUiig Fr ' pcary. already helpless, was drawn along
1UU AIM A Uiri 11KG
ate," "Ones In a While," "CarUslma," "l
Want Some One To Lovs U." and "A
Lltile lilt Is A Whole Lot Better Than
Nothing At All."
Fort Conger, at Lady Franklin bay. where
that expedition had wintered in 1M1 ana
18&2, ere attempting the famous retreat to
Cape Babine. which ended so disastrously.
From ths fateful 9th of August, 13, wnen
Qreely and his men left It, no human root
had crossed lis threshold, and Feary
counted on finding in good repair the
wooden house which had sheltered them
and an ample supply of stores available
for his own purposes, because Greely had
been unable to bring away any mora than
two boatloads when they left.
Two of His Serloas Setbacks.
In this new project Peary again met with
a check, ths most serious setback of his
whole Aretlo career. When entering Mc
Cormack bay In 1891, on his first expedi
tion, ths wheel chain of his steamship, tho
Kits, snapped in a collision with an ice
mass, and, whipping across the deck,
struck his leg just below the knee, break
ing both bones. Although helpless for
three months, hs reoovered use of his leg
again, and as early aa the next spring was
making his great Journey across ths Green
land les cap, aa already told.
In his advance toward Fort Conger, In
the last week of HsvS, a still greater mis
fortune befell him, when, crossing ths floe
at Balrd Inlet to avoid the longer Journey
Involved In skirting the shore, hs was over
whelmed by a driving bllsxard and ths
party lost ita way. Peary, Dederick and
Henson were scouting ahead with ni
sledge, the Eskimos following with sup
plies. Ths two parties wero separated,
and the natives retreated to the land.
Peary and hla two companions sought
shelter In a cavity of an Iceberg, where
they were storm-bound for thirty-six hours,
and had to kill a dog to stave off starva
tion. I'nselflskaeaa as Heavy Coat.
The doctor complaining of his feet be
coming frosen, Peary offered him his own
reserve pair of "kameks," elder duck sk.ns
made into stockings, ths native footwear
Of ths region. This unselfishness, while
saving the doctor's feet, probably cost
Peary his own. His tots were affected as
the hours worn on, and when he realized
that there was something wrong. It was
too late to repair the mischief. The storm
over, they maae tneir way 10 run monger
The various kits as sung in "Lo," at ths
Boyd, are as follows: "Vou May Always
Be My Sweetheart," "In Yucatan," "Lovs
It AH That Matters," and "Tammany Oa
parade."
A second shipment of ths songs re
cently uiteied In "Ths Beauty Spot" ha
come to hand, and Includes "The Hlm
uiock Love Sung." "Foolish Uueatious,"
"She bells Sea Shells," elc
ii aii or ins sdovo popular music at 19a
per copy Saturday! ths operatic numbers
going at only Mo each.
One thousand sheets of "Ths Olow
Worm" will also be offered at Joe per copy.
A. Hospe Co.
. ?513 Douglas Street.
by bis companions. In ths gloom of the
polar midnight they staggered across the
threshold of the bouse, untenanted for
ruoie than fifteen years, and groped blindly
about for ths materials to produce a light
and make a fire. This done, attention tu
turned to Peary, who was found to have
his feet so badly frosted that seven toes
required immediate amputation, a task suc
cessfully accomplished with ths all-Inadequate
appliances at Pr. Dederick's dis
posal. Here the three stayed for six months,
communication being renewed with the
Eukimos and ths ship uutU Peary was suf
(.cituiiy recovered to be removed south to
the Windward, where a second operation
waa performed, which Incapacitated blm
again for a time. Of course, this unfor
tunate affair put it out of the question to
attempt anything further in the way of
exploring then, but tt la characteristic of
the man that while hs lay til abed at Fort
Conger be was having his comrades re
pair the structure so as to make tt habit
able for some yeara. It had suffered from
the storms, but by dismantellng ths out
houses he wss able to affect substantial
Improvements.
There has been probably no more heroic
act in Aretlo annals than this determina
tion of Peary's to continue his work In
plte of mutilation to limb which would
have sickened others to despair. It showed
that tho whole nature of the man waa en
fibred with a daring and resolution which
no personal suffering could conquer. He
bad triumphed over disablement, starva
tion, ths sountless risks of Arctic venture
and now he was to struggle with per
manent physical injury.
At last hs was out on the trail again,
strapped to his sledge, with his crutches
beside him, before hs could walk, and ere
his wounded feet had healed he was dog
gedly trying to scale the slippery bluffs.
His feet grew sore again, travel was Im
possible and by July, 1m, he was bark to
the Windward, having decided to cease ac
tive operations for three months. Ths
ship got free of the fee In August, and he
left tt at Ktah, where he waa establishing
his headquarters, sending It back to St.
John's to refit, to return to him next
sesson with further supplies
On the next trip. In 1905-1906, Peary put situation faces ths prisoner who wlshss to
the flag farther north than any one had
then gone. Weather-beaten, torn and dis
abled, the Arctic steamship Roosevelt, with
Peary's expedition on board, arrived at
Sydney, Cape Breton, November 23, 1906,
undei sail and steam, after sixteen months'
vain effort to reach the pole. Though not
entirely successful, the expedition never
theless got to 87 degress 6 minutes north
latitude, or 203 miles from the pole.
Knt'crsa at Vast.
Nothing daunted, Peary plarfned his last
trip on the Roosevelt, starting north In
July, 1908. The vessel, for which funds
were furnished by the Peary Arctic Club
of New York, was designed by William E.
Wlnant, naval architect of New York. It
is described as "a three-masted fore-and-aft
schooner-rigged steamship, with aux
iliary sail power." ltd principal dimen
sions are: Length over all, 182 feet; beam,
35.6 feet; depth, 16.3 feet; mean draught
with stores, 17 feet; gross tonnage, 14,
and estimated displacement, abuut 1 6'JO
tons.
It Is built of white oak, the frames being
treble and close together. n lih double
In remaining north a second winter, plunking, making the walls from tvtenty-
fuur to thirty Inches thick. The k 1 U
sixteen Inches thick, but false keels and
keelsons form a backbone six feet high '.hs
entire length of the vessel. The bow is
backed by twelve feet of si'lld d'-adwood.
Its engine and boilers develop f om I.iXIj
to I.tou-horse power. Its cusi, when ready
for sea, was JIOJ.000. New York Post.
WORTH A THOUGHT OR TWO
Man's Inbaiuanlty Toward Ms
tine of the Greatest of
Crimes.
Is
Peary was not deviating from his original
scheme, for that contemplated a five
years' absence. In fixing himself at Etah
hs was only displaying his talent for or
ganisation. By this step he obtained a
personal oversight of all the plans which
the Eskimos were to carry out on his
behalf. Walrus were to be got, to be
converted Into dog-food. rogs were to be
trained, sledges made, furs prepared, and
tons of storage put Into profitable pack
ages. There waa a busy autumn's woik,
and when ths sun would rise again in
February, Peary and his two comrades,
who remained north with him. would be
ready for another advance towards the
Icy defenses which had defied all the at
tacks of the most daring explorers.
It was on March 30, 1900. when he and
his comrades, with a large party of Eski
mos, conveying supplies snd Impediments,
had reached Fort Conger from Etah, Peury
being bent on utilizing the spring, the best
stason In the north for travellrg to
make his poleward dash again, li.a 1.,
tentlon was to cross Robeson channel and
move up along the dreeland coast to Care th) da. , W8;i Klvtn my fretrtom, my pU
Washington tLKM-awooa s jookout over the ,urti v,i,h my description, was sent to
polar ocean In 1SS2). whence ho and hls,,Very sh. riff of every county In the s;ate:
comrades would essay the perilous plunge j This man is free, may be coming your
into ths unknown, the Eskimos only aecoin- way. I.oik out for him." Now, there Is
panylr.g them tn ths early stages, as a nothing Uanyerous about me, or, at least,
supporting party to get the provisions j there never wau. I was a street car con
along; ths three Americana making the : duclo-, a decent enough sort when one
Here Is a story that will be of Interest
to the humanitarian. We are incline 1 to
think it contains a considerable amount
Of truth.
"I was discharged from Pan Quentln fix
weeks ago. I was given a new suit of
clothes (that was branded 'prison' all over;
but to matter about this.) I was given
clothes to cover me, $T In cath, and the
fcooj wishes of th'3 wnrdt-n anl the man
hi o drlvea the van. Very good, you sy,
ior an ex-convlct? Well, lltueii ;o this: On
lead an honorable life after his discharge
A delicate situation faces the man who
would employ him. The employer knows
the rule; It requires some sacrifice to
principle and humanity on his part to test
tho particular case In order to avoid helping
to crush a man who may be one of ths
exceptions. Sentimentallsm In ths treat
ment of crime Is not to be encouraged, but
injustice Is still worse. Collier's Weekly.
SOME LAND YET TO FIND
t'Bknown Tracts of Usd
Abonad and Tempt Explorers.
till
final endeavor alone.
night I got drunk, and hit a man. Unfor-
But hs was again marked for fallurS. tunately for both of us, It nearly killed
Amid desperate dangers in ths shifting. ' him. I got four years. I ptiid the penalty,
crushing lea, hs wrote in bis Journal on; Should I be let alone now or not? I gave
April XL, when out beyond Crosier land:
. "Ths gams Is up. My dream of slxteeu
years Is ended. It cleared during the nigh,
and we got under way th s morning. 1) ep
snow. Two small flees, then another peri-id
of old rubbles and deep snow this extend
lng north, south and west, aa far as we, mov on.' Ths first man to whom I ap
more than four years out of my life to
ths state. I los' my lit tilth. For tnat
reason, I thought that, being 'free,' I
would go out Into the country and work
there until I got my strength back. Prom
county to county I have been told to
could see. I have mads the best fight 1
know I cannot accomplish ths Impossi
ble." Then Peary was In latltuda U degrees 17
minutes 21 seconds. With ths grea est
hardships they beat back to the ship, and
sailing, reached Sydney, Cape Breton, on
September 17. The expedition had taken
four years, three muntbs and ten days.
plied for work gsvs It to me, then I took
my honorable dlschsrge out of my pocket
and showed to to him. Hs picked up a
cane that lay across his desk snd yelled
at me: 'You get out of here or I'll knock
your brains out," "
It la needless to draw any facile moral
from this condition. Ths facts are In
tricate. Ths difficulties are many, a bitter
Despite the discovery of the North j.ole
an Immense amount of work awaits the
explorer. There Is still almost unlimited
opportunity for ths display of courage and
daring in many parts of ths world lo
satisfy the most adventti-cus explorer.
Many scientists chiefly welcomo ihe find
ing of the North pole beoauje It will serve
to direct the energy of explorer to other
parts of the earth's surface, whose careiul
mapping is of far greater value than that
of the polar regions. K.-erv continent,
save Europe, has enormous regions ss yet
uuvlxlted. A century or niur-s of ex
ploration will be required to penetrate the
last of these sections.
As n.itht be Imagined the most dnld
eiable section of un;xyl-ed cojntry is to
be found lu Africa. This virgin coumr
is scattered over the enMra continent .m
within easy striking distance of the coast.
South America again coutains enormous
tracts of land -.s yet unvlslted. lio
northern shores of -sla aU offer many
opportunities for the explorer, while ror
the explorer who does not care to face
the rigors of the arctio cold there are
many inviting regions at the center and
even in the far south of ths continent.
Each year serves to whittle dvwn the
great unknown regions of Australia, due
largely In the work of the gold seekers,
but the final definite mapping of the land
is still far dis'ant. Ths south Paoif.c
still abuunds In undiscovered Islands.
Perhaps the greatest surprises, however,
await the explorer on ths North Ameri
can continent. In the United States It
self, that Is to say, Alaska, ths opportuni
ties fur such work are practically unlim
ited for another generation at least. Much
of Canada still remains unexplored, svsn
within convenient traveling distance of
the United States boundary line.
Ths mere recital of ths areas of these
unknown regions gives little Idea of their
extent, to the layman at least. A com
parison of these areas to that of our
most densely populated states will per
haps serve to make It more clear. In
northwestern Alaska, for Instance, there
is a region almost as large as the com
bined area of all the New England states i
which hss never been vtslnd by wh.te
men. There are still other sections as
large as ths state of New York still
awaiting ths explorer. It Is believcJ that
all , ths principal mountain ranges of
Alaska have been visited and placed upon
ths map, but there is no certainty thai
this Is so. There ars besides believed to
be many rivers, soms of considerable else,
whose source and wanderings cannot be
so much as guessed at today. Here ar
opportunity and fame for ths explore
without going from under the protection
of the stars and stripes.
On any map of ths entire world it is
Impossible to indicate all ths unknown
regions, sines many of them ars compara
tively small. A map showing every sec
tion of ths earth's surface as yet un
mapped would bs dotted with thousands
of such areas. The general region extend
ing from Nevada to Alaska Is dotted with
unknown regions, which have never been
explored. Even In Texas many of the
regions about the sources of the rivers
may still be marked black on the map.
Ths most considerable unknown area on
ths North American continent Is, of
course, to be found In Alaska. The largest
unexplored areas In Canada lie to the
south of Hudson's bay. Many of tha great
capes of land forming tha eastern shores
of ths continent are unknown except for
a narrow margin along ths coast itself.
Baffin Land also presents remarkable
opportunities for ths adventurous ex
plorer. The Canadian government Is very
active, however, in reducing this unex
plored region, and scarcely a year pusses
without a considerable reduction of the
unknown ares.. Fully one-half of this
unknown region hss been explored and
mappefl within the last fifteen years New
York Times. .
ONE WHO NEVER CAME BACK
No Trace Left kr An dree.
Attempted tke Pole in
Dallooa.
Who
'The One Who Never Cams Back" was
g newspaper headline of last week in re
counting the various expeditions to the
North pole. Of the long list of those who
have braved the frigid terrors of the arctic
seas In the Interest of science or to grasp
ths wlll-o'-the-wlsp of fame thers are end
less tales to stir tha souls of men and
arouse sympathy, but It is the chapter
dealing with "the one who never canv
back" from which ths world turns with a
lihudder. It Is twelve years now since 8.
A. Andrea made his daring and, as It has
proved, foolhardy attempt to sail over the
North pole in a balloon. How hs perished
and when and where, Is ons of ths secrets
locked In ths Icy fastnesses of ths region
of everlasting cold. What terrible suffer
ing, what horror of loneliness and despair
btsst him before hs perished Is dreadful to
contemplate.
Andree was a Swede. Hs was a mem
ber of the Swedish International polar ex
pedition of ldiC and 181, and an aeronaut
of considerable skill. Hs had his own Ideas
about reaching the goal of the ages. Hs
had observed that at certain seasons of
ths year a steady current of air flowed
toward the North pole. What could be
easier, argued Ar.dree, than for a well
equipped balloon to set sail In this current
of air, float over tha pole, descend, again
to carry ths word to waiting world.
Desperate as appeared the undertaking.
Andree found men who wero willing to
a.d him In carrying It out. Even more,
he found two menwho were willing to
tsks the slender chance with him and stake
their lives for fame and adventure.
Oscar, lata King of Sweden, was among
thoe who gave their support to ths ven
ture. It was Lb Wi Uial Andres want
north to Danes Island, Spitsbergen, and
made preparations for ths Journey A bal
oon house was built, and the big bag
was inflated. It was found, however, that
the gas escaped mors rapidly than was ex
pected and the trip waa postponed a year.
Two Swedish war vessels escorted the !.
dlilon to Spitsbergen ths following June. Ex
periments had shown that the gas would
keep the balloon afloat thirty days. The
plan was to have ths balloon drift along
about 800 feet above ths surface of ths Ics.
Of men, freight, food, and ballast ths craft
carried a weight of about five tons.
A favorable breeas was awaited. At last
July 11, 1897. It came, Tho ropes wers cut
and tha balloon shot upward. Suddenly,
for soms reason never known, It dropped
rapidly almost to the surface of the sea.
Lallast was thrown out by ths men on
board, and ths balloon arose again and
sailed away over the mountainous Island
of Vogelsang, an altitude of 1,600 feat being
necessary to make ths passage.
When tha watchers on shore and on tho
war vsssels lost sight of tho balloon It
was tha world's last glimpse of Andres
and his two Intrepid companions. Three
message buoys dropped by Andres ths day
the start was made havo been found. Tho
latest was dated at 10 o'clock that night.
An altitude of tt degrees, I degrees from
the pole, had been reached at that time.
The brave aeronaut reported that all was
well. But of the ultimate fats of ths bal
loon and Its passengers searchers have
found never a sign. Kansas City Star.
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