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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 24, 1914.
TEACH AMERICANS TO SHOOT
Most Serious Handicap of Today is
Art of Hitting Target.
BIG LEEWAY IN CASE OF WAR
If niflc CItil Were OrRnnUed .and
Old Arm" Given Them hr Uncle
Snm. Jinny Lnrmrn Crack
What Won Id De Developed.
With the call for volunteers hanging In
tho balance, again we are faced with
the alternative of sending untrained
youths from their home to the battle
field. All experience! of the past. How
ever bitter, have been disregarded by our
lawmakers when It cornea to providing
for partla training of those young men
who will constitute the major portion of
our army In case of war, Recruits can
bo taught to march, drill and take care
of themselves In the field In ft compara
tively short period, but such Is not th
case with the care and effective use or
the service arm.
A long step In the right direction has
been taken by the preent congress when
it enacted into law, through a paragraph
In the army appropriation bill, authority
for the Var department to Issue rifles
and ammunition free to civilian rifle
clubs and school cadet corps. When the
regular army wae rearmed In 1W1 with
the so-called new Springfield rifle, the
government had on hand, In addition to
those turned In by the troops, about
3CO.0CO of the arms then In use by thn
nrmy. popularly called the "Kraflr." Al
though the now arm in some respects Is
superior to the old one, nevertheless the
"Krag" has proven Its ability as an arm
of durability and accuracy and held the
world's record for long range team shoot
ing up to 1912. It Is this rifle' that the
War department propose to Issue to
clubs and cadet corps under this act.
Mnrks a nevlrnl.
The enactment of this legislation marks
the beginning of a revival of the noble
eport of marksmanship In this country,
aa It will enable many thousands of our
young men, who could III afford to dig
down In tliolt pockets and purcnase
rifles and ammunition, to devote some
portion of their time to training In
marksmanship. Every American boy with
red blood In his veins has an inherited
desire to shopt a rlflo and the giving
to him of this opportunity without cost
to himself will result In the training of
a large body of youthful reservists In
this coilntry, whoso value as an asset
to the national military strength. Is In
estimable. It Is a fundamental principle of na
tional defense that citizens should bo
trained In the use of th service arm.
IUfle- Instruction Is the keynote of na
tlonol defense of SwIUorland. If wo
were to train our cltUens In the same
proportion as that small republic, we
would have about 3.000,000 trained civilian
expert riflemen. Although the govern
ment has before this done little to stlm.
ulate and promote auch training, we have
nn organisation which was organized
and which exists entirely for this pur-pose-tho
National Rifle Association of
America-through whose patriotic efforts
many lube have been organlied, not
only among civilians, but In colleges and
schools throughout the country.
Lnclc nifle HsnRFs,
A serious handicap to the proper de
velopment of this movement la the lack
of rifle ranges. With the growth of
cities and the Increasing value of land
Benernlly, rlflo ranges have been swept
away by the onward march of progress
until there ar very few. large ranges left
In the country, thus brinsinR about a
situation where Uncle Ham saya to his
cltlsens. "Go take this rifle and ammuni
tion and perfect yourself In Its use." Dut
how can ho do so If ,there are no ranges
available? Therefore, unless the Issue
of rifles and nmmunltlon Is followed by
the construction of ranges where civilians
can practice, such Issue will not accom
plish the results desired by the govern
ment. Government ranges where avail
able may be used by civilian rifle clubs
and many states allow of the use of thel
National Guard ranges, but such rans
aro few and far between. The value" of
land Is rapidly Increasing and every year
that the building of ranges by the gov
ernment Is put off will make It much
more difficult to secure appropriations
fbr the purchase of land for this pur
pose. OiillmUtlo About hesnlta.
The assistant secretary of war, Hon.
Henry Dreckenrldge, under whose super
vision the issue of rifles and ammunl
tlori will b made to r)fle clubs, Is very
optlmlstlo concerning the results that will
accrue to the government from a wise
end efficient administration of the act.
He says: "Although we expect that the
lesuo of these rifle and ammunition will
creatly stimulate shooting and Increase
the number ,of marksmen throughout tho
country, our efforts will be seriously
handicapped by the lack of an appropria
tion to cover the necessary expenses. The
original act called for an appropriation
of tlOo.000. This appropriation was "cut
out In the military committee and all the
expense of Issuing the rifles and ammu.
nltlon must be borne by the clubs them
fcejve. Wo hope, however, that when
thl movement Is thoroughly established
and the good resulting from It Is demon
strated, congress will give us enough
money to carry on the work on a broad
and national basis. This law will greatly
stimulate the organization of rifle olubs
and cadet corps In our public school."
Those interested In markmanshlp and
desiring Information In regard to the
organization of government rifle dubs
and the free Issue of rifles and ammu
tltlon may secure the same from the
National Rifle Association of Am.
"Woodward Building. Washington, D. C.
or from the war department.
Difficult Piece of
Canal Work Finished
TANAMA, May 3s One of the most
bothersome pieces of work on th rnni
has Just been completed. For over four
xnonwiB woris nas Deen in progress on the
dike known as Cano Saddle, which was
built to prevent Gatun lake from running
Into the Atlantic ocean. The dike Is lo
cated a"bout twenty-five miles north of
Gatun and can c-nly be reached by boats
on Qatun lake. At that point the surface
of the lake reached to within a few feet
of a low, narrow ridge, through which the
waters might have worked their way and
thus washed a passage Into the Atlantic.
To prevent this the dike, or saddle,
thirty feet high and about 1.209 feet long,
aa contrurted. lurlng the course of the
work about 4.1X0 men were employed, this
great number being necessary because of
the prevalence of malaria. It was tho
bwedinjt place for hordes of mosquitoes
and every man taken Into the place was
almost Instantly affected. It Is said that
every white man who worked on the Job
was brought out of the district on a
stretcher and unconscious. In spite of
this, however, not a death occurred, every
one of the laborers having recovered their
health on being brought back to the canal
zone.
Problem of Defense
Begins to Interest
People of Sweden
CHRISTIANIA. Mav 3. Th. wUrn
half of the Scandinavian peninsula, like
the eastern half, has become agitated by
thn problem of national rffn. Th
campaign for a strengthened armament
appears almost dally to assume some new
Phase of popular Interest, and It Is be
lieved that the common demand for pro
tection against encroachment by any of
tho European powers may bring Norway
and Sweden together again to the extent
of a defensive alliance.
The Norwegian Parliament has recently
been popularly criticised for Its ardent
faith In peace treaties. It has been con
spicuous In the peace movement ever
since It was entrusted by the late Alfred
Nobel with the distribution of the Nobel
Peace prize each year, and further It ha
during the last seven years relied faith-
muy upon an integrity treaty signed by
Russia, Germany, France and England,
by which the neutrality nf Knrwiv
should bo strictly observed In case of
European war.
The people of the Scandinavian penln-sulo-whether
they be Norwegian or
Swedes-have no thought of expansion,
but want to bo kept out of the political
turmoil which during the last few
has agitated Europe. Fears that Integ
rity treaties are worthless have become
popular among Scandinavians sluoe the
Balkan war. when It wan SMn ihut Tnr.
key profited little by Its treaties, as guar
anteed by the powers. In a war between
tho triple entente and tho triple alliance
the Scandinavian neninsula. with lt ar
and excellent ports, might he of such
vaiue to any of the belligerents as re
fuge havens or oneratlnn turn that nn
paper treaties would stand In the way of
seizure. If such were the case It is feared
that Norway and Sweden might, against
their will, be drawn Into warfare.
Recognition of this Is the movlne fr-
tor In the talk of a military alliance be
tween Norway and Sweden for mutual
dofense and preservation of neutrality.
uoth nations are exercised over possible
dangers from the east. It Is believed,
however, that no European power at war
with another would be able to detach
enough of Its military forces to operate
against a wen toriined Scandinavia with
out exposing Its own ports and frontier
to the enemy,
H Is evident that the Deonle of Norwav
are Inclining more and more to this view
and It Is doubtful If tho Norweslan Par.
llament and the radical cabinet, which Is
not yet alarmed over the political sit
uation Irt Europe, will be able to resist
the general call from the Deonle far
strengthening the defenses, larger ap
propriations ror the army and the navy,
better fortification of the forts and
longer military service.
Parliament recently has lencthmnd th
service In the navy from half a year to
a full year, and a bill for longer service
In tho army, which now Is 144 days. Is In
preparation. There Is a general demand
for one ycor's service In the army, and all
the parties except the socfsllsla hv
clared their willingness to bear heavier
military burdens,
Norwegian Paper
Wins Libel Suit of
Canadian Pacific
CHRISTIANIA, May 2S.-The question
of Norwegian emigration to Canada haa
been brought Into prominence by tho
trial of a libel suit ag-alnst the editors of
the Aftenpost brought by the agent of
the Canadian Pacific railway. The
plaintiff In tho suit iva,n David Jacobsen,
who was recently the Norwegian consul
at Montreal. Ha returned to Norway re
cently to take charge of the railway's
Immigration agency here.
While In Canada Mr, Jacobsen sent re
ports to his government denouncing the
alluring promises held out by the Cana
dian authorities for attracting emigrants.
He represented that the railways gave
tho most difficult work to Norwegian la
borers, that these were Inadequately paid
and not well protected legally. On a trip
homo Mr. Jacobsen gave lectures In which
he expressed the same views.
The libel suit was bored on an article
which criticised the former consul, com
paring his work aaagent to, promote emi
gration to Cansda to his consular utter
ances upon the subject. The verdict was
In favor of the newspaper.
Soldiers Killed by
Wind of Projeotile
PARIS, May tl-Curlous confirmation
of the belief that men can be killed and
wounded by the wind of pasting projec
tiles was given In a paper by Prof. Lau
rent of Brussels, read recently before the
French Academy of Science.
Mr. Laurent declared that several cases
had come under his notice during the
"Balkan wars of soldiers who showed
symptoms of cerebrospinal disturbance,
though they had no wound of any kind.
The symptoms were fainting, a tingling
sensation and even partial paralysis. In
the more serious cases the victims became
cataleptic. Sometimes death fesulted. In
the Utter cases autopsies were performed
which failed to show any nervous lesions.
It then appeared to Prof. Laurent that
the vibrations of air produced by the pas
sago of a ball and the sudden variations
of atmospheric pressure affected the
ncrva cells and caused the phenomena of
inhibition. Prof. Laurent recalled that
during the war In Manchuria Dr. Matlg
non had also observed nervous Inhibition
produced by cannon ' balls. Since the
speed of modern projectiles has been In
creased and they hsve become mora Im
portant to warfare Prof. Laurent looks
for a larger number of rases of the kind
Indicated during confllot.
Always.
There always Is a petition of some kind
to be sirred.
Always there is an Insurance premium
or a tax assessment or a hill that you
were not expecting.
Somebody always Is asking questions
at the window when you are In a hurry
to buy a ticket
When you think you are going to be
able to save money there always Is some
thing that han to be repaired.
There alwaya Is a chance to buy a
ticket for the benefit nf some charity.
However, there always is a good time
coming. Chicago- Record-Herald.
Finally her sons bring her In b force
and Noah welcomes her.
"Wrlcom. wlf. unto this bote." and for
his welcome he ts a whacking which
makes him exclaim
' Lorde that women be crabbed aye
And non are meke, 1 dare well says."
London Chronicle.
ALL EUROPE IS WATCHING US
Arthur L. Palmer Writes Brother
Countries Anxious About Mex.
DO NOT TRUST UNCLE SAMUEL
England Ahont the Only One that Is
Not rtewirdlner tleprlaal na Step
to Appropriate Slater
nepnblle.
Arthur I Palmer, Nebraska boy, now
touring and studying In Europe as tutor
to the son of Horatio Hathaway, Jr.,
Boston capitalist. In writing his brother,
Harry O. Palmer, Omaha, attorney, from
London, after many months In Germany,
France, Switzerland Spain etc., says with
reference to the Mexican situation.
"I note that you have been treading on
Mexican battle grounds. I don't suppose
II has the same effect on you as to
stand on the battlefield at Waterloo,
mediating on the great Napoleon, but
Mexican military mix-up. Is pretty sig
nificant rlgnt now. It's a long look across
the Atlantic, but Europe can see that
far, and these nations are watching us.
The countries most concerned seem to be
England, Germany and France, but they
are all taking notice and making remarks.
You can't expect this bunch of land
grabbers to understand the fine motives
behind "watchful waiting' and 'the nlx-on-Huerta'
diplomacy, for they aren't overly
keen about promoting constitutional gov
ernment anywhere, and their business
people are losing money, while we dabble
Irt what they consider Is academic
methods.
'Remove the Monroe doctrine and our
Uncle Samuel and the allied armies
would camp on the coast In two weeks.
You remember the Boxer business In
China. These fellows over here believe In
hard fisted messures and heroic remedies.
At the present time they would hurry
Huerta out or help htm hang Villa,
whichever appeared to be most expedi
tious and afforded an opportunity to drub
that tabasco sauce disposition out of the
greasers. Then there would be a division
of torrltory by way of Indemnity, or at
best a parceling out of concessions In
everything valuable.
France la Oronchy.
'As for sympathy, France Is grouchy
over our fuss about feathers and lux
uries In our customs, and the French are
Inclined to say nasty things Just now. But
those fellows love Americans like brothers
under It all. France, and especially Paris,
would be woefully lonesome after an
American exodus. We must remember.
too, that France got 'stung' In Mexico on
or about the time of one Maximilian, and
they must have a chance to feel a little
sere. Germany would like to settle tho
whole thing for us, If they might help
tuomselves to half a dozen stales or so.
They would eooeo-step about among the
banana bushes until sausage grew- where
tamalca and chill benna had thrived be
fore. They don't like our patience, and
perhaps suspect our motives, but they
ilgure that any united States army
must be half German In personnel, and
they will hold up our hands so long as
they gain by our friendship and lose
nothing. England Is our strongest sup
porter, though England, too, Is all 'het
up' with handling Ulster. Those connected
with the government know that ureal
Britain must keep our friendship, and the
masses are naturally friendly. John Bull
has had to bundle many such mesais In.
his colonies and Is not only sympathetic
but understanding so. Thus tho big
fellows concerned are "with us, bvit
they're stamping with impatlenco while
the nil runs wild at Tamptco, and the
foreign tradesman hears his windows
smashed. Their sentiment Is, however,
'Do It, uncle, or let us do It.' They don't
doubt that It must be done some time.
and your European, where necessary,
doesn't hesitate long- to lay a club on
child, criminal or rebllllous province."
Mr. Palraor will part company with the
Hnthaways June 9, and spend the sum
mer riding through Europe countries,
which he ha." not already visited on a
bicycle. He vltl visit Scotland, Ireland,
Holland, Norway and Sweden and parts
of Germany not already visited.
PROFIT SHARINGJN MONTANA
Whiskered Horse Doctor of Lerris
tovrn Bent Henry Ford
to It.
"Henry Ford Isn't the first man to
share big profits In a concern and make
the lowest wage IS a day," a six-footer
from Great Falls, Mont., said at a New
York hotel recently.
"There's a little mining town on the
road to Lewlstown, up In our state, that
couVl give Detroit pointers Just now on
this "five-dollars-a-day-up pay envelope.
The town and the mine got their names
from old Doc Kendall Henry Kendall
who wore whiskers a foot long and snow
white. He waa first aid to alsk horses
all over central Montana.
"A good horse doctor made easy money
In our country twenty-five years ago.
Doo Kendall rode further on dark nights
to see a sick mustang than any M. D,
would go to see a sick baby. He got
rich, and then he bought some mining
claims on a mountain of ore up In the
gulch twenty or thirty miles from frame
houses. It was gold ore, but you couldn't
get the gold free without a costly chem
ical plant.
"Doo Kendall worried over that moun
tain of ore more than he did over hla
sick horse patients. But he never quit
doctoring horses.
"One day about twelve years ago an
agent of John W. Gates dropped In t6
see Doc. Gates had heard of this In
soluble gold mountain that belonged to
the busy old veterinary, and with hla
usual nerve he handed over l&OOO to the
doctor and secured an option on the Ken
dall mountain for one year, the purchase
Price to be $1,000,000.
."All Montana that knew old Doc Ken
dall prayed every night that Oates would
be a big enough sucker at the end of
the year to ahut his eyes and hand over
the $1,000,000 to good old Doo. It was a
lemon In every one's eyes,
"Doc kept on exper.mentlng with a
little old German chemist to see whether
the graphite could be neutralised or elim
inated. One da It happened, and the lit
tle Herr Doctor ran to tell the old horse
doctor that the trick was done. They
proved It up secretly, so that they knew
that large masses of ore Impregnated
with graphite could be forced to turn out
the yellow color by the cyanide process.
They hugged each other, and then th
old veterinary got sad. for Btcher-a-Million
John W. Gates would surely take
up the option, and thus Doc would lose
the mountain.
' While all Montana hoped that Gates
would, thetwo docs hoped that he
wouldn't
"The fatal day came. The hour of
noon struck Not a word from Gates.
Surrounded by a crowd of miners and
cowboys In the little hotel at Kendall,
the white-bearded old horse doctor let out
a yell you could hear up the gulch. He
threw up his old hat and danced what
you call the tango nowadays.
'He yelled. 'Open up the town, boys,
open her up! It's on me!' And It cost
Doo Kendall all of 15.000 to settle the
drink bill that was chalked up against
him that day. He was a strict teetotaler,
too, and wouldn't let a bottle of booze
stay on the Kendall mountain.
"A miners' hotel was built at Kendall,
with clean private rooms for the miners,
hot and cold water baths and a bill of
fare enqual to the city hotels, served by
attractive waitresses. Cc-zy houses were
built for the married men. Prices and
goods were furnished so that each miner
could end the year with a surplus saved
for him of M.SOO. Doc Insisted that In
three years each miner would have
enough to buy a ranch and settle down
a free and easy man.
"Doe Kendall kept on acting physician
to sick horses. He only cared for about
$1,000,000 a year out of the mine. The
men got the rest In high wages. And
Doc was noted In all that section for the
sliver dollars he always carried In his
big pockets to give to every boy he met."
New York Times.
FIGHT ON TOBACCO COUPONS
Independent Retailers fleeklnjr Na
tional Legislation Against
the Gift System.
Independent retail tobacconists of New
York City have formed a committee to
go to Washington and urge the passage
of the Underwood bill to put a tax on
coupons such as are -given away by the
United Cigar Stores company. The re
tailers have Ions complained thnt the
use of these coupons puts them at an
Intolerable disadvantage In competition.
Letters, which will be sent to all the
members of congress, have been prepared
by the committee, asking their support
for the bill.
"The tobacco trust, as Is well known."
says the committee, "controls not less
than 80 per cent of the total output ofj
this country. One of the most effectivoj
means by which the trust succeeded in
building up that monopoly was by the
use of coupons or premium certificates,
something known also as trading stamps,
emd by giving away various presents, etc.,
with packages of tobacco products.
"These coupons aro exchangeable for
a variety of articles from a collar button
up, and are usually represented to have
much bigger value than they really
have. Thus a coupon valued at one cent
la realty worth but a small fraction of &
cent, yet through extensive advertising
throughout the country the tobacco trust
has succeeded In placing a fictitious
value upon such coupons and other gtft
devices, and largely because they are
given away all over the United States
wherever the trust goods are sold, and
with such a variety of articles that they!
can be easily accumulated.
Unable to offer the public coupons or
other gift devices on the great scale on
which the trust operates, the Independ
ent tobacco people have suffered under
this unfair competition for years, for It
Is apparent that no coupon or gift scheme
csn be regarded as of any value unless
given away on a large scale and In a
wide territory, so that coupons obtained
lun one tJlace and with one article might
be redeemed, together with coupons ob
tained In other places and with other ar
ticles. "Furthermore, by the use of these cou
pons and other gift devices the trust Is
enabled to maintain the fixed prices of
Its products while offering at the same
time Inducements of highly fictitious val
ue to the consumers; the trust can thus
by the use of coupons or gifts destroy
Its competitors without reducing tho price
of Its products, and when It has accom
plished its) purpose In driving Its victims
out of business It can gradually reduce
the number of coupons given away or
withdraw them altogether while the fixed
price of the article remains unchanged.
"Without tho uso of tho coupon or gift
scheme the trust would not. bo half as
powerful as It Is. For to fight the small
fellows by cutting the prices on package
goods Is decidedly Impracticable, first,
because If a package of tobacco Is once
placed on the market at a certain price
It Is almost Impossible to advance It, and,
second, to make a reduction of 1 cent
upon a IS-cent purchase, this being tho
lowest unit of reduction possible, would
amount to a SO per cent reduction on each
dollar's worth of products sold, which Is
hardly possible, but by using coupons 40
per cent of which are as a matter of
fact never redeemed by the purchaser
and the value of which Is highly ficti
tious and which the Independent manu
facturer or dealer cannot compete with,
the trust has an advantage that Is
largely. If not altogether, responsible for
the ruination of thousands of Independ
ent tobacconists.
"The power and bigness of the tobacco
monopoly already affords It an unfair
advantage over Its Independent competi
tors, and to permit the further Issuance
of the coupons referred to fair compe
tition In this line of business is wholly
Impossible, and not only Is this injury
through the operation of the coupon sys
tem Inflicted upon the independent to
bacco peope, but It works Incalculable
mischief to the business of thousands of
tradesmen handling the same line of
goods given away by the tobacco monop-1
oly In exchange for such coupons. Deal-
era In cutlery. ( silverware, household '
goods and supplies of all kinds long havo '
suffered from this sort of competition,
which works a severe hardship uppn 1
them and has forced many to seek other!
means of livelihood. I
"Wo therefore appeal to our represen
tatives In congress to support and vote
for the bill referred to, as we are earn
estly convinced that Its enactment wlll
place the Independent tobacco manufac
turers and dealers of the United States!
uron an enduring footing In that It will I
temove a competition with which In ex-J
Utlng circumstances they are unable to i
cope. It will protect the public against i
the imposition of a glaring fraud now;
i ractlced In enticing them to make pur-j
chasea upon the strength of such cou-'
pons. etc.. the value of which Is grossly!
overestimated." New York Times.
Tha Persistent and Judicious Uso ot
Newspaper Advertising Is the Rood to
Business Success.
Bertha Kngaired.
The ark was about to leave the dock
for Its famous forty-day cruise.
"All aboard!" called Noah. "All pas
stneers ashore!"
At that moment a youn? couple was
seen rushing mudly for the gansplank.
The skipper took a. look and observed
that It was the family that hal been kid
dins; his scheme tho day be e.
"Hey! Walt for us'" shsutad the man.
wavinx hla umbrella.
"Too late' grinned Noah, pulllnx In
the tang-plank. "We already have a pair
of asses' Judsv.
WILL TEST PERFECT RATION!
Shaokleton Party Will Make Winter
Trip in Northern Norway.
THIRTY-FIVE OUNCES EACH DAY
Potency of Food EvolTed by Floral
Army Medical Corp for Polar
TrnTe! to Be filven a
Practical Trial.
LONDON, May 23.-Wlth the thorough
ness which has always characterized his
work, Sir Ernest Shackleton Is about to
make a preliminary trial expedition un
der Arctic conditions In the glaciers of
Norway. This will be for the special
purpose of testing the rations for his
trip across the Antarctic continent, which
he hopes to make In four and a half
months time. No party ever started out.
without having food depots to make such
a distance as that in a straight line, but
Sir Ernest and his men have made special
preparat'ons for the attempt.
They have, with the aid of the Royal
army medical corps, evolved the "perfect
ration." It will average only thirty-five
ounces dally, as compared with the threo
pounds or more consumed by the average
man, but It Is believed It represents the
highest nutritive value for Polar travel.
Tents, Rntlnns mid Sledges.
Sir Ernest will be accompanied by five
members of his staff when he goes to
Norway to conduct experiments with
these rations and also test his tents and
motor sledges. The party wilt don Polar
kit and travel among the glaciers. Whllo
the cold will not be as Intense as In the
Polar regions, the country will furnish
the same sort of sudden blizzards as aro
txperlenccd In the Antarctic.
Tho party will test the effect and
potency of the rations In most detailed
fashion. Such Hn experiment never has
been made before.
Shackleton's new ship, the Endurance.
has been nlmost completely fitted In Nor
way and will arrive at the London docks
ths month. It Is eighteen feet longer
than his ship Nlmrod. It Is a. beautiful I
specimen of wooden shin building, and'
probably the last of its class that will;
te constructed. Its whole keel Is made
of solid oak five and a half feet thick,
nnd Its sides are two feet thick. It be-1
longs to the barkantlne class, has the'
latest triple expansion engines, nnd will
steam ten knots an hour. It Is fitted to
consume both oil and coal. Wl en In the
Ice, oil will be substituted for coal, which
will mean economy If It Is delayed In the1'
pack, as the boilers can be kept warm
nnd full heat generated quickly. When'
the oil has been used the tanks!
will be filled with water ballnrt. The.
Endurance will take on 100 tons of coal I
briquettes at the South Shetland Islands.
so It will enter Weddell sea with full
bunkers.
Tho second ship, Aurora, intended for
the Ross sea side of the expedition, hasj
been purchased and will be delivered atr
Hobart, Tasmania, at the end of August.
Plan of Trip.
The Endurance, which Is to operate on
the opposite side of the Antarctic, will
leave England earjy In August for Buenos
Aires, whence It will finally start for the
Antarctic base In October. ' Most of' the
members of the expedition will leave Eng
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Shackleton will travel later by hiall
steamer, and Join his ship at BUenos
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The dogs, which constitute an important
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weighed forty-flve pounds. They have
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drivers from Canada, who was chosen
by the commissioners of the northwest
mounted police.
The latest appointments to the expedi
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hurst, who was with Shackleton In 1907
and 1009, and who made the first ascent
of Mount Erebus, and his brother, Lieu
tenant Courtney Brocklehurst of the
Eleventh Hussars. Hundreds of applica
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BALFOUR ADMITS FAILURE
Unionist Leader Now Sees Home
Rule for Ireland Must Come.
YIELDS TO AVERT A CIVIL WAR
Says He Has Worked All His Life in
Hope People Wonld Have Com
mon HerltitKe and Com
mon Loyalty,
LONDON, May S-The speech of
Arthur Balfour in the recent debates in
the HoUso of Commons on home rule,
wherein the former leader of the Union
ist party admitted the failure of his
long life efforts toward maintenance of
the Union, was one of the most eloquent
In tho rteent history of parliament It
had Its parallel over a hundred years
ago when Grattan, In his maiden speech
In tho Imperial House of Commons, on
May 13, 1S13. referred to the Irish Parli
ament, whose legislative Independence
had been achieved by his exertions and
whose destruction he deplored.
"Of that Assembly," Grattan declared,
"I have a parental recollection; I sat by
her cradle, 1 followed her hearse."
Still Opposed Home Rale.
Mr. Balfour Is much In the some posi
tion. He Is one of the last to admit that
homo rule. In some form or another,
Is now Inevitable. He has steadily
fought against a Dublin parliament, hop-
lner that tlmn 'WnllM lirlncr a limit n i-k.
'conciliation between the people of the
j two Islands, and old quarrels would be
1 forgotten. He is still bitterly opposed
to homo rule, and yet Is willing to make
great sacrifices to avoid civil war. After
a sevens attack on what tho unionist
term "The Plot Against t'lster" and
particularly asalnst Winston Church
Ill, the first lord of th admiralty, who
he refered to as an "agent provocateur,"
Mr. Balfour said: '
"There was a time, not so very long ago,
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as my life Is measured, when I cherished
the dream that If law was restored la
the southern province of Ireland, If
every grievance was removed. If every
Inequality was smoothed away, If every
encouragement was given to the legiti
mate Industry, If every equality and
more than equality were given to our
Irish fellow-subjects. ancient mem
ories would gradually soften, men
would look forward as well as backward,
and there would grow up what there
ought to be between these two Islands
a common hope, a common loyalty, con
fidence In a common heritage and that
all this might be accomplished under
one Parliament.
Yields to Avert Civil War.
"For that I have striven: for that I
have argued In this houso and out of It;
for that I have worked weary hours at
legislative projects and striven to ac
comodate legislative details to tho needs
and necessities of the moment. And
sir if the result of all Is that, in order
that civil war may be avoided, with all
Its Incalculable horrors, there Is yet to be
established In Dublin a separate parlia
ment to the Injury, ns 1 personally think,
of the Irish people-and not less, perhaps
to the British people then, sir, I may
be an object of pity to the right honor
able gentleman, but he need not think I
shall regard such a consummation .as a
triumph over my political enemies.
"On the contrary, it Is the mark of the
failure of a life's work; It Is the admls- '
slon that the causes for which I have
most striven and most earnestly sought
to accomplish are fated to break down,
and that the long labors spent In this
house and out of It have not borne the
fruit that I once hoped they might."
BOY AERONAUT DROWNED IN
MISSISSIPPI NEAR ALTON
ALTON, III., May 23. Robert Cowan,
an 18-year-old aeronaut, was drowned In
tho Mississippi here last night when the
balloon In which he was soaring dropped
Into the stream.
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