THE BEE: OMHA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1914.
COLONEL PUT RIYER ON MAP
T. B. Defies Cartographers in World
to Disprove Statement.
I1RES HOT SHOT AT HIS CRITICS
"No Qnmtlon. Arc Akr4 to Mr
Fuee," lie Sr After lie Inquire
It Anrhodr Wnnta to Qnli
iftrn'on Illrer.
WASHINGTON. May J7.-Proclalmed
tonight bef?r & great nudlenc of oien
tltt from mahr cities a the "dUcoverer"
of a rlvtr tn South Amerlch 1,000 mil
long. ColonolvTheodore Hooevflt aaiured
the NaUonaliOeoKraphlc oclety that he
had put thl river on the map and chal
lenged all the cartographers In the world
to disprove his achievement.
The colonel had appeared before a
Washington audience on a previous oc
casion as an explorer, but never as a
discoverer and he was cheered to. the
echo as he declared that the. cartograph
ers and geographers' of all nation's were
wrong In their maps of the wilds of
Bralzll, wherein he found and traced tho
"Duvlda river" or, as now more familiarly
known, the "Hirer of Doubt."
Put " th- Jinn.
Scientists,' the colonel asserted' had at
tempted to dispute his discovery. Tracing
on a blackboard with a piece of chalk (ho
river of his finding, he declared emphati
cally; "I say 'we put It on the map' and I
mean what I say. No map has ever yet
thown this river. Scientists have said we
might have traversed the river Tapajose
cr the river Madeira, but the fact Is that
rome of our party went down one river
and some went down the other, while we
went down a river In between them which
no mapmaker ever saw. I can direct any
man where to find this river and rivers
stay put, so that the discovery we have
made, may be verified."
Describes llnrilshlns.
The colonel described . tho hardships
endured In navigating the rapids of the
River of Doubt. In the upper part of the
river, he said, the rapids were so severo
that It required forty-two days for the
party to traverse one degree from 11. IS
south to 10:15 south. During that hazard
ous trip they lost nearly all their food and
belongings. '
'"We were forced to east monkeys to eke
out our rations," the colonel declared,
"Don't shudder for I assure you that after
this experience, you might leavVme In tho
monkey house' without1 my making any
mistake."
At the close ot his statement Colonel
Roosevelt offered lo answer any ques
tions which any one In the audience
might ask. After a pause, during which
no questions were propounded, he said:
N'o questions are asked mo to my
ace."
The big auditorium of Washington'
convention hall -was crowded with- nem
bera arid guests of the society, leader
of official life and of society.
Colonel Roosevel( made his talk from a
big temporary stage, fitted with maps of
South America, a big stereoptlcon screen
and a background upon which wa drawn
a scale char.t of a portion pf the. Amason
river, with' Its tributaries, Madeira and
Tapajose. The charts showed the new
water course In dotted lines.
When the colonel reached the platform,
a chorua pfchcera greeted htm, - lie Vaa
Introduced by President Orosvenor of the
National Geographies society, and applause
broke out again a he reached from the
tage to shake .hands, with Major general
Leonard Wood and Chief Justice White
of the supremo court' ,
Apologises for Dryness.
Tho colonel was attired In evening dress
and seemed to feel the extreme heat He
apologised for the "dryness" of his ad
drees. He characterized tho South American
expedition a "gco-gtographio reconnals
ance," and said the wor of early tipanlih
explorers who dlsco. the Aniaxon
river made 'the explorations of our" day
eeem-OTHi dfilia "play.'" He added that
these explorers also discovered the mouths
of several tributaries of the Amazon.
"Some of theso rivers were not known
beyond their mouths for centuries," said
the colonel, "even what they knew of the
mouth of the .river I am going to speak
bout was all wrong."
The colonel said he had not gone to
Bouth America to discover rivers, but
on a puiely zoological mission, but that
Dr. Muller, Brazilian minister of for
eign affairs, had Inspired hlfa to seek out
the now famous "rtlver of Doubt."
Dr. Muller told me." Mr. Roosevelt as
serted, "that as a result of the work of
the Draz.llan telegraphic commission In
western Brazil, alt the map in existence
of that part of the country would have to
be changed."
Drawer of tllft Map.
"Some of these maps," the colonel said
with a twinkle, "were drawn by feljows of
tha Royal Geographical society and they
are all wrong, too.
"Muller showed us the whole region
would have to be remapped. He said the
telegraphic commission had discovered tha
source of the two new rivers, but they
knew not where they went. One of these
was the "River Doubt." and Dr. Muller
asked me why I didn't investigate It I
told him, 'By George, that's what I would
like to doV
Assorting that he made up his mind to
undertake this task, the colonel conUnued.
"Everything we did. was based on what
the telegraphic commission of Brazil, un
der Colonel Rondon. had done during the
last seven years. All we did was to cap
the pyramid of which they laid, broad
and firm, the foundations,;
Xift Too Much at Home.
Colonel Roosevelt urged that the .Geo
graphlo society recognize the work of
Colonel Rondon and the tejegrsplq com
mission, adding: "They have hsd no too
much recognition at home'l'n Brazil."
In criticising tber modern maps, which
he tald wre "all wrong." the colonel ald;
vlt 1 almost Impossible for me to ahow
you what I did on these maps, because
they are so preposterously wrong."
He presented a ?letter which he wrote
to Dr. Mueller, after he left the Jungle,
describing the trip. It follows;
To his excellency, the minister of for
eign Affairs, Rio de Janelro-My Dear
General Lauro. Muller; I wish to express
my profpund. acknowledgement to you
personally ar,d .tp.the other members ot
the Brazilian, government whose generous
courtesy alone rendered possible the x.
pejlca Bclentlflca Roosevelt-Rondon. I
wUh also to express my high admiration
and regard for Colonel Rondon and his
assistant, who have been my colleagues
In thla work of .exploration. In the tmrd
place I wh to point out that what wt
have Just done waa rendered possible only
by the bird and perilous labor of the
Brazilian Telegraphlo commission In tn
unexplored western wilderness of Matte
OroBM during the last seven years. W
have merely put the cap on the pyramid
of which they had previously laid deep
and 1rod the foundation.
"We have had a hard and somewhat
dangerous, but very successful trip. No
less than six weeks were spent In slowly
and with peril and exhausting labor forc
ing our way down through what seemed
a literally endless succession of- rapid
and cataracts. For forty-eight -day we
saw no human being, in passing these
rapids we lost five of the seven canoes
with which we started and had to build
others. One of our beat men lost hla life
In the rapids. Under tho strain one of
the men wont completely mad, stV'ked alt
his work, stole his comrades' fbtxi and
when punished by the sergeant he. with
cofd-blooded 'deliberation murdered the
sergeant and fled Into the wilderness.
Colonel Rohdon's dog, running ahead of
.him while hunting waa shot by two In
dians; by his Oath he In nil probability
saved fhe life of his master.
ieT Illrrr on the Map.
"We have put on the map a river aoout
1.800 kilometers In length running from
Just south of the thirteenth degree to
north of the fifth degree and the biggest
affluent of the Madeira. Until nbw It
upper course ha been utterly unknown
to rfnyono and Its lower course, although
known for years to- the rubber men ut
teily unknown to all cartographer. Its
courso Is between the twelfth and thir
teenth parallels of latitude south and be
tween Uigtltudo fO degrees, and longtl
tudo 60 degrees west from Qreenwlch.
We embarked on It at about 12 degree 1
OYER CENTURYBEHIND TIME
John Bassctt Moore Says Arbitration
Treaty Turns Clock Back.
HE QUOTES THE PACT OF 1794
United Stntea nnd CI rent llrltnln Ar
bitrated (Inestlona Then thnt
Are Rxclnrleil liy Trenty
Suit In Kffect.
MOHONK CAKE. N. V., May 27.-John
Bassett Moore, presiding; at the opening
session of the twentieth annual Lake Mo-
honk Conference on International Arbl
tratlon here today, declared that exist
Ing arbitration trestle were backward
steps. As far back a 173) he found the
United States and Great Britain admit
lng to arbitration In a sweeping manner
certain points which would be subject to
exception or restriction under the treaty
with Oreat Britain today,
"As we are somewhat prone to boaat
of leading the van In tho cause of peace.
It may be worth our while to consider."
he said, "whether we should not occupy
a position more advanced than thpt
which we hold If we were to go back to
the praotice wo adopted a hundred and
twenty year ago."
Mr. Moore, whose resignation last
minute south and longtltude 60 degrees I Marcn from th office of counselor
IS minutes west. After that its entire ' of tho s,nte DPartment stirred Wash-
course was between tho sixtieth and six
ty-flrat degree of longtltude approaching
the lattermost closely about In latitude
t degrees 16 minutes. The first rapids
were at Navarlte In 11 degrees U minutes
and after that they were continuous and
very difficult and dangerous until the
rapids named after the murdered Ser
gent Peishen In U degrees 12 minutes.
At 11 degrees 22 minutes It received the
Rio Kcrmit from the left At 11 degree
22 minutes the Marclano Avlla entered It
from the right. At U degrees 18 minute
the Taunay entered from the left. At 10
degrees M minute tho Cardoza entered
from the right. At 10 degree 21 minutes
we encountered tha flrstr rubber men.
The Rio Iiranco entered from the left at
9 degrees ii minutes. We camped at i
degrees 4J minute or approximately the
boundary line between the Matte Grosse
and Amaxonas. The confluence with the
Arlpuana, which entered from the left
was In 7 degrees 31 minutes. The mouth
where It entered tha Madeira was In 5
degrees 30 minute. The stream we have
followed down la that which rise farth
est away from the mouth and Its general
courso Is almost due north.
"My dear sir, I thank you from my
heart for the chance to take part In this
great work of exploration.
"With high iregard and respect, believe
me. Very Sincerely yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.'
TAKES MOTION PICTURES
IN DARKEST AFRICA
NEW TORK, May r.-James Barnes
of the American museum ot natural his
tory, who went to Africa a year ago to
traverse the continent and take motion
pictures, came home on the steamship
Olympic today. He said that his party,
with 120 men as porters, traveled 6,000
tolWa and' passed through the country
of Livingstone and Stanley, even meet
ing two guides who remembered Stan-
. The party passed through the Hand of
pigmies and the cbngo cannibal and
Mr, Barnes today said that the cannibal
ism was Just a bad as It ever had been.
Jn .his. opinion It wa( Ineradicable
noes Action Leads to
DISCOVERY OF BODIES
NORTH BAT, Ont, May 27. The pecu
liar actions of a collie dog led to the dis
covery today of a drowning accident In
which a whole family wa lost. Finding,
that he Was fojjowed, the dog .raced to
the beach, where, three bodies, had been
cast up. They were Identified 'as Mrs,
Arthur Mansbridge. and .her-fwo flhUflr.Cn.
A search la being made for the body of
Mansbridge.
Ington with rumors of a clash with Secre
tary Bryan, made no attack upon the
policies of his former chief. He spoke
favorably of the pending "Bryan Peace
Treaties."
No Nntnble Cnnea Initiated.
He deplored that the case of arbi
tration Initiated during the last two
years "have not In nny respect been
notable related a they were for tho
most part simple pecuniary question,"
and tiiat even these had been over
shadowed by "armed conflicts of ex
ceptional destructlveness," particularly
In the Balkans where the end of hostlll
ties waa not yet assured.
He pointed out that the Hague con
ventlon, "although It does not In terms
make arbrltatlon obligatory In any caae.
It excepts nothing from the scopo of
arbrltatlon, but the numerous treaties
since concluded, starting with that be
tween France and Great Britain a n.
model In 1903, have excepted from arbi
tration at Hague differences affecting
the vital Interests, the Independence, or
the honor of the two countries, or con
cerning the Interests of third parties,
llrjnii Pence Treutlen.
He took .. "The Bryan peace treaties,"
or agreement with tho powers fnr
pacific adjustment of nil international
disputes by means of an International
commission of Investigation, which
should be allowed a year's time for It
efforts, while the nation maintained
tho statu quo as to military and naval
preparations.
In all," he sold, "fifteen treaties
based upon the 'peace plan' have bepn
Igned. It 1 understood that none of
the agreement thus described ha been
submitted to the senate, so that their
fate canno' a yet be foretold, but It
may be remarked that, with the ex
ception of a very small number of all
IncluslVe treaties of arbitration, they
represent an advance beyond previous
arrangements in that they propose to
submit to Investigation all questions In
dispute, of every nature whatsoever
which diplomacy may fall to adjust
They do not bind the parties to arbitra
tion., but expresely reserv to them Independence-
of action after the report o't
the commission shall have been' sub
mitted. "It ha sometimes been argued that
the making of treaties for the preserva
tion of peace is an Idle task, because, In
spite of alt agreements to the contrary,
war will occur. Thl argument la ob
viously fallacious. Remedies for Ills are
not to be discarded merely because they
do not always ' prove tb be efficacious."
Nr.vf fltatna of Mediator.
He referred to the "A-B-C Mediation"
now going on;
"Prior to the Hague convention, the
tender of good office for meditation
without solicitation or1 consultation was
usually regarded as art Intrusive act
savoring of unjustifiable Interference.
By that convention It was declared that
'owers, strangers to the dispute, have
the ,rlght to offer good office or medi
ation, even during the course of hostili
ties,' and that the excerdae of thl
right could never be regarded by the
parties to the conflict as 'an unfriendly
act.' This stipulation paved the way for
the tender ot good offices or mediation
made by tho diplomatic representatives
of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, at Wash
ington, after hostilities were begun at
Vera Cruz. The offer was accepted.
No matter Vhat may be Its present re
sult. It Is a remarkable event In history
of International relations In tho West
em hemisphere.
HITCHCOCK WANTS ACTION
Nebraska Senator Hopes for Hove in
Patronage Matter.
HEARS OF HAMMOND'S MOVE
Congressman Slonn Spring Fen
Fljxnre Upon Democratic Tnrlff
Orutor Who Ciinlle.nirea lie
ply to Argument.
AMES COSMOPOLITAN
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
AMES, la., May 27. (Special.) A. O.
Torres, a senior mechanical engineer of
SUngav, Phlllplne Islands, near relative
of the .last attorney-general ot the ar
chipelago under Spanish domination, re
tained his championship won last year at
the annual Cosmopolitan club picnic at
the picnic of the cosmpolltcs yesterday by
eating a banana In ten seconds, flat. ,
Young Blng LI. a sophomore In horti
culture, Shanghai, China, wa elected
president of- the club for the year; Max
Gelsler of Des Moines was made vice
president, J. K. Hekimlan of Ames, secre
tary; Miss Gladys Glfford of Omaha, as
sistant secretary; Paul Gonzales of Mon-
clova, Mexico, nephew of Vcnustlano Car-
ranza, treasurer; Jose Sartorls of Sao
Paulo, Brazil, assistant editor ot the Cos
mopolitan Student, and J. H. Bueno, alsb
of Sao Paulo, business manager of the
publication.
Ibrahim Sails, Just over from Bagdad,
Asiatic Turkey, enrolled In agriculture,
la the newest member of the club. David
Chaves of Bucsnoa Aires. Argentina, satis
for the South American metropolis Wed
nesday to spend a month of the summer
at home.
HAZER SHOT BY INTENDED
VICTIMISNEAR DEATH
ANNAPOLI8, May 27.-The condition
of William R. Bowlus of Mlddletown.
Md., the 8t John's college cadet, who
wa shot Monday night while engaged In
on alleged attempt at hazing, was re
ported to be grave today. Bowlus wa
one of a party of upper classmen who at
tempted td force an entrance Into a
room, In which five freshmen had locked
themselves. The freshmen thus far have
refused to give the name of the one who
fired the shot
HYMENEAL
Johnson. Nlckell.
BEATRICE, Neb., May 27. (Special.)
The marriage of Miss Nlckell of this city
to Mr. Clarke W. Johnson of Grand Island
was solemnized Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock at the home of the bride's mother,
Mrs. A. w. Nlckell. The beautiful and
Impressive ring ceremony was performed
by Rev. B. F. Galthcr. Miss Margaret
Nlckell waa the flower girl and the rib
bon were carried by Master Morgan
Nlckell. After the ceremdny a buffet
luncheon was served. The bride Is a
graduate of tho Beatrice High school,
class of 1908, and In 1913 received her di
ploma from the Nebraska State univer
sity. She wa a member of fthe 'Alpha
Phi sorority, and eleven of her sorority
friends were guests at the wedding. The
bridegroom 1 a son of Mr.- and Mrs'. Ed
mund Johnson pf Grand Island and Is a
graduate of the University of Nebraska.
He wa a member of tho Sigma Alpha
Epilon fraternity. He 1 engaged In the
hardware business at Grand Island.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May .-(Special Tele
gram.) The resignation of Ross L. Ham
mond as collector of Internal revenue for
the district ot Nebraska to become a
candidate on the republican ticket for
governor, was not unexpected, according
to well Informed politicians here, but
whether hU resignation complicates or
clarifies tho situation as to Nebraska
patronage pie Is problemmatlcal. It may
hasten action Or tho present state ot af
fairs may continue along as In the past
with the possibility of a recess appoint
ment being made for this chief Nebraska
office In the gift of the president
Senator Hitchcock, who has been presld
lng over the senate the last two days dur
ing tho absence of Vice President Mar
shall and President Pro Tempore Clark,
nnd who has been compelled to listen to
long and extrrmely able speeches on the
free tolls questions, said today when In
formed of Hammond's resignation' "I
have already performed my duty by
recommending for the position of col
lector, Hon. C. M. Gruenther. I am there
fore not embarrassed by Hammond'
resignation, but on the other hand am
gratified that the matter 1 now likely to
come to a head."
During general debate in the house to
day, Representative Williams of Illinois
with a result demoralizing to his argu
ment, delivered a glowing speech calling
attention to the difference in prices on
farm and other product as between a
year ago and the present time, indicating
that the Underwood tariff bill had
benefitted the farmers In more ways than
one.
He dramatically challenged an answer
to his tribute to the democratic tariff bill,
a challenge which was promptly accepted
by Congressman Sloan of the Fourth Ne
braska district, with facts and figures at
hand, and much to the edification ot the
house, showed tha democrat from Illinois
that his basis of argument was totally
Incorrect and that proper basis for com
parison, If one was going to be made,
would rather be two year ago from the
present time, for the reason that then
there was no clear Indication that there
waa going to be a change In the tariff
policy especially as to farm products,
while a year ago the tariff measure had
passed the house of representatives and
the public had for six months been
anticipating It and It waa therefore to a
large extent In force.
Metcalfe Start Went.
Richard Lee Metcalfe, vice chairman of
the government commission appointed to
arrange for the proper celebration of the
opening of the Panama canal in 1915, left
for Omaha tonight, having accepted tho
Invitation ot tho rehabllatcd Jacksonlnn
club to speak at their banquet at the Pax-
ton hotel on Friday evening. Mr. Met
calfe has been granted leave ot absence
by the government for a week or ten
days, after which he wilt return to Wash
ington and open up the offices of hla
commission In this city.
I'ettlitrevr In Washington,
Ex-Senator B. Frank Pottlgrew or South
Dakota, who was a familiar figure In
the senate during the days when the bllt
repealing the silver purchasing clause of
the silver purchasing act waa before that
body, and who walked out of a national
republican convention with former Sen
ators Teller, Fred Dubois and Cannon,
was welcomed by tho old colleagues to
the floor of the senate today.
It was rather a remarkable coincidence"
that Mr. Pettlgrew should arrive In
Washington about the samo time as Col
onel Roosevelt. He disclaimed, however,
any connection whatever In the matter,
having bravely gotten over being a liero
B2S9I
Glenwooil Rector I Dead.
OLENWOOD, Ia May 27. (Special.)
Rev. L. D. Bralnard, rector om. John'
church In this city for twenty-six years,
died at 4 o'clock Monday evening after a
six weeke' attack of bronchitis. Rev. Mr.
Bralnard was In his eighty-seventh year.
The funeral waa from the church at 2
o'clock thl afternoon.
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