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ITEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY, .TUNE 1, 1013.
HIS BRAVERY
First Pictures of the Polar Journey
That Cost Lives of Daring Eng
lishmen Give Idea of Suffering
His Pathetic Diary Related,
Photograph That Captain Scott and His Comrades Made of
Themselves at the South Pole, and the Tent in Which They Died
T HE upper photograph was taken at the South Pole and is the last one of the
five heroic members of the expedition. Standing from left to right they are Petty
Officer Evans, Captain Scott and Dr. Wilson. Below are Lieutenant Bowers and
Captain Oates. The photograph was taken at the pole by Lieutenant Bowers, who
first focused the camera, then took his place before the group, and exposed the
negative by pulling a string, which may be seen in his right hand, and is indicated
by the arrow.
The lower photograph shows the tent in which were found the bodies of Cap
tain Scott, Dr. Wilson and Lieutenant Bowers. To the right, as shown in the pho
tograph, was found the luggage of the party resting upon a sledge. The body of
of Captain Scott was found in a half-sit ting position against a tent pole. His
head was supported by his diary, in which he had detailed the tragic last mo
ments of the expedition, and it was in this tent that Captain Scott, starving and half
frozen, wrote his last words. Bits of wind-blown snow cover it.
WED'S FITE
POISON TABLET
State Board of Health Prepares
Bulletin Telling of Dangers of
Having Bichloride in Home.
Ty-m
Camera Corroborates Words of
Leader, "Human Beings Never
Came Through Such Months
as We Have”—Films Sent.
Photographs depicting more graph
ically than words the pathetic an
nihilation of Captain Robert Falcon
Scott and his party of four daring
English explorers in their amazing
dash to the South Pole were received
yesterday by Hearst's Sunday Ameri
can. These are the first of the Scott
pictures to arrive in the United States.
Most of them were made by Cap
tain Scott and his band of heroes be
fore they perished miserably during
the early months of 1912, after having
attained the po 1 e on January 18, that
year. The remainder were made by
the rescuing party, which also was
near destruction in the barren and
tempestuous stretches of the Antarc
tic. The proceeds from the sale of
the pictures will go to the family of
Captain Scott.
8oott's Thrilling Message.
With death creeping over him In the
tent where his frozen body was found,
Captain Scott scrawled this thrilling
message:
“For my own sake I do not regret
this Journey, which has shown us that
Englishmen can endure hardship, help
one another and meet death with a,
great fortitude as ever in the past. \\ -
took risks. We knew we took them.
Things have come out against us,
and, therefore, we have no cause for
complaint.
■ Had I lived I should have had a
tale to tell of the hardihood, endur
ance and courage of my companions
which would have stirred the hearts of !
all Englishmen. These rough notes i
on our dead bodies must tell the tale, j
Dead in the tent with Captain Scott j
were Lieutenant H. R. Bowers and
Dr, E. A. Wilson. They had expired
a few days after Captain E. G. Oates
and six weeks after Petty Officer Ed
gar Evans.
Diary Gives Incidents.
Captain Scott’s diary, found back;
of his head, as he sat, dead, against
the tent pole, gives Incidents leading i
up to his death. It said:
"The weather throughout .the out- |
ward Journey stopped us; the soft;
snow in the lower reaches of the j
Beardmore Glacier again reduced the :
pace. We fought these untoward ;
events and conquered, but it ate into
our provision reserve.
"The advance party would have re
turned to the glacier in fine form and
with surplus food but for the aston
ishing failure of the man whom we
had least expected to fail. Seaman
Evans was thought to be the strong
est roan of the party and Beardmore
Glacier is not difficult in fine
weather.
"We got into frightfully rough ice
and Evans received a concussion of
the brain. He died a natural death,
but left us with a shaken party, with
the season unduly advanced.
Surprise at Barrier.
"But all the facts above enum
erated were as nothing to the sur
prise which awaited us on the bar
rier. On the summit, in latitude 85
to 86 degrees, we had minus 20 to
minus 80. On the barrier, in latitude
82 10,000 feet lower—we had minus
80 during the day and minus 47 at
night with continuousi.head wind dur
ing the day marches.
"I do not think human beings ever
came through such months as we
have come through, and we should
have come through in spite of the
weather but for the sickening of our
mates and the shortage of fuel in our
depots, for which I can not account,
and finally, but for the storm which
has fallen on us within eleven miles
cf the depot at which we hoped to
secure final supplies."
ATLANTA MAN NEW HEAD
OF SHQRTER’S TRUSTEES
ROME, GA., May 31.—The Shorter
College board of trustees has orga
nized by electing W. W. Brookes, of
Atlanta, president. He succeeds J.
L. Bass, resigned.
out-of-town members present were
Frank Pidcock, of Moultrie; W. P.
Johnson, of Washington; F. S. Ether
idge, of Madison; Dr. L. C. Harde
man, of Commerce.
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Concert Prevented
By Hardware Show
Series To Be Resumed Next Sunday.
Wagnerian Centennial Highly
Successful Affair.
There will be no free organ con- j
cert at the Auditorium this afternoon
the Atlanta Music Festival Associa
tion announces. The Auditorium is j
occupied by a hardware exhibit.
It is expected, however, that the
free concerts will be regularly re
sumed with the following Sunday. The
Wagnerian centennial concert, held
last Sunday, was one of the most ,
successful the association ever has
given.
Judge Offers Hope
To Locker Members
Moses Wright, Though Closing One
Club, Tells How Liquor
Can Be Served.
ROME, GA., May 81.—Although
Judge Moses Wright granted an or
der restraining the Hill City Club
from operating, he gave hope to mem
bers of locker clubs by a clause in
his decision. It reads:
“It may be that a bona fide club
can serve liquors as an incident to the
club’s main purpose and organization.
There should be no sale, however, to
any member.’’
Seaborn Wright, as attorney for C.
L. Wilkerson, closed up the Hill City
Club several days ago on the grounds
that it was a blind tiger. In his de
cision, Judge Wright declared the
club was never operated for any other
purpose than the sale of liquor.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
EITHER PHONE WMitM
HE ATTRACTIVE WAY NORTH & WEST
Spectacles Blamed
For Family Break
Wife of 33 Years Says Husband
Wanted to Use Glasses All the
Time, Except When Asleep.
CLEVELAND, May 31.—Mrs. Louis
Magrander blames a pair of spectacles
for the troubles between herself and
her husband, Louis, to whom she has
been married 33 years.
“I need them part of the lime, but
he wants to wear them all the time,
except when he goes to bed,’’ she says.
“And he stays up late just to keep
hold of them. They fit us both per
fectly.”
The husband’s version, as related in
a divorce proceeding, charges that
Mrs. Magrander beat him with a club,
the police interfering to save a
knock-out, and refused to cook his
meals. Magrander wants the court
to compel his wife to pay him ali
mony.
BEER DRINKING BY CHILDREN
CALLED AMERICAN MENACE
CHICAGO, May 31.—“Beer drinking
among children in America is a menace,"
declared Mies Edith M. Wills, of Boston,
to-day at the scientific temperance ex
hibit, at the Coliseum.
Miss Wills cited statistics to show that
illneas and weak minds among children
are caused t>y their parents drinking.
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| The death of B. Sanders Walker,
j the prominent young Macon capital
ist who came to his end through ac
cidental poisoning, is the inspiration
of a health bulletin Boon to be issued
by the Georgia State Board of Health,
warning the public against the dan
ger which lurks in even the innocent
use of bichloride of mercury In the
| home.
Walker swallowed a bichloride tab
let by miHtake, thinking that he had
taken a grain of aspirin. The strug
gle of the young man against death
; aroused the sympathy of the entire
nation. This story will be used as the
text of the warning by the State
! Board.
Beginning with an explanation of
the deadly nature of bichloride of
mercury, the bulletin will discuss
means of keeping it without danger
| to those in the home where it is used.
More pointed probably will be a dis
cussion of likely measures to restrict
the sales of the drug, or to provide
for Its sale only upon prescription and
I for an avowed useful purpose.
Home Treatment Suggested.
Home treatment of mercury poison
ing will be considered fully. Dls-
i cussing the subject yesterday, Dr. E.
j R. Park, of the Board of Health, of
fered the following suggestion as to
an antidote; "One of the best anti-
i dotes of mercury is the white of eggs
—the white of one egg to every two
grains of the chemical taken Into the
| stomach."
It Is explained that if too much al
bumen is Introduced the chemical Is
likely to dissolve it instead of coagu
lating It. However, while the phy
sician Is on his way the introduction
of eggs and milk Into the stomach Is
the first step, and after that the
emetic or the stomach pump.
The bulletin will discuss the sub
ject fully. It will show that bichlo
ride of mercury, tvhich is commonly
known as corrosive sublimate, Is one
of the most powerful poisons known.
It Is used as a disinfectant and phy
sicians make free use of it in steriliz
ing their hands and their surgical In
struments. The common form In
which it is sold is in 7 %-grain tablets.
The standard formula for antiseptic
solutions Is one part of bichloride of
mercury to 1,000 of water.
The poison is colorless, usually, but
manufacturers, in order to prevent It
from being mistaken for water, add to
the tablet some mineral or vegetable
coloring matter, usually green or blue.
This gives a tinge to the solution and
serves to draw attention to the tablets
themselves and to Impress upon the
customer that here is something un
usual in their composition.
Tablet Peculiarly Deadedly.
"The bichloride of mercury tablet. ’
said an Atlanta druggist yesterday,
“is peculiarly deadly, because it is
compounded with some other chemi
cal usually to increase its solubility.
The bichloride is not readily dissolved
in water. The surgeon is usually In
i hurry and can not wait for the slow
process of making a solution. For that
reason the pharmaceutical chemists
incorporate a little ammonia chloride.
To hold the tablet together, a little
inert binding material is used. This
makes a tablet containing the lib
grains of bicholride weigh about 10
grains. It is a sizable enough lozenge,
and one which a man who had his
mind on what he was doing would
look at twice before swallowing.
Coffee Drinking Cut
By Cost of Living
Department of Commerce Report
Shows Americans Use Less as
Import Duty Increases.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Ameri
cans have started out to cut the high
cost of living by drinking less cof
fee. As the price goes up the amount
each person drinks decreases, accord
ing to figures made public to-day by
the Department of Commerce.
In 1909 the average consumption
per capita was more than 11 pounds
and the average import price 7 1-2
cents. In 1899, when the import
price advanced to 10.3 cents, the av
erage consumption dropped to 9.3
pounds, and in 1912, when the price
was 13.3 cents, the consumption was
only 8.9 pounds. In the nine months
ended last March the coffee impor
tations amounted to only 716,327.146
pounds, valued at $99,881,421. This
is a big decrease in bulk and an in
crease in valuer
Night School Girls
Graduate June 3
Closing Exercises Arranged to Take
Place In Central Congregational
Church—Public Invited.
Closing exercises of the Girls' High
School will be held Tuesday evening.
June 3, at 8 o’clock, in the Sunday
school room of the Central Congrega
tional Church, Ellis Street and Car
negie Way.
An attractive program has been ar
ranged, and all the friends of the
school are invited.
ROME MAN PRESIDENT OF
7TH DISTRICT CARRIERS
ROME, GA., May 31.—Rural car
riers of the Seventh Congressional
District elected J. B. Lumpkin, of
Rome, president, and James Latimer,
of Cartersville, secretary. Nearly ev
ery county in the district was repre
sented.
J. P. Bowie, recently appointed post
master for Rome, was among the
speakers.
Yoakum Refuses to
Disclose Frisco Move
Group of Bondholders Will Meet to
Stave Off Threatened
Crash of System.
NEW YORK. May 31.—Benjamin
F. Yoakum, chairman of the board
of directors of the St. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad, declined to com
ment on the uproar caused in the
financial world over his secret move
in having a receiver appointed for
the railroad at St. Louis early In the
week.
A group of bondholders, anxious to
see what can be done to stave off
the threatened crash In the Frisco
road, will meet to-day, it is reported,
in this city and formulate a plan of
action.
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