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Town Pump Mislaid
And Doctor Needs It
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First Pictures of the Polar Journey
That Cost Lives of Daring Eng
lishmen Give Idea of Suffering
His Pathetic Diary Related.
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 pole 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.
Scott’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 as
great fortitude as ever in the past. Vi e
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
on our dead bodies must tell the tale.
Dead in the tent with Captain Scott
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
up to his death. It said.
“The weather throughout the out
ward journey stopped us; the soft
snow in the lower reaches of the
Beardmore Glacier again reduced the
pace. We fought these untoward
events and conquered, but it ate into
our provision reserve.
“The advance parts would have re-
turned to the glacier in tine 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 he the strong
est man 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 naturalhdeath,
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 JO. On the barrier, in latitude
82—10,000 feet lower—we had minus
30 during the day and minus 47 at
night with continuous 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
of the depot at which we hoped to
secure final supplies.”
WORKS 16 HOURS A DAY
RUNNING 32,000-ACRE FARM
WALLA WALLA, WASH. May 31.
—Henry Vincent, the wheat .jerrower
of Eureka Flat, who harvested 12,000
acres last year, has increased his
holdings until this season he will have
32.000 acres in spring and fall wheat.
This is believed to be the largest
wheat farm in one piece in the Un
ited States. All the wheat is up and
the outlook for the crop is good.
To manage such a farm requires
great executive ability. Vincent, who
stands 6 feet 4 inches and is of sturdy
frame, works sixteen hours every day.
He rarely takes more than five hours’
sleep.
Boy Bails Boat With Instrument—
One of the Stomach Variety—as
“Dad” Takes Horse Medicine.
BROWNVILLE, MINX , May 31. -
James P. Col'.eran, a Union Veteran,
who had been suffering from rheuma
tism. swallowed a big dose of horse
medicine by mistake to-day. Dr.
Francis Duffy hurried to Colleran’s
house, followed by half the men in
town. The doctor took a look at Col-
leran and the horse medicine bottle
and told “Cy” Jenkins to run over
and tell Mrs. Duffy to send the stom
ach pump.
Jenkins came back out of breath In
a few minutes and said Mrs. Duffy
couldn’t find the pump. Dr. Duffy
sprinted to hi9 house and hunted hign
and low for the pump-rthe only one in
town—while Colleran was doubled up
in bed deeply regretting that he
wasn’t a horse. Finally some one
thought that “Jimmy” Duffy, the doc
tor’s 10-year-old son, might know
something about the instrument.
Scouts went forth in search of
“Jimmy” and found him “bailing” out
his boat with the stomach pump.
Colleran’s life was 1 saved and “Jim
my” went to bed supperless and sting
ing with remorse.
N. Y. Millionaire on
De Luxe Whale Trip
John Borden Tires of Big Game
and Goes After Monsters of
the Sea.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31.—John
Borden, a young New York million
aire left San Francisco to-da/ r on a
private whaling expedition on his new
whaler de luxe, the Adventuress. The
boat is finished in yacht style anc
was built especially for this cruise.
Borden was accompanied by Roy
C. Andrews, a member of the Na
tional History Museum an Ameri
can expert on whales. The main
quest of the expedition is to secure
a specimen of the rare bowhead whale
the least known of the whale family
and which has the longest whalebones
of any of the species.
Borden, an enthusiastic hunter, tir
ed of pursuing the usual wild game
In Africa and elsewhere and so built
his $50,000 yacht to see if he couldn’t
find a new thrill hunting the whale.
Arkansas Town Has
4 Mayors in 2 Weeks
Democrat, Elected, Resigns When He
Names Committees and Is Suc
ceeded by Postmaster.
IMBODEN, ARK., May 31.—Walter
Wells, one of the most active Repub
lican politicians, in Northeast Arkan
sas, was sworn in as Mayor of Im •
boden yesterday to succeed R. F.
Kirkpatrick, who was elected at the
recent election, but resigned Monday
night after appointing his commit
tees for the year’s work.
Imboden has had four active Mayors
in the last two weeks. Mayor Joe Sul
livan, who left this week for Heber
Springs, Ark., was succeeded last
week by Mayor Kirkpatrick, who In
turn was succeded by Recorder Joe
B. Watkins, who acted until Mayor
Wells could get his commission and
be inducted into office.
The first mayors were radical Dem
ocrats, while the last named is a Re
publican. Mayor Wells is also post
master at Imboden.
Lewis Gets Mittens;
Blue, Striped, Fancy
Best Dressed United States Senator
May Set New Style In Washing
ton by Donning Them.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Senator
James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois,
the best dressed min in the Senate,
maj r take to wearing woolen mit
tens next winter. He has them, at
any rate; a dozen pairs—black, blue,
brown, striped, fancy and plain
weaves. They arrived to-day from
a knitting mill company in Chicago,
accompanied by a brief to show that
the Underwood bill will prove
costly to the Industry. The brief
sets forth that labor abroad gets
only $3 to a week, while in this
country, it gets $8 to $15 a week.
TESTIFIES HE’S FARMER, BUT
CAN SELL COFFINS IN PINCH
ST. PAUL, May 31.—After naming
farming as his sole occupation, T. O.
Thompson, of Leonard, N. D., testify
ing at the hearing of the Govern
ment’s anti-Trust suit against the
International Harvester Company,
admitted on cross-examination that
he is an agent for the International,
handles other lines, is a bank di
rector, Is associated with an elevator
company and has “several side lines. ,f
“Aren't you an undertaker, too?”
asked Government counsel.
“Well, not exactly, but I can sell a
man a coffin if he wants it,” the wit
ness replied.
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Commencement Exercises of Bap
tist University at Macon
Now in Progress.
THOUSANDS VIEW SHAFT TO MAINE DEAD
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U. S. and Cuba Join in Thanking W. R. Hearst
GOVERNOR SULZER’S TRIBUTE TO MR. HEARST
The Maine Monument.
BUENA VISTA MINISTER
DELIVERS CLASS SERMON
Dr. John E. White, of Atlanta, to
Make Literary Address.
Diamond Jubilee.
MACON, GA.. May 31.—The an
nual commencement exercises of Mer
cer University are now in progress,
beginning last night with the recep
tion tendered by President S. Y.
Jameson to the faculty and senior
class.
The commencement sermon will be
preached at the chapel to-morrow
morning by the Rev. W. W. Arnold,
of Buena Vista. The graduating class
will occupy reserved seats, and will
wear their caps and gowns for th?
first time.
Monday morning at 10:30 o’clock
the oratorical contest for the Harde
man medal will take place In the
chapel, with about twenty young men
participating. Monday afternoon at
5 o’clock the senior class will have
class day exercises on the campus.
That night the annual debate between
the Phi Delta Theta and the Cicero
nian Societies will take place.
Tuesday Alumni Day.
Tuesday will be alumni day. There
will be three addresses at the chapel
Tuesday morning by Rev. R. H. Har
ris, of Cairo, a graduate of Mercer
in 1861, on the “Memories of the
Past;” by A. .W. Evans, of Sanders-
ville, on “An Inventory of the Pres
ent,” and by Judge W. H. Felton on
“The Call of the Future.” At noon a
barbecue will be served on the
grounds. At 8 o’clock Tuesday night
Dr. John 0. White, of Atlanta, will
deliver the annual literary address.
The faculty will tender a reception to
the graduates Tuesday night at 9
o’clock.
Graduation on Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 3, will be gradua
tion day, and also the occasion for
the diamond jubilee. An interesting
program has been arranged for the
latter affair. The law class of 1903
will also have a reunion on Wednes
day. Many of the State’s most prom
ising young lawyers were members of
this class.
The trustees will meet in annual
session Monday, with three matters of
general interest before them for con
sideration. These are the proposed re
moval of President Jameson, the ef
fort to abolish the Greek letter fra
ternities, and *the report of the special
committee cm the alleged faction be
tween the president, the prudential
committee, the faculty and the stu
dent body.
Seventy young men will graduate
from Mercer this year, 24 being in
the law class.
Wife’s Death Ad
Her Divorce Ground
Husband Sues When Spouse Learns
He Had Put Announcement of
Her Demise in Papers.
ST. LOUIS, MO., May 31.—Mrs.
John P. Meehan has sued for divorce
from her husband, a city salesman for
a wholesale grocery house, charging
among a long list of abuses and in
dignities that he inserted an adver
tisement in the papers on Easter Sun
day announcing the death of his wife
and that th^ notice of funeral ar
rangements would be given.
Mrs. Meehan charges that duVing
the eleven years of their married life
there were constant quarrels, and that
the crisis of affairs came shortly be
fore Easter Sunday, when they quar
reled and he refused to furnish her
with any funds. The advertisement
then appeared In the papers, and, she
says, when she accused him of insert
ing the “ad’’ he merely laughed and
refused to deny it.
American and Cuban naval commanders who were in New York to celebrate the unveiling of the monument to the heroes of
the Maine. On the left is Oscar Fernandez Queredo, commanding the cruiser Cuba. On the right is Admiral Badger, command
ing the United States fleet at the ceremonies. In the lower picture are members of the committee which welcomed the naval vis
itors on the deck of the flagship Wyoming. They are. from left to right. General James Grant Wilson. II. A. ('. Smith. John W.
I Keller and William Randolph Hearst. The other picture is a photograph of the Maine monument taken shortly after the unveiling.
That monument at the entrance of one of the grandest parks in the world
will for years embellish our great city of New York. For decades it will teach
the country the patriotic duty of American citizens. It will be a lesson to the
people of our land that no man who dies in the service of his country ever dies
in vain. All honor to the men whose foresight and whose patriotism have made
that monument possible. All honor to William Randolph Hearst, to the mem
bers of the committee, to the patriotic citizens who contributed to rear that
monument.—GOVERNOR SULZER of New York.
Masses Throng Site of Monument to Pay Tribute to
Memories of Heroes of Havana Harbor.
NEW YORK. May 31.—Thousands and thousands of visitors to-day visited the monument
unveiled yesterday in honor of the memory of the men who lost their lives aboard the battleship
Maine in Havana Harbor. They were persons who had been unable to attend the impressive un
veiling celebration that brought, together representatives of the leaders in thought and patriot
ism and representatives of the naval strength of two nations.
But their patriotism was no less sincere. They stood in respectful silence admiring the shaft
and turned to give way to others, who likewise wished to pay their devoir at the shrine of men
who had died for human liberty. • .
CREDIT GIVEN HEARST. *
Notable men in every walk of life united to give credit to William Randolph Hearst and to
his papers for the beautiful Maine memorial.
When Past Commander-in-Chief Maurice Simmons, of the United Spanish War Veterans,
had finished his speech he turned to the distinguished gathering in the stand and said:
“To no one man is greater credit due for this splendid memorial than to William Randolph
Hearst. I think it is only fitting that he should address this assemblage.”
There were immediate cries for “Hearst!” “Hearst!” from all parts of the sea of spectators
and someone‘proposed three cheers, which were given as Mr. Hearst stepped to the front of
the stand and began to speak. His address follows;
“My friends, many of the speakers in the goodness of their hearts have given more
credit to the committee, of which I am a minor member, than we think we deserve. The
committee has done its best, but it has not played a predominant part in the erection of this
monument.
“The monument was de
signed by the architect, Mr.
M. VanBuren Magoniple,
and the sculptor, Mr. At-
tillo Piccirilli; it was passed
upon by the art commis
sion; the city of New York
gave it this magnificent site,
and the people of the Unit
ed States of America erect
ed it hy popular subscrip
tion.
Erected by Whole People.
To my mind, the important and
significant fact In connection with
this memorial lethal it waaerect-
ed by the whole people, tor I
think that in the defenae end de
velopment of our country the one
thins next in Importance to hero
ism and devotion V» appreciation
of heroism and devotion by all
the people.
We can not all be heroes, but
we can all be grateful for hero
ism. We are not all privileged
to lay down our lives In the
service of our country, but we can
all love and honor and remem
ber the men who have made such
splendid sacrifices.
And in remembering hezoes
dead, let us not forget heroes Hy
ing There are as many men in
the army and navy to-day ready
to sacrifice their lives for sbeir
country as ever there have been
In the whole history of the na
tion.
Duty to Care for Herooe.
It is our duty as citizens to
see that such sacrifices shall not
be needless and fruitless. It Is our
duty as citizens to supply suffi
cient ships and guns In oafer
that these heroes may have the
means and munitions for our de
fense. and in order that their
devotion may not be either unap
preciated or unavailing.
When we have done this, our
duty as citizens, we will deserws
to stand with the citizens to
whom Abraham Lincoln referred
when he wrote:
“All honor to the sailor and
soldier everywhere who bravely
bears his country's cause. All
honor, also, to the citizen who
cares for his brother in the field
and serves, as best he can, the
selfsame cause. Honor to hta
only less than to him who braves
for the common good, the storms
of Heaven and the storms of bat
tle!”
Applause Greets Sigsbee.
There was much applause when
Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee rose.
As the veteran naval officer, who
commanded the ill-fated Maine, stood
at the speaker’s rostrum, his shoul
ders squared, the crowd pressed for
ward. He was frequently Interrupt
ed with applause. Briefly he sketch
ed the story of the Maine tragedy
I and the investigation that fdllowed.
The resting place of the Maine, ha
said, had been surveyed by him when
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