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VOL. I. NO. 9.
Copyright, 1913, by
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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1913.
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Captain Scott’s Tragic Death in
^pHE SUNDAY AMERICAN, in this issue, publishes seven pictures—the only ones in exist
ence—showing the last dash of the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole. These pic
tures vividly depict the brave struggle of the British explorers in their quest for the goal. They
show the start of the expedition on the final dash; they depict their arrival at the pole, where, to
their intense disappointment, they found the tent and flag of the courageous Captain Amundsen,
Polar Wastes Told in Photographs
the Danish explorer who had preceded them to the coveted goal; they show the pathetic tent of
death in which Captain Scott and his brave comrades perished; and lastly, they show the cairn >
marking the final resting place of these heroic men. Sfiifi.
These pictures are the most remarkable ever published of a similar tragedy and give some
idea of the terrors of the Antarctic wastes. They should prove a most instructive study to both
young and old, and as such, The Sunday American presents them.
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-
, nihilatlon 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-
f tain Scott and his band of heroes be
fog# Ua#y perished miserably during
the eatty 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. We
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-
i ward journey stopped us; the soft
I snow in the lower reaches of the
S 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 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 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 -50. 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 1 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
sefcure final supplies.’’
The cairn in the frozen wastes of the Antarctic where to-day lie the bodies of Captain Robert
Falcon Scott, Dr. Edward A. Wilson and Lieutenant H. R. Bowers. The bodies were covered with
the tent in which they were found by the rescuing party, and records identifying them were left
in the tomb of ice. Over the mass of ice and snow the cross erected by the rescuers in memory of
©Ay
the heroes is seen. In the background of the picture are to be seen the skis of Captain Scott that
carried him over so many miles of snow and ice. They were planted upright in a small mound
of frozen snow by the rescuers, and so firmly that neither wind nor storm would be likely to dis
lodge them. About the icy tomb may be seen the footprints of the rescuing party.
CAN PROVE RACE
Professor Edward T. Reichert
Announces the Discovery of a
Method of Distinguishing,
PHILADELPHIA, May 31.—Prof.
Edward T. Reichert of the University
of Pennsylvania, in a report just
made to the Carnegie Institution at
Washington on his researches to dis
cover if possible a method of produc
ing life artificially, has announced the
discovery of the blood characteristics
of various human races.
Dr. Reichert declares that as soon
as he *has completed his experiments
he will be able to differentiate be
tween the blood of a Chinaman. In
dian. negro and other races so as to
make his discovery of absolute value
in a diagnostic way for medico-Iegai
work.
Blood Crystals Differ.
By a study of the different blood
cells Dr. Reichert says he has found
that it is absolutely impossible to
mistake the blood crystals of one an
imal for those of another, Just a* it
would be impossible to mistake the
animals themselves.
Dr. Reichert describes his discov
ery by enumerating some of the an
imals that he has reclassified. In the
old method of classifying animals ac
cording to their tribes the bear was
always p'aced in the same family as
the dog. the wolf and the fox.
By the new method of comparing
the blood crystals of those animals
Dr. Reichert has proved to his satis
faction that the tear is related close
ly to the sea Hors and the seals, as
naturalists have contended, and is
not related to the dog, the wolf or
the fox.
In the bird world Dr. Reichert says
the guinea fowl has been classed as
belonging to the same family as the
domestic fowl. He has proved also to
nis satisfaction that the euin~a fowl’s
blood crystals ar^* like the catfish's.
Town Pump Mislaid
And Doctor Needs It
Boy Bails Boat With Instrument—
One of the Stomach Variety—as
“Dad” Takes Horse Medicine.
BROWNVILLE, MINN , May 31 —
James P. Colleran, a Union Veteran,
who had been suffering from rheuma
tism. swallowed a big dose of horse
medicine by mistake to-dav. 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 his house and hunted high
and low for the pump—the 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 wap saved and “Jim
my” went to bed supperless and sting
ing with remorse.
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 man in the Senate,
may 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 th.s
country, it gets $8 to $15 a wfcek. '
J.D. ROCKEFELLER
GETS REAL POOR
Tax Returns Show He Is $2,905
Worse Off Than Last
Year.
CLEVELAND, May 81.—John D.
Rockefeller Is rapidly losing his
wealth and is becoming practically a
poor man, according to the report of
John T. Fisher, tax assessor for
Cleveland Heights, In which place the
Forest Hill estate of the oil king is
situated.
The figures show that a year ago
Mr. Rockefeller returned his personal
property as worth $7,190. This year
he is poorer by $2,905, his return of
personal property being $4,285.
Last year Mr. Rockefeller’s farm
superintendent included some grain
in the returns. John D. objected to
that on the ground that the grain
was to be used on his estate and that
it was not returnable as personal
property and should not be taxed.
This year the grain was missing from
the tax duplicate.
The figures show that John D. has
nine horses worth $55 each, ten
head of cattle worth $40 each and
furniture worth $3,300. He has no
automobiles here at the time of the
year that the assessments were made,
so none is returned for taxation.
WORKS 16 HOURS A DAY
RUNNING 32,000-ACRE FARM
WALLA WALLA. WASH, May 31.
—Henry Vincent, the wheat grower
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.
DIES ID II MULT
H. W. Hubbard, Missionary So
ciety Treasurer for 35 Years,
Succumbs in Bank.
NEW YORK, May 31.—Henry W.
Hubbard, treasurer of the American
Missionary Association for 35 years,
died of heart failure yesterday after
noon in a vault of the Safe Deposit
Company of New York, in the Singer
Building. He had gone to the vault
to deposit securities for the associa
tion and to cut coupons that were
due.
He seemed in excellent health at 3
o’clock in the afternoon, when he said
to the Rev. Charles J. Ryder, secre
tary of the association, as he was
leaving his office at 287 Fourth Ave-
nut; “Well, I’m going downtown and
clip coupons. I’m awfully late this
month.”
Head Clerk Mitchell of the Safe De
posit Company, wondered why Mr.
Hubbard was staying in the vault so
long At closing time the door was
opened with a passkey. Mr. Hubbard
sat with his head reding on a table.
He had been dead about an hour, a
surgeon from the Hudson Street Hos
pital said.
TESTIFIES HE’S FARMER, BUT
CAN SELL COFFINS IN PINCH
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-day on a
private whaling expedition on his new
whaler de luxe, the Adventuress. The
boat is finished in yacht style and
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 purstiing 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.
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."
“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.
Jno. Hays Hammond’s
Pay Cut to $1,50 Day
Famous Mine Expert Forced to
Waste Much Valuable Time
as Witness.
NEW YORK, May 31.—John Hays
Hammond has made his appearance
before Judge J. Mack in the United
States Court on the average of four
days each week or three weeks, ready
to testify in a $200,000 damage suit
involving the title to certain oil lands
in the District of Ozuluma, Vera
Cruz, Mex.
The frequent postponement of the
suit is apparently costing Mr. Ham
mond money, as he is allowed only
$1.50 a day in witness fees, whereas
his daily fees as an expert mining
engineer are $1,000 a day and up-
i wards.
E
Winifred James Says World Is
Kinder to Cats and Dogs Than
to the Unhappily Wed.
NEW YORK, May SI.— “We call It
morality to tie two comparative
strangers together so inextricably
that they either have to remain
hideously bound, or else wade into
the mud to get free.”
Winifred James, the well-known
English—or rather Australian—
authoress, is among us and yesterday
afternoon made the above remark
and expressed in her customary, easy
mu ,ner, other of her views on mat
rimony. She recently returned from
a trip to the West Indies.
“The marriage ceremony in Jamaica
is not followed very rigorously,” said
Miss James, “but in all the months
I was there I only once saw a negro
woman treated harshly or unkindly.”
“Now please do not misunderstand
me,” she continued. “I don’t argue
against marriage. It must have been
a necessary thing for the race, other
wise it would not have survived so
many centuries. But It needs a great
deal of adjusting for present uses If
there is to be any decent and true
morality in it.
“It cannot be right in this age of
enlightenment, when even lost dogs
and stray cats have champions and
when every care is taken to prolong
the life of the epileptic and the im
becile, that there should be no hope
for two fools who at a period when
their intelligence was limited or may
be temporarily dimmed, put their
arms around each other and Jumped
without any conception of the depth
of the water.
“Oh, yes, I know all about the ar
guments against divorce. ‘It will
break up the home life.’ Surely It
would. It would break up the un
happy home life, that is what it is
for. and the sooner the better.
*'We are too much given to portray
natural inclinations as sins. Teach
the girl that it is just as unho
ly to sell her body in the church
as in a street, and you will diminish
your divorce list very considerably.”
Influence of Statesmen From
Dixie at Washington Is More
Pronounced Than at Any Tima
Since the Days of Civil War,
Wilson Himself Born Southerner
Has Treated South Liberally in
the Selection of His Cabinet
and in Filling Other Posts,
WASHINGTON, May *1.—It la.only
two or three years since Mr. Taft
as President went through the South
urging Southerners to hasten the day
when they again would take an aettwa
and important part In the conduct
of the Federal Government. Mr. Taft
was sincere in his desire to se# the
South attain the influential place it
occupied at the national capital be-^
fore the Civil War, but he probably
did not anticipate the fulfillment of . 1
his wishes in Just the way It haa
been brought about.
The South and Southern Influences
are more strongly represented In the
Government at Washington than at
any other time since the Civil WKn,
Political observers are begtnnlng to
realize this more and more as the
lists of appointments to the Federal
service come from the White House
and the new committee assignments
In Congress are studied.
In the first place the Presidency
itself is tn the hands of a man South
ern born for the first time in nearly
half a century. Woodrow Wilson was
born in Virginia, was graduated from
the University of Virginia, founded
by Thomas Jefferson, and has re
tained strong Southern sentiments
from hie esrly training and surround
ings.
Wilson Liberal to South.
In choosing his cabinet Mr. Wilson
has been very liberal to the South.
More Southerners are in charge of
the big executive departments of'the
Government than slnoe back in the
’60s.
Grover Cleveland gave only two ol
his cabinet posts to the South In his
first administration. He selected Lu
cius Quintus Clncinnatus Lamar, ot
Mississippi, for his Secretary of In
terior and Augustus H. Garland, of
Arkansas for his Attorney General.
When Cleveland was elected in
1892, he gave only throe of the eight
cabinet places to the South—select
ing John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky,
for Secretary of the Treasury, Hilary
A. Herbert, of Alabama, for Secre
tary of the Navy, and Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, for Secretary of the Interior.
Three of the ten men in President
Wilson’s cabinet are credited dlrectly
to Southern States, two others were
born and have lived most of their
lives in the South and ono is ‘from
a border State.
MoAdoo a Southerner,
Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the
Navy, comes from North Carolina;
James C. McReynblds, the Attorney
General, is from Tennessee, and Al
bert S. Burleson, the Postmaster Gen
eral, is a Texan.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Wil
liam G. MoAdoo, Is credited to New
York State, but It requires only a
slight stretch of memory to recall
the time when he entered New York
City fresh from Georgia with noth
ing to build on save one big idea
and plenty of pluck.
David F. Houston. Secretary of Ag
riculture. not only comes from Mis
souri, a border State, but Is a South
erner by birth and training. He was
born in North Carolina, was grad
uated from the South Carolina Col
lege and was president of the Uni
versity before he became chancellor
of Washington University in St.
Louis.
As contrasted with this impressive
list, of Southern Cabinet officers, Mr.
Taft's official family contained at
the close of his administration not
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