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BILL STOPPING SHIP DISPOSAL IS SUSTAINED Commerce Committee Reports Favorably on Meas-

iire $5,000,000 Asked

for Bond of Hearst.

PROTECTS FROM LOSS!

(By Associated rress

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 The sen-

. ate commerce committee today ord

ered favorably reported Chairman

Jones' bill, prohibiting the sale of the

30 former German passenger liners

except as may hereafter be provided

by congress. While no record vote was taken on the bill, the committee previously adopted a motion, 10 to 3, proposing that the sale be prohibited. Senators Edge, of New Jersey; Fernald of Maine; and Nelson of Minnesota, all Republicans, voted in the negative. Those supporting the motion were: Chairman Jones and Senators Ball, , Colt, Lenroot, McNary, Republicans; r5tid Chamberlain, Fletcher, Kirby, Jlansdell and Sheppard, Democrats. ' $5,000,000 Bond Asked. I While the committee hearing was 5n progress, counsel for the Bhipping board appeared before Assistant Justice Bailey in the district supreme court, to urge that William Randolph Hearst, on whose taxpayers - petition e temporary injunction against the eale has been issued, should be placed tinder $5,000,000 bond to cover possible losses to the government, due to the tying up of the craft by legal proThey estimated the daily prospective loss of $20,000 and also pointed out that a contract to sell the Swanee for $2,000,000, held up by the injunction, expired today. Counsel for Mr, Hearst contended that only nominal bond should be required as board officials had told congress all bids had been rejected, and that no sale would be made without specific permission of congress. Would Stop Future Action. Mr. Hearst sued, It was stated, not for his personal gain, but in the public interest, to prevent loss to the government, and counsel added that a bond of S5.000.000 required of a

single taxpayer would prevent pub

lic spirited persons in the future from applying to the courts in similar cases. Justice Bailey said he would fix the bond tomorrow.

Duchess is Charming

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Germans Temporize on t Extradition; Holland to Interview Hohenzollern

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cn y Associated Press LONDON. Feb. 20. Germany's

Titv to the last allied note relative to

the trial of Germans accused of war

crimes will point out issues upon which greater clearness is desirable, according to a decision reached by the German cabinet on Wednesday, says a Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. It will be contended, the dispatch 6tates, that accusations against sev-

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Duchess of Norfolk. This is a new study of the beautiful

duchess of Norlfolk. Through the re

cent death of the old duke, Lord Edmand, Barnard Talbot succeeds to the title of the Duke of Norfolk, and bis wife becomes the duchess.

ARMY TRAINING IS THROUGH COMMITTEE

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 The principle of universal military training as a part of the nation's future military

policy was approved today by the

house military committee by a vote of 11 to 9.

This means that the cdmmittee's army reorganization will contain a

general training provision. Details

haye not yet been worked out, but it

was decided that the training proposal would become effective on July 1, 1922.

rne vote m the committee was

along bipartisan lines, three Demo

crats Joining with eight Republicans

in putting the plan through. Four

KepuDiicans and five Democrats op

posed it.

West Sonora Plans for Community Center Out of A bandoned Church "EATON. O., Feb, 20. Following ao quisitlon of an abandoned church at West SonWar cimens of "the; village" , have formed a temporary organization of what is to be known as the West Sonora Community center association. The church will be used for community meetings. Rev. G. A. Wahl is president of the temporary organization; D. S. Smith, secretary; John Pease, treasurer. Raymond Pyles is chairman of a program couynittee and Ova Beachler is head ot a social committee. Prof. Koch Roy Gephart and Elmer Smith are a committee that will draft a constitution and by-law for a permanent organization. Plans of the association are to .organize farmers and farmers' wives, a literary society for the winter months,

eral persons notably Field juarsnai i Doys ana gins- ciudb, ana to secure von Hindenburg. General Ludendorff j lecturers and speakers to address the

and Admirl von Tirpitz are too gen- community meetings.

WILSON'S REPLY IS

SAID TO SHOW U.S. STAND UNALTERABLE

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON Feb. 20 The position of the American government on the Adriatic settlement has been made so plain in President Wilson's reply to the Allied note that administration officials believe the way to further argument In the subject virtually has been closed. , It was said today, however, that by this time they-did not mean that the door to further to exchange had been shut. On the contrary a reply to the president's .latest communication is anticipated and a final agreement between the great powers of the vexing question expected. " The president throughout the exchanges now in progress is understood to have made it perfectly clear that the United States can not accept the settlement reached by Allied premiers, and concurred in by Italy, and which was made the subject matter of the" ultimatum of Jugo Slavia last month. He is, also said, to have made it equaly clear that enforcement of the Adriatic terms of the secret treaty of

London Negotiated before this country entered the war, would be wholly unacceptable to the United States. The president's note still is in the hands of acting secretary Polk, to whom it was sent yesterday for study, and it was said at the state department that it would not be dispached today. It probably will be put on the cables tomorrow. BERLIN. Wednesday, Feb. 20 Newspapers here are giving unusual prominence to" dispatches from the United States bearing on the Wilson Lansing episode, and also the attitude of president Wilson, on the Adriatic question. With littlei editorial comment there's attempts to establish the fact that there is a "insurrection against Mr. Wilson at home and abroad." - This is based wholly upon the cabled information through Holland and Switzerland to the effect that American newspapers are taking the part of Mr. Lansing. The Tageblatt declared that Mr. Lansing's case has been "converted into Mr. Wilson's cae" and that while great nation, who was hailed as the United States, outsiders are "forced to make the somewhat depressing observations . that the annointed of the

great nation, who has hailed as the herald of the world democracy and liberty, is closing his career in open contradiction of the will of his people."

WHITEWATER CHURCH WILL BE REBUILT

eral. THE HAGUE, Wednesday, Feb. IS. . Before answering the last allied note relative to the extradition of former Emperor William, the Dutch government is expected to assure itself that the erstwhile monarch is willing to settle down for life at Doom and pot disturb the world's peace. While on answering the original demand for ex-

Rev. Wahl conceived the idea of

converting the abandoned church into a community center.

Minahan Would Legalize 2.75 Beer; 10 Per Cent Wine

WASHINGTON, Feb 20, Amend

ment of the Volstead prohibition en-

tradition the dutch government acted forcement so as to permit the states

without consulting Count Hohenzol-1 by referendum to authorize the sale of

lern in anyway, a dirrerent course j 2.75 beer and 10 percent wine was pro

may be pursued in the present instance. Holland will undoubtedly reply she is willing to gua 4 William of Hohenzollern closely at Doom and" accept responsibility for preventing any danger to the world peace but It will probably be necessary to consult the exile before replying.

RENTS GO UP; TENANTS BUY NEW YORK BUILDING NEW YORK. Feb. 20 Tenants in a six story apartment house in upper Broadwav, have formed a syndicate and bought the building, after they had learned a 20 per cent increase in rentals was contemplated. New tenants will have an opportunity of becoming shareholders in the syndicate. The building, with seven stores on the ground floor, returns a gross rental of about $36,000 monthly.

posed in a bill introduced today by Representative Minahan, Democrat, New Jersey. "My bill" said Mr. Minehan, "merely provides for a sane, reasonable and logical method of enforcing the prohi bition constitutional amendment. "It is utterly repugnant to the American spirit to impose arbitrary and rigid restrictions, as to their personal habits, upon the African people."

Weather Forecast

For Indiana Partly cloudy tonight

and Saturday; probably rain or snow; warmer Friday night. Today's Temperature. Noon 38 Yesterday. Maximum 31 Minimum -.21 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Snow will turn to rain Friday afternoon or night. Saturday unsettled, rain probably turning to snow Saturday nigbt or Sunday, warmer Friday night. A cold wave is coming the first of the week. General Conditions The British Columbia storm reported moving this way is now causing snow over Indiana and rain over the west. The cold wave is central over the Great Lakes, while a warm wave covers the middle west where temperatures are from 50 to 65 degrees above zero, over the Missouri valley. The cold wave is spreading over the far northwest, coming from McKenzie valley in British Columbia. This cold wave is due here the first of the week.

! SPARK PLUG COUNTERFEITERS

ARRESTED IN CHICAGO (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 20. One man was under arrest here today and a number of others were sought in connection with what police said was a plot tf flood the market with low grade spark plugs bearing the trade mark and name of a Toledo, O., company. The imitators according to the police and company representatives have been made in Chicago and disposed of by thousands for four years. The alleged swindle i3 said to have netted more than $1,000,000 and to have threatened the existence of the oriz-

final manufacturing company.

So nearly perfect in appearance was the Imitation that it deceived scores of dealers.

WHITEWATER, Ind.,, Feb. 20.

Plans have been begun by members of

the ChrAtian church here to rebuild

the building, which was destroyed last Sunday by fire. A committee was appointed to investigate and arrange for the erection of a new structure, which

wH care for the social activities of

the community, as well as for religious services.

The committee is composed of O. C. Hunt. Ray Knoll, David Weller, J.

K. Thomas, Elva Jordan, and Rev

Gullidge. A committee of Lawson

Hunt, Frank Blose and Fred Wallace

was also appointed to clear the debris

Plans for the annual Washington's birthday celebration here have been

completed A basketball game be

tween to independent teams will slart the evening. Following the game, a pie and basket social will be

held in the school house. The pro

ceeds of the entertainment will be

used for Decoration day.

FARMERS PREPARE TO ENTER POLITICAL AREA (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Entrance of the 7,000,000 American farmers as a "unit In the. political arena, was forecast today when the national board of farm . organizations decided that all presidential candidates should be put on record as to their attitude on questions in which the farmers are interested.

. KAUFF PROVIDES BOND (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 20, Benny Kauff center fielder of the New 'ork Giants was held in $1)00 bail for trial when he was arraigned today before Judge Wadham's in general sessions on a charge of grand larceny, in criminally receiving a stolen automobile. Kauff provided bail and was released.

Banks, P. 0., To Be Closed

Monday; Sunday Holiday Monday will be observed as a legal

holiday by banks, the postoffice and other institutions of the city that observe all holidays. Stamp and general

delivery windows at the postoffice will be closed all day, and no deliveries,

city or country, will be made. Box

mail may be obtained. The clerical force will distribute outgoing mail

during the day. Bank3 will be closed

all day.

Washington's birthday will have

more significance this year than ever before because it is on that day French memorial diplomas will be presented to the next of kin of all Wayne county men who lost their lives during the war, at services to be held at the high school auditorium, under the auspices of Harry Ray post of the American

Legion. The public is invited to at

tend the memorial meeting.

Washington's birthday is not the only holiday to fall on Sunday this

year as memorial day and the Fourth

of July also do. Bring Your Tax Trouble To A.N, Logan Saturday Tangles on income tax may be Ironed out Saturday by Richmond residents, who wish to consult with A. N. Logan, local revenue officer. Mr. Logan has been in Hagerstown all week, but will consult with anyone here Saturday. Monday he will go to Cambridge City, where he will maintain an office in the postoffice building. Residents of that community may consult with Mr. Logan at Cambridge any time before Friday of next week.

ARCHANGEL, ONCE U.S. SEAT, TAKEN BY BOLSHEVIKI

(By Associated. Press) LONDON, Feb. 20 Bolshevik forces have captured Archangel, on the White sea, according to a wireless dispatch from Moscow today. The "whites" abandoned the town and the troops Joined the Bolsheviki, the message declares. Archangel was for a long period during the war the main port of entry for Russian war supplies from the allies. A railroad joining the principal Russian rail lines to the south gave ingress for the war material made outside of Russia and supplied to the armies of the old regime and after the revolution to the forces of the Kerensky government With the advent of the Bolshevik rule in Russia, Archangel was maintained by the allies as a base for con

tact with interior Russia, and later as the supply depot for the forces of the north Russian government, established in opposition to the Bolsheviki, and for the allied troops, including a considerable number of Americans,

sent in to help protect the north Russian area. Abandonment of the Archangel expedition by the allied and associated powers was determined upon last year and the British. . American and other allied forces there were withdrawn during the summer and fall. Also-Fighting in Siberia Fighting has been In progress on the Amur river in Siberia between Insurgent forces and Japanese, a Moscow wireless message states. "White" troops reinforced the Japanese and a fierce struggle is raging with the insurgents supported by Chinese, the

aispatcn declares.

It Is reported, the Bolshevik advices

add. that in the Ussuri region the ris

ing of the peasants in favor of the sov

iet form of government is spreading.

LABOR FIRES FIRST

GUN l CAMPAIGN AGAINSTJAIL BILL (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Union labor, led by officers of the American Federation of Labor, and the railroad brotherhoods, today had well under way its fight in congress against the adoption of the redrafted railroad reorganization bill. Besides the memorial prepared by representatives of 15 railroad unions and federation officers at an all day conference yesterday, and which was addressed to congress as a whole, individual congressmen were deluged

w1thIetteraf ailct leiegrarris from the

union leaders generally, protesting against enactment of the bill into law. The plan of the unions, it was shown; provides first far a determined fight in the house and senate. If defeated there the controversy will be taken direct to President Wilson in the hope of a veto. The opposition of the unions as shown in the memorial to congress, declaring the redrafted bill to be destructive of the employes' constitutional privileges and liberties, is based chiefly on the method proposed for handling wage and labor disputes. Charge Private Interest. The provision for a fixed financial return to holders or railroad securities also is attacked, the memorial holding that the provisions would constitute "an abandonment of government for the common good, the establishment of government for private Interest, special privilege and class benefit." Principal objection to the labor arbitration clause is based ot e manner in which the special ai titration boards would be constituted and the manner of their operation. Union leaders contend that the arbitration boards including the permenant fedboards including the permanent fed-

so composed as to eliminate labor

from . representation. 26 Old Timers To Be Honored for 50 Years' Membership by .O.O.F.

Twenty-six members, each of whom I

has been in Whitewater loage i. vj. u. iF., for more than 50 years, will be honored at the annual roll, to be held in the Odd Fellows' hall Friday night. Each will be presented with a bouquet. A program. Including music by an orchestra and a quartet, and an address by Judge W. A. Bond, has b-en arranged. Following the program, a supper will be served in the lodge

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uuuquei ua.il. v.riwnrd A Rellis. who has been a

member of the lodge for 65 years, is

the oldest. Others are unomas r. iogan. George Bishop. Joseph T. Russell, John 7. Miller. W. W. Alexander. Ma

jor M. M. Lacey, John S. Seaman, S.

W. Williamson, Richard snute, J. Fred Kuhlman. George Simmons. Richard R. VanZant. H. H. Merehoff.

T. C. Personette, Morris Pitman. Hen

ry Flacke. James A. Retd, B. r . Mattis, Charles Knollenberg, Henry Hawkins, M V Hamnton. I. A. Gorman, John

F. Davenport. Frederick Bartel. Jesse

H Brooks and James ti. Brown.

! Engagement of Kahn's Daughter Announced - ' ' ' - y 'y y : ih-zi

King Winter to Blow Hot and Cold on Richmond Keep . 'em on, warns Weatherman Moore.

Spring is due for a short visit within the next 24 hours, but a warning against looking for a permanent visit has been made. Through a mix-up of storms, warm waves, cold waves and the like, Richmond wili be visited by warmth Friday night or Saturday morning. Somewhere In the northwest, how

ever, is another cold wave that will pounce on Richmond about Monday, with the resulting quick exit of spring.

Miss Maud Kahn and Major John Oakes Marriott.

PEARY, WHO DISCOVERED POLE, DEAD

Northern Explorer Succumbs

to rernicious . Anemia Hero of Famous Controversy With Dr. Cook. WAS 64YEARS .OLD fBjr Associated Press) mtS kNT- Feb- 2--Rr Admiral Robert Edwin Peary, retired. Arctic explorer and discoverer of the North Pole, died at his home here toI, JTom Pernicious anemia from which he had suffered for several years. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but he will be buried with full naval honors. Admiral Peary submitted to a blood transfusion at a hospital here 10 days tgo. He later was removed to bis home and his condition then was reported as somewhat improved. He gradually grew weaker, however, and the end came early this morning. Dr. H. F. Strlne. the admiral's physician, disclosed that the transfusion this month was the ' thirty-fifth to which Admiral Peary had submitted within two years.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 The engagement of Miss Maud Kahn, daughter of Otto H. Kahn of the banking firm of Kahn, Loeb & Co., and chairman of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Opera Company, to Major John Charles Oakes Marriott has been announced. Mi3s Kahn took an active part in war work and for three years Berved

in France and in England. She was awarded the medal of Reconnaisance j effort

Francaise from the French government for her work. Major Marriott is a member -of the staff of the military attache, of the British embassy in Washington. He is the son of the late Charles Marriott of England and is the youngest major in the British army, being only 25 years of age. He saw active service during the war and wears the Distinguished Service Medal. Military Cross, Croix de Guerre and other decorations.

It was on the afternoon of September 6, 1909 that the following few words reported to the civilized world for the first time this , crowning achievement of three centuries of

Lansing Incident Terrific Smash to Prestige of Wilson and His Party

BY DAVID LAWRENCE

(Copyright. 1920. by Palladium)

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Sept. 6. To the Associated Press, New York: "Stars and Stripes nailed to North Pole. . . "PEARY." Peary's actual attainment of the Pole has been just five months before, on April 6. 1909. When this despatch came, the world v as, quite unknown to Pearv, already praising Dr. Frederick A. Cook, as the discoverer. Only four days previous to the Peary announcement. Cook, who was on his way back to Copenhagen-on board a Danish steamer, had telegraphed the claim that he reached th

Pole on April 21, 1908 nearly a year

J tangible yet all important factor in I government, namely public confidence.

WASHiMfimx Fph 20 Three unce mat is roneitea. politicians or shead of Pprv

days outside of Washington, talking; the opposite party seem strengthened Cook-Peary Disoute Recalled.

with people in all walk? of life, people j ina permitted to reap tne benefits While Dr. Cook's claim did not go

of the situation.

Even Democrats Bewildered As for morale among the Democrats. I talked with a few leaders who are dyed-in-the-wool Wilson men. the kind who'witt defend to 41mlast ditch- the president's appeal in 1918 for a democratic congress and who will excuse nearly everything he has ever done Continued on Page Two PLUMBERS OF STATE MEET HERE MAR. 8 Announcement of the men and women's program for the twentythird annual convention of the Indaina State Plumbers' association to be held

Not so, however 3 he judgment ;John H Niewoeh local secretary, of the average man I encountered in,Frida, Th. Wineaa nrrtram .M h'

such places as Binghamton and 1 Syra- made b,Ic , The address of cuse in New York state. Detroit, r. welcome will be eiven bv Mavor W W Chicago and on the trains travelling Zimmerman while Hie Rev. Frank

Dressel will deliver the invocation. The Commercial club rooms will be the convention hall, while headquarters will be at the Westcott. The state association was organized in Indianapolis 24 years ago and the first annual convention was held in Richmond in 1897. The purpose of organization is both educational and cooperative.

in New York state, Michigan and Illinois, has eiven the writer an idea of

how a cross-section of American public opinion feels about the WilsonLansing break. And the edd part of It la' that oh" my return" to Washington, I find hardly a realization of the astounding political effect which the episode has had. The national capital has so many sensations that it is often calloused to cabinet resignations and regards them as mere flurries. It is true that the editorial expression has been almost unanimous in condemning the abrupt dismissal of Secretary Lansing but even editorials are sometimes brushed aside in this intensely political year by administration men as an ephemeral hysteria, bound to pass sooner or later.

Disapproval is General

between these points. Never in my

own experience has, it seemed to me that opinion was so uniform. Democrats and Republicans alike disapprove of what the president has done but the regrettable and significant fact, however, is not mere condemnation of what has happened, but wonder about what will happen. No matter where one went, the question that was shot back was: "Did the president's illness have anything to do with that Lansing letter?" Try as one might to offset such an impression, there is no doubt that every act of President Wilson from thi3 time on will be subjected to an embarrassing scrutiny. The incident has made amazing inroads' on that in-

Protected by Armored Cars, Soldiers Raid in Dublin DUBLIN, Feb. 20 With a tank and two armored cars, the military today carried out a raid near Grafton street where they are reported to have made several arrests. The raid followed early morning fights between civilians and police, in which a constable was

killed and another constable and a

civilian were wounded, and several nersnns were arrested.

It is believed the early morning disturbances were part of an organized plan for a simultaneous attack on the police in different parts of the city. The plan was frustrated for the most part, by arrests of suspicious persons, many of whom were fc4ind to be heavily armed.

LLOYD-GEORGE WOULD MAKE "RED" PEACE?

(By Associated Press PARIS. Feb. 20. Premier Lloyd George is in favor of opening peace negotiations with Russia through Maxim LItvinoff, Bolsheviki representative in Copenhagen and is supported by Premier Nitti of Italy, according to the Echo De Paris. Paul Cambon and Philippe J. L. Bcrthelot, members of the French df-legation at the meeting of the supreme allied council in London, have

no authority to enter into such a pro

posal, and Premier Millerand been recalled to London.

has

Cambridge 'Phone, lirls Refused 5 -Cent Raise; . Walkout Is Result CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, Feb. 20. Following a refusal on the part of the telephone company to grant a five cent increase in wages. 12 operators employed In the Cambridge City exchange went on strike . Thursday. According to A. Boyd, manager, there will be no effort made to reach an agreement, but new operators will be hired. The operators had been making 25 cents an hour, and asked 30 cents. The demand was made early in the week, and the - company was given until Thursday noon to meet it. Nothing was done by the company, and all operators left their switchboards Thursday noon. "We are not going to give In ' to them, and we have already enough operators to carry on the work," Manager Boyd said Friday. "There ere plenty of gjrls here who are able to do it.

There will probably be at least 250 people present, said Mr. Niewoehner. This Includes delegates. Both men and women, and their guests. The Ladies' auxiliary has a membership of &bou75, while the state association numbers 233 active members. Meerhoff Heads City Men. Edward Kanney, of La Porte. Ind.. !s president of the state organization while William Meerhoff heads the local federation. The women's program follows: Monday, 1:30 p. m.. convention at Commercial club; 3:00. Trip to Atlas Underwear factory; 8:00, Reception and dance at Westcott. Tuesday. 9:30 a. m.p trip to Earlham; 1:00 p. m., official photograph at federal building; 2:30. trip to Starr Piano factory: 7:30, banquet at Y. M. C. A., followed by dance at Eagles' hall. Wednesday, 9:30 a. m.. Ladies Auxiliary meeting at hotel parlor: 12:30 p. m., lunch for ladies at First English Lutheran church: 1:30, theatre party at Murrette: 3:30, final session Ladies' Auxiliary at convention

hall; 8:15, theatre party at Washington. The entertainment for men will be the same as above with the exception of trips to factories, . and lunch at 12:30 p. m. on Wednesday. . iV. y. Republicans Assail Democrats; Ask Harmony

NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Carrying out without change, the program mapped out by party leaders, the unofficial Republican state convention concluded today' with adoption of a platform, bitterly arraigning the national administration, and urging ratification of the peace treaty with reservations and with recommendations that United tSates Senators Wadsworth and. Calder and Nathan Miller and William Boyce Thompson, be elected delegates at large to the National convention at the spring primaries. The convention was not marked by a single discordant note, from the time Elihu Root called to order as temporary chairman until the delegates filed out of unbeated Carnegie hall upon adjournment just before 1 p. m. Twenty women were named honorary vice chairmen. ;

unquestioned rrom first, he had for fcur days at least been widely acclaimed as the discovered of the Pole. With Peary's message there arose one of the greatest, cofltxniereles of all-ages overihe honor of actual first discovery. There can be no cne who. has forgotten the dispute. Peary's assertions were not seriously questioned, but among newspaper readers there came to be two great camps, for and against Cook. Peary with his record of seven successful trips to the Arctic, his official standing in the United States navy and in scientific circles, easily held the commanding position In the con

troversy. But it we only after the ixientific bodies one by one had sifted the evidence and pronounced Cook's claims unfounded that Peary's title was really won. . The bitterness of this episode is only one item in the price which Peary paid for the immortal fame that is now acknowledged to be his. He spent practically all he had in money, gave all that was in him for hard work, and suffered all that the human frame could endure from hunger, cold and disappointment. He made eight journeys into the Arctic, spent upwards of $500,000 and several times he barely escaped the death which in various forms had been the fate of more than 700 explorers before him. Became Interested in Arctic. The first step that led Peary toward the pole was taken in Washington one day when he walked into a book store to browse and picked up a fugitive account of Greenland. He became an insatiable reader on the subject of the Arctic. He was then 30 years old. He was lorn in Creasson. Pa., in 1856. His father died when he was three years old. and his mother took him to Portland. Me., wh,-re he spent his boyhood, roaming about Casco Bay. He went to Bowdoin College, won fame there as a runner and jumper, and stood in the honor co'umn of scholarship. It was a little later that he had gone to Washington to work as a draughtsman in the coast and geodetic survey offices. He spent his spare time studying civil engineering and passed in that branch into the naval service. He became Lieutenant Peary, U. S. N. His first assignment was to the tropics. He was a leader of the surveying for the Nicaraguan canal route. It was when he returned to Washington that he fell upon the book about Greenland, and thereafter virtually consecrated himself to polar exploration. Charted Unknown Greenland. Obtaining leave from naval service, he led an expedition into Greenland, to determine the extent of this mysterious land. He determined its insularity, discovered and named many Arctic points which today are familiar names such as Independence Bay, Melville Land, and Heilprin Land, and In one of his later voyages he discovered the

famous meteorities which he brought back to civilization. One of them, weighing SO tons. Is the wonder of visitors to the Museum of . Natural History in New York. ' " . - Between voyages Peary resorted to the lecture platform to raise funds for further exploration. In one instance he delivered 163 lectures in 96 days, raising $13,000. On his sixth voyago. with the Pole in view, he had to give tip because both of his feet became frozen. Although he had reached the most northerly land in the world, naming it Cape Morris K. Jessup, at the tip of Greenland and had also attained latitude S4.17, the northernmost record In the Western world., he was still in great dispair. . He wrote in his diary: " , "The game is off. My dream of 16 (Continued on Page Twelve).