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Co.'igresnman Hawley lias done
-omethinK of merit by refusing
to take the recent lands grant
conference seriously.
George Carrothers, responsible
for the Charley Chaplin pictures
appearing in this and other news
papers, fell out of a window in
Chicago Monday and was killed.
Ilia death will be a relief to man;
and a misfortune to others.
The murder of Hooker, the
escaped conrict, may be excusa
blf, Iho many doubt it, as he
was a bad one and hia captors
feared to take chances, but the
treatment.he received after being
mortally wounded was brutal.
NEW LAND IN
ARCTIC REGIONS
Craven & Huff
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Stefansson, Thought to Be
Lost, Announces Discovery.
TTHK resnurcefuluesa of Vllbjul-
II uiur IflaiiHKoii, the American
H explorer, who bended the Caua
dlau government exiwdltlou to
tbe arcUe, ban Oiled the world with
wonder. Couldored a loMt man and
given up by most of those Interested In
the expelltlou, lie rfcrntly wan able to
auuomii'e to the world the discovery of
unw laud tu the liciiufort sea. LIU
uit'tum of couiuiunlcHtlun was a little
power itlMHiiicr, the lluhy, which, after
trying for two years to net through the
Ice to tlpiwht'l tx In ml, Hoally kvoih
plUhed lt ohjtH't, which was to land
iipplloa for the Huilxon Kay company.
8tvfauHon and lib) two oouipuuloD
had made their wny southward to Her
acbel Inland Bfter tliHcovertug new land
In the north. Thin uiay he a aectlou
ef tbe arctla continent which many
clenllHta believe to ellHt. To etitablbib
thla theory la one of the uialn objects
of the Canadian vxHdltliu.
It will be rtH'nlled that Stefmmson'a
main Mhlp, the Karluk, wan crushed by
the lee after Btefanasun and some of
bla party bud left the ship and that tbe
urrlvora of the sulp'a arty were
Bnally rvacuvd from WranuWI Island.
Elsht of the alilp's iwrty dlHappeared
while ou the way to WruiiKell Inland
and lu all probability perished. Three
of the party died on Wraiik'fll Inland
before tlui rescue wna acviuilltihd.
8tefanaon and two rouianlous left
Herat he! Island with a don team, pro-
rlsiiaia and aiuiuuiiiiion ou March 22,
Hi 14. From tbnt time up to the other
day no newa waa received from hloi.
and he and bla companions were be
lieved to hare been loot. Mauy roecue
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Fhoto by American IMvni AH:iatkB.
Tll.UJl.Wl'H STKI'INMMO!!
ei(editiou have Iwu ui;ul- far him.
but tiict nil returned to clvtllatkt)
wlitktou tirts ef Itt. exttlt.n.r
Mefaii-s.ni related to Captain 8. I'.
Cottle. Hie ikijiH-t- of the liuhr, hi
adventure for the year n.! a half lu i
ti lie had Us-u hut to tbe civilised (
iai!a.i 1.J.HC iu mo i meranason
told hi in (but w hen he and bis two
companion left Martin mint, on Her-
who! lHlniid. mi March 22. 1UU. they
traveled northward over the Ice three
luniitha. When their provisions begun
to run low they decided to return to
the mainland at a place near which
tbe Mary K, Sa ha, a power boat and
one of the Tessels of the expedition re
ported as lout In November, 1913. was
wintering. .There they took on a fresh
eupply of provisions and started again,
this time going north snd went
"It was then that Uiey discovered
new bind. He deHcrlbed It aa a con
tinental shelf sev eral decrees went of
Dunks IjuiiI." Captain Cottle auid.
StcfiiQssoa and his couipuulons fol
lowed this land HOUthwurd and deter
mined Ita southern llmlla.
"He told pie that he waa unable to
explore tbe country northward or west
ward at that time and waa forced to
turn back fur more provisions." said
Captain Cottle.
Ktefuiiaaon ond his two companions
diirlnit this trip tmmaged to stay on ths
Ice for1 seven months before they bad
to turn back.
With less than half rations for his
men anil with his docs almost starving,
the explorer made bis way back to
Bunks Lnd, which Is without human
habitation, and to Bailey lsluud, where
wlialintr vessels frequently call. At
Bniley taliind he found Captain Ixiuls
Uine In his power schooner, tbe Polar
Hear.
"Stefnnsson was anxious to Ret In
touch with the southern end of bla ex
pedition and tn supply himself with the
necessary fond and equipment to en
able blm to continue his exploration
work In the region where be bad found
new land," Ottlo said. "He charter
ed the I !ii r Hear and started uorth
ward In the hope of succeeding In this
undertaking, but owing to the lateness
of the aeaaon he was obliged to turn
back and again bend for Herscbel Is
land.
"Htef a iiasoti waa making all his prep
arallous to continue his exploration
work where he hnd stopped tt." Cap
tain Cottle continued. "He had bought
the I'olar Hear from Captain I.une and
a small isiwer I ton t. the mutilator.
which wns In the coastwise trade, and
was fully eipilpidiii! theiu to make tbe
trip buck to Ranks IjuhI,"
REMARKABLE CAREER
OF BARON READING
Lord Chill Justice and Eng
land's, Premier Financier.
Baron Reading, formerly Sir Rufua
saacs, lord chief Justice of England,
heads that country's mission for sr-
ruiiKiuK U buKe war loan for the allies.
Of the leading tlnauclers of ICnghind
and France nppoiuted to arrange the
loan the most remarkable pcrxounllty Is
that of Huron Iteud'.ng. and be has hud
a moat remarkable career.
The on of a Loudon Jewish family,
he lias mounted to a position uever lie
fore held by a Jew. He made a false
start lu life by ruuulng away to sea
and so greatly disappointing his fami
ly, with whom for aome time he was
lu dhitfraoe. Soon tiring of ths aea, he
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t'huia by AmrlB Fnta AasuvmtSoa
attempttvt slot kl'iMkci ink and ai tweu
ty i jfjtn of am as omvialiv de
clam) a lutukiupt. and the pathway ol
ttuaiu waa cluovd to uiux U then
HtlKnert ici i. niiil tu.eiy ruse to a htgu
place in t Jin t profession. He aoou be
cniiie a master of intricate figures and
details, a characteristic which bus dls
llnculslied blm ever since. Aa an ad
vis-ate and cross ex h miner be became
faulous.
in 18US he became gueen's counael
and waa recognized as the actual lead
er of tbe English bar. Honors fell ou
him thick, and fast. After serving In
parliament he waa made solicitor gen
eral In lOtJU. and the following year be
becume attorney general and was
knhfhted. He waa also made a mem
ber of the cabinet, tbe first attorney
general in the history of England to
be so honored. In October. 1U13. Sir
Itufus became lord chief Justice of
England and Harou Head lug.- And be
cause since tbe beginning of the war
he has lieeu tbe government's chief ad
viser lu Dscal matters, being regarded
aa tbe ablest financier In tbe service of
tbe crown, be was placed at tbe bead
of tbe mission sent to New York to ar
range if possible a credit of a billion
dollars. Thus be was intrusted by
England witb tbe task of putting
through the most stupendous monetary
deal In nil bar hlatorv
SIRES AND SONS.
"Where does She aet sojnuch time?
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General Von Uiiidenburg is a great
chess player.
Dr. Joseph I.eldr Is leading a move
ment for military Instruction in Phila
delphia public schools.
General Itoger A. I'ryor. ex-Justice
ot tbe supreme court and a leading
Ognre tn tbe Confederacy, recently
celebrated bis eighty-eighth birthday in
New York city.
George I). lYatt, whom Governor
Whitman selected to suiervlse tbe con
servation of the untural resources of
New York state. Is a very wealthy man
who has niHile a study of forest preser
vation and wild animal life.
Sir Clements Itobert Markham, ex
plorer, traveler, archaeologist, who In
troduced tbe cultivation of the quinine
yielding cinchona trees from Peru into
British India, an act of incalculable
value to tbe world at large, la now
elghty-flve years of age.
Max Brucb, the German composer,
who, on bis seventieth birthday In
1008, declared. "1 shall write no more,
for the aource of my Inspiration has
dried up," has Just completed. In his
aeventy-eigbth year, a new work, a
concerto for two pianos and an orches
tra. It la tbe only comiKisition of this
kind which has ever emanated from
bla pen.
What a One opportunity the old pi
rates of the Atlantic missed In not
waiting for these modern gold ships!
Little girls may be aa averse to school
aa are little boys, but they have the di
plomacy of their sex, and ao they con
ceal the fact
A Cblcago Lain committed suicide be
ranse bis wife scolded blm. A man as
sensitive as that bad no business get
ting married.
Many women ask themselves this question."
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