Medford mail tribune., June 03, 1928, Page 10, Image 10

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'"MKDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MTCDFORD, OTtEfiOX, SUNDAY. .TUNK ., 1028.
Wisecrackers Assail Columbus
AnotluT tfrhuol Inmk hrrt huH
lircn taken off lliu shelf ivHPrvi-d
for liinnortalH ami hiiuikImmI In hit.
Thin time it in Mnrhw Andre.
French hUtmiun, who umlrrlukoH
I ho ilHuiiiklDK IM'himw, an. I ih
Ihto Ik KfM'kH lo Ut'flalu h Lhrlnto
pher lutuinl)UH.
Ho thnroiiKhly Ih .thu dvljunkintf
lii-our rnrrld out hi thin hlojcrn
phy of rolmnhut. whlrh h;i Junt
Wren .urmduted Into KiikIInIi, that
when you flii.Hh rctidinK It uhout
tho only tliintf tliul can ho touted
td (u poor old Coin mbUM Ih tho
fat-t that lm ai'tually did ninko
(uuv viikh to the Svw AVorld.
That U, if you accept the low
developed by the litt Jd. Andre.
To other, must largely gro the
credit for tho fact that ColumhHH
returned wifely to Hpnln iu each
I nut unco, tho historian inalrttnln.
A critic of the French of-tglim.
fummuL'lzoH an follotva:
"Tho net reault of our mmlyfdH
dlacloHCH Jolumhuit au n 'diitcover
cr' whoa dlHcovery had been mado
by another flvo centurion before;
an admiral who could not navigate
a ship . . . who floundered hclp
lennly thru every cruise ho ever
made, brought IUh men to the
verge of famine and mutiny and
wan wived from dea t h a nd d Imiih
ter only by the Ability of IiIh hiiU
ordtnateH ... a eovernor without
discipline or the Rift of command;
a traitor to IiIh Hovereiffn; a pio
feMHOd ChrlHtlan apoHtto who mur
dered and enKlavod lilt f luck; u
man without truth, underrdnndinK,
honor, faith, Biatttudo or loyalty."
more human fljruro, perhaps even
n greater figure, eniorgOH from this
bloRruphy than the Htuffed-ahlrt
hero hitherto portrayed an Colum
bua. It 1b the figure, of n liar, a
bruKcart, an unncrupuloUH charla
tan that emergen. Hut a pool, a
dreamer, with a fixed Idon, that
not even to most toi'rlblo adver
Hily could fihako.
Meets n Fiiiiiouh Map Maker
Thin iiowoat Rtury of t'oHimhuH
opena In 148-5. aeven yearn bofore
ho wan to start on his voyage to
tho New World, wrltea M. W.
Chll( In In the Ht. 'LouIn VoHt'Dln
patch. Tho opening chapter which
la lir fictional form, Hhowa hltn
with hla young son, Dleffo, on the
way to the monnfitory of 'Santa
Ma Ha do la Hablda, to mo Fathtr
Antonio do Murcheim. H moeta
Father Antonio, fninoua map mak
er and Havant of tho time. Andre
has hlMorlcal bnektf round for the
oonvcnmtlon that followa In tho
toHtlmony slven at n trial many
yea m later to dtirmlnt who
nhould got certain proflta from Co
lumbUH' firat voyuRe.
ColumbUH had had u muxt dra
matic encounter while Htuylng with
hla slater and brother-in-law, who
was Rovernor of l'ortu Kanto, in
tho Madeira Inlands. One of Ihe
fow aurvlvorn of a shipwreck had
boon toiised up ulmoHt at C'olum
Ijuh'h foot on tho uciieh nd he
had carried tho man to hta home,
" whoro ho had died a few hours
later. That imiii. waa Alonxo Kan
clicB and ho , woh returning from
a vuyaxo of disco vory when his
ahlp was w rocked. Ho confldod
to ColumbUH in hla dyhw hour that
ho had discovered, far to tho 'west
ward, the island of Antlllla, one
of thoKO almost -mythical goals that
fired tho minds of ex01orem of tile
time. Tho dying man directed
ColumbUH lo go to La Unbid.i mid
tell hla friend ami advlM-r( Kuther
Antonio, of hla discovery.
Thla, then, -wuh ColumbUH1 mis
sion. Hut it was far more than
this, for ho In his turn had been
fired with a zeaTfof discovery. He
wanted to go to Antlllla, and ho
had secretly vowed that the credit
for discovering It should he his.
. Ho. wanted to learn, too, nil he
could from Father Antonio's maps.
Hut ho never 'Would ho never did
confess hla ignorance of tho nch
und navigation and, according to
Andre, there can bo little doubt
that Ihe son of he humble weaver
of Ocnon wits Ignorant In the e.
I reme, com pa red lo the lea rned
geographers and expert pilots or
hlH time. He begun by boasting
to the priest of his noble birth and
skill on tho sea.
"Voa," sakl Columbus, "I began
Bailing tho sous ut the age of U
and I havo never since ceased. Tho
art of navigation Inspires those I
who practice it to Meek out more i
and more the secrets of this world, j
I have given twenty years of my I
llfo now to this doulre. I have j
Mailed every sea known lo navlga-
tors. I have conversed untl corre
sponded with learned men, both I
religious and secular, of many
nations Iatiua and tlreeks, .lews j
and Moots, und numberless others, i
Our Lord and Haviour has shown j
mo much favor In regard to this t
deslro by giving mo an intelligent
splvit. lie has grunted that 1 i
might aotpjtrc ample knowledge of i
the art of navigation, aluo all that !
la needed of astrology, geometry j
and arithmetic. Ho has given me .
understanding of mind ami also '
tho dexterity of hand needful t
muko drawings of the world and
to murk on them the cttiett. the i
rivers, the mountains, the iHlandx. !
tho ports each In Its true place, 1
And t jiuvc used the intelligence
Ho has given me to read all that !
has been vtiittcn on cosmography.
history, philosophy and the other'
arts. . In our profession one mut '
know many things."
A 31urvcloua Imagination, Says
Writer
Of thin conversation with Father j
Antonio, Andre says:
"All that Columbus hud related !
to Father Antmilo de Murchenu
concerning his illustrious family,
his ancestors, tho Honmn Comiul '
Colonlus (from whom he claimed j
rloscvnt ) and the lords of Cuecare,
his two cousins, the admirals, his
own exploits, his command of King j
Heno's galley, his own cncyelope- i
die aclentlfl'J knowledge, his vov- '
ngcM on all known such, begun at
tho ago uf 14, the inlands he claim-
cd to havo discovered nil. from !
firat to last, was untruo. The very
day of his arrival in Spain ho had
begun nrlchlns with new fabulous j
incidents a legend that he had
sketched out In hi mind before :
leaving Portugal. : Hut what h i
had fco fAr Invented, waa an nohting
evnpmtH to what he would he
tuwirpd to tell and write u9 eyenU
unroljprt -thenwlvca-wntl n h
COURTS FIANCEE BY PLANE TRIPS
gave free rein tit an imagination
1 tmtglnifcciitly endowed poetically.
I but coiiMtantly tormented and dls-
tortcd by diHaiipoIutiucnt and ,
I wounded pride." j
! After a lime he set out for
j Seville, with Idlers of Introduction ,
' wit hthe expresH purpose of asking
i Irtubcllu and I'erdlnund to. finance j
j a voyage of discovery. The king
land nueeii wero then engageil In a I
'prolonged war to oust the Moors!
from their kingdom ami It was
I seven years before Columbus at- j
ilracted their serious attention. His
latest biographer says: .
! "Without further delay we must ,
refute tho talcs handed down lu a i
falno history- la les for which Co
lumbus himself was responsible
of hla privations at this period. Ho
W'role tha t tl u ring aeven yea rs,
from 1485 to MUJ, he 'Buffered
nold and hunger, that 'during
seven years cveryono repulsed
him,' that he was tho "laughing
stock of all, and only one poor
monk had pity for him.' Improv
ing upon that text, the nineteenth
century mado of him an itrchtypo
of romantic hero, superior to his
time because of a surpassing
genius, and on account of that
same genius forced to livo In mis
ery, unknown, scoffed at and In
sulted by his Inferiors. Legend
claims that Columbus, as a man,
of scientific progress, was pcrso
outed by monks, plunged in i ho
rturknesH of the 'Middle Ages, who
wero frlghtf nod by his daring. The
truth la that ho suffered neither
persecution nor wilful hostility i
from either religious orders or the!
laity."
Won the (Jiipcii'h KupMrt , j
-Surprisingly enough, since he'
was u stranger without credential 1
since his demands wer outrageous-
ly exorbitant and slnco lie persist
ed In refusing to say exactly what;
lands ho wanted to discover, Isa
bella eventually granted him his
request.
' And here Andre punctures an- I
other favorite legend. There Is no
'evidence whatsoever to support '
jnny belief that the iueeif pawned I
;her Jewels for him. What she did !
I was to give hint an order on tho
Icity of I'alos, a seaport that hud
! Incurred her displeasure, com
l mantling tho merchants and ship
builders there to outfit Columbus
with a fleet of three caravels.
Ifut tho queen's order -was nut
enough. No one obeyed It. The
sailors and pilots lacked confi
dence in Columbus. Moreover, ho
had agreed to take a famous mar
iner of I'alos, Martin A loir o lJln
xdh, in on the venture with him.
hut when ho got the dueen's order
he proceeded lo forget this agree
ment, Andre suites. At last, how
over, he was forced to ask Father
Antonio to intercede with Plnzoit.
for If Plnzon. who had been
estranged by Columbus's behavior,
would not aid the expedition. -no
ono else would. 1'lnr.on at last was
persuaded to go along.
"Thus It Is evident," Andre
writes, after "sumiulng up' I'lironSt
heroic efforts In organizing the ex
pedition, "not only that the expe
dition of l-IHIi would never havo
set sail without Martin Alonr.o
I'lnr.on, but (hat he was oImo one
l2J I V '
FOIL THIEVES
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tion ugainst car theft Is now pro
ivlded buyers of Oakland and I'on- 1
iliac Sixes thru u new type of out- 1
fsldu door handle which cannot be .
fm-ci-d by the clove rest thief. . ,
, The new door handle Is so de
jlgned 'thai the customary method i
jnf forcing with a wrench or a sec-
, tlun of iron piiiu will not give the
rthief entrance lo the car. When
. such extreme pressure Is applied
i to the handle it merely turns with- '
I out releasing tho door catch. A
few seconds of attention at any,
I Onkhtnd-l'ontiac service station ,
J last few years, both of them arc
imtocent of brake frailties. Its
;the ettr owner that's in blame,
"it makes no difference whether
ithe brakes are m'chaiiital or hy-
(lraulic in action, there's a hn-ge
proportion of nir uh ners that
muko their action rotten by not
paym the slightest utteiiitun io
the fact hat any brakin" tehi
reiiulres 'rensunalde -cure if (t is
to bo efficient. Take the hydraulic
brake, for instance. Except the
lype that has ihe device that auto
matically compensates for (he enn-
ililioii. t!ie owner has to keep on
the lonkout atTiifust air in the
I line;. It doesn't h.tpJ'cn often, but
it does happen. InsUsul of bleedin'
tin' hrakes at once when this con
dition Is evident, the uioturint will
let It go until It bccomi's much
worse. That's not the fault of ihe
brakes.
"In mechanical systems we hear
many, complainis of the sluggish
ness of (he mechaaism- I, is nt
guilty of this siowiioHs''or action
: through faults of design very fre
ninntly. Xo. it's a niatter of nn-
lubricutloii and' Indifferent
tu lart of the owiiner,
Tin not in on the argument
to whether hydraulic or murlm,1
ical brakea are thu better, fti,
point i inaKH is iiiui ootii realiJ
to o oi'iiiusu nit aiiopm IoriiiB
intelligent euro and uugo m Uu,
often passed up by tho ear ownt3
(Mimseii. it inn. uniRi's Uvttil ;
i llitUi sympathetic undei stiimii,,.
That's the motoristus job."
Medfnrrt rrntr
GENERAL MOTORS
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if.
In a specially built plane capable of a 1,000-miIc sustained flight,
Henry D. du Pont, of Philadelphia, treasurer of the E. I. du Pont
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Lewis, at her home in San Antonio, Tex. He's shown above climbing
into the. cockpit of his piano for a week-end trip to San Antonio..'
of its chiof hackers financially. His' At the end there la fairly well
part In it wtui considerably greater established evidence, according to
limn that of the government." 'Andre, that Columbus did plot
Inferior orrircra I lie Ileal
Navigators .
The expedition was at Inst ready
to start. Columbus, to whom the
to Its original prinltioii
i Thus the Oakland Motor Cur:
j company, and- the Fisher llody -t
.Corporation which builds the Oalt- ;
laud-I'outiac bodies, have raised j
Inn almost impregnable first line i
of ilefense. j
Hltould u thief effect entrance;
I by breaking a window or because j
j Ihe owner forgot to lock tho car,,
he still would be confronted by ,
equally secure second and third!
lines of defense. Those are pro- j
vided by the senil-colncldental lock '
which locks both the Ignition and i
the transmission with a turn of the j
Ignition key. The transmission is I
j locked from the dash by an ingeni- '
ous sliding plunger which moves
Inside an armored cable extending
from the Ignition lny down into !
the transmission. i
'The Oakland and I'ontiac Sixes, '
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EFTI'
JUilIJ UL 11Q II a ! t.mi -
i against Queen Isabella when bin MlefciiHC, arc suld to be as nearly
rule as governor waa threatened
.Meanwhile Balboa, Do Clama, Ves
pucci and others wero making
lueVn Jiad ftlvon. along with other ; "in vllvn
Uohh. the title of .admiral, went 1 lo produce, dye-wood and
ttiui-i niuiin in r pin ii. uiuiimun
died at Yallalolld, May 21, 1SUH.
And he had dropped 'Into such
complete obscurity that no chroni
cler of the time even makes men
tion pf this event.
honor
aboard the Santa Maria, of which
the navigator and cos mog rap her,
Juan l la Cosa. was captain. The
1'fnta was commanded by Martin
AIoiizo J'inzon, with his son, I-'ran-cisco
Miirtin, as the firat pilot; anil
the Nlirti by Vlncente Vanez IMn
son the youngest of three Plnzon
brothers.
The i ami liar story of how Co
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Who Responsible
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Andre says. It was I'lnzou, he
writes, who really iietled the mu
tiny nlioaril Cohimbus's ship, en
abling the expedition to sail on
westward. ,
Andre' iccount of the three
following voyages and of Colum
bus's brief period as governor of
lllspanlolu what Is believed to be
Ihe present Inland or Haiti - is a
dismal record ,f mismanagement,
stupidity, cruelty, fnlsu promises,
misarlvenlurcH, suffering and gen
eral Incompetency, tl) rough all of
which Columbus
to his belief that
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he had discovered '
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