Show v. v 0 I I I Conquest of the Unknown I d- d c- c T dT TWELVE WELVE years ago this month month April April 6 1909 Rear Rear Admiral Peary discovered the north pole You recall his great contest with Dr Frederick Frederick Fred Fred- erick crick A. A Cook who claimed that he had reached the north pole April 21 1908 a year ahead of Peary eary Those were exciting days days and and the dispute dispute dispute dis dis- dis- dis I still lingers Peary eary is dead exploring dead exploring the hereafter Cook lives at Fort Worth Tex He seldom breaks into the news Roald Amundsen reached ti the s south pole December 16 1911 Now the only thing that is left in the way of difficult I exploration is the ascent ascent- of Mt Everest in the Himalayas on the thc frontier of Tibet Highest known mountain peak on earth it towers upward about five and a half miles A British expedition is preparing to climb it which it-which which will take two years I You of this generation have lived through the final chapter of mans man's conquest of the earth How many years that conquest was in process scientists disagree Chinese claim that their Buddhist Buddhist Buddhist Bud Bud- monks visited America as far back as the I year two Thirty-two years later schin Hoei-schin I Chinese explorer r p penetrated to a a. point that may have been San Bias Mexico That is if you believe the entries in the Chinese year books now in the he British museum Irish monks made ie first exp expeditions north north- ward In they established settlements in Iceland Norwegians claim that their Bjarni sailed along the coasts of Nova Scotia in first first Europeans to see America Lief the Lucky E Eric ic the Red Thorwald Madoc of of- Vales Wales and finally Columbus each Columbus each was the Peary the great explorer explorer ex ex- of of his day Man has virtually completed the conquest of I the earth But mans man's explorations rations have little littI littlemore littlemore more than started Airplanes v no now explore the upper air ir Who knows but what some future Peary may explore th the vast stars out in the universe universe universe uni uni- verse traveling in an airship or in a rocket such as Professor Goddard rd proposes proposes proposes' firing at the tile moon Every man gropes into the unknown Marconi Marconi Marconi Mar Mar- coni in discovering wireless was an explorer Sir Oliver Lodge and other scientists are are are- trying to explore beyond the grave And this month twelve years after Peary electrified the world by reaching the north pole America is visited by Albert Einstein explorer in the fourth dimension I in the mysteries of time |