| Show I ALTER WALTE W A POLE SEARCHER recent commission llon to BO go In T of nt the north polo Jole In tn an on airship Ilven to tn Wat W r Well i iman man the known P per r correspondent Is In attracting wide attention and exciting tho n nol t oner coer relic speculation This of ot course was Inevitable HID of or tho project and the tho of ot Its outcome Kle Aie ft it 60 Tho clement dement c 14 risk Is so potent that It Il gOI for toward making mall till the tho whole undertaking like a n tragedy It Is only when tho ties ure Inken Into consideration and the tho happy ending of or all enterprise almost equal ard la 13 recalled that olio freely hopes hOlIes It will occur to of or practical minds that the rink and nn tho aim are out of r proportion Of ot what value to humanity they thoy demand d mantl will the t favorable result provo to tl be What is ther In tho o to counterbalance th tremendous uncertainty or of us lip lare accomplishment It lit hi In Il to these utilitarian scoffers that Air 11 Well ten hUll has retorted Of ot what value Is III a n great reat drama n tine flue story i noble poem And nd what wh t ID III this but nn nil attempt to 10 write iw nn of or human endeavor Happily Mr JIll anil lInd most assignment more vastly more than thu tho location of ot that terminal which hns thus Ihus fir battled etl the of ot man If It It meant that only the present ent undertaking ing be compared not Ineptly With tho qUit quest of fir Jason Joson and liln hi Mr aerial expedition Ix In an un attempt which will bring Into piny tiu II nothing eb can the of lit modem enterprise In III the inta and ami It II will erve to II put to 11 II I t the Iilo very ely latest development In III motor power demonstrate dei the reliability of ot wireless communication perhaps most rno 1 Im Important of ot all lIve jive ana II I glance to air iiiI navigation Mr i will bi b Ih lar largest gest r l evir r put to uw U It Is I now under construction In III Im Is moat famous of or modern balloon l ill tiers la l at lit work upon it II und It II I to III bi 11 built under thu Immediate of or M I Santo tho aeronaut who In III the authority on flying machines nt 01 the Has bus baR type tilli hll will be feet teet In III length 49 feet teel In diameter Jl and HH ItH surface will fett Ceet When with Ka KIU It will a total cn force nf or pounds B ven thousand pounds will willbe be of ur tho ship anti and Iti equip merit This will leave for Cor 0 s ft Onn Ys y Ul V I K i I WALTER WAITER WELLMAN The Tho craft will bo provided with three motors with II combined energy of at seventy horsepower With only oaly forty horsepower In uso IIse the of ot the will be b from twelve to fourteen tea geo geographical graphical miles nn all hour In calm weather er cr lIh all ull of ur th hit r power at ut work the tha speed pee be on miles mil an nn hour Provided c that tho Iho 1 do not hinder more than they help If bt lit no nl d lIh coulet from north j which Ii boor boon as 1111 tho northern batio ba o of nf In III hours The he point n lIle levied In Is only about S O mile 1 po Wm if f tb pole That and amI the re 10 lurn ht would moan an nn all air voyage of ur 1 lW J miles mile which h might bo hu i In III a 11 hours houra un 1 I U has hus r from to miles nn hour with thit rere fere much tha 1 Hindi mile mild Thu blK Her f to 10 be completed by br byM M h 1 month It In IH to lO bo 1111 ti lit III Parl It Il IB 18 also nl o Mr 1 n to 10 elvo It Il u r trial a n trip across ucrO B the tho theM M or at III a l over France In Juno all ull tho equipment will willbo bo hi lu Norway und early earl In July h rj will bu lit 1 In III At that point a favorable opportunity to matto the ht to the pole will be awaited Of OC course courso It la I tint pi to lillY oven approximately WWII Iho will be launched on the I to 10 tha polo 1 Tn party pall will go to tn remain In Hut tho arctic ar lIc tir lUIK If It l will be provided NOhl d for tor tho Ihl more run once will wll 0 In until something It Is promised that will be no of or the o of or the tho theta task ta 11 or of ut HIP responsibility le must be e hIlie by b thu leader It Is to bo 1 a project carefully anti and tech t ch ally I So far as possible nothing Is to bo accepted accept ell until the bur hur burden den of ot proof Is I recorded In III Its favor Every danger Is I o 0 bo ho anticipated us UK tully fully us IlS modern lII selen attainment will admit and nn provision will b 11 made against them Well mall Is III no novice In arctic exploration Ho has hus served a long Instructive apprenticeship According to his hlll own on account ho he hae learned the trade In tho only way lIat It Itcan can be e learned and that Is In tho Hold ld Just a al OilIng calling must be ho nt at Ben Benan an woodcraft must be learned In woods woots has already passed pas ed three summers and one Dill winter beyond tho eightieth parallel a II paltry GOO COO miles from the poll pole Ills HI expedition In took him to 10 the tho very ery spot which hs he now nolY expects to use aa his base bue In that year W tried to reach the tho pole by sledge and boat a ship at us hl bate buc Hit HIli boat was crushed by Ice but ho continued to press north northward ward lurd by hy sledge until he was 1111 compelled to abandon the search scorch near neur the eighty lint t parallel Mr second venture venturI Into the tho frozen north was made in On this occasion ho went to Kranz Jos t Land In tho Norwegian sealer n 1 famous arctic craft which ho chartered himself At tIe the far northern city of nt Archangel he took on dogs which had 1111 beon brought 1000 miles over the Si Siberian berian borlan wastes Then ho nude de for Land arriving ll July JulyS 25 S As luck luett would have It It was nn an unusually hard har In tho Iho arctic ho h Colin it Impossible to push h farther north remained until autumn and was wall forced to establish c hill bin blue bate at Capo CUVA An outpost t was left leet seventy milts miles farther north two experienced arctic navigator volun volunteered to remain there ther all winter Well Wellman man promising to relieve them In the spring In hi tho latter part of or February accompanied ac by throe Kinn he ho set out on tho relief Journey It was very WIY turly for Ing In and the tho party had a It time of or It At last however they reached tho outpost One of or th Ben sen sentinels had died dIe but the tho survivor was well and In good goud spirits Tins party then mull made a II dash for tor tho pole Good Goo progress wan made until two mined nil chances Ono One was an Injury to UK ht and tho oth othI T an Ico ke movement ut which caught the tho camp and nn l destroyed d moat t of ot I the supplies forcing the party to blat beat a hasty retreat Farther advance was wa out of or the tho question and Wellman was obliged to 10 give 1 1 up III the Iho effort He lie re returned turned to headquarters and here ho he received a visit from the Duke of at the A who had northward with tho Stella Polan Walter Wellman lna born at nt Men Mentor tn tor O 0 the home of or President He went to Michigan at an early age when 11 he was fourteen made mado his hl first venture venturo When ho reached his majority he hI established 11 the Cincinnati Evening For more than thun twenty years he has hus been Wash Washington ington correspondent of ot the Chicago paper now no known as the tho Herald He III Is I married and has live daughters dun Mr Wellman has written much on exploration and has hns de do delivered livered addresses oJ rill Sll II before tho Association For the tha Advancement of ot Science and tho National Geographical society Ills homo home Is hi In Washington Wa and he Is III ono OM of ot the best liked fre frequenters of at tha capitol capital ImWIN 0 O |
