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Show Thursday, January 11, 1937 THE TIMES-NEW- S. NEPIII. UTAH PAGE TIIREfe A Breeze from An Old Arctic Hero Receives a New Uouoy Adventurers Club . 1 Ey ELMO SCOTT WATSON new honor RECENTLY toa the nation's ' --" living polar explorer by 4 j -- niis fellow-a- d venturers into the ' Arctic and Antarctic wilder-. 7 jrr whom still were nesses, most of unborn when he made his first bid for fame more than half a century ago. He is Brig. Gen. David L. Brainard, U. S. A., retired, the last survivor of Gen. A. W. Greely's Lady Franklin Bay Arctic expedition of 1881-8On his eightieth birthday the American it K Tolar society, of which he is the eldest active member, elected him its first honorary member "in recognition of his contribution to polar exploration" nd presented him with a scroll " .. . commemoration of his achievement. RESCUE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE GREELY EXPEDITION On this scroll was inscribed Christiansen, comprised turn the next year, If possible, Finally they managed to reach a map showing the route taken Thorley to carry the expedition away. Smith sound and landed south the personnel of the party. by Lieut. James B. Lockwood On August 26 this litttle group But if that were not possible of Cape Sabine, north of and op and Brainard, then a sergeant of white men and two Eskimos another relief expedition would posite Littleton island, which was be sent for them in August, 1883. two hundred and fifty miles away. in the army, which enabled stood on the shore of In case it should fail, Greely's It was near here that the first Franklin and watched bay them on May 13, 18S2, to reach Lady were to leave Fort Con- year relief ship had been forced a steamer little its way orders push the then farthest point north, not later than September 1, to turn back and far south to Cape ger a a "lead," through 1883 southward by Sabine, the second year rescue and latitude 83 degrees, 24 minutes cautiously dark streak of open water which boat until"retreat relieving vessel ship had been crushed in the ice and 30 seconds, on the northran irregularly across the sur- is met orthe Little island is and all provisions lost. ern coast of Greenland. This face of the frozen sea. The steam- reached," or until a sledge party was which er had the Their Terrible Suffering. "Proteus" surpassed the record which been held in the ice there for from the Little island base was The record of their stav st met. British explorers had held for six days while Captain Pike waitCape Sabine is one long story c Relief Ship Fails. 275 years and their record ed In vain for a chance to cleave terrible sufferinff. Herp for As a matter of fact the "Pro- een months they lived onpifht. stood for 13 years when it was a path through the ice so that two he could start south towards civ- teus" failed to reach them in months' rations. The simple rec surpassed by Nansen in the ilization. Brain-ard's August, 1882. But, says ord of Sergeant Brainard's diary Arctic sea in the Eastern hembook, "The first year had reveals the horrors of thosi Hava The departure of the "Propassed disagreeably, and it as can no extended description. isphere. teus" marked the beginning of not regretted un uctooer z he writes: what has been aptly called "one is doubtful if anyone uncertainthe experience, future General Brainard, who has the of the supreme adventure sto"I took an inventorv of tVi additional distinction of being ries of the world," a story of ty thrown into the bargain. The commissary stores last evening one of the few living retired genalmost unbelievable human grit entire party had had the distinc- ana iouna only so aays lull raerals to have risen from the hum- - and endurance which forms tion of spending a winter farther tions of bread and meat re one of the brightest pages in north than any Arctic explorers mained. These rations can ha with the exthe annals of the American had everof wintered, extended to 50 days, if we suboutfit an that ject ception English ourselves to a greatly re- army. For two years this party Moreon had wintered shipboard. was as much lost from conaucea aiet, out the sullering will of their number had De tact with their fellow men as overa two extreme in this low tempernew North record set Farthest if they had been on another ature where a man requires from centuries-ol- d race to the two to three times the normal planet, and when finally the in the pole. third attempt to rescue Greely diet. Also, we have some very "That first winter there was hard labor ahead of us incident succeeded, of the original twenty-five weather in which Medford rum to the building of winter quar- there were just seven left froze solid and the kerosene oil iers. t alive and one of these died had to be thawed out before the within twenty-fou- r hours. The March 4, 1884: At other eighteen had perished of lamps could be lighted. "Lieut. reduced th starvation or accident after a first there had been plenty to do, bread issueGreelv to eight ounces per series of adventures marked by and the work was intelligently incredible suffering and incredorganized by the commanding of- man." Occasionally members of the ficer and tackled with zeal by ible heroism. weeks party were able to shoot a fox The official records of the the men. . . . But in a few cold and darkness put an end to to supplement their rations. But Greely expedition were made all outside work ex- as the weary weeks passed the practically W soon after Commander public the instrument cept tending near inadequate food, severe cold and S. Schley (Admiral Schley, of of the the conditions under which thpw station. the The monotony Spanish American war fame) Arctic night produces strange ef- lived took their toll. One by one had brought its survivors back fects on white men. They become eighteen of the members of the to the United States on the "Thesleepless and very party including Lieutenants Kismelancholy, it not was but until tis," nearly . . . Every diversion lingbury and Lockwood died. half a century later that the irritable. e minds could think of On the evening of June 22. 1884. heroic human side of the story twenty-fivout and dropped. Sergeant Brainard lay in the little was tried known. For more than ble rank of "buck private," now became "Checkers are all the rage now," fly tent Which had blown down years the diary of Ser- wrote lives quietly in Washington af forty-fiv- e Sergeant Brainard, the upon him and his six comrades. of one seven the Brainard, geant 42 the in ter years service army, faithful diarist. "But nothing Beside them lay the dead body an old in unused survivors, served which he lay the first ten of lasts like long, loud arguments." of another. But they were too in the ranks. He was born in trunk. About ten years ago it weak to move it or even try to to was and pubHowever, "the second winter light Norway, N. Y.. on December 21, lishedbrought raise the Dole of the tent. find. ll comwas harder to bear than the by the 1856 and when he was nineteen denly a voice called out "Greely, on Outof the under title "The and Jane Sec17, 1883, in pany first," the enlisted of age years are you merer' Brainard raised Sergeant Brainard wrote that ond United States cavalry. His post of the Lost." himself in his sleeping bag. He is few a too weeks "it was although first fighting experience At that time there were but knew that voice It was the voice cana we for relief on Great ship, the early two survivors of the expedition against the Indians of Norman, first officer of the . from onr not wander-eyes keep Plains of the West and during its commander, Greely, then a "Proteus" in 1881. to the south." But hopefully ing an engagement with the Sioux and the retired, "It's Norman!" he shouted in again they were disappointed on May 7, 1877 at Little Muddy man who had served as a sera weak voice. He crawled from ereek in Montana he was serious- geant under him, Brainard, a and they began their tragic rebeneath the tent and Norman treat. So it ly wounded. This was the battle retired brigadier-generaOn August 9, 1883, they set out thrust a hardtack in his hand. A in which Gen. Nelson A. iviues was especially appropriate that later Lieutenant Colwell narrowly escaped death at the his old commander, who once in small boats throueh a "lead" moment hands of the Sioux chieftain, called Brainard "the most re which had finally formed in the came running over the hill. Lame Deer. Later in that year Brainard was sitting on the Brainard was serving under ground gnawing at the hardMiles when that famous Indiantack, but as he saw an officer fiehter corralled Chief Joseph approaching, the old habit of and his fleeing Nez Perces in the regular army sergeant asthe Bear Paw mountains and serted itself. He tottered to his forced their surrender. In 1878 feet and attempted to salute! he served in the campaign against But Colwell clasped his hand the Bannock Indians and after and they went together into the tent, there to rouse the eight years with the cavalry " transferred to the signal corps dazed Greely and to tell him that the ship "Thetis' had arto his led This change assign rived with relief ai last. ment as first sergeant in the Dojar expedition sent out by the ivt'Ated States army as the re In 18S6, two years after his sult of an international confer return from the Arctic, Brainard ence at Hamburg, Germany, in was commissioned by President 1879 and at Berne, Switzerland, Cleveland as a second lieutenant States 1880. The United in joined in the Second cavalry in "recogwith Great Britain, Norway, nition of his distinguished and Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, meritorious services" with the and Austria Denmark, Germany, Greely expedition. He was sucin establishing a ring of cessively promoted to higher all within the outposts, ranks and was commissioned a comto a record Arctic Circle, brigadier general in the National of I meteorological plete series it army on October 2, 1917, made and magnetic observations simula brigadier general in the regular taneously. army on July 25, 1918 and retired from service two days later. Departure of the "Proteus" THE LAST SURVIVORS OF THE GREELY EXPEDITION In 1885 the Royal Geographical In August, 1881, the expedition At the left is Maj. Gen. A. W. Greely, who died in 1935 at the age of awarded him its Back society on ninety-onand at the right is Brig. Gen. D. L. Brainard who is still set up its base, Fort Conger, Grant for his Arctic work and in in Washington at the age of eighty. miles 1,000 living Franklin bay, Lady 1926 the American Geographical north of the Arctic Circle and its Charles P. markable of a number of remark250 miles north of the last Eskiice after they had waited for it society presented able men of that expedition" for several days. Their course Daly gold medal to him. mo settlement. It was commandIn 1929 the Explorers club of ed, by First Lieut. Adolphus W. should write for Brainard's book was through Kennedy channel. of the Fifth cavalry with a "salutation" to remind the two which was filled with grinding New York awarded Brainard its TjJkely Second Lieutenants Frederick F. survivors of how "together with floes of Ice upon which Greely's Explorer's Meda and in 1933 he Eleventh in- our comrades we faced for nine force camped when there was no was presented with the Purple Kislingbury of the B. Lockwood months the prospect of death day open water through which to push Heart decoration by the secretary James and fantry infantry as by day and were harassed by the boats. Whenever they could of war. The honor conferred upon of the Twenty-thir- d seconds in command. These with the sight of our associates perish- use the boats they hugged the him recently by the American coast of Grinnell Land through Polar society comes as a climax Octave Pavy, assistant army ing of starvation or from vicissiKane sea. Early in September to the career of one of the most tudes in the polar field." surgeon, eight sergeants, IncludWhen the "Proteus" sailed they were forced to abandon their remarkable characters in all ing Brainard, two corporals and away on August 26, 1881 it was boats and for thirty - four days American history. nine privates., and two Western Nrwspnper Union. Jens Edward and Frederik agreed that the ship was to re- - they were aarut on floating ice - r: I , J i . a I ---- .- ,Jui .. . ., ice-lock- ed .' A ... Bobbs-Merri- 1 major-genera- l, l. - rft- widely-separat- ed e, dog-driver- s, it who doesn't take his home paper will never get through the pearly gates, fo- when they ask him what's the news in Billville he'll never be able to telL - . 4. Bil!vi!le Quit playin' the devil and build of your own. a home-fir- e Don't expect Providence to furnish the table for you, hoping to even up matters by saying grace. Watch your step when you've climbed high. The devil himself was once an angel, but set fire to his own wings. It's our opinion that the man "Tlic Iiuming Crypt" GENUINE By FLOYD CIPBON3, Headline Hunter Famous things that cause the most trouble. Maspcth, L. I., can tell you that. It was a pencil that brought him the big adventure of his life. And while plenty of people have got into trouble for being too handy with their pens, I don't think they went through half as much grief as that little stick of wood and graphite brought to Jimmy. the little IT'S always Pezalano of It all happened on December 17, 1931, when Jimmy was working for drug manufacturing concern In Long Island City. Jimmy wai stock clerk, and one of his duties was to check over the shipments of whisky t and alcohol as they came in. and store the stuff in a big. square, iteel-lineburglar proof vault That vault was the dancer spot of the whole plant. In It were stored all the explosive and lull a mm a ble chemlrals In tbe place. There were tons of such stuff ss chlorate of potash, and gallons of collodion, naphtha, ether and the like. In addition to hundreds of steel drams full of alcohol. "And I was responsible for this stock," says Jimmy. "Besides myself, only the boss had the combination that would open the massive door." quick.acting Bayer Aspirin lA TABLET.' Bayer Tablets DUtolw Almost . la S road watrh BAY tit worked rapidly for half an hour, but "Doesn't something always happen when you're In a hurry?" Jimmy wants to know. And I've got to agree with Jimmy. Something always does. This time it was a pencil the only one they bad. It dropped to the floor and rolled into a dark corner between two stacks of cases They didn't want to go back to the office to get another one, so they did something that was strictly againu the rules. Jimmy's helper lit a match to look for it. That match was hardly lit when footsteps sounded ontslde tbe door. Could it be tbe boss? If he ever saw that lighted match in tbat vault full of explosives well somebody would get fired. Quickly, Jimmy's helper threw the lighted match Into what looked like a puddle of water. Then, In an Instant, that "water" had Lnrst into Dame. The "water" was a puddle of highly inflammable collodion that bad leaked out of a faulty drum. Flames Crept Toward the Explosives hr IN J M wtam (! tftii Ubial Larta ta diiuatpgraie aad sa la work. Drop a Uarar Aaflria tablet to- la a (taaa af water. By taa luaa U kUa ike bottom aC Iba alaaa H diaintetratiaf. What taa ta Utia glaaa a tana la no Just a Pencil Started the Trouble On that fateful December It that we're going to hear about. Jimmy was finding that responsibility pretty heavy. A shipment of foreign whisky bad arrived Just an hour before quitting time, and Jimmy couldn't go home until it was all stowed away. . He and his helper hurriedly wheeled the cases into the rear of the vault and started to open them and unwrap the bottles from the straw in which they were packed. They V iruianuy 200-foo- For Amazinzly Quick Relief Get Genuine Bayer Aspirin You can now get Genuine BAYER ASPIRIN for virtually 1 a tablet at any drug store. Two full dozen now, in a flat pocket tin, for 251 Try this new package. Enjoy the real Bayer article now without thought of price! Do this especially if you want cruick relief from a bad headache, neuritis or neuralgia pains. Note illustration above, and remember, BAYER ASPIRIN works fast. And ask for it by its full name BAYER ASPIRIN not by the name "aspirin" alone when you buy. Get it next time you want cudfe relief. "Instantly," says Jimmy, "the flames caught in some of the loose 15C FOR straw we had taken from the whisky cases. Tongues of fire began to A DOZEN lick out toward the leaky drum the collodion had come from. For a second I was scared still. There was enough explosives In the vault to 2FULL9Rf' blow the place to bits, and on the upper floors there were more than DOZEN"" 300 people getting ready to go home. Virtually two of a them and yelled "I leaped for rack of sand palls, grabbed lc a tablet to my helper to get the others. The flame was creeping up the side of the drum less than an inch from the plug hole when I threw the sand LOOK rOH THE BAYCR CROSS over it. Grabbing the other two pails from my helper I yelled to him to run outside, ring the alarm and hurry back with an extinguisher. Then I threw the rest of the sand. It barely sufficed to put out the collodion Being in Tune still burning at the base of the drum, but now the straw was burning All one's life ' is music if one furiously, setting fire to the wooden whisky cases." touches the notes rightly and in It looked bad for Jimmy, but in another moment it was worse. tune. R uskin. He heard a loud slam glanced at the door and bis heart almost his stick In kicked had the oat, away helper running stopped. used to keep the heavy door open. It had banged shot. Jimmy A IN was TRAPPED BURNING VAULT fuU of explosives and the only other person who had tbe combination was the boss, WHO Beware Coughs USUALLY LEFT THE FACTORY EARLY! from common colds Jimmy Made a Gallant Fight "I was stunned," says Jimmy. "For a moment I stared blankly at that locked door, but the acrid smoke brought my attention back to the rapidly spreading fire. There was a bare chance and I jumped for it. Like a maniac, I rolled the steel drums away from the flames. With blistered hands I pushed and Jerked away heavy cases of potash until I managed to clear a small space around the flames. Every few seconds I had to stop to stamp out flying sparks that threatened to set oS some stored explosive, but in the end I had cleared the space and pushed all the burning straw and wood to the center of the fire. Then, with fear Inspired strength, I dragged up heavy steel plates, used as a runway for hand trucks, and set them like partiUons around the blaze. "None too soon. In another minute hell popped. Cases of whisky In the center of the blaze began falling apart. Bottles went off in a series of shattering explosions. Thanks to the steel plates, none of the scattering glass and flame struck me. but I had a busy time stamping out the flying sparks and burning splinters of wood." For a full 25 minutes, Jimmy fought tbat blaie. Then, overcome by heat and smoke, he was beating a reluctant retreat when the door opened and men came running hi with aand and fire extinguishers. "With my hair singed, hands scorched and my face as black as coal,'' says Jimmy, "I must have made a sorry figure. But boy, did that air feel good? And was I glad that my helper had enough presence of mind to run and catch the boss JUST AS HE WAS LEAVING THE BUDLDING?" WNU Home-Mad- e Glasses Used Service. eye-char- ts g No many you have tried for your cough, chest or bronchial irritation, you can cold tret relief now with Creomulsion. Serious trouble may be brewing and a chanoe you cannot afford to take Creomul-slon, with anything less than which goes right to the seat to of the trouble to aid nature soothe and heal the inflamed memas branes the phlegm Is loosened and expelled. Kven if other remedies have failed, dont be discouraged, your druggist Is authorized to guarantee Creomulston and to refund your money If you are cot satisfied with results from the very first bottle. Get Creomulslon right now. (Adv.) germ-lad- mn half of the glass and left the upper our way Another thought up green glasses and they were worn in shining steel frames; and some other made specs with fine wire which crisscrossed to form free, and we were on When Eyesight Grew Dim part to the rimless specs. Not for a moment must we believe that all of our ancestors' eyes were so perfect that some eye help was not needed, for many old spectacles testify that the tinkerer at least tinkered himself spectacles when the letters grew dim. Window glass was often the only lens available for the home-nad- e frames and did not come into existence until the 1860s. If a man had a forge he could hammer out a pair of Iron frames, or twist some of pewter and make himself specs which could be "heired" for several generations, says a writer in the New York Sun. But there were difficulties. Well enough, said the old tinkerer, to fix a contraption to hold two pieces of glass, but how to make 'em stick? A leather strap was one answer; two short sticks for "temples' running up under the hair was another; the straight bow with rings In the end holding strings for tying behind, another; then came bows, which slid upon themselves; and finally, there was the bow which curved enough to fit the head and cling, without thong or string. There was a time in the 1700s when lenses were extremely small, not for seeing but for giving the appearance of learning. In the 1830s we had gone back to these inch-lonlenses, oblong, hexagonal and octagonal. Then some one thought of a frame which supported the lower That Hang On matter how medicines the nosepiece. Seventeenth Century Mode Virginia ladies of the Seventeenth century differed little from the Eng. lish in their costumes, except that, being richer, they were better able to gratify their desire to shine and outshine. As they manufactured nothing In the South, all their finery was fresh from England. A Virginia lady, Mrs. Pritchard, in 1660, owned an olive colored silk petticoat, of silk tabby, one of flowered tabby, one of velvet, and one ol white striped dimity. Her printed calico gown was lined with blue silk. There were also a pair ol scarlet sleeves and another of ruffled holland; also a pair of green stockings. Age of the Sphinx The exact age of the Sphinx Is unknown. It has been standing for more than 8,000 years. It is 70 feet high and 150 feet long, excluding the paws. 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