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PEARY'S NORTH POLE AMERICA'S NAVY.

TRIP.

Eskimos Say He Did Not Reach His Goal.

Toronto, Oct. 24. Major T. Burwash, who recently flow to King William's Land, in the Arctic, and found relics of the Sir John Franklin party, states in an interview here that he met Eskimos who formed part of the Peary North Pole expedition in

1909.

He is quoted as Baying "Those Eskimos didn't know any. thing about Poles. The word meant nothing to them. Bat when asked whether the white man, Peary, had reached his destination, the Eskimos Indicat ed that be had not.

"They told me that there had been evidence of despondency among members of the party. There was no sign of jubilation which such a discovery would naturally give rise to no rejoicings or feasts."

Reliable Authority. Major Burwash, as head of the Nort-West Territories Department, has been 33 years in the Arctic, and

NEW TRAINING SQUADRON ANNOUNCED.

ARKANSAS'S' LONE HAND.

DELAWARE COAST TRAGEDY.

8 Lost When Steamer Founders.

The Navy Department of the

New York, Oct. 29. United States has announced the

The steamer Mallory, of the formation of a new Naval Training Squadron, created as a part of the Clyde Line, reached the port of Navy's policy to bring the Navy New York this morning, bringing within the limitation fixed, in the news of the sudden foundering of London Naval Treaty.. This now the cargo vessel Barbados in a unit will be commanded by Rear storm off the Delaware coast in the Admiral Harley H. Christy, now small hours of Sunday morning, commanding the Fourth Division with the loss of six men, a woman.

a boy. of the Battle Fleet.

On board the Mallory were the The Training Squadron will comprise the Battleships Wyoming six survivors of the 14 persons who and Arkansas and two divisions of sailed in the Barbados for the is destroyers, although the Wyoming land of Barbados on Friday, since will be placed in a status of unfit when nothing had been heard of It now appears that for war services by the removal of the vessel. her armour plate, three of her 12- her engines were put out of action inch turrets and reduction in speed by the storm late on Saturday! According to the captain it by mutilating or scrapping of some night. of her bollers. Of the eight des- was just after midnight when he He troyers assigned to the squadron, decided to abandon ship. three are now operating in the sent word of this to five people Scouting Fleet and the other five who were below decks at the time West are with the Battle Fleet on the Mr. E. G. Valverde, a

Indian negro and the owner of the Pacific Coast.

vessel, his wife, two engineers, and

When the final re-organization of the Navy is accomplished, their Valverde's negro chauffeur, Wyoming and the Arkansas will be whose only known name was Willie. Before these five could come on deck and reach the lifeboat a violent tremor suddenly shook the Barbados, and a moment later she went to the bottom.

ls regarded of a reliable author-the only first-line ships in the At lantic, and the Arkansas as the lone first-line fighting ship.

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His doubt of the claim by Peary has been shared in official quarters for some years, chiefly on the ground of the short time which the dash to the Pole and back was said to have occupied.

The two battleships in the training squadron will operate

The nine on deck were thrown with a reduced complement of 463 men each; the eight destroyers into the water, but six of them, with a reduced complement of 50 managed to clamber into the life [Robert E. Peary, the American men each. The Training Squadron boat, which had apparently already Arctic explorer, claimed to have will be utilized for the midship- been cast off clear of the ship. Naval Reserve They rowed about and picked up cruises,TM reached the North Pole in April, men's 1909. His companions were his cruises, Reserve Officers Training the other three who had been on These three, Corps cruises and for local cele deck with them. negro servant and four Eskimos.

The other white men in his ex-brations along the Atlantic Coast. who had been in the icy water a peditton there were-aix-originally Three of Uncle Sam's battle- long time before they were picked undergoing initial up, collapsed and died one after the had been gradually sent back as ships are now

The survivors rowed 12 supplies diminished. Capt. Bart preparations for their exit from other. lett, who was the last one to leave the United States fleet in accord- hours with the three corpses lying They finally threw Peary, turned back in 87 degrees ance with the provisions of the in the boat.

They had been They are them into the sea. then London Naval Treaty. north, the highest latitude aver reached.

the Florida, Utah and Wyoming, in the lifeboat 68 hours before be- Peary, in the account of his three of the Navy's first super- ing rescued by the Mallory. Journey he published, said his dreadnoughts, three fighting ships! OUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports, party, remained at the Pole 80 that have proved themselves both in the fleet and in foreign waters. hours, took observations, and on Bounding, a few miles from the The Florida will be scrapped, the at 1,500 Utah is intended for conversion Pole, found no bottom fathoms.]

to a radio-controlled target and the Wyoming is to be made into a training ship. Work on the Florida and Wyoming will be done at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, while the Utah will be converted at Norfolk.

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and Mrs. F. W. Smith, Miss Erville now international] PASSENGER LISTS. danelles

Smith, Miss Mildred Smith, Mrs waters and that the present

H. L. Exon, Mr. F. D. Sumner. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Aznoe, Miss L. Kaying, British str., 1,572 tons. Wyoming won honours in battle magnitude of the traffic passing Capt. J. D. Fraser, from Swa-efficiency in 1914 and firat honours between Europe and the Black engineering competition in Sea makes the restrictions put on

Per m.s. Chichibu Maru for San Busecke, Mrs. Delfina de Jonfe,

Mr. Juan Chan, tow, buoy No. B13-B. & S. In

on December The Francisco via port

Per 8.8. Empress of Asia 01 Kinzan Maru, Japanese str., 9931928. The Utah has twice won the salvage craft and operations

December 10:- tons, Capt. Matsumoto, fleet's engineering trophy, first in particularly inapropriate.

Dr. Armando Navarro, Miss L.

Mr. L. Foxall, Mr. H. Glour, Dr. from Swatow, buoy No. B21.1912 and later during her last suggestion has been made that 11:-

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among salvage firms should be Gutterres, Mr. F. Respinger, Mr.

A. Joseph, Mr. R. Sourabaya Maru, Japanese str., vice.

The Wyoming's conversion to a taken into account in terms of and Mrs. J. Gorlovsky, Mr. P. H. and Mrs. 2,728 tons, Capt. A. Ikezoe,

H. Merecki, Loffebolz, Mr. J. S. Landolt, Mr. from Tawao, buoy No. A4-training ship involves the stripping insurance, for it is feared that Barton, Mr. H. S. Lindsay, Mr. Gardner, Mr.

of all armour and the removal of they may have the effect of rais. Peter Hachule, Mr. O.S.K. Tjibadak, Dutch str., 4,800 tons,all ammunition in excess of the ing the costs to underwriters of Mr. 1. Tominori, Mr. L. M. Hsu, and Mrs. V. H. Lanning, Mr. and In the long Mr. Y. Ohtsuka, Mr. Y. Hirooka. Mrs. A. H. Matthews, Mr. C. H. Scott-Moncrief, Mr. Nicoll, Mr. T. V. W. Ribbons, Mr. I. de Silva, Mr. Capt. P. Lems, from Tanjong quantity required for target prac-salvage and repairs.

buoy No. Paudan,

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Her maximum speed will be cut to made to transfer any additional Ikeda, Mr. G. Adachi, Mr. J.C.J.L.

12 knots by the mutilation or re costs to shipowners, who, in the Hakamazuka, Mrs. Frances Cabad- W. B. Seriess, Mr. K. Vozel, Major are ing. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Baker, P. Williams, Dr. and Mrs. A. 0. Wednesday, Dec. 10.

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