The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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ACONAH DOYLE
Capyrlght 112 by A Conan Doyla
J5P ijelti'Uii'iit which InTn
caused through tlnm jmrta of Poutb
’AniTl w lih'li wo ImJ to trariTaa
M imagined l y u to lo poroly lcal
and I cau aiuro our frk-uJa la ling-
laud tliat wa had no notion of tb up-
roar which tbo mere rumor of our ex-
perience had caused through luropr
jt ati not until tho Iverol waa within
fflO tulle of Southampton that the
w Irclc tncuxngca from paper afU-r pa-
lr find it : -n-y a'tor agetiey offering
huEi- -: l for a Abort return message
a tu our ni'tnal ii-aulta allowed ua
how strained waa the attention not
only of tho scientific world but of tha
general public It waa agreed among
ua however that no definite atate-
ment aliould be given to the preaa un-
til we bad met the membera of the
Zoological Institute atnce aa delegatee
It waa our clear duty to give our first
report to tha body from which we had
received our commission of investiga-
tion Thus although wa found South-
ampton full of presa men we absolute-
ly refused to give say Information
which had the natural effect of focus-
ing public attention upon the meeting
which was advertised for tha evening
of Nov 7 For this gathering the Zoo-
KtcaJ hall which had been the scene
of tho Inception of our task waa found
to bo far too small and It waa only In
tho Queen’s hall In Rogent street that
rffAmmwishiin could ho found It la
now common knowledge tho promoter
might have ventured upon the Albert
hall and still found their apace too
scanty -t
It Waa foe the second evening after
our arrival that the great meeting had
been fixed For the first we had each
no doubt our own pressing personal
affairs to absorb us Of mine I cannot
yet speak It may be that as It stands
further from me I may think of It
and even apeak of it with less emotion
I have shown tho reader In tho begin-
ning of this narrative where lay tho
springs of my action It la but right
perhaps that I should carry on tho
faia and a bow also tho results And
yet the day may come when I would
not have It otherwise At least I hove
been driven forth to take part in a
wondrous adventure and I cannot but
be thankful to tho force that drove mo
And now I turn to the last supremo
eventful moment of our adventure Aa
I was racking my brain as to how I
should best describe It my eyes fell
upon the Issue of my own Journal for
the morning of the 8th of November
with the full and excellent account of
my friend and fellow reporter Mac-
dona What can I do better than tran-
cribe his narrative headlines and all?
I admit that the paper was exuberant
in the matter out of compliment to its
own enterprise In sending a corre-
spondent but tbe other great dallies
were hardly less full In their account
Thus then friend Mac In his report:
THE NEW WORLD
GREAT MEETING AT THE QUEEN'S
HALL
SCENES OF UPROAR
EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT
WHAT WAS ITT
NOCTURNAL RIOT IN REGENT
STREET
Special 1
“The much discussed meeting of the
Zoological institute convened to hear
the report of the committee of investi-
gation sent out last year to South
Ainei ion to tost the assertions made by
Prof i 'imilengcr as to the contin
tied vi i-n e oi prehistoric life upon
that 1 1 ntinen! was hold last night in
the greater Queen's hall and it is safe
w say that it is likely to be a red letter
date in the history of science for J-he
proceedings were of so remarkable and
sensational u character that no one
present is ever likely to forget them
Oh brother scribe Macdona what a
monstrous opening sentence!) The
tickets were theoretically confined to
members and their friends but the lat-
ter is an elastic term and long before
8 o’clock the hour fixed for the com-
mencement of the proceedings all parts
of the great hall were tightly packed
The general public however which
most unreasonably entertained a griev-
ance at having been excluded stormed
the doors at a quarter to eight after a
prolonged melee In which several peo-
ple were injured including Inspector
Scoble of II division whose leg was
unfortunately broken After this un-
warrantable invasion which not only
filled every passage but even Intruded
upon the space set apart for the press
It is estimated that nearly 5000 people
awaited the arrival of the travelers
When they eventually appeared they
took their places In the front of a plat-
form which already contained all the
leading scientific men not only of this
country but of France and of Ger-
many Sweden- was also represented
In the person of Professor Sergius the
famous zoologist of the University of
Upsala
T
CHAPTER XXII
A Wonderful Demonstration
HE entrance of the four heroes
of the occasion was the signal
for a remarkable demonstra-
tlon of welcome the whole
audience rising and cheering fortune
minutes An ncute ulmrver might
however tint delected some signs of
Jlsent smld Hie applause and gath-
ered that the proceeding were likely
to become more lively titan harmoni-
um It may safely le prophesied bow-
aver that no one could have foreseen
the extraordinary turn which they
were actually to take
‘Of the apieuraiiee of the four win-dri-ra
little mid be said slur their
photographs have for aome time N-eu
npiNMtlng in all the paper They
Is-ur few tracca of the hardships which
they ure aald to have undergone Pro-
fcior Challenger’ beard may be more
ahaggy Trofeaaor Summerlee's fea-
tures more ascetic Isrd John Rox ton’s
figure more gaunt and all three may
be burned to a darker tint than when
they left our ahores but each appear-
ed to be In moat excellent health As
to our own representative tha well
known athlete and International Rug-
by football player E D Malone be
looks trained to a hair and as be
surveyed the crowd a a mile of good
humored contentment pervaded his
honest but homely face (An right
Mac wait til! I get yon alone!)
"When quiet bad been restored ’and
the audience resumed their seats after
the ovation which thgy had given to
the travelers the Chatman the Duke
of Durham addressed tbe meeting
He would not he aald ‘stand for more
than a moment between that vast as-
sembly and the treat which lay before
them It waa not for him to anticipate
what Professor Summaries who was
tbe spokesman of tbe committee had
to say to them but It was common ru-
mor that their expedition had been
crowned by extraordinary auccess
(Applause)
“Professor Summerlee’s rising was
the signal for another extraordinary
outbreak of enthusiasm which broke
out again at Intervals throughout his
address Having described the genesis
of their Journey and paid a handsome
tribute to his friend Frofessor Chal-
lenger coupled with an apology for tbe
Incredulity with which bis assertions
now fully vindicated had been receiv-
ed he gave the actual course of their
journey tareffiliy withholding such In-
formation aa would aid the public in
any attempt lo locate this remarkable
plateau Having described In general
terms their course from' the main river
up to the time that they actually reach-
ed the base of the cliffs he enthralled
his bearers by his account of the diffi-
culties encountered by the expedition
In their repeated attempts to mount
them and finally described how they
succeeded In their desperate endeavors
“One had to pinch oneself to be sure
that one was awake as one heard this
sane and practical professor in cold
measured tones describing the mon-
strous three eyed fish lizards and the
huge water snakes which inhabit an
enchanted sheet of water Next he
touched upon the Indians and upon the
extraordinary colony of anthropoid
apes which might be looked upon as
nil advance upon the pithecanthropus
of lava and as coming therefore near-
er t tin it any known form to that hy-
pothetical creation— tlie missing link
Finally he described amid some mer-
riment the ingenious but highly dnu-
i gerous aeronautic invention of Pro-
fessor Challenger and wound up a
i most memorable address by an ac-
count of the methods by which the
committee did at last find its way back
to civilization
“It had been hoped that tbe proceed-
ings would end there and that a vote
of thanks and congratulation moved
by Professor Sergius of Upsala uni-
versity would he duly seconded and
carried But it was soon evident that
the course of event3 was not destined
to flow so smoothly Symptoms of op-
position had been evident from time to
time during the evening and now Dr
James Illingworth of Edinburgh rose
in the center of the hall Dr Illing-
worth asked whether an amendment
should not le taken before a resolution
“Dr Illingworth was imperfectly
heard in part of his remarks on ac-
count of the strenuous opposition of
the friends of the explorers Some at-
tempts were also made to pull him
down Being a man of enormous
physique however and possessed of a
very powerful voice he dominated the
tumult and succeeded In finishing his
We Want to be Neighborly
With You
If you get shy on ice and need
help send your wagons down
and we will supply you with 300
pound blocks at $100 per block
Our plant has shipped and sold
at home over 100 cars this sea-
son but we will cut out some of
our car lot orders and supply you
if you get short
Comanche Ice and Fuel Co
J T Chelf Pres
41 it Comanche Okla
Vital Statistic
IV lotting it the reirt of
County J'tij’tn i rterdciU of Health
brg for the t: oath -d June: The
)r ftician of the uuty re"irt-
ml V birth- 1? male nnd 1 fe-
male During the month there
were f death I male and one
female Tu o case of bmnllpox
were rejwrtetl and heverul case
of measles one case of diphthe-
ria Jone case of ellagra four
cases of typhoid fever During
the month of June we may ex -jx-et
typhoid fever so we thou hi
be on the hxkout for it and keep
a clean house: get rid of the Hies
Keep the house screened as this
will assist in stopping contagion
I wish to thank the doctors for
their co-ojx'ration and support
and urge them to get their re-
ports in early at least by the
fifth of each'month
D Long
County Supt of Health
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend our deepest
gratitude and appreciation and
heartfelt thanks to the many
friends who did so much towards
lightening our sorrow during the
illness and death of our dear
mother and for the many beau-
tiful floral offerings
Mrs C D West
J M Boyd
Mr and Mrs W S White
Picnic at Velma
The Old Settlers’ picnic will be
held at Velma today and tomor-
row Many Duncan people are
planning to attend and some
nave already gone out The rain
last evening will add much to
the comfort of the spectators
and the picnic promises to be
one of the important celebrations
in this part of the state this
year
PASTIME
THEATER
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' Leader Mrs Ridgeway
Song Prayer
Scripture Reading: Psalm 91—
Rudolph March
“Paul’s Call into Service and
Paul Cared for by God in His
Early Ministry”— Mr Evans
“On the First Journey”— Jedie
Gardner
“On the Second and Third
Missionary Journies”— Bro
Ridgeway
“In Jerusalem and Calsarea
—Grace Long
“On the Way to Rome”--Levi
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Prayer
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RECORD OF THE PAST
No Stronger Evidence Can Be
Had la Duncan
Look well to their record
What they have done many times
in years gone by is the best guar-
antee of future results Anyone
with a bad back any reader suf-
fering from urinary troubles
from kidney ills should find com-
fouting words in the following
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Mrs O L Huffman Marlow
Okla' says: “I suffered from a
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My little girl had also been com-
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Over three years later Mrs
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Woods, Lee. The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1916, newspaper, July 20, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1716481/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.