The same day of Mamen's return to Shipwreck Camp, the expedition's medical officer Alistair Mackay presented a letter to Barlett that he and three other members signed, expressing desire to leave camp and seek land. In a decision later censured by an admiralty commission as questionable leadership, Bartlett allowed Mackay and his group to leave and allocated them a sledge, a tent, and food supplies for up to 50 days. Lens manufacturer LOMO was established in Saint Petersburg. A staging of George A. Birmingham's comedy General John Regan at Westport Town Hall in Ireland provoked a riot. Cuban chess player José Raúl Capablanca won against Ossip Bernstein of Russia during an exhibition game in Moscow, the first of several noted victories against other fellow chess masters before competition at the St. Petersburg chess tournament in April. Born: Alfred Andersch, German writer, author of The Father of a Murderer, in Munich (d. 1980); João Hogan, Portuguese painter, famous for his neo-figurative landscapes, in Lisbon (d. 1988) Died: Frederick Lorz, American long-distance runner, cheated during the men's marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics (b. 1884); Sigmund Mogulesko, Yiddish-American actor, founder of the Rumanian Opera House in New York City (b. 1858) February 5, 1914 (Thursday) Prince Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, son of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, met with Herbert Kitchener, British Governor General of Egypt and the Sudan, in Cairo to discuss British support against potential Turkish military movement against Hejaz region in what is now Saudi Arabia. While Kitchener made no immediate pledges of support, talks between Britain and the Sharif continued, resulting in a firm alliance during the outbreak of World War I and incentive for Arabia to side with the Allies. Canadian Arctic Expedition – Alistair Mackay and three other members of the expedition left "Shipwreck Camp" with a sled fully stocked with supplies in an attempt to find land. They were last seen a few days later by Karluk ship steward Ernest Chafe and the Inuit members of the party who were on a return mission from Herald Island to check on the four-man scouting team that left for the island about two weeks earlier. Open water prevented Chafe's team from reaching the island, forcing them back and running into Mackay's party who were struggling to make headway. Despite some members showing signs of hypothermia, Mackay's group refused assistance and rejected Chafe's pleas that they return