a scuffle and was refusing to exhume the body as it would reveal forensic evidence connecting Benton's death to him. Ulster Unionist Party leader Edward Carson distributed posters throughout Ulster, Ireland to address public concerns about the Ulster Volunteer Force, a unionist militia formed in January, 1913 by the party based in the Ulster province to help the region resist Home Rule in Dublin: "Our quarrel is with the Government alone, and we desire that the Religious and Political views of our opponents should be everywhere respected." Canadian Arctic Expedition – Captain Robert Bartlett led the last survivors from "Shipwreck Camp" to Wrangel Island, leaving a note of the party's location in a copper drum in case the campsite drifted into an inhabited area. Unknown that the ship had sunk, famed polar explorer Robert Peary speculated to The New York Times that the Karluk had set up a winter camp near the Alaskan Arctic coastline. The Boat Mail ferry-rail service began operating between the Indian port of Madras and Colombo. The Pamban Bridge opened in Rameswaram, India, as the country's first sea bridge and its longest until the Bandra–Worli Sea Link opened in 2010. Born: Zachary Scott, American actor, best known for film roles such as Mildred Pierce, in Austin, Texas (d. 1965); Weldon Kees, American writer, author of collected works including Fall Quarter, in Beatrice, Nebraska (missing and presumed dead in 1955) Born: Ralph Erskine, British-born architect who primarily worked in Sweden; best known for The Ark, in London (d. 2005); Irwin Abrams, history professor of Antioch College, author of The Nobel Peace Prize and the Laureates, considered the authoritative reference work to the Nobel Prize, in San Francisco (d. 2010) Died: Joshua Chamberlain, American army officer, awarded the Medal of Honor for his command during the Battle of Gettysburg (b. 1828); Francis I. McKenna, American real estate and land developer, major civic developer and advocate for Portland, Oregon (b. 1859) February 25, 1914 (Wednesday) The British destroyer was launched from shipyards owned by John I. Thornycroft & Company in Woolston, Southampton, England. The White House Correspondents' Association was founded by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a Congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson. Investigations by Texas state officials confirmed rancher Clemente Vergara was dead, with witnesses reporting he had been hanged by Mexican soldiers in Hidalgo, Coahuila, Mexico