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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, N'OVE3IBER 7, 1909. DIES 1 E TO BE COOK'S JUDGES Will Not Allow Geographic So ciety to Take Part in Examination. LET OTHERS COME LATER After Decision on Records Has Been Reached. Others May See and Judge, hut Help Is Needed 'or. COPENHAGEN, Nov. . The consis- tnrv of tli University of Copenhagen de clined today to accept the proposal of tlio Xzilonal Geographic Society that a committee representing the- American body be present when the North Pole rec ords of Dr. Oook are first examined. A message was sent to Professor WHlls 1a Moore, president of the National Geo Kiapliic Society, at "Washington, aa fol low: "Tlie university cannot accept the of fered assistance, taking it . for granted tliat the data and records after our ex amination will be placed at the disposal of other scientific institutions." A member of the university said later "We unanimously refused the request of the National Oeographlo Society be cause we consider It unnecessary and for the reason we are competent to examine the records alone. Furthermore, we could not admit representative of this society to attend the examination of records in preference to others. Ir. Cook only can permit this." The university expects to receive Dr. Cook'a records soon. reer of the medium. Frau Abend, who has been for years imposing on many af fectionate souls in the very highest cir cles of the capital. The "Good Frau Abend," as her admirers called ber, held seances at her humble apartments in a poor part of the city, but she bad also a lucrative salon practice in the fashion able west end. One present describes a sitting in the house of an officer of high rank, the possessor of the Iron Cross, and the husband of an exceptionally clever wife, where the spirits of dead relatives were summoned, and. having reported themselves by the customary series of knocks, appeared nebulously Behind a gauze screen. Frau Abend Is 41 years old. Many for eigners were among her clients, mostly Russians. The seen of the arrest was a dramatic one. While a snirit was loom- j ing up, the police commissar', who, of course in aisguise. naa oeen -Kiven a back seat, came forward and seized the medium and called "Halt! The police are here! Turn on the light." Tlie other sitters made an angry protest", while Frau Abend tried to divest herself of her cloth ing as testimony of her innocence. While doing so she tried to pass a veil large enough, as the reports say, for 30 spirits. to a female friend, but the friend was turned out by an agent of the commissary. ROOSEVELT IS SAFE Wild Rumors Denied in Cable From .Africa. WOMEN WORRY IN ROME ALL GEOGRAPHERS ASKED DM "Sot Expec to Seo Record Till Danes Examined Them. "WA8HINOTTON, Nov. . Henry Gan nett, vlce-oresldent of the National Oeographlo Society, and a member of the committee wmcn upneia i-earys claim, declined today to discuss the 'Danish University's refusal to reeelvs .a. committee from the society at the formal examination of Dr. Cook's rec--orda. Several hours after the receipt of Its -ablegram from the University of Copen hagen, the society Issued the following: "The cablegram from the National Geo graphic Society to the University of Copenhagen has been misunderstood. The society did not desire to participate with the university authorities or sit In Judg ment with them on Dr. .Cook's claim nor did the society desire to anticipate the university by seeing the papers first. The society lias been informed by Dr. Cook that only copies of the record would be sent to it. "The society has received many re quests every day from its thousands of members asking how soon it would pass on Dr. Cook's claim, and the officers have replied that they could not act until they had seen the original documents as In the case of Commander Peary. As there waa no prospect of the originals coming to this country, the society deter mined to send a committee to Copen hagen to see the original papers. "We understand from the answer of the University of Copenhagen that these doc uments will be open for inspection as soon as the university has passed upon xhm. and this is all the society has de sired or reui-pted." Reticent ryi Danes Refusal. WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. Henry Gan neit. vlce-pre.rtent of the National Geo graphic Society. auU a member of the commit lee which upheld Peary's claim, declined today to discuss the Danish Uni versity's refusal to receive a committee from -the siM-icty at the formal examina tion of lr. Cook's records. NEED NOT REPAIR COUPLER Railroad Wins Test Case, but Gov ernment Will Appeal. TOPBKA.. Kan. Nov. . The Supreme Court today decided the Wichita car coupler case. The Government waa Inter eted and was represented by a special Assistant Attorney-General, as it involved the operation of tlie Federal law compell ing railroads to UK automotic couplers. A pat.enger waa injured because of a defective coupler on a Missouri Pacific train and the lower court decided for the railroad company on the ground that the road was not compelled to keep the coup lers In repair. The Supreme Court upheld the lower court. The case will be ap ' pealed to the United States Supreme Court. SMALL HOPE FOR AMERICAN Vatican Officials Think Red Hat Will Not Cross Atlantic. ROME, Nor. 5. The consistory pro posed for December has been postponed until January. Pressure la belnjr brought to bear to have an American elevated to the rardlnalate. but the Vatican anthbrU tiea are skeptical of the success of this. SPANISH ARMY ADVANCES JOHNSON KNOCKED 00T CONTRACTOR STOPS CHAMPION WITH CPPERCCT. Burly Native of Green Isle Sends Black Bully to Dreamland in Saloon Brawl. CHICAGO, ivov. 6. (Special.) Every body takes a running jump on Jack Johnson except in the prize ring. Con stables, policemen and trainers take a crack at the colored champion, the lat est 'being a burly Irish contractor of this city, named Tom Carney, who sent Li'l Artha to dreamland with one punch and made his getaway, travel ing on four cylinders, when be learned the Identity of his victim. fThe fight took place late Friday night, but Just became known tonight. Johnson and some convivial friends were engaged In conversation in a saloon when the Irishman entered. Johnson took umbrage at some re marks by Carney and the latter un loaded a string of epithets that made Johnson blind with rage Friends tried to hold him back, but he started for Carney. The latter stood to his guns, however, and as Johnson came in, Carney delivered a beautiful swinging uppercut and Johnson went into dreamland. His irienas carnea him to a dark room and with ammonia and vigorous rubbing brought him to. Meanwhile Carney, who had heard the name of his opponent, put' all distance he could between himself and the saloon where Johnson was being revived. SHOT, NEGRO IN CHICAGO Ljttre Was Degenerate Son of Dis tinguished Father. DENVER, Colo., Nov. . The man found dead In a room at the Antlers' Ho tel, in Colorado Springs, yesterday is said to be William Lytle, a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families In Tennessee. It is asserted Lyt- le's father ts Evander Lytle, of Mur freesboro. Tenn., and that W. F. Lytle, a Confederate General, and one of the richest men in Tennessee, is his grand father. Lytle is said to have been mixed up In the shooting of a negro in' Chicago In August. 1903, following a trip through the tenderloin, with a girl who he claimed was' his sister. The latter committed sui cide a few days later. Lytle was known here by the name of James Cox. Jr.. and had worked at different times as floor walker and traveling salesman. Recently he announced that he had inherited a fortune. SUICIDE FOLLOWS SLUM3IIXG Woman Shoots Herself After Trip Through Tenderloin. CHICAGO. Nov. 6. The suicide of Mary Lytle at the Auditorium Annex here, created a sensation In Chicago, and in parts of the South in August. 1903. The woman shot herself twice in the right side, after a slumming tour with a man believed to have been her brother, whose name at that time was said to be Henry R. Lytle. The woman was registered as Mrs. Henry Glover. Montgomery, Ala." The suicide's identity was established when Mrs. Evander Lytle, of Murfrees- boro, Tenn., came to Chicago and Iden ti tled the body as that of her daughter. The mother failed to throw any light on the man who bad been the girl's com panion. It was'found at the time tnac miss i.yt- tle was related to Mrs. Carter B. Harri son, of Murfreesboro, sister-in-law of the late Benjamin Harrison. She was a granddaughter of General William Lytle. The slumming trip resulted in the shoot ing by Lytle of Jacob Smith, a negro musician. " trcrirral Attack Begun on Moors Around Melllla. MEL1I.LA. Morocco. Nov. s. Sixteen thousand Spanish troops, supported by heavy reserves, began an advance over the Benl Sicar territory this morning. . The Infanta Carlos of Bourbon led the advance guard. SPOKANE MILL IS BURNING Centennial Flour Company Will Suf fer Heavy Loss. SPOKANE. Nov. s. The Centennial Flour Mills, one of the largest in the city, is burning. The loss will be ht-avy. Morlts Thompson, of Seattle. Is pres ident of the company. MEDIUM COMES TO GRIEF German Police Put Stop to Woman's Pre) ing on Superstitious Rich. BERLIN. Nov. S.-SpeciaI.V-The arrest by the police has put an end to the ca- DEATH DIE TO ALCOIIOLISt Coroner Says Lyttle Not a Suicide. Woman Released. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo Nov. 6. That death was due. to alcoholism la the decision of Coroner D. F. Law In the case of w. F. Lyttle. of Murfrees boro. Tenn.. who was found dead In bed in the Antlers Hotel In this city early yesterday morning. Jennie Mitchell, the woman who was held pending Investigation, was re leased today. I.) tie's Body Identified. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Nov. . Messages received -by Coroner Law today from Evander Lytle, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.. positively establishes the identity of the man found dead in the Antlers Hotel here Friday morning as W. U. Lytle. his son. and grandson of the fam ous Confederate General Lytle. The body has been. shipped to Murfreesboro for burial. Regent Receives Diplomats. ' PEKIN. Nov. 6. The Prince Regent received the members of the foreign le gations in turn today within the For bidden City, where they paid their re spects before the bier of the Dowager Empress, whose funeral will be held on Tuesday. THEY GOT OUT. Last Sunday, you know, it rained, but in the afternoon a large crowd took advantage of the letup and went to Alameda Park, going to Twenty second and Thompson streets on Broadway cars, where free autos met them. Vu had best do the same Sun day. November T. Tou won't be sorry If you go. Free auto service from 1:30 P. M. to 6 P. M. at point men tioned. Everyone talking about Ala meda Park and those who have seen the tract rannot say enough good about ft. Wife and Daughter Spend Sleepless Night When News of Accident Reaches ThemEthel Faints. . Reports Are Discredited. NAIROBI. British East Africa. Nov. 6. (Special.) Colonel Roosevelt and all the members of his party a in good health. There is no ground what ever for a rumor which reached the United States that the ex-President had been killed. The Colonel is today beating the bush in the Eldama Ravine, in search of the bonga, a rare specimen of antelope, which no white man has ever bagged.- Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter kept to their apartments all day. She did not receive anybody except members of the American Embassy. While showing great self-control uDder the present ordeal, Mrs. Roosevelt passed the entire night without sleep. Al though somewhat reassured by a tele gram from Nairobi denying the report, she will not be entirely satisfied until she hears from her husband or son. WOMEN SPEND A BAD NIGHT Mrs. Roosevelt and Ethel Unable to Sleep After Rumors. ROME. Nov. , . (Special.) Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter, Ethel, are alarmed over rumors to the effect that some mishap has befallen ex-President Roosevelt. Last night Naval Attache Long, who had been escorting Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter about Rome, decided to break the news of the rumor to the wife of the ex-President. He told her the report was discred ited, but he considered that it v-ould be better for him to tell her. than for her to hear some wild rumor acci dentally. Mrs. Roosevelt was considerably alarmed and Insisted on cabling to Nairobi immediately. . Ethel Roosevelt fainted. The mother and daughter spent a sleepless night. Mr. Garre"tt, American Charge d'Af falres, received today a telegram from Nairobi saying the reports were false. TWO TCRN STATE'S EVIDENCE . IX WYOMING TRIAL. Witnesses Declare Every Man Under Arrest Took Part in Outrage Against Sheepraisers. BASIN, Wyo., Nov. . Albert Keyesand Charles Farrls, participants In tlie raid on the sheep camp in the Tensleep coun try last Spring, in which three men were killed, today turned state's evidence In the trial of Herbert Brink, first of the seven indicted cattlemen to be brought to trial. On the stand today both admitted com plicity, but declared they joined the raiders with the distinct understanding that only the sheep and property would be destroyed and that the sheepmen would be ordered to quit the country. Keyes denied having seen anyone shoot or having fired a shot himself. Farrls ad mitted discharging his rifle and seeing James AJlemand, owner of the sheep out fit, killed. " He testified that Herbert Brink, the present defendant, fired tlie fatal shot. Farrls stated that every man under arrest was In the party when the raid was made. Pierre Caffarel and Charles Helmer. sheepherders, testified that they were summoned from camp on the night of April 2 by a band of masked men. marched to Overhlll at the point of rifles and kept under guard while raid ers made their descent upon the camp. Helmer declared that he recognised Eaton, one of the men under arrest: There was no indication of trouble today. i Interest in the trial is at a high pitch. . LAHM NOT IN DISGRACE Army Aeronaut's Removal No Re flection on Character. ' "WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. No reflection was Involved in the order detaching Lieu tenant Frank H. Labm from the Aero nautical service of the Signal Corps, and directing him to Join the Sixth Cavalry. This was made plain today by officials Of the War Department. Both General Franklin Bell, chief of staff, and General Allen, chief of the Signal Corps, denied the report that Lieutenant Lahm's detachment had any thing to do with the taking up of Mrs. Van Deman, an Army officer's wife, by Wilbur Wright In the Government's aero plane. Lalira was In charge of the avia tion field at the time. DUTCH MAYOR ON HIS JOB Holland Official Brands Resigna tion Report False. AMSTERDAM. Nov. 6. Mayor Van Leouwen characterizes as nonsensical the report telegraphed to a news agency at London last Thursday that he had been asked by the government to resign be cause be had stated at the Hudson-Fulton festival In -New York that the United States would intervene if Holland were menaced by Germany. RiUville Has One Ticket. RITZVTLLE, Wash., Nov. S. (Spe cial.) The city primary election will be held next Tuesday. There is no con test save in two offices. Only one ticket Is represented, that of the tax payers, and the candidates are: Mayor, W. R. Peters. Incumbent; Councilman, First War, Dr. F. K. Borroughs, in cumbent; Councilman. Second Ward, W. H. Kreogher, incumbent; Councilman, Third Ward, Henry Bosenoff. to suc ceed A. Rancher; Councilman-at-Large. W. F. Wlffln, to succeed J. J. Joyce; Treasurer, W. H. Martin, Incumbent, and W. J. Lansing; Health Officer. Dr. D. A. fiewil, incumbent, and Dr.- Obeg glen; Attorney. J. Oscar Adams. Incumbent. Ex-Chief Justice O'Brien Dead. SANTA FE, N. M., Nov. . James B. m m 1 I S3 gs gs YOU are entitled in buying tlart SchafFner & Marx clothes, to a most positive assurance of your satis faction. Every dealer in our clothes is authorized to say this to you: Every garment made by, and bearing the label of Hart SchafFner & Marx, is guaranteed to be of all-wool or wool-and-silk fabrics, with no f mercerized" or other cotton added; , thoroughly shrunk before cutting; seams sewed with pure silk thread ; tailored in clean, sanitary shops ; and free from every defect of material or. 'workmanship. 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