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POLE IS FOUND BY FREDERICK COOK American HasOnly Two Eskimo. Aids. OWN STORY OF JOURNEY ON ICE Spends Two Days Where All Land Is' Southward. ' DESERT OF ICE AND SNOW Abundant Game Will Draw Tribes of Polar Region to Nevr H.-iunts. Supply- of Meat Obtiin vl by Hunting Mu.ik Ox. . COOK TELLS OF SVOCESa. BRUSSELS. Sept. 1. The observa tory here received the following tele gram dated Lerwick. Shetland Islands: "Reached North Pole April 21. lOS- Discovered land far north. Re-. turn to Copenhagen by steamer Kana E'5' "rREDETRICK COOK." PARIS. Sept. 1. "After a prolonged fight with famine and frost, we at last have succeeded In reaching the North Pole." Thus declares Dr. Frederick A. Cook In a signed statement this morning in the Paris edition of the New York Her ald. The statement, which is dated Hans Egede. Lerwick. Wednesday." continues: "A new highway with an Interesting strip of animated nature has .been ex plored and big game haunta located, which will delight sportsmen aid ex tend the Esquimo horizon. Earth's Northernmost Rock. "Land has been discovered on which ' rest the earth's northernmost rocks. A triangle of 30.000 square miles has been cut out of the terrestrial unknown. "The expedition was the outcome of a Bummer cruise in the Arctic seas on the schooner Bradley, which arrived at h limits of navigation in Smith. Sound i A.,o-,it 1907. Here conditions were found favorable for launching a venture to the pole. J. R. Bradley no r.iiv Eimnlted from his vessel suit able provisions for local use. My own equipment for emergencies served wen for every purpose in the Arctics. Stores Laid In by Eskimo. "It served well for every purpose of Arctic travel. Many Eskimo gath ered on tre Greenland shores at Anna tosk for ti Winter bear hunt. Immense quantities of meat had been collected olentv of strong dogs. The combination was lucky, forere was good material for equipment. "ah that was reoulred was conveni ently arranged for at a point only 700 miles from the boreal center, a nouse and workshop were buiU of packing boxes by willing hands, and this north- trihx of 350 ceoDle set them selves to the problem of devising a ...it. m outfit. Before the end of the long Winter night we were ready for the enterprise and plans had maturea hrn a new route over Grlnnell Land northward alor.s the west coast out on to the Polar Sea Start With First Daylight. "The campaign opened with a few scouting parties being sent over tne a --(.-... .v.nr.1 to exnlore the way and seek the game haunts. Their mis sion was only partly sudcessrul because Ae lha "iformft- At .nnrlst of 1908 (February 19) the main expedition embarked on its to the nole. It consisted of 11 men and 103 dogs, drawing 11 heavily laden sledges. The expedition jeii. mo Greenland shore and pushed westward over the troubled ice of Smith Sound. The gloom of the long night was re lieved only by a few hours of daylight. The chill of the Winter was felt at Its worst. As we crossed the heights of Ellermere Sound "to the Pacific slope, the temperature sank to minus 83 centigrade. Several dogs were froxen and the men suffered severely, but we soon found the game trails, along which the way was i easy. Start With First Daylight. "We forced through Nansen Sound to Lands End. In this march we secured 101 musk oxen, seven bears and 335 hares. We pushed out Into the polar sea from the southern point of Herbert Island on March 18. Six Esquimaux returned from here. With four men and 4S dogs moving supplies for 80 days, the crossing of the circumpolar pack was begun. "Three days later two other Esqulmos forming the last supporting party, re turned and the party now composed the survival of the fitted. Twelve men and dogs were packed for the final dash. Tortured by Wind and Cold. 'There was an unknown line 460 miles away which wae our goal. We made en couraging progress. A big lead which separated the land from the ice of the rentral pack was crossed with little de tay. Low temperature was persistent, and winds made life a torture. But. cooped up In our snow honsess, eating dried beef tallow and drinking hot tea. (Concluded oa Face .) PRINCESS CALLS LEOPOLD'S BLUFF OFFERS TO ABANDON" LOVER IF KING DROPS BARONESS. Mad Louise, of Belgium. Demands Share of Wealth Quarrel Grows More Furious. berUS. Germany. Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) To her father. Leopold, the old vm- of the Belgians. Louise, the mad princess." who is now 51 years old. has made a proposal, the like or wnicn the European Kingdom has never known, .and money, quite naturaay millions of dollars. Is the basis, of her proposal. H.arlna- that Leopold was Benin his various properties and converting everything into cash, so his daughter could get none of his riches, princess t,,,i.. funned to Brussels. The prin cess upbraided her royal father and de manded that she seceive ner ii t.i. v.t wealth, to which the king con sented, provided she would abandon Mattaslch Keglevlch. The nrlneess then made, tne Doiomi proposal ever presented to the king. She told him she would quit heumicu Ka-levieh If her father would agree to abandon Baroness Vaughan. his en tanglement with whom has been one of the a-reatest scandals that ever dis graced an European court. The princess- proposal greany u-re-e- LeoDOld and the conference broke up . with both parties more de termined than ever to continue iwi former paths. BLOWS, WIFE'S COMPLAINT Oregon City Woman Says Husband's Cruelty Made Her Deaf. OREGON CITT. Or., Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) John J. Tobin. proprietor of the Electric hotel, the leading hostelry or this city, was today sued for divorce bv Jennie M. Tobln, to whom he was in married in Meriden. Conn.. September 14. 1904. They have two children, a on olri and a daughter 2 years old. Tobln is charged with striking his ... a aTa. wife in the face -witn sucn iorco she became deaf for a long period. She also complains that last Monday he -i i h.r vioiontlv across the room, compelling her to leave the place and seek refuge elsewhere. Mn Tobln states that Tobln spends much of his time playing cards with n.trni of the hoteL wniie ane ! been obliged to work as a waitress ,h,mh.rmtld working from day light until dark. Walter A. Dlmlck is her attorney. Mrs. Tobln says her hn.hnni Km b nat income' of nearly 8400 a month, and she asks for tempor ary alimony ana oo a roomn perma nent alimony. EARL GREY'S AIDE IS FINED Viscount Lascelle Pays $2 7 5 for Shooting Out of Season. vw-TORTA. B. C. Sept. 1. Viscount Lascelles. aide-de-camp to Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada, who shot a mountain goat and a deer out of season during the Governor-General's trip to Northern British Columbia, has een fined 82TT5 by the British Columbia game ir.fr.n. The earns wardens went to Viscount Lascelles' room, where he ad raitted having shot the mountain goat and deer, the heads of which had been sent to a taxidermist to be mounted. He proffered the maximum fine, which was accepted, and the game wardens then nroceeded to the taxidermists and con flscated the heads. It has been proposed to proceed also against the Governor- General of Canada. Earl Grey, but inves tigation failed to show that he had killed any game. ' CUTS NAVYSPEED RECORD New Destroyer Flusser Reaches Maximum of 33.5 Knots. ROCKLAND. Me.. Sept. 1. A record of three knots faster than that of any other vessel of the United States Navy was scored today by the Bath-built torpedo-boat destroyer Flusser in a standardization trial. Her fastest mile was made at the rate of 33.5 knots an hour, while an other was made at the rate of 33.4 knots. The average of her five top speed runs was 32.7 knots. FIGHT SUFFRAGE IN WEST Illinois Association of Women Will Make Active Campaign. CHICAGO, Sept. 1. The Illinois Asso ciation Opposed to the . Extension of Suffrage to Women announced today an active campaign in the Middle West to combat the suffrage movement. Mrs. Caroline F. Corbin, president of the anti-organization, said that bulletins com bating the arguments of the suffragettes would be spread throughout the Middle West quarterly. CUT VOYAGE TO FIVE DAYS Lusitania to Achieve' Ambition on Trans-Atlantic Route. NEW YORK, Sept. 1. The latest bul letin by wireless via Halifax from the liner Lusitania confirms earlier Indi cations that she will land her passen gers on Thursday night, thus realizing for the first time the ambition of her owners to cut the time between New York and London to five day HEADQUARTERS TO REMAIN AT POST Vancouver to Win in Army Controversy. SENATORS CONFER WITH MAUS Change Would Be Expensive and Unnecessary, OREGON, WILL GET SHARE Members of Irrigation Committee Unanimous in Opinion That the Projects in This 'state Should Be Expedited. Whatever may be the outcome, of the visit- of the United States Senate com mute on Irrigation to the Pacific Coast, It has at least brought definite assurance that the Army division headquarters will be retained at Vancouver - Barracks for this vear. if not permanently. The en tire Senatorial committee, together with a number of Portland people, visited Van couver Barracks yesterday afternoon and held a consultation with General Maus, at which this matter was the chief topic of discussion. Senator Warren, of Wyo ming, who is a member of the Irriga tion committee. Is also the chairman of the United States Senate committee on military affairs and it was on this ac count that the visit held such signifi cance. t Mans Wants No Change. Senator Warren outlined the policy of the Administration to General Maus, In which be showed that It would be practi cally impossible for any change to be made. While General Maus expressed himself as thoroughly satisfied with con ditions at Vancouver, he asked that the department notify him as soon as possible that the headquarters would be either moved or changed, so that the officers on his staff would be able to make defi nite arrangements about bringing their families to Vancouver, fixing up their homes, etc. He Bhowed also the Inad equate equipment" in the way of build ings used for the headquarters and asked If possible that appropriation be made for new structures for headquar ters. In explaining the situation to General Maus. which he later reiterated In an Interview, Senator Warren said: Expenses Must Be Cut. "The President has Issued . a definite request to the various departments to cut the estimates this year some $30,000,000 on the military establishment of the country, and this will necessitate a cut-tins- awav of 810.000.000 or more from the annual Army appropriation. It will be necessary. If we obey his mandate, to hold the expenditures to the actual ne cessities. The appropriations for food, clothing, salaries and other actual neces saries cannot be cut, so the entire re duction will have to be made in the ap propriations for buildings, removals and the like. This will have to be very small. "Now even If the headquarters were moved to Portland or Seattle, buildings would have to be rented there and rfnncluded on Pace 10.) I COCKED HATS NEXT THING FOR WOMEN MILLINERS TO ADORN THEM AS REVOLUTIONARY HEROES. Convention Goes Back to Days of Washington and Louis XV for New Styles. CHICAGO. Sept 1. (Special.) The three-cocked, triangular headgear worn during Revolutionary days by George Washington and other' heroes familiar to every American and most Englishmen will be the proper, thing in women's hats for the coming season. This oil or lmor rrmtion was promulgated tonight at tho opening session of the National Associa tion of Milliners' convention. i.i,H.. moiii. ve.rv attractive of face nl form, with many pounds and wads of hair done up In rolls, puffs and other figures, were used to Illustrate me new styles. mv.fr nonular hats this year will be a large picture creation, Louis XV. which turns un behind and has a pronounceu bell-shape front. The model wearing this hat looked as If she were trying to get out from beneath a ports cochere. Trioorne of Marquise hats, Henry ii, bent In velvet with mauve trimmings. sphinx, small velvet toques in grey shades toques called Saliman, in dull purples with dead leaf green effects and draped lace toques, will be much worn. BOYS BAG BEAR WITH 22'S Scrogglns Valley Lads Kill Brute With Tiny Rifles. FOREST GROVE. Or., Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) Word comes from Scogglns Valley that two boys of that neighborhood, Clarence Dennis, 9 years old, and Lowell Porter. 10 years old. killed a bear a mile and a half back, of the Dennis home last Friday. The boys, who tarried 22 rifles, were returning from chores at a neigh bor's place. They heard crackling and tramping In the brush and to their con sternation saw a bear. They aimed deliberately and shot the monster. Fearing that the bear was not killed the boys then poured six more shots each at the beast to make sure of their prize. Clarence Dennis . is a brother-in-law "of W. O. Humphreys, a lawyer of this city. PATENT 0F78JUST FILED Instrument Recorded in Vancouver Was Signed by President Hayes. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 1. (Spe--i.i a nutcmt to 160 acres of land. taken up under the homestead act of 1865, in 1878, was filed for record in the office of the County Recorder yes .terday. The patent was Issued to .William Derlberg. to the south half of the southwest quarter, section 14. township 5 north, range 1 east. The patent was signed by President Rutherford B. Hayes. MONTHLY DEFICIT SMALLER National Treasury Report Shows Im provement Over July. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. There was a deficit of 87,411,728 In the ordinary rorxlnts and disbursements of the Treasury Department for the month of August, as compared with a deficit or $33,103,949 for July. There also was . smaller deficit in the receipts and disbursements for the construction of the Panama canal, me snoriage gems $3,070,218 for July and $2,004,127 for August. fpu. -...Kit.-. Aettt. less the cash bal ance in the treasury at the .beginning of the business day, was i i,m f ,oz ,z 1 1. t I SIMPLE ADDITION. j SETTLE ROW ERE RE STARTS' WEST Taft Wants No Quarrels to Worry Him. AVOID DIFFICULT QUESTIONS West Radically Divided Conservation. on MANY LOVE ROOSEVELT Adherents of His Policies Might Em barrass Taft if He Came West With Breach Still Open Between Officials. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. L (Spe cial.) President Taft Is understood here to be desirous of settling the Balllnger- Pinchot row before he starts on his West ern trip, September 16. The reasons for this eagerness to cdnclude the con troversy In the Inner circle are many, but one df the influences said to be actuat ing all concerned is the fact that the Far West has taken . radical sides and em barrassing questions may be propounded to the President on his trip unless the whole subject is settled. Roosevelt Shouters Many. Men In touch with the progress of the war between Secretary Balllnger and For ester Pinchot are authority for the state ment today that the McHarg interview, attacking the Roosevelt policies of con servationv may prove embarrassing to the President on his Western trip, for the reason that the Roosevelt shouters are many In that section and are loyal to their Idol. Mr. Balllnger, who is sched uled to accompany President Taft on his Pacific Coast tour. Is, of course, a cen tral figure In the row, and his mere presence before a Western crowd, with the . conservation quarrel not settled, might prove unfortunate, say Western in formants. . Conservation Live Topic' Mr. Taft's announced Intention of dis cussing the tariff on his trip is accepted here as logical, but the conservation dif ficulty, ' It is predicted, will be found by the President to be the liveliest topic he can discuss in the mountain and Pacific Coast states. ' With this situation confronting him, knowledge of which undoubtedly has been conveyed to the President, It is Relieved here that every effort will be made to pass finally upon the Glavis charges against the Interior Department officials respecting the administration of Alaska coal land claims before the President goes West. . PINCHOT WILL GO TO BEVERLY Forester to Confer With Taft After Rest in California. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1. Glfford Tin.hnt chief of the United States Bu reau of Forestry, passed through this city today on his return rrom tne irri gation Congress at Spokane and the Conservation Congress at Seattle. - He will stop at Santa Barbara for a brief rest before going to Beverly, Mass., to"confer with President Taft i ATTORNEY WINS WEALTHY WIDOW STRUGGLING LAWYER BECOMES LEGAL ADVISER, HUSBAND. Vandervoort Millions Go With Pas adena Society Leader, Who Weds F. George Cruikshank. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) After about nine years of wid owhood. Mrs. Florence Vandervoort, wid ow of R. T. Vandervoort. brother of the man who made millions out of the steel trust, and herself a millionaire, today be came the bride of F. George Crulckshank, who has been the attorney in charge of her property for the last three years. The marriage was exceedingly quiet, only relatives and Intimate friends being present. The bride, who is 31 years old, two years the senior of the groom, is one of he most popular leaders of Pasadena society. She is owner or tne vanaer voort block and other property scattered over Southern California. The groom became well acquainted with his pros pective wife when he assumed charge of her property upon the death of her late legal adviser. Attorney A. R. Met calf. Mr. Crulckshank was In Mr. Mei- calf's law office at the time of the lat- ter's death. He was a struggling- at torney when he became Mrs. Vander voort's lawyer. , The bride and groom will go East for a honeymoon of a month's duration, after which they will make their home here. FINDS BOY, BUT INSANE Sad Ending of Mother's Search for Wandering Son. STOCKTON. Cal.. Sept. 1. (Special.) One of the most pitiful cases local officials have handled in many months came to their notice today when a 16-year-old boy named Hubert Smith became violently insane on the Southern Pacific train be tween Sacramento and this city and had to be taken to the detention hospital. Back of the case is a sad story. The youth left his home in Los Angeles a year ago and wandered over the country in an effort to see the world. He lost an arm and In some scrape was sent to a reform school in Oregon. The mother mortgaged her furniture to secure money to take the youth home. She is heart-broken over the sand ending of the trip. FLOUR TAKES A BIG DROP North Yakima Asks 40 Cents for Old and 80 for .New. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 1. (Special.) After standing at fancy prices for a long time, local wheat flour took a drop today of 40 cents a barrel for old flour and SO cents a bar rel for new flour, sack prices falling In proportion. The old crop flour is now quoted at $1.65 and new wheat flour at $1.55. The only cause assigned for the drop by Alex Miller, of the Yakima Milling Company, is that farmers are prosperous and tired of holding stock. Little new wheat.has yet reached the mill, farmers being too busy harvesting to ship grain in, but large quantltk-s are soon expected. Coincident with the price of flour the grain prices dropped. CHAMBERLAIN'S NIECE DIES Mrs. John Ker Passes Away at Her Irving-Street Home. Mrs. Laura Dale Ker. aged 27 years, wife of John Ker, of 696 Irving street, died yesterday morning at 6:30 o'clock of complicated maladies. Mrs. Ker was a daughter of Colonel David M. Dunne, 40 Seventeenth street North, and niece of United States Senator phamberlaln. She had only been married a short time over a year and Is survived by her husband and 6-weeks-old baby. Mr. Ker's mother, Mrs. W. H. Ker, of Mississippi, is a sister of Senator Chamberlain. She is confined to her room at the Ker home with a slight attack of appendicitis. The funeral arrangements have not been made, but will probably be held Friday morning. SAYS KILLING WAS ILLEGAL Brother of Soldier Shot in Riot De mands Inquiry. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. l.-Captain El liott -P. Coulter, ex-Mayor of Girard, Ala., retained legal counsel in Atlanta today to investigate what he says was the unwarranted killing of his brother. Edward W. Coulter. Company D. Seven teenth United States Regiment, at Fort McPherson, several weeks ago. Coulter was shot and killed while run ning away from a squad of soldiers who had been sent to quell a disturbance in a "near beer" saloon near the ion. n is alleged that the order to fire was given by Lieutenant Hazelhurst, in command of the squad. DOG GUARDS MAN'S BODY Master Shoots Self, Canine Fam ished, Watches Body for Week. EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 1. The body of Joseph R. Schuster, of Edmonds, was found in the woods near that place yes terday with his faithful dog, almost famished, guarding It. Schuster, who was 55 years old and had been drinking, disappeared August 24 and had evidently gone to the .woods and committed suicide by shooting him self in the mouth 4-lth a lit' ALL SCHEDULES BE Harriman Roads Enter Speed War. MAY CUT HILL'S DENVER TIME Action of Longer Rock Island .' Road Is in Doubt. ST. PAUL LINE WILL FIGHT Hill's 62-Hour Mail Train Precipi tates Trouble Among Western Railroads Vast Expenditures Preceded Running Contest. CHICAGO. Sept. 1. (Bpeclal.)-Owlng to the Burlington's action in reducing the running time of its passenger flyer be tween Chicago and Denver by two hours and offering to put on a fast mail train between Chicago and Puget Sound to run the distance in 62 hours, all the train schedules between Middle West points and the West and Northwest are likely to undergo material changes. . The Northwestern and the Union Pa cific have already decided to meet the Burlington's Denver time and there is a possibility that these roads will try to make a further cut in the schedule. The Rook Island, which has a somewhat longer route to Denver than the Burling ton, Is In doubt what It will do. According to a statement issued today by the Burlington management, the West ern roads got together and agreed to lengthen the schedules, the agreement be ing entered Into in June, 1907. At that time the railroads were congested with the greatest tonnage in their history and most of them were doing extensive re building, which made fast time impossi ble, pwing to their inability to maintain fast schedules, the roads were subjected to a good deal of criticism. Not Late for 355 Days. Before deciding to return to the old schedule, the Burlington made a record of running its Denver trains on time 355 consecutive days. Greater speed, the statement sets forth, has been made pos sible by the expenditure of $22,000,000 on track alone, by the expenditure of $4,500, 000 in building new bridges and rein forcing old ones and by an expenditure of $JS7,000 in additional block signals. In connection with the new mall train which the Hill lines wish to Inaugurate, It Is understood that the move has pre cipitated a bitter fight between those lines and the St. Paul road. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 83.1 degrees: minimum, 04. 9 degrees. TODAY'S Showers and cooler, southerly winds. Discovery of North Pole. Dr. Frederick A. Cook discovers North Pole and tells of Journey. Page 1. Mrs. Cook's opinion of husband s success. Page 3. Cook Bends bulletin of success to Copen hagen. Brussels and New York. Page S. Government scientists bay Cook will be able to prove discovery. Page 3. Foreign. Loss of life In Monterey flood now estimated at aoou. Page 5. Princess Louise of Belgium enrages King Leopold by proposing strange bargain. Page 1. National. Taft will settle Ballinger-Plnchot row be fore he starts West. I'age 1. Politics. New York Committee of One Hundred picks rive men from whom to choose Mayoralty candidate. Page -. Domestic. Revolutionary cocked hats to be worn by women next season. Page 1. Widow of millionaire marries poor lawyer. Page 1. Pittsburg miners' strike settled by sus pension of order for black powder. Page o. All Western roads to Join in speed contest to Coast. Page 7. Temple Church of Los Angeles unanimously calls Dr. Brougher. Pagi. o. No lives lost In Rawnlde .flood. Page 2. ttports. Fine card for Riverside Driving Club's Labor day matinee. Page 7 Special days planned for Portland Fair and Livestock Show. Page 11. Dr. Roller bests Olson, winning In two straight falls. Page 4. Coast League scores :Portland 10. Vernon 3: San Francisco 'Z. Sacramento 6. Los Angeles 1. Oakland a. Page 7. National Baseball Commission nseets and Major League drafting begins. Page 4. l'acific Northwesi. Japanese Commercial Commission, on tour of States, arrives at -Seattle. Page 6. Scio's third annual fair outdoes previous celebrations. Page B. Commercial and Marine. New-crop flour prices are announced. Page 17. Wheat market at Chicago breaks sharply. Page 17. Stock market becomes almost stagnant. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Assurance Is given that Army headquarters will be retained at Vancouver. Page 1. Definite plans adopted for President Taffs entertainment. Page 0. Call Is made for funds to entertain Japanese business men. Page 6. Utah cadets give parade and drill. Page 11. Marital woes are aired In Circuit Court di vorce suits. Page 12. New 62-hour Chicago-Seattle train for mall only, railroad men say. Page 10. Mavor and Health Board assume responsi bility for guarding city's milk supply. Page 16. ' Portland's rainfall more than S inches short for year. Page 16. Creditors ask receiver for Deschutes Irri gation 4 Power - " MAY REM SEO II