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PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTE3IBER 10, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,222.
HARRIMAN IS
DEAD AT HIS
COUNTRY HOI
Victor in Battles of
Finance Loses to
Grim Reaper.
HIS HIND. CLEAR TO END
Secrecy Preserved Until Stock
Exchange Closed and
Time Misstated.
Had. Never Recovered Since
Relapse on Saturday. .
NO OPERATION PERFORMED
Harrlman's Sister Lets Slip Fact
He Pied at 1:35, Not 3:35, as
Slated by Doctor Funeral
Will Be Held Snnday.
ARDEX, Sept. 9. Edward H. Harrl
inan. the greatest organizer of railroad
the world has ever known, met the only
.lasting' defeat of his active life, today at
the hands of death. Secluded in his mag
nificent home on Tower Hill, he suc
cumbed to an Intestinal disorder this
.afternoon, after "a" flglit' against disease
that will rank for sheer grit with his
femarkable struggles in the financial
world. .
' l)lcrepacncy as to Time.
The exact time of his death is known
only In that limited circle of relatives
and associates who had shielded Mr.
Harrlman from all outside- annoyance
during his last illness. The time xas
given out as 3:35 P. M.. but Mrs. Mary
Smondf. sifter of the dea4 man. said to
night that Mr. Harrlman died at 1:30 P.
M. Whether this apparent discrepancy
has any bearirg on the current belief
that every effort was made to lessen the
influence of the financier's death on the
New York stock market is problema
tical. Eut it is significant that the time
of his death, as officially announced, was
Just 35 minutes after trading had ceased
on the New York Exchange.
Mind Clear to Last.
Mr. Harrlman died peacefully and to
the end his brilliant mind retained Its
clearness. After a relapse on Sunday he
sank slowly and soon after noon today
there came a relapse that marked the
approach of the" end. His wife, two
daughters and two sons, who have been
constantly, with him, assembled at the
bedside and a furnace was hastily
dispatched from Mrs. SImonds, whose
home Is three miles from the
Tower Hill home. Mrs. Simonds entered
the great silent home in time to be
present at her brother's death. She joined
the wife and children, who, with Dr. W.
G. Lyle. of New York, and Orlando Har
rlman. a brother, and the nurses, formed
a group at the bedside.
No spiritual adviser was at hand. The
swiftest automobile In the Harrlman
garage had been dispatched for Rev. Dr.
J. Holmes McGuinness, of Arden Par
ish, but he was not at home. When
found later, he hurried to Arden House,
but death had reached there rirst.
Secrecy Maintained to Knd.
With the secrecy that has been main
tained at the Harrlman residence un
broken to the very end. news of Mr.
Harrlman's death was conveyed to New
York before It came to Arden and the
valley below. During the last ten days
rumors have been so persistent and
variable that little credence was at
first given the report, and it was a
hock when a voice on the hill replied:
"Yes, that's "correct. . Mr. Harrlman
died at 3:35 P. M.
Mr. Harrlman will be placed at rest
In the family plot' at the little grave
. yard behind St. John's Episcopal
Church at Arden. He will rest. beside
his eldest son, Edward H. Harrlman,
Jr.. who died 22 years ago, soon after
the family first came to Arden. The
services will be held at 3:30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, and, it is understood,
will be strictly private.
She said emphatically that there had
been no operation.
Dr. Lyle. who has been Mr. Harrlman's
physician throughout his last Illness, has
Issued no statement concerning the
cause of death, but the general under
standing Is that there was no operation.
Four persons are authority for this be
lief. They are Mrs. Simonds, his sister,
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BALLINGER TO BE
RIGHTED BY TAFT
FI BLIC STATEMENT EXOXERAT
ING HIM TO ISSUE.
Evidence Laid Before Executive try
Secretary at Beverly Was
Found Convincing.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 9. (Special.)
His explanations, written and oral, sub
mitted at Beverly by Secretary Ballln-
ger. have completely satisfied President
Taft that the Interior Department acted
properly in handling the Cunningham
coal land cases in Alaska, and a state
ment soon will be Issued by the Pres
ident, setting Ballinger and his asio
elates right before the country.
That statement, it is understood.. will
repudiate all charges and Insinuations
against Ballinger. inspired by Forest
Service officials, and printed broadcast
over the country, and will completely
answer the charges brought by Special
Agent Glavls against his superiors.
.Glavis charges having been dls-
proven to the satisfaction of the Pres
ident. Glavls himself is left in an un
comfortable position, after having
sought to force the retirement of Sec
retary Ballinger, Land Commissioner
Dennett and Chief Special Agfent
Schwartz.
In the "event that Glavls is dis
missed, the prosecution of the Cun
ningham cases will be left to Special
Agent Sheridan, who has been at work
on the evidence since July 1. He will
be ready to proceed. It Is said, by Oc
tober 15. Whether or not any changes
In the public service, aside from the
dropping of Glavls, are likely to be
made before the President starts est,
is not known here.
It Is known that Secretary Ballinger
In his three conferences.wlth the Pres
ident cleared up this entire matter and
will not be asked for further explana
tions. BAEY BOYS BOLD BANDITS
Vancouver Lads Seek Adventure
With Toy Pistols and Masks.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 9. (Spe
cial.) With black masks on and armed
with toy pistols and tin swords, two
young lads. Bob Eichenlaub and Jack
McGoedrick. aged about 7 years each,
held up the section foreman of the Van
couver Traction Company at Eleven ta
and Franklin streets at 5 o'clock this
afternoon. As the youthful would-be
highwaymen did not appear very formid
able, no valuables were turned over to
them.
But a few moments later the heavy
hands of Deputy Sheriff Walters, who
weighs 297 pounds, were laid on the
shoulders of the lads and they were
taken, wailing loudly the while and kick
ing somewhat forcibly", to the County
Jail, where they were held in the corri
dor fof a time with a view, to teachlns
them a lesson.
The lads were badly frightened from
the aftermath of their adventure.
Bob Eichenlaub Is .the son of Frank
Eichenlaub. County Treasurer, and Jack
McGoedrick is the son of Joseph Mc
Goedrick. who conducts a meat market
in the city."
MORGAN MONEY FOR COOK
Financier Place Purse at Disposal
of Arctic Explorer.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. J.-(Special-)
Copenhagen's Interest In the Cook-Peary
North Pole controversy grew intense to
day when It became known that Dr. Cook
announced he would charter a steamer at
his own expense and send it to Greenland
for the Eskimos who accompanied Mm
on his polar dash and have them corrob
orate his story. The steamer probably
will be under the command of Captain
Sverdrup. the Norwegian Arctic explorer.
It la said that J. Pierpont Morgan
telegraphed to Dr. Cook offering him any
sum he might need, but the explorer
says he will pay for the expedition him
self. A Danish Interpreter in North- Green
land says that Commander Peary's alle
gation seem absurd to those who know
the facts. According to this authority
Dr. Cook went west, not to escape obser
vation, which was Impossible In any
ovont hut in pursuance of a plan based
on Peary's own experience with the
easterly drift of Ice In the Polar sea
north of Greenland.
BODY BATTERED TO PULP
Employe of Springfield Sawmill
Meets Horrible Death.
EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 9.. (Special.)
Caught in a shaft revolving nX times a
minute, John Nottleton wa hurled
against heavy timbers and bis body
crushed to pulp.
The shocking accident occurred at the
Booth-Kelly mills at Springfield today.
Nettleton had gone beneath the floor to
adjust some machinery when his Jumper
caught and he was hurled -around the
shaft. No blame Is attached to any one.
as Nettleton violated the rules of the
company In trying to adjust the ma
chinery without first stopping the mill.
Nettleton 19 survived by a widow and
two children, a son and daughter aged
17 and 18 respectively.
CAR STRIKES DEAF GIRL
Daughter of Tailor, Only Slightly
Injured by Taxicab.
Unaware of any danger, a 12-year-old
deaf and dumb girl, daughter of George
H. Seellg. a tailor of 411 East Burnslde
street, was run down by a taxicab at a
late hour last night near East Tenth
street on East Burnslde. The machine
did not run over- the girl- and her Injuries
were slight.
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STOCK EXCHANGE
DISCOUNTS DEATH
Big Interests Will Pre
vent Collapse.
KNEW HARRIMAN'S END NEAR
Heavy Drive Expected, but
. , Shorts May Be Fooled.
SOME RECENT PARALLELS
Assassination of McKinley and Death
of Rogers Not Allowed by Big .
Men to Demoralize -.
Stock Values.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9. (Special.) No
surprise was felt in Wall street this even
ing when it was announced ' that Mr.
Harrlman was dead. A considerable per
centage of the people In the finapclal .dis
trict had all day believed a common ru
mor that Mr. Harrlman had died
this morning and that the an
nouncement of . his death' was being
withheld until after the closing of the
markets, and the remainder were
thoroughly convinced that he was at
death's door and could survive but a very
short time. .
The fact that Wall sy-eet was so
thoroughly prepared to learn that - the
great railroad man had breathed his last,
coupled with the fact that such a tre
mendous short Interest In the market is
known to exist, may, it is thought in
good circles, upset some of the predic
tions that the market would be badly, de
moralized tomorrow.
Big Men Ready to Fight Shorts.
Naturally, there is a great concern
about tomorrow's market, and the com
mon belief is that a. heavy drive
against values will be made, but there
are some' people Lwho have knowledge
of the, preparations- for the present
emergency which have been made by
the large interests who say they would
rot be surprised if the shorts, when
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HONESTY AND WANT
AD RECOVER GEMS
WOMAN HAS $3000 NECKLACE
RETURNED IS SEATTLE,
Boy Who Returns Jewelry to Owner
Is 'Rewarded With Gift of
Three Hundred Dollars'. .
SEATTLE!, Sept. 9. (Special.) Want
ads. and an honest father and son en
abled Mrs. Harry Whitney Treat,' leader
of Seattle's social 400, to recover a dia
mond and turquoise necklace, valued at
J3i)00, which Mrs. Treat dropped, with her
card case, while making a call on Tues
day. The finders were the recipients of
J300 cash today, when the jewels were
returned to," the owner. -
Not' realizing the value. of. the necklace,
contained In a card case, which he picked
ujj when it fell from the automobile of
Mrs. Harry W. Treat on Tuesday after
noon. Floyd Anderson, the. 16-year-old
son of Benjamin Anderson", s night watch
man at. the Northern Pacific grain ele
vator in West Seattle, turned it over to
the driver of the wagon of a local furni
ture house, whose helper he was when
ordered by the. man to do so. '
The boy's father, hearing of the episode,
went to the man and compelled him to
return the diamond. Mr. Treat Inserted
advertisements in the "Lost" columns of
the dally newspapers, seeking the return
of the necklace. !
SQUAW'S CLAIMS SETTLED
Indian Wife of Millionaire Gets
$100,000 From Heirs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9. Heirs
named in the will of John H. Hite, a mil
lionaire mining man of Mariposa. Cal.,
have effectea a settlement with his In
dian widow, it was announced today, and
within a week more than 6,000,000 will
be distributed. -. ' - '
Hite was a pioneer in the California
gold fields and. married an Indian wo
man, from whom he afterwards separ
ated, making an allowance for her main
tenance. She was hot provided for In his
will and the contest followed his death.
The suit was "compromised for J100.000,
PUG'S AUTO CRUSHES BOY
Beaten Fighter, Returning From
Arena, Runs Down Lad.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9. James
Brannin. aged 7, was fatally injured to-dajL-when
be was run over by an autA
in which Al Kaufmann, pugilist,' his
father and two friends were .returning
from the arena at Coloma. The boy died
on his way to St. Luke's Hospital.
Bert Denisdn. the chauffeur, was ar
rested on a charge of manslaughter and
was released on $50 cash ball.
GREAT RAILROAD FINANCIER WHO DIED
HOWARD HEAR HjUIRUIAA,
NOTED JAPANESE
GUESTS OF CITY
Busy Days Spent Here
by Mikado's Sons.
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS INSPECTED
Commercial Commission Is
Taken to Points of Interest.
DINE AT COMMERCIAL CLUB
Prominent Portlanders Exchange
Greetings With Distinguished
Orientals Party Will Take
Trip Down Columbia."
Japan's most . distinguished financiers,
capitalists,- business men., manufacturers
and professional mea are the guests of
Portland. The Honorary Commercial
Commission of that country, t-ginnlng
a 10,000-mile tour of the United States
industrial centers, spent yesterday in this
city, will today enjoy a steamer ride on
the Columbia and late this afternoon
will leave on the Journey Eastward.
An inspection of Portland's manufac
turing plants under guidance ,of the
r-homher of Commerce, formal luncheon
at the Portland Hotel, an elaborate ban
quet at the Commercial Club and several
receptions for the ladies of the party
kept the time of the visitors occupied
yesterday. This morning at 9 o'clock
they will leave on the steamer T. J.
Pnttpr. InsDectlng various waterfront
mills as far down the Columbia as St.
Helens. The visitors will later spend sev
eral hours at Vancouver. Wash., visiting
the Barracks, and will leave about 6
o'clock on the North Bank road for Spo
kane. '
Forty Members of Party.
The party, comprising over 40 of the
prominent cuizens of Japan, arrived in
Portland on its special train yesterday
morning. A. special committee of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce met the
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YESTERDAY
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TAFT WILL TELL
WEST OF TARIFF
PRESIDENT TO EXPLAIN SOME
OF SCHEDULES IN BILL.
Wickerstiam Is Called to Beverly to
Discuss Dispute Between Bal
linger and Plnchot.
BEVERLY, Sept. 9. During his West
ern trip Mr. Taft will take the people
into his confidence regarding the recent
tariff fight In Congress, according to a
statement made, here today. It was said
that the President would frankly tell
of the troubles that beset him In deal
ing with the tariff situation and that he
wiir put squarely up to the people the
question of whether or not they desire
a still further revision.
The President will tell his hearers that
the remedy for any shortcomings in the
bill will be to elect Congressmen pledged
to a revision along the lines desired. The
President, it is said, will specifically
take up several of the most Important
schedules dealt with in the fight for re
vision. The wool goods schedule, which
was not touched In any way in either
branch of Congress, will come In for
particular attention. Mr. Taft has told
a number of his callers that he was not
satiflfied with the woolen schedule.
President Taft has asked Attorney
General WIckersham to come to Beverly
Saturday to discuss the dispute between
the Department of the Interior and the
forestry; division of the Department of
Agriculture. The Attorney-General also
has been drawn into the Cunningham
coal land case and It was on his initia
tive that the motion to patent the Cun
nlngham claims has been held up.
BIG SHOVEL HITS DYNAMITE
Three Workmen Mangled When Ex
plosive Is Unearthed.
MARYSVILLE, Cal.. Sept. 9. (Spe
;lal.) A steam-shovel ran Into a cache
of dynamite along the Western Pacific
track at French Creek this afternoon and
In the explosion that followed the shovel
was partially wrecked'and three men ser
lously Injured. The men were' standing
alongside the track, almost directly over
the spot where the dynamite was stored
They were hurled 20 feet. One of them
suffered a leg and arm broken and Is
Injured Internally, while the other two
received Injuries that may result fatally.
The dynamite had been stored along
side the track by blasters and It was not
known where the stuff lay. The explo
slon could be heard for miles up and down
the canyon.
INFRINGEMENT IS ENJOINED
New York Papers Restrained From
Using Copyrighted Story.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9. (Special.) In
view of the fact that the New York
World and New York Sun published yes
terday Commander Peary's preliminary
report taken from the London Times and
cabled to New York- in violation of the
New York Times' copyright. Federal
Judge Hand issued last night In New
York an injunction restraining those two
newspapers from further infringing that
copyright.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTER DAY' 8 Maximum temperature, 12
degrees: minimum, -m degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair; eouth westerly
winds.
Death of K. H. Harrlman.
Harrlman dies at Arden at 1 :30 P. M.
Thursday. PaKe 1.
Anecdotes of life of great railroad builder.
Pae 9.
Harrlman's controversy with Government
about railroad mergers. Page 8.
Probabl future of Harriman system.
Page 8.
Effect on stock market discounted. Page 1.
Estimates of his fortune. Page 9.
Krttschnltt or T.ovctt his probable . suc
cessor. Page 7.
Stations of Harrlman line in Pacific North
west to be draped in mourning. Pag? 0.
J. p. O'Brien says Harrlman's death will
not alter extension plana. Page!).
Harrlman's last visit to Portland was made
last year. Page fl.
Opinions of Harriman by leaders of financial
world. Page 8.
Discovery of North Pole.
Peary's own story of his Journey to Pole,
Page 1.
Mcrgan offers financial aid to Dr. Cook.
Page 1.
Cook may have to wait till Spring for evi
dence of Eskimo. Page 4.
Domestic.
Taft will put tariff revision up to people on
Western tour. Page 1.
Ballinger puts ban on irrigation certificates
to settlers. Page 5.
Sports.
Cast League scrres: Portland 3-J1. Sacra
mento 8-1: Vernon 4-8, Oakland 8-1;
Los. Angeles 1-9. San Francisco 4-10.
Page IX
Four Westerners win In Wheaton Golf tour
nament. Page 14.
Jack Johnson has best of AI Kaufmann In
ten rounds. Page l.
Northwestern League scores: Portland 4,
Vancouver 3; Aberdeen 2. Seattle 7; Spo- i
kane 9. Tacoma 10. Page 13 .
Livestock parade may be feature of Country
Club show. Page 12. j
Pnciflc Northwest.
Contract holders in Oregon Valley Land
Company gather for auction at Naber
view. Page 6.
State Railroad Commission reduces express
rates to Eastern Oregon points. Page 6.
Defense in Robbins murder trial will accuse
aged father of crime. Page 3. -
Commercial and Marine.
Old flour prices will be maintained ; new
flour will be lower. Page ltt.
Wheat again at the dollar mark at Chi
cago. Page 19.
protective measures relaxed In stock mar
ket. Page 19.
British steamer Cape Flnisterre chartered
for wheat. Page IS.
Portland and Vicinity.
Japanese Commercial Commission enter
tained In Portland. Page 1.
Entire 1900 apple crop of Hood Rlver
M osier district contracted for at record
price. Page IS.
Oregon TruBt books show misconduct of of
ficers. Page 18.
Interesting developments occur in May Real
auto murder mystery. Page 4.
Oregon Trunk Hill wins another . vic tory
. over Harrlman line In Central Oregon.
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PEARY TELLS
W MADE
PATH TO POLE
Discoverer's Own
Story of Journey
Over Polar Ice.
SOE EN LOST AND FOUND
Sledge Expedition Pushes
Ahead in Spite of Many .
Obstacles.
OPEN WATER CAUSES DELAY
Leads Crossed on New Ice
When Frost Comes to Aid.
PARTY SLOWLY REDUCED
As Men Wear Out or Become Dis
abled, They Are Sent Back, Leav
ing Only Men Tried by Hard
ship to Ileach Goal.
(Copyright. lflOO. by the New York Times
Company.)
(Published by arrangement with the New
York Time, the London Times and tha
Chicago Tribune, on behalf of Commander
Peary.)
BY ROBERT E. PEARY. COMMANDER.
V. S. N.
BATTV3 HARBOR. Labrador. via
Marconi Wireless. Capa Ray, N. F., Sept.
9. The steamer Roosevelt, bearing th
north polar expedition of the Peary
Arctic Club, parted company with tns
Erik and ateamed out of Ktah ford lata
in the afternoon of August IS, l?uS,
settli:g the. ur.ual course for Cape Sabine.
Tlw weather was dirty, with fresh south
erly winds. AVe had on b.iard 23 Eskimo
men, 17 women and 10 children, 226 dogs
and some 40-odd walrus. We encountered
the Ico a short distance from the mouth
of tho harbor, but It was not closely
packed and was negotiated by the Roote
velt without serious difficulty. As we
neared Cape Sabine, the weather cleared
somewhatTind we passed slnse by Three
Voort Island and Capo Sabine, easily
making out with the naked eye the house
at Hays Harbor occupied by me in the
Winter of 1901-2.
From Cape Sabine north there was so
much water that we thought of setting
the lug sail before the southerly wind;
but a little later appearance of Ice to the
northward stopped this. There was clear,
open water to Cape Alberta, and from
there scattered Ice to a point about
abreast of Victoria Head, thick weather
and dense ice bringing us some ten or
15 miles away.
From- here we drifted south somewhat,
and then got a slant to the northward
out of the currents. We worked a little
further north and stopped again for some
hours. Then we again worked westward,
and northward till we reached a series of
lakes, coming to a stop a few miles south
of the Winter quarters at Cape DurvlIL
Forced Bark to Greenland.
From here, after some delay, we slow
ly worked away northeastward through
fog and broken lee of medium thickness,
through one night and the forenoon of
next day, only emerging Into open water
and clear weather off Cape Fraser.
From this point we had. a clear run
through the middle of Robeson Channel,
uninterrupted by either Ice or fog. to
Lady Franklin Bay. Here we 'encount
ered both Ice and fog and. while work
ing along in search of a practicable open
ing, were forced across to the Greenland
coast at Thank God Harbor. The fog
lifted there and enabled us to make out
our whereabouts and we steamed north
through a series of leads past Cape Lup
ton and thence southward toward Caps
Union. A few miles off that cape we
were stopped by Impracticable Ice, and
w drifted back south to Cape .Union,
where we stopped again.
Ice-I-iocked in Violent Gales.
We lay for some time In a lake of
water, and then, to prevent being
drifted south, again took refuge under
the north shore of Lincoln Bay, in
nearly the identical place where we
had our unpleasant experience three
years before. Here, we remained for
several days during a period of con
stant and at times violent northeast
erly winds. Twice we were forced
aground by the heavy ice; we had our
port quarter rail broken and a hole
stove In the bulwark and twice -we
pushed out In an attempt to get north,
but we were forced back each time to
our precarious shelter, -
Finally on September 2 we squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast in
a shallow niche in the ice; but after
some, hours we made another short
run to Black Cape, and hung on to a
grounded bit of ice.
At last, a little after midnight of
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