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VOL. AX-l-V. . ' :
PEARY GLORIES
111 CONQUEST
OF NORTH POLE
Describes Final Dash
With Six Eskimos
and Negro.
ONLY DREAD OPEN WATER
Sled Leaps From Young Ice
Just as It Breaks and
Flies to Hard Floe.
DREARY SCENE AT THE POLE
Black Horizon Overhangs Ice
of Chalky White Hue.
DOUBLE MARCH ON RETURN
Trails of His Fallowed to Camp,
Where All Sleep Long Death
of Marvin Sole Fatality on
Great Expedition.
Published ty arrangement with the New
York Timet, the London Times and the Chi
cago Tribune, on behalf of Commander
Peary. .
This article Is copyrighted In Great Brit
ain by the London Times. This narrative Is
also copyrighted as a newspaper article by
the New York Times Company.
BATTLE HARBOR, Labrador (via Mar-
conl Wireless, Cape Ray, N. F.). Sept.
19. With the disappearance of Bartlett I
turned to the problem before me. This
was that for which I had worked for tl
years: for which I had lived the simple
life: for which I had conserved all my
energy on the upward trip: for which I
had trained myself as for a race, crush
ing down every worry about success.
For success now. in spite of my years,
I felt in trim, fit for the demands of the
coming days and eager to be on the trail.
As for my party, my equipment and my
supplies, I was in shape beyond my most
sanguine dreams of earliest years. My
party might be regarded as an Ideal
which had now come to realization, as
loyal and responsive to my will as the
fingers of my right hand. Four of them
carried the technique of dogs, sledges,
ice and cold as their heritage. Two of
them. Hansen and Ottama. were my com
panions to the farthest point three years
before. The others, EnJ, Eginguah and
Sigloo. were in Clark's division, which j
had such a narrow escape at that time,
and now were willing to go anywhere
with my immediate party and willing to
risk themselves again in any supporting
party.
Bride Is Prlxe for Eskimo.
The fifth was a young man who had
never served before in any expedition,
but who was. if possible, even more
willing and eager than the others for
the princely gifts a boat, a rifle, a shot
gun, ammunition, knives and net which
I had promised to each of them who
reached the Pole with me, for he knew
that these riches would enable him to
wrest from a stubborn father the girl
whose image filled his young heart.
Ail had blind confidence as long as I
was with them and gave no thought for
the morrow, sure that whatever hap
pened I should somehow get them back
to land. But I dealt with the party
equally. I recognised that all its Im
petus centered in me and that whatever
pace I set it would make good. If any
one was played out, I would stop for a
short time.
Dogs In Fine Condition.
1 had no'Tault to find with the condi
tions. My dogs were the very test,
the pick of 122 with which we left Co
lumbia. Almost all were powerful males,
hard as nails, in good flesh, but without
a superfluous ounce, without a suspicion
of fat anywhere and. what was better
yet. they were all in good spirits. My
sledges, now that the repairs were com
pleted, were In good condition. My
supplies were ample for 40 days and,
with the reserve represented by the dogs
themselves, could be made to last 50.
Five Days' March to Pole.
Pacing back and forth in the lee of the
pressure ridge where our Igloos were
built, while my men got their loads
ready for the next marches, I settled
on my programme. I decided that I
should strain every nerve to make Ave
marches of fifteen miles each, crowd
ing these marches in such a way as to
bring us to the end of the fifth march
long enough before noon to permit the
immediate taking of an observation for
latitude. Weather and leads permitting,
I believed I could do this. If my pro
posed distances were cut down by any
chance, I had two means in reserve for
making up the deficit:
First To make the last march a forced
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SAYS COOK GAVE
WORLD GOLD BRICK
PEART MAKES ATTACK OS HIS
RIVAL MORE EMPHATIC.
inr.tr vep at Pole and Peary Is
Ready to Prove It Before Any
Public Body.
BATTLE HARBOR. Labrador (via
Marconi wireless, .Cape Kay, N.
s.rr in The Roosevelt will remain
here three or four days, coaling and
overhauling ship. I expect to inn.
. smuav about September 15.
Do not trouble about Cook's story, or
ttomnt tn exnlaln discrepancies in nia
statements. The affair will settle
itself. He had not been at the Pole
on April 21. 1908, or at any other time.
He has simply handed the public a
gold brick.
These statements are made advisedly
nrf r hiv. nronf of them. When he
makes a full statement of his Journey
over his signature to some geograpn
tlHv or other reputable body, if
that statement contains the claim that
he has reached the Pole, I shall be in
a position to furnish material that may
prove distinctly interesting reading for
the public. ROBERT E. PEART.
PEARY'S SHIP WILL PARADE
Steamer Roosevelt to Have Part In
Hudson-Fulton -Ceremony.
STJ3NEY, N. S., Sept. 10. Herbert L.
Bridgman, who is here to meet Peary,
today arranged for the Roosevelt to
take part In the Hudson-Fulton pa
rade. He wired the exposition manage
ment asking for a position and re
ceived the following reply:
"Hudson-Fulton celebration commit
tee proud to have Peary Arctic Club's
steamer with North Pole in naval pa
rade. Hearty congratulations.
(Signed) "E. H. HALL, Ass t Sec'y.
The probability Is, Mr. Bridgman says,
that the Roosevelt easily will reach
New York in time to participate In the
festival parade. Questioned concerning
the reDort that yacht John R. Bradley,
which conveyed Dr. Cook to Greenland,
would be In parade, Mr. Bridgman said
it had been sold, but of course it could
be entered bv Its new owners. He de
clared, however, that if the Cook yacht
were srlven a place in the parade, xne
Roosevelt certainly would not partici
pate. TIME FOR SINGLE CONTROL
Mat h Trust President proposes
Government Rule Railroads.
AKRON O., Sept. 10. "Since the
death of Mr. Harriman, it appears to
me," said O. C Barber, president of the
Diamond Match Company, today, "that
it is a good time to take advantage of
his consolidation schemes and bring the
railroads of the country under one con
trol, guaranteed by the Government.
Millions of dollars have "been raised
from time to time for the maintenance
of the Harriman lines and this should
have been expended for the benefit of
the .people.
"I don't believe' tbefe Is a man in the
country with sufficient courage to take
up Mr. Harrlman's ideas and success
fully work them out."
DIES TRYING TO SAVE BOY
Pasco Man Drowns In Rescue Ef
fort In Columbia River.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Sept. 10.
(Special.') In an effort to rescue , the
U-year-old son of H. H. Humphrey, of
Pasco, Jack Bushnell, of that place,
was drowned this forenoon in the Co
lumbia River.
Young Humphrey had lost control of
a rowboat In the river. Just opposite
Pasco, and, seeing the lad's perilous
position, Bushnell fearlessly attempted
to swim to his rescue.
When within 20 feet of the boat
Bushnell became exhausted and sank.
Humphrey managed to pull the boat
ashore. The dead man was 22 years
old and is survived by a bride of threa
weeks.
CONVENTION HISSES LEWIS
Head of Coal Miners Leaves Plttev
burg; Gathering; In Huff.
PITTSBURG. Sept. 10. Alleging that
he'had too much important business at
Indianapolis to waste his time here,
Thomas L. Lewis, president of tne United
Mineworkers of America, left the conven
tion hall of the Pittsburg district miners
amid hisses today. The uproar threat
ened for a time to break up the conven
tion. As Mr. Lewis was leaving the hall,
Francis Feehan, district president, said:
"You have 'not' made good any of the
bluffs you made on the first day of this
convention."
GRAY-HAIRED WOMAN HELD
Refined Matron Charged With
Fleecing Hotels and Contractor.
CINCINNATI. Sept. 10. A gray
haired woman of 62 years, educated and
refined, is held at police headquarters
until more is learned about her. Among
the names she gave at places she
stopped, it Is said, were Mrs. Marie
Louise Charles, St. Louis, and Mrs. M.
L. Hunt, Los Angeles.
Aside from having defrauded many
hotels and lodging-houses, it is
charged the woman ordered two monu
ments for her "lot" in a celnetrey and
disappeared after having secured ad
vances of cash from contractors.
I'Sf
BLASTED IN'
Financier's Last Rest
ing Place Prepared.
SIMPLE FOLK MOURN LOSS
Whole Valley Arranging
Attend Funeral.
to
CARRIAGES AT A PREMIUM
Workmen Toll' on Arden Hillside In
a Pouring Rain, Putting Roads
in Shape for Cortege.
Preacher Pays Tribute.
ARDEN. N. Y, Sept. 10. Arrange
ments for the funeral on Sunday of Ed
ward Henry Harriman were completed
today. First his family, then the sim
ple folk of the valley and hillside, who
for 20 years regarded him as their
friend and benefactor, will pay their
tributes of respect. The day's rites will
end with a burial service and inter
ment that will be attended only by rela
tives .and personal - friends. Family
services will be held at Arden House at
10 o'clock Sunday morning, and holy
communion will be celebrated at 11
o'clock at St. John's Episcopal Church,
Arden.
The funeral service will take place
at St. John's at 3 P. M. The Interment
will follow in the Harriman private
burial ground, a stone's throw south
east of the church. Music will be fur
nished at the main service by the choir
of Grace Church, New York.
Neighbors Prepare.
Judging by the preparations made
throughout the neighborhood, it is evi
dent that half the population of the
near-by villages will attend the public
service. Carriages are already held at
exorbitant rates for use on Sunday.
Seventy men toiled on the Arden hill
side in the pouring rain all day today
preparing for the funeral of their late
employes. Six were blasting a grave
from the solid rock of the private
graveyard near St. John's Church; oth
ers were smoothing the three miles of
road over which the body will be car
ried to its last resting place. All after
noon the stillness of the green hillside
was broken by the noise of explosions.
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NEW CONTINENT
SOUGHT IN ARCTIC
LEFFEVGWELL CONVINCED HE
WILL FIND IT.
Mlkkelsen's Lieutenant Starts From
Point Barrow In Search
of Land. '
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PASADHNA, Cal., Sept. 10. (Special.)
Ernest Dekoven Lefflng-well. who served
as lieutenant in the Mlkkelsen expedition
to the Polar seas and now heads his own
exploration party bound into the fast
nesses of the frozen North, is still con
vinced of the existence of a mysterious
continent beyond the Beaufort Sea and
proposes before he returns to civilization
to add a new continent to the world's
geography.
This is the word that reached his home
here today in a letter from Point Bar
row. LefflngweU has discharged all his
associates with the exception of Mate
Storkenson, Intending to ship Eskimos
in their places in his expedition to fol
low to the end the theory as to the ex
istence of Beaufort Land, which led to the
dispatch of the Mikkelsen expedition with
the ill-fated Duchess of Bedford.
M. B. RANKINPASSES AWAY
Weil-Known Portland Capitalist
Victim of Heart Disease.
M. B. Rankin, a well-known Port
land capitalist, died last night at his
residence, 634 Clifton street, of heart
disease after an illness of only 30 min
utes. Mr. Rankin had spent the evening
at home with his family and had re
tired at 9 o'clock, apparently well. He
had enjoyed good health all his life up
to the time of the attack last night.
He was. president of the Independent
Coal & Ice Company and also dealt ex
tensively In timber and real estate.
He was well known In business circles
throughout the state.
Mr. Rankin was $orn near Athens,
Menard County, Illihois. January 7,
1844, and was married in Jacksonville
February 23, 1870, to Miss Rachel
Tolin. He came to Portland in 1880.
He is survived by his wife, two broth
ers J. H. and C. N. Rankin and four
children, as follows: Floyd F. Ran
kin, Orville M. Rankin. Anna Rankin
and Mrs. Winnifred Gollehur.
FORTUNE OFF FIVE ACRES
Products From Lewiston Farms Re
turn Owner $2000.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Sept 10. (Special.)
Production of 720O cantaloupes, which
were marked for 320, establishes a new
record for actual returns from a meas
ured one-fourth acre in the Lewiston
Valley.
This is the showing made by John
Brown who conducts a five-acre tract
near the city. Mr. Brown devotes the
greater portion of Ms land to vegetables
and from the five acres will market at
least J2000 worth of produce this season.
IT'S GREAT BEING AN APPLE KING.
LIGHT PLANTS IN
GIGANTIC
MERGER
Cities Are Affected
Three States.
in
MILLIONS INVOLVED IN DEAL
Germantown Trust Company
Finances Big Project.
MORTGAGE DEEDS FILED
Northwestern Corporation Absorbs
Willamette Valley Companies and
Transfers Property In Trust
' ' to Eastern Syndicate.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) A
deed and mortgage governing the owner
ship of the leading public-service corpo
rations of several cities of the Pacific
Northwest was filed with the County Re
corder of Linn County tonight. The deed
transfers practically all of the property
of the Willamette "Valley Company to the
Northwestern Corporation, and the latter
corporation mortgages all of its property
for 35,000,000 to the dermantown Trvst
Company of Philadelphia.
Twelve Cities Affected.
The property covered by the Inortgage
includes the street railway system of
Walla Walla, the interurban line from
Walla Walla to Milton and Freewater,
the power ditches, water rights and power
plant in Umatilla County for the transmission-
of powrer to Walla Walla and
Pendleton; the electric light system of
Walla Walla and Pendleton; the water
system, electric light plant and power
plant of Albany; the electric light system
of Corvallis; the power plant, water sup
ply system and- electric light system and
gas plant of' Eugene; the electric light
plant of Dallas and Monmouth, the water
system and electric light plant of Inde
pendence; the gas plant at North Yakima,
Wash., and the gas plant at Lewiston,
Idaho.
Franchises Included in Transfer.
All of the franchises and rights of ail
kinds and all property of whatsoever na
ture connected with the above-named
plants are connected with the above
named mortgage.
The deed from the Willamette Valley
Company transfers all of the above prop
erty which is located in Oregon, except
that at Pendleton. The title to the Pen-
concluded on Page 3.)
PORTERS TO BUILD
ROAD AT MEDFORD
HILL MEN TAKE PACIFIC &
EASTERN CONTRACT.
Twenty-Mile Extension of Branch
Railway Will Be Constructed
Northeast of Medford.
MED FORD, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.)
This afternoon the new management of
the Pacific & Eastern Railway signed a
contract with Porter Bros., the railway
contractors, for extension of the road to
Butte Falls.
John R. Allen, of New York City, has
been here several weeks, and about a
week ago closed a deal for the purchase
of the P. & E. Railroad, a 12-mlle line
running between Medford and Eagle
Point. The extension now contracted for
will make the road 32 miles long from
this city.
According to reliable reports this is not
the end of the work in connection with
thte road, as It is believed here that J. J.
Hill is behind the project. A few weeks
before Allen arrived here Engineer John
F. Stevens was here and made an inspec
tion of the road.
TAFT GREETSJftlKADO'S KIN
President Meets Grandson of Jap
anese Emperor.
BEVERLY, Mass.T Sept. 10. Presi
dent Taft" today received In Informal
conference Prince Kiniyoshl Kunn,
grandson of the Emperor of Japan, and
through him sent a message of regard
and personal good will to his distin
guished grandfather. The President was
received most cordially by the Emperor
of Japan on the occasion of his trip
around the world, as Secretary of War.
President Taft's greeting to the Prince
and his party was most cordial. , The ex
change of courtesies was more or less
stinted, however, because of the necessity
of employing an interpreter. The Presi
dent asked after the health and well
being of the Emperor and all his family.
In return the. Prince expressed the sin
cere hope of the Emperor that the Presi
dent and his family would be found in
the best of health. After the formal
toasts had been drunk the Prince and
Princess and their attendants sat down
to tea with the President and his guests.
After the call on the President, the
Prince and Princess motored to the home
of Henry C. Frlck and thence to the home
of W. J. Boardman to pay brief calls.
The party returned to Boston late in the
afternoon.
SCANDAL BREWS IN ARMY
Misuse of Funds In National Shoots
Is Charged.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 10. (Special.)
Misapplication of Government funds for
the support of National shoots in whlcn
the United States Army and Navy and
vaUnnal Guard -organizations compete, is
charsred by Lieutenant-Colonel J. M
Birkner. of Lincoln, who was the coach
of the Nebraska National Guard team
at the recent shoot at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Colonel Birkner served many years in
the German army and in point of service
la th oldest officer of the Nebraska
guard.
As medical officer he has been
I h,i-r,H frnm National shoots, but he
has accompanied the Nebraska Na
tional Guard team to the past three an
nual contests as an officer in charge.
He charges that the Eastern states
hire professionals to become members
of teams, or. rather, that they are pro
fessionals who are hired by the am
munition and arms companies to be
come members of National Guard
teams.
Adjutant-General John C. Hartigan,
of the Nebraska National Guard, to
whom the report, is made, approves
the tenor of the report.
MOBS DEMAND FLIGHTS
Wind Prevents and Italian Troops
Have to Quell Riot.
BRESCIA, Italy. Sept. 10. There were
no aeroplane flights today on account of
the high wind. The crowd that had
gathered in the aerodrome became indig
nant because no flights were made and
threatened to invade the course. Cavalry
and carbineers charged the people, fearing
that an attack would be made on the
aeroplane sheds. The committee finally
placated the people by issuing notice that
today's tickets would be good for tomor
row. Among the visitors of Glenn H. Cur
tlss, the American flyer, were Puccini,
the composer, and Gabriel D. Annunzlo,
the author.. D'Annunzio expressed his
desire of flying to experience the sensa
tion, as the hero of his next novel is to
be an aviator. Puccini said that "the
throb of the aeroplane motor is the mu
sic of the future."
CONVICT BOND EMBEZZLER
Broker 'Is Found Guilty in Quick
Time by Jury.
SAN" FRANCISCO, Sept. 10.-C. E. Ran
kin, the broker charged with embezzling
Ocean Shore bonds to the amount of
$40,000. was found guHty by a Jury in
Judge Conley's court after 10 minutes' de
liberation. Sentence will be delayed 30
days to allow time for the preparation
of an appeal.
WRIGHT IS SHOWING SPEED
American Aviator Flies at Rate of
Forty Miles an Hour.
BERLIN. Sept. 10. Orville Wright, fly
ing over the parade grounds today, trav
eled at the estimated speed of 40 miles
an hour and remained in the air 62'
minutes. .
MAY PRUNE
TIME AND TARIFF
Harriman Route Ready
for Hot Fight.
STUBBS TELLS OF PLANS
Says Deschutes Canyon Big
ger Than Reported.
NO . WAR FOR TERRITORY
Union and Northern Pacifies
Agreement for Joint Use of
Tracks Heads Ot Battle.'
Hill Not Going South. ,
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. (Special.) J. C.
Stubbs, vice-president of the Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific and chief direc
tor of all Harriman lines, who was sum
moned to this city by the alarming illness
of Mr. Harriman, talked freely on con
ditions In the Far Northwest on the day
of Mr. Harriman's death.
Apropos of the reent offer made to the
Government by the Hill management to
put on a train that would cut the run
ning time between Chicago and Portland
from 72 to 62 hours, Mr. Stubbs declares:
"The Harriman lines are in a position
to cut charges and running time to a
point that cannot be approached by any
other road In their territory. It is not
the habit of our lines to initiate cutsin
rates. However, our roads are in the
pink of condition and we can operate
more economically than any other sys
tem with which we have to compete.
And this superb condition of our equip
ment applies as well to running time as
to rates."
Mr. Stubbs referred to the agreement
with the Northern Pacific for the Joint
use" of the new double-tracked line be
tween Portland and Tacoma. He sug
gested that in the face of it it was hard
ly likely that there was any disposition
to engage in bitter fights for territory.
Until the tunnel from South Tacoma Is
completed, ability to put on trains be
tween Portland and Seattle is dependent
upon how schedules can be arranged that
will prevent interference with Northern
Pacific trains, the agreement stipulating
that this must be dene.
With reference to occupancy of the
Deschutes Canyon, Mr. Stubbs says:
"As I understand it, the report that
(Concluded on Pas" 3.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weal her.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum te mperature. 8,1
dgree; minimum, 53 degree.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly winds.
Discovery f North Pole.
Peary's narrative of tinal dash to North Pole
and return trip. PaKe 1.
Peary says he will prove Cook was never at
Pole. rage 1.
Cook starts from Copenhagen for New York,
ready to face inquiry. Page 3.
Paris papers severely .criticise .Peary.
Page 3.
Foreign.
Americans have narrow escapes In Mexican
floods. Page 4.
Rosebery denounces British budget, causing
open split In Liberal party. Page 4.
Death of Harriman.
Harriman to-be buried In tomf? blasted from
rock. rage 1.
Deathbed scenes show Harrlman's mind ac
tive to last. 'Pace 5.
Big interests cause advance in stocks de
spite Harrlman's death. Page o.
Harriman lines to have no mora one-man
power. Page 5.
Natlonnl.
Tennessee breaks record on trip to Hono
lulu; Colorado ana west viisuhm.
down and two men are killed. Page
Domestic.
LefflngweU starts from Cape .Barrow i"
find Arctic commem. in .
Direct evidence Police inspector .nc.auu
took bribes. Page 2.
Stubbs says Harriman roads can cut rates
and times and discusses uregmi
sions. Page 1.
hports.
Portland Fair and Livestock Association will
show supremacy oL uregon moc.
16.
Northwestern League scores: rortiano. i -.
Vuncouver 0; Spokane to. iaama o, Se
attle 7. Aberdeen 0. Page 7. i
Coast League scores: Portland , crr-
mento 2; Vernon J. Oakland u; ban ri-aa-cisco
1, Los Angeles U. Page 7.
Facific Northwest.
Electric and gas plants of 12 towns in Pa
cific Northwest ineluuca in kikkuiiu
ger. Page 1.
Southern Pacific to replace woounuin-r-tron
line across Pantiam River. Page a.
Ten thousand people lose lives in Acapulco
earthquake, l'nge i.
Linn County W. C. T. j. ends session ai
I fihanun. Pace B.
Grays Harbor sh.'ngle mill will attempt
open shop. Page tf.
George Kobbins found guilty of murder in
second degree. Page 0.
Commercial and Marine.
Local wheat market strong and higher.
Page 15.
Good demand for cash wheat In the East.
Page 13.
Unexpected advances in stock market.
Page 15.
Industrial operations continue to expand.
Page 15.
Owners of steamship Tiberius win libel suit
against Kerr, Gifford & Co.. on demur
rage claim. Page 14. ;
Portland and Vicinity.
Price of asphalt and Hassam pavements re
duced. Page 14.
Programme for Methodist conference at Cot
tage Grove announced. Page 9.
Executive Board accepts Brooklyn sewer.
Page 14.
Mrs. Becker now denies she knows who
were in auto that killed Mrs. ReM. Page
W. G. Munly, on return from Alaska, pre
dicts copper combine will control out
put. Page 7.
Testimony In Dlckerson murder case Is con
flicting. Page 10.
Visiting Japanese are taken for trip on river.
Page 10.
Realty Board plans big excursion to Laurel
hurst today. Page 2.
M B Rankin dies of heart disease. Page 1.
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