THE MORNING OREGONIAN, 3IONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1909.
PEARY PRE-EMPTS
PEARY IS SAID TO
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Secretary of Peary Club Says
Explorer Will Back Up All
His Statements.
COOK'S TALE FABRICATED?
Contended Latter May Hare Heard
From Eskimos of Pole's Discovery
and Got Together His Story.
Peary on Way to Hi Home.
SYDNEY, N. 8.. Sept. J2. Plenty of
evidence, designed to beck up hla state
ment that Dr. Cook did not reach the
North Pole, Is In the hands of Com
mander Peary, according to assertions'
made here tonight. This view Is taken
by a large number of explorer, scien
tist and others, who ar here to greet
the explorer.
"Commander Peary will have with him
Incontestable proofs to support every
statement he has made In connection
with Dr. Cook's trip to the Arctic," said
Herbert L. Brldgeman, secretary of the
Peary Club.
"Everyone who knows Peary realises
he never makes statements unless he
can prove them absolutely. When the
proper time arrives, and that will be
when Dr. Cook has made his statement
over his signature, the truth will be
forthcoming.
Cook Might Have Heard Discovery.
" "I'll agree with President Hubbard, of
the Peary Club, that Dr. Cook might
have learned weeks ago In Greenland of
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Commander Peary's discovery ana mai
In the Interim he wove the story of his
discovery of the North Pole. News, you
know, travels fast among the Eskimos,
and it Is oulte likely Dr. Cook heard of
what Peary had done."
Sydney Is putting on a holiday appear
ance for the coming of Peary. United
State flags are displayed everywhere,
and the headquaters of the welcoming
party Is besieged with visitors. Inquiring
for the latest news. The French frigate
Isly Is here, and probably will remain
in the harbor to aid in the welcome of
Peary.
No British warship is expected. Peary
likely will remain here two days and
then go. with his family, to his home
In Casco Bay. Maine, where he will rest
for a day or two, proceeding thence to
Washington to make his official report
to the Government.
Commander Peary Is moving southward
In the same precise manner that char
acterized his methodical and well-calculated
dash for the Pole. The Roosevelt
is betng overhauled and painted at As
sises Harbor, near Battle Harbor, and
her commander haa orders that every
Injury sustained In her long stay In the
Ice cradle of Cape Sheridan shall be re
moved beore she sails for this port.
CANADA LAYS CLAIM TO POLK
Looks on All Land Xorth of United
States as Own.
OTTAWA. Ont., Sept. li Canada
claims all land directly north of the
American continent, as far as the Pole,
upon which it would be possible to nail
a flag. This position will be taken. It
was seml-officlally stated today. In re
ply to a question asked In the British
House of Commons as to the ownership
of the North Pole when the results of
the Cook and Peary explorations became
known.
Canada's answer. In effect, will be that
all territory between the American
boundary and the North Pole must be
recognized as Canada's hinterland. The
Islands. It is maintained, have been
formally taken possession of by Captain
Bernier. Canada's Arctic explorer, who
Is row lost In the Far North.
TARR DOCBTS COOKS STORY
Cornell Professor Confident. How
ever, Peary Reached Pole.
SEATTLE. Sept. 12. "I credit In every
particular the report of Commander
Peary, who declares he found the North
Pole. I do not want to go on record at
this time as crediting or discrediting the
report of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, claim
ing a previous discovery of the Pole. I
know both explorers well, but before say
ing anything about Dr. Cook's claim I
prefer to have the controversy settled."
declared Professor R. S. Tarr. the noted
geologfst of Cornell University, who ar
rived In Seattle from Alaska today.
With Professor Lawrence Martin, of
the University of Wisconsin. Professor
Tarr headed the first expedition ever
sent out by the National Geographic So
ciety to study the glaciers of Alaska.
Professor Martin said that he was sur
prised at the unanimity of opinion that
prevails among all Alaskans he met that
Dr. Cook did not reach the summit of
Mount McKinley. and both he and Pro
fessor Tarr predict that the Mount Mc
Kinley Incident will take an Important
part in the Polar controversy.
New Accusation Found.
TRONDHJEM. Norway. Sept. 12. The
Dagsposten accuses Dr. Cook of appro
priating the plans and route for reaching
the North Pole devised by- Captain Bau
mann. of the Last expedition and pub
lished In 1S.
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rate to enable them to break even on
the reduced revenue.
The railroad men soon abandoned this
contention, realizing that -the shipper,
not the carrier, fixes the delivery point,
and that the shippers will order their
grain to the better market. Irrespective
of whether It be Portland or Puget
Sound, and so long as rates are identi
cal the ahlpper will have no concern
in whether the railroad is making a
long or a short haul, a cheap or an
expensive one.
It is expected here the Northern Pa
caflc will take an appeal to the courts
before obeying the order. Chairman
Falrchlld said:
"Appeal in my opinion will be use
less, our findings have been carefully
drawn after long and exhaustive inves
tigation, any court will be impressed
by the absolute fairness of the finding
and the conclusions that necessarily
follow. The fact cannot be escaped that
the Northern Pacific on state business
alone made, in addition to a 7 per cent
profit, more than Jl.000.000 excess reve
nue during the year. This year the net
revenues will be much greater. The
only effect of appeal to the courts will
'be to -delay the time at which the new
! reduced rates go Into effect."
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Captain Swift Believes What
Explorer Says.
MOUNT WI'KINLEY ASCENDED
Navigator Recounts Proposal Made
to Him to Climb Height, Which
He Declined Because of Dan
ger, bnt Believes In Ascent.
SEATTLE, Wash., ept. 12 Captain E.
A. Swift, of the Vvarie Neptune, which
arrived In port today, declares he has
faith In Dr. Cook, and not only believes
he discovered the North Pole. but. also
that he ascended Mount KcKInley.
"Dr. Cook waa brave, fearless; and a
born leader of men," said Captain Swift.
"At the time he entered Alaska he
talked of ascending Mount McKinley,
and he made a proposition to me that
'I refused because of Its danger. I was
running the Caswell, on the Susitana and
Yentna rivers, which flow out of the
mountain. I hauled gasoline for Dr.
Cook's launch, and in this way first met
the explorer. He told me he would
climb Mount McKinley, and proposed I
take him up the Chulitna Rapids, through
the Box Canyon, In his- launch. I had
never seen the rapids, but had talked
with miners enough to know that the
water ran over the sharp rocks with a
speed of 13 miles an hour, and that the
ascent was very dangerous.
"I declined to make the trip, but Dr.
Cook took two men and went through
the rapids. Afterward I met a miner,
who told me he had seen the launch in
the canyon, with full power on. making
slow but sure headway up stream.
"After Dr. Cook ascended the rapids
he landed at the base of the mountain,
on the south side, where he followed
beaten tracks of animals up the moun
tain. This he told me afterwards, and I
knew him well enough to be certain that
he ascended Mount McKinley at that
time, aa he claimed."
CRT FOR ARBITRATION RISES
Prince Roland Bonaparte Believes
France Should Be Umpire.
PARIS. Sept. 12. French scientists are
beginning to favor the submission by Dr.
Cook and Commander Peary of their rec
ords to an impartial International scien
tific trlbuna.1. Prince Roland Bonaparte,
president of the Paris Geographical So
ciety, believes that France Is the logical
arbiter.
"The recitals given are Inconclusive."
he said today. "They contain plenty of
literary effect, but small detail, and they
lack exact information. Personally, I
think both Commander Peary and Dr.
Cook should be asked to produce their
proofs, maps and diaries,
i "Until that la done, the scientific world
fhas the right to entertain scientific doubt.
This does not Imply distrust, but it is
proper a demonstration should be given.
It is impossible both Dr. Cook and Cora
ander Peary reached the Pole, but why
one ratfier than the other?
"I think all documents should be sub
mitted to a commission composed of ex
plorers, astronomers, navigators and
Polar experts. Every document should
be produced In order that the conclusion
may be definite. The commission shoild
have the rtght to summon witnesses and
cross-examine them.
"In the United States the scientists,
according to their sympathies, are di
vided Into Cookists and Pearyists. There
fore, an American verdict would convince
no one. England should also be excluded
as an arbitrator, as the two countries
are bound by ties of blood. Besides, the
English countrymen have displayed some
Jealousy."
COOK HAS PAPERS IN RESERVE
Important In Controversy Wallace
. to Hunt South Pole.
CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 12. (Special.)
Samuel P. Orth, of Cleveland, who ac
companied Dr. Cook in 1894 on his ill
fated Miranda expedition to Greenland,
as botanist of the expedition, told to
day of secret papers now deposited in
a .safety deposit vault in Brooklyn. N.
Y. He says these papers were brought
back from the Arctic regions by
Francke, who was with the Cook expe
dition, and who cams back from Etah ,
COOK'SIRDMEN
on the Jcannie, the Peary relief ship,
last year. These documents were given
Dillon Wallace, a noted Labrador ex
plorer, and to pirs. Cook.
Mr. Orth says:
"It is believed these documents may
have an important bearing on the con
troversy between Cook and Peary, and
they will not be produced until both
are hack In the United States and until
the proper time comes. You notice that
Mrs. Cook Is silent. That is signifi
cant. Part vor the secret documents
pertain to stolen pelts and supplies."
Through Mr. Orth it was learned for
the first time that Dillon Wallace has
declared his intention of starting a
search for the earth's Antarctic apex. A
letter was received by Mr. Orth Friday
bearing 'this news. In the letter Mr.
Wallace rejoices over Dr. Cook's and
Peary's discovery of the North Pole,
and declares his own intentions to seek
Antarctic honors. Mr. Orth pays trib
ute to Dr. Cook. -
Scott to Seek South Pole.
LONDON, Sept. 12 Captain R. Scott,
who commanded the "Discovery" expe
dition in 1901, will start next July on his
Antarctic expedition. Captain Scott said
today his plan Included the use of three
methods, sledge, traction by ponies and
dogs and motor sled.
SHIPPERS GET REBATE?
SENSATIONAL CHARGES AGAINST
ATLANTIC LINES.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Makes Probe and Gives Data
to Attorney-General.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. In official
circles here more than ordinary interest
Is excited over the Investigation in New
York Into the alleged Illegal operations
of some of the trans-Atlantic steamship
lines, especially the Holland-American
line.
The charges that these lines have en
tered Into conspiracy with certain Ameri
can railroad lines in restraint of trade
that rebates have been paid them by some,
railroads and that they have laid them'
selves, liable to prosecution under the
terms of the Sherman anti-trust act did
not surprise those who had followed the
proceedings in what was known as the
Cosmopolitan shipping cases before the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Commission dismissed the case on
the ground that It had no authority to
act. The evidence was turned over to the
Department of Justice. Wade H. Ellis,
assistant to the Attorney-General, ex
pressed surprise that the matter had be
come public and declined-to discuss it.
RETURNS EVIL FOR GOOD
W. R. Beckett Robbed by Man He
Thrice Befriended
W. R. Beckett, the building contractor
of 974 East Nineteenth street North, who
was held up by four men as he entered
Oregon City In an automobile Saturday
night, returned to Portland last night
and says he recognized the leader of the
robbers as a man' who had begged meals
from him on three different occasions
and always obtained them. He states
that he has seen the man between Ore
gon City and Portland many times within
the last two years. I Twice In Portland
and once In Oregon City, Mr. Beckett
says, he gave the man food or money to
obtain food.
The robbers, who were unmasked, took
120 and a coat. Mr. Beckett stopped in
Oregon City Saturday night and later
found the coat near the road. The
pockets were rifted of a package of
bachelor buttons, their only contents. The
man recognized by Mr. Beckett is small
and wears a heavy coat. Another was a
burly fellow with a striped white and
blue shirt. All carried revolver.
"I am going back In the morning to
hunt for those men at the Salem fair."
said Mr. Beckett, last night. "I believe
they are professional crooks and that
they will be hanging around the fair.
Two of the men I could recognize, but
I could not be so sure of the other two."
MAN MAKES BED IN RIVER
Neighbors Rush to Rescue Before He
Takes Final Sleep.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) Stephen Smith, aged 70, of Brush
Prairie, went to bed In Salmon Creek
today in an attempt to drown himself.
Neighbors saw him lie down and, rushing
to his assistance, kept him from going to
his final sleep. The water was too shal
low. Smith was brought to Vancouver and
will be tried as to his sanity tomorrow. .
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Press Dispatch Boat Can't Lo
cate Explorer.
ROOSEVELT STILL AT SEA
Arctic Explorer's Vessel Believed to
Be Somewhere Off Coast of Lab-
rador and Steaming to
the Southward.
BONNE BAT, N. F., Sept. 12. After a
run of 270 miles front Sydney, N. 8 the
tug Thomas H. Douglass, chartered by
the Associated Press, arrived at this port
early today and departed again at noon
toward Battle Harbor, Labrador, to meet
Commander Peary.
The Douglass had a rough trip from
Sydney. All Saturday night a high sea
broke over the tug's bow and stern.
Inquiry here as to whether Peary's
ship, the Roosevelt, was still at Battle
Harbor met with conflicting replies and
no reliable information could be obtained.
GL'XS OF FORT SALUTE COOK
King Haakon Orders Special Honors
.- Paid to Explorer.
ON BOARD STEAMER OSCAR II. by
wireless telegraph, via Chrlstlansand,
Sept. 12. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, whose
arrival Saturday at Christlansand and
who was greeted by a salute of seven
guns of the fort by a special order of
King Haakon, was given a notable rare
well when the Oscar li steamed out of
the port.
He was welcomed aboard the Scandin
avian liner by more than 1000 passengers,
who crowded her decks, headed by Cap
tain Moller and Captain Hempel, with
all the ship's officers in full uniform.
The Oscar II sailed out of the harbor,
escorted by a number of excursion steam
ers, with bands, playing the National an
them. At lunch Dr. Cook Joined freely In the
conversation regarding his Polar trip.
He told of a report current among the
Eskimos last year that a dirigible bal
loon had sailed over Greenland, and it
was thought that Walter Wellman had
made a start for the Pole. The Eskimos,
he said, described a cigar-shaped balloon
with comparative accuracy, but nothing
of her had since been heard. .
BOMB CASES ON TRIAL
SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES ARE
PROMISED TO CHICAGO.
Conviction on Arson Charge Means
29 Years in Illinois Peni
tentiary for Guilty.
CHICAGO. Sept. 12. (Special.) Sensa
tional disclosures are promised In the
trial of. Vincent A. and Joseph Altman,
charged with malicious mischief and
arson. The case will be heard before
Judge Scanlon tomorrow in the Criminal
Court building.
A score of witnesses will be brought
by the state - in an attempt to prove
that both were guilty of causing the
explosion and fire whioh wrecked Oe
Standard Sash & Door Company's plant,
May 2S, 1908. and their testimony, it is
claimed, will throw considerable light
on the entire series ff bomb outrages
which have taken place in Chicago in
the last two years.
Secretary John J. Brittain, of the
Amalgamated Carpenters' Union, said
today that members of the union would
do all In their power to aid the de
fense. Assistant State's Attorney Benjamin J.
Short, who will have charge of the
prosecution, said that the reason the
"Bomb 31" case would not be rreard first
was that State's Attorney Wayman be
lieved it was not as Important a case
as that of the Standard Sash & Door
Company's explosion and fire and that
the penalty was not so great.
"Conviction in the case to be tried first
means a penalty of 29 years' Imprison
ment," he said, "while in the 'Bomb 31'
case there is no arson charge and the
penalty for the offense is only ten
years." .
EH IT
DCATED
Latter Has Even to Beg His
Own Supplies From Guard
Stationed by Commander.
NEW YORKER IS SILENT
Danish Paper Publishes Account of
High-Handed Action of Peary,
Who Leaves Note Saying Rival
Dead, "o Use to Search.
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some time In Greenland and returned
with him on the Danish government
steamer Hans Egede.
"Now that Dr. Cook has gone." he
writes. "I am no longer under any obliga
tion to keep silent and will exercise my
right to publish the story about the
house in Annatook, a story which Dr.
Cook himself had too much delicacy to
relate to the world. I write it from
memory, as Dr. Cook told it to me. and
I am fully convinced that In no details
are my recollections wrong.
House Built for Stores.
VDr. Cook had built his house for
stores In Annatook, north of Etah, and
It was this depot which he started to
reach in February, 1909, crossing Smith
Sound. It was a pretty large house, the
walls being built f heavily filled provi
sion boxes, so thar Dr. Cook knew that
when this important point was reached
everything was safe. He had before the
start given permission to a young friend
named Whitney to use the house while
hunting musk-oxen for sport In the Win
ter of 1908-09.
Cook Reaches Place Half Starved.
"When Dr. Cook and his two Eskimos,
exhausted and half-starved, came within
a short distance of the house in Anna
took, young Whitney came out to bid
hjm welcome, but Inside the house was
a stranger, a giant Newfoundland boat
swain, on watch. This man had been
placed In Dr. Cook's house by Peary,
when the latter . passed Etah with his
ship bound north. Peary had given the
boatswain a written order which com
menced with the following words:
Peary Installs His Man.
" 'This houss belongs to Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, but Dr. Cook is long ago dead
and there is no use to search after him.
Therefore. I. Commander Robert E.
Peary, Install my boatswain In .this de
serted house."
"TWs paper the boatswain, who could
neither read nor write,, exhibited to Dr.
Cook and the latter took a copy. This
copy, however, he does not Intend to
publish If Peary's course does not force
him to do so.
"Dr. Cook gave me a lively account
of how the young millionaire Whitney
during the whole Winter was treated like
a dog by the boatswain, and how he had
witnessed the sailor bartering Dr. Cook's
provisions for fox and bearskins for
himself.
Cook Begs Own Provisions.
"Dr. Cook also had to put a good face
on the unpleasant situation. He had to
beg to get in his house and had to make
a compromise with the boatswain.
"Dr. Cook made a present of the house
with all Its contents to his two faithful
Eskimos, with the provision that Whit
ney was to have the use of the house as
long as his hunting trip lasted, but he
was compelled to let the boatswain con
tinue his watch. The boatswain, however,
received strict orders not to exchange
any more of the provisions or guns.
Whitney Keeps Instruments.
"To Mr. Whitney, Dr. Cook gave his
Instruments and his observations, as he
thought these precious things were safer
there than on the long sledge trip in the
Spring across Melville Bay, out all his
note-book;! and soiled record-books which
have beeif so closely written upon, he
kept and carried with him.
"To me, who undersland only very little
astronomy, :he records written down so
closely and in all directions were very
MASTERY
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The eye Is so intricate in its mech
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stood by few. Whatever can be pro
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there is a very wide difference, and
this difference counts In the pres
ervation of sight.-
My new method for Instantaneous
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Two. years' instruction under the
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eighteen years' practical experience
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extra charge la made for this serv
ice. Glasses ay, so moderate in price
that any one can afford them, and
vou can rest assured they will not
be recommended If you do not need
them.
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us? The two men, Peary and Cook, their
character, their conduct that is what in
terests us. ,and every little item throwing:
a ide-light uoon their natures is valu
able." TWO KILLED
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Nine Injured in Collision on Bur
lington Road. '
LINCOLN. Neb.. Sept. 12. Two persons
were killed and nine injured by the colli
If Dr. Cook, instead
at the North Pole, had
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Mike Donlin Discharged.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12. Mike Donlin.
the former New York baseball player,
who was arrested here last night charged
with assault, was discharged today in
Police Court. " Edward Danforth, the
complainant, failed to appear against
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