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i tall v AvA . VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,22(3. COOK'S STORY OF HIS VOYAGE IN POLAR SEA , Po!e-Rnder Paints in Vivid Colors Life of Eskimo. TREE AND EASY WEDDINGS Take as Many Wives as Please and Often Exchange. GREAT SPORT AT HUNTING Swarms of Eider Duck and Walrus Are Killed. GOOD BARGAINS DRIVEN Eskimos Eagerly Grasp at Box of Matches In Exchange for Ivory. Tragedy of Deserted Wife and .Recreant Spouse. (Copyright. 1909. by the New Tork Herald Company. Registered In Canada In accord , area with the copyright act. Copyright In Mexico under the laws of the Republic of 'Mexico. All rights referred.) BT DR. FREDEDICK A. COOK. COOK HERALD BUREAU. No. 49 i Avenue de l'Opera, Paris. Sept. 14. :Tha expedition wax equipped at Glouces I ter. Mass. All wae ready on the even ing; of July . 1907. Ashore, boys were testing their fireworks for the mor row of celebration, but aboard, as our jveseeL the John R. Bradley, withdrew I from the pier, all was quiet. There j were no visiting crowds of cruloslty j seekers, no tooting; whistles signalled :ur departure. An Arctic expedition :had been born without the usual pub llc bombast. There was indeed no ex ruse for clamor. Neither the help of the Government nor the contributions of a private individual had been sought. The project waa quietly given life and Its expenses- were paid by John R- ' Bradley. Its destiny was shaped by the ' writer. Seek Both Game and Pole. Mr. Bradley was Interested in game animals of the North. I was interested in the game of the polar quest. For the time being the business concerned us only. If the venture proved success ful there would be time enough to raise the banner of victory. If It failed, none had the privilege of heaping upon us the unmerited abuse which usually comes to the returning polar traveler. Aa we headed for the boreal wilds and plowed with satisfying force the , chined Northern waters, there was time : to re-examine the equipment and re view prospective contingencies of the campaign. In a brief month all had bees prepared for the peculiar mission. We had purchased a strong Gloucester fishing schooner, fitted with a motor, covered far Ice and loaded down with suitable supplies for a prolonged period. Storm Drives From Cape York. One morning the bold cliffs of Cape Tork were dimly outlined in the gray mist which screened the land. ' A storm had carried so much Ice against the coast that a near approach was Impos sible, and continued winds kept up a sea which made It equally difficult to land on the ice. Though anxious to see the natives at Cape Tork, we were forced to turn and set a course for the next village, at North Star Bay. At noon the sooty clouds separated and in the north, through the narrow breaks, we saw the steep slopes and warm color of crimson tints resting on the rising water. Darting through the air were count less guillemots, gulls, little' auks and eider ducks. In Ice-Free Waters. We were in the Ice-free North waters, where creatures of the sea find a marine oasis In midst of a Polar desert. The coast was about 2000 feet high, evidently the remains of an old tableland, which extends a considerable distance north ward. Here and there were short gla ciers, which had cut down the cliffs in their efforts to push to the sealevel. Beyond the long, straight line of red cliffs, a conical . rock, the navigator's sign post, rose from the deep. Soon the long lcewall of Potowik Glacier rose, and beyond, to the eastward, we per ceived the waving white of the overland sea of Ice which submerges the Interior of all Greenland. This kind of ' coast extends Poleward to the land's end. It .AOoaotadei ea Page MRS. SPRECKELS SECURES ESTATE VALUABLE LANDS AND $345,000 GO TO WIDOW. Partial Distribution of Millionaire's Property Not Opposed by Other Heirs. SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 14. (Special.) By a const order.-Mrs. Annie Christina Spreckels. widow of the late sugar mill ionaire, Claus A. Spreckels. is given as her share of the big Spreckels- estate property worth 3.ono.0on. By the terms of the will Mrs. Spreckels was left valu able property in this city and real estate holdings in five counties and other parts of the estate, as well as personal prop erty in the city worth nearly $1,000,000. The petition of Mrs. Spreckels for par tial distribution was not opposed. By the action of the court today, Mrs. Spreckels received JS45.000. the remainder having been conveyed to her by deed and otherwise before the death of the sugar king. The contest over the Spreckels estate filed by John D. and Adolph Spreckels was also scheduled to cone up today, but was postponed because of the amount of business on the calendar. HILL TUMBLES IN MUD Empire-Builder Then Enjoys Hear ing Chicagoans Opinion of Him. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. (Special.) James J. Mill arrived in this city to day, highly optimistic over the general crop and commercial' outlook for the entire country. He felt so spry that he scorned a cab and started to walk to his hotel, but he fell into a large mud puddle befoe he had proceeded far. Shaking and wiping off the mud, he still retained his cheerful frame of mind and rambled about the streets, peering at the tall buildings and in vestigating the displays In the store windows. Ai nearly every stop two or more persons would size him up and remark: 'That looks exactly like the pictures of James J. Hill. If it Is not Hill, he has a perfect double." These references to the close "re semblance" of himself to himself amused Mr. Hill very much and he de voted much time on the journey from the La Salle Station to the Chicago Club to permitting people to guess at his Identity. WORKS BRIDE IN FIELDS Young Wife, Cnabie to Stand Treat ment, Seeks Divorce. '' SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 14. Special.) Unable longer, she alleges, to endure curses and Ill-treatment, and being re quired to go Into the field and do the work of a man. Maggie Beyhr. a bride of a little more than a year, has started suit against Peter Beyhr for divorce. The parties were married In May, 1908. and reside on a !0-acre farm near Garden Springs. Only last Saturday, the wife alleges in her complaint, her husband grabbed her and threw her violently to the ground, calling her vile names. - In addition to doing her housework she has been required, the complainant alleges, to assist In cultivating the gar den, take care of pigs and chickens and other stock. The only clothing pur chased for her since her marriage was a pair of shoes. An order of the court requires the defendant to appear and show cause why he should not be re quired to pay his wife $50 a month ali mony, and why he should not be re strained from encumbering the prop erty. BOY OF 80 BEATS IT IN 10 October) art n n Shows Speed Signs on Vegetable Diet. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) When Dr. B. W. Lawrence, SO years old, lined up at the tape opposite the Hollenbeck home to go against time for 60 yards an Inconsiderate youth yelled "Beat It, kid." The venerable anti-cigarettist twiddled his white whis kers disdainfully, and . "beat it." He traveled that 60 yards In 10 seconds flat. The time was taken by two men, but not, of course, under sanction of the A. A. U. "I'll sign against anybody for Thanks giving day," the aged physician - said. "After that I expect to race against my own record on every subsequent holiday. From now on I shall train on grains and vegetables, eliminating meats, and not ing the reduction In my running time." After Dr. Lawrence got through, George L. - Robinson ran the same dis tance in eight seconds, but he Is nothing but a 60-year old kid. HEUSTIS' DEATH SUDDEN Well-Known Olympla Resident Dtes Sitting on His Porch. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) Colonel Frank D. Heustis. former collector of customs of the Puget Sound district, and prominent in the state for years, was found dead this evening sitting rn an easy chair on the porch of liis residence here. He had been apparently In the best of health today, except that he had been complaining of falling eyesight. He ate a hearty dinner tonight and went out on the porch, carrying a bundle of the day's newspapers and sat down to wait until his sister, follow ing her usual custom, came to read to him. She was delayed In the house about half an hour, and when she went on the porch Heustis waa dead in the chair. PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1909 REFORM FINANCES IS TUFT'S SLOGAN President Opens Tour With Revelation. CENTRAL BANK IS PROPOSED Principal Measure Monetary Commission Advocates. ALDRICH TO TAKE STUMP Boss of Senate Defended From De tractors Laws for Control of . (Corporations Need Change. No Sectionalism. BOSTON, Mass... Sept 14. President Taft today began his tour of the coun try, by coming to this city from Beverly In an automobile, accompanied by Mrs. Taft, his daughter and Professor and Mrs. Louis Moore, and making a speech at the Boston Commercial Club, which was devoted mainly to a discussion of financial reform. The President revealed that the Mone tary Commission will recommend the establishment of a central bank and that Senator Aldrlch Intends to stump the country in order to arouse interest in his plan of financial reform. He also dwelt on the need of reform in the In terstate commerce and anti-trust laws and strongly deprecated sectionalism, either between East or West or North and South. Journey Not for Pleasure. The President tmld he was going to take his Western trip because he believed it would enible him to be a much more efficient President and make him .better acquainted with the needs of that great section. He also outlined some of the matters to be submitted to the next Con gress. He said: I am on the eva of beginning a Journ-sy of 13.000 miles In length, which will en able me to see thousands of my fallow cltl sena and enable them, I hope, to see me. Oceaslonally I hear a Query why 1 should start off on such a trip and what particular good doea It do to- anybody. Well, It cer tainly Is not going to bo a pleasure trip, although I shall enjoy It. It will Involve much hard work and a great deal of mental effort to think of things to say and to say them simply and clearly, so that they- can b understood. On the other hand It will certainly give me a very much more accurate Impression as to the views of the. people In the sec tions I visit. It will bring closer the needs of particular sections, so far as National llglslatlon Is concerned, and I believe It will make me a wiser man and a bstter publlo officer. Bring Better Understanding. I ought to be able to explain to the peo ple some of the difficulties of government and some of the problems for solution from the standpoint of executive or legislator as distinguished from that of the honest but irresponsible critics. The personal touch between the people and the nan whom they temporarily delegate to power, of course, conduces to a better understanding between them. This Is the second week In September. We are all ending our vacations and going home. This Is the time of year rather than the Hrst of the calendar year, when good resolutions ought to be made and kept, fr nosslble. This is the time when. looking forward to the coming of Congress, In December, one must conoiaer ina ueeus of the country so far aa they can be re lieved by congressional legislation and at tempt to state what that legislation should be- Our chairman has made some reference to the number of subjects to which the at tention of Congress may be well directed. In the first placo. there Is the monetary (Concluded on Page 4.) . ---..,.,tlltllTTttllTT-Tl---- t HAPPENED IN OREGON, i I ! BLAMES THEOSOPHY FOR DIVORCE SUIT WIFE'S RELIGIOUS VIEWS CAUSE TROUBLE, SAYS PLAINTIFF. Major Hansen Answers Complaints of Frau Refnses to Believe in Her Ideas. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 14. Theosophy is blamed by Major J. F. Hanson, president of the Central of Georgia Railroad.' for the marital trouble which led his wife, Mrs. Vora L. Hanson, to bring suit re cently, for divorce. Mrs. Haneon "charged cruelty, neglect and too much attention on the part of the major to Mrs. "Jack" Homer, now Mrs. James McVickar, a beautiful youmg so ciety woman of New York. Major Han son filed his answer today In the Superior Court of Fulton County. It contains 21 pages of prlntedmatter and denies each of his wife's charges. In it he says: "When every effort to force the de fendant to bear the burdens of theosophy by putting up money for the Universal Brotherhood scheme had failed, the plain tiff, with one other member of her fam ily, resolved to attack him In such a way that public defense would be Impossible and destroy him." ' SEPARATION IDEA GROWS Southern California Taxpayers to Spread Propaganda. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 14. Members of executive committees appointed at a mass meeting of taxpayers In Sym phony Hall yesterday, will meet tomor row to organize and issue a formal call for a conference to consider the formation of the state of South Cali fornia. Under the terms of the resolution the conference is to be held within 30 days. Although yesterday's meeting went on record as favoring state division, the conferences are to consider all phases of the question carefully, and to decide whether the formation of a new state Is desirable.- If it decides in favor of it, a convention is to be called, to which all counties and all the prin cipal cities" In Southern California will be asked to send delegates. CANADIAN SCORES TARIFF Thinks United States Senate Has Betrayed People's Trust. HAMILTON, Sept. 14. The annual meeting of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association be?an here today. President R. Hobson, In referring to the American tariff, characterizes the condition of the American Senate as violation of the trust reposed in it by the people of the United States and barren of all desire to create closer trade relations with Canada, He called upon the Canadian government to take them at their word and bring into effect the provisions of the sur-tax act of 1909. AUTO FLOPS; WOMAN DIES County Commissioner's Wife Killed Under Overturned Car. V GREAT FALLS. Mont, Sept. 14. As a result of an auto turning turtle near Har. lem today Josle Kennedy, wife of County Commissioner Kennedy, of Choteau County, was killed. The accident oc curred at the Kennedy ranch. Mrs. Kennedy and her brother-in-law, Ernest Farnsman, were out riding, when the steering gear broke, causing the machine to upset. Farnsman was not Injured. Mrs. Kennedy died about an nour later. fHPC (IF TININRP ! miiuu ui i iiiuuuL FORM ALLIANCE - J. P.Morgan Jr.. Director of Oil Men's Bank. JOIN HANDS ON RAILROADS Morgan May Take Harriman's Place on Pacifies. HARMONY IS WATCHWORD Two Great Financial Groups to Unite in Management of Roads Lov- ett, Schiff and Rockefeller on Southern Pacific Board- KEW TORK, Sept. 14. J. P. Morgan, Jr.,- was elected today to the late E. H. Harriman's place on the board of direc tors of the National City Bank. By Wall street the election is regarded aa one of the most significant of the week's finan cial developments, presumably indicating that harmonious relations exist between the Morgan and the Kuhn, Loeb-Standard Oil group of financiers. Wide importance was given the event because it followed closely upon reports that the Morgan Interests were about to take an active Interest In governing tho Harriman roads and that the younger Morgan was slated as the ultimate suc cessor of Mr. Harriman in command of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific systems. Two Great Groups Allied. The National City Bank is controlled by the Kuhn, Loeb-Standard Oil inter ests, wilch yesterday assumed a com manding position, for the time being at least, in the Union Pacific executive committee. George W. Perkins, of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., Is already a director of the bank and the additional recognition given the firm today was taken to mean not merely the existence of an "entente cordiale" but the consum mation of an active working alliance be tween the two great groups of American financiers. The commanding position which the National City Bank Interests now hold In the Harriman railroads is indicated by the fact that four of the six members of the reconstructed executive committee of the Union Pacific are directors In the bank Jacob H, Schiff, William rtocke feller, Frank A. Vanderlip and Henry C. prick. Changes on Southern Pacific. The changes In the Southern Pacific directorate today as a result of Mr. Harriman's death were precisely the same as those made In the Union Pa cific directorate yesterday. Judge Lovett succeeded Mr. Harriman as chairman of the executive committee, while Jacob H. Schiff and William Rockefeller were elected directors and made members of the enlarged execu tive committee. No action was taken In the matter of electing a successor to Mr. Harriman as president. There were meetings today of the directors of the Illinois . Central Rail way and the Wells-Fargo Company, in (Concluded on Page 4.) OLD MAN'S DEARIE GETS NEW SPOUSE "VIOLET QUEEN" COMES HOME WITH MAN AXD MILLIONS. Widow of Old James King Brings Her Husband and Gold to Cal ifornia From Paris. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Maude Robinson King Chance,' the protege, wife, then widow of the rich old man James C. King, whose mild passion was to give violets away, has returned to Southern Cali fornia with a new husband, T. R. Chance. Her" husband is a dentist well known In the fashionable "American Colony" of Paris. After the death of the "Violet King" the executors had the audacity to offer the young widow a mere 1100,000 as her share but she sternly demanded $1,400,000 more and got it. She had been, as a young girl, of Morrison, 111., and old James C. King had taken a platonlc and fatherly Interest in her. She be came the "Violet Queen." with an agree ment that she was to have $100,000 at his death, which agreement she after ward repudiated. The estate settled her claim, giving her half the fortune. In Paris she met Dr. Chance who had torn himself away from the bucolic fasci nations of Canton.' O., for the larger friends and the richer tooth of the Amer ican Colony of France. They were married there recently and arrived a week ago In San Francisco to the astonishment of the late "Violet King's" friends. ROBBER-BRIDEGROOM DIES Wound Received While Holding Up Saloon Fatal on Wedding Eve. MISSOULA. Mont., Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) With his wedding date set for tomorrow, Harry Dlmmlck, a well known young man, died early today as a result of a bullet wound received Saturday morning, when he held up the bartender of the Grand Pacific Hotel. He was shot through the abdomen, and his relatives kept him at home, saying he had been kicked' by a horse. Dim mick was 22 years old. He secured $59 in the holdup. The bartender flrod six shots after him, one taking effect in the abdomen. It was not until late last night It was definitely established he was the rob ber. DUMONT AGAIN IN FLIGHT Frenchman Speeds Like Quail in .. Small Aeroplane. PARIS, Sept. 14. The reappearance In the world of aviation of Santos Du mont with his remarkable performance of yesterday, when he flew in an aero plane at a speed of about 65 miles an hour, has attracted much attention on account of the smallness of the ma chine. The aeroplane of Santos Dumont weighs, together with the pilot, only up, 118 kilograms (259.6 pounds). The most striking feature in the appear ance of this aeroplane is the short and broad wing, tilting at a high angle. It has no tall and Its general appear ance is that of a quail. THOMPSON BUYS RAILROAD American Ambassador Secures Con trol Mexican Line. MEXICO CITY. Sept. 14. David E. Thompson, United States Ambassador, to day secured control of the Pan-American Railway, a line 244 milea in length, from San Geronlmo, on the Tehauntepec Na tional Railway, to Mariscal. Ambassador Thompson did not make public the purchase price, but said that he would have the controllng interest, having secured by purchase $9,000,000 worth of the stock. Mr. Thompson will personally look after the property as soon as he retires from the diplomatic service. TIDAL WAVESWEEPS PORT Mexican Town and Islands Covered by Water From Sea. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 14. The Port of Mulege, on the east coast of Lower California, was overwhelmed by a tidal wave September 4. There were several fatalities and considerable property was destroyed. The tidal wave flooded the inland district for a distance of about two miles. CHICAGO CARMEN SCORE Traction Companies Yield to De mands of Employes. CHICAGO, Sept 14. Victory of the streetcar men In their long-drawn-out negotiations with the traction companies for increased .wages was announced to day. Special meetings of the unions have been called for Friday night and it is practically certain the new scale will be approved. MOUNT VESUVIUS INACTION Guides Report Rumblings and Slight Seismic Shocks. ROME, Sept. 14. A dispatch from Por tico, on the Bay of Naples, to the Gior nale d'ltalia says that Mount Vesuvius Is active again. : Guides report rumblings followed by slight seismic shocks. The small craters have been unusaily aclive In the last few days. TTini? riTP nPVTv; JTXllVlJ X" d Ad - IS TO FREE COUPLE Mrs; Maddux and Rod man Ask Release. PETITION IS FILED LATE Action May Prompt Early Meeting of Grand Jury. APPLICATION UP TODAY Alleged Occupants of Automobile That Killed Mrs. Real Liable to Be Indicted Before Last Phase Is Heard. Attorney G.'orge W. Caldwell late last evening filed a petition In the Circuit Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus in the interest of Mrs. Harel Maddux, wife of Police Patrolman Maddux, and Frank E. Rodman, the auto liveryman. Jointly charged by the Mult nomah County grand Jury with responsi bility for the death of Mrs. May Real, who was killed by an automobile on the Llnnton road the morning of August 5. T!ie hearing on the application will be held before Presiding Judge Bronaugn this morning at 10 o'clock. This action on the part : Vf Caldwell :he rrand Jury resulted from the order by the Incarcerating the couple in U County tl O g :he.ct Jail Monuay eve nil g, lefuslng V 'm bail or permission to be seen by the V.ctorney or anyone else. This was characterized by Caldwell as a "high-handed and legally unwarranted action." He recites that no indictments were found against them officially and that in denying them liberty the inquisitorial body violated one of the fundamental doctrines of the Con stitution of the United States. Jury May Meet Early. This will have the effect, it is said, of causing an early meeting of the grand Jury this morning and the immediate re turn of lnd.lotrrw;nte.-atnat Mrs. Maddux and Rodman. In the event this action is not taken by the grand Jufy, which is considered Improbable, the John Doe and Jane Doe warrants, issued at the time of the tragedy, may be served by Constable Wagner. The grand Jury continued its probe in the case yesterday. The developments of the day are said to have been of a (Concluded on Page 6.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 79 degrees; minimum. 53 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. Discovery of North Pole. Cook begins story of Arctic voyage which ended In great feat. Pase 1. Peary reiterates that he Is only white roan who ever saw Pole and promises to dis prove Cooks claim. Page 8. Peary answers Cooks statements In Inter view. Page 5. National. Taft begins trip with speech at Boston In favor of financial reform and against sectionalism. Page 1. Senator Carter says Republican party will stand or Jail on new tariff. Pago 9. Domestic. Georgia Major says theosophy caused wife's divorce suit. Page 1. Forest fires rage In Southern California. Page 2. Bankers' convention opens with notable speecn by J- J. Hill. Page 2. J P. Morgan. Jr.. elected director of Na tional City Bank, showing alliance of great financial Interests. Page 1. Patten, caught short on wheat, rushes to cover. Page 8. Widow of Claus Spreckels awarded $3,000, OuO of husband's estate. Page -J. Violet Queen, of California, after getting share of old man's estate, returns with new husband. Page 1. Jap commu-aloners descend Butte copper mines. Page 4. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 3. Oakland 2; San Francisco 7, Vernon 4; Los Angeles 5, Sacramento 4. Page T. British tennis players finally beaten for Davis trophy. Page 7. Northwestern League scores: Portland S, Seattle 0; Spokane 4. Vancouver 1; Ta- coma 1, Aberdeen 8. Page 7. Boise horse sets new track record at Salem. Page 7. Captain J. G. MacDonnell. Spokane capital ist, to be presiding Judge at Portland Horse Show, rage 9. O'Toole bests Abe Attell In ten-round fight. Page 0. Pacific Northwest. State Fair expects big crowds today. Page 6. Probe of Pan Tan reports secret order menace to good government. Page 3. Powder explosion at Nehalem kills work man and injures Ave others. Tage 6. Row In State Fair Board; Secretary Welch resigns. Page 6. Molalla road believed to be behind terminal deal In Oregon City. Page 2. Coos Bay towns prepare to sell bonda for harbor Improvement. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Mrs Maddux and Rodman, alleged slayera of Mrs. Real, file application for a wrtt of habeas corpus. Page 1. Washington grain rate decision may affect O. R. & N. Page 14. Threats alleged to have been made by H. A. Garrett are introduced In the Dicker son murder trial. Page 12. Receiver Is appointed for hopyard near ftonlto for alleged violation of agree ment to sell yield. Page 13. Portland shows big gain In tourist travel In the last five months. Page 4. Pool of hay dealers thought to exist to keep back crop. Page 2(1. Portland TJnlon Stockyards ara open for business. Page 20. Schools of city show Increased attendance on second day. Page 12. Fire doea over $25,000 damage to Wilaon building on Fourth street. Page 6. Oregon Trust funds believed to have been Juggled for United Rallwyas. - Page 13. Mor Interest shown la canntd goods trade, l ags 18. HIT SOUGHT