VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,231. PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHILD KIDNAPED WHILE AT PLAY SOUTHERN STATES NATURE NOW TO HAVE SOME SAY DEATH WATCH BY LnMU I JJ MUUUM TO BE SURVEYED SWEPT BY STORM ENDED PART OF A LA SRA-CA X AT) I AN MAX GRABS HER IN HIS ARMS AND RUNS AWAX. ARBITERS OF STXLES DECREE . NO HTMAN BEANPOLES. LIXE MAY NOT BE RTJ. COOK THROUGH LONG NIGHT IS IK n COOK SAYS "GOOD TO BE HMEBIGHH" JOHNSON At Dawn of Summer He Is to Start on His Conquest. CANVAS BOAT FOUND BEST Cloth Serves Double Purpose ' on Trib and Stays Are Used in Sledges. FOOD IS PUZZLING PROBLEM What Is Good for One Nation Is Bad for Another. FAT IS THING MOST WEEDED Party Lucky . In "ot . Being. Handt' capped by Misfits and Incompe tent)!, and Eskimo Stomach Is Satisfied With Pemmlcan. THE CONQFIST OF THE FOLE. Fourth Installment. BT DR. FREDERICK A. COOK. (Copyright. 1903. by the New Tork Herald Company. Registered In Canada in accord ance with the copyright act. Copyright in Mexico tinder the law. of the Repnbllo of Mexico. All rights reserved.) Storms now cams up with suoh force and frequency that it was not safe to venture out In kayaks. A few walruaes were captured from boats, then sea hunting was confined to the quest of seal through the Ice. similar quest was'belng followed at , erery Tillage from Annotook to Cape Tork. But all sea activity would now soon be limited to a few open spaces near prominent headlands. The scene of the real hunt chanced from the sea to the land. We had as yet no caribou meat. The little auks gathered In nets during the Summer and elder ducks bagged later disap peared fast when used as steady diet. TVe must procure hare, ptarmigan and reindeer, for we had not yet learned to eat with a relish the fishy, liver-like substance which Is characteristic of all marine mammals. Guns and ammunition were distrib uted, and when the winds were easy enough to allow one to venture out, every man sought the neighboring hills. Francke also took his exercise with a gun on his shoulder. The combined re sults gave a long line of ptarmigan, two reindeer and 16 hares. As snow covered the upper slopes, the game was forced down near the sea, where we could still hope to hunt In the feeble light of the early part of the night. X Anxiety for Winter. With a larder fairly well stocked and good prospects for other tasty meats, we were spared the usual anxiety of a Winter without Winter supplies, and Fran eke was fust the man to use this game to good effect, for he had a way of preparing our primitive provisions that made our dinners seem quite equal to a Holland House spread. In the middle of October fox skins were prime and then new steel traps were distributed and set near the many caches. By this time the Eskimos had all abandoned their sealskin tents and were snugly sett!ed in their Winter . icloos. The ground was" covered with snow and the sea was nearly froxen ever everywhere. Everybody was busy preparing for the oomlng cold and night. The tem perature was about 20 degrees below cero. Severe storms were becoming less frequent, and the air, though cold er, was less humid and less disagree able. An ice fort was formed arid the Winter sledging was begun by short excursions to bait the fox traps and gather the foxes. All these pursuits, the work of build ing and repairing sleds, making dog harness and shaping new Winter cloth ing, kept up a lively Interest while the great crust which Was to hold down the unruly deep for so many months thick ened and closed. During the last days of brief sunshine the weather cleared, and at noon on Oc tober 14 everybody sought the freedom of the open for a last glimpse of the dying day. There was a charm of color and glitter, but no one seemed quite happy ashe sun sank under the south ern Ice, for it was not to rise again for US days. The Eskimos took this as a signal to enter Into a trance of sadness, in which the bereavement of each family and the discomfort of the year are enacted In dramatic chants or dances. But to us the sunset of 1907 was Inspiration for the Anal work in directing the shaping of ihe outfit with which to begin the con- Concluded on Page 6) Surveyors Returning From Ice Fields of Far North Report Task Impracticable. SEATTLE, Sept. 20. Thirty miles of the boundary line between Alaska and Canada, lying In a region about 80 miles north of Mount St. Ellas, prohably never will be surveyed, according to the men engaged in the boundary survey work David W. Eaton, head of the first party to return to the United States at the close of the season, arrived on the steamer Jefferson from the north to day. He will remain here until the ar rival of his ohief. Thomas Rlggs, Jr. and will then proceed with Rlggs to Washington. "Mr. Rlggs had under his charge 35 men divided Into five parties." said Eaton. "My party, as did the others, operated on the 141 meridian, covering that part of the line from where the meridian crosses It In the White River Valley to the northward, to as far south as the Ice fields would permit. "These ice fields are located about 80 miles north of Mount St. Ellas, and embrace 30 miles of the line. The task of surveying this region Is now held to be an Impracticable one. for it is an impenetrable solitude of high peaks. capped with glaciers which have baffled the efforts of the hardiest and most In defatigable surveyors. "The boundary line so Tar has been established from the Portland canal to where the 141st meridian crosses the Yukon River. Each American party works in conjunction with a Canadian party." STRUNG UP. HE CONFESSES Idaho Resident Is Mad Victim of Rough Justice. WALLACE. Idaho, Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) Believing Jacob Jacobson guilty of several serious offenses committed along the North Fork during the past year, a number of ranchers, who were disguised at the time, took Jacobson from his cabin Saturday night, strung him over a limb In approved lynca law style until he confessed being guilty of crimes, according to Informa tion brought to Wallace by Angus Sutherland this morning from Ena- vllle. Jacobson confessed to shooting horse used by Isaac Carlson, a neigh boring rancher, to taking an ax and maiming several cows owned by Carl son, to aiming a shot at Mrs. Carlson recently while she was waiting to take a train to Wallace to appear as witness- sgalnst him. and to blowing up Carlson's house with dynamite. Owing to the confession being by force, Jacobson's prosecution by law cannot be had. Jacobsqn was arrested last Winter by Carlson, who charged him with dynamiting his house and blowing Carlson and wife out of bed. The case is still pending. STINGY HUSBAND SCORED Judge Denounces Man Who Refuses to Save Wife From Prison. CLEVELAND, O.. Sept. 20. Rather than loan his wife 8500 that would have kept her from going to prison, Jacob Fickel, a brewer, saw her sentenced to he Penitentiary "for two years here to day. Sentence was suspended, and Mrs. Flckel's son will attempt to raise the money and save his mother. - Mrs. Fickel was convicted-of embes- llng 8593 from the estate of Bertha Bozenhardt, while acting as her guard- an. Judge Vlckery told Mrs. Fickel she could go free If she would raise the money. The Judge scored Fickel be cause he would not pay the amount of the embezzlement. RED CROSS ASKS FOR AID Conditions In Monterey Reported Terrible by Consul. WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. The Na. tlonal Red Cross today issued an appeal to all Its branches In the United States to procure food and clothing for the benefit of flood suffers -In Mexico, In a dispatch to the State Department today Consul Hanna at Monterey fur ther depicted the great loss and In tense suffering occasioned by the Mex ican floods. "he conditions are ter rible," he telegraphed, adding that he Is assisting In every way possible to extend aid. THAW'S CREDITOR LOSES Pittsburg Courts Will Not Inquire Into Slayer's Sanity. PITTSBURG. Sept. 20 Judges Cohen, Swearlngen and Carnahan handed down a decision today refusing to appoint a commission to determine whether Harry K. Thaw Is Insane. The petition was filed In behalf of Attorney James B. Graham, of New Tork, who alleges he has a claim against Thaw of i:954. SPANISH REPULSE MOORS Tribesmen Driven Back After Suf fering Heavy Loss. MEL1LLA. Sept. 20. Spanish columns commanded by General Del Real and General Tovan today occupied Cape Hl erta. The Moors lost heavily. The Spaniards had one killed and 28 wounded.. The warships supported the advance. Steamer Anchors Off Firestone Island. ORDEAL OF: TODAY DREADED Shore Welcome Planned Will Be Enthusiastic. WIFE TOO SICK TO COME Cannot Make Trip Down Bay to See Returning Husband No ' Com ment Made on Peary's Achieve- . mcnt Brooklyn's Greeting. NEW TORK. Sept. 20. "It's good to le an American; it seems I have been gone 10 years." Gazing toward the lights of New Tork after an absence since July 4, 1907, these were the first sentiments - ex pressed tonight by Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn, as he paced the deck of the steamship Oscar II waiting for daylight and the actual return to his native land. : Dr. Cook was virtually at home to night, for the Oscar II anchored off Fire Island. The ship marked time, as It were, so that there might be no hitch In the home-coming reception for the explorer. Though 60 miles from the city proper, the Oscar II Is in easy wireless communication with New Tork during the day and night. Dr. Cook was on deck almost constantly and as sunset approached he watched the bril liant panorama and conversed with newspaper men through a megaphone. Dreads His Reception. "I feel anxious to get ashore," he said, "but I dread the ordeal of land ing tomorrow. I would much prefer landing quietly, without a repetition of the scenes at Copenhagen. I hops 1 shall be left In peace with my family by tomorrow night at least." Some New Tork papers were brought on board the vessel this evening con taining long reports concerning Peary's achievement. Dr. Cook read them care fully, then said: "There Is nothing new here and I shall wa'lt until something definite Is published before saying anything fur-' ther on the matter." Wife Sick, Cannot Meet Him. Aside from this short reference to Peary, Dr. Cook's expressions today and tonight chiefly concerned the joy of his arrival at home. Dr. Cook left the deck only a few minutes during the entire day and with continued good nature posed repeatedly for photographs at the urgent request of his fellow-passengers. Dr. Cook sent a wireless message to his wife asking her to come down the bay tonight and Join him on board, thus avoiding the crush at the public greeting tomorrow. Mrs. Cook was ill, (Concluded on Page 6.) Believed Little Girl's Mother and Her Lover Are Guilty and Serious Charges Await. RENO, Nev Sept. 20. (Special.) While playing In the front yard of her foster-mother's home at 101 West First street this morning, little Mildred Christie, the fle-year-old daughter of Beulah Christie, was kid naped. It Is believed the mother's lover. Blllle Christie, is the kidnaper. Christie and the child's mother are thought to have left the city with her, and officers, under the direction of Probation Officer Ingalls and the Dis trict-Attorney, are making a thorough search for the child. : Not only will Christie have to answer for kidnaping, which is punishable by Imprisonment, but also a charge of contempt of court, as the child was under the jurisdiction of the Probation Officer and the Juvenile Court when stolen. Some -man appeared while Mildred was playing in the yard with her dog, and Mrs. Hlbbard was preparing break fast, and, clasping the child in his arm fled up Sierra street. GIRL'S JOB PAYS FOR LARK Telephone Operator . Loses Place After Joy Ride. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) As a result of the notoriety she obtained by being In a "joy ride" last week. Miss Pearl Palm, a pretty tele phone operator at the Capitol, was asked to resign today by Secretary of State Curry, custodian of the building. Curry told the young woman that it was much against his choice that he was letting her go, but in view of the scandal attached to the accident -he must make the change as an example to other young girls of the state. Other members of the party told of a gay night along -the county roads between here and Roseville, but. Miss Palm denies the tale of orgies on the night of the wild ride, when seven oth ers were thrown from the automobile to a dltoh. WHEAT GRADES ARE SET State Railway Commission An- nonnces New Schedule. TACOMA. Sept. 20. The State Railway Commission met today to revise the grades in wheat and hay. Hereafter the amount of smut In wheat and the dockage for foul wheat will be Judged by terminal Inspectors In a sys tem to be reported tomorrow. . No. 1 timothy and No. 1 clover hay can here after contain 15 per cent of other grasses and No. 2. 25 per cent. The grades of No. 8 timothy and Western Washington timothy were abolished. A new standard to-be-Jmown as No grade" will be established foretooth hay and straw. , . MARY W0LVERT0N PASSES Mother of Judge Wolverton Is Called ' ' by Death. MONMOUTH, Or., Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) Mary J. Wolverton, aged 84, widow of the late John Wolverton and mother of Judge Wolverton, of Port land, died at her home here tonight. Mrs. Wolverton 'crossed the plains from Illinois to Oregon In 1858. Fun eral arrangements have not yet been made. , AND STILL BUSINESS KEEPS UP .....r. ....... ... "--- Gulf Hurricane Brings Death in Dixie. FOUR LOST IN NEW ORLEANS Gale, Backs Up Water in Mis sissippi 100 Miles. ROADS BADLY CRIPPLED Frail Buildings Topple and Roofs Sail Away on Wings of Wind. Pensacola and Other Ports Are Hard Hit. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 20. After at talaing a velocity of 60 miles an hour at New Orleans, tonight, the West In dian hurricane that struck the Louisi ana and Mississippi Gulf coast was re duced in its Intensity late tonight. It left four dead at New Orleans and perhaps others along the 'Gulf coast, though no definite advices of mortality In other sections have been thus far reported here. The property loss in New Orleans will exceed 3100,000. Many houses were un roofed and many frail buildings were partially destroyed. With ' all wires down It is impossible to ascrtaln the loss of life or property along the Gulf coast. The ferry steamer Assumption sank, but no lives were lost. Much property along the river front was damaged. . The storm apparently moved Inland to Southwestern Louisiana. The ve locity of the wind at New Orleans was the highest the local Weather Bureau ever recorded. STREETS OF MOBILE FLOODED Trains to North All Crowded With Refugees From Coast. MOBILE, Ala., Bept. 20. Mobile was thoroughly alarmed tonight over the threatening conditions caused by fTTe storm which continued to increase In violence. At 11:35 P. M. the wind had Increased In velocity until a gale of 40 miles an hour was sweeping the city. The barometer registered 29.63. The water of Mobile Bay at midnight was backed up beyond Water street, more than'two blocks from the river front and was still rising. The .prospect at this time was that. like New Orleans, Mobile will be cut oft from the world by morning. At 12:46 o'clock this morning the Wea ther Bureau reported the velocity of the wnd from 24 to 38 miles an hour. The water was rising. commerce street, through which trains enter and depart from the city, Is inundated for Its entire length along the city waterfront. The (Mobile and Bay Shore train ar rived here last night crowded with resi dents of the south shore fleeing from the storm It was there that so many lives were lost In the storm of beptemoer Zo, 1906. The bark Henney which was wreoked (Concluded on Page 4.) ....................... ......t Mere 3Ian Will Now Be Able to See at Glance Just Where Wom an's Wajst Lies. CHICAGO, 'Sept. 20. (Special.) It is good-bye' to the girl who resembles the human slat or "beanpole." Also, that will be about all for the female person who loads on the top of her head from two to seven pounds of excelsior and other near-hair. Likewise the hook for the woman who wears such a long and tight corset that t.e cannot walk or bend over. The National Dressmakers, who are flocking In from every direction for their convention, sound the death knell of these extreme fads. They also vouchsafe the information that the new styles will locate a woman's waist about where nature Intended it. For two seasons a woman's waist has been rambling about all the way from her shoulder blades to her knees, but the new styles will get It back Into Its proper longitude. Hereafter, the dressmakers hasten to assure the public. It will be possible to know whether a woman is coming or going and also to guess with some de gree of certainty whether she has her dress on upside down or not. FOSSjL AMMONITE FOUND Splendid Specimen of Prehistoric Shellfish at Lewlston. BPOKANE, Wash., Sept 20. (Spe cial.) A ourlous mineral, found on- a mountain and at first believed a meteor ite, left at a Lewlston drugstore by a resident of Anatone, has been Identified by E. S. Wooster, professor of the sci ence department of the Lewlston State Normal School, as a fossilized shell of an extinct marine animal, the ammon ite. Professor Wooster said: "The ammonite was an animal great ly resembling the present-day pearly or chambered nautilus. They were prominent in the animal world of the carboniferous period. "At the death of the animal the body and its shell dropped to the bottom of the ocean and there the flesh decayed and left an empty shell resting on the mud. The percolation of water filled the shell with mud and mineral, and gradually, by compression and cementa tion, the whole mass became solid rock. It Is sveral thousand years since the ammonite lived. This shell Is one of the largest kind In existence, and it Is valuable for paleontological work." KOESTER AVOIDS DISPUTE German Admiral Refuses to Dispute Over Precedence. BERLIN, Sept. 20. Admiral von Koester, who is now nearing New Tork, where he will represent the German navy at the Hudson-Fulton celebration, has no Intention of engaging with Admiral Sir Edward Seymour or any one else in a controversy over the question of preced ence. It came to Admiral von Koester's attention before he left Berlin that doubt had arisen whether he or Admiral Sey mour held the highest rank. Admiral von Koeeter and Admiral Sey mour are old friends and for this and other reasons the admiral declines to become party to any dispute. He will leave the question of precedence to be determined by the American authorities in accordance with international custom. BAPTISTS DIVIDE ON TAFT President Not Invited Because of Unitarian Views. NORFOLK, Vs., Sept. 20. Division on the question -of a. united Invitation to President Taft to address the Virginia Baptist Association In Portsmouth, No vember 29, on "Missions," because of the President's Unitarian principles will re sult in no address before that body by Mr. Taft Individuals had written to Washington to have the President address the Bap tists when he comes to the Inland Water ways convention here In November, but the extension of a formal Invitation was opposed In the United Baptist convention. WABASH GETS IN AT LAST Deal Concluded to Permit Entrance Into Pittsburg. NEW TORK, Sept. 20. Control of the Wabash Railway Company and Its sub sidiary lines, the Wabash-Pittsburg Ter minal Company and the Wheeling & Lake Erie, aoeording to the Tribune today, is likely soon to be lodged Jointly with four large roads, which thus will obtain en trance to Pittsburg. The roads interested, it is said, are the Lackawanna, Lake Shore, Erie and Rock Island. The, arrangement Is understood to represent the execution of a plan formed by the late E. H. Harriman. CUBANS ARE DESTITUTE Storms in Pinar Del Rio Devastate Large Areas. HAVANA, Sept. 20. Telegraph wires and bridges between Havana and Pinar del Rio are still down and consequently it has been Impossible to ascertain the extent of the damage wrought by the storm in that section. ' It has been learned, however, that many hundreds of peasants are destitute because of the destruction of their huts and crops. Governor's Fight for Life Is Lost. HIS WIFE WITH HIM AT LAST Remains Whole Day Keeping Vigil at Bedside. END COMES AT EARLY HOUR Executive Breathes His Last at 3:25 AJter Day In Which He Gradually ' Grew Weaker, - Till All Hope Was Finally Abandoned. ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 21. Govrr nor John A. Johnson, three times elect ed Governor of Minnesota and a candi date for the Democratic nomination for the President of the United States, and looked upon by many as the possible Democratic standard-bearer In 1012, died at St. Mary's Hospital here at 3:23 o'clock this morning following aa operation lavt Wednesday, Death watch was kept at tho bed side of Governor John A. Johnson all day long today. Mrs. Johnson and two at tending physicians sat by the dying man, hourly expecting the end. At Intervals bulletins were Issued, and each message from the sickroom was less hopeful than the one preceding. In the early morning Drs. Charles and William Mayo Issued the first bulletin: "Governor Johnson has not made na tural progress; his condition Is grave," it read, and waiting friends at once stormed the hospital for further news. Then came the next, less hopeful: "Con dition extremely critical. We can give little hope." At 2:30 P. M. word came from the sick room -that the Governor had been in a seml-oomatose condition for two hours. The Bouroe of this Information said the patient might continue in this state for days, but there was slim hope that he would live more than a few hours. Next came the brief bulletin, "Life U fast ebbing." The bulletin at 6:80 P. M. read: "We can see that Governor Johnson has failed in the last half hour. We have not told him that he is going to die. Doctors Charles and William Mayo." A bulletin was Issued by Dr. Judd at 11 o'clock, as follows: "Governor Johnson cannot last more than an hour." At 1:15 A. M. Tuesday morning Dr. Mayo said: 'There is absolutely no hope. How ever, the Governor may not die for sev eral hours yet, possibly not before S o'clock." At 12 o'clock Governor Johnson was (Concluded on Page 8.) INDEX OF TODAY'S MEWS The Weather. tESTERDAT'8 Maximum temperature, 63. degrees; minimum, 55.1. TODAY'S Clearing end warmer; westerly winds. Polar Controversy. Dr. Cook tells of his preparations for con quest of Pole; manufacture of sledges and selection of proper food. Page 1. Dr. Cook home, steamer anchors down bay . that reception may not be spoiled. Page 1. Peary adds fuel to polar controversy; didn't report Cook dead. Page 5, Nat lonal. Forester Plnchot says he has no quarrel with Baltinger; will not resign. , Page 2. Omaha "cars all atop when Taft spends part of day In city where strike reigns. Page 3. Domestic. New York seeks good, lire candidate for Mayor. Page 2. Dressmakers decree no more human bean pule shapes. Page 1. Little girl kidnaped In Reno while at play. Page 1. Governor Johnson's life ebbs and ceases. Page 1. Hurricane sweeps Gulf states; four " lives reported lost. Page 1. Bryan admits free stiver cause of 1894 de feat In reply to Bailey. Page 4. bports. Fourth game of series with Detroit goes to Philadelphia by score of 4 to 3. Page 7. Stanley Ketchel says he is primed for "coon killing"; training hard. Page 7. Harness races at Portland fair cut short by rain. Page 7. Big basketball tourney planned by Pacific Northwest Y. M. C. A s. Page 7. Pacllic Northwest. Countrv too rough to survey . portions of Alaska-Canadian boundary. Page 1. Grand lodge of Oddfellows In session at Seattle. Page 3. Oregon Trunk surveyors forced to spend night without food. Page 6. Clackamas County prepares for fair at Canby. Page 6. T. R. Glavls. deposed land office official, will make, public nnaings in AiasKa com mine investigation. Page 3. Judge Aflshte. of Idaho, addresses alumni at Willamette juoiiee. fago z. Portland and Vicinity. Mayor Simon vetoes proposed ordinance re quiring vehicle tax. Page IS. Grand Jury Indicts eight and returns live not true bills. Page lfl. Mrs. Maddux and Rodman are indicted by grand Jury for manslaughter. Page 10. Mrs. E. M. Mendenhatl accuses her hus band of having an affinity. Page 1ft. Oregon Trunk officials say California Is not their objecMve point. Page Id. Oregon Conservation Association discusses timber protection. Page 12. Dunford M. Austermell, of Los Angeles, al most dnwns In bathtub at Hotel Oregon. Page 9. Exl ibitton of Portland Fair and Livestock Association best seen here. Page 1. Harry Holland and Jack Robertson are ac cused of manslaughter for killing of Dolly Ferrera. . Page 10. F. F. Emery, of Spokane, Is elected pfhprtoent of the Pacific Northwest Ama to urVAtn- letlo Association. Page IX 1