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' . ' . ' ' '' ' ' " " ' " ' ' ' TTtTP'T' VTYF PFXTS. ' vn, I.yg.-M. , PORTLAKP,' OREGOy, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ' 23, 190i." . ' ' WINTER OVER, GODK STARTS TOWARD POLE Run of Destiny for Further Mystery North Begun. ESKIUOS EAGER TO EXPLORE Main Expedition Leaves With 11 Men, 103 Dogs and 11 Sledges Feb. 19, 1908. 400 MILES IN FIRST 28 DAYS Leader With Two Natives and 4. 26 Dogs Then Goes On. EQUIPMENT IS REDUCED With Only Barest Necessities, Long, Hard, Racking Struggle Into Vn known Against Fearful Odd9 of Nature Is to Continue. THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE. Fifth Installment. BT DR. FREDERICK A. COOK. Copyright. 1K. by the New York Herald Company. Registered in Canada In ac cordance with the copyright act. Copyright In Mexico under the laws of tha Republic! of Mexico. All rlghta reserved. Early in January of 1IW the campaign opened. A few sleds were sent to the American shores to explore a route and to advance supplies. Clouds and storms made the moonlight days dark and there, fore the advance expeditions were only partially successful. On February 19, 1905. the main expedition started for she Pole. Eleven men. driving- 108 dogs and moving 11 heayily-laden sleds, left the Greenland shore and pushed westward, over the troublesome Ice of Smith Sound, to Cape Sabine. The gloom of the Ions Winter night was but little relieved by a few hours of daylight and the temperature was very low. Eighty-three Degrees Below. Passing through a valley between FJles mere Land and Grinnell Land from the head of Flagler Bay In crossing the Pa cific Slopes the' temperature fell to S3 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit. In Bay Fjord many musk oxen were secured and, though the Winter frost was at its low est, there was little wind and with an f abundance of fresh meat and also fat for fuel, the life in the snowhouse proved fairly comfortable. The Ice In Eureka and Nansen Sounds proved fairly smooth, and long- marches were made In which was an abundance of game, muskox. bear and hares. We found It quite unnecessary to use the supplies taken from Greenland. Caches of provi sions and ammunition were left along Hei. berg Island for the return. Savage Hands Willing. Thus we managed to keep in game trails and In excellent fighting trim to the end of known lands. Camping in the chill, of the frowning cliffs cf the northernmost coast (Svartovog) we looked out over the heavy Ice of the Polar Sea through eyes which had been hardened to the worst Polar environments. There was at hand an abundance of supplies with willing savage hands ' and a superabundance of brute force In overfed pelts, but for a greater certainty of action over the un known regions beyond,-1 resolved to re 'duce the force to the smallest numbers consistent with the execution of the prob lem in hand. We had traveled nearly 400 miles In 28 days. There remained a line of 520 miles of unknowable trouble to be overcome before oucr goal could be reached. For L this final task we were provided with every conceivable device to ease this hard lot, but In addition to a reduced party. I now definitely resolved to simplify the entire equipment. At Svartovog a big cache was made. In this cache fresh meat, todnu, pe mm lean and much other food, together with all discarded articles of equipment, were left. In the north ward advance every factor of the dog train had been carefully watched and studied to provide a perfect working force ' for the final reach over, the Polar Sea, Etuklshuk and Ahwelah. two young Eski. mos. each 20 years old, had been chosen as beet fitted to be my sole companions In the long run of destiny. Twenty-six dogs were- picked and upon two sleds were loaded all our needs for a stay of SO days. All .for Progress. To have Increased this party would not have enabled us to carry supplies for a greater number of days. The sleds might have been loaded more i heavllv. but this would reduce the ' Important progress of the first days. ' With the character of Ice which we MISS DUNN HOME; THAT'S ALL TO IT BROTHER OF EARLE'S WOULD BE AFFINITY TALKS. Declares Her Welcome Is Without Slush and Tears, Hopes "Blamed Business Will End Soon." CHICAGO, Sept. 22. (Special.) Miss Gertrude Buell Dunn;, who sailed for Europe on July 26 with Ferdinand Pin ney Earle, the artist exponent of "af finities" ,and "life beautiful," has re turned " and Is with relatives at Palos Park. She reached New . Tork from Paris last Friday, alone. An attempt was made to speak to her over the telephone at the home of Oscar Reese, her brother's father-in-law, today. "Miss Dunn will not come to the tele phone," said the person who; answered the call. "There is absolutely nothing to say." Her brother, Ballard Dunn, said, how ever: "My sister is home, and that's all there Is to it. Anvthlng the pap" have printed about her being welcomed with slush and tears by myself or other rela tives Is false. Nothing of the kind oc curred. I hope this whole blamed busi ness will come to an end pretty soon." It was Mr. Dunn who hastily visited Earle's "Castle" at Monroe, N. T., short ly before Earle and Miss Dunn sailed for Europe. . REAR-ADMIRAL CLARK ILL Officer Who Took Oregon" Around Horn During War, Sick. ' FREMONT, O., Sept. 22. Rear-Admiral Charles E. Clark. United States Navy, who commanded the battleship Oregon during the Spanish-American War, was taken seriously ill today. When the Spanish-American War broke out the battleship Oregon was In Pacific waters. The vessel was ordered to hurry to Cuba, and Captain-Clark took the big fighting machine around the Horn and Into the Atlantic at full speed all the way. The voyage was one of the most conspicuous features of the war, and goes down in history as an epoch-making cruise. The ' Oregon reached Cuba In time to take part In the last part of the war. MOORS ARE BADLY BEATEN Army Offers No Resistance to Span iards "and Is Decimated. MADRID, Sept 22. An official dis patch from Melllla. received here tonight, states that General Sotomayo, with part of General Tovarts' division, has occu pied the Benl-Slcar territory. The enemy offered only a slight resist ance and fled In disorder, being deci mated by the converging fire frpm the two Spanish columns. The Spanish caa ualities were six wounded. MADRID, Sept. 22. Official dispatches from Melllla say that a oonvoy has re turned there with 10 wounded and IS dead. SQUADRON TESTS ' SPEED Admiral Sebree's Cruisers Run Under Forced Draught. HONOLULU. Sept. 22. Wireless reports from the' armored cruiser squadron of Admiral Sebree received here tonight state that seven of the cruisers too pari in the full-power run off the Island of Maui. The warships were under forced r.ntrht for four hours and the dls patches say no breakdowns of any .kind occurred. innthr in wireless report received this afternoon, but which has not been officially confirmed, the West Virginia led In the speed tests, and made an aver age of almost 22 knots an hour. CUBA IS SADLY STRICKEN . Grave Reports of Damage In Pinar del Rio Received. WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. More ' than ten lives were lost and property worth over $2,000,000 destroyed In the tornado which recently swept over the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Reports of dam age are Just reaching Havana. More than 2000 people are without shel ter or supplies. Several hundred houses and huts and tobacco bams, several 'thou sand acres of tobacco and many small vessels alor.g the coast were destroyed FIREARMS NOW BARRED War Department Acta After Careless Shot at Fort Stevens. ASTORIA, Or.. Sept. 22. Orders have been issuedby the War Department for bidding the carrying or using of firearms on the Fort Stevens reservation. Here tofore hunting with shotguns and small caliber rifles was permitted.-' The carelessness of hunters was re sponsible for a 45-callber rifle ball enter ing the quarters of one of the officers, narrowly missing a servant, and the stringent orders followed. SIX PERISH IN EXPLOSION American Mining Contractor and Five Mexicans Killed. GUADALAJARA. Mex...Sept 22. John M. Grlce. an American mining contractor, and five Mexican miners were instantly killed yesterday by an explosion of dyna mite In the Pet Grina mine in the Guan ajuato district. DEATH Al Rl . FOLLOW STORM Dixie Devastated by Hurricane. CASUALTY LIST GROWING Forty-eight Killed Rumors of Other Fatalities. SHIPPING AND CROPS HIT Fields of .Cane Laid Waste Boats Sink, Stone Houses Fall, Mills Sway Railroad Beds and Bridges Go Out In Gale. NEW ' ORLEANS, La., Sept. 22. At least 48 lives were lost In the tropical hurricane that swept this part of the country Monday and Monday night. It is reported 50 others perished in Lower Terre Bonne Parish, but this report has not been confirmed. The property loss Is far heavier than wis first believed, and will run well into the millions. Miles of territory have been laid waste and crops have been practically ruined. Shipping of all kinds In the bayou inlets was destroyed. Storehouses, sugar mills and dwellings at Houma and other villages were badly damaged. The damage at Grand Island and Chanlere Camlnada was heavy, but no Uvea were lost. -The crops on that island were totally . destroyed, for the water swept across two, or three feet deep. The orange groves were whipped clean'of fruit and foliage, hundreds of trees being uprooted. - The first message from the Islands was received today when the mall steamer Grand Island reached this city. It was feared before the arrival of the boat that hundreds had lost their lives. In the tropical storm of 190 no less than 1500 people were drowned on Chanlere Camlnada. The railroad bridge at Bay St Louis Is completely wrecked. When the storm struck this bridge George D6herty, a Western Union line man, was attempting to repair the wires. "I was thrown fiat on the bridge and only saved myself by4 locking my arms around one of the ties," said Doharty in describing his experience. There were three negroes .In. my. gang, and they finally reached me. By that time the waves were tearing up the bridge and we lashed a number of ties together with wire, launching them Just as the section of the bridge on which we were standing was swept away. The waves were running at least 60 feet high. The bridge went down 8unday and we were washed around In the bay until Monday after noon,, when we were picked up by i fishing schooner." Bodies of Eight Recovered. JACKSON. Miss., Sept. 22. Advices readied the Illinois Central offioe today that the relief train sent out on the' main (Concluded on Page 4.) "A . . . '. 1 - - -1':..i.......iiiiiiiiiniMii ui . e.e.ee m 3 PLOT TO KILL TWO nnroinrMTO mil m rnLOlULM i o ruiLLu BOMB FOUND AT MEETING- PLACE OF TAFT AND DIAZ. Officials Strong hi Denial of Any Attempt at 1YwAar, Saying Revo lutionists Bawnonsible. EL PASO, Tex., Sept 22. The discov ery tonight of "a bomb In a residence In course of erection In Juarez, across the border In Mexico, caused a sensation. The authorities were notified and 12 workmen were placed in Incommunicado. It was first- reported the bomb was found In the rear of the customs house, where President Taft and President Dial are to meet October 16, but this was later denied by the authorities. The residence of Camlllo Arguelles, where the bomb was found, Is a block from the customs house, where the meet ing of the Presidents Is to take" place. A visit by President Diax to Arguelles, who is a close personal friend of Diaz, was thought probable. Colonel Corella; com manding the regular arihy in Juarez, says the object was a small piece of dy amlte. "It was no more than a quarter of a stick," he said. "It probably was thrown there by a revolutionist some months ago, when ar rests were being made of these people." The Mexican Consul, A. V. Lomell, of El Paso, admits that a stick of dynamite was found, but he attaches no signifi cance to it. ' Senor Arguelles, owner of the residence, could not be seen, word coming from the house that he was ill. A friend of the family, who was interviewed, said, how ever, that the little son ' of Arguelles found a bottle with a liquid explosive in It, with a cap and fuse attached. Mexican Consul - Lomell tonight' said the men arrested would have a hearing In the' morning Federal Judge Mirando has ordered no Information he given and many conflict ing reports were In circulation. It was impossible to get the names of the men arrested. STRIKERS STONE TROLLEYS Nine Men Injured, Cars Wrecked In Omaha Rioting. OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 22. Riots resulU lng from the streetcar strike caused serious Injury t6 nine men tonight. Two of the injured are motormen who were struck with bricks. James Fltzpatrick, one of the imported workmen, was attacked while trying to shield a woman and her child riding in his car. He wag not seriously Injured. Eight cars were wrecked during the rioting. . ' ' ' PLAGUE CLAIMS ONE A DAY Guayaquil Records 4 7 Bubonio Cases; 14 Die in Fortnight. GUAYAQUIL Ecuador, Sept. 22. During the two weeks ending September 14 there were 47 cases of bubonic plague here. Fourteen of the cases resulted fatally. PROHIBITIONJSCONDEMNED German Catholics in Indiana Pass Resolutions Against Move. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 22. The German Roman Catholic Central Verein today adopted a resolution condemning prohibition as-a cure for the liquor evil. SATISFACTORY YEAR, THANK YOU.' f I , ATTENDANCE HITS 10, Success of Big Stock Show Assured. ADAM G. TAKES $2500 PURSE California Pacer Makes Best Time in West This Year.- HORSE AWARDS ANNOUNCED Oregon Steeds Capture Majority of Prizes At Close of Race Card, Throngs Visit Stables and Praise Classy Entries. Ten thousand- people saw the best racing card of the year, and thronged the show stables to revel in the stirring displays of blooded stock, at the Port land Livestock Fair, yesterday. It was a crowd that spelled the first syllable of the word success for the annual ex position. And judging from the un stinted enthusiasm displayed by , the crowds, the other syllable of that im portant term will be wrought 'out dur ing the remaining days of the week. "With perfect weather conditions and an exceptional racing and show programme, a large crowd was fully expected, but fully 2000 more people than had been conservatively counted upon put in ap pearance. It was the turning point In the annual show, for only medium crowds had braved the somewhat chilly and cloudy weather of the first two days. And yesterday's response gave Portland a, lock-hold on the annual-livestock fairs of the Pacific Northwest, a hold which can be broken only by a falling away -of attendance the rest of . the week, which Is totally improbable. - Big Crowd Conies Early. It was All-Portland's day, and every part of it was worthy of the name. The crowds began appearing as early as noon, and when the first heat was called at 2 P. M., the spacious grandstand was completely filled. Before 2:30 o'clock the grandstand crowd . was overflowing Into the bleachers, alcr.g the race course and ewn back across the paddock. None got to the show stables until the last race had been run, for the various events were replete with interest and ex citement. Interest . centered largely in the 2:08 pace. In which the fastest time of the track was made, the victory go ing to a California horse, Adam G., with an Oregon pacer, Lord Lovelace, In sec ond place. Fastest Time In West. In this race Adam G. made the best time for. consecutive heats recorded this season west of the Mississippi. The time for the three heats was 2:064. 2:064 and 2.06. Eight of the fastest pacers on the Pacific Coast were matched In this race which was one of the prettiest harness events ever seen in Portland. Adam G., the winner, Is owned by D. C. Eachant, of Pleasanton, Cal. Upon the completion of the chariot t (Concluded on Page 10.) Ik JUDGE WILLIAMS IS SERIOUSLY ILL AGED JURIST IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. Physicians Report That He Is Rest ing Easily and Is in No Im mediate Danger. .V George H. Williams, Oregon's distin guished statesman and Jurist and Port land's former Mayor, Is lying at t$e Good Samaritan Hospital seriously ill, having been removed there at 9 o'clock last night. . Judge 'Williams Is being treated by Dr. X. A. J. Mackenzie. He has been suffering with some indisposi tion for several weeks, and has gradually grown worse. Late last night It was re ported at the hospital that he was rest ing easy and that he was In no imme diate danger. His ailment Is described as one of those Incident to age. , Few men In Oregon are as widely known as George H. Williams, who was Attorney-General of the United States when Grant was President. He was one of the men who. drew up the 14th amend ment to the Constitution of the United States. He also 'represented Oregon as United States Senator. He was made Chief Justice of the Oregon territory in 1853, and later was a member of the con vention that drafted the constitution of Oregon. Judge Williams was born In New Lebanon, N. T., March 26, 1S23. ABRUZZI REACHES ROME Duke Passes Through Capital With out Visiting King. ROME, Sept. 22. (Special.) The Duke of the AbruzzI passed through here today, having come from South eastern France by the Mont Conls route In an automobile. It is asserted that he came from Culoz, 25 miles southeast of Geneva, where he had spent three days visit ing with Miss Katherine Elkins and her mother, who left Paris eight days ago for Switzerland. Much talk wag caused by the Duke's failure to stop In Rome to pay his re spects to the King, but pushing straight on to Clsterna, 40 miles south, to see his elder brother, the Duke of Aosta, head of his family. INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE OUT Announces It Cannot Stomach "Bar gaining" pf Fuslonists. NEW TORK, Sept 22. The Independ ence League withdrew tonight from the conference of allied anti-Tammany forces that' for several days has been trying to agree uptn fuslonlst candidates for mu nicipal officers. It was stated the league withdrew because It did not desire to be "a party to bargaining for offices." The action is regarded as an indirect Tammany victory, since It is the first break in the proposed alliance of opposi tion to that organization. t The fuslonlst candidate for Mayor will be made known tomorrow. MASSACRE . STILL DENIED - Correspondent at Kiev Says Report of Slaughter Untrue. ST.. PETERSBURG, Sept. 22. The As sociated Press correspondent at Kiev, as well as the correspondent of the official news bureau, denies the report of riot ing in that city. In a dispatch received here at a late hour tonight the former says: "The report is false." The Russian newspapers are without any Information on the subject and no reports of rioting. It is said, have been received In government circles. SECT PREDICTS UPHEAVAL Religionists Flee to Duxbury, Mass., to Await Cataclysm Friday. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Sept. 22. True to their belief that a great upheaval is about to occur, carrying the wicked to destruction, several New Englarfd fami lies belonging to the sect known as the "Later Reign of the Apostolic Church." have gone to Duxbury, Mass., to await the cataclysm, which is set for Friday next Many have disposed of all their world ly goods. SEIZE JAPANESE POACHERS Orientals Caught by Revenue Cutter Bear in Alaska. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. Another seizure of Japanese, alleged seal poach ers, this time at Walrus Island, in Alas kan waters, was reported to the Treasury Department today in a telegram from San Francisco. Special Agent Judge seized two boats with a total of six Japanese on Septem ber 2. and the men were brought to San Francisco yesterday by the revenue cut ter Bear. LAST BARNUM PIGMY DEAD Rodnia Nutt, 69, Only Male Survivor of Circus Dwarfs, Passes Away. i BOSTON. Sept. 22. Rodnia Nutt. last male survivor of the late P. T. Barnum's famous midget troupe, and who, as a member of that dwarf combination, be came known all over this country and in England, died at his home in Dor chester. He was 69 years old. ' '. ME1LTS MAT PATCH' UP BREACH Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont Takes Hand. MRS. MC KIM IN LIMELIGHT Alfred Gwynn and Southern Beauty in Romance. MRS. W. K., JR., AT SEA Former California Girl's Domestic Affairs Under Microscope of New York's "Four Hundred" Has tens Home From Europe. NEW TORK, Sept. 22. (Special.) A possible reconciliation between William K. Vanderbilt. Jr., and his wife, formerly Virginia Fair, of California, was ths lstest turn In their affairs today. It was learned that Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, the mother of Vanderbilt once before attempted to bring her on and daughter-in-law together but failed. She is now to make another attempt. The marital disaster of the younger Vanderbilts today shares the attention of the "400" with the romance of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who. It Is said by his friends, will probably wed Mrs. Mar-, garet McKim, formerly Mrs. Smith Hol lins McKim, one of the most beautiful of American society women. Friends of W. K. Vanderbilt ara not. optimistic concerning a reconciliation. On Way From Europe. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., is now hastening here from Europe and the dif ferences between her and her husband probably will be definitely settled as soon as she reaches America. She is bring ing her two children. The third child, Consuelo, has been with Mrs. Eelmont since Mrs. Vanderbilt left for Europe last year. For some time gossip of society has predicted a match between Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs. McKim. Those who pretend to know say the mar riage will take place this Fall. Since his separation from his wife, Elsie French, Alfred Vanderbilt has been in the public eye perpetually because of his coaching trirs in England. Since the suicide of Mrs. Ruiz, the beautiful woman whose name was mentioned at the time of his divorce, he has avoided the line light. Mrs. McKim a Favorite. Mrs. McKIin has been one of the most conspicuous society matrons for some time. She' was a Baltimore belle, the daughter of Lsaac E. Emerson, mil lionaire. In 1902 she married Dr. Smith Holllns McKim of New Tork. From that time on she was one of the most prominent matrons in New Tork. The romance between the Southern beauty (Concluded on Page 4 ) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 68.6 degrees; minimum. 41. 2 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. Polar Controversy. Dr. Cook. In fifth Installment of "The Con ouest of the Pole." tells of his start after Winter night on run of destiny. Page 1. Newspaper men put Dr. Cook through In quisition which he cheerfully undergoes. Paue 1. Peary's records, stolen at Sydney, not yet recovered. Page 3. National. President Taft says standards set up must - be clinched. Page 2. Domretlc. Important hearing of freight rate com plaints attectlng entire West begun at Salt Lake. Page 5- Brother of Earles would-be affinity ex presses hlms,lf about Gertrude Buell Dunn. Page 1. Millionaire's luck and liberty take wings In l-os Angeles, Page 4. Plot to kill Presidents Taft and Dlas found across Mexican border. Page 1. Family of six murdered in West Virginia; bodies then burned. Pago 4. Hporta. Coast League aeorcs: Portland 2. Loa An geles 1; San Francsco 4. Oakland 3; Sacramento 4. Vernon 1. Page T. Northwest League scores: Portland 7, Ta conva 5; Seattle 3, Aberdeen 2; Spokane 5, Vancouver 4. Pago 7. Adam G. wins 2500 pace In fast time at Stock Show races. Page IX Pacific Northwest. Ten thousand Oddfellows parade la Se attle. Page 6. Vancouver banks and firms victims ot clever swindler who tosea as salesman. Page 6. Chehalls County mlllowners plan to BreaK strike by Installing shingle machines. Page 6. Minister, six Caroline Islanders and babe shipwrecked, live on 15 cocoanuts for three weeks. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Ten thousand people attend Portland Live stock Show. Page 1. Dr Buttrick savs Portland Is best unoccu 'fcted field In United States for big edu- Intt Itntinn. Pflse 10. Rules are announced for Federal Court ses - . i i j t,AntAnn anH Man sions lO DB MCIU III I i.vi..w.. ford. Page 10. Grand Jury heara evidence concerning fatal Joy ride." Page 10. Three wives obtain alimony orders In State Circuit Court. Page 8. postmasters' Association favors tenure of office based on merit Instead of politics. Page 10. County Commissioners submit expert's re port with view to showing that cost of boarding prisoners has doubled. Page 16. Extension of water service to sparsely set tled additions give Water Board serious problem. Page 0. Council refuses to amend ordinance rega latlng erection of hotels. Page 11. Judge Williams is taken to hospital serously ill. Page 1. 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