Morning Oregonian., October 01, 1909, Page 5, Image 5

TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOIAXr FRIDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1909
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GLOO RUINS ;
DR. COOK AS DAVENPORT SEES HIM.
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Cook and His Eskimos Endure
Perils of Arctic Gale on
Awakening.
POLAR ISLANDS APPEAR
Ice-Capped Cliffs Burled In Snow
Mark Coast Horrible Solitude
of Travel Through Life
less World.
(Continued From First Pm.)
to warrant such an assertion. t They may
be Islands, they may be part of a larger
land extending far to the west. What
vu seen of the most southerly coast
extends from S3 degrees 20 mlnutea to
83 degrees 51 minutes, close to the 102d
meridian.
Nature of Arctic Island! ,
This land has an irregular moun
tainous sky line, is perhaps 1300 feet
high and resembles In Its upper reaches
the high lands of Hlebery Island. The
lower shore line was at no time visible.
This land Is probably a part of Crocker
Land.
From 84 degrees, 23 minutes, ex
tending to 85 degrees, 11 minutes, close
to the 102d meridian, the coast is quite
straight. Its upper surface is flat
and mostly ice capped, rising in steep
cliffs to about 1200 feet. The lower
surface was so indistinctly seen that
we were, unable to detect glacial
streams or ice walls. Both lands were
hopelessly burled under accumulated
snows.
We were eager to set foot on the
newly discovered coast, for we believed
then, as proved by later experience,
that these were earth's northernmost
rocks, but the pressing need tor rapid
advance as the aim of our main mission
did not permit of detours. Resolutions
were reinforced and energy was har
bored to press onward for the Pole in"
an air line. Every observation, how
ever, indicated an easterly drift, and a
westerly course must be continuously
forced to counter-balance the move
ment. A curtain was drawn over the
land In the afternoon of March 31, and
we saw no more of it.
Mirage Spreads Illusion.
Pay after day we now pushed along
In desperate northward efforts. Strong
winds and fractured, irregular Ice in
creased the difficulties; progress was
slow. In one way or other we managed
to gain a fair march between storms
during each twenty-four hours. In an
occasional spell of stillness mirages
spread scenl of fantasy only for our
entertainment Curious cliffs, odd
shaped mountains and inverted ice
walls were displayed in attractive col
ors. Discoveries were made often, but
with clearer horlxon the deception was
detected.
On April 3. the barometer remained
steady and the thermometer sank. The
weather became settled and clear. The
pack became a more permanent glitter
of color and Joy. At noon there was
now a dazzling light, while the sun
at midnight sank for but a few mo
ments, leaving the frosted blues bathed
In noonday splendor.
Long Marches In Isolation.
In these days we made long marches.
The Ice steadily improved. Fields .be
came larger and thicker, the pressure
lines less frequent and less trouble
some. Nothing changed materially; the
horizon moved, our footing was seem
Ingly a solid crust of earth, but it
shifted eastward, all In motion.
We moved, but we took our landscape
with us. Often we were too tired to
build snow houses, and in sheer ex
haustion we bivouacked In the lee of
hummocks. Here the overworked body
called for sleep, but the mind refused
to close the eye.
There was a weird attraction in the
anomaly of our surroundings which
aroused the spirit. vV'e had passed be
yond the range of all life. For many
days we had not seen a suggestion of
animated nature. There were no longer
footprints to Indicate other life, no
breath spouts escaped from the frosted
bosom of the sea.
Alone In Lifeless World.
We were alone all alone in a lifeless
world. We had come to this mental
blank in slow but progressive stages.
As we sailed, from the barren areas of
fisher-folk along the outposts of civili
zation, the complex luxury of the metro
polis was lost and the brain called for
food. Beyond. In the half savage wild
erness of Danish Greenland, there was
the dawn of a new life of primitive de
light. Still further along, in the ultima
thule of the aborgines, the sun rose over
the days of prehistoric Joys. Advancing
beyond the haunts of man. we reached
the noonday splendor of thought in times
before man's creation. Now. as we
push beyond the habitat of all creatures,
ever onward, through sterile wastes, the
sun sets. Beyond was night and hopeless
ness. With eager eyes we searched the
dusky plain of frost, but there was no
speck of life to grace the purple rim of
death.
Ice 5 0 Teot Thick.
In this mid-Polar basin the ice does not
readily escape and disentangle. It is
probably in motion at all times of the
year, and In the readjustment of fields,
following motion and expansion here are
open spaces of water, and these, during
most months, are quickly she-ted with
new ice. j
In these troubled areas we were given
frequent opportunities to measure ice
thickness, and from these we had come
to the conclusion that the ice during ona
year does not freeze to a depth of mora
than ten feet. But much of the ice, of
the central pack reaches a depth of from
20 to 25 feet and occasionally wo crossed
fields 50 feet thick. These invariably
showed the signs of many years of sur
face upbuilding.
Little Freezing After Two Years.
It is very difficult to surmise the
amount of submerged freezing after tho
first year, but the very uniform thick
ness of Antarctic Sea ice leads to the
suggestion that a limit is reached In the
second year, whpn the Ice, with its cover
of snow. Is so thick that a very little .'s
added afterward from below.
Tho almost ceaseless snowfall, com
bined with the alternate melting and
Ireezlng of Summer, and also the natural
process of glacial Ice. leave no dubt that
sea ice is capable of an almost limitless
Increase of Its superstructure. The very
heavy, undulating fields which give char
acter to the mid-Polar ice and escape
along the east and west coasts of Green
land are therefore mostly augumented
from the surfs' ,
s .
FROM SKETCH MADE OX
Miners' Congress Condemns
His Forestry Policy.
DR. COOK NOT INDORSED
Congress Refuses to Pass Resolution
Congratulating and Expressing
Confidence in Polar Ex
plorerAsk New Law.
GOLDFIHL.D, New, . Sept. 30. The
American Mining Congress devoted to
day's sessions to receiving the reports of
the special committees, suggesting re
vision of the Alaska, mining laws, adopt
ed resolutions indorsing the Roosevelt
conservation of natural resources policy
and urged the creation of Inland water
ways commissions, and to the discussion
of a number of minor resolutions.
The congress refused to recognize Dr.
Frederick A. Cook as the discoverer of
the North Pole, the committee on reso
lutions declining to act upon a resolution
to this effect Introduced early In the day,
on the ground that it had neither evi
dence that Cook discovered the Pole nor
competency to consider such evidence.
The expectation that the report of the
special committee which Investigated the
Alaska mining laws would be sensational
met with disappointment.
The resolution Introduced by Senator
Newlands, of Nevada, calling for the
creation by Congress of a Department of
Mines, with a mining secretary In the
President's Cabinet, is still under dis
cussion In committee.
The forestry' committee of the Ameri
can Mining Congress was appointed at
the last annual convention of the organi
zation and commissioned to investigate
the complaint of the. mining men against
the administration of the forestry regu
lations and the laws governing that work.
The action of the congress in appointing
the committee was taken at the request
of Gifford Plnchot. Chief Forester.
TAMMANY TAKES NOMINEE
(Continued From First Page.)
administration of Mayor McC'lellan, who
led the party to victory four years ago.
This rather astonishing omission called
forth considerable comment.
Outside of the mayoralty fight, chief
interest In the campaign will center In
the contest for District Attorney, who
will be nominated at a "iparate conven
tion later. District Attorney Jerome's at
tack on Justice Gaynor earlier In the
weok makes It unlikely that his candi
dacy for re-election will receive Demo
cratic indcrsement. The attack received
scornful hut brief mention from several
of the .speakers tonight.
Drag Taft Into Fight.
The Republican candidate for Mayor,
Mr. Bannard. was also referred to. One
speaker ppeke of Mr. Bannard as an un
known man whose nomination was forced
upon the Republlcana by "the Taft
family." He continued:
"The issue is drawn clearly shall the
people of New York select their own
Mayor?"
The speaker dwelt at length on the In
dorsement which Mr. Bannard received
from President Taft.
Justice Gaynor is 59 years old. He be
came Nationally known nearly a score
of years ago for his work In breaking up
rings In the Democratic party and for li is
action in securing the conviction of John
Y. McKane. known as the "Czar of
Coney Island." for election frauds.
In National politics a consistent and i
NTS
BLAMED
GRAND REPUBLIC WHEN POLE'S DISCOVERER ARRIVED HOME
lifelong Democrat, Justice Gaynor was
nominated for the Supreme Court by the
Republicans and Independents of this
city and since that time has twice de
clined nominations- for Governor offered
him by his own party. He was promi
nently mentioned for the second place on
the National Democratic tjeket at the
Denver convention last year.
Against Arbitrary Power.
Justice Gaynor in a statement to
night said:
"I have not asked for the nomination
and it conies to me without even a sug
gestion of any pledge, understanding or
condition whatever. We have reached
the end of an old and the beginning of a
new era in the government of this great
city, which should be an object lesson
for good, Instead of a. bad example to
the cities of the Nation.
"Unlawful and annoying interference,
oppression, lawless force and violence,
lawless arrests and Imprisonments, dis
honesty and corruption, are doomed In
this city. Ours is a government of laws
and not. of .men. It must not be turned
Into a government of men and not of
laws. The vice of arbitrary power is a
greater menace to a free government
than all other vices combined."
FLEEING PiUTES HUNGRY
FUGITIVE AND HIS CAPTIVE A HE
STARVING ON DESERT.
Pursuing Posse Finds AVhere Couple
Had Devoured Carrion Coyote
Stalks on Trail.
RIVERSIDE, Cal.. Sept. 30. (Special.)
The Indian Willie Boy, murderer of his
sweetheart's father, Mike Boniface, Is
still at large with his dark-skinned girl
.captive, Nita. - They have reached the
big Marengo Canyon and Sheriff Wilson
and his posse are believed to be within
a few miles of them. Extreme caution is
necessary in order to avoid being am
bushed by the Indian.
"Willie Boy" is thoroughly familiar
with the country. whereas his pursuers
at some points must spend hours hunting
trails. At one time the Sheriff and men
were so near the Indian that they could
h?ar the girl crying. It was Impossible
to get within sight of them.
There are many evidences showing that
"Willie Boy" and Nita are out of provi
sions. The officers discovered where
they had gathered grapes to eat. In the
big Marengo the posse found the car
cass of a cow which had been dead some
time. The bones showed that the Indian
and girl captive had been gnawing on
the sinews.
A grewsome fact, is that a coyote had
been following the" Indian and girl 20
miles. The Sheriff believes "Willie Boy"
is headed for Palm Springs, where lie
has a brother and horse. He may at
tempt to flee on horseback for Mexico or
some other point with his captive.
OLD OFFENDER SOON BACK
Released Prisoner, Attacks Officer
and Is Again Arrested.
Jack Reardon, a well-known charac
ter, was released from Kelly Butte
prison yesterday morning', at 10 o'clock
and at 9 o'clock last night he was in
the'Clty Jail with three charges agalost
him. Reardon commenced, drinking
soon after his release and' went in
search of Patrolman Small, who ar
rested him several times before, seek
ing revenge on the ofneer.
"Here's where I get even." said Rear
don as he struck at the officer. Small
defended himself, finally conquering his
assailant, and telephoned for the police
patrol wagon. The fight occurred at
Second and Burnslde and attracted a
large crowd of North End loungers,
none of whom offered the onicer any
aistan
COOK TO SEND SHIP
Explorer Will Dispatch Boat
North for Records.
IS WAITING FOR WHITNEY
Doctor Awaits Return of Millionaire
Hunter Before Starting Messen
ger to Bring Back Instru
ments and Eskimos. -
NEW YORK, Sept. 30. Dr. Frederick
A. Cook was a guest tonight of the Hudson-Fulton
banquet on Staten Island,
where he spoke briefly. He told the din
ers that whatever else he might or might
not have done he had never mastered the
art of after-dinner speaking. This single
sentence, he said, would be his only con
tribution to the Polar controversy during
the evening.
At the close of the banquet 800 people
shook his hand. Among the others who
congratulated the explorer were Gov
ernor Hughes and Glenn H. Curtlss. the
aviator, both of whom were seated at
the speakers' table.
In a brief statement today Dr. Cook
reiterated his determination to send a
ship to the Arctic. "I have already an
nounced," he said, "that I would send
an expedition to Etah in the Spring to
bring the two Eskimos to America before
I knew that . Mr. Whitney had left the
records and Instruments In Greenland.
As soon as Mr. Whitney arrives I will
confer with him and arrange when the
ship shall start."
WIND PREVENTS FLIGHT
WRIGHT AXI CURTISS REFUSE
TO FLY IX GALE.
Dayton Aviator Asks for Restraining
Order to Keep Rival Out of
Air in America.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30. Resting upon
their laurels of yesterday, Wilbur Wright
and Glenn H. Curtiss did not venture any
flights today in the face of the strong
wind that blew continuously over New
York Harbor. Early Curtlss announced
his intention of attempting a flight, but
by the time he was ready to start the
wind had freshened so that he changed
his plans. An hour or so later Wright
readied his shed on Governors Island,
and assisted by Taylor, his mechanician,
tinkered for a long time with the various
wires and fastenings of his machine.
Shriver. Curtice' mechanician also thor
oughly overhauled the latter's machine.
The two aviators. New Yorkers have dis
covered, bestow as much attention on
their aeroplanes as an entire stable of
thoroughbred horses usually get.
The application of the Wright brothers
for a temporary restraining order to pre
vent CLirtfes from making exhibition
flight, applied for today in Buffalo was
sought by the Wrights, according to a
statement by Wilbur today, for the pur
pose of hastening court action in their
case against Curtiss.
"I think this suit will be regarded as a
test case," he said. "We want to get a
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would go up to such a height without any
evident purpose in doing so.
Railroad's Head Takes Life.
SAN. FRANCISCO. Sept. 30. Sydney B.
Cushing, president of the Mount Tamal
Dais Railroad Company, committed sui
cide today by shooting himself through
the head at his Summer residence at
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