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I Jf! if. YOU XLIX.-XO. 15,213. COOK ATTAINS GOAL SOUGHT FOR MIRIES Finds Pole in Field of Endless Ice and Snow. ESKIMOS SING . WITH JOY Even Dogs Catch Enthusiasm on Last Two Days' March to Site of "Big Nail." FEAST CELEBRATES EVENT Strong Wind and Drifting Snow Have Strange Effects. CAUSE "BOREAL SQUINT" Sun Low OTer Icefields Creates Many Optical Illusions Polar Xights of Great Splendor , Precede Discovery. THE CONQUEST OF THE? POLE. BT DR. FREDERICK A. COOK. (Eleventh Installment.) (Copyright. 190B. by the New York Herald Company. Registered In Canada In accord ance with the copyright act. Copyright In Mexico under the law. of the Republic ot Mexico. All rights reserved.) The observations of April 14 gave latitude S8- degrees, 21 minutes; longi tude 95 degrees. $2 minutes. We were but 100 miles from the Pole, but there was nothing- to relieve the mental strain of the Icy despair. The wind came down with the same satanlc cut from the west. There had been little drift, but the ice before us displayed signs of recent activity. It was more Irregular, with an open crack here and there, but the sleds glided with less friction, and the dreary dogs main tained a better speed under rising; tails. With teeth set and newly sharpened resolutions, we set out for that last 100 miles. Other dogs had gone into the stomachs of their hungry compan ions, but there still remained pulls of well-tried brute force for each sled, and though their noisy rigor had. been lost in the long drag they still broke the frigid silence with an occasional outburst. A little fresh enthusiasm from the drivers was quickly followed by canine activity. We were in good trim to cover the distance economically. The sledges were light, our bodies were thin. All the muscles had shriveled, but the dogs retained a normal strength. Thus stripped for 'the last lap, one horizon after another was lifted. Perspire at 4 4 Below Zero. In the forced effort which followed we were frequently overheated. The temperature was steady at 44 degrees below xero Fahrenheit, but' perspira tion came with ease, and a certain amount of pleasure. Later, however, . there followed a train of suffering for . many days. The delight of the bird skin shirt was chill of the wet blanket. The coat and trousers hardened to sheets of Ice. and It became quite Im possible to dress after sleep, without softening the stiffened furs with the heat of the bared skin. The mittens, the boots and the fur stockings be came quite useless unless dried out. Fortunately at this time the sun was warm enough to dry the furs in about three days if lashed to the sunny side of the sled. In these last days we felt more keenly the pangs of perspiration than in all our earlier adventures. The amber colored glasses were per sistently used. and they afforded a pro tection to the eyes which was quite a revelation, but in eplte of every pre caution our distorted, frozen,- burned and withered faces lined a map of the hardships en route. ' ' Curious Looking Savages. We were curious looking savages. The perpetual glitter inclined a squint which distorted the face In a remark able manner. The strong light re flected from the crystal surface threw the muscles about the eye into a state of chronic contraction. The iris was reduced to a mere pinhole. At all times the Ice on the brows and lashes Inter fered with the decorative effect. The strong winds and, drifting snows encouraged the habit of peeping out of the corner of the eye. Nature in at tempting to keep the ball from har dening flushed It all times with blood. There was no end of trouble at hand In endeavoring to keep the windows of the soul open, and all the effect was run together in a set expression of CHOLERA, SHOWING FANGS TO RUSSIA DREAD DISEASE RAISES HEAD IX ST. PETERSBURG. More Than 15.000 Cases and 6000 Deaths In Capital Provinces Also Feel Epidemic. , ST. PETERSBURG. Russia, Oct. 4. (Special.) Cholera Is increasing in Russia, and especially in this city, where It seems to Ijave become firmly establlslfed. From the start of the out break there have been in St. Peters burg alone 15.552 cases and 6000 deaths. During the month of September the number of cases Increased everywhere and Infection reached the wealthy part of the city and military academy. It Is also spreading throughout the coun try districts and there were 226 deaths In the provencea last week. Nearer St. Petersburg the Infected districts have a greater number of victims, as for Instance. Tver, Takoslav and Kostro mar, where the deaths last -week were 23, 83 ana 3S, respectively. Further south the figures are lower, yet they show the disease Is Increasing. .' Europe .generally is in danger of be coming infected with the plague and there Is talk among other nations of Imposing some efficient sanitary meas ures on Russia from without. . STRIKEBREAKERS LET OUT Omaha Company Dismisses Men Who Worked During Trouble. 1 OMAHA. Neb., Oct. 4. Announcements were posted in the carbarns of the street railway company today notifying all the temporary employes that their sen-ices would not be needed here after tonight. , According to an announcement by the Omaha & Council Bluffs Streetcar Com pany, the usual number of cars were operated today and practically all of them by permanent employes. Many strikebreakers weresent to their homes in Eastern cities last night. In addition to the regular service a number of extra cars ran today on the Omaha A Florence Interurban line, on account of the military programme at Fort Omaha, where about 4000 troops are encamped. Cars were run until a late hour last night. That the patronage of the cars is be coming 'normal again Is shown by the fact that the attendance at the Aks-Ar-Ben carnival, which at first showed- a heavy falling off, has now reached -approximately that of last year. RESCUED ALIVE IN COFFIN Boy Falls Down Mountain and Is Saved In Strange Style. JACKSON. Cal.. Oct. 4. Lying uncon scious in a coffin. Cecil .Miller, a 16-year-old boy. was drawn up a 150-foot cliff on the bank of the Consumnes River near Plymouth Sunday. While hunting on the banks of the river, young Miller stepped out on a large flat rock on Eagle's Nest Bluff, which suddenly gave way. The lad fell down the preclpltlous bank to the water's edge. A companion ran to Plymouth for as sistance. A coffin was taken along by the rescue party, which .believed Miller dead. After much difficulty, two ' men and the casket were lowered over the bluff. The boy was found alive, but unconscious and terribly injured. He was placed in the coffin and rated to the top of the bluff. The rescue work was hazardous and required several hours. It was midnight before the boy was placed In a wagon and taken to Plymouth. . TEST SUNDAY BALL CASE Indianapolis Manager on -Trial for Playing on Sabbath. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Oct. 4. The trial of Charles Carr. manager of the Indianapolis Club of the American Base ball Association, who is charged with having played a game of .baseball on Sunday, for which admission tickets were sold, was begun today. The proceedings are an effort on the part of the opponents of Sunday baseball to have declared unconstitutional a law passed by the Legislature this year, ex cepting from the prohibited Sunday occu pations the playing of professional base ball. " " SAIL FOR PHILIPPINES Pacific Fleet to Make Good Speed From Honolulu. V HONOLULU. Oct. 4. The Pacific fleet commanded by Rear-Admiral Sebree. will sail tomorrow afternoon for the Philip pines after a month's stay in Hawaiian waters. It Is planned to cruise the whole distance at a speed of 13 knots an hour. Shore leave for the men of the fleet will end at midnight. ' Admiral Sebree has been liberal in the matter of leave since' the arrival of the fleet and thousands of sailors have been ashore. The police have had no trouble with the men. . BURNED PRAIRIE FIRE One Dead, One Dying, $2,000,000 Lost In Alberta. WINNIPEG, Man., Oct -4. Hans Ya gerson was burned to death; his niece, Mary Segelstad. is dying In the hospital at Calgary, and . property valued at $2,000,000 was destroyed by- the prairie fire which swept Hutton, Alberta district last week. - The fire Is still burning fiercely. A large number of new settlers lost all their property- PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1909. J pna-ir nrpni i nn UnnilL IILUflLLLU Of! SAILING EVE Minister -to China Is Summoned by Knox. MYSTERY MADE OF ORDER Protest at- Closing of Door May Be Foreshadowed. TREATY VIOLATES RIGHTS Excludes All Foreign Powers Except Japan From Rich Section of Man churia . Which Is Trav ersed by Xew Railroad. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. Charles R. Crane, newly appointed Minister to China, was recalled to Washington tonight by a telegram from Secretary Knox, Mr. and Mrs. Crane were to have sailed on the transport Thomas tomorrow for the Orient. Mr. Crane was seated at a banquet given in his honor by the Chinese Cham ber of Commerce when his attention was called to the report tonight. He stated that the telegram merely requested his return to the capital, as "there were cr tain phass of the. Eastern situation with which the Secretary ot State did' not think I was fully acquainted." 'I will return to AVashington day after tomorrow," said Mr. Crane, when he was asked as to the recall. "I am waiting over one day In order to attend the ban quet at which President Taft will be present. I expect to sail for the Orient on the steamer Korea on October 29." Mr. Crane declared he did not know what matters the Secretary of State de sired to discuss with him. "I did not see Mr. Knox before leaving Washington,", he said. "He was not in the city., I suppose that something has arisen or been called to his attention which he thinks I should know before I go to my post. I do not know what It Is." OPEX DOOR TO BE VIOLATED China Tapan Treaty Probable Cause of Crane's Summons. The recall of Mr. Crane is most prob ably connected with the recent treaty be tween Japan and China in regard to manchurla. Japan, after long-drawn out negotiations of a treaty allowing her to build a branch railroad from Antung, on the . Corean frontier, to Mukden, on the South Manehurian Railroad, now owned by Japan, announced her purpose to wait no longer and began to build the road without China's consent. China, being powerless to stop the work by force, merely protested and then was coerced Into signing a treaty which Japan dictated, settling all pending questions re garding Manchuria and Corea. In several respects this treaty Is said to be a flagrant violation of the open-door agreement, to which Japan has re peat - (Concluded on Page '.3.) Taxr-------vro o s v:o vc- GETD--- : r - : : ' ' I BINGHAM backing BANNARD'S fight EX-COMMISSIOXER TAKES CP REPUBLICAN' CAVSE. Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst to Preach Politics From Pulpit and Wage War Against Tammany. i , - -NEW YORK, -Oct. 4. A minister of the gospel and a former police commis sioner entered' the municipal game to- .... . nt.n.lae XT T'u rW h 11 r 1 f Gay. xiie zsv. 4 announced his Intention of advocating from his pulpit the election or tne e publlcan nominee for Mayor, Otto T. Bannard. ' Theodore A. Bingham, who was oust ed as police commissioner by the Mc Clellan administration, said he also would go on the stump in Mr. Bannard's support. r General Bingham is a Republican, though appointed to office by .McClel Ian, a Democrat. For the first time since his removal he spoke publicly to night, appearing at the Calvary Metho dist Episcopal Church. In view of his attacks on McClellan in recent magazine articles. General Bingham, who was heralded to speak on the "Police System in a Great City," surprised his audience. While he de nounced Tammany and the present ad ministration and criticised Justice Gaynor as a candidate, he made no direct reference to Mayor McClellan. save in answer to a question. Through out his address he urged his hearers to vote for Bannard. ENGINEER'S LIFE CHARMED Sleeps Beside Boiler WTien' It Ex plodes, but Is Unhurt. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Oct. 4. (Spe cial.) Fire, following the explosion of boiler in the Brighton flour mill at 5 o'clock this morning, resulted in the complete destruction of the plant. The explosion, wrecked one side of the building and then the flames rapidly destroyed the building, machinery and stock. " A The engineer who was on duty at the time was asleep, and It is believed that the boiler went dry, causing the explosion. He was uninjured, although he was sleeping within a few yards of the boiler. The loss of the building and plant is estimated at between $50,000 and $60,000. SMUGGLERS WIN !BATTLE "Cse Contraband as Breastworks and Repulse Mexican Troops. EL PASO, Tex., Oct. 4. Using their train of pack burros loaded with con traband goods as breastworks, a gang of smugglers battled with a squad of rurales near Sabinas, tn the Stat of Coahuila, Mexico, and came out victori ous, forcing the rurales to withdraw and escaping with their goods Into the mountains. One smuggler was killed and seven rurales wounded. v WINNER 0FFAT FEE DEAD Kelly, 'Who Won Anna's Divorce From Count Bonl. NEW YORK. Oct. 4. Edmond Kelly, a distinguished lawyer who practiced al ternately in this city and Paris, died of anaemia tonight at his home in Nyack. N. Y.; in his E9th year. It was Mr. Kelly who won the Anna Gould divorce suit against Count Bonl de Castellane and it is understood he re ceived $75,000 as a fee. 'COUGH UP." f " : ERVATION TO GET TUFT'S HELP Congress Must Enact Laws, He Says. ENACT ROOSEVELT POLICIES Clinch Laws Which Prevent the Growth of Monopoly. BUSINESS MEN REFORM Must Look to People to Enforce the Laws Against Monopoly and Xot Become Slothful When Good Times Come. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct. 4. After making one of the longest umps of his trip, and traveling for 25 hours through the state of Oregon and the northern half of California. President Taft arrived here tonight at 7:10 P. M. to remain un til 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, when he will go to Oakland and San Francisco. During his stay here Mr. Taft was en tertained at dinner, was taken for an automobile ride through the city, to be cheered' all along the route, and made an address in the Capitol grounds. , The President selected for the princi pal feature of his speech the subject of the conservation of natural resources, in which he declared anew that before many of the Roosevelt policies of con servation can be carried into effect con firmatory and enabling legislation will have to be secured, and he pleftged him self to bring, all the power he possesses to bear upon Congress to pass the laws that are deemed necessary. Discuss Policies In Detail. Having already made a number of set speeches, covering the various subjects he expects to incorporate in his message to Congress in December, the President during the remainder of his tour will take up for discussion In more or less detail many of the phases of the larger ques tions, for. he believes that, after all, the details count- more than a general dec laration of policy. Mr. Taft thoroughly enjoyed his day on the train. He read a little, lounged about the car, played a friendly game of bridge with members of his party and during the five or six hours Mount Shasta was in sight admired that tow ering peak in all the changing aspects the winding railroad brought to view. Overwhelmed With Reception. The President declared today that he had been overwhelmed with the reception he had received everywhere on the trip. After spending tomorrow in San Fran cisco, Mr. Taft will head for the Y'ose mite Valley and is looking forward to that feature of his trip with the greatest pleasure. The President has never been among the giant trees in the valley. The President was welcomed into Cali fornia at Red Bluff by Governor Glllett. Lieutenant-Governor Porter, Senator Per kins, ex-Secretary of the Navy. Victor Mefcalf, M. H. de Young,, of San Fran- Coneluded on Page 2.) cons MEDICAL MEN MAY COMMAND IN NAVY SURGEONS MAY BE PLACED IX CHARGE OF SHIP. Attorney-General Wickersham Holds , Doctors May Have Sway Over Floating Hospitals. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. The Secretary of the Navy has authority, in the opinion of Attorney-General Wickersham. to as sign medical officer, not below the grade of surgeon to the command of a Naval hospital ship. This expression by the Attorney-General has coma to Secre tary Meyer in response to a request for an opinion as to the legality of such a move. It was made In view of the expected commissioning of the hospital ship Solace, which has been fitting out at the Charles ton Navy Yard and for which Admiral Rixey. chief of the .Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, .was about to ask for the detail of commanding officer. Mr. Wickersham's opinion will preclude the possibility of a revival of the con troversy over the command of hospital ships witnessed about two years ago when President Roosevelt sided with Ad miral Rixey in the assignment of medical officers to the command of the hospital ship Relief, against the wishes of the fine of the Navy. Secretary Myer said today, however, that he would r.ot settle the question of detail pending a consultation with the President. Mr. Wickersham made , It plain that h,e had refrained from entering into any dis cussion of the merits of the question but had merely answered tho specific ques tion sub mitted to him. COWBOY AVENGES MURDER Kills Slayer of Employer and Proud ly Tells of Deed. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Oct. 4. Joe Harris, cowpuncher, who shot and killed Harry Sleber, millionaire cattleman, in 1902, near Westwater, Utah, met death yesterday in a similar manner at the hands of Joe Pace, another cowpuncher. - Pace,, who was one of Sieber's cowboys at the time of his employer's murder, swore to avenge the shooting. , Yesterday he rode lifto Westwater, informed the au thorities he had killed Harris and wait ed the arrival of the Sheriff from Moab, Utah, today, when he was taken into custody. Harris' body was found about three miles cast of Westwater at the spot designated by Pace. Harris' horse was grazing nearby. Harris shot and killed Sleber on the latter's ranch near this city. Sleber charged Harris with being a cattle rustler. Harris was arrested and tried for murder, but after a sensational trial obtained his freedom. PROBE WILL REACH TQMB William Salter to Be Disinterred; Willis Earnesting Charged. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. (Special.) The body of William Salter will be disinterred to determine the nature of the injuries that caused the death of the wealthy Civil War veteran on the night of Au gust 14. Willis Earnesting, arrested Saturday afternoon on suspicion in connection with the case, is locked in the City Jail. A complaint charging murder will be flled In the Police Court as soon as the Coro ner's jury's verdict of accidental death Is annulled. Detective Charles J. Jones, who with Detective Bruce Boyd arrested Earnest ing. says the prisoner has told several conflicting stories. D. P. Foley, hotel proprietor of Tacoma. Wash., nephew of Salter has been notified of the situa tion. FERNANDA WEDS COUNT John Wanamaker's Granddaughter Takes Title With Attachment. PARIS, Oct. 4. Miss Fernanda Wana maker, daughter of Rodman Wanamaker and granddaughter of John Wanamaker, was married today to Count Arthur de Heeren, son of Count Heeren, of Paris and Biarritz. There were two ceremonies. The first was carried out in the Catholic Church of St. Philippe du Role, with full orches tral accompaniment. This was followed by a Protestant marriage service, the Rev.' Alfred G. Mortimer, of Philadelphia, officiating. Henry White, the American Ambassador, and the Marquis Del Muni, the Spanish Ambassador, were witnesses. After their honeymoon, which will be spent In Italy, the couple will take up their abode in Paris. CENSORSHIP IS PECULIAR Yankee In London Fakes Impromptu Play to Keep License. LONDON, Oct. 4. The Intricacies of theatrical censorship were responsible to night for a remarkable entertainment at the Aldwlch Theater. An American band had been engaged for the season, but when the time came for the opening the manager found that the theater had only been licensed for the production ot a play. He therefore wove a play around the band. There was no plot to the so-called play, which consisted merely of a few people strolling around the bandstand, engaged in loud and apparently meaning less conversation. STAND BY SUFFRAGETTES Two London Editorial Writers Re sign as Protest. LONDON. Oct. 4. H. W. Nevinson and H. N, Brailsford have resigned their po sitions as leader writers for the Daily News, as a protest against the govern ment's treatment of suffragette prisoners. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. STAGGERING -HITS -BETTING MEN Jockey Clubs, Police, "Bookies" in Net. INDICTMENTS BY WHOLESALE W. K. Vanderbilt Among Those Hughes Is Pursuing. POLICE SHIELD GAMBLERS Accused of Knowingly Letting Book makers Do Business Coney Island and Brooklyn Clubs Are Both Involved. NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-After two years of agitation against racetrack gambling In this state, marked by the passage of the drastic anti-betting bill generally re ferred to as the Hart-Agnew law, it re mained for the Kings County grand Jury to write a new chapter In the crusade today when there were returned indict ments against the two big Kings County racetracks, three police officials, five private detectives and 25 bookmakers. Hughes Stirred to Xew Actlonr The Brighton Beach Racing Association was similarly Involved last year, but the case failed and action has heretofore been mainly against bookmakers or bet tors, the defendants In which proceed ings generally have been exonerated by the lower courts, which held that oral betting was no crime. The first test of these cases will be made by the Court of Appeals this week. It was the Increase of "oral betting" conducted by the "memory brokers" that resulted in this latest evidence of Gov ernor Hughes' continued activity and the Indictment of the Brooklyn Jockey Club and the Coney Island Jockey Club, charged as corporations with conspiracy In allowing betting to go on. Prominent Men Involved. This Involves a number of the most prominent supporters of racing In the United States. W. K. Vanderbilt owns a controlling Interest in the Coney Island Jockey Club, of which H. L. Farsons Is president. George Peabody Wetmore and Mr. Vanderbilt are the vice-presidents; F. R- Hitchcock, treasurer: V. E. Schaumberg, secretary, and Thomas H. Smith, racing secretary. The board of governors includes also J. Harry Alex ander. Thomas Hitchcock. Jr.. E. D. (Concluded on Pas' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maxlmuns temperature, 62.0 ' degree.; minimum. degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. North Tole Discovery. Cook tells story of how he and his Eskimos finally reached Pole. Page 1. Cook offers to let geographical societies of world Judge his evidence before Copen hagen University announces verdict. Page 5. National. Minister Crane recalled to Washington on eve of sailing: probable protest against China-Japan treaty. Page 1. Resignation of I.epp caused by refusal to submit to Balllnger and obey law. Page 3 Taft arrives at Sacramento and speaks on conservation and monopoly. Page 1. Domestic. Steamer rate war causes thousands to storm Los Angeles ticket offices. Page 4. Sen Francisco couple Insists on being mar ried In morgue. Page 1. John R- Walsh's appeal to be decided to day. Page 5. Wilbur Wright flies over New York Bay and Hudson River. Page 3. Ten balloons start distance race from St. Louis. Page 3. J. J. Hill confirms purpose to Invade Oregon. Page 1. Coast chambers of commerce accept Invi tation to China. Pago 3. Banker who disappeared 20 years ago found running orange groves. Page 3. Wholesale Indictment of Jockey clubs, rac ing and betting men and police In Brook lyn. Page 1. Foreign. Thousands dying of cholera In Russia. Page 1. Albert Pulitzer commits suicide In Vienna. Page 2. Sport. Three Philadelphia players ruled off field In New York National League game. Page 7. California State League re-enters organized baseball. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. Spokane rate hearing highly complicates situation. Page 1. Dead In Roslyn mine disaster totals tea. Page 6. Commissioner Wehrung denlea charge of mismanagement. Page o. Second- Congressional Dbitrfct of Washing ton has five candidates. Page S. posse Is close on trail of George Meyera. Page 7. Four sophomores are suspended at Oregon for hazing. Page 7. Astoria sees visions of electric railway to Seaside. Page 2. Commerclal and Marine. All hop markets working upward. Page 17. Chicago wheat market weak. Page 17. Stock speculation checked by rise In call loan rate. Page 17. George D. Gray ' will look after repairs to steamship Alliance. Page Its. Portland and Vicinity. J. W. Ferguson completes invetlgatlon of county and submits report. Page 10. Woman's desire for freedom breaks up home. Page ID. Cal. Raley. of Pendleton, must stand trial on land-fraud charge. Page 12. With large army of health officials but few arrests are made. Page 10. H. W. Stone tells Ministerial Association Y. M. C. A. has not lost sight of religious training. Page 11. Former Panama Canal 'engineers In charge of Oregon Trunk construction. Page His gh-,1umping event In Horse Show to Xur- iSil &VU LUU,UU.u. RJ 1 05.2