TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1909. , H HnnDr nmnmiiTP lr ""T" :' -,lL"'"""t J PitPICIP- WIRRflRt! I Nemoc. 11 ft & .ll u ViJa Corsets u nr urr uu n : north pole-s discoverer, who uBrt.nuu jus h nu u i in uu u n .rgr-r vw sn us i. : I ll il m in ll ill ill wo, in in ca a (fl u ill lr suijk i u iiyyj i ... Metrography fUII Wj vjj Metalography HEIST B IL Cook Gets Further Evidence Guide Admitted He Had Climbed Mount. NORTH POLE'S DISCOVERER, WHO DEFENDED HIMSELF AGAINST DETRACTORS SEVERAL SHUN PUBLICITY One of Them Who Has Hunted With Barrlll Says Guide Told Him De tails Cook Swears He ' Reached Summit. MISSOULA. Mont.. Oct. 29. Among the developments today In the Cook-Barrlll-Mount McKlnley controversy was the announcement of the procuring of an affidavit from George W. Solleder. a prominent farmer of Ravalli County, living near the homes of Rarrlll and Printz. in which the affiant declares that Barrlll told htm that he and r. Cook had climbed Mount McKlnley. Dr. Cook's confidential agent an nounced at the time he gave out the af fidavit that others had been" obtained, but that he had decided not to make them public at this time. Keep Affidavits as Evidence. "You may say that, although we have several valuable statements from friends and neighbors of Barrlll." said the agent, "owing to the bitterness of the controversy in the Bitter Root a ley at the present time and the fact that statements come from persons who have every-day business dealings with the guides, they have been promised that their statements would not be given out for publication, but simply submitted to the proper scientific bodies as evi dence In the controversy." Dr. Cook and his party arrived In Missoula late today, coming from Ham ilton In autos. rr. Cook said that he did not care at this time to discuss the meeting at Hamilton last night, further thar to say that the matter had now sifted Itself down to a point where It was the affidavit of himself against the affidavit of Barrlll. and could be settled only bv an expedition to Mount Mc Klnley to recover the records which were left on the peak. The doctor re Iterated the assertion ?r.:ide In the East recently 'hat he would head a party of urblasec and unimpeachable men to the mounta'n and recover his records. Another Blow at Barrlll. The affidavit obtained from Mr. Sol leder s as follows: "I. George TV. Solleder. being first duly sworn according to law. depose and say ; "1 am 4T years of age. my occupation Is farming and frukgrowlng, and at the present time ama Justice of the Peace. I live ab-'ut one-half a mile from Darby, Ravalli County. Montana, and have lived near where Durl.y now Is for 30 years past. "I know Edward X. Barrlll and have known him ever since he came to Dar by, icveral years ago. My acquaint ance with Mr. Barrlll has been intimate during all that time: have been on bunting trips, with hlrn: made a trip into tle Clefter country with him some years ago; have talked with him a great deal about ttie trips he has made, both when we were on hunting trips together and at other times. Barrill Told of Ascent. "Mr. Barrill has often told me inci dents of the trip he made with Dr. Frederick A. Cook, when they climbed Mount McKlnley. Almost immediately after Barrill returned from that trip I had a talk with him. I knew where he had been. and. of course, was anx ious to hear what he had to tell about the trip. He told me that .he and Dr. Cook went up a stream as far as they could in a launch and then went on foot. Mr. Barrlll told me what articles they carried with them; he told of the trou ble they had in climbing the mountain, on account of the Ice.1 Mr. Barrill and 1 are upon friendly terms, and I hare no interest whatsoever in the controversy between Barrill and Dr. Cook growing out of the trip to Mount McKlnley, or any matter connected with It." Cook Makes Affidavit. Being advised after his arrival here that the affidavit which he made on the platform at Hamilton last night, which lacked the notarial seal, was not prop erly drawn. Dr. Cook made a duplicate affidavit In Missoula today, one which waa drawn In legal form and his signa ture to it acknowledged by a notary public of this city. The duplicate affi davit reiterates the statement made in the original written on the platform at Hamilton last night, and In full reads: "T. Frederick A. Cook, being first duly worn according to law. on my oath de pose and say that on September 16. 1906. I waa upon the top of Mount McKlnley, and on that date I left the record of our climb deposited thereon. Edward N. Barrlll. of Darby, Mont, waa present at the tfrae. FREDERICK A. COOK." BARRILL FEARS XOT COOK Ash ton Says He Paid Expenses and Believes BarriU'a Story. WASHINGTON", Oct 29. "Edward X. Ba,rrlll does not fear Dr. Cook nor does he fear legal trouble with him. He has retained me as counsel in case Cook'a many false charges against, him are pressed." This was the statement tonight of James M. Ashton. a prominent lawyer of Tacoma. Wash., who recently ex amined Barrlll and others in connec tion with the expedition of Dr. Cook to Mount McKlnley. Barrlll, who was one of Dr. Cook's guides, testified that Dr. Cook never came within 14 miles of reaching the summit of Mount Mc Klnley. The deposition of Barrlll and others was taken at the request of General Thomas H. Hubbard of the Peary Arctic Club. The other guhle examined by Gen eral Ashton was Fred Prlntz, whose testimony, as far as It goes. General Ashton declares, corroborates Barrlll. Faid Expenses of Guides. V General Ashton admitted tonight that he had paid Barrill and Prints about $200 In compensation for their traveling expenses from their home to Tacoma and bark. General Ashton received a telegram some time ago from General Hubbard, requesting him to find the guides and to examine them thoroughly. "I was told by General Hubbard." said General Ashton. "to get the ex act facts. I had not the remotest Idea of what General Hubbard's relations were with Commander Peary until my arrival In New York City." After rounding up the two guides. General Ashton said, he promised them a per diem sum for their expenses. Stood Rigorous Examination. "When they were in my office." said General Ashton. "I put them through I f . i -3 ' . ..... :- .a'V. ,'rj! TAfa Fs&i ties: n? rM:mmi k-mmm i Lf m."A'-l.4,Wk. -a m ; i a i. r - 2 -J . '.- -ci' jJ-.r J 1 V "T-- t-.4' d. L E it" 4 - I Hi . fe.vW-V'"lfVTO ' lifiiiiami iiiiiiiViiilii'f i t " ' Photo by Brown Bros.. N. Y. DR. FREDERICK A. COOK. a course of sprouts as rigorous as any cross-examination I have ever wit nessed. I wanted the exact truth, and the affidavits published are the, results of those rigorous hours in my private office. As for Barrill. he may be noth ing but a mountain guide, but he Is a type of our hard working Western men who will frgltt rathr than He. "Barrill says any one can go up on the mountain with him. take a photo graph of him. as Cook did. at the same place, and that such party will get the selfsame result Cook got; that it will be apparent the place Is about 20 miles In an air-line from the summit." General Ashton has been here for several days In connection with a suit. He was Brigadier-General In command of the National Guard of Washington during the early days of that state. GIVEN OVATION IX MISSOULA WILL STILL APPEAL Federation Heads Ready to Go to Highest Court, GOMPERS TELLS PURPOSE Cook Is Also Promised Rapturous Welcome in Helena. MISSOULA, Mont.. Oct. 29. In strik ing contrast to the meeting in Hamilton last night. Dr. Frederick A. Cook's lec ture on his Polar trip in this city, to night was marked by no demonstration save a most cordial greeting to the ex plorer when he appeared upon the stage and applause at Intervals through his lecture. The theater was packed to the gallery with people and the doctor was given the most respectful and profound attention while he was speaking and al the close of his address he was greeted with rounds of applause. Duniway Praises Explorer. Dr. C. A. Duniway, president of the University of Montana, introduced Dr. Cook as a man with an interesting mesa age to deliver regarding a. great achieve ment, and referred to the controversy which threw the Hamilton . meeting Into such an uproar as something having no place in a university lecture course. Dr. Cook prefaced his address by the statement that he had said at Hamilton all that he had to say regarding the controversy and that his statement was as set forth in the written account which he furnished the Associated Press. Pass ing the controversy with these few re marks, the doctor plunged Into his lec ture, which was Illustrated with stereop ticon views showing scenes in the frozen north. Before the lecture. Dr. Cook received a delegation of business men from Hel ena at hi hotel and accepted an Invita tion to visit the capital city of Montana tomorrow and to deliver a lecture there tomorrow night. Will Be Honored in Helena. - The committee, composed of Professor D. J. Doner. superintendent of the Helena schools and secretary of the Helena Civic Club; Colonel James V. Sanders. George R. Metten and General E. D. Weed, extended the Invitation to Dr. Cook in behalf of the .citizens of Helena, and urged him to be the guest of the people of that city and see that the spirit of the meeting at Hamilton waa not the spirit of the people of Helena and Montana at large. Dr. Cook consented to accept the Invi tation and will leave Missoula tomorrow morning. He will be entertained at the Montana Club in the capital city, and Governor Norrls will preside at the meet ing in the auditorium In the evening. From this meeting. Dr. Cook intends to continue his Journey through to New- York to prepare "his data for the Univer sity of Copenhagen. MACKAY VISITS SEATTLE Colonel Harvey Accompanies ' Presi dent of Postal Company. SEATTLE, Oct. J9. Clarence H. Mackay, president, and C. G. Adams, second vice-president of the Postal Telegraph Company, accompanied by Colonel George Harvey, the New York editor, and J. G. Blake, general super intendent of the Pacific division of the Postal Telegraph Company, arrived here late tonight They will spend tomorrow In inspect ing the property of the telegraph com pany here and sightseeing. They will leave here for St. Paul tomorrow night. If Decision Adverse, Supreme Court Will Be Asked to Decide on Free Speech Last Appeal to Public Opinion. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Samuel Gom pers, John Mitchell and Frank Morri son, of the American Federation of Labor, who were sentenced by Justice Wright to jail terms of twelve, nine and six months respectively for con tempt in the' now Iambus Injunction proceedings of the Buck btove & Range Company of St. Louis, will file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. If the District Court of Appeals sustains the action of the court im posing sentence. An editorial by President Gompers in the November issue of the American Federationist - Is as follows: "Whatever the decision of the Court of Appeals may be. It must ultimately lead to, victory for labor, and a vic tory for labor wlil mean a victory for all the people. Should the court sus tain the appeal and annul the sen tences. It will maintain beyond ques tion the right of free speech and free press. "If It should sustain the decision of Justice Wright, It will simplv mean ttiat an appeal must be taken to the highest court in the land to obtain a final determining word as to the judi cial conception of the existing Consti tutional guarantees. Even should the highest Judicial tribunal of the coun try fell to- maintain the right of free speech and free press, there Is still a higher court the court of public opinion." M'MAHON OFF TO PRISON TRIPLE MURDERER WAIVES ALL MEANS OF DELAlT. Machinists Threaten Strike. RENO, Nev.. Oct. 29. As a result of differences In regard to wages, a strike Is Imminent In the Southern Pacific ma chine shops at Sparks. Nev. The rail road officials contend that the contro versy is a result of sympathy with the striking Pocatello, Idaho, machinists. Not' a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or evert after the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. . Pleads Guilty, Gets Life Sentence and Starts for the Pen itentiary. - i ' . . KAN9AS CITY, Mo.. Oct. 29. James J. McMahon pleaded guilty In court at Kan sas City late today to the murder of his two sisters. Rose McMahon and Mrs. Alonzo Van Royen. and his brother-in-law. Alonzo Van Royen. He was sen tenced to life imprisonment In the Kan sas penitentiary at Lansing. A Deputy Sheriff left for the penitentiary with the prisoner tonight. Both McMahon and his family were eager to have the case settled immedi ately and they sought permission of the authorities to enter the plea without the formality of a jury trial. Prosecutor Joseph Taggart asked McMahon a few questions about his age and occupation and the case was disposed of in less than ten minutes. "I am glad to get started on my term." said McMahon, as he started for prison. "They tell me Lansing is a pretty fair place to be In." SLAYER IS SPIRITED A WAV Self -Confessed Murderer Crosses Border to Prevent Lynching. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 29. To prevent possible lynching by a vigilance com mittee reported to be forming among the farmers of Wyandotte County. Kas.. In which the murders were committed. Sher iff Becker' late last night removed James McMahon. the self-confessed mur derer of his two sisters and brother-in-law, from the Kansas City, Kan., County Jail to the City Jail on the Missouri Bide. Word of the removal was passed among the farmers and they dispersed. This morning McMahon was quietly taken-back to the Wyandotte County Jail and placed under a heavy guard. CRYING FOR HELP Western Coast Must Improve Ports or Lose Benefit of Panama Canal. WHOLE NATION JOINS PLEA Country Demands Better Waterways. Congress Apparently Not Alive to Xeeds Big Arteriea of Traf fic Arc Lying Unused. Or.EGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Oct. 29. "The Pacific Coast harbors need Immediate appropriations from Congress to deeirf-n them and pro vide for commerce through the Panama Canal. Portland, Tacoma. Seattle, Grays Harbor, San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland and Eureka must be provided for more liberally in the future If the Western Coast is to reap the full bene fit of the great Isthmian cut now being made. The Sacramento and San Joaquin, the Columbia and Snake Rivers on the western slope traverse a country that is developing too fast to wait for ap propriations made in the old manner. They must receive larger amounts from Congress if the country is to receive any marked benefits." These are sentiments expressed by John A. Fox. special director of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, who has just completed a tour of the country, covering substantially the route followed by President Taft. Report to River Congress. Mr. Fox, who is an engineer of dis tinction, having been Connected with many of the big waterway projects of the country, is to make a report to the Rivers and Harbors Congress at its next meeting In Washington on Decem ber 8, 9 and 10. In his report he will elaborate upon the Idea above quoted, and will undertake to impress upon the congress, and through it upon the Na tional Congress, the Importance of making large appropriations for im mediate use In further improving the big harbors of the Pacific Coast, so that they may, as he Indicates, reap full benefits from the commerce that will seek the Pacific Coast upon com pletion of the Panama Canal. On his recent tour Mr. Fox started from Washington, went down the At lantic Coast, through the southernmost tlr of states, and northward alopg the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Bel llngham. Ha then retraced his steps to Portland and studied the situation on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, and from there followed the Missouri from its headwaters to its mout. He re turned by way of the great lakes and completed his tour with an inspection of the Ohio River. Nation Wants Better Waterways. "Throughout the entire Journey," he says, "the pulse of the Nation has been quickened for a bigger, better and broader system of waterway improve ment." He says that the great region adja cent to the Missouri River in Mon tana, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri is awakening from the desert, like a giant under the wonderful touch of Irrigation; and that magnificent artery of traffic can no longer be allowed to remain unused and unserviceable when the farmer in that railroad-bound em pire is paying 17 and 18 mills per ton per mile to move his product that could, by a Judicious expenditure of money on the great river, be moved for 2 mills at most by water. Federal Relief Xecesjary. If every member of Congress could have heard the unanimous cry that I have listened to during my 15.000-mile tour," says Mr. Fox, "for larger and more regular appropriations on ' the part of Congress, for a business-like development of our great arteries of traffic, I am sure that relief would be provided, and that quickly. From all that I have gathered throughout this tour I judge that the meeting of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress to be, held in De cember will be attended by fully 5000 of the besi business men of the country, bent on securing favorable legislation for our rivers and harbors at the com ing session of Congress.. Fifty. million dollars annually must be provided for, and if current revenues do not warrant such an expenditure, then we must Is sue bonds and begin this great work at once." SPECIALLY SELECTED BARGAINS FOR SATURDAY II Selected from the different depts. for the benefit of week-end shoppers. NEW TRIMMED HATS IN GREAT VARIETY, AT $4.95 This last lot of hats contains a varied assortment in black and colors Small, medium and large hats. NEW MILITARY CAPES FOR CHILDREN AT $9.85 The prettiest rain garment' and school garment of the year, in pretty military color combinations and trimmings. 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Con tinuous wind, blowing over the Govern ment aviation field here today, made im possible any extended practice with the Wright aeroplane. Lieutenants Lahm and Humphreys made an attempt to fly in a nine-mile wind, but when the lower end of the field was reached, the lieutenants de cided not to attempt to make a turn in the face of the wind, and landed successfully. WRIGHT BOW'S TO LAMBERT Says Flight Ovfr Eiffel Tower Great est Feat of Year. NEW YORK, Oct. 29. Wilbur Wright, who is here in connection with his air ship lawsuits, said, when asked what he considered to be the greatest accom plishment of the year in aeronautics: "If newspaper reports are accurate, the flight of Count de Lambert over Eiffel Tower Is the most daring and spectacular aeronautical feat ever accomplished. While my brother Is reported to have flown higher, his flight was of a different character. 1 have had no private ac count of the ascension. It was not only wonderful, but foolhardy. I am opposed to such exhibitions, which tend not only to endanger the life of the aviator, but of others" Homes of South Dakota Claim Holders Swept Away. FLAMES FANNED BY WIND Orvllle W'rigrifs Pupil Flies. POTSDAM. Oct. 29. Captain Engle hardy, a pupil of Orville Wright, today made a flight lasting 44 minutes, 30 sec onds. This is the longest flight, unaccom panied, that has been made by a Ger man aviator. Salt Lake Rate Case Argued. SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 27. Arguments were heard today; by the Interstate Com merce Commission in the case of the Salt Lake Commercial Club Traffic Bu reau against the several railroads enter ing this city, asking for a reduction in freight rates. Men, Women and Children Turn Out to Help Cheek Conflagration. Crops and Farm Buildings Go t'p in Smoke. DALLAS, S. D., Oct. 29.-A prairie Are extending a distance of three miles from east to west is raging in Tripp County, In the southwestern part of the state. Much loss to farm buildings and crops is reported and hundreds of men and women are out fighting the flames. The towns of Lamro and McNeeley, threatened for a time, were saved after strenuous efforts. The nre started In the southern part or the county and was swept along by a high south wind. At one time Lamro was completely surrounded by flames, but at last reports the place was believed to have been saved. The entire popula tion and the surrounding country went out to combat the. flames and for houra worked desperately. The town of McNeeley suffered a simi lar experience and the flames were di verted only after heroic effort. Out on the open prairie, away from all help, the homes of many claim holders were destroyed. No deaths have been reported. The fire has burned over an area esti mated at more than 60 square miles. The flames were checked today after ih. hod destroyed farm and ranch nronertv worth I104.000. Several people had narrow escapes. Mr. and Mrs. Will iam Grieve, living norm ui tempted to escape on a single horse, which became exhausted, and they were stranded In the middle of the la., .tn-tino- ha.Rk.flra they pra.II IB. 1 ' 3 ota.. ....o - escaped, though seriously burned. About 20 ranenmen ana noincnu" losses ranging from $100 to $5000. . i FIGHT FIRE IX BLACK HILLS Citizens and Soldiers Turn Out to Save Pine Forests. uADir. city s n rct 29. Citizens and soldiers by hundreds today joined the fight against tne nre mat bwciji. , valuable pine forests in the Central j Black Hills region near Silver City and , Pactola, 15 miles west of here. I More than 100 Red Men left here this i a cnsrlal train to join the fire fighters. This force was further augmented by nearly 200 soldiers from Fort Meade, and about 300 men from the Homestake mine. Thousands of acres of timber, many milling camps and small ranches were destroyed. t-ho .eason will, however, occur during the latter part of next month. LIMIT FOR WIFE DESERTER Judge Gives Man Two Years for Leaving His Family. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Oct. 29. "The maximum penalty for this offense Is too light for you In this case." With these words Judge T illls today sentenced Nell B. Derry to two years in Kolsom for wife desertion, the first sen tence to be imposed In this county un der the law making that offense punish able by a term In the penitentiary. It was shown that Derry not only deserted his destitute young wife, but ran away with another woman. . Derry's attorneys asked for a County Jail sentence Instead of one to the State Penitentiary, on the ground that the prisoner might be contaminated. "I think the association In the state prison will be to the detriment of the other prisoners, and not this defendant," replied the court. Haskrtl Case in Court. ' ARDMORE, Okla.. Oct. 29. Argu ments were begun In the United Stales District Court here today before Judge Marshall on the demurrer filed by Gov ernor Charles N. 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