VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,290. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. !rrMrrAi wrnMn COOK IN ASSERTS COAL KING'S RELICT TOWED MINISTER HUNGER'S MS RE "ROCKEFELLER HAS L OF FRANCE SHOT BRAIN OF CAESAR' E HITS 0. K. ALREADY JAPAN IS FAVOBED MAX WITH - GKUDGE AGAINST MRS. CARRIE HAYES D I L WORTH TO BE BRIDE AGAIX. NEW YORK MINISTER LI REN WAR DEPARTMENT AIMS. , RICH MAN TO .ROMAN. HIDING PUBLIC DECLARES BROTHER V SHAKING RecuperatingNear New York, He Says. HIS WIFE ALSO DISAPPEARS Doctor's Confidant, Wack, Goes Into Seclusion, Too. PLOT FEARED, 'TIS SAID Phj-slcian's Friends Say Scheme to Steal Records and Kidnap Far Xorth Traveler Prompts . His . Sadden Exit. NEW TORK, Not. S. They found Ir. Frederick A. Cook tonight. That Is, an authoritative statement issued by his brother. W. L. Cook, sarins; that tha explorer who mysteriously disap peared from public view yesterday was still near New York recuperating:. He was on the verge of a nervous col lapse and his retirement was abso lutely necessary. The statement, as issued by Dr. Cook's brother, follows: Dr. Cook Is in the vicinity of New Tork City trying; to get a much-needed rest. If he decides to go to Europe his departure will be no secret. I think that his friends and critics alike should be charitable enough to permit him to rest until his health is fully restored. Cook Avoid Papers. "He has not been reading; the news papers in tha last few days and is not responsible for the statements Issued by those who were acting as bis spokesmen. In sending; his data to Copenhagen. Ir. Cook has fulfilled his . obligations to the public." Tha foregoing was issued by tha ex plorer's brother in view of the fact that the doctor's apparent seclusion caused great anxiety on the part of his friends, leaving even John TL Bradley, his financial backer, puzzled and ex asperated. Mrs. Cook Is also in New Tork City, but her exact whereabouta has not been announced. Many Seek Explorer. The sudden shift of base by which Dr, Cook, the seeker, became Dr. Cook, the ought, has enlisted a small army of eager explorers, who have been able to contribute facts of collateral interest only Dr. Cook was still in retreat tonight. Mr. Wack. his counsel, has gone to the country for a week, also to seek aedu sion. Mr. Wack. his confidant, still af firms he knows where Dr. Cook is, and that he is not going to tell. .Cook's Friends Explain. Friends of Dr. Cook undertook to e-x-plain the situation today in this wlse: 'It is true." they say, "that the doc tor's fesrs have been greatly overworked on by the belief of some of those with whom he associated that there exists plot to steal his records, even to spirit him away in person. He even engaged two private detectives to shadow his supposed shadowers. "Mrs. Cook and those In her' confi dence felt that this atmosphere was not good for the doctor, and arranged to have him conveyed Into seclusion. The 'pctor intended no mystery. All that aspect of his jiff air a has resulted from the announcement made by Mr. Wack, who haa not seen Dr. Cook for a week, and merely acted on the presumption that be was to sail on the Caronla." Mrs. Cook Also Gone. Mrs. Cook's whereabouts are as much a mystery as those of her husband. She Is supposed to be staying somewhere in the city, but Just where .could not be learned. Dr, jL'ook's health is matter of great concern among his friends. Prior to his sudden retirement, he was reported to be on the verge of nervous breakdown, and it la assumed by some that the ne cessity for absolute rest may have prompted his wife to Insist on his seclu sion. WELLMAX SCOFFS AT DR. COOK Correspondent-Explorer Belittles Re port of North Pole Find. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Walter Well man, whose preparations for a conquest of the North Pole in an airship wera abandoned upon the announcement of the claims of Dr. Frederick A. Cook and Com mander Robert E. Peary, tonight Issued a long statement In which he analyzed the narratives of the two explorers, declaring that of Peary "precise, workman-like, consistent, credible In every particular." and denouncing that of Dr. Cook as a self-evident and even deliberate Im posture. "Cook's story is suspicious, both in what it does tell and what It does not tell." Mr. Wellman declares. "He is generally vague and Indefinite, but, like most men of his class, altogether too pre cise at the wrong place. Nowhere does his story ring true. It is always an ap proximation of reality itself. This Is true of bis figures and his description of everything. "Three of us who have had a share In Arctic work and who have felt anxiety (Concluded on Faze 3 ) I Victim, Mistaken for Minister of War, Felled on Hotel Steps. Condition Serious. PARIS. Nov. 8. A' man believed to be insane, and hu. ing an imaginary griev ance against the War Department, shot and seriously wounded General Verahd today tn the steps of the Hotel Conti nental as the general was entering the building to attend a banquet. The man was arrested. Iter it was learned that he had mistaken uenerai Verand for General Brun, Minister 01 War. The attempted assassination created a sensation. It occurred a few moments after President Fallleres left the Hotel Bristol, near by. where he was calling on King Manuel of Portugal. As four shots rang out, people in the streets thought an attempt had been made against the life of the President or the King of Portugal. The assailant, who Is an Algerian, was overpowered with difficulty, and was found to be a walking arsenal of re volvers and daggers. General Verand re ceived bullets in the neck and forehead, and his condition is considered serious. FARMER BLOCKS RAILROAD Files on Water Right and Great Northern Engines Go Dry. SPOKANE. Wash., Nov, 28. (Special.) Because of the failure of the Great North ern Railroad to secure a water right on the anrinsr. near Eohrata, where It has been a-ettlns- water for 16 years, F. A. ToIIIver and Son, of ' Taylorsvllie. 111. made a filing and shut off the water pend ing the settlement of a suit, and a half dozen Mogul engines have gone dry on the main line of the Great Northern as a result Two trains are laid up at Eohrata for lack of water. Ephrata la the only station between Wilson Creek and Trinidad at which engines can get water. In the foothills west of the town is a bubbling spring that years ago, when the country was first opened, was piped to the Great Northern tracks for water for engines. Only a lease on the 'pipeline running 80 rods from the spring to the track was obtained. Jesse Cyrus, on whose farm the spring is situated, recently sold the property to the Illinois men and they Immediately found they could use tha water to greater advantage for trriga tion and city use and began suit. Dilatory tactics delayed court proceed ings, so Tolllver shut oft the .water and advised the company - to settle the suit. TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON PAID Taft and Hughes Join in Honoring Late Governor's Memory. NEW TORK. Nov. 38. Tribute to the memory of John A. Johnson, late Demo cratic Governor of Minnesota, was paid by President Taft, by Governor Hughes of this state, by Charles A. Towne ex Vnited States' Senator from Minnesota and others at a memorial meeting held today at the Broadway Tabernacle here under the auspices of the American and Scandinavian Society. Mr. Taft's tribute came In the form of a letter. STORM SWEEPS NEBRASKA Worst Sleet Fall in Tears Demoral- lzes Traffic. LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 3. The worst sleet storm for years In Lincoln and southeastern Nebraska early this morn ing worked havoc with the telegraph and telephone systems, demoralized street lighting and stopped streetcar traffic. A heavy rain last night was followed by freezing temperature. The trains enter ing Lincoln were, from two to ten hours late. DR. FREDERICK A. . .; v. ' , J (: ..; I :, :;" iT-----:i- v-i ' via vff.?w Secretary of Interior Files Strong Report. FOREST SERVICE WAR FORGO Congress Merely Asked to De fine Powers of Office. POWER SITES MAIN TOPIC Framework of New Law Given Land Statutes Obsolete, New Coal Act Needed Tax Railway Holdings, He Trges. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Nov. 28. If Congress carries out all the recommendations made by Secre tary of the Interior Bellinger in his an nual report to the President, practical and fair-minded advocates of conserva tion of natural resources will have noth ing to ask beyond -a strict enforcement of the law. The Secretary's report, made public today, has been read and approved by President Taft. and therefore may be regarded as voicing his own views and opinions upon the various subjects dealt with, and to that extent is an indication of the recommendations which the Presl dent himself will submit to Congress when it convenes next Monday. ) Report, Plain, Strong. Secretary Ballinger's report Is, in no degTee sensational. It is a plain, force ful recital of conditions as they exist. In It the many weaknesses of the public land laws are pointed out, and practical rem edies are suggested. The report gives evidence of great study of the various problems discussed, and indicates the minuteness with which the new Secre tary of the Interior has gone into the details of the work of his department. From first to last the report l free from 'comment -on buree-us-oot under the Jurisdiction of the Secretary of. the In terior: There is no reference to friction with the Forest Service, but at places, reading between the lines, can be found Indications of the Secretary's desire that Congress shall absolutely define the pow ers of the Secretary of the Interior, so that in future there will be no excuse whatever for officiate of another depart ment undertaking to dictate questions of policy and administration to his branch of the Government service. Power Sites Foremost. Because of the prominence given to the question of water powers through news papers and magazines of late. Secretary Ballinger's views on that subject perhaps outahadow all other features of his re port, la discussing power-sites, the Sec retary presents a complete plan of legis lation, which is offered as a suggestion for the guidance of Congress, and not with the Idea that his recommendations will be followed explicitly. Ttather, the plan Is presented as a basis for discus sion, and incidentally It may be said It Is the first definite plan of power-site leg islation yet presented by any Government official. With reference to this topic the Secretary says: In anticipation of new lac-lalatlon by Con gress to prevent the acquleition of power Itea on the public domain by private per- aona or corporations with the view of monopolizing or adversely controlling them asalnst the public mtereata, there have been temporarily withdrawn from all forma of entry approximately 603. 3SS acre, covering all locationa known to poaaees power possl- bllitlea on unappropriated landa outside of Nationat foresta. Without such withdrawals, theae altea would be enterable under exist ing laws, and their patenting would leave (Concluded on Page 0.) THREE PICTURES OP ARCTIC EXPLORER WHOSE DISAPPEARANCE COOK. Rev. S. G. Craig, Ebensbnrg,- Pa. Parson, Wins Widow He - . Resigns to Study. PITTSBURG. Pa., Nov. 28.-(Special.) Mrs. Carrie Hayes Dilworth, .widow of the late George Morgan Dilworth, the Pittsburg coaL operator, is soon to become the bride of Rev. Samuel G. Craig, Presbyterian ninister of Ebensburg, Pa, No publicity has been given the en gagementas Mr. Dilworth died only about a year ago. Mrs. Dilworth has Summer home at Ebensburg and met Mr, Craig, who was pastor of a small church, while she was attending charitable duties Mr. Cra!g resigned his pastorate some time ago and went to Europe to study He returned recently and. is now m New Tork City. Mrs. Dilworth Is also in New York. . Mrs. DII worth's income is .estimated conservatively at $50,000 a year. She had great wealth in her own right before she beoame the bride of Mr. Dilworth. She spent much of her (time at ' Ebensburg after her husband's death. There she met the pastor in charge of the small Presbyterian Church many times. With kindred temperaments their romance de veloped rapidly. Mrs. Dilworth attaches no Importance to the difference In wealth and social po sition. WOMEN FIGHT KNIFE DUEL Trouble Arises Over Old Quarrel and One Dies. BRADFORD. Ark., Nov. 28. In a street duel with knives at Alicia today, Miss Nora Owens was injured fatally by Miss Stella Belk. and died a. few minutes later. The duel was the result of an old quarrel. Miss Owens was cut in four places, the fatal wound being in the left breast, where an artery leading to the heart was severed. Miss Belk was arrested. COREA SUCCEED ZELAYA? Selection for President Meets Uncle ... Sam's Approval. -.. - NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 28. It was rumored- tonight L. F. Corea, former Nicaraguan Minister to the. United States, is slated to succeed Zelaya as president of Nicaragua, and that his candidacy will meet with the favor of the United States Government. While definite knowledge as to the plans Is lacking, it is believed he left here to night for Washington. DEMOCRATS SEE HARMON Ohio Governor Looked Upon as Pres idential Nominee. RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 28. Ex-Gover nor R- jd. "jienn, oi Aonn Carolina, in an Interview today, said: "Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio, will be next Presidential nominee of the Dem ocratic party. In my Judgment.- Every where I have been I have found Harmon to be the leading candidate In public and party opinion. WASCO RESIDENCE BURNED $10,000 ' Home of G. X. Crosfield Goes Up in Smoke. WASCO, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) The $10,000 residence of G. N. Crosfield was destroyed by fire tonight. The re was first discovered about C o'clock. Owing to the dwelling being outside of the fire limits, it was difficult to reach it. Mr. Crosfield left on this morning's train, and particulars re garding insurance were not obtainable. 43 V" f V 1 DR. COOK IX ARCTIC SUIT. Pres. Gomez Adminis tration Threatened. VICE-PRESIDENT IN MOVE Scherr Unearthed to Place Zayas in Power. PARTY LEADERS STARTLED Liberals Wake Up When Gomez De clares He Will Name Cabinet Members to Suit Himself Ne--gro Party Plans Bother. HAVANA. Nov. 2S. Not since the down fall of - the administration of President Palma has the political atmosphere of Cuba been more obscured and more laden with suggestions of trouble than now. The re-established republic is scarcely nine months old and already rumors are persistent ttat some way Is being sought to secure the retirement of Presiden Gomez, either . by persuasion or compul sion and to place "Vice-President Zayas at the head of the nation. Gomez Had Support. When General Gomez became chief magistrate, followers of Zayas stood shoulder to shoulder with those of the president and even the conservative op position which had sustained the banner of General Menocal in the campaign of the Drevlous Summer, lent him their loyal support in the determination to give the new administration a trial. ' That they regard the trial as a failure Is evidenced by their manifesto issued shortly before the reconvening of Con gress In which thly declared their inten tion of beginning an active campaign against the administration. Probably the most serious condition that the president faces -,is that resulting from the con tinued failure of efforts to effect a com plete fusion between his partisans and those of Zayas. For three years negotiations to this end have' been in progress and at least half a dozen times announcement has Been made of their success.. In the presidential campaign there was a truce, but with the beglning of the distribution of offices under the new administration mutual dis trust was re-established. Gomez Startles Leaders. A few days ago. General Gomez startled the liberal leaders In a letter In which he stated that, so far as he was officially Concerned he had decided to consider the fusion as an accomplished fact and, in view of this, he would make appointments to his Cabinet without' reference to the particular faction of the Liberal party to which the appointee might have belonged. The attitude of the president was par ticularly objectionable to the Zayasites be cause the important post of secretary of state recently was made vacant by the resignation of Justo Garcia Velez, a prominent member of the faction, and it was stated the president would fill it with one of his own supporters. The incident has served to defer the ac complishment of actual fusion and, should it result in freaking off existing negotia tions. ' it is not improbable that the ad ministration will have two opposing parties with which to deal. Negro Party Plans Bother. Another disquieting feature of the situa tion Is the renewal of agitation for the formation cf a negro party. Steps pre- (Conciuded on Page 3.) PRESENTS PECULIAR FEATURES. . r x "Vv'-rt""l f i r " 1 V k -- Rev. Oscar Haywood Calls Oil Trust Magnate to Account for "10 0. Words to Religion." NEW TORK. Nov. ,28. John D. Rocke feller's most needed contribution to re ligion, according to Rev. Oscar Haywood, of this city, is words, not money. Such an expression of his, Dr. Haywood con tends, would do more than anything else to equalize religious differences and tablish a broad bond of brotherhood. "Rockefeller has the brain of Caesa and unlimited moral Influence," said the clergyman in his sermon at the Church of the Covenant today. Then let our most conspicuous man of wealth define his position with refer ence to evangelical Christianity. For one, I would await with confidence his answer. "He is the founder of a scientific unl versity which proposes to substitute sci entific philosophies for the speculativ ones ftnd scientific hypothesis for the simple religion of faith, creating an aris tocracy of scholars and accentuating the imaginary gulf between the -rich and the poor. Now let him make the contribu tion of 100 words to the world's religious literature.'.' CLAUDE B. FISK IS DEAD Well-Known Newspaper and Theat rical Man Passes Suddenly. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. 28. Claude B. Fisk. newspaper and theatrical man son of General Clinton B. Fisk, founder of Fisk University, of Nashville, Tenn was found dead In bed this, morning. He had been ill only a few days. He was a native of St. Louis. He was formerly city editor of the New Tork Evening Journal, and later of the Chicago Examiner, and then be came connected with Keith & Proctor' theatrical - enterprises. A year ago he came to San Antonio to engage in news paper work. His mother, Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk, and a sister live in New York. His wife, May Isbeil Fisk, is an actress, now playing in London. MME. STEINHEIL BARRED London Hotel Will Not Harbor Fa mo us Frenchwoman. LONDON, Nov. 28. Mme. Stetnheil, re cently acquitted in Paris of the charge of murdering her husband, arrived in London this morning. She traveled un der the name of Mme. Dumont. She evaded the crowd of waiting re porters and went to a hotel. Traced to this place, she declined to see anybody and the manager of the hotel, upon learn ing her identity, requested her to leave. She took a train at Euston station, it is believed, for Liverpool. LUMBER JUMPS SKYWARD Western Canadian Mills Report Too Much Business. WINNIPEG, Man.. Nov. 28. Rough lumber advanced l per 1000 all over Northwestern Canada Saturday. Mills are calling in traveling salesmen be cause of the rush of orders. Export mills in British Columbia re port a largely-increased business in the United States, this being one cause for the advance. Another advance will take place before Spring. COTTON CROP TOTAL OUT Figures of Correspondents ' Place . Quantity of 10,625,000 Hales. NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 2S. The Times-Democrat in presenting its cor respondent's final report on the cotton crop of 1909. states that the consensus of opinion points to a total of 10,625,000 bales. Photo copyright. 1909, by Georgre Granthan Ban. SNAPSHOT OF DR. COOK. Accuses U. S. of Work ing Against China. REPORT QUICKLY SUPPRESSED State Department Finally Ad mits Its Receipt. AMERICAN TRADE INJURED Japanese Commercial Methods in Manchuria Declared to Be Winked At by This Government, Though Realized to Be Harmful. NEW TORK. Nov. 2S.-(Special.)-The New Tork Times, in Its Washington cor- 1 respondence, prints a voluminous report from the American Vice-Consul-General ' at Mukden, showing how American trade j has been injured by Japanese commercial ( methods in Manchuria, and virtually charges that the report was suppressed by the State- Department because it de picted a situation different from what it is desired to have believed with refer ence to Japan, China and the open door. At first denied by State Depart ment officials that the report in question, written by Frederick D. Cloud. Vice-Consul-General in charge at Mukden, had been received, it was later admitted it had been, but that it had not been pub lished because it was not borne out by information contained In reports from other sources and because -it was regarded as 'arithmetically interesting" only. The article in the Times, which was fol lowed by another of similar material to day, has attracted much attention in busi ness circles which have felt that the American State Department was taking' the Japanese side in Oriental diplomacy as against the Chinese. In the suppressed report, Vice-Consui- Generai Cloud said In part: 'Ever since the reopening of Manchu ria to foreign trade at the close of the Russo-Japanese War, Importers have complained of the unfair advantages af forded their Japanese competitors through discriminating freight rates on the South Manchurian Railway, and because Japan ese merchants were allowed to bring their goods into Manchuria without pay ing the prescribed import and other du ties. 'This Is the first time, however, thnt the Chinese government has seen fit to take action, and to bring the matter to the attention of the other governments interested." The report then goes at length into (Concluded on Pas - NDEX OF TODAY'S PAPER Tti Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum tmperatur, 59 degree ; minimum, 4K degrees. TODAY'S Rain: fresh outh wind. Foreign. General Verand, of Prance. Is iihot by Al gerian, who mistook him for tno Min ister of War. Page 1. Selection of King Edward ad arbiter of Al- sop claim gives satisfaction, page 3. Reichstag to be opened by Kaiser next Tuesday. Page li. Death struggle between Insurgents and Zel- ayans at hand. Page Cuban Republic shaking, administration of President Gomez being tnreatencd ) by enemies. Page 1. J King Manuel's visit puzzles England; may be after wife. Page a. National,. Secretary of Interior Ballinger flls his re port which Is approved by Taft. Page 1. Consuls report that State Department fav ors japan against nina. suppressed. Pare 1. President Taft in annual message to Con- gress to take a lap at sugar trust. Page 2. Domestic Girl, after reading case of Alma Bell, with whom she sympathized, shoots her nance and drinks acid. Page 3. Waiter Wellman North Pole aeeker, de- ?'i-jct3 Explorer Cook and story an a deiiueraN? Imposture; praise for Com mander iXary. Page 1. Widow of (Je.V-ge Morgan Dilworth. Pitts burg coal kig, to wed minister. Page 1. Army of explorvrs after Dr. Cook fall tn learn his whAreahouts, but his brother ays he Is still In New York. Page 1. New York preachev says Rockefeller haa "brain of Caesar." Page 1. Henry Clews" lov of art causes disruption in his family. Page 3. Sports. Big swimming contest, scheduled for Christ mas day. is cinched, according to work of Multnomah's swimming instructor. Page 8. Indications on bid of six figures needed for Jeff-Johnson right. Page S. Dugdale. after talking; with California man agers. Ielievs Northwestern will have Portland taam. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Twenty Japs killed, 15 injured, commercial traveler crushed In wreck of Great Northern work train near Vancouver, B. C. Pago 5. Idaho ProbibltlonUta say they will have majority in lower hoii-e. Page a. Gale maroons ten Argo refugees on Colum bia River lightship. Page o. Robert Laird McCorinick, of Tacoma, en ter race for United States Senatorship from Washington state. Page 5- Woman who says she belongs in Portland arrested in Seattle because she buya too many hats. Page 4. r ort land an ft V Id n I ty . Auto driver, new to c!ty, crashes into streetcar; three injured. Page 14. Choice of state and county assemblies by precinct vote favored by leading Repub licans. Page 12. Colonel C. K. S. Wood declares he is an Anarchist. Page 14. Steamer Breakwater breaks Coos Bay round-trip record. Page 13. Industrial. Large area of Columbia River lands will be -"reclaimed by dikes. Page 13. Clackamas County farm lands meet ready ale. Page 13. Idaho to have new $900,000 sawmill. Page 13.