THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1909. - .
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20 JAPS KILLED
IN THEIR SLEEP
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Great Northern Workcars Run
Into Washout Near Van
couver, B. C.
ONE WHITE MAN CRUSHED
Fifteen Orientals Injured, Many Fa
tallyCommercial Traveler Hurt
Seriously, Engineer and . .
Firemen Jump. '
VANCOUVER. B. C., Nov. 2S- Twenty
Japanese were killed and 15 Injured,
several of them fatally. In a wreck of a
work train on the Great Northern Rail
way between this city and New West
minster today.
One of the Injured Is a white man,
George W. Kemp, a commercial traveler,
of Vancouver, B. C, who was riding on
the work train. His feet were crushed
and he was Internally Injured. His con
ditlon Is serious.
The train left Vancouver at 6 o'clock
this mornin on the way to Sumas. When
within a mile of the city limits of New
Westminster, the train ran into a washed
out culvert. The engine passed nearly
over and then fell. Fireman Kent and
Engineer B?attiger Jumped, escaping In
jury. Immediately behind the tender was
the bunkcar in which 35 Japanese were
sleeping. The engine settled back until
It stood almost on end.
The Japanese car was caught and
mashed between the engine and the
tender. Half the car was crushed to
kindllngwood and the remainder, smashed
in on the sides, slid further Into the
C"lley. Three of the following cars were
piled on top or eacn otner, w.iae me
caboose at the rear remained on the
track. In It was Conductor Ellis, who
H-aDd inlury.
How ' Kemp happened to be on this
trsln is a mystery to railroad ornciais.
That the work train and not the
crowded Owl passenger train from Se
attle, met the disaster is simply a piece
of lurk for the passengers of the night
einress. Had the work train not been
on the line the express from Seattle for
Vancouver would not have Been neia at
New Westminster. The Owl train under
pormal traffic conditions would have con
tinued through to ' Vancouver without
stopping and It. instead of the work train,
would have plunged Into the gully.
HAVANA CHIEFS IN WRECK
Thre Officials, Mexican Minister
and Another Hurt in Auto.
HAVANA. Nov. 28. An automobile con
' talnlng Louis Octavlo Divine. Secretary
I of Justice. sub-Secretary Juan Garcia
Kohly. Director of Justice Lozier and
! Mario Garcia Kohly, newly appointed
Minister to Mexico, was wrecked last
right while returning to Havana from a
trip In the country.
All were injured, and Juan Garcia
Kohly la not- expected to recover.
HAGUE PLANS 1913 FAIR
Opening of Palace of Peace to Be
Celebrated With Exposition.
THB HAGUE. Nov. 28. Plans are under
consideration for holding a great inter
national exhibition here In 1913 in cele-
feratkm of the opening of the Palace of
Peace.
IS DR. COOK IN HIDING?
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that no blot of fraud should stain the
proud record of efforts and sacrifice, had
a first hope that Dr. Cook would be able
, rt demonstrate his good faith. This has
dissolved in an analysis of his own story.
A second hope that he was the victim of
some hallucination or mental illness, and
himself believed he had been to the, Pole,
though of course, he has not vanishes
In the light of earlier and subsequent
events. There remains, though one says
it with keenest regrets, only the wretch
ed alternative that the journey which he
did make, and the report which he gave
of it. were deliberately planned from the
outset."
The gist of Mr. Wellman's finding Is
that, with his meager party and equip-
ment. Dr. Cook could not possibly have
accomplished the feat for which he
claims credit, that his astronomical data
ere too minutely precise to "have been
made under claimed conditions In the
field, and that the explorer's dash for
the lecture plat'orm and hia acceptance
of "crowns of flowers placed upon his
head by Innocent women and children,"
before submitting his field records to
scientific examination, all conspire to his
discredit.
First Attack on "Sledging." -
Mr. Wellman first attacks Cdbk's story
of hia Journey. He points out that Arctic
sledging is not a new venture nor an ex
periment, but has been reduced almost
to a science. He proceeds to the propo
sition that the first thing to be done in
advancing over the Ice fields is the re
duction to the minimum of food and
fuel, and secondly, the organization of
supporting parties that can be sent back
from the dwindling main body until the
few who are hardiest enter on the final
struggle to the goal.
The longer the route, he sets forth,
necessarily ,the greater weight of food
and fuel. and. in consequence, a much
slower pace. Basing his argument main
ly on these principles, Mr. Wellman
takes up a comparison of the supposed
achievements of Peary and Cook. He
quotes from records to show that the
former took his ship to within 4W miles
of the Pole, advancing his supplies and
his party 47 miles closer in the Autumn
and Spring. Cook, he points out, started
from Annatook. WO geographical miles
from the Pole, and went 170 geographi
cal miles westward before turning north
ward, according to his own story.
Peary. Wellman continues, mapped out
his plans carefully for the advance and
started with 60 or 60 men. 140 dogs and
II sledges. He divided his party so he
had four supporting parties, who kept
open the back trail and In leaving the
main bedy lightened loads which the men
and dogs were compelled to draw.
Dr. Cook had no supporting party, says
Wellman. except for the first three days.
His party consisted of three men. 26 dogs
and two sledges in the long dash he made.
'That which he claims to have done."
declares Wellman. referring to Dr. Cook,
"with his equipment and organization,
was physically Impossible. It Is beyond
human power."
Later in his statement he adds: "The
laws of physics and mechanical forces
can no more be defied and ignored in the
Arctic rtg'ans than elsewhere, save In
the Imagination."
Taking In order Dr. Cook's record of
his trip Northward, Mr. Wellman points
to the statement that the Cook party
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MRS. HE-VRV
made 68 miles In three days, despite bad
weather, rough Ice and the necessity of
going twice over a big lead two miles
wide, and this, he adds, at a time when
the sledge loads were heaviest. Cook,
he says, thus traveled 40 per cent faster
than Peary with his years of experience
and his superior organization.
Mr. Wellman Is especially caustic In his
criticism of Dr. Cook for not turning
over records of his trip Immediately to
some scientific body, especially when his
story was questioned by critics. This
he declares to be Indefensible.
"The man who has dons an honest
piece of work and recorded It faithfully
hour by hour needs no time to recon
struct that record," says Wellman. "
Wellman Scoffs at Cook.
r. n-.lln-an anfTa st Cftnk's SStrO-
nomiral data, especially the observation
which he claims to have taken within
1418. feet of the Pole.
"Anyone who knows nautical asiron-
HH, "nn sit down In Anna-
took' or Brooklyn or anywhere, with a
nautical almanac by his side and con-
. v aWlturi nhftprVRtions at will.
Cook's Is. to the trained eye and ear. a
story of a counterien prennimcim
clsely such a story as one miht pen
during a leisurely-taken Journey along
the coasts or me game iwiiu. ubhib
incidents thereof to aid the Imagination
- iK...t. tmnifitr nf the scene of
action some hundreds of miles farther
north."
EDWARD TO ARBITRATE?
ALSOP CLAIM WILL BE PUT UP
TO BRITISH SOVEREIGN.
Chile Will Make Request, but It Is
" Not Known if England's King
W ill Act.
SANTIAGO. Chile. Nov. 28. The re
quest of the Chilean government to
King Edward that he act as arbitrator
In the Alsop claim will be made
through the Charge d'Affalres of the
Chilean Legation at London.
It has not been announced whether
the request has been granted by His
Majesty.
KING EDWARD AGREED UPON
Both Governments Want British
Monarch as Arbiter.
WASHINGTON. Nor. 28. The State
Department today received a cable
gram from the Chilean Minister of
Foreign Affairs, stating that the Span
ish version of the protocol between the
United States and Chile, referring the
Alsop claim to arbitration, has been
sent to Washington for verification.
Both governments have agreed to the
proposition that King Edward be ar
biter in the dispute, which Involves
damages to an American syndicate of
more than $1,000,000. and. while no for
mal attempt has been made to discover
whether the British monarch will act,
it is believed he will accept.
INTERESTS BRAZILiATV PAPERS
Print Long Accounts of Alsop Claim.
Glad of Peace.
RIO DE JANEIRO. Nov. 28. The
Journal de Commerclo today publishes
a four-and-one-half-column atatement
of the Alsop claim, cabled by the State
Department at Washington to -the
American Ambaasador - here, and sev
eral of the other papers print large ex
cerpts, indicating the interest that the
promise of arbitration has aroused.
All the papers express satisfaction
that an amicable arrangement has been
reached.
JAPS GUESTS, THEN HOSTS
Commissioners to Entertain . on
Board Ship Sail Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 28. The Japa
nese commercial commissioners will be
the guests of several of the commercial
organizations of this city tomorrow and
will be gH-en glimpse in the business me
thods In vogue here. In the evening they
will attend a banquet In their honor given
by -the Chamber of Commerce. This will
be' an elaborate affair. Governor Glllett,
Mayor Taylor. General Manager SChwerln
of .Pacific Mall Company, and other
prominent men will speak.
Next morning the Japanese will become
hosts, entertaining as many of the city's
leading men as the vessel will accom
modate at breakfast aboard the Japanese
liner Chiyo Maru. They will sail for the
Orient on the Chiyo at noon "Wednesday.
CLEWS, JR.
ART CAUSES BREAK
Henry Clews, Jr., Loses Fam
ily for Its Sake. ,
DAUBS AND WRITES VERSES
Brings Friends From Bohemia Into
Wife's Drawing-Room at Unseem
ly Hours, and "Never Again," .
Says Tonng Mrs. Clews.
NEW YORK. Nov. 28. Speclal.) There
will be no reconciliation between Henry
Clews, Jr., and his beautiful young wife,
who separated recently. Their close
friends are the authority for this state
ment, and. they claim to know, saying
that distinguished persons have tried in
vain to bring the young couple together
again.
The Clews separation marks the final
contest between the artistic and social
ambitions In one family. Henry Clews,
Jr., who Is striving for the highest art,
bewailed the fact that his wife was
always attempting to drag him into the
social world. On the other hand,.. Mrs.
Clews, who has a brilliant wit, made
his art work the subject of endless
quips and sarcasm, so that a visit to the
Clews house was like going to an ex
hibition of fireworks.
Henry Is Artistic.
Henry had a studio in the Rue de la
Pompe, where he spent all his time, only
occasionally appearing at the dinner
table smeared with sculptor's clay, and
painter's colors, to the horror of his wife
and her gufests. After dinner he would
return to the studio, where he remained
until early dawn, accompanied by his
long-haired, artistic and literary bohemia
of friends. Henry not only painted, but
he also wrote verses as fast as any of
them, in French and English.
He brought these strange guests into
his wife's drawing-room among- her New
York society friends, and they mixed
like oil and water. Henry, who saw the
humor of the situation, emphasized his
bohemian ways as a Joke on his wife.
Sometimes, when she gave dinner parties,
he dressed up as a butler and waited on
his guests. On such occasions the guests
talked of the supposed absent husband,
and the wife said things for his good.
Then late In the evening Henry would
appear to his guests in painter's smock
and explain that he was sorry he had
been detained in the studio.
.. Frenchified Husband a Horror.
Nine months ago Henry went to New
York, leaving his wife and two children.
For seven months she heard no word
from him, and then was notified ' that
there was a registered letter at the post
office. She rushed there, anxious to get
the letter from "Dear Henry," and found
her semi-annual check with his visiting
card, and nothing else. Mrs. Clews, who
is young, charming and witty, says: "A
French husband may be bad, but
heavens, save me from a Frenchifleld
American husband."
Henry has lost all his American .ways
and has become a typical French artist
in dress and manner. He Is thought an
admirable painter, but modestly refuses
t show his work in Paris, and was only
persuaded with difficulty to exhibit re
cently in New York.
CAR SLIDES, CRASH COMES
Four Injured in Streetcar Wreck In
Spokane.
SPOKANE Wash.. Nov. 2S. Careless
ness, aided by wet. slippery tracks, which
prevented the prompt use of emergency
brakes, resulted in a collision at Indiana
avenue and Howard street, at 6:30 o'clock
this evening, between an eastbound Indiana-avenue
car and a northbound Cor
bln Park car. both belonging to the Wash
ington Water Power Company's system.
As the result of the accident four per
sons were Injured, one seriously. A1J were
passengers on the Corbin Park car. The
injured are Mrs. Margaret McKlbben, 704
Buckeye avenue, hurt internally. . spine
Inlured. condition serious; Mrs. E. Bliss,
1325 North Lind Lake avenue, left arm
sprained, believed to have dislocated ribs;
Mrs. James A. Hunter. 629 Cleveland ave
nue, badly shaken up; A. Bell, conductor,
arms hurt.
J. H. Bayless. motorman of the Corbin
Park car, lays the acoident to wet- tracks.
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SPOOKS STAY AWAY
"Seance" Disappoints Seek
ers After Supernatural.
TRICKS ARE MOSTLY OLD
Confederate Aids in Cabinet Illusion
and Is Member of Committee of
Citizens on Stage Slate
Writing Clumsy.
"Dr." Charles M. Sawyer, pretended
to give a spiritualistic seance last night
at the Portland Theater upon a well-llg-hted
stage, but he sent the specta
tors home grumbling and calling him a
"fake." There ' was no lack of light
except in two performances, calling for
considerable dexterity. Then the green
lights were turned on. All the seats
were filled and several thousand per
sons who expected to witness a gen
uine medlumistlc demonstration, such
as a few persons witnessed when little
Ernest Harps set his grandparents'
house awry on Marshall street, were
turned away. Those who did see the
show were disappointed.
Slates Written On.
The show opened with a demonstra
tion of supposedly mysterious slate
writing. Sawyer pretended to wash
both sides of two slates, and asked one
of the spectators to tie them together.
But as he placed them together with
a piece of chalk in the center, it was
. i v... .nm that on e contained
writing, which it also did when the
string was untied.
mn ir.rii then called UDon the
stage, among them being Dr. S. B.
Stryker. a Dr. O'Valle and two others,
one of whom was a confederate. Saw
yer's party took dinner at the Hotel
Oregon after the performance, and ap
peared much elated over Its success.
After tne siate penornmntu. mo ap
posed medium pretended to lift a table
i . 1 n Vila K o n H iinnn 1tn ton. A
conspicuous-ring upon one hand and a
possible tack m tne laoie accuumea,
in the minds of some, for this "phe
nomenon."
Confederate Is Surprised.
Then came a demonstration in a cur
In which the performer
deftly tied himself hand and foot. He
afterward threw Dens ana laniDounnen
out upon the stage. He later took his
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hlbited himself to the audience with the
confederate s coat upon his Dack. J nere
were few. however, who took without
the proverbial grain of salt the- con-
..j .lotunipnt Afterward that he
did not know he was without a coat until
VI. .HantiAn wna Cflllpd tn the f H C t .
The climax came at the last demonstra
tion, when the performer and five other
men sat about a heavy table, and Saw
yer pretended to ' cause It - to ris by
mi
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$2.50 Shirt Waist Rings in
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$1.50 Solid Gold Band or Seal
Ring '. .98
$3.50 Solid Gold Cuff Links,
chased or plain designs. $1.48
$2.00 Solid Gold Stick Pins,
some set with stones 79
$1.25 Dutch Collar and Belt
Pins, new shapes and de
signs .....69
$3.50 Gold Neck Chain. $1.75
$4.00
SIR f)0 Onera Glasses for
$1.25 White Stone Hat Pins.
$3.00 Men's Gold Watch Chains $1.50
$4.00 Men's Gold Watch Chains $2.00
$3.50 Men's Gold Watch Chains l..a
$3.00 Fancy Pearl Collars.. $1.50
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PURCHASES TODAY AND TOMORROW GO ON JANUARY
spirit power. "Let me see the hook un
der your waistcoat," called a man on a
front seat. He repeated this request upon
the stage as soon as the show was over,
but was met with rebuff.
EMMANUEL TO ARBITRATE
King to Settle Difficulty Between
Mexico and France.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 28 King Victor
Emmanuel III, of Italy, will act as ar
bitrator for France and Mexico in the
dispute between those countries over the
possession of Clipperton Island.
The Mexican government has been of
ficially notified that the King has ac
cepted the invitation to act as arbiter.
Papers setting forth details of Mexico's
claim to the ownership of the Island on
which she now maintains a small garrison
will be ready for submission In 60 days,
according to foreign office officials.
Clipperton Island lies off the west coast
of Mexico, between Matzen and San Bias.
Guano Is the principal product.
HILLSB0R0 SESSION CITY
Boys' Clubs of Oregon Vote Down
Dallas in Second Ballot.
ALBANY, Or.." Nov. 28. (Special.)
The next conference of the Boys' Clubs
of Oregon will meet in Hillsboro, in
stead of Dallas, as reported. The com
mittee today decided on Dallas, but
the conference tonight voted aside
all precedent by rejecting that report.
On the first ballot, after the report
was rejected, Dallas and Hillsboro tied,
with 28 votes. On the second ballot,
Hillsboro won over the Polk County
city by one' vote, 30 to 31.
HUSBAND SHOOTS HIS WIFE
Nebraska Man Commits Crime, Then
Tries to Kill Self.
BEATRICE, Neb., Nov. 28. Fred T.
Robinson came tonight from Lincoln.
Neb., and. going to the home of his
father-in-law, shot his wife, who was
visiting there, and then shot himself.
The woman probably can live only a
few hours, and there is little hope that
the husband will long survive. There
has been no quarrel eo far as known.
Friends say that he has shown signs of
being mentally unbalanced.
CUBA REPUBLIC SHAKING
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liminary to organization were taken at a
meeting of negroes in the province of
Orlente.
For some weks Havana has been the
mecca for negro leaders from all sec
tions of the Island, who have come to
confer with Senator Morua del Gado.
president of the senate and acknowledged
leader of his race.
The grievance of the negroes is that
thev have not been accorded their share
of offices.
Del Gado has presidential aspirations
and. as his term In the senate will soon
expire, it is likely he wilj demand a
Cabinet position, either that of Secretary
of State or Secretary, of Public Works,
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ALMA BELL EXAMPLE
Girl Shoots Sweetheart, Then
Drinks Acid.
LASS DEAD, MAN IS DYING
Margaret Payne, of West Plains,
Mo., Sympathized With Califor
nia Slayer in Discussing
Case After Reading.
. WEST PLAINS, Mo., Nov. 28. (Special.)
Margaret Payne, a pretty blonde. 20
years old, shot and fatally wounded her
sweetheart. Everett Benn, today, and then
killed herself by drinking carbolic acid.
The man is dying, with two bullet wounds
In his head and another In his body.
"He has ruinea my life. I have shot
him to save others," moaned the girl, with
her last breath.
The couple had been sweethearts for
more than a year, and friends of both
of them thought they would be married
before the end of the year. Benn spent
most of his time with Miss Payne until
about a month ago, when he began to be
seen in the company of another girl. Miss
Payne had been reading the papers, the
account of the trial of Alma Bell, the Au
burn. Cal., girl who shot and killed her
faithless lover. At one time, during a
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discussion of the case. Miss Payne ar
gued in defense of the slayer.
NINE WARSMEN GO ADRIFT
Gunboat's Gig and Whaleboat Are
Swept to Sea by Storm.
COLON, Nov. 28. Nine men are miss
ing from the United States gunboat Mari
etta, which is lying off Port Limon. Costa
Rica. The gunboat today sent out a gen
eral alarm by wireless and a request that
ships in that vicinity keep a lookout for
her s'& and whaleboat.
The gig. manned by a crew of four,
and the whaleboat, with five men aboard,
was carried out to sea In the heavy
weather on Friday night. Nothing has
been seen or heard of cither boat since.
A reward is offered by the commander
of the Marietta for anyone finding the
boats or rescuing the men.
BOY CHAUFFEUR IN WRECK
Three Badly Hurt, Four Slightly,
When Driver Takes Risk.
1X3S AXGEI.ES. Cal.. Nov. 2S.-Three
persons were severely injured and four
others were slightly hurt tonight when
a car on the Downey avenue line crashed
Into an automobile driven by Carl Weber,
14 years old, and containing several other
members of the Weber family.
Miss Agnes Weber. 17 years old, is suf
fering from concussion of the brain.
Others severely injured are Mrs. Fred
Weber and Mrs. C. S. Rossmiller, her
mother. The driver attempted to cross
In front of the car at the bottom of a
heavy grade.
K nubstitute for gutta percha. ehonlte.
celluloW. ainher and other lnmilator. tins
beon invented bv nr. Bakelanrt. president
of the American Rlectro-l'hemtcal hix-lety.
from whom it lakes the name "hakellt.
THAT INSURES
D. C. HEREIN,
Agency Manager.