Morning Oregonian., June 29, 1910, Page 2, Image 2

TIIE MOliXrXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1910.
BERLIN SUIT ECHO
OF POLAR DISPUTE
Francke's Charges That Peary
Compelled Surrender of Tro
phies Heard by Court,
STORY IS DENIED IN TOTO
Cook's Friend Says Commander
Gave to Roosevelt and Taft Pelts
Improperly Obtained Right
of Jurisdiction Is Denied.
BERLIN. June 28. Charges concerning
the disposition of Arctic trophies left by
him at Ktah, which ' Dr. Frederick A.
Cook made a pa Inst Commander Robert
E. Peary during: the height of the con
troversy over the claims of discovery of
the North Pole, were aired in a German
court today when the suit instituted
against Peary by Rudolph Francke was
opened.
Francke, who was associated with Cook
in Polar exploration, demands $10,000 in
satisfaction of prizes of the hunt, which,
he alleges, Peary required him to sur
render in consideration of bringing him
back to America,
The defense sets up a general denial
and further questions the Jurisdiction of
the court on the ground that the de
fendant is an American citizen, having
no domicile in this country. After hear
ing the opening arguments, the court
adjourned to consider the point ot juris
diction. Peary Not at Trlal-
Commander Peary was served with
papers in the suit when he came here
recently to fill lecture engagements. At
that time he said he would be unable to
remain here for the trial and that he
had placed the matter in the hands of
American Ambassador Hill. Subsequent
ly Commander Peary returned to the
United States.
Peary's interests were looked after to
day by Attorney Jablonski, a partner of
Victor Schneider, counsel to the Ameri
can Embassy, while Herr Thiel repre
sented Francke. The latter was present,
but was not called to the wltnesa stand.
The proceedings were before three
judges of the Provincial Court. In open
ing for the plaintiff, Thiel spoke for more
than an hour, going over the whole story
of the equipment of Cook's expedition,
the building of the supply station at
Etah, on the northwest coast of Green
land, the hunting in that vicinity, Cook's
departure toward the Pole, . Francke's
illness, the arrival of Peary and
Francke's return home In the Peary re
lief chip Erik.
Francke Feared Death.
The lawyer asserted that Peary "had
caused the plaintiff to turn over to him
certain blue fox skins, furs and narwhal
tusks as the only condition on which he
would take him from the Arctic, where.
If deserted, he believed he would die.
The attorney argued that the transac
tion was illegal in that it was consum
mated under stress. He said that a pair
of narwhal tusks then given up were
later presented by Peary to Colonel
Roosevelt and somo of the blue fox skins
were given to President "and Mrs. Taft
by Mrs. Peary. Counsel asserted that
the German courts had Jurisdiction in the
matter, because Francke, a German, was
unable to obtain redress in the United
States.
Replying for the defense, Herr Jablon
ski insisted that- the court had no jur
isdiction, for the reason that Peary had
neither property nor home here. "We
consented," he said, "to appear at the
trial only because our absence would
have been construed unfavorably in some
quarters."
Counsel denied the allegations of
Francke from beginning to nd and said
they had the same foundation as did
Cook's assertion that he had been at the
North Pole.
UNIFORM SIGNALS SOUGHT
Railroads Seek Change to Prevent
Confusion by Employes.
CHICAGO. June 28. Uniformity in
sign;'lng is to be adopted on the rail
roads of the United States if plans now
under consideration by the various
railroad operating associations can be
worked out. The question is being
considered by a committee of operat
ing experts, which probably will re
port upon the subject at the Fall meet
ing of the American Railway Associa
tion. The committee is composed of dele
gates from the American Railway As
sociation, the American Railway En
gineering and Maintenance of Way As
sociation, and the Railway Signal As
sociation. It is the opinion of many operating
experts that one position of the sema
phore of a block signal should mean the
same thing on every railroad in the
United States, to prevent confusion
when operating- men go from one road
to another.
CHIEF THOUGHT SUICIDE
Canadian Bureau Head Believed to
Have Jumped in River.
DETROIT, June 28. E. S. Gould
thrite. the missing chief of the Cana
dian Printing Bureau's purchasing de
partment at Ottawa, Ont., is believed
to have committed suicide by leaping
from the steamer Eastern States to
day when the vessel was coming- up
the river on her trip from Buffalo. The
Canadian police had been seeking
Gouldthrite because of Irregularities in
his bureau.
A bloodfatalned shirt was found In
the man's stateroom. This is taken to
Indicate that he had attempted to kill
himself with a knife before he took
the fatal plunge. The missing man's
hat, found on the stern of the vessel,
contained a note stating his body would
be found in the river.
HARBOR WORK TO GO ON
(Continued From First Page.)
. ceive betterments is the Oregon coasl!
In one lump sum $400,000 has been
voted for the Coos, Bay undertaking, of
which $350,000 is for the construction
of a sea-going dredge, of the same type
as the Oregon, now on Puget Sound.
Plans for the digger are to be assem
bled in the East, either at Washing
ton or Philadelphia, and she will be
built there or at San Francisco. Eigh
teen months may be spent In the pre
liminaries and construction, but $50,000
remaining will Insure her operation at
. least for a year.
( Dredge Oregon to Return. '
It is hoped to have the Oregon re
turned shortly, to work, on. tha 003
Bay bar and the entrance of the Co
quille River, but as she was commis
sioned for joint service in Oregon and
Washington, it is possible her work in
the North will not be terminated in
time for her to do much this season
on the coast.
The dredge working in Tillamook Bay
'will be kept going, as $5000 was pro
vided in the bill, and a' small dredge
and snag-puller is provided for Coos
River, with $3000. .The appropriation
will be available every two years. If
the Oregon arrives by September 1,
headway can be made on the Coqullle,
for which $56,000 was granted in the
bill to cover dredging and rock-blasting
and a small amount of snag work,
and a scow will be built at once in
readiness for the actual commencement
of the more important labor.
For the Sluslaw River $50,000 was
appropriated, and the engineers auth
orized to contract for further improve
ments in the sum of $381,000, but a
proi'iso Inserted In that apportionment
makes it necessary that the Secretary
of War first be satisfied that the Port
of Sluslaw can contribute in cash or
work $215,000. In other words, the
Government is willing to form a part
nership with the port and spend $2 for
each $1 the latter disburses on the
project.
SENATOR M'ENERY DIES
LOUISUNA SOLON SUDDENLY
STRICKEN AT HOME.
Leaving "Washington Saturday Even
ing, Legistlator Suffers Attack
of Indigestion.
NEW ORLEANS, June 28. United
States Senator Samuel Douglas Me-
Samnrl Douglas McEnery, United
States Senator From Louisiana!
Who Is Dead.
Enery died at his home here thos morn
ing. Senator McEnery arrived from Wash
ington yesterday morning, suffering
from an attack of indigestion. He was
taken to his home here, where physi
cians were summoned. . The Senator
rallied somewhat after treatment, but
late last night his condition took a
turn for the worse and early this morn
ing he lapsed into unconsciousness and
died shortly before 10 o'clock.
Senator McEnery was in his 74th
year, and his health had not been good
far several years.
He left Washington Saturday even
ing, only a few hours before the ses
sion of Congress closed. He appeared
to be in the best of health. His son.
Dr. McEnery, started for New Orleans
last night on receipt of a telegram say
ing his father was ill. '
The present term of Senator Mc
Enery, which was his third, would not
have expired until March 3, 1915. Dur
ing his service he was known as an
Independent Democrat who voted fre
quently with the Republicans.
This was true particularly In tariff
legislation. Throughout the last two
revisions of the tariff he contended
zealously for the protection of cane
sugar. '
Senator McEnery was willing to make
any concessions to the majority party
in return for favors Bhown to him. At
times his attitude provoked some crit
icisms from his party associates, but
this never swerved him from his inde
pendent courses. .
The fact that he was afTHcted with
almost total, deafness prevented him
from taking an active part in debates.
Governor Jared V. Sanders will suc
ceeu the late Senator McEnery in the
United States Senate,- according to the
party leaders. The Legislature is in
session, and Sanders' election is being
arranged for. Lieutenant-Governor
Lambremont will succeed Sanders.
Chamberlain to Attend Funeral.
WASHINGTON. June 28. Vice Presi
dent Sherman today designated the fol
lowing Senatora'to attend the funeral of
the late Senator McEnery, which is to
be held at New Orleans at 10:30 A. M.
Thursday: Messrs. " Foster, Dolliver,
Bailey. Gamble. Clay, Bradley, Johnston
and Chamberlain.
DIPLOMATS ARE SHIFTED
Prince von Radolln Retires as Ger
mans' Representative at Paris.
BERLIN. June 28. Baron von Kid
erlen Waechter was today appointed
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
succeeding Herr Wilhelm Edler von
Schoen, who is made German Ambassa
dor to France. Prince von Radolln,
who now occupies the Paris post, will
retire to private life.
Dr. August Lentze, Lord Mayor of
Madgeburg, has been nominated as the
successor of Baron von Rheinbaben In
the office of Prussian Minister of State
and Finance. Dr. Lentze is a member
of the Prussian House of Lords.
The president of the Rhine Province,
Baron Von Schorlemer, resigned recently
to become Prussian Minister of Agricul
ture, to succeed Herr Von Arnim-Krie-wen.
The. Frankfurter Zeitung says that
Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hoollweg has
-decided to make no further attempt to
administer hie office in association with
his new colleagues, and that additional
changes, both In the Imperial and the
Prussian ministry, may be expected soon.
Tablet Raised to Free Speech.
MADISON, Wis., June 28. Disappoint
ed because the board of regents of the
University of Wisconsin refused its per
mission to place its free speech memor
ial on University hall or on the campus,
the graduating class of 1910 has decided
to buy a piece of private ground near tne
University campus and erect the re
jected tablet on it. The fund to pur
chase the ground will be raised by sub
scription among the members of the
class. . , .
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BIG FIE IMPOSED
Court Assesses Telephone
Company $175,000.
CASE WILL BE APPEALED
Contract Aiming at Suppression of
Competition, and. in Violation of
Anti-Trust' Laws of the
State Is Charged.
WATER VALLEY, Miss.. June 28.
The Cumberland Telegraph & Tele
phone Company was found guilty yes
terday of violating the state anti-trust
law, and Judge I. -T. Blunt In the
Chancery . Court levied a fine of
$175,000.
The company was charged with en
tering into a contract with the Oxford
Telephone Company in Marshall Coun
ty for the purpose of shutting off com
petition. The case will be appealed.
COMPANY CHARGES BLACKMAIL
Contract Is Usual One, Heretofore
Unquestioned, Says President.
NASHVILLE, June 28. James E. Cald
well, president of tho Cumberland Tele
phone & Telegraph Comapny, issued a
statement here today declaring that the
Water Valley contract was the usual one
made throughout tho country with other
companies desiring traffic arrangements
and that there were 50 other such con
tracts in Mississippi alone, the legality
of which had never been questioned.
He charged that an official of the
Mississippi legal department had offerod
to have this case dropped provided, the
company would "pay a reasonable fee"
to an attorney, who, Mr. Caldwell said,
had some personal cases against tho
company. This attorney wanted $10,000
and no settlement was made, said Mr.
Caldwell.
ANOTHER VERSION IS GIVEN
Ex-State Official Denies $10,000
Was Demanded to Dismiss Suit.
JACKSON, Miss., June 28. J. B. Sterl
ing, ex-Attorney-General of Mississippi,
by whom the anti-trust suit against the
Cumberland- Telegraph & Telephone- Com
pany was Instituted, but who retired
from office several weeks ago, said to
day: "President Caldwell's statement that
$10,000 was demanded for the dismissal
of the case is incorrect."
Mr. Sterling said he suggested a dis
missal of the case if the company, would
agree to abide by the law, pay a small
fine and settle court costs and attorney
fees.
TOWNS HELP FIGHT FIRE
Half Million Dollars Damage Done
Before Paterson Blaze Quenched.
PATERSON, N: J.. June 28. Five hun
dred thousand dollars worth of property
In the business section of Paterson was
destroyed in an early morning Are here
today. No lives were lost but four fire
men had narrow escapes from death
when a heavy wall toppled over close by
the spot where they were stationed. All
of them escaped two however, with seri
ous injuries.
The fire started' a few minutes after
midnight in the show window of a furni
ture store. By the time it had been put
under control, three hours later, it had
swept one side of Main street for an
entire block from Ward to Market
streets. Apparatus from six suburban
towns helped the local Are department
to subdue the blaze.
For a while It was feared that the
flames might cross the streets and re
sult in a repetition of the "great fire" of
1902 when a large section of the city was
destroyed.
OKLAHOMA ASKS LOW RATE
State Files Petition for Reduction in
Berth Prices.
WASHINGTON, June 28. An attack
was made today by the state of Okla
homa on the charges for upper berths
made by the Pullman Company. In a
petition filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission by Charles West, Attorney-General
of Oklahoma, directed
against the Pullman Company and va
rious railroads operating in the West
ern and Southwestern territories, it is
alleged that making the same charge
for an upper berth as a lower is unjust
and discriminatory.
The reductions- sought In the charge
of upper berths vary from 25. per cent
to 33 per cent in the rates from points
In Oklahoma to points in Illinois, Mis
souri, Kansas. Texas, Arkansas and to
Memphis, Tenn.
WILD LEAP GIVES LIBERTY
Prisoner, Jumping Through Train
AVindow, Escapes.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 28. Leaping
from the window of a fast-moving
train on which he was being brought to
San Francisco from Klamath Falls, Or.,
in the custody of a detective, George L.
Price, wanted here to answer a charge
of passing fictitious checks aggregat
ing about $5000, made his escape and
has so far eluded the authorities.
Price, who was secretary of the Cal
lstoga Sanitation Company, escaped
when his operations became known to
the police. He was arrested in Klam
ath Falls last week.
The train had Just passed Anderson,
Shasta County, In the darkness of Sat
urday night, when Price eluded his
guard and Jumped through a window.
No trace of him has been found.
'BACKBONE' NEEDED ASSET
Educators Declare Superintendents
Should Stand by Teachers.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallls, June 28. (Special.) The
second week of the Summer School is
now on and the interest is growing.
Additional enrollment of new students
and new instructors marked the first
day.
The supervision round table was con
ducted by Superintendent Smith, of
Medford, on the topic, "Ethics of Super
vision." While the discussion included
the ethical relations of the superin
tendent with his board and the com
munity in general, as well as with his
teachers, greatest Interested attached
to the last. The superintendent is
often accused of double dealing be
tween the teachers and the board, and
of throwing the responsibility of poli
cies involving discipline upon his sub
ordinates. Considerable heat was displaced in
discussing the charge of cowardice on
the part of superintendents In defend
ing their teachers and supporting them
when carrying out policies laid down
by the superintendents themselves. It
was intimated that failure of superin
tendents was more often due to lack
of character to stand firm and fight
for their rights and those of their
teachers than any other one thing.
Superintendent Rigler began his
series of lectures on supervision, to
conclude with the end of the first term,
July 1. This, with the round table
each day at 4 o'clock, conducted by
some prominent Oregon educator, con
stitutes the course in school supervi
sion. In all there will be 20 formal lec
tures by Superintendents Churchill and
Rigler and ten round tables.
At other hours during the day the
superintendents and principals attend
the lectures and model classes in agri
culture, manual training, cooking,
sewing, primary methods, grammar
grade methods and high school meth
ods. Other courses also given during
this term are public school drawing
and music, vocal culture, piano and
stringed instruments and physical cul
ture. Director E. D. Ressler reports an
average of five to ten applications
daily for enrollment in the second
term, which begins July 5.
2 BROTHERS ARE DROWNED
Searchers for Bodies Think' One
Died Trying to Save Other.
WEISER. Idaho, June 28. (Special.)
Yesterday evening at Midvale, 30 miles
from this city, Nlenvo and Clarence Le
ger, sons of Rev. Theodore Leger, minis
ter of the Baptist Church at that place,
were drowned In the Weiser River. The
boys, aged 17 and 15 years resepectively,
went to the river to bathe and when they
failed to return a search was made for
them and their clothes found on the bank
of the stream. The river was very deep
and swift at the point at which they were
drowned, but immediate search was made
for the bodies. One body was found
late last night, the other was found at
10 A. M. today.
The searchers are of the opinion that
one lad went 0 the assistance of the
other and both were drowned. This ia
the third case of drowning in this section
within a month.
JEALOUS HUSBAND KILLS
Young Farmer Slain While With
Wife of Neighbor.
McMINNVILLE, Or., June 28. Wright
Clark, a young farmer living near
Ballston. was killed yesterday at 2 P. M.
by A. R. Fisher. Clark was caught in a
hophouse with Fisher's wife. Two re
volver shots killed him instantly, one
striking in the head and -one in th?
back. Fisher gave himself up to the
Polk County officers. .
The funeral of Clark will be held here
tomorrow. Clark's wife recently left,
him, alleging cruel treatment, after hav
ing attempted suicide by drowning.
Uniform Rate Upheld.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 28.
The law prohibiting railroads charging
more for hauling freight a short distance
than for a longer distance in the same
direction was upheld by the Supreme
Court today.
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