THE SUNDAY OREG0XIAT. PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 5, 1909. Portlander, a Member of Dr. Cook's Grew in 1894, Recounts Ill-Fated Expedition William H. Wendell, Steward With TamouB Explorer, Tells of Wreck of Miranda "His Fortitude and Integrity Are Eewarded," Says He of Discoverer of North Pole. IT WAS with no little coneern that William Henry Wendell, now a elt- lien of Portland, but formerly a wanderer and foolhardy adventurer In many lands, heard of Dr. Frederick A. Cook's discovery 'of the North Poie. Although 15 years have elasped alnca Wendell accompanied Dr. Cook In an attempt to reach the world's roof. Wen dell's experiences In 1894 with the now successful explorer, have left many ' vivid, memories. 1 Wendell left his home unceremonious ly In Hamburg-. Germany, when It years (old. He has since traversed every coun t try under the sun. August 26. 1894. flnd- ing him with Dr. Cook on the deck -of (the Ill-fated Miranda off the west coast of Greenland Handicapped by the- loss of a diary, ' In which he kept a log of the voyagre, Wendell recalled Dr. Cook's expedition aa best ha could from memory. "1 left my bom when I was not quit If years of are," said Wendell. I "I went to Chicago, where I lived for several years. I worked In stores about the city and at the time I heard or Dr. Cook's proposed, trip to the Far North I waa in the wholesale grocery bsi ; neas for myself on a small seal In . Chicago. I was quit taken with Dr. . Cook's dash for the pole. The more J 1 thought the more solicitous I was for t the adventure. One day. on the Impulse of the moment. 'I determined to Join I Dr. Cook and als party. A few weeks later I was in New York and In Jess than a week after my arrival I had : sought out Dr. Cook and his home in ! Brooklyn. I told him of my desire to Join the expedition. He scrutinized me i closely and told me to call the follow ins; day. It was much elated the next day when Dr. Cook took me Into service as a steward. "It was the latter part of July when the Miranda, the ship selected by Dr. Cook from the Red Cross Line to make t the dash, steamed into New Tork har ! bor from Kingston. Jamaica with a ! load of coffee. When, the vessel had been unloaded the craft was turned i over to Dr. Cook. We immediately be- ran preparations for the Journey. After loading the supplies aboard and while waiting the signal to cut our moor ings from Pier No. 6 In North River, I saw the first omen of the disastrous voyage that was ahead. I never had been superstitious nor am I now. but when I heard an old sailor call loudly to me from .the pier while I leaned over the railing watching the curious throngs below, I saw him pointing ex citedly to the towllnes fast to the pier. Rats were scurrying on the hawsers in rapid flight from the Miranda. " 'Get off of that ship, boy,' yelled the old salt. 'I've been on the water 4" years and I know what it means when rats leave a ship." "Scarcely a day passed after we pulled out of New Tork and ploughed the sea northward that I did not recall the old sailor's warning. "The Miranada was a steel vessel and carried a crew of 47. Including stu- dents, under the command of Captain , Farrell. We passed an uneventful voy age through the North Atlantic, and reached St. Johns, Newfoundland, early in August. After a brief stop we cruised .long the coast of Labrador. Two days out from St. Johns we experienced our first real sensation. Although a heavy fog hung over the sen, we kept gotng at full steam, and after passing through the straits of Belle Isle we crashed into a huge iceberg. Fortunately we truck the ice a glancing blow and did no material damage to the Miranda be yond stoving her bow six feet above the waterline. "The Miranda was equipped with water-tight compartments In the Imme diate vicinity of the six-foot hole. These compartments filled rapidly. The result was. we were compelled to re turn to Henley Harbor, on the Labrador coast, for temporary repairs. We were much surprised to find that, to proceed after the repairs had been made, it waa necessary for us to return to our original starting-point, St. Johns, New foundland. Over a week elapsed before the Miranda was placed In seagoing hape. Instead of retracing our course through the Northern waters. Dr. Cook decided, upon leaving St. Johns, to cross the North Atlarrtic diagonally and strike the west coast of Greenland. After several days' sailing we sighted . Cape Farewell, the southernmost point of Greenland, the morning of August 6, 184. It tok us several hours to pass Cape Farewell, after which Dr. CooV directed the course directly north along the west coast of Greenland. We touched Sugar Toppen harbor, a Danish colony well up the. coast After a brief sojourn here. In which we bartered with the natives, we again resumed our course northward. It m-as the intention of Dr. Cook to locate Lieutenant (now Commodore) Peary, who was at this time Wintering at Melville Bay, several hundred miles north of Sugar Toppen. After four days' aalllng we arrived at the Disco Islands and moored In a small harbor. Aj we were towed out to sea, a few hours later, tne Danish pilot we . had aboard cautioned the pilot of the ' Miranda to beware of the deceptive rocks which abounded on the west coast and were not marked on the charts. W had gone a league after the Danish pilot left us when the Miranda encoun tered a heavy sea. Then occurred the accident which was directly responsible ' for the abandonment of the expedition by Dr. Cook. Our pilot stood gallantly by the wheel and battled for hours with the heavy sea. Without a mo ment's warning, the Miranda crashed into a hidden rock 15 feet below the sur face. The sea battered her hull un mercifully and the bottom was stove both fore and aft- Fortunately for all aboard, the precaution had been taken to equip our craft with a double bottom. This fact alone saved us from the rag ing sea. With the assistance of steam pumps, which we kept working night and day in the hold, we succeeded In keeping even with the rush of water and eventually returned safely to the ' small harbor from which wo started. "After seeking the shelter of the har bor Dr. Cook called a conference of the 1 crew and all aboard. He summoned volunteers to accompany him in a life boat to Holstenberg. the furthermost northern civilized Danish colony on the 'Greenland coast, with the hope of find ing an American fishing schooner for ' relief. "For ten long days and nlghta we I ipKUWI'a Oil IDA VK 4-' ' - wu Tale students, two sailors and two oth fers who accompanied htm. It seemed an age before the fishing schooner Re gal, of Gloucester, Mass.. under com mand of Captain Dixon, with Dr. Cook and his volunteers, sailed Into the little harbor. Another conference was held and it was agreed that the Regal would take aboard all who wished to forsake the Miranda. After we repaired the Miranda to such an extent that we hoped to be able to take the Regal in tow. Captain Dixon charged Dr. Cook $4000 for picking him up. We floun dered about in a mad sea for several days, unable to make any headway in our hope to return to Newfoundland. "The Regal was a small schooner of J00 tons, and at 1.e time was loaded with fish, besides carrying a crew of JT Nova fcotia fishermen. It was found tto be absolutely impossible to make in headway. o tne commanding oi- flcer agreed to take all the crew save laU-sWd la Ptftew fit W Auraaaa j BROOKLYN, -ft1" 4 li iH .am Portlander. Wan Accompanied Dr, Cook la 1NM Expedition, and Credential Given Him by Explorer. and huddle them Into the little schoon er. We had lagged along a day after the transfer was made to the Regal in lifeboats. Late in the afternoon of the second day a i-.eavy sea began rolling. At o'clock that night the atorm In creased and the waves rolled mountain high. For hours- we faced death. "A code of signals was agreed upon between the captains. Threee blasts of the Miranda's whistle was the signal for thpse aboard the Regal to cut the hawsers. About midnight I was aroused by the shrill blasts of the Miranda's whistle th signal to out the lines. An instant later a deck . hand, frantic with fright, dashed Into my ' bunk room and pleaded for me to go on deck.- I made my way to the upper deck and with the utmoBt difficulty saved Vnyself from being swept over board by the high sea. The Miranda was sinking. It took but a tew moments to assemble all on board and, while the storm raged and the sea lashed heavily against her we pre pared to forsake the Miranda for al time. After placing our French cook, who waa about 60 years of age. In a lifeboat while It still swung on the davits, we all made a hasty departure, leaving everything behind save a blan ket or two we took from our bunks. It was an hour before the last man. Captain Farrell. swung out from the PORTLAND GIRL WITH wnfHW'tuw'iii jj mtssi .. ji.sm i ; r E t f 1 11 i . . , . ' ' . ! 11 Miss Diamond Donner, a well-known Portland girl. Is making; her debut in grand opera with the. International Grand Opera Company, which appears In Portland this week. Miss Donner is a graduate of the Portland Academy and .Wellesley College. She made her debut In comic opera with the "Prince of Pllsen" company. Four years ago she appeared In Portland'as one of the principals In "The Billionaire"-company. While in Portland Miss Donner will be the guest of her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Halght. of lit Beach street XX, yfy: ' V i$9 V' Miranda's port side and succeeded in dropping Into a lifeboat. We were eventually taken aboard the fishing schooner and about -daylight. Just as a heavy fog was settling over the abandoned ship, we caught the last glimpses of the Miranda as she sank slowly and gradually from our sight with all our belongings. To this day It Is a mystery Just at what point the little coffee boat rests in the-bottom of the North Atlantlo sea. "After 18 days aboard the Regal, dur ing which we existed entirely on fieri, we reached Punch Bowl harbor, wner we secured a fresl) supply x wate: From Punch Bowl harbor we sailed Eidnev. ape Breton, King Edward Islands. Here we abandoned the Regal and those of us able took our departu for the United States.. Or-. Cook, wl several others of the crew and myse took passage on the coasting steame GRAND OPERA COMPANY. '. (.-tf - V , .. Si X 1 X.jejt. St. Pierre at Sidney and went to Hali fax, whera we, boarded the Portia,. the Bister ship of the Miranda-, We were bound for New York aboard the Portia under full' steam when, near Vineyard Sound, one day out from New York, the Portia cut a three-maated coaling schooner completely In two. The en tire crew save one was lost. We final ly arrived in New York, where Dr. Cook furnished me with credentials of my service with him.". Wendell la loud in his praise at Dr. Cook, and Insists the Arctic explorer has found. the .North Polo without any doubt. "All" the ridicule by Peary's wife and other Interested in Arctic expeditions against Dr. Cook arises from down right Jealousy," said Wendell. "Unless Dr; Cook accomplished what he did you would have never heard from him. He is too honest a man to attempt decep tion..' His determination and -integrity hava won the battle for him," Wendell .. Uvea at . 567 . E&t Stark street and is employed at apranger's. Arcade' at North Sixth and Couch streets, "No more adventures for me," he said. "I'took my last adventure when I came West from New York and set tled in Portland a year ago. I've seen the whOI world, but Portland for me, Mrs. Wendell and the baby from now on." - ' ' COOKING TO BE TAUGHT W. C. A. ADDS COURSES IX . DOSfESHC SCIENCE, . Association Decides to Take tp New Work, Beginning Early in October. ' The Young Women's Christian Asso ciation having long recognised the need of a permanent department of domestic science in Portland has decided to offer an Interesting and . instructive course in that branch. , The Association is , fitting tin. two very attractive rooms' for the work, putting In splendid equipment, and will onen the Jiew department uctooer The general cooking course consists of three terms, one lesson or tnree nours being given weekly. Each course is complete in itself and must be taken up in regular order.. An outline of , the course follows: First Courses-Instruction Is given in the food principles with the cooking of simple foods: which fully Illustrate the principles beverages, cereals, vegetables, soups, meata, biscuit bread, etc. . Second Course The same outline is fol lowed as in the first course but .-more complicated diehes . are prepared as croquettes, salads, pastry, :desserts, etc. . Third Course Consists of more ad vanced work in cooking, canning and nrpxprvfnr ' nfa milntf of menus. Drebar- lng and serving plain and more elaborate meala A- course' lrt invalid cooking will- Be given also, if a sufficient number of per sons apply: This s designed for those who wish to acquire a practical knowl edge of cooking for the sick. - The In struction ia given by individual and group methods. , Both day and evening classes have been formed. There are two terms tn the year, be ginning October and February. The schedule. of, cooking classes follows: . MORNING CLASSES, Tuesday, 9:30 A. 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L Henry Jenning &' The Home Good Furniture Wynoochee River at the suggestion of the Council, will recommend that the city secure the right of. way ' to the Wynoochee Canyon as a base of sup ply for a future water source. He says that some obstancles must be overcome, at considerable cost, but eventually the water supply to the city must come from the Wynoochee. While' suggesting that the right of way be secured now, he thinks that the building of the plant, at the present time would be too . expensive for the city to undertake. : , , . . Mayor- Benn, following out his ante election, promise togive the city a Jl minimum water rate,, has recommended this, figure to the Council.. An ordi nance f-ixlng trie minimum rate at $1 has been Introduced In' the Council and will pass, yhe present minimum rate ia 1.60. I i . . Crude Oil Kills Many Fish. 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William A- Stein, the retired merchant, who shot and killed Edward L. Uvermore, prop erty man at the Princess Theater, during a quarrel yesterday, appeared in Police Court today. Stein reiterated his story that he shot Wvermore in self-defense when the latter went to Stein's house to get some of his personal effects. He-asserts that Livermore attacked him u -a Logger Mangled by Tree. TILLAMOOK, Or., Sept 4. Lee Mc Fall, about 20 years of age, was killed this morning in Whltehouse's logging Sheman ifflaj & Co OPPOSITE that makes or unmakes a piano that has won fame for the Piano The matchless tone of the Steinway is the result of all that has been done in four suc cessive generations of unfalter ing fidelity to a high ideal. It is the unequaled creative genius and mechanical skill of the Steinways that have made the Steinway the standard of piano comparison. 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Ind., Sept. 4. The ln ceadiary who has been starting a num ber of fires here continued his work last night, and seven more stables were de stroyed, making a total of 34 for the , week. The police have no clew. POSTOFFICE