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i . if 68 v ages VOL. XXVIII. NO. BUILDS SUPPLY BASE AT AiOTOOK Great Preparation Needed for Last Part of Trip. Is ARCTIC SEASONS DESCRIBED Explorer, After Others Turn South, Is Left to Work. With His Eskimos. NORTHERN CHASE IS EXCITING Rich Prize of Narwhal Caught Only After Hard Labor. NATIVES HELP VALIANTLY Pklns, Furs and Food Must Be Got Together to Last Through Hunt ing Season When Expedition Will Be Away Seeking Pole. (Copvrtght. le. by The New York Herald Cnmpanv, Reg tstered In accordance with the coprrliht act. Copyright In Mexico un der the lar of the Kopubllc of Moxico. All rights reserved ) VXOPSIS. OF CHAPTERS PRINTED. In the first Installment of his thrilling; tory. The Conquest of the role." printed. In the Herald of Wednesday. September 15. Pr. Frederick A. Cook told of the start from Gloucester on the Bradley, of the voysge to the polar seas and of the over hauling; en route of the equipment needed for the dash to the Poke. In a graphic man ner the discoverer wrote a story of Eskimo life that never has been excelled for human Interest. He told of the home life, the tragedy and comedy that mingled in the dreary existence of the dwellers In the Arctic, and of the childlike - eagerness of the nativs to trade their valuable furs and Ivories for life simplest tilings of civilization. The yacht, her owner. Mr. John R. Bradley, the vxpiorer. and his party, were pictured In their preliminary work for ttir final dash. Finally, after describing the various places visited in Greenland, In search of .guides, and information as to conditions further north. Ir. Cook wrote of the trip across lnglefleld Gulf, past Cape Auckland and on toward Cape Robertson. Here the dis coverer closed the nrsl part of his nar rative, with Etah and Annotook. the last point of call. looming. In the Icy distance. In the last Installment, Dr. Cook describes ;he voyage to Etah and then on to Anno took. the place of plenty, which he se lected as the base for his dash to the Pole. THIRD INSTALLMENT. THE CONUIEST OF THE POLE. BT DR. FREDERICK A. COOK. (Copyright. !". by tlx -New Tork Herald Companv. Registered In Canada In accord ance with the copyright act. Copyright In Mexico under the laws of t.ie Republic of Mexico. All rights reserved.! With a hasty, farewell to Mr. Bradley and the officers, and encouraged with a cheer from all on board, we left the motherly yacht for our new home and mission. The yacht stood off to avoid drifting Ice and await the return of the motorboat. When we were set ashore, we sat down and watched with saddened eyes the de parture of our friends and the severing of the bond which had held us to the known world of life and happiness. The village of Annotook is placed In a small bay Just inside of Cape Ingletteld. Its population changes much from year to year, according to the known luck of the chase or the amhftion of men to ob tain new bearskin trousers. Scattered about it were 12 sealskin tents, which served as a Summer shelter (Concluded on Page 4 ) ' " ' , " t ales, t.e Mihty Hunter Get. , Fit l ay. ( Nigger In Hui Woodpile Live Wire. 1 Awful Example From , a Prenldent. A Bryan Joke. firework Buy j 0 , i . . : 1 COG IS SLIPPED IN PRESS AGENT PLAN ACTRESS JUMPS IX RIVER, BUT RUBBER UNDERWEAR LEAKS. Heroically Dives for Ioll Iropped by Child, but Gets Wetter Than She Intends. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Sept. 18. (Spe cial.) Mary Quive U really and truly a heroine, .so her press agent says. Charm ing Adelina von Hagan, of "The Climax," playing at a local theater. Jumped right Into tUp chilly waters of the Delaware shortly before noon today and rescued a doll that had been dropped from the Race-street wharf by a little girl. Miss Quive rescued the doll, and In turn ac cepted a life preserver and rope tossed her by the crew of the police boat Edwin S. Stuart, which was near by. There was a lot of excitement when Miss Quive was hauled aboard the police boat. "I heard a child scream,; said Miss Qiilve, "and noticed a number of children at the end of the wharf pointing into the water. When I looked I saw what I be lieved to be a child, and without hesita tion I Jumped In after it, to find It was only a doll. I could have awum out, but the men on the police boat threw me. a rope and hauled me aboard. "The next time I prepare for anything like this I'll be sure the rubber suit un derneath my dress Is watertight," she declared, as she prepared to change her clothes. WORK IS CUT0UT HERE Brougher to Lead Pry Fight Next Year, lie Tells Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept. 18. (Spe cial.) Attorney Mattison B. Jones, a member of the pulpit committee of the Temple Baptist Church, declared today that there is no ill-feeling against Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher. of Portland, for not accepting' the call to the Temple Church, as atated In a local morning paper. "I have' a letter from Dr. Brougher," said Mr. Jones, "in which he quotes a dozen arguments put to him by his congregation and by business men of Portland, as to why he should have remained. "Perhaps the strongest motive for his remaining in Portland was that the prohibition forces have asked him to take the leadership in the 1910 cam paign to make Oregon a dry state, and that the liquor interests drank to his speedy departure when they heard he might accept the Los Angeles call. "The work of selecting a pastor is difficult. The pulpit committee has many names suggested, nu. Is in no-J position to say who Its choice will be. The coming of Dr. P. S. Henson, of Bostonrwlll give us time to look the field over carefully." PAN TANS ARE'TOLD TO GO Mayor Pratt Will Not Tolerate Se cret' Order In Politics. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 18. (Special.) Mayor Pratt today announced that he would snd letters to all city officials who are members of the Pan Tans that they must either resign their jobs or' withdraw from membership in the secret order. Tho officials tinder the Mayor's. Juris diction are Police Court Balift Chester Edwards, son of President A. C. Ed wards, of the Pan Tans: Police Detective Alex. McDonald and Pollc? Justice Mann. MEXICAN FLOODS RAGING Town of Taxapan Submerged and Great Damage Reported. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 18. A Vpecial dis patch from the town of Taxaran, near the port of Tampico, says: The river suddenly rose last night and the western part of the city la Inundated. The water is rising hourly. Reports from outlying ranches are most alarming. Wa ter six feet deep is reported from some sections. Losses to stock and crops will be great. FARM STATION SOUGHT State Needs Site for Making Demon strations In Clark County. VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 18. (Spe cial.) H. W. Sparka, supervisor of the state demonstrations, is here looking for a site to locate a branch demonstrating station, where the state can work out some of its agricultural problems. He hopes to arrange with some farmer, who is located on a good highway, to carry out plans suggested by the state. PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, ' I FAILS TO ITS CASE No Evidence to Show Grain Rates Unjust. HEARING ON FREIGHTS CLOSES Plea Is for Share in Exports at Railroads' Expense. BENEFIT IS NOT PROVED Contention That Ships Should Not Be Compelled to Come Up River Is Not Supported by Any Shipping Men. With the exception of the filing of briefs the Astoria common rate case be fore the Interstate Commerce Commis sion closed yesterday afternoon. There will be no oral argument. During the progress of the trial the testimony covered a wide range of sub jects but Astoria's principal contention as Indicated therein is that that city has the harbor facilities for a large exporta tion business and that there should be a division of grain exportations between Puget Sound ports and Portland with Astoria at the expense of the railroad companies. No Evidence of Injury. While this to demanded as a right, Astoria produced practically no evidence showing that either exporters or pro ducers were Injured by present condi tions. There was some attempt to show that vessels should not be corftpelled to come 100 miles up the Columbia and Wil lamette rivers beyond Astoria for the purpose of loading grain cargoes, but no shipmasters, owners or, charters who were produced to testify said they were Injured by present conditions. There was no attempt made by Astoria to prove that the shipping facilities, such as' docks, warehouses and trackage, were not adequate to handle export grain in Portland or Puget Sound ports and what evidence was introduced tending to show that ships of larger tonnage could load at Astoria than at Portland was contra dicted by testimony offered by experts called by the defendant railroad com panies and the intervenor, the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Two Farmers on Stand. Astoria's attempt to prove that the grain-producer would be benefited by the addition of Astoria as a port of grain ex port was conflrred to the testimony of two farmers, one of whom expressed the opin ion that the creating of additional ports would create new grain buyers and ex porters and give the farmers a more competitive market. The other farmer had the false impression that it was nec essary, on account of the depth of the river channel, for ships to break cargo at Portland and complete the loading from lighters at the mouth of the river. It was declared "yesterday by Judge Reid, of the Northern Pacific, outside of the proceedings, that according to his un derstanding In complaints before the commission with respect to rates, it was essential- that the complainants show some Injury. This, he contended, had not been shown and that the commission would be going out of Its province to pro mulgate rate orders designed to build tip one community at the expense of others. Held Back by Channel. Astoria's, theory of injury seems to be that It has been held back In what would otherwise he a growth as an ex port center by the denial by the rail roads of a rate common to other ports and. as Attorney Murray paradoxically expressed it, by "Portland deepening the channel of the Columbia River and thereby raising a barrier, against Astoria." Astoria In the complaint filed charges that the railroad rates to Astoria are unreasonable per se. In support of this contention very little evidence was offered. J. T. Ross, a merchant, testi fied as to comparative rates from the grain-originating points to Portland and Astoria. He quoted a rate of $5 a ton on hay for 1 naul of 475 miles (Continued on Page, 11.) ASTORIA UPHOLD EVENTS OF CURRENT INTEREST SUPPLY. TEXTS FOR HARRY MURPHY'S CARTOON PEN SOUTHERN GIRLS rWILL OWN AIRSHIP CURZON SISTERS, OF LOS AN GELES, HAVE ASPIRATIONS. Buy Aerial Machine 'From Henri Farman for $8000 and Will Op erate It by Themselves. LOS .AXGBLE9, O.I., Sept. lS.-(Spe-cial.) To be the first women to own and operate an airship this is an ambition of the Misses Allen and Pearl Curzon. The ambition Is so near consummation that the machine, for which they paid S000, Is now on ita way to the United ' States. They flew In it in France with a man aviator and tested it. They expect to receive the machine within a week and it has been entered in the forthcoming tournament in the Northwest. It has also been entered in another tournament to be held shortly In the East. "The machine," said Miss Pearl Curzon, "is the one in which Henri Farnam'made the world's record at Pau, France, 're cently. We saw the victory, and even rode in the machine, but of course we did not operate It" INDEX OF -TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 66 degrees; minimum, 40.9. lODAY'S Cloudy and threatening, with probably occasional light rain; winds shirting to southerly. North Pole. Dr. Cook, In third Installment of his story, tells how he built supply depot at Anno took. Seotion 1. page 1. - Cook reiterates statement that Peary bar tered away his stores. Section 1, Page 4. Peary sets sail on Roosevelt for Sydney. Section 1. page 4. Cook says Peary Is shy evidence and makes only articulate charges. Section 1, page 4. National. Taft spends day In Insurgent' country, where he inquires feelingly for Governor Johnson.. Section 1, page 1. Foreign. Mexican flood sufferers ask world for help. Section 1, page 8. New Zealand to build one Dreadnought and cruiser for England. 6ectlon 2. page 2. Americas new tariff puts French lace makers out of business. Section 1, page 1. Domestic. Ex-Supervisor Gallagher to retire on stolen wealth, safe through statute of limita tions. Section 1, page 5. Colossal Jury-fixing comes to light in Chi cago. Section 1, page 1. Governor Johnson hovers between life and death, but chances improve. Section 1, page 2. Los Angeles girls buy airships and will enter contests. Section 1, page 1. Navy attorney says it's time to call halt in Sutton caae. section 1, page 2. Death stops .transcontinental auto run al most at start. Section 1. page 3. - Senator Bailey raps Bryan's argument for free raw material. Sectlpn. I., page. 7. , Oregon Trunk secures Milwaukee surveyor to run line to San Francisco. Section 1. page 7. Omaha streetcar system tied up completely by strike. Section 1, page S. Pacific Northwest. Finch, Aberdeen's Congressional aspirant, wants caucus of delegates outside Pierce County, Section 1. page 6. Two Pendleton hotel men are arrested, ac cused of conducting blind, pigs. Section 2, page 2. Bishop Smith permits no delay in conference at Cottage Grove. Section 1, page 6. C. F Jones,' sawmill manager near Chehalls, crushed dead by logs. Section 1, page 6. State Fair at Falem closes, and bulk of ex hibits will be shipped to Portland Live stock Show. Section 1. page 7. Polk County wins first prize for display at State Fair. Section 1, page 7. Sports. Ninety fine cups offered for. horse show. Sec tion 4. page 6. Multnomah Club may soon erect new build ing. Section 4. page 6. Portland today bids farewell to Northwest ern League. Section 4. rage 4. Washington University eleven loses six vet eran players. Section 4. page f. Automobile agents are rushed with orders. Section 4. page 5. Northwestern League scores: Portland 0. . Seattle 6; Spokane 4. Vancouver 0; Ta coma 3, Aberdeen .1. Section 1. page 10. Kid Wilbur makes better than 2:10 time on Salem track. Section I, page 10. Oregon and O. A. C. squads ready for work. Section 4. page 4. Advisory coach system winning favor in Eastern colleges. Section 4, page 6. TTiird game of big series won by Philadel phia 2 to 1. Section 1, page 10. Real Estate and Building, 'wilson estate will build ten-story block on Third street. Section 4. page s. Work Is started on 12-story Spalding build ing. Section 4. page 8. W. K. Smith will erect teo.000 warehouse. Section 4. page S. Burnside-street property is sold for $75,000. Section 4. page 0. - Big manufacturing plant w"ll soon be erect ed nere. secuun Announcement of new building projects Is feature of wee Section 4. page 9. Building permits for week below- Summer average. Section 4. page 7. t Portland and Vicinity. Astoria fulls to support Its contention In grain rate case. Section 1. page 1. Mrs. Maddux and Rodman released on bail; indictment expected tomorrow. . Section 2. page 12. Ruth Blckell. 18 years old. commits sui cide at Portland Sanitarium. - Section 2. page 12- Teamster. overcome by smoke in East Side fire, is saved by firemen. Page 10 Dlckerson sentenced to three years in Pen itentiary, section -, iiaK" Mount Hood National Park project .ioflntt stet,'. Section 4. pagi 7. takes Methodists South will dedicate" $75.0iX church next Sunday Section 3. page 10. SEPTEMBER 10, 1909. JURY TAMPERING Cook County Promises . Huge Scandal. THREE WARRANTS ARE ISSUED Trouble Grows Out of McCann Investigation. SYSTEM ROTTEN TO CORE Names of Prominent Men Mentioned In Connection With Fixing of . Venire Developments, It Is Thought, Will Startle State. CHICAGO, Sept. 18. (Special.) A gigantic conspiracy for the "fixing" of grand Juries of Cook County, extend ing back over a year and culminating in the fraudulent certification of names for the October grand jury, was re vealed today, when State's Attorney Wayman secured bench warrants for John J. Holland, secretary of the Cook County Jury Commission; Jury Com missioner Willis J. Rayburn, and Nicholas A. Martin, Alderman Michael Kenna's secretary, on a charge of tampering with jury men. The warrants were issued today by Judge Jesse A. Baldwin, of the Cir cuit Court. The charge against the three is that they conspired to draw names of grand jurors In a manner -other than that required by law. Coming at the height of the trial of Inspector McCann for alleged grafting, the news of the action based on al leged tampering with tho jury lists caused great excitement in legal and political circles. The complaints on which the warrants were issued were drawn up by a special agent of the state's attorney, who has been Investi gating the jury-drawing methods for weeks. 1 Under the state law the names of prospective grand jurors are selected at random from a sealed box contain ing the names of 1500 citizens who have been examined for Jury service by the Jury Commissioners and their fitness certified A similar method Is prescribed for petit Jury lists. Mr. Wayman gave out the following statement: "We propose to throw light on the darkest hole in Cook County and clean out a certain room In the county build ing, known as the Jury commissioners' room, which is so rotten that the peo ple of the state of Illinois will hold their noses when the fumes begin to rise. Wre have been working on this for several months, and when the evi dence is produced there will bev a reformation in the manner of selecting juries of Cook County. "When you stop to consider that within the last three months we have called into the jury box in Cook Coun ty, in the trial of important original cases, ex-convicts, men under indict ment, saloon bums and men selected for the particular purpose of having them get on the jury in order to ac quit the defendants; when you stop to consider that the biggest fight in the trial of a criminal case in Cook Coun ty is to get a decent jury, you will realize the magnitude of. the action just taken." Rayburn was the first of the three namei in the warrants to be brought to the Criminal Court Clerk's office. He was released on bondj The significance of the arrest of Martin is bringing Into the conspiracy charges the name of Alderman Kenna. The. political connection of this fact and the investigations being conducted by the State's Attorney is the most important phase of the disclosures. It is said that the investigation will show how prominent politicians of the city "fixed" the grand jury so ef fectively that it would have been im possible to secure indictments, had cases been started against these back ers. McCann Denies All Gambling. CHICAGO, Sept. 18. Police Inspector McCann, charged with "grafting" re sumed the stand in his own behalf at t Concluded on Page 2.1 FOUND IN CHICAGO NEW DUTIES. PUT CRIMPS IN LACES FRENCH MANUFACTURERS ARE HARD HIT BY TARIFF. Makers or Flimsy Materials Used by American Women Forced Out of Business. PARIS, Sept. IS. - (Special.) What France thinks of America's new tar iff schedule is being evidenced in no uncertain fashion these days, and the at titude of French nftnufacturers generally is correctly expressed by lace and tulle makers of Calais, which has thrived for generations on its filmy products. . with the women of the United States its best customers. As a direct result of the "0 per cent tar iff on laces and tulles, which the recently adopted tariff law of the United States has marked up on this class' of manufac tures, Calais is threatened with the loss of many inhabitants. Former great prosperity of this city has dwindled almost to the vanishing point. Conditions have finally become so aggravated that long-established business men are abandoning their establishments and moving away, from the city. Feel ing runs high In Calais against employers. 660 BOXES PEARS; $1485 I'mpqua Valley Shipment Brings Highest Price of Season to Date. ROSEBCRG, Or., Sept. 18. (Special.) - With a banner 25 feet long, bearing the words "Umpqua Valley Pears, shipped by the W. C. Harding Land Company," a carload of D'Anjou and Clargeau pears left Roseburg yester day for New Tork City. The fruit was raised by Dr. George A. Bradburn, on his Edenbower orchard. The shipment comprised 660 boxes, for which Mr. Bradburn received $1485, or $2.25 per box. So far as known this is the highest price ever paid - the grower for 'Umpqua Valley pears, and higher than Rogue River Valley is'said to have received so far this season. WOMAN HELD FOR MURDER Suspected of Giving Arsenic to Hus band and Loving Another. UTICA, N. Y., Sept. 18. Mis. Peter Marotta, the American wife of a pros perous Italian, was arrested in Sidney today at the direction of the Coroner, charged with the murder of her hus band. He died suddenly from arsenical poisoning. The authorities allege she had, through messengers, purchased arsenic at a local drugstore and that she had been exchanging love letters with a man in town. FILIBUSTERING HIS OBJECT Guatemalan on Way to Organize Ex pedition From Coast, s MEXICO CITT, Sept. 18. Ostensibly bound for San Francisco, Cal., to see his brother, but, as he admitted, probably for the purpose of organizing a filibus tering expedition against President Es trada Cabrara, of Guatemala, Juan Mora rales dp Leon, of Guatemala, is now en route for the Pacific Coast. Mr. Morales is accompanied by William Leshser, an American resident of Guate mala. V PINCHOT CATCHES BIG FISH Lands 180-Pound Monster and Will Leave Clemente Today. AVALON, Cal., Sept. 18. (Via Wire less to Los Angeles.) Chief Forester Pln chot caught a swordflsh weighing ISO pounds at San Clemente today. For over two hours the fish fought the angler. It was 7 feet 9 Inches In length. Plnchot will leave Clemente Sunday and will arrive here early Monday. In the party also are ex-Governor Pardee and C. F. Holder, the author. HAS SHOULDER BROKEN Brigadier-General Fnnston Falls on Sidewalk. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Sept. 18. Brigadier-General Frederick , Funston, Com mandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, suffered a severe frac. ture of the right shoulder last night when he stumbled and fell on an uneven con crete walk while returning to his quarters. PRICE FIVE CENTS. INSURGENTS' LAND TO TAFT Greeting Tempered by Governor's Illness. PRESIDENT PRAISES JOHNSON Declares One Day He May Ba CJiosen Executive. TARIFF NOT MENTIONED Good Feeling Toward Nation's Head Exhibited Everywhere In Welcome by Entertainment, Flags, Sa lutes, Showing of Good Will. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 18. President Taft came to the Twin Cities of Minne sota today and, with the shadow of death hanging over the Governor of the state, received a cordial, but not a demonstrative welcome. The critical Illness of Governor Johnson, probably the most popular executive Minnesota ever has known, entered deeply - into the spirit c- the day, and dreaded eventualities threat ened for a time during the morning seriously to curtain the programme of entertainment both here and in St. Paul. Anxious About Johnson. The President fulfilled the pro gramme outlined for his reception, but at every pause In the rushing from place to place he made anxious in quiries as to the latest word from the bedside of the Governor, whose life hung in the balance at St. Mary's Host pital in the little city of Rochester. President Taft was deeply affected to receive a personal greeting from Governor Johnson. The compliment was so unexpected under the circum stances and coming by dictation from the lips of a man who was reported at the time as having but the frailest chance for life, it called out an imme diate response from Mr. Taft, filled with expressions of sympathetic con cern and fervent hope for a speedy re'?aery. High Tribute to Governor. At his Auditorium speech in St. Paul, the President called out prolonged ap plause and cheering when he declared of Governor Johnson: , "I unite with you in a fervent prayer that the Governor may be spared to you and to the country. With his ability, his courage, his great common sense, he cannot be lost. He is too valuable, not alone to the people of this state, but to the people of the Nation, who doubtless will Insist some time that he shall serve thru." President Taft also aroused much en thusiasm with his audience during the day with his many happy references to the civic virtues of the neighbor ing cities, declaring them to be so much alike that they should combine as one city, with a borough of Minne apolis and a borough of St. Paul. Bay Begins at 8 o'clock. The President, arriving In Minneap olis shortly before 8 A. M., began his day with a breakfast at the Minneap olis Club, where he Is quartered dur ing his stay hero until tomrorow night, as the guest of the reception commit tee of the Twin Cljies. Next there was an automobile rids around the lake shore, drlvea to the Soldiers' Home, where the President re viewed a double line of blue-uniformed veterans, and then proceeded to Fort Snelling, where there was a review of the troops stationed there, and a brief reception at the Officers' Club. Aa the President's party entered the res ervation, the Chief Executive was met by a troop of cavalry and a salute of 21 guns was fired. Luncheon in St. Paul. The party then crossed the river Into St. Paul and after a brief stop at the Town an'd Country Club motored direct into the city, where the President was entertained at a luncheon served on the stage of the St. Paul Auditorium. When the luncheon had been concluded, the temporary partitions separating the fConclurted on Page 2.) CORDIAL i - itiiim.ju.m i """" s ja is. ja i a ja. i J J JXSJ J. J pj