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TCSTEUIUr WAS
VOL. VIII. NO. 240.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1909. TWENTY PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
OV TAia iig Krwi
stands rm ciMti
AYS COOK
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Declares Dunkle and Loose Were in Plot
to Discredit Cook and Obtain Money ;
DANES SAY CHARGES FALSE
. ; , (United Press Leased Wire.)
. , Copenhagen, Dec -10. That' the 'committee from' the faculty of the Univer
sity of Copenhagen, which will examine the polar records of Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
does not consider seriously the charges of fraud brought against the explorer by
Captain August Wedel Loose and George H. Dunkle of New York, was the declara
tion tbday of Professor Ellis Stromgren,'its president.
Before he left-Denmark for America, Professor Stromgren stated, Cook dis
cussed with a number' of Danish scienfists tne very things upon which the charges
were based. - According to the professor, Cook easily convinced his interrogators of
his competency and exhibited a thorough knowledge Qf the points of which his
detractors accused him of bejng ignorant.
CHANGES IN
HARRIW
OFFICES
HOW SUGAR TRUST BEAT UNCLE SAM
It. B. Miller Becomes Traffic
JIanager of 0. R. & N. and
Southern Pacific Lines in
Oregon Other Promo
tions Announced.
3U
MYSTERIOUS LETTER
THAT WAS SUPPRESSED
BY DOCTOR'S ENEMIES
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York. Dec. 10. Dillon Wallace, the Labrador explorer,
who organized an expedition a year ago for the purpose of search
ing for Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who had not then returned from the
far north, today came strongly to tne aeiense oi me orooKiyn ex
plorer and declared the affidavits of George H. Dunkle and Captain
August W. Loose were parts oi a plot to discredit ook.
"Dunkle came to me and tried to eet me to introduce him to Dr,
Cook." said Wallace today. "I refused." I had no confidence in
him hor in anv scheme he mieht have. He called on me last March
when I was organizing the relief expedition, and told me he was
one of the "best promoters alive.
Could Raise Any Amount.
"He declared he could raise any amount we wanted if we would
give him half of the money he collected. -
"I believe he entered this, deal. atJthe suggestion of others
and ' that' WrwS.tC.i plan to discredit the first man who
reached the Pole.
Wallace insisted thkt Cook certainly reached the Pole. He
alleged that before Peary started on his last trip to the Arctic re
gions he left behind him, "with a group of men who for many years
, have gleaned recognition through association with him" a letter
' designed to be made public if Cook should return while Peary was
away and claim that he had discovered the Pole. Wallace said
this letter was designed to announce that Cook's claim was a "gold
brick." . . ' '
Wallace asserted that the letter was about to be made public
when Cook was first heard from, but finally it was decided it would
help rather than retard recognition of Cook's claims.
.Alleges McKinley Plot.
Wallace alleged that a plot now existed to send an expedition
left at the summit by Dr. Cook.
Calling attention to the fact that Cook had been on eight sep
arate Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, Wallace stated that he was
"scientifically qualified to. make records 'showing trulywhere he
had been.
Wallace declared that according to Cook's description, the ice
about the Pole was different from that ever seen by any other man
Previously and that this description was confirmed by Commander
'eary's own story. ,For this reason, Wallace says, Cook must have
gone to the Pole, as no man could have guessed so accurately
MAYOR sua
DEFIES THE
PUBLIC
BBS CASE SAYS PEOPLE ARE LEFT
SHE'LL WED BEAM OUT ll THE COLD
Her Mother's Denials Don't Aid rich and Cannon Will
Count Never Engaged
to Claus Spreckels.
San Francisco, Dee. 10. In spits of
her mother's vehement denials. Mlsi
Mary Adele Case of Portland, the young
.American singer, whose engagement to
Claus Spreckels Jr. was rumored re
cently, reaffirmed today her betrothal
to Willard Met calf Beam of this city.
Protect Privileges, Says
La Follette.
(United Press Loosed Win.
Madison. Wis.. Dec. 10. "Shall tha
will of tha special Interests continue
to prevail In national legislation or
shall it be the will of the people r
This question Is asked Speaker Can
Mayor Simon demonstrated his opin
ion of the referendum In no uncertain
manner today when he signed an ordi
nance passed by the city council Wed
nesday, which among other things levies
tax on free delivery wagons. One of
the leading merchants of the city char
acterised the action of the mayor and
council today as "rotten" and outrageous.
'Things have come" to a" pretty pass,"
said thfs merchant, "when a select
coterie of politicians can thus trample
on the rights of a majority of the elec
torate, their creators. This same old
ordinance was passed once before by
the council and the people of Portland
showed that they did not approve of its
provision when they nullified it. by ln-
oklng the referendum and voting to re
peal it. '
"The city council, disregarding the
voice of the great majority of municipal
voters and to please certain special In
terests Immediately set about to ac
complish by trickery what they could
not in the open.
Short On Vote.
"An ordinance licensing free delivery
vehicles was introduced in the council
and it failed to pass with the emer
gency clause attached because It fell
short one vote. The city attorney's
PnlontJ&pwjjy.e.r. ... sayaatUae.MaM-.
nance Is nevertheless effective after 80
days. No construction of the law could
be more erroneous.
"Before the SO days were up the sup
porters of the measure learned that tha
referendum was to be Invoked a sec
ond time on it. ,They then, at the ses
sion last Wednesday, had the same ordi
nance with a few minor changes Intro
duced and with an emergency clause
attached. Advocates of the ordinance
had so worded it that it repealed tho
one passed November 24 by the aid of
the city attorney's opinion.
"This time the ordinance was passed
with the emergency clause appended.
thus making 1J effective Immediately
upon Its signature by the mayor and
preventing the invocation of the ref
erendum. The mayor and 3 2 men mads
laughing stock of the people and the
referendum."
By signing the ordinance today. Mayor
Simon put It into immediate effect, and
free delivery wagons are now subject
to taxation. The tax provided for this
class of vehicles is $3 a year for
vehjcles drawn by two horses, and 11.50
for those drawn by one horse.
City Auditor Barbur said today that
he would not proceed to collect the tax
f free delivery wagons until th first
of next year, but he would then take
teps to enforce the new law.
Changes in the traffic department of
the Harrlman lines In the northwest,
which have been under consideration
ever since Mr. Harrlman s last sick
ness took a turn that he knew ended
his active management of his lines,
were announced officially this morning.
They are:
R. B. Miller, general freight agent
of the O. R. & N. and the Harrlman
lines in Oregon, becomes traffic man
ager of the O. R. & N. and Southern
Pacific lines In Oregon and the Ore
gon & Washington, effective January 1,
1910.
Comas Succeeds Killer.
Wilbur E. Coman, first assistant gen
eral freight agent of the O. R. & N.
and the Southern Pacific lines in Ore
gon becomes general freight agent of
those lines, succeeding Mr. Miller.
William D. Skinner, second assistant
freight agent of the O. R. & N. and
the Southern Pacific lines In Oregon
Decomes general freight and passenger
agent, of the Oregon & Washington,
with headquarters In Seattle.
F. W. Robinson becomes assistant
general freight agent of tho lines in
Oregon, succeeding Mr. Coman.
Will Xssue Circulars.
Circulars signed by Traffic Director
C. K Stubbs, Traffic Manager R. B.
Miller and General Freight Agent W.
ta. woman, announcing tne above ap
pointments wni .be issued tomorrow. All
of the appointments become effective
January 1, coincident with the opera
tion of the Oregon & Washington be-
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(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
GIRL
Em
ES
LACKIIL
CI
18-Year-01d Dollie
Confesses to Havin
Party to Plot to 1
Grants Pass Boy; Impli
cates Admirer.
McKee
f Been
id nap
I have heard." said Miss Case, "that non U11 Senator Aldrtch In today's issue
my mother frowned at the report of
my engagement to Mr. Beam, but, nev
erthetese, the -report Is well TounBed.
and 1 feel sure that my mother's wishes
in tha matter are. In accord with - my
own.
"At any rate, I am of age. and I am
folng to be married. Quits naturally. 1
snail marry whom I please.
. Whftt"k-d It ! would marry Beam
should her mother forbid it, she re-
' plied. In the voice thai recently caused
the European musical critics to writs
rs or complimentary notices: .
- "As I said before, t hsrs hopes that
my engement to Mr. Beam will be in
ntfra x-orJnce . with my mother's
wri and pleaa-ura." 4
IflM Ca denied tpst she rrer had
tm engaged to f preckeli
of 8enator La Follette's Weekly.
Declaring that Aldrlch and Cannon
are the bosses pf the national legisla
tors and that nothing can be dons
Ithout their sanction, I.a Folletts
says: .
We need only look as far back as
the tariff session to see what kind of
legislation will receive the approval of
AldMclt we need only to recall Can
non's recent speeches In the middle
west to tell where he stands.
'Any bill which threatens privileges;
that Is not framed ; on the theory of
tha divine right of Uia dollar to ruto;
that In drawn with cars to protect
the noblle Interest any such bill wiU
find a quiet bat speady Interment In
tha borlal around that already holds
many of Its kind."
WATERWAY LIEU
(I
ILLK
XrJ?mn!,f ChUdrm Prriah In Flarocs pBffrr.tlr, to Ambush tor Asqnttb.
Concordia. Mo, Dec. 1 Hemmed In I . . .
by flames that enveloped tha windows t rCj. 77 4T
w discovered today hiding la Albert
hall, where Premier -Asq tilth la scbej-
aled to apeak tonlgbL It Is believed
thy had rlanned to make a demon
stration when the premier moaated tha
metruai. Tt, vera en were taken la
char hy 1 h r'lce. and eorted from
IM hall.. -ks4 rtjsrd Will ba keti
M blocked tha stairway. Mrs. Frank
J licks and her four children w
barnad ta death la a flra that d
"trred thefr Irrai at Wayne., is miles
rortbeart eT this oltr. shortly after
n.Wlnlrfct. - The cHJldren. two bcrs-and
two girls. wh ranred from 1
ta 1 yr, wr atr in the rTv
story cif tha hnus. Tha rWn af
a erwrte !1 steta Is ir-a l haTjrn th- tmlMfrjjt.vr.trht tf pre rent tke
caused flra. ( . Jetkrbers trot a reluming.
Fifty Per Year for 11 Years
Is the Demand Con
vention Adjourns.
(Special IHmetch to The Joarnal.i
Grants Pass. Or., Dec 10. Mystery
no Honger cloaks the blachmall plot
against A. N. Parsons, a prominent
realty dealer of this city, who waa of
fered In any anonymous letter the al
ternatlve of giving up $1000 In cash or
losing his young son to kidnapers, who
would main him for life by gouging out
his eyes and cutting, off his arms.
Eighteen-year-old Dollle McKee th)
morning confessed to the prosecuting
attorney that, under the guidance of
Nat Law, one of her admirers, she had
written the blackmail letter to Parsons,
Law and the girl were arrested laat
night. They had been under suspicion
for some time. Miss McKee broke down
when confronted, by detectives and of
fice rs.
The plot to kidnap the young son of
Parsons was first planned by Law. ac
cording to Dollla McKee's confession
The young woman - was pursuaded to
enter Into the scheme and she assisted
In writing the letter demanding $1000
from A. N. Parsons. It was stipulated
that he deposit tha amount by tonight
at the latest under a tree In QranltaHlU
cemetery.
Law and Dollle McKee will he given
their preliminary hearing today.
HAVE BEKX REVISED
trotted Pms Leased Wire.)
Washington, Deo. 16. After adopt
ing rolutlon. urging the necessity of DOCKAGE CHARGES
esiaoiianing a rederai department of
public works, and instituting a legis
lative program for waterways Improve
ments by congress. " embracing tha an
nual expandltara for 11 years af $50,000-
606, tha livers and harbors coegraas)
adjourned today sine die. Tha former
officers of tha congress were reelected.
Ttains Isolate Coot Hay. '
flaerUI Dlnietr to TW I.t.I.
Marakfleld. Or, Dec 16. Continued
rains have caased freshets la tha rtvr
and fbJT communication Is act off be
cause af high water. There will jrob
ably be Be trains out of hero after
today.
! titer" to Th lmL
Vancouver, Wash.. Dec I. The
proprietors ef the Jessie Harklns Trans
portation cofbpaay'arpeared before the
hoard of county commissioners yester.
day and asked that the dockage charre
at Fisher's tending be revised. Tha
dork thera Is owned by the Wemtem
Tall and Transportation company and
a toll af SI la cnada for each landing
and tt cnts for each packara delivered.
Tha dock tendln ta in tne street at
that point, and therefore andr tha re ra
in t irm of the rovety emmnslBsVmerm, TH
rotes were fixed at II par smith tm
land'og, with a toll of ?i rents per ton
fmst and I ects per fcs i
liverwd. . j
(I'olted PM Leed Wire.
Spokane, W'asU., Doc. .10. Believing
that the whole' Socialistic and Industrial
Workers movement' is imperiled by the
conviction of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn,
national organizer of the Industrial
Workers of the World, charged with
conspiracy to incite violation of the or
dinances of Spokane, Clarence Darrow,
the Chicago lawyer, who successfully
defended Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
at Boise when they were charged with
tha murder of Governor Steunenberg, i
was asked by telegram today to come
at once to this city in defense of the
imprisoned Industrial workers. The be
lief is general here that Darrow will
leave Immediately for Spokane.
Tha Jury in the case of Miss Flynn
was out less than 2fl minutes, when
It returned a 'verdict of guilty as In
dicted, . and sue . Inuaedlatelj! sen
tenced to serve three months In the
county Jail.
As the import of the sentence dawned
upon her Miss Flynn was for the mo
ment stunned. When she had suf
flclently recovered her composure she
requested that Attorney Darrow be im
mediately asked to come to this city
In her defense.
"This Is cruel. Inhuman and unjust."
she said as she was being led from
the courtroom. "We will take this case
to the United States supreme court
If necessary, and If it Is possible for
one to get Justice in this country, I
will get It there."
Fred H. Moore, who defended Miss
Flynn, was bitter in his denunciation
of the verdict.
"It was not In accordance with the
evidence," he said. "The constitution
of the United States permits free speech
and Miss Flynn's conviction certainly
waa a miscarriage of Justice.
In his address to the Jury Moore
declared that the battle of Bunker Hill
had been fought under a red flag and
that the flag of the United States was
a red flag, having stars and stripes
merely to designate the states.
Leaders of the Socialistic movement
In Spokane were called to the stand
during ttre trial of Miss Flynn, and
n.. , "Ji AH
The sugar scales,, which were olferedj lneytjijce, at the-trial oi tjm
sugar trust employes In New York. 1 1n the foreground is Jappa reading
(he weights and in the background Is Special Agent Parr manipulating:
th device employed to cheat the government :Parr, told about, his- dis
covery of the secret spring and said Spifcier jfold him je tcpuld name his
own price if he would report; the scales out . of order and "lose" the secret
spring which Parr had taken i from the! scales. 1 ' ' , ' ' '".
816 ms
OF
(Doited Pr, Leased. Wire.)
Washington. Dec. 10. The annual
report of the comptroller of the cur
rency, issued today, shows an Increase
of $376,878,671 in the assets In the
national banks of the country. There
are, according to the report, 6977 na
tional banks in the United States, an
Increase of 124 over last year.
The total assets September 1, 1909.
were $9,671,954,877.
The report states that nearly 900
banks have been warned by the comp
troller that they are violating the bank
ing laws and are in danger of forfeiting
their charters. They are charged with
making loans in excess of 10 per cent
of their capital. The directors. It Is
stated, may be held Individually re
sponsible.
BY LEADER
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
SEVER OF CREW
LOST Ifl STOIl
14 Surrivors of the Wrecked
Steamer Richardson Are
Brought to Buffalo.
Plan Fortifications.
(Washington Bureau of The Journal.)
Washington, Dec. 10. The war de
partment is planning strongly to fortify
Deception pass, commanding the en
trance to Puget Sound, making It Im
pregnable. It will be named Fort
Whitman, after Marcus Whitman, tha
pioneer missionary and martyr.
(Toired Pi i taaaaS Wlra.)
Buffalo, Dec 10. Fourteen survivors
of the wreck of the grain steamer W
C. Richardson." which foundered yea
terday. were brought to this port toda
by the freighter Payne. Perm of the
RJchardooa'a rrew, according to tne
urrtvora. were drowned when the ves
sel sank. . Tha Payne waa anchored neat
tha arm of tha wreck ar.d sacc ded
la transferring 14 of tha crew of the
doomed ship to her decks.
Whitman College Wins.
(Wiablnttns Bureau of The Journal.)
Washington. Dec. 10. President Pen
rose and Professor Hendrlck of Whit
man college stated today that they hava
promises of enough apparently to as
sure thst congresi wljl cede the site of
Fort Walla Walla to Whitman collegn.
the abolition of the post being con
ceded to be Inevitable. They hope to
get the bill through before tne holidays.
LOS ANGELES-MAX
WAGERS 10,000 TO 1
OX MAYOR; WIXS 10c
(Special Dispatch te The Journal.) ' '
St. Paul, Minn., i Dec. 10. Vice Pres
ident Harsborger of : the Switchmen's
union,.- acting' in place - t or President
Hawley, who is In Cincinnati in confer
ence with Gompers, said today that un
less some coneegslons were-made by
tha railroads more strikes- would - b
declared. He declined to go' into d
talis and would not aay . whether thl
meant that switchmen In other parts of
tha country would go 'out. ror whether
allied labor 'organizations would' strika
In sympathy. t; '
Strikers declare this morning ' that
the little town .'of Gladstone-, on , the
Northern Pacific.: near, St. Paul, Is en
tirely out of coal and that "the situa
tion there Is serious. ;, ..V.V' ,.-'
Fifty strikebreakers out of work and
without money, started trouble. at! the
union depot laat night when they could
not get transportation to, eastern
points. Some had been discharged ' for '
Incompetency and soma had . given up.
on account Of the cold.,: Police reserves
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
OMnmioaloaarr North Reappointed.
ritnl rveas LnH WWt
Washlncton. Dec 1 The nomination
of lUrt It. Nort af Ron FYaneiae.
ta ha Immigration enmmlralaoer at Son
Francisco was a-nt fo tea erate tojr
hy rrent Tft Nertti Is tha rea
et irnrvrr yrA ef tl effica
rslt4 Froa Lmt4 Wire
Los Ange4ea. Dec 10. P. H.
Grace Is ohead 19 cents aa tba
result of the reelection of Mayor
Alexander, December T. 'Had
Smith, tho Republican nominee,
won, however, ha would have
boa out liooa.
The day before election Groea
and J. D. Van Loenen, a whole
saJeer. got Into aa argument oor
tho chances of th various casdl
dates. Grace waa so rara Alex
ander would bo ancrenfiil that
he laid a bet af lo.se ta 1
hie ch1-. Van Loenen did ooeaa
rapid f'f-orin. then hot 1 rnto.
Orlatn tt t e ami!1 1. Groc.
Irk the h1 and wm- Ho .
Wt" tha 1t iyt rht
ROLLER SKATES
KISIfilQ Of GOAT
WoiMlmen of the World Tut
on Remarkable Initfatorv
Work 10J) Canditlatcs.
(Sowtal Mcnotro a TW loars.tt
Indepondcnco. Or, Iec. 1 A ut!to
Initiatory ceremony was put on t In.l--pidencc
last night when the- UoHii
of the World added ICS mouther t
their orgsnisatlon. The teams aM t-
nandldaUa were ai:pplied nlth r-r,.r
oka tea, and th work was nrnl n t
without a mishap. A largo akal.ru r - t
a fitted up frr tie tm'.
Visiting Wandims and t'i?M f-"
Calm. lsllaa.. Falls C-iy. rH., Vi. - ..
Aril sod hiimmooth wr fn-r t T -So
lm " Woodmen rinre-1 s rtc .
and csn 1 1 cn ff. t 1 Ji ;
from 1IU. niir t-n f r-
ntb4 t'e c!!1oi
Ofwrol frro. )T. H Tt -c . , '
r"c 1 frmnfer I. U ' .i . i -rr
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