THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY .18, 19.10.
DR. COOK LIES.
NG IN WA
(MISS TELLS
NOT WELL, BUT ELL
SIDE OF CASE
Nerves said to Be Shattered and
Says Ho Worked Out His Own Prob
lems Rcnardlno Flylny ati'J
That Wrights Aro Trying
To Hon Credit.
Mind Is in Danger From Mel
ancholiaIn German
Hospital.
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. FRANKFORT, Germany, Jnn. IS
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, tho dis
credited Arctic explorer, lies criti
cnlly ill in a sanitarium n6nr llcidcl
burfj, according to n statement pub
lished in tho cZitunR todny.
"Cook's nerves nre said to be &ml
tere'd, and his mind in danger of do
ranRement from melancholia. He
has suffered a serious physical col
lapse, tho Zcitungfs correspondent
declared.
It also was reported that Dr.
Cook's wifo is with hira at tho san
itarium, but this could not be con
firmed. The Zeitung stated that it
is pledged not to make public
Cook's retreat.
HEIDELBURG, Germany, Jan. IS.
A search of tho sanitariums and
hospitals in and around this place,
following tho publication in tho Zei
tung of Frankfort today of an ar
ticlo staling that Dr. Frederick Cook,
tho American explorer, is in hiding
near here, was unproductive of re
suits. v
Many places denied absolutely
thnt Cook was among their patients.
Others refused to deny or confirm
the report, somo of them not being
averse to the publicity that would
follow their refusal to discuss it.
PHYSICIANS FIND THAT
MAN WAS POISONED
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 18.
Physicians who examined the stom
ach of Col. Thomns Saoi. th-? Kan
sas City millionaire who died Octob
er 13, under mysterious circum
stances declared today that they
found evidences of strychnine.
Swope's nephew, Christian Swope,
died December 2. It was established
leyond all doubt that tetaro was poi
son in his stomach. It Is suspected
that both men wero poisoned by
someone who hoped to receive a por
tion of the Swope fortune after their
removal.
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WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. IS.
Tho national conference of govern
ors of the various states today bo
camo an adjunct of tho national
conference on uniform legislation
through lengthy discussion of the
laws of their various states. Plans '
for the unification of civil Jaws were
discussed by 30 governors who are
attending tho conference.
Asido from uniform legislation,
tho governors nro in meeting princi
pally to further n congressional
campaign for general interstate com
merce legislation. The house com
mittee on ititerstnto and foreign
commerce held its first meeting and
will probably receive a committee
from the governors embodying the
suggestion brought out at the puber-
Mntnrinl rnnfpreneo.
At the conclusion of tho rooming
session of the governors tlioy hail a
luncheon at tho Metropolitan club
and later called upon President Tnft
to pay their official respects. The
governors will dino tonight with
John Hays Hammond, the mining en
gineer, and will then attend a recep
tion at the white house.
AVIATION MEET WILL
CLOSE NEXT THURSDAY
AVIATION FIELDS, Los Angele,
Cal., Jan. 18. It was officially
given out today by Courtlandt Field
Bishop, president of tho Aero club
of America, that tho Los Angeles
aviation meet would bo brought to
an official end Thursday afternoon
at the conclusion of tho day's aero
plane flights.
This announcement was made in
view of the fact that several publi
cations reported that tho meet would
be continued to include next Sunday
RECEIVERS APPOINTED
FOR IMMENSE COMPANY
CLEVELAND, 0., Jnn. IS. Gen
eral Georgo A. Garretson, president
of tho Bank of Commerce of this
city, and S. II. Shane, general man
ager of tho Gilchrist Transportation
company, were appointed by a local
court receivers for tho Gilchrist com
pany, a $10,000,000 corporation.
The Gilchrist company owns 57
steamers and four barges plying on
the Great Lakes. Recently it nego
tiated heavy loans to increase the
fleet.
The court's notion was taken nt
the request of Frank W. Gilchrist of
Alpcnn, Mich., who alleged that tho
company owes $2,500,000.
Poor business is announced as the
cause fortho failure.
BUTTE FALLS BASKET
BALL TEAM WINNER
After walking from Bulto Falls
to Eagle Point, riding to Medford
on the Pacific & Eastern nnd fin
ishing tho trip on tho H. R. V. rail
way to Jacksonville, the Butto Falls
basketball tenm had still enough vim
L03 ANOELISS, Jan. 18 Follow
ing tho announcement of Dr. Chanuto,
"tho fathor ot aeronaut ten" In Now
York yesterday to tho offoct that tho
Wrights wero not tho first to iIIhcov
er tho principle by which It Is pobmI
bio to balliuco (lying machines, Qlonn
H. CurttRS, ngnlnt whom tho Wrights
secured an injunction nt Ilutfnlo for
alleged Inrrlngemimt ut tho Wright
patents, said today:
"I don't boo what contentions tho
WrightH could poHslhly tunko that
would placo mo In a position warrant
ing nn order tor mo to Htup (lights
bnsod upon lu(rlngomonts of Wrlght'H
claims. Wright is simply, ono nmong
mnnk who have rend, studlod nnd ex
perimental in tho direction o( perfect
ing hcnvler-thnu-ntr machines.
"Wright uttcd the snmo books nil
of us have used. Farman gave flights
boforo Wright, nlthough Wright
claims thnt ho gave prlvato flights
at tho tlmo Farmun was giving exhi
bitions. For thnt matter I was work
ing along tho snmo lines hundreds ot
miles nwny from tho Wrights. I did
not know what they woro doing, nei
ther did they know what I was doing.
We wero nil working independently
nlong lines laid down by I.nngloy, Dr.
Chnnuto, Llllonthnl, Hiram Mnxlm
and other men who did tho ptoneor
work and who unttelflohly gnvo us tho
benefits of their experiments, through
splendidly' written books on aeronaut
ics."
Curtis thon went Into details, tech
nical in character, claiming thnt each
and ovory ono of tho Wright conten
tions had been disproved by actual
experiments. Ho dwelt particularly
upon his flight Inst week when tho
vortical rudder was tried while his hi
pinna was In flight.
to defeat Jacksonville by a score of
10 to 18 in a hurd-fought game.
Tho gnrao is said to have beon ono
of tho best yet played in tho county
sent, and drew a good crowd.
January Clearance
We are bound to close out all
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