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WHOLE NUMBER 13,008.
RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1909.
THB WEATHER TO-DAYi CLOUDY.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Commander Peary Tells His Own Story of North Pole Discovery
Cnmmnmler Penry nnd the Snlllne Mnster of the "Roosevelt."
COOK CONFIDENT
. TBITH WILL
Ready to Submit Proof s
t o T rib u n a 1 o f
Scientists.
MAKES ANSWER TO .
CHARGE OF PEARY
Denies His Right to Honor of
"First at Pole," While Believ
ing He Reached Coveted
Spot ? Will Sub?
mit Story to
World.
Has Cook "Nailed"
_ t
PORTLAND, ME., September 8.?
The text ot tlie nieaaugefroin Com?
mander Peary to Mra. Peary, adrla
ln_ her not to worry about Cook, lt
ia learned here, ivna aa followai
"Inilluu Ilurbor, Luhrndor, vln Cape
Race, X. F., September S.
"Good niorulu_. Delnyed by scnle.
Don't let Cook atory worry you.
Hnve blm uiiIUil. DEBT,"
liOXDON, September 8.?Tlie Reu
ter Tele_rnm Compnny bna recelved
tlie following cnblesrani troin Com?
mander Peury, duted Indlnu Harbor,
Lubrndori
"Cook'a atory should not be tnken
too aerloualy. Tlie Eaklinoa who n'c*
companled hlm any be went no dla
tance north nnd not out ot alKht
of Iuuil. Other men ot tho tribe
corroborate thelr atntcmeut."
"I nm wllllng to place tncts, flg
nres aud worked-out obaervntlona
before n Jolnt trlbunal of the sclcn
titlc world. In due courae I ahnll
be prepared to nuike publlc nn
nounceinent that wlll effcctually
dlapel any doubt, If there can be
such, of the fnct thut I have reiich
ed the pole. But, knowlng thnt I
am right and thnt rlght inuat prc
vnll, I ? wlll subinlt at the proper
tlme my full atory to the court of
laat reaort?the people ot the .world.
I wlll not enter luto uuy contro
veray over the aubject with Coni
mnnder Pcury" ' " ' * *?From Dr.
Cook's Btatement, made last nlght
ln Copenhagen.
COPENHAGEN, September 8.?"I
"have been to the North Pole. As
I sal_. last nlght, when I heard
of Commander Peary's success, if he
says he has<been to the pole I belleve
him.
"I am wllllng to place faets, flgures
and worked-out observations before
a jolnt tribunal of the scientiflo bodles
of the world. In due course I shall
be prepared to make publlc an ? an
nouncement that wlll effectually dlspel
any doubt, lf there can be such, of the
fact that I havo reached the pole. But
knowlng that I am rlght and that
rlght must prevall, I wlll submit at the
proper time my full story to thecourt
of last resort?the people of the world.
Wuuts No Coutrovcray.
"I wlll not enter into any contro
versy over the subject with' Com?
mander Peary, furthor than to say
that lf Ke says I havo taken hls
Eskimos, my reply is that Eskimos
are nomads. They are owned by no
body, and are not prlvate property of
elther Commander Peary or myself.
"The Eskimos engaged by me wore
paid ten times what they agreod. to
aocompany mo for. i\
"As to the story that Comnjander
Peary says I took provlslons stored
by hlm, my reply ls that Peary toolt
my provlslons, obtalnlng them from
the oustodlan on the ploa that I had
been so long" absent that he was golng
to organize rellef' Btatlona for ine lo
(ConUnued on Pa_o Two-Column 2.)
\
IS
ONE 0 F VEBflEITY
Quarrel of Peary and
Cook Supporters Gro ws
Into Turmoil. *?
DISPUTE WILL BE
LONG AND BITTEE
Friends of Peary Point to Dis
crepancies in Rival's Story,
Which Are Tantamount to
Falsehood?Many Things
Said to Need Ex
planation.
[Speclal to Tha Tlm-a-Dlspatch.J
NEW YORK, September 8.?Mes
sages recelved from Lieutenant
Peary in this country to-day
have precipltated the North Pole con
troversy. It Is now an out and out
questlon of veraclty between tlte lieu?
tenant and Dr. Cook, and before it is
(settled the world rundoubtedly wlll
have seen a mlghty bltter'and far
reaching quarrel.
Peary's denlal of Cook's pretenslons
to polar honors came In thls telegram,
sent by the army explorer to MelvJlle
E. Stone from Indian Harbor:
"I have nalled the Stars and Stripes
to "the North Pole. Thls is authorlta
tlve and correct. Cook's story should
not be taken too seriously.. The two
Eskimos who accompanled hlm aay
he went no dlstance north and not out
of slght of land. Other members of
the trlbe corroborate their story."
Auger Incrca-es.
Thls message was llke! a red rag
for the Cook supporters ln thls clty,
and their anger Increased wlth the
appearance of another message sent
by Peary to his wlfe in Portland, ln
whlch' he told her not to worry about
Cook's story, because he had hlm
"nalled."
Cook's friends could not. think oi
thlngs too mean to say about Peary,
and lf to-day's turmoil waa just a be
ginning it wlll.be a wonder when the
controversy ls running full speed. They
declared that Cook's word was . every
blt as.credltable as Peary's, and that
they would call on Peary for full prooi
before they would aocept his state?
ment that ho had penetrated to the
pole.
In the meantlme, however, Cook's
friends are golng ahead wlth prepara
tlons for a blg celebration on hlt
homecomlng. They lntend to weloome
hlm aa the North Pole hero, no mat?
ter what Lieutenant Fitary pay say
The prellmlnarles of the Cook celebra?
tion were arranged at a meetlng ol
the executlve commlttee of the Arctic
Club of Amerlca thia afternoon. a:
the home of Dr. Rosweir O. Stebblns
4 East Forty-third Street. The clul
wlll' send a boat down the bay to greet
Dr. Cook, and wlll top the celebratlor
wlth a blgbanquet probably at the
Waldorf Astorla.
lielleve Peary Hait Proof.
Peary's friends in this city accoptec
hls meBsagos as oertaln evldences thai
he knew of Dr. Cook's olalm'before
the neSva was telegraphed to hlm frorc
thls country, and also that he hadin
veatlgatod that clalm. Peary's frlendi
belleve he haa a repudlatlon of Cook'i
pretenslons from the moutha of tht
two-Eaklmos who are supposed to havt
accompanled Cook on hls dash lntt
the extreme north. Peary'a frlendi
sald to-day that ho waa too carefu
and conaervative to impeaoh any man'i
word wlthout havlng proof.
Peary's supporters would not bi
aurprlsed if lt turned out that botl
Peary and Cook knew of each other'i
clalms on the polo whlle they , wen
in the far north, and that it waa i
race between them to get to olvlli-a
tlon and into. oommunloation with th"
rest. of tho world.
Another meBsage from Peary re
(Continued -a V&g- Two?Qoluma -).
Pcnry'a Eaklr
Commander -Robert E. - Peary.
.Cnptnln"Bob,, Bnrtlett, of tbe "Roose
?." -velt.*? ? ? : -
DAY DF MISHAPS
FOR IEIOIIUTS
Opening of Amateur Meeting at
Brescia, Italy, Notable for Dam?
age to MachinesN
BRESCIA, ITALY, September S.?The
avlatlon rheeting, ln which many noted
aeronauts will take part, . opened to
day under conditions that were not
altogether auspicious.
With the exception of short flights
by Glenn H. Curtlss, the Amerlcan avi
ator, and Blerlot, the attempts of the
other avlators to fly were fallures.
Several accldents occurred. Blerlot
colllded with a tree, the propeller, of
his machlne being broken. He hlm?
self -was not hurt.
Anzanl also broke the propeller of
hls machlne in a test fllght, and Lleu?
tenant Calderara later came to grlef
in a Wright machlne. whlch was dam?
aged. It was intended origlnally that
Lefebvre, who was killed yesterday at
Juvls, should be tho pilot of this ma?
chlne. Lleutenant Calderara took hls
place to-day. Scarcely had he start?
ed when the aeroplane tilted so vlo
lently that in the-effort to brlng.lt
On an even keel agaln the rudder .run
ner -was smashed. ...
The honors of the day went to Cur?
tlss.
Cody Mukea a World Record. < -
LONDON, September 8.?CJaptain S.
F. Cody made a magnlflcent fllght at
Aldershot to-day. He established a
world _ aeroplane .record for oross
country flylng by. coverlng forty-seven
mlles In 63 minutes.
Captaln Cody" ascended on Laffan's
plaln at 6 o'clock. Rlslng steadlly.'ho
clrcled tho plaln^at gradually lncreas
lng speed untlt he reached a helght of
200 feet, when he struck off across
country,, flylng over the garrlson where
the, troops drlll and being cheered" for
his performance. Tho avlator then
flew northward to a district church,
where he ' descendcd lo.w enough- to
enclrele the steeple, Aftor that he re?
turned over Laffan's plaln on the .way
to the towrn of Fleet. ;
Coming baok over Farnborough at a
helght of 400 feet and agaln manoeu
yrlng above ' the choerlng,' cap-wavtng
garrlson, Captain Cody contln'uod hls
fllght over Laffan^s plain and the odja
cent country. i
At one tlme. he reached a helght of
fiOO feet. ", He descended at last with
hls tahlc absolutely , empty,' and Just
managod to effect a successful land
Ing. i . :
Captaln Cody usos an aeroplane of
hls own Inventlon. Hls early attempts
with it , at Aldershot, under Brltlsh
army ausplcos, woro attended by'fall
ure, and he was Bubjected to no little
rldloule.
GREAT RAILR0AD5
IN NORFOLK F19HT
Suits to Recover City's Water
Front Property. Likely to Reach
U. S. Supreme Court.
"(Speclal From a Staff Correspondent.)
' NORFOLK, VA., September 8.?Last
night's developments in the city's flght
to -.regain possesslon of the water
front, now leased by transportatlon
companies, is still the absorblng toplc
of conversatlon here.
The declslve opposltlon whlch the
Clty Attorney encountered last nlght
ln the Council, when he asked for per
mission to sue any and all lease
holders on the city's property, is taken
as. an indloatlon that the rallroads
and other interests mean to prevent
the questlon from comlng; Into court
If posslble.
It -ls polnted out. that the Southern
and fctlantlc Coast Llne Rallroads;
the Baltlmore Packet and tho Norfoik
and ;Washlngton. Cqmpariles .have their
terminals on thls property, and'wlll'be
heavy losers lf the clty should wln Its
sult. ,"-'. ,.-.-.>
- Tho action of Judge Wilcox and
Colonel Taylor ln asklng that they be
made parties to the ault ls warmly
comm'ended.' These nien are' both ? In?
terested'ln Town Point lots, and their
wllllngness to have.their rlghts testod
ls regarded aa highly credltable. .
While these mattera are dls'cussed
with Interest' by lawyers and polltlcl
ans of .the clty, there ls even"more
spbculfltlon . a,s . to who are backlng
Frlckand Wllllams. in, demanding that
the city ouat the.preBent -leasees on
the water front. -
.' Cousel Contluue Retlcent.
, When saen to-day Theodor.lck A. Wll?
llams, junlor member of the flrm. de
cllned to state- who had employed hls
flrm to'brlng the questlon Into court.
He saldthat thecltlzens whoare thus
-plttlng themselves agalnst. the polltlcal
and corporate interests of Norfoik were
not organlzed. "They ? are slmply a
number of tax-payers," he sald, "who
think' that thls questlon should be set?
tled once and for. all.".
No one aeems Ina positlon to say
proclsely who theso- mon are, but lt
is prosumed that a portion of them
slgned tho original petltlon, asklng
the Council to investlgate ' tho ' ques?
tlon.- The names attached to. thls pe?
tltlon lncluded F. D. Glll, B. ,F.,Batch
eldor.*Frank St. Clalr,.Frank Dusch, O.
F. Baxter and It. w* Whltehurst. These
mon ara among tho "most ? promlnent
cltlzens of Norfoik and thoy wlll prob?
ably flght the corporato lnterests to a
flnlsh. ??",__.
Lawyers aro dlvlded as to tha-legal
questlons lnvolved. Many reflect the
oplnlon expreBsed by R. W. Tiinstall tn
tho ? Council last evenlnff. They con
tend that even lf the clty. haa. tho right
to tho'Town point property-lt should
not. be . asserted agalnst tenants whe
bought leases ;ln good faltlV.'
Inis po.itlon ls opp'oseid strongly by
Frlok and Williams, and by the citl
(Continued on Tage Two?Column' 5i)
FU) MliVII
IS NEAR HIS END
Alarming Evidences at Tower
Hili in the Early Morning
Hours of To-Day.
ARDEN, N. Y., Septembor 9.?Rumors
.that.E. H. Harrlman was ina critlcal
condltion- galned ? renewed* currency
here shortly after 1 o'clock thls morn?
lng. At the same time the brllllant
are light whlch has heretofore burned
on Tower- Hlll all night was suddenly
extingulshed.
Repeated calls to the telephone ex?
change at HigJiland Mllls. whlch glvos
connectlon to the Harrlman resldenee,
afforded no response. Prevlously con?
nectlon could be obtained at all hours
of the night.
While these occurrences .may have
no 'dlrect bearlng- on Mr. Harrirnan's
lllness, they tended to lncrease the
alarm. , . ,
Thore, ls no doubt that Mr. Harrl
man'js .recent condltion has been des
perate. ? Evidence of thls was furnish?
ed to-day by two empty oxygen tanks
that were sent down Xrom Tower'Hlll
thls evenlng, to be_ returned to the
manufacturer ln Ne'w York."
It was learned on good, authorlty to
nlght that'Harrlman'has been ln bed
slnce-Frlday, too" weak to be: moved:
that he ls under care :of a corps of
physlclans and.nurses; and that ho has
a hlgh, fever, whlch. ls being relleved
by Ice packs and alcohol baths. Hls
condltion ls stlll extremely critlcal. A
report that he was operated on for a
cancerous growth was.denied to-nlght.
TELL- OF SOLDIER'S KILLING
Order to Flre iAllrgetl to Hnve Ucen
Glven . by, Supcrlor. ,
ATLANTA. OA? September S.?Fol?
lowing a'rehearsnl of the scenes lncl?
dent to tho kllllng'of Prlvate Edwnrd
.Coulter, -at'Fort McPhorson: in'whlcn
Prlvate Grovor Elam.lndlcated, how
he.had shot Coulter . on. the order of
Lleutenant L. W. Hazlehurst to "liro."
'the trial of Hazlehurst was ' resumed
?to-day , before ' tho general ? court
martlal. ? ? . .
? The principal testlmony of the morn?
lng was glven by two negro eye
witnesses, who descrlbed the ehasound
Bh'ootlng of Coulter. The two negroes,
Charles Ogletree. and Otls; Wllllams,
tpstliled. that .thoy. hoard. the lleuten?
ant ' glve the, command to flre, after
tha fleeing soldler had falled to stop
at tho'oommand to halt.
Counsel for Hazlehurst attempted to
shnko tho testlmo.ny-glven by tho ne?
groes, but they hold to thelr story.
Prlvate Plnkston, who ran ' out of
tho saloon'with Coultor, sald ho halted
when he heard the comnuind to do so,
-because he f oarod that he. would lio
Hhot, Ho sald lt was. against orders
for tho mon to be 'ln a saloon. Ho
sald that whllo Coulter had taken but
four ? glassos of "near beor," he wns
Tretty woll under ? tho ? tnfluenoo of
drink. , ? , , ,
( Hl.Ilnl Ih StibNcrllieil.
" FRANK FORT, * GERMANY, Septem?
ber. S.?A ? local ' newsYiappr* nnnouncou
that loiidlng tlnnnclers of.Rorlln aml
FrankforUhavo subscttbed tho oaplta1
necossary for the lloating of tho pro
, joctod alr llno nnvlgatlon company, -
The ' T-OOsevclt."
Robert Peary, Jr.,. wlth the Roosevelt
_ Mascot.
GIVES TO WORLD
TERSE SUMMARY
OF ARCTIC DASH
By Wireless, Famous Explorer Recounts How
He Forced Way to Top
of Earth.
ONE FATALITY MARS JOURNEY,
PROF. MARVIN MEETING DEATH
Leaving "Roosevelt" February 15,1909,Peary and Hia
Sledge Party Reached Long-sought Destination on
April 6th?He is Now at Battle Harbor
and Journeying Southward.
Notice to Publishers
Sent by Wireless from Battle Harbor, Labrador
The follovrlng prcllmlnnry nccoiint, sent by wireless from Battle
Harbor, l.nbruilor, 1>>- Cominniidcr 1'onry of uIn successful voynge to the
."Vortli Pole, wus lssued 011 Septeniber S by the Xew York Tlmei Coni
puny, ut the request of Coinnmuder Peury, aud for hls protectiou, us a
book ouly, copyrighted und exposed for Mtile before nny purt of it was
rcproduced by nny urn'-iiuiicm lu the Uiiitert Stntes or Europe, ln order
to obtnlu the full protectiou of the copyrlght laivM. The reproiluctlon oC
thia nccount Iu uuj- form wlthout permtssiou lN forbidden. The pcunltics
for violiiilon of tliltt form of copyrlght iuclitde imprisonmeut for nny
persou ulding or nbvttlng such vlolntion*.
(Copyrlght, 1001), by the New York Tlmes Compuuy).
The Heport on the Discovery ?f the North Pole by Robert E. Peary,
Conuunuder, U. S. N., copyrlght, 11)01), by Chitrles 11. Miller, ns vice-Pres
Ideut of the New York Tliucit Compuuy. 4
Thls prelluiluury nccount wlll be followed on subsc .u'eht duys hy dl?
'imlchi-s from Coimuunder I'enry eoverlug hls entlre Journey tu nnd from
the pole. ,
BY COMMANDER ROBERT E. PEARY.
BATTLE HARBOR, LABRADOR, Via Wireless, CAPE
RAY, N. F., September 8.-?As it may be impossible to get
my full story through in time for publication to-mbrrow, partly
as a prelude and partly to forestall possible leaks, I am sending you
a brief summary of my voyage to the North Pole.
SUMMARY OF NORTH POLAR' EXPEDITION OF THE
PEARY ARCTIC CLUB.
The steamer Roosevelt left New York on July 6, 1908; leSf
Sydney on July 17; arriv.ed at Cape-York, Greenland, August 1;
left Etah, Greenland, August 8; arrived Cape Sheridan at Grantland
September 1; wintered at Cape Sheridan.
The sledge expedition left the Roosevelt February 15, 1909, and
started for the north; arrived at Cape Columbia March 1; passed
British record March 2; delayed by open water March 2 and 3'>!
held ? up by open water March 4 to 11; crossed the 84th
parallel March 11; encountered an open lead March 15; crossed
85th parallel March 18; crossed 86th parallel March 23; encountered
open lead March 23; passed Norwegian record March 23; passed;
Italian record March 24; encountered open lead March 26; crossed
87th parallel March 27; passed American record March 28; en?
countered open lead March 28; held up by open water March 29;
crossed 88th parallel April 2; crossed 89th parallel April 4; North
Pole April. 6.
Returnlng, left North Pole April 7; reached Cape CQ.umbm
April aa; arriving on board. Roosevelt April 37.
. The Roosevelt left Cape Sheridan July 18; passed Cape Sabine
August 8 * left Cape York August 26; arrived at Indian Harbor with
all members of expedition returning in good health except Professor
Ross G. Marvin, unfortunately drowned April 10, when forty-fivoi