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ROCK THE i v FTFTY-EIGIITH YEAR. NO. 279. THE AUG US. 'THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1009. TENI PAGES. : PRICE TWO CENTS, i . , ' ( i 4 V 1 HARRIDAN, WIZSR OF RAIL WORLD,. US MO" OFFER OF ARBITRATION IN HIOfJEY CHANGERS IWTELiKE EDWARD H. HARRIMAN '' "-- ' NORTH POLE CONTROVERSY OF LIBERTY: JUBSEPmER ." 1 BLAND Coast and Geodectic Sui vey Will Probably Un dertake the Task. WORLD IN FACTIONS Cook Sends for Eskimos Support Story Peary's Return Slow. to Washinaton. Sept. 9. The coast and (jtcdetic survey will undertake to ar bitrate the Peary-Cook north pole con troversy, providing Cook requests "t . should do so. In view of the fact that Peary has ' been operating under directions of ths survey it will become the duty of that institution to compute his notes with out request from any one, and Acting Superintendent Perkins said today if Cook should r.o desire the survey wouldo over his papers also. UOI LU UK KVllltKI.Y IMIVVKTI VI.. "It is a delicate matter," said Dr. Perkins, "to decide the claims in such an important case, but our men are scientists and would be impartial not to say cold blooded in such an investi gation as it would be necessary for them to make in arriving at the com parative mcral claims of the two men. . Moreover, I believe any conclusion ar- rived at by the survey would be ac cepted as controlling." Dr. Perkins said he had noticed Cook had express ed an intention of referring his claims to the University of Copenhagen. ADAKTEI) TO IXQl IKY. "He could scarcely do better," saii Perkins. "The Danes are a sea-faring people and for centuries have been en- gaqed in arctic exploration. Their sci entific men would be peculiarly adapt ed to an inquiry of this character, and I believe the results arrived at by the universitywould be accepted as con elusive." Perkins expressed confidence that the experts of the survey would be able to detect any false notations if made in either report. FIXU DOCTORF.1J REPORTS . He said the survey had been called upon frequently to review reports o' expeditions and on more than one o: casion had detected the fact that they were "doctored." "We should not enter upon the work "exoectina to find an intentional error in either report, but we would merely1 go after truth, and I have no doubt we should find it," he concluded. Slunly Moving Homeward. New York, Sept. 9 reary is still at Battle Harbor. He is making slow progress southward toward North Sydney, Nova Scotia, from whence he will proceed to an American port. Cook is still at Copenhagen... He is the center of marked attention from digni taries of the official and scientic world, but with diminishing prestige owing to theloud overcasting his glory since Peary's announcement and his dramatic challenge of Cook's ex ploits. What corroborative data there is on which the two explorers must base their positions is still withheld from Cook because of his determina tion to bide his own time .present ing hi3 evidence, and from Teary be cause he is still beyond the range of ready communication. Family Go to Join Peary. Poi Hand, Maine, Sept. 9. The wire and two children of Peary left here today for Sydney. C. B.. to meet Peary ou his way to the United States. Mrmhrr of Party Dead. Elmira. N. Y-. Sept. 9.-1 C. He mom of Ithica last night received i message from Peary dated Rattle Har bor, announcing the drowning of Ross 'Marvin, a member of his party. Plans already were under way f ir a demon stration on Marvin's return. His aged mother may not survive Ihe shock. More Hoaora for Cook. Copenhagen, Sept. 9. The degree of doctor of Heonoris Causa was confer red upon Cook by the University of Copenhagen this afternoon in the pres- SEISMIC SHMf FELT TWO HOURS Washington.'' Sept. 9. An earth quake of moderate intensity was re corded by seismographs at the weather bureau beginning almost ex actly at noon. The duration of the earthquake was nearly two hours. Of ficials are inclined to believe it was In the vicinity ot the Aleutian islands ence of the crown prince of Denmark and a distinguished gathering. Copenhagen, Sept. 9. Professor Terp, rector of the university, in pre senting the diploma to Cook, spoke of the admiration his achievement had aroused and declared the news that another famous explorer had solved the same problem could in no way de tract from the honor due Cook. In expressing thanks Cook said he ac cepted the honor as a testimony of the genuineness of his journey. He prom ised to send to the university his com plete records-., and he repeated it was his intention to dispatch a ship to Greenland at his own expense to bring down the two Eskimos who accompan ied him on his expedition. In conclu sion the doctor said: "I can say no more. I can do no more. I show you my hands." Cook SrmlM for KskimOH ox Proof. Copenhagen, Sept. 9. Dr. Freder ick A. Cook is fitting out a ship and will return to Greenland to bring back the Eskimos who were with him at the pole. "I have been to the north pole. As I said last night when I heard of Commander Peary's success, if he says he has been to the pole, 1 be lieve hfm," eaid Dr. Cook tonight. "I am wjlUng to place facts, fig res and worked out observations be fore a joint tribunal of the scieutific bodies of the world. Will IHmim-I All Doubt. In due course I shall be prepar ed to make public an announcement that effectually will dispel any doubt. if such there be. of the fact that I have reached the pole. P.ut knowing that I am right and that right must prevail, I will submit at the proper time my full story to the court of last resort the people of the world. 'I will not enter into any contro versy over ttie Ftinjeci wun eoiu niander Peary further than to say that if he says I have taken his Es kimos my reply is that Eskimos are nomads. They are owned by nobody, ind are not the private property of either Commander Peary or myself. The Eskimos engaged by me were paid 10 tinier, what they agreed to accompany me for. SayM Peary Took Storm. "As to the story thai. -Commander.! Peary says I took provisions r.tored by him, my reply is that Peary took my provisions, obtaining them from the custodian on the plea that I had been so long absent that he was go ing to organize relief stations for me in case I should he alive. For this I have documentary proof." Mr. Cook Avoid Pulillo. Mrs. Cook is not stopping at mr home in Brooklyn since her return from Maine. She has taken quarters in a New York hotel and intends to keep out of the public prints until her husband arrives home. To some of icr friends she said, however, that shr had received details from her husband which would set at rest all doubt as ;o (Continued on Page Seven.) VICTIM OF THIEVES; FIND BODY IN RIVER ' ' I - i Remains of Unidentified Man JHscov ci-cmI in Chicago Today Throat Cut. Chicago, Sept. 9. Thieves are be lieved to have murdered the man whose body was recovered from the river here today. Two deep gashes in the victim's throat showed the man ner of death. No valuables were found on the body. Four Fatally Hurt. Salt Lake, Sept. 9. Fast train No of the Salt Lake, Los Angeles & San Pedro, west bound, collided with a local train near Tintic Junction. Four ne sons including the engineer and fire men of the passenger train, were prob ably fatally hurt and eight others seri ously and a score or more slightly. Mrs. Duke to Asylum. Chicago, Sept. 9. Alice Webb Duke, divorced wife of Brodie L. Duke, the tobacco magnate, was committed to the asylum for the insane at Kanka kee, ill., here today. She appeared a complete mental and physical wreck. Corbin's Funeral Tomorrow. Washington, D. C, Sept. Q. Ar rangements for the funeral of Lieu tenant General Corbin, who died ' in New York yesterday, have been com pleted . The obsequies will take placa tomorrow and the body will he interred in Arlington cemetery. Wisconsin Bank Robbed. Downing Wis.. Sept. 9. Three robbers blew open the safe in the, cj(. ta fl.i uMth small amount of cash. The interior of the bank was wrecked, the dam- age being estimated at $1,500. Vkard of the DATicpvr nin mat dam v conM nnMnmnw n I lt-lJ I UIU IMU I linLL 1 I 1IUIVI UUIUUI I lUIVI ratteen nv uiq rh apse nn act sircnrav unuuLLU ui iiiu iiLii.ni ui. ui New York, Sept 9 nouncement is made that Har- riman is dead.. O'cial confir mation. ! DEATH XOT I'M IXPICOTEl). New York, Se- t. 9 Edward H. Harriman d.ed at his home at Arden at 3:35 this after noon. Harriman had been in ill health for a long time. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island, Feb. 25, 1848. HKLAPSJ: LAST Sl'M.V. Harrimar s death was ex- , .... i pected for several days. On last Sunday he suffered a ser ious relapse, due to acute indi gestion, and he was unable to rally from the critical condition JOE CANNON IS BRANDED AS FOE OF HIS COUNTRY Rochester, 'VYis., Sept. 9. Congress man Cooper attacked Speaker Cannon I in an address l ist night. He denounc ed him as an i-uemy to popular gov ernment and s;iid that the country must get rid of him before il can get any legislative relief. He pledged himself to the fight which is to be waged with renewed vigor against Cannon and "Cannon ism" in the bouse, and closed by de fending his vote on the tariff bill, as the best he could do under the circum stances, and as being in accord with President ;Taft's express desire in the matter. f His remarks were given the closest attention by the 2,500 persons who had gathered at the Rochester home com ing. , t , Mr. Cooper, who as the leader of the "insurgents,' was deprived of his chairmanship on the Insular relation committee, predicts a' bitter fight r.t the opening or congress ,in ueceniDer, "the purpose of which Will be to pre n vent' Mr. - Cnnnon's reelection as speaker of the house so that no man can exercise me, absolute autocracy that is now Cannon's." - tlv., V ... U v , -fQI A v J LHmjrz...?JU i a . ' Railroad World, Who Died Today at His . Home at Arden, N. Y. An-twhirh thpri thr en.t.eri erl his life. I wun mm at lue tunc ui ma death were all the members of his immediate family and Dr. Lyle. I1K.K1 IX WAIX KTKKKT. A telephone call at 1:45 to the Harriman home brought a positive denial of a Wall street report of Harriman' s death. This could not be stated too strongly on Dr. Lyle's author ity, it was said, at the house. VICTIM OF STOMACH THOl'BI.K. Stomach trouble developed more than a year ago and medical treatment gave no relief. This summer he went to Europe to consult the greatest spe cialists there, but he was not benefited. On his return to this country he went at once to his magnificent country Another Peary ScoopChi cago Tribune Discovered. (Published by arrangement between the Dublin Gazette and the Hamburg Swatsblat.) Notice to Publishers: The follow ing preliminary account of Commander Peary's latest discovery is protected by copyright, and reproduction of this account, in any form, without permis sion, is forbidden. Chicago, Sept. 9, Very Special (Via East Moline, Hennepin Canal and I Medicine Hat, Neb.) The Chicago I Tribune tells the thrilling story on its j front page in black headlines in its Issue of this morning as follows: j Explorer Sends First Authentic and Exclusive Report of His DASH TO THE TRIBUNE. Tells of All Hanoi-' caps Open Water, Blizzards, and Ice Delay Fight in Frozen Desert, Climax of Four Centuries' Efforts. Details Soon to Follow." I Your correspondent was able to veri- fy, by personal investigation, the pres ence in the city of The Tribut e, but vvcia I IU k n n -1 JF ooii ji ivw . i tub Its of his first dash, and will make . . , , thm other tonight, if the going is fair. su anothe We are resting today in our tent on a lawn in the middle of the lake.- P. PIPE. Shannon Reelected. Washington, Sept. 9. The Union Veteran legion today reelected Thomas, J. Shannon national commander. unui uuiMum home at Arden, where his death oc Harriman is survived by a widow and two sons, Avery and Ro land Harriman, and three daughters, Mrs. Robert L. Gerry, Miss Mary and Miss Carol Harriman. MOHMXG Hll.I.F.TI. Arden, N. Y Sept. 9. Dr. Lyle's bulletin at 9:15 this morning says Hirriman's condition is unchanged, Lyle's bulletin is significant in that it is the first statement volunteered by him since his patient returned from Europe. Hitherto he has broken si lence only upon urgent request and enly when it was pointed out that fur ther refusal to speak would encourage most alarming inferences. Lyle's statement, however, leaves the situa tion here one of anxious waiting, for it is the general belief that the finan cier's condition is critical. i : The l.atr M'lxard of Railroad. There have been few single fig- ( Continued on Fage Seven.) FRIENDS FAIL HIM; GETS LONG TERM IN PRISON El Taso, Texas. Sept. 9. Because his friends failed to come to his as sistance. Stanley M. Davis of Pilot Point, Texas, is serving ah eight year sentence in prison at Tonala, Mexico. One year ago Davis was awakened in a hotel at Jaalosco by cries for help. With others he rushed to the room whence they came and found an American being stabbed by a Mexi can. Davis iired. killing the Mexican. He knew but "little Spanish and no friends came to his aid. He was tried and sentenced to prison. The Mexi can oflicials are. said to be friendly, and if efforts were made In his be half, his release could easily be se cured. MURDER SUSPECT TAKEN Muw ' Hlye Accused .n Connec- i tion With Death of Boy. - T.. ' rnlnrpd pmnlnve nf a traveling Rhow which exhibited here last Monday, was! landed in jail here today. He was ar- ! rested yesterday at Shenandoah. Iowa, on surpieion of knowing something of the murder of Othello Ratliff,1 an 11 j year-old colored1 boy whose mutilated body was found under a porch of a public school near the show grounds Tuesday. FOR GIRLS FOR CHURCH LABORS Novel 11 a 11 Employed by Pastor to Get Young Men in Sunday School. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 9. Prizes are to be given to the girls who man age in Rome way to bring young men to the Sunday school at Christ German Lutheran church at Hazleton, near here. The prizes are offered by the pastor, Rev. J. O. Schlenker, who says he is determined to win back the adult attendance at Sunday school. Efforts to get the young men to come back voluntarily have not been successful. Mr. Schlenker has offered to give each girl who .brings two young men to Sunday school next Sunday a large box of candy. MISS 0LGA MENU IS 5 V ; HOME; IN COLLAPSE Chicago Young Woman From Whom Baron Itothschilt! Is Said to Hare Suicided. Chicago, Sept. 9. Suffering from a nervous collapse as the result of the shattering of the first romance of her life, Miss Olga Menn, the girl for whose sake Baron Oscar Rothschild is said to have killed himself, arrived home yesterday from Germany, ac companied by her mother. The young woman was scarcely able to walk when she alighted from the train, and had to be assisted -to a tarriage. When questioned regarding a reported en gagement of her daughter to Roths child, Mrs. Menn declared it was true the two had been engaged. YOUNG husband is Scott RpraRue, W1k Married Rock' ford Girl, Victim of Shooting. Cincinnati. Sept. 9. Mystery sur- sounds the shooting and death early today of Scott Sprague, a machinist. who came to this city from Williams burg, Ohio, and his bride of two weeks is being held on suspicion, thou there is nothing positive against her. Her home is in Rock.ford, 111. 300 ACTORS GET INCREASE Strikers Picket Hooking Agencies to Post Job Hunters. Chicago, Sept. 9. A score of vaude ville artists assumed a new role yes terday when they stood in front ot the l. . . : i ,i : i . v. .1 , i ' j. uiiiiuiuga wneie me iiieuincai eiupioj; ment agencies are located and passed out cards to all who entered. On the cards was the following: "Attention vaudeville actors. Don't be misled Remember that on and after Sept. 9, 1009, demand a binding contract that will read $25 for single and $50 dou ble. It is up to you to help make this a success. Stick for the cause. Com mittee." Business Agent S. D. Ricar do of the Vaudeville Artists union said that there were no new strikes called, as 300 members had been granted the new wage scale. MEXICAN CITY DELUGE; 2,000 Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 9. A num ber of village priests, after making journeys over miles of devastated country, have arrived here bringing the first news of the destruction wrought by the recent floods in the outlying districts. Their stories indi cate that the havoc is more wide spread and terrible than was at first ! believed. The priest of Arramberi has inform ed Archbishop Lenares that Arram beri was destroyed, and today his peo ple are wandering over the country in search of food. The . destruction of impossible to .... ,, send in relief supplies. I nn Kot Know Fate of People. The story brought in by the priest of La Ascension is to the effect that this town and its population ot 2,000 persons have entirely disappeared - He does not know where the people , are. They may have taken to the bills Declares it Liesr With Democratic Parttb In augurate Reforms. CLEAN LEADERSHIP Note Is Sounded at tieW York Democratic Conference at Saratoga Today. Saratoga, Sept. 9. At the New York state democratic conference here to day Judge Alton B. Parker declared tn an address: '.' "We are here for no selfish purpose, and this conference is no place for a man whose ambition for office is great er than his desire to render public service. The need of the. hour, is th upbuilding of a party so fundamentally sound Jn rts principles and so clean in its leadership that. the people will se lect it as an instrument to drive from place and power a party that has seat ed its money changers in the temple of liberty, where they have bought and sold the privilege of collecting from the people in one form or another the riches in which they riot." Admlnixtratloaa Compared. - The speaker entered into a lengthy. discussion of what he considered the extravagance of the republican ad ministration and compared that rec ord with the economy of the Cleve land administration. He decried what he believed to J)e a waste of public funds in both state and na tion. He then discussed the new tar- ff, insisting the demands of the peo ple and the republican promises for reduction were not met. Fail to Control Truata. Trusts and combinations were dis-' cussed from a democratic point of view, the speaker deriouuefng tbd-fe-r publioans for their alleged failure to control them. Judge Parker oppos ed centralization of power and in sisted the people should maintain the rights guaranteed them by the con stitution. ... MiiMt Show tSarnentaraa. He urged immediate organization' to meet existing conditions and said that to deserve confidences of the people the democrats luust. show they are in earnest in demanding reforms. Organisation of Coafereace. Judge Parker was selected tempo rary chairman. Chairman Thomas M. Osborne of the executive commit tee then addressed the conference in' line with the objects of the meeting' which was stated to be the better ment of party organization so the people would have confidence in its promises. Edward M. Shepard, after his selection as permanent chairman, -followed closely the trend of the Os-J borne speech and attacked the ' re-, publican policies. " Grave Gets Griffo. Chicago, Sept. 9. Arthur Griffith,' known in the prize ring as "Youns Griffo," and once reckoned among thel best of lightweights, was adjudged in sane here today. Passenger Train Derailed. Kansas City, Sept. 9. A Missouri Pacific passenger train west bound was derailed near Palmer, Kan., todar. ' Twenty-four persons sustained slight' injuries. LOST UNDER ARE MISSING' or they may have perished. , "Not a stone was left upon a stone : in La Ascension," the village priest t said. "Where there were once rich. farms there is now nothing but wa ter." Another priest from Allende says .. that place also has disappeared with i , large loss ot life and that the neigh boring fields have been converted Into ' lakes. . Taken Weeka to Make Jonrary. - The priests were more than a week in making their way Into Monterey. ? They described the destruction as the r most awful that ever has been exper- i ienced in Mexico. Aid is urgently needed In these out- : lying districts, particularly as the au- j thorities are busy with Monterey and its vicinity. . , . ,r i Bustamente and La" Escondida have been added to the list ot destroyed villages. 1 : 3 ... $ r ' V 1