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Mount St. Joseph Infant Or phan Asylum. will be the next orphanage described and - pic tured in the series appearing in The Sunday Call. VOLU^IE CVL— NO. 102. COOK HURRIES HOMEWARD TO DEFEND CLAIM Explorer Cancels Trip to Brus sels and Will Sail for New York Saturday Copenhagen Papers Support the Doctor in the Controversy Over Trip to Pole Commander Peary Is Working Down Labrador Coast on Board the Roosevelt COPENHAGEN*, Sept. 0. — Dr. Freder- I ick A, Cook will sail from Chris tionsand Saturday on board the Scandinavian-American liner Oscar II for New York, where she is due Sep tember 20 or 21. Probably Captain Roald Amundsen will accompany him. Doctor Cook has abandoned his pro posed visit to Brussels on the advice \u25a0 of friends. . - Doctor Cook today asked the officials of the Danish Greenland administration to arrange for the dispatch of one of their boats to Greenland at his ex pense' to get the two Eskimos who accompanied him to the pole. The offi cial said It is now too Jate for such an i attempt and advised him that he must ' wait for spring, which he will do. He proposed to Gould Brokaw, who Is here with his yacht Feodora that they make a start for Greenland immediately, but Brokaw would not agree. The Copenhagen papers are full of the controversy. Almost all support Dr. Cook's claims, but throw no new light on the subject. Captain Amund sen is one of the strongest supporters of the explorer, who is now backed up t-y Kdward Bay, the geologist of the expedition under Captain Sverdrup in the Fram in 1898-1902. On that expe dition Captain Sverdrup made highly important scientific investigations and it was over the route mapped by Sver drap that Cook n^de his journey north ward. -\u25a0'Vr- Bay today had a long Interview 5.i Doctor Cook, at the conclusion of wnieh he said that while at first he had doubted Cook's story, he was now « ertain of its truth so far as the route claimed to be taken was concerned. Doctor Cook, he said, gave him accu rate descriptions of places and things •' which no other white man except Bay had ever seen. Dr. Bay asserted that the Danes in Greenland were unfriendly to Com mander Peary because they believed he treated the Eskimos badly and forced them to work for him. Th«? University of Copenhagen today conferred upon Dr. Cook the honorary degree of doctor of science (honoris \u25a0 causa) in the prepence of more than a thousand people, who cheered the ex plorer heartily. In thanking the rec tor. Dr. Torp, for the honor. Dr. Cook said that the university should be the first to see his records. BATTLE FOR NORTH POLE HONORS WAGES FIERCELY IN EAST NEW YORK, Sept. 9.— The battle for r.orth pole honors is now on and a history making controversy is expected by both sides. Commander Robert E. Peary, whose claim that he discovered the north pole on April €, 1909, is not doubted by any authority, is feeling his way down the Labrador coast in the arctic exploring vessel Roosevelt, stopping only long enough to take on coal and send dispatches which more than intimate his belief that Dr. Fred fer:ck A. Cook did not discover ! the April 21, 190 S. Peary and • his are expected to land at Sydney, N.'fi., and come from there by rail to New York. By that time it is expected that be will have stated not only the full details of his quest for the far northern axis but that be will add sensational statements to his already .sensational charges against Doctor Cotfk. Cook's Friends Rally - And with the arrival of Commander Peary in New York Doctor Cook's friends here propose to defend him ' vigorously. The members of the Arctic club are divided in their support, and -it is no friendly division. President Osbon 6ays that when Peary lands he will submit three affidavit.*, in which •"Peary is accused of taking Cook's sup plies, with forcing open Cook's trunk and inspecting his private notes and memoranda, and with opening and reading a personal letter from Doctor Cook to his wife. Osbon says that he ' has a further affidavit that Commander -Peary addressed a letter to Mrs. ; Cook, charging her husband with being a "faker." There is a mad rush among.publish ers from all over the world to , obtain the rights to ill e_ books which the rival explorers will, or have, prepared. "_\ The ©ffers already received by Doctor Cook are so bewildering; that> today "a* Paris newspaper; publishes an^' advertisement falling for bids , from publishers for J*i v octor Cook's book. The advertisement states that already 100.000 -words have been written and that there are' ample photographs to illustrate", it. race to i first reach , the;^ public with r the *f uli n on < I n uf <J on* Pa*re 7,' Colmmi' Z The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHO.VE KEARXV 86 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1909 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTEnDAY— CIear; . west wind; maxlmuni temperature, ,66; minimum, 52. FORECAST FOR TOI? AY— Fair; . light west winds. Increasing in Telocity. Page 17 EDITORIAL Harriman. Pag;* 8 I'ncle Sam must borrow soon. Page 8 Peary's talk does him no honor. I'nge S Causbt cbeatJo?, eoutbrons tbrow fits. Page 8 HARRIMAN Harriman bids his family goodby on denth bed with steady voice. Page 1 E. H. Harriman dies at his home at Arden surrounded by all members ,of hit family.^ - Page 1 Harriman's "Bijr Four" now direct . policy of "cat railroad systems. Page 4 Uarriman from poor boy woa his way to fore most place in financial world. Page 3 Harriman was amocf the Tcry first to aid San Francisco after the great disaster. Page 2 President Wheeler of the state university pays tribute to the memory of Harriman. Page 3 - Local Southern Pacific officials mourn death of noted chief. Page 3 NORTH POLE C4»k hurries homeward to defend claim and Peary is espected to reach New York about the same time. Page 1 CITY Work horse parade, the largest erer giTen in the United States, cheered ;by 2OO.fKX> persons. Page 5 Kins of bunkomen met at ferry and escorted to city jalL Page 1 Threat of state division from southern coun ties 1 as result of assessment raise not taken seriously. Page 7 John Vance Cheney pays slowing tribute to the memory of Caspar de Portola. Page 7 Chtfrms of circus too many to name, double somersaulting auto trip' being a notable fcatcre. Pnxe « Contractor David J. Lynch ends his life in bay. jumping from steamer on trip from Vallejo. Page 0 Program held to celebrate laying cornerstone of B'nal B'ritU new home. Page IS SUBURBAN Aged woman accuses a rent of robbing her by means of false dv>cuments. Page 1O Principal of Hayward grammar school insists he will whip girls and parents circulate petition to trustees to stop practice. Page 11 Berkeley dealer protests against ban to be placed .on cigarettes t>y the proposed or dinance.' *; _;'; -..; Page 1O Former Berkeley city employe renews charges made during campaign. ' Pagell Alleged impostor borrows - money and poses as a hero. * Page 10 Husband of convicted woman burglar tows he will, greet' her when ene ~. lea-res, San Quentln-r^--- • — --\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 . - , .-\u25a0••-. /^ -." PmreJO, -•-, -. <. _•\u25a0: r- \u25a0 -\u25a0 * . * a -* w ."^r;-^ w - \u25a0*-. . s- v*&p<*^ Grand Jury still-, pursning; investigation -;--.«f ' the tangled accotmts of public admiDis-' trator. - ; Pagell' Berkeley 'Y. 31. C. JL. building campaign stai'trd at banquet in Masonic temple. , Page 10 Woman falls Into cesspool and has desperate struggle for life. ' Pagelu Kappa Kappa Gamma society will give dance at the Claremont club. Page 10 Miss Gcnevlere Klmball and Joseph Wheeler Bingaman married -at the home of the bride's parents. • *. Page 10 Elks' rehearsal assures success for musical comedy, "A Xi^ht In Bohemia." Paijell' Native Sons and Daughtem of Golden , West celebrate Adtaission , day in San Jose. Page 1 Japanese commercial commisEloners visit in dustrial plants of Portland, Ore., and attend banqaet. Page 0 Hanbury contest amicably settled out !of court. Page « SPORTS ;W State " league score*^ — Stockton 3, Sacramento 1; Sacramento 3, Stockton 2;-.-- Oakland 4,' Fresno 2. \ Page 11 Coast league scores — Vernon 4, Oakland -3; Vcraon S, Oakland 1; Portland 3, Sacramento 3; Portland 11, Sacramento 1; San ' Francisco 10, Los Angeles 9; San Francisco 4, Los'An gclcs 1. .^.:'*/ P«Ke H Miss -Jennie Crocker's famous bull terrier Dick Dazzler wins first prize at San Mateo ken ael *bow. Page 11 California Tarslty Rugby team defeats Bar barians. 6 to 3, and Olympics win from fresh men, 10 to 3. Page 1 1 Hazel Hotchki&s and Florence Sutton will meet for tennis championship of Pacific states in ladies' singles. 0 Page 14 Jack Johnson has Al Kaufman at his mercy ia every round of battle at Mission' street arena. - . Page io Referee Eddie Smith gives black champion credit for being one of the cleverest big men in the game. Page IV Chicago and Pittsbnrg bold their places in the National league* by 'winning - their games. ''-__ • Page 11 Sensational golf is played In national amateur championship contests. ' Page 14 MARINE Lorltne comes from Honolulu with passengers and freight over glassy sea. - Page 17 SOCIAL Many society folk will attend the dance to be given at Bnrlingame this evening by Miss Ethel •": ; Crocker, - which " will be. preceded by numerous dinner parties. ri" \u25a0' va . Page 8 YOUNG WOMAN BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE Miss Madge; Carsin Victim of /Venomous Reptile [Special Dispatch to The Cell] SANTA ROSA, Sept. 9.— Advices were received here this afternoon from Caza dero to the effect that* Miss Madge Car - sin, sister of ' Miss Gertrude and - Miss Nell-Carsin of this city and Mrs. Frank Whitlatch /of ; Petaluma, had .been .bit ten by a rattlesnake at' the. home /of her parents, sevefal "miles from 7 Caza dero. No particulars /are/ obtainable, although : it Is reported that the young woman- is in a precarious condition/./" THOUSANDS AT "GRAPE ;; FESTIVALS AT' ESCONDIDO SAX \u25a0'"--: DIEGO. :/ Sept. 9.-— This was "Grape day" at Escondido./- , ; . ; Special trains from J-os Angeles and San Diego took f hundreds /of ! People/i to' the 'f scene of Tthe annual r.\intaire- festival^ '•< Four thousand' or -.- more i visitors were ' pres ent Escondido v..was i gaily - decorated. 1 Manyi tons f of. > grapes' were given : away to the guests.Vr",x "\V* ' •-\u25a0•\u25a0 :: :\u25a0;- -,;;\u25a0-'.".-•*,'• . ' WESTEHX \u25a0: CBANBEKEY JCKOP - EITCNED-E. J>ccds h. i Wis.V r B#ptrs. 9. — Reports ; receiTed > ;ber# from :;Tariott« * points ( In" this,*s tb** greatest ( crao- '\u25a0 hrrr.T <s!«tri<t in th** west "show, that; thn crop has been practically 1 ruined , by : f roet' and flr» v \u25a0?• -= SAN MIANCKCOg^ro E. H. HARRIMAN IS DEAD Life Wow of World's Greatest Railroad Organizer is Ended Ed^ard^H.^-'H£irrinTah : ' \ BUNKO ARTIST IS WELCOMED TO CITY Special Committee Composed of One Detective * Greets \u25a0 Swind*" j ler and Escorts Him to Jail . ; After. a most successful season •in Seattle, during: ( whlch time it, is said | that, he reaped .a : rich harvest. -.James ! Mulligan, 'whom the ! police ; call the j "kins of bunko' men,", arrived- in San Francisco Wednesday, night,' intending to ply his trade during the Eortola fes-; tival*. * but his liberty was- cut ~ short by" Detective,. Sergeant .McPhee, \u25a0* who* met him at the ferry: depot • and con-; ducted him to :..t he i city, 'prison, where he is .now languishing. 'J,-- - Mulligan was the most surprised man in Sari Francisco when.lie- : was ac costed by .McPhee at the ferry. 'lie was attired' in "the latest „; Parisian] clothes : and the't flash of - the --diamond in "his , tie- off set the broad smiie, that he* wore before T coming ;face" to^ face with McPhee. \ Then ';he" was;', politely; asked : to 'accompany.' the ; officeri to .the! police station. , ; i \u0084--..*, ,v :/, "Who do you think ;I; I 'am?" he- asked' McPhee. "I- haven't given'.lta thought,"i answered"' the sleuth. ; Seattle 4_4 _ wired" t bat 'you were' going; to \u25a0. visit :Saiv Fran-: ciscoY during the Portolat festivals and; Don "Gaspar.'de'i Anderson 1 ; has .a 'we!-; come a. waiting,. you."' \\\ 1 " . . .-* / Mulligan was taken to^thecityi prison', and •• his/name/entered I on \ the * detinue" book 11 - pending. y advices * from .^Seattle, where: he is saidTtO'be/wanted.orisev-; eral charges; . . -.-.; -V; r /, ;V - - ? , ,- '.\u25a0'-\u25a0: v-J "\u25a0',\u25a0,•\u25a0\u25a0 .;* / Mulligan,*' thc'Cpolice i£ \u25a0 sayv*«i s^know'n ! from , coast ..to ". coast Tas \u25a0"? the |» cleverest' bunko man ' in p ttfe^country.; - l He*i has ! served time/in; several k prisons 'jini this! Andy pbsslblyj ing other .it coiin-] "tries j as i wel irJj'He^has j no j gafne?l Hells; liable ito'ibranctf.out^asJa'brokorj lnStheSbegrinning;and|whenlthat(busi-I tnesß *,^rowSi|Blow," - to* become *va"^ real' estate promoter. . . --\u25a0•\u25a0'..•\u25a0 YOUTH AND FLOWER OF STATE JOIN IN GREAT CELEBRATION Nati ve;/Sons^;and J^gjri^ pßjrthday With j ;i^llilr^ Fete; [Special Dispatch, lo' The .Call} / •\u25a0 j SAN JOSE,= Sept. 9.— Stahvart/sons'and'daughtersofXalifornia.marchcd "the ' street s of ; t hi s ci t>> today; in glad : celebrati on of | the j fif ty-ni n t h anniversary of the admission 6f;.Ca.nforriia*;inlo, the' galaxy of' states comprising" the union. TKe/' youth' and \ the \u25a0. flower^ of the j entire state • were represented *in the long line that- wound^its .way about :the streets of. the/Garden'Gity.' r - - . I Seven' thousand .'persons^participated ,in 'the; great/parade, while 50,000 spectators, sought : .points "from, which '' to ;view , the \ pageant which recalled so vividly -\\\<t history arid ''the**-/ // ..' . ""/ /"^/ ./ . '"..'.' '-4> traditions- of this 'state, for the ; prcs- j ervatiori : of I which/- the ; Native i :S6ns;of j the Golden West 'and the" Native Daughters, of ; the Golden West 'were | founded.."" « /-.-,* \u0084; . y > In preserving history today the men and, tHeiwbmen'of, this ;state:also made history, ; for. the, parade^ was one^of^ the most -in -the; list » of -; Admission' day .'! pageants." Limited /as'ithe/>e'pre-' 'sentatioriv of .«";pafldra' was, .-because -of [ .the /refusal f of /the* Southern i Paci fie jto | grant the * special ; excursion j rates v ex- IpectVd'bylthe general fcorriihittee/' there i was \u25a0\u25a0 nevertheless, a /mighty r outpouring of of the/two.-orders; jintent on making /the s" celebration '-* a • notable one ": \u25a0'despite'!* thls^ hindrance." 1/^ / .' ': -', : Unlike /most \u25a0 big ! parades,"^ the \u25a0\u25a0> one '\u25a0 to day start ed^prompOy"; at j the j appointed hourjof l ll? o'clock. \u25a0• ' It l required an hour, and a quarter.; for'thej marchers .to]pass a given/ point. ;;\u25a0, /r/,/ r / , -r •\u25a0/.>\u25a0,; ~, '; ;•* Proves; lmpressiye.Sight ! ' , v-*impres»ive f* because rbf^the/,; slgnifl 'cah'ce^ of '4 the* ; occasion'; and/the :enthu siasm of the- niarc_hers,\th6}pajad_e/waa' a ; long <\u25a0 to'obe : remembered,' ;wUhfitsSever'*cnahgirigrpJpturefa^fpar- 1 lor after; parlor^swungypast^tp* the rhythmic beat "of drumslfthVcrashing^of /b"rass ? airdftYeTs*hHh!l? r ipin«:olf^ .The *60 ' bands \u25a0 and Vdrum corps - lent a gay* medley to the procession,- the. music of ; ' one '\u25a0'; ' raingling.' ; ;with . the /others throughout' the parade. '.-" \u0084 * .'\u25a0 i-.Therei -.There : was- keen rivalry among*: the i parlors, " .eacb-'f vicing 1. with {the pother . to j make ;the best: showing. ,: Most* of the I .parlors" .' were [[ represented' by -•members in. uniforms/ jMuch originality was "dis-' played' by, the . different parlors se lecting, outfits.; • .{ . : •";•;:\u25a0\u25a0 * » . ; • ; By • 9^o'clock : th is • morning : the differ- ; ent -parlors * began f'_ marching ' to /their positions ;. in^the]; 'long ; line; 'and^when iwas'" given -by Grand* Marshal James ' E.l Fitzgerald at : 1 1 'o'clock : every "one was "in 'readiness. ". With : clockllke precision^; th*e> eight .divisions /marched south in- Market .[ street - to : San ; Car I os, east in ; San; Carlos [street" to 'First,- north in v Firstv street f'to^'Hobson Jand '.then I countermarched if in^: First 'street \u25a0 to 1 San I Carlos,' moved east in \ San" Carlos : street to 'j Second /and then ? north S "in i Second j street itb' Sari" Fernando.,; ./:.*,' , Streets tWell -Decorated \v : j> i.The sights that , greeted the; marchers i .we're 'almost* as/ Interesting as /those Lthey£were*f in '..turn ; unfolding]|to"^thV spectator's. .Through richly : decorated MStre^^J^riprWwwlbnTpro^eiwed,^^ * Continued on , Pase 11, Columa 3 T PEACEFUL DEATH BRINGS RELEASE FROM SUFFERING Family at Bedside When Final Summons Calls Hence the Genius That Has Made Indelible Impress SOMEDOUBT ASTO THE EXACT // HOUR HE BREATHED HIS LAST Announcemerit Not Made in New York City //Until the Stock Exchange Had Closed Transactions for the Day I FATAL ILLNESS IS SAID TO HAVE I! BEEN CANCER OF THE STOMACH /i%/ i% The people of the United States are not likely to forget the great work ke has \ accomplished for them^-— James J.. Hill. He litas btdJ^^^te^md^€^ge^'-riHe A 9M a genius- of the constructive— z order who towered high among the giants of Wall street— -Henry Clews,. .7 have long regarded Mr: Harriman as the most remarkable genius ever developed. in business life.— rJamesStillman. v One of the world's greatest men has gone. The great Union and South ern Pacific railroads* transformed by his master hand from financial and physi cal wrecks to magnificent properties, will be his enduring . monument. — W. C. Brown; ' /^// -V The nation owes a. greater debt to Mr. Harriman than to any other of those upbuilders whose names have spelled prosperity. —^Frank A. Vanderlip. One can but admire the indomitable \u25a0 courage and will power that an. ' mated the slender body and which endured to the last. He was a remarkable man. — -E. P. Ripley. ARDEN, Sept. 9.— Edward H. Harriman. is dead. Secluded in his magnificent home on Tower hill, he succumbed this affer . noon to an intestinal: disorder after a fight for health which was as remarkable in its intensity as in its far reaching effect upon the financial world. That the great railroad wizrd. even in the death throe, could not relax his grip upon the practical affairs of the world which he was leaving was evidenced, to the satisfaction of Wall street, by the; fact that the news of his death \was withheld until the stock exchange had closed. Men familiar, with the character of Harriman do not hesitate to say that this was done at his dying direction, to defeat the plans of the bears, who were his lifelong aversion. •.:' The exacF time of Harriman's ; death is known only in that limited circle of relatives and associates who had so. effectually shielded him from all outside annoyance during his last illness. The time- was : . riven out at 3:35 o'clock*— — : v p. m., but Mrs. Mary. Simons,', the sister of the dead man, said tonight that he •> died at 1:30 o'clock p. m. The "time 'of. his death/ as ' officially announced, was just 35 ,minutes after trading had -ceased on" the New York exchange. Greatest/ in the World That Harriman was the -greatest organizer i and combiner . oorf r railroad properties the world has known is the' opinion expressed by those who are competent to .pass judgment. In the matter of pioneering, of extending trackage into 1 " virgin territory he can not be \u25a0 compared with James J. Hill ; nor . has " his achievement much in common -'/with that of Commodore Vanderbilt and Jay Gould and ColHs P/-Huntington. But his genius for railroad control was / unrivaled. He reached out for line after line and tKey; became his by magic which his bitterest; and astutest opponents could not '(withstand until he; had laced the continent with a system of .gigantic proportions. ; / - : . ci Partly -the direction of his genius and "partly the period of.^his "aieend ency j" explained ' why" Harriman'- was not a .'.builder.'- of railroads, like -Hill, the greatest *. of all / railroad j makefs, and/like^Vahderbilt/r Goiuld^'iarid. the others ; and it ,is part of his splendid achievement that, unlike some of these;-, hjciwas/neyer/ a ..wrecker -off the properties/which 'he /manipulated.'/ 'ft Fr om \u25a0; the/berinning \u25a0of his "ascend ency/: mystery -' surrounded the ; source of "ther-milliops 'with v which v'Harri CLASSIFIED •ABj^^&g . V < Brings More for the Money - Than Any Other Investment . You v-an ivlake. PRICE FI\ T E CENTS. ' man operated. But Harrima never wrecked a railroad; he was no jobber of stocks , and . securities. Bullish by nature, he sought always to strengthen the market with the stocks and bonds t in which ihe dealt, and it was owing to the. skepticism or -.Wall street, al ways searching for dubious motives, that more did not profit from the straightforward statements * which usually emanated . from his office to herald the coming of dividends. Marvelous Reconstructor Harrimari was a great reconstructor. The properties which fell into his control always profited by his man agement in improved equipment, faster schedules and a more concert trated bureaucracy, the ideal ot up to date railway "manageemnt.. No state, has profited more : by : these character- .. inics than 'California. The amalga mation of the three Pacifies, the absorp tion of the coast'feedM-s.and.the tight ening of discipline have not been.- un mixed-blessings either iri: the eyes of the, public or of the railroadmen trained -under the Huntington regime, but • they have worked incalculable benefit to' San Francisco. It will never be forgotten on the : Pacific coast that Harriman did . not hesitate to spend a million dollars a mile in cutoffs that clipped- minutes from . the transconti nental schedule. ,- .. , , - Death Was peaceful • Harriman ?died peacefully and. to the end his .brilliant . mind retained Its In tegrity/After a relapse Sunday ha sank slowly "and - soon after noon 1 today* ; : came j a "frelapse • which "marked the approach oX U»e end. -Hi 3 wife, two