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" . , - - - - ..... .... ',. ' . ',-'... . .c. .... . . . . . .. . -. , .: - . - A' THE WEATHER. ... : 'i CHRISTMAS. - ; - ; 1 The Star wlshelta friends , each and every one a very, hap-? py Christinas and a prosperous . New Year.;. . . -..? :: ; .". ;. 7 ; ; " Rain Saturday, Sunday gener ally fair and somewhat colder. VOL. IjXXXV NO. 80. r '- WILMIKGTO 3ST. C., SATUEDAY MOENING, DECEMBER 25, 1909. WHOLE NUMBER 13,174. BULLS GOIIIRDL W. GOULD BROKftW COTTON H(ET STILL LOVES WIFE Favored During Week by Re : ports : of Better Spot , ' : Demand, Etc V- SIXIEEII CEIITS COMES TRUE Situation Does Not Appeal to Manu facturer 8om of the Influen-;-ces . at Work for Higher "'' Prices of Staple. , - New York, Dec. 24. The bulls have . made good their prediction that 16 ' cents would lie reached by Christmas time. They have, been favored by re ports of a better spot demand in var ious parts of the South, a bullish gin ning report last Monday and evidenc es, as they believe, that trade Js much better condition than many had supposed.- ' : Certainly the sentiment . herer has . been generally bullish. Believers in higher prices dilate,, on the fact that the .spinners' takings oflate have ex ceeded the receipts. ' They also t be lieve that spinners are in many cases become .firm under a realization of the fact that the cropis really small, even if the recent government estimate of 10,08,000 bales have been rather too low. - Those figures and some of the ginning returns are regarded by some as too small for the average credulity, but the idea: is .spreading that apart from this the yield is actually several millions less than. the world's con sumption of American cotton. - Some bulls indeed, put ' the . disparity be . tween supply and prospective demand . as at least. 3,000,000 bales. More gen erally it is stated that at 2,500,000 and the prediction is made that before the' close " of the season wholesale curtail ment will' be '.compulsory. Te yield t not only small in this Country, "but la alart nfltri tn-tw mnh smftHer than .. usiya.i-,Eypt..Some" recent estl- ' 'mteH"X)f "thwvElast ; Indian ' crop are smaller than' at one time, though the "yield . in that " quarter is expected to . 'be,oomparatively liberal. 1 Of late Ljv r erpool prices have been stronger than looked for,' the spot sales there .in creased) on Thursday, and from parts of ,Tex - Alabama, . the Carol inas, Tennessee, Georgia and Louisiana re ports' have been received of a, 'better demand ' for the actual : cotton. r The farmers are 'believed to have sold con siderable of their crop at high prices and to be In .a position to hold the re mainder for Borne time to come.. Fall Rivermills jefused to accede to their employes' request to" close on Friday, December 24, forthe ' Christmas holi days, and this is taken as meaning that trade In that section is in no bad way. Indeed, the reports indicate a gradual Improvement in the business of cotton goods. The lholiday trade has been very active. General trade is improYlng. Silver has recently ad vanced materially, whereby the buy ing power of the Orient has been sen- sibly increased. : ' . On the other hand, many consider prices altogether too high, and that sooner of;later. this must be as disas trous a break In prices as there was in the Sully campaign. This element expect the South v to plant an enor mous acreage " during the coming Spring, one thaV ' may : conceivably mean a crop under favorable condi tion of 15,000,000 bales. . - ' On the advance there has been hea vy liquidation by big operators and others. , Federal legislation on the subject of cotton futures has been in troduced" and may be carried through during . the present session - of Con gress. Cotton manufacturers are in many cases bitterly resentful of the present high cost of raw material; be lieving it to be largely due to specula tion. The , general sentiment else where is ; bullish, however, based on the proposition that consideration of supply and demand must ultimately force prices to a higher level, however regrettable .from the . manufacturers view point, this may be. s Willing to Take Her Back to His 'Arms And Forgive. SHE PREFERS $60,00 0 A YEAR ; , zr", . .Y:y- On Christmas eve the children, all gathered around the fire, Discuss the ptobaoilities until they must retire." -x 'Tis then the fateful wishbone, kept over . from Thanksgiving day, Is brought to jUg&t and broken in. th.t traditional way With their 'fair, expectant faces, and eyes with .light aglow They await the anxious moment when-all of them shall know Who is to be the favorite of fortune and whose .choice Is sure to bring , fulfillment fit" to make the heart rejoice, j: - - 1 ' -- -N ' " ' HALF MILLION LOST IN FIRE. Florida Town Visited by Disastrous Conflagration Yesterday; Ocala, Fla., Dec 24.Fire which started at 4 o'clock this morning at -rjsiai uiver near here, completely destroyed the Dixon Cedar Pencil fas- xpiy, entailing a loss of half a mil lion dollars. The fire spread from the Dixon plant to nearby buildings au lare this afternoon, was threat ening to destroy the entire town." MeS' - sages asking for . aid were received nere at noon and one chemical en gine i ana fifty men were despatched to the scene of the fire on a special iram ac i o'clock. Later in the day a, message was received . stating that. ine 10 wn was seriously in danger of oemg aestroyed; that the Ocala firo men were workine hard with the citi zens in their efforts to check the fir?. The fire, started In the boiler room 01 me xaxon iactory. Keports recelv ed here at-4 o'clock this afternoon state that-the. efforts of the firemen nave oeen- directed towards saving nearDy properties, principally the Dix on Hotel, wo -rears were then felt for the business" section, though ' the ine was Durning rapidly. r Cart to the Beach. Today cars to the beach every half hour in the afternoon. ' . TRADE EXCEEDINGLY BRIGHT Cotton Goods ' Advancing in Price- Record Broken in Cotton Goods v -'Trade With South Amer- ;l" ca and Philippines. New Yorlr Dee. 24 R. g:' Dun 'jb' Co's weekly Review, of Trade tomor- row wifl say in part: ' . . . " ' Holiday trade has been on thes whole, very , satisfactory. The colder weather has contributed to , more wholesome trade conditions ia: sever-. al. lines. The general 'business situa- tioni presents a somewhat mixed ap pearance, though there is no funda mental change in conditions, the out look 'being, in the main; exceedingly bright ; The recent advance of. cotton to above 16 cents for the May option was one of the incidents of the week and is'in line with the general 'tendency of higher prices! - , Conditions in iron and steel remain somewhat mixed, dullness and weak ness still being apparent in the dI iron markets, whereas, ?m the other hand .there is quite and active demand for steel products generally. .-In the primary markets the usual holiday quiejt is apparent, although cotton goods purchasersby converters have been fair' and fancy overcoating for Fair are not being ordered.v. Southern yarn mills are planning for curtail ment to offset the trying conditions due to high cost cotton. Prices on cotton goods are firm and, have shown further advances in 'some directions to a parity with the advancing raw material market. V ; ' . The best export business in cotton goods is reported with, the Philippines and Southi-America.. Holiday quiet, prevails among New, England wear, manufacturers, most of whom are now taking inventory of stock, : while ; the jobbing trades gene rally- is . dull. :. , . , v MILL OPERATIVE ON RAMPAGE. Ran Amuck Yesterday Afternoon Jri Mill Village at Fayettevilie. - Fayettevilie, N. C, Dec. 24. Until he ran afoul .of Magistrate McMillan at" his tiome, Albert Melvin, an opera tive at the Holt Morgan cotton . mill, went on a rampage of the village, set tlement" this morning, visiting the houses of several people, cursing and abusing them disgracefully arid. draw lng a tknife upon several women who dared" to remonstrate with him about his conduct. Wihen he reached Suire McMillan's house, the magistrate de manded that he keep the . peace -and received a blow in the Tface which floored him,' for his trouble. Finally two other magistrates came np and the young" man was overpowered and placed in a -wagon in whch' he wa hauled to town and' thrown: into jail until he sobered, up.-; f : -.1 ' : fifty were Injured in wreck. Train r.nnvevina Christmas Traveler . Went . I nte Ditch. .i Winnipeg, Mann., . Dec. 24. A spreading rail caused Canadian pas senger train of, twelve coaches', font of them s sleeping ; cars, to. jump into a ditch near: Chapteair.J -East; of Foi-t WilUam;; Ont., today and. fifty persons were. injured, none seriously. It-is .thought that many of the vic tims sustained internal injuries; Mosi of. the; passengers were western Cana dians bound Co spend the holidays In Ontario towns. . " '-' ' 4- ."". V FLEEING FROM ; NWGUJl Ex-Presid?nt Zelaya Departed From Capital , Under Coeiv'of. Darkness . , Was Accompanied by Body Guard Heavily Arrr.djV wCorinto, Nic, Dec. 24 Jose Santos Zelaya, who three days ago relinquish ed, the presidency of Nicaragua to Dr Jose Madriz the same day his" army met -defeat by the revolutionists at Rama has fled . the capital and to night is in Corinto surrounded by his body guard and a few faithful friends. Zelaya departed irom ' Managua un der, cover, of darkness, escorted by fif ty of his guard of honor, and a squad of , artillerymen with a Maxim gun Just at 3 o'cloc kthis morning the 0arty -quietly left the former Presi dent's home and -half an hour later, went on board a small steamer which sailed immediately. for Momotombo on' Lake Managua. The .trip was made without special Incident. There were no demonstrations'-along the ; line, . the population generally being unaware of the iden tity .ofthe passengers of( the specircu trainfl -rAIl the members of the party, including Zelaya - himself.- were heav ily -armed. Zelaya appeared calm and quite cheerful. . . " . Food For Starving Soldiers." - Washington, Dec. 24. Tp relieve, the" starvation of the captured" soldiers of the Zelayan army at Rama and furnish much needed aid ..to soldiers of both the Nlfaraguan government forcos and the insurgents who were injured in the battle-near Rama, the United States government today ordered the cruiser Prairie, iiow at Colon, to take on board $5,000 worth of staple supplies secured by?' funds -of. the American Red Cross ociety ,and proceed with all possible haste toiBluefields . - - ." c; Mysterious Movements..' ' S'an Juan del Sur, Nica., Dec. 24. The United States gunboat "Princeton arrived "here today from Corinto. -A dispatch dated Corinto. says the .Princeton -.was reported as .having gone to the Gulf of Fonseca..JNo ex: planatlon has been offered concerning her presence at the place. ' This action 'on the part of the Amer: icaili government was taken ai the urg ent request of Captain Shipley, of ,th United States - ship Des Moines now in- Bluefields, who : reports that th9 cap tureyl Zelaya army is actually -in a state of s starvation.. . - . The. actual situation vat Bluefields is explained in a telegram received bx the Secretary wf the Navy from. Cap . tain Shipley. "under yesterday's de re ceived here today. " It says in part: "Splendid work is being accomplish ed, by our hosipital service on shore. Severity - five seriously wounded" men wefre- treated last v night -2 So far, .one hundred and fifty wounded have Srriv e. Hospital facilities assure adequate cdre for the present. - s .-- Nearly- one-thousand men were kill ed out the nrimber may - total more. I witnessed- the arrival of prisoners, whose condition was - pitiable.; They wereil lame arid near starvation. Many were. Uoys 11, to 12 years old. .. borne women 1 and : " small children .;were amdng the prisoners." There are not enough food Supplies in Bluefields to supply the ' revolutionists and prison ers. ; The situation is critical. .Starva tiotf or epidemic may occur." ' " V This lelegram was -preceded 'by one from ' Uw i S. . -Consul i Moffat, .aC" Bluer, fleidsl' Which , Indicated .that a despe rate "sifuation existed among the pris oners, 'which called for immediate ac tion.-" To tbis Acting secretary wiu. MARK TWAIN'S GREAT SORROW Tragic Death of His Favorite Daugh ter Upon the Eve of . Qiristmas--i.- Attack of. Epilepsy'" in Bath , .-.Tub.- :"' .Redding, Conn.,' Dec " 24 Mark Twain's invalid daughter, Jean, met death tragically this morning while at the bath, bringing poignant grief at Christmas time to-Stormfield. She was his youngest daughter, endeared to htm not enly by long companion ship, but by her frail health caused by recurrent attacks of epilepsy. Her death -leaves Dr.. Clements without kin in this country to share his sor row. . Jean Clemens died probably Of strangulation due to an attack bf epi lepsy, or from heart failure.- . The body was found in the bath tub with the head only partly submerged. 'Miss Clemens had evinced physical weariness of late; but yesterday after noon she rode her favorite horse to rhe postoflice to get the early Christ mas mail, and last night she. cheer fully prepared a Christmas tree which she had planned to distribute gifts this morning. ' When 'she arose this morning she went to the bath room where her life less tcdy was found later. Her fail ure to respond to the maid's, knock ing on the -door revealed her death. With ' characteristic ' pnnosopny, T FOR MURDER Wardlaw Sisters Must Answer for "Mysterious Death of Young Wo man Evidence of Suicide ; Compact Discovered. , New York, Dec; 24.s--GruesomjB phraseology in the indictments against the . Wardlaw sisters, - charged with the murder of Ocey Snead,'wa"s made public today ia the arraignment "of Msr. Caroline W- Martin, the. victim's mother and Mrs. Mary Snead, n aunt, in the Tombs police court when they were re-committed1 to the Tombs for 30 days, pending extradition to New Jersey. . . .. In the indictments against both, 'it is charged: , that tney ma "taise tne said Qcey Snead with; both their hands, and cast, throw, and push said Ocey Snead into a certain, bata. tub where there was a great quantity of water, andby means of which -said Ocey Snead was choked, ' suffocated and drowned." . - Another count charges .. that Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Snead did incite, pro cure, abet, counsel, hire and command Virginia Wardlaw to do and comniit murder upon the body of Ocey Snead As heretofore torn, the. grand jury, as an additional precaution, charges: al three with aiding and abetting t victim's suicide. ' Mark Twain is bearing up bravely. L Further complications in the maze of contradictory evidence which the investigation of the case was unearth ed, developed today with the discove ry of additional documents.. I hey were-found by the Brooklyn police-in the Henry street house once occupied by the Wardlaws and Imbued '. the de tectives, with the belief, that tne en tire family had made a suicide pact which was only partly fulfilled oy tne death of Ocey Snead. ' . The alleged pact is' said to ; be re vealed by letters signed -by ocey Snead." her husband, Fletcher; Mrs Martin. . her mother, and,- - her two aunts, Mrs. Mary Snead and Miss Vir ginia Wardlawr Accompanying tnem were sevral blank forms of attorney, all sienedby Ocey Snead. The docu ments have, been turned - over to the New Jersey, authorities. . ; v ' . BRYAN GOES TO SOUTH AMERICA ' . . - . . - Cars to. the. Beach. , Today cars to the beach; every half hour in the afternoon.. ;s Hundreds of messages of condolence are arriving from throughout this country and abroad. Death has al ready taken frcm him his wife and his daughter Susau. Jean Clemens was about 30 year3 old, and was her father's close com ., (Continued on Page Eight.) - S V OUTLINES. ,; The Explorers' Club, 'of New" York, yesterday voted with bowed heads to expel Dr. Coolf from membership in the club, ven his friends' joining nrjthe sorrowful spectacle and ' coinciding in the declaration that the Doctor is un worthy of belief arid a falsifier, the club pronounces his alleged asscension of Mount McKinley a bold deception President Zelaya, of. Nicaragua, fled his capital under darkness Thurs day night and reached-Corinto. under bodv . -euard heavily armed- The three Wardlaw-sisters have been in dieted in New. York for the murder of Mrs. OceV. Snead, and evidence of a siiipirlp naet between all .members of the family- has beeri discovered -In the Brokaw divorce case in New York vesterdav. the husband declared . his love for his wife, and is willing to take her.back to his arms, but she prefers $60,000 alimony, a ' year -Five men were'probably ' killed by a locomotive exolosion .yesterday; at Shawnee, UKia homa- There was a- $500,000 fire near Ocala,, Fla., yesterday The week end in New York finds the bulls takinsr a firm stand-with statistics and trade in their favor; while the bears de- Dend- on the belief that higher prices will lead to a record breaking crop the coming season- Dun & . Co., report trade as generally bright, with cotton eoods advancing in price At Hills- ville, Pa.7 yesterday .' a 'family ot five nersons and three boarders wereurn- ed to death .in a residence, which caught' on fire- from a lamp- New York markets"-- Money on call firm 2 1-2 to 5 1 1-2 per ' cent; spot cotton, holiday t 'wheatr steady, No. 2 red 1.27 to 1.27 " 1-2 to arrive elevator; corn steadyrNo - 2, 70 1-4 elevator, 70 3-4 delivered; oats dull, mixed 47; turpen- throu replied by sending tne ionowius.uue qurei, i . , instructions r to Captain:. Shipley: via quiet strained common,, to good 4.15 to :i (Continued' on Page Eighty Aii'.l Ci-i if V - Democratic Commoner Better and on ; Wav to Cuba. ' ' Jacksonville. Fla., 'Dec ; 24. Hon William J. - Bryan, who has been II for several days at the home - of his cousin. : ex-Governor William S. Jen nings here, left at 4 .o'clock: this after noon "for Miami, Fla.; from which point he will board a steamer-for Cu- ba, later going to soutn America, mr. Bryan was feeling very : much ; better when he left tne City, dui was sui suffering from a severe cold. ,. ... . ' - - - TURMOIL IN NEGRO j REPUBLIC, News -From Santo" Domingo 1 Quite - Disconcerting Just Now., . - - San Juan, Porto Rico, - Dec. : 24. News from Santo Domingo by persons arriving today says that.'bloody bat tles between the government and rev olutionary forces on the "island, In which the former suffered defeat." It is declared t that President Caceres cannot longer ihtild out .against, the revolutionists Twho -are headed by for iher President Jiminez and Morales. In 'Divorce Case Husband Declares He .Had Only One Week of Happi- ness in Married Life De " sires Conciliation. New York,-Dec. -"24; One week of happiness in two years of married life, was the best W; Gould Brokaw could get out of -his 'bargain, he testified in court today. And yet he is willing to take his - wife back. She, however, seems to prefer separation and $60,000 a year alimony." -V - "I bearabsolutely no rancor towards mys wife",, he; volunteered in his testi mony . 'today "and 'if ishe - will promise to be good,'I will-take Jier back in my arms. ? All I want, her to promise Is that she .will n6t?.accuse me of going with- other ;;women and , that she will stop calling me names. - If she makes that promise I will wish her a Merry Cliristmas and a Happy New Year. Mrs. Brokaw was'.vnot present to hear her husband's offer of reconcilia tion.. A severe cold kept her housed today. But her counsel was disinclin ed to credit Mr. Brokaw's sincerity "If Mr. Brokaw, means what he said," commented Mr. Baldwin to the court, there . is jio . reason why they , should not" be reconciled; but I believe It is nothing -more than a weir? planned scheme to create ravor tor tne aeien dant" At the resumption of hearings today Brokaw -was asked to describe the single week of wedded bliss he-would allow. " He. was sick at the time and quarrels arid worry were not good for him ne . aaidj. ;His. physieiansadvised him not to see Mrs. Brokaw but he in sisted and won. ' V- . "I could not seem to get Mrs. Bro kaw off my mind," he explained, "and finally the doctors said she could visit me. I drove half way to meet .her and for tx week she was very loving and affectionate. Everything was lovely." Mr. Mclntyre, Brokaw's counsel, brought out denials that Brokaw ever set his servants to spying on his wife or that Jie was jealous of her physi cians. He never suspected, he said, that Mrs. Brokaw would elope with one of the doctors whose name has figured in the suit, because, Brokaw said, the doctor was too effeminate. He never heard his wife mention the name of v"Bunnie" Wells, whose presence' in " a house party at Great Neck, L. I., precipitated the final es trangement. He only knew that a man had slept in his bed what man he could not find out. Fake Explorer Expellee! From Explorers' Club in New VOTETAKEH V1TH BOVED HEADS Board of Managers Declare Explorer Unworthy of Belief He' Deceiv ed and Falsified About As cension of Mt. McKinley.,. .y. New York, Dec. 24- The board-of governors of the Explorers'- Club met today in executive session and, stand- -ing in silence, voted with bowed heads; that Dr. Frederick A. Cook be dropp- V ed from the rolls of the club for ' frauds practiced on its members and 09 the public. ' '., ' ':i Coming hard upon the heels of the crushing verdict lately 0 rendered " byj the University "of Copenhagen, the ac tion of the Explorers', Ciub,' today . Is the result' of -Independent rinveallga- r. ;4 AWFUL TRAGEDY IN OKLAHOMA Five Killed and 17 Injured by Locomo tive .Explosion. Shawnee, Okla., Dec. 24. Five work men, it is believed, were killed and 17 others .were Injured today by the ex plosion of a. locomotive boiler that wreecked the repair shop of the Chica go, Rock Island and Pacific railroad. . Though railway officials say that only two are dead, .fragments of bodies found in the wreckage make it almost certain that five were killed. Employes sav that twenty are missing. The known dead are: " Robert Kerr and John Johns. Five of the more seriously injured are in a hospital Company C. of the" Oklahoma National Guard is on duty by order of Governor Haskell to preserve order. The shop yards are strewn with frag ments of human flesh. The body of Kerr was found three blocks away from the shop. Fragments of the body of Johns were gathered from roofs of adjoining buildings. Windows all oyer town were shattered tonight." , : EUROPE STORM SWEPT. All of Southwest Suffered Heavily by ' Winds and Floods. : Paris, Dec. - 24. All southwestern Europe was swept by destructive storms and floods today. In southeast France forests were devastated, build ings demolished and-lines of communi cation were interrupted. . Belgium suf fered ; heavily from , wind and flood, many i factories being forced, to close down on . account of the Inundations Madrid, reported the most disastrous floods in 50 years. ' Many towns suf fered serious damages, but no loss of life is recorded. -The -rivers of Portu gal were raging torrents from an ex traordinhry rainfall. Although the ma terial damage is considerable no loss of life has been reported. . KING ALFONSO'S CONDITION ' 1 Merry Christmas to our friends. Peo ple's Savings Bank: . , - - ; Gay lord. will sell firework - until 11 o'clock" today.; v X-fr.-. : Another Operation Now Deemed Imper ative Gravest Anxiety. . Paris. Dec. 24. Private advices re-. ceived here from Madrid state that the condition of King Alfonso has created the-gravest anxiety in . court circles. Another operation is imperative. Un der, the guise.of departure on a hunting trip in Andulsia, His Majesty will go to theJ palace- of the countess of Paris at San Lucar, where theoperation win De performed. .- Gavlnrd will sell firework 4 until 11 o'clock today. y " . tions which in no way touch' upon the S. polar controversy and the weight of, ' its disapproval thus becomes cumula-" " -tive. . , . -, I -v; ,; ':.:;.;- -N; Preliminary to Its vote of expulsion " ; ' . . . the board .met to' pass upon the report ; .Jv f of its committee , which has been in- , vestlgating the Validity of Dr. Cook's " assertion that he reached the summit ; . ' of Mount McKinley, , v; , . ;vlV' .. This committee tn concluding an ex- v 5 haustive report, recommended that V' ' "Dr. Cook's claim that he ascended : ' the summit of Mount McKinley in ' y 1906 be rejected by the explorers' club v ) 1 as unworthy of credence.",V . ' The commlltee's ' recommendation; was based - on Its'- finding '. that "Dr. .'' Cook had repeatedly made statements ' that have .not, been" in accord with the, , : ? facts,' and, that, he had .entered' Into - -agreements' which he has! failed to keep and that the misstatements and .' broken agreements. deal not-only -with, -i.'v the., matters appertaining to discove ry, but to ordinary financial transac V ; tions, so that no credsrice can 'be.'glv . en to statements made by" him.";.' ': jr ' . . " Among the' seven signatures ap-' - j, : pended to this arraignment are "" those ' i of Casper Whitney and Anthony Fla- . la,- polar explorer of note, both person- . al' friends of Dr. Cook. The commit- '" ' -tee' is further" explicit fn its statement V .V . ' ; that it undertook its investigation on ly . after first apprising Drr Cook , of ;t its purpose which he approved in per- ' " son; and that It has disregarded en- " . J tirely the testimony of Edward ' Bar rill, Dr. Cook's guide,- and of, Freder- ick Printz, his packer, although such. ; ', -k . testimony was ' before - them because it wished no cloud of partisan conten-. : tions, or question of .financial interest! -' to dim the integrity of its verdict. ;1 In addition" to the findings of-'the - committee as a whole; individualslgn- . ' ed reports are submitted' by Herschel ' '' i C. Parker, professor of Physics at 'Co- 1 lumbia, and Bel'more' Brown, both' of . - , ' whom were memh.ers of the Cook-Mc- ' Kinley expedition; - apd by Charles' Sheldon, who had recently' returned s . C from a year's residence on the slope of : Mount McKinley, .where he went for ' the express 'purpose : of studying the . i configuration of the mountain, with a . view to the possibility of its ascent. . .r 1 Professor Parker reports that he was a partner with Dr. Cook inthe McKin- ley expedition, both physically and fi- ; nancially. ? Dr. Cook assumed theead ! with a. plan which proved unfeasable . :; and the party escaped with their lives. , ; It was perfectly, understood," says Professor Parker, 'that after the mis adventure all' further, attempts were. ,, ' .' abandoned for the season. ' Otherwise ; Professor Parker Would not have left . ' v i the expedition." ; ;v v ; ) Instead of . this, Dr. Cook, it Is charg. - , ed, side-tracked all members of the ex- - ' - ( ; pedition until .there ' remained only v , I vook, nis guiae uarriii ana one.pacKer,. who was subsequently, got rid of. also ; These. defections left Dr. Cook,, says .-r, , Professor Parker, no instruments ca- ' pable of measuring the altitudes , he says he attained. Moreover, he adds, , the Summer's experience had shown 1 .i j that of all the party Dr. Cook and Bar-" y rill were the least fitted physically fof ;i j arduous mountain clitftblng. , , '. t Belmore Brown, in the main con- j firms Professor Parker and says. also I that in Dr. Cook's book there is not one date given from the time he left , . the Chulitaliver This makes lntelli- , f gent criticism impossible, he declares. ( , ( He 'asserts further that he never say,- t Dr. Cook make a single aneroid barom- ; eter reading during the whole trip. , - v ; , Confirming a charge that, has previ- V 7 ously been made, he says Dr. Cook was . ' ; 1 known to be In serious financial straits , and would have had great difficulty la . i getting out of Alaska if he had not re- '.'..' ported that he attained the summit of . . Mount McKinley. Furthermore,, in; 11 , none of the pictures published in Drk" Cook's book does, a climbing rope ap- pear..'' ' '. 'l'"-.. "v,v'v! , i Brown and .Sheldon also represents v various photographs in Dr. Cook's book tdo .not represent' the peaks they are; said to picture; and. Sheldon denies . .. that , he .is the author of the appendix : C. in the book which Dr.Cook credits 7 " V to him. . ' , .-,;..:. : -'v - The committee as a whole,' therefore; V" concludes in part that "Dr. Cook's ac- . - i count not only such as to be uriconvlnc : ing to 'the-experienced mountaineer but ' that under analysis It becomes Jncredl ble. , v- : ,;;' - .'v . : V " v: t '. ' "That he. entered ino a secre flnan- i cial agreement with a publisher which) t i! II V? v
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