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CCOKTOLD
VHITTJEY ALL
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ABOUT TRIP
The Cath Boy ca the Roose
velt Was Witness to
Peary's Story
co:;firi,is dr. cook
Message From Dr. Cook This Mom
lug In Which He Expresses Appre
elation of Enthusiasm and Support.
8ya H PofilUvely Told Whitney
He Had Been to the Pole and That
Pritchard Was Witness In the
Meantime pritchard Had Snld
That He Heard the Story and That
Whitney Knew of Dr. Cook's
Claim Whitney Was Told of the
THscorery in April, 1909 An Im
portant Link in the , North Pole
Controversy Dr. Cook Expected
lnvNew York Tomorrow.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
On board- steamship Oscar II, by
wireless via Slasconsett, Mass., Sept.
20 American News Service, New
York ' City 'I appreciate enthusiasm
and support. Whitney was positively
told that we had reached the pole,
and Pritchard, now on Roosevelt,
was witness. Make h'.m talk.-
(Signed) "COOK."
New York, Sept. 20 The foregoing
wireless dispatch, received by the
, American News Service today from
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, wno is due to
arrive in New Tork Tuesday morn
ing on the steamship Oscar II, shows
that Harry Whitney, the New Haven
millionaire,- who had the confidence
of ' both Dr. Cook and' Commander
Peary, and Whose whereabouts is now.
a mystery, holds the secret : as to
whether Cook ever claimed in Green-
- 'land to have been the real discoverer
of the north, pole. .
Dr. Cook, In his dispatch to the
American News Service today, posl'
tlvely asserts that he told Whitney
he had discovered the north pole, and
that William Pritchard, a cabin boy
and assistant cook on Peary's steam
er, the Roosevelt, heard him so In
form Whitney.
Whitney was told of the discov
ery in April, 1909, according to
Pritchard. When Dr. Cook's dis
patch was sent to the American News
Service, he knew absolutely nothing
concerning the story of the cabin
boy, which came from Battle Har
bor today. The fact that Dr. Cook
refers to Pritchard as a witness and
the fact that Pritchard voluntarily
declares he heard Cook tell Whitney
of discovering the north pole form an
Important link in the north pole con
troversy. Pritchard remained at Annotook
with Boatswain Murphy, of the Rops
evelt.r'to guard Dr. Cook's stores,
which had been taken .possession of.
by Peary. He was there With Whit
neywhen; Cook appeared.
A"" wireless dispatch received from
SydfNy N.- S., today stated that the
,Rooseelt-w.p8 expected there before
nightfall. At (he time the dispatch
was aent the steamer was 70 miles
off Cranberry Head.
Prijtcbard : did not Know whether
Boatswain Murphy, was informed of
: Cook'b success or tot, Pritchard said
that tehtle he was at Annotook with
Whltiiey and- Ctrok," "Murphy was at
Btah. During the .two days he was
there he heard Dr. Cook describe in
thft taltiutest. "detail !to, Whitney the
story- of his tottg'aksh, his sutaess and
b!is -BuTferlng. He said Cottk used a
map to Illustrate tiia story. Pritch
ard couldnt remember whether Cook
said he reached the Pole April 21
dr 2i.
A Great Welco&e.
America will 'tomorrow pay its
tribute to Dr Frederick A. Cook fn
the greatest welcome ever accorded to
tin American, since Admiral George
Dewey, the hero of Manila, returned
home. '. "
Dr.. Cook will arrive at Quarantine:
tomorrow morning at 8:30, on the
Steamer Oscar II. The- boat could
trrlve tonight, but Is being held back
by w5rfess orders to her captain bo
that the plans for welcoming the ex
plorer Will not be disarranged,
t. Th$ tte&mer Grand Republic will
nee Dr. Cook on the Oscar II down
hft:J)4r, having; on board.2,000 per
wonii among then) official representa
tlvw cf th city, Ute and nation, A
pM1 taHT biwring Mrs.. Cook and
f er thiidren-wm meet the Oscar II
and tbe doctor will te transferred to
the tug and later to the Grand Re
jtublkv - ;
(CunlUiuad oo Pais Buven.i ,
Johri' W. Castles, & Suicide
John W. Castles, New York financier and president of Union Trust
Cominy, who killed himself in Grand
threats to take his life. His body was found after frantic search of metro
politan hostelries conducted by his br other, Burton 8. Custlcs.
SHIP BLOWN HP
FAR OUT AT SEA
(By Cable to The Times.) ,
London, Sept 20 A Lloyds telegram
received here today from the British
Steamer Harlow Just in Manila from
Newport News, reports that on July 27
while 10 miles from Durban, a vessel,
on fire was sighted. Before the Harlow
could get near there was an explosion
strewing the face of the ocean with
debris. The Harlow couldn't distin
guish the name of the Ill-fated ship
but believed her to be the Waratah
which carried 300 persons and has long
been missing.
STOLE MONEY FOR
HER SWEETHEART
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Pittsburg, Sept. 20 Miss Stella
'Jones,' a prepossessing young wo
man of Glenwood, whose life has al
ways been above reproach, is a pris
oner at central station, charged with
embezzling $4,000 from. Peter
Hermes, a well-known ice. cream and
tnllk dealer.. The investigation by
the detectives developed that Miss
Jones gave the money to Gilbert N.
Els.ter, with - whom ' she Vas infatu
ated, and that he had squandered it
on nigh living . and oy rides. while
pleading with Miss Jones for money
to expend on the recovery pf his
health. -
Elster was also arrested and is
charged with stealing jewelry valued
at $125 from another young woman.
BEADY Fill) SHUT
T
(By Leased Wire to Tne Times)
Washington, Sept. 20 Everything is
In readiness for the start of the Frank
A.: Munsey reliability automobile tour
tomorrow, morning,. Referee Trego and
his assistants on the.technlcal , points
have . examined and sealed all com
peting cars, numbers and pennants
have been affixed 'to each .machine and
observers hava received their flnal in
structions, and the .only thing that re
mains is the word from Starter Covert
for thefirst car 'to" get Unfleif way.
The first car, tat S'drd, will be given
the wprd at 7. o'clock and 'the, others
wljl follow at ,one minutajntervais, the
last to get, under way being a Renault.
Washington Is. crowded "with people
prominent in 'the automobile world,
among them being number ;f the
best known racing drivers t the coun
try, .inciuqing wuuam Knipper,: win
House, Joe , Matson, " Leo Shaab, and
Howard Hardesty. . . '
Union Hotel following repeated
JOHNSON STILL
BATTLE FOR LIFE
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Ruchestr, Minn., Sfp.t.20 Governor
John A. Johnson s battle for life went
on today, "with hope growing hourly
that the state executive would sur
vive the operation.
Mrs. Johnson got a little sleep last
night, leaving her husband's bedside in
St. Marys Hospital after many hours
of waiting and hoping. Dr. Mayo and
Nevin both believed that it was safe
for her to leave her husband.
At 5:30 a. m. Dr. Vevin, physician
at St. Marys Hospital issued the fol
lowing statement regarding the con
dition of Governor Johnson:
"There is a slight change for the
better in the governor's condition. His
temperature is S9.Z, pulse 108, and
respiration 30. He has rested con
siderable and has slept two hours and
a quarter since midnight. The atrophin
administered at midnight brought
relief. After the nound was dressed
at 5:34 this morning the governor fell
into a doze and is still sleeping."
FIGHT NEXT
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 20 When
Willus Brltt and his man Stanley
Ketchel arrive In town next Wednes
day they will find heavyweight cham
pion Jack Johnson, their next opponent
almost In fighting condition. Johnson
is leaving no moss grow under his feet,
as Is evidenced by the hard work he
did in the gymnasium Sunday.
It was. given out today that John
son's weight when he goes Into the
ring With Ketche. will be somewhere
around 19S pounds.
That the champion will not want for
sparring partners was made plain yes
terday, Sam Fltzpatrlck who brought
Johnson out of the bushes, was a
visitor to his former charge's camp
and white there offered his present
protege, Prank Mantell, to act as a
sparring mate. Already Johnson has
two camp fellows In Joe Mills" and big
Bob Armstrong. :
INDIANS PROTEST.
Say They Are Mistreated by State and
County Officials. .
Washington, Sept. 20 Oklahoma
Indians, numbering 16,000 have pre
pared a petition -which has been sent
to Washington officials of the Indian
protective league, which protests In
vigorous terms1 against their treat
ment by state and county officials.
' It will be presented to congress at
the next session. Representative Mc
Guire, of Oklahoma, will introduce a
bill Intended to correct the abuses
under which the Indlansdeclare they
are suffering.
BRITT- JOHNSON
FIRE IN HIE
PRESIDENT'S
PRIVATEGAR
Burned a Hole In the Floor
of the Car Early this
Morning
DES MOINES SPEECH
President Was Not Disturbed and
Didn't Know of the Fire Until the
Train Reached Des Moines Presi
dent's Car Was Filled With Smoke,
But the Actual Damage Was Small.
Train Was Stopped and the Whole
Train Force Engaged With Buck
ets in Putting the Flames Out
Supposed That Fire Was Caused by
a Spark From the Locomotive
Opposed to Specilicully Exempting
Labor From the Operations of the
Anti-dust Law.
(By WILLIAM HOSTEIt)
Des Moines, la., Sept. 20 Fire
from locomotive sparks burned a
hole in the floor of President Taft's
private car, Mafyflower, at about 2
o'clock this morning. Great excite
ment prevailed among the train
hands while the fire lasted. The in
terior of the Mayflower and of the
Hazelmere, containing the other
members of the party, were filled
with smoke, but the flames were con
fined to a space of about a foot and
were extinguished after the train
crew got to work with water buckets
and an axe.
The train was bowling along at a
speed of 35 miles an hour and well
on toward Des Moines when Assist
ant Secretary .Wagner, of the white
house," who was transcribing the pres
ident's Des Moines speech detected
the odor of burning wood.
At the same time one of the train
crew hurried through from the bag
gage car to locate the fire that he
had almost simpltaneously detected.
The whole train force was shortly at
work. - The train was stopped. Ord
ers were given to work carefully and
not disturb the president, who had
been at work until after 1 o'clock in
the preparation of his speech. Effect
ive work was done in a few minutes
and the Are was soon stamped and
drowned out. The burned spot was
in the forward part of the car, near
the galley. Its further spread unde
tected might have resulted in the de
struction of the entire car, for at the
speed the train was going the flames
were easily fanned. A watch was
maintained on the car during the
rest of the night. During the whole
of the excitement, the president slept
peacefully and it was not until he
arose in Des Moines that he was in
formed of the fire.
It is supposed that a spark from
the locomotive was in some manner
blown into the rear car.
President Taft is opposed to spe
cifically exempting labor unions from
the operation of the anti-trust law,
but he believes it will not include the
labor boycott. The trend of his ad
dress here today was that the boy
cott should be regarded as a perfectly
legal and legitimate weapon.
"Stop the over-capitalization of
railroads," cried the president in his
speech. "Stop interstate commerce
roads from acquiring stock control
or any stock at all of a competing
line."
He advocated general amendments
to the interstate commerce and anti
trust la,ws which will give the govern
ment greater control over corpora
tions and specifically asked for .the
creation of an interstate commerce
court of five members to whom ap
peals shall be made agalhst the rul
ings of the interstate commerce com
mission. The speech, in part, Was as fol
lows: -
After expressing his pleasure at
being in Iowa and referring to the
pledges of the republican party in the
last campaign the president repeated
that portion of his Chicago speech
touching upon . the question of
labor unions and injunctions. Pro
ceeding he said: .
"But legislation with respect to the
laborer Is not all the legislation
needed. When I look forward to the
next session and realize how much
there is to 'be considered, I tremble
lest the season' will . not be long
enough and that it will not be pos
sible to do all that has been prem
ised. Immediately after Mr. Roose
velt's election In 1904, he wrote a
message to congress In which he rec
ommended that the Interstate com
merce law be amended bo that the In-J
(Continued on Pagk Three.) 1
PEARY STILL
LAMBASTING
DOCTOR COOK
Another Scathing Indictment
of Dr: Cook from Com
mander Peaay
REPEATS STATEMENT
Commander Peary Delivers a Scath
ing Indictment of Dr. Cook Again
Today Said it Was Possible to
Fake Observations and He Didn't
Believe Cook Had Been Anywhere
Near the Pole AVill Hold Back
Further Facts He Found Concern
ing the Condition of Tilings at the
Pole Until Cook Has Made His
Statement Says Speed He Made
Was . Not Fast For Him, But
Would Have Been For Anyone
Else South Pole a Small Affair.
(By Cable to The Times)
North Sydney, N. S., Sept. 20 A
scathing Indictment of Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, delivered by Commander
Robert E. Peary was the latest and
most sensational development today
in the Cook-Peary controversy.
At the same time Prof. Donald Mc
Millan, acting as the spokesman for
the crew of the Roosevelt, declared
It was his belief and the belief of
Commander Peary and every other
man on the ship that Cook could not
have reached the north pole on ac
count of his lack of equipment and
his meagre resources.
Commander Peary was asked
whether it is possible for one to con
coct false observations of the pole.
Peary's face. grew, hard and Jie-usad
his clenched fist to give emphasis as
he replied:
"In the opinion of Admiral Sir
George Nares, of the British navy,
Admiral Melville, of the United States
navy, and myself, it would have been
possible for a skilful man to fake ob
servations of the pole, and even to
the extent of deceiving a scientist.
And now, with respect to Dr. Cook
and his claims, I repeat what I have
said before, that Cook did not reach
the north pole.
"I don't wish to refuse to answer
questions put to me by newspaper
men, but under the circumstances
which now exist I don't feel that I
can now give any information con
cerning the conditions which I found
existing at the pole. I propose, for a
reason, to hold back these facts until
other statements as to conditions at
the pole have been submitted."
The commander was told during
the interview at Battle Harbor that
his statements had been criticised on
account oWhe speed he said his party
had made. The explorer bristled up
and h!s jaw opened and shut, in
clicks as he said:
"The speed at the 8th parallel to
the pole was not fast for me, but it
would 'have been fast for any other
expedition. Why, from what I know
now, if all the men were the same
and the -equipment equal, I could
reach the pole two times out of three.
In some seasons some explorers might
make the pole once out of three times
but in other seasons you could never
reach the pole."
Peary belittled the glory of finding
the south pole. Speaking of Antarc
tic dashes he said:
"After the north pole achievement
the attainment of the south pole is
coming as an accepted fact. The
south pole discovery, however. Is not
going to have so definite a place in
the people's minds. The south pole
has not been in history, literature and
poetry for three hundred years as has
been the north pole. In the Antarc
tic, an explorer can take up his work
where he left off the previous season
because it is possible to work by pro
gressive stages until the pole is
reached.
"To reach the north pole you have
to travel over the Arctic Sea, and to
do all your work in one year. In
the Arctic regions you cannot, work
one season and the next year take it
up where you left off; so the attain
ment of the south pole is not so dif
ficult a feat.",.
Locked Up On Serious Charge.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Sioux City, la., Sept. 20 J. J.
Clifton, 60 years of age, well known
in Sioux City religious centers, ahd
editor of a non-denominational
church caper, is locked un In the
police station, facing the charge
attempting to attack Oracle Mabte,
four and a half years old. Clifton's
friends say he is suffering from men
tal, aberration. t-
PEOPLE BAFFLED
D4Y TO DAY
BY SHERLOCK JR
Saturday Was a Rush Day and
He Had Some Close Calls
Number of Boys Were
Close After Him
Saturday
POLICEMEN UNEASY
He is Ouiuj; to lo Stunts With the
Police Department Has Baffled
the Public and Gone Any and
Kveiywhere and Now He js Going
to Have Some Fun With the Chief
and His Men Several of Them
Are Working on "Clues" But He
Gets More Mysterious as They
Work Has Talked to Several of
ti c Men and Will Talk to More of
Them.
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., had things
all his way Saturday. We thought
sure he would be caught and we out
lined a route for him that kept him
real busy all day long. He had a
good time at the matinee and enjoy
ed himself very much. Several peo
ple have had him in close quarters.
but some slight mistake caused them
to lose the $25. It is strange, but
most people got very much excited
when they approach him and go to
repeat the magic words. It is all
simple and easy enough if they would
only keep cool and say the sentence
correctly. Sherlock is all the talk of
the city. In the stores and on the
stfeetrHe ts'THETmaii. : .
For today he will go the usual
route, calling at the same places he
has been visiting and those who think
they have a "clue" should look out
for him today.
Here is his own story of Saturday:
I had a most strenuous day carry
ing out my published schedule, but
was In every place at the time I said
I would be. I was up early and went
to Wright's Cafe for breakfast. The
was a large crowd In there, as usual,
discussing my whereabouts.
From there I went to the postof
fice, got my mail, started across the
street and met my old friend Al G.
Field, talked awhile and he gave me
a complimentary ticket to the mati
nee. I started then to fill my engage
ments. 1 went in Cross & Linehan's
and made a purchase and talked to
Mr. King awhile. Then made my
way on up to Hunter Bros. & Brewer.
Here is where the fun started. There
were two little boys standing in front
of Hunter Bros. & Brewer with the
latest edition of The Evening Times,
stopping every one they saw go in.
However 1 dodged them and went in
and talked to Mr. Hunter, but as
they were very busy I did not stay
long. I made my way on across the
street to that busy drug store, King
Crowells' and bought my cocoa-cola.
I also saw several people there look
ing for me. I remained there a few
minutes, then made my way up the
street. Just as I started Into Royall
& Borden a little boy ran up to me
with The Evening Times in his hand,
caught hold of me and said, "Are you
the mysterious Mr. Sherlock Holmes,
of The Raleigh Evening Times? -Well,
son, you almost had me, but you had
the phrase torn all to pieces. You left
off the Jr., and you called the paper
"Raleigh" Evening Times, when it
should have been "The Evening
Times," so study your phrase and try
me again and you will get me prob
ably. 1 waited a few minutes, when
some man told them that I had gone
to Weathers .& Perry, so they rushed
up there. Then I boldly walked into
Royall & Borden's and looked over
their beautiful stock. When I came
out I went to Weathers & Perry and
looked through their line of pennants
and pictures. I talked awhile, and
here's where 1 fell behind in my
schedule. I heard a band playing
down the street, and as music sets me
wild I ran down to the TUcker Build
ing corner, where they were playing.
There was such a crowd I could not
get within a mile of the band. I saw
Royall & Borden's furniture wagon
standing there, so I got up in the wa
gon and had a good view Then I fol
lowed the band on up the street, left,
it at King-Crowelfs add went affjflnd
to see my friend Mr. Dorsett I had
a talk with him. Asked him if h
was; going to . the mlngtrel. : Re "re
plied: "I am too busy on Saturday
to go anywhere,";: I nw. tbe "future
Mrs. Sherlock . Holmes, Jr.; In Mr.
Dorsett,'! store. , She le a sensible wo
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