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DAYS SESSION
Greater, Part of Day Taken
' Up With Report of Various
Church Organizations
MISSIONS REPORT
Rpott Show That Finances of the
t'hurch Are lie Fine Shape and R
ofljt Are Much Larger Than For
Any Previous Year Mission Re
port is Read and 'Shows a Steady
, Growth In Nntnber of Missionary
Societies President Dowd , Ap
V'nt" Committees Sunday School
Statistics Show Big Gains.
(Special to The Times)
Wadesboro, D". 9 The conven
tloir today took up the reports of
. church societies and Sunday schools
and all show an excellent condition of
affairs in the various churches
throughout the state,
Report of Woman's Central Commit-
- tee of Slissions.
Thee has been evidence of steady
. growth and real progress In our work
during the past year. We feel that
the holdlnsr of separately. M. U. AssO'
clational meetings when the delegates
are urged to come, and ample time
Is given for the discussion of plans,
' mark a new era in the work. Sev
eral associations have held the sepa-
' rate meetings during the year; others
' are planning to do so next year.
Vice-presldentSi-We have a fine
band jof; women who are directing, the
-work in about forty- of, our asaocla-
' fUMn&pJUnltair; those are, some or the
most cultured, spiritual and energetic
women In the : state. . We are very
anxious ' to have 'earnest, active
women' to prosecute the work in each
association.
- Toung Woman's Auxiliary. At our
la st , annual meeting, one -hundred and
thirty-eight auxiliaries were reported
" then enrolled. Their gifts for the year
amounted to $3,346.46. One auxiliary
Jn the state, the Earnest Workers of
First church, Durham, gives the en
tire ; salary of a missionary. During
the last year the Y. W. A. of the state
gave $659.69 to build a church in Hyde
county.
Sunbeams'. The sunbeams directed
their state missions ottering to be used
as a church building fund, and took
as their aim $600.00. When the amounts
were in, It was found that they had
enough above that amount to pav the
for a year. Besides their gift of $600.00
to Dr. Haye's salary,, the sunbeam
missionary In China, they also helped
to erect a church in Canton, China.
They gave more that $900.00 to build a
church lp Cardenas, CuBa. this being
their special home mission work. Their
total gifts for the year amounted to
$4,390.53. .
Royal Ambassadors. It has been
felt that some missionary organisation
was necessary for the boys after they
had outgrown the sunbeam age, and
this new movement is supplying In
formation .and directing the lives and
the thoughts of the boys to mission
worfc-i Sixteen chapters of Royal Am
bassadors were reported at our annual
meeting. , '"y.- . .. - -.
. Society "FiguresiOur ; mailing, list
numbers nine hundred and seventy
six missionary societies, Ave hundred
and nineteen are Woman's auxiliaries,!
and, three hundred and forty-one sun
beams. It is with gratification' as
well as . gratitude that we announce
nc aiiiiuum-v i
our money aim of $27,000 was reached. ". " - uareiy inaii-
Literature. The 'missionary, page in jlnS their way to safety, .
the Recorder has been kept np and The surrounding buildings appear
three departments are edited by Misses ed to be doomed, and the efforts of
Heck, Anplewhlte and Brlggs. Our the firemen were,, concentrated on
mission, fields furnish the program, holding the blaze to the structure in
for the monthly meeting, and serves
'the purpose admirably. The Foreign
Mission Journal Our Home Field, and
the Mission Calendar of Prayer have
a distinct place Jn our "state work.
Missionary Visits. The ; ,!Hcers ' of ,
the central committee . have visited
mere that twenty associations during
the year.. These visits have been , dis
tributed over the entire state and more
thiv three thousand miles were "trav
eled in interest of the work.
Withal, the year has been a good
one. New societies are being organ
ized over ' the State ' with a rapidity
that IS exceedingly gratifying, and we
have many reasons for encouragement
and thanksgiving. v ,. , the limelight this afternoon when she .that a committee consisting of the
Finances. ' .' . - 1 entered the bar at the union railroad miyor, the president of the trustees
It seems our problem of finance .has station and,' without a hatchet, de-'of the Olivia , Raney Library, the
been solved at last. . For the first time: stroyed all the liquor bottles and x-. president of the Chamber of Com
in the history of the Work of our peo- ' pensive paintings in sight. Amid - merce. and two other citlzerls. to be
- pie -have contributed enough money to
pay for the outlay : by the Sunday
school committee,; Wve, years ago the
'state convention considered seriously
the matjer of dispensing With the Sun-
day school, secretary for lack of sup
port. 'The convention, as a compro-:
mlse, , agreed for the state mission
fund to pay as much as' $1,000 is work
If jieoessary. .Iht, Sunday schooi, rUs-
Slon began to grow. At the beginning
xrr;;
year there wag a deflclt. In 1907 the
luna.peia expenses, Dut the Sunday
Convention paid an extra
year, in isuj mere was a secretary lor
oniy six montns. Tne fund paid aim,
paid, the deficit of 10 and nearly all
leaving the work out of debt for three
years. . , , '.; . - :'
. During this year systematic? efforts 1
have been made to so Inorease the fund
as . to mefet regular current " expenses
and give evidence that we could en
large the operations of the, work.: -On
February 9th the secretary called 'the
committee together for a-conference
and showed- after careful study of the
minutes and a knowledge of the field,
that there was a possible and he felt
probable, Income of $1,983.92. The
rorMn nf t in Trenai. rr Ttarhum
show that he had a gopu grasp of the, Chambe of Commerce to pay re-
Rltuatlon. i "' : ( ' '-' ''iinanta tn fhn Into tttahnril Rovprlv
Last year the receipts were $1,257.54.
This is a gain of $70,M Or. 66 per cent
increase. The new'.'fninnte show' over
450 churches contributing against 283
aftvrBi'anrfafto not form.ri con.
trlbutlng have agreed to do so next
year,. There to every evidence that the
fund will be , sufficient for some new
constructive, work, hexfyear.
i buujsucs.
! Stattaticsjare unusually dry, and yet'
thoughtful' people like to know facts
expressed in figures. Our state was
the Drat In the Southern Baptist con
vention to do Sunday ' school field
wnrlr.
We are near the lead In the ratio of
Sunday school scholars to cHurch '
membership and we are grpwing. In!
five years we have made a net gain
f about 00,000 scholars.
We have made fewer appropriations
th Is year than any former year, and
will nnnw a rpnnrtArf . mAAnTiAraFiln' nf i
about 164,000 or ft gain of 7,000. There
are many unreported schools. We
keep trying to get a complete record
of them all, We now have 1,684
against 1,669 last year. Forty-eight
(Continued on Page EMarht,)
FIRE IN- HOTEL
One Man; Was Burned v to
Dea&
Property Worth 9100,000 Destroyed.
two Hundred, uueste Flee From
the Hotel.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Kalamazoo;' Mich., Dec, 9 One
man was burned to death and proper
ty worth $1,000,000 was destroyed
early today when the Burdick Hotel
building, covering half a block, was
gutted by Are. -
The 200 guests of the hotel fled,
many of them in their night clothes.
Few escaped without risking their
lives, and nearly all lost their pos
sessions.
Half a dozen stores on the ground
yoor of the hotel building were de
stroyed. Eight firemen were overcome by
smoke and rescued with difficulty.
All were taken to hospitals, in a ser
ious condition.
Mrs. M. F. S. Fletcher, an em
ploye of the hotel, wag reported
missing, as was a.cripple and a bell1
boy, but they were found later.
The blaze, which started In the
Star Bargain House, got beyond the
control of .die local fire department
within aBhort time and helji was
summoned from other cities. Appa
ratus arrived first from Battle Creek
on a special train and shortly after
ward Grand Rapids was called on for
aid. f ' .;.W." .yfi
Withirt a few minutes after the fire
was discovered; the entire building
was doomed. Employes of the hotel
succeeded - in arousing all of the
guests. Few had time to wait to
,
which it started.- '.,''. V
It was finally under control at
o'clock; .
CARRIE NATION
USES THE HATCHET
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, 'Dee. 9 Carrie- Na)nim be erected in the library, by prl-
t,on again succeeded in getting into
much excitement and after a etrug appointed by the mayor, are request
gle with the barkeepers and two ed to take this matter In charge, to
brawny policemen, Bhe was arrested gether with sdme other worthy me
ad taken In the patrol wagon to the morlal, in keeping with the phllan
flfth precinct police station and lock-j throplc ideals of Mr. Raney, ; ' -ed
up. Tomorrow she Is to be ar- Fourth. ' That they tender their
ralgned in the police court (heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved
- Up to a late hour this afternoon no
on,hftd appeared to (Its balk for-her.
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ZeUSiaV 1 001116 10 K.I)Jv2I16y
Meeting of Cldaens Held af Noon To
day Resolntione - of . s Respect
Adopte Merchants -Asked to
Close Pidces -of Rnsinefis Citizens
: to Present MarMe Bast to I-lbrary,
Many Pay Tribute to Deceased.
At noon today. In, pursuance to a
call issued by Mayor Wynne, a large
' .m , ,
UI naieign mei in me rooms Ol ue
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On moyon, Mayor J. S. Wynne was
elected president and upon taking the
cnaiV briefly explained the object of
the meeting. The newspaper report-
era were appointed secretaries,
Mr. R. H. Battle then arose and
offered resolutions upon Mr. Raney.
In offering these resolutions, Mr. Bat-
tie Daid a .high tribute to the Kreat
' benefaction of the cltv. nnd told of
,nB rBn lnt-rit Mr Rnov h. in
the Olivia Raney Library and how he
carefully supervised its erection and
"rpisamg. i ne present vaiue oi me
otniaing, said tne speaker, is equal
to the entire value of Mr. Raney's
property at the time work was begun
on. the building; . that he turned it
i oyer to the city absolutely and with-
out any strings. He SDOke of its
value to the people, and that it, with
Rex Hospital, was the city's most im
portant institution.
A number of suggestions were
made as to minor changes in the res
olutions and each were discussed. It
was suggested that i addition to a
marble bust,, that a children's de
partment be added to the. library,
v During - the discussion of the
amendments to the resolutions, a
number availed themselves of the op
portunity to pay tribute to the mem
ory of Mr.v Raney. '.
A letter from Mr. Howell Cobb was
read .in which he ent;-a-:cheick : ior
1255 to the Raney Memorial Fund: L
A committee consisting of Mayor
S. Wynne, Dr. H. A. Royster, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce;
Mr. R. H. Battle, president of the
Raney Library trustees; and two
others, to be appointed by the mayor,
were selected to look after the me
morial fund and select the officers
for this fund. This committee will
also select the time and place for a
memorial meeting.
Among those who spoke were: R.
H. Battle, Rev. Geo. W. Lay, Dr. R.
H. Lewis, Chas. E. Johnson, Joseph
G. Brown, J. B. Grimes, E. E. Brit
ton, T, H. Briggs, Brown Shepherd,
Charles Lee Smith, B. F. Montague,
G. T. Stephenson, C. H. Poe.
After adopting the following reso
lution the meeting adjourned:
Whereas, Richard Beverly Raney,
late of the city of Raleigh, the mu
nificent benefactor of the city and
the large-hearted friend of its citi
zens, has been removed from the
sphere of his usefulness here by
death, and it has Beemed proper that
the peojle should give public expres
sion to their feelings in reference to
their great loss and their apprecia
tion of him as their benefactor.
Therefore be it resolved by the citi
zens of Raleigh in mass' meeting as
sembled: .
First. That in the death of Mr.
Raney the city has lost a citizen of
whom It was justly proud and that in
the beautiful Olivia Raney Library, a
gift which at the time it was freely
and unconditionally turned over by
him to the city, represented much
the larger part of his estate, acquir
ed by diligent Industry, they recog
nize .a rare and judicious liberality
and one of its most attractive orna
ments, an institution Of inestimable
value to this' and succeeding genera
tions of its citizens. : . ' ,
Second. That they testify , their
affection for him and their apprecia
tion of what he has been to and has
done for the city, by requesting the
mayor and aldermen and 'the other
municipal officers to attend his fun
eral in a body, and by recommending
to the proprietors of business houses
on the principal ' streets that they
close their doors from three-thirty to
font-thirty o'olock this afternoon, the
hour df the funeral. .
Third. That it is eminently ap'
nronriate. now. that ' Mr. Ranev has
nassed away, that a marble bust if
vate contributions of the citizens, and
widow and. other members of the af-
Iflicted family of Mxr-Baney,
SECOKDDAY
CONGRESS ON
Banquet Halof the New Wil-
; Iard &o
') gates to Meeting
SEC NAGEL SPEAKS
Governor Harmon of Ohio Was On
the Program ' But Because of the
Strike Disorders in His Own State
Could Not Attend Frank Gates
ATlen of lilinois Defended Seoker
Cannon's Opposition to tin- Iwtue of
9ftOO,00O,000 in Honds Serretai-y
. Nngel's Address Was .Practically a
. Reiteration of Presidtnt Tuft's
J"otiey. ' i
r
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Dec, 9 With the
large banquet hall of the New Wil
lard Hotel erowded to the doors with
delegates the second day's session of
the National Rivers' and Harbors'
Congress was called to order by Pres
ident Ransdell at 10:30 o'clock this
morning. The principal addresses
were delivered by Charles Nagel, sec
retary of Commerce and Labor, and
Senator Theodore- Burton, of Ohio,
chairman of the National Waterways
Commission. Governor Judson Har
mon, of Ohio, was on the program,
but sent a telegram saying that ow
ing to the strike disorders at Bridge
port and SteubenvUle, in Ohio, where
his presence was needed, he would be
unable to attend.
After an address hy Frank Gates
Allen, of Illinois, ' who defended
Jeaer Gaanos-'s-oppoBition.-to theJ
or ssou.ooo.uoo, or Donas ior
p'rovements of the national water
ways, the speaker having been scored
for his views in the address of Albert
Bellinger, of Ohio, at yesterday af
ternoon's session, President Rans
dell introduced Secretary Nageli
Secretary Nagel's address was
practically a reiteration of the policy
of President Taft, announced in his
address yesterday in which the pres
ident said he was in favor of a defi
nite policy being decided on by con
gress before waterway bonds were is
sued. Mr. Nagel said:
"First, decide on a policy, and
then go ahead with a plan to provide
the means for carrying it out, hon
estly and in a business-like manner."
His address was in accord with Pres
ident Taft's views on the improve
ment of waterways. : '
.The next speaker was Senator Bur
ton, who reviewed the work and the
appropriations rff congress to iniprove
the waterways and the harbors of the
country. He went into details and
described especially the Improve
ments that have been made or are
planned for the country's 'harbors.
Mr. Burton said that New York would
soon have an entrance channel, 2,000
yards wide, with a depth of forty
feet, wihoh would make it the fineBt
in the world.
Ex-Governor Benton McMillan, of
Tennessee, told of the work that had
been done and that which was plann
ed for the Cumberland and Tennes
see rivers. He advocated the broad
est possible policy in improving the
waterways of the country.
Other speakers were Representa
tive W. ;E. Humphrey, of Washing
ton state; B. Cameron, president of
the Farmers' National Congress, and
ReDresentative W. Rodenburg, of
Illinois. .
A session will be held this after
noon, at which United States Com
missioner of Corporation Herbert
Knox Smith will deliver the principal
address. Another session will be
held this evening and a morning ses
sion tomorrow, after which the con
gress will adjourn.
Delegates are unanimous in the op
tion that this meeting is- the most
successful that the congress has held.
UNDER ORDERS TO
SEIZE THE PORTS
Colon, Dec. 9 Under orders to seise
Nicaraguan ports without ' hesitation
If necessary, the American '. warships
are today assembling offl the Nicara
guan coast, according to advices re
celved here, he base ' of operations
has apparently - been changed v front
Port Limon, Costa Rlcaf'to Bluefields,
where the Dee Moines Is noy lying. It
is believed that this move Is the re
sult of President Zelaya's attempt to
stir up an anti-American demonstra
tion, which failed.
WATERWAYS
BEATS HIS LADYLOVE
Toby Slick Goes Out on The
WarPath
Negro Sallies Forth and Gets Into a
Wrangle With a Lady Friend
Which Lands Him in the Police
Court Over Thirty WUnesses In
troduced In One Case Where Man
is Charged With Being Di imk.
Albert Davis, otherwise known as
Toby Slick, thrust a pint of booze in
the capacious deptiis of his trousers
pocket a few nights aso and wended
ilia way to the home of his paramour,
Uzelia Dunn. After he and L'zelia
had partaken of the delights of the
same pint bottle, they waxed "fussy."
The slippery Toby desired to go forth
and view the moving pictures, but his
dusky partner refused to accompany
him end when the cloud of war had
blown over Uzelia wns reclining on
the floor with an edematous eyelid
and a severely bruised iody. Toby,
who acquired his strong rignt arm on
the baseball diamond, was fined
$5.00 for his disnlay of ill temper
and prowess in the pugilistic art.
Judge Stronach advised the couple
to separate and live sway from the
society of each oitur
C. B. Wall, who lives in the coun
try, near the city, was tried this
morning on a charge of drunkenness
and fined $2.00 and costs.
W. J. Beddingfield, an old offender,
was again before Judge Stronach for
being too familiar with the bottle.
He was fined $10.00 and His Honor
informed him that this was the last
time he would be allowed to pay out
and that the next time he would be
put to work for the county.
A case of peculiar interest was be
gun in the police court this morning
before Judge Stronach. Ordinarily,
a man arrested for being drunk, sub
mits and pays the fine, but in this
case there were over thirty witnesses
who swear the defendant, A. E. Bed
dingfield, was perfectly sober. Mr.
Beddingfield employed as' counsel
W. B. Jones and the officer who
made the arrest retained Mr. -Charles
U. Harris, on account of certain ac
cusations having been made against
him charging him with false arrest.
The case was continued until to
morrow morning when the matter
will -be threshed out. i
WOMAN BEING TRIED
FOR INFANTICIDE
Durham, Dec. 9 The jury started
this morning at nine o'clock upon
the case of Dixie Johnson, colored,
for the crime of infanticide.
The woman is charged with giving
the baby carbolic acid. It caused
death in a few hours, though the
child was but a few days old and was
not supposed to have swallowed the
drug. Its lips were burned consider
ably and there was no way to con
ceal the inhuman act.
It is expected that the case can be
finished today, as the are few wit
nesses and but little reason for
ipeech-making exists. Fifty men
were called to make out the spcial
venire.
The conviction of Van Ray, the lit
tle nigger woman murderer yester
day afternoon, was compassed in less
than a day.
The degree of murder found by the
jury is secondary. There was evi
dence that the large Bum pass woman
had threatened the girl prety rough
ly, though there had been no repeti
tion of it when they again met and
the little Roy girl was armed with a
weapon. She courted the quarrel
then, and there was where she lost
her liberty.
rThe jury was selected, all the wit
nesses examined, the speeches made
and the charge delivered within five
hours of actual work. It was a very
speedy piece of work.
Judge Biggs has not yet passed
sentence, but Is expected to do so to
day. The matter of punishment is
all that is left to him.
The Solomon Shepherd burglary
case may come up, but the murder of
Engineer J. A. Holt, the crime that
Solomon confesses, will, not be tried
this court, it appears now.
SENATOR MONEY
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
Washington, Dec. The senate
in cauous this afternoon elected Sen
ator, Money,, of Mississippi, chairman,
a position which carries with it the
floor . leadership, in place of Senator
Culberson, of (Texas, who resigned .be
cause of 111 health. Senator Shlveley,
of Indiana, was chosen vice chairman.
Party policies were not discussed, but
went over to the next meeting.
WELL KNOWN
WRITER DEAD
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Paris, Deo. Lamar Middleton, one
of the best known newspaper corres
pondents in Europe and a nephew of
Lucius Q. ( '. limur, died today sud
denly ai his liniiKv here, at the age
of lie had a wide acquaintance
with statesmen and was reeitffni.ed as
an authority , on international politics.
The French ( iovernmrnl nnd nil the
important press organizations of
Burope will lie represenle'l at his
funeral.
Mr. .Vliililleton who was a Harvard
Graduate, class of 'Kt, leaves u wife
anil thiiiri children. His parents live
in Chicago.
DEATHTQTHE
AMERICANS
( My Cable to The Times)
Panama, Dec. !i Deatri to Amer
icans" is tho order issued to the Nic
araguan government by President Ze
laya. Posilive information was re
ceived here today that more than a
month ago Zelaya issued instructions
to his niiiilary commanders to shoot
every American caught fighting in the
army of the revolutionists. ,
Some of Zelaya's military officers
protested against this order and
warned him that trouble with the
United States would follow.
"To hell with the gringoes," Ze
laya replied, "shoot every one you
can capture."
The gunboat Vicksburg, which has
been stationed at Corinto ever since
the Nicaraguan trouble assumed an
acute stage, has been reenforced and
there are four American warships in
the Corinto harbor. The Vicksburg
needs coal and now that reenforce
menls .hava.--reach.ad Corinto-she will
probably come to Panama to replen
ish her fuel supplies.
SOUTHERN CASES
BEFORE COMMISSION
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington. Dec. 9 The argu
ment of three southern cases affect
ing railroad rah; discrimination occu
pied the attention of the inter-state
commerce commission today. The
New Orleans board of trade has made
the rairoads entering that city de
fendants in charges affecting rates
on lumber and cotton, which the
board alleges are exorbitant. ,
The second case was that, of the
railroad commission of Tennessee
with 127 railroads as defendants. It
is charged that the cotton and freight
rates from many Tennessee points to
Boston are discriminatory.
The Asparagus Growers' Associa
tion of Charleston, S. C, has brought
action against the Atlantic Coast Hues
for discriminations on asparagus
shipments.
CANAL FROM GULF
TO THE GREAT LAKES
Washington, Dec. 9 To urge Pres
ident Taft to help the plan of a ship
canal from the Great Lakes to the
Guif a committee called at the white
house today. Later they will see
Vice-President Sherman, Speaker
Cannon, Secretary of War Dickinson,
and the chairmen of the congression
al committees having to do with wa
terways improvement.
The committee included Governor
Deneen, of Illinois; Governor Sand
ers, of Louisiana; Governor Hadley,
of Missouri; ex-Governor David R.
Francis, of Missouri, and Lyman E.
Dooley, engineer of the Chicago
Drainage Canal. .The committee
wants the government to spend $10,-
000,000 annually for ten years on the
canal plan.
Sl'FFRAG ETTE8 MUST EAT,
Mrs. Leigh Loses Her Suit Against
Home Secretary.
(By Cable to The Times)
Londcm, Dec. 9 -Mrs. Mary Leigh,
a suffragette, this afternoon lost her
suit against Home Secretary Glad
stone, Governor Green and Dr. Kel
ly, of the Birmingham jail. She sued
for damages because She was for
cibly fed while Jn jail after a suffra
gette agitation.
This decision is one of the most
important rendered on the
suff ra-1
Igette methods.
DISPUTE OVER
CLAISOFDR.
COOK AGAIN
Waxed Hotter Today Than It
Has Since Commander Peary
Appeared on Scene
FAKE OBSERVATIONS
Two Men Make Affidavit Thai They
Prepared Dr. Cook's Observations
For 92,000 Apiece These Are a
Broker Who Arranged the Transac
tion and Captain Loose,' Who Made
the "Observations" -Charles Wade
of the Equitable: Life Comes to the
Aid of the Explorer Says He Was
Wkh Him When He Prepared His
Papers.
(By Leased Wire to The Times) 1
New York, Dec. 9 The dispute
over the claims of Dr. Frederick A.
Cook to the discovery of the north
pole waxed hotter today than it has
been since Commander Peary came
upon the field. Friends of Dr. Cook
rallied to his support after the publi
cation of affidavits by Captain Au
gust Wedel Loose and Broker George
H. Dunkle, in which they declared
that Loose prepared Cook's "observa
tions" for $2,000. Dunkle . alleges
that he was to get a like amount for
arranging the transaction; and a
$500 bonus was to be paid should
the University of Copenhagen accept'
the proofs furnished.
The first of the friends of the ex
plorer to go to his aid was Charles
Wade, of the Eotritahfe Life AsSufV"
ance Society. '
During the time that the explorer
was preparing his report at the
Gramatan Inn, Mr. Wade was con
stantly with him, spending most of
the night and the greater part of the
day there.
Mr. Wade aided Dr. Cook in se
cluding himself from the public and
finally compelled him, following the
completing of the report to seek an
isolated section of the country where
he could await the report of the Uni
versity of Copenhagen on his data of
his trip to the pole.
When Mr. Wade was seen at hia
home, 16 East Sixtieth street today,
he said:
"I don't believe in the published
statements of either Dunkle or Cap
tain Loose. From what II have seen '
the statements of these men concern
ing Dr. Cook seem grossly distorted
and absolutely without semblance of
the truth. These men have put
themselves outside of the law and It
only the word of these men against
that of Dr. Cook. The affidavits of
these men are so adroitly worded that
Dr. Cook is powerless to proceed
against them for perjury.
"These men, I believe, have made
these affidavits 'to the best of our
knowledge and belief.
"I was with Dr. Cook during the
week or ten days that he was prepar
ing his report at Gramatan Inn. I
was with him every night and most
of the day during that time. He had
no assistants during that time, so
far as I know. Most of his work on
the report was done while I was with
him.
'I recall on one occasion that a
man named Dunkle called at the Inn
and asked for Dr. Cook. The doctor
sent down word that he was too busy
to see him and the man went away in
bad humor.
"On another occasion a sailor, a
sea captain, I believe, called. He
was, I believe, a Norwegian, He came
to see me, he said, and wanted 'Ine
to introduce him to Dr. Cook. I
sent him away.
"Shortly after this occurrence Dr.
Cook told me that he wanted to hurry
his report and suggested that he Be-:
cure some one to help him. He might
have engaged an expert, and If he Aid
he would probably ; have selected! a -Norwegian
because of his knowledge
of that northern region. But iffhe
did I knew nothing about it. If; he
did engage anyone to aid him it was
only to act In a clerical capacity .
Steamer on the Rocks. .5
(By Leased Wire to ue Tinws$
Buffalo, N. Y Dec 9 The steam
er W .C. Richardson went on ihe
rocks about three miles out of fluf
falo this morning. Five men wrs
drowned and rescuers brought four
teen men, into the local harbor. The.
fourteen men wear taken off Ihe
sinking boat by the steamer . Shis.
The stern of the Richardson Is' un
I der fifteen feet of water.
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