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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-20
SENSATIONALISM DEBAUCHES
SCIENCE, SAYS WILBUR WRIGHT

New York. Sept i9.-Wilbur Wright
arrived here today from Dayton and
inspected the field at Governors island
from which he and Glenn H curtiss
expect to attempt series OF flights
over the skyserapers af Manhattan iii
the Hudson Fulton celebration.
The machine / shall use here" he
said. lis composite creation made OF
parts OF five OF its predecessors. Ii
the last six years we have not ad-
sanced much in the art Of flying. All
the biplane we used in our first tx
periments made some records that teN
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AUTO CROSSES COUNTRY
IN EXACTLY ONE MONTH

San Francisco. Sept. 1s.-The Mitch
ell Ranger" bearing a message from
Major General Leonard Wood of the
department. of the east to Major Gen
erai John F. Westousrommandin the
department of California, arrived here
at 3 o'clock this afternoon. almost ex-
actly month to the minute since its
departure from Governors island, New
York. The car was escorted from
Stockton to this city by 10 automo-
biles.
During the journey of almost 1000
miles the party was compelled to re-
build several bridges and TO recon-
strnct roads washed out by floods
The trip is said by military men Ia
demonstrate the usefulness of the au-
tomobiGe as an adjunct 10 the army.
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machines now winning fame abroad
could hope To equal"
Mr.. Wright declined IL say whether
he would attempt IN fiy 10 Albany,
The public demand Ter new sen
satiaHs Is aeaauehing the se.eaee 81
aviation" he said ZOO many men
are being led astray by desire for
notoristy. What We want Is not So
much longer flights. but more IN
structivs flights. ANY attempt ON my
part To fly II Albany will depend On
conditians--the weather. how tn. en-
gine il running and my Judgment"
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Chances Even.

Rochester. Mimi. Sept. 19.-Gav-
ernor Johnson's condition. which
promised improvement early today.
remains practically the same. and to-
night he Was in a critical condition.
with the chances very even for his
ultimate recovery.
Governor johnson started the day
we'll. being practically free from pain
and resting easily According In his
physicians, the governor had a good
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CONDEMN RATES.

Boston, Sept. ls.-The Boston Cham
Der of Commerce yesterday adopted
resolutions condemning the proposed
Spokane freight rates. Ii was r0,ed
to send delegates 10 the hearing at
Spokane September -. The chamber
also will file At once petition af in
teryention at Washington.
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Taft's Message.

Minneapolis, Sept. is,-Refore
leaving tonight for Des Moines.
President Taft sent the following
letter TO Governor Johnson:
My Dear Governor johnson: |
am very muEh delighted to hear OF
your Improvement today. and
earnestly hope that your recovery
will be rapid. As | leave the state
/ thank you again for the cordial
welcome of yourself and the people
of Minnesota.
Very sincerely yours.
WILLIAM III. TAFT"
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New Light.

New Light.
sydney. c. B.. Sept. 1s.-New light
was thrown on the controversy over
the discovery of the north pole today
on the arrival of the steamer Tyrian
from Battle Harbor. where the cor
respondents learned from two men,
Der of Commander Peary's expedition
that DIR. Frederick \. Cook had met
them at Etah and had mentioned
nothing of discovering the pole.
When Harry Whitney. George Nor
ton and Larned went to Etah on the
Erik to bring provisions for Conn.,
mandcr Peary both Norton and Larn-
ed turned back and Whitney obtained
permission from Commander Peary to
remain at the Etah station. Com
mander Peary stationed John Murphy,
boatswain of the Roosevelt and Will
liam Pritchard. assistant cook of the
Roosevelt at Etah to guard the
stores.
An Argument.
Murphy. telling of his experience at
Etah, said:
Commander Peary told me to go
ashore at Etah to guard the stores
which | saw taken from the Roose-
welt and the Erik. Pritchard was
with me. Some time last spring a
white man came into camp and Mr..
Whitney told me that it was DR..
Cook. He did not stay long. Cook
looked tired and worn out and said
he was hungry. / had an argument
with him. as he claimed that some
of the stores we were guarding be-
inngcd to him. He only had two Es-
kimos with him and. as all his dogs
were dead. the doctor had to pull
his own sledges."
Prtchard said these Eskmos told
him they had been way, way north"
None Of the Peary party at Bat
tie Harbor would discuss what had
been learned from Harry Whitney,
as Commander Peary had given
orders that the Cook controversy must
not be mentioned. II was commonly
reported at Battle Harbor, however.
th,t i'eary had sore differences w!th
Whitney. who decided that instead of
returning to Sydney on the Roosevelt
that he would do some shooting in
Greenland.
Friends ut pr, Cook here PORTED
out that when Commander pearv On
his return from the pole sent for Pro-
fessor Mcmillan. who had gone to
establish a base of supplies at Cape
Morris Jessup. he did not mention in
his letter TO the professor anything
of his discovery of the pole. The
message which was made public by
Professor Mcmillan at Battle Harbor,
read
IS. s. Roosevelt, April %. 1909
My dear Mcmillan: Arrived on board
yesterday. Northern trip was entirely
satisfactory. There is no need of
Greenland depot. Captain came on
board the 24th. Concentrate all your
energies on tidal observations and
line soundings north from Gaze Jas-
sup. Use intended supplies for me for
this purpose.
''tSigned1
COMMANDER PEARY."
Commander Peary's adherents as
sert that the words northern trip
entirely satisfactory indicate clearly
that the expedition had accomplished
its purpose.
Professor Mcmillan said at Battle
Harbor that he had seen Harry Whit
ney at Etah and that Whitney did not
tell anyone of DIR. Cooks discovery of
the pole. IL was at Battle Harbor
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Ffst.
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On Board the Oscar III, eff Nantuc--
ket. Sept. 10. $50 p. m, by United
Wireless and Mafconi Wireless Teleg-
raphy.-Dr. Frederick 4. Cook today
made the following statement to the
Associated Press:
MY desire to get on American soil
increases with every mile left behind
by the Oscar II. The vessel Is donig
her best record. although delayed oc-
easionally, making 400 miles in the
last "a hours.
commandments unfortunate ac-
cusations have disclosed another side
of his character. The specific records
Of my journey are accessible to every
one who reads and all can decide for
themselves when Peary publishes a
similar report.
'tSignedD
FREDERICK 4. COOK"
Cooks Defense.
DIR. Cook appears to exercise great
self restraint, but can hardly repress
a natural annoyance at Impeachment
of his veracity without proofs. He
requested the Associated Press to
make public the following:
Commander Peary has as yet given
to the world no proofs II his own
case. My claim has been fully rec
ognized by Denmark and by the king
of SGcWen; the president of the
United States has wired me his con-
fidence and my claim has been ac-
cepted by the international bureau for
polar research at Brussels; most of
the geographical societies of Europe
nave sent me congratulations, which
mean faith and acceptance for the
present. and almost every explorer Of
note has come forward with warm and
friendly approval.
80 A specific record of my journey is
accessible to all and everyone who
reed can decide for himself. When
Pcary publishes a cimilar report, then
our cases are parallel. Why should
Peary lie allowed to make himself a
self-appointed dictator of my affairs :?
In justice to himself. in justics to
the world and to guard the honor OF
national prestige. he should be COM
pelled to prove his cwn case: he
should publish at once "A preliminary
narrative 10 be compared with mlnc
and let fair-minded peuple ponder
over the matter while the final rec
ords by which my case may eventually
be proven are being prepared.
Il know Peary the explorer. As
such he is a hero in Arctic annals
and deserves the credit of long and
hard record. To Peary the explorer am
still willing to tip my hat. but Peary's
unfounded accusations have disclosed
another side to his character which
will never be forgotten.
When Peary wired that he had
nailed the stars and strig:s to the
tions. | then believed as | do nov
that his work over nav route far
east of my line of travel was new
conquest "f great importance and of
course. that his observations at the
pole would supplement my work with
valuable data. There is room enough
and honor enough for two American
flags at the pole"
Arrives Tuesday.
The Oscar III will not arrive at
New York until Tuesday mornir 7.
This is at the urgent request of the
reception committee which is to meet
Dr.. Cook. Tho steamer could have
reached Sandy Hook Monday after
noon. but u message from the re
ception committee asking that the ar
rival be delayed owing to the fact that
it was impossible 10 change the COM
mittee's arrangements was received
this evening by wireless. and the
captain consented To comply with the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-20
BR EAkS RECORD.

Grand Rapids. Mich. Sept. is--At
the western Michigan state fair yes
terday Ralph DePaima of New York
broke the worlds automobile record
for % miles. His time Was - 5s 3-5.
The previous record MAS .6.a5. held
by DePalma.
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What Is Needed.

Congressman Albert +. Dawson. In
an interview given out here. says that
the greatest need of the islands Is i'm
proved transportation facilities with
the r1ainland of the United States.
better roads, n,ore railways and safe
haroor in each island of the group.
He added that he was amazed at the
housing conditions among the iaborers
on some Of the sugar plantations and
said that no laborer living In such
conditions could be contented.
Senator Dillingham; Of Vermont. who
with William b. Wheeler. assistant
secretary of commerce and labor, has
been investigating immigration con-
ditions here, also returned to the
mainland today on the steamer Men
golia.
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Explorer Makes Statement in Regard to Aui-
tude Maintained by Rival Discoverer
COMMANDER SAYS OBSERVATIONS COULD Be FAXED
81 Won't Say Anything More Until the Statement Signed by
Another Is Offered and Then Will Submit Mine"
Is the Way in Which He Dismiss
es the Situation

request. The Oscar III is therefore
under decreased speed.
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STATESMEN FINS \
INSPECTION
TOUR
UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN
CONCLUDE TRIP THROUGH
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

Honolulu, Sept. 19.-The party of
United States congressman that has
been touring the Hawaiian islands left
on the Pacific mail liner Mongolia
morning. During their stay they
made Il thorough inspection of tho
needs of the archipelago. visiting the
islands of Hawaii and Maui, and the
volcanic island OF kaai. They in
spected the Hilo breakwater, the
MANY sugar plantations.
Receive Ovation.
The congressman were given an
ovation as they boarded the ship for
home this morning. thousands of
Americans ana natives lining the
wharf to see the visitors depart.
At a farewell reception given the
congressman last Thursday night Ter
ritorial Delegate kalanaianola and
1000 guests were present. former
Queen Lilioukalani was In the receiv-
ing line as was also the consuls of
various foreign countries, federal and
local officials and army and navy Of
ficers. The Hawaiian royal jewels
were on exhibition and excited much
interest among the Americans. The
congressman were profuse in their ex-
preston of the unique reception and
the warmth nf their welcome by the
people of the islands. The congress-
men in their tour of the islands have
been much impressed by the work of
the public schools. which, they say.
are molaing the mixed population into
a homogeneous citizenship.
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THE WEATHER

Today-Partly cloudy.
Tomorrow-Showers.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-14

see him, had tried the law of love had tried stern
ness; | had tried making him ridiculous had tried
to make him feel that his admring friend un-
derstood him well, always felt like George Whit
field who said when he criminal going to the
gallows. There goes George Whitfield, but for the
| had tried to get him to work the school paper
business manager. Often the mischcvous bog can be
reached obliquey through of the outside work of
the school Ii he once can be brought do anything
the school we'll if his attention be caught for long
enough give him chance get Interested there IS
an opening wedge irto him. For he always has brains
usually his intelligence is above the average OF the class
And he is dronet he is the kind OF boy who plays
ball hard that he is tired to his supper.
In the year and half in which Timothy had been in
the high school. everything had failed He had gone
his way with the delightful smile which he had
brought into the school that first day when he slid down
the long aisle with his tongue in his check. into seat
big enough for two of him. Evcrybody's hand was
against him There was not teacher on the faculty
who had not to the end of all patience. and 1t
needed only OF Timothys frequent accidents to
eject him from the school 1t at this point that
decided to his parents By sheer concentration of
forces by filling him, our grandparents would have
said, with the fear OF God you can sometimes make the
rischievous boy do some work; and if he once does
work he does more.
As if fate had been playing into my hands, had no
more than decided TO sec 1mothys parents before L
had note from Mrs Crfer Ii had rather scorchng
beginning | had never liked Timothy from the first.
it said. had always been prejudced against him. But
it ended with sob in its throat W3:dnt f: t we I give Re
school so much / asked her TO and some
afternoon after classes closed or would go to see her
II could talk better away IRON the school 1t was IN
this way that she happened to ask to come to dinner
the next Saturday.
She proved to be a thin, bright-eyed little woman,
rather shy but with certain wiry force OF personality
We had not been talking for ten minutes before she
became ablect heap of maternal anxiety Tier heart
very full, and she had more idea what to do to
help her boy than if she had been furry white kitten
Timothy had never liked school, she was afraid he was
going grow up bad man her brother VIII had been
just the way and had gone into the army and
hadn't come to any good-she did not know-she did
know what do. 1t seemed to her terrible dis
grace to have her boy suspcnded-somethng which
would change the whole face Of life for her.
As sat beside the red-hot little stove she talked to
me about him. Timothy loved fire engine and dog
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-14

in the attic At any rate he came back in chastened
mood 1t almost piteous to see him so subdued and
virtuous.
Timothy was senior before he really went to work,
and then he had to take extra year to finish his
But the turning point with him was certainly
the night that had dinner with his father and mother
He began from that night to take the school into his
scheme of things The sheer pressure of necessity, Of
something he must do or confront lifelong career
attic, forced him into the machinery of the school,
and within it, active he already was he began
TO feed upon what the school offered him.
The mschievous boy is the most common of high
school problems. There always several of him,
and he has to be dealt with all the time. He is mis-
chevous because every inch of him permeated with
the JOY of living and he has of responsibility
and realization of consequences. 1t is slow work
giving him either in high school The beginning should
have been made thirteen years before know rich
young mother who to it that her little sons, two
and four Old their own beds every morning,
and pick up their toys when they are through play
ing at night As they old enough to have
spending money they to be given the chicken yard
that their incomes will come from something which
they themselves do
90 want them pay for things which they break and
lose. | know that they are going to break and lose.
things, she said and | am afraid of rich mems sons
who feel the recoil of any careessness,
A good many mothers worry, it seems to me-. but
they do not think often think of George Merednhs
cry about women:
More brain, o Lord, more brain"
Mrs, Cuffer had wept over Timothy; she loved him:
but she had thought of any way of teaching him
the things that she saw that he ought to know A boy
is sure to be irresponsible who has had any
sponsby. and he cannot have any realization of
sequences If there any consequences.
If good policy is something any one needs who is
dealing with the nschevous boy understanding is as
necessary His elders almost always take him too ser-
ouslv. His faults faults that serious in man,
in boy Most of the things he does he will out
grow he gets older cast them off even at the worst
They havetto be dealt with because they getting in
the way of other things he must do. but in themselves
they not significant. One must bear wh them as
we'll as deal with them.
My children do much that do no: want them
TO-, | used to hear dear old aunt say; but know
oniy nd | a1xpay afr
while they will be men, and then they will put away
childish things
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-14

igh-especally fox errers-atd anything appertaning
to tent and his idea of heavenly rapture was appar-
emily to dig hole IN the ground and then cover it with
plankS, and get INTO with two other boys and bon
re that she almost distracted for fear that he
would be buried alive roasted, or meet some other
uncanny and awful fate But he did not love any of
the thRgs that she TREMENDOUSLY afraid he ought to
love. He did not love his books He liked to read but
he did not like to study. That was so queer she
thought. There was diplomacy subterfuge too
garish Tor Timothy to TO escape the horrors of being
clean She did not ask him to do anything at home ex
cept chop the wood and he almost always forgot that
He was not the type of boy who is so good to his
mother.
Out OF the general compendium of information which
she poured out of her anxious heart gathered clearer
impression of Timothy than had had before
In certain Intellectual way she had discovered the
secret of his nature. 1t that he seemed
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-14

boy in the school He could draw the most pleasing
of sketches on his finger nails and there was
time when did not have in my desk oftllat pro-
cession Of pop-gus and sun-glasses and paper caps
which Timothy carried always in his pockets and winch
cheer but do net educate.
His operations had not been limited to the stage OF
single class room Once he had poured bottles OF
ink into the reservoir the top OF the school building
so thar the faucats began suddenly morning TO run
coal black water: dark water dlscolored water
but water as black the middle of the night He had
set off an alarm clock in the middle OF study period
Nobody was able TO prove that Iimothys was the
hand which had put that clock carefully mufied as to
the tick and for haif7as tep into Mary Bees desk
but there look of blighted innocence about HIM
for several days which seemed final 70 the faculty Once
another study period he had dropped bag OF marbles
the floor nc going to the dictionary-table to
acquire piece of coveted information and ncden-
tally TO stretch his legs and relieve monotony almost
TOO great to be borne It notwithstanding
was an accident with Iimothy-but the bag was paper
and 1t burst like rotten apple Some of those marbles
must nave rolled sixty feet, and boy in the
wanted to help pick them tip.
imothy ability TO give the public what it wanted
Nhen tee singing teacher asked il ANYBODY wished to
onoose the next song, Timothy wished to choose the
song on page two hundred and tNentv-four and
on page two hundred and tvyenv-four proved to
have the title Nobody Knows the Troubles I Have
Seer SO that three hundred students IN n;ai,.t,
they had him aca7 and again. pcched dejected.y
on high stool IL the Office. awaiting his interview with
the principal PERHAPS thing that made him so
funny that he rdictisolisly and appeaingly
small with little weazel-d. thin tipped face and
expression like bright, hungry baby. He looked like
On angel on Sunday he down the aisle OF the
little church chanting tie professional. he was nothing
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-14

think how things were coming out She told me how
he had once thrownra glass tumber at carriage which
was going by. and the glass had broken the wheel
and flown all over the people inside, and the who
was driving had been badly cut.
He said he Just wanted to see how it would fash in
the sun she explained with wall. He always put his
hands things that he ought not to put his hands
liked he wanted to touc-and his mind never seemed
go far along the track OF desire realize the
sequences The tragic story and the most sgni-
cant enc how he had taken apart the paror clock
:" Ii seemed if couldn't stand any more, she said
swabbng her eyes pteously. " 1t the clock Mr..
Cuffer brought me before married. and al
ways thought it was so handsome. / just felt if
couldn't bear didn't if it'd be the
clock put together again told him that there wasn't
another boy Id ever known that would do such thing
and he said that he Just wanted to how it made
and if he could make something else of it. The other
boys wouldn't think that he said"
So there we had it. Timothy ardent boy full
of energy and curiosity, and with realization of
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-14

everything is yet be done Discipline has of course,
no value in itself 1t is simply thing relative to an
end. But as ] went home in the blue starit night,
felt that Timothys salvation might lie in the fact that
all the powers he Knew on earth were going now to
work on him together. The mischevous boy can stand
severity better than other type 1t does not warp
him and sometimes it crystallizeS him. #
Timothy did not begin on Monday morning to be tho
model boy of the class as it would be SO agreeable Of
the hero of story of this kind do. 1t that
he conducted himself for three weeks with circumspec-
ton He even prepared few lessons and experienced
the elaon of thrusting his hand and striking every
body dumb with arnazement and admiration by making
recitation. This new role for Timothy which.
he took for some days with gusto but he could not
term he was in trouble again and was suspended for
three days. do not know that his father whaled him
at ALL but heard that he spent his three days
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-14

To occupy the forts so grand
The children fashioned out of sand.
The snails are set on guard, for fear
Some mortal might approach too near,
And then the revelry begins
The fishes spread their shining fms,
And, standing upright. glide along
To join the merry-making throng.
The music from the Cricket Band
By far the best in Fairy Land
Accompanies the sprightly dance.
And moonbeams, shimmering. enhance.
The beauty OF the creatures fair.
Who gaily, mady revel there
But hushl sound of heavy feet,
And noiselessly, with motions feet
The merry dancers disappear,
For Mr.. Boogy Man is near.
With one. great stride he soon destroys
The scene Of many earthly joys.
And when the children come next day,
They'll find their forts all swept away.
But gorgeous new ones soon they'll make
For all the little fairies sake.