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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-07
PROPHETIC WORDS Of PEARY
SPOKEN Three YEARS Ago

Washington, Sept 6.-"Should an
American first of all place the Stars and
Stripes at that coveted spot, there is
not an American citizen at home or
abroad but what would feel a little
better and a little prouder of being an
American"
Commander Robert F. Peary almost
three years ago thus prophetically out
lined his view of the value and interest
attached to the achievement he an
uOunced in dispatches today. The news
of Peary's feat following close upon
the heels of Dr. Cooks planting of the
American flag at the same spot, evoked
enthusiastic plaudits in Washington.
such wonderful achievements as this
make epOchs in the history of the
world declared Captain Veeder in
charge of the United States naval OBJ
servatory.
"Peary adds still another name to the
long list of American heroes" said Pro-
fessor Asaph Hall OF the observatory.
THE energy he has displayed, his per
sistence and the intelligence he has
brought to bear on this great problem
are worthy of all Communications"
Man Of Great Capacity.
Those persons who had associated
" ill cary mere spoke Ol MN. lbUtg DIS
q man of wonderful capacity for doing
things and they instantly accepted the
statement that he had discovered the
pole.
The courses taken by Commander
Peary and by DR.. Cook did not differ
very materially, according TO Professor
Henry Gannett the geographer.
Tt seemed TO me that Peary was be-
ing delayed when he left a year or so
ago" said Professor Gannett. "Peary'
plan was to get up to the northwestern
cape of Grant land, where he made
his former headquarters before the ice
closed in. He had been previously. To
the vicinity of Lady Franklin bay and
then northwest along the coast for quite
a distance before proceeding away
from land and starting out for the pole
L should say he took about the same
course this time DIR. Cook started al
Etah and crossed over into Grinnell
land 10 some point on the north coast
near where Peary started. Their courses
seem TO have varied little
Peary's attainment crowns the work
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of expeditions that he has led for a
number of years. His last expedition
was in 1906, when by means of the lit
tie Arctic steamer Roosevelt and by
journeying on sledges he succeeded in
reaching 81 degrees 6 seconds north lat
itude. This was accomplished on April
y, 1906, after a ZigZag journey in the
Arctic ocean, exactly two years to "a
day before DR.. Cook reached the pole
He regarded that expedition as simplify
ing the task by so per cent and his
failure to reach the pole then was at
tributed by him to the fact that the
winter was not normal, being a parti-
cularly open season throughout the
northern hemisphere. He believed he
could have reached the pole then in
spite of the open season if he had known
what the actual conditions were north
ward as he subsequently knew them.
Could Attain Pole.
An explorer following him, according
to Commander Peary, could not only
attain the pole, but could make deep
sea soundings throughout the central
polar ocean and delineate an unknown
gap in the northeast coast line of Green
land from Cape Morris Jessup to Cape
Bismarck
Commander Peary's last public ap-
pearance at Washington was when
President Roosevelt presented to him
on December Is, 1905, the Hubbard
medal of the National Geographic So
ciety. It was then that PeaTy declared
that man and the Eskimo dogs are the
only two mechanisms that could meet
all the contingencies of Arctic work.
Professor William L. Moore in dis
cussing the achievements of Cook and
Peary said it was entirely probable that
the data of one would not check up
with that Of the other because of the
moving ice and that Peary may not
have found on April 6. last, any trace
indicating that Cook had been there the
year before. The statements of both eX-
ploTers that they have found the pole
are accepted by Professor Moore, he
believing that they will be substan-
tiated by satisfactory data. He stated
that later in the week he would call
a special meeting of the Geographic So
ciety directors for the purpose of TAX
ing action toward making suitable rec
ignition of the remarkable exploits of
the two American explorers.
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SAD SEA STORY.
buffalo Commercially

Incident on an ocean liner: Though his
complexion was pale green, he managed
to tOtter TO the deck on the third dav
after leaving port. There he met an ex-
asperatinsly j0viaI and healthy looking
fellow passenger. Glad to see you" ex-
claimed the latter to the man with the
green face. How is il that YOU haven't
been on deck before this?'
''WeIl. you see" replied the other leach
time that 1 planned TO go on deck some
thing kept coming up. so ! had to post
pone the trip"
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TIE REASON FOR Tie PRICE CUTTING:

In consolidating the Old established music houses Of
Daynes Music Co. and Beesy Music Co., and forming
new company to be known the CONSOLIDATED MUSIC
co. necessary eliminate certain agencies from the
lines the two houses have carrying the past The pianos
now on hand and will be disposed Of though it may
entail loss to the company While the store Of the
new company at 1O913 Main street in this city will be the
largest music and piano house in the western states there will
not be floor space sufficient to accommodate all the pianos
now in its possession its stores The prices made will
move the stocks quickly
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COOK HEARS PEARY TALE.
Continued from Pace 1

The Geographical society of Denmark
numbers among its members more experts
in arctic research than any one body in
the world. Its decision to extend the
honor to DR.. Cook was not formed with
out delibeTatiOn. The rector of the Uni
versity Of Copenhagen, "a man of pro-
found learning, interviewed DR.. Cook for
an hour. He questioned the explorer mi
Dutely and expressed his firm belief in
The truth Of COOKS statements.
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~ Route to VS..

On his present expedition Mr.. Peary
announced that he would take a route
from Grant Land more 10 the west and
not so directly north as that Of his for
mer attempt, heading almost as far as
the S0th meridian Of longitude and thus
concentrating for the eastward ice drift.
He planned TO establish his last base on
a newly found island northwest Of Grant
Land Peary based great hopes on the
results TO be obtained by following the
Arctic currents which he had studied on
his previous expedition.
Commander Peary has stood In the
foremost ranks of Arctic explorers for
nearly two decades. He was born at
CressOn. Springs, Pa in May. 1896. He
entered the navy i'm 1881.
Peary's first polar experience was ac-
uuired i'm 1886, when he made a recon
Nuisance of the Greenland inland ice
Ia June. 1891 ne sailed from New York
on the Kite and, making his headquar-
tiers at Mccormick bay, on the west coast
of Greenland, penetrated as far north as
latitude So In lS54-s5 he reached the
18th parallel on the west coast of Green
land In 1sgS-gg he went to point be-
tween the 18th and Sth parallels on the
east coast of Ellesmereland. I'm 1890 ne
reached the SD parallel ON the east coast
of GriunelI Land. In 1896 ne skirted
the north coast of Grinneu Land and
made an attack upon the pole from Cape
Moss. This was the expedition which
reached what was at that time 'tarthest
north.
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oakIev Proieet, CareY Act Lands,

IN the famous Twin Falls country,
southern Idaho. $4,000 acres to be opened
for entry Sept. 20, at Miner, Ida. Write
for descriptive literature to Twin Tails
oakley Land & Water Co, Miner, Ida
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Mrs. Graham F. Putnam

has returned from a years study in
Europe To reopen a piano studio at
414 Security & Trust building, with Mr..
Kisselburg. baritone. Tuesday, Sept. z.
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MESSAGE
STARTLES WORLD
Noted Arctic Explorer Flashes
TidingS of His Great
Discovery.
A REMARKABLE CHAPTER
DR.. COOKS NEWS OF FINDING
POLE COMES UNEXPECTED.

New York, Sept. 1.-THE following dis
patch was received here today:
Indian Harbor, via Cape Ray, n. F.,
Sept. g. 1gO9-To the Associated Press.
New York; Stars and Stripes nailed to
the pole.
(Signed) 'PEARN.'
This startling and laconic message,
flashed from the coast Of Labrador to
New York and thence to the four cor
ners Of the globe. at the moment when
DR.. Cook is being acclaimed by the
crowned heads of Europe and by the
world at large as the discOverer Of the
north pole. adds a remarkable chapter
TO the study of an achievement that mas
held the civilized world up to the high
est pitch since Sept. /, when Dr.. Cook S
claim to having reached the top of the
world was first telegraphed from the
Shetland islands.
Two explorers, Dr. Frederick A. Cook
and Commander Robert 4. Peary bOtn
Americans, are in the Arctic seeking the
goal of centuries, the north pole, whose
attainment has at times seemed beyond
the reach Of man. Both are determined
and courageous, and both leave express
ing the belief that their efforts viii be
crowned with success.
The Two Explorers.
Peary is well known to both scientists
and the general public as a striVer fOl
the hOnOrs Of "farthest north DR.. Cook
on the other hand has held the public
attention to a lesser degree. He made
his departure quietly and his purpose was
hardly known other than to those who
are keenly interested i'm polar research
| Then, suddenly and with no word OF
warning, a steamer touched at LerwicI
and DIT. Cooks claim to having succeeded
where expedition after expedition of th'
: hardest explorers of the world had failed
is made known.
Three days later DR.. Cook arrived a
Copenhagen and was given welCOm,
to an explorer unprecedented in history
Five days after the receipt of the Ler
/ wick message. almost to the hour. comes
/ the sensational statement from Indian
HaTbor that Commander Peary has beer
successful on his third expedition TO TN,
/ coveted goal.
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Ho. for Dixie.

Special rate for ST. George fruit fes-
tival today. join the crowd and rep
resent the iutermountain metropolis.
salt Lake Route. 1853 South Main.
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NOT A SINGLE PRICE HAS BEEN ADVANCED

The regular prices quoted in the list Of bargains above
all genuine the prices at which the instruments have usually
sold The prices made the 'Used Pianos positively
ridiculous but we to get rid Of every stock and
have left no chance of them being carried
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TWO ARE SAVED
IN ICE CAVES
ReSCuerS Find Men Nearly Ex-
hauSted and About to Give
Up in Despair.

Flagstaff Ariz., Sept. 6-After being
lost in the ice caves at Lake Mary, ten
miles below here, for nearly twenty-four
hours, John Mohlenhaup of Newark, o.,
and J. 5. Price, a recent arrival here.
were rescued late today by one of the
numerous searching parties which had
been in the cave all night and today. The
men were nearly exhausted and badly
frostbitten when found, and must soon
have persisted.
They had torn up their clothing, in an
effort to make a rope with which to
cross q creVasse and had given up the
attempt when the searchers came upon
them in a side chamber, $50 feet under
ground.
The ice caves have been visited for
years, but never thoroughly explored. Ice
is continually forming, melting and slip
ping out of place, until little is known
of the interior, making it exceedingly
dangerous for inexperienced persons to
go far into the black depths. The men
went into the cave, expecting to go only
a short distance, and kept calling to
friends on the outside for a considerable
time Suddenly they ceased calling.
Mrs. VIM. A. Wetzell will register pu-
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THE END.

The hour has struck; with sudden grace
The mask is slipt from each worn face,
And desOlate eyes meet desOlate eyes
In glances of a lone surmise
That searching deeply only see
The wells of utter mystery;
The lights are Pickering in the lamps.
The air grows sharp with earthly damps
o little ghosts of sad delight
Pass YEARLY into the night.
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LIEUT.. PEARY REPRESENTS
UNCLE SAM OFFICIALLY

Washington, Sept. 6.-Commander Rob
ert T. Peary was detached from
regular duty with the navy department
July ., 1908, and assigned to special duty
with the coast and geOdetiC survey.
His explorations i'm the arctic regions
before that date had been conducted I'M
der technical leaves Of absence from the
navy department. This status was salts
factory neither to Commander PeaTy nor
10 his associates in the naval corps of
civil engineers. and it was believed he
could prosecute his scientific investiga-
IiOns with a freer hand if he were at
tached 10 one of the governments scien-
tffic bureaus and relieved from the tedi-
Gus naval reports at set intervals which
had emnaTTaS sed him.
one point of supreme Importance in this
report of his success which has attended
his last efforts to reach the north pole
is that the statement must remain absO-
lUtely UnchalIensed in all probability;
there can be no question of the fact be-
cause Peary undoubtedly is able to con-
firm his statements by credible white wit
uesses who made up the personnel of
his party.
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little while and over all
The faded leaves shall drift and fall.
The rain and wind from outer space
Walk desOlate about the place.
And whisper through the grasses wet:
"Adleu, PierrOt. good night, Niuette."
Wilbur Underwood in "A Book
Masks
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BUY A PIANO
TODAY
Buy it at One of Two Stores The Clayton-Daynes
Music Co, 1O9-l1-13 Main Street, or the
BeesIey Music Co. at 46 Main Street,
Both Owned by the New Music Co.,
"The Consolidated Music Co."
SALE BEGINS THIS MORNING

You Are Contemplating the Purchase Of Piano and Really
Want a Good Instrument for Very Little Money, You
VIII Attend This Great Consolidation Sale. High
Grade Pianos at Ridiculous Prices.
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SHOULD WAIT ON
COOK TO ARRIVE
Chief of photographic Office
Says Public Should Be
Fair.
WEATHER MANS OPINION
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS
COULD NOT BE FAXED.

Washington. Sept ct is not fair to
doubt DR.. Cooks word in the absence
of any evidence whatever against him.
This statement was made today by Cap
tain A. G. WHITEWATER Of the navy, chief
of the photographic office here, in speak
ing of the doubt that had been expressed
in some quarters as to whether Or. COOK
actually had reached the north pole.
Not one time in a hundred thousand
he said, would DR.. Cook be able sue
cessfully to fake astronomical observd-
tries.
81 have had much experience in max
ing observations and compilations from
them, and 1 speak from my own knOwl-
edge in such matters. Fake observations
from day to day could never be cOntin-
ued for any length of time without de-
lection, ana why not wait until access
is had to DR.. Cooks records and books
These, in my opinion, will clear up
every question as to his actually having
reached the pole. If they do not ii Will
then be quite time enough to cast asper-
siOns upon him"
Weather Chief Talks.
Professor Willis L. Moore. the chief of
the weather bureau, acting secretary OF
agriculture and president of the National
Geographic society. said:
Never i'm the annals of Arctic eXplOra-
ton has there been any attempt made
to manufacture observations or make fic-
titious claim of achievement and L am
satisfied that there has been nothing OF
this kind in the case of DIT. Cook.
From all accounts of DR.. Cook s trip
feel satisfied of the authenticity of the
whole matter. I see nothing in the mar
Tative as told by Dr. Cook, that should
cause any apprehension or doubt about
the actual performance of the feat. A
man would have too little to gain and
too much to lose in making any other
than an authentic claim. because his
fame would be Of too short duration and
his ignominy would be everlasting"
The National Geographic society which
has a membership of about 10000, has
its headquarters here i'm the Hubbard Ne
mortal building Henry Gannett. the
geOgTapher. is president and Alexander
Graham Bell, the inventor. is one of its
board of mana gers. Mr.. Bell is out OF
the city. At the next meeting Of tho
board the whole question Of DR.. Cooks
discovery will be threshed over.
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Hamlin paints "signs of the better
kind" Both phones.
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Mrs. VIM. A. Wetzell will register pu-
pills in vocal art at 81 North State.
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Follow Old ath.

The commander, on his present expedi-
zion. hoped TO follow the path taken
three years ago, which lay in almost d
straight line from Cape Moss, and the
supposed uOTtheTumOst extremity OF Grin
nell Land to latitude 81 degrees and g.
minutes At this point Peary had dis
covered what he afterwards concluded 10
be the open polar sea. In 1906 his jour
ney over the ice was delayed at this
point for a week by an open lane of wa
ter two miles wide. When the ice finally
allowed him TO proceed, heavy gales
sDrang up, which forced him to aban-
don the greater part of his provisions.
He then found comparatively smooth
sailing until he reached latitude s. degrees
- minutes. There he encountered ter
rifle storm which held him prisoner while
the ice drift carried him seventy miles to
the east
These handicaps, and the constantly
widening lanes of water and increasing
roughness of the ice. with d threatened
failure of supplies, forced Peary to turn
back on April o. when ne had reached
latitude 81 degrees minutes. After put
ting up flags and depOsiting brief rec
ord Of his achievements, Peary started
hack for Cane Morris Jessup-
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.PEARYS FRIENDS HAVE
BEEN EXPECTING NEWS

Peary's friends have for several weeks
past been expressing q belief that he
had already reached his goal and that
the news was delayed only by the diff
cuIties of transmission. The receipt of
the message today is taken TO mean that
the relief ship Jeanne. which left here
a month ago, has reached Etah, Green
land, and established communication with
Peary at that point. 1t is possible, how
ever, that Peary sent word 10y chance
The last word that came from Peary
prior to his message today was received
Oct Z, 1873, from Harry whitney a
wealthy resident of New Haven, Conn,
who was left by the expedition at Etah,
in charge of Pearv's provisions. He said
that the Roosevelt left Etah on Aug.
- ON its northern journey
Peary Was Determined.
The last Pear. expedition sailed from
New York Old July o. 1898. Commander
Ptary last words We're.
UNLESS Unforeseen circumstances in
tarveue Within the next year. hope TO
plant the stars and Stripes at the pole.
From New York the Roosevelt went
to Sydney. thence to Hawks Harbor,
where she took on supplies, then crossed
Davis strait 90 Holsanbarg and followed
the coast from there TO Cape York Etah
was reached some time I'm August, and
from that point the route OF the eNpedl-
ton can only be cOnjectured from the
plans its commander had already an-
uouCeL
Peary's idea was to reach the pole 10y
the American route q way which he
himself had studied and developed dur
ing his former expeditions. The advan-
tage of this route is that it allows a
base of supplies approximately 100 miles
nearer the goal than the SDitZDerger
. Sc. which has been its chief rival. Tn,
advantages of the route appeared during
Peary's trip in 1906. when he attained tn.
nOrrharumost point hitherto reached ry
man-s- degrees minutes. at about ths
18th meridian, west longitude. This Wa:
ON AuriI II
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100000 TO HELP
Immigration PLAN
APPROPRIATION ENDORSED 6V
AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE
-RAICR ROAD RATES

With the idea Of having the state as
sist in the Opening up of northern
Wisconsin TO agriculture the commit
lee on state departments reported 10
the assembly yesterday for passage
the Hammil bill increasing the appro-
priat,op for the state board of immi-
grafton from 5000 to $4,000 per
year A companion bill permitting
railroads 10 grant reduced rates to
immigration agents has already passed
the house and is now before the sen
ate
The committee ON lumber and min
ing reported fayorably upon the Wells
oH providing an appropriation Of
se0oo for the Wisconsin Mining trade
school az Platteviue
The somml,te on charitable ami pc.
II institutions introduced two new
hins One provides for the erection
.u( insane asylums by counties and re.
Quires the state 70 pay $3.50 per week
to assist in the support OF every in.
mate The governor IS 70 appoint
four resident trustees 70 manage The
institution. one of whom shau b, a
woman The other bin allows the
commitment OF child 20 the state
school for DEEPER dent children upou the
application ot any TWO residents.
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Frank Harris to twenty-six months In
the penitentiary, Frank Murphy to
fourteen months and George Riley 10
twenty-five months Mike Melrose
who was with the men at the time oil
their arrest. was found TO have had
noting to do with the burglary and
was released.
DR.. J. Counterman. rs years Old, OF
New Albany. Kas., pleaded guilty OF
counterfeiting. in the United states
district court in Fort Scott. He was
sent to prison for a year.
A report has reached Rome that the
duke of the Abruzzi has met with
serious accident at the beginning Of
his ascent of the Himalaya mountains.
Governor General James Smith OF
the Philippines will leave Manila Sat
urday for the United states on long
leave of absence. He will confer With
President Taft in Washington.
DR.. Frank R. Hanson, who is wanted
in Jackson, MINI. on charge OF forg-
ing a check for $4,000, escaped from
Henry Terhaar. sheriff Of Jackson
county. Minnesota, at the Blossom
house in Kansas City, Mo, by feigning
Illness