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Evening star., 1909-09-05
JAPAN DAY At EXPOSITION
SEATTLE oRHNTAIS ExPEND
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
Entertainment Of Japanese Com
missioners Notable Eveut-Be-
gins With Parade.

SEATTLE. WASH. September 4.-Ths
entertainment Of the Japanese CONNER
cial commissioners today was largely In
the hands OF the local Japanese, who for
months had been preparing for the eele-
bratton OF Japan day at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacahc exposition and collected
$4,000 to defray expenses. All Japa-
nese in the Pacific Northwest who could
conveniently come to Seattle to see the
commissioners and the exposition did So.
The thoroughfares OF the exposition were
hung with 5000 Japanese lanterns, and
the japanese being granted q free hand
In the matter Of arranging flowers. etc.
gave the fair a genuine oriental aspect.
The day began with q parade. led by q
picturesque Sanaural horseman In armer.
Then followed a hundred or more automo-
btles. carrying the commissioners and the
women with the visitors wore native
dress and took part In the parade. At
the exposition gate 2 national pageant
was formed, which absorbed the automc-
biles. Fifty Samurai In ancient armor
were followed by 100 flower girls In ma
tive dress. Then came 200 merchants in
native costumes. and after them. 500
and professions Of Japan. with the garb
appropriate to each.
Two beautiful girls. riding on q temple
foat and representing the goddesses Of
wealth and beauty. threw $4,000 Japanese
coins to the crowds - they passed. After
the parade the Japanese commissioners
dinner In the National building. and later
there were formal exercises in the expo
sition auditorium.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
TRUE REFoRMERs ARE HERE.
Big Celebration Begins Tomorrow
With Parade

The True Reformers' quarter-century
celebration committees held many CON.
sultations at their hall yesterday for the
two days celebration commencing at IL
am. tomorrow with a big parade, and
have arranged to give the strangers from
the several states an excursion to WASH
ington Park on the steamer River Queen
Tuesday. the boat leaving the wharf at
10 am. and pm. and pm.
Rev. DR.. w. l. Taylor. president ol
the Grand Fountain: w. p Burrell. the
presidents Of Rosebud organizations and
the chiefs of many city and state di.
visions will be guests Of the Washing
ton division on the trip down the river
and on the park grounds. President
Taylor's ofiicial stan will accompany him.
Chief w. r. Grimm. Division Secretary
Mrs. Sarah F. Lewis. with a general COM
mittee of twenty-six. will have charge
The committee on homes completed
it's work yesterday and closed its books.
The parade will be heaed by w. r.
Grimm. chief Of Washington division:
Philip Gaines, grand marshal, and the
chiefs of divisions
Evening star., 1909-09-05
WILL EXPLAIN TO THE JUDGE.
George King, Colored, Accused Of
Assaultinr Pushcart Man.

Had there been a law upon the statute
books making flight after an accident an
offense. George King. colored. driver Of a
team for the George W. Knox Express
Company. would have been charged with
three violations Of law last night. In the
absence Of such a law. however. only two
charges were preferred against him when
he was arrested by Policeman Holmes.
King, who is thirty-three years Of age
and lives at 226 Brown court, 1t Is alleged,
drove his team so as to collide with Ana
quorty Cppurray. a push cart merchant,
and knocked him down. The vender was
pushing his cart in the direction OF his
home. 313 1917 street. and was near 18th
and D streets when the express wagon
struck him. the driver Of which went on
his way.
Cppurray sustained severe scalp
wound and seemed to be suffering from
conclusion when he reached the Emer-
gency Hospital The surgeons there put
several stitches In the wound and Cppur-
ray was able to leave the hospital. While
he was being cared for the police went in
pursuit Of the driver Of the wagon.
King was overtaken near Pennsylvania
avenue and 18th street and placed under
arrest. He was taken to the station and
held on charges Of assault and colliding,
and the Police Court judges will deter
mine the question Of responsibility to-
morrow morning.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
HOW COOK BEGAN TRIP
Story of Start for the Pole
Told by His Backer.
WAS DOCTORS OWN IDEA
'Let's Try for the Pole" He Said
When Planning Hunting Voyage.
UNDERTOOK TASK BY HIMSELF
Left in Distant North With Only
One White Companion to Begin
1,ooo-Mile Journey Over Ice.
By John r. Bradley.

The story Of DR.. Cooks successful
dash" for the north pole, so far as
my connection with the event is con-
cerned. really began with my first ac-
Quaintance with the doctor years ago
He interested me from the first. We
had a common love Of travel and dis.
covery. and both were members Of the
Explorers Club
/ had studied carefully the work he
had done on the Belgian antarctic ex-
pedition OF 1S97-9s. and his successful
climb OF Mount Mckinley In 1906. He
impressed me as seasoned and re-
sourceful explorer, full of courage, the
self-confidence that is born Of knowl-
edge. and a circumspection that is born
of caution and calculation. DR.. Cook
is no dreamer. no romancer: his sey.
eral noted achievements attest that he
is a practical and reliable man. He
never tells what he is going to do. bu,
pursues the scientific method Of doina
things first and demonstrating them
afterward.
For three years / had spoken to him
about my desire to shoot polar bear
He had been north with Peary In 1891
81, and his experience stimulated my
eagerness to take one more big shoot
ing trip before writing my reminis
cences. which desired to name Hunt
ing Big Game From the Arctic to the
Equator" On my return from Asia tr
December, 1906. said to DR.. Cook. MY
next will be the arctic" In the spring
of 1907 / had fully made up my mind
to so that year and invited DR.. Cooh
to go as my guest. That Is the way
the idea originated. He was to photo
graph Eskimos and / was to shoot wal.
rus and polar bear. Nothing was then
said about dash for the pole. That
was later development. but one. new
ertneiess. that was fully and carefully
planned before we started north.
Purchased q Schooner.
The first thing necessary was a suit.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
UNCONSCIOUS FROM A FALL.
Hyattsville Man Badly Hurt While
Attempting to Board Car.

William NJ. Smith. resident of Hyatts-
willie. Md, Is a patient In the Emergency
Hospital. suffering from severe injury
to his head sustained yesterday afternoon
by falling while endeavoring to board a
Capital Traction car at the intersection
OF New Jersey avenue and X street.
The injured man. who weighs about 200
pounds, lost his footing while trying to
board the car and fell backward. striking
his head against the pavement. He was
unconscious when taken to the hospital
and was still in that condition last night.
His identity was brought about by finding
q letter in his pocket.
Last night the police located his wife
with the assistance Of DR.. Alfred Wells,
q druggist at Hyattsville. Mrs. Smith had
been unable to account for her husband
failing to return home. but 1t was not
until she received the message from this
city that she knew OF his whereabouts
and what had happened to him.
When the wife reached the hospital her
husband was still unconscious. although
he appeared somewhat better than he did
earlier In the evening. He shows syrnp-
toms Of conclusion or fracture.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
Found Rough Going.

Couu0 1tOUSQ wong.
We found 1t very rough going. We were
''nipped" three times in the ice-that is,
the ship was caught and squeezed by the
packard once we thought we were lost
After seven days Of hard work we made
Cape York. where we expected to meet
with northern Eskimo. We saw plenty
Of bear on Melville bay. but they were
on pan Ice. and / couldn't get at them.
At Cape York. which is simply a point
ran into an awful storm. which made Ii
too dangerous to approach the coast, SO
we decided to continue northward. As
we proceeded we met binding snow
storms. but one morning the sun came
out, and the same day about noon, we
hundreds OF walrus. and I got out my
big harpoon. The best place to anchor.
Capt. Bartlett said. was at diamond
shaped head OF land where the Roosevelt
had touched: We fred guns to attract
the natives. and two came out to meet us
In the skin canoes (or kijaks). DR.. Cook
spoke to them in their own language. and
as we were moving slowly they accom-
panieed us to shore. On the other side
OF the point we saw the Eskimo settle
ment-men, women and dogs-and In an
hour we had nearly the whole population
Of the place on board the ship. We took
census Of the tribe and counted 240.
which was ten less than there were sev-
enteen years ago. We spent Ave days
here shooting and putting things to rights
about the schooner. and with the use of
the motor boat I found good sport In
shooting walrus. the meat of which
gave to the Eskimos for their dogs.
Arrival at Etah.
Then We made our way north again,
shooting ducks. seal, walrus. bear and
every other kind Of northern game until
we got to Etah. our destination, the
northernmost settlement In Greenland, on
the west coast. in latitude 7S degrees &c
minutes: 1t was good to get there. and
especially satisfactory to realize that we
northern limits of navigation in Smith
sound In an auxiliary schooner. This
was late in August. 1907. We climbed
the hills back of Etah and had fine views
looking westward over Smith sound.
where the air was SO clear that we could
see for miles without glasses. Twenty
fivc miles across Is Cape Sabine, near
which Greely was picked up by Schley.
There was very little ice.
DR.. Cook. the first mate and ! decided to
take the motor boat and provision for q
couple Of weeks trip on the Greenland
side for the purpose of finding the Eski-
mos who were said to live a few miles
north Of Etah. When we got there we
and wairps. SO we camped here couple
OF days and came book to the schooner.
DR.. Cook and were getting breakfast one
morning when he said:
I'm going to stay"
''All right" said. You're twenty-o
years OF age. Think 1t over before you
finally decide
We brought all the natives down with US
to Etah, and here we had quite q bunch
Of them. One Of the older men had recog-
nised DR.. Cook and called him by name
II am going to stay" the doctor re-
peated.
Then we told Capt. Bartlett. Naturally
he was startled. but he said. II knew II
from the stores you put on board"
Farewell to DR.. Cook.
We took the ship as far nerth ss we
Evening star., 1909-09-05
and fourth innings of Hess for the visit.
ors to win. Score.

and fourth innings OF Hess for the visit
ors to win. Score.
New SSs1''0IeSa Orleans. Q 1888 90 3 :
Juul and Shannon; Pruitt. Hess and shriver.
I1me-l hour and 46 minutes. Umpire-Mr.
South Atlantic League.
COLUMBUS, Ga. September Al
though each team hit heavily. Columbus
hit when hits counted. and succeeded In
scoring nine. while Columbia got only
three across the plate Each team got
twelve safeties. Columbus getting three
home runs by Fox. Hille and Benson and
G. Lewis secured one for the visitors.
Becker pitched the last inning for the
locals Score:
cSiumbus.. 3 o aSY 20 Is !
Evans and Colby: Helm. Becker and Smith.
Umpires-Messrs. Clifford and Alatthewson.
SAVANNAH, Ga. September 4.-In a
farcieal game here today Savannah made
eleven runs in the six innings played.
shutting out Jacksonville. Score:
sa1snnah. se... Q 8 O. I'll Is :
Lee and Bierman and Roth: Schultz and Patti.
Iane.1 hour and 10 minutes. Umpires-Messrs.
H.
Chattanooga-Macon game postponed; wet
grounds.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. September A.
Castro used three pitchers today to stou
the crippled Knoxville team. but the
game went nine innings to a tie. vsola's
homo run In the sixth saved the league
leaders from defeat. Game called on
account OF darkness. Score:
Augusta. .. o o a o o o.
Knoxville o o o O % 4
Wagner, Billiard. Pierce and Carson; Hartley
and Reisinger. Time-l hour and Is minutes,
Umpire-Mr. Westervelt.
American Association.
At MilWsuLes.k1nsss CITY 4; MiIy.ukes, ..
At Minneapolis-St. Paul, 4; Minneapolis o.
At Columbus-Louisviile. s; Columbus. 2.
Virginia League.
At Portsmouth-Portsmouth. s. Lynchburs, I,
At Observation-Disclosures. 4; Norfolk g.
At Roanoke-Roanoke. 8: Danville. !.
Evening star., 1909-09-05

The first thing necessary was a suit
Evening star., 1909-09-05
well as I do. When Nansen wintersd in

well as I do. When Nansen wintered in
the far north. he and his men did what
they were forced to do. They had to
study conditions. The dogs may die,
there may be open water. or the men
may get sick or frozen-there are lots Of
chances of getting into trouble-but In
spite Of all possible calculations OF DIS
aster. have been confident Of DR.. Cook 8
success. He Is a man who would figure
ahead. and this time. as on his previous
exploits. he has proved that his calcula-
tions were correct"
Evening star., 1909-09-05

Tell ma" said the lovelorn youth.
what's THE best way 10 fnd out what q
woman thinks Of you.'
Marry her." replied Peckham. prompt
y.-Catholtc Standard Times.
Evening star., 1909-09-05
Southern League.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, September 4.-Mem-
phis- Birmingham. postponed: rain.
MOBILE. Ala, September 4.-Mohile
and Nashville split Q doubIe-header this
afternoon. Mobile taking the hrst and
losing the second. A pass. sacrifice. a
passed ball and two clean hits. coupled
with some ragged fielding by Wiseman
and Siegle, gave Mobile two runs and
the game In the sixth inning Of the first
In the second Allen lost his own game
by his wtldness. Seven innings were
played by agreement. Scores:
FIRST CANE
Ss.s1iii. NoS5,ai i;.......... oooo KS
Sngss and Ludwig; Case ana Ssabaush. Tim.
! aour ana "a minutes. Umpirss-Mesgrs. Cur.
penter ana FitSsimmqns. 49,
SECOND GAME
Mobile ........... I o o % o o. =
NASHVILLE ......... 10 2 o O d :
Allen and Lndwig; DugEau and Sa.h.u,h
csPpsntsr and Fitssimns0ns s'~aess's
NEW ORLEANS. La. September A.
Juui was in nne form and the local were
shut out today by Montgomery. 2 to o,
enough hits being punched In the third
Evening star., 1909-09-05

very little ice: then we met q good deal
OF Ice and much fog. This was at the
entrance to Melville bay near Duck Is
land. had a motor boat with which
planned to shoot elder duck. but the fog
was too thick. so I said, Go on across
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-31

The Midland Valley, Atehison, To.
peka and Santa Fe, Gulf. Colorado and
Santa Fe, Frisco, Rock Island NJ, X.
& T. and Kansas City Southern have
all been cited for contempt by the cor
poration commission for violation of
the commissions order No 2O1, which
is the accounting order.
II ia stated that none of the said
railroads have fully complied with the
requirements of the order in filing
statements Of facts relating 70 entire
line and intra-state operating revenues
and taxes for each month and have
not apportioned and segregated intra.
state operating expenses and revenues
from entire line. Notwithstanding
blanks fully detailing the information
required were furnished each OF the
said companies by the commission.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-31
Change in Plan of Selling
Oklahoma Indian Lands

Washington, p. c.. Dec. 90 They
are planning another revolution in
the Indian office hero and bin viii
be introduced in congress alter the
holidays which when it becomes a
law. will be Of inestimable value in
attracting up-to-date farmers TO okla
homa
The bin IN question will provide
that all the Indian lands in the United
States and especially in Oklahoma viii
be sold on the deferred payment plan,
a smaller deposit than 20 per cent
will also be asked
The bin will also provide that IN
dian lands may be sold either under
the sealed bid system as now or al
public auction. as the secretary Of the
Interior may deem the most advant-
ageous to the indian and the pros
pective purchaser alike.
The matter has been thoroughly
thrashed out at the Indian Office and
has been approved by Secretary OF
the Interior Ballinger and the bin win
be reported out Of the Indian affairs
OF the house.
The proposed law has been formul-
ated IN order that the spectators in
Indian lands may be cut out and the
actual settler be given an opportunity
to purchase a farm without going
through SO much red tape.
All lands will be sold under the pub.
lie appraisement system, which was
few months ago IN east
ern Oklahoma and which has been
found to be working so well that In
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-31
Wonderful Record of School
Building in Oklahoma

Guthrie, Okla. Dec. So-That the
world in all its history cannot show
a parallel TO the work done in Okla
homa since statehood in organizing
schools and building school houses
was the declaration OF state superin-
tendent e. d. Cameron, IN his address
as president to the Oklahoma state
teachers convention at Oklahoma
City last night The constitutional
convention he said divided Oklahoma
territory into "a counties and the In
dian territory into Al counties.
"The forty-one new counties not
only had no public schools, but they
had never had any and were in
primitive condition. There was not
an incorporated town where free
public school had been organized for
more than nine years There were
some Indian schools and a few of
these schools were run for whites. We
have laid all these counties into dis
tricts; large districts, SO that in most
of them we will not have to consoli-
date, but can run a full high school
course in the one district. There are
1900 school districts In the forty-one
counties and the county superintend-
ents reports show that we have built
more than $500 school houses since
statehood, the most convenient and
costly rural school houses IN the Unit
ed States We have built in the old
counties OF the state about $40 county
school houses since statehood This
makes between $500 and 1900 coun-
try school houses that we have built
in Oklahoma since statehood, costing
from 81 500 to $4,000 each.
"Our time is too limited to tell you
of the high school and other school
buildings built in cities of the first
class Many of these are the most
modern and up to date buildings in
the United States. There is now
school house in reach OF every child
Of every color In the state. We have
a scholastic population of a little
more than 100000 and we have en-
rolled in our schools more than S0O,-
600 boys and girls We have done this
in two years There are states in the
Union more than hundred years old
that are not up with us"
superintendent Cameron reviewed
also the state institutions, declaring
that II state educational institutions
had been provided for in the two
years; normal schools at Durant, Tab
lequah and Ada; school for the blind
at Fort Gibson; for the deaf at Sui
phur; reform school in Garyin eoun- I,
ty industrial institute and college for
girls at Chickasha school for feeble |
at Enid; orphans nome at
Pryor Creek; school of mines at VIII |
burton; university preparatory at
negro school for blind
deaf and orphans at Taft, and dis
trlct agricultural schools at Warner !
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-31
lnsuReeNcY m okLAHoMA.

At least one Of the Oklahoma re.
publican congressman Is to answer to
The people fer his reaetionary record
in the tariff session Representative
Mcclure Is to have a rival in Judge
NJ. c CARRIER Of Enid, who is 10 make
his canvass for the nomination in the
First District on an ant.Cannon plat.
form
one of the remarkable speetacles IN
the extra session was the alignment
of the three republican members from
this new western state, whose pro.
gressive spirit has produced the most
remarkable record OF development ever
mate by commonwealth These
men we're all lined up with Cannon,
with the interests and with New
England in a fight that would have
enabled them to do somthing for their
state. for the western country
II Oklahoma is true to It's own rec.
ord and It's opportunities and obllgG-
tions, 1t will see 10 II that progres.
siye candidates are put in nomination
for the places now held by It's Rhode
Islanders. The country is not prepar.
ed to believe that the new state Is
willing to take It's part In national AZ.
fairs under the direction Of New Ens
lard Kansas City Times.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-31
STATE BANKERS CALLED
TO MEET At GUTHRIE

Guthrie Okla. Dec. sO-The execu.
tive committee Of the state bankers
association has called meeting of
number OF state bankers to be held
here today to discuss proposed amend
ments to the depositors guarantee
law. Governor stubbs of Kansas and
shallenberger of Nebraska, have been
invited TO send representatives TO the
meeting.
It was reported here last night that
If the state bankers in their meeting
here today can secure the cooperation
of Kansas and Nebraska in the de-
fense of the suit now before the Unit
ed States supreme court involving the
constitutlonality Of the Oklahoma
guarantee law. they viii recommend
the employment Of a special attorney
to defend the suit to displace Attof.
ney General West who now has
Charge Of the defense Governor Has.
kell recently charged West with being
unfriendly to the bank guarantee laws
and the meeting today was called up.
on the request OF Governor Haskell
While amendments will be propos-
ed to the law today It seems to be
the sentiments OF state officials that
Il will be useless to amend the law
until the supreme court passes upon
It. which is expected to be early next
spring.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-31

numerous esoft-drink" establishments
we're opened, which were 10 be quick.
" converted into saloons when the
word was given But the word has
not been given, and the prospects are
favorable for more prohibition rather
than less At present sixty.fve coun-
ties IN Indiana are dry under the
option law. four are dry" by re.
monstranee, thirteen are wet" by op-
ton, and nine IN which saloons exist
have not voted While it may not be
found wise to press for statewide pro-
hibition at this time, efforts are TO be
concentrated on the counties still TO
be redeemed, and complete prohibition
Is only a matter of time. Temperance
reform is marching steadily on, in
spite OF such setbaoks as have been
received IN Massachusetts,, where Wor
cester last week returned to its idols
after two years without the saloon
Salem, however. at the same time
went back to no license after a years
experience with legalized dramshops.
and thirteen other cities voted
though Ny decreasing majoritles-to
keep liquor out for another year Us.
ually these losses in majorities are
significant only OF overconfidence on
the part Of the temperance voters, as
to the interested persistence
NJ their opponentg.