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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09

the following message. under the same
date, both having been sent by way Of
Cape Ray, Newfoundland
Good morning. Delayed by gale. Don't
let Cook story worry you. Have him
nailed"
The foregoing was signed simply Bert"
an a~bbreviation Of Robert, while the mes
sage to the Associated Press bore the single
word 'Psary'' az it's signature. To the
Associated Press the commander had sent
the dispatch replying TO an urgent request
for an authoritative statement concerning
Dr. Cook. This request had been sent to
hin Immediately after he had flashed news
Of his discovery from Indian Harbor on
Monday.
OF q nature that makes DR.. Cooks position
one Of defense, the Brooklyn explorer yet
has supporters both at home and abroad.
Many Of the continental scientists are
marking time pending Developments, while
those who have fofmed no decided opinion
in this country have assumed q similar
stand. ti' - ="
Friends Of both busy. =
Prof. william II. Brewer OF Yale, honor
airy president for life OF the Arctic Club OF
America. OF which both Peary and Cook
are members, telegraphed to New York
yesterday az follows:
II believe that both Cook and Peary
have reached the pole"
DR.. Thomas s. Dedriok Of Washington,
n. J., who was surgeon OF the Peary ex-
pedition in 1sSs-O2. promptly came to the
support Of DR., Cook yesterday. He said,
The charge (referring to Peary's state.
ment Of yesterday may lessen Dr.. Cooks
standing in popular estimation until his
defense can be heard, but the scientific
world will be affected only by scientific
discrepancies. DR.. Cook will undoubtedly
lave scientific records and observation,
without Eskimo proof. II Eskimo proof Il
needed there are enough admirers Of fail
play In the world to send impartial in
terpreters TO the tribe"
Character of EskimOs.
Analysing the Eskimo character. Dr
DERRICK iH Inclined to think them unre
liable. with "a temperament which woulC
lead him to agree for suavity's sake and
becfuae Of immediate benefit with a mar
on fthe spot having q shipload Of what 4
most deaf TO an Eskimo heart"
This would be especially true argues Or
DERRICK. III their former benefactor ha'
departed hOmswaTd as Cook did on a sic,
with no halo OF a ships prestige"
In conclusion DIT. DERRICK said; 'suppos
Cook next year went up and distributes
presents, as ships do and asked II his riva
had got out OF sight OF land. and they sal
No. what matter would It make to tn
public9''
Other impartial parties may yet be hear,
form The whalers which arrive at Dun
dee this fall may also know wha the Els
KINDS say. tEt
Inxpectea AZ Red Bay.
With the Roosevelt at Battle HArbor las
night Commander Peary should reach Re
Bay about sixty-fiye miles down the coaS
easily BY today. whore he can put detail
OF his expedition on the wires.
The progress Of his ship from India
Harbor southwark has been extremely 81
ratio. First delayed at Indian Harbor b
rough weather and hampersd in additio
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
ARREST IN DETROITMYSTERY
Or. George A Fritch Held on Charge
Of Suspicion Of Murder.
REGISTERED LETTER A CLUE
Miss Mnrtha Henning, an Intimate
Friend Of Maybelle MiIlman,
f. Held as a wit
ness.

DETROIT. Sept s-Dr George A. Fritch.
a ~wel1-known practitioner Of this city. was
placed under arrest tonight at police head
quarters on suspicion Of connection with
the death Of Miss Maybelle Mnlman Of Ann
Arbor. whose dismembered body was found
Monday and Tuesday In two sacks sunk
IN Ecorse creek In the western suburbs Of
this city.
Miss Martha Henning. intlmats friend OF
the dead girl, was also taken into custody
as a witness. DR.. Fritch ls registered as
follows on the blotter at the Central polics
station;
George A. Fritch. offense charged, sus.
picton OF murder; occupation, physician
age, %; married; color. white; residence,
ss5 Trubual avenue"
Money in Registered Letter.
The arrest Of DR.. Fritch followed the
hurried return Of Sheriff CASTOR from Ann
Arbor. where he had spent a few days
looking up clues in the Mfllman case. -
Unexpectedly did the investigation shift to
Detroit that the Wayne county sheriffs
arrival here was almost simultaneous with
the arrival at the Ann Arbor postoffice OF
a Washington telegram authorizing Post
master Prettyman to submit the records
OF the money order and registered letter
departments to the inspection of Mr..
CASTOR. AL day this authorization had
been awaited by the officials gathered at
Ann Arbor in the hope that the postoffice
records would show who had been the
sender Of a registered letter containing a
remittance Of money which Miss Millman
received at her home just before leaving
on her III starred trip to Detroit three
weeks ago.
Whether the investigation OF the Ann
Arbor postoffice records is to be pursued
further tomorrow could not be learned to-
night.
manned in the detective office for about
half an hour and then the doctor was
taken into a separate room while the girl
was subjected to further questions in the
absence Of the physician. After an hours
time Miss Henning was taken upstairs to
the matron's room and DR.. Fritch was led
to the cell in the basement.
Theory of Police.
ANN ARBoR, Mich, Sept. S-The arrest
Of a Detroit doctor late this evening,
charged with being implicated in the death
Of Miss Maybe1le Millman, whose dismem-
bered body was found in a gunny sack in
Ecorse creek, near Detroit, bears out the
conclusion Of the authorities that the girl
died following an operation.
The girl told her mother that he friend,
Martha Hennins OF Detroit, had sent her
a letter asking her to visit DetroitA May
belle went to Detroit and then disappeared.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09

WEST UNION, Ia, Sept. S.-(speoial.)-
Bert Westoott, formerly a farmer. but now
a barber OF this city. who recently moved
here from Fayette, has just sold 10 the
Smedley Pump company Of Dubuque . pat
ented device which turns an ordinary corn
planter into a wireless check-rower, for
S15,00o. The idea came to Wescott one day,
and within a week he had patterns and
castings made, and in another two weeks he
was using the device. Within the third week
he sold the patent outright to the Dubuque
firm.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
Mr.. HARTMAN Is BETTER
CONTINUED from First Page

" tNCohbinuou AEOm RU6L Eak61
me DR.. Lyle asserts that Mr.. Hartman is
better"
The signed statement was repeated to
him..
We'll" he replied. you can quote me
also as saying that Mr.. Hartman is bet
ter"
Anything further for publication he re-
fused.
The two oxygen tanks appeared on the
platform at the Arden station late this
afternoon. They were Grated, but through
the stats of the crates the words, Oxygen
for medical purposes stood out In white
letters. The station agent said the tanks
were empty and had been sent down from
Butler HUI to be returned to the manu-
facturer. He lost no time IN hurryins
them to q locked storeroom.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
n. N. NicoI Goes 20 Deadwood.

CHARLES CITY. Ia. Sept. S.-(speciai.)-
Robert H. Nicol, who for the last seven
years has been the city editor and bust
ness anager Of the Charles City Daily
Press, has resigned his position and goes
this week to Deadwood, S. D., where he
will become assistant general manager Of
the Western Publishers union, who pub
lish twenty-five weekly papers and eight
semi weeklies, and the Deadwood Daily
Telegram. Mr.. Nicol is one Of the best
known newspaper men in northern Iowa
and a very capable one.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09

BOONE, Ia, Sept. S-(speciai Telegram.)
Joseph F. Reynolds. No. 52t9 Ellis avenue.
Chicago, arrived this morning to a k a
hand in the Injunction suit OF his wife
tying up the Boone utilities. pending the
payment OF an annuity. Mrs. L. w. Rey-
nolds has withdrawn ali annuities to her
son and daughter-in-law. but the son will
insist on a settlement today. II IL be-
lieved matters can be adjusted SO that the
deal with McBride g. Stevens can be con-
summated, giving them a clear title to the
Boone properties.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
The Weather.

WASHINGTON. Sept. s.-Forecast OF the
weather for Thursday n Friday;
For NebrAska-Partly cloudy Thursday,
cooler In west; Friday fair.
For I~owa-showers Thursday, warmer in
east portion; Friday generally fair.
For K~ansas-Partly cloudy Thursday,
with probably showers in east portion; Fri
day fair.
For MissOur-showsrs Thursday; Friday
fair.
For M~ontana-Fair and cooler Thursday
Friday fair.
For Wyoming-Fair Thursday and Friday
For South ~Dakota-Fair Thursday and
Friday. cooler in west Thursday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
woman theoretically rights Fire.

TOLEDO, Ia, Sept. S.-(Speciai.SCut off
from her neighbors and their assistance by
being ouafantined for ~diphtheria, when a
lamp filled with gasoline exploded, Mrs. o.
Rickert of this place last night heroically
fought and e~xtinguished the flames herself,
savinE her children and the home. In
doing so she wal badly burned on the
hands, arms. neck and face, but the at
tending physician today declared that she
would recover. BY mistake Mrs. Rickert
filled the lamp with gasoline instead VI
kerosene. When she lighted it. It exploded,
filling the room with flames. Keeping her
presence OF mind, she beat out the flames
with pillows. In the next room, so sick
they were unable to get out Of bed, lay her
only two children.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
Money TIED up in Vault.

MARsHALLTowN. Ia. Sept. S,-(spe-
~cial)-Because the time lock and the bur
glar proof lock which holds the door Of Its
money safe shut $50, 900 In currency has
been tied up in the vault of the Marshall
town State bank for four days, and for the
last thirty-six hours. the safe has detied
the efforts of an e%psrt to get into It
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
w ealthy Farmer
Will Shoot All
Who TrespasS
Boone AgTiculturist Declares BE Has
Lead for Thieves in Melon
Patch and Orchard.

BOONE. Ia, Sept S-(specisi r%slegran.)
Daniel Hoffman. one Of the weaithiest
farmers in this country, today publishes a
notice which reads: I'm q good shot.
Keep out OF my orch@ds and melon
patches" Hoffman said that he meant
business and would shoot on sight the first
person caught stealing his fruit.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
PEARY DENIES
COOKS @

lcontInued from F1rst Page.l
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
Temperature at Omaha yesterday.

Local Record
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU
OMAHA, Sept 6-Official record OF tenn.
p%erature ana precipitation. compared with
the corresponding period OF the last three
years: 1909. 1906. 1907. 1906
MMS; S,mSm tsmPsTStTrs.' g 8 g
Mean temperature. ...... So 76 81 81
Precipitation ............. 90 90 T 90
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March L
and compared with the last two yearss
Normal temperature. IS
Deficiency for the
Total deficiency since March .....s.......I S
Normal precipitation ........... ~ inch
Deficiency for the day. ...,..... ~ inch
Total rainfall since March 1......A.1 Is Inches
Deficiency since March 1......... 1.H Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1885,. .R8 inchF
Deficiency for cor. period. 1907 -. SIS inches
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
FIGHT ON TO
HEAD BANKERS

CONTINUED from First Pase.)
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
Reports from Stations % Z n. M.

7 InuIcdIce WuEe OF precIpITatIOn.
l. A WELSH, Local Forecaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
OFFICERS

J. n. WILLARD
President
VIII. WALLACE
Vioe-PrSsidsnt
o. p. LGeGREW
Vice. President
W. n. BUOHoLz
Cashier
PRANK BOYD
Assistant Cashier
y. A. WILCOX
Assistant Cashier
EzRA WILLARD
Assistant Cashier
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-16
FIRST PRINCIPLES

NIKO sAKAMATO in a letter to the
T editor of The Herald. makes the
W following shrewd observations:
IF the government Of this. great repub-
lie is that of the people, by the people
and for the people. there can be no
reason why the American people should
fret about the entente with Japan and
ignore the friendly relationship which
has existed for nearly half a century.
Why the continuity Of warm, unbroken
friendship? Simply because of our firm
trust in and your earnest realization of
the messages contained in the Farewell
Address of George Washington"
Our correspondent goes on to inti-
mate that there are probably more
newspapers sensationalizing like the
yellow journals" than there are per-
forming the legitimate functions of the
American press. He is right. 1t is
undeniable. The first principles of
Americanism are not merely ignored
The rejection of them is not merely
negative. They are violently assailed
They are broken. They are smashed to
flinders.
But Mr.. Sakamato should console
himself with the reflection that the
American nation has never failed to
redress a grievance or remedy a wrong
The delay between the beginning of
the emancipation agitation ana the
final signature Of the proclamation
which removed an anomaly then exist
ing between American principles and
practice covered a period of fully sixty
years
The United states will yet return to a
policy of government Of the people, by
the people and for the people, and Of
the greatest good for the greatest num-
ber; and when that glad day of the
complete restoration Of Americanism
shall have arrived the nuisance called
"yelow journalism will be abated, be
cause existing social conditions will de
prive it of the last shred of excuse for
existence,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-16
BRAVO, GIRLIE!

rTJ HANK the powers that be- the rec
ord is broken at last Miss Mar
u garetta Drexel, daughter of An
thony Drexel of Philadelphia, has re-
fused the heart and crown OF Prince
Christopher of Greece, one Of the heirs
presumptive of the Grecian throne. and
relative of all the monarchs of Eu-
rope. Miss Drexel says she viii marry
for love or not at all. That's a pretty
good idea on her part, and she is to
he congratulated upon it.
OF course a love match in these de-
generate days is somewhat unusual
and the participants may be looked
on with suspicion. a woman worth a
million dollars is regarded as nom
compos when she falls in love with a
man who is only worth his own indi-
vidual worth.
But what said the old bard: Worth
makes the man, the want of it the
fellow The rest is all but leather and
prunella,"
Americans will have reason to he
proud of their heiressess when they re-
solve to withdraw themselves from the
title market and return to first prin-
ciples. and an oId-fashioned counting,
followed by love match.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-16

give YOU (for your intelligent and large
list of readers), if you wish, the results
of the analysis l have been making OF
the vote i'm this election. l always like
to know, and no one is posted until ne
does know the character of the support
given to the different candidates ana
questions voted on, and the location or
that vote on the city map. This was
not hard to find, with precinct map
of the city. before me, and the returns
by precincts An my hand
Possibly it may seem strange to some
to see that all the majorities worth
mentioning for the Smith-machine tick
ct are included in the strip embracing
both sides of the Los Angeles river
bed: the Mexican quarter, Chinatown,
the old redlight districts, the principal
saloon precincts, and covering prac-
ticallv all the known notorious dens OF
iniouitV in the city Can the machine
and its ring candidate, George A.
Smith, point to the map with pride over
the character of his support? Can any
self-respecting candidate on that ticket
look at that map and not blush with
shame that he allowed that brand to be
put on him in the name of the Republic
can party?
Let it not be forgotten that the mass
Of foreigners in these foreign quarters
do not either write, read speak or un-
derstand English; are nearly all IN tne
employ of the S. p, and other corpora
tions. and are convinced that to vote
any other than a corporation ticket is
equivalent to the loss of their jobs,
which means life to their families. This
shows how the great mass of ignorant
foreigners entering the country, mostly
unable either to read, write, speak or
understand our language, and with no
interest in or fit knowledge of our laws
and the privileges. and duties of citizen
shin. nearly all enter corporation en-
plov and control. and become the chat
tells of the political boss. to be sys-
tematically used in corrupt politics, for
defeating the will of our native and
other better citizens of the country.
AS before stated, these are not new
facts to old, well posted observers. But
this election has brought them out in
such strong contrast, and with unas-
sailabIe proof, that they can no longer
be brushed aside with a wave of the
hand and an incredulous smile. No
man can so attempt to treat the evil
dence without a blush of shame
D. A. FREEMAN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-16
VALUE OF CAUTION

SET1 HREW on the foot brake, but it
snapped" Such is part of the
story of the automobile accident
on the Eagle Rock apad. In automo-
bile accidents, as in railway accidents
and steamship accidents. it happens,
too often, that appliances which should
above all the other parts of the ma
chine be sound and dependable are
not sound and dependable.
Perhaps some day citizens will get
out of the habit of taking chances
Every mechanical vehicle should be
inspected before it starts on a Journey
Steamship inspection, railway train in
spection, and finally automobile inspec-
tion (Which could easily be made sat
isfactorily in a few minutes by a care
full and skilled chauffeur would de-
crease the number of accidents and
increase public confidence in the
vehicles.
At present flying machines are far
more carefully inspected and tested
than any other vehicles. That is be-
cause people have not yet become ac-
customed to flying machines. The
novelty has not been worn off, and
with the novelty there is n conscious
ness of risk.
Consciousness Of risk is part Of
the makeup of a thoroughly good
driver or guide, whether he be
a coachman tooling a six-in-hand, To-
comotive engineer at the limited's
throttle, ship captain on the bridge,
chauffeur at the wheel and brake, or
aviator regulating the whirrng pro-
peller.
Consciousness of risk is a mighty
good thing to cultivate. The man who
has it in large measure is not a cow
ard He is a brave and reliable citizen.
It is the fool who in reality is a coward.
He is so AFRAID of being called over
careful he is rash yand reckless.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-16
TRUST EMPEROR

N VIDENCE has been supplied there
n exists in trust circles a well de-
u fined and general recognition of
who, it would appear occupies the I'M
usual position eve rather pity the
WRITINGS of historians who may have
to explain it, of a financial emperor
within a political republic.
A dispatch from New York tells us
the plan of a proposed copper trust
was submitted to his majesty, and Mr..
Morgan. says our authority (who is rs
far from being a radical or a first
principle American as the east is from
the wesD, DID NOT APPROVE the
basis on which the exchange was to be
made, nor did he think the present time
a proptious one for bringing out any
such project as the $500, 100000 combina-
ton suggested. The prospects are there
viii be no merger at this time and
that work on the merger will be abau-
doned until after President Taft sends
his message to congress and the tenn
per OF congress lOWdIu the lIuSbS Is III
dicated.'
The temper of congress toward the
trusts! The temper of congress toward
Illegal combination in restraint Of
tradel!
Think Of living in an age when
Americanism is so far forgotten that
machine papers gravely discuss the
prospect Of governmental Interference
or non-interference with a piratical
parasitical growth upon this republic!
So Morgan disapproves, does he?
The king forbids! We hope there never
will be a propitious time for the con-
summation OF a new conspiracy against
the people of the United States. The peo-
pie should find ways and means of de-
Tending themselves from this new
usurpation, even although the tyranni-
cal Morgan should change his august
mind, revoke his veto and approve the
latest loot of the public.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-16
AVIATION

Turing Aviation week the finest
assemblage of representative fly
a. ing machines ever gathered in the
history of the art will be made at Los
Angeles. Machines of every type will
be represented. Even although the
Wright brothers by the terms Of their
contract cannot personally take part
in the contests of Aviation week, their
machines will bS in evidence, and the
public will have an opportunity of in
specting the engines by means Of
which the wonderful feats Of the
Wright brothers have been accom-
plished.
1t is believed Aviation week will at
tract to Los Angeles record-break-
ing crowd, greater than has been as
sembled here at any fiesta or even dur
ing any presidential visit or other
special occasion.
The interest of the world will be
centered in this met. .opolis, and the
telegraph wires and cables, as we'll as
wireless instruments, will be kept busy
in satisfying the curiosity of the world
as to every detail Of the happenings
of Aviation week.
While Los Angeles, as usual, will be
strictly in it," in the remarkable Los
Angeles way, there is cause for graft
fication in the fact the coming festi-
val of the air will not pass, leaving
only a memory. Los Angeles will be
substantially and permanently bene-
flied by Aviation week. 1t will be rec
ognized as the aviation headquarters
of the far west, and undoubtedly one
of the biggest and busiest branches of
the world wide aviation industry will
be established at Los Angeles, tho
airpaths of which afford the best pos
sible trying out space for newly
launched ships.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-16
POSTOFFICE

A LREADY Los Angeles postoffice is
n doing a record smashing busi-
IA ness. A great tide of Christmas
presents and remembrances is flow
ing toward the east and no doubt an
equally great tide is making it's way
west. Postoffice activities at Christ
mas indicate one remarkable fact very,
very clearly, and that is, notwith-
standing differences of government and
border growls and howls and threats,
NEARLY ALL THE WORLD IS RE
LATED, and the human FAMILY
is more accurately a family today than
ever before.
Americans with cousins, sisters,
brothers, aunts uncles, scattered all
over the habtable globe lave q realiz-
ing sense of the most important fact
of modern times, which is the obliter-
alton of sharply autagonistic racial
lines by modern facilities for truspor-
tation and communication. Internal
tional marriages are common, not only
in the United States, where an white
races intermary. but in the world at
large.
At the present rate Of progression
the distinctly racial white type viii be
practically unknown d hundred years
hence, and the lord of the world Will
be a white man of many bloods and a
heart that sympathzes with all Of his
fellow men.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-16
IGNORANT FOREIGNERS
VOTE MACHINE TICKET

GARVANZA, Cal, Dec. 10.-[Editor
Herald: From a view point just over
the line and deprived thereby of vote
in the deeply interesting contest just
won in such fine shape by the Good
Government forces cannot resist the
wish to congratulate you for the high
character of the work done by The
Herald. Success for the Good Gov
ernment movement would have been
an impossibllity absolutely without
the character and enormous amount of
work done by The Herald and an even
ing paper There were no other papers
in the city either able or fitted to 90
the work. There are two that are
amply equipped, financially and me-
chanically; but in more important re-
spects it was totally impossible for
them. The character OF the work done
required ABSOLUTE SINCERITY. If
certain other papers have impressed
the public with the conviction that this
quality is impossible with them, they
alone are responsible for that convic-
tion.
But what I sat down to do was to