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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
FINDERS OF THE POLE.

DR.. Cook upon his return from the
polar regions to Brooklyn yesterday
said: 81 have come from the pole. !
have brought my story and my data
with me. have not come home to en-
ter into arguments with one man or with
fifty men, but l am here to present a
clear record of q piece of work over
which | have I right to display certain
amount OF pride. l am perfectly will
ing to abide by the final verdict on this
record of competent judges. That must
be the last word and that alone can sat-
isfy me and the public. Furthermore,
no. only will my report be before you In
black and white, but l will also bring
to America human witnesses to prove
that | have been to the Pole. Pritch-
ard, the cabin boy on the Roosevelt,
sod Mr.. Whitney are not the only per-
SOUS who have proof OF my journey to
the pole. Other meu on the Roosevelt
have proof of my assertions, but they
dare not talk until they've landed.
They'll talk them"
When asked at Sydney, N. S., yester-
day il he had any comment to make on
the statement of William Pritcbard, the
cabin boy on board the Roosevelt, that
DR.. Cook had told him that be hsd
reached the North Pole, Commander
Peary replied 81 have nothing to say
on that subject at this time" "What
about the story that the two Eskimos
who went north with Cook admitted to
you that they were never out OF sight OF
laud?" Peary was asked. "Iu my
FIRST message" Peary replied, 81 stated
that the two Eskimos who went with
Cook declared that he was never ont Of
sight Of land, and this | Eeafirm and
stand by" Pesry issued this statement
last night at Sydney: "Acting on the
advice of General Hubbard and Herbert
l.. Bridgmsn, the president and secre-
tary of the PeaTy Arctic Club, wish
to express my thanks to all my friends
for their kind offers and invitations and
also beg to say that | prefer to accept
no invitations to a public reception or
ovation until the present controversy
has been settled by competent authority"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
From Washington.
nrrespondence oi the Alexandria GaFette.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. !
Washington, Sept. %.
10 response to the request of Simon
Wolf, representing the United Hebrew
Congregation and the B'nsi Birth, the
State Department today csbled Am
basssdor Rockhill, at st. Petersburg,
asking for information concerning the
massacre of Jews at Kief, and asking
whether or not any Americans we're con.
cerued in the reported outrages. Action
on the part of the department will be
withheld until a reply to this dispatch
i, received. The combined influence
Of both the powerful Hebrew organiEa-
cations represented by Mr.. Wolf will
be exerted, he said, today, in securing
Justice so far rs this can be done through
officials channels.
The Russian embassy informed the
State Department today of the appoint
roent of Or. Krystoiovich IS permanent
sgent in the United States of the i'm
peral ministry of agriculture. He will
make New York his headquarters. The
Department of Agriculture has been iu-
formed of the appointment and the SEQ
Se'sry OF that department has advised
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
ODD FELLOWS

The eighty-6ilh annual session of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, began in
Seattle Monday, with hundreds of mem.
bers of the order present. The prepare.
lions for the entertainment of the visit.
ing host are on the most elaborate
scale, $25, 900 having been subscribed
for the purpose. A great parade, prob.
ably exceeding in size any ever seen
there, is one of the most notable features
OF the programme.
The membership increase in subOrdi-
nate lodges was 40, 720, and since the
tables we're made up for the Grand
Lodge of Australasia has reported an
additional increase OF 1924, making the
total net increase 81, S44. Ia encsmp-
ment membership the net increase was
7,7SS; In Rebeksh membership, brothers
s, 500, and sisters "a, 211.
The Rebeksh branch Of the order dur
ing the year showed an increase only
25S short of that of the year 1907, max
Jog the number Of sisters now nearly
400. 600.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Three Men 0uillotlned,

Valeuce, France, Sept. 22-Three o.
the"Four Chsufieurs of the Drome" were
guillotined today in the presence Of 9
vast crowd, who cheered Justify as the
head of each of the murderers was severed
by the knife and dropped into the wait
ing basket. The men were Louis David,
Pierre Berruyer aud Lucian BruDior.
The men joked with each other on the
way to the scsffold and jeered at the
waiting crowd as they waited their turn.
The condemned men had tortured,
murdered and robbed fourteen victims
and committed innumerable other
crimes. The "OhsufeuIs of the Drome, {"
as they called themselves, tortured one
old man for two honrs and, after they
had forced him to tell where his money
was kept, they murdered him. Another
man would not tell, so a fire WAS built
under his feet. After they we're burned
totally of, the man died of the shock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. q, 1909

THE most striking Of sl the speeches.
made last week at the meeting in Cni'
csgo of the American Bankers AsSoc'a'
ton was probably that Of Nh James o.
Hill. the railroad fnancieF, in which ne
warned the country that the domestic
demand for grain could not be met here
after by present methods OF cultivation
In wheat, he said, our average produc'
ton per acre IL less than half that Of
Eogland or Germany, both OF which
have soil inferior to ours. What ne said
the remedy must be is the small farm
and the more intensive form Of cultiva'
ton. He said we are DOW supporting
80, 900, 900 people on 5000, 600 square
miles of land and we could IS we'll sup
port $50 to the sqosre mile as thirty, FOL
In Denmark the population is lo7 H.
hsbitsnts to the square mile and 10 hol'
land 448.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
COURT OF APPEALS.

The Court Of Appeals adjourned al
Staunton yesterday to meet November
9 in Richmond. 1t sat three weeks and
heard about 40 cases.
Yesterday the cases of Taylor vs..
Hedrick, Crawford vs.. Heatwole & He'd
rick and Colombia Paper Company VS..
Jones' administrator, were argued and
submitted. Five opinions we're handed
down before adjournment yesterday as
follows:
Hot Springs Lumber and Manufactur-
ing Company VS.. Revercomb. From the
circuit court Of Bath county; affirmed.
Solenberger, ct ais, We. SIrickler's i'd
ministrstor. Circuit court OF Frederick
county; affirmed.
Commonwealth VS.. Henry. From the
circuit court OF Frederick county; re-
versed.
Commonwealth VS.. Shannon. From
the circuit court Of Giles county; re-
versed.
Southern Railway Company vs.. Cash
From the circuit court of Albemsrle
county; affirmed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Three Hundred Lives Lost.

New Orleans, Sept. 22.-The ref
ugees reaching New Orleans this morn
ing from the southern / uislaus coast
declare that at lesst 800 lives we're lost
in the tidal wave that swept the coast OF
Crosse Island westward to Vermilion
parish. Telephone messages from Houma
say that refugees arriving there say that
the coast line for 25 miles WIS swept by
tidal wave that reached inland for q
distance of two miles in many places.
At least 5000 persons lived In the
territory swept by the food, and the ref
ugees say that 300 is low estimate to
place on the lives lost.
The tidal wave rose suddenly and the
homes Of thousands OF fishermen aud
planters were inundated almost without
warning.
All telegraph lines leading into New
Orleans are still down. The only out
side communication is by telephone.
The loss to property along the Louisiana
and Mississippi coast will reach more
Lubu plV,VVV,OVO'
Four hundred persons held up for two
days on two Louisville and Nashville
trains by a wssh.out were brought to
New Orleans last night by boat. Scores
Of these people have been without food
for two days. Three hundred city
squares in New Orleans srs under water.
Galveston, Texas, Sept. % "A WIRE
less message was received today from
New Orleans and then communication
vas cut off. The message confirmed
the report that three hundred persons
were killed by tribal wave along the
Louisiana cosst. Communication be-
tween here and New Orleans except by
wireless is impossible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Charged WIth the Murder Of infants.

Niagara Falls, n, Y, Sept. o.
When Detective Wallace LEFT here tea J
to return to Toronto with Ih' sxhumed
body Of the Authors" baby, the scene
of one of the most battling crimes in
Canadian history shifted back to the
Canadian metropolis. The police be-
lieve that Ia the arrest of Mrs. Maud
Turuer they have a woman who is re-
sponsible for the death OF many infants.
The body of 8 baby FIVE days old WAS
found on the tracks of the New York
Central last Thursday, and to designste
the case the police called it the
"Autbor's" baby, for piece oiopaper
with that name on 1t was found pasted
to the baby's back. The police here
and 10 Toronto believed that the child
had been thrown from the window of 8
train. They thought it had been muir
dered 10 Toronto, brought to Lewiston
by boat and then disposed of. As re-
suit of their work they arrested Mrs.
Turner and 1t developed, the police
allege, that Mrs. Turner bad been given
800 by the bSby's mother to adopt the
child
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22

the State Department that the Russian
representative will be afforded sill proper
facilities to examine the system and
methods of the department.
The State Department has instructed
the charge of the American legation at
Panama to request of the Panama su-
thorities a thorough investigation OF the
alleged ill-treatment Of another Ameri-
can citizen by the Panama police. The
American, William Miller, was recently
arrested in Panama on a charge OF
drunkenness. The complaint has been
made that he was not permitted By the
police to lock the door of his residence
and that, as q result, bis grip containing
s175 10 gold and $74 10 silver, was
stolen from the house during his i'm
prisonment. For damages sustained by
the Americans. the Panama government
last month paid over $4,000.
The State Department has designated
the members Of the delegation TO the
Third International Conference on Mari
time law which will open at Brussels on
Sept. 2S. The delegation co Insists Of Ed
win B Smith, of Pittsburg Judge Walter
G. Noyes. OF New London, Conn
Clarence O. BurliDgsme, Of New York
City, and former governor A. ]. Mon
tague, Of Virginia.
Tang Wen-yusn, director Of the Chi
nese Army Medical School, and Hsu
Ying- Yang, first grade medical officer,
have been selected by the Chinese gov
eminent to represent that country al
the forthcoming meeting of the associa.
ton of military surgeon of the United
States. The convention will take place
10 this city on October 9th.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22

The Woman's Home Companion for
October, which has been received from
the CrowelI Publishing Co., New
York. is ali that is cIsimed for It by the
editors. The subjects dealt with In
"Househod and Fashions" are timely,
aud ci interest to every woman. Among
the special articles are "Short Cuts to
HEALTH" Colonial Interiors;" "Josn
Of Arc at Chinon," THE Love Story Of
a Queen" "Why l Left the Ministry"
and many Others Of importance. The
special departments are varied and
many. Art and music are represented,
and the class of fiction may be recog-
nized when among It's contributors are
Mary wilkins Freeman, Myrs Kelly,
Kate Douglas Wiggin, Katherine
Blown, etc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
FRAuD ALLEGED.

Henry NJ. Lewis, secretary and treas
urer Of the National Trust Company Of
Washington, With Offices at 1927 F
street northwest, yesterday was arrested
by pOstofice inspectors charged with
"nsing the mails 10 furtherance OF q
scheme to defraud." Lewis was ar
raigned before United States Marshal
Anson S Taylor and released on 81, 900
bond. The inspectors found maoy
ledgers, account books, and other docu-
ments. All of this material WAS confis-
Gated, and will be used as evidence when
Lewis is brought to trial.
Inspector Kesne alleges thst the Ma
tioual Trust Company is directly and in
directly affiliated in various sections Of
the country, and that 1t has been con-
Quoting its business illegally.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
sITICIDE OF A FORGER,

J. Elmer, wanted by the police o.
Richmond, on charge Of forgery com
mitted, suicide in the detective Office
of the Central Railroad Of New jersey
in Oommunipaw, N. j., last nigh
while The detectives we're searching hi
baggage. At his side When he killed
himself was a woman he had brought
from Memphis, Tenn, whom he was Il
have married in New York.
The police Of Jersey City received 9
telegram late yesterday from CHIEF
of Police Loris Werner, of Richmond,
asking them to arrest Elmer and tall
blonde woman with whom he was
travelling. He was wanted for forgery,
the telegram stated,
Detectives were detailed to intercept
the couple on their arrival. Among the
frat persons to climb down from the
7:4S through train on the Baltimore and
Ohio last night were Elmer and the
woman.
The man at once admitted bis identity,
and put up no fight over his arrest.
They we're taken to the second floor of
the railroad building to the Office of
John B. Gray, head Of the central de-
teCtive force.
Elmer and the woman were seated on
bench about II feet from the Office
desk, while the three detectives we're
looking over Elmer's baggage cheeks, and
comparing them with the numbers
sent in the Richmond dispatch. The
woman was between Elmer and the three
men.
Suddenly and without Investigates
warning, even to mis- companion, Elmer
drew revolver and fred q bullet into
his head. The bullet went through his
derby, clean through bis head, and fell
on the floor. Elmer died almost instantly.
What little could be learned BY the
detectives came necessarily from the
woman. She said that she was an orphan
and bad met Elmer in Memphis.
A dispatch from Richmond says the
man passed a check for 1915 on the
Jefferson Hotel, paying his bill and re-
ceivIDg the balance in cash. The check
was later found TO be worthless. Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer arrived at Richmond
and registered at the Jefferson. Upon
leaving the hosteIry Elmer presented a
cashiers check drawn ny the First Ma
tioual Bank Of Salem, S. OAK, upon the |
Hanover National OF New York. The |
couple then left the hotel, checking
their baggage for New York. After
their departure the Souih Dakota bank |
was telegrsphed for information regard
log the check and an answer came that
the paper was forgery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
News Of the Day.

Massachusetts republicans have re.
nominated Governor E. s. Draper to
head their ticket.
Mr.. Thomas Hill, well-known Bslti.
more real estate dealer, died In Melrose,
Mass yesterday, after having suffered
stroke Of paralysis while in swimming
1t is reported that the engagement Of
King Manuel to Princess Alexandra,
daughter of the Duke OF Fife, will be
officially announced November 10, King
Edwards birthday.
In one of the fire proof vaults OF the
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company,
in Philadelphia, Edgar E. Petit, an
employee of the company, committed
suicide yesterday afternoon by shooting
himself in the head. III health and
overwork lie supposed to have led the
man to end his life.
At St. Paul, Mimi, yesterday, Adolph
o. Eberhardt was sworn in as governor
Of the stats of Minnesota by Chief JUS
tice Start, of the Supreme Court Accord
ing to the constitution the lieu
tenant governor becomes governor i'm
mediately following the death of Gov
ernor Johnson. The installation Of
Governor Eberhart was without cere-
mOny or incident.
William K. Vanderbilt, jr., and his
wife, formerly Virginia Fair, of San
Francisco, have parted. A formal
agreement of separation, approved by
their respective counsel, and containing
specific provisions as to financial ar
engagements and the custody Of their
children, Mnsiel and William X. Van
derbilt, Sd, has been signed by each.
MIS-. Vanderbilt is now returning from
Europe.
In Denver last night standing upon
the platform from which MIR. Bryan,
whom be defeated for the presidency, was
Nominated, President Taft defended
the corporation tax law, with which be
accomplished The defeat in the Senate
of the income tax promised by the
democratic platform. Denver wsnted
to know the policy Of the Taft admin
isration regarding its reclamation pro-
jects from the lips of the president, but
be kept that for another occasion.
Mrs. Anora Carlson, 70 years old, of
Washington, has asked the police to
find her 31.year old husband, who, she
says, left her a few days ago, taking
with him 81, 800, all the money she
had 10 this world. Mrs. Carlson is a
bride. She tells the police that her
husband. Frank Carlson, persuaded her
to sell her small real estate holdings
and go with him to Texas. She says
he left the house few days ago to pur.
chase the railroad tickets and that he
failed to return. She accuses him of
having taken with him the funds pro-
cured by the sale of her property.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22

AN expedition from the Lick ObSerVa'
tory, under Director Campbell and sew
eral other scientists, has just returned
from the summit of Mount Whitney,
where they took a series of photographs
and Photographic observations OF the
planet Mars, which it was hoped would
show the existence of life there by DEM
onstratiDg the presence Of water vapor'
The instrument used was a l6'incb
horizontal rejecting telescope with spec
tographic attachment. Their method
was to compare the spectrum OF Mars
with that of the moon on successive
nights. 1t is known that there is no
perceptible vapOr on the moon, and so a
comparison may tell something definite
about Mars. 1t will not be known for
several days what the photographs will
show.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Attempted murder and Suicide.

South Pennington, Mass, Sept. % -
Shot several times and 30 dangerously
wounded that she may die, Mrs. Mary
Gerotz WAS today made the target for
The pistol of Harry E. Hill, of Blade,
Del. Hill, then killed himself.
Mrs. Geortz is the wife of Otto
Geortz, a telegraph operator for the
Boston and Maine Railroad. There is
no reason known for HilPs attack upon
her and his suicide. Little is known OF
Hill beyond the fact tbat be had been
frequent visitor at the Geortz home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22

PROF. r. S. TARR, OF Cornell; Prof.
Martin, of Wisconsin; A. r. Campbell,
OF Washington University, and several
other scIentists are now in Alaska study
ing glaciers under the National Geologi-
cal Society. At Osrdova, Alaska, Prof.
Tam was quoted as saying recently thai
the Hidden glacier had advanced two
miles in the last three years. Proof
that Alaska wss once tropical country
he found in Jamaica fora and coal bed
formation. No wonder the people say
the world has turned upside down.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Seconds Shots.

Naples, Italy, Sspt. ga duel To-
day between Toiro PszzO, q member o.
sn aristocrstic Italian family, snd
Aniello Nicola, moneyleader, proved
that it is fer safer to be duelist than 8
recond, for the two duelists exchanged
40 shots st % PAGES, escaping them
selves absolutely unsCathed, while al
four OF the seconds receives pisto
wounds, one OF them dying.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Aviator Dashed to Death.

Paris, Sept 22,-CaPlain Ferber Of
the French army, WAS dashed to death
today when his Voisin bi-plane crashed
to earth while attempting a flight al
Boulegne .sur.Mer, on the French coast.
In colliding with the ground, the Voisin'
bi-plane turned a complete somersault
and Ferber WAS found under the debris
terribly crushed. He was alive when
dragged out of the wrecked seroplsnG
but died on the field before the surgeons
could get TO his side.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Gov. Iohnson's Funeral.

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 22.-The body
of John Albert johnson, will be laid to
rest tomorrow afternoon In the latter's
family lot where his father and mother
are buried, in the humble cemetery
among the hills near st Peter.
Today thousands of the people looked
for the last time upon his face as his
body lay In state all day in the rotundA
of the state capitol.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Mrs. Parln a Suicide.

London, Sept. ga coroner's jury
today brought in a verdict that Mrs.
Jane Gordon.Sartori Perrin, wife Of Law
renee Perrin, a Baltimore millionaire,
committed suicide while of uusound
mind" Mrs. Perrin shot herself to
death in the home of her sister, Mrs.
John Ackroyd, at HarroW-on-the Hill,
September LIST. The jury was convinced
that Mrs. Perin's domestic unhsppiness
had temporarily unbalanced her mind,
in which condition she shot herself.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Another Earthquake Shock 10 Italy.

Reggie, Calsbria, Sept. ga vio-
lent earthquake shook this city today,
sending the terrified people to the bills
for safety. The quake was one of the
hardest that had been felt since the dis.
aster of last December, when MesSina
aud Reggie we're practically wiped of
the earth. Considerable damage was done
by todsy's quake, but no loss of lives
Is reported.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
Burglar KILLED.

New York, Sept. 22.-While sliding
down a rope from the top Of big apart
ment house In the Bronx to sn apart
ment on the fourth floor, an unidentified
burglar was shot early today and fell q
huddled mass into the court yard. He
managed to stagger to his feet and to run
for several blocks, when he fell dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
nr Cnnk,a Claim.

New York, Sept. %. 1t will be al
least two months before any scientific
body will be able to pass on DR.. Cooks
data, for the explorer announced today
that it will take this time for him to get
his observations and explanations in
shape for submission to any accredited
investigating body. The proof Of his
claim, the doctor said, is not at all de-
pendent upon Harry WhitueY's return,
for all the data that Whitney has Is but
duplicates of the material already in
the doctors possession.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22

Only little cold in the head may be
the beginning Of an obstinate case Of Nasal
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the solid form Of this remedy and will rid YOU
OF eatirrh or hay fever. No cocaine TO breed
a dreadful habit. No mercury to dry out the
secretion. Price 75c., with spraying tube.
All druggists, or mailed by Ely Bros, So
Warren street New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22
CHANGE FOK THE BETTER.

Perhaps you have desire Tor hne
new Weaver Piano. but already have a
piano or organ that is not entirely sat-
isfactory. We will exchange with you
if you so desire it. Ask for catalogue
aud proposition from us.
WEAVER ORGAN & PIANO co.
Manufacturers, York, Pa.
w. l. Whitson, Sole Agent, eII-oI5
King Street, Alexandra.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-22

THE announcement of the discovery
ofvslusble deposits of coal and petroleum
in Panama is neither surprising nor IN
expected. 1t had long been surmised
that the isthmus was rich in useful min
erals as in other natural resources. But
there are probably no two natural pro-
ducts which would be of greater practi-
cal profit to Panama than those the find
ing of which is now reported.