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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09
YOUNG ENGINEER SHOWS
 THE WAY TO EXPLORERS

Washington, September S.-(Special.) While all this talk Is going around about the discovery of the north pole by pr. Cook and Commander Peary it might be we'll, it seems to me, to give credit to a modest young man who is an engineer in the navy and who was, I believe. the first person to suggest that the pole never could be found except in the winter season when the ice was not broken up," said James W. Brown of Portsmouth, Va, agent of the Bay Line of steamers tonight. "The young mans name is Harry L. Hart, and he is an engineer on a collier in some part of the world, but still in the service of the United States navy. Young Hart was member of the Baldwin Arctic expedition several years ago. He made close study of the meteorological and geographical conditions of the country as far as the expedition penetrated Whether he voiced the opinions of the members of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09
BANKING SYSTEM
 VERY DEFECTIVE

Bedford Springs Pa., September 7.- The feature of today's session of the annual convention of the State Bank an address by Congressman Edward B. vreeland of New York, chairman of the banking and currency committee of Congress.
 Mr. Vreeland said he was member of the national monetary commission, but that he was not speaking for that body. That commission, he said, has not attempted to formulate any con clusions, but was engaged in collect ing as thoroughly and exhaustively as possible the banking and currency ex- periences of all the great commercial nations, including our own.
 The panic of 1907, a result, not of diversity, but of prosperity, he said, had awakened the majority of the peo- pie to the fact that our banking and currency system is defective and needs radical changes.
 q think" said MT. Vreeland, that today the people and the Congress of the United States are convinced that the American Bankers association has been right for years past in urging that we have at last outgrown our banking and currency system and that it needs radical changes in order safely to perform the enormous and growing business of the people of the United States.
 "Panics are merely the continuation of long continued disease The defects in our system are such that period of great prosperity and expansion al- most certainly results in panic. They may be avoided by better banking and currency methods. We need this ele- ment of elasticity in our volume of money more than other great nation. In all other great countries bank notes furnish the elasticity and fiexibility in their money systems It should be so with us. Gold should be merely the basis, the reserve upon which it is issued"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09

Washington, September S.-tSpecial)-A New York special says: Amy one who knows anything of Peary's reputation and character knows him to be an ego list who would stop at nothing to over come the advantage gained by an adver- sary," said Capt B. S. osbon of the Arctic club. when asked his opinion of the controversy between Dr. Cook and Commander Peary. Tt is good thing that Peary is making all these slanderous statements now" he continued. flor 1t will bring out all the proofs and evil dence, and will eventually show him up in anything but an enviable light" The criticisms against Dr. Cook are childish, and especially the one censuring him for not giving out his proofs in his lecture before the royalty of Denmark. The only reeompense that an Arctic explorer gets for his trouble and expense is the money he makes in his writings and lec- lures. I think he would be fool to give out his knowledge for nothing, after he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09
Peary's EgOtiSn1 Back Of His lnSinnafiOnS

has practically beggard himself in ob- taining 1t.
 "The so-called scientists who claim that Cook would not know when he had dis covered the pole are the silliest of the crowd. It is the simplest thing in the world to take observations, and Dr. Cook is an expert in that line. Peary's cable advising people not to believe Cooks as- sertion shows a remarkable lack of man. liness, and Dr. Cooks answer is just the reverse.
 Anybody conversant with Peary's methods knows that he is an absolute czar in the polar regions, and even the Eskimos fer and hate him. Eskimos who have xe zen on an expedition with him alwa5 \ z. ise to go again, and he is always f ssI Co go with new men.
 "For-sa = 8 Peary has been begging from U ss<siic to finance his schemes. and hf begsared himself like pr. Cook {? efr> Ie has not. He is wealthy man [ 9 ,wns big estate on Eagle Islay 1S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09

New York, September S.-The lie was hurled yesterday concerning the discovery of the north pole, and the foundation laid for a controversy unparalleled In history Con- Robert E. Peary Is making uncer- tain progress southward off the coast of Labrador in his ship Roosevelt, but there came from him, sent yesterday and re- ceived today, a message as direct as his homeward journey has been slow It challenged the veracity of Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn, and further com p1icates a situation which the whole world is discussing. In effect Peary dis credits Cooks claim with the intima- ton that he (Peary). and he alone, plant ed the American flag at the north pole on April 6, 1909, and that pr. Cook. who as- serts that he unfurled the flag at the pole on April 21, 1908, must substantiate his claim.
 At Copenhagen, Cook, shown his rivals statement, stood by his guns, declined to enter into a debate and calmly asserted that his records would sustain him. To prove his right of discovery before the entire world beyond shadow Of doubt he announced that he will dispatch ship
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09

the Baldwin party or whether he ex- pressed his own views l do not know, but on more than one occasion he told me: Other persons think the north pole never would be discovered until the explorers selected another time ~+ the year than any had ever done pre- viously. He declared that the winter season was the only time that an ex- petition could hope to prove success full in quest for the pole, because, he said, the broken condition of the ice in other seasons of the year made 1t impossible to make sufficient speed to get to the pole and return.
 'I don't know whether they had reached the same conclusion that he had, but I do know that young Hart was the first person I ever heard de- clare that the explorers of the past had all made their dash at a wrong season of the year. I think the young man Is entitled to some credit, at any rate at the time of his visit to the Arctic he was marine engineer and he had been on several other dangerous expeditions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09
Welded In Detroit.

Detroit, September s-Miss Edith Mo Rae of this city and John Paul scripps of San Diego. Cal. were married here at noon today at the residence of the brides father. Rev. Dr. John H. Boyd. pastor of the First Presbyterian church. performed the ceremony. The bridal cou- pie left this afternoon for San Diego. The father of the groom, E. W. Scripps of San Diego. and the father of the bride, Milton A. McRae of this city have been associated in newspaper enterprises in many parts of the United States for 27 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09
ALARMING RUMORS ARE
 CURRENT DURING DAY
Newspaper Men Are Again Barred From the Grounds at Arden But Physicians Say That Har-
 riman is Better.
Alarming Actions.

Arden, N. Y., September 9.-Ru-
 ! mors that E. H Hartman was in
 ! critical condition gained re-
 newed currency here shortly after
 1 o'clock this morning. At the
 same time the brilliant arc light
 which has heretofore burned on Tower Hill at night was suddenly extinguished. Repeated calls to the telegraph exchange at High
 land Mills, whicl, gives connection to the Hartman residence, af- forded no response. Previous con nection could be obtained at all hours of the night.
 While these occurrences may have no direct bearing on MT. Harriman's illness they tended to
 increase the alarm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09
How Aeronaut Was Hurt.

Juvisy, Sur Orge, France, September S.. An autopsy on the body of M. Lefebvre. the French aeronaut who was killed by the falling of his aeroplane yesterday. shows that death came as result of a fractured skull The accident Is said to be due to the breaking of the rud- der of the machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-09
Welded In Paris.

Paris. September 8.-Miss Florence Breckinridge, daughter of Gen. J. c. Breckinridge of Washington, D. C., was married in this city today to Thomas F. Hesketh, an officer in the English horse guards.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04


Mrs. w. NJ. Thomalson is visiting
her sister. Mrs. C. G. Mahoney, in
the city today. She is from Glenwood
Springs.
Wynne Ross, well known and
popular alumnus of the high school,
left for Colorado Springs this after
noon for a visit of few days with
friends and relatives.
Frank Lumsden son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. j. Lumsden. left this after
noon for Colorado Springs. where he
will visit few days. after which he
will spend few months with his
father in Canon City.
The new Matthews G. Milne build
ing Will be named the Center build
ing. The work of breaking ground
for the foundation of the structure
began this morning.
DR. w. p. Gasser, wife and son
are recent arrivals from Chicago. DR..
Gasser was here on visit last sum.
mer and invested in a choice piece
of orchard land. They are guests of
Mrs. Gassers' brother, C. c. Simpson.
They will shortly occupy the Bates
cottage on Teller avenue. DR.. Gasser
VIII open dental parlors in the Fair
building.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04

The contract entered into by for
mer Secretary of the Interior Gar
field with the Grand Valley Water
Users Association. for the construc-
tion of the Grand Valley High Line
canal on the cooperative plan, is
not permissible under the reclamation
act. and therefore it will not be rec
ognized by Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger.
This most important announce
ment, embodying the long and anx-
iously expected decision as to the le-
gality of the contract, is contained
in dispatches from Washington that,
there is every reason to believe, are
reliable.
AS stated by The Sentinel several
days ago, there was a division of
opinion here as to whether or not the
attorney general would approve the
Garfield contract. secured by the
Water Users Association through ID.
w. Aupperle, or not
However. with this, the most i'm
portant announcement concerning
High Line canal matters that has
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04

w. II. Bannister, the well known
retired business man, is in Grand
Valley today visiting friends.
II. b. Wilke, who has been visiting
friends and relatives in the city for
the past ten days, left this afternoon
over the Colorado Midland for his
home at st. Louis, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lewis of Den
yer, who have been visiting in the
Grand valley for the past several
days. leave for home on No. 6 this
evening.
The rivers are rising very rapidly
since the weather took a sudden no.
ton to grow exceedingly warm.
Water Superintendent vedder is
keeping very close watch on the
water plant of the city. and no dam
ger is threatening just now.
A large delegation of rooters will
accompany the Grand Junction base
ball team to Glenwood Sunday morn
ing on Colorado Midland, No. l04.
This will probably be one of the best
games of the year. Parties wishing
to so to Shoshone to the opening of
the Colorado Power Company's plant
will reach Glenwood in plenty time
to take special train from that point
to Shoshone and return.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
DRAMATIC SCENE IN
CHICAGO JAIL TODAY
IBy Associated Press. 1

Chicago, June There was a
dramatic scene in the Sheffield ave
nue. police station today when Miss
Anna Kolb was taken TO the cell oc-
cupied by DR. Haldane Cleminson.
alleged by the police to have slain
his wife. Upon being taken to the
physicians cell Miss Kolb screamed
hysterically. She was left there for
ten minutes with a detective nearby.
The police have refused to make
public all that transpired at the po-
lice station but it was learned that
the interview between the doctor and
Miss Kolb terminated with a second
series of screams by Miss Kolb as she
was led away.
II was from Miss Kolb that the
police obtained the names of num-
ber of women with whom DIR. Glenn
inson is alleged TO be on friendly
terms.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04

Again, the list might be published
on the morning of the day of the
election. but that would not fulfill
the law according to its directions,
as the law states that IL shall be pub
lished SIX DAYS IN A REGULAR
EDITION OF THE PAPER IN ADJ
VANCE OF THE DAY OF ELEC-
TION.
The matter is of moment to us
solely on account of the future of the
city.
Should the city desire to issue
bonds at some time in the future for
paving districts or curbing districts
of for mountain water or for any
other purpose. there would be an in
vestigation at once of the manner of
holding the election. II there was a
flaw in the legal procedure, il would
be necessary to do whole lot of un-
raveling at an immense cost to the
city.
Bonding companies do not take in
tent for the actual construction of
the law.-They must know to n GER
tainty that the procedure changing
the nature of this city government
has been legal in its smallest detail.
III The Sentinel desired to work in
jury to the city, il might have let
TINS matter pass and the discovery
made at some time when the city was
with some critical action
regarding the issuance of bonds and
when such bonding companies were
making Investigation of the manner
of procedure in changing this city g
form of government.
The welfare of the city is too great
to us to permit this mistake to go
unchallenged and unnoticed. Every
lawyer in the city will agree with
ihe Sentinel upon the nature of its
that the manner in which
the list of nominations is being pub
llshed, so far as time is concerned.
In the other publication. is illegal.
and that remedy should be made AT
once before proceeding any further.
II the very learned city attorney,
who has not discovered this error
1ihself holds that it will have suf-
hcient legal publication in a special
edition, we shall have nothing more
to say.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
SUICIDE HAD OVER
$1,000 IN POCKETS
IBy Associated Press. ]

+ Dover. n. j., June An un- !
f. identified man was found hang I
+ ing from the limb of a tree on I
1. the outskirts of Dover late yes !;
+ terday, and had s1,l93.72 in his I
+ pockets. !
Z. The man had been seen on I
= the streets of the city since last I
+ Monday and his erratic behav- I
+ ior noticed. Tuesday morning I
+ he asked a druggist for Just !
I. enough carbolic for one" but I
+ the druggist refused his request. Z
+ + !. + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
CARING ATTEMPT To
WRECK FAST TRAIN
IRv Associated Press. ]

El Paso, Tex, June "A dnring
attempt was made yesterday TO
wreck and rob the westbound Colder
Gate Limited. the fast overland train
ON the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific railroad, near Duarn in Central
New Mexico Ties and rails were
piled upon the track at curve but
a freight train which had been over
looked by the robbers hit the oh
struction first
The wreckers fired several shots
at the train crew of the freight, then
mounted their horses and escaped
into the foothills.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
HEAVY SNOWFALL
Isneoial to The Sentinel. /

Boulder. Colo, June 4.-The av-
erage snowfall in Boulder for the
past IL years. as shown by the rec
ords of s. A. Giffin. voluntary OBJ
server, is ca inches. This year the
fall has been 145 inches in Boulder
and over 200 inches in the mountain
mining camps over two feet of
snow has fallen during the last two
weeks on the upper range and some
of the worst weather of the season
has been reported from the upper
camps. The snow is melting slowly
and the oldest settlers report more
snow piled in the canons and gulches
than ever before known
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
AS RESULT OF GRAVE
ERROR CITY LIABLE TO
BECOME BADLY |NvO[ WE'D

To preserve this city in the futur,
from entanglements into which II is
bound to be forced because of certain
Illegal conditions relative to the COM
ing election for charter commission
ers. the following statement is made (,
The law specifically states that,
preceding an election for six days
there shall be published in two daily
newspapers of opposite political faith
the list of nominations for any regu-
lar or special election to be held in
any city in the state of Colorado.
Last Saturday the list of nominees
ON the Charter League ticket were
handed to The Sentinel for publica-
tion. Clerk Vorbeck being insistent
that they appear in due and proper
form and within the period described
by the law.
The same list of nominations were
presented to the morning sheet on the
same day.
The list of nominations appeared
for the first time in The Daily Senti-
mel on the afternoon of Tuesday,
June 1 II published continuously
for six days they would receive their
last publication on the afternoon of
the 9TH day of June. being six days
of regular publication PREVIOUS TO
THE DAY OF ELECTION.
To make the publication legal in
the morning sheet. the publication OF
the list of nominations should have
begun on the morning of the day in
which II appeared in The Sentinel.
which would have been on the morn
ing of Tuesday, June l.
The list did not appear on that
date. The list did appear on the
morning OF June 2, which was We'd
nesday. Counting from that day un-
til the day previous to the election.
which is Tuesday, June s. the publi-
cation of the list of nominations will
have appeared in the morning sheet
only five times.
They cannot publish the list on
Monday. as that is not a day of reg
ular publication by that sheet. Al
paper could be issued which would he
a special edition OF that paper, but
not REGULAR EDITION. as the
law most pointedly and specifically
states.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
READY FOR GREAT
RACE IN THE AIR
rRv fascinated Press |

Indianapolis. Ind. June 4--Prep-
arations are being made today for
the national balloon race which VIII
he started here tomorrow.
Allen r. c. Hawley of New YORK.
who arrived last night and who VIII
have charge of the race. said that the
work of initiating the balloons will
start tomorrow.
Among the enth lasts to arrive
last night was MlosSod Il. B. Hersey of
the United Stat sosather bureau He
will prepare oe-rts of the air cur
Six / ,sSs>ns will start in contest
for isS2 .ational championship cup
off oy the Aero Club of America
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
MILLION TIES FLOAT
Especial to The Sentinel :

the second time the experiment -
being tried of floating an enormous
boom of logs and ties down the Rio
Grande from the northern part of the
territory million ties were re-
leased yesterday at Embudo by the
santa Barbara company the timber
coming from the great forests of Rio
Arriba county.
Nearly two hundred men are bring
caught and loaded on cars for tbjs
city at Domingo. north Of here.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
.BASALT POSTMASTER
PARD0NED BY TAFT

Washington, June 4.-Prcsident
Taft today issued n pardon to w. IL.
Hildreth, formerly postmaster and
editor of newspaper at Basalt. Colo
RADIO, who is serving n term in the
Leavenworth federal prison after hav-
ing been found guilty of violation
of the federal laws.
The pardon of Hildreth was urged
by hundreds of people in the Basalt
country who believed that the man
had not Intentionally or knowingly
violated the law.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
ALLEGED BANDITS
FULLY UNIDENTIFIED
LBy Associated Press. !

Onnha, Neb., June I.-Goision NJ.
Golden is the correct name of the
bandit who calls himself Golden, and
he is II brother of Charles II. Shelton,
the man arrested in Denver accord
ing To Detective Mcdonald Of Spo-
kane. who has thoroughly identified
all the robbers. Nothing in the na-
ture of confession, however. has
been secured from any OF the three
bandits in Omaha. Shelton probably
will. be brought to Omaha in a day or
two.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04

Before taking final action. Secre-
tary Ballinger will give Senators
Guggenheim and Hughes and the rep
resentatives OF the Water Users As
sociation who are here a further OPP
portunity to be heard in the matter.
To Senator Hughes, who called up
on him today. the secretary expressed
a desire that the project should be
undertaken and carried to completion
by the government. He is having
the question of funds examined into,
and. If il is found that funds are
available. doubtless work will not be
delayed by the finding that the Co
operative plan is not in conformity
with the reclamation act.
The Denver News of yesterday con-
tanned the following dispatch:
Washington. June 3.-There is a
report here that the attorney general
has ruled unfavorably in the matter
of the government accepting aid of
outside capital in constructing irriga-
tion projects and that under the law
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
BRIGHT
FOR END OF STRIKE
IBy Associated Press. ]

+ Philadelphia, Pa. June T. +
+ The prospects for a settlement /
I. of the strike of the employees of I
+ the Philadelphia Rapid Transit I
+ Company are brighter today i
+ than at any time since the !
+ strike began. a !
+ Both sides have agreed to I
+ make concessions. and predic- I
+ tions are made that there will :
+ be complete resumption of the =
+ service by tomorrow. Z
I. 1. i. 4. 4. 4. + + + + 4. + !. + + + + I
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
BIG FLOODS CAUSE
VERY HEAVY LOSSES
Gny Associatea Press. l

Winnipeg. June "A heavy rain
fell again at Fernie, b. e., last night
and Elk river rose rapidly, flooding
houses, lumber mills and schools and
carrying AWAY an immense amount
of cut lumber. Many booms went out
last night. carrying logs down the
river by the thousands. All streams
in Kootenay are in flood, breaking
all records. The Canadian railroad
track was washed away in places.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04

been made in many days, comes the
most encouraging announcement that
if Secretary Ballinger finds funds
available he Will not allow the ad-
verse ruling on the Garfield contract
to delay the work on the project.
The following dispatch from
Washington tells of the reported ac-
tion of the attorney general:
Washington. June The attor-
ney general has rendered an opinion
to the secretary of the interior in re-
lation to the validity of cooperative
agreements between the government
and individuals or associations under
the reclamation act, holding that
such agreements are not contemplate
ed or authorized by the act in ques-
ton
This opinion, il is believed, will re-
suit in having the contract abrogated
which was entered into between for
mer Secretary Garfield and the Grand
Valley Water Users Association for
the joint construction of the Grand
Valley project
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
TRAGEDY In KENTUCKY
[py Associated Press. /

BEATsTYVILLE, KY, JUNE -
CHARLES EVELTH, GENERAL
MANAGER OF THE KENTUCKY
NORTHERN RAILROAD, WAS
SHOT YESTERDAY BY EDWARD
RILEY WHO WAS SEEKING EN-
PLOYMENT. EVELTH AFTER Be
ING WOUNDED SHOT RILEY
TWICE. BOZ Il MEN ARE RE
PORTED TO BE DYING.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
HORRIBLE DEATH OF
A MINING MAN

Especial to The Sentinel
IDAHO SPRINGS. COLO, JUNE
AL NELSON, ASSISTANT MAN.
AGER OF THE COLORADO CAS-
CADE MINING COMPANY WAS
DRAWN INTO THE RUNNING
GEARS OF A GASOLINE ENGINE
AT THE KING SOLOMON NINE
LAST NIGHT AND KILLED. HE
WAS HORRIBLY MANGLED.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
ANOTHER DEFEAT IN
FIGHT FOR LIBERTY
IBy Associated Press.

NEW YORK, JUNE 4.-APPLICa-
TION OF ALBERT r.. PATRICK.
UNDER LIFE SENTENCE FOR THE
MURDER OF WM. MARSH RICE.
FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
RELEASING HIM FROM SING SING
PRISON, WAS UNANIMOUSLY DE-
MED TODAY By THE APPELLATE
DIVISION OF THE STATE ST.
PREME COURT.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-04
THE GOVERNOR AND
MAYOR INTERESTED
lspecial TO The sentinel.l

IoptOlsfI 70 T 1T ItEllcf-1
Denver, June "A syndicate of
Denver capitalists, including Mayor
Robert w. Speer and Gov. John Sha-
froth, have purchased the Argentine
Central railroad from t. j. Wilcox
and IL is understood that the road is
to be extended TO the summit of
Gray'S Peak.