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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30

The captain said, however, that the COM
mander and himself were feeling fine.
Asked how far north he had been he
replied.
"As far as Etah with the Roosevelt.
and up to the sSth degree with Peary."
The captain then went to the telephone
to get in communication with New York.
Cook Banquet Called Off.
The Explorers Club of which Com
mander Peary is president. and DR.. Cook
former president. has Cancelled the
banquet that was to have been given DR..
Cook tomorrow night.
At a meeting of the board of directors
yesterday afternoon resolutions were
adopted directing the acting president to
appoint a committee to investigate the
charge that DIR. Cook did not reach the
summit of Mount Mckinley.
Herbert l. Bridgman. secretary OF the
Peary Arctic Club and director OF the
Explorers Club. said yesterday that
Peary will submit evidence of his polar
exploits to a scientific body for its APP
prevail, and that he doubts II DR.. Cook
will ever place his evidence In the hands
of scientists.
The evidence of Commander Peary
Bridgman. land he will undoubtedly be
given credit for having reached the pole.
I do not think that there will be any
question of priority raised.
LII LUX says Hc 10 SO1h6 W Puo1Aohi
his evidence in his book. That is not
what scientists require. They want the
original records.
IA month has passed since Peary made
his charges against Cook, and Cook has
not submitted a scrap of evidence IN sub
sanitation OF his claims"
Cook Expected Action.
While the action of the Explorers Club
was surprise to most Of those who have
been following the controversy. 1t ap-
pears that DR.. Cook anticipated it. Sew
eral days ago he sent for Edward Bur
rill, the guide who is said to have accom-
panied him to the top Of Mount McKin-
ley. Burrill will arrive here Saturday.
Friends of DR.. Cook say that he re-
quested the Explorers Club to withdraw
the invitation to the banquet. He has &C
cepted an invitation to be present at the
Hudson-Fulton banquet tomorrow night
at the st. George. Staten Island. ferry
house.
The eight directors Of the Explorers
Club had stormy argument over the
resolution urging the investigation. A
surprise was the opposition OF Prof.
Herschei c. Parker Of the Columbia Uni
versity. who was one of the first to init
mate that DR.. Cook had not made the
climb. Parker headed the party of which
Cook was q member
His opposition was based on the ground
that the investigation should have been
made before now. II at all. and that, II
made. 1t would tend to make the club ap-
pear q Peary partisan.
The resolution was adopted by q vote
Of 8 to- s. Those at the meeting were
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"GooD SPORTING FEATs."
Duke Of Orleans Opinion of Cooks
and Peary's Exploits.

Special Cablegram to The Star
BRUSSELS. September 3O.-The Echo
publishes an interview with the Duke of
Orleans, himself an arctic explorer con-
corning the discovery OF the north pole.
The duke looks upon the achievements
of DR.. Cook and Commander Peary as
good sporting feats." He holds In higher
esteem the expedition that the Norwe-
CLAN, Amundsen, is going to undertake.
How will he prove that Cook and Peary
did plant te American flag upon an igloo
at the pole?' asked the duke 'Consid-
ering the incessant drift of the ice In
the polar regions, who knows what have
become Of the explorers igloos?
What would you think of French
explorer If you were to see him. his
brow beaded with perspiration. telegraph
ing to the President Of the French repub-
lie, I have the honor to place the equator
at YOur diSpoEal?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
Frost Damage Reaches Millions.

MEXICO CITY, September 3O.-Twenty
million dollars is the estimate placed by
we'll informed banking men of this city
on the loss resulting from the unprece-
denied freezing weather which has
wrought destruction over a considerable
section of the north central portion of the
republic of Mexico and has practically de-
stroyed the entire corn crop in the valley
Of Mexico. The record for icy weather in
September was broken by the intense cold
of Yesterday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30

H. G.. Walsh, secretary: F. S. Dellen-
baugh, Marshall Saville, acting president:
Prof. Parker, w. G. Clark, Frederick
Ober. H. L. Bridgman and Caspar Whit
ney.
"No Controversy" Says saville.
There is no Peary-Cook controversy"
said Acting President Saville at the con-
clusion Of the meeting. 1T requires two
or more to engage in a controversy. Com
mander Peary has made SPECIFIC charges
against DR.. Cook, and DR.. Cook has not
answered them. When Commander Peary
files set OF formal charges and Dr.
Cook answers them there will be con-
troversy.'
Discussing Cooks statement that he
had made a new sledge for the latter
part of his journey into Etah from the
pole, Mr.. Bridgman yesterday said:
Wood Is worth its weight in gold in
Greenland, and 1t requires wood and
thongs to make a sledge. There is not
a tree as large as mans thumb. and
I don't know where Cook could have OBJ
tanned wood. He says he used his old
sledge to make bows and arrows. The
natives have not used bows and arrows
for years. When l was UP there in 1901
every native had a rifle.
when Peary took charge Of Cooks
stores at Etah he did it as an officer of
the navy taking charge Of an abandoned
station. He placed Murphy in charge,
gave him written orders and sent a copy
Of the orders to me. The orders directed
Murphy to take good care of Cook If he
returned to Etah. II Peary will give the
word / will make my Cook copy of the
order public.
"Gambler May Have Taken Chance"
1T seems to me that it might be said
Of this Cook pole dash that a gambler
may have put up the whole thing and
taken chances on 1t. Peary knows that
Cook is taking and Peary will receive the
credit for having discovered the pole.
LAS regards the photographs that were
published by the Herald in connection
with Cooks story. the point is not SO
much that they were TAXED" as that
they were taken at point which was not
on the Cook route to the pole"
A letter from Ralph Stockman Starr,
professor of geology and physical geog-
raphy at Cornell University. attacking
Or. Cooks claim of having ascended
Mount Mckinley. was made public by
Mr. Bridgman yesterday. The letter says
that he prof. Starr) was informed that
Burrill, Cooks guide, admitted to friends
that they had never reached the top.
Starr says he questioned persons ia
miliar with the region and they said 1t
was impossible for Cook to have made the
ascent where he said he did.
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cial horizon, raised by Commander Peary
in his statements to show that DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook did not reach the north
pole. Prof stroengren of the Copenhagen
University said today:
Commander Peary must be under a
misrepresentation. According to DR.. Cooks
statement to me, he did not use an arti-
fetal horizon of mercury, but a glass
mirror. which with the aid of spirit lev
els, was set horizontally.
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Credit His Story Of Discovery and
Like His Conduct.

CHICAGO, September 30.-Dr. Freder-
ick A. Cooks claim to the discovery of
the north pole was indorsed by the Amer
lean Association of CRITICAL Surgeons in
convention last night.
The Endorsement was given in resolu-
tons, unanimously adopted, introduced by
DR.. John A. Lenfesty of Mount Clemens,
Mich, secretary of the association.
The resolutions concluded as follows:
I'VE admire the dignified and gentle
manly stand Dr. Cook has taken IN the
controversy that has arisen"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
Peary's Arctic Ship Arrives in
New York Harbor.
COOK DINNER CALLED OFF
Explorers Club Orders 1nvestiga.
ton of Mt. Mckinley Climb.
DIRECTORS HAVE HOT DISPUTE
Brideman Discredits Statement Made
by Claimant Of Polar Discovery
as to His Sledge.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 3o.-The
Roosevelt. looking neat and trim as
any lady of the seas. is here Peary is
expected soon.
AS the marine observer down at Sandy
Hook scanned the sea with his glasses
this morning, far to the eastward he
made out a speck which resolved itself
into a vessel with masts. Nearer she
came. and he distinguished the name
Roosevelt"
At 1920 o'clock she had reached the
bar. A little later she was on her way
through Gedneys channel She passed
the point of Sandy Hook and dropped
anchor about a mile away from the
government wharf.
AS the greatest 'ice-smashing vessel
which was ever built came abreast OF
the marine observatory the observer
gave her a salute. She returned the
compliment with a blast on her whistle.
Not long after the vessel anchored
colors were made on board. The Ameri-
can Yacht Club ensign went up to the
mizzen truck. At the main topnaast
head the Peary Arctic Club burgee was
broken out. Her fore topmast head
had the New York Yacht Club burgee
flying.
Roosevelt Spick and Span.
The Roosevelt was spick and span in
a new coat OF paint. To look at her
as she lay there one would never think
that she had been bucking the line of
grinding ice foes month after month
in the steady progress over frozen seas.
Whether the Roosevelt will join in the
naval parade or not remains to be seen.
Commander Peary had indicated at one
time that he would not take part In any
festivities until the polar controversy was
settled.
Peary announced at Portland, Me-, last
night that he would start for this city
when he received word that the Roose
welt was at Sandy Hook. and he may
be here tomorrow.
Capt r. a Bartlett Of the Roosevelt
landed at Sandy Hook with the pilot,
Alfred Nichols. who had brought the ves-
sci into a safe anchorage in the Sandy
Hook bay.
Capt. Bartlett declined to give any in
formation. saying he had orders not to
make any statement until he had been
in consultation with the secretary of the
Peary Arctic Club. H. l.. Bridgman,
editor of the Standard Union, Brooklyn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30

Canadian Government Discredits Re
port That He Is Soon to Return

port That He Is Soon to Return.
Special Dispatch to The Star
OTTAWA, Ont. September 3O.-The ma
rine departments discounts the st. Johns
On. F.) message intimating that the Ca
madam government steamship Arctic and
Capt. Bernier will return to the st. Law
renee next month.
The instructions to Bernier were to con-
tinue to the confines of navigation and
plant the British flag upon the islands of
the arctic seas, and he is not expected
back until the fall Of 1910
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
Soon, Whitney Declares,
World Will Believe Cook

BIRCHY COVE, N. F.. September 80
(via wireless).-Harry Whitney. inter-
vtewed on tho train as he passed through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
SNOW HOUSE NEAR svARTEvEEG.
Photo by
Copyright the New York Herald All rights

here, bound for home, stated that the
world would soon accept Cooks story as
being truthful in every particular.
Jeanne to 60 for instruments.
ST. JOHNS. N. F., September 30
Members of the schooner Jeanie crew,
on which Harry Whitney arrived here
from Indian Harbor, say that when Mr..
Whitney learned in Labrado of the polar
controversy and Of the important beaGing
DR.. Cooks instruments have on this, he
engaged Capt Sam Bartlett and his yes
sci to go up next year and recover DIR.
Cooks belongings at Etah. Capt. Bart
lett declined to speak on this subject.
According to the Jeanie's crew. while
Commander Peary scoffed at the idea
that the sledge which DR.. Cook gave as
a souvenir to Whitney ever covered a
long distance. Mr. Whitney contended
that the sledge showed actual proofs of
what 1t had endured, and that the rear
sections had been cut off to make ar
rows for killing game. as DR.. Cook de-
scribed
The Jeanne met the Canadian ship
Arctic. in command of Capt. Bernier. at
Clyde river, Baffin Land, September 9.
Capt. Berner told Capt. Bartlett that
he had received letter from DR.: Cook
by a Dundee whaler. thanking him Tor
landing stores for DR.. Cook at Etah the
previous year, and stating that he Cook
had found the pole
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Whitney Explains Motives.

The following dispatch was received
yesterday by the Associated Press from
Harry Whitney, the New Haven hunter.
who is on his way home from st. Johns,
N. F.:
"Stephenville Crossing. n. F., Septem-
Der 29.-So many questions are being ask
ed of me by different papers that desire
to make the following statement through
the Associated Press:
my reasons for not going back to
Etah for DR.. Cooks things were that the
engine in the Jeanne, one Of the smallest
boats that ever went to the north arctic.
was not working satisfactorily. and we
were depending partly on sails. which
later we had to do entirely. There was
no reason why the Jeanne could not have
gone back. but, not knowing that DIR.
Cooks things left with me were Of such
Importance as they have since turned out
to be. l did not return.
I'm addition. had promised the Eski-
mos who were with me after musk oxen
in Ellesmere Land certain things which I
expected on the ship coming for me, but
they were not aboard the Jeanne, and l
did not want to return and disappoint
the men. Another reason was that
wanted to prolong my hunting trip. which
I was able to do by not going back. but
by cutting across Smith sound from
North Star bay and following the edge Of
the ice south.
Would Have Done as He Did.
II do not believe that either DR.. Cook
or Commander Peary, II placed In my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
LORD MAYOR TO AID SCOTT.
London's Executive to Start South
Pole Fund

LONDON, September 3O.-The Lord
Mayor of London has announced his
intention of opening Mansion House
fund to assist Capt Robert F. Scott to
raise money for his expedition to plant
the Union Jack at the south pole.
SURGEONS BELIEVE COOK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
MIRROR FOR COOKS HORIZON.
Copenhagen Scientist Says Peary
Must Be Mistaken.

COPENHAGEN. September 29.-Com-
mentips upon the question Of the artifl-
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TRUE STORY OF SLAVERY DAYS
ITS SEQUEL TO BE WRITTEN;
WHO CAN DO TIP
Negro Woman Sold in Washington
Before the War Asks Help to
Find Relatives.

There are little stories of real life
human-which had their beginning before
the great war and to which 'finis cam
not yet be written. This has to do with
one. really, truly story, which has a
lowly setting and which isn't even a lit
tie bit funny.
week or so ago Prof. Kelly Miller Of
Howard University lectured in Birming-
ham, Ala. Among those in the audience
who remained to shake his hand was q
cOlored woman who was sold in WASH
ington as a slave half century ago and
taken south. Here Is the letter Prof.
Miller received from her this morning:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept 30. 1899.
Mr.. Kelly Miller.
Dear Sir: While you were in our city
over a week ago l listened to your lecture
and enjoyed 1t very much l also shook
hands with you, but / know that among
so many younger and more important per-
sonages in that gathering / am not re-
membered. But l felt then and still feel
that you will be my friend in aiding me
to find my dear ones from whom l was
sold many years ago. l have never heard
anything from them since / was sold be-
fore the war. / was raised on large
plantation in Malbrent q don't know if
this is correcO, on the Maryland side.
My masters name Ned Scott; his wife,
Polly Dore Scott. My fathers name. Anzie
William, Esau and Robert William was
an exhorter in those times Ny sisters.
Jane Stephenson, Helen Woodrow and
IIinnet Brent
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Sold to Clark McGruder.

II was sold in Washington to Clark Nc
Gruder and given to his daughter. Angus
ia, wife Of Peter Hoe. who owned a large
drygoods store on one of the main streets
OF washington. / had an aunt named
Celia Tolbert, who. with her husband
Nasa, owned home in Jackson alley in
rear Of a white man named Parker. /
knew a preacher and wife, John Wesley
Dogan and Sallie Doean, Cousin VIII
Bowie and Sykie Bowie. l was the
youngest in our family being twelve
years old or near at the time l was sold.
Prof. Miller will you kindly make in
quiry for my friends and write me.
know your time Is very precious, but this
is only a drop OF cold water given to one
of Christ's little ones. God will bless you.
You know how to proceed better than |.
will prayerfully await your reply. May
the Heavenly Father give you success.
Sincerely, CELIA ANN MAY.
Care c. n. Davis, 415 Bank building
If any one who reads this appeal can
offer any of the information requested.
Prof. Miller, at Howard University. will
appreciate 1t. OF II can be communi-
Gated to The Star.
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Would Have Done as He Did.

II do not believe that either Dr. Cook
" Commander Peary, II placed In my
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-16
Resolutions Of Coincidence.

Whereas, Our Heavenly Father, in
His Devine wisdom, has seen fit to re-
move from our midst, our beloved
Brother, Peter J. Laying; therefore be it
Resolved, By the officers and men,
bers of Enterprise Lodge No. 1871. .. o
F., That we deeply deplore the loss of
our brother and friend In his death
Enterprise Lodge has lost valued and
respected member; his wife kind aud
loving husband; his children an affec-
tionate father and the community at
large an estimable aud useful citizen.
Resolved, That we extend to the wife
and family of orr deceased brother our
sincere sympathy in this their time OF
bereavement, and that the charter of
the Lodge he draped in mourning for a
period of thirty days
Resolved. That copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to the bereaved wife and
family, a copy be spread on the minutes
of this Lodge, and copy be published
in the Montpelier Examiner.
II. F. O1TE
H. B. WHITMAN
f. F. Guyon.
Committee
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-16
REYpURN'S FIGHT
BEARS FRUIT

Continued from first page)
ing the interests Of the state as we'll
as settlers in this question.
On April II Senator Hepburn
read letter from the secretary of
agriculture stating that he had in-
structed the foresJy service to take
this matter up at once and to com
mence with Idaho, having SURVEYS
and maps of all forest reserves made
az the basis for such action upon
which should he shown the charac-
ter Of all lands within them. In
this letter after reviewing the situa-
ton the secretary said: at seems to
me fair proposition that lands
which would make good homes for
our people and no timber upon them
should be returned to the public
domain. 3"
Senator Heyburn's fight is begin
nlng to bear fruit.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-16
Notice of Proof of Completion of Works
and Application Of Water to
Beneficial Use

Notice Is hereby given hat at p. m. on the
Is day Of May, 1909, at Montpelier, County of
Bear Lake, State of Idaho, bt fore DeMeade Aus
tin proof will be submitted of the completion
of works for the division Of one-fourth cubic
feet per second of the waters OF small spring
and OF the application to beneficial use of said
water in accordance with the terms and rondi-
tions OF Permit No. 1867 heretofore issue by
the State Engineer OF the State of Idaho.
l. The name and pos toffiee address of The per-
son holding said permit are Henry S. Cook
Ding'e, Idaho.
. Said works Of diversion will be fully com.
pleted on the date set for such completion, and
the amount OF water which said works cap
able OF conduct NJ TO the place Of intended use
IL accor lance with the plans accompanying the
application for such permit. is one-fourth OF one
! cnbic foo per second.
g. The use to which said water has been appli
ed is irrlgation and domestic purposes and the
amount applied to beneficial use Is onefourth OF
one cubic foot per second.
T. The place where said water is used is North
part Of NE n NV n Sec. s2..Tp. 10 s., R a E
BIN.
s. The date OF priority which said user is pre-
pased To establish is May, II, 1908.
JAS. STEPHENSON, Jr.,
I4l6it State Engineer.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-16
EDIT0R SCOTT RETURNS
TO REPUBLICAN FOLD

Coeur d'Alene, April 10 The
Coenr d'Alene Press editorially an
nouneed In its issue OF Saturday
evening thai it has severed its con-
nection with the democratic party,
and that henceforth it wall be align.
ed with the republican party.
Joseph 7. Scott, its publisher and
editor, in his editorial, briefly re,
views the silver craze of 1896 and
states that at this time he, together
with thousands of other republicans
left the party, to form the silver re-
publican party and that he after
wards became identified with the
Gemocratic party. He then pro-
ceeds to state that the silver Issue
no longer exists, that though he has
differed with the republicans on the
tariff question, that the bill that re-
Gently passed the house has changed
the situation SO that he feels that
he can consistently return to the re-
publican party.
The editorial further states that
he is not IN harmony nor sympathy
with the brand of democracy dish
ed up in the state IN the last cam.
paign, and that there ie no prospect
for Improvement. For all Of these
reasons, he has decided to affiliate
with the republican party in the
future.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-16
Notice to Gre iitors.

In the District Court of the United States sor
the District of Ida in the State OF Idaho
In the matter Of James Ii. Massey, voluntary
bankrupt in bankruptcy.
James H. Massey having fled his petition in
.bove matter, for full and complete discharge
from all his debts and liabilities and II appear
ny to the undersigned referee, that the same
Is in due form as required by the Act OF Con.
gress, relating To bankruptcy, and the same
having been referred to said referee for hearing
and adjudication and an order Of notice there
or having been entered in said matter, 1t Is
hereby ordered that each and all persons hold
ng claims against the said bankrupt, or haV-
ing any interest therein, may appear before the
lid referee on the ard dav OF May A ID.
900, at O'Clock p NJ. OF said day. at the Office
Of L. Il. Shepherd. in the City OF Paris in The
County of Bear Lake and State of Idaho il sud
District. to show cause II any they have why
the prayer OF said petition should not be
granted
Dated at Paris, Idaho, this 9Th day of April
A. D. 1909.
LORENZO r. SHEPHERD,
Referee