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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
BRYAN'S LETTER GENUINE
HIS BROTHER VOUCHES FOR
ITS AUTHENTICITY.
Views Sent to Be Read at Jefferson
Day Dinner at Variance With
Accepted Democratic Doctrine.

Doubt as to the authenticity of a letter
Teceived by the general committee of the
Jefferson day dinner to he given here
tomorrow sight, caused excitement at 2
meeting OF the banquet committee last
night. and resulted In the appointment
OF special committee to investigate its
origin and confer upon Its sentiments
before II Is read at the banouent, which
IS 10 be addressed by Mayor Gaynor Of
New York, Gov. Harmon of Ohio and
other prominent democrats.
Letter Causes a Sensati ton.
The letter was postmarked Lincoln,
Feb.. and was addressed to Cotter T.
Bride Of the general committee of the
Jefferson day dinner. 1t contained views
Oh the. money question. the tariff, the
high cost Of living and other issues at
variance with accepted democratic doc
trne, and when read at the committee
meeting caused furore 1t was not
made public.
Several members of the committee said
they did not believe Mr.. Bryan knew
anything about the letter, az he is not
in this country and will be unable to
attend the dinner.
Mr.. Bride believed the letter genuine.
lie said that Mr.. Bryan sent the letter
from the West Indies through his brother
Charles Bryan. and that thus was the
Lincoln postmark accounted for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
No Trace of Dr.. Cook Found
on Mountain Summit.
FOUR IN FAIRBANKS PARTY
All Reach Top April 3, and Return
Safely.
OBSTACLES ARE NOT so GREAT
Path Found Over Wall of Ice
Which Seemed to Forbid Travel
for Last 1000 Feet.

FAIRBANKS. Alaska, April 12.-The
Fairbanks expedition to Mount Nc
America, reached the summit April 8
after a climb occupying one month
to go from base to top, it was announc-
ed today.
No traces of DR.. Frederick A. Cook S
alleged ascent were found.
Thomas Lloyd. leader OF the eXpedl-
ton, arrived here last night. His com
panions were Daniel Patterson. W. K
Taylor and Charles McGonnigle. All
reached the top.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
ON SYMPATHY STRIKE.
Tramway and Store Clerks Unions
Aid Naval Reservists.

MARSEILLES. April 12.-The members
of the Tramway and Store Clerks Unions
struck today in sympathy with the naval
reservists.
The strike was effective. No tramways
are being operated today. and the en-
ployes Of many business houses and fac
tories are out Gendarmes are in DOS
session of the streets. and the garrison
has been consigned to it's barracks in
preparation for the suppression of any
disorder.
ing last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
Expedition and Purpose.

The Mount Mckinley expedition was
equipped with a dog team and supplies
With the latter they established a base
at the foot of the mountain. They plan
ned to make the dash for the summit al
the break of winter In March.
The members of the party agreed te
forfeit $1,000 If none of them reached the
summit One of their objects was tc
verify or disprove to their own satisfac
ton the claim of DR.. Frederick A. Cool
that he reached the summit.
Dr. Cook claimed to have ascended Mt
Mckinley and to have reached the sum
nit on September 10, 1906 He said he
had left at the top OF the mountain proofs
that he had been there.
Parker to Lead Party.
Prof Herschel c. Parker of Columbia
University was a member of the expedi
ton that Dr. Cook led to the mountain
He later disputed Cooks assertion thai
he reached the summit after the profes
sor and other companions had turned
back.
Recently Prof Parker organized an ex-
pedition to attempt the ascent of the
mountain. 1t was planned that this party
should leave New YORK ABOUT april ID
next
They intended to go to Seattle and
thence by steamer to Cook inlet on the
Alaskan coast. From that point they
planned to travel by motor boat TO the
Chulnita glacier, where permanent pase
would be established
Mount Mckinley is the assumed cul-
minating point of the North American
continent and is in the Alaskan range.
latitude 63 degrees minutes north. longi-
tude 151 degrees west. us helsht Is gwen
as 20, 464 feet.
1t lis extensively glaciated and has al
ways been regarded as most difficult OF
ascent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
MEMORIAL TO WALSH.
Figure of Late Silver King" to Be
Carved in Rock.

DENVER, Col, April 12.-Plans to have
the face and figure of the late Thomas
F. Walsh, the Colorado 'silver king"
carved in heroic size the face of an
immense cliff which overlooks the famous
Camp Bird mine at Ouray. were broached
by admirers of Mr.. Walsh yesterday. and
NAV result in what would probably be
the most unique monument on record.
The Camp Bird laid the founda ton of
the Walsh fortune. and 1t is pointed out
that no more appropriate place could be
selacted for a monument than the one
which nature has already devised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12

pany Whitney. Negotiations, it has been
announced, are now being made to
charter suitable vessel, and it Is ex-
pected the expedition will leave st. Johns,
~ F.. in July. Overtures are said to
nave been made to Capt. Bartlett, master
or the schooner JEANNE, which was sen,
to the arctic last year to carry relief to
commander Peary, to command the ves-
sci.
The principal object of the trip will be
to obtain specimens of big game for mu-
seums and geological parks. and the re-
covery of DR.. Cooks Instruments will he
but incidental. Whitney is said to feel
that since he left the instruments at
Etah 1t Is incumbent upon him to see
that they are brought back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
WHITNEY ARCTIC BOUND.
Will Stop at Etah and Recover
Cooks instruments.

NEW YORK, April 12.-Another expedi-
ton to the arctic. during which he ex-
poets to stop at E.ah to recover the in
struments Of DIR. Frederick A. Cook. is
being planned for this summer by Harry
whitney of New 4iaven, Conn.,. the first
white man encountered by Cook on his
return from the north, and who first
heard Cooks assertion that he had
reached the north pole. Paul Rainey, the
horseman and yachtsman, will accom-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
DRAFTING PLANT BURNED.
New York Shipbuilding Company
Loses 100000.

PHILADELPHIA, April PA large
two-story plan-drafting building of the
New York Shipbuilding Company, in
Camden, N j., was destroyed by fire
early today, a number of plans for ma
rine engines being consumed by the
flames. Among those destroyed were
the engine and sanitary plans of the
battleshipe Utah and Arkansas. which
we're on drawing boards when the fire
began.
All of the plans. however, were only
duplicates of the originals, which are
kept in freproof vault, and their de-
struction will cause little delay I'm COM
pleting the battleships.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12

Justice William H. Moody of the United
States Supreme Court will be in his seat
next October is the confident belief OF his
social and political friends in this city.
The Improvement I'm his condition has
been quite marked during the last few
weeks.
Moses III. Dow. an Intimate friend OF
Justice Moody, visited him last week at
the Corey Hill Hospital. Brookline, and
said that except for lame knee. the re-
suit of an old foot ball injury. Mr.. Moody
would be back in his home today, and
could return to Washington within a
month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
ONLY NOMINAL DAMAGES.
Protesting a Mans Note by Mistake
Does Not Hurt His Reputation.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April 1.-THE federal
court of appeals, in a decision handed
down yesterday, holds that a mans repu-
tation Is not injured by the protesting of
his check by a bank by mistake.
The decision was in the case of w. A.
Ober of Natchez. Miss. against a st.
Louis bank In the lower court Ober was
awarded $500 for damages to his reputa-
ton. The appellate court held that Ober' s
reputation has not suffered and ordered
that the decision be reversed and only
nominal damages allowed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
ONE SHOT FATAL.
Boarder's Alleged Murderous At.
tack Upon Two Women.

BUFFALO. n. Y, April 1"-EmiI Calm
limair. French chef, fifty years old, en-.
tered the sitting room of Mrs. Mary /.
Teeft, on Ellicott street early today. and
when ordered out by the woman and her
daughter, he is alleged to have fired
three shots, and Mrs. Teeft was killed
Calinlimaire escaped, but was arrested
an hour later.
Calinlimsir lived at the Teeft place for
years He left several weeks ago, after
D quarrel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
French Battleship Launched.

BORDEAUX. April 12.-The twenty-
knot turbine battleship vergniaud was
launched successfully today. The verg-
MAUD is the last of the series of six 49,
tJO-ton battleships which were laid down
in 1907 and is named after the French
patriot who was executed during the
reign Of terror In 1792
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
Letter Pronounced Genuine.

LINCOLN, Neb.. April &c. W. Bryan
today declared that the letter mailed to
Cotter T. Bride of the general committee
OF the jefferson day dinner at Washing
ton was genuine. c. W. Bryan mailed the
original from this city and kept a carbon
copy. The letter was sent to Lincoln by
w j. Bryan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
TOTALKF0R P|NCHOT
Roosevelt Will Address Con-
servation Congress.
EVENT IN LATE SUMMER
Former Forester Has Another Con-
ference With Chief.
EX.MAYOR PHELAN IS CALLER
Another Excursion Into Noun
tains This Afternoon for Guests
of Carow Villa.

PORTO MAURIZIO, April 12-Gihorc
Pinchot. former forester of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, was again at the
villa of Miss Carow before o'clock TINS
morning 1t was assumed he was there
for a final talk with Mr.. Roosevelt.
Despite the reticence of both men. 1t Is
accented as A matter of course that Mr.
Roosevelt is in possession now or Pm
chot's complete case against Secretary
Ballinger's conservation policy and OF
what has been described here as an al
legged .reactionary tendency of the ad-
ninistration OF President Taft in forestry
matters
Roosevelt Promises to Speak.
The most significant development was
the announcement made at the conciu'
sion of Finchots visit today that MIR
Roosevelt; had accepted an invitation
from the former forester to address the
National Conservation Congress late In
Yet TO be fixed.
Former Mayor Phelan of San Francisco
arrived here at noon after an autonoblie
ride from Monte Carlo, and drove at once
to the Carow villa for call upon MT
Roosevelt.
The weather continued Deautilui toudS
Mr. Roosevelt planned another excursion
into the mountains for this afternoon.
English Hunt for Roosevelt.
LONDON, April T. What to Mr.
Roosevelt probably will be one OF fhe
most interesting features of his tour In
England is the planned visit TO the
Northumberland home of Sir Edward
Grey.
The foreign secretary who, while re-
tanning his grasp upon the world OF pol
itics has gained some fame as a sports
man has invited the former PreSuent u
spend few days with him,
Sir Edward has done little entertaining
since the death cf his wife. The party
gathered to meet Mr.. Roosevelt VIII De
email.
Other well known sportsmen are antic-
ipating calls from the distinguished
American.
Frances Joseph Talks of Roosevelt.
VIENNA, April 12.-Emperor Francis
Joseph today received Richard c. kerens'
who presented his credentials as Amer
acan ambassador to Austria Hungary. In
succession 10 Charles S. Francis.
The emperor engaged the diplomat FOR
eome time in discussion OF American al
fairs The approaching visit OF MT.
Roosevelt was also touched upon.
Mr. ksrens was conveyed TO and from
the Hoiburg palace in the imposing state
coach and was escorted by state om-
cial The presentation was attended by
the elaborate ceremony that has always
(hara cterized the reception of diplomats
at the Austrian capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
Tobacconist Forfeits Collateral.

Ernester vamoli. an Italian fruit and
tobacco merchant. whose place of bust
ness is near the corner of 4th and G streets
northwe est. forfeited SO collateral In the
police court today on a charge of selling
tobacco to minors. The complainant was
James Mooney, eight years old, Of AT G
street,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
CRIME OF COLD STORAGE
SEASON OF PLENTY ABOLISHED
SAYS GARVIN.
New Jersey Prosecutor Says System
Is Not Public Benefactor,
But Greedy Corporation.

Pierre P. Garvan, prosecutor Of Hudson
county, n. j., the man who is attacking
the beef trust in the courts. was at the
Capitol today comforting with Represen-
tative Kinkaid of New Jersey and Sena
tor Lodge of Massachusetts, upon the
pending legislation to regulate cold stor-
age of food products.
THE committee investigating the high
cost of living, of which Senator Lodge is
chairman said Mr.. Garvan, "is perform
ing a great public service.
ITO my mind. the cold storage bill now
under consideration is the most impor-
tant piece of legislation affecting the pub
lie interest proposed since the passage of
the pure food law. 1T is only natural and
is to be expected that the big packers and
cold storage people will have no lack OF
advocates and arguments to oppose this
measure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
Attorneys Criticise Statement
of Commissioner Moore.
COMPARISON OF SYSTEMS
Foreign Statutes Patterned After
Those of United States.
DISPUTE THE CHARGES MADE
Association Resents the Assertion
Made Before House Committee
at Recent Hearing.

Through its board Of managers, the Pat
ent Law Association of Washington has
issued statement. in reply TO arguments
made before the committee on patents OF
the House OF Representatives at a recent
hearing on bills to amend the statutes re-
lating to patents. The statement is as fol-
lows:
In The Washington Star of March -.
1910. Commissioner OF Patents Moore il
correctly credited with making the as
tonishing statement that GO per cent OF
the patents regularly issued by the patent
Office at the present time are almost
worthless, In whole or in part" He is also
correctly credited with comparing the pat
ent system of the United States with the
patent systems of other countries. espe-
cially those of Great Britain and Ger
many. to the discredt OF our system.
| These statements are of such a nature
that they cast a cloud upon all patent
property and are serious reflection upon
the personnel of the patent office. The
statements throughout the article Gepro-
duction incloSed) are of such a nature
as to call For an answer from the patent
lawyers of the country. as the members
OF the examining corps Of the patent office
are practically prohibited from making a
reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
Object Of the Law.

~The object Of this measure is not only
TO do away with one useless appeal In ths
patent Office. thereby effecting saving n
time and money to the inventors. but
also to establish a permanent tribunal 70
include the three commissioners and ths
three examiners-in-chlef, befote vhacn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
THE EVENING STAR

WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION.
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The Evening STAR with the Sunday morning
edition, 10 delivered by carriers within the city
st 30 cents pef month. Orders may b sent BY
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ey carrier at the end Of each mouth.
Ry mail. postage prepaid:
Daily, Sunday included. one month, 60 cents
DUlly, Sunday excepted one month. SO cents.
Saturday Star. 81 year. Sunday Star. 81. 80 year
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WALSH WILL IS FILED
Estate Left to the Widow and
Daughter.
TEN-YEAR TRUST DIRECTED
One Hundred Thousand Dollars Left
by Mining Magnate to Be Dis
tributed by Mrs. Walsh.

The will of Thomas F. Walsh, the min
ing msgnate. dated January 10. 1910 and
a codicil executed the same day were
fled today for probate. Although no spe-
cific beuuest to charity is made. the sum
of 100000 is left to the widow. Mrs.
Carry B. Walsh, to be distributed "among
such persons and in such amounts as she
knows to be my wish In reference there
to- Mrs. Walsh is to be accountable to
no court or person in regard to the dis
tribution.
To the widow and daughter, Mrs. Eve
lyn r. Mclean, in equal shares are left
all personal belongings, contents of Mas
sachusetts avenue residence and Of the
summer home at Clonmel, Col They are
also to have the horses, carriages and
automobiles.
In Trust for Ten Years.
Inc remaining estate is devised to the
American Security and Trust Company,
as trustee, for term of ten years, dur
ing which it is to pay TO the widow
and daughter in semi mi-annual install
ments in equal shares the net income.
The right of disposal, when approved by
the beneficiaries, is vested in the trustee.
At the expiration of the ten-year term
the estate is to be transferred To the
widow and daughter in equal portions.
Provision is made for the disposition OF
the share of each in the event of the
death of the widow or daughter during
the continuance of the trust
Disposition by Beneficiaries.
Either of the benefciaries may dispose
by will of her share, but should the wife
die intestate the net income is to be paid
to he daughter until the expiration of
the trust. Should the daughter and wife
both die intestate within the ten years,
then the estate Is TO be turned over to
the American Security and Trust Com
pany and Edward B. Mclean, in trust
for the children of Mrs. Mclean This
latter trust, If 1t ever become operative.
shall terminate when the present son of
Mr.. anu Mrs. Mclean attains majority.
MI. Wickersham to Remain Agent.
The will specifically directs the trustee
to retain the services of Turner A. Wick
ersham as agent for the estate during
the life of the ten-year trust.
By the codicil Mr.. Walsh directs that
Mr.. Wickersham be paid the same COM
pensation he now receives for the man.
agement of the estate.
The codicil also provides that the
widow is to have absolutely, in addition
to the beQueSts contained in the will,
lots to II, block %, Browns addition
to Denver, Col.
The American Security and Trust Com
pany is named executor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
Obstacles Not So Great.

The expedition, which left Fairbanks
December Is, while the controversy
over DR.. Cooks disputed ascent was
still raging. was financed by August
Peterson and William McPhee of this
city. The plan was to go into camp
on the mountain as high as possible
and. probably about the middle of May.
make a dash for the summit.
The obstacles encountered were not so
great as had been predicted.
Four camps were established during the
ascent. and a trail was blazed all the
way to the crest Up to 1900 feet the
climbing did not present unusual difficult
ties.
For the next 1900 feet the way leo over
a steen ice field which at first seemed to
forbid further progress. Through this
wall, upon exploration, it was found pos
| Sible to locate path.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
Responsible for High Prices.

1t is difficult to conceive how these
convince Congress of their philanthropy
when they have wholly failed to con-
vince the public. The investigation in
Hudson county demonstrated to our sat
isfaction that the cold storage system
is an important and controlling factor
in producing and maintaining the pres
ent high cost of living.
Advocates of cold storage urge that
the system is a great public benefit and
that the big packers and those who are
financially interested are great public
benefactors, because they conserve the
oversupply of food products in the time
of plenty until they are really required.
1.-The truth is that they do not conserve
overproduction. but seize as much as they
can in times Of plenty, including the nat
ural supply, and by cutting the supply
terminate the market, thereby creating
unnatural prices even in times of plenty
and holding the bulk of the supply until
they are able to force the public to take
1T at the prices they demand.
Season of Plenty Wiped Out.
by the law of nature there lis a sea-
son of plenty in which supply meets de-
mands. BY the cold storage system the
season of plenty is wiped out and in its
place is perpetuated a scarcity of food
always producing high prices for the
benefit of the operators Of the system.
Fresh shad' is not the first run OF
this year but the late run OF last year.
EARLY berries are not early in time but
early in their escape from the cold storage
warehouse Fresh eggs are not fresh
from the hen but fresh from the cold
storage. Fresh poultry may mean poul-
try killed year ago. Fresh meat may
be meat that has been In cold storage for
many months.
This applies to almost everything In
the larder of the housewife. Without the
present system of cold storage there
would be no beef trust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
Demands Response.

so long as these statements were made
simply before a congressional commit
tee no attention. was paid to them. but
their widespread appearance in the daily
press demands a prompt response.
AT the outset the question naturally
occurs that IL majority OF the patents
issued weekly by the patent office are
valueless, in whole in part, whose
fault is it? 1t cannot be said to be the
fault of the inventors or of the attorneys
who represent them before the patent Of
flee. Mr.. Moore has been commissioner
since June /, 1907, and before that time
was assistant commissioner from May l.
Of patents has absolute authority to with
holu any patent that does not comply
with the requirements Of the patent laws.
Why, then, does he continue to issue
worthless patents?
THE commissioners statement, how
ever. is incapable OF proof and neither
facts nor figures are given as a basis for
it. The vast majority of patents are
never litigated. Only a small fraction OF
one per cent Of them ever get into court.
and of the patents litigated not over one
third are held to be void. 1t was stated
at a recent hearing before the House COM
mittee on patents that of the patents liti-
gated In the past four years (42O. as re-
ported in the Federal Reporter. only y
per cent were held to be invalid, in
whole or In part. the number litigated be-
ing only fraction of one per cent of the
patents issued during that time
Furthermore, every patent lawyer in
active practice knows that a very large
number of patents are acquiesced in every
year without having their validity ques-
toned, and is called upon to examine
patents which his clients would like TO
have declared invalid. il possible. and
upon such examination has been obliged
to report that in his opinion the claims
are valid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-12
Cook In No Wise Verifled.

The final dash to the top was made
from the teen-thousand-foot camp.
Mount Mckinley terminates IN twin
peaks of equal height. One is somewhat
rounded and covered with snow. the other
is composed of bare and wind-sWept rochs'
: On the rock peak the Fairbanks climb
ers placed an American flag in monu-
ment Of stones.
The expedition, which was provided
with Dr. Cooks maps and data, endeav-
utterly failed to verify any part OF his
story Of an ascent.