Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15
.PEARY Rt[DsEsTO
SHOW TAEIGO0Ds
EXPLORER SAYS He CANNOT
BREAK CONTRACT WITH
PUBLIshERs.
OLD PILOT DISPUTES .souN0lNGs
0tsensrson Submits Threatening Let
tsrs- Homssteadine Given .
Years Extension
for Payments. Il

Peary declined to submit to congress
the proofs of his discovery Of the
North pole He sent in care Of Rep.
resentative Alexander Of New York.
. statement written in the third per-,
son and addressed to the sub-commit-
tee OF the house committee ON naval
AFFAIRS, in which he set forth his rea-
sons for refusing to send his data to
the committee. The statement fol.
lows:
Commander Peary and his friends
say that contracts signed months ago
with his publishers render It impossi.
BILE to make his records and scientific
data public now. II would not only
subject Peary to heavy damages
loss which he cannot meet, having
Just extricated himself from debt In.
CURED In connection with his various
expeditions but It would be break.
Ing faith with his publishers. which
he IL unwilling to do under any cir.
,cumstances."
After hearing statements by Repre-.
sentatives Hobson Of Alabama and
Moore Of Pennsylvania, urging the
granting Of congressional reward to
Peary irrespective Of the question Of
his proofs, the committee adjourned
without taking any action.
The committee has received mass
Of interesting communications ON the
subject One IL from H. Z. Hopkins,
secretary and treasurer Of the Amer.
lean Association Of Masters. Mates
and Pilots. questioning the reports Of
Peary's sounding taken In the vicinity
Of the North pole.
How in time did Peary, With one
man. sound IN 1900 fathoms Of wa
teri" wrote Mr.. Hopkins to the com.
mittee. VIZ
steensrson Submits letters.
The question Of whether there II 4
lobby working for the enactment Of
. ship subsidy law and threatening
members Of congress who are opposed
to such measure was again before
subcommittee Of the judiciary com
mittee OF the house. Representative
Stevenson OF Minnesota. who made
the original charges on the floor Of
the house, was again before the com
mittee and submitted q number Of
letters said to show that several con.
gressmen were being threatened with
defeat for reelection II they opposed
ship subsidy.
The letters were addressed TO Rep.
Borland (Dem) Of Mis-
souri,, LIE nroot (Rep) Of Wisconsin.
and FISHERMAN (Reb.) Of Wisconsin,
and were from the Merchant Marine
league. It il this organization which
Mr.. steenerson charges with menac.
Ing him by letters and paper articles
Several prominent men, including ex.
Governor Herrick Of Ohio and John
Hammond, are vice presidents Of the
league.
The committee viii hear further
statements. however. before determin.
ing whether . formal Investigation
shall be made BY congress Of the ship
subsidy lobby changes.
Time Extended for HoInsstsaders.
A bill extending the time for the
payment to be made by homesteaders
on the Rosebud Indian reservation In
North Dakota. Red Lake reservation.
Minnesota, and Comancbe, Oklaho.
ma, passed the house. The settlers
on the Rosebud reservation received
IN extension Of one year without in.
terest while those on the other reser.
vatlons Will be required to pay hve
per, cent. Isl
While the bill 10 local IN its nature
II IL in line with the new policy that
has been adopted by the committee
on Indian affairs In opening Indian
lands for settlement Az IN the Han.
M bill for the Fort Barthold reserva.
tion. settlers will hereafter be given
two years before they are required |
to make their second payment on
Bigger PostoA,es 10 Asked.
An increase In the limit Of cost for
public building from
100000 to $75000O Is provided for In
/ bill which was introduced nv Ran