The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 25, Ed. 1 Monday, September 20, 1909 Page: 1 of 12
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25TH fEAR PRICE. 5 QENTS.
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BY TAFT
J Far Eastern Commercial Commission Officially
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Know of Attainment of Goal f ;
INFORMAL MEETING
SUMMARY OF NEWS
ENGLISH CLOTHES
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'President Met Tradesmen at
Minneapolis Reception."
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SMOOTHED WAR RUMORS
loccbcon Scene of Exchanging of
Pcicc Felicitations -
t- PARTY TO DES M0INS TODAY
Chief Executive left Twin Citiei in
' Night After Being Entertained
ft by Commercial Cub oC;'
Lake Shore.
. iAttociatii Pmi Ktfori.S '
MINNEAPOLIS Minn.. September 1&
1
President Ttft today met the fitty mem-
."' ben of the Japanese oommerclal oom-
mission to the United States bade them
hearty welcome to the country as-
f eured them ot the lasting friendship of
the American people paid a tribute to
their qualities of Industry and patriot-
Ism and In conclusion drank a toast to
' the emperor of Japan as "The warm and
sincere friend of America" amid treat
' enthusiasm by both Japanese and Amer-
Iran hearers. The president and party
i . left for Des Moines over the Chicago
" ' and Northwestern at 8 p. m. The meet-
lng was at a luncheon at the Lafeyetta
. club on the shores of the beautiful Lake
. Mlnnetonka twenty miles out of the
y city .tendered by 4he Commercial club
-h of Minneapolis.
President Taft scouted the idea that
i there bad ever been the slightest dan
'; ger of trouble between Japan and Amer-
r lea. He paid a high compliment to the
v military valor of Japan when the coun-
' try was fighting for her rights.
"But" he declared "Japan today la
fighting for victory ot peace and we all
hope she will succeed. We are not go-
ing to yield ourselves In that contest
CTTOSBM AVAL - WlUiW) . WUKU
throughout was filled with expressions
of the warmest admiration for the Japa-
. nese emperor and people followed a
speech by Baron Bblbusaw a proml-
' nent banker of Toklo and chairman of
the rlslting commission. In which speak-
. ing in his native tongue he referred to
- president Taft as "one of the foremost
men of the age and warm and true
friend to Japan."
; SOME BANZAIS FOR ALL.
He proposed the health of the presl-
dent and led in three rousing "banxaia"
-. Mr. Taft proposed the health of the em-
". peror with a "bansais" which was caught
v up and re-echoed by the American guests.
Preceding the luncheon the president
was Introduced to each member of the
Japanese commission and his hearty
J words of greeting his quick recollection
v of having; met several of the visitors dur-
ing his visits to Japan and of little in-
cidents in which they bad a part seemed
completely to captivate them. Mr. Taft
g also received the ladies of the party de-
; daring to Baroness Shlbnsaw "that
" America wanted to see more of the la-
- dies of Japan and to encourage their
eomlng to this country with the men." .
' "It's not fair" said he "that Japan
J should keep back the most charming of
j her creatures."
v To Baron Shlbusaw the president said .
" he was sorry he could not receive him at
the White House. "But a. prettier spot
- than this" he added pointing out over
the deep blue waters of the lake "could
' hardly be found outside of Japan."
"I think this far more beautiful" re-
' imiuM th harnn.
ji ' when M. Iwamoto a broker of the
f . Osaka stock exchange talked with the
; oresldent the president expressed great
Interest In the methods of the market and
laughingly remarked "I suppose you
If itave heals and heads.'
j ( . THKT TOO HA VK THE LAMBS.
i '- JOh yes sir" replied the president
ff "''And the lambs too."
t The broker bowed low gave a playful
j affirmative nod of the head and passed
v : i on .
' Kojorio Matsukata president of the
' Kobe chamber of commerce and a ship
. "V builder was but one of what the presl-
1 dent remarked as being "a gratifying
i sprinkling of Tale men all along the
i i line." .
' 5 t He received a most cordial welcome the
1 ? president having met him and his father
1 i' f one of the elder statesmen of Japan.' In
1 ' tbelr native land. ;
("I bring from my father his blessings
' II and good wishes" said Matsukata who
. later in response to a question from the
Y ' ' president said be graduated from Tale
f to
f .f "Y
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so. .-. ' -
"Tou ought to know Heffllnger tlien
Aaald Mr. Taft
"Oh. yes sir I . remember mm; be
clayed football. '
i i I'Come here Heffllnger" said the presl-
I L flent and the big Yale guard towering
V above the throng on the club house porch
t . V aame forward to greet his old classmate.
I T Baron Shlbusaw In the course of his re-
" ' marks said-: "This Is one of the proudest
moments of my life. It has Just been
: ' our good fortune to be Introduced to your
l president and he has been so kmd and
V Y irracloua that we Individually .feel honored
" ' and thank him from the bottom of our
1 1 hearts. ; ' ' ' r ' ''! " '
' HWe wish-also to offer ' our sincere
i; thanks to you our distinguished . hosts.
' the members or cne enamour ui . ram-
' merce of Minneapolis for youi1 magnlfl
cent hospitality and for the valued oppor-
' t tunlty you have so kindly afforded us of
1 'meeting your ehlef magistrate for whonj
1 we Japanese entertain the deepest re-
. ' i I .-1- - - - - - - -
(Continued on Page Two.) "f
J ' THE WEATHEB
t
WABHrNOTpN September lfc ast-
Texas Rain' and cooler Monday; Tues-
day fair high northeast winds on1 coast
becoming variable. ' V -
Lou lslanaRain and cooler - Monday;
Tuesday part cloudy-- east gales probably
hurricane on coast v '
; ' West r TexasPactly oioudy Monday
with showers and cooler in east portion;
Tuesday fair. ' " ' . .
' Oklahoma Showers Monday and Tues
day; cooler Tuesday.. -
. . ' Pometio.
THE cenditlon of Governor Johnson was
litue changed witn tne cruna unpaaaeo.
tvO firemen were seriously hurt In a
: lire at Aiva Okia. ac wnion a cnemi
oal engine exploded.
JOHN HOBATKA. chief of Bolloe of Ok
; lahoma City ousted from Office refused
to surrenoer nis star.
THE new tariff board will meet' In
. Washington within the next ten days
to outlna a - working plan of opera
tion. - ". i
VIOLENCE cropped out In the Omaha-
Council Bluffs street car strike whea
a conductor was nit in the laoe with a
brick. - - . . .:.!
HURRICANB warnings of a storm IM
miles. In the gulf from Louisiana and
. of marked Intensity were posted at New
i vsrteans. .- . -
THE nineteenth general conference of the
German - Evangelical synod of North
America will meet at Burlington Iowa
lUSKisjr. f
A CABIN boy of Commander Peary knew
or cook s success at Anna too a but was
cautioned to maintain alienee until be
reached civilisation.
OCCULT forces working during the week
in tne financial world tended to harmon-
ise threatened disruption among the
great banking powers.
PRESIDENT TAFT and party left Minr
nea polls after meeting the Japanese
commercial commission in the United
states studying American trade aeas.
IT WAS thought Commander Peary based
his claims of the non-discovery of the
North Pole by Cook on the sllenoe fol-
. lowing his feat that was preserved by
tne urooxjyn acienusi.
Text.
FIRE caDled heavy loss at Bartlett.
SENATOR BAILEY plans to leave for
Washington eany in uctoner.
WORK of construction on the Uatvestoa
causeway la to begin this week.
TWO Mexicans were slightly wounded In
a pis tot auei witn or tioera at vocanan.
TjOJWOULBB of- Ban JalniJnty.baa
announced nis eaaoiaacy tor congress ia
Gregg's district.- ... ..rv
ARTHUR PEYTON kss perhapa fatally
wounded in a running ngnt witn am-
" cers near Rowlett.
THE attorney general's department holds
that the stenographer's fee of IS Is to
' be taxed In all cases before servloe Is
rendered.
Sport
PACKT M FARLAND and Ray Bnonson
battled twenty rounds to a draw at New
Orleans.
FRED TENNT New Tork Nationals
first baseman quit baseball and may
become a scout.
NATIONAL LEAGUE: Chicago 4 New
York 4; Cincinnati 6-6 Boston 4-; PhU-
adephia 4 St. Louis 1
. Seligiou. . v
EHEARN church has) adopted the name
"First Methodist charch. '
"THE PARABLE of the Sower" was
Rev. P. Q. Sears' theme ' at Christ
church. i
REV. H. M. WHALING preached on
"The Second Death" at McKee Street
Methodist church. -
REV. E. P. RYLAND continues his ser-
mons on "The Municipal Reservation"
at St. Paul's church.
REV. F. HUHNS pointed out the char-
acteristics of a true revival In bis ser-
mon at the Baptist Temple.
"A WALKING Want Advertisement"
was Rev. F R. Marsh's sermon sub-
ject at First Congregational church.
"NO PROFOUND Bible Student Can
Possibly Be an Infidel." said Rev. Rob-
ert Carroll at Liberty Avenue Baptist
church.
WITH return of Pastor W. R. Hudson
the Lubbock Street Presbyterian con-
gregation la taking up the matter of Its
new church. .
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
was adopted as the name for the Cum-
berland Presbyterian church. New of-
ficers were elected and dedicatory serv-
ices will be held Sunday.
Houston.
THE Houston Italians celebrated the an-
niversary of Italy's independence.
THE franchise for the Main street ex-
tension ot the street oar line has been
prepared. k
SENATOR BAILEY will be given a rous-
ing reception upon his arrival tomor-
row morning.
A PARTY of more than one hundred
street railway magnates will visit Hous-
ton on October 17.
THE three discharged county convict
guards will be given an Informal hear-
ing this afternoon.
TWO more negroes wen killed near
Chenango Saturday night; quietness
prevails at Sandy Point.
THE members of the Rice experimental
station board will assemble In Bay City
. on September 22 for a tour of Inapeo
. - tlon. ..- ...
H. F STONE lumped Into Toung Men's
Christian Association swimming pool
' which contained no water and was in-
jured v
THE proposed- Houston-Oahreston rail-
way Interurban will attempt to lower
steam road schedules between the me-
tropolis and the island. . ( -
INJURED 19 ATJTO ACCIDENT.
George A. Harvey Head of Harper
V & Brothers Victim. v
NEW TORK. September Is. -George A.
Harvey president of Harper t Bros.
publishers was found today to have sui-
tered a triple fracture of the left shoulder
bone w lien his astomoblle turned .turtle
and teH upon him near Bargate N. J.
yesterday. : Colonel Harvey was examined
by the X-ray at his home In Deal. N. J.
today.- Hie chest was found to nave been
crusheA considerably rendering it dim-
rult for him to breathe. His physicians
Say there la no serious danger but that
he faces a rather long period of consider-
able suffering front his injuries. .
"PEARY HAS GIVEN NO PROOF OF
CLAIMS; WHY SHOULD HE ACCUSE?"
"His Unfortunate Accusations i Have bisclosed Another Side of His Character
Which Will Never Be Forgotten" Discoverer Flashed to American Shores
Which He WW Reach Tomorrow Morning" He Should Be Compelled
to Prove His Own Case as I Will Prove Mine"
iAtciattd Prttt Jtf .)
ON BOARD STEAMER OSCAR U. oft
Nantucket t:SO p. an. September Is.
By United Wireless telegraph. To the
Associated Press: j
"My desire to get on American soil In-
creases with every mile left behind by tne
Oscar IL The vessel is doing her best
although delayed occasionally making
400 miles In the last twenty-four hours.
"Commander Peary's unfortunate accu-
STORM IN THE GULF
HUBJUCANE WAENINGS POST-
ED AT GALVESTON. .
Disturbance 200 Holei From Louiii-
ana Coait Hoving Northeast
Forty Jtilee an Hour.
I ( Pert .TpYriei. )
GALVESTON. Texas. September 19.-A1I
indications today point that the tropical
nurrlcane is artll in xne ouir or saexico.
Tonight at U o'clock the following mes-
sage was received by the weather bureau
from New Orleans: 1
"Advisory. Hurricane warnings : p.
m. Louisiana. Onter of storm apparent-
ly approaching Louisiana coast
"CHne."
' The surf at Galveston this evening was
lightly above normal high tide the swells
rrnm the southeast Indlcatlnx the pres
ence of the storm In the gulf. .Only a
tea-mile wind was mowing ai it p. m.
The akr la dear and the barometer slight
ly below normal. i
- '
la of Harked Intensity.
NEW ORLEANS. September It. -The
following storm warning was Issued laU
today by the United States weather bu
reau here: . ' i
"ContlAwe northeast storm warning
Louisiana coast and northeast storm
warnings! coast of Texas p. m.
Tropical storm apparently central aooui
100 miles soutn or ouiaiana coaai moving
toward northwest. Storm undoubtedly
severe but points on coast where center
will strike can set now be determined.
Shipping should exercise caution." - ;
At 1 o'clock tonight according to re-
ports made td the local office of the
weather bureau from Its representattvea
the wind has attained a velocity of forty
miles an hour in Burwood. on the Louie-
tana roast. Hurricane warnlnsrs have
been teaued.-it being stated that the dis-
turbance is one of marked Intensity ap-
parently approaching the Louisiana coast
and will cause "hurricane winds and
high tides during the next twenty-tour
aour. - . .
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sationS have disclosed another side of His
character. The specific records of my
journey are accessible to every one who
reads and all can decide for themselves
when Peary publishes hia report
. "Frederick A. Cook."
According to the captain's observations
at mid-day the Oscar II will arrive at
Sandy Hook about noon tomorrow unless
something unforeseen happens. This will
bring the vessel to quarantine between
Z and t o'clock.
ANNOYED AT ACCUSATION8.
Dr. Cook appears to maintain great
self-restraint but can hardly repress a
natural annoyance at -Impeachment of
his veracity without proofs. He request-
ed the Associated Press to make public
the following: .'' ; . ;
"Commander Peary "has as yet -given
to the world no proofa of bis discovery.
Mine have been fully recognised by Den
mark ana by tno king of Sweden; the
president of the United States of America
has wired me his confidence; my claim
has been accepted by the International
Bureau for Research at Brussels; moot
of the geographical societies of Europe
haye sent me congratulations faith and
acceptance for the time being and al-
most every explorer of note has come
with expressions) of warm and friendly
approval. . ?
"A specific record of my Journey Is ac-
cessible to all. and every one who reads
can judge ton himself. . When he pub-
lishes a similar report then our cases are
parallel. Why should Peary be allowed
to make himself a self-appointed dictator
ot my personal affalrsT In justice to htm.
ooooooooaoe)s)ee)ooooooao
I C00Z A1WVES TOJC0EE0W ;
S ' Beception .Committee Aiked .
for Delay.
' (Attociutt Press Rcfrt.) s ..
' ON BOARD STEAMER OSCAR
IL by Wireless Telegraph via Bos-
ton September II. The steamer
Oscar IL with . Dr. Frederick A.
'l Cook aboard win not arrive at New
! Tork until Tuesday morning. This
is at the urgent request ot the re-
ception committee that U to meet
Dr. Cook. ' The steamer however
could have reached Bandy Hook
Monday afternoon but a message
was received from the reception
committee enklna; that the Oscar
II be delayed.- owing tp the fact
that It was Impossible to change
tne commute s arrangement and o
the captain consented ; to comply
- witn tne request. .
eeeooeeoooe
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. .ii.i'tw.. t-
in justice to myself and to the world and
to guard the honor and prestige be
should be compelled to prove his own
case; he should publish at once a' pre-
liminary narrative to be compared with
mine and let fair-minded people ponder
over the matter while the final records In
the case are being prepared.;
"I know Peary the explorer. As such
he Is a hero in Arctic annals and deserves
(Continued on" Page Two.)
HE KNEW COOK WON
peabyV cabin bot knew
m0bf than did employer
Heard of Success at Anna took but
Was Cautioned Not to Tell Until
He Beached Civilisation.
' (Atfdalii Prttt Rtforl.)
BATTLE HARBOR by Wireless via
Cape Ray.- N. F September 1. One of
the men on the steamer . Roosevelt at
least knew long ago that Dr. Frederic
A. Cook had claimed to have reached
the pole. He Is William Pritchard cal m
boy and asslstsnt cook on the Roosevelt
who remained with Murphy at Annatouit
to guard the stores. Pritchard had not
spoken to sny one on board of Dr. Cook's
achievement but when confronted ' yes-
terday just prior to the sailing of the
Roosevelt from Battle Harbor that Cook
said Pritchard knew the whole' story of
his dash for the pole the youth admitted
that he bad learned from Dr. Cook the
details of the final march and that Dr.
Cook had explained to htm the route
followed.
Whether Boatswain Murphy also was
Informed of Dr. Cook's success Pritchard
did not know but unquestionably Harry
Whitney who waa at the storehouse when
Dr. Cook returned from his dash with
the two Eskimos is conversant with all
the facta Whitney did not disclose the
Interesting piece of news to Commander
Peary and Pritchard kept It from Peary
during the entire journey on the Rooeo-
velt to Battle Harbor. Pritchard said l.e
was at the house at Annatook with Whit-
ney while Cook was at Annatook. He
heard Cook describe to the New Haven
sportsman how he went to the North
Pole and How be remained there two
days. Hs could not remember whetli.r
Dr. Cook said he remained there April
21 or S3 or whether it aas April 22 ami
23. Dr. Cook used a map to lllustrai.-
the route followed. Asked why he had
not repeated Ibis on board tha Roosr-
velt Pritchard said that Dr. Cook had
told him te say nothing shout his hav-
ing been at the pole until the Roose-
velt reached civilisation. .
ABE JtTTCH CHXAPEB - TEAK'
v'::f . AlIEEICAir. ' ' ' :
lack of 'Troteotion" Protects the
Pocketbooks of (kmntmerir--Xaii'
Woolen IClls Thrive.
BV ZAOH . M'H. ."
BRADFORD Yorkshire England Sep-
tember 1 "All this wo bear about clothes
being cheaper In England than in Amer-
ica la pure stuff. Tou can buy a suit of
clothes of a giveit quality Just as cheap
If not cheaper hero than you can In En-
gland." That remark I heard seriously
made before the ways and 'means com-
mittee In Washington last December by
General Charles H. Grosvenor who ln
behalt of thq Wool Growers' association
was asking that the present high tariff
on wool be retained. . ;' :
"Then toll me one th(ng." said Champ
dlark. "Why Is tt that every time you
go to England you always buy a suit of
clothes to bring back? Why don't you
buy It here?" . ' (:
And to that question the foxy eld gen- !
era! replied . with - affected Impatience
"Oh! why1 does a man take a eocktaU
ln the mornlngf . V '-.' '
. A msnufactilrer of .woolen cloths for
suitings asked me yesterday. "Tell me
why it Is that every American who comes
over here always buys a suit to take
back?" It is a i well known fact that
this Is the'eustonv ' . ; ' "N :-V "
fVlth from D to 18 per cent. duty on
the -cloth these! Bradford cloth makers '
make about the beat-answer a man ot
General Grosvenor'n school of protection
could be expected to give was ths coun-
ter. question about.-the cocktail for the
only correct answer to the question why ;
a 'man takes a cocktail In the morning '
Is this:' "Because he's a biasing idiot"
And this in theory is just what the
Grosvenor school thinks ot a man who
-would buV a suit: of clothes in England
fof tuY when he can buy tha' same suit
In America for. S4G "reduced to .aa"
That la In many cases Just about the pro-
portion though the tailoring hare Is not
so good from the "American etaadpolnfj i
as you would fst for the nigh pried I
lq America. The chances n-'ftt tt
cioin in a sia sun nm- m-
hat in tour yj.-ovdt ths cut ueVf
the fit WlU not be quite so smart" here. j-
Nearly -every man here wears tailor- 1
mid. rkhH. rich and Door alike work
cic
inmu aa. m-all as social Hon. a thing
which as we ai lutow only the rich or
those who will spend their last cent to
appear rich. In America can usually af-
ford. Consequently here there are many
tailors- and much competition making
tailoring cheap.
Tour Englishman oven In moderate or
poorer circumstances does not like to
wear ready-made clothes. They must be
made specially for him and he must see
the cloth before they are made. If the
clothes are put together well are of good
quality and fit htm comfortably and with
reasonable nicety he le satisfied even
though the shoulders do. not look like a
mansard roof.
There are of course specially "smart"
tailors here. If you go to one of these
he will charge you perhaps half as much
as you would havs to pay if you were to
go to a moderate priced tailor in Amer-
ica. That Is if he does not find out you
are an American. If 'be finds that out
toe-will charge you more having an Idea
of what you are accustomed to pay and
he will stick you perhaps for-two-thirds
or. If you look particularly gullible even
for three-fourths aa much as you would
have to pay under the present arrange-
ment. In America. But your Englishman
rich and poor generally speaking gets
his clothes tailor-made and of what in
America wo would consider better cloth
for tt Is aU what we term 'imported" at
half or In many cases much lees than
half what we usually have to pay. When
I tell them what clothes cost In my coun-
tw h am ilmmt Incredulous..-
My! my! What a horrible stats of af-J
ratrs nere rrom ins aianupvim oi wv
tailor and the cloth manufacturer! Mr.
Aldrlch Mr. Payne. Mr. Warren Mr.
Smoot and Mr. Cannon go almost into
hystertcsNat the bare suggestion of cheap
clothes. "Do you want to tear down this
great industry V I have heard these fel-
lows declaim dramatically dosens of
times. But who are these "mythical con-
sumers" I sm among who demand cheap
clothes? As I stand in the town hall
tower of Bradford I can ses literally
thousands of smoking chimneys beneath
whose black shadowy clouds hovering in
the sky something like 308000 men snd
women are engaged directly or indirectly
In making woolen and worsted cloths.
. From the upper story of a trolley car
this morning I tried to count the smoking
factory chimneys in ons direction. It was
Impossible. Nine miles away Is Leeds
the biggest center ot vofolen manufacture
In the world as Bradford Is the biggest
center of worsted manufacture.. Ten miles
In another direction Is Dewsbury chief
center of heavier woolens like blankets. -Twelve
miles In another direction Is Hud-
dersfield. where the finest worsteds for
men's suits are made. Dosens of little
towns of from 20.000 to 100000 people are
scattered all Over this the western dis-
trict of Yorkshire most of the people
supported directly or Indirectly by this
great wool manufacturing Industry.
And since about UG0 there has not been
one penny's protection on any woolen or
worsted article maue in ciisjisna. i
has been since then that the great Indus-
try haa made Its greatest progress. At
the time Englsnd entered upon a free
trade policy Bradford was a little village
in population perhaps some S0on or 40.000.
Now- It is s splendid and progressive city
of 200000 and it is growing all the time.
About 00 per cent of the output of these
mille spread everywhere over these his-
toric hills of Yorkshire la sold In En-
gland. The German manufacturers send
Into Englsnd a goodly amount of woolens
and worsteds snd undersell the' British
manufacturer. ..That has made some of
these manufacturers hereabouts protec-
tionists. They say the' Germans are
"dumping" en them that Is selling their
surplus products cheaper here than they
do to their own people a performance
which Hon. Charlie Land is of Indiana
eloquently designates "American business
enterprise" and which Hon. Pete Hep
burn or lowa aeciares Americans no not
engage In. At a recent chamber of com-
merce meeting hi Bradford the protec-
tionists were outvoted by a majority of
one. on a resolution anting parliament to
adopt a protection measure. The city Is
represented ' In - parliament by a solid
delegation of outright free traders three
in number.
(Copyrighted. HO by Zaca McGhee.
UNKNOWN TO PEARY'
His iriis . bIy Based';
I iX on RfyaFs ' SllcnxiJilv
CHRISTM A J . ; IN ' ARCTIC
f . i ?-i ' j-f j V
Foot ; Rices ifid file : plooer c?
r Light of tflitle Oil Limps.
' v-. i :
. 4.
SOMETIME A SUMMER PRESORT
Ifew land Opened by Eloren
Ideal fox Consumptives Because.
1 of Dry Air and in Conitant
- y . '."-t - Bnnugnt.
"' (Atttciottd Prttt Ktlort.1
8TDNET September laNeur light wa
thrown on the controversy over tne North
Pole on the arrival of the steamer Turian
from Battle Harbor today. where the cor-
respondents learned from two members '
of Commander Peary's expedition that
Dr. Frederick A. Cook had mst them at .
Etah and' bad mentioned nothing of dis-
covering the polo;'". p i'rt .'' i
When Harry Whitney Oeorget Norton
and Larnsd went to EUb on the Erik' to
brtng1 provisions for. Commander T Peary. 4
Jth Norton and Larned turned back and
Wltney obtained' permlssten from Com.- '
rnandes Peary- to remain at the Etah sta-
tion. Commander Peary stationed ' John-
N. Murphy.-boatswain : bf the Itbosevelt
nnd William pritchard. assistont cook of .
the. Roosevelt ' at Etah to guard : the.'
stores. - y -v-; -t ; ; r. '
MurphyJ telling pt his experience
EtahC said to the newspaper men.' 'Ttom-
mander Peary told me to go ashore at
Etah to guard the stores- wkloh I saw
taksn from the Roosevelt and -.Erik.
Pritchard was with me. Some time !t
spring a white mas came late camp and
Mr. .Whitney toM mo ..-tt - .ejma Or.
3Cook. Hs did not stay long in camp na
soon went away. Cook looked tired and
woraout and said hs m hungry
manrtmtetir'wH
tk ator; thai ere-were
tnar some or vm mmwm "v " "7
awarding belonged to hint. Ito only had
two Eshlmoa with him and all his dogs
were dead: the doctor had to pull hut own
. jiiedge." e : : v 'M-.V .(-Vs l-C; -'"U.
OPritchard sard these EskJmoo told him
they ha4 been way way north.'; ' '
i.-ti '
4 PEART AND: WHITNET - A; OUTS. V
. None of the Peary party at Battle Har-
bor would discuss wbt Information hsd '
been learned from Harry Whitney as -Commander
Peary had given orders that
the Cook controversy must not' be men-
tioned. r It was. commonly " reported at
Battle Harber however that Peary haa
some dlffleulMen with - Whitney who de-
cided that Instead of retiming to Sydney
on the '.Roosevelt. he 'would do some
shooting' In Greenland.? J: '
Friends or Dr. Cook ' hertJointed out
that when Commander' PeefjV onrilMS rs
turn from the Pole sent' for Prof Mc-
Millan who had gooo to establish a base ;
of supplies at Cape Morris Jeosup ho
did not mention In hie; letter to the pro-
fessor anything of his discovery of the
pole. The message which- - was made
public by Prof. McMillan at Battle Her-
bor. read: . v -. ; :- ! -viV". '
."Steamship Roooevolt. A0ril 38. I
My Dear McMillan: Arrived on hoardv
yesterday. Northern trip was entirely .
satisfactory- TheH Is no need or Green-
land depot. Captain came on board on
the 24th. Concentrate all your energies
on tidal observations and to the sound-;
Ings north of Cape Morris Jessup. Use
supplies Intended for me for this purpose.
. .'"Commander Feary."
The adherents of Commandsr Peary as .
sert that the words ' In ' the message.
"northern trip entirely- satisfactory." in-
dicate clearly that the expedition had ac-
complished Its purpose. .
COOK KEPT SECRET TO SELF. '
'Prof. McMillan said at: Battle Harbor
that he had seen Harry Whitney at Etah .M
and that Whitney did not tell any one of
Dr. Cook's reported discovery of the pole.
It was In an old sail and stores toft in :
Bsttls Harbor. Labrador that . Com- '
tnander Peary told the story to a snore
or more of correspondents of his Journey .
to the pole. He will bead ao more trips
to the Arctic nor tor that matter to tne
Antarctic. His work I ths Ice flelds ff
finished. . ' ' .' -' .
"I have accomplished the ambition of
my lire." said the commander. "I shell
always be Interested In Arctic explora-
tion but tt must now be left to.youngat
men.'" .- ' ; -''''
Commander Peary often broke his nar-
rative to call upon Prof. DonaloV McMil-
lan siaturallst and geologist of the ex-
pedition to relate some Incident of the
trip. No less . Interesting .than Peary's
dash to the. pole were the discoveries; by
Prof. McMillan of relics and stores ot
seven previous Arctic expeditions those
of General Greely In 1881-S4; Commander
Hall In 1871; the Amundsen exploration
party of IMS; Sir John Lock Lock wood
expedition; the exploration party of Ad-
miral George Nars in lfTs-Ts and the ex-
peditions - of 'Commander- Peary la ir
and J'.''..- y l - -
B1TT ONE QUESTION. . SAID PEAP Y
. 'Commander Peary did no fencing; 1
his Inter .Were andf prefaced ttr ";n
s!.fon" s he called It 'with tn'ti'
inent tliat he had made his position t
in reference to tire Cook eon trover" - f
earlier tcheo. which had boon t
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