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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-09-24, Page 2PEARY STILL AT BATTLE HARBOR Will Not Reach Sydney For Sone Days Yet. Only White Man Who Ever Stood at Pole. Forty or More Out on the Tyrian Looking For the Explorer. Sydney, C. B., Sept. 20.—Commander Peary writ not be in Sydney on Wed- nesday, as he planned: kora day or two it has been thought that the Roosevelt would be unable to sail from Battle Harbor as soon as ex- pected. N•o definite word had been received from the .explorer for sev- eral days, but Bate to -night Mrs. Peary received a wireless from her husband stating tort he had bean detained and would be unable to get to Sydney for several days yet. While Sydney had planned to turn out in force to -morrow to great the Explorer, the delay in his arrival will only serve to give the citizens a little more time to prepare for has reception, No word has been reoeived from some forty odd newspaper correspondents who are now plowing the Gulf of St. Law- irenee on board the cable steamer $`yaian searching for Peary. As the Tyr - len cannot steam very much faster than the Roosevelt, even if they do meet with him it is unlikely -that they will get back to Sydney at all ahead of him, and the heavy seas running on the coast to- day are not conducive to comfort on a cable steamer. Possibly fearing that some of the enterprising correspondents might take nis ship away from him and put up to Battle Harbor in her, Commander Du- rand, of flee French cruiser 'sly, put to sea to -night. When the Assoeiated Press got away to Battle Harbor in the crag 1). H. Thomas, some correspondents of otther news -gathering associations went aboard the 'sly and asked the command- er to take them to Labrador. He protested that this was impossible, whereupon they wired the French Am- bassador to Washington that representa- tives of two hundred and sixty American newspapers asked him to get the Isly foe them, and would he please cable to the French Ministry of Marine for her? 114. Jusserand complied with this re- quest, but the 'Ministry of Marine did not, and the correspondents had to direct their energies elsewhere. STATEMENT BY PEARY. Battle Harbor, Labrador, Sept. 14' (Sia to Oa .fie. finfldj x1..e nt was made to the represents ve of the Associated rt B. Peary, in renel btyoa question Commander be t on onthe Peary -Cook con ti reply . The Associated Press tug Douglas Thoma"s, after a stormy passage up the west coast of Newfoundland and through the Strait 'of Belle Isle, from Sydner-, Cape Breton, arrived at this lonely whal- ing and mission settlement at noon zes- terday. A squall of rain was Stowing over the harbor as the Thomas steamed in, but with glasses it was able to make out the mast and hull of the Arctic sten ner Roosevelt moored in the inner bay. e Arctic steamer looked little the worse for her second trip to the polar re- gions. Along the rail, as the Thomas approached, were gathered the members of her famous crew, among them the redoubtable Captain 9gbe,rt Bartlett, who was at once re- cognized, Capt. Bartlett invited the Thomas to lay alongside and the correspond- ent to come on board without delay. The correspondent clambered over the weather-beaten bulwarks, and proceeded direct to the cabin to meet Commander Peary, the man who has stood upon the apex of the surface of the world. The Commander's greeting was most oerdial. "This is a new record in news- paper enterprise," he said, "and I ap- preciate the compliment." The Commander 'declared positive- ly that he would not further discuss Dr. Cook's claims until the main point; whether Dr, Cook had actually reached the North Pole or not, had been decided by others. He then dio- tated the following statement to the Associated Press for publication : "I am the only white man who has ever reached the North Pole, and I am prepared to prove it at the proper r' e. I have already stated publicly at Cook has not been to the Pole. his I reaffirm, and I will stand by .t, but I decline to discuss the details of the matter. These will come out later. I have said that Dr. Cook's statement that he had reached the Pole should not be taken seriously, and 1 have him nailed by concrete proofs to support my statement. In six months you probably will get the whole story. It would not be policy for me to enter upon a full debate of the subject as it now stands. To do so I would be giving Out much information of which other uses could be made. I intend to wait un- tie Dr. Cook has issued his full author- ized statements. "Up to the present time there have been only newspaper accounts of Dr. Cook's alleged polar trip, and these may or may not be accurate. When Dr,. Cook has time to issue a complete authorized version of his journey will be the proper opportunity for me to make public the information which I have, After that the jury, in other words the people acid the scientific bodies - of the' world, will pass judg- meat on the scatter, and there will then be nothing left of Dr; Cook's case but his own assertions that he has reached the ;Worth' 'Pole. In the meanwhile it is my determinlation not to deal with debates for the reasons al- ready stated," Commander Peary was then asked if new hind could have been din eovered' in latitude 84, lougtitude 86. In reply he shrugged his shoulders and said it -was quite possible that an unknown continent existed farther west, He referred to the land discover- ed by himself on previous trips that had not yet been explored. Commander' Peary is done with active exploring. He will continue to take an interest in Arctic and Antarctic exploration, but from his . home, and he declared that he would withdraw from field work. PLUCKY CAPTURE. JAS. ROBINSON, OF WARREN,,CAP- TURED BY BROTHER-IN-LAW. Chase and Fight in Bush—Prisoner Lodged in Sudbury Jail—Will be Charged With Infanticide. Warren, Ont., despatch: Jas. Robin- son is captured, but no more remark- able has been his success in evading every effort of a dozen provincial police to apprehend frim during the past month than was his capture this after- noon, single-handed, by Rev. Peter Matheson, his brother-in-law. Robin- son is the fugitive father against whom evidence was adduced at the inquest in Warren on the llth day of August. On that sarne day lie ,,fled before the true facts were known to the author- ities, and every nook and corner of the country has been scoured for him since. Some two weeks ago his two sons, John and Thomas, were committed for trial on a charge of aiding and abetting their father's freedom, and since that time Rev. Peter Matheson, of Beach - burg, a red-haired, wiry little man, has taken charge of the Robinson farm. It was generally admitted that Robinson was using his own home as a base of supplies, but being an expert, wily bushman. and working at all times under cover of darkness, he foiled every plan laid by the police. With Mrs. Robinson and her two sons under arrest, Mr. Matheson hay been harvesting the crops. He is evidently r a man of very strong reselve. and not less than a week ago passed the emitrk that if James Robinson ero his tracks he would get hini. This afternon his opportun- ity came. Seated on .the binder bar - vesting the whet crop, be spied .Rob - ',limo ; There was 319 hesitation,, ,and, a ` • brabie dr, j,.•ine off, son Ilea, and in the race W. Matheson won. He overtook' his man; there was a single-handed.. duel; and Robinson was downed. it was thorough and complete. The minister compelled his man to return to where the horses were standing, and seeming straps from the harness he was ground hard and fast. Mr, Ta,rrjieson delivered his man to the team -Ala, Iced lit.', was immediately gpmmitted to Sudbirr • OA Three iphanges, including infanticide, have been preferred against him. Mean- while Mr. Matheson has returned to the homestead. He will complete the harvesting of the Robinson crops and aid in the defence of his sister, Mrs. Robinson, who will also stand trial on the infanticide charges. Robinson, be- sides being armed. is a powerful man, and the struog'le that must have ensued can better be imagined than told.. Rob- inson was taken to Sudbury jail on the midnight train. and will be safely guarded until his trial. CROP REPORTS. THE BEAN CROP. Beans aro a good price at present in Ontario. They are likely to remain high of activity in railroad, mining and land operations continue during the winter as indications now wbuld signify. The largest part of our beans are grown in Kent County. The crop this year promises to be as good as the average. POTATO CROP. The potato crop has a checkered his- tory tam year. Ontario suffered from a wet spring and dry summer. Added to this, bugs were most persevering. Consequently, the potato yield of On- tario is likely to be much below the average. • But Ontario does not supply her own tables, having to import quantities from the States and from New Bruns- wick. ' While the crop in the Maritime Provinces is reported fair, the crop on the whole through the United States is muoh below the average. Late pota- toes ale, in many cases, a total fail- ure. ME APPLE CROP, It begins to look now as if the mar- ket for really choice apples will be good. The damage in many orchards in the Iroquois Valley, that is the district between Toronto and Belleville, caused by the aphis in sucking the juice of the early -formed apple, and :thus causing them to dwarf and deform, will serious- ly interfere with good samples. Apple picking of the earlier sorts has cone. rimmed, and this week big gangs have gone into the Georgian Bay section. !Prices by buyers are ranging from $1 up. R. Puckerin, of Ontario comity, who has a'very choice small arehard, has sold his foe $1,t0 per barren Fred Gibson, of the same county, reports a sale of apples at $1.00 per barrel for firsts and seconds, the buyers to take all. *He has also a 'better figure for No: ones, if prices we,rrant, wvr'wwwwvv ITEMS OF NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR IwwmAAWNWPWANYWMAMIMPANY114 Pellagra is causing terrible ravages in North Carolina. Next week 25 men will be added to the Toronto police force. The' reconstruction of the Parliament buildings will commence at once. .Alan McDonald, a stenographer at Montreal, shot himself dead inhis of- fice. Mr. W °l'. R. Preston said that Pro- testant missionary effort in Japan had failed. Tlie Chambers of Commerce of the Empire began their congress at Sydney, N. S. W. • The Alberta . Great Waterways Rail- way will be built from Edmonton to Fort McMurray. Rev. Mr. Roadhouse was welcomed to the pastorate of the new Myrtle Avenue Baptist Church, Toronto. George Merryfield, forrnerly of L'on- don;.'Ont., ' attempted to commit suicide in. the St,..Clair River near •Port Huron because he believed. the Black Hand was hounding him. Hugh John Macdonald, barrister, To- ronto, was married last evening to Flom mice 1T. Chubuck, daughter of C. E. D. Chubuck, of the Department of Railways and Canals, Ottawa. Mr. William McPhail, of Campbellville,' has been west 'searching in vain for traees of. his son, S. Calvin, who disap- peared from Zealandia, after receiving a remittance from home. A .man. named Mitchell fell from a train near North Bay with his infant son in his arms, and the boy's thigh was broken. His father had to walk to North Bay. carrying the child. Evidence was introduced at the trial of John Dillon at Montreal for the mur- der of Constable Shea, of a lawyer who Went to the house to see Dillonand heard theshot. Dillon told him lie had shot a roan, Burglars broken into the residence of Gus Carlson at Nanaimo, B. C., early yesterday, morning, bound and gagged Mrs. Carlson and so seriously wounded. her husband t'het he died in a short time. The murderers secured $90 and escaped:.' • Seven tenders were opened yesterday for the work of deepening and widening the Aqueduct at Montreal. F. H. Mc- Guigan,. of Toronto, is amongst the ten- derers. The estimate of the city is $1,- 200,000"tre contract will be awarded next ng. T ' and dollars was yesterday btien Brothers,;, through diet r: run: of the, coiixmunity in To - am do,. other ,T. Edward, to James Glen fo a sixteen -acre fruit farm in East Toronto, 14 miles northeast of York station. The Brothers have been for the past seven years in search of a suitable location on which to ereet a house of studies for the junior members of the order. The mother house in Montreal has furnished the money for the property. JAP MISSIONS. MR. W. T. R. PRESTON SPEAKS OF THEIR, WORK IN JAPAN. Suggests Commission Being Sent to Japan With View to Changing Missionary Methods—Lieutenant- 'Governor Presides at Lecture. Toronto despatch: Mr. W.T. R. Pres- ton, Canadian Trade Commissioner to ,Holland, ,formerly Trade Commissioner to Japan, in a lecture in the school room of Parkdale Presbyterian Church last night characterized the Protestant mis- sionary effort in Japan as a failure. "I cannot find any reasonable excuse for the situation," he said, "except that our people have flailed to get hold of the masses. If Japan is ever to be evangel- ized it urustebe by native workers» He said he had been informed that only one missionary eras capable of delivering a sermon such es an educated Japanese audience should expect. He admitted that the Japanese language was difficult to master, but he thought it highly im- portant that the missionaries should master it, Instead of about 1,200 Jap- anese missionaries, there should be 12,- 000. Said he: "We would have 12,- e-- if the churches had shown wisdom and judgment," Besides the lack of native mis- sionaries, the pay of the workers in the Japanese mission field was alto gether inadequate. Reference was made by Mr. ' Preston to the prejudice against the foreigner and his religion. "The work must go on," declared . Mr. Preston, "but it will benecessary to pull the present system up, root and branch.' He suggested that almost all the present foreign missionaries be with- drawn, eapeeially the men, and men of wider wisdom and experience sent in their placer The great need was for the missionaries to.. get more in touch with the' masses, A suggestion was made by Mr. P zetien to the effect that the Churches lay aside about $50,000 for the purpose of sending commissioners to Js Japan fort year to investigate the con - p 'with a view to an improvement being effected, He said red tape and officialism were weighing down those who were trying to evangelize Japan. Mr, Preston'$ lecture- was on the Educational. Social and Religious Problems of japan, and it was delily ered under the auspices of the Relief Church, -The advances made by the Japanese in recent yearsin an edu- cational and commercial way were re- ferred to, and touching on the social life of the Japanese, the lecturer said during two years' residence at Yoko- hama he had not heard any . profan- ity. • Their commercial morality was spoken of, and Mr. Preston refuted Society of Parkdale Presbyterian stories about the Japanese being un- trustworthy in handling money, A statement that the Japanese Govern- ment had prohibited betting at race- tracks was warmly applauded. His .Honor the Lieutenant -Governor, presided. A hearty vote of thanks was given , to Mr. Preston, on motion of Mr. E. Dickey, President, and Mr.. W. H. Shepley, Vice -President of the Relief Society, ander whose • auspices the lecture was given. Rev. A. L. Geggie,, pastor of the church, moved a vote of thanks to the Lieutenant- Governor. His Honor intimated • that it might be advisable for Presbyter- ian bodies to hear Mr. Preston fur- ther on the question of the mission- ary work being done in Japan. 44' S. SCOTT. Slayer of Father -in -Law Suffers From Confinement. May be Charged,With Manslaughter Instead of Murder. London, Ont., despatch: Mrs. Scott, now in jail, charged with the murder of her father-in-law, Harvey Scott, in Nis- souri township, grows restless in the county jail and paces her cell for hours at a time. She has only justtrecovered from a severe illness and the confine- ment is telling an her. It is thought probable that the charge against her will be reduced to manstaaughter. Wesley Scott, husband of the wo- man, says he had always feared that his father would kill some of them. His father had always been abusive and domineering. Mrs. Harvey 'Scott, the second wife of the victim, stated that she and her husband had been married 20 years. He had always been good to her, she de- clared, and had never struck her, al- though they quarreled' quite often. Just before the shooting she saw her hus- band going into the younger Scott's gar- de}i carrying a heavy stick in his hand. .a.r AT GLACE BAY. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP' BRDOaE AND WRECK 111111.111114 Miners' Houses Bombarded—Work- men Assaulted by Strikers at Mine Entrance and Severely Handled. Sydney, N. S., 'Sept. 20.—Track walk- ers on the Sydney and Louisbaurg Railway, Grand Lake, found evidence that an attempt had been made to blow up the Westbrook bridge. A section foreman located a hole in the ground near the bridge and near by a piece of fuse, which had evidently been used to set off the big blast. The farce of the explosion expended itself on the track and did not cause much damage. The would-be wreckers were evidently amateurs at the business and did not know how to place the charge properly. Had the attempt to blow up the bridge been successful, the morning train to Glace Bay from Sydney, carrying the chemical staff of the Dominion Goal Company, would have been ditched. Last night some person fired a shot through the window of, a. ruiners' home at No. 3, and a woman sitting in the room through which the charge passed had a narrow escape from being killed. At Dominion No. 12 this morning, as the workmen were entering the gate, several of them were stopped by a crowd of strikers and severely handled. A lively fight took place and honors were about even. The men esaaul.ted procured guns and entered the plant un- der arms. Warrants have been issued for the assailants. •-e WATERS CALLED HIM. Jumped the Brooklyn Just Because He Couldn't Help It. New York, Sept. 14.—The man who jumped from the Brooklyn bridge into the East River last Wednesday and afterward gave his name as E. L. Mudd was Eugene McCarthy ,of Dorchester, Masa.., according to his story, told in Police Court to -day. He was arraigned on a ehaage of attempted suicide and was, discharged after promising that he would not repeat his attempt. McCarthy said he came to spend a vacation in New York, and while cross - lug the bridge felt an ungovernable de- sire to jump from it and learn whether er not it would kill him. He said he walked over the bridge and back again to shake off the force of the temptation to jump. "When I got back to New York," be said, "I thought I would go uptown and see more of the city, but in spite, of myself my steps turned back toward She bridge and -before I knew it I was an a trolley car. As the can started up the incline the idea had possession, of my mind to .such it degree that it fen einated me, I reached the middle of the bridge and made the leap into the river before I really knew what I was doing. No thought of tanieide man ever iii asy head. WOMAN'S BODY ?' Mystery of Kendry's Siding Not: Yet Solved. Like the Barton Murder Mystery' Says Doctor. Peterboro despatch: Around the mysterious skeleton lying in its egg cradle boffin in a marked grave in the little oernetery, Springville and: vicinity residents are weaving a fire fabric of a murder story. They feel, that the unknown person discovered in a dark corner of Campbell's bush at Kendry Siding on the C. P. R. on Sunday last did not die a£ his own hand,. but that a foul murder was accomplish- ed, and the body placed there with an open razor in the outstretched hand to lend credence to a suicide theory. Death from purely natural causes is not cun- sidered at all. Coroner Gray is firmly of the opinion. that the skeleton is that of it womam and that death carne as a result of vio- lence after she had. been taken there anti maltreated by some unknown maws, Wilt/ tried to cover the crime by leaving traces of suicide. He bases his "woman" theory upon the feet that the head and outline - of the face was that of a woman, while the teeth, praotically all of which were - intact, were small, and almost perfectly symmetrical. In additionJto this, he said that the pelvic bones were much broader than would have been the case in it. man.. The can containing Paris green, he thinks, was left there by someone oniy recently, after a visit to the scene. "It is my intention," said Coroner Gray this morning, "to keep the whole matter open so that the inquiry may be. resumed at any time. Someone may make inquiries that may lead to identifi- cation, unless the unknown was abso- lutely without friends in the country. At the same time I will see that the most complete investigation is made, and for this reason I would like to have a. detec- tive from headquarters et Toronto here to make an attempt to unravel the mys- tery, which is similar in many respects to the famous Barton murder case at. Hamilton, where a woman was killed, whose identification baffled the most. careful investigation of the authorities. I have had the bones buried in all its. clothing, but can have them dug up at, any time." rir U. S. AGENTS Must be Civil to Passengers on '4441' - Ottawa, 'Sept. 20.—The Canadian Railway Commission to -day made an order directing all railroads in Can- ada which do an International busi- ness to direct their conductors to pre- vent undue interference with pas- sengers in Canada by United States immigration officials. In making the order Chairman Mabee said he had received over fifty complaints against American immigration officials who are alleged to have made themselves obnoxious in Canada, not only to pas- sengers bound to the United States, SELL FIFTEEN LOTS, Province Will Hold Remainder of Gillies Limit. Toronto, Sept. 20.—None of the ten- ders for the twenty parcels of land,. comprising 449 acres of what is known as the mineralized portion of the Gillies. limit, have yet been accepted by the Provincial Government. It is said that 116 tenders were re- ceived for the property, exclusive of the Provincial mine. It is probable that the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines will recommend the acceptance of the highest tenders for fifteen of the twenty parcels offered, the aggregate amount of these being $110,137.50, while offers re- ceived for the remaining five parcels. were not considere dsufficiently high to. warrant a sale. Tenders for the purpose of the Pro- vincial mine are still under considera- tion and have not vet been dealt with.. TIGRESS ESCAPED. Roe 1.,,,ed For Hours Through Streets. of Marseilles. Marseilles, Sept. 20.—A big royal Ben- gal engal tigress escaped from her cage to- day on board a vessel that was to eon- vey the animal to Oran, Algeria, and, roamed about the eity for some hours with policeman and soldiers armed with guns and revellers in pursuit. She was finally captured. A horse on board the same vessel became frightened while passing near the tigress' cage, and, rearing, struck the bars of the cage with his forefeet. The blows loosened the bare and the tigress squeezed through to liberty. The ani- mal killed a dog with a single stroke of its paw and wounded a deck bend be- fore it jumped down to the wharf,' whence it made its way into the city. The Toronto' Railway Company reapeda a rieh harvest during the exhibition thin year, the reeeipts for the thirteen daps being $201,061, as compared with $188r 937 last year, an increase of $12,724. The receipts on Labor Day set a new record for a single day. They amounted; to $20,10].