HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-10-01, Page 6IN HUNT FOR
SOUVENIRS.
Commander Peary's Boat Roosevelt
Raided by Crowd.
Documents and Other Things of
Value Were Carried Off.
tendent of the Coast. Survey in Washing-,
ton, upon. the tidal, meteorological and
ocean sounding work. • That will cover
for a time my notions."
Peary Knew of Cook's Claims
While Still in Arctic.
Sydney, N. S., Sept. 27. -Commander
Robert E. Peary will accept no invi-
tations to receptions and no public hon-
ors until the question of the discovery
of the North Pole has been decided. by
scientific authorities. This he made
known to -night, in the following state-
ment, which he gave out for publication:
"Acting upon the advice of teen,
Thomas H. Hubbard and Herbert L.
Bridgman, President and Secretary,
respectively, of the f.'eary Arctic Club,
I wish to express my t:ianks to friends
for their kind offers and invitations,
and also beg to eay that I have deokded
not to accept any invitations to recep-
tions or any ovations uhti•1 the contro-
versy is settled by competent authority."
Commander Peary supplemented this
briefly. lie was asked when the public
was likely to get a decision on this sub-
ject, and he replied: "I do not know,
but whet I have to say will not be. very
long delayed. Whether my statement
will be issued in one week ,>r two
weeks depends on circumstances."
SOUVENIR IICNTERS.
While the Roosevelt lay at the city
wharf this afternoon a throng of sight-
seers went through the ship from :tem
to stern. Souvenir hunters carried away
everything portable, and many valuable
records and. data belonging to Professor
McMillan were lost. There were records
of tides and animal life north of 82 de-
grees latitude, the names of all the Pg••
kim•os in the Etah region, together with
more than a hundred books in which
many important marginal notes harl been
made. No records bearing on the dash
to the Pole were lost. The ruissing
books are of immense value and cannot
be replaced, but the authorities are issu-
ing a public appeal for their return.
HAS BROUGHT THE POLE.
The reception to Commander Peary
to -day oegan when the Roosevelt edged
her way past Low Point, eleven miles
down the bay, and continued all the
way to the harbor, and until the Com-
mander reached the Sydney Hotel, where
he made a short speech, and found him -
•self the-v..0tre of a great dcmj ebratiol.
"Eleven times I have left Sydney for
the north," said the Commander. "Once:
I brought back the largest meteor ever
found; the last time I brought back my
Farthest North, and this time I have
brought back the North Pole."
TALKS TO REPORTERS.
When Gomma.nder Peary received the
correspondents in the parlor of bis suite
in the hotel late this afternoon he stated
that he would be open to any questions,
but that he would use his discretion in
answering them. The first question that
was asked of him had reference to Dr.
Cook.
Peary was told that Dr. Gook had re-
iterated his statement that a note signed
by Peary and directing Bo's'n Murphy, of
the Roosevelt, to seize any stores he
found at Etah as being under the status
of abandoned goods, had been found. by
Cook and a copy of it made by him. Did
the Commander have any reply to male
to that?
"Bo's'n Murphy, of course, had his
written instructions from me when he
left the Roosevelt to remain in Etah be-
fore we sailed northward in August,
1908," said Peary. "The orders were
from me, and they will be published, of
course, at the proper time"
George Kennan, the traveller and cor-
respondent, who took part in the session
of newspaper men, asked Peary how
many dogs and sledges he had sacrificed
in making the first seven marches out
from the land over the Polar Ocean.
Considerable significance bore on the an-
swer, he thought, because if one man
last a large proportion of his outfit and
another went through the same region
with the same number of sledges with
which 1,e started, there was an unusual
discrepancy between their two experi-
ences.
"It cost me eight men," replied Peary.
"That is, I turned eight men .rack 12
sledges and 33 dogs to make the first
seven marches out from land on the
way to the Pole. In other words, I had
to sacrifice this much of my working
force to make 82 miles."
IlEA.RD ABOUT COOL
Then somebody reverted to the Cook
question again. The questioner wanted
to know when it was that Peary heard
that Cook took to himself the molt for
having reached the Pole. Was it before
Harry Whitney, who is supposed to have
been told by Cook, left the Roosevelt, or
after he had been transferred to the
Jeannie?
"I cannot just locate the time," be-
gan the oomm,ander. "I knew before I
reached Etah—no, I will have to be ex-
cused if I do not answer this question.
On such a matter I prefer to keep silent
until, as I have stated before, the main'
question of whether or not Cook relished
the Pole is definitely decided."
Somebody wanted to know what would
be Peary's procedure in making his data
of polar quests.
"I have already made an official report
of my arrival : at the Pole to the
Navy Department at Washing ton, and I
Iaaae made a; preliminary report t°o the
Geodetic Survey, My nett step will be
- full report to the Peary Arc -
WHITNEY EXPECTED BACK.
The correspondents wanted to know if
Commander Peary could give as geese vs
to the present location of Harry Whit7
ney, who is carrying with hint some of
Dr. Cook's "data, as the !atter states,
Peary said that if Whitney had carried
out the plan he announced when he left
the Roosevelt he should be somewhere in
the west side of Davis' Strait at the
present time, or making south along Lab-
radar, . Whitney had told him, -:!'Vary
said, that he intended et be back in civi-
lization by the fleet of Ocieber. It was
quite lil:'ely that he would be first heard
from at one of the wireless stations along
the coast of Labrador or at St. john's,
Nfld, within the week.
IN BROOKLYN.
New York, Sept. 27.—The crowds
about the Busawiek Club. in Brooklyn
did not dwindle until late last night,
though it was fully understood by the
thousands wbo packed the streets that
there would be no further chants to
meet Dr. Cook, who was at a table with
forty-two picked friends. All the throng
asked was a chance to . see him when he
left hte club house for the Waldorf-As-
toria, where he spent the night, and they
were perfectly willing to wait.
This loyalty without and -enthusiasm
within the club from the friends and fel-
low citizens among whom Dr. Cook has
lived so moved hies that, when he rose
to than his hosts, after a Brooklyn sing-
ing society had given the noble old Ger-
man hymn, "This is God's Day;" tears
stood in his eyes. He has never been
described as an emotional man:; but no
one who saw hum could doubt that he
was deeply moved.
"`You have shown. me," he said, "that
it is good to go to the North Pole. In
returntug, the cheers of other peoples
have been a delight, yet there is no
human eyestar to compare with the
heartfelt tribute of my own people. I
cannot adequately express it, but it dis-
pels in one instant al lthe long -drawn
discomforts of the Arctic quest. •
To the waiting throngs outside, the
doctor shouted from a window:
"I thank you for the honor of this cor-
dial and musical welcome"
At 9.30 he took an automobile for the
Waldorf, and, cheered by the crowd,
slowly plowed his way to the Brooklyn
Bridge. At the Waldorf the explorer
retired early for much needed rest to
await further greetings to -day.
Commander Peary's next public ap-
pearanoe will be at the banquet
tendered by the Arctic Club to-
morrow night at the Waldorf-Astoria.
He has put all but the finishing touches
to the first book narrative of his Polar
experiences, but it is probable that he
will write a series .of magazine articles
also. His first labor, however, will be
the preparation of the record of bis dis-
coveries, upon which he depends to eon -
vines the scientific world, and, through
then., the world at large, that his claims
arc well founded. He Eras promised that
this record shall be made public as soon
as it is filed, first at the 'University of
Copenhagen, and probably without wait-
ing for the verdict of that body.
Neither the discoverer nor Mr. Brad-
ley has commented on Commander
Peary's latest decision to remain in con
partitive retirement until the question of
Polar supremacy is settled. It is be-
lieved, however, that, being fully launch-
ed on a career of publicity, Dr. Gook
will not follow the naval offieer's exam-
ple.
"Why should he?" said one of his
friends to -day. "Cook says he found
the North Pole. Even to admit there
is ground to doubt his claims would be
a confession of weakness. Dr. Oook is
the foremost figure now before the pub-
lic eye in America. He feels that he
owes a dusty to the American people.
While he is reticent about the scientific
value of his discoveries until it has been
laid before a jury, competent to recog-
nize its truth, there is no reason why he
should: exclude Himself, any further than
his work and the demands of his family,
from which he has long been. separated,
regtiire"
WANTS TO MEET PEARY.
Thus far all that Dr. Cook has made
known regarding his plans for the fu-
ture is that he will take a trip through
the Western States, during which he
will lecture and probably speak at a
number of public functions,
` The explorer has added nothing more
definite to the remark he let fall yes-
terday to the effect that he expected to
meet Connnander Peary soon face to:
fare. It is supposed that be meant
nothing more than that Mr. Peary
-would shortly be in New York and con-
ditions would be right for a personal
discussion and settlement of their rival
claims. When the reinark was made
Commander Peary had .net yet made
known his purpose to remain for a while
in comparative retirement.
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MASSAC
OI
IS
ST YET
According to Advices Received by
Jews in Merlin.
Butchery' by the Russians Carried
Into Synagogues.
Deaths Will Reach 50. or Poore at
Kieff.
Berlin,, Sept. 27.—According to infor-
mation received to -day by prominent
Jews of this city the massacre of Jews
by Russians at Rieff is the worst yet.
The latest outrage began last Thurs-
day, the Jewish New Year's Day and
lasted fol three days, during which
time 18 Jews were killed outright, 12
so severely injured'that they subse-
quently died and 160 seriously injured.
There were 1700. lesser c esualties,
besides the destruction of sevex;tal hun-
dred thousandrAiollars worth of Jewish
property.—
The.
roperty:
The.Jews.had but scant means of
defending. themselves, but succeeded
in killing three of ..their Russian as-
sailanms laid injuring a score.
The. reactionary party is responsible
for the latest anti-Jewish outbreak. It
became enraged at the Jews for their
support of the reform movement and
decided to inaugurate the Jewish New
Year with another attack on the Jews,
several of which have darkened Kieff's
history in the last few years. Hundreds
of peasants wer2c..hired by the reaction-
ary party and they led in the attack ou
the Jews.
At the height of the mob's frenzy,
100 Jewish women and girls were
seized by the drunken rioters, stripped
of their clothes, chained together in a
long line and paraded naked through
the streets, whilst the crowds of Rus,
sians ,jeered, reveled and spit upon
them.
Two Jewish /keys that sought to de-
fend the women against this outrage,
were seized by tie leaders and thrown
into a nearby bonfire that had been
built .of the. plunder of sacked Jewish
houses, and roasted alive, while the
mob danced about the flames.
A handful of Jews, several of them
mere boys, tried to defend themselves
against the infuriated mob. They stood
against a waltand fired into the mob,
killing three. .One quick rush by the
mob, however�ind the little band was
overpowered
pieces. 12 a
and behead and pieces of their
bodies kicked about the streets.
Several Jewish 1 omen fled to the
roofs of their horns and poured boiling
water down on th mobs. The act was
but an invitation o death, as the mobs
climbed to the oofs and threw the
women headlong t the ground, where,
like wolves attacking their prey, those
in the screee fell,onto the women and
beat them to death.
One of the first acts of the mob
which had been made drunk before be-
ing turned loose' for the murderous
work, was to rash to the synagogue,
where the rabbi *as butchered and the
congregation driven from the building.
The edifice was then demolished.
After the destruction of the syna-
gogue, the mob divided into smaller
groups and invaded the homes of the
Jews. The chief weapons were axes,
clubs and iron bars, though a few were
armed with guns and revolvers. Every
home visited was sacked, the furniture
tossed into the streets and set on fire.'
Many of the houses were also fired.
Whenever the rioters showed signs
of flagging energy, the leaders called
them from their work and gave them
heavy draughts of brandy. On the sec-
ond and third days, the attack on the
Jews degenerated into a drunken, un-
organized movement by little groups of
three and four.
The rioters carried knouts and mer-
cilessly whipped every Jew encoun-
tered, including women and children.
Even infants' -were attacked and sev-
eral were killed, - Ail sorts of tortures
were practiced against the defenceless
Jews. During the three days of the
butchery and outrage, the Jews pleaded
£or mercy.
On the third day a deputation of
Jews waited on the Governor and by
recalling to him the agitation° that fol-
lowed the Kishinev massacre in 1903,
induced him to send troops which final-
ly restored a semblance of order.
The total deaths will reach well over
50 for many more will die of their in-
juries. The principal streets of the
Ghetto or Jewish quarter; are still prac-
tieally impassable on account of the
wreckage.
The attack on the Jews was unex-
petted. The leaders in the movement
went about their work quietly. In ad-
dition to the peasants brought in from
the surrounding villages, several hun-
dred town "Hooligan gangs" joined in
the attack.
literally hacked to
.e was dismeinriered
TIMBER LICENSES:
Announcement Made, as to the
Successful Tenderers.
Toronto, Sept. 27. The Provincial
Goverenlent has awarded • the licenses
for cutting timber on a number of
berths in the Thunder Bay, lionora,
Rainy River, Sudbury and Algoma dis-
tricts in accordance with a recent call
for tenders. An exceptionally large num-
ber of tenders were received and the
prices of the highest, which were ac-
cepted; are regarded as very satisfac-
tory. The timber on several of the
berths was not_ disposed of where the
bids were not deemed sufficient.
"The prices secured are probably
the most satisfactory ever received by
the Province," said Mr. Aubrey White,
Deputy Minister .of Lands. "The sale,
on the Mississauga reserve brought re-
cord prices, and this despite the fact
that it was damaged timber, Had it
been green timber the prices would have
been phenomenal.
"The present sales are of cut-off pro-
perty and are cleaning -up sales. The
timber was cut over under the old per-
mit system, and is now given out by
tender under license." In all 51 berths,
comprising 1,x'5\1-4 square miles, were
disposed of.
In all cases dues of $2 per thousand
feet, board measure, ou timber cut and
five cents per tie on ties are added to
the prices quoted.
LUMBER RATES.
Dominion Railway Commission Says
Increase Is Unfair.
Otatwa despatch: The Railway Com-
mission was engaged all day in hearing
the complaints of the • lumber shippers
against the recent tariff put in force by
the railways. The ultimate decision of
the board was foreshadowed by Chief
Commissioner Mabee, who summed up
the evidence just before adjournment.
The original complaint was made in
1907, and related to discrimination in
rates among the lumber shippers of the
Georgian Bay district. At that time
the railevays admitted that many an-
omalies existed, but proposed to put in
force a uniform tariff, largely based on
mileage, which would remove all cause
of complaint. This was done, and then
the lumber interests attacked the new
tariff as a device to increase the rates.
They protested that the reductions
were largely "pa'Je' rates," being ef-
fective fro}}� c�ams here l! :tle or t -
business �t , frons, aur; iu� and re-
applied to the large e8tpP o
ceiving points, espee:elly Toronto, Haehe
iltou and aT,...+.ietl. To • decide this
question the new tariff was tried out
for about a year. The result showed
increased rebeipts by the C. P. R. and
the G. T. R. aggregating nearly $40,000.
Judge Mabee, in delivering the
opinion. of the commission. said that
while the railways may have honestly
tried to equalize rates, they had, beyond
doubt, increased then, and, he thought,
unreasonably. The traffic officer of the
board was directed to examine into the
natter with the view of correcting the
tariff so as to retain the benefits of
equalization without an increase in
toile.
"I would not mind two, three or even
four thousand dollars' increase," said
the chief commissioner, "but $40,000 is
no inconsiderable amount. The present
tariff will remain in effect until a final
order is made, subject to the former
understanding as to -a refund to the
kippers "
CANADA'S TRADE
Mr. Henry Chaplin Fears Britain
Will Lose It.
London, Sept. 27.—Mr. Henry Chap-
lin, M. P., speaking at Stourbridge to-
day, said that at present Canada re-
quired annually to purchase goods to
the amount of fifty millions sterling.
If Britain had conceded her the slight
preference she asked, the whole of that
market would have been placed at the
disposal of the British workers, because
duties would have been imposed upon
other countries which would have pre-
vented their interfering, That' was the
offer made by Canada some years ago,
of which; with the greatest folly and
unwisdon, the British Governinent had
failed to take advantage. Other nations,
he feared, were now in competition with
MURDER DONE
IN TORONTO.
DETECTIVES CLAIM TO HAVE
FULL DETAILS OF CRIME.
Infant Strangled to Death—Marks of
Fingers • on Her Neck—Detective
Brings Body From Falls.
Toronto despatch: That the murder
of the Authers baby, for which Mrs.
Maud 'fawner is held, was committed in
Toronto, is now said by the police to be
a ertainty. Inspector Duncan says
that they have received undoubted in-
formation as to where the murder was
committed. The police say they know
lehere the child was strangled, and that
the deed was clone some time late Tues-
day night or early Wednesday morning.
They say that they know the house and
even the room, but they absolutely re-
fuse to give any address, preferring not
to show their hand before the trial. •
But to -night, when the inquest on the
body of the ipfant, which was brought
from Niagara Falls last night by De-
tective VXrallace; is opened at the morgue
Chief Coroner Johnson, who is to con-
duct the investigation, will likely bring
out some of the facts which the police
are so carefully guarding.
Besides claiming that they have locat-
ed the place where the murder was com-
mitted, the police say that they have
traced the movements of the Turner wo-
man from the time she took the Authers
baby from the Burnside Home till the
time she le for Niagara Falls. They
say that they have evidence that the wo-
man intended to go to the Falls Wednes-
day last, but that she was prevented in
some way, and did not go till Thursday
They also say that they have absolute
information as to her movements from
the time she landed at the other side till
the time she got off the train to come
back to Toronto.
In looking over more of the Turner
woman's effects yesterday the police dis-
covered that she had advertised in a
local paper more than one time. One ad-
vertisement, inserted on the 7th of Aug-
ust, was: "A refined lady will adopt a
baby girl from. two weeks to a month
old, with $60." The best of references
were required.
TILTSBA:�D TELLS HIS STORY.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., despatch; Con-
siderable was learned to -day from Harry
Turner, the husband of the alleged mur-
deress. Turner talked freely. "My
name is Harry Turner Gmalin," he said.
"My wife is the daughter of a Method-
ist minister, who died in Toronto some
years ago. I met her five years ago,
when I was living there with my family.
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ELECTRIC S ELVfNG5
Beginning of a Most Important In-
dustry in Canada.
Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 27.—Dr. Eugene
Haanel, Director of Mines, states that
arrangements are being made for estab-
lishing the first electric smelting plant
in. Canada, in connection with the Satlt
Ste. Marie iron and steel industries. The
Lake Superior Company is arranging for
the construction of a number of fur-
naces similar to those now in successful
operation in Sweden.
A second electric smelting enter-
prise, involving the investment of
al•out seven million dollars. is also
contemplated for the treatment of
iron ores on the Ottawa River at
Mats Falls, where a splendid. lower
site has been secured by :a comnanv
headed by Mr. Louis Simpson, of Ot-
tawa, Dr. Haanel is convinced that
these are but the beginning of the de-
velopment of an electric smelting indus-
try in Canada that wig grow to immense
proportions.
with a roan name • . - r.
to understand that he was dead. After
I married her I learned that her first
husband was living in California, and be-
lieve that lie is still alive and living
there. I am not 'aware of the existence
of any divorce. I accused her of decep-
tion and she stoutly maintained that
her husband was dead. I assumed the
name of Turner because she did not
want her family to know" anything
about the disappearance of her first hus-
band. Then we came to the United
States, where I went by the name of
Turner. This was over four years ago.
I am known as Gmalin where I am em-
ployed, the Oneida Communities Com-
1,anv. Limited.
"When she tante here last Thursday
she entered my room, where I was
asleep, for I am employed nights. I paid
no attention to her. She seemed to
want to give the people in the house
the impression that I was in Toronto
with her the previous Saturday. I sup-
pose this .was dune to try and drag me
into the case. I know absolutely noth-
ing about it." •
The man denied that he intended to
go to Toronto to aid the woman, declar-
ing that he had gone his way and she
kers for some time past.
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''LEOPARD ATTACKED CHILD.
Broke front' Its Cage at St. Paul—
Killed by . Blacksmith. ,
St. Paul, Sept.° 27.—A crowd of three
hundred persons was thrown into a
panic to -day 'When a leopard, which was
being exhi iced here, broke from its
cage, attao <ed Martin Martinson, four
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oustrora, a blacksmith, rush-, asses attached to ....bat
shop near by and killed the .short opera glasses
th one blow of an axe., tory,
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FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS
International Commission of Voter-,
inarians Appointed.
Mexican Engineer Invents Appara-
tus to Transmit Vision.
Mexico City,Sept. 27. --Alberto San-
chez, an electrical engineer, at present
an inmate of Belem prison; claims to
have invented an apparatus whereby
vision as well as voice may be transmit-
ted over an ordinary telephone wire: He
calls his invention a telerdloptieon, and
the prison of,fieials admit that suceeseful
testshave been made with models.,
It is said the cotltrivanoe resemieles
Ottawa, Sept. 27.—An International
Oommiss-ion composed of seven A.meri-
(mra and five Canadians, under the
Chairmanship of Dr. J. G. Rutherford,
Live Stock Commissoiner and Veterin-
ary Director -General for Cascada, has
been established to consider ways and
means for securing the control and crad.
ioation of bovine tuberculosis in Canada
and the United States. The commis-
sion, which will co-operate with the
Governments of each country, is the
autooine of the annual meeting of the
A.merica:n Veterinary Association in Chi-
cago this month.
The question of bovine tuberculosis
is the chief problem now confronting
veterinary sanitation, the annual loss
from diseased cattle running up into
hundreds of millions in the two coun-
tries.
Dr.. Rutherford is Chairman, and the
other members are: Dr. M. R. Molar,
chief pathologist of the Bureau of Ani-
mal Industry, Washington; Dr. Fred Ter.
ranee, professor in the Manitoba Agri-
cultural College, Win!iipeg; Dr. Behave -
der, Washington; Dr. Veranus Moore,
dean of the' faculty of comparative path-
ology, Cornell University; Senator W. C.
Edwards, Ottawa; ex -Governor Hoard,
Wisoonein; Louis Swift, Chicago; J. W.
Flavelle, Toronto; Dr. Charles Hodgetts,
Toronto, head of the Ontario Health
Department; Dr. M. FI. Reynolds, pprofei-
sor of , veterinary science in the Urtiver-
sity of Minnesota, and Dr. LcottardPtiar-
- son, penvnsylvania, since deceased, whose
place is to, be filled,