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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-09-16, Page 7S COOK AN IMPOSTOR? Peary Deddres That He Never Passed the 856 Parallel. Mr. Whitney May be Able to Id Who is Right. sows, • •S Report That Cook Claimed Only to Have Beaten Peary's 19..6 Record, New York; Sept, 12. -Interesting ovi deuce bearieg upon the questitn wlteta- er Dr, Frederick A. Cook did, as he es scats, or ata not reach the North- Pole, before Commander Robert K. Peary sueceecied in his long quest for the Pole 'eke mete supplieti to -day in a despatch pub belled, in the New York Herald from its eorrespoodeut, who net Harry Whitney the New Haven sportsman, tamera the Roosevelt, when she ettme from the north on August 23rd. The correspoudent has sailed on the relief ship Jeanie, which put out from Newfoundland etuly in August to find Peary, Cooz . and aerlatne,y. The - Jeanie and the Roosevelt met in Wes- tenholme Sound, north of Saunders lidund, Whitney was &mead the Roosevelt, having been picaed up at Etah by Commander Peary while the. explorer was on his way back from the )'ole. Dr. Cook declared, in als earliest loterviews in Copenhagen, that he had entrusted the proofs that he had reached the Pole to Whitney. When returning from the Pole, he found Witney staying at Peary's base of supplies at Etah. Dr. Cook explained that he had made two sets of recurds, including exhaustive observatioos. He had given one, he said, to Whitney, so that, in the event of a mishap to him- self, there rould still be proofs in exist- ence to establish his claim to the discov- ery of the Pole. When Whitney was hear dfrom, Dr. Cook; asserted positively, all doubt as to his contention of being the discoverer of the Pole would be dispelled. The Herald's correspondent, who, when he wrote his despatcla evidently ketew nothing of this, mentions that Dr. Cook met Whitney at Etah on April 17, and. says that Dr. Cook -told Whitney of bie trip north, But, far from telling Whitney that he bad discovered the role, the eorrespondent says that Dr. Cook merely stated that he "had gone beyond the mark reached by Peary in 1006." Cook, he says, spoke also of hav- ing been "well pleased to bave accom- plished this.' Instead of mentioning any proofs tat Cook had entrusted to Whitney to show that be readied the Pole, the eorrespondent says that Cook would aset tell 'Whitney how far north he had been, and the members of the, Peery !parte- are positive that the farthest. aeorth record has been retained by ' ereary. Moreover, the correspondent, going on, eve: COOK'S STORY OF,PEARY. Copenhagen, Sept. 12.-A remarkable - letter, giving Dr. Frederick A. Cook's , version of the lovable with Commander eeeery over supplies appears in the news- paper Politken. The letter was written enr Dr. Norman Hansen, a prominent Delilah physician, who several times vis- ited Greenland to study eye diseases, which he has made a specialty of. Dr. Cook told practically the same story to one of his closest American hinds just a week ago, before Come minder Peary re -appeared on the scene. Dr. Hansen was With Cook for some time in Greenland and returned with him on the Danish Government steamer Hans Egad. In his letter he says: "Now that Dr. Cook is gone, I am rib longer under any obligation to heep ailenee, and I will air my rigbt to publish the story about the house at ,Annatok, a story which Dr. Cook himself had: too. much delicacy to relate to the world. 1 I write it accord- ing to my memory, he the same manner that Dr. Cook, in Egedesininde told it to me, arid I am fully convinced that in heeee no -details are my recollections wrong. "Dr. Cook had built his house for .res in Annatok, north of Ebel, and it was,this depot which he started. to reach In February, 1009, erossing Smith Sound. It was a l'erettyelargi house, the walls being of heavily - filled provision booes, so that Dr. Cook knew that when this important poirit was reached, everything was safe. He had, before the start, arranged with e- yeingfriend named Whitney that he had the righe to use the house whiie emitting musk oxen for sport in the wiretter of 190$-09. When Dr. Cook and his two Eska enes, exhausted and half starved, came within e. shot's distance of the 'house Annetok young Whitney dettme out to bid him welcome, tut loside ,the house was a stranger, a &tent Newfoundland boatswain, on wateh. Ole mart had been placed Th Dr. • Coach house by Peary,. when the lat. itter paesed Etah with his step bound north, Peaty had given the boats - 4a.• wain a written order, which commenced with the following words: "This house belongs to Dr, Frederick A. Cook,' but Dr. Cook is long ago deed, and there is no use to search after therefore; I, Commeader Robert t. Peary, install my boatswain, ea this deserted house.' "This paper the boaswhine who ceald neither read nor write, exhibited to Da Cecile, aria the , letter took a eePY of thie wonderful doeumenL Dr, Cook gave me a lively ,acceunt of how the young millionaire, Mr, Whitney, during the wbole winter, was treated 'like a dog by the giant boatswain, and hoW he had' eahnly witnessed - the esailor bartering Dr, Cook's provisions for fox and bear skirts for himself, Dr, Cookealso had to Mit a good face up on the unpleasant situation, He had to beg to get into his own house, and had to make a 'compromise with the boatswain with strong fists. "Dr. Cook made a present of the 'house with all its contente to his two faithful Eskimos, with the proviso that Whitney was to have the use of the home as long as his hunting trip lasted, bnt he was compelled to let the New, oueullandeboatswain contimee his watch. '10 hire Whitney Dr. Cook gave his inetettinents and his obserseitioos, as lie thought tbeee precious thinks were eater there thin iteross MIil1e Ilay, hut all hie notebooks and greaes• turd soiled record books, which have beeri ear enseely written won, he kept nod 'tarried With him, 4. THE ROOSEVELT DAMAGF,D, fet. John's, Nfld., Sept. 11.- Awed - frig to Cept, Neilsen, -of the fishing eteamer Taff, which arrived here to- night front Battle Ilatiew, Labrador, I LAS Cointeutilder rearrs ?steamer Roosevelt DR, 000K, COOK, AS HE LOOKED WHI LE MAKING HIS WAY TO PeOLE. was badly elamaged -by ice in the north, aud may not get to North Sydney be- fore Sept. 25. The Roosevelt struck a rock while entering Battle Harbor, and was fast for sic hours, but was not seri- ously 'damaged in the accident. The Taff, which left Battle Harbor early yesterday morning, was in port last- 'Wednesday when the ilooaevelt arrived from Dalian Harbor. While the Roosevelt was stranded Captain Neilsen went aboard to offer hie assist- ance. Cape. Neilsen -says that Comman- der Peary and. Capt. Bartlett showed him over the ship ahd told him that the pole had been captured, When Captain Neilsen. asked Peary if he was certain that eite had found the pole, the com- mander declared: "Oh, 1 got there; you may rest as- sured of that." • When the commander of the Taff asked Peary vhat he. thought of Dr, Cook's claim, Commander Peary re- plied that Cook's Eskimos had assured him that Cook bad searcely gone out of sight of land. Cape.. Neilsen says that Peary appeared to be thoroughly eon- viced of hie own. 'success, and Neilsen to -night declared that he fully believed Commander Peary's report. Capt. Neilsen also said that when he left Battle Harbor yesterday it was the intention of Peary and Bartlett to run the Roosevelt to Assise Harbor, whera she would remain for ten or twelve days, and. 'expected to teach Sydney about Sept, 25. The crew of ishe Roosevelt are all well, but. look thin and tired, and, ac- cording to Capt.'Neilsen, the most worn out member of the expedition is Com- mander Peary himsela Capt. Neilsen said that the rigging of the Roosevelt presented a curious sight. About forty musk oxen heads and heads of reindeer were suspended to dry. Above the deck Ionise are ken- nels containing foxes and other animals which Commander Peary is taking to the 'United -States for enuseums. An attempt was Made to bring five musk oxen and a wulrus back alive'but the animals acted so wildly that they had to be killed, The hold contaiets a large quantity of furs, some Eskimo skeletons, and' bones of strange anima/s. • Neilson says Peary's opinion is that Cook is an imposter, and dia not at any •time travel more than a few Marches beyond land or penetrate further north than the 85th parall,L. or a hundred miles beyond laud. He describes the, crew as •anxious for news from the out- side world, from which they bave beer absent so long. Peary claims with assurance Viet he brings the indubitable proofs of the'ate solute truth of his claims that he has accomplished his aim of gattching the pole. Peary strove bard to get south to give the world the news before Cook, and proclaim the latter a falsifier, but was unable to do so. Me had also the 111 luek to Tun the Roosevelt on a rock in entering Battle Harbor, Where she stuck till high water. This will compel her to spend a fortnight there, and she will be taken to Assizes Harbor, repair- ed; refitted and painted, to remove the scars of her polar conflict, before pro- ceeding to New Yoe:. The crew etre so weakened from load work and cares that 54 new men have been engaged. for this -work. Peary forbiels the answering of the messagee receivea deny asking for news. When the Taff left the party were anticipating that ship loods of Am. eeican pressmen would come north, as the messages that were being received le:heated that the whole. *United States was ablaze with this 'controversy. DID NOT ASK PEARY'S LEAVE. Christiansen& Sept. 11. --Dr. Feeder. ick A. Cook- arrived here to -day on thi eteamer Melchior from Cpenhagenaane left shortly afterwards on the Oscar 11, .for Neat York. The aninieipel authora ties boarded the vessel in the harbere •and the Burgomaster of Qhristiansand delivered a speech of welcome, in which he congratulated the explorer on his achievement, ' Dr. Cook, in his reply, said: "After reading Szerdrup's book 1 discerned a new route to•the north pole, but I men- tioued it to nobody. I felt impelled to try this route. Commander Peary seems angry because I did not ask his leave." lie also paid a tribute to Neilsen and Amundsen. Sydney, N. 8., Sept. 13,-Commancler Robert E. Peary is still .at Battle Har- bor, Labrador, and his family here are eagerly awaiting word of his departure on the Roosevelt for Sydney. Mrs. Peary yesterday received a wire- less message from her husband that he would keep her posted, and from this brief word it is assumed that Command- er Peary has not definitely fixed the time of his sailing from Battle Harbor. - Further information from Battle -Harbor is looked for to -day, but the Roosevelt is now expected here before the latter part of this week. Plans arc being made to have Herbert L. Bridgman, ,Secretary of the Peary Arctic Club, With . the correopondents, moot the Roosevelt in the vicinity of St. Paul's Island, and take him aboard the steamer Tyrian whith the gevernment had turned over to the newspaper men. The Tyrian is a much faster ship than the Roesevelt, and this would expedite Commander Peary's arrival here, and at the same time give the correspondents an opportunity to question the Arctic ex- plorer about his dash to -the boreal point and the Cook controversy. Pending the arrival - of Commander Peary no new phases of the Peary -Cook ctiatroversy are expected to develop, al- though the questions that have arisen. are being earnestly discussed among the ratmeers of the Peary welcoming party` whicli is made up of Arctie explorers, scientists and correspondents. It is known here that Mr. Bridgman has sug- gested to Commander Peary through wireless telegraph that because of the temper of the controversy it might be well to defer any long statement until ho has, readied here. e • FRANCE AS ARBITER. Paris, Sept. 13,-1.'1'011th scientistseitre beginning distinetly to favor the sum - mission by Dr. Cook and Commander Peary of their venni% to an interna - -. Venal scientific tribunal, Prince Rolanti Bonaparte,'President of the Paris Geo- • graphical d,Society, believes that France • PORTRAIT OF HI$ 11E00R ANDeR 'PEARY BEFORE HE LEFT OW BREAKING TRIP TO THE NORTH, is the logical arbiter. Speakieg on the eeubjeet yesterday, the Prince said: "Itetitale are inconelusive. Tiwy con- tain plenty of literary ffeet, but email detail, anti they leek exact informa- tion. Personally, 1 think that both C'ool . and'Peary should be asked to pro- duce their proofs, mem; and diaries. Until that is done the seientifie world has the right to enteihtain what might be called seientifie doubt. Thisduet not imply distrust of either men, but it is proper that a demonstration shoul'i be given, it is bum:telly poesible that both Dr. Cook and Commander Peary reached the pole, lett why one rather than the other? 1 think that all docu- ments should be submitted eto a Keen- tifie soiety, which would name a emu- MISSiall composed of explorers, astrono- mers, navigators and polar experte. Every doeument shoulki be produced in order tbet the concha:ion may be defin- ite. The commission shoulkl hew the • right to summon witnesses and crosss examine them. Naturally, in the selec- tion of a commission, the United States should be excludad. One vannot be both judge and party. "In the 'United States the scientists, wording to their sympathies, are di- vided •bito what may be cidled Cookists and Pearyists. Therefore an American verdict would convioce no one, England should also be excluded, as the two eountriee are bound by ties of blood, Besides English cousins have displayed some jealousy." In conclusion, the Prinee deelared that France was the logical country to un- clad:eke the tnsk. "France is on frieed- ly terms wita the United States," be said, "and completely disinterested; as none of her expeditions aim at •the North Pole." NO COOK RECORD. New York, Sept. 13. -The American has received the followieg from Conn mftoder Peary: "Battle Harbor, via Cape Ray, Nfld., Sept, 12. - "Editor New York Americam-Reply elig to the American's telegram, I have no knowledge of Cook's having given Whitney tiny reeords. There ere, no Cook records on the Roosevelt. Peary." 44 PRO.F, ROSS G. MARVIN. Ross G. Marvin is a Cornell grad- uate of the class of 1905, who made so good a record in his studies that he was offered, a place in the engi- neering faculty._ But Marvin got a chance to go north with Commander Peary, and passed up the professor- ship. After the "Farthest North" expe- dition returnee' however, Marvin went back to Cornell to teach. Peary wanted him to go north again on the present trip, but Marvin declined. But he went down to the boat to tell Peary good-bye, and they got to talk- ing over the other trip. Marvin felt the call of the north. He :sent a hasty wire back to Cor- nell and went on with Peary and was drowned. a. 0. BACK TO IRELAND. Fliberniats Endorse the Home -Go. ing Movement in 1910. Washington, Sept. 13. -Representing total themberseep of .40,000 in all part, if the world, the National eiard of the Ancient Order of Hibernians uneiamous, y endowed the Immo-gee:11g to irelend 1010, originated by la anvie .T. 'Kilkenny. af this city, and the National Board hes urged the members of the •ord.n. to avail themeelvee of the opportunity alfoseled them to visit the 'Emerald Ne. - GOT 25 MONTHS. -- Sent to Penitentiary For Forgery at St. Catharines. St. Catharines, Sept. N. -Albert Fos - tone the negro, who claimed to have come from Clem Bay, N. S., and who was charged with forging the name of Welland D. Woodruff, of this city, to a cheque for $46, was convicted before Po' lice Magistrate Campbell in the Police' Court and sentenced to 25 months' im- prisonment in the penitentiary, at hard Tabor. MR, ASQUITH'S GUARD. Premier Played Golf While leolicomen Kept Watch. Loiteon, Sept. 12. -Golfers every- where will sympathize with Mr. As- quith in the diffieulties he had in ob- taining a game owing to fear of the iliffragetten Mr, elequith wps gum:Sl- ed while playing over Littlestone leeks to -day by five policemen, in plain: clothes, under the command of Seotland Yard °fame. The Premier ancl his opponents, the two ceddiee, and the half dozen guaranties made an im- paling body as they strode aroma the remise. The presence of this "watery" probably put the teams off their geni(', for they took over three hours to complete the round. One police - emu afterwards mid be considered it the eihweet game be over witnessed, The only interesting moment 'temente the, Rev- enieentli hole, wilere one of the players lit wee not suggested that it wits Mr. Asquith) was builkered, lett managed to get hie ball out with a groat offal% and titer crawled out himself on ell fours, WEAVERS+ STRIKE. Fall River, Mass., Sept. 13..-1'he one thou:etre weaverS employed at the Fall River iron works cotton mink which are Mar:Aloft by M. de D. Borden, of Yew York, did not report hw work to - 15 maordhee with their annouteed toteetion of shikieg for en iliereatie 111 wages. The striking weavers ask for a ten per :att, inerease in wages tina the oteinetteent of several Other minor griev- UM% AliWWW0A/~1WitsWlAWOMONSWANsi ITEMS OF NEWS rRolt FAR AND NEAR 1 . fidlIMMOVINAMM~keeeiWoWlitiNWWW4 Mr. Charles Duff Scott, a Toronto barrister, is deed - The Num' of E. H. alarrimaa teek place at Arden, yesterday. Three French soldiers lead ten pirates were killed in „a fight le Cochin, China. A chauffeur Was arretted On fr Obarge befiw. lsrti stealing Mr. D. D. Manu's autoo- • poianient of a new Nationel Tariff Come mis'esicsolild.ent Taft has annolinced the ali- ne -Governmeut have issad a 0o- crillt auingsigoiliviantpay. painting Oct. 25th as • The roadmakieg machine by-law,voted on in Goderich on Saturday, was carried by a majority of 410. •••••• The estimated' attendancc. at the To - route Exhibition up to Friday niglit was 706,000, If the typhoid epidemic at Cobalt is not soon checked the town may be quarantined, Mr. Frank N. Nutlel, an official ol the Deeartmea Of Rducation, died tatex a brief illness, Arclibishap McEvoy laid the corner stone of the new St. Anthouy's Roman Catholic Church, Toronto, Andrew McDonald, it young, Indian, was sentenced to five years in peniten- tiary at Chatham foe forgery: *The legislators returned from their excursion over the T. & N. 0. Railway and several New Ontario points. Mayor Oliver, of 'Parente, advocates a by-law ceiling for an expenditure of it5b0i06000)111. on new buildings for the Ex - The Coroner's jury et Ottawa found that Ida RiveS, the young woman found dead in the river, came to her death by accident. Seventy per cent, of the'bread to be sold in Toronto henceforth will be in loaves weighing twenty ounces, the price remaining unchanged. A part of the Garrison Conimon, To• rento, will be leased by the Hydrp- Electric Power Commission for a trans, former station. . . The Ontario Agricultural College at - Guelph and the lefactIonald Institute eave each more pupils than they eau accommodate. A young Woman threw a bottle cone Waning some acid at a young man on the street at, Kingston. Bath of them got away before the police came. s . Two Russians, one a nobleman, who are treining for missionary 'work, were baptised at the Jarvis ' Street Baptist Church, Toronto, last night. " • Andrew Carnegie has given St. James' Methodist Church, Montreal,. $3,000 to, wards rebuilding the organ to cost $6,- 000, on condition that the church raise the other hell itself. • Daniel McDougell, President ef the United Mine Workers at Glace,Bay, was • arrested on a charge of criminal libel, said to have been preferred by the Do- minion coal Company, The claim of the Orinoco Corporation against the Vepezuelan Government has been settled. Venezuela will pay the company $385,000 in eight annual ha stalmeats. . William Lawson, J. P., Elginburg, de, nies the sensational story published that he was imprisoned over night in a cemetery vault at Sydenbam. He says tbere's no truth in it. John Couvrett, aged 26 years, died as the result of the infuries he sustained from a fall of fifty feet from an Ottawa electric company's pole in front of the Cory block, on Wednesday. The Right Rev. Louis.M. Miller D.D., aged 58, head of the Province of ,he Immaculate Coneeption of the Francis- can Order in America, died at a Syra- cuse hospital on Friday night. Harry Gill, a carpenter, 452 Banning avenue, Winnipeg, attempted to eommit suicide by cutting his throat with a pocket knife in St, James' Park on Fri- day. It is thought' he will recover, • Archbishop McEvay yesterday after. 50011 laid the corner -stone of the new St. Anabeny's •Roman Catholic, Church at the corner-of•Gladstone avenue and Shapley street, Toronto. . Mr. William Cockburn, claims agent for the baggage department of the Grand Trunk Railway Company,.. died at his re.sidenee, 5 Norwood avenue, East Toronte, yasterday. , Hon, Rodolphe Lemieux will leave on the 20th inst. for Berne, Switzerland, to attend the International Postal Cone volition. He evill be absent from the capital for about it month, Wm. Lloyd Garrison, son of the great abolitionist, and widely known him- eelf as it publieist and reformer, died at his home at Lexington, Mass.,*on Saturday at the age of 71 years. ' While going over it timber limit , n Thursday Gilbert Mooreaof Falkenburg, was accidentally shot by his oomracle throi ah the lungs and died on Saturday as a result of the wound. . Will. Crooks, M. l'„ accompanied by his wife, left England yesterday •for a tour of the empire. This is the first occasion on which a workingmatt wenn ber of Parliament has undertaken a tour of the colonies, ' Tete Toronto Railway Company lute nor paid the city the mileage allowanee for the quartet ending June 30 last, amounting to $20,816.30. The conieway has refused to pay mileage on the Itoncesvalles avenue Uncle. On Saturday night Percy Campbell. six years old, of St. john, N. B., climb- ed on the back of a carriage and get- ting his leg caught en the wheel had it torn off at the kueo. The thigh bonee were also badly 'broken, The boy was alive on Saturday niglit. The aviatien meeting dosed at Ilreseia 05 Saturday, Glenn Curtiss, the Anteeis can teviittor, being awarded*the greed prize and also first peke for quick start- ing, and second prize in the height corm petition, he rising be metres. lbs total winning's amount to about $0,000, A cable ddspetelt to- The Sun from' London says: Lord Rosebery authorizes the antiouttoment Got heresignea the Presidency of the Liberal. Deague hes fore the delivery of his eptech . ae Glasgow. Lord Rogebery was not only the President but the founder of the league. "There wfwe 114,006 • More pitia aa. Misiiionit to the geotrads this year time last," said De. Ore, manager of Can - adz's Nationel Exhibition, at Midnight on Saturday, as he glanced at a mins parative stateneent showing the earn - pieta returns up. to the clod of the gates:, for the Ewe at 1000, High honor hns. been eon ferred nipett el, Camidian hi China, John Calvin Pr - 1 1. A., lb. D., *oh of Rev. John 'rerguson, a retired elergyman of relit - vine, (Int., In that he has been mom - mended by Viceroy Wan Fang fur the red button of the second grade. Mr. John Wrigley, for many peas engineer of the Grand Trunk, died suddenly at his home on Clarence Street, London, on Friday. Ile had been working in tho garden shortly be- • fore ho expired. Mr. Wrigley was 70 years of ege,.and a native of DeVO4^ shire. While returning frOM the Exhibi- t4on grounds on Saturday with some prize hogs winch he exhibited for hie eniployer, Mr, Alexander Featie, stone, of Streetsville, Rerbert 'Willing, a farm hand, 3'7 pars of age,mom SUelt terrible injuries that his death re:Pelted some hour's later, Prime*leliteisfer Asquith, left Louden on Friday to spen4 the week -end at Limpne Castle, In view of his unpleasant experi- ence -with Suffragettes there recently the eastle will be evatched by Scotland Yard detectives dueg his visit, If the Suf- fregettes should vouture another on- sleught it is said that the severest treat- ment will be measured out to them, SHOT HIM. soinmsess.,/ Woman Confesses She nnierea • Her Father-in-Liw. London, Ont., Sept, I3. ----Harvey Scott, an aged farmer living- near 11102Mdale, was found demi in the yard this morn- • ing, with a bullet hole under las right ear. Mrs. Westley Scott, Itis son'swife, has admitted that she shot him, Mrs. Scott called Mr. Armstrong, of 'Thordale, immediately after the shoot- ing, and told bine that she had killed the old man becalm he had abused her. It is stated that Wire. Scott for itorne thne has -been mentally weak. She is it woman of about 40 years, and the residents say that the -man annoyed Mrs. Scott greatly by continually find- ing fault and grumbling; that the family consists of Harvey Scott and .his wife, who live in it fine brick house ' and are conselered very 2v011 -to -da. His sou Weeley also kves an the smut farm in a wan fra.ine home, and an other also, who late a hundred twee t Aunt distance away.- it is elated thel • the old man kept the sow in continua trouble by his connaining. Thee moan ing he went to Wesley's house. Hoeiva- lying dead jest in feceit of Mrs. Scott's .aoor. The physician stated that he diet' 'Intently. ,ponstable Gum, of Thorndele was notified, and, acting under instrue tions from Crown A.therne,y McKilloe of London, at once placed afrs'. Scott un- der arrest. She takes the matter very welly.. 11 is stated that Harvey Seette sfiesst - wife had a very peculiar endine soin.e twenty years age, and five author. • ities at that time investigated her death lea were unable to implicate lam 111 any way, Mrs. Seat was brought to London jail thie evening. 0** . . FOR SOUTH POLE. CAPT. SCOTT TO LEAD EXPEDI- TION NEXT AUGUST. It Will Have Two Bases -Hope to Ac- ,camplish Valuable Geological Work in Addition to Reaching the Pole. London, Sept. 12. --Capt, Robert Scott who commanded the National Antarctic expedition of 1600.04, will lead enethei Paitis.h expedition to the. A.n.tarctic glens, starting about the beginning of next August. The expo:Beton will be supported by the Royal Geographica. Society. According to the peesent pre- visory seheme there will be two bases. namely, at Mac Murdo Sound and King Edward Lane. If the latter is repelled. In addition Do trrap; tereach the South Pole, the expedition, it is hoped, will aecomplish valuable geographical work in King Edward Land: it is understood that the expedition will not inclua Lieut.Shaekleton who reeched • th: farthest s•outh, Init several other nume bees of Capt. Scott's -former expedite:le will accompany him. 'Captain Scott figures that the ex Dedition will ease fully $200.030, and to raise this amount considerable sub ecriptions have been offered. He ap- peals to the nation to subscribe tht rest to secure to the British Empire the honor of achieving the South Pole, in the course of a long better dotailin; hie plan Captain Seott says ke proposes that the King Edward land base will be 40e elilee east of Mac Mind° Sound. The attack on the Pole will be made from whichever base eircumetaneee favor. HUNG SUSPENDED THREE MEN MAROONED IN LAUNCH ABOVE NIAGARA rALLS. Captives Thirteen Houre-Men Were In State of Collapse When Res- cued From Perilous Position. Niagara rails, N. Y., Sept, 12. -]?or thirteen hours George Felz and Harry Porter, with two companions, were ma, - maned. in it sinell launch on a bar out in the river, Iese than a mile 'from the cataract and ttbout a quarter of a mile 'from the point where the river breaks into the enrbulent upper rapids. The boat weataground about 7 o'cloak last tight, and it was not nail 8 o'clock this morniag that it was tele:wee and tliO party, half dead from cola and fright, taken off. The absenca dile it wield, was all that save the boat and its four passengers from being swept over the Falls. Just off the spot where the boat grounded the water is deep and the current very, swift. There was it dense fog over the rit'Or all night, inui eVeu if the launch had lifted off the reefs the nteu Whitt hew), been in a *OM plight than before, for it would have been a hard molter to make shore with the lights obscured and a Margin of 'only it quarter o ct mile between them and the rapids:. All through the night the men kept eating for help, but their voices failed to teach any ear aloeg the eholve When John W. Broder- ihk, a rivereman, Went out early taday and pulled the craft off the men were In it state of collapse. Several years ago the Elte Ho went aground on the awe reef and pounaed to pieces. „ RETURN TO WORK, Sae:), Me., Sept, 13. --After an itileineee of alive taro weee the 520 entployeee of theTOrk Min, Of (Ilk tOwO, wit* were thrown out of employment by the strike 01 130 eveavete, returned to work tooley, The weae•ore went 'seek to work to -dine et the old rate of wages, but the mill managernent proinieal to do something tor Mein as soon as possilde, 'WHITE MEN* WONT WORK. 0j the Grand Trunk Pacifk, Says Mr, Schreiber, . Other Labor Will Have to be .Got to Finish Joh. ThreeDlolarsT:mDpatvyaiinned •Board Do . Not Ottawa, Ont„ Sept, 13.-The.mourt- trait sectioit of the Grand Trunk Pae - Me Railway will never be built, at least, not until yeti are grey -headed, unless eontractors are allowed to get in other than white laborers. Of this I am firmly convinced,' said Mr. Col, lingwoed Schreiber, Consulting En- gineer of Department of Railways, to your correspondent this morning. It is the business of Mr, Schreiber Lo , check up the work of elle Grand Trunk Pacilic • contractors on. Debalf of the Governm. ent, to see that the roadahas been built acording to the high standard required by the contract with the Governinent. Mr. Schreiber has be -en walking and riding over all of the work froin Winnipeg west shim the work started. He is a man of great experience in raPway work, having supervised the construction of the intereolonial and inspected the greeter part of the original Canadian Pacific construction. "Condition hi British Columbia as regards labor are particularly' bacl," , continued Mr. Schreiber. `There seem to be some white men walking around the, streets of towns but they will net go on railway construction work. They say thief, it Is too hard, Of eourse it le not so agreeable as city life, but if white men will not dcfs it, Some one else will leave to, as the work must be done, At the pres-• ent there are graded the first hula. dred miles from Pacific west." • ••The rails are salving fOr this sec- tion now. Contractors have been over a year engaged on this first hundred zniles. There are still ssome seven hundred add fifty miles of mountain construction to be secomalished. Con- tractors for the first sections are lei etialsesy,firWm. elsh and Stewart -.a first - They heve only lion able to get it otitile of ,thouseindonen for work so far, end they have obteined them Indy- ea,yment of $3 a day and board. These 3 1110M than contractors ean afford to )ay for navvy work. There ae stillefoue :ontracts to be let for mountain work, ind in the course of the next twe years ;here should be ae least 25,000 on the marks. With all the men required it would take 'four yeers to complete the nountain section from Wolfe River eo Prince Rupert.. Leadee theconditions of mbar no)w existing in British Columbia, inodnese only knews bow long it will take to complete the line." "Could not nahite men be brought in ect do tho work?" Was asked. "They could,' and they have been, but Ater arriving they leave work, and leave the company out of pocket for the cost of their passage money." Mr. Schreiber says that °teethe prairies the demand for laborers by 'fanners who ere paying three and a half and four dol - len it day for men ie heavy, and the railroad contractors ceemot liold them. Flowever, this is Only a temporary con- A LARGER LOAF, But There Will be No Increase in the Price. Toronto, Sept, 13. -About seventy per colt. of the bread emit oae this morning will be it loaves weighing tiventy ounces and the balance of about thirty per cent. will be of the sixteen -ounce loaf, which has been the general size for some time past. • The price of the enlarged loef will rentaie itt fiveeeents, which Was the price up till to -day of the sixteen -ounce loaf, so that the housekeeper will now receive morefor her money than she did previously. The question of further legisletion relative to bread has been discussed by bakers and by some of the grocers who sell bread. The grocers consider that not only should the size of the loaf be fixed by legislation, but thee "fancy bread' should be more accurately de- signed than in the present act, and that provision should be made for the city or Province analyzing the bread and prosecuting those who used any •cleleteria ous mixtures in its eomposition. SAD SUICIDE. r•••••1••••.• Guelph Woman Takes Her Own Life WhVe Despondent. Guelph, Ont., Sept. 13. --In an uncoil- eektue condition, with a bullet hole in :tee right temple, ana it rev'Sleer from which the shot had been fired. by her iidee Mrs. Robt. Hanle wife ef Roba, grocer, Glasgow steette wee found in tie bathroom at • her home :Omit htlf past three au Sanday .after - nowt, Medical aid was summoned, but the oever reeoveve•d eanscioneeess, tual euraived but it short time. She had been ;It poor health of late, but WaS about as usual on Saturday and Sunday. T,it the aftemoort she lay don for a rest, ane with her hueband just antside the room on the verandah, took a revolver kepi under the mattress, nutd, going to the bathroom, fired the fatal shot. A fit of despontle»,ey was no doubt reeponsible for the Ditth net, and .120 inquest will be held. A three-yeztr-oht daughter and two sons sitrvive with the husband. GRAIN MEN TO NIEET. Chicago, Sept. 13.---Itoprese"ntative grain tleelers and brokers from all over the United States geed Canada will gath- er "in Chiengo on Friday teed Seturtlay of this week, as guests of the Chicago Board of Trade. The oecasion is the fh•st essismblege of grain exchanges, and the objeee is to eetablish harinoniotte action on the vital matters affecting op- eratiora ot • ,4 " JUDGE DEAD. Washington, -Sept. 13. --Judge Martin F. Mottle, formerly Chief ,Tustice of the Court of. Apemen( of the Distulet of Ca, Medea, foul one of the, oldest and mot twominent membera *1 11)0 Ixtr in Wash. iugton, died at pis home here yesterday, aged 'at yearn. • .CHILD KILLED; TWO- WOUNDED.. A Mysterious Crime Committed Against Utica ChibIrtn, Three Italian Children Shot by thr, bAown Person. Wounded Giri May be Able to Identify the Man, Utica, N. T., Sept. 13.-,& crime for svhich at present there nplmars to be no explanation w.as oonunittted tgainet three Italian children in this city last evening. They are Tileresa Procipio, 7 years old, who is dead, shot through the heart; Fanny lamina, 8 years old, badly wounded in the left arm, slid Freddie, Iittaiiino, 2 1-2 years old, shot through the stomach end will die. The two last named are the children of lereole Infusino, a grocer, in Illeecker street, and the little girl who is dead, livea with her parents over the Infusino grocery, It was at Hest thought that the crime Was the work of the Blackhaid, and when that theory was disproved it was believed that mistreatment of the girls was intended end perhaps accomplished, But examination proves this le not so. There appeers to be absolutely no ex- planation as to why the children were shot. The childree were missed. about 7 oh o'elock last evening, and immediately seamy was made for them. The police wore notified, and the city bell tolled for 24 hours, All patrol men throughout the eity wore on the watch for them during the It has developed, this morning that they were seen a eew miautes after 7 lost evening going up third avenue in company with a man about 40 years of age. Shortly after 5 o'clock, e lady re- siding near the place where the children were found, evidcla is in a sparsely set- tled section of the city, saw a thild molt- ing about in some bones, She sent some men to the place and they discov- ered the dead body of the other little girl, and the wounded boy. The wounded girl could talk little as she was nearly overcome with fatigue and the poins from her wound, She said that she knew the man that shot them, and to the police' she gave some %for - illation though it was very meagre. FOUGHT LION To Save, Two Boys and Died of Her injuries. San Jose, Cal.: Sept. 13. -Miss Isola Kennedy,. President of the San aniteo and Santa Clara Ili-C,ounty W. C. T. U., died at her home at Morgan 11111 last night from injuries received in a desper- ate encounter with a mountain lion near Mn -drone Springs on July 7, when she fought with tile huge beast for half an hour to save two email boys, Henry Mer - and Walter Layne.. The little Mer - kis boy died two weeks ago • at terey„ after . an -attack of, lockjaw, causell by bis injuries. FATHER AND SON 'DROWNED. Miles Jarvis' Body Found Near Where Son Perished. 4. Winnipeg despatch: The sequel toe an accident on Lake Winnipeg was the finding of the body of Miles Jarvis, father of the unfortunate boy who was growned last Friday. The body was found this morning by Adolphus Hourie, 1714 on the shore at Stony Point, about three-quarters cc it mile south of where Itis son's body was found. Cor- oner Dr. Ritchie was wired for, and is expected on the first train to make all necessary arrangements for, the removal of the body to Winnipeg. SHACKELTON'S SECOND ATTEMPT Will Endeavor to Reach South Pole Next Year. New York, Sept. 13.-A cable de - patch. to The American from London says: Lieutenant- Shackleton_ intends making another try for the Smith Pole next July. His expedition will have a base in Macmurdo Sound anc. anothee in King Edward Land, if that point can be reached. The object of the expedition will be not only to try for the Polo, but also to do geographi- cal work in King Edsvard Land, which is an unknown region. Meanwhile Shackleton will leoture itt the United States, beginning in Oc- tober. SUICIDEOF WHALES. Refusal to Live After the Death Of Their Mates. Pars, Sept. 13.-M. le:Imola Per- rier, addressing the Academy of Sea cow, described it whale that voluntarily ends its days when its companion dies. A specimen has been preserved by M. Antlioay, of St. Valise de la Hougue. This set mammal is extremely rare, sent M. Perrier. Despite its length of sixteen feet, it almost ahvays remains hidden from the eeys of man, Only 28 speeimens of this kind of whale nee known, ana this is the fine time it has been preserved. It possesses only two teeth, placed, in the middle of the Pose Pertiet said that these whales canto /Wier° o»ly itt mimics. Shoula the male die, one cale expect to see a female stranded soon afterwards, and vice versa. "Suicide for love," Mr, Ra- mona Perrier explained with it smile. 't 4 • AIRSHIP DIVES AGAIN. Willard Falls Into Lake After Brief Flight. Toronto despetelt: A littleeelrop of water caueea Mr, C. le. Willard, the ator, to take his second plouge into the lake yesterday afternoon This ;teatime particle beegiene loaned in the carburet- tor of the engine *when the Goltlert Elye et: dove into the water it short tiene neve Yesterday it mangled With the gasolite, and, *hen Willard on his at- tenept at flight front Searboro Bettelt managed to gein it height of abotit fifty feet the engine suddenly stopped and allowea eviator and aeroplane to de: Aetna into the lake. The flight Witt been ceoine-tetieod about 5.30 and lasted mane flatten Recent's. Mt, Willard Will try ttgain to -day. Yra..4* NOITie Men Weer theeneelette Oltt, ttnL Otliern Merely relet. 1 .31/. s •