Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 17, 1909, Page 1

: Peary’s CABLEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATIOC. - Decided Not to Wait at Sydney for Commander ‘Return, Addressed to Peary .'ound by Secretary Eridgman Unop- ened on His Desk at the Arctic Club— Explorer Cook’s Wife to Be the First to Meet and Greet Lim in New York Next Week. New York, Sept..16+~When Her- bert L. Brldgmlm secretary and treasurer of the Peary Arctic club, returned to his home in Brooklyn late tonight from Sydney, N. 8., he found unopened on his desk & number of cablegrams of congratulation to Com- ‘mander Peary, among which was the following, dated Ucele, Belgium, Sep- tember §, and addressed to him in Mr. Bridgman's care: “Peary—International _polar com- mission” ad ées ' sincerest -congrat- ulations to their member. © (Signed) J“CAGNI, “NORDENSKJOLD, *LE COINTE.” ;. Ueele is a suburb of Brussels and is the seat of the Boyal Belgian ob- @ervdtory, of which- M. Le Cointe is the director. A Capt. Umberto Cagni, who was the Atallan leader of the Duke of the ‘Abruzzi’s polar expedition, is president the International Polar commis- Dr. Nordenskjold s its vice president, and has led a Swedish ex- ition into the Antarctic; while M. 'Le Cointe is its secretary. Bridgman Considers Peary’s Claims “0. K'd.” ‘With the weight of these names be- hind it, the cablegram assumes sci- entific importance, ‘Mr. Bridgman pointed out, of the first magnitude. It is the “O. K" he said, to the Peary claims of the highest qualified body of international experts in the world. The international polar commission was appointed May 29, 1905, by the delegates of 12 nations who met in Brussels to constitute” the interna- tional polar congress. It has no gov- ernment authority, - but its members are geographers and’ scientists of t reaching the pole” Commander Peary said. “Two of them were made and worked out by the late Prof. Ross G. Marvin, who prepared duplicate rec- ords in’ each case, and duly signed the duplicate certificates. To guard against acident I took one set of these papers and Professor Marvin took the other. “When at a distance of 125 miles from the pole, the third observation was made by Capt. Bartlett, who also signed the records and . certificates in duplicate, he retaining one set and I the other. The fourth and fifth ob- servations were .made by myself, the last being taken five miles from the pole proper.” “Was more than one wohservation ken at the pole, and by whom?" the explorer was asked. Several Observations at Pole. “There were several observation: he repliad. “And I took them all my- self. They all agreed. You must un- derstand that the pole is a theoretical point, without length, breadth or thick- ness. Its actual location depends on the accuracy of the instruments em- ployed and the conditions under which the observations are taken.” “You have stated, Commander Peary, that a copy of your records and polar observations was wrapped in a piece of a silk American flag and deposited in an ice cavity at the pole; did any person_witness this act?” To this question Commander Peary declined to make any answer at pres- ent, v He said that Dr. Cook was expected by the world to submit to an impartial tribunal, or board of arbitration, a re- vised and authentic signed statement of his alleged discovery of the pole, Dr. Cook oon would reach the United States, Commander Peary. said, and he was glad at the prospect of the matter first rank, and Dr. Bridgman, ‘as a staunch supporter of ‘the integrity of Peary’s claim, was very happy to have the stamp of its approval on the com- ‘mander’s work. Dr. Cook, while at Copenhagen, re- ceived telegrams of wongratulaiton from Brussels and invitations to lec- ture there, but Mr. Bridgman was Ansi; tonight that none of them came official the International Polar comm! and ‘that the me: mage dated September 6 and made pub- today was the. first scientific rec oguitfon- of the disc of the pole o -wid h&‘:’;"m‘ vllmd.‘“ &y 5 e ized author- ities on the nb}oet " following addiitonal messages a&'w:m socleties of import- ance were.also given out by Mr. Bridg- man tonight: “Edinburgh, Sept. 9, 1909. “Bridgman—Secretary Peary Arctic Club, Brooklyn, N. ¥. “Warmest congratulations Peary's safe return. #Scottish Geographical Society.” “Royau, France, Sept. £, 1909, Club, e by magnin . udissons Peary. ) “Hul “Beerstaire General Societe Geogra- phique, Pagis.” “Rome, Sept. 8, 1909. W Pyeab Arctio Club, Brook- . X. % “. 3 convey Pearv our warmest congratulations. We hope he will ac- eept our invitatfon to lecture in Rome when visiting Europe. “Marquis Coppelli, “President Socleta Geografica Italia- pers “New_York, Sept. 10. “Peary Arctle Club: The members “Peary Arctie Club: -The members rejoice with you and send hearty con- gratulations upon your superb achieve® ment. 5 3 L on ;l:: succes “Archer Huntington, "Prcllldent American Geograprical So- clety.” 3 Despatch from Peary to Bridgman. The following from Peary to Mr, Bridgman was received today: “Battle Harbor, Sept. 16. “Bridgman, Brooklyn. “Surgeon of :Bun,l%l hospital here asks can he buy for hospital some of expedition supplies left ‘over. Shall I sell or present to him? = “PEARY.” Permission bad been telegraphed Peary, Mr. Bridgman sald, to make a present of those left over supplies to the hospital. It was learned tonight that a meet- ing of the Peary Arctic club will be held early next week to decide wheth- er the club will launch a formal cam- palgn in behalf. of Peary's claims as %ole discoverer Of ‘pole. ' The plan which the club will be asked to pass upon embraces & publicity campaign including the use of advertising space in newspapers, and a searching inves- tigation of Cook’s exploit in climbing ount McKinley. ‘Money may also be appropriated for the se of sgnd- ing an expedition {0 Etah to take the testimony of Eskimo witnesses. Mr. Bridgman deglined tonight to discuss this plan to -have' the Peary club take up the oudgels against Dr. is mothing to be given out on that subject,” he said, “until the scheme has heéen: passed up- on by the club.” Dinner of Welcoms ‘to Dr. Cook. The committée of the Arctic club of America, which has been arranging for a dinner of welcome to. Dr. Cook on Sept. 28 announced tonight that the occasion “should not be regarded as a partisan affair. rters of both Cook and Peary, It whs sald. will be present. Among those who have been invited to attend are Admiral Dewey, Walter Wellman, Sueaker Joseph G. Cannon, John Hays Hammond, Gover- nor Charles E Hughes, Whitelaw Reld. President Hadley of Yale and Presi- dent Lowell of Harvard. FURTHER TALK BY PEARY. Tells of Observations - Made at and Near the Pole. : Pattle Harbor, Tatrador, September 16 (via Maftoni wireles Lo Cape Ray, Newfoundland) = ommands Peary consented today to at the apex on the observations | ovements of Hatry Wiy, the P ey; the of New - Haven, Conn., fl%lfi dngl’_l;nd cords substantiating 5 A of. 200 Men Killed in Magazine Explosion. being submitted for consideration at an early date. It should be done inside of a couple of weeks, and when it was done, the commander declared, he was prepared to turn over to the board of arbitration, to the public, and to sci- entific bodies, an array of testimony which would disprove Dr. Cook’s claims for all time. ‘Why Whitney Remained. Asked how ‘Whitney happened to remain in_the north, Commander Peary said Whitney was one of a party of sportsmen who went as pai sengers on board the steamship £flt4 The party included Whitney, W. Nor- ton/of New York, a man named Harn- #d, 4nd . @ J. Crafts of Washington, came® for the purpose of taking etic observatiohs for Dr. Bauer,| head of the department of terrestrial magnetism of the €arnegie Institute, at Washington. At Ftah, where it was determined to land a party and. sup- plies for the relief of Dr. Cook, par- ticularly in view of the fact that Ru- dolph Francke was being invalided home, Whitney asked if he might re- main on the station to hunt walrus and polar bears In the spring and make the trip to Ellesmere Land with Bs- kimos ‘after musk oxen. This was decided on. In order to provide against the contingency of the Roosevelt not coming down from the north in the summer of 1909, in which eyent he \would be obliged to remain in the Arc- tic for two years, Mr. Whitney made arrangements for a ship to come up for him this summer. “As a matter of fact, the party of sportsmen did not materialize, but the relief vessel Jeanie was sent north to bring Whitney back. On her arrival Whitney was transferred from the Roosevelt to the Jeanie, and he is now probably engaged in hunting bears somewhere on the west side of Baffin Bay or Davis Strait.” PEARY LEFT SUPPLIES " FOR COOK AT ETAH On August 17, 1908, According to a Letter Just Made Public. Washington, Sept. 16—Commander Robert E. Peliry landed two men at Etah with supplies for Dr, Cook on August 17, 1908, according to a letter made public today, which he wrote on that day to the superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey. P On July 0th of last year, Peary re- ceived his instructions: from -Superin- tendent Tittman for making, tidal ob- servations in the Aretic.,regions, a duty assigned to Peary by order of the president. In bia first report to the survey officials, Commander Peary told of his trip as far north as Etah, where he sald he landed supplies for Ris rival in the contest for polar honors, In his letter Peary reviewed his voyage from Sydney, from which port the Roosevelt salled on July 17, until the time he left Etah on the day that he landed the men and supplies. He reported that he saw no ice up to the time that Cape York Bay was reached. At Cape York he learned that the Erik had passed the day before. WIFE TO SEE DR. COOK FIRST. Plans of Arotic Club to Meet Him So Arranged at Her Request. New York, Sept. 16.—Mrs. Frederick A. Cook, wife of the Arctic explorer, today asked the committee of the Arc. tic club to sée that she met her hus- band before he was turned over to friends who will meet the Oscar II on the steamboat Grand Republic. The committee will engage a tug by | Boston, Sept. 16.—The affairs of the which Dr. Cook will be transferred from the Oscar II to the Grand Re. public. His wife, his children, his two brothers and two or three members of the committee will be on the tug. Mrs. Cook will attend the banquet to be given by the Arctic club in her husband's honor at the Waldorf-As- toria hotel next Thursday. Unidentified Man Killed by Switcher. Hartford, Sept, 16.—A man_appar- ently abont 50 years of age and as yet unidentified, was kiled by a switching engine on the New York, New Haven Hartford rallroad here tonight. He “alfve when found but died before the ambulance arrived. He was five feet seven, inches in height, had brown bair and moustache streaked - with grey and weighed about 180 pounds. Parls, Sept. 16.—A special despatch from Tapgier says that two hundred men were killed by thé explosion of a ‘powder today near Moga: hristiania, Norway, death is announced of M. ter of public worship. Mergenthelm, Germany, Sept. 16.— The manoeuvres of the Germany ar- my come to a close tomorrow, and it is feared that the dirigible airship Zeppelih HIL, which is in Mannheim with a broken propeller, will not be able to reath here in time to take part in even the closing exercises. La Paz, Bolivia, Sept. 16.—Tje situ- ation between Bolivia and Peru has suddenly en a distinct turn for the better, and if no further complica- ions arise it is heicved (hat the ques- tion of the boundary between the two states, which . recently threatened - to plunge them into warfare, will be def- initely settled within 48 hours. , minis- London, Sept. 16.—Mortgage bonds and debentures of the railroads of the United States and Canada, Mexico and the Argentine Republic, as well as the funds of all foreign governments, were today included in the list of se- curities in which the trustees of es- tates purchased from life tenants un- der the Irish land bill may hereafter invest this purchase money. Pekin, Sept. 16.—China has agreed to participate with Great Britain in an inquiry into the death of Hazrah Ali, a British_subject, who was Kkilled last June in Kan-Su province by na- tives while attached to the meteoro- logical ’expedition under command of Lieut. R. 8. Clark, formerly an officer of the American army. Independent British action in this matter is thus avoided. Frankfort, Sept. 16.—During an_as- cension_yesterday evening of the Par- seval dirigible balloon in which Miss Katherine Wright, sister of Orville ‘Wrght, was a passenger, a boy became caught in the lose rigging and was car- ried aloft swinging head downward by the legs. The ship had risen six hun- dred feet before the pilot could check its course and bring it back to the ground. When the boy was released he was unconscions. Berlin, Sept. 16.—Orville Wright re- turned here today from _Frankfort, where he made a trip in the Zeppelin dirigible balloon. Speaking of his sen- sation, he said balooning did fot com- pare with the flight of an aeroplane in the semse of power over the ele- ments or the exhilaration from rapid- ity of motion. Mr. Wright is to make another aeroplane flight in Berlin, aft- er which he will begin the instruetion of a representative of _the company that has acquired the Wright patents for Germany. NEW TESTS INDICATE LACK OF LIFE ON MARS Professor Campbell dicate There Is Vapor There. Observations In- ttle If Any Water San Francisco, Sept. 14—"“There is no single scrap of evidence that Mars is inbabjted. The so-called canals and other marking, I do not regard as evi- dence of man's work. It is possible that specks looking like clouds have been seen at widely-separated periods, perhaps months apart, but they are not clouds.” In these words, Director Campbell of Lick Observatory, In an Interview, dis- Puted the assertions of various scien- ists that observations of Mars indicate it it is peopled as is our earth. 'rofessor Campbell contends that the famous canals of Schiparelli are not handiwork; that there is no Martian cloud system; that little if any watery vapor exists around Mars and that the existence of polar caps does mot prove the presence of water on Mars. “I need only say,” concluded Profes- sor Campbell, “that an observer outside of “the earth’ looking down would see seasonal changes quite as well before the advent of man as afte RIOTING AT M'KEE'S ROCKS. Street Cars Have to Stop on Account of Threatening Crowds. Pittsbjiig, Sept. 16.—Violence -and disorder, such as characterized the last trouble, marked the new strike today at the plant of the Pressed Steel Car companw at McKee's Rocks. A ge number of men were roughly handled, street cars were compelled to stop running between McKee's Rocks and Schoenville, and with a few hours after daylight everything was at a standstill. The strikers, to the number of several thousand, were stationed at the O’Donovan bridge and along Nichol avenue and George street, the scene of the fatal riot of August 22. The present stri\e had its inception yesterday when the foreign workmen quit, alleging that men imported dur- ing the last strike were being retained as boeses. The striking employes say the company agreed to discharge the men. Since the settlement of the strike a week ago a majority of the foreigners have affiliated themselyes with the Industrial Workers of\ the World. Leaders of this organization say the men will return to work when assured they will be given fair treatment. High Rank Russian Army Offic ‘to Be Courtmartialed. St. Petersburg, Sept. 16.—A number of army officers of high rank and civ- ilian officials implicated in the scan- dals arising from the purchase of coal and the construction of the fortifica- tions of Vladivostok are to be tried shortly by courtmartial. The irregu- larities were revealed by an investi- gaiing committee. Mrs. Nalson Morris’ Injuries Fatal. Chicago, Sept. 16—Mrs. Nelson Mor- ris, widow of the Chicago packer, died today at Sant Bleu, a small town near Paris, from injuries re- ceived in an automobile accident, ac- cording to word received here today by relatives. No details of the acci- dent were received, except that the machine In_which Mrs. Morris was riding was overturned. Creditors Want Trustee to Resign. bankrupt stock brokerage firm of Se- derquist, Barry & Co. were again brought to public attention today by a request of _creditors that Trustee Charles F. Weed resign. A difference of opinion as to the manner and means of ‘closing np aif.iirs led to this action. Gov. Johnson Spent Fairly Easy Day. Rochester, Minn,, Sept. 16.—Governor Johnson, who was operated on. yester- Qay,.spent a fairly easy day, consider- ing the seriougness of his condition. His physicians expect the crises befors n Inflexible Sails for New York. Portsmouth, Engiand, Sept. 16— The battleship Inflexible, fiying the flgg of the admiral of the fleet, Sir REdward H, Seymour, left here today for. Néw York to take part In the Hugson-Fulton celebration. (Roshoville-—Mr. and Mrs. Avert 3 PARTY VISITED SEVERAL PLACES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. (¥ LAt Al = AT WORK IN CONN ECTICUT, Robbed Safe in Stors at Centerbrook, and Broke Into niilngd Stations at Hadlyme, Essex and Other Places. Saybrook, Copn,, Sept. 16.—A party of safe breakers, travelin an au- tomobile, made a dash down the west- ern bank of the Connecticut river I night, cracking a safe in W. L. Prann’s store at Centerbrook, wheré the pro- prietor was shot at three times, and breaking into . railroad stations at Hadlyme, Haddam, Goodspecds, Deep River, Essex and Chester. They av- eraged about $3 at each place, taken trom_ticket offices, the telephone pay boothis and slot machines. The safe robbery gave them nothing, as Mr. Prann, having had many visits of this kind, does not leave valuables in the safe over night. CANADA MAY RETALIATE. Tax Suggested on All United States Vessels Touching Her Ports. vfltomnla. Ont., Sept. 16.—The new Urited States tariff bill as applied to foreign vessels calling at American ports, which becomes effective on Sep- tember 30, is . causing uneasiness among Canadian shippers, and a_de- mand for a retaliatory measure from the Dominion parliament wil Iprobably be made. The law compels Canadian vessels tc pay 2 cents a ton on their gross tonnage. This tax is payable five times a year, so that the aggre- gate amount is 10 cents a ton per year. Captain. Foote, superintendent of the Canadian Lake and Ocean Navi- gation company, says: ‘The proper way to meet the Am- erican imposition is to place a corre- sponding tax on all United States ves- sels touching Canadian ports. Many American vessels will be coming up the lakes for grain and a tax.on them would produce a considerable reve- nue.. Grain boats, for instance, who: gross measurement is 6,000 tons, would yield $120 at first cail.” TO INVESTICGATE TAXATION / OF QYSTER PROPERTY. Opinion by ‘Attorney General Holcomb Relative to Commi: n’s Powers. Hartford, Sept. 16.—Tax Commis- sioner Willfam H. Corbin as a member of the special commission apppointed by the cat of the general assembly to investigate the taxation of oyster property "has made public an opinion by Attorney General Marcus H. Hol- comb relative to the powers of the commission. The attorney general was asked if the commission had the pow- er to inquire into the annual product taken from oyster lands by Individu- als and corporations holding perpet- ual franchises. Attorney General Hol- comb renders an .affirmative answer, closing his opinion with these words: “In my opinion, your commission i fully .empowered by sald resojution to ascertain the production Tev- enues derived from the properties cov- ered by these franchises, and to com- pel auy information by witnesses, boobks or papers which will enable you to determine the true and just values of the properties mentioned. TO CONNECT CANAL AND MEXICO Scheme Launched to Build Railroad That Also Make Cennection with Great Lake: T.os Angeles, Cal.,, Sept. 16.—Follow- ing the publication of the news that Ambassador Thompson, ‘in Mexico, had closed the purchase of the Pan- American raailroad, comes the an- nouncement today that J. M. Neel- and and his group of capitalists who sold the Mexican line to Mr. Thomp- son have launched the pan-American rallroad of Central America to con- nect_the Panama canal with Mexico. Ambassador Thompson's option on the nan-American in Mexico calls for a_purchase. price of $10,000.000 gold. The new corporation, according to Mr. Neeland, will he capitalized at $50,- 000,000. The Central American line will extend from the Guatemalan fron- tier to the Panama canal, 1,400 miles. Work on the new road will be start- ed at La Union, Salvador, in Janu- ary. Mr. Neeland expects to have the road completed in seven years. REBATE WITNESSES CALLED. Grand Jury Also to Examine a La Number of Documents. New York, Sept. 16.—The federal grand jury investigation of charges of rebating between several railroads and the Holland-America Steamship company and other transatlantic and South American lines was in progress again today. Names of several witnesses, who, it was understood, had been subpoenaed from the Holland-America office and other lines, were withheld. Certain books and records of the steamship companies had- been subpoenaed. it was reported. A latge amount of doc- umentary evidence will probably be presented to the grand jury. Conference of Swedish Congregational Ministers, New Britain, Conn., Sept. 16.—The twenty-second annuai conference of the Swedish Congregational ministers of the Eastern district. which includes New York, New Jersey and New Eng- iand, was opened here tonight at the Swedish Bethany Congregational church with about sixty clergyman present. The convention will continue through Sunday. Addresses were made this” evéning by Rev. C. J. Anderson of Washington Depot, Conn.; and by Rev. J. A. Dahigren of Dover, N. J. To Inspect Pacific Coast Navy Yards. ‘Washington, Sept. if.—Beekman Winthrop, assistant secretary of the navy, left this morning for a tour of inspection of the Pacific coast navy vards and the Chicago naval training station. . He was accompdnied by Mrs. Winthrop and_ will be absent from this oity for about five weeks. Professor Chittenden Better. New Haven, Bept. 16.—The crisis in the iliness of Proféssor Chittenden, direetor of Sheffleld Scientific school ac-Yale university, who has pneumonia, hes heen. passed, according to the statement of the family physician this forcnoon, JThe patient appears much imyproved. ¥ e e chultz an re New. Britain Em’&h Goes to Widow SHE IS ALSO APPOINTED THE EXECUTRIX OF bog:uuzn‘r. HARRIMAN’S WILL FILED “EH The Document Made Public by Presi- dent Peabody of the Mutual Life In+ surance Co—Extremely Brief. New York, Sept. 16.—All of Edward H. Hargiman’s property, real and per- sonal is bequeathed without restric- tions of any sort to the widow, Mary W. Harriman. The will was filed at Goshen, N. Y., this afternoon. but was made public in this city. It is an ex- ‘emely brief document dated June 8, 1903, and, reads as follow The Will. “I, Edward H. Harriman, of Arden, in -the state of New York, do make, publish and declare, this as and for oy last will and testament, that is to “I glve, devise and bequeath all of my property, real and personal, of every kind and nature to my wife, Mary W. Harriman, to be hers absolutely and forever and I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Mary W. Harri- man to be executrix of this will “It witness whereof 1 have here unto set my hand and seal this eighth day of June in the year nineteen hundred and three. “EDWARD H. HARRIMAN." About $100,000,000. The will was witnesed by Charles A. Peabody and C. C. Tegethoff. Mr. Pea-s| body is president of the Mutual Life Insurance company. Mr. . Tegethoff was one of Mr. Harriman's secretaries. Mr. Peabody, who made the will public, declined to make any estimate as to the value of Mr. Harriman's es- ta te. According to a Wall street publica- tion, "It can be stated on the highest authority,” that Mr. Harriman's prop- erty amounted to between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000. One of the Wealthiest Women in the World. New York, Sept. 16—A hundred brief words, weighted each with approxi- mately $1,000,006, and cortaining in their “entirety the last testament of E. H. Harriman, makes his widow, Mary Averell Harriman, one of tif weaithiest women in the world. It is perhaps the briefest will on record for the disposal of an estate of such magnitude. All his property is left to_Mrs. Harriman. Wall street estiniates that Mrs, Har- riman will inherit in reaity and per- sonal property between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000. Relatives Substantially Provided For. Mr. Harriman's prizate fortune is supposed to have been greater tham this by many millions, but there is deason- to belleve that his unmarried daughters, Mary ‘and- Carol, his mar- ried ‘daughter, Mrs. Robert Liying- stone Gerry. and his two sons, Wil- liam Averell and Roland, a boy of 14, {together with his surviving sister, Mrs. Simmons, and other relatives, have ail heen’ subsgantiaily provided for in gifts out of hand and trust funds set aside by Mr. Harriman duwin~ his life time. Mrs. Harriman was Miss Mary Averell Mrs. Harriman was Miss Mary Av- erell, daughter of W. J. Averell, a wealthy banker of Rochester, N. Y., who made his money- in the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Co. She brought her husband valua- ble financial aid in his early struggles "in the market, when aid was most val- uable to him, He never needed it again, for his administrative ability soon won him the support of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the National City bank and the powerful Standard Oil clique. Their 35 years of married life—Mr. Harriman was married in 1373—it has -always been said, were ideally happy. The will was filed today with the surrogate of Orange county, N. Y., at Goshen, and following this Mrs. Har- riman filed a memorandum, qualifying as executrix. Di3AGREEMENT OVER MANAGEMENT OF FIRM Organizer -and President of Gilbert Transportation Co. Resigns. Mystic, Sept. 16.—It was learned tcday that at & meeting of the direc- tors of the Gilbert Transportation company on Wednesday last, Captain Mark L. Gilbert, organizer and presi- dent of the company, had tendered his resignation as president and that it had been accepted. The cause of this action, it was admitted today, was a disagreement over the management of the firm. No successor has yet been chusen to succeed Captain Gilbert, but it 15 expected that the directors will meet Shortly and elect a president. Captain Gilbert's brother, Captain 0. A. Gilbert, also resigned as a director ahd assistant superintendent. He will > retained by the company in some capacity. The transportation company has a fle. of about forty vesssels engaged in coartwise business. BRIDGMAN IN NEW YORK. Decided Not to Wait for Peary at Sydney. New York, Sept. 16.—Herbert Bridgman returned from Sydiey. S. to his home in Brookiyn li day. Mr. Bridgman said he did not attempt to go on to Battle Harbor to meet Commander Peary, and decid- ed not to wait for him at Sydney. “I decided that T could be of more assistance to Commander Peary here and so came home” said Mr. Bridg- man, “I.had two or three: business messages from him: while at Sydney but further than. that did not hear from him. There are several matters in connection with the Peary Aretic club (of which Mr. Bridgman is se retary and treasurer), and Peary reception here, which demand my at- tention and I thought it best to be here where Commander Peary could communicate with me f he wished 0.” L: MISHAP TO THE SAXONIA. Steamship Aground for Five Hours in Channel Near Liverpool. Liverpool. Sept. 16—The Cunard line steamship Saxonia, from Boston Sep- tember 7, ran aground early this mgrnin~ in Crosby channel. Five hours later she was pulled off by tugs and taken to ler~berth. She sustained no damage. / Steamship Arrivals. Vi Further Appointments of census su- pervisors were made by the president. Acting Mayor McGowan of New York said he favored a public recep- tion for’ Dr. Cook. 5 Fusion Sentiment seemed to be unit- ed on Mr. Ivins as a candidite for mayor of New York. ; Naval Officers and Policemen re- ceived instructions for their work dur- ing the Hudson-Fulton week. Count Katscura Outlined before the Bankers' club at Tokio his plans for the peaceful development of Japan. Prominent Gernian-Americans ask- ed Charles Murphy to get Tammany to nominate Herman Ridder for mayor. Robert D. DeForest asked the com- mittee of one hundred not to consider him as a mayoralty possibility. any longer. The British War Office is reported to have made large profits by sending back cannéd meats to the United States, Emperor William Watched with great interest the work of the dirigible Grogs II in the manoeuvres at Wur- temberg. The. Society for Psychical Research announced it would cease investiga- tions into phenomena unless a large fund were raised. The Moman Suffrage Council ‘an- nounced it would hold a political con- vention next month and would start a campaign to exact promises from can- didates. \ The Department of Justice ordered federal. prisoners removed from th western penitentiary at Alegheny, on account of bad conditipns prevail- ing there. Advices from Rio de Janerio said that the governments of Peru and Bo- livia had reached an agreement based on the decision of President Alcorta of Argentina. Discussion Has Been Renewed in Cambridge, Mass., over the erection of the proposed memorial bridge spanning the Charles river, a gift of the Har- vard alumni, George J. Gould Refused to affirm or deny a report that the' American Tele- phone & Telegraph company had of- fered to buy the Gould stock in the Western Unifon Telegraph company. M Edith Rebecca Lord, an Amer- ijcan woman who died abroad, provided in her will for many institutions for the blind, and left the residue of her estate to provide pensions for blind men and women in England. ASSEMBLED BANKERS SCORE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK PLAN. No Word in Favor of Guaranty Depos- it State or National Banks. Chicago, Sept. 16.—Not a voice was raised today in defense of the postal savings bank plan in the sessions of the ‘American Bankers' association convention, nor was u word uttered ip favor of guaranty deposit state or national banks: In formal reports, speeches and in impromptu- remarks, both ideas were repeatedly scored by the assembled bankers, who were apparently of one mind in onposing the two remedies offered for the relief of financial con- ditions. A new note proceedings by E. was injected into the L. Robinson of Bal- timore, which in remarks on the “De- partment of Mercy” emphasized the help which savings banks could be t depositors by advising them and e tending to them sympathy and en- couragemefit. Without a dissenting voice the nom- inating committee of the association named for president of the assocja- tion Lewis E. Pierson, president of the Irving National bank, New York, for vice president, E. 0. Watts, pres- ident of the First National ' bank, Nashville, Tenn. The nominations will be placed be- fore the cloging session of the vefition tomorrow. con- GUARDING INDIAN LANDS. Sccretary. Ballinger Amends Regula- tions Governing Osage Leases. Washington, Sept. 16.—The regula- tions of the department of the in- tericr governing the leases of Osage Indiar. allotments were today amended by Secretary Balinger so as to pro- vice surplus lands will not be leased for any purpose for a longer period than one year at a time. Ne person, firm or corporation will be permitted to lease for orazing pur- poses more than 5,00' facres. Lessees will not be permitted to sub- lease or assign their holdings without the consent thereto of the lesor in writ- ing being first obtained. and the same approved by the secretary of the in- terior. CHINESE PAPERS CLOSED UP. Two of the Oldest Publications in Pe- king Discussed Japan's Activity. epl. Acting upon the ons of the forelgn board the regent issued a mand yester- day closing up two of the nese newspapers in Pekin pac and the Tatungpac. was taxen - because the papers question publishced vernment t grams in_which th in discussed Japan's acti Peking, recoramenda province and in the Chientao terri- tory in accordance with the terms of the agreement recently signe China and Japan. The governor requested protection for the provin from a Japanese inva and a fu- ture war between Russia and Japan. Annual Statement of Maine Central Railroad Company. Portland, Me., Sept. 16.—Owing fo the busiess depression that prevailed throughout the territory of the Maine Certral railroad during the first haif o7 the past fiscal year the revenue of the company has fallen off as com- pared_with the previous year by $176,- 532 The annual statement of the com- pany was made public today and will submitted to the stockholders at ir annual meeting on Oct. 22. Cperating expenses during the past year show a decrease of $132,088 from law’s dela president sa The president at the end of a day ot | sightseeing, of baseball, of receptions and dining, received an uproarious greeting when he reached Orchestra hall tonight to make the se ! his stay in Chic was in_ this sam paign of a year ago that he faced an| - | brie audience of more than 1,600 working- | men, and made one of the crucial ad- | dresses of his candidacy, the president assured his equal footin . Chicago, Sept. 16.—Speacing great earnestness to nass meeting in Orchestra hall fonigit, President Taft declared that Ao question before the American people 1s more import- | ant than the imgfovement of the ad~ ministration of justice and announced his intention of yecommending to con- | gress the appointment of a commi sion to take up the question of the | in the fed, id he g The prosident errupted with applause. he port of this commission, when ren- | dered, would serve also as a guide th the states of the union in effecting remedial legislation Campaign Promises Not Forgotten. 0. hall rers t forgotten his campaign promises and the platform declarations of his par-| ty Belief in Organized Labor Declared | Anew. r, Taft devoted the entire first part speech to the subject of labor, } he intended to recommend to congress in his first message legisla- tion to carry out the platform prom- jses as to Injunctions—that no injunc- tion or re ainin order be issued without notice except where irrepar- ( able injury would result from delay, In | which case a speedy hearing should be ! granted. { The president dec rd w his be- | lef in organized labor and congratu- lated the le of the movement up- on having ¢ their faces like fiint against the doctrines of socialism.” Takes Up Subject of the Courts. Taking up next the subject of the courts, the president asserted with earnest emphazis that the administra tion of crimin law today is a dis grace to Amexican clvilization. Asham- ed of the fac well be, he declared that the poor man has not now an equal opportun with the rich litigant In civil suits, and. asid it was his purpose to do what he could to place the poor man on a more TWELVE HOURS IN CHICAGO, REPLETE WITH Roviewed 150,000 School Children— Attended Ball Game—Thirty Mile Street Ride. Chicago, Sept. ~President Taft during a s of twelve hours in. Chi- | cago . today plunged with a will into hoped that the re- as Amer! frequently Uproariously Greeted at Mass Meeting in 0 * chestra Hall Last Night. =T DAY OF SIGHTSEEING, RECEPTIONS, D Entire First Part of President’s Speech Devoted to ti Sutject of Labor—Congratulates the Leaders Upon: Having Set Their Faces Against the Doctrines of So« . cialism—Improvement of Administration of Justice. al courts. The speech of Recalling that it during the cam-~ hat he hmd not | ns might was In- INCIDENTS. with | the programme of awaits him on southern tinerary. /oamnd _crowds that fairly fought to cateh ertainment that ng western and With fine weather bis a ‘gllmpse of the chief executive, this, the first ¢ to be visited, set a high mark of enthusiastic which the president seemed ply 1o ap- preciate. b From the moment he stepped” off the rear platform of his private car at a temporary station on the outskirts = of the city, until he retifed tos night on board the train which wills & take him to. Milwaukec tomorrow e | morning, the president’s journeyings of | thirty miles or more over the city's streets and parkways led him. throuyh lanes of marsed humanity that were kept open with the greatest of dif- ficulty on the part of the police. Beginning with an automoblie trip to review 150,000 school children, four deep on_either side of the park boule= vards, the president’s day was replets with, incident. He attended and spoke ly at a luncheon of the Comme! cial club, viewed an exhibit of ambls tious plans for the improvement and | beautification of Chicago, attended the ague baseball game between the Chic ubs™ and the New Giants," dined quietly with the Hamilton club at tx-- regular National Congress hotel, ‘made a notable a dress to a mass meeting in Orchestre hall this evening, and as a fnale Wt tended for a nutes the ball of the American ‘ assoclation at the Avditorium. Mr. was deeply impressel by the greeting of the school children, each one of whom waved a little American flag and sang and cheered as he_passed. At the National league grounds this afterncon the president sit in one of the open sections of the double decked stand and thoroughly enjoyed a bril- liant game, in which the two greatest pitchers of the league—Mathewson of New York and Brown of Chicogo —famed each other. New York won, but the crowd of 30,000 had some compensation In cheering the presi- dent. On reaching the park President Taft shoole hands with the members of both teams. Proceedipg then to the reserv- ed section of the stand, he held an im= promptu reception. Seccretary of War Dickinson sat at the president's right. Governor Din= een_at his left, and General Frederick D. Grant just in front. President Was for Cincinnati. Onec Auring the game Mb, Pagt way asked by one of his party: Mr. President, whom are you for, Chicago or New York m for COfncinnat,” declared the president, with an anxious look at the score board, which showed a 3 to 3 tie between Cincinnati and Pittsburg in the seventh inning. But just then the score board boy | marked up four for Pittsburg in the eighth and two in the ninth .and the president declared, amid laughter, that he was “dumfounded.” water front. ered later. ed by more hou: Men and strcet either bil ne unw vers whos 11, The thron while the guished, a An Assy Marseflles, Sept. 16. the waterfront ef Marseilles for royal Bengal tigress that escaped fr a steamer in the harbor the day before sterday came to a dramati y when the anjmal, mortally wound- ed and with blood streaming from her flanks, fled from her mob of pursuers, and, with enormous bounds, gained the en, as It still deter- mined to foil her enemies. she sprang into the sea and Durfig the hunt t beast suddenly leaped out from its hid- Th New York, Sept. described as brutal excess of authority a squad of mounted policemen, tha with swinging clubs charged 4 crowd to witness a small fire in a pape t Nos 84 street, shortly before noon. yvs were knocked to the by sprrred to frenzy, or « of the footme es could determine rranted, and, according to obser- business it used no di by the fire, the poli flam proces not more than three minutes; soon as the firemen began mounted men, an_exhibition of a Cossack char; an merchant, Rec! boolad, of ~No. arrested and be tha previous year. New Britain Street LaBorer Seriously Injured. < New Britain, Conn., Sept. 16.—Cor~ nelius Heslin, a street laborer.in the city’s employ, I in a serions eonds- tion at the local hospital, sufféring from burns. resulting from an explo- At Havre: Sept. 16, La Provence, from New York. At Plymouth: Sept. 16, George ‘Washington, from New York for Cher- bnx{‘ and Bremen. 15Ty &“Nu_!oti s sion of gas in a manhole in the strect. A small structure had been placed over the manhole, and while in the building Heslin- lighted his pipe. An explosion followed and he was blown .lhrvul?‘ the door severely 1 about arms MARSEILLES TIGRESS JUMPS INTO THE SEA AND DROWNS Mortally Wounded, She Eludes Her Pursuers and Di Ing place among the r s and charged a group of workmen on one of the stone decks. The men fled. The ani- mal then took refuge against a pile of merchandise. Her pursuers assem- bled, and with flaming torches, she was driven from this last shelter. As she ran she was an eagr target for a hail of bullets, geveral Bf which car- ried mortal injuries The body of the tigress was recov- POLICE BRUTALITY A; FIRE. Cossack Methods Employed in Hand- ling New York Crowd. whi, and the we & without 5 Before Capture. was drowned 16.—With and ad not “The hunt along the m end to- his morning the what is assist ore of patrolmen ling i d eathered hington ch b 1 86 W horses nd hoofs of by the fists So far as the charge Wis attend etion was to molested extin- sumed but as ) leave, rning been ere being which ¢ wi alim Cara- o et, was ten when he tried to reach his store, his wife being dragged fiom his side. PROCLAIMS HIMSELF SHAH. Pretender to Throne of Pe “ceives Support at Luristan. Re- St, Petersburg, Sept. 16.—A dispatch received here sa. throne, Abd: ul from that the pretend Hessein, t. Lufistan and pre shah. the local population. The: government has sent a detach- ment of troops, with artiilery, to sup- press him, Flour Mills and Elevator Burned, Evansville, Ind., Sept. 1 miils. and elevators of Iglchart broth- e N Teheran, to the h: claimed Persin, Persian appeared himself He is recelving the support of The flour The loss prob- RHODE ISLAND SCHOOLBOY DYING FROM HAZING INJURIES. Fourteen Year Old Son of P rison of Cranston, Cranston, R. L, Sept. 16.—Hazing at the local high school is alleged to have been responsible for the injuries from whicn Maxwell Harrison, son of Rev Harrison, 14 years of age, s be- 3 to be dying at the Rhode Island Three other boys aer suffer- or Hars lie hospital. ing from less serious injuries due, it is said, to the same On Mond. ning last Harrison and the otk s are alleged to have been thrown by other pupll sinto a pit. Young Harrison struck his leg against a sharp stone, causing a bad cut. Blood polsoning set in, and though the leg will be amputated, the hospital surgeons armounce that he probably cannot recover. Chief of Police Pat= rick Trainor stated today that he ex- pected to make several arrests in the case shortly and the superintendent of schools states that all boys found to be implicated will be expelled from the high school. NO CHOLERA | N ROTTERDAM. Official Notice That the Disease Has Been Stamped Out, | Bar Harbor, Me., Sept. 16.—The min- ister from the Netherlands, Jonkhheer J. Loudon, who is sojourning here, to- day officially informed the government authorities at Washington that the eity of Rotterdam is free from cholera. Cable reports early in September show that some apprehension wa aroused by the appearance of cholera cases aboard barges in the harbor of Rotterdam, but later cable advices have shown that the disease wa promptly stamped out by the meas: ures adopted by the authorities, ACCIDENT ON THE WEST SHORE Engine and Car Newburgh—P: Newburgh, N. Y., Sept. 16.—The en. gine and a'coach of a West Shore | fallroad passenger train, which left o here at 6.30 o'clock this morning, jumped the track on a curve near I Fort Montgomery and blocked the tracks. The passengers were hadly shaken up. The train was going fast, and bumped some distance over the = tles. Dismissed by Secretary Washington, Sept. 16.—L. H. Glacls, chief of the Seattle division of the ' general land office, with headq b at Seattle, Washington, today was dis- | missed from the service by tele gy by Secretary of the Interior, Ball 4 v Jump Track Near ngers Shaken. & i Hinger. A. Christenson, chief of thé fleld vision of the general land offis at Portland, Otegon, has ben placed In charge of the Seattle dls temporar: vision. Baseball in Japan. “ Tokio, Sept. 16.—The baseball team of {he University of Wiscousin, W ' from 'Rflallb three weeks i for a tour of the Orfent, has arcived Iure and_been given. a co g ception. . The Americans will era: gawes with the Jayaneee coll ncl of the -unl p PN A e 4 B, A