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DltCOOKJTJ Makes After-Dinner Spee Credit to Others Ratt Takes Lesson Fron New York, Special.?Cheered by a rr thousand men and women as he en- n tered the banquet hn.ll on the arm of n Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley b (retired), I)r. Frederick A. Cook t?>hl T his story Thursday night before the fi must oruiiant audience mat lie lias j o addressed since he left the court of | a Denmark. t] While there was no official representative from either State or nation, v the assemblage was cos:no]H)litan and o enthusiastic. Crowded in the great ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria e they toasted the Brooklyn explorer 0 and listened attentively to his recital u in the form of an after-dinner ad- (j dress. t Among those at the tables were ex- s plorers, some of whom know the dan- * gers and suffering of the Artie zone v almost as well as I)r. Cook himself. Men of science were there also, but t the address was not technical. a Commander Peary's name he did 1 not mention except at the end of his 1 opccini, w IICU Hi* MIIU . j "There is glory enough for all." t After due greeting for the ovation Dr. Cook said: "The key to frigid endeavor is sub- * sistence. There is nothing in the en- { tire realm of the Artie, which is 5 impossible to man. If the animal fires < are supplied with adequate fuel there ' is no cold too severe and no obstacle too great to surmount. No important j expedition has ever returned because ! of unscalable barriers or impossible weather. The exhausted food supply ' from a limited means of transporta- j tion has turned every aspirant from his goal. In the ages of the Polar quest much has been tried and much has been learned. Most Important Lesson. j "The most important lesson is thai i ci\ilized man, if he will succeed, must 1 J a - it-- * f . ueiiu io i ne savage simplicity necessary. The problem belongs to mod- , ern man, but for its execution we ] must begin with the food and the < means of transportation of the wild *uan. Even this must be reduced and j simplified to fit the new environment. , "The effort of getting to the Pole < -s not one of physical endurance, nor I i it fair to call it bravery; but a 1 roper understanding of the needs of le stomach and a knowledge of the { mits of the brute force of the mo- i tive power, be it man or beast. F ? rne conquest was only possfl>le with the accumulated lessons of early ages of experience. The fail- ^ ures of our less successful predeces- t sors were stepping tone to ultimate success. The real pathfinders of the . Pole were the early Danish, the Dutch, the English and the Norse, r Obligation to Wild Man. t "Obligation is due to the wild man. * The twin families of wild folk, the Eskimo and the Indian, were impor- t ant factors t5 us. The use of pens- ? COMMANbER PEARYTSHAIT PortWnd, Me, Special.?From the moment Commander Peary crossed the international boundary line at Vanceboro, shortly af *r 8 o'clock Thursday morning, u; /1 he arrived at Portland at 8 o'c/ock Thursday night his reception by the citize/is of Maine amounted to a continuous ovation. At Bangor important papers on his expedition were turned over by Peary to Oen. Thomas H. Hubbard, of New Yoxk, president of the Peary Artie Club. Along the 350-mile route through eastern Maine Commander Peary was cordial and appreciative although he appeared to be rather tired. At Old Town, a city of about 6,000, the first big demonstration on this aide of the border was made. At I Bangor the explorer was welcomed by thousands and when he walked f If into the concourse from the train e bed was given a succession of rous- a ing cheers. With Mayor J. F. Wood- 3 man, General Hubbard and members i of the city council he was driven to f the Bangor house, where representative men of the town entertained him a At an informal luncheon. He was t GENERAL HOWARD fINDS Pf Har Harbor, Me., Special.?441 have < read the records submitted by Com- * j* Blander Peary on the question, 4 Has * Cook been at tbe Polef' and found in j t!i m much that Dr. Cook has not C * ed. They are very interesting." p ( enerai Thomas Hubbard, presi- ti in t of tbe Peary Arctic Club, made F i'l , thit.statement Friday after a careful n M ' adaation of the Peary records on d | | eemtroversy which were submit-' a [t BANQUETi ch In Which He Gives lcr Than Himself? 1 n the Wild Man. J h lican and the snow shoe, which h lakes the penetration of the Artie u lystery barely possible, has been 0 orrowed from the American Indian, 'lie method of travel, the motor b orce and the native ingenuity with- a ut which the Polar quest would be 1 hopeless task, have been taken from f he Eskimo. a "To John R. Bradley?the man u rho paid the bills?belongs at least a ne-half of the honor. \ "The Canadian government sent its \ xpedition under Captain Bernier 1.- s uu inues out 01 its course to help t ,i to it." c After meeting the charge that lie id not get geographic license to seuk . he Pole by saying he preferred to ay little about the start and letting . he noise be made, after the Pole ras reached, he said: "Now, gentlemen, I appeal to you .s explorers and men. Am I bound I o appeal to anybody, to any man, to my body of men?for a license to ook for the Polef" To the criticism against his equip- 1 nent he explained that these should >e simple and not burdensome and ? hat he had sufficient supplies. "Now as to the excitement of the 1 iress, to force things of their own lickings from important records ino print," said Dr. Cook. "In reply . o this I have taken the stand that [ have already given a tangible account of our journey. It is as con* jicic us me preliminary reports OI iny previous explorer. The data, the observations, the record, are of ex- * ictly the same character. Hereto- ! fore such evidence has been taken with faith and complete record waa ' not expected to appear for years, 1 whereas, we agree to deliver all within a few months. His Observations. 1 "Now, gentlemen, about the Pole, 1 We arrived April 21, 1908. We dis- 1 covered new land along the 102d 1 meridian between the 84th and the Both parallel. Beyond this there waa absolutely no life and no land. The ice was in large, heavy fields with few pressure lines. The drift was south of east, the wind was south of ! west. The clear weather gave good, regular observations nearly every lay. These observations, combined with those at the Pole on April 21 ind April 22 are sufficient to guarantee our claim. When taken in connection with the general record, you lo not require this. I can see that, nut this and all the other records will come to you in the due coarse of 1 ivents. "I cannot sit down without icknowledging to you, and to the livng Artie explorers, my debt of rratitude for their valuable assistance. 1 rhe report of this Polar success has 1 ome with a sudden force, but in the jresent enthusiasm we must not ferret the fathers of the art of Polar ravel. There is glory enough for all. rhere is enough to go to the graves >f the dead and to the hearts of the iving. ( "Many are here tonight. The 1 lames are too numerous to mention. Special mention for honors must be nade to Greely, Schley, Melville, Jeary, Fiala, Nansen, Abruzzi, Cagni, ?verdrup, Amundsen, Nordenskjold ' md a number of English and othei 1 'xplorers." ED WITH GREAT DELIGHT jresented on the portico with a massve silver loving cup appropriately mgraved. At Waterville he was officially wel:omed to the city. Members of the ;ity government, school children, a and and a company of National jruard met him at the station where 1 stand had been erected. The school ;hildren, each carrying an American lag, were banked solidly about the stand, with the guardsmen around hem. As Peary mounted the stand he children cheered and waved their 1 lags. A crowd of several thousand >eople joined in the cheering for tome moments. When Commander Peary stepped to he front his fraternity mates of Col>y college gave a rousing Delta Kap>a Epsilon yell, followed by the regu- ' ar college yell. After expressing his appreciation 'or the welcome given him Commandr Peary spoke of the importance of ' i discovery that had been sought 1 :00 years and the significance of hav- ! ng the Stars and Stripes the first 1 I ACT tA rour?K flio of 4 L -?rm, ?W ?uv l"|' Ul IIIC cm III, Crowds also greeted the explorer 1 t Lewiston and other Rtations fce- 1 ween Waterville and Portland. ARVS STORY INTERESTING ed to him. by Commander Peary at langor. While General Hubbard ^ rouJd give no intimation as to the na- 1 ure of the proofs which Commander 1 'eary is confident will show that Dr. i 'ook was not at the Pole, it was ap- 1 arent that he was well satisfied with < he record before him. Commander 1 'eary is expected here Monday after- 1 oon ahd will remain until Tuesday, < tiring which time he will be a guest i t the home of General Hubbard. | ? > - . . \ * ) ? . "* 'H ' r 'j' PR COOK ARRIVES treats Mrs. Cook and Children? Brooklyn Wild in Demonstrations of Joy and NatWe Pride. New York, Special.?Dr. Frederick V.. Cook arrived at an early hour Tuesday morning and was met by Irs. Cook and two daughters on a tug >oat which came alongside and the ero of the occasion stepped across nd was soon embracing his loved es. No official representatives met him iut Brooklyn's reception to him had 11 the elements of a riot except vioence. From the moment the Grand tepublic warped up to her landing nd the explorer, flanked by militianen and police, fought his way into n automobile, until he left the Bushvick Club Tuesday night for the Voldorf-Astoria in New York, the urging crowds taxed the capacity of he police and more than once got out ?f control. Along the five miles of avenues hrough which the explorer pass(d, the mounted police were couinunlly fighting a way for Dr. Cook's lutomobile, wlven they were not stemning the massed thousands, who seemed to have only one object?to areak loose and embrace Dr. Cook. As the Grand Republic steamed up 0 ber dock the whistle of every craft vithin sight was tied down and a din hat drowned out the brass bands had 1 run of fully five minutes. It was as if everybody in Brooklyn iaa lurnea oui. 10 greet ^OOK. DR. COOK CONVINCES. 3ubmits to Cross-Fire by Newspaper Men and Dissipates Doubts by Answering Promptly and Clearly? Shows His Diary. A New York dispatch of Wednes3ay says Dr. Cook, seeking rest and seclusion with his family after the looisterous welcome of Tuesday, denied himself to interviewers and remained in his suite at the Waldorf Astoria until late Wednesday evening, when he submitted cheerfully to one of the severest cross-examinations since he announced his discovery of the North Pole. The ordeal of the inloi?lMOU' i olt t*?no ? *vn, " uivu nao vwnwuv.icu uj iuity newspaper representatives, including several from foreign newspapers, represented at least that he was not afraid to meet the public. Incidentally the city of New York officially recognized his achievements when the board of aldermen passed a resolution commemorating his discovery and providing for a public welcome at the city hall. The date of the reception will be announced later. As the questions asked were put by laymen they did not go deeply into the scientific aspect of the expedition. But Dr. Cook was ready to answer anything pertinent to the issue. The most interesting phases of the interview was reached when Dr. Cook was asked if he would object to showing his diary. He immediately consented and. after retiring to his room, returned with a small octaco notebook which he showed freely to all. It was a thin book containing 176 pages, each of which was filled with fifty or sixty lines of penciled writings of the most minute characters. The book, he said, contained considerably more than one hundred thousnn/1 ti'nrilc urlnla tin line Kncwloe nt lio* books embracing his observations and other data. The itnerviewers were railier severe in regard to details but nothing indicated that the Polar traveler's memory was at fault even in the most minute particulars. Sometimes when a petty question indicated ignorance he smiled with good-humored sympathy at the lack of technical knowledge displayed. PEARY'S RECORDS MISSING. Discovery of the Loss of Records and Important Manuscripts From the Steamer Roosevelt Causes Change of Plans, and the Steamer Drops Anchor at North Sydney. North Sydney, N. S., Special.?The sailing of the Arctic steamer Roosevelt was delayed Wednesday night owing to the fact that the records and other important manuscripts which were taken from the steamer Tuesday by souvenir hunters have not been recovered. Shortly after 0 o'clock the Roosevelt pulled out from her pier, after taking on a full supply of coal for the run to New York. A few hundred yardB from the pier Cnptain Rartlett dropped anchor. Professor McMillan, who feels his loss keenly, said later that he had re ceived information to the effect that some of the important papers had been traced to the wife of a prominent citizen. The woman denied taking the articles mentioned, although she admitted having taken some things from the Professor's room. A Truro, N. S. dispatch of Wedneslay says Commander Peary had no further statement to make regarding the Polar controversy while traveling westward to his home in Eagle bay 'rom 8ydney. The explorer with his pamily left Sydney early Wednesday ind reached Truro in the night. Later the Peary party departed for Portland. Their trip to Troro occupied mtire day and at the stations an oute groups of people gathered to lateh a glimpse of the explorer. < CJ. *-- ** ?*? * GULf COAST STORM Wreck and Ruin in The Wake of Equinoctial Tempest WATER HIGHER THAN FOR YEARS I Death List Runs to 38 With Probably 50 More in Isolated Districts? Property Loss Will Ron Into Millions. Memphis, Special.?The Equinoctial gale of Monday night was very ! severe. So strong was the force of the wind that the waters of the Mississippi, backed up from the gulf a hundred miles below, rose three feet at New Orleans levee. The neighboring lake9 were agitatd till they all overflowed, covering the adjacent lowlands. The waters from Lake Borgone were added to the volume of the flood, but when the latest dispatches came out of New Orleans there were outlying parts of that city covered with water, while the winds had damaged several buildings. The direction of the wind was northwest and its area was great, for it reached far up to the northernmost ! line of Louisiana, west of the Mississippi river. An early blow destroyed the tracks of the Louisville & Nashville road along the coast west of New Orelans and this latter gust wiped out the tracks of the Illinois Central north of the isolated city. The last train to reach Memphis from New Orleans was the through Illinois Central that arrived here at 8:15 Monday night. It had left New Orleans soon after 9:15 in the morning. Coming north through Louisiana and Mississippi the train passed through continuous rains almost as far as Jackson, Miss., but there were then no reports of unusual winds. The storm came up soon afterward. An Atlanta special on Tuesday says: Central Monday night in Mississippi and sweeping north at the rate of 200 miles a day, the hurricane which left a trail of wreck and ruin through four States, continued on its course with unabated fury. It was helieved that the total destruction will equal that of four years ago, when more than five million dollars' worth of timber was felled. From Jackson, Miss., dispatches say: Two persons were killed here Mnn^OU niorVli oo o men 1 f tUo ??MO U AVOUIV V/JL Hit OIUIUI which swept portions of Mississippi Monday night as a result of the storm falling walls. Hundreds of buildings were unroofed in the city, fences carried away and trees uprooted. The east dome of the new Capitol building was crushed in and a number of upper rooms flooded. The old Capitol building was unroofed, several sections of the roofing being carried hundreds of yards. The stables at the fair grounds were demolished and several of the exhibit buildings badly damaged. Along the coast the water frontage was swept clear of piers and wharves from Paseagoula bay to St. Louis, and the damage to the cities and towns in that section will nmount to more than a half million dollars. Of the ruin that it has wrought, no one can give an estmate. In New Orleans alone, five are known to be dead and a million dollars will not repair the damage done to the beautiful Crescent City. A New Orleans dispatch of Wednesday says Gradually New Orleans and the territory surrounding the Crescent City is recovering from the first effects of the tropical hurricane which, starting Sunday, continued throughout Monday and Monday night. Thirty-eight human lives are now positively known to have been claimed as victims of the storm and fifty others are reported to have been lost in lov, ^r Terre Bonne parish, but as yet this report has not been authenticated. The number of deaths from stricken points are as follows: Terre Bonne parish, Ixmisiana: Definite 29; reported 40. New Orleans. Definite 5; Frenier, La., definite 4; Desair, La., definite 3; Jackson, Miss., definite 2; Baton Rouge, La., definite 1; Mandeville, La., definite 1; Bay St. Louis. Miss., definite 1; Graraercy, La., definite 1; Grand Point, La., reported 4; tsarataria, La., reported 1;; Pass Manebae, La., definite 8; total definite 56; reported 45. The property loss will ran into the millions. Miles and miles of territory have been laid waste. Crops have praetieally been ruined. Dwellings, cotton gins and sugar mills have been leveled. 1 New Orleans is still sadly crippled in the way of railroad facilities and telegraph and telephone communication with the outside world. From early Wednesday, the death list in the lower portion of Terre Bonne parish increased as details of the hurricane'8 destruction were hourly received, until at night it numbers 19. Thrilling tales of narrow escapes, and daring rescues came from the stormswept area. Mark Hamilton, his wife and five children were killed at East Brook, Mias., when their home was blown over and then burned to the ground I Monday night. PRESIDENTJAFT'S TOURl Enthusiastic Thousands Greet Him On His Western Trip. Making hij way still further to the west, President Taft arrived in Denver Tuesday afternoon and at night in the D ver auditorium where a year ago Mr. Bryan was nominated as his opponent in the presidential race, faced a crowd that in its noisy welcome and continuing enthusiasm recalled some of the scenes of convention week. The President instead of discussing the conservation of natural resources took up the subject of the corporation tar. He strongly urged that all the States should adopt the proposed an>endment to the constitution, however. to make an income tax possible in time of need. The President Tuesday night declared that the corporation tax was in itself the best form of income tax that could be levied and pointed out that it contained many of the best features of the income tax law of England. Pueblo, Col., Special.?The President landed across the Rocky Mountains Thursday morning. For the first time he traveled through the grand canon of the Arkansas, where at one place the half mile deep canon is so narrow that there is not room for the track and the river, and the former has to be carried over the rushing waters by means of a hanging bridge, suspended by cables embeded in the rocky walls of the chasm. The eleven-mile ride through the canon was made by moonlight. i? ..t 1?i.:? .l my imuuuuc U>UII^UMIIg ViiC valley of the Garden of the Gods, with the Rockies in the background and dark clouds playing tag with Pikes Peak, Mr. Taft expressed his admiration of the view with unrestrained enthusiasm. At Pueblo the President was driven at the head of a long procession of automobiles to the State fair grounds to face another exuberant throng and to make a brief extemporaneou" speech of appreciation. In the pulpit of the famous Mormon tabernacle in Salt Lake City where 4 years ago Theodore Roosevelt, then President, preached a long sermon on right living and the duties of good i citizenship, President Taft Sunday faced an audience which he said inspired him to try to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor. The President's sermon was an appeal for amity between the people for attributing the best rather than the worst motives to the action of others when possible to do so and not to harbor hatred or animosity. << A i it sun answer lurnem away wrath, but gre\ ious words stir up anger," was the text Mr. Taft selected from the book of Proverbs. The sermon was largely made up of a relation of stories to give emphasis to the points. From the tabernacle the President was driven to review about twenty thosand sctlool children. At one point along the line a thousand or more children had been arranged in a living flag, red, white and blue caps and capes serving to outline the national emblem. Thence the President proceeded to the Young Men's Christian Asociation, where he made a brief address to men. Lastly the President attend* ed services especially arranged foi him at the Unitarian church. Aftei this unusually busy Sunday morning left Salt Lake City at noon for Ogden where he enjoyed an 18-mile rid< through Ogden canon and made hit third address of the day at Lester park. n~ A " : = xuur Aeronauts Crash to Death. Moulins, France, By Cable.?While passing over the national road which leads from Paris to Antibes at a height of between 500 and (iOO feet the French dirigible military balloon, Republique, exploded Sunday morning and fell to the ground. The four men on board were killed. They were: Capt. Marchal, Liout. Phaure and Sub-Lieuts. Vicenot and Reaux. The '^r fell straight down, carrying the fluttering remains of the envelope, and the occupnnts were buried beneath the wreckage. Wright Inspects Field. New York, Special?W arrived here Saturday, a the field at Oovpmr>r'? 1 which he and Qlenn H. expected to attempt a eeri over and around the sky; vAUpCXO Ui I Manhattan during the Hudson-Fulton celebration. "In the last six years," said Mr. Wright, "we haven't advanced much in the art of flying, and the biplane we used?Orville and I? in our first experiments at Kittyhawk made some unprecedented records. Through "natural selection" the race has developed and risen, preachea the New York Journal. The human being la incomplete, h- sees in another that which he thinks will make hia life more nearly complete, and that other he te determlnd to have. Nature gives relentless power to this Impulse, because the result of marriage based upon powerful attraction Is a child better than either of the parents. i CELEBRATION WEEK Carnival of Historic Scenes R Re-Enacted on the Hudson. HUDSON AND FULTON HONORED Characters and Scenes ] Week of Pageants?W< est Assemblage of Wai New York, Special.?F son, who melted from vie ago into those Arctic which two American discbut lately returned, walk ter deck again Saturday, boots and plumed hat s changes aloft and aslion his second visit to these s^ lv less memorable than ln? ursi. ma reincarnation?or to be strictly aceurte. his impersonation, Saturday? the reproduction of his ship, th-o Half Moon, and their 20th century tour of seeing New York arc expressions of those recurrent themes of historical contrast and instruction by pageant in which tlv central idea of the Hudson* Fulton celebration germinated. With New York harbor and Manhattan Island for a stage, the play opened Saturday for a week's run, and will for another week show to lesser cities and towns along the route that Hudson traveled. Hudson and Fulton. Fulton's name follows that of Hudson on the programme, as the reproduction of the Clermont followed tho reproduction of the Half Moon on the waters of the harbor. The two ' miiu Miufib, uuve bu mii?iu\ Willi | achievement, made their rounds Saturday of the warships assembled tr> do them honor, with 1.000 merchant ships and pleasure craft trailing behind them in a parade 15 miles long; saluted the national and the international flags of peace; were officially received by the city and the HudsonFulton commission in the afternoon with the other visiting notables, and then at night repeated tlw course over a river white as day with the glare of the '.undreds of search light from on shore and aiioat, before they anchored. On Sunday with more than three score of the picked fighting -ships of eight nations, swinging at anchor in the Hudson river, sightseers at the Hudson-Fulton celebration looked upon the most impressive assembly of foreign warships that hal probably ever been seen in American waters. Riding in the river bctwoeit Forty-fourth street and Spuyteil Duyvil, besides the 50 vessels of the United States Atlantic fitv?t under Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, th4 foreign navies are represented by six* teen fighting craft in all. Great Brit* ian has four, Germany has four also; France has two, Italy has two, Mexico has one, Argentine has one and Cuba has one. Their massive hulls tugged lazily at their anchorages represent the highest development in construction from the great shipyards on the Clyde and the best efforts of tlio German naval constructors. Swift cruisers with triple expansion engines and long rakisli lines liko greyhounds of the ocean; massive battleships mounted from turrets to tlve fighting tops with batteries of the highest type, swift torpedo boats and topedo boat destroyers, wonderful submarines?every type of fighting ship known to the United States and eight other navies, four of them world powers, are in this impressive assembly' . The program for Monday included aeroplane flights hv Wilbur Wright and Glenn II. Curtiss from Governors Island and the opening of various eonnnemoratory exhibits throughout the city. Millennium Did Not Come. West Duxbury, Mass., Special.? The end of the world, arranged as the finale in the strange drama enacted here during the past few days, not having occurred as scheduled, most of the actors Saturday left the theater of their activities. Hereafter they will wait in their homes* with the same implicit faith, the ren-* dering of the last act. Strange Electrical Phenoi New York. Special.?Gri i '' aurora'' t< lly all over th 1 Saturday. Fro night, commu id at times cut certain nninf telegraph operators called "aurora," for brilliant n lights usually follow such an electrical phenomenon, but instead of watching for the display, they bent their mind and energies to untangling the snarl and adjusting their instruments. Finds Thirty-Six Bodies. New Orleans, Special.?Section hands on the Louisville & Nashville railroad fouud the bodies of 36 sailors and fishermen near Dunbar station, Louisiana, late Saturday. This brings the total number of dead resulting from last Monday's hurricane up to approximately two hundred. The bodies were badly decomposed and were buried near the old track bedr without identification.