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PEARY VS. COOK Cov. Brown of Georgia Reviews tke Claim of tke Two Met aid GIVES COOK THE HONOR Of Being the First Discoverer of the North Pole.?He Says If Cook's Story Is a Gold Brick, Peary's Is a Paste Diamond.?Some Interesting Facts. Gov. Joseph M. Brown of Georgia gave out recently an Interview regarding the Cook-Peary controversary in which the executive goes Into detain as to his position on the question. Here is what the Governor has to say about Cook and Peary's trip: 'Dr. Cook came upon the scene some monthB ago with the statement that he had been to the North Pole. He described In detail the incidents of his expedition, the voyage to the regions of ice, his journeys over the land, his entry upon the sea of Ice, 1he fantastic shapes the snow assumed, the rifts which forced him to make lengthy deto.urs to go around them, the novel hues of the ice, in some places dazzling yellow, in others blue, these being before unheard of .charactorists of Artie scenery, and finally his arrival at the region of the Pole, where he found that, instead of land, there was a frozen ocean. And there, on the top of the world he saw* the sun go around in an elliptic orbit Instead of setting. Peary come out of the Arctic regions only a few days later and wires to us that Cook is a liar, and that he has handed the public a gold brick. ^True, he had not read Cook's narrative, he had not had Oook under daily surveillance; but it was neces sary to his own claim to the discovert of the North Pole that Cook should be a liar, and so a liar Cook was. according to Peary. Mr. eary comes home as fast us the Roosevelt can steam and then, after a few more choice remarks to the effect that Cook is a liar and faker, and has handed us a gold brick, he gives us an epitome of his own trip to the North Pole, and lo! it is simply a replica of Cook's story?the same snow, the same rifts in the ice, the same colored ice, the same frozen ocean, the same elliptic course for the sun. At least this is how the press quoted Mr. Peary. But there were some details of his journey wherein Mr. Peary sang a lounder note than we bad heard from Cook. Fir instance, Cook had asserted that on one day he, with his Esquimaux and dogs, travelled twentysix miles over the frozen ocean. Peary ridicule this ns being impossible, and then to prove that Cook could not have done so asserted that on more than one day he had travelled upwards of forty miles per day over the frozen ocean. He declared that he had sounded the ocean at the Pole to a depth of 9,000 feet. Of course, there was a convenient hole In the thick ice for his sounding line to slide through to reach the water, and then possibly, the water must have helped him and his negro and Esquimaux to sustain the weights of nearly two miles of sounding line with the sinker as they let it down?this same line which his dogs had made Buch speed in dragging over the ice with all his other materials and food. iNtow, I pause to ask these questions: 'If Cook did not go to the North Pole, or to the same region Peary penetrated and which his narrative describes almost exactly as Peary's later published narrative does what becomes of him after he parted from his comrades and with his Esquimaux went northward? Did he go a few miles and build a snow bnilAA finrl tttnv t horn t'r*r mnntho9 If so it is 8trange that his presence was not a matter or note. And what object oould he have had In staying there? To keep going northward, supplied as he was with provisions, warm clothing, dogs, sleds and helpers, etc., was such a procedure as would seem natural. Hiding In a snow house for months was an improlvable occurrance. And how seperated by long distances, could he read Peary's mind and anticipate nlm by writing Peary's story before Peary himself wrote It? But the real peril to Peary is that, in order to destroy the value of Cook's story of the journey to the Pole, he must destroy tho value of his own like story. "With the same sword with which he strikes down Cook ho must coordinately commit hari-kari, ofr, th< two stories being the same, the killing of one destroys the other. In other words, tho two stories, like the Siamese twins, must live together or die together. Peary can as reasonably assert that of the alwive famous twins Chang was a Chinaman and Sng was was an Englishman as ho can assert that Cook's story is false and his own is true. As the case stunds, he, In effect, asks us to l>elieve 2 and 3 when addby Cook make 0. but when added ) DEFENDS FRANKLIN BONAPARTE FILES BRIEF FOR < THE MURDERER. In Which He Speaks of the Danger of the Apprehension of Negroes in the South. Zjach McGhee, In his letter to The State, says Charles J. Bonaparte, formier attorney general In the Roosevelt cabinet, under whose direction considerable of a hurrah was raised nlinnt "nponaen in thf> South." lias now taken up the case of Pink Franklin, the negro who was convicted in Orangeburg Tor murdering Mr. H. E. Valentine, the con-ttaole who went to arrest him for a breach of an agricultural contract, near Oope. Mr. Bontaparte, as attorney for Franklin, Tuesday filed a brief in the United States supreme court at Washington, Betting forth grounds of appeal, giving the decision of the South Carolina supreme court, which affirmed the sentence of the circuit court, sitting at Orangeburg He declares that the South Carolina law making it a misdemeanor for a man who has a contract to work on shares or for wages to leave his employer's when he is in debt to that employer is unconstitutional, being a violation of the 13th and 14th amendments to the federal constitution. It is claimed that the State law is in conflict with the federal statute forbidding peonage, and hence void. Pink Franklin was employed by Mr. J. D. Thomas, a farmer in that count", under contract for the year 1907. In May he left, being in debt to Mr. Thomas, who had a warrant sworn iut for him by Magistrate J. I. Valentine. Magistrate Valentine put the wirrant into the hands of his brother, 'Mr. H. E. Valentine, who went to the negro's house on the place of Mr. H. S. Spires, another farmer, to execute it. The negro resisted, several shots were fired, both the negro and his wife being shot and Mr. Valentine being killed. Franklin was convicted of murder. The claim is made in Mr. Bonaparte's brief that the South Carolina law is invalid, the warrant was illegal and the negro had a right to resist arrest, and hence he killed Mr. Valentine in self defense. The case will come up in two or three weeks for argument. At the time Bonaparte retired from the office of attorney general there was some talk in Washington of his going somewhere to study law. This case has been long drawn out, but it will finally end in the execution of Franklin, who was guilty of an uncalled for murder and richly deserves the fate that awaits him. The case, no doubt, is well remembered by nnost of our readers, and its course has been watched with interest, but it will soon be decided, and the law will be allowed to take its course. Franklin had a fair trial and was lawfully uonvicted. Should he escape the gallows it would be a decided miscarriage of justice. ! 1 by him make 5. Therefore, even if Cook were to admit that his story of his journey to tne foie was false we could not accept It as being false- unless Peary should admit that his like story was ' false, or unless by other testimony 1 Cook's story be proven fale, in which ' event, as I have contended Peary's 1 story instantly falls with Cook's. If Cook's story is a gold brick Peary's 1 Is a paste diamond. Observe, I say ' 'if*. ' 'But Cook submitted his data to ' the Copenhagen professors and they declared that the proofs were insufficient to sustain his claim. They 1 did not assert that Cook's story was untrue, but merely rendered a ver- 1 diet of 'not proven.' As they had ; not been into that region their verdict can be accepted as voicing their ! knowledge of the matter. 1 Yet, when Commander Peary heard of the Copenhagen decision he"smiled," and presto! his identical story is proven true and he Is acc'aimed as the discoverer and noor Cook is branded as a fakir. Medals are voted to Peary, resolutions of congratulation for hini are passed, he is elected member of societies while Cook's name is erased from the rolls of membership. And to cap the rlimar an n?L nipt . is made in the congress of the United States to make Mr. Peary a rear admiral of the navy in recognition Of his discovery of the North Pole! A more grotesque official monstrosity has never in the history of this government been attempted. Representative Macon deserves the thanks of the American people for his expose of Peary's improbable, if not, In fact, invposible story of his journey to and from the Pole after he parted from his civilized comrades? Till I read Mr. Macon's remarks I had b lieved that both Cook and Peary had reached the Pole, but I confess that Mr. Macon has shak- r en my faith in Peary, especially when 1 I considor the fact that he could I read the synopsis of Cook's story 1 and shape his own accordingly. \l '* * MUST ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED BY THE CENSUS MAN. t Who Will Be Among the People for the Purpose In about the Next Ten Days. The arrangements are rapidly being concluded for taking the censuB, which will start in about ten days. We have published the names of the enumerators and they are therefore known to the people generally. Supervisor DuPre make the request that the people will meet the enumerators In the proper spirit and furnish the desired information. President Taft has issued a proclamation requesting cooperation on the part of the public that the census may be complete and correct. The census enumerator will ask the following questions: What is your house number? What is your name? The names of the members of your family? What Is the relationship of these people to you? How old are you? Are you single, married, widowed or divorced? How long have you been married, if at all? How many children have you? Where were you born? Where was your father born? Your mother? How long have you been in this country? Are you naturalized? 'Can you speak English, if not what can you speak? What is your occupation. Are you employed or an employer? . Were you out of work April 15, 1910. How long were you out of work in 1909? Can you read and write? Do you own or rent your home? Any mortgage? Are you a survivor of the Union or Confederate navy or army? Are you blind. One or both eyes? Are you deaf or dumb? April 15 will witness the inauguration of the thirteenth census of the United States and on that date an army of about 68,000 census takers will begin their work. Each one of these census takers will be armed with a badge by which "ye may know them" and you may have no hesitancy in telling them the truth the whole truth and nothing hut the truth. Should there be any further questions'as to their credentials each one of them will be provided with a certificate of appointment and those who think he is not the real goods may request him to show even that." UNCLE SAM'S COOK HOOK. Will Be Sent to Any One Free Who Will Order it at Once. Uncle Sam is getting things down fine. He has issued a "Cook Hook" from the agricultural department. However, it appear as "Farmer's Bulletin 391" by which title it can he ordered free of charge. It will be sent to anyone who will di*op a card to the Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C., for "Farmer's Bulletin, 391." H was prepared by C. F. I^angworthy, Ph. D., and Caroline L. Hunt, A. 11., experts in nutrition in connection with the experiment stations. The bulletin contains tables af the composition of different kinds and cuts of meats, in water, proteins, Tats, etc., and presents a scientific treatise on digestion and the texture and flavor and digestive qualities of different cuts, and on the. methods [>f cooking meats. One may be inclined to laugh, hut If then' is one thing that people need instruction upon It is in the matter of cooking. If this is paternalism one must admit that It is Ft form of it that one can swallow. In all probability Uncle Sam will issue other bulletins telling how to prepare pastries, vegetables and othFIRK OH IFF KIiE(TTROCl*TEI>. He Grasped a lave Wire and Was u.HUiiuiy ivineci. .Directing a fight against an apparently incendiary fire in a store building at Bedford, 111., Monday, llorschel liar, chief of the fire department, grasped a live el etriv wire and was instantly killed by the shock. The fire destroyed the building of W. F. Wtood and was one of a series that the merchants of the city charge to hitter rivalry between two unions af stone quarry men, one of which Is on strike. Bloodhounds followed the trail from the Wood building to i hoarding house and the police are further investigating. Wood said hat he had extended credit to a larce > uiml^r of the members of one of lie unions. ? ? ? Thousands of Deserters. The house military committee adnits there are now living more than ifty thousand deserters from the < Jnion army of the "sixties." Per- 1 taps they llvetl and ran away that 1 hey might fight later for pay. ^ i KILLED IN WRECK CONDUCTOR AND ENGINEER DIE IN COLLISION. The Trains Went Together on a Sharp Curve and the Cictlms Had .No Chance to Escape. The Augusta Chronicle says one of the most serious collisions in the history of the Georgia railroad occurred Thursday morning at about threeo'clock city time, at a short distance above Berzella. The conductor and engineer of one of the trains were killed and the fireman of the same crew is not expected to live through the day. Out of a total of ten members of Che two crews, there were only three who were not injured. . West bound freight No. 209 with engine No. 1 with Engineer G. E. Downing and Conductoc i>. E. McCullum, collided at the 22d mile post, which is just west ?f Derzella with east bound extra freight No. 62 in charge of Engineer E. H. Johnson and Conductor Charles Fitzgerald. Conductor Fiztgernld was riding on the engine with his engineer at the tiuve of the collision and he was instantly killed. The two trains were running at al>out the same rate of speed and it is estimated that they were making about 35 miles per hour. The two trains completely telescoped e>ach other, and about a dozen freight cars were reduced to kindling splinters. The general merchandise. in the cars was scattered all over the ground for some distance. The accident wag on a curve and an ascending grade; also an embankment. The heavy loaded outgoing train was given a Bvvere blow by the lighter extra coming east. While the cause of the accident is not given out at the headquarters of the Georgia railroad, still it is admitted that the orders were misunderstood and that Inasmuch as both of the head men in* charge of one of t'he trains was dead, that an exhaustive investigations would have to he held to sevs just where the blame would have to be laid. It is known that the west bound freight was due to stop at Berzella to let extra No. 62 pass, but as the extra train did not reach the point on the schedule time the crew of the westbound freight decided to make Harlem if possible. The collision was just about a mile west of llerzella.. Of the ten men on the two crews the only persons not injured were Conduotor McCullum and the two flagmen. Th*6e men were on the rear of the trains and of course did not get in any of the smashed up part of the train. PLUNGES INTO TRESTLE. Train Rurned and Two Tramps Said to Have Perished. 1 A northbound Seaboard freight train, consisting of twenty-two cars, plunged into a burning trestle over : Cononaca creek about six miles above Greenwood at one o'clock Thursday : morning. The entire trian was consumed by flw. it is indeed a mira- 1 cle how all of the train crew escap- 1 eil instant death. The following were injured: C. 11. Hinnant, engineer, Columbia; Fireman Kemp, Georgia; , Conductor Carroll and a brakt man. All of the wounded men were hur- , led to a hospital in Chester. It Is j said that two tramps were burned in the fire. Barmore Mayes, who runs a brick yard near where the ^ wreck occurred endeavored to extinsr- ( uish the burning trestle but without avail. HV then sent several negroes with lanterns to tlag the freight, but the engineer failed to see the danger signal on account of the light being dinv. A negro was also sent to Greenwood with a note but unfor- 1 tunately arrived a few minuteB after the train had loft. SHOOTS I'KXNIIiESS DIN Kit. ] Dispute Over Ten Cent Debt Kmls in | a Fatal Affray. . . ' 1 In a quarrel over the payment of a i ten cent meal, James H. Roy den, a * marine fireman, was shot and killed 1 late Thursday night by Frank Sch- ? wab. cashier at a "Pittsburg Joe" restaurant at Chicago. Schwab was ' arrested. 1 ltoyden entered the eating house ' shortly before midnight and perch- } fd himself on a stool at the counter. ' lie fell asleep after eating. When 1 the cashier awakened him he stag- t gered toward the door. The cashier stopped him and demanded payment I Hoyden fumbled in his pockets and ' found them empty. He tried to leave t the place and Schwab grappled with i him. t They fought their way out to the 1 sidewalk, when the cashier released his hold. Runing back into the restaurant he got a revolver and shot Hoyden through the heart. ?: I Killed by Train. 1 At Wichita Falls, Texas, T. M. h Cloud, aged f>7, was hit by a south- i l?ound Denver train at three o'clock P Monday morning and Instantly kill- P id. Ho was about to board the a ttU ' i H - NOT IN THE CASE NEGRO LAWYERS OBJECT TO BONAPARTE'S Interference in the Matter of Pink Franklin's Appeal to the Supreme Court. In a statement issued Wednesday fmtn iMonnUe. L-. * * .. ~ ? wiaumug uy juuu Auanis, one of the negro attorneys in the Pink Franklin case, it 1b denied that ExAttorney General Boanapartq of the United States has aided in the preparation of the case. The statement has not been signed or approved by Jacob Moored of Orangeburg, Adams' associate counsel. The following is the statement that was given out as the result of the story carried by the Associated Press with regard to the Franklin case. "From newspaper reports for the past month it would appear to the public that the Franklin case has been turned over to ex-Attorney General Bonaparte. Such an Impression is an injustice to the two colored lawyers who have run the case for the last three years and should be corrected. "The only lawyers of authority in this case are John Adams and Jacob Moorer, and absolutely all the work done in the case up to this time has been accomplished by them. The brief filed by Mr. Bonaparte in the case has not been considered nor seen "by Franklin's lawyers. From what I can glean from the papers the race question is made a part of Mr. Bonaparte's brief and this will by no means l>e allowed in the case. We have not carried thia case to the supreme court as a negro case but as that of a citizen, of South Carolina. "The brief that has been filed* by John Adams and Jacob Moorer is a discussion of cold principles of law and in no mannier seeks sympathy because Franklin is a negro. The law is wrong and we say so. "The premature announcement and employment of Mr. Bonaparte is the work of a few over hot-headed n groes of Philadelphia who have absolutely no authority to take any step in the work. "if the Franklin case works any credit to the defendant. Franklin, and the negro race it will be the work of two negro lawyers, John Adams and Jacob Moorer. If Mr. Bonaparte appenrg in the case it will be done after a thorough agreement with the original lawyers and up to this time we haw not agreed to anything." TRIES THE NEW FORM The Commission Plan is Adopted by Columbia. TVy a majority of five to one, Columbia Saturday adopted the commission form of government. Five weeks ago the legislature passed the act which gave cities of more than 20,000 inhabitants the privilege of adopting the commission form. Saturday's election was the culmination of a campaign begun by a local newspaper two years ago. City council opposed the change The new form has all the essentia fenlutes of the Des Monies and Council Bluff plans. There are a mayor and four salaried convmissioners, all elected at arge. They serve four years. There 3 the Initiative, the referendu.a and ;he recall. The strlckest registration Is reluired and the qualifications for votng In the primary are the sa ne as ' r the election. The voter must lie eglstered for state and city and must lave paid all taxes, state and city. ADVENT OF ROLL WEEVILS. Expected to Reach Georgia in About Three Years. State Entomologist E. L. Worslam, of Georgia, perhaps the best xisted man on cotton diseases and .ioeui? in mi* oiiuin is now engaged n preparing a circular which is to ?e (listritinted among the cotton growers of this state on the present itatns of the Texas Ffoll Weevil and when this dread insect is expected to appear in south west Georgia. According to Entomologist Worslani the boll weevil traveled eastward last year a distance of 125 niles. This is the greatest distance ,'et recorded in one year. At this ate it is exepected the lioll weevil will reach this state In threo years nore. The circular letter will tell the >lant rs what to expect and how best o Identify the dread insect In order hat its presence may be reported, nstantly, and prompt steps taken to etard its onward march wherever )ossible. Daring KoMmtn. The First National bank of Ranlolph was dynamited early Monday >y three masked men and robbed of 110,000 in gold and currency. Prov[>usly Town Marshal Carroll was held ip on the street and bound and gagted. Relieved of his gun, he was tuarded In a room at the bank while even explosions wrecked the vault. MADE BIG GAINS * ? Trend of Public Feeling Seems to be Against tbe Republicans. THE DEMOCRATS ON TOP Itesult of City Elections in Illinois, # Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Missouri Indicate a Strong Feeling Against the Republican in eavor of the Democrats. Returns from forty of the fifty citieB of the first class in Oklahoma which held election Tuesday indicate large Democratic gains. With possibly six exceptions, the Repubii, cans either host control of city couni cils or were heavier losers than in former years. At Hartford, Conn.,, for the first time in six years the Democrats elected a mayor when their candidate de! feated the Republican candidate, who was up for reelection by a majority of 360. The remainder of the Ro1 publican ticket was elected by small majorities. The Democrats won a sweeping victory in Chicago. They gained a majority in the city council for the first time in sewral years. Of the 35 aldermen chosen, the Democrats elected 21, the Republicans 12 and the Independants 2.. Social Democrats led by Emil Sledel, candidate for mayor, swept Milwaukee in the municipal election by approximately 8,000 votes, the largest plurality of any party in any similar contest in the history of the city. At. Jefferson City, Mo., the Democrats elected four out of five councilmen with a tie vote for the fifth. They also carried Governor Hardley's ward which heretofore has gone Republican. At. St. Joseph, Mo.. Alvah P. Clayton, Democrat, was elected mayor of the city by 2,504 votes over his Republican opponent, who was running on a strict law enforcement plat- I form. In the city eelctions in Montana Democratic and Independent candi units were generally successful, though jxarty lines were not closely drawn. I'llKACHKit ISSl'KS STATKMEXT. Says the Pope is the Hitter Foe of Freedom. Rev. B. M. Tipple, pastor of the ^ American Methodist church in Rome, after being received hy Mr. Roosevelt, issued a statement expressing the greatest satisfaction that the exPresident did not have an audience with the Pope. "While the work of Methodism in Rome," says the statement, "started the rumpus, it is no longer Methodism or any other ism, but the great principle of toleration. Mr. Roosevelt has struck a blow for twentieth century Christianity." "The representatives of two great Republics have been the ones to put the Vatican where it belongs. President. Ixjubet refused to accede to Vatican conditions, and now Mr. Fairbanks and Mr. Roosevelt come to maintain the same dignity and independance of American manhood in the face of Vatican tyranny. "The Vatican is incompatible with Republican principles. This is a bitter dose for patriotic Catholics in America to swallow. I wonder how many doses of this sort they will take before they revolt? is Catholicism in America to be American or Romish, if Romish, then every patriotic American should rise to crush it, for Roman Catholicism is the uncompromising foe of freedom. "After the Fairbanks episode the Methodists never dreamed that the Vatican would commit a similar blunder with Mr. Roosevelt. That it has done, so is added proof that the policy prevailing there is the same yesterday, today and forever. The Vatican is the Vatican. The world advances, but the Vatican n ver. "Americans can now better tinderstand how it is that the Roman Church has lost France and is losing Spain and Austria." 2 SC.\M>FI> IIY STKA.M. Eighteen Vhiiiik Women Itudly In Tiiret] in Laundry. Eighteen girls were injured, several seriously, in a panic in the Central Steam Laundry Monday at Chicago. Several girls jumped front l windows and oth< rs were injured in an explosion. Four are in a serious 1 condition at a hospital. 1 The panic was caused by the burst- J ing ?of a steam pipe in the mangle room on the second floor. When the clouds of steam burst into the room, the girls 1* canto panic-stricken and seven of them jumped from the second floor windows. Too high pressure is believed to have been tho cause of the bursting of the pipe. More than 200 girls were working Ion the second and third floors.