The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 21, 1909, Image 4
WHAT COOK SAYS
Atari the Statement Made by Peary and
His Men as to What
THE ESKIMO TOLD THEM
Ho Will Not Kntor Into Any Argument
About the Matter, but Will
llring the Ksquimos to New York
cuitl Prove Ills t^laims by Them
There.
"It is the same old story," said
I>r. Cook, when he was shown the
statement issued by Commander
Peary, together with the map accompanying
it.
"I have replied to the points raised
a dozen tim<*s," ho continued. "The
map publishod by Commander Peary
in itself. indicates that the Eskimos
have respected their promise made
to me ahat they would not Rive any
information to Peary or his men.
"The Eskimos were instructed not
to tell Mr. Peary, or any of his party
of our trip over the Polar Sea. They
were told to say that we had been
far North. They have kept their
word.
"Mr. Whitney has said that during
the cross-examination conducted by
Commander Peary, and others of his
expedition, the Eskimos did not understand
the questions put to them
or the map which was laid before
them. Their replies to the questions
put have been twisted to suit a perverted
interest.
"I will not enter into nny argument
about the matter, but I will
bring d*10 Eskimos jto New York
at my own expense, and they will
prove, as did Mr. Whitney all that
I have claimed."
Dr. Cook would not consent to go
over the details contained in Mr.
Peary's statement any further than
this:
"The Eskimos," he said, "are
only too willing to say something
ithat they think will please their
questioners."
The explorer was not at all perturbed
by the accusations. A conJl^ent
smile flickered over his bronzed
face when they w?>re shown to
him.
"I fully expect to see something
of the kind, he said. "The document
looks formidable over so many
Ffgnatures, and will probably appear
fo to the public. There is, however,
nothing: in it, as it is based upon
the distorted and evasive replies of
persons who were told not to give
any details."
The doctor continued:
"Uasmussen, who will be here
shortly has seen the Eskimos and
knows the real story. They did not
try to deceive him. He was with
them for fourteen days. They know
him and told him everything. He
epeaks the Eskimo language, for he
is a Semi-Eskimo himself, and the
people have the most complete confidence
in him."
COTTON I'ICKKK AUTOMOBILE
Which Will KevolutlouiAO the (fathering
of the Staple.
From time to time there come Inventions
of cotton picking machines
that have their day and pass out as
failures. There has never yet been
invented a machine that could take
the place of human hands in the
picking of the great staple crop of
the South. Still, the day may some
time come when a successful picker
will be invented. An article in the
Oqtqbcr number of Van Norden's
Magazine says that a man has invented
a cotton picking auto.
"It seems strange," observes Van
Norden's, "that no one has ever
thought that the contents of the cot
ton boll could be pulled out by mechanical
fingers instead of human
fingers. That is what the picker
does. Instead of two arms, however,
it has no less than eight, and a tenyear-old
darkey can be trained in an
hour to guide two of these arms at
such a rate that a machine which
traveled over a cotton field in Alabama,
picked and bagged six bales
of the staple, weighing five hundred
pounds each, in a day of ten hours.
This heats the liveliest work which
has ever been accomplished by human
labor. With an active cotton
picker it costs very nearly $5 a bale,
because the amount of cotton to a
pound is so enormous."
The Anderson Mail says "thai
sounds mighty good. If the machine
does the work that is claimed foi
it, the cotton picking problem, whicl
1s a very serious one, has been solved
But we cheerfully confess that w<
will have to see it before we wil
believe it."
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Tlindlng and gagging the nlghl
chief clerk and his assistant and carrying
them to an unoccupied part
of the building, a lone hold-up man
robbed the office of the Great Northern
Express Company at King
Street station in the State of Washington
Monday morning, securing
several sacks of gold nnd silver and
a large amount of paper money, the
total amount running into the thousands.
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SHOT PATRIOT DEAD
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BARCELONA, SPAIN.
He Was Convicted hy Court Martial
for l/cuding a Revolutionary Movement.
At Barcelona, Spain, Francisco
Ferrer, who was convicted of promoting
the recent Barcelona rein Ilion,
was shot Thursday morr.in.; in
Montjuich prison, in execution of the
death sentence luposed uj>oli him.
Professor Ferrer, Spanish educator
and convicted revolution.*t, faced the
firing s<iuad without IP nelil.r.?, and
fell dead at the first volley.
Kxcept for a mom *,ite.r.v exp-esiivjn
of emotion immed'atsly proeeedtrg
his death, he retained his c inu.osure
to the last. His attorney, M. Galceran,
who defended him so loyally as
to bring about his own arrest for improperly
addressing the court, occurred
permission for a brief talk with
him just before the execution.
To bis attorney, Ferrer spoke feelingly
of the work for which he hud
sacrificed his life and of the future
of his daughter, whose brave attempt
to save his life touched the fVher
more deeply, apparently, than any
other incident of his trial and conviction.
On Ferrer's arrest his family was
left dependent upon this daughter,
who at once secured employment in
a biscuit factory.
When it was known that her father
had been sentenced to death the !
daughter made a personal appeal to 1
King Alfonso, calling upon him in '
i fin ri'iYi"w> life? 1/ tuiu-n fr/?n*ipnc I t v t n 1
spare her father's life. When these
facts were related by Galeernn, Ferrer
broke down for a moment.
Ferrer declined to receive the last
sacraments, and turned away from
the two priests of the Order of Peace
and Charity who had been sent by
the prison authorities tc offer him
the final consolation of the church.
When the hour of execution nrrivod
he walked bravely through the
prison yard to the ditch in the shadow
of the encircling wall. Without
a quiver he faced the 12 lnfrantrymen,
who at the word of command,
fired simultaneously. When the report
of the volley had died away,
Ferrer lay upon the ground.
Previous to the execution precautions
had been taken to forestall a
poss'ble attempt at rescue by doubling
the sentinels upon the walls of
the fortress. J
"LITTLE JOSEPHINE BASS"
Package Awaits the Child Who Gave
Taft Bouquet.
The Evening Post says the Charleston
postolllee has a newspaper addressed
to "Little Miss Josephine
Bass, South Carolina," which the de
livery department will be pleased to
deliver to the right party.
Realizing that the address was imperfect,
the sender made the following
note on the wrapper. "Who gave
President Taft a bouquet of violets
when on his way to Charleston to
sail for Panama."
The story is recalled of the little
girl passing forward to the President's
car and giving him the violets.
It is thought at IJranchville.
She gave her name to the President,
and when the kindly disposed President-elect
asked her what she would
have in return, she replied a post
card from Panama. Mr. Taft mailed
her a card complying with the modest
request.
The newspaper probably contains
some notice of interest to the little
girl and the sender not knowing her
address directed it "South Caroli
na, and me pacnage came 10 LnarloHton.
The little girl Is known not
to reside here, but the delivery department
of the Charleston postoffice
holds the paper and will forward
it to the proper address in the
State, upon the address being made
known.
Little Girl Found.
The package addressed "For Li'tie
Miss Josephine Bass," held in
the Charleston postoffice, has be m
delivered. The little girl was found
at Branch ville, and the package,
which is from some Western correspondent,
who probably desires the
little girl to read some appredatt/e
notice about herself, was delivered
to her on Thursday. The package
! appears to be simply a newspaper
but it may contain something else
on the inside. The package war addressed:
"For Little Miss Josephine
, Bass, South Carolina."
No Need for Alarm.
, Notwithstanding the comfortable
. assurance that Halley's comet, which
} is traveling through space at a bre^ikI
neck speed, will not come nearer to
earth than 13,000,000 miles there
are lots of people who are already
worrying memseives over it. They
: fear that, wo shall ho smothered with
star dust or that the comet, with
vicious action of Its tail, will sweep
all the people off the earth as easily
as a woman sweeps the crumbs off
a table. To know that no comet or
other celestial body has ever done
the slightest harm to our world ought
to calm their fears, but It will not.
It Is really astonishing how many
people do seem to enjoy making
themselves miserable.
TWELVEPERISH
Storm Causes Loss of Life on Florida
East Coast Extension
PROPERTY IS DAMAGED
The Floating F<|iii|tment ami Incomplete
Work on Hio Kail road is Very
lludly Torn Fp, As It Was Much
Kxposed to the Fury of the Heavy
Wind.
A dispatch from Miami, Fin., says
nt'WB reached there late Wednesday
afternoon of the sinking of the tugs.
Sybil, Sadie and Iiahia Honda during
Monday's hurricane and the loss of
the eleven members of the crew of
the Sybil, including Capt. Parker.
The crews of the Sadie and Dahia
Honda escaped.
This news was brought to Miami by
the relief expedition sent out by the
Metropolis, the local afternoon newspaper.
The loss of life on the Sybil
Includes, besides Capt. Parker, Engineer
Fox, Pilot Whitmere, Engineer
Peterson and seven deck hands.
The following statement was given
out by Engineer Ernest Cotton of the
Florida East Coast railway:
"Loss of life on the Florida East
Coast extension is limited to the crew
of the tug Sybil and Timekeeper
Drown at Marathon, a total of twelve
persons. The floating equiptment of
the road and uncompleted work were
badly damaged. There was, however,
ao damage to the concrete work at
<iny point. All of our camps wore
moro or less wrecked, but the large
forces of our workmen are being car>d
for and have sufficient supplies of
food. The men behaved well and already
every gang has gone to work
:1 earing away the wreckage and
preparing for reopening the extension
:o traffic."
The track north of Marathon is
svashed out at several points, but the
?xtend of tdamnge has not yet been
letermined.
Timekeeper J. TT. Thrown, an old
employe of the Florida East Coast
nilway, was drowned at Marathon.
The Metropolis expedition reported
\ washout of 4,000 feet of track between
Manitee and Jewish creek, on
the Florida East Coast extension. The
track was also shifted fifty feet. The
provisions of the colony at Jewflsh
are running low.
WIIIKLKSS IS WOHKING WELL.
Success of tile Military Stations in
Alaska.
More evidence of the successful
working of the military wireless telegraph
stations n Alaska is shown in
a report from First Lieut. E. A.
Junet, Thirteenth infantry, at Fort
Gibbon.
On the night of September 23,
the station at Nome worked well both
ways, with the steamer Minnesota, en
route to Japan. At that time the
vessel was about two hundred miles
south of Mimak Pass and about 1,300
miles from the wireless station. The
Minnesota also reported hearine mes
sages from Fort Gibbon strong and
loud.
More than f?00 miles of tho distance
traveled by messages from Fort
Gibbon was over land and the station
at that place also picked up messages
from the steamer at Miinak.
Two Persons Killed.
A storm amounting almost to a
tornado passed ever sections of Tennessee
about 7 o'clock Thursday
night. A1 Barnes, a prominent citizen
of Denmark, Madison county,
was killed, and Mrs. Barnes hurt.
Their home was wrecked. Tom Helm
was killed in Lincoln county, near
Mulbery, and Homer Ashby and wife
were severely hurt. Carter Arnold,
returning home from scnool at Wartrace,
was caught in the storm and
has not been heard from. Many resi
donees were wrecked in Tennessee.
Editor Kills Assailant.
In a pistol duel at Harrodsburg,
Ky., Wednesday night between ICditor
John F. Pulliam and John W.
Kobards in Pulliam's office, Kobards
was fatally wounded and Pulliam
may have to have his arm amputated
as a result of a bullet, which
crushed the bone. Kobards is said
to have entered the office of the llarrodsburg
Herald and opened fire on
Pulliam, who returned it. A trival
quarrel is believed to have been the
cause of the affray. Both are prominent.
Office r Commit* Suicide.
Tileut. Carl. A. Itichster, U. S. N.,
stationed on the Marietta, committed
suicide by hanging himself in
his quartern aboard the Marietta.
His body was found hanging from
two bell straps in hia room at 8
o'clock Thursday morning. He had
been ashore until a late hour Wednesday
night. The body has been
carried to the naval hospital at Portsmouth
from the Marietta, which is
still in Hampton Hoads. Lieut.
Hlchster was from Iowa.
One reason a boy can admire his
father is the way ho can cuss when
he gets mad.
TOOK HIS LIFE
Fashionably Dressed Robber Cheats His
Pursuers by Calmly
COMMITTING SUICIDE
lie Held I'p t!ie Cashier of the lliKhland
I'ark Hank Near (liiea^o and
l'le?'N With tIn' Funds and When
Closely Pressed Dcliberatcl}' Shoots
Himself.
A fashionably dressed bandid who
early Wednesday afternoon robbed
the savings bank of D. M. Krskine &
Co., in Highland Park, 111., an aristocratic
suburb on the lake shore
2f> miles north of Chicago, committ
ed suicide by shooting himself in
the mouth when driven to bay by
the Highland Park Marshal and a
posse of citizens.
A companion of the robber, who
had driven him to the bank in an
automobile, was captured immediately
following the robbery, forcing the
principal perpetrator of the daring
daylight crime to tlee on foot. ,
lie was engaged in a running duel
with Town Marshal John Sheehau
who was the target for many bullets
from the fugitive's revolver, one of
which went through the sleeve of
his coat. After running several
blocks and failing to drive hack his
pursuer, the robber ran into a shed
closely pursued by Sheehan.
When in; saw Slieehan entor th#>
shed with his revolver leveled
at his head, tin.- fugitive put the muzzle
of his own revolver in his mouth
and tired a shot whlrh resulted in his
death almost instantly. The identity
of the dend man and hiH companion
is unknown.
The robbery was conducted in a
ieliherato and spectacular manner,
the bandit securing about $T>00 in
gold coin and hills after he had forced
.loh 11 C. Duffy, the cashier of the
bank, into the cashier's cage just
after the closing of business for the
day.
"Call everyone in here into that
cage or I'll blow your head oft. Hurry
up," said the robber as ho covered
the cashier with a revolver.
Duffy, unarmed, complied with the
demand. The bookkeeper and the
receiving teller came into the cage
while the intruder helped himself to
all the money in sight. He carefully
tucked the gold and bills into his
pockets and then exclaimed: "If any
of you attempt to follow mo I will
kill you."
He started for tho door and Huffy
immediately phoned the marshal's
office across the street. By the time
the robber reached the automobile
Sheehan was running toward the
bank. At the sight of him the robber
broke into a run, and citizens held
the chauffeur.
The chase after the fugitive was a
thrilling one, but ended in his suicide
within a few minutes. All the
money taken form the bank was
found in his clothing. The robbei
had called at the bank earlier in the
day.
EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE
In a Stove Causes One Death and a
Destructive Fire.
At Fitzgerald, On., on Wednesday,
a fire originating from an explosion
of gasoline in a tailoring establishment,
destroyed the Grier block on
Pine street, caused a loss of $2C>,000
and injuring two firemen. It
is believed that a negro who attempted
to till the gasoline stove
with the flames on lost his life.
The buildings destroyed included the
Commercial hotel, loss of $12,000;
Smith's tailoring establishment, loss
$3,000. Firemen Homer Watters
and .lames Parrott fell through the
hotel roof and were badly hurt.
KILLS WIFE, THEN HOI SELF.
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Insanely Jealous Man Commits Murder
ami Suicide.
At Erie, Pa., Fred F. Link, of
the Link Manufacturing Company,
of that city, aroused his wife from
her slumber Sunday morning and a
quarrel ensued, during which, it is
said. Link announced that he had
decided to end both his own life
and that of his wife. He drew a
! revolver and Mrs. Link seized him
and fought for her life, but the
insanely jealous man overcome her
and shot her four times, one bullet
penetrating her heart. Link fired
the remaining bullet through hits
own head, dying instantly.
Tennessee hid Not Escape.
That a destructive storm of wind
and hail swept over West and Middle
Tennessee and North Alabama,
early Thursday night, is evidenced by
the fact that no communication of
any character can be had with these
sections. Telegraph and telephone
wires are down and reports from
small towns in the extreme western
counties of Tennessee state that a
severe wind storm occurred at 6
o'clock Thursday night , unroofing
houses, leveling telegraph poles and
doing other damage. No loss of life
is reported from these points.
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liKlllM) CliOSFI) DOCKS.
Three Thousand Soldiers on Kach
Side of Bridge Across Hio Grande
at K1 Paso and Ciudcd Jaurez.
With cannon roaring salutes and
with soldiers everywhere, President
Taft, ot' the United States, and President
Diaz, of Mexico, met at K1 Paso,
Texas, Saturday and exchanged greetings
of good will and friendship.
The meeting took place behind closed
doors in the directors 'rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce building.
Two assistant secretaries to
President Taft were to report the addresses
of the executves.
After having reeei\ed\ President
Diaz, on American soil, President
Taft crossed the international border
line and returned the call of
President Diaz, at the customs house
in the quaint little city of Ciudad
Juarez. Again the two Presidents
I were closeted for a few minutes, and
President Diaz repaid the courtesies
which had been extended to him
while he was the guest of the American
people.
President Taft returned to the
United States to review a military
parade at 101 Paso Sautrday afternoon.
Saturday nieht. however ho
crossed into Mexican territory for
the second time to be the guest of
President Diaz at Juarez. There
wore over J,000 American soldiers
on the American side and a like
number on the Mexican side. The
military demonstrations was most
impressive. The bridge spanning the
Kio Grande was guarded as neutral
territory.
This permitted the Mexican military
escort to accompany their President
to the American end of the
bridge and likewise permitted the
military to escort Mr. Taft to the
Mexican end of the bridge. President
Diaz was saluted with twentyone
guns upon his arrival on American
soil. Mr. Taft wore a " black
frock, while Mr. Diaz was garbed in
a full gold bedecked uniform. eir.
Taft received the national salute
when he crossed the border line.
Blow With Fist Fatal.
At Nashville, Tenn., with a fist
V,lnill I,VUn. I 1 n.. I.II1.J
uiuh uuuu u iu i u:tiuii 11y t\ 11 j?*? 1
Eugene Williams Sunday afternoon,
breaking his neck. The men quarrelled,
it is said, over a dollar alleged
to have been given Williams
by Goodwin, with which to buy blind
tiger whiskey. Goodwin was arrested.
lie claims-self-defence.
Shot in the Hack.
Y. Z. Newberry, while entering his
nouso ?aiuraay nigni ai Newport
N. C., was shot in tho back of the
head and killed instantly by some
unknown person. Mr. Newberrj
was mayor of his town and a member
of the board of the county commission.
He was a Mason and Odd
Fellow. He left a wife and two children.
Negroes Ihit Out Ticket.
The negro voters of the college
town of Oxford, Ala., who numbei
100 out of less than 4 00 voters oi
the community, has put in the field
a complete ticket of candidates foi
the public offices. As there arc
three white tickets, the town facet
the possibility of being governed
by negroes.
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Nurses Go On Strike.
Eleven nurses at tho St. Peter's
hospital in Charlotte have Rone on
a strike. "We left because of 111 ^
treatment," declared one of the
young women. "The superintendent
f and head nurse are from tho North
I and are always throwing off on
Southerners and calling us fools. I
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i1 the South that makes us strike, but
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