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CLOSE 10 SOUTH POLE
The Shackleton Expedit ion Gets
With.’n 111 Miies of the Goal.
BRAVE MEN ALMOST PERISH
Sometimes ths Party Was Able to Make
Only GOO Yards a Day--Most Re
markable Dash Ever Made.
London, England.—The polar re
gions are gradually yielding up their
secrets to human perseverance and
determination, Lieutenant Ernest H.
Shackleton ot the British navy, wno
left his permanent quarters last au
tumn for a dash to the pole, having
succeeded alter an arduous sledge
journey of 1,703 miles, which occu
pied 126 days, in forging to within
111 miles of the south pole, or 354
miles nearer than the point attained
by the "Discovery Expedition,” of
which he was an officer.
As the expedition to the south was
undertaken rather for the purpose of
geographical survey than with the
idea of reaching the pole itself, it
may be said to have succeeded be
yond the most sanguine expectations.
Profiting by former experiences in
the antarctic regions when all the
dogs succumbed to the strain and
rigors of the climate, Lieutenant
Shackleton made some departure
from the usual preparations for a
journey across the snow and ice. He
took with him a motor car which
could be converted into a sledge and
substituted ponies for dogs and light
woolen clothing for heavy furs.
The main expedition, of which Lieu
tenant Shackleton was in command,
reached latitude 88.23, longitude 162
east, while a second party pushed
forward to the southern magnetic
pole, reaching latitude 72.25, longi
tude 154 each. The British Ilag was
left flying at both points.
Briefly summarized, the results of
tlie expedition are that a point was
reached within 111 miles of the south
pole; the magnetic pole was also
reached; eight mountain chains were
discovered, and 100 mountains. Mt.
Erebus, 13,120 feet in altitude, was
ascended by the party; a new coast
and high mountains were located run
ning west from Victoria Land, and
the theory of the existence of an
area of atmospheric calm around the
south pole was disproved.
ROOSEVELT SAILS FOR AFRICA.
Hundreds at the Pier to Bid Roose
velt "Godspeed’ as He Boarded Ship.
New York City.—Waving a hearty
farewell, with his black slouch hat,
his smiling face beaming in the morn
ing sun as he stood on the captain's
bridge of the steamship Hamburg, ex
President Theodore Roosevelt sailed
for his long-planned African “safari.”
He left amid the cheers of thousands
that swarmed -the Hamburg-American
line pier, the whistles of countless
river craft, and the thunderous re
verberations of the ex-president’s sa
lute of thirteen guns from Ports Ham
ilton and Wadsworth.
Beside the happy figure of the form
er chief magistrate, as the big steam
ship slipped out of her dock, stood
a young lad, seemingly dejected as
he wistfully gazed at the cheering
multitude on the pier below. It was
Kermit Roosevelt, who accompanied
his father as official photographer.
Father and son, both clad in brilliant
buff-hued army coats, remained on
the bride on the trip down the bay,
and acknowledged, with sweeps of
their hats, the salutes of the vessels.
The ovation was unofficial in char
acter, but many high in the affairs of
the nation were present. The crowd,
in its enthusiasm, bowled over the
lines of policemen on the pier, sur
rounded the former president, while
he was being presented a bronze tab
let by the Italian American chamber
of commerce, and before he was
again safely back on the sheltering
gang plank, knocked his hat from his
head and caused him to drop a vac
uum bottle, which had been present
ed by some admiring Pittsburg
friends. Fortunately, Mr. Roosevelt
was not hurt in the rush, and he
seemed to enjoy his experience with
the crowd.
One incident of the departure which
iKmched Mr. Roosevelt probably more
than any other was the presentation
of a message and gift from President
Taft, by Captain Archibald Bull, who
was chief military aide to Mr. Roose
velt, and who occupies that position
under President Taft.
It is a collapsible ruler, twelve
inches long, when drawn out of the
end of the pencil. On it is inscribed:
"To Theodore Roosevelt, from Wil
liam Howard Taft. Goodbye and good
luck. Best wishes for a safe return."
One of the last acre of Mr. Roose
velt before sailing was to send a
message to President Taft, reading:
"Parting thanks; love and sincerity.”
With Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit on
the Smithsonian hunting expedition
are Major E. A. Mearns of the Med
ical Corps, U. S. A., and J. Loring
Allen and Edmund Helelr. naturalists,
who will seek specimens for the
Smithsonian Institution.
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INCREASES COST OF LIVING
So Way* and Means Democrats Allege
in Report on New Tariff Bill.
Washington, D. C. —Champ Clark,
tin minority leader, was asked what
attitude he would take with regard
to the duty on lumber, and he replied
that he would develop that iu his
coming speech in the house. Mr.
Clark’s alleged position on this sched
ule has been vigorously criticised by
democrats from Georgia, Alabama,
Florida and Tennessee, each of
which states has large interests in
lumber.
That the Payne tariff bill increas
es the cost of living; that it is
crude, indefinite, sectional and pro
hibitive, and that it is an open chal
lenge to a trade war with every otaer
nation on earth, are some of the crit
icisms of that measure made by tne
democratic members of the ways and
means committee in the minority re
port submitted to the house by Minor
ity Leader Champ Clark,
Declaring that a tariff is a tax paid
by tlie consumer, and that the only
function of a tariff law is to raise
revenue to supply the needs of the
government, the minority members of
the committee insist that, instead of
an increase of taxes, or a new issue
of bonds, the correct remedy for the
growing deficiency in the revenues is
the cutting down of the expenses of
running the government.
"The bill is, in many respects,
crude, indefinite, sectional and prohib
itive. it seems to us, from our exam
ination, which was necessarily hasty,
that, on the whole, it increases the
cost of living. The claim that the
bill is a sectional one, made by the
democratic members of the commit
tee, is based largely on the cotton
schedule. The report contends that
the bill does not lift any burdens
from the shoulders of the southern
farmer, although the manufacturer of
cotton goods is protected by heavy
tax, it claims.
“The treatment of the farmer by
this bill is along the same lines as
have characterized republican meth
ods in the past,” says the report. "He
gets practically no relief, and the la
borer and producer have greater bur
dens imposed upon them. Every ar
ticle of food the laborer must have
to live comfortably is heavily taxed;
even the salt on his table is not
exempt.
That the bill is a sectional one is
shown by the failure of the majority
of the committee to lift any burden
whatever from the shoulders of the
southern farmers. The grower of cot
ton must sell his product in the open
markets of the world. In order, how
ever, to benefit the manufacturer of
cotton, the republican party makes
him pay a heavy tax on every pound
of it that is exported, and comes back
into the United States in the shape
of manufactured goods. Thus he sells
in free trade market and buys in a
protected market. Not only have
these burdens not been lifted, but ad
ditional ones have been placed upon
him. By a lately discovered process
a fabric known as "mercerized fab
rics” is now being made. This is a
very fine article of cotton goods, look
ing very much like silk, and is large
ly worn. In order to further enrich
the manufacturer and to further tax
the masses of the people, a tax has
been laid on these goods.
Cotton hose has fallen under their
greedy gaze, and the tax on it, al
ready too high, has been greatly in
creased. Cotton goods are more gen
erally used than any other class of
goods by the masses of the American
people, and every cent of duty laid
on such fabrics is an additional tax
on the people least able to pay it.
REPLICA OF CLERLMONT.
Contract Let for the Facsimile of
Fulton's Steamboat.
New York City.—The officers of the
Hudson-Fulton celebration commis
sion have let the contract for build
ing the replica of Robert Fulton’s
Clermont, to the Staten Island Ship
building Company. Work has already
begun on the facsimile of the first
boat to steam up the Hudson.
The Clermont with the replica of
Hudson's "Half Moon," which is be
ing built by the Dutch in Holland
will be the center of the great naval
parade which will start from New
York and steam to Newburg on Fri
day, October 1. To convoy these two
little vessels there will be fleets of
American and foreign warships, great
river craft and ocean steamships tha‘t
have evolved from Fulton’s awkward
little steamboat.
Free Trade in Pistols.
Chicago, 111.—" Revolvers sold with
out permits” is the sign conspicuous
ly dismayed in various stores as a
result of a truce between the city
and firearm dealers. The courts have
intimated that the present ordinance,
which requires a purchaser to obtain
a permit from the chief of police, is
defective and a new law will have
to be passed.
KIDNAPERS RETURN BOV
Willie Whitla Delivered to His
Father at Cleveland, Ohio.
MAN AND WOMAN ARRESTED
Had $9,790 in Their Possession and
Confessed That They Had Stolen
the Child.
Harrisburg, Pa. —Governor Stuart
has issued a proclamation, offeiing a
reward of $15,000 for the arrest and
conviction of the kidnapers of Wil
lie Whitla.
Cleveland, Ohio. Little Willie
Whitla, who has cau"ed the police of
the entire country endless worry since
he was kidnaped from school in Sha
ron, Pa., a wee* ago, was returned
to nis vainer at i..e Pionenueu no
lel here.
Mr. Whitla admitted that he had
paiu slu,ouu to me woman in a can
ny store, who acted tor the kidnap
ers. it was in currency and Dills.
The woman did not count the money.
Mr. Whitla believes the woman was
an Italian, but refuses to disclose ner
identity.
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x Cleveland, Ohio.—-In the arrest ,
k here later ot a man and a wo- i
x man having $9,791> in their pos- i
k session, tne police believe mey .
k have captureu tne kidnapers of t
k Willie Yvniila. i
k in fact, me woman in the <
1 case, who is greatly excited, ad- i
x mitted tnat she had been respon- ,
i aible for the kidnaping. \\ hen j
a placed in custody at tne central j
t police station, sue said to Cap- i
t Lam Shattuck: i
* "1 am the one who planned t
K the whole thing. There will oe j
k trouble tor me, and hell in Sha- t
k ron tomorrow.” i
k Beneath the woman’s skirt .
i was found $9,790. All of it but i
k S4O was bound in packages, with i
k the original slips placed on the t
i. money when Wnitla took it from ,
k the bank, still around it. i
AAAAAAAAAAAAa
In compliance with an arrangement
entered into between the kidnaped
boy’s father and an agent of the kid
napers here, the boy was placed on
a street car on the outskirts of the
city and sent to the hotel.
The moment the anxious parent
heard that a strange boy was in the
hotel, he rushed across the lobby,
grasped him in his arms and smoth
ered his faces with kisses.
Willie is in perfect health. He says
that he has been well treated, and
ever since his capture he has been
constantly indoors. He believes he
was taken from Sharon to Warren
and thence to Newcastle, Pa. It is
his opinion, expressed in a happy
schoolboy way, that he was iu Ash
tabula at the time his father was to
leave his SIO,OOO in Flat Iron Park.
Whitla, senior, said that he receiv
ed a letter from the kidnapers at his
home in Sharon, saying that if he
called at a confectionery store in the
east end of Cleveland, he would be
told how to secure his boy unharmed
and “well fed.”
He at once left Sharon for Cleve
land. He was unaccompanied. Whit
la was certain that if he spoiled the
plans of his son’s captors he would
never see the lad again. His expe-
rience at Ashtabula served as a warn
ing.
He went to a candy store in the
east end of Cleveland. With him he
carried SIO,OOO, expecting that it
would be demanded of him there. He
was met by a woman, who detailed
to him the terms of the kidnapers.
With all the eagerness of a distracted
parent, Whitla agreed to them im
mediately and paid the money. Half
an hour later he returned to the
Hollenden Hotel and awaited develop
ments.
Fully 2,000 people gathered in the
hallways and lobbies of the hotel.
Those who were unable to get into
the hotel stood on the sidewalks and
shouted for a glimpse of the boy.
Again and again they called his name
and implored his father to bring him
out and let them look at him. Whitla
acquiesced to the request of the
crowd, and carrying his boy on his
shoulder, walked down into the lobby.
Cries of "Speech!” “Speech!” caus
ed Whitla to say a few words.
“This is my son. He was lost and
is found again. If I live a thousand
years I never can do enough to re
pay the press, the police and the
people who all have done noble work
in helping to find my boy and in ex
tending their Sympathy to me and
my family and relatives.”
Sharon, Pa. —Willie Whitla does not
yet seem to comprehend what he and
his parents have been through. He
was out playing with his little friends.
He rode a bicycle, played marbles
and assisted in flying a kite. He is
the object of the childish envy of ev
ery boy in Sharon.
COOPERS ARE FOUND GUILTY.
Sentenced to Serve Twenty Years for
Murder of Carmack.
Nashville, Tenn. —Guilty of murder
jin the second degree, with twenty
I years imprisonment as the penalty,
J was the verdict of the jury in the
case against Duncan B. Cooper and
Robin J. Cooper for the slaying of
former United States Senator E. W.
Carmack. The jury acquitted John
D. Sharp as co-defendant.
Immediately the defense moved to
set aside the verdict of disagreement
and asked the court to declare it a
mistrjal. Judge Hart said he would
listen to arguments on this motion
later. He then fixed the defendants’
bond at $25,000 each, which amount
was acceptable to both sides.
The verdict, coming as it did upon
the heels of Foreman Burk’s declara
tion that “we are hopelessly tied up
as to the Coopers,” was a decided
surprise. The defendants took it cool
ly-—almost without emotion.
Mrs. Burck and Mrs. Wilson, the
young daughters of Colonel Cooper,
were brave and aside from tearful
eyes, restrained their emotions game
ly. Mrs. Burch sat with her arms
around her brother’s, Robin’s, shoul
der, and Mrs. Wilson was at her fa
ther’s right. The suspense for the
two young women had been heart
rending, and any verdict, however
unfavorable, was a relief.
The jurors were tired looking and
disheveled and when the court re
marked: “I thank you, gentlemen, for
your patience and devotion to the
state and dismiss you to your home
and your personal avocations,” the
entire twelve sprang from their seats
as one man and hurriedly left the
court room. The defendants and their
counsel remained to complete the
bond preliminaries and motions for
a new trial.
The jurors were not inclined to
talk, but one of them said: "On the
I first ballot we acquitted John Sharp
and disregarded the conspiracy the
ory. On this same ballot we stood
six for guilty of murder in the first
| degree with mitigating circumstances,
i five for murder in the second degree
| with twenty years, the maximum pen
alty, and one for acquittal. The
• ballots all day Wednesday and Thurs
day showed the same result. Friday
the man who voted for acquittal came
over to murder in the second degree,
but demanded that only ten years
be assessed. The rest of us did not
deem ten years as anything like ad
equate, so we disagreed again. Of
course, all this refers to the Coopers,
not Sharp, whom we had acquitted..
Early Saturday morning the man who
was holding out for ten years agreed
to twenty years, and the six who were
voting for a first degree verdict
agreed to this verdict,”
While the jurors would not say
who the man was who held out for
acquittal, it is known from remarks
overheard by the deputies that he
was S. J. Hyde.
John Sharp hurried to the court
house when he heard of the verdict,
and was soon closeted with the de
fendants and their counsel.
Several others had been sent for
and telephoned that ‘hey would come
as quickly as automobiles would
bring them. In a few moments, Wal
ter O. Parmer arrived and signed for
the balance.
"I will sign for a million for these
men,” he remarked. James E. Cald
well later signed for $25,000 on each
bond and H. B. Chalburn and C. W.
Anderson for $2,500 each on each
bond. This makes the total bonds
in both cases SIIO,OOO, although only
$50,000 was asked.
The Burch automobile- came up a
little later and the party was whirled
away to the Bradford home.
LUMBER BATE CASES SETTLED.
Railroads Agree to Pay Claimants 67
Per Cenc of Claims.
Washington, D. C. —What are popu
larly known as the yellow pine repa
ration cases before the interstate com
merce commission were settled by
agreement. They involve about 3,-
000,000 of reparation on a charge of
16 cents per hundred pounds on lum
ber shipped from the southern yellow
pine region east of the Mississippi
river to points outside of that terri
tory.
As a result of conferences between
representatives of both shippers and
railroads, an agreement was reached
that, so far as Georgia, Florida and
the eastern part of Alabama are con
cerned, the railroads would pay to
the claimants 67 per cent of ' the
amount of their provable claims.
Navy of Germany.
Berlin, Germany—ln view of the
assertions made in the British house
of commons that Germany in the
spring of 1912 would have seventeen
warships, all of them of the big gun
type, the navy department authorizes
the statement that in the autumn of
1912 Germany will have thirteen such
vessels.
MARITIME WAR LAWS
Adopted As Result of Conference
of Ten Leading Nations.
LIST OF CONTRABAND GOODS
American Delegates Are Satisfied the
Code Contains Much Much That Will
Be of Advantage in Time of War.
Wellington, D. C.—The declaration
of principles regarding the law of
maritime war, agreed upon by the
conference of ten of me principal
maritime nations of the world, held
in Loudon during the past winter,
and known as the Maritime Confer
ence, have just been made public at
the state department. Probably the
most interesting features from the
American standpoint, are the decla
rations regarding what constitutes
contraband, and v/hat is free of con
traband.
The principle enunciated in the dec
laration are to act as a guide for the
government of international prize
court, to be established at The Hague.
They are regarded as of great im
portance, and mark a decided step
forward in the establishment of a
code for naval warfare. The Ameri
can delegates, as previously reported,
are satisfied the code contains much
that will prove of great advantage in
time of war. This is especially the
case with the articles treating of con
traband, exports approximating at this
time $900,000,000 a year, will be af
fected in the event of war, and un
der the {lead of free contraband ex
ports approximating $400,000,000.
On the question of contraband the
conference adopted three classifica
tions, viz.: Absolutely, conditional and
not contraband.
Absolute contraband includes gen
erally articles and implements of
war, and those that may be used in
war. Conditional contraband includes
food supplies, fodder and grain, cloth
ing suitable for military use; gold
and silver, coined and in bars, and
paper representing money; airships
and flying machines; fuel, lubricants,
powders and explosives not special
ly designed for war use; barbed wire;
horse shoes and shoeing outfits.
The following articles cannot be de
dared contraband of war;
Raw cotton, raw wool, silk, jute,
flax and. hemp and other raw mate
rials of textile industries, as well as
fabrics woven therefrom; oleaginous
nuts and seeds; copra; india rubber;
resins, gums and lac; hops; raw
hides, horns, bone and ivory; natu
ral and artificial fertilizers, compris
ing nitrates and phosphates suscepti
ble of use in agriculture; ores, earths,
clays, lime, chalk and stone, includ
ing marble, brick, slate an dtile; chi
naware and glassware; paper and
substances intended solely for their
production; and varnishes, hypochle
rite of lime; soda ash, caustic soda,
sulphate of soda in cakes; ammonia,
sulphate of ammonia and sulphat of
copper; machinery used in manufac
ture; textile industries and printing;
precious stones, fine stones, mother of
pearl, pearls and coral; clocks and
watches, except chronometers.
Articel 47 provides that any person
belonging to the armed forces of the
enemy and found on board a neutral
war vessel may be made a prisoner
of war, even though there be no
ground for seizing the vessel. This
principle conforms to the attitude ta
ken by the United States in the fa
mous Mason and Slidell cases during
the civil war, when these men were
taken from the British steamer Trent.
COMMISSION TOJJBERIA.
Ogden, Shuster and B. Washington’s
Secretary Named.
Washington, D. C. —The commission
this government will send to Liberia
to investigate the conditions there,
with a view to recommending a pos
sible improvement in the management
of that government, will be composed,
it was announced, of Robert C. Og
den of New York City, Emmett J.
Scott, secretary to Booker T. Wash
ington, and W. Morgan Shuster
It was at first intended to appoint
Booker Washington a member of the
commission, but it w-as stated here
that his usefulness could be put to
better advantage in this country.
MILLIONS FOR SOUTHERN COLLEGES.
Peabody Fund Distributed—Million for
University Tennessee.
New York City.—The trustees of
the Peabody education fund, voted to
distribute the money now on hand,
amounting to $2,500,000, rather than
to continue donating small amounts
from the income of the fund to the
colleges of the country.
It was voted to give $1,000,000 to
the Peabody College for Teachers at
Nashville, Tenn., affiliated with the
Universty of Tennessee. The rest of
the $2,000,000 will be distributed in
amounts of about $50,000 to other
colleges in the south
KILLED WRONG MAN.
Confessed to Murder—Was to Be
Paid S2OO.
Barnwell, S. C.—As the result of a
startling confession made by Quit
man Johnson, who recently was con
victed of the murder of Perry Ussery
last November, Chester Kennedy was
arrested at the home of his father,
near here.
Jbhnson admitted killing Ussery,
and said Kennedy’ had hired him and
Ferdinand Grubbs, who was convict
ed with Johnson, to kill a man nam
ed Holland, and that he had intend
ed to kill Holland, but had shot Us
sery instead. Johnson said he and
Grubbs were to receive $260 for the
killing.
