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THE MORNING- OREGONTAN, MOXDAT, MARCH 14, 1910. ENGINE BEATEN IN RACE WITH SLIDE Rotary Swept Down Hillside, Snowshed Wrecked, Bridge Demolished. ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED A?tflentf Follou-ingr Recent Fatali ties Xear Scene, Causes Excite ment In Wellington Track Is Buried Beep in Debris. WELLINGTON', "Wash.. March 13. An avalanche that swept down the mountain side above Alvln. a small station three miles west of here on the Great North ern Railway, this morning wrecked a rotary snow plow and Its engine fr6m the "high line." carrying them 200 feet down the side of the canyon, and, sweep ing down to the "low line," demolished a snowshed and knocked out one span of a small bride one mile east of Scenic Hot Springs. John Annen, an engineer, was caught In the wreckage and received two broken ribs. He was dug out of the snow and was taken to the hospital at Everett. An Italian laborer is missing and is thought to have been killed. These are believed to have been the only casualties result ing from the slide. The elide was a thousand feet long and moved with- great rapidity. The crew of the rotary,, which was clearing the "high line" of snow left by several small slides that occurred Saturday night, saw the avalanche coming and Engineer An nen put on full speed in an effort to run out of its path. Before the engine was fairly under way It was caught by the mass of snow and debris from the moun tainside and was swept off the track. The heavy machines started to roll down the side of the canyon, which has more than 600 feet drop at this point, but when they had gone 200 feet they struck a small ledge covered with three sturrtpa and were stopped. The avalanche swept on down the side of the canyon until it struck the "low line," where the road is Just beginning Its torturous course up the mountain.. A snowshed, built to protect the track from such slides, collapsed, burying the track beneath a mass of snow-covered wreckage 20 feet deep. One span of a small bridge in the path of the slide was knocked from the abutments'. Rail road men say that it will take two or three days to clear the track and re pair the damaged bridge. Coming so soon after the disaster that overwhelmed the two Great Northern trains, when more than 100 lives were lost here 12 days ago, the avalanche at Alvln caused great excitement here. It was reported that several lives were lost and a large force of workmen who have been digging in the avalanche) ruins here hurried to the aid of their com rades. Investigation, however, allowed that the first reports were exaggerated, and that not more than one death had occurred. SLIDE AGAIX BLOCKS ROAD Great Northern Line Suffers Great est Loss in History. SEATTLE, Wash.. March 13-After having had its line through the Cascade Mountains blocked for three weeks, the. Great Northern Railway succeeded in opening it Saturday only long enough for one eastbound transcontinental train to get through when snowslides again blocked the way. Small slides Saturday night compelled the Oriental Limited eastbound for Chi cago via St. Paul to run back from fiverett to Seattle to go East over 'the rails of the Northern Pacific The operating department expected to have the line cleared again by tonight, but the avalanche at Alvin this morning completely wrecked their plans. Traffic officials announced tonight that for the next 48 hours all passenger trains- of the Great Northern will use the North ern Pacific tracks through the Cascade Mountains. The slide at Alvln was caused by the unusually warm weather of the last two days, loosening the snow on the moun tainside. Railroad officials predict (that the line win be clear and ready for operation by Wednesday, and the warm weather Is reducing the amount of snow In the mountains so rapidly that danger of further slides will soon be passed. M. J. Costello, traffic manager of the Great' Northern, today declared that ne-ver before in the history of American railroads has a railway suffered so heav ily from snow blockades and slides as the Great Northern has In the Cascade Mountains. The recent experiences of the Great Northern has shown the offi cials the points that need protecting and plans are already under way for im provements that will prevent similar ac cidents. No bodies were removed from the Well ington ruins today, and the interruption of train service prevented the shipment to Seattle of some already recovered. EUGENE DEDICATION NEAR Ker Y. M. C. A. Building to lie Thrown Open Thla Week. ' IX'GEKB, March 13. (Special.) For mal dedication of the new Y. M. C. A. building at Eugene will take place this weak. While the dedicatory exercises proper will not begin until Wednesday, preliminary arrangements and the instal lation of much of the new furniture will begin Monday. The dedicatory programme will begin next Wednesday and close the following Sunday with a large mass meeting for men. The programme will include an ad dress by H. W. Stone, general secretary of the Portland Y. M. C. A., followed by short addresses by local men and music by the Y. M. C. A. mandolin club and quartet. Thursday afternoon a reception for women will be held. In the evening the gymnasium and swimming pool will be thrown open. Friday afternoon there will be open house and the gymnasium and swimming pool will be turned over to the students of the State University and the Bible University. In t-he even ing the High School will hold forth. Be ginning Saturday morning the gymna sium and swimming pool will be thrown open to the students of the various schools of the city. In the afternoon County Day will be observed and a re ception for out-of-town subscribers will be held. NO AFFINITIES FOR STAGE Plea for Respectability of Actors mid Actresses. PORTLAND, March 13. (To the Ed itor.) The Oregonlan of last Friday had a statement, credited to a dispatch from Kansas City, to the erfect that Mrs. Cudahy, of recent sensational no toriety, was being besieged with offers to go upon the stage. Why should the curse of undesirable publicity be thrown upon the theatrical profession? Why is it that every sensational di vorce suit, murder, or noted- affinity affair needs' must be announced for the footlights? In actual fact, these weird concoctions never materialize. They are the usual nine-days' wonder and never get beyond the news stands. Self respecting managers do. not seek to re cruit their ranks from sources so op posite to the Intelligent reasoning. A few "misnomers" (more rightly termed "damagers") have attempted these things occasionally In the past, and found to their chagrin that the morbidly-inclined do not fill theaters, arid that the American jjublic is too heal thy a product to permit such pander ing methods to succeed. The stage is unjustly labeled as the ever-ready dumping ground for the lat est "affinity murder," "run-away lady of title or millions," or "upholders of the unwritten law." Such statements are injurious to every self-respecting person in the theatrical profession. There are hundreds of morbidly-inclined, sensation-seeking persons in America today who rehearse mentally what they will do if their heart affairs take a wrong turn; and parallel to their fancied or real wrongs, running like a tempting lure, are the thoughts: "The stage the stage. I will get a reputation. Managers will pay me al most any price Just to walk on. The public will know of my wrongs and will PROTEST ASSAILS ORATORY CONTEST Rules of Intercollegiate Associ ation Voted Down, Two, Schools Complain. FOUR SPEECHES TOO LONG Three Winners Named, MTUinnTtlle Gaining: First Honor, University of Oregon Next, Pacific Third. "Ring Rale" I Alleged. SALEM, Or.. March 13. (Special.) Because four speeches of declaimern in the intercollegiate oratorical contest THREE WINNERS OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ORATORICAL CONTEST MAY BE AFFECTED BY PROTEST BASED ON. PROLONGED SPEECHES. Kdrvln McKff, of Mc- Harold II. Rounds of T7nl Mtnnvtlle. veralty of Oregron. W. IT. Gnrnn, of Pacific sympathize with my temptations." Stuff! They never see the stage. ERNEST SHIPMAN. HORri BACK TO PRISON PAROLE VIOLATED CHIEF CAUSE OF HIS RETURN. In Vancouver Rites Policeman's Leg, So Charge of Mayhem Would Also Lie. "VANCOUVER, Wash.. March IS. (Special.) Paroled from the State Penitentiary at Salem, Or., Tuesday and arrested Wednesday night in Van couver for being drunk and disorderly, and biting a cnunk from an officer's leg, is the record of- Jack Horn, who was taken back to the Penitentiary .s day by Warden Curtis. Horn held up three pedestrians on the Burnslde Bridge In Portland about a year ago and was arrested by a plain-clothes man who happened to be on a passing car. Horn, who had thrown his gun into the river,, said he pointed his finger at his victims and did not use a gun. When Officer Gasoway attempted to- arrest Horn here for being drunk and creating a disturbance on the street he was compelled to handcuff him. With his hands manacled Horn lay on the sidewalk, and when the of ficer attempted to pick him up. sunk his teeth into the calf of Gasoway's leg. He was sentenced to ten days on the street. H. Peterson, a blacksmith of Oregon City, had secured a position for Horn there and had advanced him enough money to visit a sister in Woodlawn. Portland. Horn took the money, went to Portland, boarded a Vancouver car to go to Woodlawn, fell In with a crowd of soldiers, came to Vancouver and proceeded to create a disturbance. He violated his parole by leaving the state and could have been convicted of may hem here, but It was decided to send him back to Salem. Peterson was here this morning and attempted to get Curtis to permit Horn to go to Oregon City, but in vain. Peteraon may take up the case with the State Board of Pardons. WHEAT OUTLOOK IS GOOD Ground in Good Shape for Seeding. Winter Crop Not Killed. COLFAX, Wash., March 13. Spe clal.) Prospects for Winter wheat never looked better in Whitman Coun ty. John Arrasmith. ex-State Grain In spector, who has a large field of wheat east of Colfax on his home ranch, when asked regarding prospects in Whitman County, said: "Prospects or conditions never were better for Spring grain, as the ground is wet through and will be fine for seeding. Winter wheat In general looks fine. It did not Winter kill aa badly as last year, but, owing .to heavy snow, which left with rain and Chinook, the hillsides have washed more thaa other years." t HATT0N VOTES DRY BY FIVE Though There Is Only One Saloon, Town Closes It Up. SPOKANE, Wash., March 13. (Spe cial.) Hatton, the first town In Adams County to vote on local option, voted dry at special election, 27 to 22. Every qualified voter registered cast a vote. Forecasts of temperance forces previous to election counted only 25 votes. Hatton has one saloon whose license expires July 29, but as the re sult of the election will be a dry town after June 12 next. No votes were challenged. held in Salem last Friday were too long, the proceedings have been pro tested against and honors may not be conferred officially on three student spellbinders until the complaint of the protestants Is acted upon. Provisions of the constitution and bylaws of the association confine con testing orators to speeches not exceed ing 1500 words, and for every word over that number It is provided that one per cent shall be deducted from the elocutionist's rank In thought and com position. But representatives attend ing the annual contest gathered in numbers sufficient to override the by laws, and the vote taken permitted the orators, as one said, "to talk their heads off.'" The sptehes proceeded, no count of the words' being kept, and the winners were named. It was decided by the judges that Edwin McKee, of McMlnnvllle College, who spoke on "The Anglo-Saxon," was entitled to first place. Harold IX Rounds, of the University of Oregon, whose subject was "The Spirit of Patriotism," won second place, and W, E. Qwyjin, of Pacific University, who spoke on "The Citizen of the Twentieth Century," wae third choice. Looming up as a peculiar feature of the protest, following the selection of the three foregoing silver-tongued stu dents as the best orators, McMinnville College and Pacific College, each of which is represented by a victorious speaker, are the institutions protesting against the decision- C. H. Woody, chairman of the McMinnville delegation referred to overthrow of the bylaws as a "disgraceful example of ring rule and railroading." Olaf Lassell, of the executive committee of McMinnville, and Roy Fitch, of the executive com- ILAST To Buy Lots in the First Plat of Tha.AdditiDnVyitlx Character At Present Prices Take Advantage of This Great Opportunity WORTH OF LOTS SOLD SATURDAY If you have seen Laurelhurst and have considered its merits as a homesite or for investment, you own a lot there, or in justice to yourself and to your family, you should own one. Act Today! AUTHORIZED BROKERS Charlra K. Henry Co. Wakefield. Frle. & Co. ieo- 1. Schalk. 11. P. Palmer-Jones Co. Holmes St Slenefee. Mall & Von Bonitel. Mackie & Rountree. R. F. Bryan & Co. Wck-Doddi Co. ItufT-Klelnsorsre lAnd Co. Dubois & Crockett Kealty Da. Chopin & Harlow. Haw & Kinder. Eugene, Or., Agents Marfadrr Shumate Salem, Or., Agent A. X. MOOREI 1 and S Bosh-Bzexman Block relhuny Cry 522-526 Corbett Building Phones Main 1503, A 1515 mlttee of Pacific, concurred with Mr. I Woody. Then, to complicate the case, all the delegates to the oratorical contest voted to record the protests on the minutes of the annual business meet ing of the association. In part Mr. Woody's protest is aa follows: I protest allowing certain contestants to take xart in the oratorical contest tonight on the basis that It Is in violation of the by-laws of the constitution of the Inter collegiate Oratorical Association of Oregon. The protest is based on the following facts: Certain contestants are admitted by all to have flagrantly violated section 3 of arti cle 5 of the by-laws. The penalty provided for Its violation has been Illegally suspended by the executive committee. By careful manipulation of the autocratic power of the chair the delegates to the business meeting have been denied the privi lege of voting upon the question Involved. The proceedings of this meeting seem to be a disgraceful example of ring-rule and railroading. The contest to be held tonight according to the arranged plan will be unconstitu tional and Illegal since the plan requires the suspension of the by-laws illegally. Permitting certain contestants, -who have. violated the by-laws, to enter the contest on the same basis as other contestants, who have observed the association's rules, is manifestly unfair" and unjust to the rule abiding contestants. I resent the reflection of these proceedings upon the moral standards of Oregon col leges, men and women. Whether the protest will affect the decision of the Judges or simply have to do with the business meeting that al lowed the suspension of bylaws Is a moot point. It Is thought that the pro test. If deemed well-founded, will not undermine the Judges' decisions for the year's contest, but rather be set down next year as an additional reason to keep the speeches within the prescribed length. Miss Florence Rees, of Paelflo College, tied for first place in thought and com position, but a severe cold prevented her from Increasing her percentage by oratory. Before 849 the South furnished the chief gold fields of the country, but slnoe that date the South has not been In the running. It pays to get down to brass tacks when . buying lots in real estate additions. There are certain features that go to make an addition a desirable place to build a home. First Is it close in -as the Cream of Irvington is? Only one mile from the Steel bridge. Second Can you reach it by a car in twelve minutes as you can the Cream of Irvington, by any Union Ave car? Third Has it five-minute car service all day long, and three-minute service morning and evening as the Cream of Irvington has? Fourth Could you build a house right now and con nect it up with sewers, water and gas mains, as you can in the Cream of Irvington? Fifth Is every street paved NOW with the finest of asphalt pavement as the streets in the Cream of Irvington are? Sixth Are the sidewalks all laidnice wide hard cement sidewalks the kind you see in the Cream of Irvington? f Seventh Is the property restricted to residences only. Minimum price house $2,500.00, and to be built at least 25 feet from the property line. These are the restrictions in the Cream of Irvington. Rountree & Diamond S . Adrie Store -in- New Electric Building Corner Seventh and Alder Streets All Kind of Lamps. Cooking and Heating Devices, plat Irons And Other Electric laterial Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.