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'STUDY IN BROWN" AMUNDSEN LAUDS OUSTED TENOR TO 300,000 EMPLOYES RAILWAY CREATES STORM ASSAILS ELOPEMENT CAUSE SING HIS LAWSUIT FEAR OF SPOOKS HAS KEPT PLEDGES LOYALTY OF 10 GET MORE PAY G. CAVAKDOSI WILL RENT HALL CAR JIAGXETS REMOVE COVERS OF OREGOX CITY 3IAXHOLES. LITTLE SISTER'S BROWN HAIR AXD EROW'X EYES LIKE. NAGEL SAYS TAR CREW CEHMSIATES Wrecked Lake Sailors Flee on Icebergs. 32 MEN AND WOMEN ESCAPE Like Eliza in "Uncle Tom,' They Leap for Life. RAILROADS ARE AFFECTED Jut Chicago and II" .Neighbors Oe ST-cli Oranrd. Snow Re-Uni.s-Middle W-t tenners. Will Suffer Icla. roRTl.M W.ATIII.B BUMY. While rorttaml l backing n the ..h.ne .l -."nil. of genuine Spring ...'T. r-ror.I of the Portl.r.1 off"-- of th- fnll.d --t.tr. 1,h.r Hur.au " th.t ir.Mlr . .hrr pTl -f th- InltM Sl.t.. I wr.rfd I" " ch,u M..rn ir. raln In .! p.rt. th r-.ii.lry. K.n lr . ln l" iv "f ,""B n r.ti. -r rV'ft'J m I " C"!"r .... I.iah-v Nna.la. njomlng. Sull nkia t.url. Arina ind T-Th.- I' nTAlurr. In l'.n:.nd rm l.,..rablir with the of trop I. .1 r -w. "d utif r of the fouth- rrn t,.t'otti rr the maximum and ni""i'in of .ma of th larga cltlo. . u-t "d veil aa .how. p. yeater-il4v- -.t)irr map. Mas. Vin. N- V'.rfc r.ty - . I,., mf -.' -1 knB i'tt) ...... Iwn.fr .........a. t-alie rny M I. ..ill. S3 - Pirtlnl had a maximum of is and . mimmntn of 31. whlrh .horns th. rmpartoll with other cltl.. 4 CHICAGO. March II. (Special.) "hlcgv and vicinity, which Lave been foundering In tno drifts for prac tically three months, had Just suc ceeded In clearing paths and straight ening up t take a long breath, when another storm swooped down today and continued tonight, bringing a fresh consignment of wet .now. The tem perature, however. remained high .enough to assist In the melting process, so the streets will not be blocked. The storm mean, heavy additional outlay for the railroads on top of the unusual burden they have carried this Winter. It also means fresh onslaughts upon the dwindling coal supply In the face of a general strike In Ma. ttallrwada Are Materia. Snowstorms In the Missouri Kiver Valley and through to Colorado are t?lng up railroad traffic tonight. Although the snow has been melt ing In some parts of the Central West, the l.-e In the Great Uk h.is denied the sun's rays. Keports from the Michtvati side say Luke Michigan Is froacn a. far as the eye can sec. j There are open spots on this side. ; hut Hat igutt.'n Is perilous because of the Immense mes. The steamer Klura M. Iltll. w hich wa. m.rooned In the lee bergs a frw flays ago. did not heed the w.rnlng and attempted her trip again Sunday night. Tod.t. off Chicago, she wa. smashed like nn eggshell and sunk. ( rw Klee. mm lee. The steamer's crew, 33 persons, in cluding a woman cook, escaped to a breakwater after a perilous trip over eebergs. and were taken oft by a tug which fought it. w.y through the Ice. Thrilling stories are told by the sur vivor of their experience clambering over th. mountain, of Ice. Advice, tonight from various vt and Northwe.tern Plate say snow 1 .till falling and the temperature rap id lowering, which Indicate, that th. country I In for another siege of ah'.vclitic snow. Rain I falling In the Gulf Coast country, while the North west rriM.rts sleet tonight. i..M.-n lowering of the temperature ev. r so large an area wtll change the wrt 'ow- to sleet and play havoc with the t . I. I'hcnc and telegraph service. K.rasl.a la lel.;ed lie of the worst fratuies of the rir.'nt general storm I. the fact that It Will d.-l.iy MMdte Western farming up. i ation. two or more weeks. Tie I,nd already Is saturated and the pres. n .trm will Increase the dif ficulties, notwithstanding Its pro nounced b-nertt to pa.tures and Winter w heat. Throughout Kansas, portions of Iowa, Nebraska. Montana and the I'akota railroad, are bio. ked tonight for the Ofth time t.Va Winter. tiimns i.vri: i oLoitiM I aion uuil We-iern I'ai-lflr Train 10.11 to HcuA'h Isrntt-r In Storm. L'EXYKi March U Because of a severe snow storm no 1'ulon Pacific or Western I'aclrtc train arrived here to day. Train on tr. Atchiaon. To peka and Santa Ke were runnlnjc about an hour and 4.. minutes late. Tre Bu-I'rgton s the only line op erating eat out cf lirre tonight. AXD W.UIBLE FXR JCDGE. Oocra Vocalist Hissed ff Stage Strives to Prove Management Broke Contract Vnjutdly. SAN FRANCISCO. March, 11. (Spe cial.) To prove to the. court that he is an operatic tenor worth 90 a wwk salary. G. t.vardosl will hire a hall and warble from R Hat to somewhere In the natural key next Friday even ing, with Justice of the Peace Bamett comprli-ing the entire audience. The place of entertainment will be deter mined upon tomorrow and while the expense will probably be a. great as any return ho may pet from a. favor able derision In hlB suit against the Market-street Theater. Cavardosi'a rep utation la at stake and costa cut no fig ure. Today waa music day Jn Justice Bar nett's court. The entire orchestra and a part of the audience of an afternoon two month ago In the Market-street Theater were present, bent on testi fying that tavardosl was not an oper atic singer and to the) causes that led to his hissing from the stage on his opening afternoon. Cavardosl did nn expect such an overflow house and came prepared only with his own testimony to support hi action. When he saw that the "biflk" of the evidence was against hltn. he voluntarily offered to Rive phyi-ical testimony and sing for the court, then abide by whatever Judg ment Is rendered. Years ago Judge Barnett was an ac complished performer on tho harmonica and haa not lost his ear for music. So he accepted the proposition of the sing er and set aside next Friday night to listen. In the meantime Judgment haa been reserved. 4 SAVED; THEN SPANKED Old sucrlitrmlcnl Sw-d After Runaways; Avert Wreck. HAKEI's Or.. March 11. (Special.) Joseph Barton, superintendent of the Sumpter Valley road and though near Ing the three-score mark spry as a youth, saved four boy. from possible wreck and then caused their chastise ment today. t The four. Elmer 1 1 1 1 L Blrchell Tos bury and Raymond and Cecil Valen tine, all aged about 15. In fun frolic took a handcar from the section-housa and started to pump to Salisbury, five miles from here. Barton wa. notified and Jumped op his gasoline speeder. Before they reached their destination and In time to avoid a wreck with the logglnB train swinging aroun.l the curves a few minutes later. Barton caught up with the lads, lie had them In the City Court this morning, but dropped the charge pending good behavior of the young sters, and in view of action by their parents. STEVENS TO BUILD ROAD I"ji-C'ltl-f Fns'tteer at I'utiMina Slated for S80, 000,000 Task In Sjialn. SKW YORK. March 11. iSpeciaL) Verification of the cabled rumor that an American banking syndicate was preparing to furnish some JSO.uOO.OOO for Cie building of a government rail road In Spain and that John F. Stevens, former chief engineer of the Panama Canal, would have to do with the con struction of the railroad, cither as con tractor or supervising engineer In ti.t-g-'. was obtained today. The banking house of J. r. Morgan ae Co. has nothing to do with the deal, however. At present the National City Bank Is the only powerful Interest behind the negotiations. At the Na tional City Bank It was said that tho deal had got only to a talking stage. The understanding was that the new government rotd would pierce the Pyrenees with costly tunnel. Aside from that nothing was known or dis closed about the proposed Una. QUARREL PROMPTS SUICIDE Girl KnU I.lfe nvowe or Mother- Treatment. Jury "rind. CHICAGO.. March II. (Special.) We. of the jury, nnd Ciat Mis. ltulh Peeney. of Kvanston. aged 1 years, came to tier death by taktng poison when il.spor.rtent because of quarrels with her mother. Th:s was the verdict of the Coroner's itirv t.Mlay arter an inquiry into the suicide of the young Kvanston girl. The mother wa. pot present. Kveryone w fr.-ed from siisr'clon. Rulll left two nte. one to her sister Jessie, and olio I J tre public. The nrst read: "Tell dad thnt I have .lone this for C,e a.M..I of the whole family" Toe other letter read: I hope this a t ..n mv part sill enable mr mother to torn., to s.e wl at she has caused me to . I't her from tills time on trest I .! . and Jessie like daughters, and not like two strangers." SPEAKER 'ACTS' FOR FILMS As Cameras -llck Clark t"relde9 t)T.cr Suriou Kcprventatlve. WASUISOT" March 11 "Th. House will be in order." said fpwaker lark today, bringing down hi travel and addressing a illk'nlfnd gatLerlnir .t a handful of pages, twice that r.itm-t-er of House employes, three char women ami a group of New F.ngland itghtseer. who had strolled Intt the chamber. Then the Speaker went through the notions of presiding for the benefit of a batter of nioviug-ulcture niachinis. General, Advance Plan ned in New England. SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SOON Notices Posted in Several Big Cotton Mills. TEXTILE COUNCIL MEETS AG.v Ownrrs in I'hII Tllvcr nd Kl.scwliore Consider AlvlaIllUy of -rant-Ing Increiiso t Correspond With Wnpes in Other Cities. BOSTON". March 11. It ia estimated tonight thut 150.000 cotton and wool mill operatives in Northern New Eng land will hire in an advance in wanes of at least & per cent before April 1. Advice received here indicate that owner In Kail River and elsewhere In Southern New England aro considering- thn advisability of meeting the Increase decided upon by mills having their head offices In Boston. Should the 60.000 operative. In Fall Itiver nnd a like number In New Fed ford be given higher wapes. manufac turers at other Southern New England points feel that it would be policy for them to take similar action. An advance In all New England tex tile districts would affect directly from 250.000 to 300.000 persons. In New Hertford the textile council held a meet ing tonight to consider a plan of com municating with the Manufacturers' Association regarding higher prices, Otis X. IUercc, president of the asso ciation, said the fine goods market was not on a firm enough basis to warrant advances. Notice of a 5 per cent wage raise was posted In Maine and New Hampshire cotton mills, employing 40,000. the in crease dating from today. The mills in various Massachusetts towns advanced the pay of about 11.000 employes. RECEIVER FOR FCXD ASKED striker' Committee A(fU!etl of Ini liroper lT.c of Sloney. BOSTON. March ll.--Jose)h Kttor. William D. Haywood. William Yates and William Trautmann. leaders of th. Lawrence strike, and Josoph Bo dard and James F. Sheehans. members of the strikers Hnance committee, have been ordered to show cause why an injunction should not be issued pre venting them from further distribution il'onuluded on 1'aAe 3.) THE UMPIRE IS j THE UMPIRE IS ROTTEN! LET THE BLEACHERS DECIDE IT! j j V , j Policeman's Vigilance Finally Shows How Electrical Engines Whisked Off Iron Lids of Sewers. OREGON CITT, Or., March 11. (Spo oaaJ. ) Fear entertained by many peo plo that spooks were operating ln this city has been dispelled. The queer ac tions that worried many persons have been traced to the motors on the big freight cars that haul Iocs through Main street at night, aJid the Portland l&ilway. I.lht &. Power Company has been asked to abolish tho singular oc currences. During the last several months th heavy steel covers on the sewer man holes between the car tracks have boen removed almost nightly and in several Instances taken 200 or 300 yards away. The police at first thought it was the ri .(Jojr. " 1 boys, but with all tocu 1" .1 :hey could not cap ture th supposed offenders. Policeman Green determined to re new bis vigilance and on Sunday night he stationed himself at Ninth and Main streets, opposite a manhole that had almost nightly been robbed of its cover. He made sure that the cover was In place Just before a train loaded with logs arrived, but after the cars had passed the cover waa missing. He found It many yards down the- track wth one side polished where It had been dragged nlong the pavement. He reported the trouble to the railway au thorities, and It was found that the dynamos on the Immense electrical engines had worked as magnets and drawn the covers off the manholes. An employe of the company said today that uncovering the sewers was expensive to the company, as It re ciulred Just that much more electricity and that efforts would be Immediately made to corrc. the mishaps. The cov ers weigh about 6, pounds. MIDSHIPMAN UNDER ARREST Nature of Charges Against James II. Okie, Jr., Xot Known. VAI.L.KJO. Cal.. March 11. Midship man James B. Okie, Jr., a passenger on the transport Logan, iuc to arrive at San Francisco Thursday from Manila, has been ordered to report at the Navy-yard at Mare Island under ar rest. Okie is a member of the 1911 class at Annapolis and has been stationed In the Philippines for several months. The natur- of the charges a,, .inst him Is not known. Amity Farm Bought by Iowan. AMITf. Or., March 11. (Special.) J. H. Robblns' farm of 163 acres, about a mile and a ha.lt southeast of here, was sold last week to Mr. P.udlg, of Iowa, for 117,000 ln cash. This is one of the best Improved farms of this dis trict and was purchased by Mr. Rob bins about 12 years ago for 9-5 per acre, and he has brought it up to a high state of cultivation. The selling price, being a little better than $100 per acre, looks about as cheap now as did the purchase price 12 years ago, when Mr. Robblns bought It. ROTTEN! LET THE BLEACHERS DECIDE IT! Referendum and Recall Are Attacked. INDEPENDENCE IS IN DANGER Attempt to Confuse Public Mind Is Charged. NOSTRUMS POISON AIR Secretary of Commerce and Lubor Points Out That President Has Continued Policies Inaug urated by Roosevelt. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 11. In a speech lauding President Taft's Ad ministration as a complete fulfillment of all the Republican platform pledges of 1908, and a strict continuation of the policies Inaugurated by President Roosevelt, Secretary Nagel. of the De partment of Commerce and Labor, mado a vigorous attack tonight on the ad vocates of such governmental changes as the Initiative, referendum and re call. Secretary Nagel declared public men are trying to "confuse the public mind." that they were "busy making promises to which they cannot successfully he held." that the recall of Judges "would make trtmmirs of men," .nd "deter men of Independence and capacity from accepting positions of trust." Menace to Republic Seen. "It was conceivable 50 years ago that as a result of one Internal strife there might have been two republics," he said. "It Is conceivable today that if some of the suggestions put forward at this time are to prevail the ques tion may arise whether or not there shall be one republic. "Against such a contingency it be hooves every citizen to set his face in absolute disregard of every other con sideration, personal or political." The efforts o." President Taft to car ry out the pledg-es of the party, he said, had brought no aid from his Republi can detractors. Taft'a Detractors Grilled. "For the last three years," said Sec retary Nagel, "during a period of struggle to realize and bring into ac tion every pledge that was made in the -name of the Republican party, there has been uttered by them scarce ly a word of approval of those tilings accomplished. "Instead they have filled the air with nostrums, the acceptance of which they pronounce to be the sole test of (Concluded on Page 2.) Perry Harvey's Love for Brown Fea ture to Match His Brown Garb Takes Him From Home. A predilection for brown caused Perry Harvey, of Fairview, according to the story his wife told tho police last night, to forsake his wife yester day in favor of her sister, Esther Fourtner, but IS years old, and. like the Arab, quietly to steal away. It was not in the night, however, but in the broad glare of a Spring days after noon, that Harvey metaphorically pulled his tent pegs. Harvey has brown eyes and he clear ly showed his attachment for that color by the manner of clothes he chese. He wore a brown suit, brown cap and a pair of brown shoes. So when Miss Esther came along and the amorous worshiper of "symphonies ' in brown" noted that she, too, had a pair of soft brown eyes to match his own and a head covered with fluffy brown hair in the bargain, the temptation was too strong for him and he fell prey to a desire to study brown further. Harvey is 28 years old. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Maggie Har--ey says, he took a train out of Fair view with Esther, who had been visit ing at their home, and went ostensibly to Portland. The supposed runaways carried with them three valises. Mrs. H-irvey feared they were en route to Seattle and asked the police to watch tor them. She says her husband is live feet two inches in height, smooth shaven and, in addition to his brown accoutre ments, wore a green tie. Her sister wore a dark blue skirt trimmed with white braid, a red hat with a white cord around it, black shoes with vel vet tops and had tho brown hair and brown eyes that caused all the mis chief. MAN FILES ON LOST ACRE Government Surveyors Overlook Land Which Becomes Valuable. ROSKBl'RG. March 11. (Special.) An unusual transaction was recorded at the Roseburg United States Land Office Saturday when John McNeill, of South ern Oregon, filed upon an acre of land abutting the city limits of Medford, omitted from the territory embraced in Government surveys. In the event McNeill resides on the land continuous ly for 14 months he can purchase the sc're from il,e Government for $2.50, and should he wish to waive this pay ment he can secure a Government patent to the land at the expiration of five years. The land office map shows the acre to be situated almost directly on the outskirts of Medford, and Indicates that it is quite valuable. It is be lieved here that McNeill accidentally learned of the non-survey of the acre by the Federal engineers and regards the land as a "find." TRACK LAYING IS BEGUN Oregon Electric May Put Down 3 Miles Daily, Salem to Albany. SALEM-, Or.. March 11. (Special.) The first track to be laid on the Ore gon Electric extension was put down today and work will be rushed south ward. The work started at the termi nal in this city. For about one mile and a half south tracklaying will be by hand, when a tracklaying machine will be placed in operation and with the machine about three miles can be laid a day. That means a speedy completion of the work to Albany and early operation of cars. BAPTISTS PROTEST BILL Church Objects to Paying? 80 Cents for Immersion Water. SPOKANE, March 11. A strenuous protest was made to the city today by local Baptists over an alleged discrim ination against one of the smaller Baptist churches here. A monthly charge of 80 cents has been made by the city for the water used to fill the tank used by the church for the Immersion of converts. H. E. Hayes, spokesman for the Baptists, as serted that converts had been few, that little lyater had been used and that the charge was exorbitant. WHOLE TOWN TO BE MOVED Canadian Government Orders Little City Out of Avalanche Belt. WINNIFEG, Man., March 11. A spe cial Government commission today or dered that the whole town of Frank, Alberta, be moved as a protection against rock and snow slides. It has 3000 inhabitants. Nine years, ago, in a slide, 84 lives were lost. For several days rock and snow have been tumbling down the side of Turtle Blountain, at whose base the town lies. Dentist's Invention Kills Him. SYRACUSE, N. T., March 11. Dr. Angus Rose. 27 years old, was acci dentally asphyxiated here while ex perimenting with a new anesthetic while alone In his dental offices. He sought to perfect a machine and a com bination of gases which physicians say may become universal ln use In both dental and surgical work. He had been working on it night and day for three months, intending to give a dem onstration at a dental meeting in May. Explorer Pays Tribute to Followers. HUNGER'S PANSS NOT FELT Pemmican, Biscuits, Choco late and Dog Meat Food. "BOOZE" TABOO ON DASH Norwegian Finder of Sonth Pole Declares Dogs Served Him on Journey Much Better Than Ponies Could Have Done. (Special Cable to the New York Times and Tho Oregonlan.l (Copyright. 1912, by the New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved.) HOBART, Tasmania, March 11. It was the privilege of your correspon dent today to go on board the Fram and secure a long interview with Cap tain Roald Amundsen, who furnished further details of his great dash to the South Pol. He said: "My four companions on the journey were Helmer Hansen, Oscar Wisting, Sverre Hassel and Olaf Bjaaland. We worked well together. I could not have had a finer, more loyal or more deter mined party. "For food we relied entirely on pem mican, biscuits, chocolate, powdered milk and, of course, dog mat. The dogs were fed on pemmican. Provision. Are Satisfying. "In my opinion we had the best and most satisfying provisions possible. In fact, from the beginning to the end of the Journey we never felt any undue craving for something to eat or of any feeling of not having had suffi cient nourishment. "Alcohol of every kind was absolutely barred on the Journey. While staying in our Winter quarters we had grog as a treat every Saturday night, but when sledging we considered it advisable to carry no spirits. Nor did we take any surgical appliances, with the excep tion of a few bandages. We trusted to accidents not occurring. Amunsen Camera Man. "Of course, I had a camera. It and myself were inseparable. In addition to taking various pictures on the way I obtained photographs at the pole. All the films were used and the camera worked well. I am not an expert pho tographer but the films have been put Into most trustworthy hands to be de veloped, and I hope will turn out sat isfactorily. "We lost two dogs in crevasses, ow ing to the harness breaking. After that the harness ws strengthened and we suffered no more losses of that kind. "The dogs proved very suitable for the work, for, their weight being so little, they were able to cross snow bridges which ponies would certainly have broken down. Loss of Dogs Monrned. , "Occasionally the leading dogs broke through but the others were able 'to hold them up, the harness, after tho first incident when we lost the two dogs, invariably holding good. "I think what touched us most keen ly on the whole journey was the un avoidable killing of dogs which had shared our dangers and done such splendid work. The killing of thcra went to the heart of every one. "I see according to reports cabled here from London that Sir Ernest Shackleton says the plateau at the -Pole which I , named after King Haakon is really the same as -the one he named after King Edward VIL Shackleton Is Corrected. "I think Sir Ernest is under a mis apprehension, for when he reached his farthest point south he was ascend ing. We reached our greatest height 10,750 feet ln nearly the same lati tude as Sir Ernest Shackleton's further point and we then ascended and at the Pole itself we were on a vast ap parently level area with a slight slope away southward, shown by the instru ments but not perceptible to the eyu. "In a general sense it is of course part of the same elevated area as that named by Sir Ernest Shackleton but It is certainly not the same plateau. We had every right to name the plateau at the Pole." OPTION LAW AFFECTS ALL Washington Supreme Court Says It la Superior to Federal License. OLYMPIA. Wash., March 11. (Spe cial.) In directing that the Skagit County Superior Court be reversed and that H. A. Robinson be put on trial for selling a gallon of intoxicating liquor in Mt. Vernon, a dry unit, the Supreme Court today says that it can not hold to the view that the local op tion lw applies only to the regulation of retailers, and does not affect drug gists, manufacturers or wholesalers. The Supreme Court says it will not pass upon the rights of the latter, as cases are now pending in which these Issues are involved, and adds that to have Robinson's demurrer sustained would defeat the ends of the present law. The lower court found that because Robinson operated under a Federal li cense and was not a retailer he could not be prosecuted, but the Supreme Cqurt says such Is not the case i