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THE MOHXIXO OltEGONIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1920 STEFISSOil UPSETS THEORIES 01 ARCTIC Many of Polar Region's Ter rors Dispelled. FOOD AND FUEL FOUND Cold on Icy ' Trail9 of Xortb. Is Declared Xot Very Serious. Snow Used for Water. Weather last night save a fitting atmosphere for Vilhjalmur Stefans aon, artio explorer, when he spoke of the icy trans of the north to a Port land audience of 4000 at the Auditori um. Stefansson was introduced to his audience by Mayor Baker and they were in a mood to receive the story he told of the frozen north, which in his words, lost much of its terror and waB presented in an entirely different aspect than that so usually accepted, as a land of terrible cold that freezes the marrow in man's bones. ' - Stefansson showed no trace of hardships as he stood on the plat form, his bearing and appearance be ing1 rather that which would be ex pected of a college athlete in the pink of condition. The meeting last night was one of the Ellison-White Lyceum series and the speaker gave a talk that was astounding because of the manner in which he exploded many of the accepted theories regard ing the polar regTons. He illustrated portions of his lecture with motion pictures and slides. Companion With Explorer. On the platform with Stefansson was E. Lome Knight, chief of police of McMinnville, who spent some four years with the explorer in the arctic Knight came to Portland yesterday aiternoon and spent the remainder of the day with his old leader. "All a Montana man has to do in preparing for an arctic exploration." Mr. Stefansson explained, "is to leave off a few clothes. It is popularly supposed that there is no vegetation in the arctic' But at 100 degrees tem perature there is bound to be a vege tation, more. In fact, that here, be cause in the north plants grow for 24 hours at a stretch, twice as fast as here. "Freezing the face Is not serious. It's the fingers or toes- that count. The face is thawed out by the heat of the hand by laying it on the frozen part of the face. "Thirst can be- quenched- by eating email pinches of snow throughout the day, a fact that nq explorer ever ac cepted, but one I proved. "People have been taught to be lieve that there is no fuel or food in the north and that the problem of exploration has been transportation. This was the theory of Peary, who discovered the pole in 1909. His the ory, was food, more food, and still more food. He told me himsel that if the pole had been but a hundred miles more distant his food supply would not have let him reach it. "My theory was just the opposite. I believed that there was food and fuel In the arctic. They said there were no seals, but I disagreed and 1 epent seven years learning to. find seals under any condition. Nobody believed my theory. Scientific Men Taken Along. "The Canadian government finally financed my expedition, but not with out parliamentary protest. I took 15 scientific men in my party, none of whom believed my theory. Like Peary, I took three ships of the same equipment. On my best ship I put my best equipment and greatest food supply, and as luck would have it, that was the first ship lost in Bering straits. "Therefore, I was obliged to resort to my system. I called my party to gether, put forth my best argumenta tive efforts, granted them all the ob jections and then called for volun teers to proceed overland. There was not one volunteer. "I argued from oceanography that sea life increased in abundance as it left the equator, that 'if fish could live under the ice of Winnipeg lake that they could live under the ice of the north. No one cared to go. I then (found two Norwegian trappers on the shore who agreed to go with me for $25 a day, magnificent wages be fore the war, and we started. "My party agreed to go for 30 days taking food for the trip and so, after that length of time, they left us ex pecting that we would return within a. day or two. I told them my route and ordered one of my ships to meet me at the northeast end of Banks island in one year's time. We didn't come as they expected in a few days, so in 1914 the newspapers over the country announced our deaths. We stayed dead for one year officially so but in reality we never missed a meal or lost a dog and arrived at Banks lland a year later, where we heard of the war. "Another pet theory -of scientists was completely upset. We lived dur ing the whole time on a diet of meat, with no carbohydrates and were never in better condition. Our diet consisted of 90 per cent seal meat and 10 per cent polar bear meat." there last night and lots and lota of friends, packing Lincoln high school auditorium from baldheaded row to balcony, for the Lincoln high "Follies." a benefit programme, put on by the students. Charles Baum, slapstick comedian and entertainer, drew loud applause and a mixed bouquet as a "tramp abroad." The "masked dancer," clad in an exquisite costume of red and white, the Lincoln colons, charmed all. Sally Marshall alone named her as Dorothy Hall and drew the box of candy offered for the one who recog nized her. An old plantation number featuring the hoys' glee club in negro songs and dialect with many catchy songs featured the closing number. Funds derived from the entertain ment will be used for the purchase of books for the history department of the school. LABOR RAPS RED CROSS GOTHAM FEDERATION" VOTES TO IGSORE APPEAL. Delegates Decide to Withhold Sup port Until Organization. ''Does Its Duty by Ireland.' ' f ajBSHV NEW YORK, Nov. 12. The Central Federated union tonight voted unani mously to Ignore an appeal for aid from the American Red Cross after John Sullivan, treasurer, and other speakers had urged the delegates to withhold their support until the or ganization "does He duty by Ireland." A letter from Miss Elizabeth A. Cullen, assistant director of the Red Cross, describing its membership en rollment campaign and asking the support of the 354,0-00 men repre sented by the union, was hissed. Letters received by delegates from friends in Ireland telling of condi tions there were read to the dele gates, who thereupon voted against extending assistance to the Red Cross. Ernest Bohm, secretary of the union, expressed the opinion that a movement to withhold support of labor from the, American Red Cross would become nation wide and would continue until the organization sent medical supplies and food to Ireland. Sullivan stirred the gathering when he said: r "I think it Is the sentiment of this body as well as the sentiment gen erally among the 300,000 or more union men in this- city that no aid Bhall be extended to the Red Cross until that organization does its duty by Ireland. We have read reports of how they have aided the distressed people of Armenia, the destitute peo ple of Czecho-Slovakia and the starv ing inhabitants of Jugo-Slavia, but we have not read a line about their aiding the wounded and sick In Ire land." Sullivan declared that a survey made by himself and other labor leaders among union men here as regards sentiment for the organization "leads us to" believe - that . the workingman is much disappointed in the Red Cross." "It appears that the American Red Cross," he said, "has been blind to conditions in Ireland. We have no knowledge that it has ever sent one bandage to that country, where hundreds-are being injured daily and other hundreds made destitute and homeless." s GOTHAM LABOR WAR QUIZZED Solution of Wall Street Ex plosion Mystery Sought. BLOW-UP AIM SUGGESTED Union Chiefs Tell of Rivalry of Or ganizations World Theory to Be Tally Tried Out. was dug out In the presence of Sheriff Barton. The sheriff said that tomorrow he would superintendent the search of another abandoned well. Although the boy has refused to make a detailed statement, county officials are. proceeding with the in vestigation on the basis of the story which they were informed he told neighbors. Mrs. Whitney wa-s last seen on the night of June 30, 1916, when she and her husband-attended a lecture in Alstead, nearby. Whitney told his friends that she had gone to visit relatives in Ohio, but the rela tives word she had not arrived. Whitney himself disappeared Octo ber 30 last. Shortly afterward bank ruptcy petitions were - filed against him and charges were. made that he had duplicated mortgages ' on his home. FOUR STILLS CAPTURED WASHINGTON COUNT Y OFFI CIALS SEIZE 3IOONSHINE. SUPPORT PLEOSEO EUIE CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER SHIP MARSHALING FORCES. STUDENTS STAGE FOLLIES Lincoln High School Auditorium Scene of Theatricals. From proud parents to scoffing little brothers the whole family was BAND MEMBERS' MEET 3ITJSIOANS OF FAMOUS OLD OR GANIZATION DINE. Memories of Early Portland Days Recalled at Session of Vet eran Bandsmen. Memories of the days of long ago were revived last night when- 41 men, none of whom really looked old and all of whom at one time or an other were active In the famed Dod worth and Sterling band or its suc cessor, the Marine band of Portland, still later known as the First Regi ment band, met in annual session at a banquet at 129 Fourth street and reviewed briefly the years of their associations together. Ralph W. Hoyt, who was the band's first leader, presided at the banquet and, after reminiscences had occu pied considerable time he and the other officers of the organization were unanimously re-elected. In ad d it ion to Mr. Hoyt, these include George Fox, vice-president; F. A. Sei- berling, vice-president and Virgil Coomer, secretary-treasurer. Captain Henry Hockenyos was elected to a new office, that of historian. - The banquet brought together men now engaged in many walks of life from various parts of the state: In their turn, nearly all present -arose and related one or more incidents in the long career of the band in the days when it was Portland's proudest aggregation of musicians and its fame extended up and down the whole coast. It was this outfit which staged the first Sunday concerts iirwhat was then City park, with Virgil Coomer as its leader, and these were the boys who led all of the parades through the streets of Portland and. headed every military pageant and furnished the inspiration for many a brilliant festal occasion when the city was considerably younger than now. - The banquet was arranged by a committee consisting of Mr. Hoyt, Mr. Coomer, Captain Hockenyos, P. Collins, J. W. Alstock, Mr. Seiberling and George Fox. NEW YORK. Nov. 12. Official in vestigation of the "solution" of the Wall street explosion September 18, put forth by the New York Evening World yesterday, was begun today by District Attorney Swann with the examination of men mentioned as prominent in the labor "war" at tributed by the paper as having fur nished the motive for the crime. William Zaranko, president of Housewreckers' union. No. 95, which the newspaper charged had been sub jected to "tyranny" at the hands of the rival organization of Robert P. Brindell, president of the Building Trades council, and Alberf A. Volk, head of a company which had the demolition contract on the New York stock exchange annex, underwent lengthy examination. Individual laboring men, "possibly inside the union" or sympathizers, the paper declared, were responsible for the explosion as a reprisal against "Brindell workers" employed by Volk. . . . Explosion Aim Suggested. Much of Volk's statement to the district attorney was devoted to what he said was his own "theory" of the explosion "that it was done to hurt or frighten some of my men"' and to the statement -alleged to have been made by Raymond Clark, former fore man for Volk, that a man reported to him immediately after the explosion that it was his horse that had been killed. Clark, the- newspaper assert ed, was the victim of an attempted assassination within a month after the explosion. Volk said that his "theory" is that the explosion was caused by some in dividual "who wanted to create an impression on the inception of the strike which was called. by the Za ranko union." He said he understood there was publication of a notice to strike on Wednesday, the day before the explODion. None of Zaranko's men "as such," he asserted, were in his employ but many had joined Brin dell's union, "some of them at our instance." -Union Friction Noted. "And my theory is based .only on imagination and the facts that have already come" to light," hesaid. - "The facts that have come to light," he declared, meant only the explosion, the location of the wagon, the ma terials found and "the fact of the bit terness of the quarrel between the two unions, the fact that one union thought that we were to blame for their plight by playing with Brindell to put them out." Ho threats, be said, nor aemonstra tions of animosity had ' been made. and he did not believe anyone "did this thing as a member of the union excent that it misrht have been a man of worse disposition man trie rest oi them." Abraham Fleshner, secretary of Volk's company, told the district at torney he saw the supposed driver of the death wagon on the "bridge" (the structure erected by.the demoli tion company above the sidewalk at Wall and Broad streets) soon after the explosion and that when an ef fort was made to clear the platform Clark "spoke up" for the man and said the stranger was interested. The man, he said, appeared more of a for eigner than an American, of medium size and "a rather flabby sort of an individual." - r ' Labor Connection Dented. .. William F. Ashley, counsel to the Zaranko union, also was questioned and Assistant District Attorney Talley Mid the union representative de clared "there is not one bit of evi dence obtainable in any shape, manner or form to show a connection with the labor organizations." Zaranko fcimse'f told the district attorney he knew ol no information tnat would in any way furnish a lead in solving the n.yslery. The Zaranko organization, Volk declared, was un able to get a "look in" on eome of tho Jobs controlled by the "Brindell crowd." "They might hsve picked out any job," he said, "but it was the im pression of the Zaranko union that we were somewhat to blame for fostering the Brindell organization." After his examination Volk told newspaper men that the theory set forth by him was suggested to him a week after the explosion. After the explosion, he said, his blasting foreman gave his observa tions that it was not due to dynamite,, and as a result, Voik said, he "began to waver between my original theory that the explosion had been caused by a load of dynamite sent down for delivery to some blasting job, or that it was a result of a bomb sent de liberately." He declared he believed the driver of the wagon left his outfit and "came to find us." Four Portland Men Held on Charges of s Violating . Liquor Lavrs. Washington county lost prestige as a moonshiners' resort yesterday, with the arrest of four Portland men and seizure of four stills, 600 gallons of mash, 25 gallons of moonshine and 650 pound boxes of raisins. The men are: Milan Marovich, . Joe Tomach, John Plecas and Milo 'Grubic. Sheriff Alexander, of Washington county, assisted by a squad of rev enue officers, . Obtained information leading to the arrests early in the week. Although the stills were found in different places, it is the opinion of the officers thaiall were working together, in an effort to supply a demand from certain Portland "soft" drink vendors. In a cabin near Ueaverton, Grubic and Tomach were found. At the same place the officers seized one 50-gallon still, two 12-gallon stills, 300 gallons of mash and 15 gallons of finished moonshine. Plcos and Marovich were taken as they arrived at 'the cabin in a, car, which was loaded with 660 pounds of raisins and 1200 empty pint bottles. Further investigation developed an other rendezvous, near Orenco, from which was taken a 20-gallon still, 300 gallons of mash and ten gallons of whisky. The four men are tre'rig held In the county jail at HillsboVo sending Igoyernment action. RUG-SELLING IS ILLEGAL DRUGGISTS. CAXiIiED UPON TO - WATCH PRESCRIPTIONS. All tout Three King: Connty Dele gates Give Word to Washing ton State legislator. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) With the active support of 14 arid probably 15 of the 17 members of the King county delegation to the next state house of representatives pledged to him, E. H, Gule has be gun an aggressive campaign for the speakership. The three King county members who have not yet signed up are Adam Beeler, 46th district; Ralph Knapp. 43rd district and Robert Grass, 45th district. Of these Knapp has given Guie assurance that he wilf be for him, while Beeler's friends say he will also support the seventh ward solon. Grass is himself a candidate for the speakership. The candidacy of Gule was offio- iallv Indorsed by- a meeting of the King county legislators in the Arctic club today. Five time a member of the lower house and speaker in the Bession of 1S97, Representative Gule was one of the floor leaders of the sessions of 1915, 1917 and 1919. Two years ago h? was chairman of the judiciary committee and handled, on the floor and m committee, the great mass of legislation that is referred to ins committee of lawyers. BERGER TO HAVE HEARING Supreme Court to Pass on Case I Convicted Socialist. CHICAGO. Nov. 12. Arguments In the case of Victor L. Berger, under 20-year sentence for violation of the espionage act, will be heard the week of December S by the United States supreme court, according to word re ceived here by Seymour Stedman, recent socialist candidate for vice president, today. Mr. Stedman Immediately filed i oner asKing dismissal of the case because the war is ended. He con tended that the resolution declaring the war with Germany at an end. adopted by congress at its last ses sion, is valid, despite President Wil son s veto. LIFE JOBS MAY BE LOST POSTMASTERS ARE IN DANGER OF REPUBLICAN UPHEAVAL. Plan to Revoke Executive Order Placing Officials Under Civil Service Has Been Proposed. THE OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Nov. 12. Postmasters of the first, second and third classes, who were placed under the civil ser vice rules by executive order of President Wilson, in April, 1917, may not be secure in the life jobs they anticipated. There is a , well-organ ized movement to urge upon President-elect Harding that he revoke this order. The problem promises to be a serious one and will Involve a delicate matter of politics for the Harding administration. Senators and representatives who believe the order should be revoked have the natural desire of rewarding their constituents, and, in justifica tion of their position, say that Presi dent Wilson's order was not issued until practically all republican post masters had been removed and their places filled with deserving demo crats. They say the justice of the order would have been much greater if President Wilson had Issued it either at the outset of his first ad ministration or midway in the admin istration, so that the permanent po sitions could have been filled by well-,, qualified men of both parties. In stead of that, they point out, the president waited until he could give permanent positions to supporters of his own party. They believe the pub- klic will see the point and will justify a revocation of the order, at least, to the extent of refilling places which are not well filled at the present time. The question also involves politics in those states which have gone re publican for practically the first time, like Missouri and Tennessee, where the republicans Jeel they should have an opportunity to take advantage of their victory in building up an or ganization. There is no question but there win be opposition to this method on the part of civil servloe reformers, and on the other hand it is also recog nized there is much justice in tlio claim put forth by the republicans. If It's a wrist watch, eeo PrtedV lander's, 310 Washington st., bet. 5tn and 6th. Largest displays in the city. Adv. Prosecution to Follow Continued Sale of Narcotics to Ha- bitual Users. - SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 12. Recent ruling of the United States circuit court of appeals, received here today by William T. Seeks, chief of division for the bureau of internal revenue, makes the sale of narcotics for any other purpose-than to alleviate suf fering as a medicine, unlawful, even though the purchaser presents a pre? scription. The physician ieeuing the prescrip tion in such case abets the violation. according to the court ruling. Knowl edge .of the druggist that the pre-' scription was issued to a user of drugs to gratify the holder's appetite, the decision states, is essential to guilt, and negligent failure to inquire into a case w jli not take the place of knowledge. When a physician Issues - prescrip tions for an extended period to the game person, the court holds that the druggist must conclude that the drug is not being used legitimately and if he continues to fill the prescriptions such case he will be liable to pros ecution. PRE-WAR PBICES FKEVAXL If your skin itches andburnsjtisttis If yon are suffering from eczema, ringworm or similar itching, burn ing, unsightly skin affection, bathe the sore places with Resinol Soap and hot water, then gently apply a little Resinol Ointment. You will probably be astonished how in stantly the itching stops and heal ing begins. In most cases the sick skin quickly becomes clear and healthy again, at very little cost. Resinol Ointment sad Resinnl 5mb also clear ny pimples, redness, roughness wad rtjiHmft- Sold by mil Orugsisls. GIRL WIFE SEEKS 6EATH Mother of Young "Woman Frus trates Attempt at Suicide. Mrs. Mildred Foster," 19, attempted suicide last night by taking several tablets of bichloride of mercury, which' she placed in a portion of cake. Her plans were frustrated by her mother, who returned to the home at 565 Webster street, found out what her daughter had done, and called the police. The woman had written 'a note to her mother, stating that he would be with her in spirit if not in body, and giving as the reason for the deed a disagreement with, her husband, who lives In Seattle. SEARCH FOR BODY FAILS BOX SAYS FATHER TTTTr.TTT. HIS STEPMOT7TEK. HOUSE EXPELS MEMBER Ex-Postm aster-Gen era! f Austra J 11a Accused of IMslojaUy. - MELBOURNE, Australia. Nov. 12. Mr. Mason, labor member of the house of representatives and ex-postmaster-general of Australia, has been ex pelled from the house on motion of the premier, who charged disloyal utterances at a demonstration in be half of the late Lord Mayor Mac Swiney of Cork. The vote was 84 to 17. S. & II. green stamps for cash. Uolman Fuel Co. Main 353. 5S0-21. - Adv, Abandoned Well Fails to Verify Charge That Body Was Bur ied in It. LANODON, V. H.. Nov. 12. An all day search by county authorities failed today to disclose any trace of the body of Mrs. William B. Whitney, which her 15-year-old stepson, John Whitney, is alleged to have said he saw his father bury in a well four years ago. The well in the Whitney barnyard, which had been filled in. New Perkins Hotel Firth and Washington Bta. Portland, Oregon. Ratee fl.M and ap. Special weekly and monthly rates. 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