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L'tns jHLU-KivjLixijr uisixoivxjLTf, x'iujtii73.r, tsjsjrrisiiutsiaxs X, lTTOa li: Wins Fame as Songstress Abroad Madame Norelli Has Won Ovations in the Great Music Centers of Europe By Arthur A. Greene. I MMB. JEXNIE NORELX.I has a most j fascinating fashion of talking: with her hands and arms. It Is no won der, then, that she Is devoted to the French and Italian school, for, although born In lymphatic Sweden, away up under the midnight sun, she is as vivacious as the Mcdltcrannean. At times, alBO, her Fronoh accent is pronounced, and It Is difficult to reconcile these characteristics with her birth, her American spirit and her occasional "States" slang, no doubt picked up while she lived in Portlandfor tea years. The ro&damc comes back to this town nftor an absence of five years, during which time she has virtually conquered the world the musical world. In private life sho is the wife of Dr. Ernest Barton, of this pity, and In spite of her wanderings off in the far countries, whero her brilliant career has led her. still olaims Portland as her home. In Dr. Barton's office yesterday after noon I made the new "Swedish Nighten gale" with the Latin personality, talk of her fine achievements since she left here In 1909. She talks smilingly, and it is oasy to understand why such a voice, supported by such a smile, should win tu multuous plaudits from the most discrim inating audiences in tho world. In addi tion, she possesses the grand opera pres ence, which means an "air," a big. shape ly, graceful figure, and a comely face. At the outset of our Interview things looked a bit dubious, for I've never been able to determine whether my musical tastes ai?roved most of the "Valkyrie Co-" r "Mash" Walker's "Luzon" song. However, when she told me she doted on barrel-organs we at once found tho plane of common ln'torest. After that I discovered that Madame has a sense of humor that would have made her a great comedienne had she not been created one of the greatest sopranos of the age. "Yes, I come of a musical family," she said, and laughed as sho spoke. "My an cestors were all fiddlers. I can trace a line of seven generations of village fid dlers back of me. None of them knew the dgn language of music but they had in them a primordial instinct for express ing themselves through the medium of harmonious sound. "My earliest recollections are of a hum ble little house In the north of Sweden, In which was a living-room "with a wide fireplace. Tho "Winters there are long and for only three months in the yoar it there sunlight. So It happened that through many long evenings tho family gathered about the blazing Are, while my grandfather played his violin. Before I could speak plainly, I lay on tho floor at tho dear old man's feet, drank in the melody of his violin and sang to its ac companiment. His was a rare, untutored genius, and by the hour he would im provise beautiful things, which would have made him famous had there boen any but we poor people of the North to listen. Ho lived all his life within the confines of that little village, and never traveled a day's Journey. If a degree of success has come to me, I owe more to hlra than to any other person 1 have known, for ho taught me to sing. "When I was 16 I had secured some education and planned to become a school teacher. One day a director of the Royal Conservatory at Stockholm heard me sing, and became Interested In my voice. Ho sent for me, and asked mo what I -was doing. I told him I was a governess, and expected to be a teacher always. " 'No,' ho told me, 'you were not made BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHBB "bbbBibJE -Tj&tEM&E&teiStm! ;Bm sbbbbbbbbbbbbbbhFH. :SPHpiaSna9BffPfLv ' MADAME JENNIE NORELLI, WHO WILT SING AT THE WHITE TEMPLE SATURDAY. to be a school teacher; you were made to be a great singer. "Then he explained that a competi tive test was soon to be made of can didates for a froe scholarship in the conservatory, and that I should try for It, although thore were 300 applicants, and my chances of winning doubtfuL I had never had a lesson in music, and could not conceive of being successful, but I sang with the 300 others, and, to my surprise and delight, won. I grad uated, and shortly afterward came to America and to Portland, where I was married. "Five years ago I went East, and since then have sung in the Savage English ' Grand Opera Company, the Metropolitan Grand Opera, and then in almost all the musical centers of Eu rope. "In London I have appoared at Co vent Garden, Albert Hall and. In fact, most of the great concert halls. The most Important work I have ever done was in the Philharmonic concerts in London, at which only the greatest artists appear. The audiences arc said to be the most critical and exacting in the world. On the occasion of my first appearance. I received six encores. Was not that glory cnoughr Mine. Norelli will remain in Portland until the first of December, when she will leave for England. She will be principal soloist at the great Manches ter musical festival, which commences December 22. From there she goes to London, and later to Roumania, by spe clal invitation of Carmen Sylva. the ex Queen, where she will give a series of concerts. During the Winter she will also appear in Austria and Germany, and 4n the Spring -will sing in Sweden by invitation of King Oscar. A year from now she will make tour through India, China, Japan and Australia. Madame Is loyal to Portland and her adopted country, but admits that best she likes Continental Europe, where. as she cxprosscs it, she feels "Jlko a fish in water." She says we lack mu slcal atmosphere, and are indifferently educated musically, in which conclu,- slon the cantatrice seems to have hit upon an undeniable truth. Cattle Exhibit One of Surpassing Excellence Attendance of Visitors Is Larger Than at St Louis, and Judges' Awards Are Applauded accused of raising1 several checks on local banks from $10 to $40, after they had been countersigned by Bamford. who had advanced Stevens the sum of $400 on security. Stevens alleges that, as the money was borrowed, he had a right to raise the figures in drawing on his own money. Bamford. who claims that an agreement was made whereby he was to countersign all checks issued to Stevens, says a forgery nas been committed. The case will be heard be fore Judge Cameron in the Municipal Court this morning; CQLt)NEL JUDSON IS SICK Well-Known Hallway Man at St. "Vincent's Hospital. Colonel R. C. Judson, Industrial agent of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, is seriously ill at St. Vincent's Hospital and his condition for several days has alarmed his friends. Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, tho attending physician, re ported last night that the outlook for ultimate recovery was decidedly better during the last two days, but that his pa tient's condition had been very serious and the crisis had probably not yet been passed. Colonel Judson Is one of the most widely known officials of the northwestern lines of the Harriman system. For eight years he has occupied the position of in dustrial agent, promoting progress in ag ricultural lines and carrying forward the policy of immigration encouragement and general development of the country tributary to the lines. His influence in the Introduction of blooded cattle and horses and educating the farmers upon the benefits of diversified farming has. been much appreciated by the communi ties along the road and of great value to the Northwest. Ten days ago he returned from a trip over the road, during which he had con tracted a severe cold that developed into bronchial trouble and superinduced con gestion of the lungs. He was for a week confined to his room at the Imperial Ho tel, when his condition becamo much more serious, and five days ago he was removed to the hospital. Under orders of the phy sician inquiring friends are denied admis sion to the sick room until the crisis shall have been passed. v UNRULY "BARKER" IN TOILS Hotel Runner Arrested for entering Union Station. -Policeman Carlson arrested G. Krel- gcr at the Union Depot yesterday af ternoon and took h!n to the bastlle, charged with disturbing' the peace. Kroiger is a member of the band of hotel runners who congregate at the depot on the arrival of each train. The police stationed there have orders not to permit any of these men to in trude within the preclncts-of the depot proper. This resulted in the arrest of Krelger. The prisoner endeavored to force his way past Carlson, and when the minion of tho law hailed him and warned him back, he somewhat fore lbly Informed the patrolman that he would do as ho pleased, and added that If Carlson Interfered too much he and his associates would see to it that he was removed from that beat. According to the policemen at the Union Station, the Eastern contingent of runners who are in tne city only during tho rush soason of the Fair have organized a clique for the purpose of besting- the efforts of the police to enforce the rule preventing- them from entering the depot during the arriving time of trains. One of the gentry open ly boasted to the offices t at the depot. that he and his reliow craftsmen- naa ra!sd a purse of several hundred dol lars with which to fight any arrests that might be made. very impressive part of the stock how at the Exposition are the visitors. Seated in long rows, on either side of the Judging ring, they watch tho whole process with unaffect ed interest. Whon decisions are an nounced they are universally applaud ed. Judging from appearanqes very many of these people are qualified to have and express opinions of tholr own. Several of the officials of tho show and some of the exhibitors thought there were more people and decidedly great er interest than at St. Louis. After spending the day in the showrlng, and among the cattle, I think I can truth fully say that the exhibits, as a whole, are of surpassing excellence. It Is interesting to watch the pro gression downward in age, of every leading breed shown, and to see the distinguishing points of each make their appearance in the nursery (where babies of G months and under are shown), then in the kindergarten, then in the primary classes, and so to the full-grown animals. Noticeably Is this the case with the shorthorns. The last class, in the evening, was of babies. Any one experienced In cattle could tell, almost at a glance, not only the breed, but the family to which they be longed, for theywore miniatures of their parents. What variations were visible were for tho better, showing the success in the breeder's art -In se lecting parents for his future herd. Of course the early maturity in every brood shown was most remarkable. Though in not every class was it given to exhibit, as was done In the Holstolns, a bull under 3 years old weighing over 20d0 pouuda. This was alike notice able in both sexes heifers of 2 years are today as large as the 3-year-olds, even as the 4-year-olds, of 30 years ago. It is hard to say where most in terest centered. It was about evon with the shorthorns and Hcrefords, with not much to choose between Jerseys and Holstolns. I ought to have limited my observation about similar shapes and points in various ages, to beef cat tle, that Is to shorthorns, HereforJs, Polled Angus and Galloways. Of course In the milking breeds 'tho function of milking draws the clearest possible line between the mature and immature cattle. This must make the judging of heifers of early age most dlffcult. For the milk cows the great udder and the very apparent milk veins, the al tered shape of the animal, centering all Interest in the development of the milking parts, therein are the jobvlous -points of comparison and difference. But in the undeveloped heifers both judges and buyers must base their opinions on estimate and deduction of how the dormant qualities will turn out at maturity. The gentleman who judged the Holstelns, after his work was done, and tho cows and heifers duly plac6d In order, was kind enough to give to the crowd of interested spectators short discourse on the reasons for placing tne animals, which was both Interesting, useful and much appre ciated. Judges Often In Doubt. The two judges of the shorthorns wore oftentimes in doubt, for the, gen eral standard of excellence was so high Noticeably this ias the case In plac ing Nos. 1 and 65 in the 2-year-old heifer class. In tho end Princess Flora Second, shown by the Tebo Land & Cattle Company, of Clinton. Mo., had to give place to C. E. Ladd's Lady Portland, a roan beauty of the pro nounced Ladd type. In this class the first prize winner. Lad's Emma, ex hibited by I. G. Robblns & Sons, of Horace. Ind., was undeniably first, and was. I thought, one of tho most beau tiful animals on the ground for eym metry, and evory sign of high blood. C E. Ladd a turn oame in the next class, of heifers of 18 or under 24 months. The first place was clearly his. with Sweet Marie, a lovely red heifer, with finer points than in sev eral of the exhibits from the North Yamhill farm. If one may speak and live, the splendid roan stock which pre vails there has a tendency to over-size and a shade of coarseness, -which only becomes noticeable when they are placod alongside of othor strains of equally high blood. But to give size, quality and early maturity to Oregon herds, nothing could be bettor. The two California herds, of Glide & Son, of Sacramento, and Rush & Pierce, of Suisun, wesc also deservedly prominent. In tho Hereford class Oregon again came to the front, holdlncr her own against the Nebraska and Missouri herdowners, who have been longer in the business. For range cattle, the Herefords are more in domand than ever, and, doubtless, thore will be ready sale for every animal that comos un der the hammer whon the exhibition closes. The Scotch breeds. Galloways and Polled Angus, are well represented. The former breed is specially suited for the high-priced markets of great cities, where extra quality makes up for defi cient quantity. I have never seen a herd of Galloways in Oregon. Thero was quite a rage lor the Polled Angus a few years ago, and more than one carload was brought into the Valley. Tho mark of the importation is still seen in many places, for the bulls transmit their peculiarities through many generations. There will be a chance now to recur to pure-bred stock. Jerseys Are Beautiful. Tho Jerseys are a beautiful lot many of them of very evon quality, so that the judges' task must be very hard. The prize cow at St. Louis for butter product, belonging, to the W. S. Ladd estate, is here, and draws many visitors to her stall. The tug-of-war comes when the herd exhibits. are shown. I hardly like to close without direct ing attention to the Devon cows, the Ayrshlros, the red polled and the brown Swiss. I believe that the virtues of the Devons are not nearly appreciated in Oregon, and especially in West ern Oregon, as they should be. Climate, pasturage, the He of the land, correspond so nearly with the red soiled hillsides and rich pastures of tholr native habitat that if analogy and reasoning go for anything, they ought to do hero as woll as in their own Devon. Excellent milkers, with a heavy cream yield of rich quality, and with beef that equals the Galloways in price in the West End of London, these cat tle come as near to the general purpose requirement as any breed I know of. Thero are several men of Devon who are citizens of Oregon. Why don't they, for the credit of old Devon, send for a carload of the red beauties? But time and paper give out, though the topics of the cattle show are only touched. WALLIS NASH. T5 LESS EJtPLOYMENT- OF jCOUXTT PRIS ONERS DEEMED SUCCESS. Judge Webster Discusses Results Achieved In Unnton Road and Other County Work. According to a report filed yesterday by John Hoffman, road supervisor, the cost per yard of rock crushed in the rock-crusher on the St. Helens road, where county prisoners are used to' Jo the work, is 42 cents, and crushed rock has heretofore cost the county not less than $1 per yard in bunkers. Judge Webster and County Commissioners Barnes, and Lightner consider the work ing of prisoner entirely satisfactory, and no longer an experiment. "It Is better than keeping men confined in Jail," said Judge Webster. "When a man's sentence has expired he is able to go to work, because he has been working- and is in good physical con dition. "Tho county Is -now out of debt and we will build new roads. We are now building the finest piece of road on the Pacific Coast to Llnnton. It will be finished to that point jvi thin two weeks. Some call it the Llnnton road, but the old namo Is the St. Helens road. We shall push " it along to the Columbia County line, a distance of 18 miles. Many fills have been made and con crete culverts have been put in where previously there- were bridges. There are a great many little gulches run ning down from the hills, and there were numerous bridges which were ex pensive to keep up, which are" being Jone away witn as much as practicable. The road is 80 feet in width to Llnnton and below that point 40 feet. Guards Johnson, Brlggs and Burke areNln charge of the prisoners, and have no trouble with them." Judge Webster- further eald- the jatf should be so arranged that each one of the rockplle gang would have a separate cell and they ought not to bo crowded together. The Jail may be Im proved so as to accomplish this result before long. The report of Mr. Hoffman, the road supervisor, shows that the ex penses for tho month of August amounted to $305. Tho principal items were: Salary of guards, 5245: engineer. u; macKsmitn. 554: noon meals, pris oners, $87: wood, $54; powdor. 553; transportation, prisoners, $165. EDUCATE HAND AND EYE South Mt. Tabor School Will Have Manual Training. Tho South Mount Tabor school, which opens-next Monday, on the Section Line road, will give Instruction in a special manual training department. A building nas been erected, and ' Is now being equipped with benches and tools for the manual department. It will be ready when school starts, for the year. W. A. Law, principal, will be the head of the manual training department, hav ing taken a full course of instruction In tne American Manual Training School. Chicago. Mr. Law is now irlvlmr two of the assistants of the South Mount Tabor scnooi instructions, so that they also can direct manual training work. Aeeordine to this system each lesson Is prepared in aavance, oegminng with the simplest icrms in xne use oi tools and advancing as the classes acquire proficiency. Benches wun tools and screws have been Disced. and much of the material used by begin ners nas Deen stored in this deoartmenL The Sooth Mount Tabor school Is the first in thlW state to use this method. It is also rMe only ..one In Multnomah County. outside of Portland, to have manual train ing. Charged With Forgery Frank E. Stevens, charged with for gery, on complaint of James A. Bam ford. was arrested at Third and Morri son streets last night -by Detectives Day and Vaughn. Stevens, who Is tor u-EajXAC) or car haass. lx SCORE FAKE UNDERTAKERS Oregon Funeral Directors' Associa tion Denounces Grafters. Members of the Oregon Funeral Direc tors Association were vehement yester day In their expostulations against what are termed grafters and fakirs In the pro fession. President Finlcy, in his annual report, urged that every undertaker lend his influence to tho State Board of Health to secure the enactment of a law govern ing the sanitation of the sick and tho dead. He also spoke strongly against the practice of noc-llcensed undertakers being allowed to ship from the state the bodies of persons who had died of in fectious diseases. Impostors, the. -association alleges, are responsible for many of the evils exist ing in tho profession. The president urg ed that a standard price be Instituted by undertakers of the association for coffins and for the burial of bodies, and admon ished practitioners not to havo a price according to the length of the patrons' purses. s - . rf- IHESE CUTS represent the $25.00 Talking Ma chines The Oregoman is giving away to its sub- , yqu contract and agree to take the paper Daily and Sunday for 12 months, a"t the regular price, 20 cents a ' week, pay jfor two records when you get the machine, and buy one record e&ch week thereafter for 33 succes sive weeks, at one dollar for eacn record; or you can buy as many records at one time as you choose, receiv ing credit on your contract for one week for each and every record purchased. The records are sold at the regular price $1.00 each. The m'achine is on exhibi tion at Eilers Piano House, where continuous- concerts -are given. A representative, of The Oregonian wiU.-'be present to explain the proposition and show how the machine is operated. You are cordially invited to call ,and hear the concerts. Eilers Piano House, Park and .. IWlashington streets. 1 WELCOME PORTLAND MEN Walla Walla and Devrlston-Olarkston Fairs Set Asldo Day. An urgent Invitation Is extended to Portland business men through the Chamber of Commerce by the Commer cial Club of Walla Walla to attend the fair and race meet at the Southern Wash ington metropolis September 21-30. Last year Portland sent a strong delegation to the Walla Walla fair-and will doubtless be represented again at life coming event The Lewlstoh-Clarkston Fair, to be held at Lewlston October 16-2L also desires an opportunity to entertain Portland business men. and has set asido Friday, October 20, as Portland day. Two committee meetings were to have been held yesterday at the Chamber of Commenfe, but nothing of Importance was transacted at either. The mining and irri gation committees both had meetings, but owing to the absence of President Wheel wright postponed action after informal discussion. last night. "A big concern wants to come In here. This promises more for St. Johns than tho sawmills or any of our present industries. The company wants concessions in the way of vacation of streets and olher things, but Is very ap prehensive about tho legality of any act the St. Johns Council might pass." Secretary Thorndyke did not Intimate what this concern was, but said It was a big company. Nothing could be done last night, as there was not even a quorum present, but there was an Informal dis cussion of the deadlock In the Council. CORPORATIONS FAVORED. Hot? the Assessment Burdens Inequitably Distributed. Aro PORTLAND. SpL 20. To the Editor.) I repsMtrullr uk epico In your papr to pass a. tetr rt roar its on the report la given in The OregonUn of September 16. regarding tho ac tion of the .street committee of the City Coun cil on the Socth Portland street fills. The Inference from eald report might ha that the protest from tho property-owners In tho aaie&ied district was on the ground of being charged rrlth mora earth than the fills contained, and that being dis posed of In the manner referred to. the whole matter Is s&ttafactorllr settled. It la questionable, however, whether the pub lic new has the facts regarding the overcharge on these fills. It Is a fact that there was much delay In making this murrey after the Executive Board had decided, and then It was given oat that all the work was found correct except one fill, which exceeded the proper estimate 2500 yards; now we have It that they were all more or leas wrong, hut of little consequence: and the flimsy excuse Is given that the excess charged on the Front street fill between Woodr and G rover was due to calculating the street 64 feet wide Instead of 60 feet. f lYfcat does thsdedleated plat show as "to tho. width of the itreetT Again wo ask why the. measurements, after the fills ihad settled awar below grade, and had been re filled at an extra expense to the taxpayer. ehauUVbe figured as three feet above grade? This wVfk. should be measured up and paid for as a permanently settled fill, and not as a loose, unsettled dump. The Intelligent public can draw Its .own conclusions. The writer wishes the public to know that the matter above referred to was only , an In cident In this piece of Jugglery. The main cause of protest was on account of the small and unjuetly created assessment district and the total disregard of justice or equity In the matter. If" a. district la to be made as allowed by tho charter, why not make some pretense to ward fair play and fairness in the matter and quarter the city; In that way each one would be fairly treated. But that would never do. as thereby the desired end would be defeated. It should be plain to any one who has fol lowed this matter from the start that the scheme outlined was to fasten the expease of this Improvement on to the small property holder. To start with, the district as created, with but few exceptions, embraced nothing but small holders, care being taken to exempt the large tracts owned by rich and Influential per sons and corporations'. Then came the matter of assessment for the first completed fill, known as the "Hood-street fill." on which, ut terly Ignoring the express terms of the char ter, an assessment wao levied on the basis of area, thereby- endeavoring to placate those In the north end of the district, where, the prop erty being Income-bearing and In the immedi ate vicinity of the Improvement, special bene fits considered, would be subject to .'cor respondingly heavy tax, thus shifting the bur den on to that section of the district south of Hamilton avenue, which as a whole Is rough, unimproved property and at best receives but small benefit from said Improvement: but this little scheme did not meet with success, as there happened to bo two parties affected were In position to use an effective 1club. and a compromise -was made along the "lines of subsequent assessments. This Is one instance where those In position to wield tho club have been granted conces sions and the burden shifted on to those lease able to bear it. The writer can- show prop erty on one aide, and adjoining cne of those fills, which ia epclally benefited thereby, assessed at J4.SO per lot, while two lots on the other side, not receiving the same amount of benefit, lo assessed 550. And why'? "Because one held a club, or "stand In," If you please, and the other Is a defenseless woman. Vi'e have the same kind of discrimination on the East Side of tho river, whero the city as a whole Is made to share the cost of street Improvements In the Interests of certain Indi viduals; but in South Portland, where the small property-holder Is supposed take his medicine and "look smiling." a small fraction of five voting precincts out of the total S3 Is saddled with approximately 370,000 for those fills. We submit to all Intelligent and fair-minded cltlsens If this Is the kind of business ex pected of public officials. Must the public pay them fat salaries and then stand guard with a shotgun to prevent being robbed? The charter provision for assessment dis tricts, when left to be administered by the subservient tools of class interests, la vicious In the extreme, and the people should de mand Its repeal or compel Its enforcement with tome degree of equity. If the various publio utilities were operated by the city and for the city, aa they should be, all such Improvements as that of South Portland could be cared for from the general fund. Instead of. as cow, placing the entire burden on real estate. Recently The. Oregonian has been sounding a timely note .along the. line of public utilities, which should bear fruit. May the good work go on. D. It. M'LEOD. Aged Carpenter . Kills Himself. Following a paralytic stroke which dis abled his left side a week ago, and fear ing that be would become a helpless crip ple. Carl Bwartx. a carpenter, 71 years old, committed suicide yesterday morning by shooting himself with a revolver through the rlht temple. Swarta killed himself at the end of Delay street In Lower Albina. Swartx's body was found by children who were playing In the neighborhood. It was taken to the morgue, whero it was Identified by Rudolph Swartz, a brother. Swarts had been a resident of Portland for 27 years. For the last three months he had made his homo with hls brdther at 58S .Delay street. Arrange ments for the funeral of the dead man have been made by his brother. Bis Concern for St- Johns. For some 'reason, or misunderstanding, members of the St. Johns Board of Trade failed to attend the meeting called for last night, although a few gathered at the office of I B, Chlpman. Secretary W. I Thorndyke Issued the call for the board to meet to consider .the situation In the St. Johns Council and to take some steps to secure a large manufacturing concern which wants to obtain a footing In that place. "We were In hopes to get a -meeting thi? cv2iag." zzli Secretary Thorndyke The Only KEAL BORAX SOAP Antiseptic and Harmless 20 MULE TEAM iw JfjS jBB&SSssssm j&TyiiMvvjB J xJbbf iRitWt BBS l?'5"H2mi icf w I N