VOL. XLVIII. 0. 14.
1'ORTLA.M), OREGON, FRIDAY. AFRIL' S. liX8.
THICK FIVE CENTS.
BATTLE TO FINISH
BEGINS IN HOUSE
Payne Takes up Will
iam's Challenge.
SAYS MAJORITY SHALL RULE
Republicans Determine o
Carry Out Programme.
DEMOCRATS ACCEPT FIGHT
Knd to onrte!es Bfnern Parlies
Proclaimed, and Whole Kxening
I (onsnmwi In Filibustering.
Kollcall on Every Motion.
WAHIX.5TN. April i Formal cotic
ws serve-i on the D-emocraxs n ti:e
Hwm of Epresr.rfttives !ate today by
Payne N. Y i. lfsdr of the rrmjoriTy,
that from That time cn the Republicans
would ovk horns wi;h the Im serais
artd carry !hro::c the programme of the
majority in spite of the a: terr.pt of the
mfnor:ty, unctr the leadership of
linrns.. to d:c? :e : -K.c rharai-ter of legis
lation to he era -te!. I rr. mediately under-
tak:t:c to carry ti:is schedule into effect,
he firted the latest sitting of the ses
sion. Both :;:?s were ah-e to keep their niem
b rs i:i te:r a!s ard it became evi
dent ilia; the threatened Iemocratic fil
ibuster was " on"' irj real earnest ard that
the R r-:M:car.5 r? determined at least
to test tiie sincerity of their opponerts-
The re:ro.-rats. after the passare of the
agricultural appropriat'on b:ll. had inter
posed obstructive tactics against any
busine? Jv-ing cone.
Tay ne Lifts the Gauntlet.
After several measures habeer refused
oons:d?rat;oT hy r?as-.'n of t!ese tactics.
Payne v-a!d up the resolution to refer
t. the sv-ral committees the President's
r ecent spe-. :h! ir-essare to Cor. press. Cb
smri::e that the Democrats were pre
panrje to p'ace obstruvt'oas in the way
of Its coriderat!;n t:r?ess arr.p;e time
aiouM be Riven for peneral debate. Payne
asserted that "because of the hypocrisy
of those on the other side mean in a the
Democrats, no general debate would be
allowed.
Payne denounced the Democratic
filibuster begun las! Monday in pur
suance of the notice p:ven by Williams
a week aco. arrd characterized the ac
tion of TVi!:ia rns as "puerile. The
Pemwrats. he contended, were in no
position to lay down a programme of
action for the Republicans. The ma
jority.' he s.iid. "have charge of the
business of the House and the busi
ness wi! po through just as the ma
jority deciares it sha!! go through."
Shouts of Republican approval greeted
this utterance.
Kstend No More Courtesies.
Discussing the President's messasre.
Payne asserted that there never had
been any doubt aoont a new employ
ers' liability law being enacted this
session. He gave notice that he would
In f uture object to Democratic requests
for unanimous consent Or for time to
peak..
X5o to your own leader, the gentle
man from Mississippi' he shouted at
the top of his voice, "and ask him to
stop his filibustering. Ask hfrn t&
cease his objections and when he stoos
his objections and his filibustering,
then the business of the House will
proceed in the usuai way. Otherwise,
we wi1! transact business In our way
!n spite of cur opponents.
Kxlifiusts Tower to Filibuster.
On the propositT.in that there should
be no general debate on the resolu
tion, the Democrats kept up their fili
bustering, jbi without effect. Every
subsequent motion by Payne with re
spect to the disposition of the resolu
tion met viti obstruction. Having
exhausted ;! r.-trtin of obstruction to
the resolution nr.d with no desire to
oppose !:s pasa ec . the Democrats
turned in nrd votd with the Repub
licans to rass the resolution. The reso
lution w.-s adopted.
Payne moved to adjourn. The Demo
crats for-cd the thirtt-er.ih roll call and
by the vote of iri to SI the House at
1 P. M. :td.i um'-d and the strug
gle for time beir was over.
SCHOOLS OF CAPITAL CITY
Senate Won 11 liive Commissioner of
FducaUon Control.
WASHINGTON. April 2.-The executive
ss'on of t!:e Pe:w :e today was largely
-onsun'd by d'SCirwior.. without passage
of a b!l to reorganize t he public school
sstem in the District f Co:umb:a by
p!a'injs it under the control of a director
arp-Mntp J by the Nafonai Commissioner
of riiu.-ation. supe-seding the control by
a Board of Education composed of c:t!xens
of the tstrt.
The bin re!a:nc to the settlement of
la!met of states on account of the dispo
sition of p::!ic land was" again taken up
arrd the Kacon k!:: ndmst for settling
the accour's of owners of cotton sailed
by the Oovernmrt d'irina the Civil War.
amounting to $5.,.t was considered,
but without results either on the bill or
tha amendment.
riNCHOT FINOS A CHAMPION
.Mcl.McliIan Iefends Freter Apnin-t
A&tanlts of California n.
WASHINGTON. April An echo of
tht caarg by Smith of California, made
!t Monday, that G:Tv"rd Pinchot. the
Chief of t:e Forestry Bureau.. hd act--d
mrr-cperiy with reference to the water
r chts of Owens River. Cahfomia. was
beard in the House tiay whte M.-TLach-lan
of Ca.ifrr:a rose to refute the state
ments The Forestry Pure a a he declared,
had been p.acecl tn a fa.se light. He de
chared that every member of the Csiifor
uia e'eraticn except Needham. Smith
and Ka.hi: had written the Prcsrdent ask
ing trat the rejerration be made, and
that Ftnchot wss artir.g in accordance
with the rTJrs a-d the demand of the
pecofe of Los ArceJes and the rv:uest
and the demand of tie n.a?r:ty of the
Ca1;fom!a cel-c cation.
MLac-h:an explained that when the
matter presented to the President
Kssa was abroad and that was why fc-s
name did rot appear ha connection with
ft.
Smith denied thai Mr. M:lc-ai's
statement wss in a rccrdane with the
facts. The papr snt to the President,
he declared. cintained ro reference to try
particular tract, snd :ne yigners were rot
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RepreitevtstfTe sre TE. ririe,
RevabltewB Iestler tm Hovse,
V b erepterf DfCMTatic
( hallemge te Mar.
1-d to believe that it had reference to the
(wers River Valiey.
MVE DATS' STRUGGLE EXDED
Agricultural Bill Passes With Ftur-
rr Over Good Roads.
WASHINGTON. April Carrying a
total of t:i.5o$'.s. the agricultural Tpro
priation bil! was" passe- by the House
late today. It had been under discussion
for rine days and from the time its con
sideration b?gan untii the very end its
provisions were at: a Kcd at every turn,
with the result that i underwent many
ch a n ?es. J ust be fore its pRssag e. Sco : t,
of Kansas, chairman of the agricjliural
committee, made an unpu'-oessfvl fi .ht
io have stricken out the amendment
adopted yesterday ccvnsioVrably increasing
the apprcpriatim for soil rnvestications.
- "During the cVrmte today a brcf flurry
way created by Harrison, of New York.
"Democrat, rharwetertxing s socialistic
the bill of the minorrry leader. Wf.iams.
provid:nr for the utilizs-ron of the Treas
ury surplus in the construction and im
provement of roads !n tise several states.
Senate Confirms Hill.
WASHINGTON. Apr:! '.The Senate to
d5y confirmed the nomination of ra v:d
Jayne HiP. to be Ambassador to Germany.
The nominations of Spner P. Eddy, to
be M:n;st?r to the Arsntjne Republic,
and Arthur M. Be?.::pre. of Illinois, to be
Minister to The Netherlands. w-:re also
rlrmed.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YEVTUvRPAY P V axirr m terr.perature. 65
TOPAT'S Shower ar3 cofr; southerly
w.rcs
Briti'h wa'-ship sir.Vs torpedo-boat, sacri
C . mg score of Mves. Fage 1.
Nations'.
Car.r.n cal's for inquiry lrt rrer trust
In rdr te d??er.d tariff. Fape 1-
Ps'-r; b?r;tis war on re-reorr:s fn House
ar.d they fllibster aJ' ever.tr.g Fage 1.
Venetu:a rer'y to F.oot. Page 5
K'eet Irishes target practice and begins
HoW Eitr'.c Bo Company inCurce3
Ccnrre&mari L-ud Pas:' 5.
Sr.a:cr D:xen . finds M-s. Grey a Tartar:
Garf.eM naiy crttradicts her. Page 5.
Rco5-v:t sjeaXs for peace and larger arm-
aTiier! race t.
American A:s:Jf Ass-ciat ;on protests
against smirchirg Judge tVtifley s a e.
Fage 4.
PItlrs.
How Hushes iron victory ever a.nti-bett:ng
b:!5. Page 6
Erysn men d-trrr.!aa tn bo!t if pop list
Vicminate t:cket. Pa.ge 4
Ind'ara jRep--'-"n rorrrfnate tick;, adopt
p:atforni and boom Fairtar.ks. I'ase 4.
Hearst irame in pontics. Face T.
parV-rj and tMiness men., cendmn AMrici
b::i. Face 5.
JOomewtie.
Ntir Torv l"n:vers:ty s:adents strike be
cause harers are punished. Pare 9.
Convicted incencJcary starts fcsi'Iade in
courtroom. Face 1.
New Haven me-n reaver irt fortune
through t'regor'.aa advertisement. Page l
St. Ious " cman commits suicide to secure
insurance tr inv:M, s-ster. Pace 9
Sport.
HfH ert shut oct Mary's Ce'5erp. Face
Kennedy jmr ccntract ard joins outlaw.
Pa -
Pacfne Cait.
Kaef PT"a to ?"i:rreTr ."pcrt to enforce
ternary cortrat. par- 4
Arctic explorer re-rs it"4 much knowl
2ce rin-d Face !.
Whitman co'lece to havf J2.ofMi.ooo endow
ment fend r.i.crf Face S-
Seatt'e praer introdj-es box'nc and
-5t'::rf among bys of h:s church.
Pace S
C ommercial and Marine.
fOTp:a:r of improper ba;ir.g of hcp
Tage 19.
Pnarp de'ines n wool at JLor.don sales.
Page 19.
Wfi: strong and higher at Chicago.
Page 19.
Sto-lc spC"-i'at:on checked hy Erie troubJe.
Fac 31
Two pr-air. carriers a-d a loter steamer
e'ear forerfa. Page IS
I-wtland msd Vicinity.
W. W Cotton discusses effect of recent or-
!er of Railroad Commission redacinj
ra:es. Face ! -Suit
begun t- sett ownership of Erickson
sv?b . Pace 12.
Rep-jbiKm and lmocratir primary ec-
t : r. tallois compieied by County C'erk.
Page to.
President Jnsse'.j n replies to Mayor lane's
ofTtc. Page 13.
l'orii of Kedermi grand jury neara end
Pace IS.
xe--utive Board resents delay on JCaet Sid
ail. rae 14.
WIN FORTUNE BY
THE QREGDNiAN
Advertisement Secures
Fisks Their Own.
IMISSIN6 WITNESSES FOUND
Violation of Deathbed Promise
Is Revealed.
STEPMOTHER'S BAD FAITH
'iVomm ATho Xnrecl Mother In Last
Illness Answers Orejronlan Ad
vertisement and Restores Mil
lion to the Kiplitful Heirs.
NTTW HA VEX. Cfijn.. Apri! i (Special.
An adverripeme-nt in T.p Orreonian pro
d;d a tr1:n hereby tiro boys have
ju-K ccm? into a million diHara WTonp
f'jiir . i!!?.', a-s-&y from tfcem. J-jd?re
Rorahac; of the Superior Court, decided
today that the late E.:feca D. FSsk. ef
(."Tiicayo. deeded a million dollars' worth
of property iHeraiiy to his aeetr.a wife,
who forn-erly was a servant. In favor of
1xk::s a?ia Leonard f.sk, sons of the for
mer Chicago millionaire by his first wife,
who was Kate Iai:iels. dauphter of the
a!e Linard Dsnieis, also of Chicago.
Iee!s l'rtperty to Stepmother.
The sens left Chk-Ago for Connecticut
with their father, who after the birth of a
-h:ld to fcia serend wife, deeded to her
the property of their mother, most of
which was in Chicago real estate. The
beneficiary of Rst's bequest formerly
was Margaret Potarty. She was ern
pryed in the Fisk household before the
first wife's demise. After Fisk s marriage
to the servant a union opposed by his
f"s. his mind failed rapidly. Upon the
birth of their first child, who was ehrts
ter.ed ImniEiruel. Fisk declared that the
boy was immortal and the risatful Kins
of Fcgland.
Ien1e Deathbed Promise."
Property which had been left by Fisks
finst wife was inventoried as worth fcS. -
When he died two years aero, his
sons were left with little of the estate,
snd they discovered that the property
had been deeded to their step-mother.
The second Mrs. Fisk, before the estate
co-jld be probated, was called upon
through court procedure, instigated b
Louis and Leonard Fisk. to turn over to
thm a share of their mother's estate,
which had been fceid in trust for them.
They set forth that by a death-bed agree
ment their mother had stipulated that
this amount should be held in trust for
them. Mrs. Fisk the second denied
nowledre of the death-bed agreement
and the suit followed.
Oregonian Finds Witnesses.
The sons inserted advertisements in
various newspapers in the Fail of iw5
for Mary Anderson, a nurse, who at
tended their mother during her fatal ill
ness in 11 and who was a witness to
LET THE BIG
Sf
the agreement that their fatter held !n
trust for them a share of the estate.
After months of waitie-. durinir which
the preliminary trial of the ease oc
curred and was decided against the sons.
3ary Anderson was discovered.
She saw the advertisement lo The Ore
ironian. Portland. Or., where she had
lived for many years, and communicated
with the Fisks. She told them that she
would testify to the death-bed agree
ment of their mother and rr. Fitch, the
physician who attended their mother,
also would vouch for the pact that was
made at the time.
Boys Vrft Back Their Own.
Mary Anderson, although year a of
age, and Dr. Fitch rame to New Haven
and, when the case came up- on appeal,
were the principal witnesses. Their tes-
j r
T '
u-
J for PtTwree From MalU-Mil-
llnnaire Haabail. 4
t
timony resulted In a reversal of the de
cision of the lower court.
PEACE WITH SMS ASM
HOW ROOSEYKLT WOVL1) FUR
THER THE GOOD CAVSE.
Must Back Pacific Intentions Witb
Preparedness for War Greater
Than Now Kxists.
WASHINGTON, April i Senator Over
man. (Of North Caroiina, toda? Infroduoed
to P-esident RooscereH Fayne Davy,
rresidnt of the Nyrth Orol'rm Peace
Society. sr"3o incited the Presifient to ad
dr the Arbitration and Prace Con-K-tst
to be-' he!d at "Wilmington, N. C,
the firsrt week ir. May. this bing its first
annwrsary. The President dT rot
siar!fv w net her or not he would be ab!e
to attend the concTe?. but expressed in
emphatic larsruace his approval of the
pre era it: me of the North Carolina So-r??t-
on adequate armament and effective
arbitration. After promising his a sw st
ance in every poss'bie way to effectuate
this p rostra mm, the President said in
part:
As thirijTw aftnallT are at the present day.
we are heirless to further the cause o?
pea re and effective interrintlorjil arbitration
un'ey to )uwt arid peaceful Irftentior!? we
add a sr.oct heart and strong arm ard this
means military and naval prepar'r'dr'ess to a
far greater depree than '9 at present the
ra?e. "With this purpose in view. I am now
r-otiatirg arbitration treaties :th the
various aat'or.s of the world ar.d the Senate
is ratifying them.
I most TnonestV hrpe at the sare time, as
an evn more irrrivrtarit step toward peace,
the present Congress wr!l provide for four
haili'-ip ar.d a sufficient mrrriher nf
colliers and for the thorough fortification
of Hawaii and G-jantsnamo.
FELLOW CLIMB UP A
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TRIES TO F
LANK
THE PUBLISHERS
Cannon Comes to Res
cue of Paper Duty.
BLAMES TRUST, HOT TARIFF
Asks for Information to Show
It Controls Price.
CLARK BOILS WITH ANGER
S-?- Republican Kditors Should IaaIi
Leaders for Not Kepeallnjr. Duty,
Search for New Material
for Paper.
WASHINGTON. April 1 In him capac
ity aa a member of the House- Speaker
Oannoa today introduced a resolution,
directing the Attorney-Qeneral to trans
mit to the House tha papers bearing on
the investigation into the affair of the
print paper trusu TfaiB resolution ii
as follows:
Resolved. That the Attorney-Genera! be
d!rected to transmit t the Hoase, it not In
compatible with the public service, mirtt
parer and information ae may be in pos
sess'.on of the department showing what
(ep. if any. hae heen taken to investigate
the action of the International Paper Oom
pany xt New York and other corporation.
.Joint ftock companies er corporate com
panies engaged in the manufacture of wood
pu'p or print paper or the sate thereof, and
nrhat teps have been taken to prosecote the
said corporation or corporationa. Joint stook
crrnpanfes or combinations for violation of
the law, in ease reasons for such prrvcn
tion may have appeared from investigations.
Information from the Department of Com
merce and Labor or otherwise.
"Wants More Information.
A resolution giving similar directions to
the Secretary of the Department of
Commerce and Labor waa also introduced
by the Speaker aa follows:
Resolved. That the TOepartment of Com
merce and Labor be directed. If not incom
patible with the public servloe. to transmit
to the House ail papers and information
whirl may be la the possession of the de
partment relating to any step which, may
hv bees taken by re Bureau of Corpora
tions to make a d;,;s.ent investigation into
the organisation, conduct and management
of the business of the International Paper
Company tit New fork and other corpora
tion, joint stock companies or combina
tions engaged in th manufact ure of wood
pulp cr print paper or the sale thereof, as
said Bureau of Corporations is authorized
to do to bv !aw of the Vnited States, and
ail the papers and Information in his de
pnrtmer.t which are the result of such in
vestigation. (if any shall be made.
Cannon Says, 4Don't Blame Tariff."
In reply to a question as to the pur
pose of the resolutions. Mr. Cannon said:
The duty ori print paper !s 15 per cent
9 3 valorem and has been the same since
lSa0 under the MrKinley law, the Wilson
law and the Dingley law. covering a period
of IS years It is claimed that the price
has been advanced within the last few
months, largely more than equal to the
duty.
The publishers of the t'nited States, rep
resented by Herman Ridder, claim that the
manufacturers of wood pulp and print
paper have, by agreement and combination,
even coTerin- arrangement with Canadian
manufacturers, arbitrarily Ifmited the pro
duction and advanced the price of print
paper. If the claim of the publishers is
correct, the manufacturers of print paper
are subject to penalty and the trustvcan be
dissolved ar.d enjoined br proceedings in
ND HELP OUT
f',;i -
M&JSTR ATlQil 27000
35000
eity in any of the Vnited State eonrts
here they, or any of them n be found,
and. If the .h1m of the publisher, is
correct t?e advance !i the price is not di
to the tinty but result from the 1Uegi
tr:st and combination, if the duty were re'
peafed, tt wouM not interfere with the
tarsal trust agreement
The ohie-t of t 'se two eeoution 1 to
ascertain, flret, what investigation the re
partment of Commerce and l-abor, through
the Bureau of Corpora t tons, ha made, if
any, touching on the premise: second, to
ascertain what step have been taken by
the Ievartment of .lust tee, if any. to In
veti)tate. touching the premises and if
there Is rn to be'teve thnt the law has
been rtoiated er t elng violated. hat
steps are being taken to enforce the same,
"Ijish the? Speaker." Say Clark,
lJiter in tha day. Representative Champ
Clark. f Missouri J denounced the Speaker
and the Republican members of the com
mittee on ways and means for persist
ing In their refusal to bring In a bill
placing wood pulp and white paper on the
free list. He said that the Republican
editors and publishers. If they were
"worth the powder and shot to kill them."
would lash the Speaker, chairman and
the other Republlcana of tha committee.
"If they don't do It. he exclaimed,
"they ought to hold their peace and vote
for us In November.
Cm a point of order br UttlefleM, of
Maine, there waa stricken from the agri
cultural appropriation bill a paragraph
L n Mi is i Mmmt i ii i ii n-TiV i ataaV 1
Congresamaa Jnmea E. n atnoa,
Nomtnateit ty Indepeadeat Re
ptobllcaaa for Giveror.
authoriins an Inquirv Into the aubject
of the best methods for making: paper.
Says They Stand by Trust.
Lit tie field" s action was denounced by
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, who declared
that the refusal to auth.or.ae that inquiry
was not only a notification to the news
papers that the Republicans did not pro
pose to revise tha tariff and compel the
paper trust to reduce its price, but also
that they stood against any effort to
discover tf any methods or processes of
making paper could found.
An amendment offered by J,.ann, of Illi
nois, was adopted appropriating: tlO.ono
"to enable the Secretary of Agriculture
to test by cultivation such plants as may
require tests to ascertain If they be suit
able for making; paper.'
Ore nit n Moves in Senate.
In the Senate today Overman, of North
Carolina, introduced a joint resolution
putting printing paper and wood pulp on
the free list and afked for Us Immediate
consideration by the Senate, but Hey
burn objected, and on motion of Gallln
ger the resolution was referred to the
committee on finance.
lCE.lIAnY TAKES REVENGE
OS HIS PROSECUTORS.
Kills IetectlTe. Wounds Several
. Others and Is Riddled With
Bullets in Courtroom.
TERRE HAtTE. Ind.. April 2.
Found guilty of a charge of arson.
Henry F. McDonald, in the courtroom
today, shot and killed William E.
"Dwyer and seriously hurt another man
and was himself seriously wounded.
The shooting followed the announce
ment of the verdict of the jury before
which McDonald had been tried on a
charge of dynamiting storea and a
church in San ford last year. When
the jury reported 4ts verdict, McDon
ald jumped to his feet and drew a re
volver. He fired at Prosecuting At
torney J. A. Cooper. Jr., but missed.
Mr. Cooper dodged and McDonald di
rected his fire at the officers seated
around the table. Without an oppor
tunity to defend himself, Detective
Dwyer was shot down.
Almost in an instant policemen and
deputy sheriffs in the courtroom drew
their revolvt-rs and opened fire on Mc
Donald. The convicted man fH with
half a dozen bullets In his body. He
Teas taken to a hospital and will re
cover. Harvey V. Jones. Superintendent of
Police, was shot in the side. Deputy
Sheriff Ira Walton sustained a wound
In the chin, and a bystander was aloo
struck.
The shooting was the climax of a
sensational trial. The Police Depart
ment had been active In the case and
several officers were In the courtroom
to hear the verdict. They had expected
a demonstration; but were not expect
ing such action.
TWENTY-THREE DROWNED
English Cruiser Sinks Torpedo-Boat
Destroyer During Maneuvers.
PORTSMOUTH. Eng., April 3 A wire
less message received here states that
during the night maneuvers in the Chan
nell the cruiser Berwick ran down the
torpedo destroyer Tiger.
The Tiger was cut in half and speedily
sank. Boats from the Berwick and the
cruiser Gladiator picked up 22 men, one
of whom died later from his Injuries.
It is believed that the Tiger had a crew
of 45 men and that all the others were
drowned.
BUCK PROM THE
F
Captain Mikkelsen Ex
plores Wastes.
TRANSCONTINENTAL SHELF
Gets Beyond Point Sounding
Line Would Reach.
GOING TO TRY IT AGAIN
Ha Hopes of Heac'iinn Independent
Continent In Beaufort Sea Ob-'
tains MiK-li Valuable Knowl
edge as to Ocean Currents.
PEATTIJ5. April Captain EJnar
Mikkelsen. who Jointly oomniHndetl the
Anglo-American Volar expedition, which
soupht to find an undiscovered continent
In the Beaufort Sea. arrive! from the
North today on the TucRtan. Captain
Mlkkelsen's vessel, the Duchess of Bed
ford, was lost In the Ice pack near Flaa
man Island a year ago. He t.rliisa with
him a great fund of Information concern
ing the unexplored Beaufort Sea and an
nounces his purpose of fitting out an
other expedition to continue his search
for land.
Ernest de Koven Lefflntrwell. who,
with Captain Mikkelsen. commanded the
expedition, remained at Flaxman Island
to continue his scientific work. Captain
Mikkelsen started October 16 from Flax
man Island and made the Journey along
the northern shores of Alaska to Nome,
arriving at the latter place January S.
He left Nome with a companion January
18 and Journeyed with dog sledges up the
Tukon River to Fort Gibbon, and came
out by the way of Fairbanks and Valdei.
Finds Out About CX-eao Currents.
Captain Mlkkelsen's expedition traced
the continental shelf In the Beaufort Sea
and ascertained that If land does He be
yond the sea It Is an Independent conti
nent. He has obtained Informnticn con
cerning ocean currents which will be in
valuable to him when he ninkes his at
tempt to attain the unknown continent.
Captain Mikkelsen made use of a new
Idea in polar travel by which he was able
to save 90 pounds' weight on his sleds.
In the tedious march over the ice hum
mocks the party frequently came upon
open water. Captain Mikkelsen had none
of the native kayaks of which Dr. Nansen
made such good use. but Instead he made
his boats when the occasion arose. He
strapped a waterproof tarpaulin beneath
his sledges and improvised a raft which
floated.
tioes Kurtlier Than IManneil.
The sledge expedition went further Intf
the unexplored Beaufort Sea than had
been planned by ths Royal Geographical
Society of Ixndon and the American
Geographical Society of New York, which
directed the expedition. They found thf
continental shell and learned that beyond
this shelf there was water of great depth.
It was ascertained that the Bcaufprt Sea
was not a shallow basin as had been sup
posed. The sledge exoedttlon started from
Flaxman Island, March 17, 1!07. They took
20 dogs. The trip occupied S3 Bays. During
the Journey they encountered rubble Ice,
which Is formed by breaking up of thin
ice under pressure and freezing again
leaving the edges sticking straight up.
For eight days of their Journey they ac
complished only 14 miles. Occasionally
they encountered ice hummocks SO feet in
height. The older hummocks were snow
covered and comparatively easy to cross
but the ridges offered a big hindrance to
travel. It sometimes happened that huge
Ice blocks rose or sank beneath their
feet, occasionally, tilting on edge and
toppling over.
Stakes Boats of Sledges.
All about them was the cannonading
of the Ice pack. New ridges would .
form as they gazed and frequently lanes
of open water appeared, -'it was on these
open lanes that the Mikkelsen Idea was
put Into use. Two sledges would be
placed aide by side and lashed. Then
the water-proof tarpaulin was slipped
under them anl lashed securely. The
result was a boat capable of carrying
3fl0 pounds, aside from the man to navi
gate It.
The Journey north was approximately
along the 149th meridian. Soundings were
taken occasionally. At n distance of 64
miles from land they were unable to
touch bottom with a 330-fathom line. This
Indicated that the continental shelf had
been passed and one of their objects had
been accomplished. They continued the
journey until they crossed the "2d paral
lel, when the Ice conditions prevented
further travel. The return Journey was
made under the most trying conditions.
They landed near Cape Halkett May .
Going to Try Again.
Captain Mikkelsen explains the loss of
the ship by saying that the lronwood
sheathing with which it was equipped
was not placed low enough.
He has two plans to attain the polar
continent. One is to hazard a boat and
sledge trip from Point Barrow, taking
only a small amount of provisions and
trusting to find the ice-capped land, the
shores of which will support human life.
His other plan Is to fit another ship
which will be froxen into the Polar pack
as far north of Point Barrow as he can
drive the vessel and to use it as a basis
of supplies for his sledge Journey.
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