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THE 3I0KTXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1908. 3 BODY OF ANDRE BELIEVED FOUND American Skipper Finds Re mains Under Cross Bear ing Explorer's Name. DOCUMENTS ALSO BURIED Discovery ( aiws Murh Interest and Comment, but .Meets With Vig orous Denial From Several Prominent Men. COPENHAGEN. Nov. 11. There is reason to believe that the body of Pro fessor S. S. Andre, the Arctic explorer, who. in 19oS. made an attemut to reach the north pole In a balloon, has been found on the coast of Labrador. A letter received from the captain of the Ttanifth steamer Inga. date. Labra dor. September 30. reports that captain S'-halker. skipper of the American s.-hooner Pelops. of Conception Bay. N. F.. discovered in Northern Labrador a cross bearing the name Andre." and that beneath this cross he found a body .and a box of documents. He dug under the cross and found human remains and a box containing papers. aptaln cnataer saia mai ne removed the cross, but he refused to say whether or not the papers were in his possession. The Inga'e captain asked how the name "Andre" was spelled. ' tin being told, he took a piece of paper from his pocket, on which was written the name as It appeared on the cross. It was "Andree." The place where the cross was dls covered is an absolute desert and li rsreiv visited, even by the Eskimos. tVhat became of Andre's two compan Ions, if the discovered remains prove to be his. Is a problem, but the light prob ably will be thrown upon their fate by an examination of the papers. Cabtain Chatker is a half-caste Es kimo, who took part In the landing of the Peary expedition In Greenland. attacked the conduct of the Chancellor I throughout the entire incident of the Telegraph Interview. He handled both the Chancellor and the Emperor severely. ' "His Majesty." he declared. "once said that he had no patience with pes simists, but his methods have created millions of pessimists In Germany." No Guaranty of Good Bchavror. The Chancellor's explanation, he con- j tlnued. which was absolutely contrary to the official statement published in the Nord Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung. j had caused even more doubts to arise t In the public mind. The Chancellor had j given no guaranty, but merely had ex- I pressed the hope that such occurrences J would not happen In the future. I Herr Haussemann proposed that the ' Reichstag send an address to the Em peror, so that His Majesty might know the opinion of the nation. Herr Heine. Social Democrat, in a caustic speech, also demanded that guarantees be given that -the Emperor ' hereafter should not interfere: other- J wise, he said. Germany would find her self engaged in a war which neither the I Emperor nor the nation desired. Kaiser Gets -Roasts" by Wire. DOXAUESCHINGEX. Baden. Nov. 11. A telegraphic report of the proceedings in the Reichstag yesterday was tele graphed to Emperor William, who Is a guest of Prince von Fuerstenberg. The last installment was transmitted to the castle at 9 o'clock lsst evening. Three Corsets Fitted Here by Portland's ONLY Expert Corsetler December Butterick Patterns Oaly Complete Stock In Portland ! MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED J TT TIa7 TVr Free Art Embroidery . Lessons by a New Teacher From the East The Delineator for A Year and Two Months Special, $1.00 A Great Sale in Our Cloak and Suit Section Women's Tailormade Suits 30-inch and 36-inch THK WOUtSi IV THK HAI.XS AMS TRAGEDY. GREAFELIj DISBELIEVES STORY Heard Nothing of Klndlng of Andree Late in October. ST. A L.P A NS. Vt.. Nov. 11. Dr. Wilfrid T. Grenfell. the noted Labrador medical missionary and explorer, who delivered a lecture here tonight, when shown a dis patch from Copenhagen containing the report of the finding of Andree's body, said: "I don't believe that there Is any truth It it." He wis at Conception Bay, N. F., late, in October, he added, and heard nothing of such a report and he was cer tain that. If t -e captain of the schooner Poloops ht.'d announced any such dis covery, th news of it would spread rap idly, no only In Newfoundland but throughout Labrador. He also considered it unlikely that a Danish sea captain would have been the only one to hear the atory. St. Johns Pisfretllt Slory. ST. JOHNS. N. -F.. Nov. 11. No report of the milling In Labrador of a body thought to 'be that of Andree has reached St. Jrj ins at any time. Little credence Is plac'i In tiie story of the Danish cRptain. PRtY TO OFFICIAL WHIMS Oil Man Tells Why Standard Stopped Pipeline Work. NEW YORK. Nov. 11. Georpre W. Brrns. the Oklahoma oil producer, tes tified to-lay In the Government suit to dl'dolve the Standard Oil Company, that the prairie Oil & Gas Company, a Stand ard Oil subsidiary and rival of the Texas Pine Une and Gulf Pipe Line 'companies entering; the Oklahoma fields from tlu south, had started to eitend its pipe line to the Oklahoma Glenn pnni section, hut because of an adverse official ruling had suspended work. Counsel for the Standard read the regulations under which a ploe line may be built through Government land, contingent upon the consent of the Sec retary of the Interior, who also has the right to suspend the license at any time for cause. Mr. Barnes said: 1 consider a man who would build a line undr such conditions, which make it likely to be taken away from him at any time, a fit subject for an Insane asylum. What company would spend millions building a line subject to the whim of the Secretary of the Interior, who might suspend the license any time he got bilious." Mr. Barnes said that the producers had suffered much through a lack of ptpe-ltn competition. "Our only, competition Is In selling the oil. he said. He declared that 90 per cent of the producers were favor able to the Pralrfo OH Company, as It had been their friend. - 16.75 Values Up to $30.00 Women's All-Wool Princess Dresses Values Up to $25.00 Women's Walking Skirts With Fold at Bottom 4j) 3 o 00 Values Up to $8.50 Hydegrade Heatherbloom Taffeta Petticoats $1.98 Regular $3.50 Values Novelty Net Waists In White and Ecru $3.87 Regular $7.50 Values Many Other Bargains on Sale Today E .eauco Suits, Coats, Waists, Skirts, Etc., Etc. Photo Copyright by Boston Traveler. Mrs. Claudia II h ins. NEW YORK. Nov. 11. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Claudia Hains is the center, of interest in the Halns Annls murder case, because the trouble between Captain Peter Hains, her husband, and "Billy" Annls grew out of the charge that she had been Intimate with Annls In the Captain's absence. She does not deny signing a con fession to that effect, but says she was virtually compelled to do so when not under self-control, and that It is untrue. She may go on the stand to testify to this effect. hours later the telegraph office was busy for one hour with the sending of dis patches from the castle to Berlin. MDRFBRAINS.MDREVOTES HUNGARY PROPOSES NOVEL ' SUFFRAGE SCHEME. CHANCELLOR IS SCAPEGOAT (Continued From First Pa.) soldier who always defined his duty as merely to obey the Prince of Hohen lohe. Baron Gamp continued. Valua ble as he was to the Empire, he never got a strong hold on the Emperor. "Chancellor von Buelow has at times exerted considerable Influence over His Majesty, but we would like to know the basis of the conviction that the Kmperor will be more reserved In the future than in the past. The speaker was here Interrupted by derisive cries from the Socialists. Turn Attack on Von Buelow. Baron Gamp was followed by several other members of the Reichstag, who reviewed the acts of the Emperor and complained sharply of the Chancellor's course In not resisting Imperial ex cursions beyond the constitutional frontiers. Carl S'hradr. Radical, said Emperor William should be In Berlin attending to affairs of state rather than at Fried rich s fcnfen watching the ascension of the Zep pelin airship. iswald Zimmerman. anti-Semite, de clared that Kmperor William and Prince v"n Buelow of:?n had different foreign policies and that other governments never knew what was going to happen. Os-ar van Norman. Extreme Conserva tive, said that his wing of the Conserva tives was t!sned with the explanations given by Yon Buelow. Konratf Haussemann. Bavarian Radical, Kill Provides for Control by Intolli gent Classes Two Votes for Heads of Families. I BUDAPEST. Nov. 11. The bill pro viding for universal suffrage In Hun gary was presented to the Chamber of Deputies today by Count Andrassy Minister of the Interior. It contains many novel provisions that are de signed, as the preamble points out, to 'prevent the political power from fall ing wholly Into the hands of the un intelligent sections of the population." The bill provides that every Hun garian over 24 years old who has re sided In any commune for one .year. Is entitled to vote. Illiterates, however, will be assembled In groups of 10, and each group will have the power to se lect a single elector. Aa a further means of "preserving the ascendency of the Intelligent classes." the bill provides for a system of plural voting, by which all electors over 32 years old who have fulfilled their military duty and who have three children, are given two votes. Work Ingmen who have graduated from specified classes of the secondary schools are given a double vote. Elec. tors who have completed the full course of the secondary schools or who pay 920 in direct annual taxation are given the high privilege of voting three times. ROADS SHOW DECREASE Earning of Fiscal Year Less Than Those of Last Year. CHICAGO, Nov. 11. Gross earnings of the railroads of the United States decreased by the sum of 1139. 000,004 during the fiscal year ending June 30. 190s. according to Slayson Thomas, manager of the Bureau of Railway News and Statistics, whose report has Just been Issued. The figures are corn el I "d from the monthly reports of the railways to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The figures show the gross earnings for the last fiscal year to have been S2.4SO.O00.0OJ. with a mileage of 230.000. or $U.6o2 per mile. For the preceding fiscal year the gross earnings were J2.5S9.105.674. with a mileage of 227,454. or tll.33 a mile. As the operating expenses for 1908, approximately Jl.729.000. will not fall more than J.'O.OOO.OOJ below those of 197. the report continues, the official returns for the year Just closed will show a loss of SI 20.000.000 in earnings as compared with 1907. $1.50Suitings59cYd 54-inch heavy Suiting, odd pieces, all wool, in invis ible plaids, checks and mixtures; several pieces of good cloaking in this lot suitable for misses CQf cloaks . '' " $1.75 English Worsteds 98c 52-inch imported Tailor Suitings, this season's best styles, all colors, for coat suits and tailored QO costumes; $1.75 values, vard .',70l $1.50-$ 1.75 French Voiles 89c thoice of any quality imported French Voiles, in col ors only, 44 inches to 47 inches wide, including QQ novelty stripe voiles in all colors .O"' ,$2.00 Stripe Broadcloths 98c 52-in. all-wool Broadcloths, in 2-toned stripes. QQ. 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HOSOU'Ll'. Nov. 1 1. The cruiser Charleston, from the Pacific fleet, sailed this afternoon for San Francisco, leav ing behind SO members of the crew who failed to roturn from shore liberty In time to sail with their vessel. Queen Lll's Kstate Mortgaged. HONOI.l'Ll. Nov. 11. A mortgage for $7tt.ft00 was placed on record today by ex-Queen LJlluokalanl, thedeed be ing: executed in favor of Claus Spreckels and W. U. Irwin. Injured Ones Lie With Dozen Corpses Along Track Heroic Work by Women to Stay Intense Suffering. ' NEW ORELANS. Nov. 11. Eleven per sons are known to be dead and a score or more are injured aa a result of i wreck this morning- on the New Or leans & Northeastern Railroad, at Little Woods, li miles from New Orleans. Between Slidell and New Orleans the tracks of the New Orleans & Northeast ern are used by the Great Northern and It was a suburban train of this road from Covlna-ton that crashed Into th rear of a local Northeastern train from Hattiesbura-, Miss., telescoping: the four rear coaches. Frorrflnent Men Dead. Of the 11 persons believed to have been killed the following' have been Identified: C. A. Crawford, Seminary, Miss. William Atway, S years old, Slidell, La. C. B. Lowery. southern representaUve of the American Creosote Works.' William A. Martin. Slidell. J. H. Shows, Morrlston, Miss. Ora Travis, Harrisburg, Miss. Augustus Heltkampf, Pearl River, Miss. Professor C. E. Ross, New Orleans Uni versity. Among the Injured are: Fritz Salmen, lumberman. A. Quick, aged 35, Hattlesburg, se verely bruised. Fritz Spltzfaden. Algiers, - badly bruised. Cars Catch Fire. Little Woods is so surrounded by swamp that the only access to the scene is by way of the railroad. When the rescue party reached Little Woods, the scene was one of terror, desolation and death. The wreck had caught fire and the first efforts of the loungers around the camps went toward subdu ing the flames. In this they had been partially successful, but little succor had been given to the badly Injured and several of these died while lying around the smouldering debris. Rude bandages had been bound about their wounds in an effort to stop the flow of blood and In many instances the later Investiga tion .of the surgeon discovered that more than one life had been saved In this manner. None worked harder than the women passengers in this crude surgery. At 9:30 the rescuer had not been able to get all the dead and waunded from the cars. They had been compelled to devote their attention largely to extin guishing the flames witlch started as soon as the wreck occurred. The dead and injured rescued from the wrecked cars were placed on cush ions from the train and laid alongside the tracks. Scenes of Horror. It Is reported that the dead and in jured are confined to the Northeastern train, no one being Injured in the Great Northern train. The latter train smashed through two filled and two empty coaches, most of those in the former being either killed or injured. Up to 10 o'clock nine bodies and 30 In jured had been taken from the wreck age and many more were believed to be In the wrecked cars. . The relief train had not arrived at 10:30 A. M. The moans of the dying were heartrending and the bodies of the dead formed an awful spectacle. Only one doctor was aboard each of the trains. He worked In herculean man ner, admirably a'ssisted by passengers, to relieve the suffering of the injured so fur as posible. . ' . All MOURN SARDOU XIXK . DEAD, SEVERAL HVKT Two Union Pacific Trains Collide, , and Cars Burn, In Wyoming.. - CHEYDNNB. Wyo., Nov. 1L Nine men are known to have lost their lives In the collision of two Union Pacific freight trains last night at Borie. Wyo.. and the fire which broke out in the wreckage. The dead: J. C. SCHLEY, of Laramie, engineer. . JOHN MURPHY, of Denver, conductor. MONS CHRISTENSON, of Denver, fireman. J. D. DUNCAN, of Laramie, brakeman. BRAKEMAN STITT, of Cheyenne. BRAKEMAN RODGERS. of Cheyenne. Five Japanese laborers. Only the bodies of Duncan and the five Japanese laborers have been re covered. The wreckage was still burning at 10 o'clock today, and it is feared all of the other bodies have been cremated. Seriously injured: Joseph Clinton, engineer, extensive burns and back wrenched. 9 Ed Tracey. brakeman, crushed. Fireman Hansen, probably fatally. The wreck blocked all of the tracks at Borie and traffic was tied up till this morning. Thirty cars were piled in a heap and the entire mass of wreckage took fire and burned fiercely. The freight train got beyond control of the brakes andjfein seven miles down a heavy grade to Borie, where the colli sion occurred. Th train went into a heap, the engine underneath. The wreckage Immediately took fire and the flames baffled all efforts to subdue, them. A chemical engine, sent from here to fight the fire, could do little to check the flames. ' ' Collide in Blinding Snow Storm. PUEBLO, .Colo., Nov. 11. The Rocky Mountain Limited, the fast Rock Island passenger train from Chicago, collided with the rear end of a freight at Foun tain, IS miles north of Pueblo, In a blinding snow storm this afternoon. Henry Brusso, engineer of the passenger train, received serious injuries, but it is believed that he . will recover. None of the passengers were Injured. Alonzo King, of Salt Lake, who was In the ca boose of the freight train, was badly injured, . Two Trainmen Injured. PITTSBURG. Nov. 11 Accommoda tion train No. 146 on the Monongahela division of the Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked today at the south end of the Panhandle bridge over the Mo nongahela River. The engineer and fireman were seriously burned when the engine and baggage car left the rails. There were many passengers on the train and all had a narrow escape from death or serious injury. Leaders of French Literature and Art Assemble. PARIS FOLLOWS TO GRAVE relay race by Y. M. C. A. boys te be run from New York to Washington. Fifteen hundred boys will participate. The start from New York will be No vember 20. Cruiser Given Silver Service. NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 11. A magnificent silver service of 34 pieces, purchased at a cost of $5000 by popular. subscription by the people of Montana, was todny pre sented to the cruiser Montana. " Chief Jus tice 1 Theodore Brantley, of the Supreme Court of Montana, made the pnessntatlon In a fitting address, and the response was made by Captain. A. A. Reynolds, com mander of the Montana. Besides the per sonnel of the cruiser there were present at the- ceremonies and luncheon Chief Justice "Brantley and a number of other officers. A number of prominent Mon tana . people who were . expected did not arrive. Buried Simply, hut With Military Honors, Great Dramatist Is Ac claimed by Royalty and Tal ent of All Nations. PARIS. Nov. 11. Vlctorien Sardou, the French author and dramatist, was buried today. Although simple, the funeral was an expressive evidence of the place Sar dou held in the hearts of the French peo ple. At his special request even flowers were omitted. He was, however, given the military honors - always accorded those who have received the grand cross of the Legion of Honor. - The list of those in the church consti tuted a roster of the most distinguished Frenchmen in the fields of art, literature, science and the stage. All the leading lights of the Paris stage were present. Thousands of persons followed the cortege to Marly, where the interement took place. Telegrams and letters of condolence continue to pour in to the family of M. Sardou from all parts of the world. King Edward and Queen Amelia, mother of King Manuel of Portugal, sent messages, and almost every dramatic and theatrical organization in Europe has paid homage to the famous Frenchman. Charles Frohman, speaking on behalf of the American stage, attested the grief In the United States, where, he said. Sar dou's plays Had touched and captured all hearts, ajid.were almost aa well known as those of Shakespeare. Sarah Bernhardt sent the following tele gram: 'Cairo. Egypt : France loses one of Its glories, half Paris a friend, all the un happy a protector, and we artists our beloved master, Vlctorien Sardou." The Comedle Francaise and other the aters where Sardou's plays are usually produced were closed. Another Y. M. C. A. Relay Race. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. 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