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