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17 TIIE MORXIXO OREGOMAN. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1912. APPROACH OF ICE TO DETECT CoJd Water Changes Air but Little, Declares Veteran Sea Captain. , GULF STREAM INFESTED Intri-PMlng Artlcl on "Wrinkle or Practical NaTlitatlon" Tell How IMffk-uIt It It to Evade Dead ly FToatlnj Obstacle. Th arttcla published bio deallnc with the detection of lea In foe. t taken from -Wrlnk In Practical Navlatton." by Captain leky. The rrjonln It able to publish It throuch t:i courtey of the Harbor Maater. Cap tain Jacob Sprier. "Allied to tor la the question of dan- r from ice. It is a popular delusion amona- passenaera on board ship, that by takinr the temperature of the wa ter at nhnrt Interrals the approach to ic Is unfaillncly Indicated. Unfortun ately urh Is by no means the fact and tt l time that the Idea was xploded. More than ordinarily cold water merely shows that the ship Is In a part of the ocean where Ire may be encountered, and not that It la actually present. -The well-known Labrador Current, for example. Is a cold stream flowing from polar redone and carrying with It durlna fprlng and Summer enormous quantities of field-Ice and bergs, which come down from Davis Strait. It it not the extra polar Ice. howvt. which causes the cold current, although tt is the cold current which brings down the ! e; consequently, the experienced navi gators of the North Atlantic Know full aell that when the temperature of the water fails to the eastward of the Banks, it is necessary to be on guard against the possibility or probability of meeting ice. according to the time of tue year. . Utile Ckaage Kea Kresa l-argeaf. "On the unexceptional authority .of three captains of the Allan Una. all men of high standing in the profea elon. and well acquainted with lea navi gation. It la here stated that no appre ciable difference in the temperature of the water Is -caused by the proximity f even the largest icebergs. "In conformity with what la known as the law of convection, water will transmit heat readily enough in a verti cal direction, but propagation of heat In a lateral direction doea not take place In this manner at all. Heac spreads sideways In water by conduction alone, a process which Involves no transfer ence of tho particles, and la very alow Indeed as compared with the other. "Kor example, the aeparatlon between the deep blue watera of the Gulf Mream and the cold counter current which runs down inshore is often so well defined that a ship may be aalUng In both at the same moment. From its being so steep-sided, the Inner current, at line of meeting; with the Gulf Stream, has received the name of Void Wall." and has been known to differ 3 de rreea in temperature from one running close alongside It. , Bern Often ta Gulf atreasa. "On the other hand. If the Arctic Current points to a region where ice ir.ay be expected. It by no means fol low, lha i It will not Km .ncount.rad In ti:e Gulf Stream, as bergs have been passed not only In the stream, but actu a.ly to the southward of tt. having been carried there by the lower ocean currents. The possibility of this will be recognixed when It is stated as a matter of certainty that icebergs are seldom submerged less than seven eighths of their whole extent, and oft entimea much more. Thus one IS fath oms high would ground in 100 fathoms of water. "In a letter to the author on the use of the thermometer as a means of de tecting the presence of ice by a fall In I -e water. Lord Kelvin, the eminent Rrlttsh scientist, write.: The conduct ing power of water l so small that there would be absolutely no cooling effect by conduction to a distance from an Iceberg, but there might be a con siderable effect by the cold and light fresti water running down from'the tce herg. and spreading far and wide over the surface of the sea. "This seems a reasonable supposition, but it Is more than likely that the film vt cold fresh water would oe broken up by the agitation of the wind and waves, under which circumstances the hydrometer would be no better than t'e thermometer. Utile Chang Kraaa lee. "Araln tt Is well known that, about te Ranks, the Labrador Current Is sometime colder when no Ice Is to be en about than It la when the con trary Is the case. In Winter It even f-iil to J degrees r'ahr. Large Ice bergs have been actually passed at a distance of a quarter of a mile, and ilie water temperature carefully teat e.t without finding a single degree of 1 ffrrrnce from what previously exist e.t when t.iere was none in sight. r'.ffert Largely tha Air. "In a letter to the writer on the same inject, captain H. Tojo.be. P. R. A. A, e-irertntendent of the meterologtcal office, says: Aa to your question whether the thermometer Indicates the neighborhood of Icebergs I fancy ft depends on whether the ship pssses t iroiich water which has lately been In contact with the Iceberg or not. For Instance, running before the wind and appra-htng an Iceberg ahead, vnu might expect the water to get elS.er as you closed with It. and got Into Its wake: but I think In other cases It would not be safe to trust to the tem pers! tire of the water. It seems rea--nable to suppose that an Iceberg does not much affect the temperature of the water which had not been In contact with It. One to windward would, nq doubt, have some effect on the tem perature of the air. "It may fairly be assumed therefore that no reliance can be placed upon tie thermometer aa a means of detect ing the presence of Ice, In fog it will simply tell you when the ship has entered the Ice-bearing current or not. that la alt. ab De-teds Approach. "In time of danger It ta unwise to' neglect any precaution; therefore, by ail means continue to use the ther mometer. But let not so doing lull one Into a falsa sense of aecurlty: much better to go slow when In the lea lati tudes, now so well mapped out on the Admiralty charts: keep a hand aloft, and one on the forecastle: stop the ship occasionally, and listen for the sound of breakers, or the echo of the steam whistle. "If It were only practicable a gun would ba very useful as glvlnr a better echo. A large Iceberg win denote Its presence, even on the darkest night, by a sort of whiteness, or halo, known as lce blink. This expression has the same significance In Its own line aa the word "loom" lias "in relation to land. "Look out for, and lake heed ef. any sudden change in the air temperatu perhaps of 10 or 12 degrees more espe cially when the temperature is al ready low. Detached pieces of'ice are a good Indication. These loose pieces drift more rapidly than the large masses, and on this account, when navi gating among Ice. always endeavor to paas on the weather side of Ice Islands or bergs. From the position of their center of gravity being altered by the thawing process. these enormous masses of congealed water sometimes lose their balance, take a sally and top ple over on their broadside. A others, huge fragments break rff. and fall Into the sea with a great commotion. By whalers this Is termed 'calving. ACTRESS IS COAST NATIVE Hatberlne Grey, at Orpheum. I San Francisco Girl. (Catherine Grey, headllner at the Orpheum in "Above the Uw.1' Is a an Franciscan by birth and her mother also was born In the Golden Gate C'ltr. Tier mother's mother waa borfi In fjub- lin and her grandmother on her father's J side was French. "A good comblnstlon for trsgedy," declares Miss Grey jok ingly about her lineage. In real life the trsgedienne Is known ss Katherlne Best, but she has legalized her stage name Katherlne Grey and by right of law signs all official docu ments with the name that has climbed to the top of theater posters. Miss Grey has been on the stage for more than 1 yea'r. reaching sielTar rank I after appearing with such famous men I ss Mansfield. Belssco, Charles Coghlan, Nat Goodwin and Arnold Daly. ! Her first big stage hit was made 12 years ago In "Shore Acres." In which she appeared as leading woman In New York under James Ahearn. Immediately before entering vaude ville. Miss Grey completed a two-year tour of the Antipodes, tn whtch she was starred by J. C. Williamson, in a com pany composed of English and Austral Ian actors. She waa the only American In the cast. In that tour she played. "The Lion and the Mouse": "Third De gree": "Paid In Full": "Salvation Nell": "The Truth": "The Dawn of Tomor row" and "Madame Butterfly." Mlsa Grey waa with Mansfield when Bernard Shaw first sprang into note and she was the first to Introduce In English "The Reckoning." by cchnitxer. celebrated Viennese playwright. "Above the Law." tn which she is appearing at the Orpheum. Is from the pen of Brleux. noted French dramatist, and Miaa Grey la the first tragedienne to give any of Ms producTlona in Eng lish. The only play actually written by David Graham Phillips was prepared for Mlsa Gray, who waa an Intimate friend of the author. For her Phillips wrote "The Worth of a Woman." FRIDAY FAVORS SELLING Campaign Manager Says . His Lucky Day. This Is "Tiie primary election coming on Friday will absolutely mean Ben Selling's nomination for United States Senator." said Mark Woodruff, cam paign manager for Mr. Selling., last night, "Friday has always been my lucky day. I was born on Frldav. My llttlo daughter waa born on Friday, the thir teenth. Every big thing that I have ever been connected with was begun or consummated on Friday. "When I becamo associated with Mr, Selling for tho campaign, it waa Friday night, and tho campaign Is ending on the same day of the week. Many people would neither begin nor end a transac tion on that day because of the super stition connected with It. but after the votes are counted tonight, every man who wan ts to run for office In Oregon will hope and pray that the thing com mence! and enda on Friday," CITY DANCE HALL PLANNED Women Clnb Members Propone Mu nicipal Amazement Report. Appointment of a commission of six, with the Mayor as an ex-officio mem ber, to take steps for providing -public places of amusement to offset evil in fluences of public dancehalls and simi lar entertainment resorts, waa the plan suggested br membera of a committee from the Council to Miss Valentine Prtchard and Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, repreaenting the women's clubs of Portland, In a conference Wednesday. George L. Baker and Councilmen Mene fee and Watkina represented the city. The committee from the women's clubs approved of the suggestion. They said that they believed It would meet with uniform approval from all. Tf they return a favorable report to the Council committee an ordinance will be prepared calling for the creation of such a commission. : V An ' '- . mi i . -&'!' .,-.. tm -rMiiniiiiiil VOTE FOR ! ! w. c. NORTH i Strongest Candidate - for- SHERIFF tie is the onlv candidal who has the coura.ee to openly denounce the anarchists and other lawless element. He means what he says and will enforce the law if elected. BALLOT NO. 119 Paid Adv.' stood on his record as County Commis sioner during the past six years. COUNTY DIVISION TALKED Ketararia and Oregon City I Ian fur Split. ESTACADA. Or.. April 1 8. I Special. ) A delegation of 12 members of the Oregon City Commercial Club were en tertained at dinner here last evening by the executive committee of the Cas cade County division movement. The visitors declined to put themselves on record as to whether the commercial organisation would favor Fast Clack amas In Its attempt to cut away from the western part. Local speakers drew a parallel between. Hood River and the district proposed to be cut off here and showed that the district has a population of more than 7000 and an assessed valuation of Jti.000.000, which ts larger in population than Curry, Wheeler. Harney, Gilliam. Lake, Mor row. Sherman or Lincoln counties' and has more assessable property than Curry. Grant or Wheeler and about the same aa Gilliam. Harney and Sherman counties. Oregon City speakers declared that If they were residents of this section they would unhesitatingly indorse the movement for division. The visitors stated they would sub mit a report to the commercial clubs and report back 'to . Kslacada within a week or ten days. RAILROAD LAWYER TALKS C. II. Carey Would Change Ho-tlle Sentiment of People. C. H. Carey, attorney for the North Bank and other Hill lines, waa the prin cipal speaker at the regular weekly meeting of the Portland Transporta tion 'Club at the Imperial Hotel yes terday afternoon. R. V. -Holder, gen eral agent for the Chicago at North western Railroad, was the chairman of the day. Mr. Carey urged the railway employes to work for a better under standing between the railroads and the public with the view of overcoming some of the hostile sentiment now en tertained by the people against the carriers. Members of the club will hold their firs; amoker at the Multnomah Hotel this evening. Speeches, music and elec tion returns will enliven the o-caslon. .ELECTION RETURNS. This Ktenlng at the Garden. Arcadian HILLSIDE PROPERTY SOLD Regents Realty Company Jluvs Tract of SS Acres for $78,100. Another hillside residence develop ment project was assured yesterday when the Regents Realty Company purchased from the Lake View Realty Associates a tract of 65 acres for ". 400. The property lies directly north of Willamette Heights and has front age on the Linnton road. A large part of the acreage is hillside property. The purchasing company announcea that the tract will be subdivided Into homesltes at once. Later standard Im provements will be installed. . The lower portion of the tract Is level and is now in shape for building operations. Contracts for sites amounting to 140.000 had been closed previous to the purchase by the Re gents Realty Company. The forsry of All Bank of England nme Is quickly deterifri. because of I'ifM marks which ore constantly betug changed. Tliey are vlainie only under tha mlcroacope. In Hotel Multnomah. "The Restauran Beautiful." The Multnomah Hotel Company has made arrangements for a special serv ice to furnish election returns as fast aa these come in. They will be read from the staae. Reserve your table early! Marahall 4010. A. (110. Multnomah Hotel Company. H- C Bowers. Manager. LICHTNER MEN CONFIDENT Supporters f.mj He Will Be Nom inated Commissioner. Assertions that W. L. Lightner will be renominated easily for County Com missioner to succeed himself were be ing made last night by tha Ughmer supporters, following a eanvasa of tha situation. This fight Is a five-handed one and it Is contended by the Lightner forces that none of the opposing candi dates baa developed sufficient strength to cause alarm. Mr. Lightner, In his campaign, lias "Justice, and Trinity to Every Person," . '' . ' ' ' e"' """""'"'v. '' " -" ' i fy . -v.: k' i W. Y. MASTERS Candidate for Republican Nomina tion for x Judge of Circuit Court Department No. 4. iPaM Advertisement. $10 CASH, $5 PER MONTH pa, Clatsop County s f. V I 't--t,v t - 4 I h , r- v?wJ-f ''j V-A r't M I V N ' " xA4 ' f ' ' h - ( " 1 PEOPLE PAY HIGH PRICES FOR VEGETABLES ASK YOUR WIFE , " We are offering a tract of 903 acres of Hell, fertile land, situate near Knappa,' Clatsop County, at the uniform priee of $50 per acre. r This land -was picked out by one of the best soil experts in the West. ' It is splendid deep, rich loam. It is easily cleared. It is traversed by numerous streams. It is well watered by innumerable springs. Splendid roads serve it. ' We know it is worth the money. You can get away from the wage-slavery and the grind of this great city if -ou will but try. Owning a, good piece of farm land will make you a better and more inde pendent citizen. You will always have a place to retire to in the sunset of your life. No m'ore ideal surroundings exist anywhere. The climate is ideal. - Only 15 minutes 'walk from R. It. station. Only 12 miles this side of that splendid market Astoria. Astoria Chamber of Commerce, on Page 40, Their 1912 Booklet, Says, Under the Heading " VEGETABLES ": "Celery, asparagus, cauliflower, cabbage, beets, turnips, parsnips, xutabagas, potatoes, onions and all table vegetables, including peas, beans, squash, cucumbers, radishes, lettuce and spinach, yield abun-. dantly in Clatgop County. Onions yield 350 to 800 bushels per acre. Celery and cauliflower as high as $1000 per acre on bottom land near Astoria. "Carrots average 800 120-pound sacks to the acre; turnips, rutabagas and kale average GO to 80 tons per acre. On uplands half these yields are obtained but of better quality. There is a great opening for the skilled men who will erect suitable houses and force early growth of garden truck." Your Choice of Any Parcel at $50 Per Acre It is time you secured a piece of land. Our land may not suit you but in Clatsop County you can certainly find land that will.i. Come in. Let us tell you about it. Don?t delay until the choice pieces are sold. OPEN UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING Clatsop County Land In v. Co. CHARLES DELFEL, Sales Agent Second, Floor, 212 Railway Exchange, on Stark, Bet. Third and Fourth VOTE TODAY WILSON. FOR SHERIFF Portland Municipal Association's Choice. Will Give Us a Clean Bus ness Ad ministration, Will . Clean Out White Slavery and Road Houses, and Will Be Firm in Indorsement of the Law. ' (Paid AaHrr1lantr-t. -f -. I E xcursio r? I? n F ares iLast THE TRUE SCENIC ROUTE Hnrinx the Summer arnann low rUDf-rl ratrn will be made tu the principal dratlnatioua. A few of the polnta quoted ares Sale Dates prll 2", ;, 2T. Maj S, :t, 4. 9. 10. II. IT. IS, 4. ::. June 1. tt, 7, K. f.l. 14. 15. IT, Is, 18. , SI. UP, T, US, SO. July S. 3. . T. II. 12, l.". 1. 2. s.'i. 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