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THE 3IOTCXING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, 31 AY 1, 1912.
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MOUNT GADE LOFTY
Beautiful Polar Mountain Is
Named for Woman.
SHE ISN'T MUCH EXCITED
Kxploror Amundwo Prljnt
Iflshrrt Spot Xrir Pole In Honor
of Kriend'a Wife Sh Crr
More for New Gown.
NEW YORK. April SO. Social.l
Tho hirt nl most ocauiiful moun
tiia In th South Polar radons" has
ben named for Mrs. Kutti Gad, wtfa
ft John A. Had. 5"0 Madison aTfnii.
Tho iixi iu Just ronv)-d to Mrs.
Ridr. hut Instead of becoming rxrltd
oout It. Mrs. Gaile mpd far more
concerned as to whetner Madame would
have her nw aown finished In tlm
for tho Sprln ball.
"R'-allj. I haven't time to dlscnss tha
matter.- she said. "I shall he busy
1rh mv dreesmakrr all morrttnc"
Amun'l'i n. the South Pole discoverer,
1 the man to whom Mrs. Gade Is In
debted.
Ilaabaad 4lo4 F.xpedltlaa.
When he was la.t In this rountry
rminden wae a auest of John A.
t.ade. who -ontrlhuted to the expenses
of the expedition.
" When I rearh th Polo." he said on
lvina. l shall look around for some-
t itna very beautiful and name It tor
lrs. Gade."
In a personal letter from Amundsen,
written from Hobart. Tasmania, four
days after the news that he had
rrarhed tho Pole had been flasheni to
the world, the explorer wrote Mr. Gade:
Moaalala Moat neaotlfal.
"G1t. my love to your wife, and tell
her that Mount Kuth Gade Is th most
beautiful mountain that the South Pole
las to of for."
Mrs. Gade expressed her delighted
surprise. She doesn't expect to visit
the plac. not now at any rate, when
h r modiste requireo so much of her
time.
any other community with which we
axe acquainted."
It Is said by Peters In his "History
of Connecticut" that these laws were
the laws made by the people of New
Haven previous to their incorporation
with Saybrook and Hartford colonies,
and. as he says, "were very properly
termed blue laws I. e.. bloody laws;
"for." aaya he. "they were all sancti
fied with excommunication, confisca
tion, fines, banishment, whipping, cut
tins; off the ears, burning the tongue
and death."
PERIL OF ICEBERGS.
They Float Around Four Years Be
fore Gulf Stream Melts Them.
New Tork Times.
Next to fog. Icebergs are regarded as
the source of gravest peril to vessels
navigating the Nortn Atlantic' Ac
cording to all account.! brought by In
coming ocean steamers, this menace
has been greater during the '.ast few
weeks than In any reent year. The
presence of a great number of Ice
bergs In the lane of thj trans-Atlantic
traffic Just now does not. however, ne
cessarily Indicate any extraordinary
conditions In the Acrtlc during the past
Winter. According to the moat reliable
estimate of scientists It requires aa a
rule from three to four years fo" an Ice-
NEW IN NAMED
Executive Board Appoints 12
Police Sergeants.
RANK TO 3 IS RESTORED
Readjustment Settles Speculation
Rife Since General Shakeup
Year Ago Reduced Men
Vindicated.
Twelve police sergeants, equally di
vided between the detective depart
ment and the patrol force, were ap
pointed by the Executive Board yester
day, setting at rest speculation which
has been going on In the department
ever since the first of the year. Of
BLUE LAWS NO JOKE.
A .Man Couldn't Kis Ilia Wife on
Sabbath Day.
New York Sun.
Hlue lawn were no joke, though
often an object of Irony and derision.
They were drawn up by Puritan pio
neers a race of stern and Inflexible
jnen. who In tho excess of their reli
gious seal and enthusiasm adopted such
sanctimonious names as Stand-Fast-on-lligh
Stringer. Kill-Sin Smith. More
Krult Fowler. Flght-the-Good-Flght
Fowler.
It may be well to say here that each
of these names cited was actually given
to and borne by a man. and names
of the same sort are to be found In the
records of New Kngland, aaya Hlm
mans In his "Blue Liwi of Connecti
cut." These men went straight to the old
Mosaic law of Holy Writ for their code.
In fact each section of the capital laws
has Its Bible text appended a grue
some combination of sermon and death
warrant.
The ortslnal Mne laws were those
written of New Haven. Connecticut col
ony, at the first more or leas unwritten,
or at least imprinted, but systematized
and printed by Governor Eaton In 156.
They were enveloped In blue-colored
paper, whence the popular and subse
quently unpopular name. The Plym
outh and Massachusetts colonies also
had their blue laws calculated to send
a chill through every human vein. Even
New York. Maryland. Virginia and
South Carolina In fact all the English
Colonial settlements In 17th century
America had laws, orders and resolu
tions of more or less pronounced Indigo
t:nt. But the true blue laws or code
wua that which terrorised early Con
necticut. These known as capital laws
and purporting to punish, according to
the penalties prescribed In the Old
Testament, those offences forbidden
therein, were enacted In April. 14J.
The texts of Scripture on which they
are baser were add-d to earh law. as
dicta probantia. showing the divine au
thority by which they were defending
and are singular specimens of Juris
prudence. For Instance, w itchcraft la one of the
first offences taken up. It Is enacted
that "If a man or woman be a witch,
or hath consulted with a familiar spirit,
they shall be put to death. "And "If any
man steal a man or mankind, or selleth
him. or he be found In hia hand, he
shall be put to death."
Vet the good colonists made slaves
of the Pequot Indians, aa the regu
lation punishment for breaking these
ume blue laws.
The Puritan legislators, having dis
pocd of the ordinary, everyday crimes,
went on in due course to enact the
more minute laws, covering every con
ceivable misdemeanor, from sneextng
In church to crossing a stream other
wise than by the licensed ferry.
It reminds one or Le Jumcey"s Irooi
c.l observations to the effect that
the habit of murder. If persisted in
may lead Insensibly to procrastination
and Sabbath-breaking.
The following examples, transcribed
literally from the best uuthorltlea on
American Colonial history, relate most
ly to the heinous crime of Sabbath
breaking: "No one. shall run on the Sabbath
day. or walk In his garden or else
where, except reverently to and from
meeting.
"No one shall travel, cook victuals,
make bed, sweep house, cut hair, or
shave on the Sabbath day.
"No woman shall kiss her child on
the Sabbath or fasting day.
"The Sabbath shall begin at sunset
on Saturday.
"If any man shall kiss his wife or
w ife kiss her husband on the Lord s
day the party In fault shall be pun
ished at the discretion of the Court of
Maclstratcs."
(Tradition says a gentleman of New
Haven, after an absence of some months,
reached home on the Sabbath, and.
meeting his wife at his door, kissed
her with an appetite, and for his tem
erity In violating this law the next day
was arraigned before the court and
fined for so palpable a breach of the
law on the fiord's day.)
"No one shall read common prayer,
keep Christmas or saint's days, make
minced pies, dance, play cards or play
on any instrument of music, except the
drum, trumpet and Jewsharp."
Even so conservative a commentator
as Dr. Samuel M. Smucker In the pre
face to his collection of the "Earliest
Statutes and Judicial Proceedings of
the Colony of Connecticut." while pay
ing tribute to the New England Purl
tans as "the same class of men who
overturned the ancient monarchy of
Britain." declares that these blue laws
"exceed in the minuteness of their de
tail and In the severity of their penal
ties the enactments which were adopted
by the rest of the American colonics:
nor are they equalled In those respects
by the ul-itutia and JudclaJ ceclslous vt
TWO OLD-TIME PORTLAND POLICEMEN WHO ARE AMONG
THOSE NAMED AS SERGEANTS.
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berg to drift across the Polar basin and
reach that region of ihe Atlantic In
which disaster overtook the White Star
giantess on her maiden voyage.'
The greatest precautions are taken
on board the big ocean liners to guard
against collision with Icebergs. Not
only are the officers or. the bridge and
the lookout In the tioi s Iiest im
pressed with the fact that thy must
exercise the greatest vigilance when
vessels approach the Newfoundland
banks, where the danet from Icebergs
Is the greatest at this time of the year,
but the temperature of the water la
taken frequently, and any striking drop
Indicated by the thermometer Is certain
to he arcepted as a warning against the
presence of Icebergs In the vicinity.
This, and the lowering of the tempera
ture of the air If one should happen to
pass, to the leeward of an Iceberg are
bout the most reliable of all the dan
ger signals set against the peril. To
the eye. Indeed, an Iceberg Is pot easily
perceptible at night. ren though the
weather should happen to be clear and
the moon, perchance, shining. Most of
the Icebergs have an Intense white and
bluish hue, which blends wlti- moon
light in a fashion that may confound
the most seasoned and vigilant of
mariners.
In a report Issued by the hydrograph-
! office In April. 1G. the following
signs ere enumerated as Indicating the
proximity of ice:
"Before the Ice Is seen from the decg
the 'Ice blink' will often Indicate Its
presence. This Is readily understood
when It Is known that it is caused by
the reflection of the rays of light from
the sun or moon. in a dear day over
the Ice on the horlson the skv will be
uch paler or lighter In color, and Is
easily distinguishable from that over
head, so that a sharp lookout should he
had and changes In the color of the sky
noted.
"On a dear day Icebergs can be seen
at a great distance owing to their
brightness, and at night owing to their
effulgence. Pnrlng foggy weather they
are n through the fog by their ap
parent .dacknesa. If such a term can
be applied.
"They also can be detected by the
echo from the steam whistle or fog
horn. Thla should be remembered, since
by noting the time between the blast
of the whistle and the reflected sound
the distance of the object In feet may
be approximately found by multiply
ing with .
"The presence of icebergs is often
made known by the noise of their
breaking up and falling to pieces. The
cracking of the Ice or the falling of
the pieces Into the sea makes a noise
like breakers or a discharge of guns,
which may often be heard at short dis
tance. "The absence of swell or wave mo
tion In a fresh breexe Is a s'gn that
there Is Ire or land on the weather
side.
flocks of birds far from land Is an Indl- J
cation of the proximity of Ice.
"The temperature of the al. falls as
Ice Is approached, espec ally on the lee
ward side: but generally only at an
Inconsiderable distance from It. The
fall of the temperature of the sea water
Is sometimes a sign of prox'nilty of
Ice. although In regions wheie there Is
an intermixture of cold and warm
currents going on. as at the Junction of
the l-abrador Current and Ihe Gulf
Stream, the temperature of the sea has
been known to rise as the lee ap
proached. Change of temperature may
therefore serve ns a warning, and fre
quent observation both of the tempera
ture of the air and the sea should be
taken and considered."
the men named, three are restored to
their rank, which they lost nearly a
year ago when the new administration
shook up the whole department and
two are reinstatements of men for
merly In the service.
Detective sergeants appointed were
John Price. K. D. Heppner. Pat Mo
loney. W. H. Hyde. Tom Kay and A. G.
Vaughn. Price and Moloney were re
duced from this rank last year In tho
general shake-up. Hyde was sent down
to the uniformed force at the same
time, but nevt-r had held the rank of
sergeant. These men's friends are
elated over what they term the vindi
cation of the officers. -
XYell-Kaowa Officers Appointed.
Tom Kay la remembered as the for
mer head of the "moral squad" which
In Mayor Lane's administration strtick
terror Into cltlxens engaged in im
propriety. Andy Vaughn was also at
one time a member of the department,
later a private detective and recently
superintendent of the Llnnton rock-pile.
H. Carlson becomes a uniformed ser
geant again, after almost a year in re
duced rank, having been made a pa
trolman at the time when the other ser
geants were reduced. J. P. Van Overn.
appointed patrol sergeant, has been a
plain-clothes man in the detective bu
reau and Is well liked by his superior
in that department. C. J. ("Red") Ru
pert is as well known In minor base
ball as in police work. E. K. Peachin
and TV. TV. Bunn are efficient members
of the traffic squad. Peachin hetng
stationed at Fifth and Morrison streets
and Bunn at Grand avenue and East
Morrison street. L V. Jenkins haa been
for a long time telephone operator on
the aecond night relief.
Five Vacaaclcs Yet Remain.
Five vacancies In the rank of ser
geant remain to be filled. In filling
vacancies in the rank of patrolmen,
caused by these promotions and by for
mer losses, the Executive Bourd au
thorised the appointment of the fol
lowing ellglbles on tho civil service
list: H. N. Holland. Frank Dolan. It.
L. Eberman. t). N. Blair. J. H. Tliomp
aon. Chris Johnson, A. F. Gordon. TV.
J. Plllon. J. L. Cordes. TV. H. Muas.
Collins Graham and TK P. Kelleher.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS.
One In T.lfe and Peath.
Washington CD. C Herald.
Mr. Isldor Straus was urged to take
a seat In a lifeboat. She atood by the
side of her life's partner at the time,
the man she loved, who loved her. the
two who had been companions through
the Joys and vicissitudes that are met
during the journey through life. Then
came the melting of the gold and the
test. There was no dross. Everything
noble and good was there. The pure
and sacrificing spirit of the wife
showed Itself. With her arms around
her husband, their hearts beating In
harmony, their thoughts the same, she
stood to the end. a monument to the
devotion of a woman for her loved one.
Epics have been composed In honor of
the warrior. Joan d'Arc's name Is re
vered In history. Mrs. Tsidor Straus'
name will also be remembered and hon
ored as a beautiful example of womanly
devotion to the one she loved. All
honor to her. with the others who so
bravely met their fate In the Icy waters
of the cruel Atlantic
An electric motor with a nnmbr of flexi
ble rods mounted at right ancles to Its
haft has h.n tnventen1 in Ciermany for
beating and renovating furs.
Erfort to Measure Mental Profi
ciency in Plione GlrN.
Indianapolis News.
Getting the psychology of telephone
girls or getting their standing by psy
chological tests Is the latest effort of
Harvard's distinguished profeesor of
psychology. Dr. Muensterberg. He will
Include In his Investigations also edec
tric tnotormen and employes in similar
occupations. A Boston telephone com
pany sought Ma aid In seruring girls
that could stand the work: that Is. stand
It In the sense of becoming more effi
cient Instead of less so. Tho company
felt that there ought to be some way
of making a selection of the right tem
perament or other qualifications to be
gin with, so that the attendants of the
switchboard would Increase in useful
ness as we expect in other occupations.
The average was about 23 per cent of
'girls at work after six months' trial.
So Dr. Muensterberg waa asked to help.
He began by Instituting an examina
tion for girls which consisted In giving
them a newspaper and requiring them.
In a given time, to cross out all the
"a's" In the first column of the paper.
Then all In the second and all in the
third column. Tho test showed some
of the girls as getting 90 per cent of
the "a's" In the first column, fewer In
the second and so on. Some thus grew
worse as they went on. Others im
proved. Some wore "wild." crossing out
other letters than the "a." Some
skipped the "a's." Of course, girls thus
unfitted for close and somewhat con
tinuously concentrated attention would
be fitted for othe.r occupations.
The case of electric motormen has
also been taken up. Trolley roads must
engago thousands of such men and In
no case perhaps be able to ascertain
whether they have the qualities that
fit them for the place. The tests for
this class have not yet been completed,
but enough has been done to give Dr.
Muensterberg confidence that they can
be adjusted so as to enable the selec
tion of men thst have the requisite con
trol of mind and muscle by which
avoldablo accidents may be reduced to
a minimum. In the. case of the tele
phone girls the tests are for memory,
quickness of perception, reaction and
so on. Motormen have thus far been
tested for endurance of attention and
imagination which foresees the possible
movements of pedestrians and vehicles.
Fur every work different kinds of testa
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You'll see by the above map
our location, and it will pay
you to walk a block to save
money on:
$7.50 Panamas, today So
$4.00 Straws today .
$3.00 Straws today. S2.45
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must be devised to search out the fac
ulties required most. It is slow work,
and the tests themselves must he tested
But it is a most interesting and highly
valuable experiment, and that It Is of
real need and can produce positive re
sults there Is no doubt.
GERMANY'S POTASH LAW
Probable That Mines AVill Be Con
trolled by State.
Boston Herald.
It Is little over a year ago that dip
lomatic negotiations were pending be
tween Germany and the I'nited Htates
relative to the new German potash law.
This Imposed a heavy export tax which
raised the price of this fertilizer to the
resentment of the American potash
syndicate which had contracted for a
big supply Just before the law went
Into effect. Today this same law,
which threatened to develop a serious
misunderstanding with Germany, is
under sharp attack In the Reichstag.
I'nder It the profits of the German
potash syndicate have largely in
creased. The stock of one of tho com
panies has more than doubled In value.
Now the Reichstag wants to know why
the state, which practically assumed
control of the potash industry by virtue
of the 1910 law, should not be reaping
this advantage. The state harvests
only $1,000,000 annually from its pot
ash taxes, returning the larger part of
It In experiment, research and propa
ganda. It is probable that, like some of the
German coal mines, the potash mines
will soon be taken over by the state.
Some $500,000,000 in capital are in
vested in them, furnishing aa they do
all hut a small fraction of the. world's
supply of this useful chemical. I-ast
year these, mines gave up S.400,000
tons, of which 2.100,000 tons were used
In Germany. The production of the
different mines is regulated by the
1910 law, which also eestablishes a
scale of prices. Unjust discriminations
In the law were admitted by the Sec
retary of the Interior, who excused
them on the ground that exact Justice
was Impossible. This answer did not
please the radical parties, which are
now agitating to bring the mines under
slate control. If they succeed the price
of potash may once more be made a
diplomatic Issue. Meanwhile there is
hope that some newly-discovered pot
ash beds In this country will supply a
larger proportion of our home demand.
Keal Value in a Bank Account.
St. N'lcholas.
I have been helped and educated by
many different books but I believe that
during the last three years, the one
that has helped me most has been my
bank account book. Before 1 was given
my hank hook I spent mv allowance
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of an unusual number of The Century.
Boutet de Monvel, the famous French artist,
was sent to Assisi to make illustrations for
' 'Everybody's St. Francis, ' ' by Maurice F. Egan
which begins in the May issue. One of these,
is an exquisite plate in color Boutet de
Monvel 's color.
W. Morgan Shuster writes of the part the
Persian women played in the recent crisis.
Hardly ever has the real question about the
tariff been put so well as it is by Oscar W.
Underwood.
F. Hopkinson Smith's story, "Ask Lord
Roberts," is typically characteristic of this
writer.
In estimating the May Century, note these
items:
One of the best discussions on the Judicial
Recall.
A good portrait of Henry James.
Pennell's pictures of Chicago.
"Robert Browning," by William Lyon Phelps.
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l.inn Central Committee Fleets.
ALBANY, Or., April 30. (Special.)
The Tjfnn County Republlonn Central
$20,000,000
Committee met in Albany today and
re-elected I-. M. Curl, of Albany, chair
man, and Tt. K. Ohlin, secretary, for
the er.su in e; two years.
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000 will be spent in
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