BASIS FOR NEBULAR iiSF HYPOTHEC OUD Observations at Flagstaff i " Lead Scientist to Credit Laplace's Theory. NEBULAE ARE STAR DUST Professor Lowell Says Spectroscope I-fads to Belief That Clouds of Finely Divided Matter First Step Toward Solar Sjstrm. rmf XCO. March it. Important tails of recent discoveries concerning the nebular hypothesis of solar sys tems by Dr. V. D. Sllpsar, of the Lowell Observatory. Flagstaff, Ariz., were mad known here today on the arrival of Professor Perclval Lowell on his way to New York. The nebular theory of Laplace, which tn recent years has been somewhat discredited tn certain astronomical quarters, received a strong corroboration, according to a statement Issued from Flagstaff. ! .Observers at Lowell Observatory have established the fact that the nebulae consist of clouds of star dust enveloped In gas. . "This la the first step In the evolu tion of a solar system," Professor Lowell's statement reads. The state ment follows: "It has been decided at the Lowell Observatory by Dr. V. D. Sllpsar, through the spectrascoplc observations, that the nebula In the Pleiades Is Il luminated by reflected light of the neighboring stars, and that this nebula Is In reality a cloud or finely divided matter such as the Investigations of er Norman Lockyer, Sir George Dar win and Professor Hugo Zelinger led them to suppose might exist in space. "The proof of this consists In the fact that, with the slit of the spectra rraph so placed as to Include the star and the wisps of nebula In its neigh borhood, the resulting spectrogram shows the spectrum of the star sur rounded by a faint continuous spectrum where the nebulosity exists, crossed by the well-known dark bands of the ab sorption of hydrogen and other gases. "This Indicates that the nebula con sists of solid matter reflecting the light It receives from the star and surround ed by cool gases. Or, in other words, that we see here a cloud of meteoric matter enveloped In lighter particles of rases. This Is the first step In the evolution of a solar system. "The Importance of this discovery, which Is corroborated by other Flag staff observations of nebulae and star clusters, will be seen when It Is point ed out that It bears directly upon the nature of thousands of other nebulae, and suggests that many of them may closely reproduce the hypothetical nebulae assumed by Laplace as the basis for his nebular hypothesis." Spectroscopists of numerous observa-' tories are Interested tn the discovery, and are working on collateral Investigations. GRAVEL PITJGIVES WORRY Injunction Against Warren Con struction Company Denied. Circuit Judge Kavanaugh yesterday refused the application of L S. Friend ly for an order enjoining the continued removal of gravel by O. Paulson and the Warren Construction Company from the famous Kenton gravel pit of Robert Ftiaw. Clerk of the County Court, which was purchased from the county by Mose llloch, through Anslem Boskowitz, his nephew, last year and later transferred to Shaw. The property now belongs to Thomas Burford. Friendly, who owns adjoining prop erty, pleaded that the use of the Shaw land as a gravel pit Injures the value of his property. Me alleged that last year Shaw had signed an agreement that the removal of gravel would be iliscontinueU after March 1, 1913, the tlute of the expiration of a lease which . Paulson had with the county when the pit was sold and had agreed that this prohibition would "run with the land." HUMPHRYS ARE BURIED Brothers' Bodies Laid Beside That of Mother at Dallas. DALLAS. Or, March Ji. (Special.) In the presence of about SO persons, none of whom were relatives, and with the snow beating: down hard and fast, the last chapter fn the history of the now famous Humphrys brothers was wrftten here today, when the bodies of the two brothers were buried In the I. O. O. F. Cemetery beside the body of the mother, who died shortly before the arrest of these men fur the murder of airs. Orlftfth at Philomath. Tbe bodies wore brought to Dallas by Rev. Bsrr K. Lee, of Salem, and were Immediately turned over to the County Coroner. R. L. Chapman. They were removed to tho cemetery at once, and there a short funeral service was held. Rev. Mr. Lee ofneiating. WITNESS COMES PREPARED Policeman's Keply to Attorney Xot Entirely Complimentary. When a lawyer tried to browbeat Patrolman John Wellbrook. the other day, he caught a Tartar. Weilbrook has a reputation for !ry wit" In the department, and he used it. It was a liquor case, in which the policeman testified to the sale of a bot tle of whisky. "You say this Is whisky: how do you know It if? asked the attorney. "I tasted It." said Well brook, calmly. "What did you do that for; what right hod you to drink while on dutyT" as to be prepared," replied Well brook. "I told the boys that some blame fool lawyer would ask that question." MUS1CA IS SICK IN JAIL New York Banker Facing Fraud Charge In Critical Condition. NEW ORLEANS. March !4. Antonio Xiuslea. of New York, who was placed in pall here last week, with his three sons, charged with defrauding New York banks of a large sum of money, suffered a severe heart attack in the jail today. His condition is reported orltlcaL KELSO COMMITTEES BUSY Southwest Washington Development Folk Meet In May. CKXTRAL1A. Wash. March S. Slevial.) For the quarterly meeting of the Southwest Washington Develop mem Association, which will be held in Kelso In May. a complete list of com mittees haa been made up. The Kelso Commercial Club Is taking up the work with energy, and will arrange a pro gramme filled with interesting "stunts" for the visitors. Following are the com mittees which will have charge of the preparations: Finance C A. Peters, B. M. Atkins. J. L. Sparling, J. P. Clays and C. R. Abbott Programme J. L. Harris. P. P. Brush. Harry Ames. F. L. Stewart, J. R. Catlln.- J. M. Ayres. Rev. O. B. Lati mer and C A. Taylor. Reception H. E. McKenney, R. W. Welch. A. J. Davis. A. K. Remlck, C. O. Talbert. F. L. Stewart, C. A. Taylor, A. T. Laurie. W. P. Ely, E. S. Collins,-Dr. C W. Bales. Dr. J. Ballard, B. L. Hub bell. Dr. A. F. V. Davis. G. A. Polland, F. Catlln. Sr. and Ben Barlow. Music C H. Elweil. P. F. Snyder, Miss Gladys Boys, Mrs. B, W. Welch and M. J. Lord. GIRL STUDENT IN JAIL MOTHER FINDS DAUGHTER in-T,T AS BURGLARY SUSPECT. Young Woman Who Goes to Enroll as Berkeley Art Co-Ed Says She Is Innocent Victim of Gang. SAX FRANCISCO, March 24. Mrs. Lou Clifton, who believed that her young daughter, Jessie, had come to San Francisco to enroll as an art stu dent in the University of California, ar rived here today from Stockton and found the gin at the city prison, held as a burglary suspect and as a mem ber of the Shea gang who are under arrest tn connection with a long list of robberies. In a tearful Interview between mother and daughter the girl reaffirmed her earliar statements that she was wnouy Ignorant of wrongdoing on the part of either Patrick F. Shea or his wire, with whom she lived in a fashionable apartment for two weeks preceding the arrests. Whether the girl la the innocent vic tim of circumstances, as, she asserts, the police are at a loss to say. In any event she will be held with the four other prisoners, the Sheas, Beatrice Bai ley and Bert Shepard, alias silver Ling. The four have refused to talk since their arrest, but It has been ascertained that the Shea woman, who is also known as Maud Evans, formerly lived in New York and Chicago, and the po lice assert that Sheas operated in Chi cago and other Eastern cities before they came here. Much of the loot, which was recovered from the Shea apartment, and the value of which the police estimate at about 15000, was Identified today by victims of recent burglaries. BOUR REVIEWS HE POSTOFFIGE BILL Ex-Senator Explains Steps That Won Appropriation for Portland. CITY SINGULARLY FAVORED PORTLAND ANXIETY IS HIGH (Conduced From Page a.) service to you and your people that may be needed." The Chamber of commerce omciais likewise sent messages offering assistance. J. D. FarrelL president of the O.-w. R. & N. Company, received several mes sages yesterday from A. L. Mohler. president of the Union Paoifio. whose offices and home are at Omaha. In his first report Mr. Mohler announced that the company had contributed souou to aid In relief of sufferers. Telegraph Poles Stripped. A later report said that a mile and a half of telegraph poles and wires along the Union Pacific right of way near Waterloo, Neb, had been blown down and that a mile of pole and wires were down at Yutan. east of Omana. These now are being repaired. All eastbound trains on tho Union Pacific are being held at Grand Island. Neb, Railroad officials expect to have the line open to and through Omaha at 10 o'clock this morning. Forces or men from various points along the line are being sent to the scene of the dis aster to aid In tbe reconstruction and relief work. 'The section foreman at Yutan re ports 15 dead and 30 Injured," tele graphed Mr. Mohler last night. "There was no damage west of Valley and south of Mead. Wire service still is interrupted. Many of our employes suffered loss to their property." Mr. Mohler late last night recapitu lated casualties and damages as fol lows: Known dead. 80; Injured, Z40: houses destroyed. 240; churches wrecked, 11; schoolhouses wrecked, eight; buildings damaged. 1250. J. B. Sedgwick, of 363 uekum avenue. received a telegram from his daughters. residing near Hanscom park In Omaha, advising him of their safety. This mes sage had been taken to Lincoln on a train and telegraphed out or mat city. Mr. Sedgwick lived In Omaha for 30 years, and has been a resident of Port land for only a few months. William Rran. of Portland, has been eager to get information from Cornelius Riley, a relative or airs, ityan, wno lives in Omaha. OMAHA RISES TO OCCASION Federal Aid Xot Yet Xeedcd, Says Mayor's Message to Wilson. WASHINGTON, March 24. President Wilson received a reply to his tele gram from Mayor Dahlman of Omaha, stating that assistance was not needed, but that the offer was appreciated. The telegram follows: "We appreciate your offer of assist ance, but our people are responding nobly and I believe we can handle the situation. Major Hart man. of Fort Omaha, and his men came promptly to our assistance and are doing great work. The people of Omaha desire, however, to express their gratitude to you for your message of sympathy." SKY RED AS STORM RAGES (Concluded From Pm 8.) stamiins at the little station when the storm struck." Among the first to bring details of the thoroughness of the tornado's de structive work in Omaha to the out side world was F. G. Elmendorff, who arrived in Chicago tonight. He was sitting In the lobby of an Omaha hotel near a window when the wind began to tear a wide path through a section of the city. "I waa sitting near a window on the first floor of the hotel, when it sud denly grew dark and I couldn't see to read." he said tonight. "It had been raining Just a little and the sudden darkening of the eklcs made every body a trifle apprehensive. A few of us were talking about It, when we no ticed a bumming sound, which grew in volume until we recognized it as a noise of the air, the most fearful and peculiar sound I ever beard, and after looking over the havoc wrought. I never want to bear such a thing again. "In. a minute or so the storm burst upon us in all its fury. There were continual crashes of thunder and ram fell In torrents. It waa almost a cloudburst and kept us in so that we could not Investigate to sea If there had been a cyclone. Finally the storm let up and we learned, first over the telephone, that block after block of the city had been leveled and that hundreds of people were dead. We dTd nothing last rirght but wait for the reports. This morntng everyone In the hotel got up before daybreak and started on a tour of the ruins." Efforts of Four Years Will Give to Oregon Metroplls Best Structure and Equipment of Any Sim liar Towns, He Says. WASHINGTON', D. March 18. (To the Editor.) Impressed with the con gestion in the Portland Postofflce and with the probable great growth of that city, due to the fact that it was the natural point of concentration by water grade of 250,000 square miles of territory, twice that of any other city In the world, four years ago I introduced a bill In the Senate and passed the same through that body providing for a 1500,000 appropriation for a new Postofflce site and a $1,000, 000 appropriation for a new Postofflce. In the public buildings bill passed three years ago, I secured in the Sen ate an insertion of an authorization for 1500,000 for the purchase of a site, and after about a year's delay the Government purchased the new site for 3340,000. At the first session of the last Congress I introduced in and passed through the Senate the following bill: Section s. That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he Is hereby authorised and directed to enter-4nto contracts for the construction of a suitable building for a Postofflce only upon tbe site heretofore ac quired, bounded by Seventh. Eighth, Hoyt and Gllsaa streets. In the City of Port land. Or., at a total limit of cost for said building, complete. Including meohagilcal equipment, heating, ventilating, vacuum cleaning and air washing systems, ma chinery, mechanical appliances and devices for handling mall. Intercommunicating tele phones and clock systems, and such other labor-saving devices and appliances as may be deemed necessary at a total limit of cost, exclusive of site, of $1, 000. 000. That tbe Secretary of the Treasury be. and he Is hereby, further authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to secure the plans, specifications and estimates for said building and the local supervision of Its construction by competition among not less than frre architects, and to make payment for the services of the architect whose plan may be selected out of the appropriation for said building, any statute to the con trary notwltnstandlng. I secured its insertion in the publio building bill when it came to tbe Sen ate and its retention and enactment in the bill by appearing before the con ference committee of both houses and demonstrating the Justness of this ap propriation, thus securing In the Sen ate twice as -large an appropriation j for Oregon as was put on for any state In the Union by the Senate. Bill of Singular Notice. Perusal of my bill will demonstrate that no item of similar scope has ever been Inserted in any public building bill. I have endeavored to cover every item that would be instrumental in adding to the comfort and health of the employes and Increasing the efficiency of the Portland Postofflce. I have sought to make the Portland Postofflce the demonstrated best equipped and highest developed postofflce of similar size in the United States. By the Becond paragraph of my bill I have enabled immediate attention to be given and plans to be prepared for this postofflce Instead of having to wait three years or more for its regular order on the list, feeling that large postof flees should be given preference because of the greater number of peo ple to be served by the instrumentality. Three years ago when chairman of the sub-committee of the committee on public expenditures I spent several days in Chicago going through the build- ngs of Sears, Roebuck & Co- and the Swift Packing Company, and was greatly impressed with the labor-sav ing devices Installed and operated In these Institutions and the air-washing machines in the administrative build ings of both of these companies. I was Informed by the respective man agements that they figured over 50 per cent return on the cost of the installa tion of the air-washing machines by increased efficiency of employes In these buildings due to better hygienic and more comfortable conditions. Conferences Bear Fruit. Since the adjournment of the last Congress, March 4, I had several con ferences with the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Sherman Allen, and the supervising architect, Oscar Wen deroth. and they are in thorough ac cord with my ideas of making the Portland postofflce the demonstration office of the country, and grasped the opportunity from a demonstration standpoint of utilizing the scope of the language in the Portland postofflce Item, and in accordance wtih my sug gestion have directed the Government's representative at Chicago, A. A, Pack ard, supervising superintendent of con struction, to submit letters of intro duction I have written for him to Mr. Rosenwald, president Sears, Roebuck & Co.. and to Mr. Swift, president of the Swift Packing Company. Mr. Packard will report such Information as he secures to Mr. Wenderotb here, and plans will bo prepared embodying the utilization of this information, and tho competing architects will be noti fied as to space requirements for the installation of such labor-saving de vices and air-washing machines as may be adopted. In my oninlon this demonstrates con structive work and foresight. The Port land Dostofflce employes will receive the benefit of better hygienic and more comfortable conditions, and the gov ernment the benefit of much greater efficiency at a much less cost than the ordinary postofflce building will pro duce. The plan established, if followed our, will save the Government many millions of dollars in cost and effi ciency In construction of buildings and In the operation of the postal depart ment, and Portland and Oregon will be the gainers by being the possessors of the most up-to-date postofflce, with the result that architects and Governmental employes will be sent there for the pur pose of utilizing said postofflce as an object lesson In postal and public build ing activities. 1 have the assurance of the super vising architect that the work of this office will be expedited and its com pletion assured at the earliest date that conditions will perm It of. JONATHAN BOURNS, JR. WARRANT CALL OUT TODAY Clatsop County Treasurer Gets Busy With Statements. ASTORIA, Or., March 24. (Special.) County Treasurer Sherman will Issue, if or all sreneral fund warrants 'issued and Indorsed prior to January 1. last. This nnngs ice county paper up to within, two months and 25 vv SEE THAT :urve We Will Get You Yet!!! I This is the first of a new series of single column advertisements to be pub lished in this paper daily, or thereabout, on the sub ject of Thompson's Glasses. H We shall make these ad vertisements as brief as we can and we should like every person to read them, particularly you. II The burden of these ad vertisements will be the superior merit of Thomp son's Glasses, which is really not a burden, but a boon. IT Incidentally we shall, from time to time, com ment impersonally upon what is new or novel in eye wear. S We do not expect to con vert you with a single ad vertisement any more than you would expect to woo and win a girl in one visit. 5 Reform must be accom plished slowly, and the best wives in the world took a lot of getting. I But whether it takes ten days or a twelvemonth to convert you,you may make tip your mind to one thing We will get you yetU THOMPSON EYE SPECIALIST Second Floor Corbett Bldg. Fifth and Morrison 21 Years' practical experience. days of the date of issue, the closest It has been in many years. This call will Include all the warrants Issued during the six months, beginning on July 1 of last year, and the princi pal ! toracjt nn thone warrants will amount approximately to 79,800. It is expected that anotner can can. do maue early In the coming monm. BRISTLES TO CLEAN APPLES Hood River Fruitgrowers Likely to Try New Invention. HOOD RIVER, Or, March 24. (Spe cial.) According to fruitgrowers, pig bristles may come into universal use to clean apples. Since the rise of the . . . i . i i,A NT.HV.wMt ft has been necessary to wipe accumulated dust and tne resiauo wi tsyrayo apples by hand. However, because of the high cost of labor, fruit men have been working to devise means to clean the fruit by machinery and to separate it in sizes at the same time. t." . .-to mY, n htivA witnessed the operation of tho fruit cleaner and grader tnat nas oeen exuiuneu imo week at the ranch of R. H. Weber, State Fruit Commissioner of this dis trict, are of the opinion that hand work Is over. The apples pass along a cleated belt between brushes of hog Get Rid of Piles at Home Simple Homo Remedy, Easily Applied Gives Quick Keller ana xrevenw All Danger from Operation. Send for Free Trial Package and Prove It In rour vase. Don't even think of an operation for f, -r, .v,.. n-vint th old family doctor said: Any part of the body cut away is gone forever. One or two ap plications of Pyramid Pile Remedy and all the pain, lire ana . t . i . n v. i i nrt ttmA the con. 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It is distilled under Uncle Sam's supervision according to his rigid standards. In purity, quality and fine flavor it is unsur passed. ' Uncle Sam's "Little Green Stamp" over the corkmakes sure that the whiskey reaches you justas it left the distillery, perfectly aged, full measure of a quality and flavor distinctly JOQtl old RnrTLPD In Bond .Take a bottle home , , tvu a xicnii,D BROS., Distributors, Portland, Oregon. A Good Reason Why YOU SHOULD USE The Northern Pacific Service Dr. Harvey W. Wiley Says: "The Northern iPacific Dining Car Service is superior to anything that has come under my previous observation. The food seems pure and wholesome. The other railroads could do well to emu late the methods of the Northern Pacific. I am told that nearly everything used on their dining cars is grown on their own farms andithatit is carefully selected and ably prepared in the com pany's kitchens. It was a pleasure for me to eat while traveling on this road." . "I ate some of the GREAT BIG BAKED POTATOES, and they are all that has been claimed for them." After That Don't You Want Northern Pacific Service? mm TWICE DAILY A 72-HOUB TRAIN Z( TO CHICAGO I I From Portland. Vv None Better. CITY TICKET OFFICE 255 Morrison St., Cor. Third St, Portland. A. D. Charlton, A. G. P. A, Portland, Or. V bristles. Other materials for bristles were discarded alter a Tew trials, ine dust and other matter soon clogged them. However, a kind of natural oil reiutUHB iu mo uwg . v. . them to shed freely all of the dtrt cleaned from the apples. The new 'ma chine was Invented by O. K. Porter, a maemmst or ine panes. I Diem i'-' pwcu - Ordering Supplies by Telephon THE retail merchant's telephone serves not only as a salesman, but also as a purchasing agent. When a merchant finds that he is going to run out of a line of goods, he calls up the wholesaler or factory, and not only orders a new stock, but comes to an agreement on the price and the time of delivery. The unexpected needs of his customers can be met with the least possible delay. If the merchant cannot find what he wants in town, the Long-Distance Service of the Bell Sys tem brings him into immediate communication with other cities and other markets. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. Every Bell Telephone Is the Center of the System