VOL. L,VI. XO. 17.2G7.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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FUNSTON AWAITS
NEWS OF BATTLE
American Forces May
Be Engaged. .
ADVANCE SOUTH IS REPORTED
Plan to Attack Villa Yesterday
Related to Consul.
NHW BASE ESTABLISHED
Pershing Finds Difficulty In Pro
visioning His Men, Now More
Than 200 Miles From Border.
More 3Iotor Trucks Needed.
"OI,T"rm S, TT. M March 24. Janoa,
about 40 miles northwrnt of Caoaa
Grande and on tie route taken by the
American expeditionary force, tt aet
on fire early today, presumably by a
band of Mexican bandits. Four large
fires were reported by Americans pass
ing near the toirm.
No Americana are known to have
been in the town. The fires were burn
Ins rapidly, fanned by heavy winds,
when seen. It was said. It was also
learned tonight that several small
bands of marauders, affiliated with no
Mexican faction, have been roving about
near the American lines of communica
tion from Columbus to Casus Grandes.
SAX ANTONIO. Tex., March 24.
General Pershing's report to General
P'unston that two columns of his expe
ditionary force were in the vicinity of
Namiquipa, 120 miles southeast of Casas
Grandes, and repeated reports from
Mexican sources that Villa with a com
paratively small force has been forced
to a stand at El Oso, near there, caused
officers here to expect news at any
time of a battle. General Funston
thought it probable that an engage
ment might already have occurred.
' General Pershing referred today for
the first time since last-Monday to his
operations south of Casas Grandes, but
his report -contained little information
and none concerning any encounter be
tween Villa and American soldiers or
troops of the de facto government. He
aaid Villa last had been at Kamiquipa.
Report Comes by 'Wireless.
"His report was dated today and
was transmitted by telegraph to Fort
Sam Houston. It was taken by Army
officers here to indicate that either no
engagement was fought yesterday with
Villa or that General Pershing had not
learned of it.
Consul Beltran. of the Mexican gov
ernment, received a message late today
from Consul Garcia at El Paso saying
confirmation had been received of the
report that Villa had been defeated yes
frday in the Santa Gertrudes Canyon
by the American and Mexican forces,
and that he had fled to El Oso, five
miles from Namiquipa. where he was
surrounded. The Consul added that one
of the American officers with the expe
ditionary forces had reported to General
Pershing that they would attack Villa
today.
Base Established at Vllle.
The American troops near Namiquipa
moved south and east from Casas
Grandes over the trail that passes
through Ville and Cruces. Ville, 53
miles from Caeas Grandes, was selected
by General Pershing as a temporary
base, he said in his report to General
Funeton. The fact that he mentioned
two columns as having reached points
near Namiquipa caused it to be believed
here that he called back the third col
umn dispatched from Casas Grandes the
first of the week from the trail lead
ing to Carmen and sent it south from
Galeana to join the Seventh Cavalry
on its way south though Ville.
That General Pershing is meeting
with some difficulty in provisioning his
detachment, now more than 200 miles
from the border, was Indicated by a
statement that unless he could use the
Northwestern Railway for transporta
tion he would need more auto trucks.
TROOPS ENTER
MOUNTAINS
Snow and Sleet, Following Withering
Heat, Add to Hardships.
COLUMBUS. N. M.. March 24. Snow
and sleet following rapidly on the heels
of a nine-day exhausting march under
.-1 withering desert sun today brought
new difficulties to the American troops
in the Casas Grandes district, accord
ing to reports received tonight from
General J. J. Pershing, expeditionary
commander.
The troops are not equipped for un
usual weather, their orders being to
minimize their baggage as far as pos
sible, that the utmost speed, might be
made. Consequently the average sol
dier carried with him from the border
only a sweater ana a single blanket
for protection against the cold.
That the troops have penetrated the
mountain fastness to a considerable
distance below Casas Grandes is In
dicated in the preparations being made
here to depend more largely on mules
and horses instead of motor-trucks for
transport purposes. Several hundred
cavalry re-mounts also have been re
ceived here from Oklahoma points and
are being prepared for service.
It is reported here, unofficially, that
the American cavalry in several de
tachments has spread fan-like below
Casas Grandes reaching distances
ranging from 30 to 120 miles from the
advanced base.
Casas Grandee, which is 7000 feet
Conciuded 01 Pass 4. Column 2.)
2 AMERICAN WOMEN
KILLED ON BORDER
MEXICAN'S SUSPECTED OF
PUB MURDER.
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One -Man Is Victim, Too, and Troops
Said to Have Pursued Slay
ers Over the Line.
DOUGLAS. Ariz.. March 24. Three
Americans,, two women and one man,
were killed near Gibson's line ranch
on the New Mexico-Mexico boundary,
eight miles west of Columbus, N. M.,
bttween 4 and 5 o'clock Wednesday,
p -esumably by Mexicans, according to
t. le story brought here by a party of
fire Douglas people, who said they
arrived on the scene shortly after the
bodies had been removed by soldiers.
A command of United States soldiers
stationed at the Gibson ranch, was said
to have crossed the line In pursuit of
the slayers.
The automobilista were on a, pleasure
trip. Near the ranch they were stopped
by a Twelfth Cavalry man, who advised
them to "go to the ranch house imme
diately so that the detachment there
could afford them protection. They
were guarded at the house all night Jy
seven troopers who had arrived there
from Hachita, N. M., in response to the
alarm given when the three bodies had
been founds The five civilians passed
a sleepless night, sitting in 'he car,
while the soldiers crouched around
them in the pouring rain on guard.
Peals of thunder and intermittent
flashes of lightning increased the ap
prehension of the women.
The soldiers told them that the bod
ies of the two women and a man had
been found in an automobile near the
ranch, but they did not know what
disposition had been made of them.
After daylight they were allowed to
proceed toward Hachita. They did not
stop there, they said, to make, inquiry
about the affair.
T0WNE OUT FOR SENATE
Former Mlnnesotan to Contest With
O'Gorman in New York.
NEW YORK, March 24. Charles A.
Towne, ex-United States Senator from
Minnesota, announced today that he
would enter the Democratic primaries
in New York for the Democratic nomi
nation to succeed Senater O'Gorman.
Mr. Towne, after serving as a Rep
resentative in Congress from Duluth
from 1895 to 1897, then as a "Lincoln
Republican," was appointed by Gov
ernor Lind in 1900 to serve two months
of an unexpired term in the Senate.
In 1901 he began the practice of law
in New York and in 1904 was elected
to Congress from this city. -
ARMY SHORT OF AIRMEN
Training School Unable to Provide
More for Pershing.
SAN DIEGO, Cal. March 24. There
are no qualified military aviators avail
able here for, duty with the expedition
ary forces in Mexico, according to Cap
tain Arthur S. Cowan, commandant at
the North Island training Institution,
commenting on the request of Brigadier-General
John Pershing for eight
more fliers.
"We have not got them to send," said
Captain Cowan. "There are four stu
dent aviators at North Island who are
ready to take thiir junior military
aviators' tests, but thus far none of
them has had experience in cross-country
flights."
CRUISER MiSHAP INDICATED
Old Logbooks of British Warship
Found on North Carolina Shore.
NORFOLK, Va., March 24. A possi
bility that the British cruiser Cumber
land might have met with disaster off
the Middle Atlantic Coast was seen by
marine men last night in the finding of
several log books marked "H. M. S.
Cumberland" on the North Carolina
shore near Chicomicomico. The books,
dated 1908, were found today by coast
guards, who reported they apparently
had Just been washed ashore.
The Cumberland is a protected cruiser
of 9800 tons displacement and has a
main battery of 14 six-inch guns.
GERMAN LOAN IS SUCCESS
New Subscriptions Are 10 Billion
Marks; Total 3 6 Billion.
BERLIN. March 24. (via Wireless
to Sayville.) Dr. Karl Helfferich, Sec
retary of the Imperial Treasury, told
the Reichstag today that the fourth
German war loan had been a brilliant
success, ' the subscriptions having
reached more than 10.000.000,000 marks,
not including subscriptions abroad and
at the front.
It was pointed out that the German
war loans have now reached a total of
36.000.000.000 marks, while the British
loans have only totaled 19,000,000,000
marks, and those of France 11.944,000,
000 marks.
LINN COUNTY JAIL EMPTY
Like Condition TIas. Not Existed for
Several Years.
ALBANY, Or.. March 24. (Specfal.)
The Linn County Jail is empty for the
first time in many years.
As a result of the last session of the
grand jury and the term of Circuit
Court the first of this month, all the
prisoners in the jail were either com
mitted to the Penitentiary or released,
except G. C. Bilyeu. who was serving
a sentence for violation of the local
option liquor law. Bilyeu was released
yesterday on a conditional pardon by
the Governor.
DR. WA1TE ADMITS
PURCHASING POISON
Father-in-Law Is Sui
cide, Says Prisoner.
DUAL LIFE CHARGE RESENTED
"Other Woman" Not Part of
Case, Is Indignant Reply,"
BRIBE ATTEMPT CHARGED
Thousand Dollar Check Given Detec
y tive to Induce Negro Maid to
Testify Falsely. District At
torney Is Informed.
NEW YORK, March 24. Confession
was made today by Dr. Warren Waite,
according to District Attorney Swann,
that he "bought the poison believed by
the authorities to have caused thedeath
of his father-in-law. John E. Peck, of
Grand Rapids. Mich., but he asserted
that he made tv in'i.hase at the re
quest of the mil; ijiin ire, who was de
spondent and wished to commit suicide.
Another remarkable development late
in the day was the statement made to
Mr. Swann by Raymond Sehlndler, a
private detective, that Dr. Waite had
asked him to attempt to bribe Dr.
Waite's negro maid,' Dora Hillier, to
corroborate the dentist's story.
"If she will 1 say in court that she
heard Mr. Peck aek me to buy the
arsenic," Schindler told the District At
torney Dr. Waite said, "and that she
saw me give him the package un
opened, I will give her a check for
1000."
Prisoner Guarded Closely.
Dr. Waite, according to the detective,
thereupon signed what purported to be
a check for 11000 to the order of the
girl, written by Schindler on a sheet
from his notebook. This "check" now
is in the possession of Mr. Swann.
' Dr. Waite was taken to the prison
ward at Bellevue Hospital tonight. Mr.
Swann said he wanted the dentist kept
under the closest possible surveillance
because Waite had expressed regret
that the drugs he took Wednesday had
not killed him, and that he wished he
were dead.
In making his statement to the Dis
tBict Attorney today. Dr. Waite was
self-poesessed, and spoke with evident
deliberation. But when he was ques
tioned about the alleged misuse of
$40,000 intrusted to him for investment
by Miss Catherine Peck, sister of John
E. Peck, and in regard to a woman he
had previously admitted having lived
with, he apparently became indignant,
saying:
"That has nothing to do with the sub
ject in hand."
"Yes," he said, according to Mr.
Swann, "I boaght the arsenic, but I
know you won't believe what I am
going to tell you, so I'll probably go
to the electric chair. Mr. Peck was
an old man and he was very despondent
over the death of his wife. One day
he asked me to buy some poison for
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
-The Weather.
YEPTKRDAY'S Maximum temperature. 41
degrees; minimum, 34 degree.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds.
Mexico.
Local authorities on border call for more
protection. Page 4.
Funaton awaiting news of battle, which
may now bo on. Page 1.
Two American women killed by Mexican
bandits, who cross border. Page 1.,
War.
Channel steamer, sunk off Dieppe, believed
to have lied Americans on board. Page 3.
Germans seriously threaten two outposts.
of Verdun. page 3.
Shack leton expedition marooned in south
polar region. Page 4.
Rational.
Literacy test In immigration bill defeated
in House. Page -.
Allies' formally reject Lansing's suggestion
that merchantmen be disarmed. Page 3.
House Democratic caucus agroes on legisla
tive programme. Page 5.
Admiral Flake criticises conduct of Kavy.
Page 2.
House subcommittee agrees on contract pro
vision for land grant bilL Page 6.
Domestic.
Dentist admits buying poison for 'father-in-law's
suicide. Page 1.
Sports.
Irvin S. Cobb in pink of condition for to
night's fight. Page 1.
Willard and Moran will fight tonight.
Page 12.
Fifty-mile race starts at San Diego Fair
today. Page 13.
Campaign against lax canoeists to begin.
Page 12.
McOoehan picks Moran to beat Willard.
Page 12.
Beavers may add two more twirlers to
- staff. Page 13.
Pacific Northwest.
Robert E. Lee a cousin Is 103. Page 1.
Vancouver battalion leaves for Mexican bor
der. Page 14. i
New president seated at Washington State
College. Page 6.
Vancouver Army officer weds Just before
departure for Mexican border. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Local wheat bids raised on small demand.
Page 19.
Unfavorable crop reports lift wheat at
Chicago. Page 19,
Ralls are firm and specialties weak In
Wall street. Page 19.
Cargo of cresote coming for St. . Helens
company. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Commander Blair thinks Mexican war is
possible. Page 7.
Council opposes change In apportionment
of grant land proceeds. Page IS.
Styles exhibit opens tomorrow. Page 7.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 10.
Grand opera opening is brilliant. Page 1.
REGISTRATION, TAKES JUMP
More Than 1100 Voters in One Day
Brave IJaln to Qualify.
Voters are beginning? to realize the
proximity of the primaries. Despite
the rain yesterday, a record number
of citizens went to the Courthouse to
register 1140 In all. Of this number
495 were women.
The registration books close April
IS. They are open -at the Courthouse
until 6 o'clock every night but Sun
day. The total registration to dato Is
41,317. The Republicans maintain their
lead with 29,652. The Democrats show
total of 8564, Prohibitionists have
registered 780, Socialists 485 and Pro
gressives an even 400.
BANK DEPOSITS GROWING
California Per Capita Increases $25
in 1 2 Months.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 24. An in
crease of about $25 In the per capita
bank deposits for the total population
of California is shown in a compari
son with the amount on deposit in state
banks on March 4, 1916, and March 4,
1915, in a report issued today by W. R.
Williams, state superintendent of banks.
The total deposits on March 4, this
year, were $642,302,112.50 as against
$579, 025. 945.95 for the previous date.
COBB TRAINED FOR
TASK AT RINGSIDE
Writer Is Fit as Fiddle
for Fight.
FORECAST IS N01
CO
Cause Neither Brother
Gladiator to Be Espoused.
MANAGERS CANNOT
LOSE
That Is, Observes Humorist, Unless
Mistake-Is Made in Counting Up
Gate ReceiptsEvent Looms
in Financial World.
BY IRVIN S. COBB.
(Copyright by the Wheeler Syndicate.)
NEW YORK, March 24. In regard to
the event to be staged tomorrow night
at Madison-Square Garden, this city
and state, at an expense unparalleled
in the records of
the sport.
I take
this timely oppor
tunity of stating
that I feel myself
in every respect
equipped and pre
pared to do my
share toward
making the affair
a notable success.
I am trained to
the "minute. I am
as fit as a fiddle
a large-bass fiddle.
For two weeks I
have been working
Irvin s. Cobb. constantly with my
sparring partner, N. Webster, the Un
abridged Kid, and always under the
direct supervision of that sterling
team of trainers. Funk and Wagnalls.
Daily I have taken my adjectives out
for long cross-country runs. My verbs
are in splendid condition, supple, elastic
and responsive. I have been punching
the lexicon steadily and playing hand
ball with the nouns. My book of handy
quotations is worn to a frazzle and my
stock of metaphors is on edge.
Writer la Pink o' Condition.
' I entertain no doubt of my ability
to make the prescribed weight at the
ringside. If I am defeated in tomor
row nights bout it will not be for
lack of preparation. In this connection
I will only say: Let the better man
win.
I take it the general public is aware
of the circumstance that Messrs. Jess
Willard and Frank Moran are. to have
a place in tomorrow's programme at
the Garden. In advance of their meet
ing I do not care to hazard a surmise
as to their respective chances. My rea
sons for assuming this attitude are
two-fold. In the first place, it would
ill become me either to speculate on
the prospects or to sponsor the cause
of a brother-gladiator. In the second
place, I have never met Mr. Willard,
although I have frequently heard him
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IS 103 YEARS OLD
CHEWIXG TOBACCO PRESERVES
LIFE, SAYS L. H. LEE.
Abstinence From Liquors and Out
door Work Also Are Cred
ited for Longevity.
, Or., March 24. (Special.)
s, ,a third cousin of General
VI
e. today celebrated hisv103d
anniversary at the home of
s son, W. E. Lee, on the Crow stage
route, seven miles west of Eugene. The
secret of his long life has been to
bacco chewing, he says. He began
to chew at the age of five years.
Longevity runs in the family, how
ever. His father ,was killed. His
grandfather died at the age of 104 and
his great-grandfather attained the age
of 107 years. His sister. Mrs. Eliza
Cross, residing at Clemonsville. N. C,
- Jr'8 99 years f age.
" "i-w x.e uuiu iii iui in aruiiiia.
He came to Oregon from Kansas to
make his home with his son here after
he had celebrated his 100th birthday
anniversary. Throughout life he has
been a farmer and has worked out of
doors. Mentally and physically, he is
enjoying good health and took an active
part in the plans for the celebration
of his birthday anniversary today. He
is 5 feet 11 inches in height
weighs about 150 pounds.
"I have always abstained from
use of alcoholic liquors," he said.
and
the
Mr. Lee has but 11 descendants,
sons and nine grandchildren.
two
COOS ROAD BIDS REJECTED
County Court Alleges Irregularity in
! Advertising.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. March 24 (Spe
cial.) The Coos County Court, this
week rejected a large number of offers
for constructing a new gisfde on the
Coquille-Coos Bay highway between
Davis Slough and Coaledo. a distance
of about 12 miles.
The object of the new grade is to
straighten" curves and place the high
way on a grade nearer water level.
The general estimate for the work was
from $35,000 to $45,000. A number of
bids for public work have been re
jected in recent years by the County
Commissioners, and work done under
order of the court.
The court stated the roadwork had
not been lagally advertised, and thus
the bids probably will be again asked.
ELMA SCHOOL MAY EXTEND
Green Cedar to Vote on District Con-
. so) illation Today.
ELMA. Wash.. March 25. (Special.)
The Green Cedar people will have
chance to vote on consolidating their
district with that of the Elma district
Saturday. 'Already the Elma school
has many small districts consolidated
with its district and the addition of
the Green Cedar school would place
the school roll above the 500 mark.
Children in all of these farming dis
tricts that have joined the Elma school
are transported to and from their
homes by auto. The Elma school is
now considered one of the finest in the
state.
MYSTERIOUS PLANE 'SEEN
Aircraft Flies Over Malheur City at
Night Toward East.
BAKER, Or., March 24. (Special.)
People in the vicinity of Malheur City
are greatly aroused over the sudden
appearance and disappearance of a mys
terious aeroplane that has been seen
there. Aeroplanes were never seen
there before.
The first report came from a farm
hand named Craft, employed on the
Sargeant ranch, who declared that at 9
o'clock at night he distinctly saw the
lights of the machine and heard the
whirring of the motor. The machine
was headed East, he said.
MEXICANS BUY UP ARMS
Available Supply at Phoenix, Ariz.,
Taken; American Veterans Ready.
FHOEXIX, Ariz.. March 24. Spanish
American War Veterans announced to
day they had confirmed reports pre
sented at their meeting last night that
all available arms and ammunition held
for sale by merchants here had been
bought by Mexicans.
The veterans reported all were armed
and ready for duty as home guards.
Most of them are too old for fieki serv
ice. GERMANS BEATEN IN AFRICA
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British Occupy Arusha and Drive
Line of Enemy Back.
LONDON, March 24. The British ex
peditionary force campaigning against
German East Africa is making further
progress in its aggressive operations,
according to an official statement is
sued tonight.
General Jan Christian Smuts, In
charge of the operations, has reported
the occupation of Arusha and the driv
ing of the Germans from their line
along the Ruwu River.
NEW MILK RECORD MADE
Holstein - Friesian With 60,2 7 8
Pounds in 2 Years Adds Honors.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 24. Til
lie" Alcartra, a Holstein-Friesian cow.
owned by A. W. Morris & Sons' Corpo
ration, at Woodland, Tolo County, al
ready holder of the one-year world's
record for milk production, last night
completed a test which gave her the
world's record for two years' produc
tion. Her; figure for the two years
is 60,278 pounds..
GRAND OPERA HAS
BRILLIANT OPENING
Portland Pays Homage
Ao Great Artists.
SCENE IS ONE OF SPLENDOR
Boston Company, Anna Pav
lowa, Ballet Russe Appear.
HEILIG PACKED TO DOORS
'L'Amorc Dei Trc Re" Proves Ma;
net That Draws Intellectual and
Social Life of City to First
Night Performance.
Portland's season of grand opera is
on. It burst into being with brilliance
last night at the Heillg Theater with
the celebrated Boston Grand Opera
Company, and Anna Pavlowa and ner
long-heralded Ballet Russe as the at
tractions. The season is limited to three
performances, but the event is all the
more auspicious for the short time it
is spread over. Three trains brought
the aggregation to Portland yesterday,
and last night social and intellectual
Portland paid the deserved homage.
Hundreds Turned Away. ..
Four hours before the curtain rolled
up on "L'Amore Dei Tre Re" (The Love
of Three Kings), the music-hungry
crowd began to gather at the theater,
which, for the opening night, was des
tined to be packed to capacity. Hun
dreds were turned away for the first
performance. Hundreds waited at the
gallery doors, and still other thronga
lingered in the environs of the tnea
ter to hear the swelling choruses send
their vocal thunders out into the damp
night air through brick walls and
closed doors. It was a great night for
a tragic opera such as was on the
boards.
Kvtn( Is An Epic.
The operatic event in Portland is an
annual, or nearly annual, epic. It draws
upon Portland's social and intellectual
life without reserve. ' There is no event
throughout the year morj metropolitan,
more thrilling from an observation
viewpoint, than the season of first
class grand opera.
This year the event seemed to have
taken on additional splendor. Coming
in mid-Lenten season was no handi
cap. Hundreds of automobiles from
the exclusive homes of the city rolled
up to the theater and hundreds of pa
trons traveled that way on foot, by
streetcar, or otherwise, to the portal3
of the theater. At 4 o'clock the line to
the gallery formed. At 7 it was a mass
of eager souls.
Excitement was in the air. Jewels
scintillated under the street arcs and
in the theater, where the twinkling in
candescents never seemed in merrier
mood. There was no denying it was
"the" event of the year, from a theat
rical standpoint.
Attractions Are Great.
And why not? The Boston Grand
Opera Company is a name to conjure
with. In its personnel are some of the
great names of the operatic stage.'
Then Pavlowa. the Russian danseuse,
and her ballet Russe! Here was a
linking of attractions that few could
resist. It was a new note In grand
opera ventures, and in Portland as
elsewhere it "took" like magic.
When the curtain slid from view In
the opening of "The Love of the
Three Kings," the performance was
halted for a second. Portland's pent
up opera emotion voiced itself with
that indescribable audible and then at
tentive silence that prefaces long
looked for and much-wanted enter
tainment. The mupic prelude had
played its siren role and sung into
operatic consciousness perhaps the most
brilliant audience turned out In years.
The opening opera Is the work oCa
young Italian composer, Montemezzi
by name. The book is tragic-bound;
likewise the music weeps, wooes, slays,
charms and. of course, it enrapts. A
note of war, quite timely, is injected
into it.
Northern Italy and a stronghold; in
vasion by barbarians; conquerors, love
nets, and omnipresent feminine!
Behind all the regal atmosphere there
is the domestic note which rules in the
lives of Kings and vassals alike. It is
an enlarged opera; built along magni-
tudinous lines, mobile irt its music and
gripping in its plot, but human in its
appeal.
Maggie Tcyte Superb.
Maggie Teyte. whose followers are
legion in Portland, was the stellar
feminine singer in the opening produc
tion. Her beautiful lyric soprano voice
was in bewitching form. Her mag
netic English personality wrought
fascination from the start, and the
first act embodying that most effective
scene where Manfredo returns eager
to meet his wife, who holds herself in
reserve, brought volcanic applause from
an audience obviously more than
pleased'. The opera reached great dra
matic heights as it proceeded. It is
grand opera.
The auditors were won, too, bv
Zanatello, a vividly dramatic tenor;
Graham Marr. admirable baritone, and
by Jose Madrones. "greatest basso
Spain has known." who, as the opera
proceeded last night, became a stanch
favorito with a discerning audience.
Roberto Morganzoni, conductor, had
woven his spell, too. and reaped his re
ward in a well-timed oration.
The waits between the acts were
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