DRAMATIC
and SPORTING
SECTION FOUR
Pages 1 to lO
VOL,. XXVII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1908.
NO. 9.
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airship, but Mr. Wellman's project Is at
any rate practical, so far as careful ex
periments have been able to niake It."
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SHEER
MADNESS
Competitors in New York-to-Paris
Race Must Face Un-
bearable Hardships.
SLIGHT HOPE OF SUCCESS
Man "Who Has Been Over Route De
clares Cars Can Never Cover
Liong Stretches of Ghast
ly Desolation.
IjONDON, Feb. 22. Commenting on the
New Tork-to-Paris automobile race. Henry
de "Windt. who was a member of the first
party to make this journey, has made th
following statement:
"Ftollowing Princ Borghese's motor-car
drive from China to Franco the Paris
M&tin -was led to organize another ex
pedition on the same lines, the compet
ing cars in which have started on their
attempt to travel by land from New York
to Paris, via Alaska and Siberia.
"I have made both the aforesaid Jour
neys end con therefore testify that the
former is a mere little pleasure trip com
pared to the stupendous undertaking now
in contemplation an undertaking accom
plished for the first time in history by
three companions and myself five years
ag.
Barely Escape Alive.
"My object was to ascertain the feasi
bility of a railway, and Paris was our
point of departure. But as we barely
managed to reach the Behring Strait alive
by means of dog and deer sleds, after
crossing 4000 miles of ghastly desolation,
followed by another 20UQ miles over the
roughest of sea ice, I can scarcely picture
an intricate motor-car experiencing the
same strain without serious mishap at an
early stage of the proceedings.
"But these are minor difficulties com
pared with others which will confront the
intrepid chauffeurs, and these I propose
to enumerate briefly.
"The distance we traveled from Paris to
New York is, roughly speaking, 18,500
English miles, afcout half of which may
be covered over fairly good roads in the
United States, Europe and civilized Si
beria. But Alaska and Arctic Siberia
are quite another matter.
Cross Unexplored Forests.
"As regards the former, there is. in
Winter, a sleigh track, with posthouses
at Intervals, from the terminus of the
White Pass Railway to Dawson City;
but beyond this to the Behring Strait lie
1600 miles of precipitous mountains and
dense forests, Intersected by numerous
rivers, and practically unexplored. The
mere idea of an automobile negotiating
this region has caused much amusement
in Dawson City, and no wonder!
"On the other hand, the frozen River
Yukon might be utilized as a road, but, as
the cars have only just left New York.they
may be unable to reach Northern Alaska
before the thaw sets in. This fact, how
over, will rfot affect the proposed crossing
of Behring Strait over the ice. which I
once imagined was feasible, only to find
that the 47 miles between Asia and Amer
ica are never completely frozen 'over.
"And even, were this the case, where
would a motor-car be amid the towering
hummocks and deep crevasses througli
which a man on foot can scarcely thread
his way!
Open "Leads" in Bcliring.
"An avalanche of gigantic bowlders
fallen from some Alpine peak somewhat
resembles the frozen surface of Behring
Strait, and, there being a terrific current,
the "leads" or spaces of open water are
often many miles wide.
"But let us assume that, notwithstand
ing these obstacles, the. motor-cars have
safely landed on East Cape, Siberia
which in my humble opinion, they will
never reach except on shipboard; here
there are some walrus hide huts occupied
by the half-savage Tchuktchas, where we
found a squalid shelter for five weary
weeks. r
"Between this and Sredni-Kolymsk, a
tiny settlement of half-starved natives
and political exiles, there are 2000 miles
of rugged sea ice (no dog sled could follow
the coast) with a few walrus hide huts
at intervals of 150 to 200 miles, where we
were able to; obtain a little seal meat and
nothing else.
"Yet the announcement has cheerfully
been made that 900 kilometers (or about
600 miles) will be the longest strfetch the
cars will have to cover without' a fresh
supply of petrol! ' .
Cannot Secure Supplies.
"As a matter of fact, they will'not find
petrol or anything else between Behring
Strait and the town of Yakutsk (a dis
tance of 4000 Knglish. miles), which we
covered with dogs and reindeer, encoun
tering, perhaps, a dozen -tumble-down
shelters and less than 100 miserable na
tives throughout the Journey. The 2000
miles from the Arctic Ocean to Yakutsk
lay chiefly over fairly level country
which, however,' can only be crossed in
midwinter on account of numberless
swamps, lakes and rivers.
"Here another difficulty will be the
Verkoyansk Mountains, the only - pass
across which is an almost perpendicular
ice slope. In Switzerland It would entail
ropes and ice. axes. Here we experienced
a temperature of 78 degrees below zero.
What effect T.ould this have upon petrol!
Must Resort to Boats.
"In Springtime the overflows of the
great Lena river and its tributaries con
verts Yakutsk into an island, and the
place is unapproachable on every side for
several hundred miles. : From Yakutsk to
Irkutsk is another 2000 miles, and there
is only one road, the river, so dense are
the, forests on either side:
"So much for a few of the difficulties
we had to overcome in accomplishing' a
journey which for all the gold in London
I would not attempt again. I may add
that we nearly perished of starvation
near Tehaun Bay, on the Siberian coast,
and that for three months afterward we
subsisted on seal or walrus meat often
eaten raw. Our only fuel was the scanty
driftwood washed up In Summer by the
waves. As for supplies, nothing whatever
was procurable between Yakutsk and
Nome City, in Alaska a distance of over
m miles.
"But the whole scheme is, in my opin
ion, so fantactlo that it scarcely repays
serious dJscussLe. Many people ridicule
CAPTURES A ICMIXOCS OWL
t
Bird Soon Dies ' and the Light -
Ceases to Shine. "
LONDON, Feb. 22. A dying specimen
of the luminous owls whose appearance
in Norfolk has caused so much discussion
recently is reported to have been caught
at Hellesdon, near Norwich. Unfortun
ately, with its death the luminosity
vanished.
Edward Cannell. an engineer at Helles
don asylum, states that when In his
garden early in the morning he saw in
the dark something shlnging on the top
of a high grass bank. The shining object
fluttered across the path and got Into a
grape vine. ' Mr. Cannell managed t
capture It, and then discovered It was
an owl.
In appearance It was an ordinary barn
owl, but it wi.s bright and luminous. He
carried the bird indoors carefully. It
died, however, before breakfast, and the
luminosity vanished. As Mr. Cannell
remarked. "Its light had gone out."
Mr. Cannell is positive that the ird
was luminous when he caught it. The
luminosity, he said, seemed -phosphoreJ
cent in nature. He had seen scores of
owla about the spot, but never saw s
luminous bird before.
Much incredulity has been expressed as
to the luminosity of the birds, but Sir
Thomas Digby Pigott, who is an author
ity on birds, is quite satisfied as to the
truth of the reports published.
FISO JEWELS OF PHJUMOH
DISCOVERY MAY THROW LIGHT
OX HISTORY.
Seti II Was Ruler' of Exodus, Ac
cording to. Scientific Disclos
sures Made In Egypt.
LONDON, Feb. 22. Enormous interest
has been aroused by the .announcement
of the discovery In Egypt of the jewels
of the wife of Seti II, who was prob
ably the Pharaoh of the "Exodus." Drj
Wallis Budge, of the British Museum,'
and other Egyptologists in London have,
already received news confirming the
find.
"The discovery of thes jewels," said an.
expert yesterday, "is of the greatest im
portance, and it is a further triumph for
Theodore M. Davis, the American mil
lionaire who is backing the excavations
In the "Valley of the Kings, near Thebes,
and also for B.R. Ayrton, the English
Egyptologist, whose recent luck has
earned for him the name of 'the king
finder.' ,
"The excavations in this valley are be
ing directed by Mr. Quibell, for the
Egyptian government service des an
tiquities, with the greatest care. These
jewels will not come to England, neither
is there any present possibility of their
leaving Egypt. They will be removed to
the Cairo museum.
"The importance of the find lies in this,
that, authough the actual mummy of the
Queen has not been found, the bracelets
of heavy gold, . the huge earrings, tho
elaborately worked rings, and possibly the
crown worn by all the Egyptian queens,
together with a host of accessories, will
have their story to tell of her life and
history. They may even set at rest, the
claims that Rameses II was the Pharaoh
of , the 'Exodus,' and enthrone Seti II,
and the1 Queen whose Jewels are now
found as the rulers with whom Moses
talked, who had his upbringing, 'who
knew not Joseph," who suffered the
plagues, and were "prominent figures in
one of the most vivid chapters of tho
Bible.
"Valuable, agairo is the find In this,
that extremely little is known of tho wife
of Seti II. Of Seti himself we have some
particulars. He it was who seized the
great obelisks at Heliopolls known as
Cleopatra's Needles one of which is on
the Thames embankment. "
BRITISH BOOM ON DcCLINE
Business for January Shows an Im
mense Falling Off. '
LONDON, Feb. 29. (Special.) The
great British "boom,"' which began in
1904, and which continued till the end of
1907, has ended, and is now being fol
lowed by a decline. Evidence of the turn
in the tide is afforded by the first Board
of trade return dealing with the imports
and exports of the present year. There
is a round decline of $20,000,000 in the
January imports as compared with the
corresponding month of last year a fall-ing-off
of 6.88 per cent, while, on ttie
other side of the account, the exports
and Te-exports are together over 13,
750,000 lass than 12 months ago.
In the case of the imports, mare than
half the fall is accounted for under the
head of articles wholly or mainly manu
factured, which are J12,000,ori0. Metals
alone show a reduction of j,O00,00O, to
ward which tin and copper, mainly owing
to lower priceSi contribute respectively
.600,000 and $1,300,000. Nearly all the
other items have run down, including
leather, which has fallen J1,1"0:000. Tim
decrease in raw materials amounts to
$9,450,000, textile materials other than cot
ton and "wool, figuring for as much as
$5.600.0110. .
Kngland received a larger quantity uf
wheat from the United States. Chile,
Australia and Canada, but less from
Russia, Roumania, Argentine and. India.
The United States sent more wheat meal
and less maize, and a smaller quantity of
the latter cereal also came from Russia,
Roumania and Argentine.
ROME APPLAUDS AMERICAN
Daughter of Emma Nevada Tri
umphs in Opera.
PARIS, Feb. 22. Parisians are delight
ed at the success achieved in Rome by
Mignon Nevada, daughter of Emma Ne
vada, the famous American songstress,1
who was so vastly popular here.
Mignon Nevada's future was foreseen
when at the age of 14, at a reception
given by Lady Campbell Clark, she sang
some operatic selections with such spirit
that her mother determined the should
be an opera singer.
Miss Alys Lorraine is another young
American songstress with an assuredly
successful future. She has a pure voire
of sympathetic quality, and has been
singing at private receptions with great
success. Miss Lorraine has just received
an advantageous offer to sing at the
Monte Carlo opera-house during the sea-
the idea of reaohing the Jfortn roia or j