SECTION FOUR
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DRAMATIC
and SPORTING
VOL. XXVII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1908.
NO. 13.
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Solid Oak Arm Rocker
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Bromley's Velvets, with
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MESSAGE'-GOMES
FROM 5HAGKLET0N
Antarctic Explorer Goes Into
Permanent Camp Near
Mount Erebus.
WILL REMAIN TWO YEARS
Ship Jflmrod, Which Took Expedi
tion South, Brings News of the
Party Ice Pack Penetrat
'. ed for the First Time.
CHALMERS, New Zealand, March 21.
Lieutenant Shackleton, the intrepid chief
of a party of 38 explorers in search of
the South Pole, is encamped for the Win-,
ter at the foot of Mount Erebus, the
most southerly of volcanoes, so far as at
present known.
The news of his safe arrival, after a
tempestuous voyage, has been brought
here by his ship, the Nimrod. Captain
England, of this ship, reports that ice
was forming rapidly to the south when he
left. The Nimrod disembarked stores and
equipment before setting out on its re
turn to this port. ; .
Lieutenant Shackleton announces that
the Nimrod will not return for him and
his fellow -prisoners until January of 1910.
This ' la a change from the original pro
gramme... If no other change is made, the
message given below will be the last word
from the party, for nearly two years to
come.
The trials of the gallant little crew of
explorers in the small sailing vessel Nim
rod, which has only auxiliary steam, be
gan at once when the ship left Lyttelton,
New Zealand, on New Year's day.
The decks were swept by waves, the
cabins flooded and most of those on board
had no chance of changing their clothes
for the first week. Ten ponies on boari
suffered greatly from seasickness, and
one had to be shot. After a day's lull
the gale rose again and blew with greater
fury than before.
Nimrod Sails on ' Alone.
The Nimrod was in tow of the steam
ship Koonya for 1500 miles. The Koonya
left its tow on January 16, when ice was
seen ahead. The Koonya was the first
Bteel steams-hip that ever crossed the
Antarctic Circle.
The Nimrod resumed its voyage south.
It was decided to make an effort to avoid
the pack ice which every other vessel had
been obliged to force its way through. The
187th meridian was deemed the best route
to follow, from that point let the leader
of the expedition tell the story:
So on the 178th meridian we steamed,
and on the morning of January 16 we
entered a city of white-a marvelous Ven
ice of the south. Mile upon mile of great
iceDergs never a sign of pack ice and
from the crow's nest on the mainmast
stretched out east and west as far as eye
could see those wonderful heralds of the
frozen south, great giants weaned from
the bosom of Mother Antarctic.
Through broad paths and through nar
row alleys, between towering walls of
snow-white ice, the little Nimrod thread
ed her way, surrounded by flocks of the
Antarctic petrels and beautiful little snow
wnite ice petrels; now and then greeted
by the astonished squawk of a penguin,
which saw for the first time in its life a
ship.
Emerge Into an Open Sea.
The thud of our screw and the wash
from the propeller as we passed stirred
some of the great ice walls, and they fell
in our wake with a mighty crash and
roar. Sad would have been our lot had
we been in that spot just then. After
passing for hours through these narrow
lanes of Ice, often thinking that we were
in a. cul-de-sac, but ever finding a way
through toward the south, we at length
emerged into an open sea To the south,
east and west was an ice-free ocean, and
behind us lay our line of bergs.
We had eluded, for the first time in the
history of polar navigation, the pack ice.
Thus, we went along until the morning
of January 22. We saw a low line on the
horizon and knew that we were in sight
oi tne great ice Darner. At last by noon
we were close to this wonderful rampart
that so far has guarded the secrets of
the south from the attack of ships. Ris
ing sheer from the water to-a height of
150 feet, and stretching east and wesjt as
far as the eye could see, it is truly one of
the wonders of the world.
We turned to the eastward and, steamed
along the ice wall, passing a d?ep inlet,
and towards midnight turned a sharp cor
ner, opening a wide bay filled with fast
ice on which were a number of seals and
emperor penguins. The whole bay was
alive with huge whales. ' '
Mountains Without Rock Visible.,
To the south, about seven miles across
the packed ice, rose a steep cliff of ice,
beyond which to the eastward were high
undulations, terminating in very steep
hills rising to a height of 1000 feet, approx
imately, no bare rock being visible. The
pack Ice lay thick, to the eastward and
northward, interspersed with huge bergs
and land ice, but an open lead gave us a
passage north.
Passing this section of pack ice, we
steamed down close to the barrier again,
and at 8 P, M. turned another sharp cor
ner. The barrier trended northeasterly,
and we had now passed the position of
the inlet where we hoped to have win
tered, and found that it had broken away.
Thus we met our first serious check.
Everything was ready for discharging,
but our prospective port had disappeared,
and we steamed on eastward to try to
reach King Edward VII Land.
But soon we were barred from this
route by the ice, which pressed close up
against the barrier. To add to my anxi
ety, the pack was rapidly closing in be
bind us and with the knowledge of what
this would mean to our little ship I turned
round, just clearing the corner of the bar
rier by a bare fifty yards.
On clearing the point we steered back
along the barrier, in the afternoon enter
ing the bay again, thus finding that the
barrier had broken away, making soitie
15 miles of Ice, and leaving a sheer ice
face of 150 feet in height. It was not un
til 8 P. M. that we found an opening to
the north through the heavy ice. and
again I turned to try to reach the east
ern land
Once It cleared up and I saw that the
ice was rapidly closing around us, eo re
luctantly I gave orders to turn back, and
it was not until 1 o'clock the next morn
ing that we cleared the ice to the north.
The only thing I could do was to seek
Winter quarters in MacMurdo Sound, as
our limited and rapidly decreasing coal
would not allow us further lime to go
anywhere else.
We slowly battled against a strong west
wind, and made our way to MacMurdo
Sound, which lay under the shadow of the
mighty active volcano. Mount Erebus.
Hope ran high as we steamed down the
sound that morning. January 29. that we
might reach the Winter quarters of the
Discovery, but at 10 A. M. we found our
selves held fast by the ice 20 miles from
our goal. When the Discovery entered
she had an absolutely ice-free sea to her
Winter quarters.
We tried ramming the ice. but in a few
minutes realized that we might aa well
have tried to ram through the great pyra
mid. So I tied the ship up to the ice face
and prayed for a northerly ewell to break
up the ice. We lay at the edge of the Ice
till February 3, making only a trip west
to see if there possibly was a place to
winter in on the western shore. But we
found the ice extending all round. On the
return of a party which I sent to our old
quarters, which party reported that the
ids was solid all the way In, I felt
that I must seek new Winter quarters
on the eastern shore, north of the ice.
Builds Under Difficulties.
A hut was built In a sheltered valley
at the foot of Mount Erebus, on Cape
Royds, about 20 miles north. There one
of the landing party, Mr. Mcintosh, was
struck in the right eye by a hook, neces
sitating tile removal, of the eye. He is
now doing well and has returned in the
Nimrod. I am deeply grieved about him.
He is a valuable member of my staff.
I eventually decided to make the Win
ter quarters on Gape Royds. and the work
of discharging stores, building a hut,
etc., began. It was done under great dif
ficulty, for a gerat proportion had to be
done in boats under exceptionally trying
conditions. The weather was very unset
tea and boisterous, and the temperature
low and falling daily.
The men, ponies and dogs are all fit
and well.
The Nimrod will return to look for us
in January, 1910.
MILLION FOR CREDITORS
AtSTRlAX BANKRUPT LEAVES A
GREAT FORTUNE.
Man Who Fled From Victoria 25
Years Ago Dies Rich in
Europe.
MElLBOURN E, Australia. March 21.
Louis Spltzol, who died recently, leaving
$10,000,000, turns out to have been an un
discharged bankrupt in Victoria, who
25 years ago "cleared out" from Australia
under interesting circumstances.
The story is told by W. Densham, a
Melbourne accountant, who has lately re
turned from a mission to London In con
nection with the Louis Spitzel estate.
Mr. Densham says that 25 years ago
Spitzel was a working Jeweler in Mel
bourne, and subsequently he opened a
business of his own. Shortly afterward
he became insolvent, and soma time
elapsed before he applied for a certificate,
which the court refused unless he paid
his creditors 5 per cent.
Spitzel then disappeared, and nothing
was heard of him for four years, when a
JieiDourne man, returning from China.
said he had seen the former jeweler at
anangnai, where he had apparently got
into close touch with the hisrhest circles
of the Chinese , Empire. At the time of
the Chinese-Japan war Spitzel was largely
inieresieo. in tne Chinese Army contracts.
He was apparently hand In glove with
Li Hung Chang. He was a prominent man
ana rapidly accumulated great wealth.
Spitzel was next traced during the
Russo-Japanese war. He was engaged in
running a steamship through the block
ade to Port Arthur.
So far' as Australia was concerned
nothing was heard of Spitzel until a cable
message from London appeared in the
Melbourne papers, announcing that Louis
Spitzel, formerly an Australian, had died
at Carlsbad leaving property of the es
timated value of Jlo.ootfooo. Mr. Dens
ham gays that a Melbourne solicitor then
called attention to the fact that a man
or tne same name became insolvent, in
Melbourne a quarter of a centurv before.
and then disappeared. Inquiries showed
that the men were identical.
Mr. Densham went to England to en
deavor to secure a settlement of the
creditors' claims. He saw the execu
tors, who were reasonable business men,
and placed the legal position before them.
pointing out that deceased had no right
iu acquire property Deiore obtaining a
certificate.
After some contention, the trustpea.
with the approval of the deceased's fam
ily, decided to pay all the Melbourne creditors'-of
the estate 20 shillings in the
pound, with 6 per cent Interest added for
25 years. "That places me," said Mr.
Densham. "in the happy position of be
ing able to return to Melbourne and pay
all the creditors 50 shillings in the pound.
It is doubtful whether all the creditors
are now alive, or whether they can be
traced."
Inquiries made by Mr. Densham in
England show that Spitzel, while resident
there, posed as an earnest British pat
riot, and endeavored to instill patriotic
ideas into the children. At his death he
left a considerable gum for the prepa
ration of patriotic books for children for
distribution at the public schools.
KING MANUEL , LIBERAL
But Insists Upon Order and Strict
, Court Discipline.
LISBON, March 21. The young King
manifests a strong liberal spirit, while at
the same time Insisting upon order and
discipline.
An interesting incident has just occurred
Illustrative of his temperament. He sum
moned the doctor, who ought to have
been for the week in exclusive sevlce at
the palace, but who was absent attend
ing to his own clients, as was customary
In King Carlos' reign. King Manuel, on
being informed of his absence, ordered
that on his return he should be brought
immediately to the royal presence. ,
When the doctor arrived the King cour
teously but firmly told him that hence
forth when on service he must not leave
the palace.
"Does the Queen know this?" asked the
doctor.
"I know it. That Is sufficient," an
swered King Manuel.
Though amiable, he proves to be of
firm disposition, and continues to make
an excellent impression on the people.
Among a deputation from the Academy
of Sciences which waited upon the King
at the palace was Professor .Pedroso, a
Republican.
Hia Majesty noticed the professor and
invited him to come again to the palace,
adding: "You will tell me that you are a
Republican. But as you are a friend of
your country, and L too, on that point
we are agreed."
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ENJOYS A BOOM
Fashion's Whims Bring Wealth
to Dealers in Feminine t
Headgear.
THE MANIA FOR NEW HATS
Modern Woman Demands Expensive
Creations and Many of Them,
Says Parisian Dispatch One
for Xearly Every Hour. j
PARIS, March 2S. (Special.) Who
would not Invest his or her little all in
the millinery business? It seems that
the present fashions in ladies' hats have
brought a prodigious boom in the trade.
One milliner has coined moi.sy to such
an extent since last Autumn that on New
Year's day she distributed 119,000 in
presents among her hands. Her leading
employe draws a modest salary of J14,
000 a year. The reason of the boom is the
modern woman's" need not only for ex
pensive hats, but for many of them. It
appears that almost every hour of the
day calls for a different hat. What is
worn at a tea party at a private house
will not do for tea in a tea-shop. The.
hat that suits a classical picture show
would be hopelessly wrong for an impres
sionist exhibition.
At concerts the millinery depends upon
the programme, and there are Claude
Debussy hats, as there are Beethoven
hats, and Richard Strauss hats and. hats
for orchestral music, and hats for cham
ber music. There are also special hats
for M. Jules Lemaire's lectures on Racine,
now drawing all Paris, and different hats
for the different plays about which he
lectures.
An expert swears that for Racine's one
comedy, '"Les Plaideurs," "choux" and
"ruches" were the thing, while when M.
Lemaitre lectured on the tragedy of An
dromaque," all the women with the right
taste wore Gainsboroughs.
There is always some way out of a
difficulty,- and a lady has suddenly dis
covered one solution of the theater hat
problem, which is original, even though
It Is not likely to be universally adopted.
A gentleman, sitting in a stall behind
her, groaned at the presence of her head
gear; others, who sympathized with him,
joined in the protest, and soon a chorus
of varied sounds, went up around her,
much to the annoyance of the lady. Sud
denly she came to a determination, and
deliberately taking off her hat, she placed
the "picture thing" on the groaner's
knees behind her.
His breath, it may be supposed, was
taken away by the lady's deliberate
action, as he groaned no more, and at
tentively nursed the sacred trust on his
knees till the first act was over, when
the lady took back her hat with thanks
and put it on. '
At the opening of the second act she
was about to hand her headgear to the
man behind her, as she had done in the
first, but he was gone.
HELIUM GAS MADE SOLID
Great Triumph in Chemistry Scored
at Jjoyden University.
LONDON, March 21. "Converted
helium into solid." It is scarcely an
exaggeration to say that the interest of
the whole scientific world has been
aroused by this announcement, contained
in a brief telegram received by Professor
James Dewar, of the Royal Institute,
from Professor Ohnes, of Leyden Uni
versity. The telegram runs as follows:
"Con verted helium into solid. Last
evaporating parts show considerable
vapor pressure, as if liquid state Is
jumped over."
Helium was the only known gas to re
main uncondensed, resisting liquefaction.
Hyd-rogen was "vanquished" by Sir
James Dewar Just 10 years ago at a tem
perature of minus 259.5 degrees, or 13
degrees absolute the lowest steady tem
perature that had been reached in the
history of science.
It is predicted that the temperatures
now reached by the production of solid
helium will be the means whereby many
now obscure problems of physics bearing
on the properties of energy and matter
will ultimately be solved.
Sir William Ramsay,' of University
College, in an interview, said Professor
Ohne's achievement was of "no practical
value whatever." The curiosity of the
achievement was that of getting- an ex
tremely low temperature.
FORTUNE IN OLD PIANO
English Woman Finds $5000 In a
Junk-Shop Purchase.
LONDON, March 21. A remarkable
piece of good fortune has befallen a
Clacton woman who last Slimmer pur
chased an old and dilapidated piano at a
local sale.
Failing to get any music out of the In
strument, her son-in-law took it to pieces
a few days ago, and found hidden among
the wires notes to the value of 1000.
The treasure trove belongs, without a
doubt, to the legal representatives of the
person who, being the legal owner of the
money, placed it there. If they cannot
be found, then the money is divided in
specified proportions between the crown
and the finder.
New German Ship Canal.
BERLIN", March 28. (Special.) The ship
canal from Berlin to Stettin, which will
transform the capital Into a seaport, ac
cessible to vessels of moderate size, will,
according to present expectations, be
completed in 1912. The width of the canal
will enable two ships of the maximum
size to to pass one another at any point.
The canal will be navigable for ships
the dimensions of which do not exceed the
following measurements: Length, 220 feet;
width, 26 feet; draught, 5 feet 6 inches.
The total cost of the canal will be- ap
proximately J11.2SO.000. The canal runs
through Valentinswerder, Eberswalde and
Saatwinkel. and joins the Oder before
reaching Stettin.