The Sunday Oregonian., March 29, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 5, Image 5

1 HE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, 31 ARCH 29, 1903.
RULER OF ROYALTY
Ex-Boston Girl Powerful at
Portuguese Court.
KING FERDINAND'S WIDOW
Countess ot KUla, Once Elsie Hens
ler, Opera Singer, Was the First
American Woman to Wed '
a European Kulcr.
LISBON', Portugal, March 21. In these
troublesome times In Portugal a great
deal of quief but effective work tor the
monarchy and for peace la being, done
by a former Boston girl, Elsie Uonsler,
now the- Countess of J3dla. the morgan
atic widow of King Ferdinand, a great
uncle of the present King.
She has. lived many years in seclusion,
but her influence Is still tremendous, for
Ferdinand had no other wife, and, al
though she never actually occupied the
throne with him she was recognised by
him and by the people as the actual
Queen.
She has kept in touch with political af
fairs in an unobtrusive way, and her
counsel waa frequently sought by King.
Carlos, who would listen to her with a
deference due to her age and her long
yars of faithful devotion to Portugal as
he would not listen to his Ministers or his
Queen. '
The boy King is credited with being
devoted to her also, and the people have
hold her in great reverence since her life
In Portugal began. Her wisdom and good
tense in the Interest of the King and the
people as well are likely to have great
weight in the solution of the country's
difficulties.
The Countess has not been seen at
court since Ferdinand passed away, but
she has lived on terms of Intimacy with
the royal family, has frequently visited
them, and they have been in the habit
of going often to her palace near Lisbon
and her country place In Cintra,
Laid Out by Ferdinand.
The last was laid out for her by Ferdi
nand and has not been changed since she
received it from his hands, virtually as
a bridal gift. Hidden behind great forest
trees Is a charming villa to which the
ends of the earth have furnished lovely
and costly draperies, pictures and furni
ture. Here Portugal's uncrowned Queen
reigns supreme and the village people for
nilies around adore her for her life of
virtue and her many deeds of charity.
The place was gay and lively during
Ferdinand's lifetime, for here he llvevl his
true home life and here his Ministers had
to come often to find him. He deserted
Ms big palace In Lisbon, where h had
to be alono, as the Countess would not
live there.
Elsie Hensler's life has been more like
a fairy tale than real life, but so unob
trusive has it been with all its grandeur
that she Is often spoken of among the
list of American girls who have made
great matches in Europe. None, however,
has been as exalted as hers, for where is
the American girl who has married a
King, and a King who refused to elevate
any other woman to the throne because
he could not put her theae? .
She went, many years ago, to Portugal
to sing In grand opera. Her voice and
her beauty won the King's heart. It was
a true marriage, and they lived happily.
She Is still beautiful, with masses of
white hair On her though "ul brow, and
dark eyes full Of fire. She has a queenly
carriage, but her simplicity and gentle
ness are as famous as her beautv.
Tennessee Claflin an Ex-Neighbor.
A near neighbor In Cintra. in former
years, was another American woman
whose life and marriage were Interesting
and romantic. Tennessee Claflin, Lady
Cook, whuse husband was not only a
Pavonet In England, but Viscount on
serrat in Portugal.
The Portuguese estate of the Cooks Is
at Monserrat. in Cintra. one of the larg
est, most beautiful In Portugal, and now
In possession of Tennessae Claflin's step
son, the present Sir Frederick Lucas
Cook. He and his stepmother never got
along well together, and. therefore, she
docs not now go often to Portugal. But
she has retained her friendship with the
Countess Ella, and the two often ex
change letters.
Some one asked the Countess recently
if she ever Intended to return to America.
She shook her hend, saying she was now
an old woman, not In the best of health,
and that her life and fortunes werj
bound op In Portugal.
COMBES IS AMBITIOUS
t
Hopes to Return to Office When
C'lenienccRU Is Out.
PARIS. March 2S. (Special. 1 M.
Combes is bestirring himself, and Is try
ing to reconstitute the "bloc," with a
view to return to office when M. Clem
enceau and his Cabinet have had their
day. M. Jaures, who has been very
active of late, is resuming his alliance
with him, and the Temps, at the con
clusion of an article on the subject, says:
'It Is for the Radicals to consider
whether they are weary of their Inde
pendence and would fall again under the
horrible yoke under which they all
groaned at the endof M. Combes' Min
istry, without being able to rid them
selves of him."
At -Meudon, a theoretic Socialist and
Communist, well known about the mid
dle of the last century, M. J. B. Beluze,
has just died In poverty and oblivion.
There was a time, however, when Beluze
had acquired a considerable notoriety as
an advocate of Communist colonies in
different parts of the world. He was the
son-in-law of Cabet, the author of the
"Voyage en Icarle," who established the
first Communist bureau In Paris in 1?4S,
and In 15 years sent some 3000 Com
munists to the Icarlan colonies on the
Mississippi. Beluxe Is also said to have
been the leading spirit in the attempt to
found an Icarlan colony at Cheltenham.
England, which failed, and afterwards
he devoted his whole time to proselytiz
ing in favor of workmen's productive cor
porations. Curiously enough, Gainbetta and M.
Clemenceau were both members of an
association which he founded during the
Third Empire, and while they both
reached success as well as fame, he has
died In obscurity.
FEEL DEPRESSION KEENLY
English Shipbuilders Call It Worst
In 20 Years.
LONDON. March 2S.-(-pec:al.) An
English shipbuilder whom necessity com
pels to keep a pretty sensitive finger on
the pulse of trade, says that the current
depression Is the worst In 3 years. Many
causes of this deplorable state of matters
could, he admitted, be cited, but. In spite
of the arguments that were urged for the
majority of them, two most disquieting
facts of the situation persisted in worry
ing him. The average man is inclined to
laugh at foreign competition in ship
building. That was because the average
man did not care about looking facts, in
the faee. The first fact which disquieted
this shipbuilder was that in 1907 more
ships were built In the United Kingdom
or foreign owners than in .1906. and the
second was that more ships were built
abroad In 1907 than in 1906.
Not only were foreign shipbuilders cut
ting into England's business to a larger
extent, but the British were more and
more equipping foreign shipowners whose
economic advantages were already nu
merous with the means of making .British
shipowning less and less profitable.
British shipbuilders were not to be
blamed for this, of course: but people who
talked lightly about foreign competition
could not be allowed to ignore this re
acting effect. Foreign competition was a
etern reality. Dutch and German build
ers were actually quoting better prices
for cargo steamers than the English were.
Germany was cutting England out for
river craft in South America and else
where. Even England's practical monopoly of
the construction of torpedo craft was
menaced, as the tenders for the Portu
guese boats recently went to show. Not
only were there German and French con
cerns In this competition, but Italian and
American as welL
LOSE Ml SINS II GANGES
HALF-MILHON" HtVDUS BATHE
IX TURBID FLOOD.
: '
Celebrate Festival of Ardhodoy Yog
That Seldom Comes Twice In
a Lifetime.
CALCUTTA, India, March 21. Half a
million Hindoos were cleansed of their
sins and of the sins of their ancestors
back to the thirty millionth generation
of their baboon ancestors, according to
the teaching of the Shastras, by bathing
in the yellow waters of the Ganges last
Sunday in celebration of the Ardhodoy
Yog, or festival of salvation.
The Ardhodoy Yog seldom comes twice
in a lifetime, and for months devout
Hindoos in tills part of India had been
making preparations for the ceremony.
Yog means "combination," and to bring
about the festival the stars must .be in
a certain position on a certain day in a
certain month, and even a't a fixed hour.
Consequently, when it' was announced
that everything was propitious for last
Sunday, hundreds of thousands flocked
to the banks of the Ganges. The chief
gathering was in Calcutta, because of
the bathing facilities and its famous tem
ple consecrated to the goddess Kali.
The women were dressed in their
richest costumes, upon which they had
labored for months, and many were
heavy with golden rings and necklaces.
Dressed in all their finery, they plunged
into the river with a look of the deepest
religious fervor.
According to the Hindoo faith this cere
mony Is the most .sacred of the many
prescribed for all occasions. No matter
how deeply one may have sinned, a
plunge In the Ganges on the Ardhodoy
Yog Is regarded as equivalent to a
through ticket to Nirvana, not only for
the bather, but for all of his ancestors
except the unfortunate thirty million and
first, who is left to take his chances of
final salvation.
Because of the vast crowd the greatest
precautions were taken and special con
stables were enlisted to preserve order:
But the enthusiastic devotees of Kali
were too engrossed in their celebration
to make much disturbance.
A( a signal given by their priests they
plunged headlong into the river amid an
awful din of bells, sounding of conch
shells, and beating of tam-tams. But as
soon as the ceremony was finished they
quietly dispersed.
A few days before the Ardhodoy Yog.
the Basania Banchaml, or festival of
the goddess of learning, was celebrated
on the occasion of the new moon: Every
literate Hindoo on that day pays devotion
in some form to the goddess, who is
usually represented as a white figure
poised on a lotus flower, with a flute in
her hands.
Wheat, the bud of the mango fruit,
and red powdered mica are offered on
her shrines, the worshiper painting his
forehead as well with mica. Students
and clerks read nothing on the day de
voted to the goddess and shopkeepers are
forbidden to use their account books,
making the memorandums of their tran
sactions in red ink on loose sheets of
paper.
The flying of kites is a great feature
of-the day in all parts of India.
SEEK PHANTOM FORTUNES
Thousands Besiege English Law
Courts for Unclaimed Funds.
LONDON, March 2S. (Special.) A .tide
of eager visitors flowed in and out of
the law courts the other day. Each had
the same desire to inspect the list of
5400 accounts which make up a total of
J5.e00.000 lying as unclaimed funds under
the control of the high court. A con
stable directed the stream of treasure
seekers to a couple of tables whereon
lay three copies of the list. At noon
each was being scanned with deep atten
tion, while many people stood by im
patiently waiting their turn to run an
eager forefinger down the long rows of
names
In the high court pay office the offi
cials anticipate a great influx of in
quiries. Any Individual imagining that
he possesses a "claim', must first write
to the office, briefly stating his case.
The officials will not consider that there
is sufficient ground for investigation in
a mere coincidence of names. Each ap
plicant must be able to suggest a definite
connection with the case in which he
thinks he has a financial interest. Of
the accounts hich are contained In the
list, some have lain unclaimed for over
a hundred years; and In more than one
case ot this kind the expense which
would be incurred in proving a legal
right to the money would be altogether
out of proportion to the amount ulti
mately recoverable.
"But a subtle fascination lies in such
dormant funds." remarked an official.
"People with but the remotest claims
are willing to waste hours in conning
the lists and writing curious letters to
this office about them. More often than
not we find that they have no. possible
connection with the matter."
TURNS TABLES ON OTERO
Parisian Judge Matches Wit With
Famous Dancer's.
PARIS, March 23. (Special.) "La Belle
Otero." the well-known dancer, was
shown over the Paris Law Courts this
week by M. Benoit, presiding Judge at the
Court of Appeals. She was greatly inter
ested, but seemed eager to ask a question.
Presently she turned to her guide and
said, "Now. how much a year can a man
like you earn as a Judge?" M. Benoit re
plied. "J3600 a year." "Why, I spend as
much every month." cried the dancer,
laughing. "No doubt," replied the Judge,
"but if I live till i am 73 I shall still be
earning my Are you quite -sure
you will be doing the same?" "I am
afraid not," replied Otero."
HEIL
4 NIGHTS BEGINNING TONIGHT
SPECIAL. PRICES MATINEE WEDNESDAY, ' -
Win. P. Cnllea's Sumptuous Presemtatiom of Plxley and Lsder'i Musical
Comedy Succcm,
THE
GUS WEINBURG RUTH WHITE
THE BURGOMASTER "WILLIE"
FAMOUS TUNEFCL CHORUS OF ,
KANGAROO GIRLS
EVENING PRICES.
Lower floor $1.50
Balcony 91.60, 73c, 50c
Gallery 50c
SEATS ARE NOW SELLING AT THE THEATER
HEIL
Mil mcr r wvvv-, a m-
IG
SATURDAY NIGHTS AlIvIL Z, S ailCl 4
SPECIAL PRICE MATINEE SATURDAY
SAM S. & LEE SCHUBERT, (Inc.)
By Arrangement with Jaa. K. Hackett, North American Amusement Co,
Props. Announc
MARY MANNERING
AND SUPERIOR COMPANY IN THE
SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN PLAY
GLORIOUS BETSY"
By Hlda Johnson Young;, Author of "Brown of Harvard."
It tells a strons: love story and scintillates with bright, crisp lines.
BEAUTIFULLY GOWNED AND COSTUMED.
EVENING PRICES. SPECIAL MATINEE PRICES.
Lower floor, first 10 rows..2.oo Iwer floor, first 10 rows...lJJ0
Lower floor, last 6 rows. .. .si.50 Lower floor, last 6 rows. . . .S1.00
Balcony 91.00, 75c, 50c Balcony 91.00, 75c, BOe
Gallery .' 50c Gallery 25c
SEAT SALE OPENS NEXT
REPLACE ENGLISH SEMEN
CHIJVESE INVADE BRITISH MER
CHANT MARINE.
Shipowners Are Charged With Es
caping Liabilities Under Work
men's Compensation Act.
LONDON, March 2S. (Spec!al.)-The
question of the increasing employment of
Chinese labor on English trading ships, to
which Mr. !Fenwick drew attention In the
House of Commons last week, is one ot
vital importance. It is urged that ship
owners are evading the law and escaping
their liabilities under such measures as
the Workmen's Compensation act. Mr.
Havelock Wilson, who recently exposed
the dangers of Chinese immigration went
so far as to state that during the past
year something like 50 per cent of either
Chinese or Lascars had taken the place
of British labor on tramp steamers.
A very strong protest, too, was made
by John Ward, who said that organized
labor in this country would most strenu
ously oppose theousting of British labor
by Asiatics, a sentiment which was freely
endorsed by the various speakers. The
government, however, does not seem to
take so serious a view of this matter as
the labor members claim It should do.
The parliamentary secretary to the Board
of Trade explained that his department
had already made Inquiries into the sub
ject, and he had been informed by port
officials "that there was undoubtedly a
tendency towards the employment of
Chinamen in home ports. The request
for a select oommittee to investigate the
question made by Mr. Fenwick he hoped
would not be pressed, as he was quite
certain that the Board of Trade would
be able to deal with the matter. The
resolution was withdrawn, and the matter
ended for the time being. But unless
Lyric Theater
KEATING & FLOOD, Proprietors
Both Phones : Main 4685 Home A 1026
Week Commencing Monday Evening, March 30
P. R. ALLEN PRESENTS MISS VERNA FELT0N
AND THE ALLEN STOCK COMPANY IN
EDWARD MILTON ROYLE'S
CELEBRATED PLAY,
CAPTAIN
OEM
MATINEES TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY; PRICES, 10c AND 20c.
EVERY EVENING AT 8:15,
PRICES, 10c, 20c 30c
NO LONG WAITS MOVING PICTURES BETWEEN ACTS
G THEATER
14th AXO WASHINGTON Sta.
PHONES MAIN 1 aad A113
SPECIAL MATINEE PRICES.
Lower floor . .fl.00
Balcony ...75c, 50c
Gallery 25c
THEATER
14th and Washington atsL
Phones t Main 1 A 1133
TUESDAY AT THE THEATER
some firm and effective steps are taken
now to check the steady and growing
Influx of Chinese sailors on British ships,
the matter may. easily become too big to
handle effectively.
The reason for the employment of
Asiatics in the place of British labor is
Obvious. They accept lower wages, and
they also submit to a much cheaper' scale
of diet, and. further, the owners have
not the same responsibility towards them
as they would have to British seamen.
In these days of cutting rates, ship
owners have every incentive to economize
at the expense of the seamen.
MAIDEN SPEECH IS RUINED
Member of House or Commons At
tacked by Stage-Fright.
LONDON, March 3. (Special.) Stage
fright caused the sudden termination of
a speech in the House the other day.
Mr. H. De K. Walker moved the second
reading of an education bill, and was
proceeding very satisfactorily with his
maiden speech, when, without any warn
ing, he concluded and sank 'into his seat,
evidently suffering from extreme nerv
ousness. The appalling sensation to the
unaccustomed speaker of hearing his
own , voice has produced at times some
curiously incoherent and wandering de
liverances, but Mr. Walker was going
ahead admirably when he suddenly
looked around and collapsed.
All quarters of the House murmured
sympathetic "Hear, hears," and Sir
Edwin Cornwall hastily procured a glass
of water.
RAISULI EVADES CAPTURE
London Vaudeville ' Manager Fails
to Sign Bandit for Show.
LONDON, March 21. Fred Trussell,
manager of an amusement enterprise,
has returned to England after an unsuc-
PA-NT AGES
4TH AND STARK STS.
WEES OF MARCH 30.
THE
J. A.
Bill Ending Sunday: ' The Marvelous Diericks; W. A. Spera and
Troupe in "Jockey Jones"; Lambert and Piercer Miss Loretta
Boyd; Buford and Bennett; the Regal Trio; Murphy, An
drews and Miss Parker; Jean Wilson, the Biograph.
TOR THE NEW WEEK
. PANTAGES
ANIER,
TYROLEANS
"IN "LIFE IN THE ALPINE HILLS"
A Bright Operetta with Fourteen Voices, Brilliant Settings, etc. This
is one of the biggest acts ever signed by a
. Western Vaudeville "House.
ANOTHER BIG T0PLINER
THE BIMM B0M B-R-R-R TRIO
Electrical Novelty Musjcians a new act from Europe, and a good one.
DALY AND O'BRIEN
- Tanglefoot Dancers.
CRAWFORD AND MEEKER
Singing, Dancing and Talk
ing Comedians.
JEAN WILSON
Illustrated Song.
Matinees every afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Nights at 7:30 and 9.
( Prices the same: Upstairs, 15c; downstairs, 25c; boxes, 50c.
- Take any seat at weekday Matinees, 50c.
BAKER
PORTLAND'S FASHIONABLE POPULAR PRICE THEATER
'BOMB OF THE INCOMPARABLE BASER STOCK COMPANY
WEEK BEGINNING
Sunday Matinee, Mar. 29, '08, Today
First Time Here in Stock at Popu
lar Prices. THE MYSTERIOUS
The Amateur Cracksman Adapted from the stories of E. W. Hor
nung One of the most original of modern successes Baffling, puz
zling and replete with fascinating and interesting scenes Original
production complete Under the stage direction of William Dills.
MATINEE SATURDAY.
Evening Prices 25c, 35c, 60c. Matinees 15c, 25c.
Next Week HOYT'S "A
cessful attempt to capture the notorious
Raisuli, whom he had hoped to engage
to appear at his show.
On landing at Plymouth, Mr. Trussell
remarked:
"Directly I got to Tangier and macle
my business known to those to whom I
had letters of introduction I was as
sured that Raisuli would never leave the
country. At the British Legation I was
told that Raisuli regarded himself as a
personage surrounded with a halo of sanc
tity, and I was warned that the public
mention - of my proposals might bring
down on me the wrath and uncurbed
passion of his fanatical adherents.
"The Kaid, Sir Henry Maclean, and
Mr. Harris, the Times correspondent, both
of whom had been captives in the hands
of Raisuli. also told me I was likely to
secure Abdul Aziz, the Sultan, or the
Pretender, Mulal Hafid, more easily than
Raisuli."
Trussell had to content himself with
engaging a dozen of Raisuii's followers.
Paymaster Short in Accounts.
SEATTLE. Wash., March Assist
ant Paymaster A. S. Brown, of the United
States cruiser Philadelphia, now lying
at the Puget Sound Navy-Yard at Brem
erton, is under arrest aboard his hip
awaiting a decision of the Navy Depart
ment at Washington as to the advisa
bility of his being tried by cpurt-martial
for an alleged $50 shortage in his accounts.
THE STAR
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Bk-iiii!nri SUNDAY WtoU 90 ASD. CONTI50
egimung matinee iVlarcn Ay .kg all week
THE R. E. FRENCH STOCK COMPANY
OFFERS
We
The Great Sensa
tional Melodrama
The Most Sensational Melodrama Ever Produced in This City by a
Stock Company and at Popular Prices.
Matinees Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 2:30 P. M.;
Prices 10c and 20c- Every Evening at 8:15; Prices 15c, 25c and 35c.
SEATS MAT BE RESERVED BY EITHER TELEPHONE
LEADING VAUDEVILLE HOUSE
JOHNSON, Resident Manager.
COMMENCING MONDAY
ANNOUNCES
MONOHAN
The Great Skater..
THE 'BIOGRAPH
Brand-New Pictures.
PANTAGES ORCHESTRA
Direction H. K. Evenson.
THEATER
PHONES: MAIN 2, A 5360
GEO. L. BAKER, MANAGER
TRIP TO CHINATOWN'
IHEILIG
Itheate r
Announcement Extraordinary
MONDAY. APRIL 6.
"THE SECOND MRS. TAJSQCERAY.'
TTTESDAT. APRIL 7.
"THE NOTORIOUS MRS.
KBBSMITtt"
SEAT SALE OPENS
TUESDAY, APRIL 2
PRICES: Lower Floor, $3.00; Bal
cony. 1.50, 1.00, 73c; Gallery, 50c
The Great Sensa
tional Melodrama
MRS. PATRICK
CAMPBELL
D
MARQUAM
GRAND
ONE WEEK, BEGINNING
SUNDAY
MARCH
Continuous Performance,
a t io p. m.
WORLD'S CRAZE,
MOTION PIC
TURES Four Great Feature Films.
THE VESTAL
A Drama of the Roman. Era.
ANIMATED
SNOWBALLS
A Comic Love Story. Moral:
Never Take, a Musto Lesson on
Skutes.
THE FROG
The Marvelous Picture That Set
All New York Society Talking.
Stage M emones
of An Old
Theatrical Trunk
A Most Charming- Story, Beauti
fully Told.
The Greatest. Most Realistic and
Interesting;
MOTION PICTURES
V
Ever Shown on the Pacific Coast.
Don't Miss It.
Special Added Attractions.
Mr. F. G. Bauer, Portland's Fa
vorite Balladist; Miss Pnllman,
Favorite Broadway Soubrette.
ANY
SEAT
VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE
WEEK
BEGINNING
MONDAY
Mar.30
ANOTHER GREAT BILL
HEADED BY
MAUDE SUTT0N&G3
Presenting the Nautical Playlet,
CINDEREL
by Edward Locbe.
Special Added Attraction,
RICHEY W. CRAIG
Musical Comedian, "Me mid
My Partner."
J. H. DAYIES & CO.
Presenting
"THE BALLET GIEL."
SAM ROSE
BROOKS 6 JEANETTE
In "Huffy Ruffles and Spoony
Sam on the Main Street."
O'Neil's College Boys
Singers and Dancers of Repu
tation. Original Young Buff alo
America's Sensational Marks
man, assisted by Mile. Vera,
and his wonderful trained dog,
Frank.
SADIE SEAWARD
Beautifully rendering "Tbe
Sweetest Story Ever Told."
First time ever illustrated.
TWENTIETH CENTURY
MOTION PICTURES
Showing F. F. Montresa's
Great I. A. T. S. E. Simulated
Vistas.
Three 'hows dally 2:30. 7:30 and
9:15 P. M. Price, matinoe, l."c to
any part of trve house except boxes.
Evenlna- prlceiv Entire lower floor,
2-"Vc; entire balcony and nailery, i,"ie.
Sunday and Holiday Matinees same
prices aa evening performances.
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Oc
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