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New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
IF. THOMPSON LOSES SUIT
Animal Trainer Gets Judgment
for $4,000 on Old Contract.

George w. Banker, as assignee for
Hagenback, the animal trainer of Ham
burg. obtained judgment for $35,OO0
yesterday in the Supreme Court against
Frederic Thompson as surviving partner
of the firm of Thompson & Dundy.
Hagenback had contract with
Thompson whereby the German trainer
was to supply a. troupe Of sixty trained
bears for q years engagement at tha
Hippodrome. The animals were to have
special steamer. for which the de-
fendant was TO pay. Thompson & Dun
dy failed to carry out the contract.
Thompson's defence was that suit should
have been brought against the Hippo
drome company
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
WILL BOYCOTT BALL TEAM
Shoe Workers in Lynn Act
AGAINST the Lawrence Club.
fRv Telegraph ~ Tn. Tribune,

BY TeIegrsph n ThN TTIoUn'.T
Boston. April -Four hundred MEM
bers Of the Lynn Packing Room En-
ploycs' Union of the United Shoe Work
ers have voted not to attend this season
the games at the Lynn Baseball Park. In
which the Lawrence team is engaged.
because officials OF the Lawrence club.
James ". Sullivan and Louis Pieper re-
fused to allow the use Of the Lawrence
Baseball Park for meeting during the
recen: textile strike there
1t was declared to-day that all MEM
hers Of the United Shoe Workers or
gan,zation in Lynn would take similar
action. and this may also be done in the
other cities on the New England League
circuit which the Lawrence team will
visit
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
ARCTIC EXPLORER FALLS SHORT
Winter Halts Attempt to Navigate
Northwest Passage from West.

Seattle. April 1.-The lj-ton gssolene
schooner Teddybear which left Seattle in
1909 on trading trip in the Arctic Ocean.
and whose captain, Joseph Bernard. at
tempted To make the first navigation Of the
Northwest Passage from the west. got as
far as Coronation Gulf, more than naIf
the distance between Point Barrow.
Alaska. and HUDSON Bav.
Captain Bernard then turned back and Is
~interinE a, Baily Island lie sent a let
ter by Esduimaus 10 Iierschel Island
which WAS forwarded to this city.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
GOVERNOR ALDRICH MARooNED
Walks Over Swaying Track and Ties
from Flood Refuge.

Lincoln. April lover a swaying path
formed by the ties and rails only OF what
had been railroad bridge at South Bend
Goyerno- Aldrich made his way to free
dom late yesterday, after having been ma
rooned by the high waters for more than
twenty-fou- hours. For 70 feet the sub.
structure Of the bridge had been washed
away
The Governor, who had been on a visit to
the state fisheries, made the perilous trip
TO reach Loncoln by this morning, where
important state business awaited him.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
WHAT AMUNDSEN DID
His Discovery of the Pole, and
How He Achieved It.

Captain Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian
whose name the world cheered early last
month, reached the South Pole on Decem-
ber If last and remained at the bottom
Of the world" until the nth. taking careful
observations in the mean time to be sure
that he was risht before he announced his
discovery. With four Of his men and
eighteen dogs the explorer crossed the
great ice barrier and reached his gcal
within flfty-flve days Of the time he left
winter quarters. Scientists and the world
at large have accepted his story without
question, as his previous reputation and
previous achievement in the polar zones
have placed his word bsyond Cavil. Amund-
sen arrived IN Hobart Tasmania on March
I in his good ship Fran. that stout ice
buckcr that had done him such yeoman
service in former voyages. and soon his
news was flashed UP 10 a waiting world
Starting on February 10, 1911, he made a
preliminary trip as far south as Is degrees
Al minutes returning March {. to find the
Fran had sailed Winter quarters we're
established and by April I snow had al
most entirely covered the little houses. The
not return until four months later. but in
the mean time they withstood the hard
ships comfortably. for the 2oo-cardo power
lamp they used kept the temperature up to
S. degrees, Fahrenheit The lowest tenn
perature Of this Antarctic winter was
minus 80 degrees celsius Centigrade). on
August IL, and the mean vas 1iS below
zero Gahrenheir
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
The Goal Reached.

The slodging vas perfect, and not an In.
cident occurred 10 halt the discoverers
Amundsen ordered a short stop for lunch
and the trail-or the absence of one-was
taken UP again. Dogs and men hurried on
until o'clock that afternoon. when an OBJ
servation was taken. and only q few mo-
ments' calculation served to tell the gaunt
travellers that they had resched their deS-
tination. They were at that moment at the
long sought South Pole.
Aplundsen's helpers broke open one OF
the packs and drew out a silk ffag. All
hands took hold OF il and planted II in tho
ice And then-they turned their thoughts
TO the return
on December l.. the day Of departure.
An.Indsen erected on the ice a little tent,
IN which wero placed Norwegian fae
and the Fran pendsnt. The trip back 10
winter quarters about l.F0 Kilometres
distant, was made without incident. and
the party arrived there on Jsnnsry q.
1917 with tSo siedses and eleven dogs re-
msining.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
MAN ACQUITTED AND THEM HELD

After being acquitted b. a coroner's jury
Yesterday morning on a charge of shooting
and killing Waverley Carter. a negro, dur
ing a police raid on sa DON In Fifth ave-
nue. near '34th street on March H. Charles
r. Pitt, who gave his occupation az q
tipster. was held by Magistrate Appleton In
the Tombs court for examination to-day
before the grand Jury. The detention was
st the request of Assistant District Attor-
ner Strong
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
SUIT AGAINST PACKERS DELAYED

Jefferson City. Mo. April 1.-The taking
Of testimony in Mssouris custer suit
against the meat packers, which was set
for to-day was continued until April Is,
because of the absence of the Attorney
General and one Of the leading attorneys
for the packers.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
eoY WHO KILLED GIRL

uorace Buffardi, fourteen years OH "
- oo7o First avenue. who accidentally shot
ana killed his three-year-old niece ANNE
60 of No. 900 First avenue. while
r,s,'Ina with a shotgun on Sunday, was 7r'
ra,rned in the Coroners court '.as yeHsrna'
nnd remanded 10 the care of the Children
c. N,o,,. unti, the inquest is held.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
Admit Nothing Was Done.

What have you done" they were
asked.
Nothing" replied MIR. Van Santvoord
What are you going to do?'
we don't know
There was an ominous silence, which
was finally broken by This despairing
rlaint from Mr.. Van Santvoord:
THE Attorney General says an extra
session ought 10 he held; also that we
don't need one. Then the Governc- in
forms us he will veto the appropriation
Of 100000 needed for the continuing
of the work. I'm going to resign.
That's the only way out OF it,"
The other commissioners nodded a si-
lent assent. Mr.. Van Santvoord hur-
ried TO the executive chamber where the
Governor, after hurried conference,
must have told him TO forget it," \
few moments later he made his an
nouncement that the matter would have
to work itself out and that there would
be no extra session.
To-day is the last day of the agree
ment TO hold up the work on the prison.
AS it stands now there is nothing to
prevent the general contractor, J. p.
Carlin. from continuing his contract to-
morrow. but with no money in sight II
is not likely that he will.
Governor Dix announced to-day that
on April IS. AZ noon, in the executive
chamber he will give Il public hearing Oh
the Stilwell-Goldberg bin providing Tor
free transfers in New York City.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
MISSISSIPPI FLOODS
BREAK ALL RECORDS
Have Already Caused Property
Losses Estimated at Many
Millions West and South.
WATERS ARE STILL RISING
Large Forces Patrolling Levees
Railroads Tied Up by High
Waters and Families Flee
to Highlands.

| st. Louis. April The foods in this sec
tion of the country. including Missouri,
Illinois and Kentucky. are the worst on
record. Property loss has already run into
millions Of dollars. Rain has been falling
throughout the flooded district for twelve
! hours, and no relief is in sight
| The Mississippi has been stationary for
! twenty four hours at COS ceet, and a fur
| ther rise is not expected for twenty four
! hours.
Cairo and the drainage district above that
city are the only two dry places in that
section Of the country. the entire territory
north and south OF Cairo being covered
with several feet Of water
| The river al Cairo reached stage of
| 53 feet tonight. which is eight-tenths OF 2
foot higher than previous records. stage
Of a feet Is predicted before the floods
| subside.
All of the business and factory section Of
! Hickman. Ky. was flooded to-day when
tho water began TO go over the top Of the
| levee.
| Large forces Of men patrol the levses con-
stsntly and everything is being done TO
keep the enbankments In condition TO re-.
| sist all the water in sight and more.
Trains are still operating out Of Cairo. but
in many cases are being routed over for
| eign systems.
Omaha April 1.--Flood waters in the
| Platte continued to recede this evening
The Platte River bridge of the Burlington
road at Ashland, depended upon for practi-
cdlly all main line traffic. is in worse con-
dtion than supposed. and II will be several
days before II can be used.
After having passed the r7-foot mark the
Des Moines River tonight rs falling slight
| ly Nearly two hundred families were
driven from their homes in southwestern
| Des Moines to-day.
| Fremont, Neb., April I.-ligh water in
| the Elkhorn River to-day took out the
wagon bridge between Fremont and Airing
ton and four other bridges across the Elk
| horn in Dodge County. The Elkhorn is
| eight miles wide in places, flooding the
valley Twenty-Five trains are stalled in
| Fremont.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
|MADERO CERTAIN j. S.
WILL NOT INTERVENE
Mexican President Opens 25th
Congress with ReaSsur.
inc Message.
HIS ARM 10000 STRONG
Says Unsrupulous American
Newspapers Have Not Sue
ceeded n Sowing Discord
Between Governments.

Mexico cit, April 1.-The military
operations IL Chihuahua initiated by
Gonzalez Sabs will be continued ag-
gressively. Tie government has ordered
concentrationof all essentials to warfare
in Torreon asa consequence OF the bat
tie at Relanc in which the federal in
fantry suffered losses which did not ex-
ceed per celt of its total force. while
the enemy lost enormously by the federal
artillery fire, laid President Madero to-
night in his mssage opening the twenty
fifth session o Congress.
The total available fghting force,
he continued is 2I,1e6 men. II we add
10 this the tpdy of rurales, which in
round numbes is twelve thousand, We
may say thatthe government has under
arms approximately forty thousand men.
The executive is stimulating recruit
ing, with the result that within A short
time the Fe,erals will number sixty
thousand men In these estimates are
the governments Of the different states.
Touching upon the relations existing
between Mexioo and the United States,
the President said
I'm the course Of her relations with the
United states there have occurred in
cidents TO which ] should refer on ac-
count of their interest.
The armed agitation which exists in
various parts Of the republic has giver
rise to rumors regarding tho possibilit,
Of intervention in Mexico by the United
Suites. These rumors, fomented in that
country by unscrupulous newspapers
have not succeeded in causing differences
b,tween the two governments nor has
tho Washington government been influ'
e,ced by these efforts.
THE great and respectable newspapers
# the United States, their most notable
statesmen and deepest thinkers. as well
az those who have legitimate interests
IN Mexico. understand that the term
Intervention is solely n euphemism that
SPELLS war, i'm view OF the fact that this
people. in spite Of all its deficiencies oi
1uOlcSCcnce or others OF a poHllCdl oIbeI
which are attributed TO 1t. loves it's in
dependence and it's dignity more than its
own lf"
The government Of the United States
has been the first to put an end by It's
own acts to the insensate idea Of inter-
vention. and has given reiterated proofs
to the government Of Mexico Of its pro-
found spirit of justice and sincere re-
spect for the rights OF this country as a
sovereign iation."
As proof OF his statement. Madero
pointed to the action of the American
Congress I'm prohibiting the expectation
or arms To rebels. The President dwelt
on the alleged failure Of his government
to carry out its promises. calling atten-
ton to the fact that from the day after
his installation he was compelled Ia
combat IOnspiracics to overthrow him
by armed bands Of Mexicans, who pre-
tended they were not getting their rights
and who insisted upon having free lands
Immediately. The President declared
that as soon as peace is rc-established
the government with the cooperation
OF Congress. will find a solution OF the
problem
U. S. Makes Representations.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
The Hardest Part Of the Climb.

II was on the fourth day. however, that
the longest and hardest part of the climb
began Great Crevasses constantly blocked
the trains Of Sledges. and the party was
constantly under the necessity OF making
detours. since the ice that apparently filed
some of these cleaning canyons was
treacherous IN the extreme. Al length a
camp was made on a narrow glacier be-
tween two 1900 feet high mountains.
Looking down this glacier Amundsen and
his men could see the whole slope of Mount
"Ole Englstad" 1880 feet high.
This glacier. in spite OF It's network Of
crevasses was left early the next day. and
Oh top OF the previous days work men
and dogs made the wonderful distance OF
tw enty-five miles. and exactly four days
after the barrier had been left behind the
party came out on the great inland plateau,
1900 feet high They stopped there four
days, held up by bad weather, and II was
there that .Amundsen had to perform one
Of the duties which had been postponed
to the last minute. This was the killing
off Of the dogs. Thirty-four OF the animals
there met their fate, leaving but six for
each of the three sledges
The weather showed no signs OF clearing
and Amundsen broke camp and started OH
in bowling blizzard. For two days men
and dogs foundered and fought their way
ahead. The cold was so intense that many
of the men had their faces frozen. Prog
eress continued, nevertheless, and on tEc
night of the second day they reached Sc
degrees The next day the weather mad
cleared considerably. and Amundsen was
BILE TO make out for moment the peaks
of a towering range of mountains off 10 the
eastward.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
MAKING a Start.

They waited for favorable conditions. and
September seemed en- auspcious dav.
Eight men with seven sledges ninety dogs
and provisions for four months made the
start Next day the temperature dropped
to 5s76 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit. and
il was seen that although the men could
stand the cold the dogs could not The
party returned and remained until the mid
do of October. when spring really came
The temperature was 422 degrees below
zero, Fahrenheit, and seals and birds had
come from their hiding places. On October
90 FIVE men with four sledges. nfty-two
dogs and four months provisions made
another start from the winter quarters at
tho Bay of Whales.
They packed their dogs with seal meat
a much as they could eat-and forged on
southvard on November the dogs got
for the last time ali they wanted 10 eat.
and the work began In earnest. Fine sled
ding was encountered from 81 TO 81 degrees.
On the 9TH South Victoria Land was
sighted and two days later Amundsen
found that the Ross Barrier terminated In
a blight g.
BY November II the explorers had made
their head depot at s. degrees. where theN
left provisions for thirty days, taking food
for two months with them. Here the Ice
wall that guards the pole rose above th"m,
VITA SUBMITS of from 2oo0 to 1000 feet
above the sea level. They began the climb
next day, finding the first part OF II easy
enough. for the slopes were light and the
snow we'll packed. Soon there were small
but steep glaciers and Zig crovasses. and
for two davs the party worked its way up
ward. finally camping at an elevation or
about $500 feet The third day progress
became still more difficult; when the great
glacier which divides tho coast mountains
and those further south was reached.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
At the DEVILS Glacier.

70 the surprise and 10Y of every one on
the next day. the 29th. the sun came
out ana shone brightly. Good progress was
made, and camp was struck at the foot
OF the glacier. There. at s.21 degrees. the
party remained r. six days and began
the climb on November 30. The ascent OF
this icy plateau, The Devils Glacier" was
the most grueling work OF all. and only
the utmost caution prevented the loss Of
many lives. At the end OF three days, how
ever, they had gained the top and there
before them stretched away what looked
like an undulating. frigid sea, covered with
snow hummoCks.
on December s this long plateau. laid
with ice so fintlike and polished that It WAS
nacknamed The Devils Dancing Room"
Amundsen reached the greatest height
100 feet-and arrived AZ $40. The next
day the sun came out. and all day Ions the
party raced forward. ON that date &25
had been reached and the last depot, No.
TO- was established. This was left the next
day. and for the next FIVE days men and
dogs cut down their sleeping and eating
time and strained forward with every
ounce of strength in the last dash for the
goal now SO near.
on the 18th the party camped a, s935 AMI
tried 10 snatch few hours of sleep. The
dogs were the only quiet living things IN the
great waste, however since before turning
in a c Insulation had been held. and It was
estimated that on tho very next afternoon
the 1ith-they would be at the pole. The
excitement OF tho approaching event drove
away sleep. worn as the men we're, and
carly the next day, which began fine and
clear. with a gentle breeze from the south
cast the dogs were showed into their har-
ness and the party set off.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
Deep in the Mazes OF Perplexity.

The commission met in the afternoon.
and after reading Mr. Carmody'3 opinion
the members were not sure whether the
Attorney General had told them an ex-
ira session was needed or not. During
the meeting they were thrown Still
deeper into the mazes of perpleXity by
this illuminating communication from
the Governor:
1T is unnecessary for me TO advise
YOUR commission that | am firmly or
the belief that it is a gross violation Of
the rights of the public that a prison
should be built at Wingdale and Of my
determination TO have the same aban-
doned.
"If your honora bile body concludes that
YOU are not vested with the authority
to cancel the contract for the construc-
tion work / desire to have you know
that 1 shall veto the appropriation for
the purpose OF continuing work at Wing
dale"
This put the commission absolutely
up against q stone wall. Every avenue
Of escape WAS cut off. The members
admitted 1t when they consented 10 tall
10 several newspaper men after delib-
Grating over the Dix ultimatum for
about an hour. The commissioners. in
Guiding Colonel Scott Superintendent of
Prisons, and Mr.. Van Santvoord. ap-
peared as helpless as puzzled schoolboys
who had just been introduced TO the
mysteries Of fractions.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
GOVERNOR WILL NOT
. CALL EXTRA SESSION
AII.Day Conference Over Wing
dale Prison Abandonment
Without Result.
VETO FOR APPROPRIATION
Attorney General Renders Opin-
ion That Commission Has
Right 20 Annul
Contracts.
rRv Telegraph 10 The Tribune. j

Albany. April There will be no ex-
traordinarv session of the Legislature,
Governor Dix announced tonight Tne
Governor, his legal adviser Seymour
Van SantvOord. the new Prison Commis-
sion and Attorney General Carmody all
day long have been struggling over the
question of annuling the Wingdale pris-
on contracts which the Legislature re-
fused to do by legislation and which was
the reason the chief executive seriously
considered calling it back. Finaly they
solved the problem by simply dropping
it like hot iron.
"Therell he no extra session. We Will
lust lot the matter work itself out. said
the Governor after it was all over.
Asked how the contractors would be
comrensated for the work they have
done he replied Through the Board
of Claims
Earlier in the day Attorney General
Carmody rendered an opinion on tho
subject in which he said in one sentence
that the new Prison Commission had
the right to direct a cessation OF WORK
on the construction of Wingdale prison
In another he said there was no author
ity of law by which the contracts could
he abandoned and that it was not en-
tirely clear that the contractor could
recover damages in case the contract
was abandoned Then at the end OF his
opinion he declared that the condition
arising ont of the necessity Of increased
prison accommodation would seem TO
suggest the need Of immediate legislative
action so that the money appropriated
for the new prison might be used else
where or in some other manner.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
U. S. Makes Representations.

II was learned to-day that Ambassa-
dor Wilson. on instructions from Wash
ington, has made representations to the
Mexican government on behalf OF Amer
lean railroad men in Mexico. The off,
cial communication was made on appli-
cation OF railway orders OF the United
States of which Americans here arc
members.
any statement relative TO It and the
character OF the message Is not known.
Representatives from American en-
plOyes OF the National Railway have
notified the government that II their de-
mands are not recognized they will leave
the country.