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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-22

President IS also allowing it to become
known that he will renew such nomi-
nations as matter of respect to his
predecessor. If the nominations are
not confirmed, however, he viii not
resent the failure to act and will sub
stltute other names of his own.
One of Mr.. Taft s first selections for
office was that of William Loeb, Jr.,
to be collector of the port of New
York at a salary of $4,000 a year
and before the first week end of
the new administration was over that
nomination had been approved by the
Senate and Mr.. Loeb, for seven years
Secretary to President Roosevelt, was
on his way to New York That action
was graceful concession by Mr.. Taft,
because it is always taken for granted
that retiring President must look out
for his secretary. The position is one
alike of dignity and Importance in
all the most important federal Office
IN the most populous state of the
union.
Changes Are Material.
In spite of the friendly cooperation
between the outgoing and incoming
administration, the outward aspect of
affairs around the official precincts of
Washington changes materially. One
little thing illustrates this. For years
and years people passing the front
doors of the White House have be-
come accustomed to seeing members of
the Metropolitan Police force. in light
weight indoor uniforms standing at the
| door. Now instead of these keepers
of the main door of the White House,
there are negro buffers, who emerge
to open the carriage doors for callers
and who take the cards of visitors in
i side. Over at the White House offices,
Maj. Loeffier, who has been the door
| keeper for Presidents since Grant IS
time, is supplanted by a younger man,
| but he has been well taken care of
by President Taft, who has directed
| of the Army at full pay as a major,
which has been his rank for several
years. The private secretaries of
nearly all the cabinet officers have
been changed, as have nearly all the
employees in the cabinet ante-rooms
But such places are all personal to the
high officials of the government who
are properly allowed to exercise their
own preferences in having acceptable
employees near them.
President Taft's Ways.
The administration has not progress.
ed sufficiently far to show much OF
what President Taft's methods OF
| handling the public business will be
He is aware that the pressure upon him
| for time will now be greater than ever
| but is telling people who come to the
White House offices-especially those
with whom he has been in contact as
Secretary of War-that he hopes they
will keep up their old relations with
| him and come to see him whenever
they have business of Importance. A
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-22
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure.
E. W. Groves signature is on
each box
PARIS MEDICINE CO. St. Louis, U S A.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
Option Election.

Anderson, Ind, May 26.-Stirring
scenes marked today's local option
election in Madison county. which
will in all probability result in adding
this county to the "dry" territory o,
the Hoosier state.
The campaign of the "drys' has
been spectacular in the extreme, an
organization of the leading business
and professional men of this city join
ing with the county local option lea
que. the ministers and the womens
clubs in working for prohibition. The
"wets" also had a through organiza-
ton, but every indication points to
their defeat in today's election.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26

on the altar of sweet charity this af-
ternoon. Bravely daring the jeers
and jibes of the heartless metropoii-
tan rabble, they will attempt to play
game of baseball at American Lea
que park, the receipts to go to the St.
Lawrence Hospital. The fans want to
know what conception of the national
game is entertained in the noodles Of
the city fathers, and they will be out
in force to cheer the victors and cast
epithets and ginger ale bottles at the
under CANNES.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26

Chicago-A profit of close to 49,
OOO, 900 is already secured by James A.
Patten and his followers in the May
wheat campaign, which has but six
DAYS more to run, as next Saturday
will be the last business day in May,
Holdings of the bull leaders at
their maximum were 1S,000,0OO bus
hels. and from the fact that cash
wheat is scarce in the three weeks
this month there have been only l.
100000 bushels received in Chicago,
of which 1890 bushels came by
lake from Duluth, and only 72,OOO
by rail from the Winter wheat sec
tion, This is the lightest run for this
season, when the high prices are con-
sidered, and shows to the minds Of
the oldest traders that there is little
wheat back in the country.
Usually when there is any excite
ment in the markets and prices have
held above 81 for several months,
those who have tried to bull the mar
ket in the past have lost heavily by
being flooded with cash wheat.
SO far Patten has only had to pay
for 2,450,000 bushels of cash wheat,
and he expects to get 100000 BUSH
els this week. This will give him all
the contract grade of cash wheat in
Chicago. He is merchandising the
cash wheat at a good rate at big pro-
fits, and expects to have it all sold
by the end of July.
Price May Go to S1.40
May wheat jumped to $1.32S Sat
urday, making a new high mark for
the season, advancing / y cents over
Fridays close, and selling 3B cents
over the top notch made during the
April excitement. 1t was the talk Of
the trade last night that shorts may
become scared and bid prices up to
$40 by next Saturday if not before
But Patten says he will sell wheat as
fast as buyers want it, and that there
is to be no corner run by him.
new sensation was given the
trade Saturday in the estimates of the
DdllodS hllfdN NlOp VI OVtVVVtvVv
bushels. 1t was made by an official
of the Santa Fe road and created act
i've buying, as the government esti.
mate two weeks ago indicated a.
100000 bushels. Drought has cut
the crop down, and as Kansas is the
largest Winter wheat district, 1t caus-
ed a rush of buying, as it means that
the Winter wheat crop is to be heavi-
ly short Of last year.
There is a squeeze on in May oats
with the Armour Grain company and
Peavey behind the deal. They forced
the price to 61% cents, the highest In
years, and ~ cents over Fridays
close. At the top figure there were
1000 bushels sold and settled, ac-
cording to some Of the trade estimates.
The deal is not a large affair, and
the trading did not attract special at
tention. While the bull manipula.
tors were selling on the bulge, they
had TO buy July to close spreads, as
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
OkaInhoma Ellks.

Swanee, Okla, May 26.-Practically
all Of the best people on earth re-
siding within the confines Of the new
state, accompanied by their better
halves and sweethearts, are in Shaw
nee today for the third annual reunion
OF the Oklahoma lodges Of Elks. Ath.
letic contests, street parades and
ball are the entertainments provided
for the visiting bills,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
Congestion of Population.

The approach Of summer and the
advent Of many thousands Of immi-
grants this spring is attracting in
creased attention to the problem OF
congestion in the larger cities. In the
smaller Industrial towns continued
vigilance of the health and tenement
authorities has largely reduced this
evil, but in the great centers Of
population it is as acute as ever. New
York city probably affords the worst
example Of this evil. In a single block
Of Ludlow street, between Houston
and Riverton streets, are nearly 100
children. OF whom nearly 500 are be-
low school age.-Springfield Union.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
German Saengerfest.

Savannah, Ga, May 26.-German-
Americans from all the larger cities
of the Southeast are Savannah's
guests today at the opening of the
fourth annual saengerfest and conven-
ton of the South Atlantic branch OF
the National German Alliance. 1t is
estimated that 500 visitors are al
ready in the city, and 1t is probably
that the number will be doubled by
night. Twenty-Five organizations are
represented.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26

they are said to have recently bought
5000, 600 bushels of May and sold s.
OOO,O bushels for July at discount
of 69s cents, and now they are Sc
curing their profits of over 5 cents
bushel in May and taking their loss
es in July.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
Northwestern League Results.

NOTliiNOSttEh hS"S"S AS'
At Portland-Portland, 8; Spo-
kane, 2.
At Seattle-Aberdeen, O.; Seattle,
II.
At Vancouver-Tacoma, 4; Van
couver, 0.
Batteries Today's Games.
At Portland-Spokane, Gregg and
Stevens; Portland, Cough and Shee-
han.
At Standardization, Wilder and
O'Brien; Seattle, Allen and Shea.
At Vancouver-Vancouve Hickey
and Stanley; Tacoma, Brady and Kill
lackey.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
Foraker 10 Speak.

Columns, o., May 26. - Former
Senator Foraker and Governor Har-
mon or Ohio are among the men or
prominence who viii address the Sec
ond annual meeting of the National
Negro-Amercan Political League.
opened In Columbus today. 1t is ex-
pected that Mr.. Foraker viii touch On
the Brownville matter in his address.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
Aldermen PLAY Bail.

New York, May 26.-Jew Peter Plu-
vius willing, some of the most adj
pose and otherwise distinguished
members of the New York board of
aldermen will immediate themselves
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26

We want to dispose of several cars
in #. lengths. Ask us for price in
any quantity.
OREGON LUMBER YARD.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
Entries for Auto Meet.

Wilkes Barre, Pa, May 26.-Entries
close today for the hill-cllmbing and
other contests to be held by the
Wilkes Barre Automobile club on
Monday next. A large number Of en-
tries, covering a wide scope of the
country, have been received.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
RESULTS OF THE BIG
GAMES YESTERDAY
Coast League Results.
Batteries Today's Games.

At San Francisco-Portland, Gar
rett and Fournier San Francisco, Will
lis and Berry.
At Sacramento-Vernon, Harkins
and Hogan; Sacramento, Ehman and
Byrnes.
At Los Angeles-Oakland, Nelson
and LaLonge; Los Angeles, Briswal-
ter and Orendorff.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26

For rent-New 5-room cottage.
with modern conveniences. Lot
50x100. Also new barn and yard.
Enquire 513 Pine street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
PATTEN' 5 PROFITS
WILL Be LARGE
THOUGHT THAT HE WILL
CLEAN UP THREE MILLIONS

His is Largest Play in Wheat Since
DAYS of Letter Corner-New SEN
sation Started by Report of Short
Crops in Kansas-Little Wheat in
Whole Country-Prices May Reach
a Dollar Forty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26

What time will the clock stop7
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26

What time will the clock stop?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-26
American League.

Batteries - Washington, Groom,
Tanehill and Street; Detroit, Mulin
and Schmidt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
MATERIAL THROWN Our INTO TtlE. PlA1N1

those produced by heavy projectiles NOV
ing at high velocity, according to Mr..
Tilghman. the projectiIe expert above
mentioned. All signs which might be eX-
pected of the impact of q great projectile
he finds present. Dr. Merrill says that the
sand grains were crushed by sudden
shock such as might possibly be i'm
parted by an explosion of dynamite
How big was the great lneteorte? Ac-
cordng to Mr. Tilghman, a JOO-foot pro-
jectile would produce a crater of this
size in rocks as brittle as those of this
particular vicinity. DR.. Merrill suggests
that IL a meteoric iron ball OF this size
fell upon the spot at speed of five
miles per second the impact upon the
moist soil would produce steam with an
enormous explosive power AS a result
quantities OF debris, including even por-
tons of the meteorite itself. would be
back above the, crater rim and
scattered widely over the plain. as in
this case. This explosive action seems to
have occurred some little time after the
meteor came to rest. Possibly thus WAS
thrown out such Of the meteors mass
as was not converted into vapor by the
intense heat generated at the moment of
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DR.. Merrill regards it as possible that the
great heat developed by its impact with
the earth may have dissipated it's mass.
Its iron fragments have been found scat
tered far and wide on the surrounding
plain. one large piece being discovered as
far as eight miles eastward and another
being long ago found twenty miles to the
southwark. Ton after ton Of this mate
rial has been carried away by visitors or
purchased from an Indian trader in the
neighborhood, who hired men and boys TO
ploW the ground in search OF 1t.
These fragments of the exploded pro-
jectile have weighed anywhere from 1913
pounds to less than a gram. that of the
maximum weight given being now in the
Field Columbian Museum. Chicago. The
National Museum, Washington, has two
weighing. respectively, 900 and TAG
pounds. Some fragments have been found
to contain small colorless octahedral dia-
monds. also yellow and black particles
having the hardness Of diamonds.
The great projectile appears to have
come from a direction a little north of
west, though dropped nearly perpendicu-
larry from an angle perhaps not less than
seventy degrees. This IS indicated by the
greater upturning Of the eastern walls OF
the crater and the greater distance to
which the debris was thrown on that side.
The great hole is Of the same form as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17
Thomas Longboat, Noted 1edian
Runner.

tered and EEL. re struggled to l's feet
and ran short defiance more. bEt. in a
daZed condition that tod how cc;-trietely
his strength was fpent.
Then through the gate came 4hother
runner. Il little fellow who ICo,;s.d hardly
more than twenty yee"s of age. On his
sturdy chest he s-orc the s .aTe and
Stripes.
This was Hayes. &c was running
strongly. and showing no signs ef the
weakness that was overcoming Do~ando.
Dorando came TO Within twenty yards
Of tie finish, then I've fell I'm dead faint.
EngisI, officials came TO his aid RID car
ried him across the line. Then in error.
supposlug that he had won, the referee
caused the flag Of Italy 10 be rGn To the
top OF the flagstaff in token OF the tri-
umph of Dorando But the American
protest that DoranGo had been helped
across the line caused reversal of the
verdict. and Hayes was acclaimed tile
winner.
Sympathy for the Italian was so great
that Queen Alexandra did not content
herself with giving a wreath to Hayes;
she also presented one to tie Italian who
had come SO close to the goal only 10 fail
out of this race grew many arguments
to the abilities or the two men and
the outcome was race arranged for
New York in the Madison Square Garden.
Hayes was the favorite, and the experts
all expected him TO repeat his victory
over DorandO, but the Italian showed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17

these distance flyers, and the prospects
ere good Tor = series Of races tcat will
carry al 1hc ": - TO The beginning
of the spring athletic season
Moreover, new champions are being
developed. In New York, NJ. Maloney
% me Trinity Athletic Club. running
outdoors. broke the Marathon record for
the 20 miles. $50 yards. by going tic
distance III hours. SO minutes and g
seconds. f3
This time was almost nineteen mas.
uteS better than the time Hayes ilaGxss
III The Marathon race in London. and
nine minutes he ter than the time OF
BoritaGo when hes beat Hayes at the
Madison Square Garden. or of Loneboat
whc! he doWntd Dorando ut the same
place. syE
But there are still other varieties OF I
Marathon races b-sid, these One W2hl
recently he'd GA Ill, deck OF the Cnitf,E-
Sta IS monitor Wyoming. Eleven sailors
entered the race. a 130-yard- lap being
possible J. 4. White came out the win
ner The Marathon waltz is also Il big
hit.
This is Il New York invention. II
consists of having the couples waltz
around the course Il certain number Of
times, the pair who get through first
winning the prize. January -, at the
Terrace Garden. such a waltz around
nifty laps. with Judges and referees, viii
be decided.
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striking the plain. What lite remained
within the crater has perhaps been de-
Stroyed by oxidation. Some remains Of
tn" great meteor may yet be below the
crater floor. however. since the methods
of boring not such would reveal
them if present. II is possible. however,
thai the meteorite may have been consid
erab!y smaller i'll diameter than 800 feet.
and that the outrush OF vapor caused
by its enormous expansion in passing
from a solid to- a gaseous condition
would have served TO tear away the rock
and increase the diameter of the resulting
crater.
No known meteorite can compare in
size with that which produced this era
Ter. according to DIR. Merrill. The next
largest known is the great Cape York =
which Commander Perry brought from
Greenland and which weighs 3l1a tons.
Then come the ''Ba cubirito" OF 20 tons.
and the Willamette of 1916 tons.
The deepest that any other meteorte
has been known to penetrate is eleven
feet. This was d x-hVndred-and-siXty-
pound stone that fell in Knyahinya, Hun
gary. 1t produced an impact crater, il
Illustrating almost perfectly what is sup
posed to have happened in Arizona.
Peary's great thirty-seven and a-half-ton
iron fell on bed of boulders and was
found only partially covered. But it is
not unlikely that the ground at the time
was thick with ice and snow that checked.
its speed. A few feet of light snow will
check lead bullets from q modern rifle
without abraising il. The tWenty-ton
BacubaritO meteOrite was found in soft
soil and but little below the surface
while the fifteen nd "a half-ton William
cite meteorite was found scarcely buried
in a pfimeval forest. But these other
great meteorites might have arrived in Il
direction following earth in her course
while this vast Arizona meteorite might
have come in the opposite direction and
thus at a much more terrific velocity.
Thus d meteorte with a velocity of
p miles per second, overtaking earth
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hill. Indeed. it is called Coon mountain
or Coon butte. But ventUrjng nearer
he finds it to be a crater rim composed
OF loose fragments of materials of all
sizes. from microscopic dust to blocks
Weighing hundreds OF tons. Mounting
to the summit of the rim Re looks down
upon a scene which can best be described
i'll Dr.. Merriifs own words:
THE view from this point particularly
about shutdown or by moonlight is weird
and impressive in the extreme. The in
wardIy steep ard even overhanging walls
profoundly shattered. surrounding on
every side a broad. deep pit accessible
ony by the steepest of trails. barren of all
but the Scantiest of vegetable life and
Gashed by torrential action. present pic
tGfe winch, when one reflects on its prob
able origin. is never to be forgotten
Old settlers have ever been satisfied in
their belief that this crater was caused
by volcanic action. But the fact that 10
other volcanoes were near this region and
the further fact that its sedmentary
rocks have not been disturbed by any up
heaval caused biologists to indulge in no
little speculation as to the source. That
a great meteorite might have been the
cause was considered some thirteen years
ago. but abandoned for insufficient evil
dence. But lately Daniel NJ. Barringer. a
well known mining engineer. and Benja
min c. TilSman. an expert on projecties.
who had held to the bekef that a giant
meteorite caused the great depression
proceeded to sink shafts in and about the
crater with view of locating the fallen
body and of exploiting it as a source Of
meteOric nickel. iron and platinum As
result of their borings they became salts
fed that great meteor produced the
crater and it was their report to this eff
feet that led DR.. Merrill 10 investigate
The great hole measures $3.50 feet
across, from east to west: $50 feet from
north to south. and the depth is now
about COO feet from crest to rim. 1t was
considerably deeper at one time. The
crater rim rises to from 100 to 100 feet
above the surrounding plain. The floor
of the crater is a nearly level plain of
over 200 acres.
DR.. Merrill saw that the crater could
not have been formed by any volcanic ac-
ton, since all evidence of the disturbance
was near the surface. The surrounding
plain consisted Of some 300 feet Of lime
stone under which was about 800 feet Of
sandstone. This had been so thoroughly
shattered By some powerful blow from
above that quartz particles in the sand
stone had been III part fused into glass
Since the high degree of Temperature nee
disturbed the sandstone further beneat h, NJ
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(Which travels ~ miles per secondD. would
enter our atmosphere with an initial speed
o. lat sin miles per second. and the fric-
ton OF the atmosphere would reduce this
to about the speed of an ordinary falling
body. But with the same velocity OF
- miles per second should the meteor
meet the earth travelling In an opnosite
direction. its speed would he a. miles
per second. or its own speed plus tnlC
of earth-l9 miles per second With such
a velocity-f4 miles per second-the
meteors friction against earth's air
cushion would be tremendous and in a
few seconds of its passage through the
latter would destroy large quantities of
its material In fact. our meteors are
believed to he dark, cold masses until
they enter our atmosphere, whose friction
sets them on fire.
x ::
And whence came this colossal projec-
tile? Dr. Merrill does not speculate upon
this point. and we must leave the ques-
ton to others. Laplace suggested that
meteorites were thrown to earth by the
volcanoes of the moon. but since those
volcanoes appear 10 be no longer active
astronomers and biologists alike refuse
now To entertain this old theory.
Sir Robert Ball suggested that they
were fragments sent ND by our own VOL
canoes in bygcne ages; that. having got
ten away from earth, they had taken up
paths around the sun and that they have
met earth again When these paths have
interSected earth'S orbit. But since the
material of meteorites differs from any
known earthly material this explanation
was not accepted.
That they are portions Of some lost sa;
elite Of earth or fragments thrown off
by planets in collision are other eXplana-
tons that have been offered But science
has simply given the problem up "A
too-hard job. 1t IS believed by some au-
thorities, however. that comets are
sWarms OF meteoritcs shining partly by
reflected light from the sun and partly
by the electric glow of gases evolved
from them by the suns heat.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.