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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

SECRETARY NAGEIJ.
ord of his illustrious predecessor and
present boss and is out in the Pacific
on his way around the world.
Secretary Nagel and Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham are on their way to
Alaska, where they will try to
straighten out various tangles into
which the administrative affairs of the
territory have become involved.
Postmaster General Hitchcock re
Gently set sail for Europe, where he
will presumably study some of the
postal savings bank systems abroad.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer is at
the Restigouche fishing grounds. That
name has a restful sound and as the
grounds are in Canada they must be
cool.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger is
at Seattle and is probably denying for
the 411th time that he is going to re-
sign.
The last heard from Secretary of Ag-
riculture Wilson he was at his farm in
Iowa, and it should be explained that
"Tama Jim's" place is not play farm
but the real thing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
WASHINGTON DESERTED.
Members of the Cabinet All Over the
World.

Members of the Cabinet All Over the
World.
Washington is as bare of high off
Gals as last years birds nest. 1t is
as dead as a summer resort or a base
ball ground in midwinter.
The president is dividing his time
between Beverly and trips on the
Maytlower.
The vice president is at Utica. pre-
sumably taking a Sunny Jim" inter
est in New York state politics.
Secretary of State Knox is at Val
ley Forge giving his forgiveness and
fatherly blessing to Philander c., Jr,
md his bride
Secretary Of the Treasury MacVeagh
is at his summer home in New Hamp-
shire trying to avoid a heat surplus.
Secretary of War Dickinson is en-
aeavoring to keep up the travelling rec.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

from the White House, he was accost-
ed by the chorus of the seribes and
gave them all the information he
thought was safe, or at least all he
believed the president would stand for
One correspondent, however, was per,
sistent and followed Beveridge to his
automobile
Nov. look here, old man. said the
senator, leaning over the door of the
car and putting his arm around the
correspondents shoulders, ''you must
know that there is not a newspaper
man in Washington who could get this
story out of me any quicker than you
We have always been mighty good
friends and | don't like to disappoint
you. but | cannot talk any more with
out violating the presidents conf
dence. Because of our old friendship,
however, I'll give you this story ex-
clusively when 1t is ready to break
Come up to dinner some time. Mrs.
Reveridge will be glad to see you
again"
Senator" said the correspondent.
permit me to say that you are the
real goods. I'm for you. just ar
rived In Washington this morning:
this is my first assignment. and this
is the first time l have ever seen you
In flesh. You're wonder"
"stung at last? said the senator.
Hop into the machine and wen stop
at the club for moment"
The Indictment of Lawrence Gresser.
president of the borough of Queens.
Greater New York. presents some ano-
malous features Gresser was elected
on an independent ticket in 1909, but
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
UNITING THE AMERICAS.

Spirit of Concord at the Buenos Aires
Conference. ..=-.....
The pan-American conference in SEES
sion at Buenos Aires has been referred
to by John Barrett as second in i'm
portance only to The Hague peace con
gress. It is designed to promote peace
In the western hemisphere as that at
The Hague is to promote the peace of
the entire world. The conference met
on July II and will remain in session
FIVE or six weeks. The delegates from
the United States were warmly re-
ceived and the report that there would
be protest over our action as to Mic.
aragua was quietly laughed at. In
deed, Secretary Knox, who conducted
our end of the Nicaraguan affair, was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

ginning with that OF Lieutenant Thorn
as q. Selfridge, who fell with Orville
Wright at Fort Myer on Sept. II. 1908
The next year saw four deaths. none
Of them in America. Two occurred on
the same day. Sept. Z, one of Lefebvre
In France and the other of Rossi In
Rome. On the ed of the same months
Captain Louis f. Ferber died from
fall at Boulogne, France. and ON Dec.
q Antonio Fernandez was killed i'm
stantly by a fail of 1000 feet at Nice
In 1910 there were seven deaths
from aeroplane accidents prior to that
or kinet. On Jan. 4 Leon Delagrange
had fatal fall at Bordeaux. France.
April Herbert LIE Bion fell on the
rocks and was instantly killed in Spain.
May Ii saw the death of Michelin If
Lyons, France. The second death
from an aeroplane accident in America
occurred when Eugene Speyer fell at
San Francisco. The next day Robi
was killed in Germany On July g
Wachter fell at Rheims, France.
These, with Rolls. made up the twelve
During the same period there have
been many aeroplane accidents that
did not result mortally, the aviator I'M
most cases getting off with n scratch
Here are few of the most prominent:
On Jan. 81 of the present year Latham
fell 100 feet at Cairo. Egypt. On Feb,a
Paulhan few through a fence at Dem
yer. March IL Hamilton turned an
aeroplane somersault at Seattle. Ham
tlton has since done as surprising.
stunts, but this was unintenfionaI
The harvest of death among balloons
and dirigibles has been even greater
than IN aeropIanes. In four years
there have been thirty-five deaths re-
corded. Before the killing of Erbsi1el
and his four companions Germany was
shocked by a catastrophe almost as
great when early in the present year
Herr Delbrueck. a member Of the
Fe1chstag. and two companions were
carried out to sea in q military balloon.
During this same year Count IeppR-
Inns latest and largest dirigibleAEas
wrecked, but with no fatalities
The perfection Of these Zeppelin air
ships can be realized from the accom-
panyinG picture. It is from a0 actual
photograph Of lady passenger djains
on one Of them during Journey.
and this. by the way, WIS m" very
airship afterward wrecked Tho scene
looks quite like one OF IN ordinary
railway dining car. except that ont Of
the window appear not the usual trees
aud green grass. but rolling clouds
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
Harvest of
Death In
Aviation
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al II FehlaFkHhIN WMnDeF OF
deaths among lHlldSSnsists and
"A a"roplantSrS in the past few
weeks has been such rs to-
arouse the fears of the S0nrreitious.
Nine Thrhrs of Paris. - near sooth
Sayor who has predicted ma0y things.
l'Ht did Uot hnppon and q few that5
lid. rushed into print with crew.
SojDr prophecy thHr I'LL tho~" now avs.
lting were d0nmrd to vtOirrt deaths
She addcd tuguhriouSty THAT il wHa
against The Will of God that man.
should conquer either tb" water or the.
air Wen. man has not entirely con
Qucrrd the water but he hzS come 30
near to il thai an ocean voyage no
longer inspires th" slightest terror. As
for r0nqucrIne the air, man has otllF
hHd a few years 10 try his wings, bHg
with all due respect to Nine Thphes
md other prophets Of evil who prog-
nOStiCatc ut so much per, he has made
such progress that it requires the te-
merity of ignorance to predict that he
will fail Accidents and fatalities will
no more deter him than they have
kept him from navigating the sea.
from running the locomotive or the
automobile, or from discovering the
ends of the earth. Despite the num-
Der of lives lost in arctic explorations
the north pole was discovered
The chief accident in recent aero
nauticS was that resulting in the death
of Oscar ErbsiOeh and his four COM
panions in Germany on July 49, Erbs
loeh was in dirigible balloon buiIt
on the Zeppelin pattern. The explo-
sion of a gasoline tank caused the
great gas bag TO collapse like paper
This appalling accident was preceded
only one day by the death of the Eng
fish aviator. Charles Stewart Rolls.
whose aeroplane collapsed while in
full flight. On July Is the Belgian
aeronaut. Daniel kinet. died as a re-
suit of an acropIaue wReck of d few
days earlier
Before the death of IEinpt there had
been twelve fatnliticS from acceptance.
accidents IN the past Two years, bes
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07


terfere with his going to school. Har-
ward has established graduate school
of business administration. and it is
this that Mr.. Field attends. He ex-
plains it in this way:
81 am taking advantage of an op-
portunity to accumulate facts. From
scientific facts we gain knowledge.
From knowledge comes wisdom. and
wisdom wins
Not at all bad idea! 1t might be
applied TO other caIiings besides shoe
manufacturing For example. If there
were a graduate school in statesman.
ship some of our middle aged and even
elderly senators and representatives
might attend it with advantage both
to themselves and the country,
All lovers and some other people
will be pleased by the news that
young Philander c. Knox. who eloped
to marry a shop girl. has been forgiv
en- and been fed on the fattpd calf
at Valley Forge. where the elder
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

meeting which gathered at the New
Willard hotel in Washington early in
the present year. A committee was
selected to form Il permanent organi-
cation and this recently reported in
favor of making Governor Augustus
u. Wilson of Kentucky, chairman:
William George Jordan of New York.
secretary, and Governors Wilson of
Kentucky. Ansel of South Carolina.
and Hadley of Missouri. committee
of arrangements for the next conven-
ton which will be held in Frankfort
and Louisville, KY. November 20 to
December 3, 1910. The meeting con-
Venes at Frankfort, but according to
present plans will go to Louisville for
part of it's sessions. Needless to say,
Kentucky means to entertain her
many distinguished guests with the
hospitality that has made the south
famous
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
HOUSE or GOVERNORS.
William George Jordan, Its Founder,
Is Elected Secretary.

is EteGLeu SeCFelaEy'
Seldom is a selection made that Is
more satisfying TO the sense of poetic
Justice than that of William George
Jordan as secretary of the house of
governors. Jordan is the man who
made the house of governors with his
own hands. He is not only its father.
but its philosopher. guide and fEiend
He planned it. sent letters and ''' VI.
lars to all the governors and h-tAE
other prominent men, wrote a book "N
the subject, stirred up some of ril"
leading papers into advocating the 4.
iect and finally preached the plan to
President Roosevelt who afterward
called the governors together to con
fer on the subject Of conservation
There were two conferences of the
governors under Roosevelt, both held
In The White House and both called to
consider the question of conservation.
At the last of these meetings com
mittec was appointed to call another
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

err is the wife of night Waterman.
Philander c. junior was college stu
dent at the time. but when the pater.
nal remittance was cut off became an
agent for an automobile concern.
The bird men have had a new sensa-
ton. They have been chased by a set
ter dog. 1t happened at Mineola,
where Curtiss. Hamilton. Harmon.
Baldwin and the others have been fly
ing daily and have been chasing black
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

w i'll not even
have q look in.
Here is q story
of the senator
that is supposed
to be new. al
though 1t relates
to the d a y S
W b e n Colonel
Roosevelt wa s
president. Bev-
eridge has al
ways been good
to the CORE
spondents, b u t
one day his de-
sire TO please
carried him too
fnr Ennnrrinn
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

z b i | a n d er G..
lives when not
busy regulating
Uncle Sans for
eign affairs. Bet
ter still, the larg-
er share of the
proverbial veal
was reserved for
Mrs. Philander
G. Junior, who is
now one of the
f a N lily in the
V LEY Forge
b o m e. Before
her m a rria e e
young Mrs. Knox
was Miss May
Bowler of Provi-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

manufactures Of
BrOckton. Mass,
who, although a
married man of
forty-fiv and a
millionaire. s till
attends lectures in
Harvard college
t h re e times a
W G @ K. The fact
that Mr.. Field en-
plOys more than
1000 men and Is
therefore ra t b er
busy does not in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

the example Of
Colonel Roosevelt.
The imperial ad-
venture into the
realm of the shears
and paste pot is
said to be made for
the purpose of com
b a tin G socialism.
Perhaps the kaiser
will not actually
go to the office, roll
up his sleeves and
write able edito-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

unanimously elected one of the two
honorary presidents Of the conference
aud Henry White. head Of the Amer
lean delegation, responded to the
speech Of welcome in behalf of all of
the delegates. This address was trans.
lated into Spanish and literally an.
piauded. Dr de Ia Plaza. the foreign
minister Of Argentina. in his address
OF welcome had spoken 10 compli.
nientary way of rbe Monroe doctrine.
and to this Mr., White responded:
I'VE are neither" North Americans
Central Americans nor South Ameri.
cans. but we feel that we are all
Americans
He pointed out that The Monroe doc.
lFtnP WAS conceived in the broadest
spirit Of brotherhood and added thai
the congress would conduct it's worb
harmenionStv
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

had the support of
t b e Independence
league. As he was
practically the only
official that was put
into office by the
league without a
Republican or DEM
pcratic Endorsement
his triumph was
heralded as a Hearst
victory. Yet the
Hearst papers havt
been among those
that demanded his
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

III u 8 III 9 . . 7 IIt5
charge against Gresser is that be
audited fraudulent vouchers and al.
lowed his campaign manager 10 collect
them. The criminal case against him
IS part of a campaign throughout tie
city to insure something like hone ~
In the expenditure of public funds
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
FLAKED ARMoR PLATES.

Greatest American Rattleship Found
Defective.
The discovery of defective armor
plate on the North Dakota, the great
est and fastest American Dreadnought
now In commission, and indeed the
biggest one in the world, constitutes
the latest scandal In the navy. The
defect consisted in what are technical
ly known as 'spalls." shown by Bills
tering or taking. 1t has already been
remedied, the cost Of the armor plate
affected being estimated at about $780,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
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People of Note.
What Some Famous Folk
Are Doing.
CS.tssEtsEe.Ees<so.Cs.-e.eo-ss0et$e<Ss.ct.

TT HERE is a ira
4 dition in the
Vanderbilt fam
lily that each male
member must have
practical experience
as a railroad man.
While the descend
ants of the original
Cornelius are not
supposed actually to
shovel coal, lead sec
tIan $1,000. t,,-,,,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07


MARSHALL. prai William l. Mar
shall, formerly chief of the army Ell
gineers, as consulting engineer in the
reclamation service. 1t was stated TINT
the naming Of Marshall did not near
the retirement Of Director Newell OF
the reclamation service, but friends Of
Newell believe otherwise. Two dis
hnCt attempts were made In congress
to put the army engineers in charge OF
the reclamation service. One of these
was killed by Il tibuster of Senator
Bailey. Then n provision to the same
effect was placed in the reclamation
bond bill in the house, only to be de-
feated in the senate The conference
committee compromised by leaving the
approval Of irrigation projects in the
hands of the president, and Marshall is
named to assist the president in this
work.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

1t is not every successful business
man who thinks that he should go to
college to learn more, but that is the
case with Daniel w. Field. q shoe
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

bEkBlLT' JR' switches or punch
tickets, they are expected to get in
touch with working jobs and make
good. Some of them have even been
known to don overalls and others to
invent things. The latest scion of the
family to be given a railroad job is
William X. Junior, who has been made
a sort of general all around assistant
to President Brown of the New York
Central. This most recent of the
"williamkays" Is thtrty-two years old.
has been known as a driver of fast
automobiles and has been almost
equally rapid in other sports.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

rails, but he at EMPEROR WILLIAM.
least has persuaded a friend to finance
the adventure and will be the actual
ing spirit behind it.
According to one authority the pa
per will represent old fashioned, pat
riotic liberalism of course not dem
ocracy, but not extreme reaction. 1t
will have the whole souled support of
the emperor. who will order that it be
read throughout court circles.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

birds and other
feathered folk out
of the county. The
dog could not un-
derstand it at all.
These great winged
creatures were eyi.
IDENTIFY a kind of
fowl, though for
the life of him he !.
could not under Il
stand what species
they belonged to. .
Day by day he
w a t. b e d them r
through the fence
trying to work out {
the problem At
last he gave chase
chimes few low aud th
reasoned that it was
any rate, he f0IIowe
mile. and as the acrop.
good time it was Il
that SOME time later
fhe aeroplunp 70 the ~
was scratched and
tharns and Bart Wi
blood Shof Of I'VE AID
mouth. Ala! dog )
ard there was q h1n
among the bird g@n
pounds tahlHtn i,lIs,f
lnaele a flt it, Icae .,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

Emperor William has been almost
everything except an editor. and It is
now the gossip of Berlin that he may
take on a newspaper. SO much for
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

WOO. This Is not the only piece of bad
workmanship found on the North Da
kota. as the blowing out of boilei
tnbs some months ago injured sixteen
Of the crew The Utah, a sister shin
70 the North Dakota. Is also involved
n the investigation made b. the navy
department The Utah is not ser CON
pieted
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07

Senator Beveridge thinks he will car
~ Indiana by something like 10000 or
$4,000. and Tom Taggart believes be
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-07
s<SoeesEes.G3st3s.cs'+Cs.s E9aCa'Sat
In the LiIneIiQht.
Glimpses Into Lives of {
Celebrities. :


TN HE two m o $ t
4 significant re-
cent happen
ings in the COnscrVa-
ton row We're the
announcement of
Secretary of the In
terror Ballinger that
he did not intend to
resign and the ap-
pointment of Gen
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-03
ANOTHER CHANGE IN
0. R. & n. SCHEDULE
RUMORED LOCAL WILL BE
EXTENDED TO SALT LAKE
Also Reported That There Will Soon
Be Pendleton- Umatilla Local Put
On to Accommodate Westerners.

Rumors of other changes in the o.
R. & n. train schedule are current
in local railroad circles. One of these
is to the effect that the Pendleton-
Portland local is to be extended to Salt
Lake city. while the other is that a
local train is to be run between Pen
dleton and the town Of Umatilla.
Neither of these reports has yet re-
ceived official confirmation, but local
railroad men are expecting a new time
card, telling of the changes. to go in
to effect next Sunday. That being the
case the official confirmation will
probably be received today or tomor-
row.
If the local train Is run on through
to Salt Lake the arriving and depart
ing times of the trains will probably
be about as they are at present There
is small likelihood of the westbound
train being on time, however, for
judging by past experience It will be
impossible for the road to run its
westbound trains on time or anywhere
near 1t.
Local merchants will be glad to re-
ceive confirmation of the report that
a Pendleton-U -Umatilla local is to be in
stalled. 1t is said that this train will
leave Umatilla in the morning and
will return to that station in the eve
ming. That would give the residents
of the west end of the county who de-
sire to trade or transact other business
in the city the best train service they
have enjoyed in many years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-03
TRAIN SERVICE IS
RE-ESTABuSHED
TRAINS FROM EAST POUR
THROUGH IN A STRING
Traffic Dcmoralized by Floods, Be-
gins TO Assume Normal State Again
First Spring Colonist Rush Is On.

After days of delay because OF
washouts trains from the east will
begin arriving in Pendleton sometime
after midnight tonight and from that
time on for several hours there will
be almost a continuous string of pas
senger trains pouring into this city.
There will probably be at least five
number fives between midnight and
daylight. nyI~
These trains will bring the first in
stallment of the spring colonist rush
as we'll as the hundreds of passengers
who have been stalled at various
points along the line since the flood
season started.
Coincident with the news that
through train service with the east is
to be established tonight comes the
report that the Washington division
is also to be opened to traffic tonight.
This means that the Alto Hill line
which has been out for the past six
weeks will be opened up as well as the
Hay creek canyon route and that
through communication with Spo-
kane is at last to be resumed
'i"iii selNice 10 tHe west or Pen
dleton is now in good shape also and
from present Indications the railway
traffic will soon have attained normal
conditions.
The water in the Umatilla seems to
have reached the highest point and
has now started to recede. 1t fell
four inches during the night and has
been going down steadily since that
time.