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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-15
BALLOON 4.
RACE STARTS
ON MONDAY
TEN OF THE BIG FELLOWS
READY FOR THE FLIGHT FROM
ST. LOUIS AND REPRESENT
ALL COUNTRIES.


st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 15,-Final
preparations for the International
balloon race were completed h,re
today and all is in readiness for the
fight of the big gas bags and their
human freight on Monday. Ten eu-
trants, representing all nations aud
numbering some of the best kown
aeronauts in the world, are en-
camped on the field near here,
whence the Start Will Re made.
While the American balloon race
from Indianapolis last moth was
not remarkable for the records
made. 1t is expected the Intcr,.a-
tional contest will establish several
new marks. Weather conditions are
considered more favorable than last
month, and the balloons entered are
of far better class.
Drawings were held today and 1t
was arranged for the balloons 70
sail away in the following order:
Condor. France. Pilot Jacques
Faure; Buckeye, America, Pilot J.
II. Wade; Azuria, Switzerland, Pilot
Captain Messner; Hamburg III,
Germany, Pilot l.. Cut vogt; Isle De
France, France, Pilot Alfred Le-
blanc; st. Louis number four, Amer
lea. Pilot II. e. Honeywell, Helve-
tia, Switzerland, Pilot Colonel
Setback; Dusseldorf, Germany, Pilot
Engineer Gericke; American ~,
America, Pilot A. r. Hawley; Ger
mania. Germany, Pilot Captain Won
Abercron.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-15
The Royal Month and the Royal
Disease.

Sudden changes of weather are
especially trying and probably to
none more SO than to the scrofulous
and consumptive. The progress OF
scrofula during a normal October
is commonly great. We never think
Of scrofula-its bunches, cutaneous
eruptions. and wasting OF the bodily
without thinking of the
great good many sufferers from II
have derived from Hoods sarsapar-
lila. whose radical anc permanent
cures of this one disease are enough
TO make 1t the most famous medicine
in the world. There is probably not
city or town where Hoods Sarsapa'
rilla has not proved its merit In
more homes than one. in arrestinl
and completely eradieating scrofula
which Is almost as serious and al
much TO be feared as it's near rela
ye.-eonsumption
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-15
BURNETT
DECIDES
TWO CASES
IN ONE HOLDS THAT THE LAW
CONCERNING SWINE RUNNING
At LARGE Is UNCONSTITU-
TIONAL-EVEN A HOG HAS
RIGHTS.

Two cases of Importance were
tried out and disposed of before
Judge Burnett of the state circuit
court this afternoon In one of which
1t was held by the court that the
law governing the running at large
of swine upon the public thorough
fares was unconstitutional in that 1t
was a local and not general statute
and Arthur Jacobs, who was indicted
for the violation of the provisions Of
this act, was acquitted and dis
charged from custody, and the othe:
was a suit for the collection OF
$1,540 alleged to be due the Buf-
falo Pitts company from Walter
Dodge, of Woodburn. upon tie 2ur-
chase price of some machinery.
In the case of the state VS.. Az
thur Jacobs, the defendant wag
charged with allowing swine to run
outside of his own enclosure. An
Indictment was found against him
by the grand jury and when the ac-
tion came on for trial, the defense
raised the point that the court had
no jurisdiction as the act under
which the defendant was indicted,
was unconstitutional as 1t was
merely enacted to govern the rum
ming at large of swine in Marion
county and was not a general act
for the state of Oregon. The court
held that the act was unconstitu-
tional and the defendant was dis
charged. The evidence also showed
that the hogs of the defendant had
escaped upon A. Bush's land near
Brooks and that Mr.. Bush had not
maintained a lawful fence.
Carson & Brown appeared for the
defendant.
Buffalo Pitts Co. VS.. Walter Dodge.
This was an action brought by the
Buffalo Pitts company to recover
the sum of $3.50. the balance due
upon four promissory notes. The
defendant interposed the defense OF
accord and satisfaction and claimed
that an agreement had been en-
tered into by which the plaintih
was to take back the mortgaged ma
chinery upon the defendant deliver
ing the same-to him without resort
to legal proceedings. and that de-
livery of the property was 10 be a
complete satisfaction and the notes
were TO be cancelled and delivered
back TO the defendant. The case
was sharply contested upon the
agreement. several witnesses being
called. The court held that the de-
tense interposed was legal defense
and II established would defeat the
collection OF the notes. The case
went TO the jury upon conflicting
testimony, but the jury promptly re-
turned verdict for the defendant
Had the plaintiff succeeded, it would
have taken from the defendant his
little '4O-acre farm near Wpodburn
upon which an attachment lien had
been placed.
f. p. Morcom appeared for the
plaintiff and Carson & Brown TO-
the defendant,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-15
IRISH AMERICANS
ARE THE FAvORITEs
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIns.I ]

New Orleans, La, Oct. 15.-The
Irish-American Athletes of New
York have been installed favorites In
the betting on the outcome of the
National Amateur Athletic union
meet which begins here this after
noon. The Irish-Americans won tho
junior championship yesterday with
total OF 81 points.
Headed by Ralph Rose. the olym-
pic club of San Francisco will be
one of the most closely watched
teams in the meet today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-15
ADVOCATES
GOOD ROADS
IN MARION
SUGGESTED THAT A MAIN
NORTH AND SOUTH ROAD BE
BUILT AND MACADANfIZED
ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AS q matter OF self defense from
threatened isolation by the steady
stream of automobile and other
traffic which is constantly passing
through the state, it is the opinion
of some citizens and taxpayers who
are in a position to know that Mar-
construct a permanent county high.
wGv from the northern to the SOU
thern limits of the county and Il
will have 70 be built in the near fu-
ture or the tra,~' that --o4,1 -ctur-
ally pass through this county and
city from north to south will be d.
verted through Yamhill. Polk and
Benton counties. This subject will
probably come up for the serious
consideration of the Marion county
court before the time arrives for the
making of the annual levy OF taxes
and 1t may be that a special levy
will be made to provide for the con-
struction of a permanent county
| highway.
To construct a road such as woul1
meet the needs of the travelling pub
lie through the county fiom north
to south, distance of approximate
ly so miles, would cost about $50,
900 for a gravel road and about
SIS, 900 for crushed rock or ma
cadam highway and would require
levy of about 2A mills upon the
total assessed valuation of the coun-
ty. Gravel could be delivered ct
the stations along the line of the
road at a cost of about $1.30 per
yard and 1t would cost about $4,000
per mile to put It upon the road,
and crushed rock could be delivered
at the railroad stations along the
line of roadway for 50 per yard
and a first class macadam road could
be built for about $4,000 per mile.
The natural line of travel of ve-
hicles is through this county and
city between Portland and points to
the south but 1t is becoming notice
able that much of this travel Is be-
ing diverted through Polk, Yam
hill and Benton counties on account
of the bad condition of the Marion
county roads and It is apparent To
those who have had occasion to give
serious thought to the subject that
Marion county will have to wake u?
and improve its main highways or
the county will be the loser. The
road south of Salem is not so bad
and could be maintained at compar-
atively small cost. in the estimation
of County Judge Bushey, with whom
the subject was discussed today, but
II will require the outlay of con-
siderable amount of money to bring
the roads north OF the city up to
the proper standard; but the county
court will probably not take any ac-
tion in the matter unless 1t is pc
titioned to do 80.
John II. Albert has called a meet
ing of the autoists of the city to oe
held next Monday for the purpose
OF discussing the subject OF good
roads in all of It's phases and Frank
II. Fretwell, secretary OF the Pacific
Highway association, will be present
to deliver an address upon the
question of roads in general, and II
is possible that the subject of the
permanent improvement of the main
county highway will be brought up
for consideration at this meeting.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-15
WEST POINT
|. OUT KICKED
old ELLIS

West Point. N. r.. Oct. 15.-The
Army walked away with Yale, 9 to
3, this afternoon in a hard-fought
football game. which showed the bull
dogs unquestionable gameness, but
which convinced the spectators and
critics that Yale's team this year Is
decidedly mediocre. The absence Of
a veteran line. and the old-time team
work in the backfield proved Old Ellis
undoing.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-15
Credit Stores can't match our prices.

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-15
X X n 4 n X r X + Il 4 \ X 4 y
y CHURCH SERVICES =

Rev. Edward II. Todd, vice presi-
dent of willamette University, Will
preach in the First Presbyterian
church Sunday morning.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-15

.osT-A black music roll. between
Barr's jewelry store and Garden
Road on car line. Please return
% yourrri oace. i0-i2-St
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-27

ing strange in the fact that the same
rule can be applied to hits in battle,
when all the conditions are remem-
bered.
The enormity of our national budget
is becoming appalling. If we can show
how efficiency may be more cheaply
acquired, we may then reasonably ex-
pect prompt increase of the mobile
army to numbers more nearly commen-
surate with the duties performed, and
the extent of the territory and interests
protected. Our expensive military pol
icy has burdened us with excessive an
nual charges for our past neglect;
while the increasing demands upon our
national treasury by our 100000 900 of
people verge us upon bankruptcy We
must still get results, but we must get
them more quickly, easily and cheaply.
Factory made hits are not only
cheaper but easier to obtain in large
numbers than any other kind, due to
the conditions of modern war 1t will
be universally conceded that it would
be folly to issue rifles without sights
and it is even greater folly to continue
to issue rifles without first equipping
them with that other hit maker and hit
getter-mechanical fire control"
In controlling beyond measure the
weakness of the human element in war
the Ely mechanical fire control strikes
to the very heart of inefficiency in
battle fire. a defect that has been so
predominant through the ages that
historians have mentioned it when de-
scribing statistically the result of some
great conflict, and sages have been
wont to say that mans weight in bull
lets must be shot before he can be
killed Certainly there seems truth
in it when the worlds record in battle
is considered. That blindfolded mon
absolutely inexperienced in the use of
the Ely mechanical fire control, should
achieve such remarkable superiority
over that record indicates not only
substantial merit but an epoch in battle
fire and war training.
The mechanical fire control COM
pels a reasonable accuracy both night
and day from skilled and unskilled
shots alike. is free from banefuI effects
of the human element of error and
vastly increases the hits in battle: in
fact 1t would be difficult to place any
limit upon its efficiency. 1t will be real
lied that heretofore the hits in battle
have depended upon many things, the
training of the men, their condition. the
weather and SO on that no matter the
brains or skill of the commanding Of
ficer, success or failure has, after all
rested with the men and their ability
to shoot. That uncertainty has passed
with the coming of the Ely fire control.
which places positive control with one
mantle captain. 1t is plain that un-
der such condition accurate firing is
merely 3 matter of determination and
a simIia cee---------.E. E1stheymore- the
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-27

In model A the longitudinal slot
through the block is shortened in front
so that the tongue of the pendulum
can not swing forward of the groove
in the block. While high fire is pre-
vented, there is no interference with
good fire or low fire. The difference be-
tween models A and B is that model A
simply holds fire below the angle for
which the piece is set. whether angle
be of elevation or depression, while
model limits fire to a given sector
the center of which passes through the
objective and corresponds to the setting g
of the controller.
There is no spring to break, no gear
to wear or to give backlash and no
screw to work loose or get lost. The
occasional drop of oil required in the
nose of the scar runs down to the bear
ing of the pendulum pin in the scar
and is the only fabrication needed.
The receiver plates which carry the
scar are extended downward to carry
the block, and meet the heavy trigger
guard on either side in a long bearing.
thus actually Strengthening the piece
in its weakest point. The controller as
shown is applied to the United States
Springfield magazine rifle. and in this
form may be applied to. any rifle of the
Mauser type. It is readily adapted to
any rife.
An important Improvement recently
made is the adjusting lever stop made
in one piece and weighing about a tenth
of an ounce. This can be given any
desired setting on the scale. along
which it plays; and then by simply
throwing the adjusting lever up against
the stop, the controller Is given the
same setting. This feature is of great
Importance, especially for work at
night or in close action, or on riot duty.
The stop is almost instantly changed to
any setting and this without the aid of
any tool. 1t. should be habitually car
ried set at 0. no reading then being
necessary to set the controller for hort
zontal fre--the most common require
ment. With the stop set the same set
ting Of the controller is instantly made
as readily by night as by day
Let us imagine that the Ely mechani-
cal fire control has been adopted by one
of the foreign powers and that the
United States is at war with that par-
ticular country. We picture an fnva-
sion for instance on the Pacific coast at
any one OF the easy landing places. A
Sreat host OF the hostile forces could
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broom handle Mark each step in the
evolution of the old aintlock into the
modern Springfield and you will have
touched upon that which has changed
warfare from a question of right or
might" to a question of skill and sci
ence where numbers cease to be the
only consideration of Importance. His
tory that was made under the first con-
dition would never have been possible
under the second. History that has
been made under the second would not
be possible under the conditions that
Captain EIy's mechanical fire control
is making for the future.
The question of land battle comes
down to the efficiency of small arms.
To such a great extent has the rivalry
between nations increased in perfect
ing small arms that the Importance of
a device like the Ely mechanical fire
control must be apparent.
Captain Ely says of his invention:
1T is doubtless something of a shock
to the satisfied advocates Of old time
methods to the exclusion of modern
advancement that a mechanicaI attach
ment on a rife could enable absolute
strangers to it to make more hits, and
that blindfolded, than even the Beers
when they made the worlds record for
the best and most efficient battleire.
Not only did these strangers make a
higher percentage Of hits, but per-
centage over "a times as great. The
Beers remarkable record at Colenso,
the greatest in history, was one-sixth
of per cent, one hit in 500 shots In
the test of the mechanical fire control
at the school of musketry, Presidio of
Monterey, 20 blindfolded men fired at
will FIVE shots each at a line of %
kneeling figures $50 yards away. There
were las shots fired. Six hits were
made on FIVE figures It will be seen
that the hits exceeded per cent, and
that the number of figures struck was
20 per cent. thus making the dis
tribution of hits almost perfect.
For 20 years foreign nations have
been attempting to apply mechanics to
control the human element in battle.
ne Ol lu0 N1SIHIdh polSAL VI
fee are q revelation of the amount of
effort expended In that direction. But
the German devices are all very COM
plicated and imperfect. The French
are better mechanics and have been
hard at work on the problem. With
their short term men and the national
unfamiliarity with the rifle they real
ize with commendable foresight the
tremendous advantages to be gained by
a successful solution. With a ma
chine controlled rife fire every man
viii grind out more hits, just as with
proper machinery a workman grihds
out an increased product. F'reque atty
a mere child can manage a machins that
produces relatively great quantities of
q product which requires considerable
skill IL made by hand. There isinoth-
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-27

be comfortably qudrtered at a hidden
canyon of the coast range before our
troops could possibly reach them. Pre-
suming that our forces received word of
the position OF the enemy before night
fall let us follow their movements. The
chances of attacking the enemy at
night would be small and against all
military experience if possibly avoid
able. Our forces would no doubt make
camp in another hidden canyon in the
coast range after locating the enemy
several miles distant. Nervous at the
prospect of tOmOrrow'S battle they
would be in no shape for the sudden
attack of the enemy, but the attack
comes before our forces have had any
warning.
The enemy is advancing upon the
camp. they are swarming on the hill
side above. Our troops are ordered to
the opposite hillside Confusedly they
tear through the brush. stumbling.
painting. TO the position. 1t is presuma-
bly, an advantage. Our forces are high
er than the enemy's. at least we think
So but it is pitch black and we are no.
sure. We are ready for the attack
why don't they shoot? They do. r
binding flash and a great sheet or
lead has swept into our forces Men
are everywhere on the ground dying.
Without even chance to fire at the
nearly devastated. The horrible efrec-
tlveness of the enemys first fire Is only
too apparent In the dark our men
stumble over the dead and attempt to
return fire, but our shots under the
conditions are wild and for the most
part arc whizzing harmlessly over the
hill, where the enemy is waiting for
the next command, confidently. quietly.
cruelty, for their fire means certain
death. They have ceased to be human
beings. The attack is unfair 1t Is
between a great organized machine in
possession of a mechanical precision
and a disorganized. practically harm
less force that grOpes in blind terror
for r safety that is not.
The pictare is not alluring, but II is
faithfully drawn. 1t shows the signih-
canoe of the possession OF mechanical
fire control We better appreciate, per-
h-aps what Captain Ely has done. His
invention weighs scarcely two ounces.
two ounces of science one might say,
which. when added TO a rife, saves tons
OF bullets
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-27

shooting angle or play" of the rife is
about four degrees. He has made his
mechanical FIRE control accordingly.
TIE play is necessary for the reason
that IN warfare shooting is not done
al definite objects-that is a soldier
does not deliberately pick out his man.
aim carefully and shoot. but endeavors
st the command OF the captain TO "beat
Up" a certain stretch Of ground TO Gre
ate a danger zone. In the excitement
Of battle the soldier is liable TO fire
straight into the zenith or straight into
the ground. The vertical range Of fire
has been calculated to be easily 80 de-
grees A very heavy fire may be de-
livered throughout q vertical range OF
80 degrees. II all the fire of the wasted
angles could be massed into the effec-
tive angle would not the result mean
an enormous increase in ef1cicncy7 By
his. remarkable device Captain Ely has
accomplished this massing. has made
possible an almost inconceivable eff
cheney.
six years ego Captain Ely chanced to
oserhear an idle remark which put in
his head the nebulae Of the invention.
The device IS now complete. IT
Is so simple that one wonders why
it was not thought OF before, and IT
seems without fault-absolutely fool
proof"
Even TO those who have read OF the
worlds wars. upon whose memory has
been stamped the historians pictures
sof great battles. military science and
the art Of warfare are phrases OF which
they have no proper conception. Be
vond the vision of symmetrical rows OF
soldiers. shining barrels, white gloves
and brass buttons. he knows nothing.
He is not able TO appreciate what a
device like the Ely mechanical fire con-
troll means to the world, what its infiu-
enoe is on warfare. what its adoption
bv one of the great powers would sig
Nifty.
Ages ago mans savage cunning de-
y,xed crude stone spears. II was then
4nat natures missiles were relegated
to the past. Poison tipped arrows shot
from a powerful bow came next. Truly
q rreat innovation; svffter than the
eye. farther flying than the spear, and
2 hundred fold more deadly. The dis
covery of iron and the invention of
powder brought warfare to the begin
ming OF the modern era Yet in the
face Of our modern rifles and their pos
sibnities when equipped with Captain
Ely's device, how we smile at the flint
locks that made history a century or
more ago. Today we gaze upon them
with curious eyes and consider them
es worthless relics which can 90 no
more than harInlessly stir the imagina-
ton. But what basis for comparison
an old hintlock is. A frightful death
dealer in its day. IA tho present
sFe about as rsess. y tsEae of war as
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device limits the vertical dispersion of
fire in battle. All fire is necessarily low
when the device is used, thus augment
ing the advantages of the fat trajectory
The simple mechanism of the Ely
control is in marked contrast with the
complicated designs of foreign attempts
and with several infringements that
have appeared In this country.
The essential parts of the Ely device
are four in number-the pendulum,
block, crank lever and scale. Gravity
is effectualIy harnessed for the work.
sensitiveness of motion and great
strength both being obtained while mo-
mentum is avoided. Herein lies the
secret of the successful mechanical fire
control for If momentum were gained
by the pendulum the mechanism could
not adjust itself with sufficient rapidity
to admit of use in firearm. Gravity
is best applied in the form of a pendu-
lum. since the ball Or roller yields less
readily to fine adjustment as well as to
other requirements.
The pendulum is suspended from a
simple pin driven through IL with tri-
angular faced bearing at each end in
the scar. The pendulum is limited in
itx swing by a pin driven into it from
the bottom. which plays in a longi-
tudinal slot cut through the block. Ow-
ing to the shortness of the swing the
pendulum acquires practically no mo-
mentum. and SO comes quickly to rest
when the piece is aimed. The trans
verse tongue on the bottom of the pen
,.,,I,,n, is shown in register with the
corresponding groove across the top of
the block, such registry being neces-
sary to permit fire.
An experimental controller, fitted
~s.h a four degree groove or fire
rector. has been given violent motion