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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15
INJURED MAN SHOWS
ADMIRABLE NERVE
WNI. POTTS GOODNESS
SAVES HIS OWN LIFE
Athena Man Who Had His Hand Torn
Off in Cogs, Stopped Engine With
D Other Hand, and Started TO Town,
II Distance of Ten Milcs-Other
News Notes.
Especial correspondence


Athena, ore, June l5.-The display
oc nerve shown by VIM. Potts whose
left hand was torn off on Saturday
by being caught in the cogs of gas
olne engine was admirable. With
his remaining hand he stopped the
machine and coolly got into his hack, .
which he had hitched up before the
accident. and started for this city q
distance of 10 miles. On the road
he met a friend returning from town.
Mr.. Potts was then nearly overcome
from loss of blood and pain and the
friend Mr.. Walker helped him in
to town where he quickly had medical
attention.
Mr.. James Bryan reports his taxi
cab once more in complete condition
and ready for joy riders or any other
people.
There will be Sunday school pic
mic held here in the park next Thurs
day and an address by Sam Small
in the evening at the NJ. f. church.
VIM. Willaby and wife are at Blng-
ham springs.
Mr.. Earl French of Holdman spent
Sunday with friends in town.
Ira NJ. Kemp of Weston. cashier Of
the farmers bank at that place, was
in the city on Sunday.
The sudden changes in the atmos-
phere is something fearful. from
scorching heat that makes the wheat
grower sit up and take notice, and in
the next ten hours to bitter cold that
causes the gruit grower to shlver in
his boots.
Mr.. Chas. Henry OF Malheur coun-
! y is visiting friends in the city. Mr..
Henry is on his way with a band OF
horses.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Dell Mr.. and
! Mrs. Austin Foss accompanied by
Mr. John Calender were tourists to
/ the Umatilla river on sunday
! j. r. Bryan's mammoth Pitts en-
| gine was brought into town Friday for
repairs before starting the harvest
season with the Ringel Bros. outfit.
Mr. Vergil Zcrba has successfully en-
gineered this fine machine for three
seasons
Walter Adams passed through in
his auto on his way TO Walla waIIa
to spend Sunday
5. f.. Hyatt Of Weston Mountain
vas seen on our streets Saturday.
| Maurice Bryan has shown ability
with the paint brush having given
the small taxicab neat coat OF
black
Mr.. Harry Wade. son Of Sam Wade.
/ a wealthy stockman OF Lostine, Wal
Iowa county. is expected to visit the
Barrett home on his way from Cor
wallis where he has attended col
| logc.
! .. \. Stamper was up from Pine
/ Creek ranch trading with Athena
merchants. He has just finished the
alfalfa haying
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15
PANAMA CANAL HAS BEEN UNDER WAY SIX
YEARS AND WILL REQUIRE FOUR YEARS MORE

from Culebra cut 31,128,845 cubic
Yards. and the work is advancing at
the rate of 100000 cubic yards
month. that being the average month
ly excavation since May 1. 1909. The
work Of dredging is practically con-
fined to the Atlantic and Pacific en-
frances Of the canal.
The construction Of the dam across
the Charges river at Gatun was con-
tinued during the year in three Sec
tions-the dry and hydraulic fill of
the eastern half of the dam; the lin
ing of the spillway with concretel and
the dry fill of the western section.
TWO parallel ridges Of rock and earth
stretch across the valley. from hill to
hill. and between these ridges the
hydraulic fill is being made. In the
east half Of the dam the hydraulic
fill rs at SO feet above sea level which
is within 62 feet of the final height:
In the western section the hydraulic
fiji has Just been begun. OF the to-
tai Of approximately 10, 100000 cubic
yards Of this fill to be made, 3,000,-
600 cubic yards have so far been
placed in the eastern section.
All the old channels Of the river are
closed by the dam and the water Is
flowing through the spillway. Low
water in Gatun lake is at 10 feet
above sea level, which Is ten feet
higher than the original surface of
The river at Gatun.
The first concrete was laid in Ca
tun locks with the permanent ham
ding and mixing plant on August "a,
1909. During the first four months of
It's operation the plant underwent a
number Of changes suggested by the
working conditions, and by January
| /. 1910. it had reached a efficiency
not anticipated before July l Of this
/ year. An indication Of the way in
which the plant gradually found it.
self is given by the amount. of con-
| crete laid each month since the work
was begun, the working day being
/ to 12 hours:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15
Month
Cubic yards,

The laying of concrete is advanc-
ing at the rate Of $500 cubic yards a
day, and there yet remain to be plac-
ed about 1850 900 cubic yards. The
first concrete was laid in the docks
at Pedro Miguel on September l.,
1909, when a temporary mixing plant
was put in operation. The installation
Of the permanent mixing and han
ding chanes has not yet been COM
pleted only three of the six cranes
being in operation. There remain to
be placed at Pedro Miguel 100000
cubic yards of concrete. and at Mira
flores 1505,00 cubic yards. At Mira
flores the lock site is ready for the
placing of concrete, and preparations
are in progress for the installation of
the cantilever crane mixing and
handling plant.
In both the locks at Gatun and
Pedro Miguel the iron work is be-
ing placed as the concrete laying ad-
vances, a large quantity Of the cast
ings as on the isthmus ready to be
set, bids have been asked on the
gates, and plans for the operating
machinery are nearing completion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15

bought an old shell and filled it with
a mixture of picre acid and nitro
glycerine in the presence of two of
his comrades, who, considering the
proceeding extremely imprudent,
warned him of the risk that ne was
running, and then left the room.
The shell mad been filled and it had
still to be fixed, so Martin went off
and persuaded another of his COM
rades, Charles Monst, a year or two
his junior to come and hold it while
he set to work to close it, Suddenly
a terrific report spread consterna-
ton among the numerous tenants of
the poorhouse. The shell had ex-
ploded. Martins chest was broken
in and his hands were carried away,
while Monet lost an eye, sustained
the fracture of an arm and was
bruised all over. Martin expired in
terrible agony in few moments, and
Monet is in a very critical condition
The officials of the poorhouse say
that Martin was an excellent emplOye
As his political opinions were Of a
very advanced type, a report natural
ly got about that he was experiment.
ing with a view to an anarchist out
rage, and, indeed that he was actual
ly attempting mischief when the shell
exploded, but there is not the slight
est ground for such a suppostion.
The police authorities have conduct
ed a searching investigation and they
are quite convinced that Martin only
took an innocent interest in explo-
sives.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15
THIEVES TORTURED AND
GOLDEN CROSS LOST

81. Petersburg An instance Of the
medlaeval barbarty stin practiced bv
tne peasants Of the Caucasus region
IS reported from thely, remote
mountain village.
n'eVes had broken into the loca,
church ana stolen two golden CROSSES
ana all the jewels on the sacred i'm
ages young man who was s,,,-
p'cted protested his innicence. He
was iloggcd until he Confessed i'm
pI,catlng two other peasants These
latrr were floggcd and their noeIs
burned. Under the torture's porsna-
a,u" '"cy promised to reveal the place
"here they had hidden the loot
Thc prisoners led the wav updar
escort to the mountains, bur one of
them threw himself down a precInice
ana was dashed to pieces. The othor
@ uIcd TO drown himself in river. but
was prevented by his captors
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15

Washington.-Th sixth year Of the
stupendous work of building a canal
across the Isthmus Of Panama to
connect the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans ended on May and in that
time so much has been accomplished
that the costly waterway may be
opened to the commerce Of the world
in 1914. The official estimate places
it & year later in order that there may
be no miscalculation
The progress Of the work may be
seen in the important features Of the
canal. These are the cut through
Culebra, the locks at Gatun Mira
flores and Pedro Miguel the building
OF the Gatun dam and the creation
OF Gatun lake
The excavation recorded by years
since May. 1904, is as follows:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15
POORHOUSE EMPLOYE
is BLOWN TO PIECES

Paris.-The interest taken by Fred
eric Martin, an employe at the Bice-
tire poorhouse, in chemistry has prov
ed fatal to the unfortunate man and
has also led to disastrous results to
a too-confding friend. Martin, who
was 30 years Of age, devoted most
Of his leisure to the manufacture of
explosives.
A few weeks ago he had let off an
Internal machine Of his own construc-
tion on a bit of waste ground. and
with infinite satisfaction to himself.
Encouraged by this experiment, he
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15
state q Ohio. city of Toledo. Lucas Cous

~, a..
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be 10
,enior partner Of the firm Of r. J. Che
uey & Co., doing business In the City OF
Toledo, County and State Aforesaid, aud
hat said firm will pay the sum OF ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and everJ
case OF Catarrh that canno. be cured by
the use OF Hairs Catarrn Cure.
FRANK !. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me ead subscribed Ia
my presence. this 9Th day OF December, A
u 1855.
A. W. GLEASON,
SeaD Notary Public.
Halls CatGrrh Cure 10 taken Internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
urfaces Of the system. Send for testimo-
sials free
r. J. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold BY all Druggists, 7bc.
Take Halls Family Pills for coastipa.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15

n'''S'u from Frank Hubbard's pas-
lu,r on Mckay creek. two light grov
gcIdings, -four years old. yoI9ht 100
49, o"' 'Dp" reached name, branded OIL.
~" ra ,'sn' shoulder 500 reward for
,'''''rP NOTIFY II HenrIkscn. HELIX
'''' or joe Hubbard, Mckay
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15

Just received, car OF Rock
springs nut coal. This Is what Won
need for cooking. Price 80 per ton
delivered loose or $40 per ton sacked
Oregon Lumber Yard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15

Of the total remaining, the amount
TO be taken out by dredges is 30
232,O52 cubic yards, and the amount
by steam shovels is 3s,827.617 cubic
yards.
or the 1s.051,27s cubic yards ex-
cavated in the central division IA
SSS.427 cubic yards were taken from
Culebra cut The record Of excava-
ton in the cut since May, 1904. fol-
lows:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15

ohiy two Leonard cleanable refr,g.
orators left at Sharon & Eddino.
lou'l have to hurry to get one q,
these Ice savers o"e vi
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15

To owe an obligation to worthy
friend is a happiness, and can be no
ragement.-Chanon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15
Williams. who had trained the baboon
7Ilce u was only few weeks old
had taught II never to go forward ana

ii would chase Don to the bridge,
gravely salute the man on watch and
then deliberately walk back to where
the crew was ana take it out on one
of them.
on May II the Drumcree passed
Gibraltar and two days later Don tried
to escape ana went forward instead
of aft Cornered the dog jumped
over the rail and went into the sea
The baboon followed Neither was
rescued.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-15
BIG BABOON is A SUICIDE
Leaps or Tramp Steamship After
TCrrOrjZinp the Crexv

Philadelphia.-When the british
tramp steamship Drumcree came into
port recently from Calcutta with n
large ana valuable cargo of general
merchandise she was short one of her
crew that had sailed with her. The
missing one was Pete. a big baboon
belonging to Boatswain Williams. and
winch committed suicide.
With the exception Of the boatswain
iher" was not a member Of the crew
fIom the officers down to the mess
boy. who was not glad that Pete had
come To his end.
When Williams came on board with
his baboon rs big as cabin bo
captain Kerry ordered it off Then
Pete sauted like true real man-o'-
Warsman, INA II pleased the captair
so much that he decided to shin it as
an extra hand
Two days after leaving Calcutta q
sailor who was teasing the baboon
was badly mauled. Another mem
Der tried to take some biscuits from
the baboon. He was nearly a week
recovering from the walloping he got.
Don, the cooks terrier, seemed TO
take particular delight in swapping at
pete ana then running for thn gnIlc,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-20
ODD FISH FROM SEA DEPTHS
Brought to the Surface by Repairing
Government Cables Along the
Pacific Coast.

Seattle, Wash.-Strange monsters
the like of which have seldom been
seen by man were dragged from a
depth of $500 feet by the crew of the
cable ship Burnside when they re-
paired the Alaska cable off Mount St
Elias last month.
The Burnside is moored at its buoy
in Elliott bay after two months of re-
pairing and relaying the cables of the
United States army and signal corps
system. On board were q score of
huge TASKS filled with alcohol. In
them floated strange shapes which 1t
was hard to believe were once living
creatures.
Balls of red hair which looked like
tousled human heads proved upon dis
section to be a strange kind OF deep
water crab. Flesh colored round
masses were TO nd clinging to the
cable by minute ~tentacles. One crea-
ture is shaped like the diablo toy, mar
row in the middle with big concave
white disks at either end by which 1t
catches bold of any object. The sail
ors on board the Burnside have named
ii the spool.
Another strange marine creature Is
shaped like an octopus but has at
least two dozen tentacles instead OF
eight. Many octopuses were found
clinglng to the cable, but they were
thought too common to preserve.
Whole sections of the cable pulled up
for inspection were found covered sew
eral feet deep with strange plants and
animal life. Seaweed, black instead OF
green, sponges and sea urchins pre-
dominated.
Probably the ~strangest creature
found on the cable was a flesh colored
fish not more than four feet long
which was found enveloped in the ten
taclcs OF a young octopus. When
brought to the surface it's body was
swollen like a balloon. DR.. j. e. Ma
loney, the ships surgeon, who exam
ined 1t, said he believed the fish was
choked by the hold of the octopus.
The section of the cable upon which
all this strange life was found had
been down ten years at a depth of a
mile and a half. The specimens which
have been preserved and which are
now on board the Burnside are to be-
handed over to the Smithsonian instr
tuition for scientific study.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-20
IN STOLEN CLOTHES
Police Stop Man of Enormous Proper
tons and Find Him Arrayed in
Many Suits.

New York.-"That fellow just
ahead Is a lot too fat for his height"
said Acting Captain Mclaughlin of
the Alexander avenue police station to
Patrolman Foster as the two were
strolling along Third
He does seem about as broad as
he's long," assented Foster.
Let's follow him." said McLaugh.
lin. So the policemen trailed the fat
person to the bridge at One hundred
and Thirty-fourth street and Third
avenue and there stopped him. In
spection showed that he was wearing
an unusual amount of clothing.
Whats the matter with your
asked Mclaughlin.
Il was sick and afraid I'd take
cold,' was the reply. The walking
clothing store was peeled in the pc
lice station. The police say he wore
twelve coats, six pairs of trousers, an
waistcoat, and n unfinished skirt OF
the hobble variety. He did not exact
ly wear the skirt. 1t was strapped
around his waist.
The prisoner said he was William
Young, twenty-four years, a plasterer
with no home except when he lived
with his sister at Paterson, N. ]. Nc
Laughlin a y Young admitted that he
broke into a tailor's shop at Glover
and Westchester and took the
clothing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-20
LIFE Is CHEAP IN EUROPE
Or. LobdelI So Declares After Pass.
ing Four Months Abroad
Frenchmen Inferior.

Chicago.-Human life is the cheap.
est thing in Europe, according to DIR.
Effie Lobdell. who has just returned
to her home In Chicago after passing
four months in various parts of Eu-
rope.
There is a lack of system in the
fighting of disease in the countries
across the WATER said the doctor.
land as a result typhoid fever and
cholera are killing thousands. The
doctors there receive only 20 to 40
cents a visit, yet they do the best they
can with the facilities at hand.
Americans especially are subject to
the prevailing disease across the wa
ter" continued the doctor, ION account
of their carelessness in eating and
drinking"
Doctor Lobdell's admiration for the
average Frenchman was not Increased
by her visit to that country. She de-
clares the men are far inferior to the
women in general business and man.
agement, being content to let the
women do the work, while they fill
the positions usually filed by sixteen
year-old girls In this country.
One thing that impressed the doctor
forcibly in Europe was the remarkable
cheapness of labor, and the fact that
several persons are required, as a rule.
to perform the same task that one
person performs In the United States.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-20
GIRLS TAKE UP HOMESTEADS
Young Women in Colorado Prepare to
Teach School and Also Prove
Claims.

Greeley, Col.-Teaching school and
homesteading land will be the COM
bined industries of some fifty young
eastern girls in Weld county this
school year.
Recently these teachers have been
busy building their claim shanties,
and in many cases the girls have
lone the work themselves.
Whenever possible four girls have
taken up adjoining quarter sections.
and have erected a common home at
the point where the four claims meet.
the house being so arranged that one
room is located on each claim. Each
young IN will occupy the room
on her own land, thus fulfilling the
requirement of the homestead law
which demands hat the person taking
up the land live on it for a certain
period of the year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-20
NEW GUN POWERFUL

front of it. There were four boards
in each target.
AT four p. m. the shooting began.
The first Of the targets were dragged
into position. A moment later the
motor started up Then the bullets
started to fly. They riddled the tar,
get into a pile of splinters a foot high,
and they did it in less than a minute.
All in all, it was estimated hat no
less than Is, bullets pierced the
target. Not only the first of the big
boards was riddled into a ~shapeless
mass, but each of the other three as
well. There was hardly enough left
of the target to make a dozen decent
sized safety matches.
The reporters were permitted then
to enter the gunroom. They saw a
motor, from the wheel of which a belt
was operated. The belt connected the
motor with another wheel, which was
a part of the mechanism on the top
of which was the oilcloth-covered
weapon out of which the bullets came
They also saw the little buckets, on
either side Of the gun, into which the
bullets are poured as they are needed
The reporters asked to see the gun
in operation. Mr.. Bangerter ordered
another target swung into position
There was another whirl and a sec,
ond storm of bullets struck the target
The fusilade lasted about ten seconds
Again was the target demolished.
But Mr.. Bangerter and his asso
ciates refused to say anything about
what was under the oilcloth in the
little gunroom. They did give out 8
typewriter statement, however, say
ing hat one of these guns could
face an army of thirty regiments o.
soldiers or 10000 men, and could NOV
down that entire body of men as
easy as a knife cuts the grass. There
is no earthly possibility for any army
to successfully ACE the fire from q
gun of this kind, which pours a VERT
able hailstorm of bullets into the at
lacking forces, who must either sac
| rifice their lives or. turn in retreat.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-20
Big Fish, Which Provide Worlds Sup
ply of Caviar, Migrating
From Europe.

New Orleans.-Russian surgeons,
the fish which have been the source
of millions in revenue to the Russian
empire on account of the eggs, or roe,
which provide the worlds market
with caviar, are migrating to the
Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds of them
are reported to be along the gulf
coast, and there is in the possession
Of the state game commission a
specimen caught in Barataria bay
which weighed 167 pounds. This was
the largest sturgeon eve captured in
these waters and is preserved for
exhibition purposes by the game com
mission. 1t was purchased by Presi-
dent p. M. Miller for $35 from the
fisherman who captured it in his nets.
The meat of the fish Is said to be
the finest known and brings about
25 cents a pound wholesale. The fish
caught had almost sixty pounds of
roe, which is worth $1.75 a pound.
The meat and roe was sold to a local
restauranteur, where the caviar was
served as a great delicacy.
Assistant Secretary Henry Jacobs
of the game commission says that
the Russian surgeons habitat Is in
the Caspian and Black seas, where
hundreds of persons make a liveli-
hood capturing and preserving them.
This industry has been in progress
for many decades, and the caviar has
been shipped 20 every part OF the
world, netting millions to the corpora
tons engaged in the pursuit. The
fish is migratory, however, when
closely pursued and 1t Is said that
for years they have been moving
towards the Atlantic. They are be-
coming almost extinct in Russian wa
tiers, but it Is said 1t will not be long
before great fisheries for the sturgeon
can be established along the gulf
coast.
On account Of the scarcity Of the
sturgeon roe in Russia the roe of the
spoonbill catfish. which has its habitat
In the Atchafalaya river. has been
shipped for months to Russia.
The meat Of the Louisiana spoon
bill catfish sells for IL cents a pound
and the roe for $3.50. 1t il caught
only In the Atchafalaya river. and In
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-20
Weapon Could Wipe Out Whole
Army in a Jiffy.
Machine Invented by Swiss Fires Mil
lion Bullets an Hour Without
Use of Powder, So Press
Agent Claims.

New York.-A gun that, it's inventor
says, can shoot 100000 bullets al
hour at a cost OF 500; that uses Meth
er powder nor compressed air, and
that fires bullets that do not require
shells, was shot for the enlightenment
OF a delegation of New York reporters
the other day. They saw the gun
shoot, but they were not permitted to
see that part Of the gun out of which
the little steel bullets came with such
rapidity.
A Swiss named Bangerter was in
troduced as the inventor. and the
press agent who staged the exhibition
stated that Bangerter used to- make
watches.
The reporters asked nearly as many
questions as the number of bullets
this terrible weapon is said to be able
to discharge, but there was no infor-
nation coming as to what made the
gun so lavish in the distribution. of
it's little steel missiles. In order that
the secret should be maintained that
part of the mechanism that it is said
causes the rapid shooting was Gov
cred with oilcloth. Only the motor
that operates the gun and the little
bucketlike receptacles into which the
bullets are poured by the quart were
visible to the reporters.
The exhibition was on the third
floor of the building at 70 Broad
Cfrnnf Stnp1ntnn g In N little noon
adjoining that in which were placed
the reporters was the gun. There
were targets made of a series of big
boards arranged in box fashion, each
plank about a foot behind the one in
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-20
Introduce Faiconry.

New York.-Seven trained falcons,
in charge of an expert f%alconer, ar
rived here from England, for hunting
on the Long Island estate OF Paul
Rainey. They are believed to be the
first ever brought to this country for
work in the field.
The trainer said that the medieval
sport of falconry is being revived
abroad and that Mr.. Rainey was not
the first American sportsman to show
a sympathetic interest.