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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-04-27
VISITORS
At the Federal Capital are Several
Residents of This State.

WASHINGTON, D. G., April 81
Among the visitors here from wesi
Virginia are State Senator A. C.
'AeInt:re, of Berkeley Springs: W.
D. slaven and o. t, Feaster. of Lew
iaburg; Fred Fox, of Sutton; and
W, H. Lantz, of Penns6oro, former
postmaster at that place,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-04-27
WIIsoNBURG PLAY.

After Ten Years; or. The Maniac
Wife, an original romantic drama in
three acts, will be presented tonight
at the wilson6urg school house by
home talent. The proceeds will he
used on the purchase eff a piano.
clarksbsurg local talent will also have
part on the program.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-04-27
G.YEs Party.

Miss florence Reed entertained a
number of her friends at her home
in the Wines addition Wednesday
night at a party, Fifteen guests at
tended, and the evening was spent
n pleasant diversions.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-04-27
SOCIAL
tcontinued from page Sd

hall on West Pike street next Mon
day night after the regular business
meeting. Inquiry cards are being
sent out to members.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-04-27

Miss Martha Basel has returned
home from Pittsnurg, where she
was guest OF Mrs. R!ner G. AL
tizer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-04-27
ladies, Aid Meets,

A very interes ting meeting of the
Ladies Aid Society of the Central
Christian church was held this af-
ternoon in the parlors of the
church.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
sehooIboY Rlunders.

The University Correspondent re-
Gently offered a prize for schoolboy
mistakes. Here are a few examples:
Mute, inglorious Milton"-these epi-
taphs are used by a writer who was
envious of Millions being poet orient.
He finds sermons in stones" express
es the same idea as W~ordsworth's
"the restless stone chat all day long Is
heard" Calvin vas a noted scientist
and peer, who died lately. Naples Is
an independent state in the north of
India. Shakespeare made a mistake
in mentioning Galen, who did not live
until n hundred years after his time.
The feminine of fox Is foXhen. John
Burns was the name of one of the
claimants TO the throne of Scotland In
the reign of Edward l. The pyIam,Ss
are Il range of mountains between
France and Spain. The three highest
mountains In Scotland are Ben Nevis,
Ben Lomond and Ben Jonson. Wolsey
! saved his life by dying on the way
from York to London. When the Eng
lish first landed in Australia the only
| four footed animal In the country was
a rat. Monsoons are fertile gorges be-
tween the Himalayas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
Efficient Service Requires
Sufficient Facilities

To meet these requirements it is
essential not only that there be at all
times sufficient cable facilities, under
one control, but that they should be
operated Interchangeable with each
other and in close physical
ton with land lines as m system.
Ample spare facilities are necessary
to provide against the very frequent
cable Interruptions.
Neither the Western Union nor any
one Of the companies Of the Western
Union group has, independently OF the
others, facilities enough to handle
the business which at times any one
company might be called upon to take
care Of, because of some particular
rush Of business, or because OF some
cable interruption. Nor could any one
company furnish all the direct circuits
necessary for efficient service, al
though the combined facilities of
these companies are ample if they
could be used supplementary to each
ether and in;erchsngeably.
AS it u.s.. each company operates its
own cables through separate and dis
tinct Offices and under separate aud
distinct management. All interchange
of business is by actual transfer Of the
business from u company 10 the
other, with the consequent delay and
interruption OF d service in which
seconds are valuable.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
The Ierhoa and the Melons.

An odd fact relative to q little Afr.
can melon is thus related by an Off
cial Of Khartum:
The jerbOa or kangaroo rat Is found
In considerable numbers in places miles
and miles away from any water or
even dew, and ! was at a loss to I'M
derstand how these little animals could
exist through the ten months of
drought. 1t appears, however, that
after the scanty rains a small wild
melon of bitter taste, but full of juice,
flourishes in the desert. The jerboa,
as soon as the melon is ripe, bites Off
the stem and proceeds to dig away
the sand under the melon, SO that it
gradually sinks below the level of the
ground. The constant wind soon GOV.
ers it with six to eight inches of sand,
which protects 1t from the scorching
sun and from drying up. When all
other moisture has %evaporated the jer-
boa goes to his larder and drinks the
Juice Of the melon till the rains come
on again. One jerboa will bury as
many as forty Of these little melons
to last him through the dry season.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15

by Rutherford, second; Haledo, own
ed by w. S. Abbot, driven by Sawyer,
third: Hal Norte, owned by Mrs. w. S.
Denn,son, driven by German fourth.
Time 2:2S l-2.
First heat, 2;12 trot, Lewis & Clarke
purse $4,000, best three in five-Ber-
nice r., owned by NJ. c. Keefer, Wood
land, Cal, driven by Spencer, first;
Donasham, owned and driven by w.
$. Mahen. Los Angeles, second; Dan
Mckinney. owned and driven by Joe
Mcclure. Denver, third; Orelan, own
ed by Tip Top Ranch. Hood River,
driven by Wilson, fourth. Time All
Ia.
First heat 1920 pace, purse $500,
best three in five-Leola, owned and
driven by Frank f. Frazier. Pendle-
ton, first; Hal Mercury, owned by Will
liam Pike, driven by Reeder, second;
Harold Welcome, owned by w. l..
third; King Seal, owned by f. c.
Kept, driven by Sebastian, fourth.
Time 2:14.
Second heat Oregon futurity for
two-year-old pacers-Same order as
first heat, deciding.
Second heat 2:12 trot, Lewis &
Clarke, purse $4,000, three in five
Bernice r first; King Brook, owned
and driven by w. I. Higgins, Deer
Lodge, Mont, second; Donasham was
third; Mabel. owned by G.. S. Magrud-
er, Yuba City, Cal, driven by Duncan,
fourth. Time 2:11 IA.
Second heat 2:20. purse $500, three
in five-Leola first; King Seal, Sec
ond; Harold Welcome third; Ester B
owned by Russell. Spokane. driven by
Elman. fourth. Time 2:14.
Third and final heat 2:12 trot, Lew
is & Clark, purse $4,000, three infive-
Bernice r., first; King Brook, second
Dan Mckinney third; Orelna. fourth
Time 2:12 Ia.
A light rain started to fall just be
fire the third heat of the 2:20 trot
The fall was LOT heavy enough, how
, ever. to dabage the surface. Many wht
were unable to get seats under shelte.
began to leave the grounds.
Third heat 2:20 trot for $500 purse
three in five-Klng Seal first; Ha
Mercury, second; Leolo, third; Harol,
Welcome, fourth. Time Alt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
Ths Gcose lowe.

In the early years d. the fourteenth
century the free cities Hamburg,
Lubbock and Bremeu-seut 81 delegation
of seventy seven members to King
Yaldemar to demand increased rights
and privileges in their trade with Den
mari, The Delegates were not very
respectful in their language and de
meanor. and the king, who was at
Vordlngborg, told them they acted like
q drove OF geese ana clapped them
into prison in the tower, telling them
they would stay there until they learn
ed better over the heavy
tower door the king put up a stone
with the inscription:
Sleben und siebenteg Hause:
Sieben und siebenteg Ganse:
Ware NIGHT so viele Hause
Hat ich auch NIGHT so viele Cans
Translated this reads: seventy
seven houses and seventy-seven geese.
If there were not SO many houses
would not have so many geese"
On top Of the tower, which still
stands solid and strong, was placed a
big gilt goose, with neck outstretched
as If it were kissing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
A Cold Ride.

All through his life Senator Dolliver
of Iowa had a horror of fast trains
and possible railroad wrecks. Once be
was on a train with Vice President
Fairbanks.
Deliver awoke in the middle of the
night, and it seemed to him that the
train was going at terrific speed. He
climbed out of his berth ami, arrayed
only in his pajamas, started down the
length Of the train TO find the con
ductor and ask him TO order the train
run at less speed. 1t was a cold night,
but the senator did not mind that until
the door OF his car snapped shut and
locked behind him and he found that
the door Of the next coach was also
locked. He rode siXty-tve miles locked
out in the cold Of the vestlbule before
he could wake up anybody to let him
in. Mr.. Fairbanks finally heard his
cries for help ana rescued him.-New
York Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
When Biornson Died.

Bjornson's son, in describing the last
hours of his father. writes: Now and
then the bright flame of his humor
hickered up. The doctor felt his pulse
and said it was good. With his face
beaming with humor he turned toward
us and said, 4 am the first man to die
with n good pulse He said n even
ing-and it seemed as if an old wise
man was speaking with the weight of
experience, Now l could w~rite-yes,
now | could write, for l have been in
the realms of death and have felt the
pain that attends death And when
all of us thought that the indifference
of death was upon him-my mother,
who always gave him his food, which
he would receive only from her, stood
at the bedside with a brooch on her
breast which she had worn at her con-
frmation-then he opened his eyes and
looked at her. He smiled, lifted his
hand and touched the brooch. This
was the last sign to the outer world he
was able to give"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
The Trans Atlantic Gable
Situation and Competition

The trans Atlantic cable situation
is as follows;
The Mackay group OF seven ca
bles, including the German cables,
owned by or worked in physical con
nection with the telegraph lines of
that company form system.
The French cables comprise an in
dependent system, using both the
Western Union and the Macksy land
lines 70. their United States connec-
ton.
In competition with these is the
Western Union grouP of cables, eight
in all, owned by three separate com
paniea. two Of which are British
companies owning five Of the eight
cables.
TiUo only of the British owaea
cables terminate in the United States
and all Of them are entirely dsPea-
dent on che Western Union for fhei,
connection nth nyfeiegraph system,
or fo5 their reaching any centre OF
business, and are noU Worked cHciu-
siUebA, so far as business is concerned.
Uih the Western Union.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
The Automobile.

In some respects the automobile is
the most marvellous machine the world
has yet seen. 1t can go anywhere at
any time. fioundering through two feet
Of snow, ford any stream that isn't
deep enough to drown out the mag
neto, triumph over mud axle deep,
jump fences and cavort over plowed
ground at fifteen miles an hour. 1t
has been used with brilliant success In
various kinds Of hunting, including
coyote coursing on the prairies Of Col
orado, where 1t can run all around the
broncho, formerly in favor, since 1t new
er runs any risk of breaking a leg In
q prairie dog hole. Educated
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
Efficiency Increased,
Waste Prepented

The proposed arrangement between
the Western Union, the Anglo-Amer-
lean and the Direct U. S. companies
will bring the eight cables OF the three
companies under operating con-
troll. The consequent increase in
effectiveness and economy will place
the Western Union in a position to
offer certain advantages in cable
service not now enjoyed by the public.
The other way open 10 enable
the Western Union to make such i'm
provements and introduce such new
services as it proposes to- do, would
be to lay new cables. This would
seem to be the height OF folly.
Duplication of the existing trans
Atlantic cable facilities at a cost of
many millions, when there are more
than ample facilities for all business,
would put an unnecessary financial
burden upon an already fully burdened
business and would probably postpone
the reduction of rates or introduction
of new services.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
HIVES AND PRICKLY HEAT RE
LIEVED FREE.

There are NJ conditions attached tc
this offer. If you are suffering with
hives, prickly heat, insect bites, or
any other skin affliction. we wan you
to accept with our compliments a
free bottle of ZEMO, the clean LIQUID
remedy for eczema and all diseases
of the skin and scalp.
This free bottle is not full size but
it is large enough to show you the
wonderful healing and soothing eff
fects of ZEMO.
Call today for your sample bottle of
ZEMO at the Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
McNamaras Ready for Trial.

Los Angeles, Sept. 14,-Clarence
barrow announced today that the Nc
Namaras. alleged Times dynamiters,
will be ready for trial October II and
that no further time will be asked.
If the court wants a pOstponement for
a couple of days on account of the
holidays, barrow said, the defence
was willing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
SPORTS
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.

Portland Grounds Wet.
Portland, Ore, Sept. 15.-The game
scheduled for yesterday afternoon be-
tween Vernon and Portland was post
poned on account of rain.
Angels 6; Sacramento s.
Los Angeles, Sept. 15.-By hitting
Thornton all over the lot for 16 hits,
the locals yesterday won a onesided
game from Sacramento. by a score
of 6 to 8. All the locals runs were
secured before che sixth inning. The
score:
R. H. E,
Los Angeles ............. 16 o
Sacramento .............S L
Ratteries-Tozer and Smith: Thorn
ton and Thomas.
Observation-Disclosures.
Oakland 8; Frisco 1.
Oakland. Sept 15.-By punching
hits in the sixth inning yesterday, the
Oakland team defeated San Francisco
s to l, in a featureless game. Score:
R. H. E.
San Francisco ...........1 l
Batteries-Gregory and Pearce;
Henley and Berry.
Umpire-McGreevy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15

A provisional modification of an
arrangement which has existed for
many years has been reached between
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, The Anglo-American Gable
Company and the Direct U. S. Gable
Company, under which the cable sys-
TENS of these companies now worked
exclusively in business connection
with each other, but operated and
maintained separately, will be oper-
ated in direct physical connection
with each other and with the Western
Union land system.
Two objects are to be attained by
this arrangement:
First, more efficient and economi-
cal operation.
Second, the introduction of neW
forms of service to the advantage OF
the public.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
Salem Race Results.

Fair Grounds, Salem. Ore. Sept. 15.
Yesterdays race results follow;
Oregon futurity for t~wo-year-olds,
pacing, best two in three, purse $500
-Areolitaa, owned by George K. Ma
gruder. Yuba City, Cal. driven by
Duncon. first; DR.. Mclaughlin, own
ed by C. c. Pendleton. Salem. driven
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
Proposed Modification Of
Existing Arrangements

be obtained, demand direct cable cir
cults between principal centres OF the
two sides Of the Atlantic, as well as
special circuits devoted to special
business.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
ter and Archer: Leifield and Gibson.
Umpires-Emslie and O'Day.
New York IS: Boston o.

ter and Archer; Leifield and Gibson.
Umpires-Emslie and O'Day.
New York IS; Boston o.
Boston. Sept. 15.-The Giants here
yesterday again put 1t voer Boston,
making three straight victories. AL
though Boston got to Wiltse, Mathew
son and Crandall for 16 swats, there
by tying the record of the Giants, New
York cleaned up the game IS to 9
Score:
R. H. E.
New York ...............1S 16 2
boStoH 10 z
Batteries-Wiltse, Mathewson, Gran
dali and Meyers; Hartley, Mattern,
Weaver, Hogg and Raridan.
umpires-Easton and tombstone.
st. Louis @; Cincinnati 5.
st. Louis. Sept. 15.-After an II in
ming battle. the first Of the double
header here today, the Cardinals won
from the Reds, 6 to 5. Score:
r. H. f,
Clhclnatu IL |
81. Louis ~ 0
Batteries-Gasper, Compton and
Mclean, Severoid; Harmon. Lauder
milk and Bliss.
Umpires-Ridger and Finneran.
Umpires-Rigler and Finneran.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
Daily and Weekend
CQ6te Letters

So soon as the proposed arrange
ment goes into effect, the Western
Union purposes, uhh the content of
the British Post Office Department,
to introduce at icast tao neuO features
or serUices in addition to the proposed
deferred rGfe-the
DAILY CABLE LETTER
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15

WEEK END CABLE LETTER
at a very lou rate for cable s~crUice
only. This WU enable the public I o
save the six to eight days consumed in
the transatlantic passage of mails.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
Limited Business Hours
and Idle Facilities

AS at present carried on, the trans
Atlantic cable business is practically
all flash service, j. c. instantaneous.
Owing to the difference in time, there
are only a few business hours of the
day common to both sides and during
these hours at least ISL OF the cable
business is done. This is demon
strated by the accompanying chart.
In the interests of international
business nothing should be done to
interfere in any way with the so-called
flash or instantaneous service, and
the lines should be kept clear t. ac-
commodate such messages during the
few business hours common to both
countries but to continue to oonfne
the cables to this class of service, as
at present, will utilize only about 25%
of the existing capacity Of millions Of
property and places on that limited
service all the capital, maintenance
and operating charges.
The limited time and the character
of the business, If best results are to
THE WESTERN UNION
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15

Read today's want ads.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-15
Monopoly of Gable
Business impossible

There is no cable monopoly pos
sible. The three systems-the
Western Union, the French and the
Mackay-will continue to exist.
The Mackay Companies is a hold
ing organization with no physical
property, but exercising through stock
ownership, lease or contract, operat-
ing control of various companies
owning land lines and cables which
make upthe Mackay System. Through
this control all the various properties
are operated as one system to great
advantage. in service owe what could
be given by these same companies
if operated separately.
The French cables form another
system.
The Western Union System, under
the proposed arrangement for one
operating control over the present
segregated units, will be enabled to
make two distinct advances in the
transatlantic cable business:
I-BETTER SER This will be
insured by more efficient and econom-
ical working resulting from single
direction over the operations of both
cables and land lines.
2-PUBLIC ADVANTAGES The
greater part of the cable capacity has
been and is now unutilized. Ii will
continue to lie dormant and untitled
under existing conditions and tradi-
tons. The Western Union purposes
to make these wasted facilities useful
to the public by means of new kinds
of cable service.
In addition, the Western Union in
tends to nationalize its land lines by
opening them to all trans Atlantic
cable companies.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-21

The sleeping sickness Ii increas,ns
in Philadelphia
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-21
WORLDS RECORD COST LIFE
Ned Crane Killed During Practice Test
Accident.

Kansas City, Mo.-Ned Crane, driving
a Buick racing car in a practice test at
Elm Ridge track late Friday afternoon
preparatory to an attempt to be made
Saturday to establish new records, was
instantly killed when his machine threw
two tires and turned over. An employee
of the Buick factory riding with Crane
was dangerously injured.
The car Crane was driving, which was
of ninety-horse power, was making a fast
turn when the accident occurred. The
front tire burst and the machine turned
over three times. Z,
Crane was thrown with great force on
the hard dirt track. When he was picked
up his head was doubled under his chest.
Crane was the holder of five interna-
tional motor ~racing-car records. In 1910
he established a worlds record for a mile
on a circular level track, making the cir
cult of the Pimlico (Baltimorel/ course
in so "a seconds.
On half-mile unbanked tracks Crane
held three records. He made a half in
SO 3s5 seconds, a mile in one minute and
20 saconds and two miles in 2:40 2-5 in
Rochester. N. Y,
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-21
UNCLE KIDNAPPED
HIS BROTHERS. BOY
WILL ROGERS CONFESSES Compile.
ITY-REvEALS MONEY.
Grandson of Millionaire Was Stolen and
Money Paid for Its Ransom-Uncle
Acted as Agent.

Las Vegas, N. M.-Implicated by the
confession of Joe Virgins, a former life
convict, Will Rogers, uncle of little
Waldo Rogers, was Tuesday arrested for
completely in the lads abduction. For
his return ST., 900 ransom was paid, Viii
Rogers acting as agent for Mrs. Rogers.
Will Rogers confessed his part in the
abduction. He told where the money was
hidden and officers recovered the $4,000.
Waldo Rogers, the two-vear-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7. Rogers and the
grandson of II. L. Waldo, a Kansas City
millionaire, was kidnapped from the fam
lily residence on the night Of March 20.
Taking advantage of the absence from
the city of the boys father, two masked
men went to the Rogers home shortly
before midnight and at the point of a re-
volver compelled Mrs. Rogers to dress
the child for a night ride and deliver
him to them. They repeatedly assured
her that the child would not be harmed
and that he would be returned safely
provided the police were not informed
and $4,000 in small bills was paid to
N
their representatives.
They named a lonely spot eleven miles
north of Las Vegas as the place where
the money was to be delivered by Mrs.
Rogers representative, who was to come
to the rendezvous alone, the following
day. Taking only her bankers and her
brother-in-law, Win Rogers, into her con-
fidence, Mrs. Rogers secured $4,000 the
following morning and delivered it to
Will Rogers to carry to the place of the
meeting.
VIII Rogers returned Thursday night
with the child, well and unframed. He
told Mrs. Rogers and later the authori-
ties that he had Bsen met at the apopint-
ed place by a man, who, after receiving
and counting the money, directing him
to a canyon fifteen miles south of the
place of meeting, where he found the
boy lying in IN arroyo, wrapped in q
blanket.