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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
LIFE SAVING DEMONSTRATION.
Government of Mines VIII Educate
Miners in Avoiding Disasters,


Miners in Avoiding Disasters.
Washington.-In an effort to edu-
cate the miners and mine owners
throughout the country in preventive
methods against explosions and 9TH
er disasters, the Bureau of Mines has
arranged for a National Miners Life
saving Demonstration. to be held at
Arsenal Park, Pittsburg, Pa, on Sep
tember 16.
This demonstration will be the most
unique exhibit of its kind ever held
in this country. The bureau expects
that 10000 and 10000 miners will
attend and that coal companies will
send their trained first aid and res
cue corps to participate Among the
speakers will be President Taft Sec
retary of the Interior Fisher and DR..
Joseph y. Holmes, director of the
bureau.
Arsenal Park is the site of the test
| ing station of the Bureau of Mines.
The first aid to the injured work will
| be one of the features of the day
The teams from the various coal
mines will not compete but will give
| ItAlllblllpllS VI Their Shlll III DIlHSllls
| injured miners from the mines and
/ binding their wounds.
! In addition to this work the min
ers will witness gas and coal-dust ex-
! plosions in miniature which will be
staged in the great explosives gallery
Of the bureau. In Arsenal Park there
will also be an explosion gallery
which will resemble coal mine. Thi,
will be placed at the bottom of 6
natural amphitheater where the ex.
| periments can be watcherd by thou
sands of miners.
Gas explosions will take place il
this play mine; miners Will be en-
tombed and one of the government
rescue corps in oxygen helmets viii
enter ana save" the men. one sid,
OF the miniature mine will be oper
throughout its entire length so tha
the onlo0kers may witness everything
that happens in an underground hor
ror, except the loss of life. The fam
Gus oxygen helmets which have saw
ed many lives since their adoption
by the bureau will also be on exhi
ibition.
1t is the opinion of the bureau tina
this demonstration win be of grea
practical benefit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
Cold Eecch pioneer Dies.

Gold Beach, Ore.-From the ranks
Of Oregon pioneers who have passed
away is Kenneth Cunniff, who died.
For some time ne had been quite fee
ble. He was born in Ireland, March
IS, 1928, and settled at Gold Beach,
Curry county, in 1857. He is surviv-
ed by his wife, who was Margaret
McAney also born in ireland, Octo-
Der q, 1919, and three children Mrs
Alfred Miller, OF Rogue River; Mrs
John Howell, Of Harbor; Kenneth
Cunniff, Gold Beach.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
WIND STEALS $40 CHECK.
ust Flows pG|c- Down street With
NO. IN pIrsrtt

Gust Flows pa|c- Down street With
"posSc" m Pursuit.
Eugene, Ore. July IA little wind
blown SCRAP of white paper yesterday
afternoon led the entire force of the
sheritfs office and posse" of citi-
zens a mad chase over the courthouse
the court yard and down East Eighth
street finally Guiding the pursuers
and disappearing over a barn.
The fugitive bit of paper was a
check for $40 and it was given to
Sheriff Rown by Eli Bangs in pay
ment for goods Just purchased at
sheiffs sale.
Mr. Bangs made out the check and
handed it to Sheriff Bown, yho was
standing Just in front of an open win
dow As the sheriff was in the act
of handing the bit of paper to his
deputy, gus tot wind caught it,
blowing it through the office out into
the corridor and thence into the
courtyard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
SMITHS HOLD REUNION.
Prominent Butts County Family
Gathering at Cork.

Jackson, Ga.--The annual reunion
OF the Smith family, one of the larg-
est and most prominent in the coun-
ty, was held at Cork. The 150 or 200
descendants of Robert Smith gather
each year in annual regunion. The
occasion was a delightful one for
members OF the family ad other invit-
ed guests. The Smith family includes
some of the leading citizens of the
county. Captain w. Il. Smith is the
countys leading public-spirited citi-
zen. He is responsible for the pater
power development on the Ocmulgee
river by the Central Georgia Power
company. At the present time he is
engaged H. building an interurban
railway into Jackson. s. j. Smith is
county treasurer. John r.. L. Smith
lis a leading attorney OF Macon, while
O. e. Smith is deputy sheriff Of Butts
county. r. V. Smith is general man
ager OF the Blovlla and Indian
Spring railway and other members
OF the family are successful in vari-
Gus lines of industry. An old-fash-
ioned basket dinner and picnic was
enjoyed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
ENJOYED TIE DIEr.

DR.. Harold. president of the New
Jersey Board OF Health, tells of Il
young friend who recently graduated
as a physician, says the "Argonaut."
one OF the young doctors first cli-
ents was a rat girl. Her fatness
weighed upon her and she wanted TO
get rid of it.
The young doctor drew up careful
diet; she was to eat dry toast plain
boiled beef, etc, and to return in
month to report reduction.
At the END OF the month she could
hardly get through the doctors door
way. lie was aghast. Did you eat
what l told you D" he asked.
"Religiously."
HIS brow wrink.ed itself sud-
denly he had an inspiration. ANY
thing else e" he asked
"Only my ordinary meals"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
WHEN TIE .MANn roRGoTi


Hey, ho what's the comotion
At Deacon Bingleys' s'house
SO early in the morning,
Sh-h-, hear him say 1.-The deucel"
'Tis surely something awful
That's happened there l know,
Just hear the children crying
It's time for me to go.
For here comes the deacon now
A-mumbling angry like.
IN fix that pesky feller!
As sure as his name is Mike!"
See how he looks round the yard
And gazes up the street
The jig is up he's hailed ME,
l guess we'u have to meet.
But look! his face Is smiling
This sure seems strange to me,
His hand extends in greeting
And he says pleasantly,
Lend me your EAST OREGONIAN,
or I'll buy it complete,
The carrier who brings ours,
LEFT OUT THE FUNNY SHEET"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
Authorized by the Last Session of tho
CITY Council of Corvallis

The people of Corvallis have en-
dorsed the policy adopted two OF
three years ago, assuring a continu-
ance of street improvement with
bithulthic pavement. This form OF
pavement has evidently proven salts
tory to every citizen of Corvallis, not
a single remonstrance being made tc
the award for bithulithic by the Cor
wallis council Saturday night.
The people of Corvallis are to be
congratulated upon their enterpris-
ing and progressive spirit
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
Asked TO Confirm Treaty.

Honolulu, July 11.-Forty thou
and the United States were petition
ed to confirm the proposed arbitration
treaty between the wo counies in res
ouions adopted at a mass meeting OF
British and American residents of IA
wall held at churches throughout the
islands last night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
LIGHTNING KILLS A BOWLER.
Alfred Icquain stricken in Hammock
Beneath Tree.

Royalton, Ohio.-Alfred Lequain,
bowler of national repute, was kill
ed by lightning here with his wife
he was in a hammock under tree
when the bolt struck him. His wife
fell to the ground unconscious, but
was not injured Lequain was a
member of the Bond team which
broke the worlds record at the Buff
falo International tournament last
winter. He was ~ years old.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
No More MeaIs for Trnmns.

Walla Walla, Wash.-Refusal of
several "hoboes' yesterday to work
for meals given by the Sisters Of
Mercy at st. Mary's hospital has
brought about the collapse OF n sys-
ten by which for many weeks tramps
camping few days in the 'Jungles'
will be deprived Of Square meals"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
Nnln Wool Prices nro Rest

Vale, ore THE fact tAat Vale
again this year toppod the prices re-
,eived for wool in any mart of the
state has attracted the attention Of
the flockmasters in the interior and
they viii bring their wool to this
place for sale hereafter. The fact
that there has not been sufficient
facilities has prevented
this heretofore
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
CONTRACTOR DEAD: NAB WIFE
-Four Bullet Wounds In Back of Cos
uclrS Neck

Victoria. TeX.-George Gosnell,
contractor, was found dead on the
Terel ranch. There were four bullet
wounds in the back Of his neck He
had received $500 yesterday, but had
deposited it in a bank. Authorities
here have arrested Mrs Gosnceu. Pc
ter Miller and Howard Miller and are
looking for a 19-year-old boy named
Eli Pointer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
Ner Cnnnerr Ncarlng Completion.

Astoria. ore The building for the
new cannery which the Union Fish
ermcn's Cooperative lacking COM
uany Of this city is erecting on Grays
Harbor is nearly completed and the
plant viii pc ready for operation
during the coming fishing season
which win open on August l.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11

Diggers three miles out Of town,
where a few years ago, hydraulic
mining was carried on with success
by pumping water out Of Rogue River.
The snake was nearly five feet long
and seems to have lost four or five
of his original rattles. 1t was killed
by Sidney Voolfolk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11

A Lincoln, Neb, girl writes 81
had been ailing for some time with
chronic constipation and stomach
trouble. 7 began taking Chamber
laln's stomach and Liver Tablets and
in three days I was able to be up and
got better right along. I am the
proudest girl in Lincoln to find such
good medicine" For sale by all
dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
Stockmcn for Federal Control.

Conrad. Mont.-Peutous are being
circulated among stockmen praying
congress to pass a bill providing for
federal CONTROL and leasing Of the
grazing lands Of the state and is
meeting with favor among cattlemen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
The Reason.

Ingenious Householder Now,
here's a nice horse for you, sir. quite
young. The reason his knees are
bent like that is because he was born
in a stable with too low roof
Pele Mole
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11

Eureka Wash--Arthur Hunt, an
employe on the L. w. Shelter ranch,
near this place, was severely injured
by o horse. The animal kicked Hunt
on the leg He was taken to the
Walla Wana hospital
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11

Du,ton, llonL-The general store
~ Gr. TaE1rl was destroyed by
fire. causing q loss Of y170O, with in
auraroe ~ but $1,000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11

Yesterday SO tramps were fed. so
had the hospitality of the
sisters become.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
BIr UnltIe.1ake KlIled.

Grants Pass. Ore.-A rattlesnake
with % rattles and a button was
brought 10 Grants Pass from the Dry
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
Rnrl,rnnt Is Arrested

HWs0oro. Ore-s f. Weyrick was
arrested 10y Constable McQuiliion, at
Eugene. on a warrant charging him
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NEWS OF THE
NORTHWEST
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Montana Man Drives Biplane.
Great Falls. Mont.-T. r. Maroney
made successful flight in his aero
plane Mr.. Maroney is the first Mon
aua man 10 drive his own biplane.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-11

with obtaining $1,000 from w. H.
Wehrung, president Of the Hillsboro
National bank on false pretenses.
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ing men to the Union armies. Western
Virginia, erected later into a separate
state, was Union in sympathy in ac-
cordance with the views OF neighboring
Ohio, while the eastern part Of the
Old Dominion decided very soon after
the Inauguration of Lincoln that its
destiny lay with its southern sisters.
The struggle for Missouri was espe-
cially important, but the state remain
ed in the Union The first great battle
Of the war after Bull Run was fought
at Wilson creek, near Springfield. Mo-,
Aug. 10, 1861.
North Vastly Superior, In Population.
The population of the country. ac-
cording to the census Of 1860. was 3D.
443.322. OF this only about 100000 were
in the eleven states which afterward
formed the Confederate States Of Amer
lea, and of these 5000, 900 about $780,
900 were colored, either free negroes or
slaves. From the official reports 1t ap-
pears that the whole amount Of revenue
collected during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1860, at the ports Of the states
which had seeded up to March q, 1861,
was only $3.491. 1851. or only about one
twentieth of all the revenue collected
at all the ports Of the United States.
Small wonder that the south found its
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south by John B. Floyd when he was
secretary Of war in the cabinet Of
President Buchanan and in the forts
and government ships which they had
seized. considering them as part Of
their rightful share Of the resources Of
the general government when they Sc
ceded from the Union. The military
situation was not encouraging to the
north, nor was 1t better for the south.
in view of the scarcity of money and
the fact that only seven southern states
in all were arrayed against almost four
times that number Of the north.
One OF the great questions which con-
fronted both President Lincoln and his
cabinet and President Davis and his
advisers - perhaps the greatest was
that of the swaying Of the border
states. With them lay the balance of
power, II seemed, either to permit the
north to face the south with a vast pre-
ponderance Of resources or to augment
the strength of the south sufficiently to
wage war against its foe with the prob
ability Of success. 1t must be remem-
bered that sentiment in many Of the
border states was divided geographical
ly. For instance, western Tennessee
and Kentucky adhered generally to the
Confederate cause, while the noun
famous eastern regions sent their fight
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political jealousies and hatred. and
nominated to his cabinet Chase and
Seward, men believed generally at that
time to be abler than their chief.
The opening of the Lincoln admins
tration saw the federal government
virtually bankrupt. Mismanagement
and extravaganza had drained the ma
tional resources. The government was
fat on its back. with the sources of
national revenue partly damned by the
withdrawal Of seven states and the dis
organization Of business due to the
shadow Of impending civil war. Pri-
vate business also was feverish and
unsettled. The effects of the great
panic Of 1857 had not wholly worn of.
The great carrying trade was falling
of from its flourishing state in the
decade preceding the war. The SOW
ing and reaping Of crops had gone on
as usual the year beforeNxith little ap-
preciable difference. The southern
Confederacy was already feeling the
truth Of the old sayings about money
being the "sinews Of war" and the nee
essary basis of government. A recent
writer has declared that the greatest
need of the Confederacy throughout
the terrible struggle was a fnancier
Of supreme power. In the early days
Of 1861 this fact already was forcing
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

itself on the minds Of Jefferson Davis,
president Of the Confederacy Che had
been inauslrated in February and the
other leaders Of political thought in the
seeded states.
The Matter Of Military Force.
Although in later years the prepon-
derating resources Of the north in men
and money created the great armies
which were the wonder Of the world.
before President Lincoln's call for vol
unteers in 1861 the Federal government
had only very small military forces at
its command, Many Of the best off,
GERS Of the army and navy were south
erners and cast in their lot with their
states. In April, 1861. Virginia went
out and took with her Robert e. Lee.
considered by many able judges the
greatest military genius developed by
the war. The southern leaders, head
ed by President Davis, a West Point
graduate Of experience in the Mexican
war and in the office of secretary Of
war, were laboring ha "a to raise levees
for the ''irrepressible conflict which
they foresaw with better judgment and
keener foresight than many Of the
northern statesmen. The southern
states found weapons forged to their
hands in the munitions of war sent
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

earth is next on the toboggan Of life,
take the swift slide that ends in life
less oblivion. beyond the hope Of phys
ical resurrection. only self centered
ignorance sustains our self conceit that
we are something peculiar in natures
scheme" says Professor Lowell. Our
peculiarity consists in so thinking.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
are too young yet Ito sustain lifel. !.
Venus and Mercury. though ostenta-
tiously open, are too old to have any
thing to reveal"
Professor Sees position is also held
by Professor Pickering. the famous
Harvard astronomer. There are many
physical reasons for thinking that II
any other planet besides the earth is
inhabited 1t is probably Venus" says
the Cambridge man.
1t is a pretty quarrel as 1t stands.
with issues and reasonings too vast and
too complicated to be understood Of
the ordinary intellect. In 1t are in
volved matters Of the deepest religious
belief as well as questions Of the ut
most earthly seriousness. II the earth's
life is within measurable distance of
nnihilation-reckoning time by geo.
logical eras. remember, not by our in
finitesimal years-if Venus has preced-
ed us on the way to cosmical death, II
Jupiter is, as Professor Lowell asserts.
a huge baby of world still in its
swaddling Clothes" with. possibilities
of developing life as we know 1t or in
some other form, who shall measure
the effects Of these theories on the
views which our remote descendants
shall take Of life on this earth, In other
worlds and in the hereafter?
WILLIAM HENDERSON.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

financial position becoming worse and
worse as the year 1861 and the subse-
quent years of struggle wore on, or
that its people founc themselves re-
duced to the most desperate means OF
obtaining subsistence when their ports
were blockaded by the fleets raised by
the Federal government to meet the
emergency.
AS Lincoln's first term began its ha-
rassed career the air was filled with
talk Of compromises. Matters had ad-
vanced far on the road to open war
fare. but hope that bloodshed might be
averted was still felt. Influential lead
ers on both sides strove to find some
ground Of agreement, but they bowed
before the determination Of the south
on the one side to free itself from what
1t termed "intolerable northern domi-
nation" and the equally inflexible deci-
sion of the north not to yield to any
thought Of dismemberfng the "old Un-
ion Of the fathers" Among the north
erners who tried hard to placate the
south was William H. seward, the chief
of Lincoln's cabinet throughout the
war, and 1t is worth noting that Alex
ander H Stephens of Georgia, vice
president Of the Confederate states. op-
posed secession as late as November.
1850
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16
Just Century Ago "L'Aiglon'
('The Eaglet) Was BON

ed superbly by Sarah Bernhard and
adequately by Maude Adams. Only
students Of history remember now that
there was a second Napoleon, who be-
gan his career as liking Of Rome" the
title conferred on him. by his father
Immediately after his birth. and ended
II as semiprisoner at the court Of lis
maternal grandfather, Emperor Francis
Joseph Of : ustria-
The only acknowledged son Of Ma
poleon Bonaparte was born OF the un-
ion Of the first emperor Of the French
with the Archduchess Marie Louise,
daughter Of the Austrian ruler. Ma
poleon's marriage with Josephine hav-
ing remained childless. he sought q d.
vorce. reasoning that the continued ex-
istence OF his dynasty on the throne of
France required q direct heir. He
sought also to strengthen his grip u
the scepter by union with the Haps-
burgs. one Of the oldest and proudest
Of the rsigning houses Of Europe He
found the Austrian sovereign not loath
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friction. so also Venus likewise has es-
capped a corresponding retardation of
axial rotation and still rotates in %
hours 21 minutes, as has been held by
observers since the days OF Cassini,
1867. Accordingly 1t follows that the
conditions on this planet are more like
those Of the earth than any other body
of our system. Mars rotates forty-one
minutes slower than the earth, while
Venus rotates thirty-five minutes fast
er, and as the former planet Is about
as much outside Of the earth's orbit as
the latter is inside there Is seen to be
a profound physical cause which has
operated to establish the period Of 20
hours 21 minutes, frst inferred from
observations taken ovsr two centuries
ago. The planet VenLs therefore is
habitable. and probably inhabited by
some kind Of intelligent beings"
According to mythology, Mars and
Vulcan got into quite a row over the
goddess Venus. It is a sad duty to
record that in these modern enlighten-
ed days two eminent astronomers are
differing about Venus. While Profess
sor See asserts in his big book his firm
belief that Venus Is habitable. or, In
fact, inhabited by sentient beings. Pro-
fessor Percival Lowell. he Of Mars
fame, makes assertions which II sup
ported will render Professor Sees po-
sition quite untenable. According to
Professor Lowell. Mars Is the only
planet outside of our own that contains
the possibility Of organized life. He
declares that Mercury and Venus are
in their dotage as planets. being al
ready dead and dried up worlds; that
Mars is rapidly reaching the stage
when life no longer will be possible on
its surface and that our own beloved
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to bind In this way an alliance with
the master Of Europe. and the mar
riage with Marie Louise. then a girl of
eighteen, was arranged in 1910. Bo-
naparte was then forty-one years old.
His power was at its zenith, with no
cloud Of Elba or Waterloo or st. Hele-
ma visible on the horizon.
The birth Of the child, whose name
was Napoleon Francois Charles Joseph
Bonaparte, brought rejoicing to France.
Belief in the star" of the emperor
was widespread. and the people thought
that the glory of his house was to be
continuous. centered in his direct line
Everywhere. in Paris and in the prov
inces. the news Of the birth on March
20. 1911, called forth fetes and illumina-
tions and addresses of loyalty. Volatile
Paris itself went almost mad with Joy.
The memoirs Of the people Of the time
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fessor See has embodied or imbedded
his views on Venus in a volume re-
Gently, issued or Researches son the
Evolution Of the Stellar Systems" This
is asserted to be the only great stand
ard treatise on cosmogony ever pub
lished and one Of the most epoch max
ing works on astronomy that has ap-
peared since the age of the Greeks"
So you see 1t Is great work, and 1t is
attracting much attention among the
wise men whose business It 3 to study
the heavens and tell US the latest news
from Mars and Jupiter and Saturn and
the other planets.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

back to Paris, only to leave again and
finally for Austria. when her august
husband was sent into exile at St
Helena. He had abdicated the throne
in favor Of the king Of Rome, but the
powers paid little attention to the four
year-old king, who never reigned.
Thereafter Napoleon IL lived at the
Austrian court under the care Of his
grandfather until his death Of tuber-
culosis in 1882. The title of Duke Of
Reichstadt was created for him by the
Austrian emperor. His mother mar
ried again after the death of Napoleon
I. in 1921. She seems to have cared lit
tie for her son. interesting herself
mainly in the activities Of the court.
He was educated for a military career
and gave promise of exhibiting much Of
the genius which gained for his father
the opportunity Of displaying mis- other