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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04
Why the Football Squad Laughed.

Why the Football Squad Laughed.
Those who were there when this
incident happened some twelve years
ago never tire OF telling the following
yarn on I. l. Cammack. assistant SUI
perintendent of schools:
Professor Cammack was Vice princi-
pal Of the Central high school in 1900
or thereabouts and the athletic move
ment had led to the formation OF a
football squad. The ambitious were
led to one OF the study halls on Fri
day afternoon. where Professor Cam
mack addressed them after this fash
ion:
II am glad to see you boys here and
pleased to notice that you are taking
an interest In athletics. I think 1t is
q fine thing to be interested in health
ful sports. Football will give you
confidence We need boys and men
Of confidence In this country In fact,
I want to make confidence men out
Of all Of you."
Perhaps the genial professor is won
dering to this day why the football
squad broke into loud laughter.-Kan-
go City Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04

enough oxygen and nitrogen on that
planet The gravitative force is too
small to retain an atmosphere. The
atmosphere flies away. Those lines
called canals are no doubt natural
phenomenon, Notwithstanding the fact
that they look artificial. Their ex-
istence is due to the fact that Mars
Is very fiat planet. There are no
mountains there, and waters spread
out in every direction and form con-
Meeting lines. The drainage system
runs in every direction and gives that
checkered appearance of criss-cross-
ing canals"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04
Get Habit Of Quiet Speaking.

The easiest OF bad habits to acquire
Is that of speaking loudly. Language
has become so complex that not only
Is 1t necessary to say the right thing,
out 1t must be said In the right way.
A phrase may be said In Jest or In
earnest; a rebuke may be kindly or
stern; an order may be willingly or
Inwillingly received according to the
.one in which it has been said. Many
/ faithful workman is un1ustly ac-
FUSED OF unwillingness and disloyalty
because OF the churlish manner In
which orders are received: many a
master is regarded as unfeeling by
lis employees because his actions are
orgotten and only the sting OF his
harp manner remembered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04
Latin and Saxon.

To the southerner divinity consists
in the intensity and balance Of all fac
ulties. and the beauty of the flesh Is
part of it. We are apt to be unjust
to his view of life because We know
1t best by its evil effects upon the
northern mind, to which II Is often
poison. An Italianized Englishman Is
often a devil incarnate, because the
the southern view of life to him means
only license. He adopts 1t without its
conscience, and 1t appeals to his appe-
tites rather than to his imagination.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04
TRAIN GOES INTO STREAM
Second Wreck Due to Washout on
Northwestern Road.

st. Paul, Sept. 3-Three men were
killed and eleven persons injured
when Northwestern train No 10 was
wrecked about 100 miles southeast of
st. Paul and midway between Elroy
and Camp Douglas, Wis.
According to reports received by
General Passenger Agent George G.
MacRea the western abutment of the
Lemon creek bridge was undermined
by cloudburst. The engine and ten
der passed safely over the washout,
but the. weakened abutment gave way
under the weight of the remainder OF
the train. The couplings of the bag
gage car and two day coaches broke.
precipitating the three cars In the
raging waters of the creek. All OF
the dead and injured passengers were
in the two day coaches that fell from
the bridge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04
TO PRAY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Request Sent to Every Protestant
Church In the Country.

Portland, Me-, Sept. 3.--Every
Protestant church in the United States
has been requested to pray for the
public school next Sunday by the pro-
moters of the second worlds Christian
conference.
From $500 pulpits a universal pray
er for the 100000 children of the
American public school system will be
offered and 1t is planned to make this
event an annual custom. September 8
has been chosen for this purpose as it
begins the week when most of the
larger cities reopen their schools.
The second worlds Christian con-
ference is to be held in Portland next
summer, beginning June 29.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04
FLIGHT TO THE MOON
ASTRONOMER DOES NOT THINK
THE FEAT IMPOSSIBLE.
BY the Use Of Electrical Force II Can
Be Done, and Doubtless VIII, 40
cordlng to Professor Gar
rett p. Servlss.

ON the deck OF La Provence, at the
beginning of an old-fashioned ocean
tourney for a summer In France, Gar
rett p. Serviss, the well known as
tronomer, talked seriously OF an air.
ship service to the moon which he
believes the future has In store for
man.
II begin to think seriously. but not
too seriously, now that we have
achieved the navigation OF the air by
mechanical means, that there only re-
mains the necessity of providing air
to exist upon and things to eat for
man to go to the moon" he said.
"But we have got to have new
motive force. Electrical propulsion
begins to hint what that force will be
when men fly from planet to planet.
You understand we have got to over
come gravity and there are only two
forces which overcome gravity under
certain conditions--pressur OF light
and electricity.
$50 | say that the frst flying ma.
chine to the moon will be based on
the principle OF the pith ball that
fiies away from the conductor OF an
electrical machine. When this naa
been accomplished there only remains
to be done what modern chemistry
certainly can achieve; that is. to fill
strong vessel, spherical vessel. with
enough air and food to sustain q mar
during the flight. This is not so ridic
ulous as It may seem. and the modern
achievement OF flying Is a step in thai
direction"
Incidentally Prof. Serviss does mo-
believe there are any Inhabitants OF
Mars. my friend Lowell" he said
doesn't allow for the fact that Mar
Is too small to retain an atmosphere
Human beings could not remain OF
Mara because there nrQbablZ y No
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04

Mrs. Annie G. McClay, who died re
Gently at Glen Ridge. N. j., in hef
will names three men as arbitrators
of all disputes that her daughters, sole
heirs, may get into before they reach
their majority.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04

When a man makes any kind OF
success, however small, he finds that
his friends resolve themselves into
three classes. The nrst class turn
suIlen, and show their envy In many
mean ways. The second class wax
more friendly than ever. and come
showering their attentions. TAe third
class show q reasonable pleasure 1t
your success and remain just - they
were before. God bless the last kindl
God mend the secondl and God pity
the frstl-Robsrt Nsllsoa otepheaA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04

Tony MARITIME, four years old, play.
ing on tenement roof at New York
city, chased pretty pigeon, broke
the protecting fence around the roofs
edge and fell four stories to his death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04

Cadiz, o., Sept 3.-Objecting to the
attentions paid his sister, Mary Moss
by Frank Bolon, Harrison Moss shot
and instantly killed Bolon in the Moss
home and escaped. Bloodhounds put
on his trail traced him five miles to 9
railroad, where it is thought he board
ed train for the West.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04
Fatal Fire at Butte.

Butte, Mont, Sept. 3.-Fire here
caused a property loss estimated at
$155, 900. A Butte, Anaconda and Pa
cific train bringing the Anaconda fire
department to Butte jumped the track
near Durant, killing Engineer Duffy.
The train fireman and Chief Charles
Collins of the Anaconda fire depart.
ment were mortally hurt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04
ODDITIES IN THE NEWS

Edward Morris, Jr, son of the mil
lionaire Chicago packer, has been pro-
NOTED to a position as clerk In his
fathers office, For eight months he
has been employed driving hogs into
the killing pens.
!. + +
Miss Constance Wilson, aged six
teen. Of New Rochelle, N. j., struggled
with burglar when she awoke to find
him trying to chloroform her. He left
his shoes which the girl was grasping
In her hand
A. ID. Anderson of Austin, Tex, bit
ten by mad dog, raced 175 miles by
motorcycle to the state Pasteur insti-
tute, arriving there In time to avoid
all danger from the wound.
James Smiley, alleged pickpocket,
mistook Detective Carroll of Chicago
for one of his pals. Watch this" he
said. The detective did and Smiley
Is In jail.
Because their chauffeurs iran down"
several persons Chief McWeeney of
Chicago clamped the lid on the push
mobile" Chicago's latest kid craze.
Reaching down for drink from the
rustic well on the j. b. Drake estate
near Somerville, N. j., Eliza Hawk
aged eighteen, fell In and clung for an
hour to the chain before she was res
cued by thirsty workman.
+ 4. i.
William Fl. ScovilI of Philadelphia
bitten by fox terrier six months ago
fears he will go mad and kill his fam
lily If he fails to locate and kill the
dog. He has lost forty-five pound:
looking for the dog.
The Ella Wheeler Wilcox glide II
the latest thing in weird dancing
things at Short Beach, Conn. She In
vented 1t and gave 1t TO the world al
q big party iE her home 1t Is sait
to be poetic.
Mrs. Annie G. McClay, who died re
Gently at Glen Ridge, N. j., in hel
will names three men as arbitrator
| of all disputes that her daughters, SOLE
heirs, may get into before they reacl
| their majority.
| i. + 4.
| Tony MARITIME, four years old, play
ing on tenement roof at New Yorl
city, chased pretty pigeon, brok'
the protecting fence around the roof
edge and fell four stories to his death
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04
ODDITIES IN THE NEWS

Theodore Deurge of the Finnish
Athletic club of New York city,
though weak hearted, listened to
pleas OF friends and entered a 100
yard sprint. He won and az comrades
rushed toward him dropped dead.
Harold f. Hops, son of million
aire Chicago manufacturer, was ar
rested for "mashing" and fined SIS.
His father refused to pay the fine and
the boy will probably go to the Bride
well.
indianapolis railroad officials have
complained that many cars have been
put temporarily out of service by per-
sons stealing the rubber air-brake hose
to make soles for shoes.
The sash on pretty Middletown
IN. W girl passing Mayor Gaynor
read, Put your arms around me,
honey" The mayor was game" and
the populace cheered.
For the thirteenth time since BLACK
Handlers" declared war on Rockefeller
estate employees at Pocontico Hills,
N. ", a workman has been robbed on
the entrance road.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-04

The Ella Wheeler Wilcox glide Ii
the latest thing In weird dancing
things at Short Beach, Conn. She In
vented 1t and gave it TO the world al
q big party in her home. 1t Is said
to be poetic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18
DIR. SMITH TO LEAVE PENDLETON
PROBABLY TO LOCATE IN PORTLAND

years of his residence here he has been
a member Of the school board and his
departure will cause a vacancy on
that board. His going will also cause
a vacancy on the Commercial Club
managing board. on the directors OF
the local building and loan association
and on the directory of the Echo tele-
phone company.
Aside from his professional work
and his interest in civic affairs DR.
Smith has also been political force
in Umatilla county A democrat he
represented Umatilla county. a repub-
lican stronghold, for eight years in the
state senate and during that time was
one Of the influential members of the
legislature. He was the author of the
amendment providing for the Eastern
Oregon Hospital, of the district fair
bill, the artesian we'll law and much
other important legislation.
DR.. Boyden, who has purchased the
Smith home and medical practice has
been In Heppner for two years. He Is
a Dakotan and received his training
under DIR. Murphy of Chicago and the
Mayos. surgeons of Rochester. DR..
Boyden is to take possession November
1 but will arrive here on Wednesday
of next week. He will have the DR..
Smith offices in the Smlth-Crawforl
building
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18

DIR. c. J. Smith has sold his local
residence property and his medical
practice to DR.. F. f Boyden of Hep
pner and is to leave Pendleton very
shortly. the news to this effect being
announced today by Dr. Smith. DR..
Smith expects to locate in Portland
but will spend the coming winter in
the east and in London where he will
take post graduate work.
Shortly after the first of November
Dr. and Mrs. Smith will leave for the
east. They will visit in Chicago, Ohio,
and New York and upon the doctors
departure for England Mrs. Smith will
return west to spend the holidays
with their daughter Gwendoline who
is attending Mills College, Berkeley,
Doctor Smith expects to return to
America in April or May and to take
up medical practice in Portland. He
has had number of favorable part
nership offers from Portland physici-
ans but is contemplating practicing
alone.
DR.. Smith has been a resident OF
Pendleton for % years ana has long
been dean of the local medical corps
He has been rated as one of the most
capable and successful physicians In
eastern Oregon and is president of the
state board of health. During II
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18
CRISIS IN ROOSEvELT'S CONDITION LOOKED
FOR At MIDNIGHT: SITS UP AN HOUR TODAY
.ELUDES ALL AND
. HASTENS TO T. R.

Chicago, oct. 1S.-Eluding a re-
ception committee of progressives,
Governor Johnson arrived this morn
ing and went to the Blackstone Hotel
and disappeared. 1t is believed he
went directly to Colonel Roosevelt.
II is agreed the colonel will leave the
hospital on Tuesday and may enter
the campaign in 12 days thereafter.
Johnson reached Mercy hospital at
1880 and conferred with Roosevelt.
1t is believed they mapped plans for
the remainder of the campaign.
When entering the hospital Cover
nor Johnson flatly refused to talk to
newspapermen. He said: 81 will
say, however, that from the recep-
tion given me everywhere, l am con-
fident Colonel Roosevelt will be
elected. Johnson found the colonel
in an arm chair.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18
BECKER READY
TO TELL ALL"
Says That If He Is Let Go On the
Stand As Witness He Will Show
That He is Innocent.
"THEY TRIED TO GET Me-
Ayers to Reporters Gamblers Were
Laying for Him-He Wanted to BE
Removed as Head OF Gambling
Squad-Former District Attorney
Jerome May Testify for Becker.

New York, Oct. 1S.-A promise to
explain everything" If his attorneys
allow him to testify was made to
newspapermen here this morning by
Becker. Assistant District Attorney
Moss says the defense will be forced
to produce Beckers bank books If the
accused is allowed to testify. 81 can
show my innocence" Becker told the
reporters. 81 can prove that Rose
was my stool pigeon. l was forced
to use him to get inside information
on gambling in order to do my full
duty. The best evidence that 1 did
not profit as head of the gambling
squad is shown by the fact that 1 ask
ed Waldo to remove me several times
because / knew the gamblers were
trying to get me-
District Attorney Whitman is angry
at the report that former District At
torney Jerome is to testify for Beck
er.
Attorney John F. Mcintyre an
nounced he would call 80 witnesses
for the defense. Thomas Coupe, an
eye witness to the murder, who fled
to England believing he was in dam
ger, will be in court.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18
7. R. SUPPORTER
FLAYS H|LLES

Washington, Oct. 1S.-"It is diff
cult for the ordinary man with a
compass of ordinary language to COM
pete with the testimony and charac-
ter of assassins and liars like Hilles,
who by falsehoolds incite weak mind
ed men to assassinations," was the
statement OF Medill Mccormick, a
strong Roosevelter, before the cam
paign contributions committee this
morning. The statement was stricken
from the record by the demand of
Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania. The
witness vehemently denied he or his
family was interested in the harvest
er trust He began bitter attack on
Woodrow Wilson, but was halted by
Chairman Clapp He said his per-
scnal subscriptions to the progressive
campaign totaled $2S,00O.
Elmer Dover, former assistant Sec
retary of the republican national
committee, submitted to the commit
tee today an alleged duplicate list
of the contributions to the republican
campaign in 1904.
The testimony of Judge Robert S.
Lovett, chairman Of the Hartman
roads, regarding the dismissal of
government suits to cancel land leas-
es of the Central Southern Pacific was
disputed by a statement of Attorney
Joseph p. Call of San Francisco. spe-
cial government counsel in the litiga-
tion. filed with the committee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18
SENATOR HEPBURN OF IDAHO IS DEAD

Hayburn in Birmingham, Penn, for
burial.
One of the staunchest of the reg
ular republicans and man of strong
convictions, frankly and emphatically
expressed on all occasions, Senator
Hepburn for years had been con-
spicuous figure in the senate. He
was known mostly perhaps for his
unyielding bitterness toward the south
and frequent denunciation OF south
ern civil war leaders, He called the
placing of General Robert Il. Lees
statue in the capitol an insult to the
nation and in discussig this and
many other incidents he engaged in
acrimonious debates with southern
senators.
During the last few years, since the
development of serious division in
the republican ranks, Senator Hey
burn had played a prominent part in
the fight for party regularity. He al
ways opposed Colonel ROOSEVELT s
ideas and many Of his speeches on
the development of the west, in which
he was keenly interested, were devot-
ed to arguments against the former
presidents policies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18
TURKS REPORTED TO HAVE MET
AND DEFEATED BULGARIAN FORCE
JEALOUS LOVER
MURDERS GIRL

Condor, Ore, oct. 1S-(SpeciaD-
Posses are still hunting for Bob Nor
gan who shot and instantly killed
Miss Vergie Hart, Wednesday even
ing. Up to late this afternoon no
trace of the young man had been Sc
cured and the sheriffs office admit
ted it had no clue whatever of the
murderer's whereabouts.
Condor, Or, Oct. 1S.-Miss Virgie
Hart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. NJ.
c. Hart of The Dalles, was shot and
killed here Wednesday evening by
Bob Morgan. L. S. Crane, of Oak
Grove, one of the hystanders when
the shooting occurred, was slightly
wounded by a stray bullet.
Jealousy, because the young woman
repulsed his attentions to her, is sup
posed to have been the motive for
the crime.
The shooting occurred on one of
the principal streets, near the Palace
Hotel, at about 1880 o'clock. Nor
boh CSNoPGu anu 10 sun dl ldI6t, al
though several posses are out in the
vicinity and his capture is momen-
tarily expected.
Citizens are aroused by the occur
renee and large and increasing crowds
are gathering to swell the posses that
are already on the hunt.
Miss Hart came to Condor with heI
parents several months ago from
Kentucky. Her parents recently
moved their home to The Dalles and
the daughter was to have followed
them in short time.
Morgan was also a native of Ken.
lucky, and had been in Oregon com
paratively a short time He worked
here as a laborer.
For some time he had endeavoreG
to pay his attentions to Miss Hart
but she had declined to have anything
to do with him. The shooting came
as an unexpected result OF the affair
since Morgan is not known to have
made threats of any kind against Miss
Hart.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18

Washington Oct. 1S.-United States
Senator Weldon Brinton Hepburn of
Idaho died at his apartments here
last night after a lingering illness. He
was 60 years old and had been in the
senate nine years.
A complication of diseases involv-
ing the heart and kidneys caused the
senator's death. He had not been
well since last March when he col
lapsed after, delivering speech in
the senate on arbitration treaties in
spite of the Doctors warning that the
effort might cost him his life.
Several weeks ago, apparently gain
ing strength after serious relapse,
the senator and Mrs. Hepburn made
preparations for n trip west another
relapse followed and since then the
patient had been growing steadily
weaker. Yesterday the doctors
thought he was slightly improved but
death came suddenly a few minutes
before eight o'clock last night.
No arrangements have been made
for the funeral but the body will be
taken to the old home Of Senator
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18
WILSON TO WAIT
TILL 7. RS WELL

Princeton, n. j., oct. 1S.-After he
has delivered his scheduled address
in Pittsburg Friday night, Governor
Woodrow Wilson, democratic presi-
dental nominee, announced that he
would cancel his speaking engage
ments until Colonel Roosevelt is able
to take an active part, except one,
which he is TO deliver at Madison
Square Garden October 81.
Wilson will speak in Delaware,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania this
week in Pittsburg. He has already
asked his managers to arrange for
the cancellation of his New York and
Brooklyn engagements for Saturday
night.
Unless Colonel Roosevelt RECEIVERS
continue his campaign, Wilson says
he will make no further political
speeches I'm furtherance of his own
candidacy during the campaign, save
the New York address. In his state
ment Wilson said:
81 cannot cancel engagements inn
medlately ahead Of me without sub
jecting those who have arranged them
to serious embarrassment and great
unnecessary expense. but / shall cut
the series at the earliest possible
point
"Mr. Taft has at no time taken an
active part in the campaign, and /
have no desire to be the single candi-
date on the stump engaged against no
active antagonist"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18
LAYING FEED PIPE
AT THORN HOLLOW

Under a contract let by the water
commission a crew of men is now
busy laying a feed pipe line from the
Thorn Hollow springs to the proposed
intake some distance below the
springs. The pipe being laid is IS
inch vitrified clay and the members
of the board expect to see the work
finished within three weeks time.
When the work is done it will be pos
sible to more accurately measure the
flow of water from the Thorn Hol-
low springs. Members of the board
express confidence that the Thorn
Hollow springs will provide enough
water for the city but set forth that
is there should be lack of water
there the shortage may be easily
made up by drawing on the Shaplish
springs a short distance above Thorn
Hollow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-18
SENATOR EXPLAINS
REPUTED COLLAPSE

Madison, Wis, Oct. 1S.-In today's
issue of La Follette's magazine the
senator tells his own story of the
publishers banquet in Philadelphia on
February 21st. when he delivered a
speech alleged to have denoted a
mental and physical collapse and
formed the reason for Roosevelt's
announcement of his candidacy. The
senator admits he was not at his best
and talked too long. but l was de-
termined TO make them hear me to
the end. / went home i'll and ex-
hausted but was at the hospital next
morning when my daughter was OPP
Grated upon. After short rest
was able to go to work as usual. Men
abandoning my candidacy, seized up
on the reports of my shattered health
as a cause for their action"