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WHO WILL FINANCE
THIS NEW EDEN?
The "Mittgart Bund" Seeks an
"AngeI"-lf Germany Cannot
Supply Site America May Be
Honored.

BERLIN, Sept. 16.-Ts there in Amer
Apollo the intellect of a Socrates, the
strength of Samson, the restless energy
of Kaiser Wilhelm, the idealism Of a
Bryan, who wants to help improve the
human race by becoming the financial
founder of new garden of Eden?
Dr. Willbald Hentschel, head Of the
"Mittgart Bund," OF Germany is looking
for such man. Aside from the reward
in Heaven and the niche in the Hall Of
Fame hereafter, such a superman Is also
to have his reward in this life. He can
be one of the first adams" in the new
Eden" with ten or more Ewes"
Matrimony one long series Of trial
marriages!" Each marriage" to last
from three months to one year This, in
short, is the scheme for the human
garden" planned by the Mittgart Bund
and DR.. Hcntschel for which philan-
thropist and a suitable location are being
sought. If the financier wants to give
the new Eden a start out of purely
philant thropic motives there is no objec-
ton. 1t is estimated that $50 600 would
be sufficient to establish and maintain
the proposed Eden for some years. The
"bunu" also Is looking for site for the
human garden where 1t can rear race
of children unsurpassed for beauty,
strength, intellect and wisdom, and who
arc to become the rogenerating elements
of the human race and the hope Of the
world.
Dr. Hcntschel c ated somewhat of
sensation about yea ago at con-
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Colombo almost as hot in January as in
June? Why is simla much cooler than
Lthore?
From what parts of India are the fol-
lowing products obtained: Tea, gold,
teak, coal, jute, cotton petroleum, mica
wheat, rubes, coffee?
Where are the following places, and
| what Is their chief importance: Belfast,
| sydney, Glasgow, Vancouver Panama,
| Toxic, Montreal, Nairobi, oxford, Pekin,
Auckland, Durham?
state briefly what you know of the petit
| tion of right, the navigation acts. the
origin Of party government in England
Which do you consider the greatest of
the Mogul emperors, and why?
Classify the following substances as ele-
mouts or compounds giving a short rea-
son in eaech case: Sugar, steel, brass,
coal kerosene oil, red phosphorus.
Describe any Arrangement for produc-
ing electric currents.
What do YOU understand by the law of
contract and of tort?
Since sovereign government has no
legal rights against its own subjects nor
It's subjects against the sovereign, how
Is 1t that We daily find a sovereign suing
or being sued I'm courts of law?
The students of this school appear TO
show remarkable proficiency in arithme-
TIC, especially in sums which they figure
'hlL llltttAhllN I ne llAlLlpllttNlOn tdble
as taught al Mayo College does not end
with = times y. IS taught i'm the schools
of the United States, but with 25 times
-. Moreover the students commit to
memory multiplication figures covering
fractions as well as integers. There Is
a liberal system of awarding prizes for
competitive merit, and for general schol-
arship and department. Prizes are even
awarded for killing snakes, l06 prizes hav-
ing been granted last year for snakes de-
rtroycd I'm the vicinity of the college.
Tho general discipline of the school is
rigid. For small onenses extra hours of
study are prescribed, and in case of Sc
rious moral uffousc the younger students
may receive some moderate physical
while the older students
would be summarily expelled. 4 good
many ~ the students nave special guard .
iaus with them. They are all allowed TO I
have every lcgitimate amusement ana a .
few oft them have private motorcars
Generally speaking their life at the coll
lnge is wholesome and comfortable, al
though not approach ching in luxury the fine
p lo'ns the. may later occupy. The eN-
rc'l,ut MARINERS, politeness, courtesy,
etc If The boys IS very noticeable. and
their philJuthropic spirit Is shown every
year by their large personal dUuat ons
for purchase OF food and blankets 10
The poorest people IN Ajmer and for Civ
ms swcctmeats 10 children of the poor
schools. The boys Of ths G1llcge are an
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teacher. and then the writer Of an elabo.
rate history Of the United States. and
later in life was the American Min ster
at Berlin. Another was Frederic Henry
Hedge, also from New England, who,
after his student days in Germany, be-
came first teacher, then an author on
religious themes, end then a professor
of Getman literature in Harvard Unver-
sity. This was a Characteristic group Of
young Americans going over to Germany,
full of intellectual enterprise, to see
what they could learn there of letters,
SC ehcc and art; TO study the educational
Institutions Of Germany in the hope Of
bringing home good educational seed
whicn might be planted hero in this CONF
parativcly und2velored. commerc al land
where scantY border of civilization was
clinping to the edge of an unmeasured
wilderness. All three of these men in
hu need for good the policies Of Harvard
University.
The American pioneers in Germany dur
ing the first half Of the 10Th CEN
tury brought back various knowledges,
various slsllls and many pregnant doc
trines. The variety of knowledge and
skill which could be procured at the Ger
man universities at that early day was
something astounding to these American
youths, something indcscribab'y- rich and
various. with their own personal ex-
periences and gains they brought back
also to America the structure of the
modern German university, then young
In Germany and I'm America not yet con-
ceived of. They had. moreover absorbed
that noble German policy of academic
freedom. freedom for the student and
the teacher alike. This academic frcc-
dom meant emancipation from tradition
and prejudice and from authority,
whether governmental or ecclesiastical
They saw, also, how two great doctrines
which had sprung from the German
Protestant Reformation had been devcl-
oped by Germans from seed then plan ed
in GERMANY. The first was the doctrine
OF universal education, developed from
the Protestant concoption Of individual
responsibility; and the second was the
great doctrine of civic liberty. liberty In
in society. in government
liberty with order under law. These two
principles took their rise in Protestant
Germany: and America has been the
greatest beneficiary Of that noble teach
Ing.
Tho pioneers from New ENGLAND in the
first half of the 10Th century have been
by a stream of American youth.
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But Captain Diamond chafes at Being
Thought Really Indisposed

1nOuRnb feally luulSpOSto
out at the Crocker Old Peoples Home
Pine and Pierce streets, San Francisco.
Captain Goddard Ezekiel Dodge Dia-
mond is chafing because he has been
confined to his bed for the last few days,
He fears that some OF his friends may
think his indisposition is an indication
OF inflrmity. But Captain Diamond In
sists that inasmuch as he is only just
turned lis years, such a supposition is alb
surd. He insists that he Is as hale and
hearty as any one less than half his
age.
He makes no secret of the method by
which one may attain and pass the CEN
tury mile post. His scheme OF life con-
sists largely of "don'ts." Don't use to-
bacco, don't use stimulants and don't eat
sweets. Captain Diamond has abstained
from all these, and he has not touched
meat since 1852.
Captain Diamond says he was born in
Plymouth Mass, May I, 1876, In the ad-
ministration of President Adams, second
chief executive of the United States He
tells vivid stories of pioneer days I'm the
Maine woods and how he provided for
his mother while his father was serving
in the war of 1912.
He says he was first thrust into the
world at the age of 20. when he went to
Boston. being unable to read or write
and not even knowing the alphabet. Dur
ing the civil war he served four years
in the quartermaster's department at st.
Louis Notwithstanding the fact that he
was G5 years old at the outbreak of hos
tllties.
He came TO California in 1877. He has
never married and today has the ap-
pcarancc Of man i'm vigorous health.
His blue eyes are clear, his hand clasp
strong and his face unwrinkled by the
passage of years.
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KNOWLEDGE SOUGHT
BY INDIAN PRINCES
THROUGH EDUCATION
Students Are vitality Inter-
ested in People and Condi-
tlons Throughout United
States and Europe.

AS the progress ana prosperity of the
various native states OF India depend so
much upon the character, education ana
ability of the native hereditary rulers,
and as the question OF their proper prep
aration for the great responsibilities they
are to assume over the lives and prop
erty uf their subjects is of such vital i'm
portance, it was deemed of interest, in
connection with my commercial investi-
cations through India, to stop for a day
at Ajmer, in Rajputana, the site of Mayo
college, the leading educational centre for
the princes ana nobility of India says
the Daily Consular and Trade Reports.
Mayo College was founded i'm 1873,
through the influence of Lord Mayo, at
that time Viceroy of India. monument
10 his memory erected Just in front of
the main building Of the college mentions
that ''it was his hope that the college Of
which he first suggested the foundation
might promote among the youth of Raj
putana the cardinal virtues of fortitude,
temperance justice and bcnevoencc Of
which his own life gave a splendid eN-
ample"
In general it was intended that this
college should have ciytlizlng and pro-
gressive influence in India, and by begin
hlns at the top stratum of Indian society,
lnculcate generally the principles of NOR
auty' culture and economic usefulness.
rms intention has been splcudidly car
I'eu out and the visible effects of II
anu progressive government pf mGHy %
the native rulers of India who have grad
ua'ed Ifom tht. ins'tU ion. uur,ug 500 ID
may be mentioned the Maharaja of Al
war the Maharao of Kotah, the Mahara-
VA OF Dun"arpur, the Naharaia Of IIol-
haE OF lhdore, the Raja of Dcwas and the
rama OF Earwani; also Muharuja Rhgiron
SlhEh and the Maharai OF Rikanrr
S""Ie OF the most promising future ru crs
vi lhdia have also received their cdu-
.e''on here, including the Crown Prince
VI Nashmir who has already attained
" very favorable reputation because Of
p,tSoNal inanliness, culture ana pg, grcs-
slEe sentiments.
Mayp College is managed by a COM
,miuee OF native rulers, mostly of S utcs
aiSHih RaJputana, including the maha-
.SIa OF ANar tie gackwar of Barodu.
S ehG naharaja OF Bikaner the Maharaja
- -i."'a OF Iiwalior the maharajl Of
,atIpur' inc maharaja of Kishlngarh, the
ii'"""Ia" OF kpiah. the Taiu of Sailauu
ne iaharaua Of UdaiDur, the raj rama of
Si'."'a"'r the mahlrajadhirui Of Siruhi.
% I'' raJa ~ Dhar. and the maharaju of
N|M'N. Since 1893 the college has rsuc-
11,aHy progressed and prospcrrd with G.
a. adalnEton as principal The school
StS" mas five other Englisn masters and
instructors, nine Indian assistants. "A
Nlnlh religious instructor, two mcdi- .
f' oule'Is, ridil- master and super
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vention OF the "MItteart Bund' by his
plan for rearing noble human beings"
The scheme called for what he charac-
terized human garden' with 100 men
the elect of Germany-and 200 women.
It is DR.. Hentschers idea that places
must be established where by course
of selcctivity a serious and earnest scien-
tlhc attempt must be made to rear noble
human beings as rcgenerating and renew
ing elements which alone can cheek what
he declares to be the steady deterioration
and degeneration Of the human race.
AS originally planned, It was proposed
to have the site OF the new Eden some
where in Germany. the founders bong
patriotic en1iRh to want to fur nsh the
first ''regeneratiug elements to the Ger
man race But the Germans APPARENTLY
do not want to be regenerated. In a
letter to The Sun correspondent, DR.
Hentschel writes that two things are
holding back the realization Of the "hu
man garden" and its benefts-mon"y a7d
women. Men, he says, can readily be
had in sufficient number to start the
garden"
Failing to find a suitable site in Ger
many and as the foreign press has
treated the scheme with far more uig-
nifty and seriousness than had the Ger
man press, DIR. Hentschel sa,i hat the
"bund" was looking abroad for II suityble
place in which to start the new Eden
where the unhappiness Of married life
is TO find solution in a long series or
brief trial marriages" A representa-
tive OF the 'bund" was sent to the Ar
gcntine ar6 anCt o' e. Sweden, hut they
were not much impressed by the prospects
there. size .,mcH zee III the nitrd
states would be far preferao.C The
'burd' is still open to the consideration
of land grants or propositions for suit
able location for the human garden" Dr.
LentsChel also would IKE t. have some
of the wealthy Americans who free y Eiv"
their money away for various rurpJsos
finance the Eden
According to "Mttgart" ideas, two
curac. rest upon modern society. modern
marriage and modern city lie. The first,
as shown by the insane nsy ums, prisons
and idle rich, brings into life much that is
worth ess, useless and destructive, and
hinders the race from reach ng it's high
est development. City life is the "cal-
dron" and furnace" which devours tho
best that comes from the farming COM
munities.
"a crime against humanity-immoral
through and through" is the way modern
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AR0UT BLOTTING PAPER
Peeulianties of Much-used Access
sorry of Writers.

SOIy OF writers.
Few people realize the true inwardness
OF oioItins paper particularly people who
live in big towns and should know better.
II Is Tor instance, real pleasure to sit
down 10 large clean sheet of new mink
blotttns paper, and instead Of its soiltnp
one, TO be the first to soil it. White blot
tins paper has TO be very thick ana ab-
sorplns to hold irs own. while green blot
ting paper is only suggestive of banks
ana business, and little soiled ends which
are used for the weeks books.
The blottius paper ,ounoisscur changes
his b.ottng parer with absolute reckless
ness. II becomes To- him like the paper
target which, once marked with his proyy-
rss, has fulfilled lis function II Is a de-
light To tear the corner on a sheet Of
thick pink, and pick up as much as nos
s'h!e OF the blot made by an overaowing
pen, hut the corner once away, the snea.
loses MS charm ana should be rep .aced by
another
Hlottlns paper and blotting pad are in
ulces OF the household psychology. There
rs, Tor instance, the pad which, though
not very much used has grown shiny
with use, and its acquired suria e abso-
lutely refuses 10 pick up any ink al an
There is the pad that has been over
used and has lest It's absorbent power
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through the writing of many black am.
ddsRlns notes. There is the neat pad
which is always carefully tended aal
which suggests that the sooner an trace
OF writing Doe removed the better and
There is the blotttns book with its choice
of hail-drtied leaves and its surface
which by no possible means can ever 10
as level as blotting paper should be.
The ideal way of using blotdms papc.
IS 10 nave two or three loose sheets o..
tHiCkish white on pi k. whit ..a.
n. gNu away, used, OF stole win I'M
pun-ty. Il is usefu 10 be- all tc ..
from above, and the sl- z ene.s o.. -g
sheet enables this % be- done most e..c,-
.louSlF' Also Il nece~sitatsS no cons. fa1-
tlous Seruples as 10 waste, ara enabras
me writer TO write straight ahead vir6
comfort instead of dodging aboot t.s
pages to avoid the pains of blottiaE. '-
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going over to enlarge their experiences,
to make new observations to put In
practice the inductive method Of arriv-
ing at truth. and to learn TO think pro-
foundly and accurately in the German
universities. That stream has flowed
backward all over this country, fertiliz-
ing 1t with German thought and German
methods. These thousands of American
students have absorbed in GermanT that
splendid spirit of scientific research now
developed In all fields OF knowledge on
the same method and In the same spirit.
Scientific research has been Learned
through practice in Germany by th,u-
sands of American students and teach
ers. II is impossible to describe or even
imagine what an immense INTEL ,ctual
gift this has been from Germany to
America. 1t is, of course, true that
America Is inGebted not only to Germany
but also TO England, Scandinavia, France,
italy and Of late TO Russia, for this p ,r-
fectcd spirit and method of research, bit
America is more indebted to Germany
than to any other nation, because the
range Of German research has been wider
and deeper than has been seen In any
other of the nations mentioned
There is another bond of union be"
tween Germany and America which L,ay
come some day to the stage of practical
efficacy To be sure. 1t is nothing but
a sentiment or feeling; but sentiments
often supply the motive power for vigo"-
Gus action. The Tcutonic peoples set
higher value on truth in speech, thought
and action than any other peoples. Ger
many and America, England, Scandi-
navia and Holland are one in this re-
spect. They all love truth; they seek It;
they WOO 1t. They respect the man who
speaks and acts the truth even to his
own injury The English Bacon said Of
TRUTH ut Is the sovereign good of hu-
man nature" That is what all the Teu-
tonic peoples believe. They want to
found their action on fact not fancy; on
the truth the demonstrated truth, not
on Vaccinations. say that here is a
fine bond of union, real likeness of
spirit n community in devotion and wor-
ship among all the Teu.onlc peoples. Let
us hone that at no distant day this com
mon Worship, this common devotion,
will result in common bencncent action
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dressed in white, except for bright-col-
Ored native turbaus
AN INTERESTING CITY

AN INTERESTING CITY
The city of Ajmcr, where the school is
located, is an interesting place, and is a
most important city of Rajputana. 1t is
some 2OOO feet above sea level and has Il
! distinction of being the highest city on
the pains OF India. 1t has a population
I of about 5000 There are many brauti-
ful lakes and hills about, and interesting
relics of ancient art and arch.te ture.
! There is an important American Methodist
! mission school here.
| RajputIna covers a very large area in
I northwestern India between the provinces
, o. Sind and the Puuiab, and Is composed
| OF Is native States the most important
Of which are RIkaner, Jaipur and UdaI-
pur As a particular instance Of how
education acquil ed AT this college has
benefited these native States, | may men
tion the remarkable development which
has occurred in Bkaner under its pro-
sressiyc maharaja, who was one OF the
early graduates and one of the most Etuer-
Gus patrons of this college. In the Mavo
College magazine a monthly pub 'icatiOn
issued from this college. recently ap-
peaTcd an account OF the silver jubilee of
the maharaia Of Bikaner. at which an
interesting tribute was paid 10 his high
ness progressive qualities by the ViCcroy
OF India.
There lre three other colleges In India
for Indian princes and nobility. though (
they are not So important or So we'll eu-
duwed as the Mayo College ut Ajmrr
They include the DAILY College al IudoTe .
central India; the Aitchisou College nj I
Lahore, Puniah AMI the Raikumlr Col Z
lege at Raikot, Kathawar.
Al present IN India. with tn growth of +
natoUa,istiC spirit "A reaction is mott so- .
able I'm many influential native quarters
against the education OF the native youth .
of the country in Christian schools ana
Cnlc""s and thcre has been an AGITATION
'f|" flnp lrUrttn0 "a H 90.
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a cricket pavilion in the middle. The
cost of the buildings and grounds has
approNimuted more than $i,OJO,0O0
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pnnnnet of II O'Clock Council

PORTLAND Me- Sept. l7.-At the an
nual banquet last night of the Eleven
O'clock Council of the Red Men of the
United states the following officers were
elected: Chief rover, w. p. Lightholder.
of Missouri secretary, Thomas j. Me-
Keen, of Minnesota; treasurer, Henry
c. Hart of Idaho.
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New York Leaves Vera Cruz To-day
VERA CRUZ Sept. 17.--The United
States battcship New York has been
ordered home and will sail northward to-
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-01
LECTURER EXPLAINS WHAT THE
CHAUTAUQUA WILL MEAN TO CITY

Speaking from the city hall steps
last evening to a fair-sized street au-
dienoe. Ernest ]. sias. lecturer and
herald for the Ellison-white Chau-
tauqua system. told the meaning Of
the chautauqua to Pendleton and
told. too. something OF the attractions
which will be offered 20 the COM
munity during chautauqua week
which commences on the evening OF
July 4.
Something of the importance Of the
ohautauqua movement is TO be gained
from his statement that within the
past nine years IL has grown from a
soc town to a 5000 town affair and
that this year more than 10000, ,000
people In the United States would
listen 20 chautauqua programs. The
first chautauqua was organized Al
years ago at Lake ChautauqUa and
the movement took It's name from it's
birthplace.
The purpose OF the chautauqua
movement he said. is TO place within
the reach of all people some OF the
worlds greatest attractions. famous
thinkers and speakers. great bands
and other musical organizations and
other high class. Wholesome entertain
ers and instructors. In a larger way Il
seeks 20 build up communities, es-
pecially small communities, he said.
II does this, he went on 10 say, by
bringing thousands OF people and
thousands of dollars to the city each
year, by making the city center of
attraction and thus counteracting the
lure OF the city by creating festival
week; by arousing a civic pride and
by putting the people in personal
contact with lecturers representing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-01
LOCAL COMPANY ASSUMES
MANAGEMENT OF THE ALTA
NORMA ALLOWAY, EDITH JOHN
son AND CHARLES STNPE
NEW PROPRIErORS.

By deal brought to a formal con-
clusion today. the Alta theater. pops
uiar motion picture playhouse on AZ
Ia street. has changed hands. C. r.
onphant, who opened the house less
than a year ago, having sold his lease
and equipment 10 the Alta Theater
Co. Inc. OF which Miss Norma Allo-
way Is president. Miss Edith johnson
treasurer. and Charles NJ. Stype sec
retarv and manager. The new pro-
prietors took charge today.
The Alta theater was built last
summer by c. +. Colesworthy for Mr
Oliphant. who came here from Rose
burg II cost $4,000 and was huilt
along the most modern lines. II has
n seating capacity OF 55e, the largest
stage In the city and is equipped
with n large stock OF scenery.
The new proprietors are all wen
known residents OF the city. MT.
Stvpe has lived here for several years
and for the past year has been In the
city water department, He is man
Of mature business sense and expert
,nce and he win devote his entire time
TO the management OF the thea'ei'
Miss Alloway and Miss Johnson are
both popular young ladies OF Pendle-
ton and both have had considerable
business training. They will retain
the present film service. supplied by
the General Film Co. and will cater
90 popular taste In motion picture
dramas
Mr. oiiphant has not decided upon
his future course and will remain here
with his family until he reaches de-
cision.