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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
THE MUDDY MISSOURI.
How the River Lowers the Surface Of
the Land It Drains.

the Land It Drains.
The Missouri is the muddiest river In
the Mississippi valley. 1t carries more
silt than any other large river in the
United States except possibly the Rio
Grande and the Colorado. For every
square mile of country drained it car
ries downstream 3S1 tons of dissolved
M suspended matter each year, In
other words, the river gathers annual
~ from the country that it drains
more than 1913, 900 tons of silt and
soluble matter, some of which it dis
tributes over the flood plains below to
form productive agricultural lands.
but most Of which finds it's way at last
to the gulf of Mexico.
1t is by mean of data of this kind
that biologists compute the rate at
which the lands are being croded away.
1t has been shown that the Missouri
river is lowering the surface of the
and drained by it at the rate of / foot
in G,O36 years. The surface Of the
United States as a whole is now being
Worn down at the rate of / foot in
9,12O years.
1t has been estimated that If this
erosive action of the streams Of the
United States could have been concen.
trated on the isthmus Of Panama Il
would have dug in s~eventy-three days
the canal which was completed after
ten years work with the most power
full appliances yet devised by man.
Geological Survey Bulletin.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Topics of the Sport World
By SQUARE DEAL
Manager Rowland Well Liked.
By SQUARE DEAL



Manager Rowland is very popular,
not only with his own players, but with
the public as well. He is given credit
for having drilled the Chicago White
SoX into playing a better article of ball
than they have shown in recent years,
and he has shown himself to be a quiet
yet strict leader ever since he took
charge Of the team.
On paper the SoX do not look strong
enough to be figured as having a chance
for the flag, though it is a team which
will be troublesome all the time, be-
u it has a pitching staff which can
come pretty near to holding down most
of its rivals. But it is not the hitting
team that Detroit is. and neither does it
display the spirit that Jennings instills
into his players. But both of these
western teams are sure to be contend
ers in the race.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
THE NARROW B0SPoRUs.
At lite Greatest Width Il Measures
Only 1888 Feet.

At lite Greatest Width It Measures
Only 1888 Feet.
The Bosporus contains few danger
ous submarine rocks or shoals. The
locality Of these few is indicated by
lighthouses or buoys. The water is
only slightly tinged with salt and Is
marvelously clear. The sands, glitter
Ing apparently near the surface, may
be twenty feet below.
On a map, Of whatever scale, each
of those familiar straits, which cleaye
lands and continents asunder. seems
hardly more than a silvery thread.
Yet as II sails Over their famous wa
ters the opposing shores Oh either
hand sometimes appear far away. The
strait Of Gibraltar, which wrests Afri-
ca from Europe, is sixteen miles wide;
that Of Messina, forcing its way be-
tween Italy and Sicily, is from two to
twelve; that Of Bonifacio, which. like
n blade Of steel, cuts Corsica and Sal-
LIMA apart, is sever miles in width Mt
Its most contracted point; even the
Dardanelles expands from over one to
four.
But the illusion rs to distance Great.
ed by the map is reality as to the Bos-
porus. Off Buyoukdereh, where it at
tains its largest breadth, it's hemmed
In waters broaden to only 9,S38 feet,
or about one and four-fifths miles. Be
tween Roumeli Hissar and Anadoli
Hissar they shrink to one-sixth of
these dimensions. or to 1,641 feet
From "Constantinople," by Edwin A.
GrOcvannr
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03

pitcher than Alexander before the close
Of the present season. While .Alexan-
der is going better than ever in his
career, James has been Of little use to
the Braves, and this is the main rea-
son why Stallings' team is so far down
in the race.
Several times James has shown
flashes of his 1914 form, but just when
great things We're expected of him the
big spitballer's arm has gone back on
him. James case is very similar to
that Of George Chalmers, and he will
probably come around in good shape,
but will hardly be of much use to the
raves for the rest of the season un-
less his arm suddenly responds to
treatment.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Hauser MAY Be Comeback.

Arnold Hauser, until a couple of
years ago one Of the greatest short.
stops In the business, stands a chance
OF coming back. Hauser. who by rea-
son OF a physical breakdown was con
sidered out of the game for the rest of
his life. broke into an amateur game
in st. Louis the other day.
His work was so brilliant that the
fans who saw him make the prediction
that he will be back with the Cardi-
nails within a very short time and fill
his old position at short field as brill
iantly as ever before.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03

the representations Of him given by
these admiring yet libelous ~worshipers.
Does Not Act tho Hero.
He Is a hero, but does not act the
hero. He will stand the strain Of this
protracted war whether he is covered
with praises or not. He is not fighting
for praise or compliments or acclama-
ton, but for his invaded country and
for his ideal Of a peace based on JUS
tice.
When the newspapers arrive they are
e aloud to groups. The official bull
letins are listened to in eager silence,
but at the first mention Of "our heroic
poilus" a storm Of angry ooh! La
barbe" breaks out.
"Barbe" means beard, that which Is
shaved, and as the word for shave
means also to bore to death, "la barbe''
means enough of that stale talk"
1t sounds so insincere and insulting.
for 1t seems as If it was heaped up and
repeated for fear we should otherwise
give way. 1t seems to smack of cow
ardice and want Of tact. Do tell your
American readers these pictures are
overdrawn, without foundation or re-
semblance. Tell them the men are far
more modest. human and sympathetic
than Is to be inferred from most news
papers. They do not act, they do not
pose and are really quite ~unassuming.
The French army Is an image Of
France as a whole and, what Is best of
1t, not an image of what a few over
anxious, hysterical admirers fondlv i'm
agine it to be.
There Is not only much heroism, but
heroism so remarkable that it stands
out, and those who witness it feel a
Kind of shame in speaking of it, cou-
pied with the fear, nay, the certainty.
OF inability to do it justice.
Servant Gets Legion Of Honor.
The war has brought about many odd
situations all through France. Here is
one OF the Strangest:
"A leading light Of the Partisan bar
was deprived Of CASTOR, his butler, by
the mobilization. CASTOR has returned.
decorated with the Legion of Honor
NN~ NNNAAPASu AAoI4 4uIluGI UlllIHrV
service because Of an incapacitating
wound that does not, however, inter-
fere with the exercise Of his calling
His place had been kept for him. but
his return plunged the barrister into n
perpleXing embarrassment.
While Castor wears the red ribbon
there We're among the habitual guests
or the house a number of eminent
members Of the bar whose button
holes are entitled to nothing but flow
ers. The properties and all rulcs of
precedence We're contrary to the idea
OF a Legion of Honor man serving ono
not decorated.
The judge refused to part with his
servant and solved the problem by de-
Gliding that none but Legion Of Honor
men shall eat at his table.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
somers Admits He Made Mistake.

President Charley Somers Of the
Cleveland American league club adj
mlts he made a mistake three years ago
when he failed to retain George Stovall
as manager Of the Cleveland club.
"Eve since l have been in BASEBALL
said Somers the other day to a reporter,
Il ave been looking for a man Of the
caliber Of Connie Mack. You can count
such men on the fingers Of one hand.
George Stovall came closest to the
mark, and l made an error when 1
failed to keep him. 1 agree with the
newspaper when it said the owner
should keep his hands off. But what
are you going to do when you have a
manager who is not equal to the task?"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
James Has Bad Arm.

Bill james, worlds series nero and
star twirler of the Boston Braves. re-
Gently was sent to consult a specialist
on muscular ailments. Members of the
team fear that the big lad from the
coast will pitch but few good games
for some time to come, while the scribes
travelling with the club are not eve
that optimistic. Manager Stallings and
Secretary Nickerson say that James
will probably be all right in a few
weeks, but players on the Boston team
evidently do not feel the same way
about his condition.
After his wonderful work in 1914 it
was generally believed that James
would be the sensation of the National
league this season, and it was freely
predicted that he would be a better
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03

public on June p, I'VE captured the
hrst line Behind this was q great num-
Der OF forts and barricades. We took
some Of these. but others stopped US.
One hundred and fifty men, surprised
In their holes by the furious charge Of
the French infantry, fell into our
hands,"
The first stage Of the attack was a
triumph. Then followed a hand to
hand struggle matched in history only
by the combats waged by the Roman
leg1ons and the soldiers of Alexander.
Foot by foot the French the
first to enter the Labyrinth" fought
their way, hurting hand grenades at
unseen foes, dashing into earth trench
es and bayoneting the Germans, trap
ped In their own devices, falling by the
score when a wall Of flame from hid
den machine guns met them at the
turn of a communicating trench.
without a stop, from May 80 to June
H." says the observer, they fought
on his ground, full Of big holes and
piled with dead. The combat never
ceased, either day or night. The at
lacking elements, constantly renewed,
crushed the Germans with hand gren-
! AIDES and demolished their earth barri-
cades. There was not an hour of truce
or an instant of repose. The men were
under a sun so hot in the trenches
that they fought b%areheaded and in
their shirt sleeves.
Finally, on May II, eighteen days
after the assault began, the French
Won their way to the northern end of
the labyrinth" with only a small
space between them and the first Ger
man line north Of the position and be-
hind them only n German line I'M
taken. The latter held out for two
more days. Then the French We're able
to say that the "impregnable' position
had been captured.
Life Of French Soldier.
Life Of the French soldier is told in
terestingly by a correspondent on the
French battle front. He writes:
Soldiers at the front have given up
betting, specializing or prophesying as
to the date the war will end. Last
winter the end Of May was the great
est favorite. Next came July IA for a
peaceful yet victorious national cele-
b%ration, and the beginning Of August
for a complete year of war.
Newspapers are still eagerly read,
but the French press has lost it's hold
over the French soldier. 1.-THE Cos
sacks at Five Marches From Berlin"
a heading that appeared in September,
is remembered in the army with dis
dain, even if forgotten by the public.
Semi-otiicial announcement Of Ger
man shortage Of shells is not forgiven
by those who daily receive Il very fair
and what they think sufficient dose of
them. When the men are ordered to
the cellars and shelters they never
speak Of bombardment, but always re-
mark. "They are short of Shells" Ev-
erybody knows what is meant.
The usual cheap stereotyped phrases
about 'our heroic soldiers are resent
ed, and men are "fed up" with nonsen-
steal, fabricated accounts and portraits
of ourselves and our doings. There is
really no truth in the pictures drawn
by journalistic grocers to please Paris
ian concierges. The French soldier at
the front is totally different from, in
fnitely more lovable and human than
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Disqraced.

Weary Willie Meandering Mike
worked a hull day last week. Dusty
Rhoads Yep. Amt it awful whit
some people do for money?-Philadel.
phia Ledger.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
Change Of Scene Benefits Some,

George Stallings, who in his great
generosity saved Sherwood Magee
from the Feds, will please lamp the
work Of Whitfield and Dugey, who We're
given to Philadelphia in exchange.
Likewise John McGraw. who spent
much time and effort before he finally
saved Hans Lobert, is requested to
lamp the work of Demaree, Stock and
Adams.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
DAY AND NIGHT.

T NEVER knew-how could I know?
The glory of a perfect day,
h dawning and the afterglow,
The blush of roses born in May.
The crystal white of falling snow
- Until her face had turned away!
Roscoe Gilmore Stott.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
The Proof.

Stella-1s she a cat?
Bella-Yes. She has had nine men
her life.-New York Sun.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-09-03
The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN,

Golden Text.-Casting all your anx
iety upon him, because he careth for
you Il Pet. v, y.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-27
BIG SHIPPING COMBINE
MAY BE ONE OF RESULTS
Delegates Attending Pnn-Nmerican
Financial Conference Interested
In Transportation Question.

WASHINGTON. May 26.-Conferences
between financial and business repre-
sentat!vcs OF the United States and
delegates from South and Central
America attending the Pam American
Financial Conference We're continued
to-day in the effort TO bring about
clear understanding OF the desires
and needs OF the Southern republics.
The committee on transportation,
considering what many delegates re-
gard as the most important question
the conference faces. entrusted its
work to a subcommittee, which is not
expected to report until Friday.
There were rumors tonight that
there might result from the conference
a gigantic steamship corporation
backed by all the interested countries
TO insure rapid. regular and safe trans
portation between North and South
America. 1t was pointed out, how
ever. that SO far as the United States
is concerned. its official representatives
have no authority TO enter into any
negotiations along this line. and that
IL is we'll known that private capital in
the United States is reluctant to go
into the shipping Enterprises without
assurances that there Will be a modi-
hcation of the navigation laws and
amendments to the seamens act passed
By the last Congress.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-27
WILSON GIVES WELCOME
TO ENJOYS OF CHINA
Tells Them Interest of United States
Is Not Merely Commercial
or Professional.
HE PREDICTS GREAT FUTURE
Compassion OF Business Men on Tour
OF This Country to Study CONNER
cial Methods Received by Chief
Executive at White House.

WASHINGTON. May 26.-Prcsidcnt
Wilson to-day expressed deep interest
in tho future OF China In welcoming
the commission OF Chinese business
men touring the United States TO study
the commercial methods. The Prcsi-
dent told them the interest Of the peo-
pie or the United States In China was
not merely a commercial or a profess
sional interest. Headed by Kai Flu
shah. the Chinese minister the deleea
ton was received in the Blue Room of
the White House Each member Of
the party was personally introduced by
tho minister.
Spokesman for the commission told
the President they brought greetings
from the Chinese republic TO the Presi-
dent and people of the United States.
and that they would endeavor to make
their republic real sister.
Replying, President Wilson spoke as
follows
1T is not a mere form that | go
through in expressing to you our very
cordial welcome to the United States.
think that l can say to you. with
the acquicscence of all my fellow coun-
trymen. that our interest in China is
not merely a commercial interest, and
is not merely a professional interest.
The people OF the United States are
deeply and sympathetically interested
In China. and in the unlimited future
that lies before your great republic
We have. of course. naturally re-
joiced. to see you adopt a form Of gov
eminent which seems 10 US the best
vehicle of progress, the republican
form OF government: and il has been
a great satisfaction to us to feel that
your great nation. with its unlimited
capacity and possibilities, is to be
linked with ours In what we hope
will be a common conception of liberty
and the progress of mankind"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-27
TRIES TO KILL CHILDREN,
THEN ENDS HER OWN LIFE
Mrs. Charlotte O'NciIl Found Dcnd,
Bullet In Her Heart-IIaby Dies
OF StranCulnttOn,

NEW YORK. May 26.-Mrs. Char
lotte O'Neill, wife of Francis O'Neill. an
architectural engineer employed by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, was
found dead to-day with bullet in her
heart in bedroom Of her home at 81
Eastern Parkway. an exclusive resi-
Dental section of Brooklyn. In an ad-
joining room lay two of her three chill
dren. Josephine, one year old. and
Francis, aged four. with cords drawn
tightly around their. necks. The boy
was revived, but the baby died.
The bodies were found by Mrs.
Meidcn, Mrs. O'Neilrs sister. who
forced window whenTepeated knock
ing at the door brought no response
Detectives said 1t was their theory tina I
Mrs. O'Neill became suddenly de-
mented. A revolver lay on the floor
near her body.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-27
Eczema? A Torture
Quickly Banished
Remarkable Results Fol-
low the Action of a
Famous Remedy

The action OF s. s. s.. the famous blood
remedy, Is wave of health from tho
stomach to every other part OF the body
Any skin disease. no matter what its
name, be 1t eczema, psoriasis, acne. lu-
pus. or just plain boils. pimples or n
stubborn absccss. must give way to the
influence OF S. S. S. Why so? Simply be-
cause there is in S. s. S. certain medi-
cinal influences Just as essential to blood
health As are the elements OF the grains,
meats, fats and sugars of our daily
food. Get n bottle today OF any drug
gist and then write to the Medical Ad-
wiser. The Swift Specific Co, Ill Swift
Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. He will tell you
about skin af!liction. such as you never
before realized. He will clear up the
mystery Of why certain diseases OF the
blood make straight for tho skin. He
Will also clear up your doubts as to the
nature, cause and proper care OF your
self In any form OF blood trouble. His
advice is perfectly free. There Is scarce
ly a community in the ". S. but where
you Will find someone to enthusiastic
cally tell you how they are now cured
but at one time were sufferers from
rheumatism. or catarrh. or some severe
form of skin or blood trouble. Get a
bottle of S. S. s. today, but refuse any
and all substitutes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-27
CLARK DENIES CHARGES
MADE BY DIR. M'KELW WAY
Files Mass Of Statistics to Controvert
Assertions rs to Wages in
Cotton Mills.
HEARING NOT YET CONCLUDED
Labor Conditions I'm South and in
Porto Rico Before Industrial ReIa-
tions COmmisSion-Editor of Char
lotte Textile Paper Speaks.

WASHINGTON. May 26-Labor con-
ditions in the cotton mills of the South
and In Porto Rico, were before the
Industrial Relations Commission to-
day. The commission was unable to
conclude its hearings tonight. accord
ing 10 program, and several witnesses
VIII be examined Tomorrow, including
Samuel Gompers. president, and other
officers OF tho American Federation Of
La Dor.
David Clark. OF Charlotte. y c.. edi-
Tor or textile magazine, submitted a
statement to the commission DENYING
IN octaii charges concerning child la hor
IN the south made recently by Or. A. j.
Achclway, of tho National Child Labor
commission. Clark filed II mass of sta
tlstics designed TO Controvert DR. Nc
kelways assertions as to. wages paid
In the cotton mills.
Ihc testimony given by DR.. A. j.
MckelwaE. on May TO- was very large
~ false. and where not exactly false.
was so shaped as to carry false i'm
PRESTON. clark's statement said.
Tie testified that a large number of
, employees in southern cotton mills in
Guiding .oS5 adults. were making less
IMAM - per week. Pressed by Chair
man Walsh he lodged through four
pages of testimony. and when finally
cornered had to divide the 81 or less
amount by six in order to get the daily
wage. Nick elway has lived in the
South and knows that no wage sched-
ule OF 33 12 cents per day has pre-
vailed In the last twenty years He
could have taken data from the 1914
report of the Bureau of Labor, but he
went back TO the 1905 report
The 1908 report gives the wages OF
North Carolina mill operatives as vary
Ing from 1887 to $3.50 per week. but
| there is in 1t table OF earning for a
specihed week, and In summing up the
earnings for the specified week il
shows that in both Northern and South
ern mills were number who. of course.
working part time during that week.
earned less than So
I'm order TO give YOU uliteracy fig
ures he went back even further and
gave YOU the statistics OF 1900 waving
aside the 1910 statistics with the pass
ing remark that they were slightly diff
| ferent. If he had given YOU the 1914
statistics he would have shown that 81
per cent of the mill operatives in North
Carolina can read and write and that
the percentage is higher in the other
Southern States.
He complains in his evidence that
! the southern cotton manura cturers do
not welcome the representatives of tho
National Child Labor Committee TO
their mills. In the first place. the cot
| ton manufacturers regard the National
| CHILD Labor Committee as band OF
| parasites and Eraftcrs and in the sec
| ond place experience has shown that
| they take advantage of every courtesy
10 misrepresent and falsify conditions"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-27
WILSON SENDS MESSAGE
TO WILMINGTON CHILDREN

WILMINGTON. y. c.. May o6.-Pre-
ceding his address here to-day at the
combined commencement of all the
schools OF New Hanover County, Sec
rotary OF the Navy Daniels read to
his audience a letter signed by Presi-
dent Wilson. asking him to convey
my warmcst greetings to the children
ut my own boyhood home and give
them my heartfelt good wishes. I hope
the best things may happen to them"
The secretary had just reviewed n
parade of 1000 school children. He
referred to the recent naval parade in
New York and said but the Dread
nought upon which the safety of the
nation rests is the DreadnouSht you
saw in the parade this morning."
You may have your warships and
your cannon and YOU may submarine
the enemy" he said, but unless back
OF II all is the heart OF the American
people 1t counts for nouEht."