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CONTRACT GAINED
BY WORKERS

Hamilton, Ontario. - The Sheet &
Metal Workers Union has secured %
three years agreement and the union s.
shop. The new wage rates are 40 c
cents an hour the first year and 421a
cents the second and third years.
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Jack Costello. The finest of Cloth
ing made to measure, $40 TO $4o'
Union Made.
of the Federation of Labor stating Il
to re- John j. Bagley Tobacco Conn
cent of ton the I'VE Don't Patronize
ecomes Union men please take notice.
1t was reported to the CounC
n that Attorney Faussett was go
nd en- Olympia to attend at the rehea
2 as a the case of the Trades Council
Stone-Webster interests on tn,
rate
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expect more of a friend than they are
willing to give.
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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05

1r"st between peter in the prison"
and 1.-The church" outside. The Chris
1ians adopted the only method that
was open to them for securing the
apostles release. In many different
places, for the church had grown too
large to gather in any one room, the
disciples met. and prayer was made
earnestly unto God" for the doomed
man. The Greek word translated
Earnestly has in it the suggestion of
the tortured feeling of one who is
stretched on the rack. 1t was that sort
OF prayer that the church Of Jerusalem
made for its great leader. 1t is that
sort of prayer that prevails.
Verses i-1l.-Thc deliverance.
"When Hcrod was about to bring him
FORTH Peters imprisonment, and con
sequently the prayer Of the church.
must have lasted for several days. THE
same night The night before his
trial. Peter was Sleeping.'' \ rood
Indication of his state of mind. What
sort of a man must he be who can
sleep s"nndIy throughout the night be
fore his execution: 1.-TWO soldiers,
hound with two chains" He was
honnu by Il hand to each of these men,
VIII" formed half of a q%uaternion. The
other half were the "guards before the
door. Light shined in the ccll.' The
usual accompaniment Of angelic vista
ton. "Smote Peter on the side The
sleep OF the apostle was so deep that
1t was hard to awaken him. Chains
fell off" The manacles that bound him
to the soldiers would ordinarily have
required unlocking. "Gird thyself.,
The oriental prepares for sleep by lay
ing aside his outer garment and UNI
loosing his under tunic. Bind on thy
sandals Peter still wore the cheap
wooden shoes of the poor. He knew
no that it was true He expected
that he would awake to find deliver
nncc a dream. The first and the SEQ
ond guard The inner and outer
guards. The iron gate" The outer
gate, locked and barred and altogether
impossible. The angel depurtedn
His work done, the rest was left TO
the apostles own resourcefulness. We
need never expect the intcry ention of
God where our own powers are sutti-
Gent. when Peter was come to him
SELF 1t required the cold night air
fully to awaken him. The Lord hath
delivered me- such a deliyprancp
could be nothing less than Il work Of
divine power. Peter was ready now to
seek temporary safety, being assured
that he would o have been given this
chance for freedom had not there been
some work still for him to do.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05
Wet Weather and CameIs.

Camels are very sensitive to mois-
ture. In the region of tropical rains
they are usually absent, and if they
come into such with caravans the re-
suits Of the rainy season are greatly
feared. The great humidity of the air
explains the absence of the camel from
the northern slopes of the Atlas md
from we'll wooded Abyssinia, This
sensitiveness expresses itself in the
character Of different races. The fin
est, most noble looking camels, with
short silklike hair. are found In the
interior of deserts, as in the Tunrep
region in north Africa, and they can
not be used for journeys to- moist re-
gionS. Even in l'ezzal, south of Trip
oil, the animals are shorter and ~fatter,
with long coarse hair. and in Nile
lands and on coasts it is the same.
These animals. too. are less scrviceable
as regards speed and endurance.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05
The Sunday School Lesson
SENIOR BEREAN

Peter Delivered From Prison. Acts xii,
7-19- Merorize Verse H. Golden
Text, The Angel Of Jehovah En-
campeth Round About Them That
Fear Him, and De!ivereth Them, Ps.
xxxiv, 7.
Verses l4.-The persecution.
Herod Agrippa !. occupied the throne
only three years, and it was in the last
year Of his rule hat he attempted to
crush the rising influence of Christian
ity. His persecution began shortly be
fore the Passover Of A.. u. ~. He may
have been imlelled to the step by the
desire to curry favor with the Jewish
leaders, by fear Of the effect of the
MesSianic claims of Jesus upon his
own position as king. because of his
suspicion of the increasing size of the
Christian community, or from a mix
ture Of motives. At any rate, when he
struck he struck hard. 1t was not a
general persecution. He sought to
make an example of certain of the
church." Perhaps he did not arrest
more than the two leaders before his
plans were halted 10y his own death.
TO the diSlnay of he infant church,
"he killed James, the brother of John,
with the sword" James was one Of
the three favored disciples, the others
being Peter and John. BY Jesus he
had been named "~Boanerges." a son of
thunder, probably III account OF his
fiery disposition and perhaps because
of his %cluQuence. Hcrod was quick to
recognize in him one OF the outstand-
ing leaders of the obnoxious movement.
"Whcn he saw 1t pleased the Jews"
the whole thing was largely Il scheme
to obtain political support. "IIe pro
ceedcd to seize Peter the most promi-
nent leader. Peter had already been in
the hands of the Jewish authorities,
but they had never felt able TO dispose
of him. bays of unlcavened bread"
the seven days after h eating of the
Passover. But it was thought impiOus
TO pass judgment during this period.
and Herod had to await its close be-
fore executing the apostle. -Four qua
ternions"-a quaternion was a band Of
four soldiers-tWo of whom would be
manaclcd to the prisoner. one left to
guard the door and the other the outer
massage, ito bring him forth to the
people' to pass judgment on him pub
licly. 1t was a desperate situation for
the apostle. much more so than when
he had been in the hands of the reli-
ciOuS authorities. But he feared not.
Verse 5.-The prayer meeting.
The cruX of this whole story is found
! In this single verse, with its vivid con-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05
VENUS DE- MEDICI.
The Finding and the Restoration Of
the Famous Statue.


You have smiled ut the story of the
recently rich lady who objected ,n IA
statue of the Venus of Milo because
the dealer had sent her Il broken statue
instead OF a good new one DO you
happen to know in what state of di-
lapidation the other famous Venus was
found when her remains were unearth-
ed in Rome in the sixteenth century?
The Venus de- Medici was discovered
along with several important pieces of
antique art when the excavation had
reached the depth of Hadrian's villa.
1t is claimed by some authorities that
the marble goddess had been mn Adorn-
ment of the original home of the Gaze
sars. But it made no stir in the art
world until it had been restored and
taken to Florence by Cosimo de Medici.
The restoration was almost as impor.
tant as the work of the artist who
modelled and chiseled the lovely figure
in the high noon of art before the
Christian era.
The statue has been credited to
Cleomenes by some scholars, while
Others insist that it vas done by HI
obscure Greek sculptor as late as the
time of Augustus. The work Of resto-
ration was given over to the father OF
Bernini. that N%eapolitnn genius who
was at once architect, painter and
sculptor and who served two such
patrons as Pope Urban VIII. and
Louis XIV. OF France. The elder Der
mini. whose talents reflected so advan-
tageously on the court of that Medici
who was both Duke Of Florence and
Duke Of Tuscany, is scarcely known to
fame. Yet he took the thirteen frag-
ments of marble and restored by
means of them the most beautiful wo-
man in the world.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05
A REAL BLIZZARD.
It Mas the Worst Snowstorm New
EnQland Ever Experienced.

England Ever Experienced.
In February. I'LL, occurred what is
considered to have been the greatest
snowstorm that ever visited this
try-or perhaps any other. SO deep
was the fall that practically all through
the New England states people were
barricaded in their homes, and it was
a considerable time before that section
was opened up for traffic.
Accompanying this snow there We're
a terrific tempest and a very low tenn
perature. 1t was not only in sections,
but all over the north. and at many
places it drifted to the extent that it
may be said that whole villages were
showed under"
The blizzard caused a very heavy
damage to property and especially to
live stock. Thousands of cattle perish
Ell throughout the country because
their owners were unable to go to their
assistance, and many remarkable in
stances were related of rescues. On
one New England sheep farm it is said
that 400 sheep, the property of Il
man, were found dead, and one flock
of a hundred, on Fishers island, were
found buried sixteen feet in the snow.
Two Of them only were alive, they hay
ing subsisted OF the wool of their com
panions for tw~enty-eight days after the
storm.-PhiladeIphia Press.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05
SELLING DEAD LETTERS.
One Postoffice Custom That Teaches a
Moral Lesson.

Twice a year in Washington they
hold a curious auction. 1t is called the
dead letter sale. bnt in reality it is the
sale Of packages that have been sent
to the dead letter office because of de-
ficient postage or wrong directions.
After these packages have been held
for a certain length Of time. in order to
give Senders or owners an opportunity
to claim them. they are sold at public
auction.
1t is often a strange and pathetic col
lection. Most of the articles are cheap
enough, although valuable things are
not lacking. But who can estimate the
intrinsic valuc of some of those lost
gifts-thc time and sacrifice and love
they respect? How many lives We're
robbed of 81 happiness that rightfully
belonged to them because Of he send
er's careles>ness or ignorance!
Is there not a parable lurking some
where about this strange auction:
How many lives are there today that
hold the possibility OF gifts for other
lives, yet through rarelessness or igno-
rance or Indifference are robbing both
themselves and others and are care
lessly making dead letters" of gifts
for which eager eyes and hearts are
longing?
There is no sale of these dead gifts.
No one has any chance at them. They
are duuhly lost-lost to he one who
should have used them and to he
world that needs them. What Il pitt
full waste of power and joy!-Baltimore
American.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05
States Has Few Aero
plane For War Service-Mexi-
can Campaign Proves to Ma
ton How Incapable This Arm
of the Service Would Be In Case
We Were Suddenly Invaded by
One of the Big Powers.

Advocates of adequate ~aeronautlc
preparedness are interested in the war
departments instructions to General
Funston "to use as far as possible the
Fort Sam Houston air craft squadron
in the pursuit of Villa.
The air service of both the army and
navy have been subjected to scathing
criticism during the hearings by the
naval affairs committee of the house.
The number of machines is inadequate,
and their construction is unsatisfac-
tory and wen unsafe. The United
States is far behind where England
was at the beginning OF the war. DR..
Charles d. Walcott of the national adj
yisory committee for aeronautics is au-
thority for the statement that the aero
nautic section of the army has never
had an appropriation or authority for
carrying on experimental work.
Machines Ready For Mexico.
Eight service machines. known as
the First squadron. are available for
use along the border and in Mexico.
They are commanded by Captain Ben
Jamin D. FOulers. who is known as one
of the best f1iers in the army. Many of
these met with mishaps a few days
after they took up the chase for villa,
There are twelve machines available
for military service in the army and
sixteen in the navy. Experts say that
100 machines would not make the
army service adequate. and the present
mobile feet requires e~ighty-tWo aero
planes, five dirigibleS and four kite
balloons.
Those who expect the use of aero
planes in Mexico to demonstrate one of
the country's real military weaknesses
are not criticiSing the daring and Skill
OF American tliers. They criticisc the
failure Of the government 10 learn
promptly lessons taught by the Euro
pean war as to the importance of avia-
ton both to army and to navy.
Defects In the service that come TO
light as q result Of Genera Funston 5
use of the machines will be used as an
argument by advocates OF adequate
national defense for generous appro-
pl1IllpllS lO1 cAA''t W
and experiment. Captain Mark l..
Bristol, who has charge of a~eronautics
in the navy, recommended to Secretary
Daniels an appropriation of S13,o7i,oW
for this year. The secretary cut this
estimate down to $2,O0O.WN.
Only a Drop In the Bucket.
AS far as the immediate needs Of the
navy are concerned, this sum is char
acterized by one member of the house
military affairs committee as "a drop
In the bucket" Captain Bristol est.
mates that, to provide at once an AIDE
Quate air service for the fleet, an eX
penditure Of $13.O76.OOO is necessary.
Army aviators are having actua.
service for the second time since the
aviation section of the signal corps
was established. They saw some serv
ice at Vera Cruz. The tests that the
American machines will undergo along
the border, With the lessons of Ger.
man, French aud English experience,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05
Cobb HIGHEST Paid.

Nooo rI9neSt PaId.
Ty Cobb will be the highest salaried
player in baseball the coming season.
Because of his loyalty to organized
baseball during the recent battle with
the Feds. Cobb will continue to draw
$1,000 during the coming season when
he completes his three year contract at
that figure.
iris Speaker drew $4,000 during the
season of 1914 and 1919, but he has
just signed for half that amount. The
chances are that if cobb plays as we'll
next season as he did last he will on
tinue at his present salary.
Speaker threatened to leap to the
Feds unless his demands were acceded
to by he Red SoX. but Cobb never
made any effort to desert the Detroit
club, and as a result he is to be re-
warded.
evers Picks UP Bunch Of Easy Coin.
Second BaSeman John Evers of the
Boston Braves receives $4,000 a year
salary and is under contract for 1916
and 1917. Along with his salary.
his contract calls for an additional S.
Wp ii Boston wins the pennant. $1,000
il the team finishes second. 81, 900 if
ii gains third place and $500 for fourth
position.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05
Cheaper Baseball In Boston.

President Joseph j. L.annin of the
Boston Red Sox world champions has
announced that next season he will
make a big reduction in the prices for
the American league ball games at
fenWay park. He intends to reduce
the price OF all box seats to 81 and to
eliminate the dollar section that here
tofore has included the first ten rows
OF the pavilion. All the seats in the
grand stand will hereafter be sold for
- cents each. President Lannin also
plans to increase the section of twenty
five cent seats. of which there will be
more than 10000 next season, thus re-
ducing the fifty cent seats to about
$500 in number.
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will guide the experts in building up
an adequate aerOnautic service Tor the
United States. DR.. Walcott has en-
phasiZed the Importance of developing
such a service. pointing out that under
present conditions. lin case of an at
tack from the north OF the south or
the sea our eyes would be shut
The uses of the %aeroplane are as
follows: Wartime observation, econ
noissance. reporting, etc; signaling and
wireless telegraph purposes. carrying
dispatches, guards and patrols at from
tiers and before an army. preventing
an enemy's observation and screening
operations from view.
They are used for offensive purposes
in directing and observing artillery
fire; surprise or night attacks; destroy
ing stores, railways or enemy's base,
or raiding harbors. f%ortresses or cities;
illuminating enemy's position at night
by searchlights; discovering, warning
of and destroying submarines and
mines.
Americans Were O~riginators.
This list OF aeroplane uses was pub
lished by Il Canadian in 1911. The
German. French and Russian govern
ments prepared With this point of view
in mind. The English government
waited a year or two, with a result
that was Indicated in the English par
lament by Lord Balfour. Bonar Law
and Under War Secretary Tenant,
! who pointed u the extern 10 which
tardy action.
When asked 10y the committee on
| naval affairs as TO lack Of stability in
American machines Dr. Walrott said:
The hiplane is apparently more sta
BILE. There are very few m~onoplaneS
now. The biplanc originally developed
! in this ountry is the most stable ma
chine. 1t is Il curious fact that all the
early and best work was done in
America up t" a certain stage. and then
we stopped. and then the European
governments. taking advantage of
what Americans had dome. built upon
that work. In this they gained con
Sltl'Iiblt advantage through III" Ell
forts of engineers. such as l.itfrl. and
scientists, such :S l'airstun and
Prandtl.'
What would you suggest DR.. Wal
co,t was asked, lin order to secure Il
proper engine Of American make in
case congress should make a sufficient
appropriations
Suggests Reward For Discoveries.
"ipne of the ways suggested DR..
Walrutt answered. SIS for our aero
NaUtic peopl" to issue specifications
INT where an engine does q certain
performance offer a suitable reward 50
that it would be Il stimulus to the men
10 make Them
With reference to the chief problems
to be solved in building up an ade-
quate air service. DR.. Wulcott said:
This question of controlling aero
planes in actual operation IS a very
serious one when gusts of wind are
met and the weather conditions are
mnfavorable. The Massachusetts In
Stitute of Technology has carried the
Investigations into ~aerOnautics further
than any other educational institution
in this country, under the leadership
Of Naval Constructor HunSaker,
"Another serious problem III ronuec-
ton with the study Of aeronautics and
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05

) Baseball Gossip 5
BY "SCORE KEEPER" 3
"SCORE

first division in 1915 if they hadn't had
Alexander. When Matty was in the
heyday of his career he was the Giant
team. He kept them in the fight and
often put them ahead with his peer
less pitching.
Ed Walsh was the White % team
in the days when the "hitleSS wonders
breezed through to Il worlds champion
ship. Minus Walsh the SoX wouldn't
have finished one-two-three. Smoky
Joe Wood carried the Red SoX to the
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05

actual operation is the speed the avia-
tor is making in actual flight. cor that
purpose several instruments have been
devised, one Of them the Pilot tubes,
and the reliability Of these devices and
their improvement have been investi-
gated by Mr.. Buckingham, u we'll quail
ined expert.
"Another very serious matter has
been the breaking of the wires and
fastenings of the aeroplane. 1t may
be recalled that the failure Of the old
Langley machine to fly on it's first two
attempts was because of the breaking
OF the %fastenings of the wires in con
nectlon with the launching platform.
\ great many machines have collapsed
with fatal results because of the break
ing OF wires and especially OF their
attachments.
Every one Interested knows that the
engine or motor is n OF the weakest
factors in all a~erOnautical machines
and that b Americans are behind
both the German and the French in
the manufacture OF engines. It is very
"VNAI hDlt w ll1lIJ1oNt lueIJ IL We are
to have reliable and safe engines.
"A year ago | visited Curtiss' works.
They We're taking apart a French en-
CINE, and in the discussion with the
gentlemen present, some OF whom were
experts, it developed that the engine
was much more accurately made in all
! its details and was very much superior
to our American made engines. After
that ! inquired OF the gentlemen CON
nected with the army service and he
naval service, and ] found no eycep-
ton to II belief that foreign engines
are superior to Il engines-that is, in
what We call continuity Of service.
They give less trouble in every way.
Stability Not Vet Solved.
'The question Of stability is a funda-
mental problem. None of US would
like to gel into a machine without
knowing whether it might turn sumer-
saul or do something else and come
crashing down. The question of sta
lliity seems to he one that can he
worked out first theoretically and then
practically. ] think what the advisory
committee for ~aeronnntics would like
10 10 in that respect is to make thor
ough tests ON machines that may be
available and have other men work on
the theoretical side so as to combine
both the theoretical and practical.
1T may be recalled that in the carly
days of HE investigation in regard TO
Arr"nautirs Professor Langley worked
out Il mathematical theory in regard
to the atmosphere and wind and the
stability of machines. 1t wa u,on
that work that the first machines were
developed.
Funds Needed For Experiments.
9TH" question Of motors is really
one of the most serious that can be
taken NJ. Other important questions
concern the air speed meters, the cyo-
luton of a more efficient wing ami
propellers and acroplane radio tc]ey-
raphy.
1--WE have here in Washington in the
bureau OF standards an unusual eorip.
ment and able men. but those men all
have their " problems. and it is de
sirable that the committee should
have funds available for the employ
ment Of special experts. both on the
question of the machines themselves
and on the various problems that
have brought to YOUR attention."
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05

Photo by American Press Association.
American league pennant and then to
the worlds championship in 1912.
Without him the 0 never would have
been in the battle.
OF course. these stars had help.
Iheir teammates hit behind them. and
they tielded brilliantly, but the hitting
and the fielding would have awaited
nothing in pennant chasing had it not
been for the scintillating work of that
one star. He turned the tide of battle;
he lifted his club to the crest.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-05
One Baseball Star Can Make a Team

One swallow doesn't make n summer.
but one wonderful ball player comes
very close to making a ball team.
Iy Cobb and the Detroit Tigers are
an instance. Christy Mathewson and
the New York Giants of other wears
stack up as Exhibit 4, Then there We're
Grover Alexander and the Phillies AS
the 1915 combination.
Detroit never would have been a con-
tender for the 1915 flag if it hadn't
been for Ty Cobb. Nor would Detroit
ever had even q fighting chance in II
OF the last six or seven a without
the amazing Georgian. The phillies
would have been lucky to finish in the