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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-15

By a comparison of the percentage of oxygen
to which the flyer succuInbs when on the low
oxygen test it is possible to determine the alt-
tude at which he would fail were he in the air.
This determination Is made on the ground
without danger either TO the flyer or to his
machine.
The effect Of low oxygen upon the mental
processes varies greatly in the individual. lie
usually becomes mentally inefficient at al
titude at which there is yet no serious failure
of his vital bodily functions. BY simple tests
OF mental alertness during rebreathing il is
easy to determine that one flyer becomes mem
tally inefficient at 1900 feet, in sharp contrast
to another who has his full mental powers up
to and beyond altitude Of 5000 feet
oxygen want exaggerates any latent defect
or the eyes. Crash reports have demonstrated
that "a large proportion are due 10 eve defects.
"Stunting" essentially is an internal car
problem. During and after rapid turning the
flyers brain Is receiving impulscB from his
Eemi-circuiar canals. In normal Individual
nothing can control or alter the sending re-
ofiving Of these impulses which produce aensa-
lions OF motion Flyers vary greatly in their
ability to interpret correctly the Significance
Of these impulses Experience alone enables
them TO familiarize themselves with their
meaning. Those who develop the greatest
ability in their Interpretation naturally fall
into the scout pursuit class. Those who In
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-15

man be placed in that division for which he
is best suited. A knowledge Of the limitations
OF a valuable man spells increased eftlciency.
Just as the pilot is provided with a certain
type OF plane adapted to the work IN hanu,
80 the plane must be provided with a pHot
adapted to the work.
Flyers who are forced to undergo abrupt
changes in atmospheric pressure and oxygen
supply must be singled out. Atmospheric
pressure plays an unimportant role; the whole
problem resolves itself into deprivation o.
the normal oxygen supply.
The Flack bag was the prototype Of the re-
breathing apparatus which has been developed
in the medical research laboratory. BY means
Of this apparatus the aviator rebreatHes air
confined Ia a tank from which he gradually
consumes the oxygen AS the percentage OF
oxygen decreases the flyer. In effect Is slowly
ascending to higher attitudes In the course
Of twenty-five 10 thirty minutes he lowers
the oxygen content of the air in this tank TO
eight seven per cent, which is equivalent
to attaining attitudes Of 1900 90 $500 feet.
Another means of attaining the same result
IS by the dnuting apparatus, which supplies
directly to a mask over the face a mixture OF
air and nitrogen IN whatever proportions de-
sired All Of these tests have been standardized
and confirmed by the low pressure tank, In
which the air is rarefied to correspond 10 any
given altitude.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-15
These Tests Determine the Physf-
cal Capacity of Aviators for
Work in the Air.

and this change has practically eliminated the
head injuries safety belt was lashed to
the machine by simple rubber shock assorber.
and since this has been done the number and
extent OF injuries to the upper abdomen ana
ribs have been reduced decidedly The problem
of protecting the flyer against the extreme
cold Of high attitudes In winter was solved by
designing electrically warmed clothing. me
problem OF enabling the flyers TO Withstand the
glare of reflected sunlight above cloud banks
was solved by furnishing him with the NO
vior' type Of goggles. The Dreyer oxygen aP-
paratu is used TO compensate for his lack OF
sufficient oxygen in high attitudes. This ap-
paratus has been so modified and perfected
that It Is now possible TO automatically supply
a flyer with the correct amount OF oxygen Tor
the altitude at which he Is flying.
All this has been done toward reducing this
ninety per cent and much more is being
developed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
GOVERNOR PLEADS
FOR ENROLMENT
Declares II Should Be Pride
of Every Albanian to
Join Roll of Honor

Montgomery, October z.@Special.)-'1
should be the pride of every Alabamian,
every man and woman. boy and girl, in
our state to have their names enrolled on
tho American Red Cross roll OF honor,
says Gov. Thomas E. Kilby, in procla-
N atom issued on Thursday. in which he
pleads for good enrolment during the
week of November 2-11, 1913.
The proclamation in full follows:
1.-The American Red Cross has indelibly
stamped itself on the hearts of the civil
lied world, solely by it's services to suf-
fering humanity in pestilence, in disaster
In terror, in devastating floods. and in
war Many Of its members were claimed
by death as the world grappled in war
for the overthrow of autocracy. 1t has
announced a nation wide roll call for the
period of November to IL, 1919, the ami
versary of the signing of the armistice.
This nationwide roll call is to revise
IFS original lists and give all d-blooded
men and women a place on the red roll OF
this worthy organization. There are war
tasks yet to be completed. There Is al
ways peace time work to be done. Now Is
the time to rehablitate, to prepare for
any possible emergency, and to be ready
to succor suffering humanity.
"It should be the pride of every Ala
bamian, every man and woman, boy and
girl. in our great state to have their
names enrolled on the American Red
Cross roll of honor.
Therefore I, Thomas e. Kilby, governor
of Alabama, do hereby direct the cele-
bration by our people of the third Red
Cross roll call, November 2-1, 1919 with
an earnest appeal in behalf of the recog-
milton It so richly deserves"
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Iron and Steel Review

Cleveland, Ohio. October 23.-Loss OF
production with shortage of material
caused by the strike has created situa-
ton where consumers are bidding up iron
and steel prices rapidly in their efforts to
protect themselves against their require
ments. Impending coal strike with it's
threat of a further far-reaching dislo-
cation of industry is serving both to in
tensify this demand and to raise prospect
before producers of higher operating
costs. Material available for early de-
livery freely is commanding sharp prem
iums and this is tending also to list prices
fcr future shipments. Most pronounced
advances have been in pig iron, semi
finished material and certain grades Of
scrap. Finished steel market is being
stcadied by continued willingness of pro-
ducers to accept business at levels pre-
vailing before the strike. Thorough in
fluence of this is Offset in some degree
because Of uncertainty of deliveries. Like
wise buyers do not hesitate to offer adj
vances for material in sight or of assured
shipment. Further restrictions placed on
car supply by the railroad administration
to speed up coal traffic is new factor
in present situation. Pig iron
has shown most impetuous ac-
ton. In virtually all districts
there has been a quick upward move of
81 to 50 per ton both for shipment this
year or through first half. Foundry iron
has been holding considerable tonnage at
$29 to $50 for base grade, at $3.50 for mall
leable, at $31 to $32 for No. X, while
high silicon has brought as high as 1884,
Cleveland foundry at 500 to $50 and $3.50
for malleable Eastern Pennsylvania base
grade at 81 to $50 for No. x at $32 to $33.
Alabama No 2 at $29 and Virginia at so
and higher. The Chicago market is up
81 and minimum of valley No. is s2S to
49, Steel making grades still fail to re-
fleet any decided change although recent
purchase of Steel corporation now placed
at 100000 tons or more have absorbed
much free iron of this character. st. Louis
steel makers have placed 1000 tons OF
basic at Chicago for first half sheet bars
have been sold at S and biflets at -
to IS higher, $40.50 Pittsburg eastern max
ers of semi-finished steel have advanced
rolling and forging billets S and sheet
bars $3.50. The Bethlehem Steel company
has advanced steel bars s. per ton to $3.50
higher. Cast iron pipe in south is up s.
to IS. Operating conditions continue to
improve steady, men are returning to
work in all districts. but the movement is
exceedingly slow in somes cases. notably
at Cleveland. Situation in the Mahoning
Valley is much better. At Youngstown
works of Carnegie Steel company 90 per
cent of American-born employees are at
work. An effort of agitators to carry the
strike to Lake Superior ore regions has
resulted in failure.-The Iron Trade Re.
| view
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SALES OF SUMTER
CATTLE SHOW TREND
OF GREAT INDUSTRY
Over $4,000 Worth Just
Sold to Tennessee and
South Carolina
Buyers
by FRED n. JONES

Livingston, October 23.-(Special. )-In
1910. when the more progressive farmers
of Sumter county, realizing that the boil
weevfls was upon them, turned from cot
ton to cattle. A few Of the doubling
Thonnases" said, ut can't be done; when
cotton goes. prosperity goes with it."
These same progressive men said, 1T
can and will be done inside of 10 years,
or rs soon as the tick is driven from the
county"
Being the pioneer in the development,
Sumter county is today the premier in the
production of high-class beef cattle. This
cannot be doubted by the most skeptical
when we witness today the moving from
the pastures of Sumter county to the feed
lots of South Carolina 800 head of high
Cradle Hereford. Angus and ShoNhorn
steers, averaging in weight over 1000
pounds, and selling right off the grass
at 10 to 1O1h cents per pound, or more
than 500 per head, right at home. This
is not a guess; the cattle, the sellers
and the buyers are here on the ground
today, the cattle being weighed and
checks being written for right at $4,000
of South Carolina and Tennessee money.
The sellers are Ozment & Gardner, Nixon
& Little, J. B. Ennis and others. The
buyers are Palmer Bros. of Charleston,
Tenn, and Wade Lamar of Aiken, s.
C. These cattle will be loaded and
moved in special trains to their new
home and there finished in the feed lots
on cotton seed meal, bulls and silage
for the New York and Baltimore mar
kets.
Messrs. Palmer & Lamar told your cor
respondent that they had been buying
and feeding cattle for years, but had
never thought of Alabama as being able
to produce cattle of such quality and
in such numbers as they found in Sum-
ter county. While looking over the count
ty for cattle, and observing the char
acter of the soil, and the wonderful pas
ture grasses, Mr.. Palmer, looking ahead
as usual, became interested in other
things. He quietly FASTENED back to Ten
nessee, organized a syndicate and bought
L, 900 acres of black lime land in north
Sumter, which he is now stocking with
high-class cattle, hogs, sheep and horses,
and says since he has gotten possession
Of this property he Is prepared to speak
of the great possibilities of this section
as live stock country, though he wants,
and says he will have, still more sum-
ter county land and cattle.
This is the answer to the man who,
Tor want <of information, says the south
Is not a live stock country. The weevil
came; he did his work. God bless the
cotton boil weevil!
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PRIVATE BULL|SH
CROP FIGURES ARE
CAUSE OF BIG SLUMP
General List Closed Steady,
at a Net Decline of so to
los Points Under Close
of Wednesday

New York, October righteousness
over the labor situation and less bullish
private crop figures than expected led to
a sharp break in the cotton market here
today. December deliveries sold or to
35.17c. making decline of s. points from
last nights close, while some Of the later
deliveries showed losses approximately
cent pound. December closed at 35.35c
with the general list closing steady at
a net decline of so to 1o5 points. The
market opened easy at a decline of 40 10 55
points in response to weak Liverpool
cables and the report of a prominent
southern authority placing the crop indi
cation at 100000 to 100000 bales and
the ginning to october Is at about 5000, 900
bales.
1t seemed to be the feeling around the
ring that the government report which is
to be published at noon on Friday OF ne
week would make a more bullish show
ing, and the forecasts for continued I'M
settled or wet weather in the belt were
followed by bulges during the middle of
the morning. Offerings increased as prices
approached last nights closing figures,
however, and the selling became more ac-
tive and general during the afternoon.
January broke to 34.75c and March to
a. 45c in the late trading, but closed at
moderate rallies owing to the continued
bullish character of the spot and weather
news, covering and trade buying.
Trade interests were credited with buy
ing considerable cotton on the early de-
cline, but there was good deal of south
ern hedge selling here and nervousness
was probably increased during the early
afternoon by the unsettled ruling of the
stock market
Local spot brokers claimed that the de-
mand continued despite the break in
futures.
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New York Futures
New Orleans Cotton
BY Associated Press


New Orleans, October 23.-Wide re-
actions were made by cotton today,
the opening being lower under poor
cables and selling being stimulated
thereafter by bearish private bureau
reports while the lowest levels were
reached late in the day following the
announcement from Washington that
there would be no indicated crop fig
ures with the october condition report.
This was taken very unfavorably by
many longs because they had depended
all along on small indicated crop to
help strengthen the position of the
market In the early trading the de-
cline amounted to So to 81 points. Re-
coveries carried the market back to
within to points of yesterdays close
but in the afternoon there were fur
ther recessions to level 80 to III
points under the last quotation of yes
terday. The close was at net losses for
the day of 70 to 102 points.
The weather map was wet and was
generally considered very unfavorable
but it's effect was lost in the liquida-
ton from the long side and in private
bureau condition figures of So per
cent of a normal, indicating crop of
10. 900, 900 bales. Further reports from
the same bureau placed ginning to
October IS at 4,S47,0o0 bales, a much
higher figure than generally expected.
Spots here were unchanged at 36.8Sc
for midd1ing which compared with the
closing price on October of 36.45c.
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Live Stock

East st. Louis. October 23--Hogs:
Receipts, $500; steady. Bulk. s12.25@
1850; heavy weight, s12.25@12.T0;
medium weight. $12.25@12.90; light
weight, $12.20@12.90; light light, s11.25
@12.5o heavy packing sows, smooth,
S9.50@1O.75; pigs, s10.50@12.
Cattle: Receipts, 5000; steady to
strong. Beef steers, medium and
heavy weight, choice and prime. $3.50
@1S.5O: medium and good, $10.75@
1850; common, ss.75@1O.75; light
weight, good and choice. $14@1S.25;
common and medium, sS@14; butcher
cattle. heifers, $7@16; cows, $500 II;
Gamers and cutters, S5.25 % 500; veal
calves, light and handy weight, $14.50
OF, feeder steers, $500 11.5O Stoke r
steers, $6.50@10,
sheep: Receipts, $500; steady to
higher. Lambs, 81 pounds down, SEQ
Is; culls and common, $6@11.50; year
ling wethers. s9.50@115o; ewes,
medium and choice, $5@7,5o; culls and
common, $S@4.50.
Chicago, October 23.-Hogs: Receipts.
$4,000; estimated tomorrow, $4,000;
closing firm at yesterdays average;
top, 1910; bulk s12.25@13; heavy,
s12.5o@13; medium. $12.5o@13.1o; light,
s12.4C@13; light light $12@126o;
heavy packing sows, smooth, $l2V
1925; packing sows, rough. $11.50@
IL: pigs, $1150@12.25.
Cattle: Receipts, 10000 estimated
| tomorrow. 5000; unsettled. Beef steers,
| medium and heavyweight. choice and
prime, $16.75@19.40: medium and good
$11@16.50: common, sS50@11; light
weight, good and choice, $14@1S.S5;
common and medium. $7.75@i4;
butcher cattle, heifers, s6.75@14.50;
cows. s6.65@13: Gamers and cutters
$5.50@6.65: veal calves. $17@1S; feeder
| steers, s7@13.25; stacker steers, $50
| 1915: western range steers, $3.50
! 1850; cows and heifers, $6@1S.
| Sheep: Receipts. $4,000; estimated
! tomorrow. 10000; weak. Lambs, s12 sc
| % 1915: culls and common. $S.50@12.25
| ewes. medium, good and choice, 6.75Gi
| $50; culls and common, $40 ESQ., breed
| ing, s6.75@12.50.
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BY ASSOCIATED fress
New York, Octber Rehabilitation on
the downturn in cotton and stocks and
lack of outside supporting orders was
responsible for sharply lower prices
for cottonseed oil today.
Closing prices were at the lowest and
represented net losses of 35 to 81 points.
Sales, 1890 barrels. Tenders, 1000
barrels.
Trading in the October delivery was
resumed today with the proviso that
the price of same should not be more
than $50 points over the prevailing
price of November. Prime crude 1900
019.50; prime summer yellow, spot
$3.50; December 1900; March 22.2S;
May 22.55.
Prime winter yellow and summer
white nominal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24

and going ahead with their performances
as a rart Of the Madison County Free
Fair. The shows were brought here by
the farmers organization and the fact
that the line of attractions was much
larger than anticipated was not the fault
of the Sheesley management, it was ex-
planned. Merchants who have had appeal
ed to the court for removal of the shows
from the streets modified their demands
when it was learned that the fair organ
izatlon brought the company here to
earn the expenses of the whole enter
prise
The Huntsville Rotary club has decided
b. unanimous vote to help in the Y. M.
C. A. drive, which is now under way.
Madison county's quota is about $4,000.
A Checho-Slovak Chamber OF Com
merce and Industry for Switzerland has
been organized. Its aim is to further
mercantile interests between Switzerland
and Czecho- Slovakia. The president Is
John Splichal of Zurich, and Edward
Biglcr of Kaladei, Czecho-Slovakia. is
commercial mana ger
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
MISS SANDLIN IS '
STILL IN FRANCE
Birmingham Woman Takes Important
Part in Y. w. C. A. Activities
at LaRochelle

IaRochelle, France. October 1.-(Spe-
ciaL)-When the war woke up the seaside
town of LaRochelle, on the west coast
of France, and brought itno this area
I50, 900 Americans, the girls of the city
Just as did girls all over France, sought
work In the various bureaus sreated by
military altivities. And just as women
in other parts Of the world took up the
problems of the welfare of girl workers.
SO at LaRochelle there were earnest
women who endeavored to meet the needs
Of those who with small wages must
exc out an existence, and who for two
years conducted a little canteen where
those girls for small sum could get
their meals instead of being forced to
patronize the win rouge cafes.
The American Young Women's Chris
ton association came to France in 1917
to do war emergency work, and here at
LaRochelle just as in Marselles, Mont
heller and other important centers, found
An existing organization with excellent
aims. and set about effecting a bond OF
cooperation with the result that, the
war over, activities are being continued
to give the girls in peace times oppor-
tunities for wholesome living ana sell
development.
Here at LaRochelle the Y. w. c. A. has
leased and equipped spacious house
with dormitories, class rooms, salons for
reading and writing and with a~canteen
and for the last two months has DOM
iciled there 30 girls. while daily 60 come tc
take their monday and evening meals
Miss Edna Handlin of Birmingham, Ala
was the secretary whom the Y. w. c. A
sent to establish the foyer. and Miss
Harriet Dunn of Buffalo, young col.
lege woman. who opened at Fort Ogle'
thorpe the second hostess house in the
United States during the training camT
period, built and opened two in Porte
Rico and then came overseas to direc
n,,t IN motion the opening activities
Madame Souler, French woman. WHIT
has lived In Switzerland as well as IL
France, and who speaks English fluently
is president of the local cooperating
Ynanch organization.
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were disposed OF during the last day
were as follows:

were as follows:
w. {. Pullen, Taylor Dressley, George
Patterson of Jackson county, Gus Tan
ner and J. B. Gibson, found guilty of il
licit distilling and sentenced to 30 days in
Jail and 800 fines: Bryan Lentz. shoot
ing mail box, 60 days in JAIL Walter Ell
lis, working in distillery, 800 fine: Levi
Couch, violating food control lact, $500 fine
d. Knight, Illicit distilling, 10 months
in federal penitentiary; ]. B. 'Tolbert, il.
licit distilling, 1924 fine. q
Six cars of freight train on the,
Southern railway were derailed two miles
west of Madison last night and the track
torn up for about II rail lengths. Traffic
was blocked nearly all night. Passen-
gers who left Huntsville on the west
bound train at o'clock last night were
stepped at Madison and all who could
find the opportunity came back to the
city in automobiles rather than suend
the right on the train.
Three injunctions and an appeal to
meeting of the city council yesterday
failed to prevent the Sheesley Greater
SHOWS from pitching their tents on the
public square and other principal streets
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LOCAL MARKETS

Good middling spot cotton took q jump
to SIC yesterday on the local market
Poultry supply and demand are about
balanced, with prices stiff.
Quotations were as follows:
Poultry
StagsS0c-
Turkeys-Live, 4oc.
DuckS-30c.
Fryers-2-lb., 45c lb.; l to 1A-lb, SOC ID.
Hens-S09S2c.
Fresh. Eggs-e0c.
Storage Eggs-531s5c.
Butter
Creamery-6706sc.
Fish
Spanish Mackerel-2O9211sc
Pompano-S5c.
Salt Water Trout-2os><c.
Mixed Fish-12c.
Gray Snapper-Headless and drawn, flc.
Rel Snapper-Headless and drawn, 200
nc,
Fresh Water Perch-12kc III
Grouper-131~G14c.
Shrimp-11G12hc.
Eastern Select Nvsters-s275 gallon.
Meats
d. S. Clear Bellies-26aNc-
D. S. Rib Bellies-25q2Sc.
Pure Lard-321Rc
Hams-Regular, So@ssc skinned, s2c.
Jicnic Hams-23c.
Bacon-3SG45c
Pork Loins-35c.
Live Stock
(Union stock Tards)
Fed steers:
Good to Choice-S1k@s1kc.
Medium to Good-7119Sc.
Common to Medium-607c.
Grass cattle, according to weight, quail
ty and flesh:
Steers-711@S1kc.
Fat Cows-7GSc.
Medium Cows-51k@61kc
Cutters-5G5kc.
Canners-4G4Ac.
Heavy Bulls-61AT7kc.
Light Bulls-5@6c.
Oxen-4@7c.
Fat Yearlings7dSc.
Medium yearlings 596c.
Vealers Sd10c.
Hogs:
Choice Corn Fed Hogs, 16 and up-12Xc
Choice Corn Fed Hogs, 135 to 165-uZc
Choice Corn Fed Hogs, 80 to 135-103kc
Best heavy Rough Hogs-11c.
Half Fat Rough Hogs-9c.
Soft and oily hogs from 1c to &c per
pound less than above prices.
Produce
Sweet Potatoes-2c Id.
Colorado Celery-s1m.25 doz.
Len pns-$75O.
Peanuts-Spanish, SC lb.; large, 12Qlsha.
Cabbage-3Ac lb.
Irish Potatoes-31xc. ID.
Onions-4%c lb.
Beans-Mississippi stock, s. crate.
Orange-Florida, Sc.
Bananas-Extras, SC ID.
Limes-s1.50 per 100
Meal and Feedstuff
Mixed Horse-$50G70
Old Style Hulls-s16.
Corn-s1.90.
Corn Crops-s4
q No. White Oats-97c per bushel.
Shorts-s6S.
Bran-$50.
c. S. Meal. per cent-$n-
Peanut Meal-$72.
Hen Feed-s4 per 1oo-lb. sack.
Economy Dairy Feed-s70
Choice Pea Green Alfalfa-&.
Wheat Straw-$18.
Timothy-$S9.
Perfect Hog Feed-s72.
Hides and Tallow
Quotations are as follows:
No. l green salt hides, 34dS5c-
No. . green salt hides, 32@Ssc
No. green hides, 27d2Sc.
No. 2 green hides, 25@26c-
No. 1 dry flint hides, 4+d45c
No. dry flint hides, 43@44c.
No. l dry salt hides, H@42c.
No. dry salt hides, 4o@41c-
Sheep skins, 5Oc@$2-
Horse hides, s5@10.
Goat skins, $1@1.25.
Hog skins, 50Q75c-
Tallow, 12914c.
Clear washed wool 4@7oc.
Clear grease wool, 50@65c.
BURY wool, 25@35c.
Ginseng (wildl, S1O@12
Cotton
Good middling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s7A
Strict middling So
Middluing .......................... So
Strict low middling ...... 80