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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-02
100 DAYS RACING WILL
BE GIVEN AT HAVANA

HAVANA. Nov. 2.--(A. P)--Racing
AT Oriental Park will be lnaugurated
Thanksgiving Day purses totalling
$3.50, 900 being provided for the 100
days race meet. according to p state
ment by Frank Bruen. general man
ager OF the Cuban American Jockey
and Auto club.
A large force Of workers has been
engaged throughout the summer
months, making improvements on the
grand stand. paddock and track.
The principal race on the opening
day will be the Thanksgiving handi-
cap. with a purse Of $4,000.
The daily races will provide for
purses ranging from $500 to $500.
No race will be run for a purse Of
less value than 500.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-02
coI1lnGE pIAyERs SIGNED.

PITTSBURG. Nov. IA. P)--of-
flcials of the plttsburg National
league baseball club announced last
night that they had signed Pierce
Works OF Los Angeles, first base
man. Works, graduate Of the Uni
vers.ty OF California. will join the ~
rates. when they go south next year for
the spring training.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-02
FOUR WITNESSES ARE
I. BEFORE GRAND Jury
!. N BETTING SCANDAL
Coast League Hearing Put off
h Until Tomorrow After Salt
Lake Men Testify; Attell At
tOrney Reaches Chicago.

Los ANGELES. Nov. -Four wilt
nesses were heard Monday by the Los
Angeles county grand jury In lis inves-
tlgation OF alleged corruption In Pa
cific Coast baseball league games In
the 1919 season.
These witnesses were William Rum
Ter and Eddie Mulligan. members OF
tie Salt Lake City club; u. J. Cook.
secretary OF the Bees, and Ed n. Ma
Ter. owner OF the Vernon club.
Adjournment was taken until We'd
nesday, when, Il was said by Frank w.
Stafford. deputy district attorney, who
is directing the inquiry "Rod" Muir
ply OF the Seattle team. would be the
principal witness.
How much longer the inquiry wonld
continue was not Indicated by Mr..
Stafford, except that 'the number Of
Witnesses to be called after Murphy
would depend upon testimony obtain
81 from the Seattle player"
Major was believed 10 have given
the grand jury a general denial of the
allegations OF w. Baker l'Babe')
Borton. former Vernon first basemnn.
whose charges precipitated the inves-
tlgatitn.
Attorneys Appear for Par.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.---Attorneys rep
resenting Abe Attell and ]. ]. sport"
sullivan. indicted as members OF an
alleged gambling ring which were
said to have brlbed eikht Chicago
White sox players TO throw the 1918
world series games. arrived Monday
70 arrange for the appearance Of the
Two. The attorneys announced they
would produce the two men as soon
as bonds were arranged and that they
would ask for an early trial.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-02
MONTREAL OFFERED FRANCHISE

MONTREAL. Nov. IA. P)-
Roger Bresnahan. former major
league baseball star. arrived here TO-
day TO enlist local sportsmen In
project to restore Montreal to . place
ln the International baseball league.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-02

borrowing your neighbors gun any time you go out
He does not want to loan it. but hates to refuse you
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-29

was invented by an Englishman named
Adams. It was a conical. eight-sided
wooden box, lined with silvered glass
and having at it's bottom a small cop
per boiler-the latter being provided
with a glass cover to retain the rays
concentrated upon 1t by the mirrors.
In this contriyance any sort Of food
was quickly cooked. Rations for seven
men, including meats, were prepared
in 1t in two hours.
AS far back as 1882 printing press
was run by sun power during an ex-
hibition at the Tuileries. A huge re-
Hector in the shape of a hollow cone
concentrated the solar rays upon a.
boiler and drove an engine which ran
the press and printed a little newspa-
per. appropriately called the Solei
Journal.
At Pasadena. Cal, in 1900, a rather
similar contrivance, on a far larger
scale, was set up at a cost Of $1,000.
Its mirror-reflector, in the form of a
fiat cone, looked like an immense
wheel, being 1914 feet in diameter.
This was so arranged that it could be
maui ~ lt'' INC sun dL All hours, the
rays of that lumnary being concen-
trated upon a boiler. The outfit de-
veloped four horsepower, and lifted
400 gallons of water per minute. It
was meant for irrigating purposes, but
proved only an Interesting experiment.
It is undeniable that steady advance
is being made in the direction of sun
power utilization. We have as yet
| taken only q few hating steps toward
u wonderful goal Some day in the
not-dstant future we shall reach it,
and. when that time has arrived. gil
gantic plants will convert solar energy
into electricity, which can be trans
mitted over wires far and wide. for
use wherever it is wanted. 1t is ever
possible that the continuous sunshine
of tropical deserts may furnish power,
heat and light for the cities of tenn
perate zones.
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are a stolid people and take ther
medicine" without a murmur. If he
feels the least illness he goes TO bee
and stays there until his family routef
him out or he dies. During the old
regime he was little less than a slavs
and generation after generation have
grown up in this manner. The war is
sure to make change and these poor
down trodden people may come into
their own when everything is finally
settled. One great thing may be said
of the peasantry of Siberia-they are
not criminals for there Is rarely q
robbery or murder in the country
these always occur in the cities.
Vladivostok
But Vladivostok is perhaps the
most interesting of ali Siberia to the
American, because it is at this Queen
of the East" that our boys alongside
of the British "Tommies" keep guard
and give their all to bring about
world of peace. Vladivostok was set
tied by traders a hundred years ago.
| Bui!t on the slopes of several hills 1t
overlooks magnificent land locked
harhor large enough 20 shelter any
navy in the world. II has q fortress
which cost Russia (including graft
$50, 100000. The last war has caused
the town 10 grow suddenly and from
prewar population of $4,000 has
grown to at least twice that number
The streets have been beautitied, fine
shops have sprung up; theatres ano
hotels have been opened and ms
American automobile can be seen oil
any street. The Y. NJ. c. A. and the
knights OF Columbus have established
headquarters for our boys who are 81
far away and have done much to drive
away the homesickness OF this white
silence of the siberian winter which il
now on.
IT'S a place TO mako money all
right" said one returned soldier. "bus
you will die of inconsistencies before
you set home 10 spend II"
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of the coming cities Of Siberia. II has
long shop lined streets, ,hc Cathedral
of 81. Nicholas, three libraries. 81 large
number of schools, large theatre
and several cabaret shows which are
more or less questionable in their per-
Torrance.
The railway platforms are always
Gncd with American agricultural ma
Chinory for the Russians. who cmt-
grated here before tho war and havo
learned the value of thc American
harvester--a machine which can be
seen in all parts Of Siberia. In fact.
Omsk is the Chicago Of siberia I'm ITS
exports. skins, hides, meat and hi.t.rr.
In one year 1880 sablos alone were
sent to the great fur market in I.cipsic.
one days journey eastward brings
us 10 the city of Tomsk. not on the
Siberian railroad, but on a branch.
This city is known as the city Of
orgies and education as there is a UNI
versity of no little merit where there
are hundreds of students and dance
halls and cabaret shows which would
be closed in the United States five min
utes after they had opened. but some
thing must be done to amuse the peo-
pie. and men whose shows were too
vile for Paris seem TO have settled
here. The hotels are very like the
hotels of Russia, about as uncomfort-
able as they can be made. They have
no running water in the rooms and
very little in the pitchers and after a
few days stay in one the traveller
comes TO the conclusion that cleanlf-
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up toward the sky.
a now and rather exciting idea IS
that before long solar heat will be
used for making artificial ice on Il
large scale. Concentrated by great
mirrors, 1t will serve to eVaporate am
monia, thereby cngendering intense
cold; and the conversion of the am
monia into gas will incidentally fur
nish power TO engine for pumping the
stuff (whcn Condensed) through the
pipes, for use over and over again.
Solar energy is already being turned
TO very practical account in parts of
Africa. Thus. for instance, soldiers in
French Northern Africa, carry on their
backs convenient little apparatus for
distlling water for drinking. IT con-
sists of a boiler, concaVe mirror to
focus the suns rays. and a coil of
tubing in a water jacket for a con-
denser. This machine VIII boil a quart
of water and keep it boiling. 1t will
distill two gallons a day, enough for
half-a-d dozen men.
on q clear summer day the sun de-
livers on tho earth one kilowatt of
energy per square yard. or tho equiva-
lent of one and tWo~ffths horsepower.
ContinuouslN-tha is 20 say, enough
20 run and keep running twenty-five
40-watt electric lamps.
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axis. The tube contains oil, which,
expanded and made lighter by the
heat, ascends through the tube. The
latter is continued to form a loop out
side the half-cylindor, making it an
endless arrangement.
Descending through the loop, the oil
cools. But the suns heat forcing
the oil up through the part of the
tube inside the half-cylinder. Compels
the cooled oil to follow if, else there
would be vacuum. Thus. while the
sun shines, there is con inuous cir
culation of oil up and around.
The loop" passes through a box
that contains an oven. Heat from the
Oil Us it runs through, warns the oven
and docs the cooking. With this con-
trivance Dir. Abbot has baked bread
and roasted meat on the summit of
Mount Whitney, in California, in the
midst Of everlasting SHOWS.
More Suns Heat Far Mort
For years past Dr. Abbot has
worked in an observatory on that
mountain top, three miles above sea
level. lie says that his machine will
cook moro rapidly UP there than in
San Francisco, because the suns rays
are hotter. Much Of the suns energy
IS lost in passing through the atmos-
phere. and so ono gets more of it high
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not from the sun direct. but from the
blue sky. The sky itself is a heater.
But to come back to matters purely
practical. we know that in desert
regions of Northern Africa irrigating
machinery, for pumping water, is now
being operated on a considerable scale
by sun power. one plant of great
size. purchased by the Egyptian Gov
eminent and set up in the Nile Valley.
replaces $500 laborers, working eight
hours a day.
Outfits Built In This Country
This plant was built in the United
States; and so likewise were others
ordered by the French Government.
and which have been Installed in
Tunsia for running irrigation machin-
cry. They are said to have given ex-
cellont satisfaction. Such outfits are
admirably adapted for use in rainless
regions. whore the sun shines all day
long every day.
These sun plants may be said to rep
resent the furthest advance in sun
Harvesting to date. One form en-
rloys trouCh-sha renectors ar
ranged in batteries. the solar rays be-
ing concentrated by them upon tube
shaped boilers that run through the
troughs. The banks of rehectors are
automatically heeled over toward the
cast in the morning and toward the
west in the evening.
Another form employs a congories
Of fat metal boxes containing water
and covered with two sheets of glass,
| upon which the sunshine is concen-
tratcd by mirrors. With twenty-sX
banks of boxes. covering a total area
of 1920 square feet. all the rays that
| fall upon a quarter-acre of surface
are taken UP and utilized. The water
in the boxes is converted into steam.
which runs pump. lifting 800 pounds
of water per minute TO a height of IS
feet
First steps Toward The Goal
The first practical solar cook-stove
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commerce.
OF course, some mention OF the
great Lake Baikal must be mentioned
for this body of water is the real
beauty spot of Siberia. With great
snow capped mountains on one side,
her shore carpeted with snow as far
as the eye can see her turbulent wa
ters present pretty picture. II will
be remembered that some years ago
the carcass of a mastodon was found
in the ice along the shore of the lake
and the explorer Is said to have actu-
ally tasted the meat of the pre- historic
animal which seems 10 prove the
theory of cold storage being a real
preservation.
Village Life
Naturally Siberia has many villages
where the real life Of the people can
be seen, but TO those who have
Travelled in Russia they will seem lit
tie different The houses are built
of logs with few windows which are
sealed up early in September and not
opened until July. They are blessed
during the building by priest of the
Greek church. The land is parceled
out in strips and worked under a gen.
eral mayor or governor of n certain
section just as in Russia. During the
coolest part of the winter the farmer
takes his cattle into the hut with him
and as there is no air the odor be-
comes unbearable, and there is sure 20
be sickness in the family and usually
several deaths If the winter is par
ticularly severe. But the Siberians
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nos, i'm a Siberian hotel is not next
TO Goodness. but next to impossible.
Somehow the very curiousness Of tho
place makes it interesting and the
traveller is willing TO even put up with
the various kinds Of cockroaches
which parade about the bed room
walls.
The market on the banks OF the
river at Tomsk is wonderful in its
WaN--little wooden huts, hundreds of
them where an sorts of gildcd ware,
BRIGHT colored knickknacks and col
orod picture books are offered 20
brighten the cherries homes of the
Siberian residents. Women squat
obout in the snow outside the huts
offering second hand goods for sale
and while they sell little they are often
remembered by the prosperous passer-
by. There is also one part of the
market devoted to the sale of Siberian
ponies. those sturdy little animals who
are very gentle driving yet possess the
strength of a horse.
Irkutsk
Irllutsk was at one time perhaps
the vilest city in the world due to the
fact that in the old days many of the
worst prisoners escaped from the
mines and camo to lrkutsk to set up
business and in tho old days before
the war robbery and murder were the
frequent night sports in that city. II
finally became so bad that "A vigilance
committee was organized and at pres
ent Irkutsk moves along in a law
nhidInE fashion and Is growing in Us
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milton and other military supplies
could be obtained from the United
states when the port at Archangel was
closed, In 1915 over $45, 900, 900
worth Of goods was sent to Russia by
way Of Nladivostok and the trans
Siberian railroad.
Even before the war the freight
travel Of goods to and from the United
states was 50 great that the Consular
office in Moscow had to be changed
TO that OF Consul General in order
mat the business might be properly
handled.
The four great rivers of the country
arc the obi Yenisee, Lena and Amur
and With their tributaries they afford
about 10000 miles Of interior naviga-
ton. At present there are over 400
steamers on these waters and they
carry large amount of freight from
inc railway and bring the products
from the interior to certain points
where they are loaded on the train for
Moscow.
The climate OF Siberia has little TO
recommend it for the summers are
short ana very hot while the winters
are long and severe but dry. that is,
II never rains but SHOWS and SHOWS
until the great white stiffness of the
land is so great that few people out
side Of the natives can live there and
Keep from going insane.
Omsk And Tomsk
Omsk is the agricultural center of
about 1000 square miles and has a
population of about 100000. Il is one
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-29
SIGNS

When your underwear is comfy
And you haven't any cold,
When you hear no hint of dresses
Being worn and frayed and old,
When no awful plans for cleaning
Fall upon your troubled ear,
When YOU do not think of moving
For at least another year.
When no cottages suburban
To mosquito swamps entice:
When no bargain sales are offered
At a low and tempting price,
When your bank account is swelling
Minus drain for anything.
When you Rave that rested feeling.
You may know 1t isn't spring.
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~ 1t can be done very easily: and
il IS an.interesting experiment because
II illustrates in striking way the in
.tensity of the suns heat.
On a sunny day in summer the solar
lumnary delivers upon each aero Of
land an amount of energy equal to
$500 horsepower working continue
ously.
If all the suns rays that strike Man
haitian Island on warm and cloudIosv
day could be put to work. they would
develop enough power to run all the
machinery of the world. propcl all the
railroad trains and street cars, and
heat and light all the cities on tho
globe.
No wonder, then, that science is try
Ing to find a means whereby some of
this solar energy, now going to waste.
may be turned to useful account for
mechanical and other purposes.
. The problem is engaging the atten-
ion of thinkers and inventors all over
The world. It has been taken up very
seriously by the Smithsonian Tnstitu-
ion, the late head Of which, Prof.
Langley, produced in the flying ma
chine the solution Of a puzzle seem
ingly quite as difficult
DR.. c. C. Abbot, Assistant Secretary
of the Smithsonian, has recently de-
vised solar cooker" as he calls it,
which operates on an entirely new
principle. 1t bakes a loaf of bread,
or roasts a piece Of meat, without fuel,
suns rays furnishing the heat
it is quite simple. A half-cylinder
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VI E HEN one had thought of
HSiberia it has recalled the
AA horror or suffering associated
wv with'it for up until quite re-
Gently the average American connect
ed Siberia with the desolate barren
frozen quarters OF the political eEiles
Of Russia. The most narrowing and
heartrending stories have come from
there of the treatment of the prison.
endure. The public mind was kept so
occupied with these dreadful tales
that little attention was paid to the
interesting part of the country, to its
riches, to its possibilities if its vast
resources were developed. The soil in
certain portions is quite fertile and
constitutes one Of the great sources of
wheat which was supplied 10y the Rus
sian Empire. In its hills are minerals,
the extent and riches Of which arc
undiscovered and those mines which
are in working order are being only
half developed.
Now that furs are so high the in
ducement to trap the animals which
dpOuiu III tlldL country IS great.
The present war has already brought
a great change to Siberia. First, there
is no longer any Siberian exile for po-
litical prisoners and tho majority Of
those who were there have returned
10 Russia to freedom which at pres
ent seems to be on a par with an exile
in Siberia. Military necessity has
made cities along the Siberian railway
which stretches from Moscow in cen
trail Russia to Vladivostok, the great
city of Siberia, which has become an
important seaport as well as railway
depot, for the eXigencies of war caused
much of the ammunition and war ma
terial sent from this country for the
use of the Allies TO be sent across the
Pacific and landed at Vladivostok.
Naturally this brought our soldiers.
who are still policing this end of Rus
STA
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lust before the outbreak of the war
Russia began to encourage immigra
ton to her Asiatic colony, and quite a
number had taken up land where
wheat might be raised. 1t is the vast
ness of Siberia which fairly over
Whelms one when It is discussed Tor
while it belongs TO Russia it embraces
more than one-half the area Of The
entire Empire-4,S31,SS square miles,
more than one and one-half times as
great as that of the United States en-
elusive Of Alaska. While practically
all belongs to Russia it is divided po-
iucally into four governments--lr-
kutsf: TobClsk, Tomsk. Yeniseisk and
SIX provinces, Amur, TIamchata Pr.m
orskaya, Sakhal!n, Transbaikalia and
Yallutsk, About ninety per cent. of
the population are Of Russian origin.
Tho others are Of Chinese, Korean and
JgDIncse descent.
Tie history Of Siberia is so closely
linked with RUSSIA that il seems to be
just an episode IN Russian history for
IL has belonged TO Russia since the
days Of Ivan the Terrible and seems
TO have come TO that country through
the adventure, exploration, settlement
and devclopm by tho Russian peo-
pie. While thousands Of acres of its
land arc s'i'l unoultivatod and many
thousands Of acres of swamp land alb
solutoly unfit for cultivation yet on
the whole during the ncNt ten years
its products will amount to millions.
The great wheat fields will be made
TO produce heavy crops and many Of
the mines VIII be opened. The won
derful trans Siberian railway began in
1891 and completed eleven wears later
covering a distance of 5.4S1 miles and
costing s172,525,OOO will give fresh
impetus to agriculture.
Great Railway
This railroad proved of great inn
portance to Russia during the war. as
! it was the only route by which ammu-
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Likely That ReforeLong We
Shall Succeed In Harness
ing That Luminary, Com
pelling tToRemove From
MankindTO a GreatEXtent
the Primal Curse OfLabor.
BY ROBERT TIGHE

n y YOU ever try to fry an egg ON
q n asphalt pavement at midday
u the summer time?
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Great Railway

This railroad proved of great inn
Dortance to Russia during the war, "a
It was the only route by which ammu-
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CE5G~/aI@3~
An Intimate Sketch of That Far Off Snow Covered Land
Where the American Soldier Keeps Guard.
Immense Country

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