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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1911)
EIGHTS' GLIDER GREAT SUCCESS eroplane Inventor Is Satisfied n'-iL v : nun E.Api'iuiitiii3. L.i Efficient Machln Yet Mad Addition of Motor Will Ran dor Flying Safa. Dytn, O. Tha Wright Druthers, Lruplane inventor awl aviators, ara hi gratified with tha results of ; ... : t l. il .!. jf reccnfc iiiivuia Tfiiii viivir w glider at Kitty Hawk, N. C. tfj believe mai in experiments ducted there will have vital in- Lence on Hie luiure oi aenai irans- rtition. Tha climax of tha plodding, paina- iking lcta occurreu wnen nrviiie ri(ht raused hi motorles biplane hover over a apoi only 10 feet In unrtrr for more than 10 minute. 'Our exeriiiient have been very :!ifctory." said Orvllle Wright, cussing hi fliteht. "They have a far beyond niy exportation. I nt to Kitty Hawk annply to carry Ll amitt idea I had worked out here home concerning gliding machine, a matter of fact I waa not very limntic alwiut extensive success. it after I had rearranged a number f details, 1 succeeded in keeping the rf t in the air for such a long period. ;r success in due to the fact that the jft it exceptionally Mtleient. Hy ".cientnry, I mean that all it part L balanred so aa to make a perfect mif vehicle. "When an aviator apeak of effi ncy, he mean the capability of an rapUne to My with the leant amount motive power. He ha in mind the iring qualities of an aeropanc. I ki truly say that our craft i enor- ualy efficient. I don't mean to iim that we ran fly without power, at I do mean that our machine can with leu wer than any other, "L'mier certain conditions I am cer n that the ideas we have developed Lnng the past few week Would en i u to build a machine which uM fly even with lea home power. snow that we could fly for an hour theut power, Riven proper Itmm rnc conditions, and 1 aee no reason j we connot fly for 10 houra if we (lown one minute. It ia ai m ply audition of the time, the place, the nd and the machine. "In order to make extensive power 'flight, however, the craft would vt to he built more strongly. At present time such construction is w economical. Owing to the state the kill of aviator it would cost I'm too much to pay for tho frequent nilcagc of an expensive craft. "But I don't Winn to give the im- t-wi'in that I think the pn-ent mi- n in une is defective. It i my niun that our late type of biplane tout a good aa any craft will lie ft many year to come. It Hie th less power than any craft in ex "ice; it is strong and durable, and ii susceptible) of almo.it jx-rfect con I. When aome of the thine 1 have revered here are incorporated in craft, I don't think it will caaily surpassed. I io think that the future of the niplane depend to a certain extent kn the future of the motor. Not it 1 want to aay that the preaent or i lacking in Bny aeriou man ' I think the motor of the preaent juot a perfect aa the machine. 1 1 lo believe that, with natural lution, motors will be made to de er nic.ro uowi-r 'and will be built re compactly." Canal Food Vindicated. Washington. I. C A careful inves- tion made by a board of physi- on the Isthmua of Panama ha "iwntratcd that the food furnlidied the hotel, messes and employe In canul zone I of aueh niiantitv. lity and variety aa to meet, and n exceed, the highest atandarda b'xperta in troiiical diet. The "1 Wa aniwiint tii determine "ther the present ration I auitable workingmen. One nhvsician main- ""I that tho food furniahed caused ch and liver disease. Gorman Sdv Convicted. Exeter. KniI.iml T.l..nnint I'hilin S'hultz, of the Thirteenth Hus "tationed at Frank fort-on-the- "n. wa convicted at the Devonshire tiie (,n t16 cnargo Df spying, Bnd itemed to 21 montha' imnriaon- n'- It waa alleiml hv the nroie- 'in that Lieutenant Schultx waa "imisHioned by the German author- u) diarnver how far the Uritiah vrnment wa auniKirtinir France "le llisnutn nvor M..w.,. Sympathy Strlka Called. Knaa Citv ilnUi hoon la. from the hnal.m.rt.ra nt tha In. '"tional Itoilermakera' union In ""a City, Kan., for 400 bollermak- on rour New York Central line to work. The atrike la in avmpathy that nf 1 nun v. - k ; i L " laid down their tool February 20, nn Dieeewnrlf I.t.lll f - n mm iiiiiwiin VI, v. . 'tern road. Kaiiar Qtt Congo. ,r' The contenta of the Franco- n accord, officially riven out. " ,nR' Germany reeognlie tha f France to eatabliih a protec- l In Morocco, while both nationa K'KA to ohtain thm litUIni, In Ikia Nrd of the other signatories to the REBELS OUTLINE POLICIES. Moleallna; Foraignara Among Otfonia Punishable by Oaath. CJ.. I' i on r ranci.co Tranlationa of Chinese pUer received here on the liner Mongolia tell of the laauance of revolutionary proclamation at Han kow. Th- paper la dated October 13 nil rays that three olfenne which would Mrmit capital puninhrnent were provm.Hi ny the term of the proclam ation. These were aiding the govern ment or betraying revolutionaries, moiealing foreigner and attacking me properiy or "commercial houses." me paper add that on the date of putiucalion revolutionary emiHsarie were being sent to every part of the empire. translations of three proclamation issued by the revolutionary govern ment, one to the Imperial soldier, one to the Chinese aa a people and the third to the lowers, also were re. ceived by the Mongolia. The declara- fti.. ... .U.. ... I . ... noil mi me powera ia an anneal "in the name of humanity and of the peace of the world," and continue with tho assurance that the revolu tionary government, if aucceful bind itself to respect all obligations or the Chinese government entered in to prior to the issuance of the proc larnation. Agreement with the Manchua of later date would be repu dialed, it wa stated, with the warn ing that "If the power ansist the Manchu government against the peo ple the latter will be forcid to regard them as enemies. The proclamation to the people des cribed the form of tho new govern merit, outlining the three periods of change to follow "victory over the Manchu. " The first, or military erid, it is snid, will aee the new government "transform China from top to Ik, turn, luppresa all unjust laws and taxes, aweep away all un necessary forma and ceremonies, abol ish he torture chamber and obtain the liberation of slave or aerfs; construct new roads and organize the aanitary service." The 'second eriod, styled thnt of contract between the military the and people, will be fof two yeBra' duration and provides for tho putting in force of the constitution. The thirl, or constitutional period, ia designed as tho duwn of the China of the future a the "middle republic" when military rule will be dissolved. MAY RETAKE TRIPOLI. Italian Reported to Have Suffered Enormously in Fighting. Washington, I). C. The recapture of Tripoli by the Turka seems immi nent to olficials of the Turkish em bassy here, in the light of ollicial ad vices from Constantinople. The dis patch saya that an attack wa made on l'ort St-ye-Misri-ep-Hcnni and that the Italians had evacuated the place, leav ing behind a great quantity of ammu nition and other supplies. The losses of the Italians are re Krted to be enormous, while the Turk are said to have lost 40 killed and about 100 wounded. The Turkish forces, reinforced by volunteers, first advanced upon Tripoli on the night of October 25, breaking the lines of the Italians at different iminta. Thia attack lasted until 4 o'clock the next morning, when the Italian retreated to a remote corner of the town. TAFT TOUR ENDED. Pittsbuag Scan of Noisiest Demon stration of Entire Trip. Pittsburg President Taft'a second swing around the circuit came to an end here in the most enthusiastic and by far the noisiest demonstration ex perienced in the 12,0(10 mile he hns traveled. Pittsburg celebrated the centennial of ateBin navigation on Western river and Mr. Taft wa the star attraction. The police estimate that there were lfilMMM) persona at the wharf on tne Monongahela river when the president was taken amiard the steamboat Vir o-inia to review the "lleet" anchored there. Bryce Friend of Canada. LondonIn response to a question from Kowland Hunt, Unionist member of parliament from the South division of Shropshire, Sir Kdward Grey denied that President Taft nan expressed a desire to break up the Ilritish empire and that Ambassador Bryce had given ... i.innc Mr. Hunt asked whether Mr. Hryce would be instructed not to assist in negotiation of another reci- nrocitv treatv. The secretary replied that Hryce had been instructed to give Canada assistance and would never act contrary to the policy of Canada. Dragon Flag Down at Canton. Canton Guna have been posted at the admiralty building sno. me m nese gunlioats are cleared for action. Armed guard patrol the waterfront and guard all the landing places. All the shop are dosed. The dragon flag no longer floats over the Chinese im perial custom building, the craft of the China Merchant Steam Naviga tion company or the Hankow & Canton railway. The customs omciaia nave removed their Imperial badges. Rebel Victories Reported, c- ic.ni.cn A dispatch report ing the recapture of Jl"Kw the rebel was received here from Shang .ii .k. rkinau Free Press. Ac- nai uy vof w.... the rebel eording to the messag". army from Han-yng moved against nd surrounded the the Imperial forces city. Koysiists were compeuea to : . 1- .1 . .ffitp two or tnree regi W'1" u - ,.n,ore,l. Four field menia no , cannon were, amon -i IN POWDER FIRE (Mali's Mill Scene of Disaster and Death. Kenned Behind Counter in Packing noom bmployes Have no Chance to Escape Burst of Flams. Chehalis, Wash. Perishing a they atood at their workbench which penned them In behind a long counter with not a chance for escape, aeven young women were burned to death Wednesday, and an eighth, still breath ing when she wa removed by re cure, uiou a lew nour later in agony, a the result of a sudden flash of uncovered powder in the mixinir rooms of the Imperial Powder com pany. A the death shrieks of the girls rang through the building. 12 men who had been working in other part of the plant escaped with hardly a scorch. Several of them were blown through tfte exit to safety. I he dead: Mis Vera Milford. Mis Sadie Westfall. only daughter of Sam uel Westfall; Miss Kva Gilmore, Mis tlertha llagle, whoso mother, Mr. Mary White, i a widow; Mis Ethel Tharp, Mis Tillie Kasback, Mr. Henry hthel. Mis Kertha Crown, who was so terribly burned that she died in the hospital. uniy one or ine bodies, mat of Miss Ethel Tharp, has been identified, tier father, U. F. Tharp, identified it by mean of a ring discolored and half melted by the terrible heat, which she wore on her finger. Of the others, none will probably ever be identified for certain. The disaster befell with appalling suddenness. An early report, which ha since been denied, was to the effect that a careless workman in the mixing-room let a pot of parafline boil over, and that part of ran into some powder material near by, igniting it. There is no evidence to support this theory, and the real origin of the fire may never be known. Whatever the cause, there was a sudden Mush, and in an instant the whole interior of the factory waa in a blaze. Heaides causing the terrible loss of life, the fire destroyed four of the buildings owned by the company, and equipment, powder that wa ready for shipment, and other property valued at fully $20,000. Two of the buildings were saved. WILL HAVE BIGGER FLEET. Naval Review Off Los Angeles Calls Attention to Pacific. Ix)s Angeles Harbor, Cal. In per fect fight trim, the Pacific fleet under went, off this port, the first naval re view in Southern California waters and passed it to the satisfaction of Roar-Admiral Thomas, who wa in command, and to the pleasure of Na tional lawmakers, who intimated that mobilization might result in increas ing the number of American men-of- war on the Pacific Ocean. After arriving here the vessels im mediately assumed the formation charted out for them a solid rectan gle with four columns and six rows, making-24 vessels, while theothertwo in the fleet served as reveiwing ahip and tender, respectively. 1'nited State Senator Smith, of Michigan, a member of the senate committee on naval affairs, described the naval review as a "happy thought." "Such an event," said Senator Smith, "is of special interest to the Pacific Coast, which ia favored with visits from naval Bhips altogether too seldom. It should prove a valuable lesson to the Navy department. I hope the time is not remote when the government will conclude it is to it advantage to maintain a formidable fleet on this coast." Clothing ' Graft" to Stop. San Francisco The effort of the government to end the illegal traffic in army supplies by second-hand dealers at the gates of the Presidio military reservation has resulted in the arrest of August Heymann, on a secret grand jury indictment, charging the pur chase of army clothing from the sol diers. The army officers say the prac tice of buying supplies and equipment from soldiers who are either drunk or hard pressed for money results in the annual loss of a fortune to the govern ment. Wolvas Prowl In City. Anaconda, Mont. Driven from the hills by deep snows and desperate with hunger, bands of timber wolves are prowling on the outskirts of the city. A band of five wolves pursued a deer into the heart of the city Thursday morning, but were put to flight by a night watchman. The deer escaped. Tha wolves apparently have taken shelter in the abandoned stables of the racetrack on the out skirts of the town. 24 Ara Drowned at Ssa. Las Palmas, Canary Islands Twenty-four persons were drowned when the French steamer Diolibah sank at sea. The Diolibah was towing the French steamer Liberia, for Mar seilles, when the Liberia fouled her. The Liberia was picked up by the Ger man steamer Elmshorn and towed in her in a damaged condition. FARMER HAD HIM SIZED UP Decided That Tramp Who Wouldn't Work Waa "One of New Investi gating Commlaalons." A tramp slept In the barn of a fara mar Ilarltan a few nlghta ago. and In th morning presented himself at the house for breakfaat Th family gated at him In astonishment, for such hair aa hla bad never been seen In that furmlng community. It was as thick aa It waa long, and It cam to his shoulders. It stood out aggres sively, as did bis untrlmmed wbl kers. On top of his head was a small der by hat, Incongruoua In size and shape. After be had eaten heartily of oatmeal and cream and bam and tuns, the farmer got up courage to ask him If he would work, aa he waa short hand ed for the threshing that day. "1 am forbidden," loftily replied he of the redundant locka. "Who forbade you?" demanded the farmer. "The government," solemnly af firmed the tramp. "The goveruinent'a a durned sight too paternal," roared the farmer after the retreating figure. "And I'd like to know where reciprocity cornea in. he added. "There goea my food and I get nothing for It." Later In the day, when he learned that the tramp had gone to the next farm and claimed a aecond breakfaat, he was atlll more enraged. "I suppose the government told blm to eat at ev ery farm threshing time, too and never do a lick of work. Say, I bet he'e one of them lnvestlgatln' com mission. They never do any real work. That's what be is!" New York Herald. Donjon de Vincennes Restored. The famous Donjon de de Vincen nes, which has played no small part In the hlKtury of 1'arlB, Is shortly to be opened to the public. This wonder of mediaeval architecture It 1 a stone edifice, dating almost entirely from the early fourteenth century ha for many year been little better than a military barracks, but, thank to the society which call himself "Amis de Vincennes," the military au thorities have consented to give up the chateau, with its chapel, tower, and remarkable walla. The five floora of the donjon are now being freed of the old military fitting, har nesses, and old arms which encum bered them, and the magnificent stair way, the prisons, council chamber. In quisition chamber, and apartment of Charles V. are being restored to their former condition. It la not proposed to turn the donjon Into any sort of museum, but simply to leave It free to public Inspection as one of the most remarkable architectural monuments to be found near Paris. Paris Cor respondent London Globe. Salt on French Roads. As a general rule the roads In and around French towna are tarred at the commencement of the summer In order to abate the dust nuisance. It has, however, been found that tar, al though excellent In the case of ma cadamized roads, Is of little or no val ue where car lines exist and paved street crossings Intersect tb roada In every direction, aa tarring cannot b carried out on atonea. The authorities, basing their action on the well-known hjgrometrlcal prop erties of common salt, have made a test of Its value In laying the duet Twenty yards of roadway bave been sprinkled liberally with salt and then watered freely. If the results are sat isfactory, salt will be used throughout the town of Havre, It being impossi ble to tar the majority of the streets aa they are paved with rough stone blocks. From Consular and Trade Iteports. Cook Book Photography. Ihiylng meat with the help of pic tures la the latest fad," said a butcher. I'd give a dollar to know who started It I'd like to send him to Jail. Every cook book prints pictures showing Just how the different cuts of meat ought to look, and the housekeepers who are green at buying bring them along to go by. 'Such people are enough to drive you crazy. They iook nrst at tne pic tures, then at the meat. They say I must be trying to cheat them because the piece of beef I call sirloin looks more like the picture of a rump steak. Just as If I cut up meat every time according to cookbook photographs. My only consolation Is that the wo men seem to have as much trouble over It ss 1 do, so I am hoping they will soon get tired." Defaulter Builds Railroad. "For romantic careera of our own citizens In South America contemplate Henry Melggs." writes Judson C. Wel- llver In Munsey's Magazine for Octo ber. "Melggs fled from San Francis co to Chile, a defaulter; built the rail roads of that couutry and Peru, made and lost four huge fortunes and died In his exile, almost poor, because. though ba bad long since repaid bis defalcation, the Indictment was al ways held over his head. On one of th railroads he built, the Central of Peru, you may be whirled through a tunnel a thousand feet higher than th summit of Pikes Peak." Oat Your Present Ready. 1 see th young lady next door has a beau." "She assures me that It Is purely a Platonic affection." "In that caae, you had better look over something cheap In clocks, or somathlne nf that kind." K if. 1 W'J nitrite' r$- TCa A RELIC, marvelously old, and strangely moving to the Im agination of men who remem ber history, was taken through inuon a tew days ago, ana now lies In a back yard of the palace of Kensington. It was the wreck of an old boat, with timbers blackened and rotted In the deep mud where so many secrets of the past He burled beneath this modern London of ours. Other relics of the past bave been found there, including a skull and some bones, and In the Illustration the modern civil engineer is thus shown as grave digger. Digging down for the foundations of the new county ball at Westmin ster, workmen had struck their spades against the rlba of that old boat skel eton, and then had revealed Its shape and size. It was a Roman galley, built of oak that grew in Gaul when Pan was worshiped in the woods, two thousand years ago. The timbers were hoisted on to a trolley, and working men who bad escaped, or recovered. from the strike fever drove their load through the streets of London, and then through Kensington Gardens. "What have you got there, mates T" wss shouted by a soldier encamped in the gardens after strike duty, and the answer came back, "A Roman barge. 11111. Friends, Romans, countrymen what's that we used to learn T" A Roman boat! A queer kind of craft to be dragged through London so queer that if we may believe the reporters, a soldier of the Army Ser vice corps bad a strange thrill down his spine as though the ghost of some old general were passing. Perhaps he bad read aomethlng about the Roman leglona. He pulled himself up and saluted the old timbers as they were drawn past. That Is a good story. I should like to have aeen that British soldier salut ing the wreck of the Roman galley. It waa a salute across tb agea, from Im perial London to imperial Rome, from a soldier of King George to Caesar's legions. It would not bave been ridicu lous If the last voyage of that boat bad been mad into a pageant, with soldier guarding th line of route, presenting arms, and playing solemn march music, as the relic went by, for here in those blackened Umbers is the cradle of English history, and each plank of them is a bridge across which we may pass from London of this twentieth century to Londlnlum which was built upon the Thames bank by the men who came in this old craft, not only with swords to kill, but with tbe wisdom and the virtues of an imperial race, and with tbe law which they gave to their conquered peoples. Who shall sing tbe song of that boat? Who shall tell her taleT Our Imagination only may go voyaging in her upon the sea of adventure since that day when strong brown bands ran ber down upon the beach below a cIlH of Gaul, and Roman soldiers, leaping In, rowed ber across the dancing v.nves or through the thick gray mist to this island, "almost all th world away," as Virgil wrote. Who shall say that these very timbers did not form part of that fleet of eighty gal leys in which Julius Caesar cam to Britain forty five years before the birth of Christ? Perhaps Caesar him self sat In the stern or hla boat, star ing in hla grim, silent way, with hawk's eyes, at tb unknown land whose) whit cJIffs rose up befor him aa th long oars awept th water. Upon th shor that day tb British chieftains stood with their warriors and priests, ready to derend their land against the Strang Invaders, who raised their flashing swords. Tb Roman soldiers rested on their oars, afraid to land In th fac of such a strong to. In on of tb boata was tola tb boat! a standard bearr A raised tbe Eagle or bis legion, and then Jumped Into tbe water. "Follow me, my comrades," he cried, "If you would not see your Eagle taken by the enemy. It I die I shall bave done my duty to Rome, and to my general." So tbe old story goes, familiar to every schoolboy, and re membered, perhaps, by that soldier who stood at the salute in Kensington Gardens. But whatever stories we may weave about tbe boat that has been dug up from the London mud after nineteen hundred yeara or ao, at least It has come to us as a reminder of th civili zation which was enthroned upon the Thames at London, which carved great roads through tbe forest lands, which built temples and palaces, baths and terraced gardens, fortified camps and strong walls, north and south, east and west, in this island of ours, before "England" had a name In history. They did their work well, those Romans, and though fifteen hun dred years have passed since the last of them went away into the ghost world, leaving Britain a prey to savage hordes, leaving their temples and their terraces to be the hiding places of wolves until the stones fell among tha tangled weeds, England has still many memorials of their rule. Onr motor cars speed upon the highways down which the Roman legions marched. Straight from London to Chester goes Watllng street, and the Fosse way from Bath to Lincoln. Er mine street is still a high road from London to York, and the "Via Marltl ma" (the seaside road) atlll winds Its way along the sea coast of Wales to Pembrokeshire. Hardly a year passes but a plow turns up a pot full of coins which bear the Image and tbe superscription of Claudius or Constantino, or soma great emperor whose edicts carried aa far as this misty isle. The peasant's spade unearths a tesselated pavement which formed the floor of a Roman gentleman's villa, or a stone rudely carved by a Roman soldier who In scribed his homage to Mars or Diana and the old gods in whose worship h found courage and beauty. Britain was no mere outpost of empire held precariously by a little garrison among hostile tribes. It was a Roman province, where for nearly four hun dred years the Roman law ruled, and a civilization noble and strong and beautiful in Its' well-ordered system waa raised among a conquered people, who yielded, after tbe first struggle, gladly to their conquerors. It is not difficult to reconstruct that Roman civilization in Britain, to conjur up tbe picture of that civil llf In such cities as Bath, and York, St Albans and Lincoln, where stones of Roman buildings are found in the walls of Norman cburchea and English battle ments. The officers of Vespasian and Severus, Titus and Constantino, were gentlemen of Roman dignity and valor, and their llf In Britain reflected the splendor, the, luxury and the beauty that they had known In tb imperial city. Most of us have forgotten those things. Tet they bave a moral for a race whlcb has founded an empire greater than that of Rome, and, Ilk th Romans, baa given lta law to many far colonies. The Roman empire haa perished, for after strength cam weakness, and th seeds of vie and luxury wer reaped In a harvest of de struction. How Is tt with us In Im perial London T There are som who hear th distant rumbling of new world forces beating against tb fab ric, of our imperial system. Th world changes, and no man may foretell th things that are to com. But always we may look back and learn tb moral of th past, and listen to th voices that speak from old gravea. PHILIP QIBBS. .-v.ra agreement. fight.