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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TIITJRSDAT, '. JUNE G, 1918. OREGON PREPARES 10 VIEW ECLIPSE jChances All In Favor of Unre stricted Observation of . Celestial Event. 'PHENOMENON VISIBLE HERE Portland Sky Gazers Will . Notice First Encroachment on Disc of Sun at 2:S8 Satur day Afternoon. It seems fitting: that there should be signs and portents In the skies, ere the shadow of the moon blurs and tlots the good old sun and Portland was entirely in the mood to believe these augrurles had arrived when the being: visible only from a point of totality, the slgrht that is in store for Portland is worth quitting work to see. Earth's Appearance Weird. "As the moon advances further and further across the sun," writes Pro fessor Henry Morris Russell, In the Sci entific American, "the light fades, and It seems like late afternoon. Then, as the light from the edge of the sun dif fers In quality from that of the sun as a whole containing a greater propor tion of red and less of blue the land scape and sky take on strange and un earthly colors. The darkness Increases, and during the last minute before to tality the whole world seems to darken like a train entering a tunnel "Observers with. a clear view west ward may see the shadow coming, ob scuring earth and' sky, with enormous speed. It reaches one's station the sun has vanished and it Is dark. In a moment one begins to realize that it is not pitch dark, but like a moonlit night. The brighter stars are visible, and all around the horizon where the sun is still shining undisturbed 50 miles and more away there seems to be a bright twilight. "Almost beore the watcher has time to take these things in, a brilliant speck of light appears on the moon's western edge, and grows In a moment to a narrow but dazzling crescent. The sunlight returns and totality is over." Corona Pozzies Savants. What Is the corona? It is the center of all interest to astronomers who ob serve the solar eclipse, and even they do not know. For the corona is a baffling quantity. It is the spectrum of the sun's atmosphere, of course, as revealed at the moment of totality, but HOMES AVAILABLE FOR MANY-WATERS Rotary Club President Says City Could Provide for 1000 More Families. MUCH ROOM NOW NOT USED Investigation of Housing Problem to Be Continued, Together With Allegation That Some Own ers Are Profiteer! rrjf. Following the action of the Rotary Club at Its Tuesday meeting in start ing an Investigation of alleged prof iteering In rentals. President C. B. Waters, of the club, yesterday heard from many citizens eager to aid in providing accommodations for new change. Representatives of the Emer- ! gency Fleet Corporation also have vis ited Portland to look Into -the matter and it has been found that the hous ing situation here is favorable. In case of actual profiteering In rents there is the power of the Government to commandeer houses for occupancy by persons engaged in necessary in dustrial work for the Government, and in that event occupancy would be al lowed at a rental that would give a reasonable return on the Investment. Many Complaints Are Made President Waters received informa tion yesterday from a number of per sons who are tenants in homes on which the rents have been advanced far above the former rates. In on Instance the tenant said he had origi nally paid $18 for a house, several ad vances bringing it to $30. and that now he is notified that he will have to pay $40. For another house, formerly rent ed at $23. the owne. demands $45 a month after the end ef the present month. These and other complaints are to be investigated to ascertain the value of the property and what rental should be charged to give the owner a proper income for the property. LEGGAT ISJWT DESERTER Summons From Board Failed to Reach Draft Registrant. ALBANY, Or., June 5. (Special.) Henry Le great, who failed to report here last week when summoned on the selective draft, is not a deserter. Leggat registered In Albany and later removed to Portland. The notice MAP OF UNITED STATES SHOWING PATH OF ECLIPSE FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC. -HIMSELF I 1 A 4P-I iTz ! 1 V : f TSSXtfiTV M 111 it i V.MTWH.90N i ri ri-rxr ri'i -a "wr:1 "-iv. I . m r y i ill .ti f PEOPLES Now Playing . .v,'- -t.- V y 1 ) SERGT. I V ARTHUR A GUY EIPEY From the Scientific American. IM4LI. FIGURES ACCOMPANYIXG THE BLACK LINE SHOW HOUR. BY STA NDARD TIME (OKE HOUR EARLIER THAS DAYLIGHT-IATI1VO TIME) AND Dl'RATION AT EACH POINT. -BAKER, OR, WHENCE U. S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY PARTY IS TO VIEW ECLIPSE, IS NOT SHOWN ON THIS MAP. BUT WOULD BE JUST WEST OF WEISER, IDAHO, orb donned a Jaunty halo yesterday and wore It until sunset. "What Is It?" was the burden of the telephonic bombardment that Weather man Wells sustained In his perch in the Custom-House. Whereupon he replied, with patience that strove against the somewhat sultry 1ay, that the ring about said sun was In nowise a John the Baptist to the im pending eclipse, which Is scientifically scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Fair Weather Probable. Aboitt all the prophecy the phenom enon carried was that similar condi tions, if they continue until Saturday's big show, will mar the greater spectacle of the solar eclipse. The chances are two to one. however, that Oregon, at least In the Baker district, will have un unrestricted view of Old Sol's en forced nap. In Portland, where thousands of sky gazers will seek apartment-house roofs and nearby hills to observe the eclipse, the first contact of the moon's shadow with the sun's disc will take place at 2:38, new time, and the maximum of . darkness, when the degree of totality will be 99 per cent, will occur at 8:58. The shadow will slip, free of the sun at 6:11 o'clock. Approximately seven minutes later these events will take plaoe above Baker, where the special ' lsts will be decoding the heavenly message. Totality at Baker Is due to arrive at 4:06. Baker City now is looming like the capital of the country, being directly in the path of totality, and having ex eeptlonal climatic advantages In ad dition. It is the blue reaches of the Pacific that first catch the shadow, which plunges into the ocean about 600 miles south of the southernmost point of Japan. In proof of the simplest trade route to and from the Orient, It selects the mouth of the Columbia River as an entrance to America, passes Just north of Portland, directly over Denver, Colo, and Jaokson, Miss., and enters the At lantlc from the Florida peninsula, at Orlando, Fla. The shadow leaves the world near the Bahama Islands, three hours and ten minutes after first hav Ing reached it. While the corona Is the supreme spectacle and enigma of the eclipse, Its constituents are riddles to the wise men. The gaseous constituents of the co rona, they complain, are not always present In the same relative propor- ttons, ,and It is a phenomenon that re fuses to stay put when complete analysis of its Identity is undertaken. The United States has not witnessed a total eclipse of the sun since that of May 28, 1900, and both the learned and the laymen are anxious to have a go at it. brief though it is to be. Next in the schedule of solar events s the total eclipse of Mar Z9, 1919, which is to be visible In West Africa and Brazil. The period of totality in this future instance will be greatly superior for purposes of study, as the sun will.be completely obscured for six minutes" as compared with less than two minutes for the current performance. Manager C. A. Flnley, of Council Crest Park, has offered the use of that point of vantage, highest In the vicin ity of Portland, to the public on Sat urday afternoon. No admission will be harged. Council Crest is 1200 feet above the city and commands an un obstructed view of the country for miles, affording an excellent point from which to view the eclipse. The Portland High Bchool Teachers Association will go to Hood River Sat urday. June 8, to see the eclipse of the sun. They will leave the city on the regular local train at 7:30 o'clock in the morning and return by the evening train, arriving at 7 o'clock. All friends of the teachers who wish to go with them should call Francis Curtis at his home for further information. DOCTOR GIVES RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR Well-Known New York Physician Gives Recipe for a Home-Made Gray Hair Remedy. A. li. Paulson, M. D., who has prac tlced me"diclne In New York City for many years, gave out the following recipe for home-made gray hair rem edy: "Gray, streaked or faded hair can be Immediately turned black, brown or light brown, whichever shade you de sire, by the following simple remedy that you can make at home: "Merely get a small box of Orlex powder af any drug store. It costs only 25 cents and no extras to buy. Dissolve it in one ounce of water and comb it through the hair. Full direc tions for use come in each box. "You need not hesitate to use Orlex as a $100.00 gold bond comes in each box guaranteeing the user that Orlex does not contain silver, lead, zinc, sul phur, mercury, aniline, coal-tar prod ucts or their derivatives. "It does not rub off, is not sticky or greasy and leaves the hair fluffy, It will make a gray-haired person look twenty years younger." Adv. SCIENTISTS AWAIT BIG EVENT Ideal Conditions for Eclipse Obser vations Probable in Baker. BAKER, Or., June 6. (Special.) All the colors of the rainbow," it ap pears, has not the same meaning for those who have seen the corona of the sun and those wno have not had that experience, according to the Govern ment scientists in the eclipse party. All colors of the rainbow by no means Includes all colors of the wonderful corona, as several hundred tints and shades have been counted in that most wonderful of spectacles. It remained for the arrival of Dr. Howard Russel Butler, of Princeton, N, J., to make known the fact that this phase of solar study alone brought hlra 3000 miles. His presence here is for the sole purpose of making a special visual observation of the solor corona for the purpose of getting a reproduction' of the colors. Dr. Butler is here as the guest of Edward D. Adams, a prominent finan cier and business man of New York, former president of the Northern Pa cific Railway. Assisted by his grand son, Kempton Adams, of New York, he will make a special study of coronal lights and colors during the eclipse. witn almost cloudless skies prevail lng as the date of the eclipse draws near, the astronomers believe that they made no mistake in choosing Eastern Oregon as the place from which to make their observations. Conditions the past few days have been almost perfect for astronomical work and spectroscopic photography and the scientists have been trying out their cameras and spectroscopes almost nightly with most satisfactory results. This evening for the benefit 'of Baker people unable to visit the eclipse sta tion while it was open to the pnblio, Dr. S. A. Mitchell, director of the Lean- der McCormick observatory, at the University of Virginia, gave an Illus trated lecture embodying a lesson in practloal astronomy and a travel talk on his trips to the far corners of the earth in his research work, illustrated with slides made, from photographs taken by cimseii. - , residents attracted ny the call of local Industries. After discussion with city officials and others President Waters' declared that in his opinion homes could be provided for from 1000 to 1600 fam ilies in Portland by the use of spare rooms in homes rooms that are not necessarily or profitably used at pres-. ent and that could be . made available as housekeeping rooms. The Investi gation will continue. . 'It should be remembered." said Mr. Waters, "that the men who are coming to work In the shipyards and other in dustries here are of the best type of American citizens. They are the crafts men of the towns and cities of the in terior and are accustomed to good homes.. There are many homes where the young men have gone Into military service, and where upstairs rooms could be fitted up for newcomers with slight alteration and little expense. This seems to me one means for meeting immediate housing needs. We must make the best possible use ft the homes we have. Inveatlsratlon to Continue. Investigation by representatives of the Rotary Club of allegations that some property owners are profiteering in. rentals will be continued through out the week, and a report to the club at its meeting next Tuesday is ex pected. It is declared that as a gen eral thing there is no inclination on the part of owners of property to charge excessive rents. Many houses, it Is said, were rented for several years at rates that left the owner no net return. Information on this matter has been sought by the housing committee of the Chamber of Commerce 'and the rental bureau of the Real Estate Ex- calling him to service was sent to Portland, but in the meantime he had removed to The Dalles. A friend read In The Oregonlan. that he was listed as a deserter and called Leggafs atten tion to the matter. Leggat straight way went to the office of the County Clerk at The Dalles and that official telephoned to the exemption board here. Since a substitute took Leggat's place on the recent call he will not be sent on that call, but will go with the contingent called for June 24. - PORTLAND MAN APPOINTED Arthur 31. Cannon Principal of Pendleton nigh School. PENDLETON, Or.. June "6. (Special.) Arthur M. Cannon, of Portland, has been elected principal of the Pendle ton High School for the coming year, succeeding Harry T. Drill. Mr. Cannon, who came to Portland from the East, was for three years prin cipal of the Couch school In Portland and previous to that was for four years head of the Holladay school. Portland. He Is highly recommended as a school man. He has been In the Insurance business in Portland for the past year. Robertson Britain's Commander. LONDON, June 8. -As a temporary measure, it was officially announced tonight. General Sir William Robert son, chief of the Eastern command and former chief of the Imperial Staff, has been appointed to command the forces in Great Britain. No Medicine- Chest Without Its Family Laxative From the baby to the grand parrmts a food laxative is the lk.imi y medicine in the little ills. It wards off serious sjclrrtf and saves doctor's bills. Many a cold has been pre vented from winning into giippe and pneumonia by fts thnsiy Many a racking headache has beenaicldy dHsps.Vid by Jfc. 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