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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1912)
4 - TTTE STTTTO AT OKEfiOyTAy. rOTlTLANP. AmiL 7. 1912. CONDENSED NEWS FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE WORLD Explosions ause Loss of Life in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania Floods in the South Aerocar Tests Made by J. E. Harriman, Jr., Are Satisfactory. . 1 11 1 - - 1 : , C 1 r;W-' .'''if 1 '.i's.lt'Ttry'X' , f Vwrt . - , , . tTrT---2aCr 4 f ,-" l- -:::.V .,. ' .ill 'iV"' s - I Pr. I t s.tP - -' TJ if. ,,xf 41 If r "- V- I - f I" ' J--- , ' vl IV H i JlT- -L K lt"- I - V;-v 11 I 5 " fr.'..f . . i-t .!TTi I c 1" ! ' I HI I . " . -."i " -- i , "s I ' "V N V ill 1 VZW; 1' t rO Jip v" "."l1"111" i -yr, U ...... til C- v , MfeA . llt.y. v BEtei i--' -'' iul, . 1 '-vi-" c y - J i ,U "fc-- " - ' , - b -l - ' I , , .- .. j ' ' - , 4, IS pedestrians as well damage to property. as conildersble Klirht pron wr kUl4 anJ !, a littU Itlrl of 7. Iras rlr wurd.J by u jtirloslua o( dycamita la th mall town of Danmorf, Pa aear Scrantoo. Two houses were destroyed) and. sareral others badly dimifxt NEW YORK. April . pecUl- One of the worst mln dlaaatera Tr aperleaced ia Oklahoma waa reoal aaplusloa at McCurtala, ln tedtately after lha sccUlest relatl'res. trleads a4 eo-worsera of tba snrra ktlleJ ssthered at the mouth ef the mip to obtain awa ot them. Mrs. Cornelius Tanderbilt recently tendered the use of the ballroom la her Fifth-avenue mansion to the Car ter Mission arid the Lace Industry As sociation, philanthropic organisations of New York. Specimens of Lace frro various countries were en sale. The Indian booth was In charge of Mrs. Austta Cray, Miss iJoroUiea Kane and MIsa Karjorio Cnrtis, . members of the exclusive set. e e Heavy storms In Eastern Georgia re cently caused, the Savannah River to overflow Its banks and flood the busi ness streets of Favannah. Much, dam age waa dona to foods stored In base ments. Merchants were obliged to re move their stocks to the second story. The depth of water In the reaideaee streets caused, much Inconvenience to W. A. F. Ekengren, at present coun sellor and Charge d'Affairs at the Swed ish Legation at Washington, has been promoted to the rank of Swedish Min ister at Washington, In succession to Count Albert Ehrensvard. The, new Turkish Cabinet Is bavin Its hands full of trouble with the war with Italy dragging along and con tinued disorders. The Cabinet includes nine. members, beaded by Prince Said Uallm Pasha. e .J. Emery Harriman, Jr.. Inventor of the aerocar. bas Just launched the first of his machines and named It the Sealandair. It has not yet been in the air, but its trisl on the water of Dor chester Bay was satisfactory. In a 14 mlle wind with three passngers aboard, tt developed a speed of sight miles an hour against the wind. A 10-horse-power motor was used. In the air it will have 125 horsepower to propel it and Mr. Harriman thinks it will make 20 miles an hour. Tha air proreller will be installed within a month, when the first air trip will ba essayed. e Mrs. Willism II. Taft attended a few days ago the exhibition of the. Woman's Industrial League, which is being held at Grand Central Palace in New York. She wae met by a committee and es corted through the halls, where she ex amined the specimens of women's work with great Interest. At the exhibition of the work of the blind. Mrs. ti stopped for quite a long time, shook bands with the six blind women who were at work and made many Inquiries concerning- their condition. e . The Guatemalan government follow ing the example of other foreign na tions, haa ordered in America two au tomobiles with light guns mounted on them to be used for scouting purposes In time of war. They were tried out recently and proved satisfactory to the representative of Guatemala who was sent to accept them. e Aviator Coffin, who was catapulted from an automobile when it went over the side of a bridge in Central Park, is now In a hospital seriously Injured. The machine belongs to the City of New York. Coffin was riding In it as the guest of the private secretary of the Commissioner of Water Supply and was on his way to the- Croton Water Shed, where he wanted to . look -over the ground preparatory to making flights. The machine, which was prob ably going too fast the park ordi nance calls Xor eight miles an hour- skidded on the wet driveway- and ran into the railing guarding the bridge. Coffin and the Commissioner's secre tary were thrown to the asphalt road way and badly hurt. COLLEGE GETS TWO FARMS Total of 1 40 Acres Secured for Dem onstration Purposes. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallls. April 6. (Special.) Arrangements have been completed by the authorities of Oregon Agricultural College for the establishment of two demonstration farms in Central Oregon a 40-acre farm near Redmond and another of 100 acres at Metolius. This announcement was made last night after the return of President Kerr, Regent C. L. Hawley and Pro fessor H. D. Scudder from an extended trip of investigation through Central Oregon. Professor W. I. Powers, of the col lege faculty, who will superintend the Irrigation farm, leaves the first of the week for Redmond. C. C Cunningham, of the Kansas State Agricultural College, will have charge of the dry farm. . He has been superintendent of the fort Haya Cry Farming Experiment Station, which Is known as one of the largest In the United States, and is regarded as an authority on dry farming problems. The Game of Couples. For the large party where there are an equal number of men and woman, the following game will prove excellent entertainment. Make out a list of famous couples, drawing your characters from history, literature, mythology, and nursery rhymes. Choose couples who are con nected In the popular mind with some definite act or scene. Romeo and Juliet, Lord or Lady Macbeth, Jack Sprat and his wife, Orpheus and Eurydice, Prls cllla and John Alden will suggest many others to the well-Informed mind. Give each guest a slip of paper bear ing the name of his or her character, and tell the company that they must be gin to hunt for partners. But as it is important that no one shall betray his identity except to the partner, the In direct method of questioning must be used. For Instance: Macbeth may go around dellcatly asking each lady if she ever instigated or assisted in a murder, until he finds one who will make such a confession. Eurydice might inquire among the gentlemen if any one is skilled in music When the company is all paired off, require each couple to give a panto mime act suggesting the - famous couple they represent. . Lady Macbeth paces the floor anxiously, until Lord Macbeth rushes in with a knife in his hand. To add a touch of burlesque and make this act a little harder to guess, a penknife should be used. Orpheus comes out of the next room playing a mouth organ. Eurydice follows him until he looks over his shoulder at her. Then she airily waves her hand to him and runs back. Each guest Is pro vided with a pencil and allowed to write down his guess as to the identity of the couple. A prize may be given for the most accurate list, and the couple presenting the best act may be suitably rewarded. Events That Influence Life. Bulwer-Lytton. There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct from- the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own influ-. encea. . - 1
