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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. XOVE3IBER 23, 1909. ". i Y. CRATERS OF MOON CAUSED BY BUMPS Professor See Says Satellites Rammed Into Lunar Body at Mile a Second. CAPTURE THEORY PROVED Planet Taken by Sun and In Turn Attract Satellites. Which Affect Obliquity Earth Gets Moon 400.000,000 Years Ago. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Nov. 27. Ei- tending and completing hie researches on the origin of the planets and satellites of the solar system. Professor T. J- J. See. United States Navy, astronomer In charge of the Naval Observatory at Mare Island, gave tonight to the Astronomical So ciety of the Purine an explanation of the origin of the craters on the moon, and then proceeded to apply the new theory to the obliquities of the planets, which, he said, overcame the last diffi culty in the way of the "Capture Th.nn' wmilr advanced by him as supplanting the" nebular hypothesis of Iaplace. Theory Will Be. Accented. Professor See remarked that there would now be less difficulty In seeing the truth of the impact theory than formerly, be cause he had recently proved the moon Is r.ot a part of the earth thrown, off by rapid rotation, but a planet captured from space. Dr. Sea said the typical crater on the moon was a large circular depression with steep walls inside and sloping walls outside, and a small p;ak in the center, with the top of It below the average level of the lunar surface. If anyone supposed the craters to be volcanic. It wss impossible, to account for the de pressions where the craters stand; and no forces directed from within could dig out the circular trough about the peak in the center. Then, too, the way the craters lie over one another shows that they are nothing but satellite in dentations. About the newer craters, the bright rays radiatlrg in all directions show that at the time of the collisions the force of the impact was such that matter was melted, vaporized and driven out from these centers in all directions. A satellite hitting the moon might have its temperature raised to 40 degrees or higher, and the bright .rajs from the craters were due to the spattering of highly heated matter. Target Shot Resembles Crater. The blazing flash seen In target practice when a shot hits the target was familiar to officers of the military Bervice. and the flattening and spread ing of the projectiles was such as to give a peak in the center of the mashed shell, while at the same time a rim is formed around it. Just like that seen about the craters on the moon. But the shot fired In the might iest target practice on the earth is as nothing compared to that In the heavens, where satellites from 20 to 50 miles in diameter had been hurled against the lunar surface with a veloc ity of over a mile a second, and thus produced blazing conflagrations some times covering the whole side of the moon. In a second paper presented tonight. Dr. See explained the obliquities of the planets by the impact of satellites against their surfaces. He said he had discovered the cause of the obliquities from the case of Jupiter, whose axis is nearly perpendicular to the plane of Its orbit. At one time. Jupiter's obli quity was larger than that of the earth or even Saturn. 28 degrees, but as the greatest of the planeis nad gathered In satellites moving about the sun in planes having the average position of the Jovian orbit, the equator had been tilted down almost into coinci dence with it. In this way had arisen the small obliquity of Jupiter, and a similar influence had acted upon the other planets. Saturn's obliquity would practically disappear if that planet could gather in enough satellites to make the mass as large as that of Jupiter. The obliquity of our earth, on which the seasons depend, is smaller than that of Mars: and Professor See said that the obliquity of Venus prob ably was smaller yet, not exceeding 10 degrees. What Dr. See Proves. In conclusion. Dr. See announced that he had now proved that the plan ets had been captured by the sun, and that their orbits had been gradually reduced in size and rounded up under the secular action of a resisting me dium: that the satellites likewise had been captured by their several planets and had had their orbits transformed in the same manner: finally, that the moon had been captured by the earth, and the craters on its surface had been formed by the Impact of satellites when the moon revolved among the asteroids or further out. The time in volved in the formation of the solar system was to be reckoned In billions f years and something like four hun dred million years may have elapsed since the moon was captured by the earth. In conclusion, he said all the principle phenomena of the solar sys tem were now fully explained in ac cordance with known mechanical laws, and astronomers had gained an unex pected light on the origin of the sys tems of the universe. TAFT'S SCHEDULE ALTERED Monetary Body May Not Reiort, Postal Banks to Wait. WASHINGTON. Nov. IT. Recent con ferences at the White House have pretty definitely developed two facts in connection with the universal pro gramme of the Administration at the coming session of Congress. The first Is that there is no probability of the Monetary Commission's report being presented or considered. The second Is that legislation looking toward the establishment of a system of postal savings banks will have to wait until the Monetary Commission's report is made, and a new currency law enacted. Representative Weeks, of Massachu setts, chairman of the House Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads, and Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, called on the President today, and when he left the White House Mr. Weeks said It practically had been determined that postal savings banks would not be con sidered at the coming session. This does not mean that President Taft will not recommend such a system of banks in hia message, but it is un derstood the chances are that he will agree to a postponement of the consid eration of this measure until next year. One of the arguments which the President bas used in connection with the establishment of postal savings : : Highly Efficient O Formula FOR XERVOl'S MEN AD AIL ING WOMEN. Coming from a source of un questioned authority on the ail ments of men it is presumed to be Infallible, while the profession generally endorse the ingredients and prescribe them In many dif ferent forms of various diseases. 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Astonishing nervous force and equilibrium follow the treatment, no matter how serious the case. This contains no opiates what ever and may also be used by women who suffer with their nerves, with absolute certainty of prompt and lasting benefits. banks is that the money secured through these agencies as deposits could very well be used in taKing up the 2 per cent Government b.onds which are a drui? on the market, and which the President thinks should never have been Issued at a low rate of Interest. ioleTEFI slain FATHER KILLED DEFENDING WIFE AND CHILD. Brute Drags Woman Into Woods Ater Hard Struggle and Shoots Her Through Heart. FRONTENAC, Kan.. Nov. 27. A lonely road a mile north of here was the scene of a triple murder and an assault on a woman -some time last night. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. William Bork. Germans of Frontenac. and their son two and one half years old. The attack on Mrs. Boric Is the supposed motive of the crime. Bork presumably was killed while trying to defend his wife. The child probably was slain because the murderer wished to silence him or feared he had been recognized by the little one. Mr. and Mrs. Bork and their child were last seen alive last night, when they started to drive home to Frontenac from the home of Mrs. Bork's mother at a point two miles in the country. This morfiing the Borks' horse and buggy were found standing in the road way at a deserted spot. In th,e bottom of the buggy was dis covered the body of the child, with a bullet wound in its head. Hastily pursuing their investigations, the searchers came across the body of Bork. lying In the middle of the road some distance away. Bork had been shot once in the head and twice In the body. A trail through the dust plainly led the searchers to a cornfield a hundred feet away, where they found the body of the woman. An assault had been committed upon her, and she had then been shot through the heart. Mrs. Bork had fought hard. Along the trail to the cornfield were found the slippers she had worn, rib bons from her hair, and her cloak. There had been a desperate struggle in trie field. It Is supposed that Bork was the first to be killed. The Indications were that he had been shot as he sat in the buggy, and that he fell from his seat to the road. Two bullets evidently were fired Into hia body after he fell. Another bullet then ended the life of the child. Bloodhounds were sent for and will be used In an effort to trace the slayer, who left no clew. WALSH'S NOTE MADE GOOD Property Will Be Tamed Over to Settle $7,000,000 Claim. CHICAGO. Nov. 27. It is understood that the guarantors on the note for 17,000.000. given by John R. Walsh to the Associated Banks, have about for mulated a proposition which they will make to the banks. Nearly $1,000,000 of property is pledged by the guaran tors in addition to that scheduled by Mr. Walsh to secure the payment of the note, the stipulation being that the property pledged by Mr. Walsh shall be exhausted in satisfaction of the amount before that of the guarantors is touched. In a general way it Is understood that the guarantors will offer to surrender their property at once to the banks, un der an agreement that In the event a certain price Is secured for the Walsh roads and other properties, the guar antors will get back the full amount of their property. This plan was sug gested in order to save wasting the val ue of the property in needless litiga tion. BIG STORMS CUT CABLES Three Isles In West Indies Isolated, Madagascar Mum. NEW YORK. Nov. 27. Heavy storms In th2 eastern zone of the West Indies have again cut off from cable communi cation the Islands of Antigua, Guada loupe and Martinique. The West Indian & Panama Telegraph Company reported today that cable com munication with the three Islands was Interrupted and that telegrams for those islands will be forwarded from neighbor ing stations at frequent opportunities. On the other side of the world the island of Madagascar is today also cut off from communication. No causes are as signed for the interruption by the cable company, which states that "a mail op portunity Is offered from Zanzibar at noon on November 28." Diagnosis Proves Rabies. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Nov. 27. The first authentic case of rabies or hydrophobia In California has just been proved Jby a diagnosis conducted by Dr. George Hart at the State Hygienic Laboratory at Berkeley, who reports that tests of In fected animals killed In Los Angeles and Ti .1 ,hnnr nrnnfjt rtf the presence of the disease. Dr. Keane. State Veterin ary, regards the situation as alarming. -V f II A ' " m l : i mlfp I '-i llftfyhc 1 r-W 'I - f . 'If I iS ,f tarn BEN SELLING DO. COOK VANISHES Only One Man Has Secret of Whereabouts of Explorer. HE IS TAKING NEEDED REST Explorer Suddenly Drops From Sight, Not Even Telling Bradley of His Plans Friends Are Loyal, but Mystified. (Continued From Flrt Page.) responded to a wireless message after his vessel had left port, as follows: "No one on board resembling Dr. Cook. Name not on passenger list." J. A. McCubin, purser of the Caronla, also replied to a wireless message as follows: "Unable to find Dr. Cook on board the Caronia." Not With Friends Ashore. From other sources it was Intimated Dr. Cook might be at the Hotel Chal fonte, Atlantic City, as a guest or his friend. C. F. Wyckoff. The hotel man agement said neither Mr. Wyckoff nor Dr. Cook was registered there, but Mr. "Wyckoff was found at the hotel subse quently. He said he knew nothing of Dr. Cook's whereabouts. Still another suggestion was that Dr. Cook might be with Captain George Comer, a friend at Mount Parnassus, East Hadden, Conn., but word came back from East Hadden that Captain Comer said he had not seen or heard from Dr. Cook. This Man Knows, Wont Tell. Mr. Wack. in admitting he knows where Dr. Cook Is. declined to give his address or to account In any way for the doctors sudden and mysterious disap pearance. Said Mr. Wack: "In the circumstances, he is at perfect liberty to make what plans he chooses. In due time he will give an account of himself and until then I hope he gets the rest he thoroughly deserves. The children are at school, and Mrs. Cook has left the Gramatan Inn and come to the house of a friend in this city." Bradley Feela "Sore." John R. Bradley, who is thoroughly exasperated with the whole situation, said: I am heartily sick of all this mys tery. Dr. Cook is under no contract to me. He can come and go as he chooses without seeking my advice or consent, but I did say today to Mr. Wack, when I read in the papers that Dr. Cook had sailed. I should feel properly sore, and that I should feel I had a right to feel sore, if the doctor had left for an ex tended trip without saying good-by to me. I don't know where he is any more than you do. If he Is in this coun try. It's all right. But why didn't he say outright where he was going? "I still believe in him. My stand tonight Is just what it was the day he landed. He has my allegiance until the University of Copenhagen has dis proved his claim." At the Grammatan Tnn it was said Dr. Cook departed on Wednesday last. Mrs. Cook left in the afternoon. No one at the hotel would admit they knew of Dr. Cook's whereabouts, al though several telegrams addressed to him were received at the hotel with the remark that they would be for warded. ARM TIED FOR SURE AIM Man Straps Self to Bed, Then Fire's at His Heart. CHICAGO, Nov. 27. (Special. Strap ping his arm to make sure of his aim, George Burch, 01 years old, a paralytic of Brockport, N. Y., shot himself through the heart in his room in the Western Hotel, Harrison and State streets. After placing a strap around his body, he tied himself tightly to the bed. He then tied his right hand securely to a bedpost, pointing directly toward his body. The revolver. In his right hand, also was strapped. The bullet penetrated his right side to the heart. BROTHERS ARE SHOT DOWN Double Killing at Houston Is Result of Previous Murder. HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 27. Paul and Lee Dunham are dead and E3 Weber is un der arrest charged with their murder here today. The killing is the sequel to the shooting and wounding of Sam Weber, a brother of Ed, It was alleged, by one of the Dunham brothers. Ed Weber shot and killed the Dun hams when he met them near this city. All are farmers. Warehouse to Be Built. VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 27. (Spe cial.) A $6000 general warehouse will be built by A. Rawson near the rail way on property bounded by Twelfth, Thirteenth, Moore and Lincoln streets. Mr. Rawson has written to the North Bank Railway asking for a switch to the site, and expects to begin construc tion in a short time. phonographic shorthand writing waa re Inverted by Pitman in 1M7. "77 Humphreys' Seventy-Seven Famous Remedy for Grip & Indian Summer is most prolific in its crop of Colds a dangerous time for careless people. Be prudent, carry in yonr pocket a vial of "Seventy seven," and take a dose at the first feeling1 of lassitude and weakness and head off a Cold that otherwise might hang on all Winter. Fits vest pocket Druggists, 25c. Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor. William and Ann Streets. New York. For TILLAMOOK Steamer Sue H. Elmore Will receive freight Couch-street dock, commencing Monday, Nov. 29, 3 per ton. Passenger rates from Portland 7.50; from Astoria. S. Telephone Main 861. Full Value At these stores of GOOD VALUES together with the largest and best assortment of READY-TO-WEAR apparel in the city justifies us in inviting your trade so BOYS and GIRLS When you ask your friends to make their purchases here you are simply doing them a kindness and if in addition you TRY for one of these AUTOMOBILES there is no good reason why you cannot obtain one. We are going to give FIVE of them away and no boy or girl has any great lead as yet. So begin tomorrow and enter the contest in REAL EARNEST and you may yet have the pleasure of riding 10 miles an hour at our expense. Fourth and Morrison ACTOR OUT; PROBE ON rOSTAL INSPECTOR LOOKS INTO SECURITY DEALS. Nat Goodwin's Recommendations Fail to Help Chicago Company, and Trouble Ensues. CHICAGO, Nov. 27. (Special.) The firm of B. H. Scheftels & Co., of New York and Chicago, Is to be made the subject of an inquiry by the Postofflce Department, following a complaint made to Postofflce Inspector Stuart here today. The matters which cul minated In this action, say the persons connected with the firm here, grew out of attacks by men with whom the con cern has been in litigation in New York, and the resignation as vice-president of Nat C. Oopdwin, the actor. Just announced. The firm's recent tribulations appear to have had their beginning In a sud den break in Its favorite security. Ely Central, which dropped from 14.50 to 60 cents in one day. Later the Raw hide Coalition fell from H-50 to 29 Suits for Men and Young Men $20 up to $40 Overcoats Likewise tH for Your MOVER cents. Both these stocks, it was re ported, formed a large portion of the Scheftels Company's dealings. Then Mr. Goodwin's resignation on the reported grounds that the "com pany's securities sold to the public are practically worthless," was a hard blow. Football Termed Murderous. RICHMOND, Va.. Nov. 27. Colonel John S. Mosby, the Confederate guerilla chief tain and later Land Commissioner of the United States, denounces football as worse than actual warfare. He maintains that the great number of fatalities rep resent so many' murders, and proclaims that the past and present ideals of man hood in the great American universities represent the difference between Stone wall Jackson and a pugilist. "The de fenders of such sport say it de velops the manhood of youth. I deny it, unless by manhood they mean physical strength. My Idea of manhood is a sense of honor and courage, and such qualities may exist in a weak body." Rail Complaint Probed. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 27. (Special.)-Carey a i - DA.Manit law firm hu written XE xveii, a i. ui . the State Railroad Commission that lh ( i .. ... V ii a Invent lea ted the demand . of residents of Warren. Or., for an agent and better station facilities at ForValueinWear In Style, in Fit no clothes in the world will give you the serv ice and satisfaction that STEIN-BLOCH SMART CLOTHES will. They are not cheap clothes they arc clothes that place a man in his proper niche before the world. Their materials are high class. Their workmanship, style and fit are recognized in America and England as the highest development in tailoring that can he found today. We have these clothes at your disposal, and ask you only to. try on not to buy. WASHINGTON AND FIFTH STREETS Money 3d & Oak A 1st & Yamhill 1st & Morrison Wari'an. Carey & Kerr state that there are .only three stores and not over a dozen houses at Warren, and that many of those who signed the complaint are either not residents of the town or have no business of any kind with the railroad. 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