St. Johns is Calling You
-Ha teven churches.
Has a moil promising future.
Distinctively a manufacturing city
Adjoins the city of Portland.
Has nearly 6,000 population.
Has'a public library.
Taxable property, f 4,500.000.
Has large dry docks, saw mills,'
Woolen mills, iron works,
Stove works, asbestos factory,
Ship building plant, .
Veneer and excelsior plant,
Flour mill, planing mill,
Box factory, and others.
More industries coming.
St. Johns is the place for YOU.
St. Johns is Calling You
Is second in number of Industries.
Is seventh in population.
Cars to Portland every 16 min.
Hns navigable water on 3 sides.
Has finest gas and electricity.
Has two strong bonks.
Has five large school houses.
Has abundance of purest water.
Has hard surface streets.
Has extensive sewerage system.
Has fine, modern brick city hall.
Has payroll of J 95.000 monthly.
Ships monthly 2,000 cars freight.
All railroads nave access to it.
Is gateway to Portland harbor.
Climate ideal and healthful.
ST. JOHNS
Devoted (o (ho Interest! of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest
VOL. 1 1
ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1914.
NO 3
UNCIL MEETS
How Linnton Was Named
Industrial News of State
Prosperity on the Way
Always Get Around It
A Fine Entertainment
Will Surprise the World
REVIEW
'.CO
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Matters of Importance
Receive Attention
. All members wore present at
jthe rcgulnr meeting of the city
'Council Tucsdny evening, with
Mayor Vinccnf presiding.
Several property owners of
Willamette boulevard between
Polk and Buchanan streets ask
cd that the,' assessment reach
aback to the center of the block
jmstead of part way. The as
Cessment having been made, no
".change was ordered.
A communication from the W.
.C. T. U. asked that the curfew
ordinance be more strictly on
forced. Mrs. Kerr, Mrs. Scott
,iandJMrs. Monahan were present
rand told of conditions where
.children were on the streets
.i.lonc7?after tho curfew had rang.
.Chief of Police Poff stated that
tho police department had been
endeavoring to keep the children
irom the streets after the bell
hadtolled,"but that it would re
quire a largo number of police
.men to keep them" all off the
streets, andjthnt he bclievod the
parents should show more re-
Sard for tho welfare of tho chil
rcn and see that thei' were
homo at Jthe 'proper hour. It
was decided that a notice be
. published in tho official paper
" advisinrt parents to keep their
children oif tho streets after the
curfowrings orTthoy would bo
aumect to arrest.
ti A! 'communication from ihe
i Commercial Club asked that the
'. contractor on tho South Wil
' lamotto boulevard improvement
bo compelled to remove excess
dirt thereon. Referred to tho
engineer'and 'chairman of tho
street committee.
A communication from tho
Portland Railway, Light & Pow
, or Company offered .to install a
new Bchcdulo relative to arc
jlfghtalln which -longer sUivico
?"Tfor tho samo price" was offered.
1 Tho matter was roforrcd to tho
' water and light committee to in
vestigate moro minutely.
Lynn E. Coovert, attorney for
, Mrs. Nancy Caples in the Tyler
street case, asked $100 from tho
citylfor services rendered, claim
ing tho city to bo tho beneficiary,
and not Mrs. Caples. Tho coun
cil decided that it was up to Mrs.
Caples to mako tho title to tho
street clear, and tho city was
, not involved in tho expense
created thereby. Tho matter
was tabled,
M. Talbot of tho Port of Port
land Commission asked that tho
proposed removal of an arc light
'. at tho corner of Crawford and
Pierce streets bo not made, con
, tending that it furnished light
for tho employes of tho dry
docks in tho ovonings. Tho
Western Cooperage Company
bbo asked that tho light at tho
head of tho now driveway on
Willamette boulevard bo not
changed as proposed. It was
decided to not mako either
change until a more careful in
vestigation had been made by
the council.
Mr. Royer asked that ho be
not burdened with all tho cost of
constructing aprons leading to a
' private alley at his property on
Willamette boulevard. The coun
cil decided that tho city had
naught to do with it; that it was
a matter for the contractor and
property owner to settle between
themselves.
Tho council agreed to pay one
half of the excess cost of im
provement on Burlington street
in front of Mrs. Tuft's property,
but sho was not Satisfied with
the arrangement, and the matter
was not definitely settled.
Bills amounting to $103.55
were allowed.
William Gatton offered to sell
to the cifcy-- about five acres of
land on. " the Gatton tract for
$1600 an acre to be used as a
cemetery. The matter was held
over for a week's consideration.
It was decided that the fire
engine loaned the city by A. G.
Long be returned.
The committee on furnishing
employment for the unemployed
in the way of wood cutting was
granted another week for final
. report.
The new Cooperage roadway
was accepted, at a cost of $5,
13X22. A'contract for installing five
. "fire hydrants in the city was
' ' presented by the local water com
pany .and referred to the city at
torney. An ordinance amending Or
. dinance No. 906, and permitting
clube and other organizations of
. 300 members er more to sell
How Linnton camo by its
name is told in Fred Lockley's
interesting "in earlier days"
.nlnmn in flin .Tnnrnol nf fltrt
Aitii moium, uiiu win inuuuuiji
be quite interesting to our read
ers: "Wo reached Dr. Whitman's
mission on October 10. 1843,"
said Mrs. James Hcmbrce of
Lafayette. "From Dr. Whit
man's we went to Fort Walla
Walla, now called Wallula. Most
of our train decided to try to
iitu n.,i ...:n ..t.ni.i..
tako their wagons and oxen on
through to tho Willamette valley.
but my father and a few others
thought it was so late in tho
year that they would leave their
wagons at Fort Walla Walla and
go down tho Columbia on boats
and on rafts.
"It took nearly two weeks to
cut down trees and saw them
into planks with a nit saw.
They dug a pit and one man
stayed down in the nit. and an
other stayed on the log, and they
sawed enough planks to build
llatboats for our party. They
built two flatboats and two Rood
sized skiffs. Jcsso Applcgato,
Peter Burnett, William Beagle.
J. B. McLain and a number of
others, besides our own family,
left their oxen and wagons at
I'ort Walla Walla and went down
the Columbia. Peter Burnett
hi rod a Hudson Bay boat, and
an Indian as pilot. Dr. Whit
man also was with us, as ho was
going down to Tho Dalloa to get
his wife who was visiting there.
"1 wi l never forgot our trip
through tho rnphls of tho Colum
bia. Tho water seemed to pile up
on both sides of our boat. One
of tho boats tipped over, nnd
one of Jcsso Applcgatc's boys
was drowned, Ellslm Apple-
gato, Lindsay Applegato'a boy,
and Will Doko succeeded in
swimming out. , Two other men,
C. M. Stringer nnd McClelland,
were drowned. Ono of theso
mon was a brother-in-law of
Jcssa- Annlccrate. Our boat
camo very near getting wreck
ed coming through tho rnpidB by
hitting a rock, but fortunately
it did not upset.
Wo stonped at iho Dalles tor
a little while, and then went
down tho Columbia to Iort Van
couver, whore Dr. McLaughlin
was moro than kind to us.
"Potor Burnett and Genera
M. M. McCarver had decided to
start a town when they got to
the Willametto valley. Thoy
picked out a place on tho Wil
lamette river fivo miles above its
mouth, and cnllcd it Linnton,
after Senotor Linn. Quite a few
of Peter Burnett's friends de
cided to cast their fortunes with
them in tho new town. Tho
Coopers, tho Penhingtons. the
Beagles, and our family all set
tled at Linnton. When we went
there three was one house, but
the men soon had cabins built,
and we stayed there all that
winter. General McCarver,
Peter Burnett and tho rest of
the men spent tho winter mak
ing a road from Linnton to tho
Tualatin plains."
Tho road they constructed is
the old road over tho hill back
of tho school house. There is
one or two or more of tho old
log cabins in the woods of Linn
ton still standing, forgotten by
all except perhaps two or three
of tho old timers. Linnton
Leader.
Fraternal Brotherhood
The basket social and dance
given by the Fraternal Brother
hood last Friday evening was
well attended and a very enjoy
able evening reported.
Wo are pleased to state that
the Drill Team of St. Johns
Lodge No. 545, won the cup at
the recent joint meeting held in
Portland. The team consists of
16 members, and when arrayed
in their natty white uniforms
made a very attractive appear
ance. The members are: Anna
Dryden, Irene Hartle, Hattie
McKinney, Mary Simmons. Amy
Asper. Fayo Heck, Maud Strick
land, and Pearl Beyer; John
Beyer, Wesley Heck, hlmer
James, George Welshhous, Carl
Bergman, Will Courtney, Charles
Asper, Fred Piper; captain,
James Welch; banner bearer,
Ed. Powell.
liquor to members reached final
passage, when it was lost on a
four to three vote.
An ordinance prohibiting scat
tering of debris on the streets
was passed.
A new crate was ordered by
the buildings and grounds com
mute at the crematory.
Out of a total area of 61,186,
480 acres of land in Oregon, 63.-
216,317 acres aro under Federal
control. Tho forfeiture of the
O. & C. land grant will add 2,
074,161 acres that will bo drawn
from taxation.
A campaign has been started
in Portland to consolidate and
wipe out boards and commis
sions and reduce state expenses
half a million.
Lebanon votes December 7 on
establishing an electric light
plant.
A plant on tho McKcnzie is
producing 250 gallons turpentine
and 6,000 pounds of rosin per
month.
Astoria mud flats are to be
filled in by the dredge Columbia.
The North Bend Manufactur
ing Co. has orders for doors from
England.
Tho new creamery nt Hood
River opens with F. W. Bluhm
manager.
Tho municipal railroad in
sures two new saw mills near
Grants Pass.
Tho S. P. Co.
have bought the
coast to Eureka.
is reported to
lino down the
Tho State Press Association is
leading in n fight to cut down
running expenses of Oregon
half a million.
Tho State Reform School with
88 boys November 1st, cost $73,
450 for tho biennial period, or
$835 per capita.
Tho S. P. yards at Brownsville
aro being filled with building
mnterials for reconstruction
work.
Tho Estnbrook Company of
North Bend nnd Bandon is get
ting out 70,000 tics per month.
Warrcnton Is taking steps to
build n first class high school.
Willamette Iron and Steel
Works have put a largo forco to
work repairing tho Santa Cata
linn, a burnt steamer.
Tho Portland Gas and Coke
fiomtinnv will Inv Jtu . mninn
arouiid Milwaukee ooTaccount of
an ordinance cutting tho prico
of their gas to $1 per thousand
feet.
Coos Bay sent nearly six mil
lion feet of lumber to the San
Francisco market tho last two
weeks of October.
Tho Troy Laundry will erect a
$10,000 dry cleaning plant at
Astoria.
ABtoria will vote on n $25,000
bond issuo for parks.
bt. Helens firemen will build
an Athletic club.
A Famous Case
Tho famous Winters case, the
fight of W. E. Purdy. lato non
partisan candidate for Governor,
for tho possession of a brick
block in Portland, is boforo tho
Supremo Court. It has been be
fore tho high court once before.
on appeal from decision of Judgo
Mcuinn. Tho case attracted
much interest originally because
of the strange fact that II. D.
Winters left a property, in good
times easily worth $100,000. to
a man not related to him. They
were partners and closely con
nected in business for fifteen
years. After Winters' death
Purdy produced a deed to tho
property which had been buried
at request of decedent, who died
intestate, in the tirst suit no
heirs showed up. But when
Purdy's title was contested,
seven sets of heirs, no one set
being kin to the other, appeared.
There were sixty in all and on
their behalf twenty-nino lawyers
were employed. The court call
ed a jury and allowed each set of
heirs three challenges and the
state had three challenges.
Purdy had three challenges and
there was a long struggle getting
jury. Purdy tried his own
case, and it took three weeks.
Court reporting cost $20 a day,
and the cost run up into the
thousands. Among the witness
es were old white haired women
from the far East, and fees and
mileage bills were enormous.
Candidate Purdy argued his own
case for two hours. Ralph Cit
ron and John F, Logan appeared
as special counsel tor uovernor
West. A petition signed by 17,-
000 citizens was presented to the
Governor asking him to inquire
into the charge that Purdy had
forged the deed. There will
probably be. bills for tho legis
lature to pay for counsel em
ployed to escheat the case. One
strange feature in the trial was
admitting as evidence the
former opinion of tho Supreme
Court in the Winters case, writ
ten by Justice McBride.
Foreign business coming to
the United States in the shnpe
of huge orders for army supplies
will pay tho emergency tax,
which it is now necessary to
levy to assure tho U. S. Treasury
an amnio working balance.
many times over. This strict
j neutrality of this country en
forced by President Wilson en
ables the American manufactur
lers and laborers to reap the
benefits of this opportunity.
As summarized by the New
York Journal of Commerce, this
is tho situation:
' Investigation in several lead
ing trade lines shows that with
in tho past month there has
been a most encouraging flow of
now nnd extensive orders for
such important urticles from our
American mills as blankets, cot
ton goods, leather and steel.
Tho war, according to recent in
dication, has brought to many of
our largest corporate mnnunctur
ing organizations not a few or
ders for thoir products, which
will keep them busy in opera
tions or some time at least and
in one or two instances establish
new record on amounts of ma
terials required to fill single
orders.
Tho increasing activity of
agents or buying contractors
representing foreign countries,
both neutral and belligerent, ac
cording to soino trado leaders,
has induced a feeling of the
greatest confidence for the im
mediate and near future of our
industrial operations, which, in
turn, cannot help but oxert a
beneficial influcnco toward bring
ing about general improvement
of business in tho United States.
Advices received from Middle
West cities show that large or
ders have been placed by-some
of the European belligerent na
tions for leather in largo quan
tities nnd shoes. Tho confirma
tion of rumors concerning tho
competitive rnco which is on nt
the plant of 'the Bedhlohem Steel
comnany among manufacturers
of nutomobilo trucks to win the
record orders for such trucks
about to be placed through that
company for tho rrench and
Russian governments hns been
but ono of tho many indications
of a real boom in export buying
which nract cally ovcry branch
of our American nutomobilo and
auxiliary trades now believe has
begun. The henvy foreign pur
chasing, it is stated, further
more, will not end with the close
of hostilities in Europe, accord
ing to those now participating,
but may easily bo expected to
continue in even far greater
proportion after tho war than is
now being realized. According
to one optimistic estimate of the
increase in export trado which
our domestic manufacturers oi
automobiles will realizo after
war concludes, tho output of our
plants will bo quadrupled over
tho present capacity.
The textile industries have
also como in for a good share of
tho extra foreign business al
ready necessitated by war opera
tions abroad. Several largo New
York State underwear mills that
have been closed because of the
slowness of trade in this coun
try, are now running full and
over time, in some cases, on or
ders received from foroign gov
ernments for use of tho armies
at war in Europe. In addition
to the orders already reported
on wool underwear, it was learn
ed that good sized contracts of
this kind have been placed for
men's cotton fleece lined under
wear. The amount is not
divulged, but it is known to be
large, and enough to keep mills
busy for some time.
Sweater coat manufacturers
have also put in bids for orders
of half a million garments each
from the EngliBh and French
governments. Orders aro ex
pected on further business this
week. Coats costing from $10.-
50 to $18 a dozen are wanted.
Khaki color is preferred, but
gray will be taken, it is said.
Orders of such size, of course,
cannot be handled by ono or two
mills in the delivery time that is
wanted, so the business is ex
pected to be parceled out among
a number of mills.
Additional orders for 20,000
dozen cotton sheets for export
are being figured on by mills.
As previously reported, orders
from foreign governments have
already been received on 40,000
dozen cotton sheets. Eastern
Exchange.
Too bad tho whales havo about
all been slaughtered. They
might be scooped out and con
verted into submarines.
The rjconle alwavs find some
way of getting around a fool
law. In one small county in
I Wisconsin there have boon "sol
emnized" no less than eight
common-law marriages since the
socallcd eugenic marriage law
was declared constitutional in
that state. Tho common law
marriage consists in little more
than tho agreement on the part
of the mnn nnd womnn, in the
presence of witnesses, to accept
each other as husband and wife
and to nssumo tho responsibil
ities and privileges ordinarily
attached to such a union. The
contracting parties were persons
who had refused to submit to the
"medical examination" required
before a marriage license may
be issued. In the rest of the
stute the same proportion will
doubtless hold. In other boards,
the citizens of Wisconsin arc
dodging tho law, ns the citizens
of nil states dodge all freak and
fanatical laws. There is no
limit to tho distance to which
some of those Inw inventors will
go. That was well illustrated
in Chicago, recently, during the
National Convention of Alien
ists, in tho La Salle Hotel. The
discussion that day had been
upon the rather "advanced"
topic of the desexing of dofec
tives. After the meeting a
nowspnper reporter interviewed
one of tho prominent physicians
in tho lobby. Tho eminent
medical man was asked if he
really advocated such ideas as
wcro discussed at tho meeting.
"Yes," he replied, "and 1 would
go further. Do you see that
beautiful specimen of womnn
hood over yonder tho lady in
tho sable furs who is holding
tho poodle dog in her arms?
Well, if I had my way, I would
compel that woman, by law, to
havo a baby in her arms. And
do you bcc the fine young man
speaking to her? Ho is probably
a young man about town, a
bachelor, with no responsibil
ities, no family cares, no home
except n bachelor apartment I
would compel that man to mnrry
such n woman as the one to
whom ho is speaking, nnd I
would compel them, by Inw, to
havo children."
If this doctor had his way he
would provido for tho propaga
tion of the species under police
supervision- for his plan would
mean nothing less. And yet his
proposal is not a whit more fool
ish nor absurd than dozens of
others which go into tho legisla
tive hoppers every year, bomo
of them die in tho committee
rooms, hut others emerge, full
fledged and appeal proof laws,
to stand, stumbling blocks, in
the path of the real progress.
Globe Press Clipping Agency,
A Bad Mixup
In handling tho slugs which
make up tho lines in a news
paper, and in separating tho var
ious items, the makeup man
sometimes gets tho lines mixed
up, and thoy naturally read
rather queer. As an illustration
of what can happen, wo cite tho
mixup of tho Bangor. Pa.. News
a few days ago when the printer
got a wedding and an auction
sale mixed up with the following
results:
"W Ham Smith, tho only son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Smith, and
Miss Lucy Anderson were dis
nosed of at public auction at
my farm ono mile east, in tho
presence of seventy guests, in
cluding two mules and twelve
head of cattle.
"Rev. Jackson tied tho nuptial
knot for the parties, averaging
1,250 pounds on hoof. The beau
tiful homo of tho bride was deco
rated with one sulky rake, one
feed grinder and two sets of
work harness, nearly new. and
just before the ceremony was
pronounced the Mendel and Sons
wedding march was rendered by
one milch cow. fivo years old.
one Jersey cow and one sheep,
who carrying a bunch of bride's
roses in her hand, was very
beautiful, she woro one light
spring wagon, two crates of ap
ples, three racks of hay, one
grindstono of mouBseline de
sole and trimmings with about
one hundred bushels of suds.
The bridal couple left yesterday
on an extended trip. Terms,
spot cash."
There are 3,732 men and
women actually employed on. tho
wnrk nf thn Pnnnmn RynnHlHnri
either on the grounds or in the
down town othce building.
A pleasing musical entertain
ment was given in the building
of the First Trust & Savings
Bank on East Fessenden street
Monday evening under the aus-
prices oi the East St. Johns Im
provemont Association. The
OYcnt was attended by a largo
audience, and no admission fee
was charged. The room was
handsomely decorated for the
occasion nnd the fine musical
numbers rendered were greatly
enjoyed. The program was as
follows:
Introductory remarks Presi
dent George A. Carter.
Piano Solos "A Sylvnn
Ulade" and Phyllis" Mrs.
Carrie R. Beaumont
Recitation Mrs. Wigg's Sun
day School Mrs. Edna May Will
Bush.
Vocal solos "Wcro I to be a
Rose," "A Birthday," and "In
tho Time of Roses" Miss
Beatrico Kirkup.
Piano duet "Mazurka Origin
alo" Miss Louise Odell and
Mrs. Beaumont.
Recitation Selection from
"Unc Edinburg Drownin" Mrs.
A. M. Odell.
Vocal Solos-" At Dawning,"
"A China Tragedy, "and "Mam
my's Lullaby" Miss Beatrico
Kirkup.
Piano Solos "Tremolo,"
"Minuet" Mrs. Beaumont.
Recitation' ' Gentleman, the
King"-Mrs. Bush.
They Will Return
"Will good times over re
turn?" inquired n pessimist in
speculating on his Christmas ex
penditures. Of course they will!
Why not? Hero's tho why of
tho will:
Thero is just as much money in
tho country now as there over
was.
Tho farmers havo just harvest
ed ono of tho biggest crons in
history and arc selling nt good
prices.
rcdcrnl reserve banks havo
been opened and millions of dol
lars of now monoy will be placed
at tho disposal of the banks of
tho country.
iho banks In turn will havo
plenty of money to loan to big
manufacturing nnd other in
dustries for operating capital.
Theso concorns in t ho r turn
Lwill start tho wheels of com
merce to revolving nnd millions
of unemployed men nnd women
will return to work.
I'oreign governments aro plac
ing heavy orders for all kinds of
supplies needed in prosecuting
inuir wur.
Other orders for American
mndo goods are pouring in from
all parts'of tho world.
The financial situation has
clarified, congress has adjourn
ed, banks aro opening up their
vaults, and great manufacturing
industries aro preparing to open
up again on an extensive scale,
many of them oven now calling
in employes who woro laid off
many weeks ago.
It is on the way--and hitting
the high places.- Ex.
Are Finding a Market
Oregon apples aro finding a
market in far away Siberia and
the call for stock this year is
unusually heavy. A shipment
somo time ago of 125 boxes of
Hood River apples to Vladivostok
was received in excellent con
dition and met with ready de
mand from tho natives. Within
the last few days other ship
ments havo gone forward, being
routed by way of Puget Sound
from which points thoy will go
by steamer to Japan, thence to
Siberia. No advice has been re
ceived as to tho prices at which
these apples are sold to tho
ultimate consumer.
The new Hoke cannery at
Medford has closed its first sea
son and hns been able to pay a
dividend of 6 per cent, a very
unusual result of the first year's
operation of a cooperative con
cern. The cannery put up 35,-
OUU cases of uoguo River Valley
fruits and vegetables during the
season and the management ox
pects to at least double this rec
ord next year.
Building Permits
No. 59-To W. R. Hollonbeck
to repair residence on Hayes
street between Aita and Haiti
more streets; cost $300,
From the Chicago Tribune:
This article is written by a
man in the secret service of a
great world power. Under tho
guise of a professional aviator
ho has flown over every capital
in Europe, making photographs
with a secret camera attached to
his mnchinc for the war ministry
archives of his government. As
a designer and operator of aero
planes he is known tho world
over. His article, therefore,
deals particularly with the air
equipment of tho various Eu
ropean nations for war:
Whatever the final outcome of
the war, this is certain: Ger
many is going to surprise tho
world by her mastery of tho air.
For Germany and not Franco
ranks first in war aviation. Tho
ponderous dirigible, not the fleet
aeroplane, is tho most destruc
tive mnchlno that soars. Ucr
mnny stands ready to assail
Paris, Warsaw.and even London
by an attack from the air, nnd
tho odds are against the defend
ers. While rrenchmon have
been capturing tho prizes in
aerial contests, Germany has
been far from idle. After ox-
licrimcnta with every kind of
engine that Hoars the air sho has
abandoned tho newer, heavier
than air creations for tho dirig
ible of ancient origin. This sho
has made tho deadliest machine
that flics.
Germany and Franco represent
two distinct and different types
in air fighting. France stakes
her all on the aeroplane. The
Gnome motor is her foundation.
Germans cannot duplicate it.
Tho Russian air corps aro a moro
shadow of tho 1 reach system.
Austrin patterns her weak air
corps after Germany. Eng
land's system is a composite be
tween tho two without tho per
fections of either. Iho dirig
ible is a fighting mnchinc n
dreadnought of the air. And
tho aeroplane is a scout cruiser.
and littlo else. Why dirigibles
surpass: It carries a crew of
from ten to twenty-live men to
tako observations and direct
operations. Can carry as much
ns twenty-livo tons or nitro
glycerin cartridges sufficient to
demolish Chicago. Can hover
over a city during night time
n silence, and while slower,
can outmaueuvor an aeroplane,
inasmuch as it can hold a station
ary position, while an aero
plane must keep moving.
Carries rapid lire guns which
can be aimed with deadly ac
curacy. An aeroplane carries
four men at best. It cannot
carry oiiective pieces oi
ordnance nnd cannot drop bombs
with any accuracy.
It can be heard and located by
sound a mile distant, while a
dirigiblo painted sky color with
motors and light shut oil' can
neither ho heard nor seen at
night at a distnnco of 700 feet.
In tho war archives of Ger
many aro complete plans for
aerial attacks on both Paris and
London. Details for such at
tacks havo been figured out with
Metz as tho base. For an at
tack on London thoy calculate
upon leaving Metz as darkness
falls, crossing the channel at a
height of 8,000 foot. Under or
dinary circumstances London
would bo gained before mid
night. Then the bag would bo
dropped to 3,000 feet and tho
work oi destruction begun. Us
nitroglycerin cartridges could-
render London helpless in a few
hours, l'urthermoro, tho iSng
lish capital is inadequately pro
tected with searchlights with
which to detect a night attack.
Any of the nine non-rigid dirig
ibles in tho Hrltish service
would be unable to cope with
ono rigid Zeppelin. Attacks on
Paris havo been outlined from
the same base- Metz. Paris is
better protected by sky search
lights than London.
rranco has 33 dirigibles, but
all of the non-rigid type, which
cannot be compared with tho
giant Zeppelins, of which Ger
many hns lu, with as many moro
dependable dirigibles of other
types. Un the Russian frontier
Germany will find but trifling
resistance to her air fleets. Ger
many virtually is impregnablo
to an air invasion. At Metz,
Leipsig, Cologne, Baden-Baden,
Hanover, Frankfort and Johan
nesburg she has the most power
ful searchlights in tho world.
If, as a Chicago doctor says,
one-fourth of the cancer fatali
ties are due to a wrong diagno
sis, it would seem to bo in order
for somo ono to diagnose tho
"docs."