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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1907. NEW EXPLOSIVE irks WONDERS United States Has Secret Which May Win Next War for Us. CAN TEAR SHIPS TO PIECES Dunnlte Proves Superior to Shlmose Powder, With Which Japan Won Great Naval Victories Over Russia. NEW YORK. Aug. 18. The Times today says: "The experiments at the Sandy Hook proving grounds with Dunnite, the high explosive invented by Major Dunn, of the Ordnance Corps, U. S. A., have proved that the United States possesses in Dunnite the secret of an explosive perhaps more powerful and destructive than any other explosive ever invented. "Dunnite, Army officers say. is more powerful than Shimose. the explosive with which the Japanese did such ter rific execution in the naval battles off Tort Arthur and Vladivostok and in the Sea of Japan. Shimose ordnance of ficers say the explosive is a compound of picric acid, the secret of which is known to the ordnance officers of all the first-class powers. On the other hand, the secret of Dunnite is in the exclusive possession of the United States Government. 'In the recent tests of Dunnite at pandy Hook it is said that the very best five and six-inch armor plates that could be obtained were used as targets. The result of every shot was the same. The armor plate waj smashed into thousands of small pieces, it Is said, by their tmpact. The Impact of the Dunnite is also all that Is necessary to accomplish the destruc tion of the target. Penetration Is not necessary, the impact being such that the armor Is shattered Into countless pieces. Tears Ship to Pieces. "The dropping of Dunnite shell on the deck of a battleship, it Is said by many ordnance officers, would mean the immediate sinking of that ship, not by penetration of its vital parts, but simply by racking the vessel until her seams opened and the inrush of water sent her to the bottom. This, It is said by some ordnance officers, was the way that the Japanese put the Russian ships out of commission. They would drop the Shimose shells on the decks, and the destructive Shimose did the rest. "In a recent Issue of he Army and Navy Journal, editorially speaking of runnite, says that 'with a detonator you can- send it five miles and sink the biggest Dreadnaught without a hair's breadth of penetration." Colonel Me. dorem Crawford was, asked about this statement yesterday afternoon, and said that it was true. Colonel Crawford, who is the com manding officer at Fort Wadsworth, yesterday said: "DVmnite when it explodes against the tide of a ship racks the armor so that the seams open up. letting the 'water in and sinking the ship. The Japanese. did not sink the Russian ships by shooting holes into them, but by racking them with Shimose. As for Shimose, which is a compound of picric acid, it Is so violent that It blows the shell Into thousands of email pieces. As for Dunnite, that Is the secret of the American United States, and we hope that it is superior to Shi mose. " Must Armor-Plate Ships' Tops. The Army and Navy Journal editorial that has brought Dunnite Into the public eye again, declares that the last tests of Dunnite have given naval officers, who witnessed the tests at Sandy Hook, a great deal of food for deep thought. The smashing of the best armor plate, such as used In the construction of protected decks of battleships and armored cruis ers, makes It necessary now for some body to' "get busy and think up some new policy as to armor plate up top." "The tests at Sandy Hook," the Army and Naval Journal says, "were made this last time with reference to glancing shots. Plates were inclined top. forward and bottom forward, and set up at i side wise angles to the line of fire. But in every case the result was the same. Pic ric is no respecter of angles. It smashes on impact in every direction. The old Idea that the Impact explosion defeats Itself, .neutralizes the force of the ex plosive, has itself been exploded. "Ever since the beginning of the war between Russia and Japan this theory of the impact explosion has been merely a paper theory. Practically, it was refuted by the Japanese every, day they were at work on the fortifications of Port Arthur." PROTEST AGAINST INSULT Americans in Manila Approve New Law About Flag. MANILA. Aug. 23. At a mass meeting of 3000 Americans resolutions were adopt ed protesting against Indignity to the American flag and congratulating the Philippine Commission on the enactment of a drastic law prohibiting the display of any ensign except the American in the Philippines. The resolutions also Invite the Filipinos to Join the Americans in making the policy of the Philippine Com mission successful. Among those who delivered addresses was Congressman McKinlay. The new law prohibits, under heavy penalties, the public display of any flag other than the American except those of recognized foreign nations. It is be lieved here that the law was passed by direction of the President and Secretary of War. The Filipino Nationalist party has adopted resolutions disclaiming any In tention of showing disrespect to the flag and affirming its loyalty to the Ameri can Government. HANSON IS GRANTED TITLE Litigation Over Land Covers Period of I 7 Years State to Appeal. . OLYMPIA. Wash., Aug. 23. (Special.) A legal battle between the state and a resident of Chehalls County, Involving 160 acres of land, was fought out before the United States Land Office here today. The case has been to Washington and back again, has been pending 17 yea'rs and Is only here now because Land Com missioner K. W. Ross wrote a personal letter regarding it to Congressman Wes ley L. Jones. Christopher Hanson settled on the land In 1690, but It was unsurveyed. August . 1SU3. Hanson died. In September, 1S')2, surveys were made and It was discovered Hanson had squatted on school section 36. townBhip 10. range 12. Hogan Hanson was appointed administrator and tried to file on the land. This was refused by the Land Office, the law permitting filings by heirs, but not by administrators. Later Hanson offered a filing as an heir, but' this was rejected because it was made after the expiration of the 90 days al lowed squatters to file on school lands. Hanson took appeals and lost both be fore ihe Commissioner of the General Land Office and Secretary of th In terior. In 1901 Hanson tried to reopen the case before the Secretary and last year filed a brief with the Secretary and in terested Congressman Jones in 4he case. Jones wrote to Ross about it and Ross, in reply, protested against Jones' state ment that Ross would do all In his power to assist the entryman. Ross 'wrote he felt it his duty to protect the state's rights first, mentioned that the state had already granted a railroad right-of-way over this land and, in closing. Mr. Ross said he would be glad to see the matter settled if a plan could be devised so the state could secure lieu land and Hanson would approve of the grant of the rail road right-of-way. Congressman Jones took this personal letter to the Secretary of the Interior, who ordered the case to be opened. No tice was sent here that the local Land Office would accept Hanson's filing on the land unless the state protested. This no tice was mislaid and no protest was made. Today Hanson offered his final proof. Mr. Sharp, of the Attorney-General's office, appeared in the Land Office and argued that the Hanson filing should not be accepted, contending that when the Secretary of the Interior, years ago. had ruled against Hanson's entry, title to the land had passed Immediately to the state under the enabling act. The- local Land Office held against this contention. The state will probably appeal the case to the Commissioner of the General Land Office. XOKTHEBX PACIFIC SENDS OCT WARNINGS. All Available Rolling Stock Will Shortly Be Required to Handle the Grain Crop. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 23.-(Special.) "Hay and coal shippers should place or ders for Northern Pacific cars at once if they expect to have their business han dled promptly. To delay will be fatal. The rush of wheat shipments will com mence within two weeks and In handling the wheat traffic other business will necessarily have to take second place." This warning to shippers was made public today by the traffic department of the Northern Pacific. Hay producers of the North Yakima country have been complaining much because they could not get cars to transport their product to market. - "The Jiay growers have no ground for any complaint. We are anxious to fur nish them cars to avoid a congestion of traffic, or, rather, a shortage of cars for hay later in the season when wheat is moving In volumes," declares an official in the transportation department of the railroad. "There Is at present no short age of cars for hay shipments. ..We could handle much more coal than is be ing mined." OVERTURES ARE REJECTED Southern Railway Does Not AVant Hearing Stopped. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Overtures tentatively made by Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, for the suspension of the present hearing of the North Carolina rate case until after the question of Jurisdiction of United States Circuit Court Judge J. C. Pritchard has been de termined by the Supreme Court of the United States, were rejected today by counsel for the Southern Railway. The plan of the Governor as outlined by special counsel for the state was to suspend the present Inquiry because of the expense attached to it, but the South ern Railway argued that In order to ex pedite the adjustment of the controversy necessary facts in relation to the cost of doing business in North Carolina should be gathered pending the settlement of the Jurisdiction of the courts. Fortify City Against, Plague. HOQUI-SM, Wash., Aug. 23. (Special.) The presence of the dreaded bubonic plague In San Francisco Is causing con cern among the health authorities in Hoquiam and Aberdeen and the officials of these cities will take active measures to prevent the importation of this dis ease. Should conditions warrant, a quarantine will be placed on all vessels from the Bay City. Hay Shippers Get No Cars. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug., 23. (Special.) The words "car shortage" are once more heard. For the first time this season hay shippers yesterday were com plaining they could not get cars for Puget Sound. Grain has begun to move and railroads can make more money carrying grain than hay. The Grand-avenue bridge over Sullivan's Gulch Is completed, the final work on the paving of the deck having been finished yesterday morning. The Inter national Contract Company, of Seattle. Wash., built the bridge. It is a steel structure 60 feet wide and over SOO feet '.ong. It rests on solid concrete and steel piers, which have clusters of piles for foundations. These piles for the central piers were driven 100 feet deep. The contract price for the bridge was $58,000, but there will be some extra expense for laying double tracks of grooved rails, as the Portland Railway, Light A Power Company decided Jt wanted tracks over .the bridge after the specifications for the structure had leencotnpleted, but the company will pay the additional cost. The roadway la paved with, asphalt on six inches of concrete. The sidewalks are paved with concrete. - The construction has been watched closely by City Engineer D. "Wt Taylor, and the building committee of the Executive Board, composed jot Mayor Lane, W. G. McPherson and Max Fleischner. The bridge appears to be solid and strong. At th j south end 'of the bridge copper plates on both sides attached to the side walk railing, give the names of the builders and the building committee. At present the bridge cannot be used by vehicles, as the street leading to it at either end has not yet been Improved; but it Is open to persons afoot. The bridge is to be paid for cut of the fund raised by the bridge tax. ALL MUDDLED OAFS Costly Blunders of British Army Officers. WASTE AS BAD AS GRAFT Parliamentary Committee Tells of Stupid Work, of Aristocratic Swells Outspoken Words of Their Teacher. LONDON, Aug. 17. In Its last report the House of Commons committee on public accounts denounces the extra vagance in the war office. At Alder shot, It says, $20,000 was expended on a shed to provide accommodations for the construction of a big military bal loon. So slowly did the manufacture of the balloon proceed, however, that by the time it was nearly finished other buildings had arisen in the im mediate vicinity and crowded so thickly about the shed that the balloon could not be got out and driven a chance to soar. The shed had to be taken down and re-erected elsewhere, and the Job this time cost 150,000. At Tidworth nearly $5,000,000 .was expended in building barracks for eight infantry regiments, though accommoda tion for only four was needed. The surplus barracks are being altered at considerable cost to house a cavalry regiment and other troops. Quite re cently $750,000 -was spent on the erec tion of a mounted infantry school at East Bulford. That school has now been closed and the money has been lost. Near Fermoy $175,000 was ex pended on the purchase of a slte-for ap other mounted Infantry school. Then the war office solons decided that they did not want a school there either. Meanwhile nobody has lost his Job In consequence of these colossal blun ders and nobody Is to be prosecuted. The most discouraging feature of the report Is the statement made by the committee that it is without: assurance that a more satisfactory result may be expected in the future, "as the military directors who now. frame estimates and control the progress of expenditures are transient officers, who only get to know their work thoroughly .by the time they have to go." The root of the trouble lies in the fact that the army is regarded as a sort of preserve for the sons of the aristoc racy and of wealthy men. Writing In the Cavalry Journal recently, General Baden-Powell said: "They join the army unable to make a precis or to write English precisely or even gramatically." The comman dant of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, which corresponds to Amer ica's West Point, Is still more outspoken in his condemnation of the young swells who come to him to be turned Into army officers. "Cadets from public schools," he writes," "cannot use the pen, they can not write or compose or think. They have neither Judgment nor Imagination; they are ignorant of history and geog raphy; in fact, they are quite unfit to follow military instructors in the sim plest problems." NO" LIMIT TO ARBITRATION Root's Instructions to Delegates at Hague Conference. THE HAGUE, Aug. 23. General Horace Porter announced to the committee exam ining the obligatory arbitration propos als that Secretary Root has Instructed the American delegation not to vote on any of the lists presented by tne various powers giving subjects they would agree invariably to submit to arbitration, but to Insist on the American proposition for general arbitration as being the more likely to be accepted. " WILL NOT INVADE INTKRIOR France Denies Rumor and Says Harmony Is Unbroken. PARIS, Aug. 23. An official note this afternoon denies reports of dissension be tween the Cabinets of Madrid and Paris and stamps as false the statement that France proposed to Spain that they un dertake a joint expedition into the inte rior of Morocco. The note says the French government never altered its resolution not to undertake such an ex pedition. RAISULI DEFEATS ENEMIES Disaster Overtakes Army Sent to Rescue MacLean. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The State Department Is informed by cable that the bandit Ralsull has completely de feated a large force of men sent against him by the Sultan of Morocco In an ef fort to secure the release of Caid Mc Lean. The city of Alcazar was reported In great danger of attack. GRAND-AVENUE BRIDGE OVER SF OF WAISTS $3.95 Jap. Silk Waists .$1.95 $10.00 Silk Waists ...... $3.95 SHORT BOX COAT3, $10 LONG FALL COATS, values up to $20.00 ...?5i95 "Mb Suits ftm "son's Wholesale and Retail DM FOR GOVERNOR Idaho Millionaire May Head Democratic Ticket. LEADERS MEET IN SPOKANE AVallace- Mlneowner Denies Re Is Candidate, but Intimates He Would Accept Nomination. Committeemen for Him. SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 23. (Special.) Harry Day. Idaho millionaire, one of the owners of the Hercules mine and a mem ber of the Democratic State Central Com mittee, may become a candidate for Gov ernor. This Intimation was dropped tonight by several members of the State Central Committee who had a chance meeting at the Spokane Hotel. None of them would be quoted In the matter, but all admitted that Mr. Day is being urged to make the race and expressed the belief that he will be a strong candidate. Mr. Day denied that he Is to be a candidate, but did not say that he would not enter the race later. "I am having enough fun out of the po litical game as a committeeman," he said. "Show me that I can be re-elected for three terms and then sent to the Senate, and I will accept," he added facetiously. There were six members of the Stayte Central Committee at the so-called chance meeting tonight. Secretary C. E. Amen, who is also a member of the executive committee of the state committee, had been up north and Just happened to be In the city. Ramsey M. Walker, of Ken drlck, vice-chairman of the committee, had been on a hunting trip to Davenport, and by the merest chance stopped In Spo kane on his return trip. fa. W. Green7 burg, of Lewlston, had come up on bust ness, not knowing the other committee men were to be in town. Harry Day was t. SUIXIVAN'S GCI.CH COMPLETED. INTENSE ECONOMICAL INTEREST EXTRA SPECIAL Back Combs SEE WINDOW About 500 Coinbs to select from, values up to $2.00. Today, 49c values.?2.50 Linen Wash Suits In white and colors, val . ues up to $20.00 $4.95 Wash Dresses Exclusive garments in 2 piece and Princess styles, values up to $30.00 $7.75 Chic Tailor-made Fall Suits in large assortment at the usual J. M. Ache- White and black Lawn Suits Values up to $10.00 95c low prices. making his bi-monthly business trip to the city. Judge Edwin McBee, of Rath drum, and S. P. Donnelly, of Lakeview, spend much of their time In Spokane, and Just happened to be here yesterday when the other committeemen appeared. "There was nothing significant about the meeting." said the committee In chorus. "Mr. Day has our indorsement for the Governorship," said they all individually In the corner. EXTENSIVE PLACER PURCHASE T. L-. Greenough Buys 22,000 Acres in Wyoming District. SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 23. (Special.) Thomas I Greenough, millionaire min ing man and former partner of Peter Larson, has announced the purchase of 22.000 acres of placer ground in Fremont County, 22 miles from Lander, the near est railway point. The purchase price Is withheld. Mr. Greenough and his associates will expend $1,000,000 on improvements before they -begin work with their hydraulics. A. 3000-foot tunnel will be driven through a mountain to bring water on the ground. The water will be taken from the Little Popeagie River. Many miles of flume will also be built. "We have secured approximately 20 miles of ranches on Red Canyon Creek and other creels for dumping ground," said Mr. Greenough. "About $100,000 has been expended in prospecting the proper ties and It has been determined that the ground will average $1.04 a yard." WAIT TO HEAR FROM ST. PAUL Tacoms Machinists Expect to Be Called on Strike Any Moment. TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 23. (Special.) No word has been received by the machinists in the Northern Pacific shops here in regard to the expected strike. Nothing has been heard from the delegates at the National conven tion at St. Paul, and It Is thought that a settlement of the difficulties between the machinists and the railway com panies will not be reached. The men here would not be surprised to be called out any day. Nothing official can be learned, however, until word can be had from St Paul. City Water for Naches. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Aug. 23. (Special.) The new municipal water works at Naches City were opened today and r if Values up to $20.00 New Coats THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK ON THE COAST NOTICE TO can furnish you with Coats at New York prices. Send for samples. CO the people of the town are celebrating the event, tonight. The water works were constructed by public subscription and the water Is taken from the Selah ditch, which runs along the hillside behind the town. MORE WORK FOR TEACHERS Must Make Monthly Reports to County Superintendents. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 23. (Special.) Public school teachers must hereafter make monthly reports to the County School Superintendent as well as school year reports as heretofore. Superintendent of Public Instruction J. H. Ackerman has prepared a new form for reports and the blanks will be distributed before the new year begins. He has also prepared a schedule of school months, four weeks to the month, and. therefore. 13 months to the year. All teachers will make re ports on the same duy and covering ex actly the same period In each month. The reports will also show the number of children In school at various ages a fea ture not heretofore shown. GO OX WITH RAILWAY WORK Tacoma Company Will Not Stop, Despite Heavy Taxation. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 23. (Special.) Manager Dlmmock, of the Street Rail way Company, says the company will not stop its general Improvements or work now under way, as it was reported he had threatened to do if the tax levy as sessed against the company was not re duced. He says: "I didn't say before the Tax Board that we would not make any new Improve ments or that we would stop work on what Improvements we had started. I did say that such heavy taxation would have a tendency to stop all proposed im provements. Corporations cannot be taxed to death and still go on growing." WANDER FROM NARROW PATH Four Girls of Tender Ages Confined in the Yakima Jail. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Aug. 23. (Special.) Lily Abding, 15 years old, was taken Into custody at Toppep.ish today by Town Marshal LIndsey at the request of the Sheriff of Yakima County, and will be delivered over to the care of her mother tomorrow. Lily is a very pretty girl who was persuaded to leave her home In Walla Walla by a woman who brought her here for Immoral purposes. The offi cers of the law have had a great deal of trouble lately looking after young girls who go astray, and there are now four of them in . the County Jail, all 1" years of age or less. OREGON LAND OPEN TO ENTRY Eight Thousand Acres Restored to Public in Roseburg District. ROSEBURG. Or., Aug. 23. Eight thous and acres of public domain, situated in Curry, Jackson and Josephine Counties, were restored to entry yesterday morning after being In reserve for more than three years. As is usual in such cases, a large number of entry men were present to make filings and a string of 30 people lined up before the land office this morn ing, some of whom have been holding places In line for the last five or six days. Another bundle of 6000 acres of public land, located In Jackson County, will be thrown open for entry next Monday. Hand Mangled in Sawmill. WESTON. Or.. Aug. 23. (Special.) W. E. Lytle, head sawyer at the Blue Moun tain sawmill. 12 miles east of Weston, was brought to town by team in 55 min utes yesterday to receive surgical atten tion. While adjusting the box saw his right hand came in contact with that instrument and was frightfully wounded, the back of the hand being stripped of flesh and bone, including three knuckles. Yakima Chicken Has Four Legs. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Aug. 23. (Special.) James Lemon, of this city. Is the proud possessor of a chicken with four legs. The chicken is In good health. Will Visit In Old Yamhill. ' NORTH YAKIMA. Wash. Aug. 23. (Special.) Sheriff John" Edwards left for Vancouver yesterday to attend the Sheriffs' convention in that city. Mr. SILK SUITS In all colors, values up tc $7 7C $40.00 O Summer Dress and Walking $4.95 Fifth and Alder Sts. Hdwsrds was joined on the train by Sheriff Alex McNeil, of Benton County. After the convention Mr. Edwards intends to visit his old home in Yamhill County, Or., which he has not seen for 38 years. Hammond Raft at Astoria. ASTORIA. Or.,- Aug. 23. (Special.) One of the Hammond Raft Company's big rafts containing about 8.000.000 feet et piling arrived down the river from Stella last evening and will be towed to San Francisco by the steamer Francis Leggett. Another of the rafts will he ready to go to sea about September 5. Yachtsmen Feast Together. HAMBURG. Aug. 23. American yachts men who participated in the Kiel regar ta were banqueted last nlpht by the North German Tlr-ratta v'eretn. Cash -Is the word. On the balance of our Summer Silks we've now cut the price so low that we aak every customer to cash up on buying. $8.65 for suits sold all the season at $15.00 and $16.00. Special today Men's $1 blue chambray shirts, plain and plaited bosom 65 HON CiotiiingCo 166 and 168 Third 8L. UotuwJi. BuUiUdjt. Not a Third of the "Strangers "Within our cates" stop at hotels. They find fur nished rooms and boarding-places. And nine-tenths of them simply answer ads. The first reading matter they seek when they arrive in the city is- the Want Col umns of The Oregonian. Hundreds of them are this minute reading The Orer KOnian's "Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms" col umns. Is yours in the list? if