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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, tl'EDVE'DAY. DECEMBER 2, 1914.
AUTHORITY OH
NAVAL
STRATEGY IS DEAD
Admiral Mahan Overtaxes His
Strength in Study of Prob
lems of European War.
FAME KNOWN TO KAISER
Attainments Recognized by Daniels
in letter to Widow Writing
Recently Discontinued in
Deference to Wilson.
WASHINGTON', Dec. 1. Rear-Admiral
Alfred T. Mahan, U. S. N.. retired,
acclaimed in naval circles as the "great
est modern -writer on naval strategy,"
died at the Naval Hospital here today,
aged 74 years. Death was due to heart
trouble. The Admiral tad been in fee
ble health for several weeks, but he
was not taken to the hospital until last
Saturday and it was not generally
known that his condition was critical.
Admiral Mahan had greatly overtaxed
his strength in study of the present
irreat Kuronean conflict and it is
thought that the many long hours he
elevnte-d to following the naval opera
tions of the belligerents probably
caused the breakdown which hastened
his end.
Wilson's Proclamation Obeyed.
In the early stages of the present Eu
ropean war Admiral Mahan, whose
works are naval textbooks known al
most the world over, discussed for the
newspapers the significance of the va
rious naval maneuvers. He gave up
these activities when President Wilson
issued his proclamation exhorting Navy
and Army officers to desist from any
thing resembling a partial discussion of
the conflict in order that the position of
the United States might be one of strict
neutrality.
He, however, did not relax his close
observation of all that went on In .u
rope.
Admiral Mahan came to Washington
from his home in Quogue, Long Island,
in early Autumn and had planned to
Fperid the Winter here in Washington.
Surviving are his widow, two daugh
ters. Misses Helen and Ellen Mahan,
and one son, L. E. Mahan. Commo
dore Dennis H. Mahan, U. S. N., re
tired, now at the Naval Station, Tu
tuila, Samoa, is a brother.
Military Ceremonies Avoided.
Funeral services will be held from
Bt. Thomas' Episcopal Church, in this
city, tomorrow night at 9 o'clock, the
rector. Rev. C. Ernest Smith officiating.
In accordance with Admiral Mahan's
expressed wish the services will be of
the simplest character. There will be
no military ceremonies and no honor
ary pallbearers. The body will be
taken by members of the family to
Quogue, L. I., where interment will be
made Thursday morning.
On hearing of the deuth of Admiral
Mahan, Secretary Daniels addressed a
letter of condolence to Mrs. Mahan in
which he said:
"Admiral Mahan was not only a fine
type of naval officer but possessed a
lovable character that endeared him
to all with whom he came in contact.
His attainments, which gave him- a
world-wide renown, were of immeas
urable value to the country he loved
and served, and though he is gone, his
works happily remain as a guide and
Inspiration not only for this genera
tion, but for all that are to come.
Writings Accepted as .Authority.
"What he so ably and convincingly
wrote was accepted at home and
abroad as authority, and there are no
enlightened peoples who are not fa
miliar with his name.
"In your distress you must feel a
solemn pride that throughout the world
today h'.s passing will be learned of
with deep regret, not only because of
the high esteem in which his name is
held, hut because be leaves In the
world of achievement a place that can
not be filled."
Describing what he sought to do in
his books. Admiral Mahan has said he
was impressed by the failure of his
torians to allow for he influence of
sea power on the march of events
which have many times made over the
maps of the Eastern and Western
hemispheres.
Effect 'of Sea Power Explained.
He sought to make tne historical
aspect of sea power paramount to that
of military, political or economic
movements without, however, as he
himself said, of divorcing them from
their surroundings of cause and effect
in general hisrory, but seeking to show
how they modified tUe latter and were
modified by them.
Among Admiral Mahan's best-known
works are '"Ufe of Admiral Farragut,"
"Life of Nelson." embodying the sea
power of Great Britain: "Sea Power in
Its Relations to the War of 1812," "The
Interest of the United States in Sea
Power," "Some Neglected Aspects of
War," "From Sail to Steam," and "The
Problem of Asia."
In Germany his works have been
translated into the national tongue by
order of the Kaiser, at whose behest
they have become textbooks for the
German naval officers.
Emperor William has been for 25
years a close student of all that Mahan
had written, and, it is asserted by im
perial command, even magazine articles
have been reproduced in the German
tongue, that nothing from the great
American authority should be lost to
the .Kaiser s officers.
The Admiral's literary achievements
had been widely recognized. In 1894
Oxford University (England) conferred
the degree of D. C. L. on him, and later
he received the degree of L.L. D. from
Cambridge (England), Harvard. Tale.
l ana Columbia. He was a mem
ber of the American Academy of Arts
and Letters and of the National Insti
tute of Arts and Letters.
at Seaside is a city street or a county
road was filed in the Circuit Court this
afternoon by R. R. Cole against the
City of Seaside.
The action was brought to restrain
the defendant from selling two lots in
Mulkey's First Addition of Ocean
Grove to collect a $558.39 assessment
levied against the property for the im
provement of that thoroughfare. Judge
Eakin has granted- a temporary re
training order pending hearing of the
case.
The complaint recites that, although
Seaside passed an ordinance some time
ago assuming charge of all streets
within Its confines and later awarded
a contract for paving Seventh street,
the thoroughfare is and always has
been a county road, over which the
municipality of Seaside had no control.
The complaint says this street is a part
of the Columbia Hignway, for the Im
provement of which a portion of the
funds raised by selling $400,000 in roau
LACK OF REVEHUE
STAMPS i CRIME
Treasury Department Sends
Telegram Reassuring Those
Liable, to New Tax.
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Rear-Admiral A. T. Maban, U.S.N
retired. noted authority on
strategy of ea warfare wk
died ycMterday.
bonds has been set aside. It also avers
that the road district has levied taxes
for the purpose of - improving this
highway.
PEACE TALK PREMATURE
MUflSTKR T.tS DIKE SAYS PRE9
EXT IS SOT TIMES TO ACT.
Strong Desire of People of Holland for
Termination of War Communicated
to Mr. Bryan.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 Dr. Henry
Van Dyke, American Minitser to The
Netherlands, back from his post on a
month's leave, described to Secretary
Bryan today the earnest desire of Queen
Wilhelmina and the people of Holland
for the early ending of the European
war.
Dr. Van Dyke denied an oft-published
report that he was the bearer
of a personal letter from the Queen re
lating to peace, but said he had re
ported to Mr. Bryan merely on "the
state of mind" of the people of Holland
and conditions generally in Europe, as
he had studied them. After talking
with Secretary Bryan for an hour Dr.
Van Dyke indicated clearly that the
present did not seem a propitious mo
ment to put forward definite proposals
for terms of peace.
"The desire of the United States for
peace," he said afterward, "is a well
known fact. The decision as to the
proper moment for us to act is in the
hands of my chiefs. The President and
the Secretary of State can be trusted
to determine when that moment arrives."
The Minister expressed the hope that
when the time for the settlement of
the war arrived, the United States
"would play a noble part in bringing
peace. He also was sure that the
heart of Holland would be with the
United States in such efforts, though
he would not venture a prediction as
to just what form the co-operation of
Holland or other neutral countries
might take.
Dr. Van Dyke will talk over condi
tions in Europe with President Wilson
tomorrow, having been invited to take
luncheon at the White House. He came
to the United States primarily, he said,
to have his eyes treated, and expected
to leave Washington tomorrow and sail
for Holland on December 13.
WETS'-HEARING POSTPONED
Seattle Case Against Statewide Pro
hibition XTp Today.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Dec. 1. The hear
ing in the case brought by M. and K.
Gottstein. wholesale liquor dealers of
Seattle, to test the validity of the
state-wide prohibition law adopted at
the election on November 3 was post
poned toaay until 10 o clock tomorrow
morning.
The temporary writ issued last night
restrains Secretary or State I. M.
Howell from announcing and Governor
Lister from proclaiming the result of
the orricial canvass of the election
returns.
CHIEFS. AWAIT GUTIERREZ
(Contlnuni " From First Page.)
the Brazilian Minister, Mr. Silliman
was able to secure the release of those
detained and the opening of the of
fice, the officer in charge being
prompt with accommodations when
Mr. silliman's card was shown him.
The censorship that will be established
will not apply to foreign representa
tives.
"General Angeles arrived Saturday
and remains outsido of the city. Mr.
Silliman called on him and he kindly
offered the use of the military wire
for foreign representatives, the cable
having been interrupted.
"General Angeles was attentive,
obliging and friendly. He spoke ap
preciatively of the United States. The
Zapatistas are compelling the return
of personal effects removed from pri
vate dwellings by Constitutionalist.
Banks and stores are resuming busi
ness. Thirty thousand pesos were
collected for - hospitals on Thanksgiv
ing day.
Oregon Postmasters . Named.
OKEGOMAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 1. As a result of civil
service examinations, Anna M. Ellis has
been appointed postmaster at Gari
baldi. Or., succeeding C. F. Alexander,
and Pearl M. Erickson was appointed
pastmaster at Warren, vice J. S. Bacon.
GOOD FAITH IS REQUIRED
All Returns to Be Dated Xovember
SO Until Rush Is Over and Ac
count to Be Kept Collec
tors' Offices Besieged.
WASHINGTON. Dec 1. Thousands
of persons in many cities who spent
hours today rushing to the offices of
internal revenue collectors, alarmed
over their inability to obtain revenue
stamps to comply with the new revenue
tax law were needlessly frightened
over what might happen if they were
not on the minute with their stamping.
The Internal Revenue Bureau In the
Treasury Department itself was much
worried over tne task of getting the law
into smooth working order, but found
time late in the day to send telegrams
to collectors making it plain that the
Government has no intention of prose
cuting anybody subject to the tax who
shows that he is willing and ready to
buy stamps and pay.
Collectors Are Reassured.
Frantic appeals from collectors in
nearby cities telling of crowds besieg
ing them demanding stamps resulted in
a telegram tonight, signed by Commis
sioner Osborn and sent to all collectors
to clear up the difficulty.
it said:
"Date all special tax returns Novem
ber 30 until you are able to handle ap
plications promptly, unless you have
nformation that no effort was made to
file same prior to that date. If un
able to supply demands for document
ary stamps for bills of lading permit
shipments to go forward, have record
kept and affix or cancel stamps when
received. Notify railroads."
By this notice the commissioner's of
fice expected to relieve a situation
which promised to become embarrass
ing to thousands of Individuals and
might have resulted in much confu
sion to the railroads and shippers of
the country.
Tons of Stamps Furnished.
Officials here explained today that
everything possible was being done
here to get ready to enforce the law.
The bureau of engraving and print
ing has worked night and day since
the law was passed, turning out the
new revenue stamps, and they have
been shipped away from Washington
many tons at a time. The problem of
furnishing stamps to all applicants has
been complicated, however, by the fail
ure in some instances of collectors to
regard suggestions from Washington
that all applicants receive a sufficient
supply to last a few days and not be
permitted to load up with large quan
tities.
Information here is to the effect that
in some cases applicants have secured
supplies to last months, while in the
same communities others have been
unable to get stamps at alL
As an illustration of the vast number
of stamps required and the enormous
amount of work necessary here, it wai
pointed out that many articles in drug
stores are subject to the stamp tax.
Many drugstores carry possibly 100,030
such taxable articles, and there are
thousands of drugstores throughout
the country.
Officials say Congress did not facili
tate the work of the Revenue Bureau,
but rather hampered it, by failing to
give any additional appropriation to
permit it to prepare for carrying out
the new law.
The bureau tonight made public an
nouncement that certificates issued by
officers of a state in the Interest of the
tate are not subject to the ax. Cer-
iflcates issued, by officers of the Gov
ernment at the request of private per
sons solely for private use are to be
stamped.
NEW YORK OFFICE IS STORMED
Police Required to Handle Appli
cants for Stamps.
NEW YORK, Dec, 1 A throng of
more than 10,000 persons stormed the
United States Internal Revenue offices
in this city today endeavoring to buy
the new war tax stamps that have to
be affixed to many documents and pro
prietary articles. Thousands who had
to wait in line became so demonstra
tive that extra police were called to
keep them quiet.
Collector Anderson estimated that
20,000 persons reeclved the stamps be
fore night.
The fact that the passengers on two
steamers sailing today for Europe had
engaged passage before the new law
went into effect prevented the Govern
ment from collecting $7740 from them
under the new tax. The two vessels
carried 2580 passengers who had paid
more than $30 each for their tickets,
and. consequently, would have been
subject to the war tax of S3 each.
Freight Moves, Unstamped.
PITTSBURG, Dec 1. C. G. Lellwyn,
internal collector, today allowed freight
to move in the Pittsburg district, al
though many bills of lading did not
bear the stamps provided for in the
new tax law. There were some stamps
when business began, but the demand
was so great that the supply was soon
exhausted and the collector telegraphed
to Washington for more.
He received a reply telling him to
allow the movement of freight, but to
keep a record of all such bills of lad
ing, and when the stamps arrived to
cancel the necessary number.
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COMING SUNDAY
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Hi 111 III lArl U I N r I I States of America, this aopears to have
ULUI IU Lll LrilllLU been Incompletely reported in America. With EdmUnd BreeSS
JEWISH CRISIS DECLARED
Kellef Committee Appeals for Aid
for Sufferers From War.
1 1 AJJM1SS1UJN 1UC
Five British Billions in Amer
ica include Investments.
FIRST REPORT INCOMPLETE
Lloyd George Issues Statement to
Dispense ' False Impression in
Regard to His Assertion
of Empire's Finances.
LONDON', Dec. 1. As a result of re
ports made by American correspondents
of London newspapers that the state
ment of David Lloyd George, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, to the effect
that the United States owed Great Brit
ain about 1,000.000,000 sterling .(about
$5,000,000,000), has caused surpriso in
the United States, Mr. LloyJ George to
day gave the Associated Press the fol
lowing statement:
"Judging from the comments which
have appeared in the American press on
the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
statement on Friday last. In the House
of Commons, with regard to exchange
between this country and the United
States of America, this appears to have
been Incompletely reported in America.
Mr. Lloyd George's actual words as re
ported In the official report were:
America, I suppose, owes us nearly
1,000.000.000 in fixed and floating cap
ital, but we could not buy. It was im
possible to do any business. Why? The
exchanges had broken down- This pa
per machine had crumpled and some
how got out of order, and the result
was that no business was possible.'
"This statement seems to have
reached the United States in the form
that America owed the United Kingdom
1,000,000,000 without any explanatory
words that this sum was owed in fixed
and floating capital. These words, of
course, make it quite clear that Mr.
Lloyd George's statement referred to
the total British invested capital in
America and in no way to America's
Indebtedness in respect of the current
balance of trade between the two
countries." I
In a statement concerning the finan
cial condition in Great Britain, Mr.
Lloyd George told the House of Com
mons last Friday that the financial
deadlock which followed the outbreak
of the war was due to inabililty to
collect outstanding debts abroad. He
was quoted as saying that the United
States owed Great Britain $5,000,000,000
and as adding, "but we could do no
business.
NEW YORK. Dec 1. The greatest
crisis that has faced the Jewish people
in i modern times" now confronts that
race, in the opinion of the American
Jewish relief committee for sufferers
of the war. This committee, organized
here in October at a conference of more
than 100 National Jewish bodies, today
announced the election of Louis Mar
shall as chairman, Cyrus L. Sulzberger
as secretary, and Felix M. Warburg as
treasurer.
With the announcement was Issued
an appeal for funds to assist the com
mittee to aid impoverished Jews in the
European nations at war. It was said
that more than 9,000.000 Jews live
within the area of conflict and that
600.000 of them are In the actual war
sone in Poland. Galicia and along the
Whole Russian frontier.
"Hunger, disease,' destitution in . its
eitreraest form," the appeal declares,
"confront a Jewish population as nu
merous as that of BelF;iuTn:
Fund to Develop Caves Asked.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1. The South
ern Oregon Natural Traction League is
urging the Oregon delegation to obtain
an appropriation of $2o,0C0 to build
SEASIDE STREET IN COURT
(Seventh Not . City's Tut Columbia
Highway Unit, Is Plaint.
ASTORIA, Or Dec. 1. (Special.)
A suit that involves the moot question
of whether Seventh or Old Main street
Today and Remainder of This Week
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