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THE MORXIXG OREGOMAy. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1915. INLAND CITIES NOT SAFE -FROM- ATTACK Preparedness Is Demanded at Mid-West Conference of "v Prominent Persons. WOMEN BECOME CONVERTS Vttcranccs by Wilson and Bryan on Citizen Soldiery and Non-Resist ance Are Condemned by .Henry D. Estabrook. V DAVENPORT. Ia.. Oct. 14. Cities of the Middle West would be ir danger or attack in case of war, and women of the United States are becoming: con verted to preparedness, were statements made here today at the Midwest con ference on preparedness. Condemnation of certain utterances of President Wilson and William J. Bryan regarding citizen soldiery and non-resistance, and of the La Foilette xeaman's act as tending to prevent the creation of a merchant marine aux iliary of the Navy was uttered here by Henry D. Kstabrook, a New York at torney, at the 'banquet of the canfer crwe. Mr. Estabrook Senator Cum in Ins, of Iowa, and several other speak ers addressed an audience containing many members of the National Con gress, as well as representatives of most of the principal cities of Iowa and Illinois. "No nation threatens us in so many words." Mr. Estabrook said, "but who Is oblivious t( hints and Intimations? We boast our strength to repel attack when we know that we are weaker lhan dishwater. While other nations have been preparing for aggression we Jiave not made ready even for defense. Happiness Depends) m Auuriace. "The machinations against this Gov ernment at the moment are more sub terranean than submarine. Our duty is to defend against both. We must forthwith spend money for defense, and lots of it. We must know that we are safe even Irom the temptation of Attack. Our peace and future happi ness depend on this assurance." Mr. Estabrook said further that there Is "'no better auxiliary to a navy than a merchant marine, nor is there any instrumentality that contributes more to the glory and riches of a country." This brought him to consideration of the T.a Kollette act, which he .ar ncterized as "the stupidest piece of legislation in. the history of the coun try." "It should not be spoken of as an act to encourage our merchant marine, but to abolish it and turn our shipping over to Japan, for that will be the iitn total of its accomplishment." said Mr. Estabrook. Cummins Advocates Preparedness. Senator Cummins advocated a con sistent programme of preparedness to make the Nation, ready to defend itself and maintain its peace. "I have no sympathy with the pro posal to enter the mad competition for dominance which' has characterized the policy of Great Britain and Germany," mid; Senator Cummins, "but Congress should take Immediae measures to sup rly.the missing elements of our naval strength. However. I am utterly op posed to any plan for the reorganiza tion of the Army, including land re serves, that involves compulsory mili tary training except in schools. "The regular Aarray probably re quires some enlargement, but we should be conservative about the extent of its Increase. For the body of reserves we either must take the National Guard or create Federal militia and make the service so attractive that we will at all times have enough young men with military experience to furnish almost instantly an army of any desired strength." Women Are Brlns Converted. Miss Alice French. of Davenport, known under the pen name of Octave Thanet, was the only woman speaker at the conference. She expressed the belief that the women of the United states were becoming converted to pre paredness, for they were learning that the only way to insure protection for their homes was to be prepared to defend them from aggression. "Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago would not be immune from the attack of hostile armies should we become engaged in a foreign war," said W. M. Lewis, secretary of the Navy . League, in his address earlier in the day. "Al though farther from the border, you people of the mid-West must not feel secure. The border, once pierced, it would not take long for a veteran armv to reach you." WRECKED SAILORS LAND t'APTAlX AND CRF.W OF O. M. KKL I, (Hit; BEACH MIDWAY 1SI.E. Wife of Skipper Is One of Party Spending- Two Weeks on Hough Sea In Small Craft. MIDWAY ISLAND. Pacific Ocean, Oct. 14. The story of the fortunate es cape of the crew of the schooner O. M. Kellogg, after she was wrecked on a distant reef and had to be abandoned, was told today following the arrival of members of the clew, with Captain Limn and wife, here' yesterday. They had been afloat on the open Pacific in a small boat and in a sloop, which they borrowed on a neighboring island, for the better part of two weeks. The schooner, bound from Samoa to San Francisco, struck on Maro Reef on September 13. An attempt by the crew to float the vessel was at first suc cessful, hut afterwards she dragged anchor and drove hard on the reef. The crew, including the captain and his wife, left in two boats on September 16 for Laysan Island, northeast of Maro Reef. On the way they were compelled to abandon the smaller boat, all hands crowding into the larger one. The shipwrecked party reached Lay san Island -in two days and remained on the island for six days. Then they borrowed a small sloop from its owner on Laysan Island, and sailed for Mid- iv Island on October 4. They had a hard trip here from Lay san Island. encountering extremely rough weather, but aside from exhaus tion all hands were well on. reaching here yesterday. DREADNOUGHT KEEL IS LAID California to Bo First Klectrically Driven Battleship. NEW YORK. Oct. 14. Laying of the keel of the dreadnought California to day marked a new era in battleship construction. The California will be the first euch vessel in the world to be operated wholly by electricity. Ehe can be maneuvered in any direction by one man on the bridge. She will cost 15.000,000 and will carry 12 14-lnch rifles. Secretary Daniels, in a speech con cluding the brief ceremony, said the California would mark the most ad vanced step taken in naval engineering in many years. More than 1000 persons saw Com mander George H. Rock, chief of con struction at the yards, guide the . two center plates and the keyplate into po sition. He riveted them with four nickel-plated bolts. Workmen then placed a silver horseshoe and tablet just ahead of the point on the ways where the California's bow will rest. 55 KILLED IN AIR RAID BRITISH- COtXT LOSSES AFTER LATEST ZEPPELI.V ATTACK. Great Mass Meeting In Financial Dis trict Demands Reprisal in Kind by Bmblag Sleeping Towns. LONDON. Oct. 14. The raid of Zep pelins on England last night proves to have resulted in killing 55 persons and injuring 144. Of these, 32 killed and 95 Injured were in the London area. Of ficial figures given out today divide the casualties as follows: Worn- Chi!- To v Men. en. dren. tal. Killed 27 5 41 Injured 64 30 7 101 Totals 91 39 . 12 142 The official announcement says that five aeroplanes went up, but were un able to overhaul the Zeppelins, owing to the fog. Anti-aircraft guns of the Royal Field Artillery attached to the central force, were in action, and an airship was seen to keel over on its side and drop to a lower altitude. The attack resulted in more casual ties than any previous one. It brings the total resulting from German air raids up to 177 killed and 463 injured. The proposal of replying to German air raids by "borabinb his Bleeping towns as he bombs ours," received an enthusiastic indorsement at . a mass meeting held today in the great hall of the Cannon-street Hotel, in the financial district of London. Lord Willoughby de Broke and Will iam Joynson-Hlcks. member of Par liament, were the principal speakers at the meeting. "We have come here." said Lord Willoughby de Broke, "to urge on tba government that they- have got to take steps to atop the kind of thing that happened last night. The only way to do it is to treat them as they treat us. Otherwise they will continue in their policy whiic we sit still and suffer and become the laughing stock of Europe." Mr. Joynson-Hicks made a demand for reprisals which was couched in more emphatic language: "Let the Kaiser be made to realize what it means for his own people to be subjected, as we have been sub jected, to cold-blooded butchery in the dead of -night, and there will be a demand from one end of Germany to the other to stop the butchery in Eng land, in order - that they themselves may be safe," he said. "We must be prepared to send 200 machines, at the least, circling over Cologne, Coburg and other German towns, in order that the Germans may be made to realize the destruction the wrought last night and on other nights in our midst." BERLIN. Oct. 14. The German Ad- miraltv a.nnnnnca that fn l . - . . ....... 1,1 JCLDI. JUNIUS air -ald on hngiand the docks of Lon- uon, ine waterworks of Hampton and Woolwich and the batteries at Ipswich were bombarded. All ih. - ; v. : ; , . , -" ttuenipa are said to have returned safely home. EMDEN OFFICER AT HOME Means of Reaching Germany- Front America Kept Secret. BERLIN, Oct. 14. by wireless to Tuckertown, NT. J. The arrival in Ger many of Lieutenant-Commander Julius Lauterbach, who was executive officer of the German cruiser Kmden, Is an nounced by the Overseas News Agency. Lieutenant - Commander Lauderbach was taken prisoner when the famous Erreden was Anally destroyed by the Australian cruiser -Sydney. He was taken to Singapore, but gained his lib erty as a result of the mutiny or In dian troops. With three natives he put to sea In a canoe from Singapore and reached Sumatra- after seven days. Thence he made his way to Java Ma nila and Shanghai. ' From Shanghai he took passage for the United States under an assumed name, reaching San Francisco August 17. How he made his way from San Irancisco to Germany haa not been disclosed. GUARDIANLESS CUPID HIT Couple Fall In Mission at Vancouver "When Aunt Can't Give Consent. VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 14. (Spe al.) Fred Wheeler. 20 -voar. u whose mother died when he was a child,' was oeepiy disappointed today when he attempted to sret n mnrriae,, i ; . . marry Miss Mabel Zimmerman, both of i vruana. An aunt of voune- Whif when a child and reared him v did not go into court to be appointed guardian of her nephew. As a result, she cannot give her consent, though ne wanted to, to his marriage. The young counle went prti,.j hoping to be married there. VICAR'S FUNERAL IS TODAY Services for Rev. Felix Verwilghcn to Be Held at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) Bishop 0"Dea, of Seattle, will conduct funeral services for the late Rev. Felix Verwilghen. former pastor of St. James' Catholic Church, in that edifice at 10 o'clock tomorrow. There will be three bishops In at tendacc in addition to fully 50 priests of the Catholic Church from various parts of the Pacific Northwest. Father Verwilghen was vtcar-aeneral of h diocese of Seattle, and was pastor of the Vancouver parish from 1898 until about a year ago. He was very popular. Father of 22 Children Dead. MARINETTE. Wis.. Oct. 14. Peter Benedict, aged 99, a logging jobber and father of 22 children, the oldest of whom is 78, died here today. He vas the father of four pairs of twins. Texas County Dry by One Vote. HOUSTON. Tex.. Oct. 14. Complete returns received today show that the prohibitionists carried Calhoun County by a single vote at the recent election, The total count was 277 to 276. A con test is probable. An annual waste of W). 000,000 egg; takes nlaea in th T:nitrf States AIR RAIDS EFFECTIVE Zeppelin Officer Disputes Brit ish Reports. WARSHIP DECLARED SUNK Fort Also Hit Squarely by Bomb, Becoming Silent, and Targets Are Easily Seen, Young Ger man Tells Correspondent. BERLIN, Sept. 25. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Lieutenant Peterson, German navy, one of the few German officers who have repeatedly visited London since the outbreak of the war, is visiting Berlin, where a correspondent of the Associated Press had an opportunity to have conversa tion wif.h him on his impressions of the British metropolis. Lieutenant Peterson, a young, beard less, smiling Westphalian, is neither secret service officer nor returned pris oner of war. but one of the senior offi cers in the German navy's aerial fleet, and his visits have been made in com mand of one of the naval Zeppelins which have kept London In semi-darkness and apprehension since the open ing of the aerial raid campaign. He refutes the reassuring reports given out by the English as to the small ef fects of the bomb-dropping campaign. Destruction Easily Seen. "Mr. Balfour says that the destruc tive effect of the air raids has been small, almost insignificant from a mili tary snoint of view and that we are un able to see what we accomplish," re marked the Zeppelin commander. "We see and know better when we see a Dig factory -under us collapse after an explosive bomb has been dropped on it. or when we drop a fire bomb on the London docks or adjoining storehouses and see these burst into bright flames, we know that we are accomplishing something. "We cruise normally at great heights. but with good glasses we can see things piainiy. in a great city like London, particularly for one who has not visited it in peace times, it is of course im possible to say definitely that one has hit this or that particular bulldinsr. dock or storehouse. "Warship Declared Destroyed. "We can identify verv well, however. the general locality, particularly such as the dock district along the river or the city and banking district of Lon don, and we find our way easily to the spots selected for our attacks. "On one of our visits, and this is a fact that has as yet not been admitted by the British Admiralty, we witnessed clearly the destruction of a warship on the Thames, one on which a fair and square hit was scored. On another oc casion I dropped a bomb squarely on a ion. x could not tell precisely the ef fect caused, but from the fact that the guns of the fort, which had previously ueen conducting a vigorous bombard ment of the Zeppelin sauadron sud denly ceased fire and that the search light which had- been plaving on us went out after a flash of flame and a heavy explosion. I concluded that the damage had been very heavy; perhaps a magazine exploded." GRAVITY IS EXPLAINED SCIENTIST SAYS ATTRACTION IS MAGNETIC IN CHARACTER. Ether, Magnetism and Electricity AH Declared Action In Medium That Prnsdts Universe. VALLEJO, Cal., Oct. 14. Ether, mag netism and electricity are but different motions in a medium which pervades the universe. Professor T. .1 .r Government astronomer at Mare Island! Baia nere tonight In a popular lecture commemorating the discovery of the law of gravity. 250 vears asr"v hv sir Isaac Newton. Professor See's theory i"e cause oi gravitation, a question which baffled Newton and all his suc cessors, was announced more than a year ago. and now is before the-. Rnvoi Society of London, the body to which .. o icauim aiau were announced. The theory briefly is that universal gravitation Is an electro-dynamic force, and is transmitted across space with greater. velocity than that of light. "The theory that ether is stagnant. like Jelly In a bowl." Professor See said tonight, "blocked the way to the dis covery of the cause of gravitation until now. We have proved ether to be a gas," he said, "having particles flying .n a.n uireuuons witn a velocity one third greater than that of light. "The flying electrons pass through all gros bodies, like the sun and the earth, and whirl around the atoms In the form of electric currents. These ampere currents produce magnets and thus give rise to the magnetism of the sun and the earth. Between any two bodies there are more of these atomic ampere currents circling parallel to and in me same direction than in opposite directions. Thus arises attraction be tween ail bodies and we reach the cer tain conclusion that the entire physical universe is governed by electricity in motion. ' RAILWAY PETITION DENIED Observance of Long and Short Uaull Clause Required in Class Union. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Oct. 14. Application for per mission to continue class rates from Portland and San Francisco to North err Pacific stations In Idaho and Mon tana, without observing the long and short-haul provisions of he Interstate commerce act. was denied the O.-W. It. & N. and Northern Pacific companies today by the Interstate Commerce Com mission. The two roads were authorized to maintain class anad commodity rates between Portland and points on the Coeur d'Alene line of the Northern Pa cific without observing the long and short-haul provisions, such rates being subject to complaint. Investigation and correction. Child Killed on Farm Near Salem. SALEM. Or., Oct. 14. (Special.) George Shepherd. 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shephard. was killed on his father's farm six miles south of Salem today by falling from his seat on a wagon. The horses to which the wagon was attached started forward suddenly and the boy was thrown to the ground. B ELL-A MS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. luress - Uio) ween rectl Greater Even Than Our Last Great Neckwear. Sale $2 and $1.50 Neckwear . ,8c ' $1.25 and $1 Neckwear wear See the Great Window Display of PRE-HOLIDAY Neckwear 85c to $1.00 Neckwear 75 c Neckwear 46c Choose Your Neckties Now for the Balance of the Year The $1.00 to $1.25 Neckwear for 68c Every conceivable color combination and every new. dressy idea are reflected in this assortment of handsome scarfs. All are made up with the new and easy slip band. Choose your Xmas scarfs from this lot; you cannot make a mistake. The $2.00 and $1.50 Neckwear for 98c is made up of large flowing-end four-in-hands, which are distinc tive from anything else shown in the city. Made from rich, heavy . silks that are woven in brocade, Persian and conventional patterns, found only in the highest-grade scarfs. The 75c Neckwear for 48c is shown in all the new patterns and all the very newest colorings and in designs that are most popular. They are made extTa full size, and at 48c make one of the most exceptional lots of fine silk neckwear we have ever sold at such a low figure. The 85c to $1.00 Neckwear for 58c will suit your individual taste for in this lot will be found a scarf for every man, as the variety is so large and the colors so varied. They are made with large flowing ends, and all have the easy slip bands. Every scarf is new and every scarf the best that can be made for $1.00. In this sale only. 58c. First Floor, Wash. -St. Entrance cJ Merdind.o of Merit Ony" ANTHRAX IS CURED Local Antiseptics Alone Are Efficacious in California. ILLINOISAN STILL. HOPES Xew York Lawyer Continues to- Im prove After Remarkable Fight for Iiife Fly and Mosquito Transmit Disease. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. A com plete recovery from an anthrax In fection simply by local application of antiseptics to the infected area of the arm, without any serum , treatment whatever, was reported here today. In the- light of the struggle against the disease by .- serum treatment by phy sicians treating George Stackpole in New Tork.. the recovery -of. Dr. W. It. O'Neal, veterinarian of Newman," Cal. by local antiseptics is considered re markable by medical men who have observed his disease. rr. O'Neal was bitten 'on the arm by a fly last month while conducting an autopsy on a cow. which had died of anthrax, commonly called lumpy jaw. Later the anthrax carbuncle appeared on the arm. rr. Carl F . Meyer, of the Unlvcrsity of California, said there was no doubt Or. O'Neal had contracted he disease, but probably in a light form. NEW TORK, Oc. George Stack pole, the 71-year-old lawyer, who has made a remarkable fight against an attack of anthrax during the last six days, was reported today as showing continued Improvement. Mr. Stack pole Is not entirely out of danger, how ever. BENTON CITY, 111:, Oct. 14. Dr. John C. Helper, of this place." who for 11 days has been suffering from an thrax, hss not griven up hope of e oovery. though nearly one-rourth of the back of his neck has been removed In the operative treatment of the dis ease. A ligament that binds the spinal cord was removed yesterday; Dr. Helper thinks ho was infected by a mosquito bite. , ; The treatment given him consists of constant bathing, of the wound in a strong antiseptic and internal remedies. WOMEN'S FUND GETS $325 Mrs. Gerlingcr Plans Campaign of State in Aid or Building. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Euirene. Oct. 14. (Special.) Approximately J325 was realized from last Friday's progressive- dinner in which students and townspeople Joined in contributing to the women's building fund. Mrs. Gerlinger is making plans now to campaingn the state in an effort to collect further finances for the new building.. To date her capital amounts to J820.55. Another $1 Oft Is to be expected from For Today We Announce Some Newly Designed Recently Purchased Suits and Coats for Women In an Important Special Offering Tailored Suits of Wool Poplin to - r At the Exceptional Price of . . J- Ok) Shown in several distinct models one of the smartest models in the group is illustrated. Notice the smart flare to the coat and the beautiful lines of the skirts. The other models are equally attractive, but in diffeernt styles all 1 are rasnioned irom the rinest quality wool poplin and shown in black, navy, brown and green. They are all, in fact, reproductions of the latest designed Winter styles some are belted, plaited and trimmed with hand-made orna ments and velvet. The jackets are all lined throughout with Peau de Cygne silk. The skirts are in the very latest plaited and flaring styles. r V Third Floor $14.85 Coat Sale Coats the Equal of Which Do Not Exist at This Special Price They are made full 48 inches long, of extra quality wool Pebble cheviot. In black, navy blue or brown. They are belted and the skirts are flaring copies of high-priced imported models. The col lars, cuffs, belts and bottoms of the coats are trimmed with wide bands of plush. Whatever is new and worthy in coat style is represented in these new models, as illustrated. Third Floor tEfje Jeto ellarb Stilts Of Velvet and Broadcloth, fur trimmed, reflecting the most ad vanced and authentic modes. e Merchandise rfeJlrlertt.Only the women's league, a campus organ ization, if candy sales and their re ceipts In nickels and dimes are as large as in previous years. Dosjr a Playful Pet. Exchange. A dog is a playful pet. particularly when its feet are muddy. Defects of Vision even it slight, may cause much annoyance and, usually appears In the form -of "a dull headache or aching ejes. ' .My method of testing' the eyes and rightly made lenses In my own shop will give relief. NO CHARGE FOR CONSULT A ,.: . -', TION.. HERE ARB SOME OF M V PRICES l Lenses Sphero in your own frame : oo Censes Sphero in Aluminum frame j1-50 i Lenses Sphero in Gold-Filled frame $3.50 Lenses Sphero (curved) In G E. Glass Mtg $5.00 Kryptolc Lenses. .. .fS.OO to $15.00 STAPLES, The Jeweler-Optician, 1S25!L525? A 31.00 Lesson for S Cents Tonight Starting at 9 o'clock, after the regular lecture, -which is FREE, Mr. Flynn will give the public a chance to get one of the lessons for 25 cents. Lower floor held for those having 25-cent tickets. Regular Lecture 8 o'Clock Free Subject: "Cause and Cure of Indigestion, Consti pation, Sleeplessness and Headache, Sick Blood." Flynn Health Chautauqua Eleventh-Street Theater Concert 7 :20 by Columbia Phonograph Co. TWO GREAT SEX LECTURES SUNDAY 3 P. M. for Women Only 8 P. M. for Men Only Repeated by request of hundreds at half price. A few seats reserved at 25 cents extra. Box Office Open DailylO to 2 and 7 to 10 P. M.