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4 TITE 3IORXIXG OKEGOXIAN, MONDAY, JAXUAKT 22, 1917. LONDON DEATH ROLL MAY BE NEAR 300 Observers of Munitions Fac tory Explosion Wonder More Were Not Killed. MANY BURIED IN DEBRIS Casualty List Held Down by Fact People Hadn't Ckne to Bed, When They Would Have Been) Blown Away With Cpper Stories. .LONDON, Jan. 21. Throughout Sun flay thousands of persons flocked to East London, hoping- to satisfy their curiosity as to the effect of Friday's explosion in the munition factory there. None of them, However, was able to obtain a near view of the scene, owing to rigid police regulations. The newspaper reporters, who were allowed to approach nearer the scene, described what was formerly the site of the explosive store as a hole a hun dred yards across and 80 feet deep with masses of earth, iron and all sorts of wreckage covering an area of about six acres around the hole. Within the area the destruction was absolute. Hundred Ooillea Recovered. "i-or two days." says the Daily Mail's reporter, "soldiers have been digging In and turning over the wreckage in search of bodies. About a hundred have been recovered, but there are still more. It seems almost Impossible to remove the thousands of tons of earth, stone, iron and wood under which they are buried. On the whole, however, one Is struck far more by the num ber of persons who escaped, than by the number killed. "Judging from the fact that most of the factories were nearly empty and from the known proportion of casual ties in certain houses it does not ap pear that the death roll will exceed 300. "It would have been much greater had the explosion occurred later, when the people had trone to bed, for then they would have Ceen blown away with the upper stories of the houses, whereas, being mostly on the ground floors, they had a better chance to es cape." The papers print columns of indi vidual etories, pathetic incidents and the freak effects common with all ex plosions, such as a rickety cottage escaping, even to its windows, while adjacent substantial buildings were razed: of people nearby escaping un hurt or with only slight Injuries, while others at a distance were killed. The destruction of the gas tank Is described as having afforded an amaz ing spectacle. The tank did not ex plode, but its top was lifted off like a box lid and the 8,000,000 cubic feet of illuminating gas was liberated. Ignit- ing, a column of flame arose to a height estimated at two miles, burned for a few seconds and then went out with the suddenness of the switching off of an electric light. Several other gas tanks nearby are still intact. Chemist and Watchman Are Heroes. Tribute Is paid in all reports of the explosion to the heroism of the chief chemist. Dr. Angell. whose self-sacrifice was brieriy mentioned in the of ficial communication. All the reports seem to show that Dr. Angell had a good chance to escape, but waited to see that all the operatives were out and then returned to help fight the fire. The assistant chemist was caught by the explosion when within 200 yards of It. He had implored Dr. Angell to flee with him, but Dr. Angell, he says, re plied: "The firemen are here, and I must help them." Then he dashed back. With Dr Angell perished the watchman, who with equal heroism was operating the local fire apparatus. Dr. Angell was 40 years old. He was a science scholar in Oxford University and lecturer on science in the two Oxford colleges. Shortly after the war began Dr. Angell resigned his university appoint ments and undertook the superintend ency of the manufacture of chemicals for the government. He lived inside the factory, taking only brier occasional absences. His wife last year was ap pointed superintendent of the women workers in the factory, but was not present at the time of the explosion. Two days previously she had been In structing the women how to escape in event of fire. "Father of Automobilism" Dies. PARIS. Jan. 21.--Amedee Bollee. Sr.. an inventor known in France as "the father of automobilism," is dead. Bol- ... nna me uuiiaer or a steam car v men ne nrst operated in 1873. Men With Long Heads are the men who are buy ing an extra suit or two at the present values. With cloths nearly doubling in price, with linings ad vancing from 40 to 70 per cent, with labor higher, the man who buys at present low quotations is the far seeing or long-headed man. Several of Portland's brain iest men have been good patrons of our clothing de partment of late it's not difficult to understand why they are so financially suc cessful. Today, speculation on a new suit is the surest gamble of which we Itnow. An investment of 920, $25, $30, $33 or $40 in a new suit will be to your advantage. The famous Benjamin Clothes can be bought in Portland only of us. Biiffum & Pendleton Co. Clothiers, Hatters and Haber dashers. 127 Sixth Street. F. N. Pendleton. i Winthrop Hammond. JOFFRE AND HIS r " ' :-fT Lh.EKSS- ffi iM j few -;A$: x X' . " ' J -Jul, I"--" ; ' - - - . "i. i f - - s ' - L v - - . , - '-. ---i - - -: Copyright by Underwood. GEKER.iL PETAIJT, lfERO OF VERDUN, AND GENERAL JOFFRE. General Honrl Philippe Fetain stands in the foreground to the right with hands clasped behind his back. To the right center and near Petaln is General Baumgarton. On the left. In dark uniform, stands General Joffre. Report has it that General Petaln will succeed General Joffre if the supreme, commander and Idol of the republic is transferred from active command to a sedentary post. General Petain first received notice when he distinguished himself In the retreat from Charlerol In August. 191. He became in rapid succession Brigadier-General, General of division. General of an army corps and General of an army. He established his reputation at Verdun by his heroic defense of the beleaguered city. The Genaral will be 60 years old in April, but his mental and physical vigor makes him appear much younger. CREDIT STILL GOOD Entente Resource's Far From Being Exhausted. NEW NOTE ISSUE PLANNED Situation Emphasizes Statement of Morgan Banker That Manufac tures, Xot Agriculture, Fur nish Basis for Long War. CHICAGO. Jan. 21. (Special.) In view of-the plans to bring out In this market a $250,000,000 United Kingdom 5i per cent one and two-year convert ible note issue, the question of the financial status of the British Empire naturally comes to the front in most minds. While the Idea has been expressed on each occasion when a new foreign loan has been contemplated that the credit situation of the British govern ment has been somewhat strained, sub sequent events have indicated ability on the part of the financiers handling the affairs of that country to marshal the assets and resources In such a way as to make the entire world marveL Export Form Credit Basis. ' So far as Great Britain and France are concerned, no one seriously would question that the resources of these two countries are far in excess of all external obligations they have or may incur in this war. It ia impossible to express the extent of their resources in more than mere estimates. The question is as to their ability to mobil ize these resources behind their credit. Thomas W. Lamont, of J. P. Morgan & Co., recently brought out with con siderable emphasis the fact that coun tries that engage chiefly In agriculture cannot in these modern days arry on an extensive foreign war for a long period and added th: t the secret of strength lies' in the ability of a nation to maintain its army largely through the export of its manufactures. ' Allies' Sale Increasing. It is of more than ordinary, interest to note that, in spite of the stupendous mobilization of men and industries. Great Britain's exports to the United States alone gained 52,000,000 in 1916, compared with 1915. while France's sales to this countvy increased $25,000, 000. This Indicates that these two countries, while conducting an unprec edented war. are not only able to keep up a profitable foreign trade, but ac tually to increase this trade. Mr. Lamont estimates the income of the people of Great Britain .and Ire land (aside from any aid from the colonies) in excess f $12,000,000,000 annually and that of France at some thing in excess of $10,000,000,000. As the total of the loans made in this country to Great Britain and France does not exceed $1,600,000,000, he also points out that If this country found it wise to extend a total credit of $3,000. 000.000, with interest at not lees than 5 per cent, the total Interest charge at H50.000.000 then would be only a little in excess of a half of one per cent OI til e bqruui intom, ui iwa v& Great Britain and Fra :e. Taxing- Power Estimated. The power of these governments to tax their people for administration and interest is indicated by the fact that the income of Great Britain alone is estimated this year at $2.a00,000.000. or a sum equal to 40 times th a ual interest cuarge upon the total debt of Great Britain and France to this coun try. It Is evident, therefore, that these countries have ' not exhausted their credit facilities or even strained them, so far aa external loans are concerned. PHYSICIAN JSSET FREE (Continued From First Page.) On his previous visits, the doctor said he had always occupied the chair in which he posed. When he returned to the studio Miss PROBABLE SUCCESSOR PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER. de Jong conducted him to the isolated chair on the rug and then, seating her self on the big chair near the door, she produced the pisttol and informed him she was going to kill herself before he left, but that before she did It she had a lot to tell him and he was going to listen until she had finished. X started toward her." said the doc tor, "but she pointed the pistol at me and said: 'Don't leave that rug or I'll kill you first." Then followed the three hours' dis cussion during which the doctor said he tried to turn her from her purpose. Finding serious argument unavailing, he tried treating the matter lightly. "Tou seem to have everything very nicely planned." he said. "When are you going to do this dreadful thing?" Woman's Blind Not Changed. "The second you step off that rug," the doctor said she replied. It was shortly after that, he told the police that Miss de Jong, in a conver sational tone, said: "You may go now." "I thought I had succeeded in making her change her mind." he said, "or I would have been there yet. As I stepped off . the rug she fired. You know the rest." "I thought," said Deputy Coroner Michael Brown, "that Dr. Porter ought to have been able to take the pistol away from the woman, but when I saw the room and the chair I knew that he could not. I sat in the chair. It was one of those deep-seated affairs that you can't get out of with one effort. They were 20 feet apart, and he had no chance." STEAMER'S OIL ALL LOST EVERYTHING MADE OF" WOOD THEN I'SED AS Fl'EL. Story of Abandonment at Sea of Port land Told by Captain of Amer ican Vessel and Ula Crew. NEW TOSK, Jan. 21. The story or their abandoning at eea of the Amer ican steamship Portland two days be fore Christmas was told here today by Captain H. H. Rees and his crew of 25 men, who arrived as passeagrers on the Norwegian steamer Bergensfjord from Scandinavian ports. The Portland, burning- oil as fuel, left Havre on November 20 for New York. ' When 200 miles east of Nan tucket she ran into northwest gales on December 7. While battling against heavy seas the fuel tank began to leak and all the oil was lost. In order to keep the engines working the crew burned everything made of wood and not needed to keep the vessel afloat. Even the hatches were consumed, so the seas poured into the vessel. Heavy winds blew the ship south of Bermuda, where the Italian steamship Umbria tried to aid, but weather con ditions made it impossible. The waterlogged Portland was tossed about until December 23, when the Nor wegian steamship Brazil, bound from Sau Francisco to Christlania. sighted her and took off the crew. The captain and his men were landed at Kirkwall, where they boarded the Bergensfjord. The Portland was built at Cleveland. O., In 1900. She registered 1800 tons net. and was owned by the Kerr Steam ship Company, of New York. EAVESDROPPER IS CAUGHT Dictagraph Wires Found to Lead to Room of Detective. PHOKNTX, Arlz Jan. 31. Arthur L. Behringer, said to be a detective, was arrested at a hotel here tonight follow ing the discovery of wires of a dlcta- rby Frank C. Armstrong, president of the Ray Hercules Mining Company, and Manager C E. Addams, of the com pany, to that occupied by Behringer. A warrant was sworn out by Armstrong charging burglary. Bond was fixed at 31600. Armstrong afterward made a state ment saying the conference in his room was one in which outsiders could have no 'possible interest. 'An attorney for Behringer said the dictagraph was put in before the room was taken by Armstrong. Read The Oregon lan classified ads. SENATE SPEEDS UP Long Day and Perhaps Night Sessions -Planned. . EXTRA SESSION DREADED Railroad I-abor Legislation, How ever, still Is Stumbling Block and Prospect of Enactment Grows Less Bright. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. With the peace note leak' investigation trans ferred to New Tork, Administration leaders in Congress are breathing sighs of relief because the attention of mem bers generally now can be concentrated on the closing out of the legislative programme. House and Senate lead ers desire as strongly as President Wil son that the press of important busi ness remaining on the calendar with I the session half over shall be disposed or, ana no secret is made of the fact that all of them earnestly desire to avoid an extra session of Congress. Responding to the President's person al appeal for action at this session on important legislative proposals, the steering committee of the Senate will endeavor tomorrow to arrange a pro gramme for the remainder of the ses sion and for longer day and possibly night sessions. Labor Legislation Improbable. - democratic leaders agree some sort of railroad labor law should be en acted and this subject will have the right of way over pending waterway legislation- Before the House Interstate Com merce Committee the hearing of labor organisation heads on the railroad legislative proposals of Representative Adamson will continue. Notwith standing the President's Insistence on such legislation, the prospect for Its enactment grows less probable as the time for adjournment approaches. With this stumbling block out of the way, nearly all Democratic leaders and some of the Republicans of both houses believe ar. extra session could be avoided. Contest Waced In Senate. In addition to the press of legisla tive business there is a spirited con test Juet now among Democrat Sena tors over the majority leadership to be relinquished by Senator Kern on March 4. When the new Senate meets In extraordinary session immediately after adjournment to pass upon the President's Cabinet the election of a new leader probably will be pressed. A real contest between Southern and Western Democrats has been simmer ing for several weeks. Senator Walsh, of Montana, is the candidate of the Westerners for the leadership and Senator Martin, of Virginia, the choice of the Southerners. MORTGAGES HOW FIRST REAL ESTATE- LOAA'S SUPPLANT RAILROAD BONDS. Insurance Assets Show Shlftlns; of Jim- of Securities Baski Now Hold Railroad Lrfti NEW TORK, Jan. 21. Real estate mortgage loans on farm and city prop erty have supplanted railroad bonds as the largest single class of investments held by life insurance companies, ac cording to. a report made public here tonight by the Association of Life In surance Presidents. The report shows that from 1904 to 1914 real estate mortgage loans in creased from 27.87 per cent of the as sets of American companies to 34.46 per cent. "The amount of these loans at the end of 1914." the report says, "was 31,660.000,000 out of total assets of OLD FASHIONED, BUT MIGHTY GOOD THESE COLD DAYS Hot Rare Roast Beef Sand wiches, featured today at the Wood Lark Lunch Counter. Fountain Drinks, Hot Chocolate, Coffee, Tea and Malted Milk. The New Motor Attachments for the "So-E-Z" motor are here a small emery wheel and cloth buffer. These at tachments make the complete outfit exceed ingly practical for the home. Can be ad justed and ready for use in a few moments, and the price is right $1.00 each Toilet Paper Special Good-size roll of good Crepe Paper regular $1.00, special, by the dozen, 79 Bath Room Mirror One of the prettiest numbers we have ever had. French bevel glass, nickel-plated frame. 16x20 ....$6.50 12x20 .$5.50 Bulbs! Bulbs! Hyacinths any color each 50 Fine Mixed Tupils, dozen.. 150 Crocus, mixed colors, dozen 1O0 Daffodils, single tr'mpet, ea. 40 Nev-a-Hone Razor Strop CURES DULL RAZORS AND ALWAYS KEEPS them sharp. No skill required. Price 500 to $5 $4,830,000,000. In 1914 these loans amounted to 3680.000.000. Railroad bonds have decreased from 30.16 per cent of the life insurance assets in 1904 to 26 pep cent in 1914. In actual amount, however, the holdings of life insurance companies in railroad bonds increased during the decade from 3750, 000.000 to 31.250.000,000. or 67.33 per cent. The wide apparent variation be tween the decrease in percentage and the large actual Increase in amount, in the case of railroad bonds, is explained in part by the fact that the assets of life Insurance companies were doubled during the decade referred to. "In striking contrast to the reduction In the proportion of railroad securities held by life Insurance companies is the increase in the holdings of such secur ities by savings banks from 3291.000,000 to 3878.000.000 in the same decade." Progress of the War THE British and Turks In Mesopo tamia have been engaged In vigor ous fighting along the Tigris River near Kut-el-Amara. Jtsoth the lionaon ana Constantinople War Offices assert suc cesses for their troops in this region. TheBrltish official communication an nounces that northeast of Kut-el-Amara the British troops have tlriven the Turks from a small strip of land they were holding on the right bank of the Tigris, and that King George's men are now in control of an entire trench sec tion on a front of 2600 yards to a depth of 1100 yards. v It adds that the right bank of the river also has been cleared of Turks downstream from Kut-el-Amara and that southwest of the town further progress has been made. Constantinople says that east of Kut-el-Amara the British launched three unsuccessful attacks against the Otto man positions and that the attackers suffered heavy casualties. In the capture of Nanestl. on the Sereth River, in Roumania, hard hand-to-hand fighting took place In the streets. In withdrawing from the vil lage German batteries raked the Rus sians as they made their way across the bridges over the Sereth, inflicting heavy losses on them. With the fall of Nanesti B55 men and one officer were captured by the Ger mans. On the line In France near Loos the British In a daylight raid blew up German dagouts. causing many casual' ties amone the occuoants. The tr tillery duels have again become vio- lent in the Verdun sector. Need for Milk in Poland Great. BERLIN, via London. January 12. The relief work being conducted by the Rockefeller Commission for the chil dren of Poland is in danerer of inter ruption owing to the stoppage of the supply of condensed milk which pre viously has been coming from Switzer land. The stocks on hand in Warsaw, Lodz and other cities will be exhausted within a few days mm ; i Ik . Aim m Ji lit v IBs A Good Baxik CONSIDERING the Services of Tha Northwestern National Bank by units, one finds a consistent strength in each. The Facilities are complete, Quarters modern and convenient, Resources suffi cient and Management progressive. if fi Tou will find it use . of one or M Northwestern Bank Cf Extra Stamps for You All This Week This Universal Hot and Cold Quart Bottle, with four Nickel Cups and heavy protec tive case; will last for years. Price ...$4.25 Tooth Savers at Saving Prices 50c Pebeco .........390 $1.00 Pyorrhocide Powder. .80 25cKolynos 200 25c Lyon's Tooth Paste or Powder 170 25c Sanitol Tooth Paste or Powder 200 GEfJERAL ANDERSON IS 81 RtrriRi;D army offickiv is LICITAT13D BT FRIENDS. Veteran of Civil and Spanish-American Wars, and Captor. of Manila, la In Good Health. General T. M. Anderson, one of Port land's most revered citizens, was 81 years old yesterday. He is in the best of health and yesterday received the felicitations of scores of his Portland friends. General Anderson was born in Chll licothe, O.. and his military experience began with enlistment as private in Company A. Sixth Ohio Infantry, at the opening of the Civil War. He was dis charged from the infantry, gaining a second lieutenant's commission in the Second United States Cavalry a month later. "lie later received a Captain's commission in the Twelfth United ! States Infantry, and eervecr in that capacity until the end of the war. On September 21, 1866. he was trans ferred to the Twenty-first Infantry and a few months later was made a Major and assigned to the Tenth Infantry. He then received commissions of Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel, and at the ( outbreak of the Spanish-American war he was made a, Brigadier-General of volunteers. He won his commission of Brigadier General. United States Army, March 31. 1899. General Anderson commanded the first expedition to the Philippines, and was in charge of the land forces when Manila was taken. He is a member of the Loyal Legion, the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Sons of the American Revolution. There are few patriotic gatherings in Portland In which General Anderson does not take an active part. COEUR D'ALENE INDIGNANT Citizens Want to Know Why' Re turned Troopers Not Sent Home. - SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. 21.--(Special.) Citizens of Coer d'Alene held an in dignation meeting tonight In the of fices of T. J. Stonestreet to protest against the holding of the Idaho Na tional Guard in camp. The relatives of members of the Coeur d'Alene company are especially indignant. The following telegram was sent to Senator Ralph Nelson and Representa tive T. M. Daughters, now In Boise rep. resenting Kootenai County in the Leg islature: "Ascertain and wire us the cause of the Idaho National Guard being held foi such an unreasonable time In such un desirable and uncomfortable quarters. I Upon whom does the responsibility a bt I! Ea s 11 53 li fl Bi U El 83 B3 S3 81 IS i si si as 3 helpful to make & all departments. g . . s Bia&. Portia nd-Oreon g$ 4 1 f - I! 1 it I BRING THIS COUPON 50 EXTRA STAMPS With every cash framing or der of 51 or more, in our Art Department, Second Floor, until February 1, 1917. A trRjo Face Creams $1.50 Oriental Cream $1.10 50c Malvina Cream 39 0 50c Stillman Freckle Cream 89 50c Daggett & Ramsdell Cream 43 50c Ingram's Milk Weed Cream S9f 50c Pompeian Massage Cream 39 r 50c Sempre Giovine 390 50c Creme Elcaya 4o All-Steel White Enameled Medicine Chest two shelves and mirror in door $5.00 Soap 25c Cashmere Bouquet Soap three for 690 25c Packer's Tar 180 25c Woodbury's 200 25c Cuticura 180 25c 4711 White Rose Glyc erine 1S0, three for 500 25c Bar Floating Castile. . .190 rest? People hero thoroughly dis gusted with delay. "Are officers In quarters with regi ment or at hotels? Have legislative committee investigate quarters, food and 'health conditions." It was charged at the meeting that the National Guard officers were living snug snd high, and do not interest themselves in having the companies sent to their homes. CARGO SHIP NEED GREAT British Yards Work Ordered to on Liners. Cense LONDON. Jan. 22. The Times today says it understands Instructions have been given to several shipyards to cease work now in progress on high class liners and divert the labor to the building of plain cargo ships. "If the daily toll of losses teacher one lesson," says the Times, in approv ing the decision, "clearly it is that the need of new cargo' ships is very great. When the shipbuilding of the country is properly mobilized, as it is now be ing organised, the new production within a few months should be abso lutely irresistible. But this result will not be achieved without immense ef fort and some interference with private plans." Reed The Oresronlnn clnppltled adK. THOSE AWFUL . CRAMPS Suggestions that may save Much Suffering Marysville, Pa. 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So many Portland people are asking how to recover their strength after sickness that we are publishing this In formation for their benefit. . After grippe, pleurisy, pneumonia or any Illness what you need, is new strength and richer blood. The most certain way to get thfs is by taking Vlnol which contains beef and cod liver peptones, iron, manganese peptonates, and glycerophosphates. It creates strength, improves the blood, sharpens the appetite and restores the entire system to a healthy, robust con dition. "North Adams, Mass. After a long Illness of pneumonia I was left in a weakened, delicate condition, and for a long time had searched for a body builder and strength creator. I was attracted by an advertisement of Vlnol, and tried a bottle, and soon noticed a vast improvement. I continued its use for - while, and am now as able bodied and strong as any man in town." Samuel Wood, North Adams, Mass. Try a bottle of Vlnol. Your money will be returned if It does not restore your vitality and strength. The Owl Drug Co., Portland; also at the leading drug store in all Oregon towns. Ji rrB 4TREETAJ WEST fBK MABSHAU. 70Q-M0ME A o!7l J B iiiiiiiiimuiiiiii