THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1919. 3 GRAVITY HELD DUE TO WAVES I ETHER Mare Island Astronomer Lays Claim to Discovery. ITALIAN IS CONFIRMED American Scientist Says He Has Found Law of Density Where Isaac Xeivton Tailed. SAX FRANCISCO. Nov. 5. Al though it has been believed for more than two centuries that ether is of uniform density throughout space, its density, as a matter of fact, increases outwardly from all the heavenly bodies directly as the radius. Profes sor T. J. J. See, the government as tronomer at Mare island, asserted in an address to the California Academy of Sciences here tonight. "My researches on ether show con clusively that gravitation is due to waves in the ether and certain very resistant bodies in the line of action may thus introduce a slight screen ing effect," he said. In his address Professor See an nounced that his researches on gravi tation in 1917 and his latest re searches on molecular forces con firmed the claims recently put forth by Professor Maiorana of Rome that a screening of gravitation has been shown to exist. ' Ntw Theory Developed. "In 1917," said Professor See, "I explained the fluctuations of the moon's mean motion by the circular refraction of the sun's gravitation waves as they are propagated through the solid body of our earth at the time of lunar eclipses. Some months back, before Professor Maiorana an nounced his results, I found in deal ing with capillary forces that quick silver is very resistant to the waves which produce molecular action and this developed a new theory of the depression of the mercury in capil lary tubes. "It seems absolutely certain that a screening effect in gravitation is shown by eclipse phenomena con nected with the motion of the moon and by the depressions of columns of mercury in capillary phenomena. This confirms Muiorana's claims that a basin of mercury beneath a suspended mass of lead may decrease the gravity of the lead by a small amount." In announcing the discovery of "a fundamental law of the density of ether in the celestial spaces and the cause of molecular forces," Professor See said ' the homogeneity of ether had been taught by such eminent philosophers as Lord Kelvin, Max well, Poincare, Ledge and Larmor, while Sir Isaac Newton in 1721 had believed it to bo heterogeneous, with density increasing outwardly from all bodies. Newton Fails in Proof. Newton, however, was unable to discover the law of the density or to adduce proof of his opinion whereas Professor See said tonight that proof of his discovery had been examined by leading American math ematicians and "pronounced incon trovertible." Professor See presented his find ings that "the ether about the sun and stars is filled with electro-j magnetic waves with amplitudes vary ing inversely as the distance, which leads to forces varying inversely as the square of the distance." This, he said, "explains universal gravita tion in the simplest and most con clusive manner." The concrete resuK of his discovery. Professor See said, is to show that ether is 219 times denser at the earth than at the sun's surface, where it is only two millionths of a millionth of a millionth of the density of water. "Although ether has such excessive ly small density," said the govern ment scientist, "it is able to transmit the stupendous forces required to keep the planets circulating in their elliptical orbits. In the case of the earth this force is the breaking strength of a eteel cable 11 inches in diameter on each square foot of cross-section of the globe, as if the earth's surface were almost covered by such cables." Uni Is Made of Particles. Ltner is in reality a gas made up of particles, Professor See said, 2, 0005100,000 times smaller than an elec tron, which Professor Sir J. J. Thomson of Cambridge, Kngland, president of the Royal society, after 30 years' labor, ehowed to be 1760 times emaller than an atom of hy drogen. Professor See submitted tables of the properties of hydrogen, helium oxygen and other gases to show their "mean free path," that is, the length of trajectory between successive col lisions of their molecules, to be about one-half millionth of an inrh. As compared with this . Professor See calculated the free path of ether particles, at nearly 2000 miles, about the distance from San Francisco to St. Louis. "But in addition to this extreme length of free path," said the professor, "ether particles have the enormous velocity of 2o0,000 miles per second, one-third faster than light. "It is by virtue of its highly elastic properties, 1,148,770,000,000 time greater tnan mat ot our air. In pro portion to its density, that ether can ewing the planets about the sun with out disrupting itself." Liquid Drops Explained. In the, iatter part of his address Professor See dealt with the molec ular forces as due to short waves in the ether. In this way he explained the figures of rain drops, drops dew, globules of mercury and the round figure taken by shot and other molten metals. The waves, he said, always act to make the surface of a liquid drop a minimal surface, which is shown by mathematicians to be that of a sphere. "Capillarity, chemical affinity, sur face tension, adhesion and cohesion" were attributed by Professor See to wave action. Heretofore, he said, the mystery of molecular forces has chal lenged the ingenuity of philosophers. Professor See, who attracted the at tention of the scientific world in 1917 by a treatise on the cause of gravita tion, published in Boston, London and l'aris. said the old world was so much Injured by the war that scientific progress for a long time to . come would depend mainly upon America. "We cannot expect any real light from Europe," he said, "and the pub lic should therefore accustom itself to supporting American leadership in rupted Senator Reed to warn him that he was violating senate rules by com paring reservation senators to "hound dogs." Later, when Presi dent Pro-tem. Cummins was in the chair. Senator La Follette enlarged upon the figure by declaring legis lators had "laid down like spaniel dogs at the crack of the executive whip." Vote Is 43 to 34. The vote on the La Follette amend ment was divided as follows: For adoption Republicans Ball, Borah, Caider, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Ktkins, FernaJd, France, FreMnghuysen, Gronna, Hardinff. Jones of "Washington, Kenyon. Knox, La Follette, Lodge, McCormick, Mc Lean, Moses, New, Newberry, Norris, Page, Phipps, Poindexter, Sherman, Wadsworth and Watson -i). Democrats Gore, Myers, Reed, Thomas and Walsh 5. Total. 34. Against Republicans, Cole, Edge, Hale, Kellogg. Keyes, Lenroot,, McCumber, Mc Nary. Nelson, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling and Townsend 13. Democrats, Ashurst, Chamberlain, Culberson, Dial, Fletcher, Gay, Gerry, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hitchcock, Johnson of South Dakota, Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick, King, Kirby, McKellar, Nugent, Overman, Owen, Phelan, Ransdell, Robinson, Sheppard, Simmons, Smith of Arizona, Smith of Georgia. Smith of South Carolina, Swanson, Trammell, Underwood, Walsh of Montana, Williams and Wolcott 34. Total it. Of the 15 senators not voting, the following were for adoption: Republicans, Brandegee, Dillingham, Fall, Johnson of California, Penrose, Suth erland and Warden 7. Against Democrats, Bankhead, Beck ham, Martin. PUtman. Pomerene, Smith of Maryland and Stanley 7. Senator Shields, democrat, Tennes see, did not vote and his position Was not announced. More New Coats Here to Replace Those Eagerly Selected During the First Days of Liebes' November Coat Sale at $79 Late Winter Models, Richly Lined Camelshair Polo Coats and Winter-weight In time Portland! Piano Market: During Factory Clearance Sale at the Schw; Piano Co. Bolivia Frost Glo Lustfola Silvertone Ttnseltone V el our ZEP DRIFTS FOR WOMAN' TELLS OF CRUISE OF CRIPPLED AIRSHIP. Great Craft Finally Lands on Fir Trees and Passengers Are Taken Out in Carts to Firesides. LONDON, Nov. 5. The story of the adventurous voyage of the Zeppelin "Bodensee," which narrowly escaped destruction while carrying 30 passen gers Monday night. !s told by Mrs. Tower, wife of the London Daily Mall's Berlin correspondent, who was aboard the airship. "Arriving from Friederichsafen at Staaken," Mrs. Tower says, "the air ship bumped violently, disabled the motors and swerved into a crowd of spectators, killing one and injuring six. Then after repeated bumping she suddenly rose to what seemed an immense height. "The accident had put out the lights and we were in total darkness. Know was falling and it was intensely cold. All the windows were smashed. Cap tain Fleming assured the passengers if they kept quiet he could save the ship. In two hours, by the extra ordinary courage of the war-trained mechanics, the motors were repaired. but so little gasoline was left only one motor could be used. "After drifting hours with a dam aged compass, the captain again brought the ship over Staaken, in tending to await dawn, but at mid night he realized this was impractica ble and after navigating for three1 hours in the darkness found a suit able landing between Madgeburg and Stendal. "There , we descended very slowly, finally alighting on the tops of dwarfed fir trees which were thickly covered with snow. Here the ship rested. We were rescued at dawn. Huddled in hay carts, we were taken through deep snow to the village. where we were fed and made warm. Many Fur Trimmed With Nutria Racoon Sealine Priced Less Than Usual Whole sale Cost in Many Instances A Convincing Demonstration of Liebes Coat Supremacy PURS STABU3HED 55 YEARS A9 tSl BROADWAY GERMANY RECEIVES NOTE SUPREME COUNCIL! ASKS TEUE- GATES SENT TO PARIS. to IS BAR EXAMINER REBUKES CLUB FOR INVITING LANE TO TALK. Attendance at Banquet Where Reds Were Guests Is Said to Have Put Official in Same Class. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) Dix II. Rowland, member of the state board of bar examiners, wrote a scathing letter to the Com monwealth club of Tacoma yesterday taking it to task for having invited W. D. Lane, councilman of Seattle, to speak before it. Mr. Rowland castigates Lane be cause the latter attended the ban quet given in honor of Hulet M. Wells and Sam Sadler, Seattle "Reds," the night they left for the federal peni tentiary. Mayor Ole Hansen delayed his resignation until he could be sure Lane would not succeed him. "Criminals on their way to prison feted and dined! wrote Mr. Rowland. "And that, too, for an offense against the government itself! Mr. Lane's conduct on that occasion was an in suit and affront not only to the court but to the government itself. I am amazed that any Tacoma organiza tion should ask Lane to be its guest. He should not thus be honored. He should be made to feel the merited contempt of the public for his un- American, disloyal and anarchistic conduct." Signing of Protocol Agreeing Carry Out Provisions of Ar mistice Desired by Allies. BERLIN', Nov. 5. The note of the supreme council calling upon uermany to send to Paris delegates to sign protocol agreeing to carry out cer tain unfulfilled provisions of the armi stice regarding surrender of railway material, agricultural machinery, etc., and to make compensation for the de struction of the fleet, has been re ceived here. The note calls for the surrender of five light cruiser?, floating docks and small destroyers as a penalty for the destruction of the warships at facapa Flow. PARIS, Nov. 5. (Havas.) The treaty of "Versailles and the peace settlement with Germany will Become effective. It 13 asserted in well-informed circles, in Paris, on November 28. The signature of the protocol and the exchange of ratifications be tween Germany and such allied and associated powers as have then rati fied the treaty will take place on that date, it is reported. 1'ATtIS. Nov. 5. The first meeting of the council of the league of na tions, will be held in Paris, the su preme council decided today. It did not, however, fix a date for the gathering. It was agreed that the council ot the world body would consider at this meeting only matters which must be passed upon immediately after the formal ratification of the uerman peace treaty. 9S WP $25 Cash VStnu m if Monthly $862 VsTs'thiV. Matrniri- rnt flMMI Piny rr Piano 675 r,0 l Hah, 'M Monthly. prisoners. It occurred during a crltl cal point in the battle. Corporal Thomson fought through the battles of Larraine. Bacarat Champagne-Marne, Alsne-Marne, St. Mihiel, the Meuse-Argonno and then marched into Germany with the army of occupation. He was discharged at Fort Russell, Wyo., May 12. Enlisting in the 2d Idaho infantry, June 27. 1916, Corporal Thomson also served on the Mexican border, came back to Tacoma and then joined the colors again when the war with Ger many started. As Thomson boarded the transport for France a chubby little boy looked up at the sunshine for the first time. 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GROVK'S signature on the box. 30c. Adv. Heroism on Fields of War Does Not Interest New Father of "Greatest Kid in World." TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 5. (Special.) One of the war heroes who fought through every battle In which Yan kees matched their steel with the Huns and came through without scratch is Corporal Harold Thomson, of Tacoma. Some time this week he will receive the distinguished service cross which he won for a heroic exploit at Lan drese-Et-St. Georges, October 16-18, 1918. And he won t talk about it. But the official citation which caused General Pershing to order the awarding of the coveted cross recited how Corporal Thomson took four men. crept to a commanding position flank ing a strong Hun force, silenced the foe by direct fire and captured 20 Wife, Held Pending Inquiry of Shooting of Police Sergeant, Released at Seattle.' SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) The $25,000 necessary to re lease Charles E. Koselius from the county jail pending his trial for the murder of Guy L. Carleton, police ser geant, whom he caught with his wife in the same automobile Sunday night. will be deposited at once, his attor ney, John F. Dore, said today. Although Roselius says the shoot ing was accidental, the backbone of his defense is expected to be the "un written law." Roselius is being held In the count v jail with six other alleged murderers. His wife, held pending- investigation of the shooting of Carleton. was re leased from custody yesterdav. When Roselius was arraigned Tims- day he was given one week to plead. Judge A. W. Frater set bail at $25,000. "We will get the 125,000 bail in the police department," Dore said today. Funeral services for Sergeant Carle. ton were held at Butterworth's to day. Rev. Dr. W. A. Major officiated. The body was cremated. CARLTON BREEDER WINS W. B. Ayer Takes Championship at Spokane Show. SPOKANE. Wash., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) The Foothills farms, owned by W. B. 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