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r Tllfi SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 15, 1914. SINKING OF GREAT WARSHIP REPORTED HERE ABE PICTURES OF WARSHIPS LOST ON BOTH SIDES SINCE WAR BEGAN. Z3L 22 Every Piece of Genuine Parisian Ivory Bears This Mark in Gold fl 0 .-A Kit": 1 4 - p ... Audacious, Third Dreadnought in British Navy, Said to Be Destroyed. MOST OF CREW RESCUED Story of Destruction Received by Slail From Ireland Liner Olym- Credited! With Saving Oflicers and Men. lic NEW TOKK. Nov. 14. Rumors of disaster to the British superdread nought Audacious, which have persist ed ever since the "White Star Liner Olympic, diverted from her course, ar rived at 'Lough Swllly on October 29, are confirmed in mail advices received today by the Associated Press from a point in Ireland. After a career of less than two years the Audacious, third In tonnage and firmament of His Majesty's .-warships, lies at the bottom of the ocean off the North Coast of Ireland. She was hit by a torpedo or disabled ty a mine October 27. With the pos sible exception of one or two men, the Whole crew of 800 officers and. men was rescued by small boats from the Olym pic Attempt Made to Save Ship. The battleship's cry for assistance was caught by the wireless operator of the Olympic, which was only about 10 miles distant. The steamship rushed forward at full speed. Volunteers were called for and double the number neces sary to man the lifeboats responded. The crippled battleship was reached in a few minutes after 9 o'clock -and before noon all but 100 of her men had been transferred. After taking oft all the officers and crew who would leave the ship. Cap tain Haddock, of the Olympic, turned his attention to an attempt t6 save the warship. The cruiser Liverpool and several other warships had come up and stood by late in the afternoon, it was de cided to abandon the Audacious and the officers and men who had remained on board, and the Audacious plunged, stern first, and in a moment had dis appeared. Small Craft Clear Route. The Audacious met her fate 25 miles off the Irish Coast, which the Olympic was skirting. The Olympic sailed from New York for Glasgow on October 21. She had been warned that there were German mines off Tory Island and fear of these mines was the official explana tion when she unexpectedly put into Lough Swllly. The Olympic's passengers saw the mighty warrior sink. Then their ship turned her prow toward Lough Swllly. Small craft cleared the route to make sure it was free of mines. From Octo ber 27 to November 2. the Olympic lay at Lough Swilly. Charles M. Schwab was the only passenger who left the Olympic before it docked at Belfast on November 2. Secrecy regarding the loss of ' the Audacious was enjoined upon the crew and passengers of the Olympic,' who were urged to refrain from discussing the tragedy pending a complete inves tigation. The crew of the Audacious were removed from the liner as soon as warships for the purpose were avail able. Audacious Outranked by Few, The destruction of the Audacious is the most serious single loss sustained by the British navy since the open ing of hostilities. Only a few British warships outrank her in size - and fighting equipment. The Auducious in her trials developed a speed of 22.4 knots an hour, being slightly faster under trial than the other vessels of her class. The Audacious was 564 feet long and 25.000 tons displacement. A belt of armor 12 inches trick protected her vitals amidships. Ten 13.5-inch guns swung in her five turrets. The secondary battery was composed of 20 four-inch rifles. Two of her turrets were astern, two at the bow, and one exactly in her center. There were two torpedo tubes broad side, and one at the stern. She was fitted with turbine engines of the most advanced type. Their 31.000 horsepower drove her through the wa ter at 21 knots an hour. The Auda clous was built at Laird's yards. fill 11 - "r ""X' 'V " :j Jrrs !? ? 1 L '; r' " ' "- L-rS.. - rr" - - m 13 " 8? It - - " - a id .iinifiiUffiifafiiiitiii -innmia'' Parisian Ivory Loonen France That Without .Is an Imitation Our display of Genuine Parisian Ivory is complete. Orders, placed early in the season, enable us to offer our en tire line without an advance in price. Don't Forget a Kodak for Your Child "ANSCOS" flre today the FINEST of all hand Cameras for in or , outdoor pictures. Flashlight portraiture is delightful and fascinating parties, housewarmings, birthdays. Keep the pleasant memory be fore you it's worth while. Don 't let the little ones grow up without the pictured record of their baby ways and graces. ' We furnish and finish the first film free for yon. "Anscos" Are f6r All $2 to $55 "Thermos3 last a lifetime, 99 Spells contentment. A hot lunch for John soup, coffee. tea or milk. The marvel of today. Strongly made will Thermos Bottles are $1 or more, as you prefer. Woodlark Bldg. Alder and West Park pj jpF "ijij I I ! t: ! Wl I'll DRUGS? SWEDEN LESS WARLIKE NATION NOW DESIRES TO BE LEFT OUT OF CONFLICT. German Suggestion of Coalition of Bal tic States Received With Reply Disclaiming Ambition. STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Oct. 29. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Sweden's enthusiasm for war, which was marked two months ago, has waned. Today all she desires is to be left out of the conflict. In the early stages of the war the army and the people would, it Is said, have welcomed a turn of events which would have made Sweden an ally of Germany. What has caused the change of senti ment appears difficult to say. By some it is attributed to Germany's failure to succeed in her whirlwind campaign in France. By-others it is said to be due to sober reflection by the Swedish peo ple upon the cost of participation and the balancing of that cost against the political advantage they might hope to gain. Whatever the cause, it is a fact that the country is apathetic as regards the war. There appears to be no misap prehension of any hostile act by Ger many, such as is feared by Norway. The cordial relations existing between the two countries is regarded here as suf ficient assurance that Sweden's neutral ity will be respected. Recent efforts by Germany to enlist Sweden's active aid have fallen on deaf ears. Through emissaries the sugges tion has been advanced of a greater Sweden or a coalition of the Baltic states, including Finland, but with Sweden as the central power. Sweden's reply was in substance that she was not ambitious in that direction, pre ferring to remain in her present status and content to cultivate friendly trade relations with all her neighbors. The Swedish press was emphatic in its dis approval of such a programme and Professor Wilhelm Oatwald, the latest German propagandist to visit the-country, has Just takeS? his departure, little encouraged, it is said, by his success in rousing more than a latent sympathy for Germany. ROCK FOR ROAD WORK DUE VbTji"nte?rs to Labor on Vancouver Barracks Street Soon. s,s,sgssgsnsnnnnl,,,M . . 1 1 .CJX-tT-'i j -? - j 1 - I iSEA LOSS ANALYZED I Submarine and Mine Proved Weapons for Defensive. THEORIES ARE BORNE OUT be definitely known after the war. when its results come to be critically analysed by the naval expert. For many years the Scientific American has drawn attention to the fact that the Germans were possibly making a mis take in arming their ships, big and little, with guns of lighter caliber than those of their possible opponents. The four-inch guns of the Mains were no match for the six-Inch and four-Inch guns of the Arethusa, and this raises the question whether the 11-inch guns. which form the principal armament of the battleship fleet of Germany, will not be similarly overwhelmed on the day of battle by the 12-inch. 13.5-inch and 15-Inch guns against whioh they will be opposed, should a great fleet ARLINGTON PIONEER KILLED Automobile With Goose Hunters Turns Turtle, 3an of 74 Vlctirn. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. cial.) The crushed rock to be used in surfacing the Fifth-street road through Vancouver Barracks will begin to ar rive on the sidetrack in Vancouver Barracks' Monday morning. The funds lor this work were raised by a tag Bale. The work of distributing the rock will be done by volunteers of Van couver and Clarke County, several teams and auto trucks having been of fered for" use. Charles A. Watts, secretary of the Vancouver Commercial Club, and B. L. Dorman, City Engineer, have the mat ter in hand, and an earnest plea is made to those who use the road, to as sist. , ARLINGTON, Or., Nov. 14. (Special. j i .TarriAfi XT Mi'tflnimv n RUllflm Pniintv 14- pew pioneer. 74 years old, met instant death by the overturning of an automobile. His son-in-law, J. E. Huxley, and Lee Evans, a friend from Mosier, were bad ly bruised and scratched. They were goose hunting and -gave chase to a crippled one in their auto, when a front wheel struck a badger hole, broke and the car turned turtle. Mr. Mckinney was a Southern war veteran and came to Gilliam County shortly after the Civil War, where he settled on a homestead and later ac quired a large ranch, which he still owned and where the party was hunt ing. He leaves a widow and five mar ried children: Wash McKinney, Blalock, Or.; Mrs. O. E. Fisk, Arlington; Mrs. William Farr, Condon; Mrs. J. E. Hu Above Germany's Lost Shlpst (1) Kola, (2) Cap Trafalgar, (3) Emden, (t) Koenigsberg, S Kaiser Wilhelm Der ttrosse. B Mains, (7) aiadgeburg. 8t Breslau. 9 Gorbm. (10) Submarine. (11) S-117, (12 S-118, (13) S-11H, (14) Koenlgtn I.tlinr, (15) Hela, (1 Ariadne, (17) S-115, (18) S-1M), (19) S-1S7. (20) V-IM1. Below, Warships Lost by Alllesi (1) Takachlho. 2) 1'rK'Kni, (3) Speedy, (4) Amphlon, (5) Pathfinder, (0) Hawlte, (T) Abouklr, (8) Hogne, (9) Cressy, (lO) Submarine. Blalock, Or. ley, Victoria, B. C; Mrs. Ralph Harford, I the first campaign to raise funds for compiled and NEW LANDS ELECTED BY 38 Official Count of Votes for evaaa Senator Completed. CARSON. Nev. Nov. 15. Francis G. Newlands, Dem., was re-elected United States Senator on . November 3 over Samual Piatt, Rep., by a plurality 01 38 votes, according to the result of the official canvass, which was completed today. The complete vote for Senator was: Newlands, Dem.. 8075; Piatt. Rep., 8037; Miller, Soc. 5436 BAKER Y. M. C. A. IS ASTIR "White Elephant" Campaign toRout $25, 000. Debt Is Planned. the building, has been these wiii be visited. Noon luncheons by the building to report progress of the 24 hours and plan the campaign for the ensuing 24 hours. The debt still remaining on the build- ng is szo.ooo, the entire cost of the building being $45,000. There is a de ficiency of about J2000 from expenses and $3000 - is needed completion of the third floor of the building. BAKER, Or., Nov. 14. (Special.) A great "White Elephant" campaign of a week in which it is proposed to lift the "White Elephant" or debt of $25, 000 from the Y. M. C. A., will start Kfnnrifiv. A force of 100 leading business men of the city is being organized un der the leadership of Ernest Welch, An ml chairman of the campaign. A list of names of 1100 persons, the ma r.f wbnm did not subscribe in will be held every day at the Faull and this is as It should be. Germany is . . .v.- o, I v,,.iHi her shiDS Trt the line for that ........ ,r (which She hopes may come) .. u th dnnredations of her sub marines and the accidents of the sea shall have so far worn oown u uu- .unrioritv of the British fight- , ,1 .ha ma v venture OUt tOT frh- a battleship engagement with at least a ngoiiue British Win With Guns. t ivine- at the list of British sue cesses it will be noted that they have been won almost entirely by tho "man behind the gun." It has been believed v... r,, naval officers that when they were put 'to the test of war, both the guns and the gunners of the British navy would prove to be first-class in quality, and certainly a study of the nt German losses would indicate that this confidence was well placed. Whether the inability of the Ger man gunners to hold their own against the British has been due to the lighter weight of their batteries or to lack of skill in gunnery, or to both, can only .Miner, Entombed 1 1C Honrs, Lives. ELT, Minn., Nov. 14. Diggers search ing in the Sibley mine for six miners entombed there, today broke through and found Joseph Skusk alive after 112 hours, during which he had been pinned down by rafters. Near him was a dead man. Digging continues. V. NAVAL VESSELS LOST BY THE BRITISH AND JAPANESE NAVIES. NAME OF SHIP. Type. p?ace- Speed, Main Battery. How Lost Date. ment. Knots - Cressy Armorea cruiser ;. 1901 12,000 19.5 2 9.2-ln., 12 6-in. Submarine. Aboukir Armored cruiser 1903 12,000 18.5' 3 9.2-in., 12 6-in. Submarine. Hogue Armored cruiser 1902 12,000 18.0 2 9.2-in., 12 6-in. Submarine. Hawke Protected cruiser. . . 1891 7,350 19.5 2 9.2-in., 10 6-in. Submarine. Amphion Scout cruiser 1912 3,440 27 10 4-in. Mine. Pathfinder Protected cruiser 1904 2.840 25, 9 4-in. Mine or submarine-. Speedy Gunboat 1893 810 18 2 4.7-in. Mine. Takachlho Protected cruiser 1885 3,700 18.5 8 6-in. Torpedo. Not known Submarine 1 Pegasus Protected cruiser 1897 2.140 21.0 8 4-in. Disabled by gun fire. NAVAL VESSELS LOST BY THE GERMAN NAVY. NAME OF SHIP. Ooeben . . . . Breslau . . .Magdeburg Mainz Koln Ariadne Hela Koenlgen Luise. . S-115 S-117 .- S-118 S-119 V-186 , V-187 , S-90 Not known K. W. der Grosse. Cap Trafalgar. . . Emden Koenigsberg. . . Type. Battle cruiser Scout cruiser Scout cruiser Scout cruiser Scout cruiser Protected cruiser. . Protected cruiser. . Mine layer Destroyer. ........ Destroyer Destroyer Destroyer, ........ Destroyer. ........ Destroyer. Destroyer. ........ Submarine .j Auxiliary cruiser. . Auxiliary cruiser. . Protected cruiser. . Protected cruiser. Dis- I place- Speed. Main Battery. Date. ment. , Knots 1912 23.000 28 10 11-in. 1912 4,550 28 12 4-in. 1912 4.550 28 12 4-ln. 1909 4.350 27U 12 4-in. 1910 4,350 26 12 4-ln. 1901 2,660 2114 10 4-in. 1895 2.040 18 4 3. 4-in. 1913 1,800 20 1902 420 28 3 18-in. tubes 1902 420 28 8 18-in. tubes 1902 420 28 3 18-in. tubes 1902 420 28 3 18-in. tubes 1911 650 ' 32.5 3 18-in. tubes 1911 650 32.5 3 18-in. tubes 1900 400 26i 3 18-in. tubes i 900 "rsY.ooo" "23"" """ ib'4'-in. 1913 26,000 18 8 4-in. 1908 3,600 26 10 4-in. 1905 3,348 23H 10 4-in. How Lost. Fled to Turkey. Fled to Turkey. Aground; blown up. Sunk by gunfire. Sunk by gunfire. Sunk by gunfire. Sunk by submarine. Sunk by gunfire. Sunk by gunfire. Sunk by gunfire. Sunk by gunfire. sunk Dy gunrrre. Sunk by gunfire. Sunk by gunfire. Sunk by submarine. Rammed by destroyer. Sunk by gunfire. Sunk by gunfire. Driven ashore; burned Bottled up. Scientific American. committee I Accomplishments by Germans L"n- der Water Wo Not Mean British Are Inexpert With Same De vices Circumstances Differ. A study of tables showing lists of the shins which have been lost by the con tending navies of Great Britain anu Germany, prepared by the Scientific Amprlran. nroves how accurate was the forecast of naval experts as to me na ture of the strategy and tactias of tne opposing powers in the event of a great naval war between England ana uer manv. Look at the column in these tables which is headed "How Lost," and It will be seen at once that the aamage in nitaii hv the Germans has been wrought almost entirely under the sur face of the sea. whereas the losses in rit h th British nave Dee achieved almost entirely above water in other words, tne uermans nave achieved their successes with the mine and the torpedo and the British 'with the gun. Ise on Defensive Demonstrated. It has always been contended that the submarine, ana to a ies ubbtcc the mine, was the weapon 01 w weaker power, and therefore presum ably of the defense. The events of the present naval campaign have proved the truth of this supposition i " lute demonstration. That the Germans have accomplished so much with the mine and the sub marine does not mean that the British are not eiperw wim . British submarines .wnicn nan tm-ofl Into the mouths of the Elbe, the Weser and the Ems, have found tne capital ships of the Germans absolutely action Sea. ever take place in the North Wind Damages Klickitat Plant. GOLDENDALE, Wash, Nov. 14. (Special.) The Klickitat Valley was swept by a ' 70-mile gale Thursday night. The storm was accompanied by a heavy rainfall and the high wind did much damage to telephone and electric light plants. 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