THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1917.
LONDON ROCKED BY
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
Homes in Suburb Leveled for
Blocks on AH Sides of
Munitions Plant.
40 BODIES ARE RECOVERED
Exact location of Works Not Given,
but Belief Is Blast Was at tlie
Great Woolwich Arsenal, Em
ploying 67,000 Workers.
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settled down on surrounding areas.
Added to the terror of this upheaval
was the sudden darkness in which the
entire quarter was plunged.
Rescue Work Goes On at Night.
Crowds of relatives and friends
warmed into the East End district
seeking word of those within the
stricken section. At midnight while
the work of rescue was still In prog
ress, the area continued burning, re
flecting a lurid glare over all London.
All available ambulances were requisi
tioned, even the London police ambu
lances being sent to the distant scene,
fichoolhouses and police stations were
Used as temporary hospitals.
The damage extended to distant
points and to sections where plate
Class fronts were reduced to masses
of debris, while the extent and serious
ness of the destruction increased in
the working quarters nearer the ex
plosion center. Two distinct working
districts adjacent to the scene of the
main explosion suffered heavily in
leveled houses. One of the improvised
hospitals was opened for the reception
of children.
Flour Mill Engulfed In Flame.
Terrible scenes were witnessed
when the flour mill, which was seven
stories high, burst into flames. To
get such a blaze under control was
an impossibility, so the flremon were
obliged to devote their efforts to sav
ing neighboring property. Despite all
their efforts, the flames rapidly spread
over a large area.
Heroic nurses, ambulance men. Boy
Bcouts and girl guids worked to allevi
ate the sufferings of the injured. One
youth returned home from work to
find that his parents' house had van
ished in the great upheaval. He found
his way to a hospital and was able
to identify the unconscious form of his
mother. In a mortuary he found the
bodies of his father and Bister. There
were hundreds who sought relatives
and friends In vain.
Gas Smell Accompanies Blast.
An American business man, who was
a witness of the disaster, gave the
following account of it to the Asso
ciated Press:
"To me the explosion seemed . to
come from everywhere around. The
Bound, it is impossible to describe.
"The air was full of debris almost
Instantly and the crash of falling tim
bers, collapsing buildings and break
ing glass continued like an echo of
the first crash for at least seven or
eight minutes. The great flash of flame
had its result, too, in sparks, which
filled the sky for many minutes as
far as the eye could reach. The atmos
phere immediately became heavy with
the smell of gas, and the faces of peo
ple in the buildings turned a dull,
eickly yellow. The air, too, was yel
low, not the gray yellow of a London
fog, but a peculiar death-like yellow,
somber, lusterless, heavy, which eyes
and nostrils alike resented."
Scene Worse Titan on Sorame.
A young army officer, who was home
on leave, told the Associated Press cor
respondent that he had been through
heavy fighting on the Somme front in
France, but that nothing he experi
enced there came so near shaking his
nerve as the explosion, which occurred
at a point less than a mile from his
home. He said:
"A great glare in the sky lighted up
ray room, and as I dashed into the
street the whole sky was ablaze, and
an explosion more powerful than any
Runfire shattered my home. Then I
net about aiding in the work of res
cue." Those who were permitted at the
ecene of devastation, soon after the ex
plosion, saw many pathetic sights. A
young man. Who hurried his mother
and his sister from their house when
the explosion began to shake it. said:
"The next moment I was blown
across the room with the dressing ta
ble. Then the celling came down and
In another Instant the house collapsed
like cards and I rolled Into the street,
where I found my mother and sister
safe but terror-stricken.
Molten Metal Scattered Far.
The ruined buildings were blazing
and confusion prevailed in that vicinity
two hours after the explosion. The
correspondent passed through the street
near the scene or me disaster; the tot
terlng houses still were collapsing. A
fireman who witnessed the great blast
from a point of vantage described it
thus: - "
"Through the center of a great flare,
I saw a huge white ball rise to a great
height and then vanish. I saw - also
molten And blazing masses shooting
through the air to great distances."
In the center of the road 100 yards
from the point of explosion stood a
10-ton boiler, which had been lifted
over a whole block of houses. Another
piece of machinery was found a half
mile -away.
Last night's explosion was not only
heard within a radius of many miles
from the scene, including London and
suburban towns, but shook buildings
end broke windows & long distance
away.
In normal times a panto probably
would have resulted in the theaters
where the audiences were Just assem
bling, and in other publio places, but
the population In this case was re
markably cool.
The general character of the explo
sion, as It was experienced in the cen
ter of London, was a roar of short du
PURE RICH BLOOD
PREVENTS DISEASE
Bad blood. that Is. blood that Is im
pure or Impoverished, thin and pale, is
, responsible for more ailments than any
thing else.
It affects every organ and function.
In some cases It causes catarrh: in
others, dyspepsia; In -others, rheuma
tism: and in still others, weak, tired.
languid reelings and worse troubles.
It is responsible for run-down condl
tions. and is the most common cause of
disease.
Hood's Sarsapsrllla Is the greatest
rjurlf ier and enricher of the blood the
world has ever knowr It has been
wonderfully successful in removing
scrofula ana outer numors. increasing
the red-blood corpuscles, and building
up the wnoie system, oet it today.
ration, as though a vast reservoir of
gas had been ignited and consumed in
one burst of flame. A tremendous puff
of fire flashed high into the air and
then quickly subsided. Eye witnesses
in suburban towns said the flame had
disappeared a full minute before they
heard the roar which accompanied it.
Works Quickly Demolished.
Fire had broken out more than a
quarter of an hour before the explosion,
and firemen were on the spot fighting
it. The day shift of workers In the
neighborhood were with their families
at their evening meal. As swiftly as a
battleship Is wrecked by a magazine
explosion the chemical works were
virtually wiped off their foundation,
and with them the flour mills adjoining
and blocks of workmen's dwellings.
Heavy clouds of smoke and flame
rose to a great height throughout the
night, but the worst of the destruction
had been accomplished in the minute of
the explosion.
Many military ambulances arrived
quickly on the scene, but organized
rescue work was impossible for a time.
One eye witness said:
"I was impressed into a volunteer
ambulance corps and we were rushed
off into the heart of the district where
ths explosion had done its- worst dam
age. Fire brigades kept arriving in
a seemingly unending procession from
different parts of London, and from
these we obtained a few necessities to
assist us in our rescue work. This
was carried out in houses and cot
tages on the fringe of the 'wrecked
area. Fragments of factory machinery
weighing tons were found a half mile,
a mile and even a mile and a quarter
from the factory. Three houses were
flattened into a mass of - kindling '
wood, and here we took us our herat
rendlng work.
"There were wounded who had been
dug out from the debris, while others
were found seriously injured lying un
covered and helpless in streets, gar
dens and open places. Flames from
the burning buildings, which grew
brighter as time went on, gave us a
fair light through the pall of smoke,
fog and dust. There was a lack of
ambulance facilities for a time, but this
was remedied before" the night was
well advanced, and we developed a
system.
"The surprising thing was the large
number of persons whose injuries at
first appeared to be serious, owing to
the fact that they were dazed and
suffering from a species of shell shock,
but who later responded to our first
aid attempts and walked off fairly
sound, with bandaged arm or head, to
assist in the relief work.
"The fire was under control about
midnight, but the work of the relief
force continued until dawn, when the
volunteers were replaced by the mil
itary and Red Cross workers'
Casualty Lists Sot Prepared.
The afternoon newspapers contained
only the official account of the explo
sion which appeared in late extra edi
tions this morning, but were wen tinea
with eyewitness stories and details
concerning stricken families.
No attempt has yet been made to
collect casualty lists. The majority of
the dead, and many of the severely in
jured are as yet unidentified.
The Lord Mayor or i.onaon win open
relief subscriptions at a meeting to be
presided over by him. The stricken
borough today took the first steps to
organize relief and arrange accommo
dations for many homeless persons.
The officials are caring for numbers
of children whose parents are missing.
The military and police guarded the
stricken district all day. and the pub
lic was not allowed to approacn witnin
a mile of the ruined area.
The area of broken windows spreaas
fni- Knveral miles. Plateglass was
showered into the streets from shops
about St. Paul's Cathedral and In
Klngsway, which is a mile rartner to
rrri th heart of London, while win
dows were broken in the Savoy Hotel
and Queen Anne's mansions.
Buildings were destroyed ana people
wr killed on the opposite side of the
Thames from the scene of the explo-"
sion. Men in the street more man a
mile away were thrown down by the
concussion.
"What was yesterday a Dusy suDur
ban borough." says the Press Associa
tion, "looks today as though it had
been bombarded by a migiity iieei mi
Zeppelins."
BATTLE IH'SHOW VICIOUS
GERMANS EXPERIENCE! HEiTI
NIGHT NEAR. RIGA.
2 GERMAN RAIDERS
APPARENTLY RQVING
Activities Reported in Widely
Separated Parts of At
lantic Ocean.
PORTUGESE IS SUSPECTED
Russians Are Annihilated by Reinforce
ments After Having Penetrated
Lines of Tenton Force.
BERLIN', Jan. 20. (By wireless to
Sayville. N. Y.) A war correspondent
of the Schleslsche Voike Zeitung. who
visited the scene of the recent battles
southwest of Riga, on the northern end
of the Russian front, is quoted by the
Overseas News Agency as follows:
"The violent combats took place
partly during a thick snow storm.
There was especially tenacious fight
ing along the Clskup-Mangal road,
where a battalion of guards which had
been carried to the spot in automobiles,
drove back the Russians who had pene
trated our lines. In a wood near
Stangal there was hand to hand fight
ing with grenades and bayonets. Part
of the Russians surrenaerea ana ins
rest tried to escape through a clearing.
but were mowed down by machine
guns. The snow-covered ground and
the wood were tun oi oeaa ttussians.
German soldiers, who took part in this
fighting declared it waa a heavy
night.' "
CAPTAIN AND 31 MEN LOST
Two Boats From Torpedoed Brit-
tlsher Not Heard From.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va Jan. 20
Captain Mitchell and 31 men of the
British steamer (JaDotla, sent down
October 20 by a German submarine.
perished on the night the ship was
torpedoed, according to T. W. Edgar,
who was chief officer on the Cabotia.
Edgar is here on the British steamer
Kelvlnbrae.
Edgar said the crew left the Cabotia
In four boats, one of them commanded
by the captain. Two boats were picked
up the next morning, but nothing was
heard of the others.
CLARKE POTATOES AT $2.20
Several Thousand Sacks Are Sold
at Vancouver Market.
Slj-sterious Maneuvers Recalled in
Speculation on Bow Provisions
Are Obtained Americans
May Bo Among Captives.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20. The warning
sent out by wireless to vessels of the
entente allies by the "British authori
ties, that the captured British mer
chantman St. 'Theodore had been con
verted into a German commerce raider,
was pointed to today by local shipping
men as tending to prove that at least
two German raiders are at large in
the Atlantic Ocean.
It was recalled that a steamship had
been sunk south of the equator within
eight days after the Samland bad
sighted the raider December 4, about
600 miles west of Fastnet. For any
vessels to have covered the distance in
that time, it was said, would have been
an impossibility.
Actions of Steamer Recalled.
In the discussion of what vessels
possibly could . be supplying the Ger
man raiders, the peculiar actions off
Cape Hatteras last month of the Portu
guese steamer Faro, a former German
vessel, was recalled. The Faro formerly
was the Galata.
The vessel was Interned In Portugal
vhen Jie war started, was seized by
the Portuguese government when the
latter declared war against Germany,
and, under the name of Faro, was put
Into the merchant trade of Portugal.
The American tank steamer Sucrosa,
which arrived here Christmas day, re
ported that off Cape Hatteras she
sighted the Faro, which steamed
across the tanker's bow, then circled
and recrossed astern and disappeared.
According to the Sucrosa' s officers, the
Faro appeared the next day and re
peated the performance, neither time
displaying any signal to explain her
mysterious actions.
Vessel l.onc Silent.
The Faro put Into Newport News
for coal and sailed from there on
December 28. since when she has not
been reported.
Three Americans were members of
the crew of the British steamer Yar
rowdale, captured by the German raider
and taken into a German port by a
prize crew, according to the records of
the British Consulate here.
Dispatches from Berlin last night
said that the Yarrowdale had brought
in 469 prisoners, crews from other
captured ships, among them 10J sub
jects of neutral nations, but no men
tion was made of there being any
Americans among them.
The Consulate records give the
names of the following Americans as
having shipped on the Yarrowdale
when she left here on December 6: j
Dave Addison. 45 DeGraw street, .
Brooklyn: Charles Qulnn, 135 West
Twelfth street, Los Angeles, CaL, and
C. D. Green, Sailors' Home, New York.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. The German
Admiralty statement that the neutral
subjects in the crews of vessels cap
tured by the German raider In the
South Atlantic have been "removed as
prisoners of war" will raise a compli
cated question if any Americans are
among them.
Question Still Unsettled.
The whole question turns on whether
an armed merchant snip Is a war ves
sel, and the gulf between this country
and Germany on that question is still
unbridged.
No Indication has been received that
any of the vessels sunk by the Ger
man raider were other than defensive
ly armed. The State Department has
held throughout that a vessel cannot
be classed as a warship unless it is
under naval orders.
The German Admiralty statement
made Just at this time when the armed
ship issue between the two countries
Is becoming more complicated was tak
en to foreshadow a more pronounced
attitude as to the question on Ger
many's part.
REPORTED VICTIM IS SAFE
Interned Germans Said to Plan Es
cape to Join Raiders.
RIO JANEIRO. Brazil, Jan. 20. The
Royal Mail liner Drlna. 11.483 tons
gross, which had been in the zone of
the operations of the German commerce
raider and which in some quarters had
been reported sunk, entered the har
bor at Rio Janeiro this morning.
The Japanese steamship Hudson
Mara, on arriving at Pernambuco Jan
uary 15 with the crews of some of the
victims of the German raider, had no
Germans aboard, according to an of
ficial announcement made here today,
and consequently it is said the vessel
Is free to leave port.
The newspaper Anoticia, Rio Janeiro,
furnishes the following statement:
"We learn that since yesterday the
Caproca and another German vessel
interned at this port have made great
preparations to escape for the purpose
of reinforcing the raiders."
The Jornal Pequeno, of Pernambuco,
asserts that it has information that
the German raider Is accompanied by
three small submarines. Members of
the crews of ships sunk by the raider
are quoted as saying that the subma
rines constantly leave the mother ship
and reappear after 6hort intervals, ap
parently doing scouting duty.
A strange steamship with four
smokestacks painted black has been
sighted off Ceara. Brazil, running at
high speed.
The German raider, which has been
operating in the South Atlantic is re
ported to be equipped with collapsible
smokestacks, the number of stacks
visible being changed at Intervals to
disguise the identity of the vessel.
BERLTX PLEASED BY REPORTS
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Several thousand sacks of pota
toes were bought in Clarke County to
day at S2.ao a hundred, the highest
price in many years.
This was an advance of 20 cents over
yesterday's market, it Is reported.
Indians Go to Washington.
SHERIDAN. Wyo.. Jan. 20. Fifteen
Crow Indians from the Crow Agency
left here late today for Washington to
appear before the Senate committee on
Indian affairs concerning opening of
the Crow reservation in Montana.
Retired Naval Officer Dies.
ANNAPOLIS, Md Jan. 20. Commo
dore Robert L. Pbythian. U. S. N.. re
tired, died at his borne here today from
the effects of a stroke of paralysis.
He waa $1 years old.
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Government Witliholds Details Re
garding Raider.
BERLIN, Jan. 19, via London. Jan. 20.
N'ews of the safe arrival of the Yar
rowdale in a German port has added
to the gratification expressed In the
German press over the exploits of the
mysterious German commerce raider, as
reported from Brttl6h sources. The
name of the cruiser and Its commander
are being withheld by the naval au
thorities and nothing was known until
today about the arrival of the Yarrow
dale, although she has been in port
for more than, a fortnight. The na
tionality of the neutrals among the
captured crews is unknown, but some
of the captives are held as prisoners
of war, because they accepted service
on armed mer:hantmen.
The prize commander. Petty Officer
Badewitz, was a member of the crew
of the raider Moewe and was In com
mand of the British ship Westbourne.
which brought the crews of a number
of ships sunk by that raider to Tene
rlffe. He afterward destroyed the
Westbourne to prevent' her faHing into
the hands of English cruisers. Bade
witz was held in Spain after the Tene
riffe exploit, but succeeded In escaping.
AMSTERDAM, via London, Jan. 20.
According to an official statement from
Berlin, says the Cologne Gazette, the
British steamer Yarrowdale. carrying
crews of steamers captured by the Ger
man raider in the Atlantic, was brought
into the port of Swlnemuende. Prussia.
RAIDERS POLITE TO BRITISH
Receipts Are Given for Captures;
Guns Are Concealed.
LONTX?I, Jan. 20. A Pernambuco
dispatch to the Dally Mail describes the
destruction of the British steamer
Dramatist by the German commerce
raider. The Dramatist sighted the
raider December 18. The German rap
idly closed in and when alongside
hoisted the German naval ensign and
signaled the Britisher to stop. Imme
diately afterward trapdoors under the
bulwarks at the raider's forecastle
were dropped, revealing two guns. The
crew were sent on board the raider.
The steamer was sunk by explosives.
The crew of the Dramatist were
transferred to the Hudson. The cap
tlves say the Germans were courteous
and gave receipts for their captures.
One receipt was signed "Wolff."
The men of the Dramatist say that
the raider appears like an ordinary
cargo steamer and when passing neu
tral ships hoists the British colors.
STOPS TOBACCO HABIT.
Elders' Sanitarium, located at 618
Mala st- St. Joseph. Mo., has published
a book showing the deadly effect of
the tobacco habit and how It can be
stopped in three to five days.
As they are distributing this book
free, anyone wanting a copy should
send their name and address at once.
Adv.
SUBMARINE IS DECOYED
BRITISHER ACCUSED OP FIRING
VXD Ell DANISH FLAG.
Attack Made From Hidden Gams, and
V-Boat Barely Escapes by Div
ine, Says Berlia.
BERLIN'. Jan. 20. (Br wireless to
Sayville.) On January IS a German
submarine In the British Channel
sighted a steamer and signaled her
to stop and send a boat. According to
the Overseas News Agency the steamer
carried the Danish flag, and the name
lk.al. Denmark," was recognized clear
ly. After a time a boat was observed
at the steamer's bow. The submarine
commander, considering the steamer a
harmless Danish ship, approached her. I
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tlon of a cabin aft. and a gun of from
10 to 15 centimeters became visible.
The Danish flag continued flying, and
at the same time concealed guns began
Bring.
The submarine succeeded In sub
merging and thus escaped. In the
meantime. according to the news
agency, it has been ascertained that the
real Danish steamer Kat was at anchor
in the British harbor of Sunderland
until January 23.
French Steamer Torpedoed J
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Jan. SO. The
Lamb-Fish Lumber Company received
word today from Paris that the French
steamship Omnium, which left New Or
leans December 4 for St- Nazaire. had
4een torpedoed. The company shipped
110.000 railroad ties aboard the Om
nium for the French government. The
cablegram gave no details.
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Opto tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet
in a fourth of a glass of water and
allow to dissolve. With this liquid
bathe the eyes two to four times daily.
You should notice your eyes clear up
perceptibly right from the start and in
flammation will quickly disappear. If
?our eyes are bothering you. even a
ittle. take steps to save them now be
fore It Is too late. Many hopelessly
blind might have been saved if they
had cared for their eyes in time.
Not.: Another prominent Physician to
whom the above article was submitted. Mid:
"Bon-Opt3 1. a very remarkable remedy.
Its constituent Ingredients sr. well known
to eminent eye specialist, and widely pre
scribed by them. The manufacturers s-u&r-
antes It to atrenrtheo eyesight 50 rer cent
la one week's time in many instances or re
fund the money. It can be obtained from
any cood omnslst and is one of the very
few preparation. X feel should be kept on
band for resular use in almost every
y." Adv.
Glass of Hot Water .
Before Breakfast
, a Splendid Habit
Open slulcea of tho system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous, stagnant matter.
Those of us who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise,
splitting headache, stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom
ach, lame back. can. Instead, both look
and feel as fresh as a daisy always by
washing the poisons and toxins from
the body with phosphated hot water
each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast,
a glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate In It
to flush from the stomach, liver, kid
neys and ten yards of bowels the pre
vious day's Indigestible waste, sour bile
and poisonous toxins; thus cleasing.
sweetening and purifying the entire
alimentary tract before putting more
food into the stomach.
The action of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
is wonderfully Invigorating. It cleans
out all the sour fermentations, gases,
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast and it
Is said to be but a little while until
the roses begin to appear in the cheeks.
A quarter of a pound of limestone phos
phate will cost very little at the drug
store, but is sufficient o make anyone
who is bothered with biliousness, con
stipation, stomach trouble or rheuma
tism a real enthusiast on the subject of
Internal sanitation. Try It and you are
assured that you will look better and
let! better in every way ahortjy. Atv,