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University of Oregon Lliirp.ry y IBUNE i FORECAST TOXHiHT AX1 Tlll'ltSDAV rAitTi.v ci.oi nv WEATHER Maximum Yesterday 5fl j Mill. Poday HH; Pre. Trace.. Fortv-Bixth Tear. T'allv Klt-venth TenP. MEIYFORD. OKMJOW WKDXKSDAV. NOV KM I5KI 1. Hill! XO. 191 IB LIVES LOST Sunken Ship Carried Gun Astern, But Had No Chance to Use Was Twice Torpedoed Without Warninn and Sank Within Six Minutes of Sec ond Hit No Assistance Offered to Crews in Lifeboats. IIXnONT, Nov. J. Further nl'fi dnvils from American survivors of I ho sunken Jirilish strainer Miivinn siiy the vessel hud a 4.j)-itii'Ii Run mounted astern, but that it was not used, ns the ship had no warning ol' the 'submarine attack, and it was too late niter the torpedo had hit the vessel. A leleprrnm reeeived at (lie Ameri can embassy from Wesley Frost, the American consul at Quoenslown, jiivcs the names of (lie following Americans as haviuir been lost on the Jlarinn : Daniel Thomas, Wilmington, Del. .1. Drown, Ilounokc, Va. . Drown, Charlottesville, X. C. (leoifre l'cabury, Fayetteville, X. ('. House, Xort'olk, Va. Affidavits Itoceived. 'Mr. Frost has procured a joint af fidavit from the Americans who reached Crookhaven and a similar document from American survivors nl Dearhaven. The affidavits aver the Marina was torpedoed without warning; that the first torpedo struck on the starboard side and the second hit the vessel twelve minutes later and was followed by a boiler cplnsion, 1he steamer sinking six minutes af terward. No Americans were killed by the boiler explosion. Those who lost- their lives were drowned as tin lifeboats were launched. According to this information, i submarine which emerged after the second torpedo was fired was seen plainly by the Americans on t lie liar inn, but did not communicate with the stenmship or offer assistance to lite small boats, which were in deadly peril from the rough sen. One lifeboat wa.s in the walcr sev enteen hours, a second twenly-one hours and a third thirly-one hours. In tins tune the danger increased as the sea became rougher. The submarine did not shell tin Marina. Saw Two Snlimnriiies. CORK, via London, Xov. 1. Fif teen Americans who reached Cork on Tuesday night with the other mem bers of the orew of the Marina after Hint steamer had been sunk by a sub marine, are today under the care of the American consul. 'I saw two submarines," said Holi er! Preston, one of the crew, 'while I was getting into the boat of Mr. Smith (the only surviving officer). The second explosion came after vc were, clear oT the ship. The firt tor pedo had given the vessel n treinen- hous list. The second righted it and shook it from stem to stern and broke il up so that it sank immediately. V "I snw three of the crew running up the stern ns the vessel gave its last tumble. Captain Hrownc was the coolest man on board. During the launching of the boats lie saw that every man visible was in the boat. then jumped for a boat himself, but nursed it in the rough sea and va: drowned lie fore our eyes." Stmrk In Blinkers. Questioned further in regard to tin presence of two submarines, Preston nid : "There were two plainly visible Iron, t)P bridge. The first one at (Continued on Page Six.) fiAI.VKSTON-, T.'x.. Xv. . J..l.n o lnnil. fhnrui'il wilh the killins nl William Hhick. an nnti-rathnli I turcr, wns lounil not puilty liy n jury in tin- district purt hi-rc -nrlv loilny. Tin- jury n-Hrt(-(l, nfli-r lt-liipr-.U in-' i-iiihty-l'onr limn. Hlix-k wiis killil nt Mar.-lmll, Tel., Fi-liruary 1IU'. MARINA COPELAND CLEARED ' OF BLACK MURDER E SAFE IN PORT Mercantile Submarine Completes Sec ond Voyatjc in Twenly-onc Days Brings Cargo of Oyestuffs, Medi cines and Chemicals Trip Un eventful Will Return With Rubber. X K W LONDON, ('nn.. Nov. 1. Tlir (Ierman submarine Hcntscldand. which arrived hero this nminimr from liivmon after what wn.; said tit he :in uneven! fid voyage of t wenty-one days, has a caryjo (if "0 tons of dye stuffs, medicines and chemical--. Neither Captain Koenit; nor Cap tain I1'. HiiiM-li of thi' Kustern For ward inn company were communicat ive a-, tn details if the trip across the Atlantic, hat they promised to see new spupei men hit in llii' afternoon. Crowds iliiHiiiiid the itiifk durini; 10 I'm cinHiii in the 'hope of i) 1 a L'limp-c of llii craft, Iml they were disappointed. The suhma rine so well herla.-d in her pocket that not even !ier masts -how. Policemen a ml detectives kept the crowds moving. Takes Uuhlvcr Hack. A return caruo for the Hciitschlnnd consisting mniulv of crude rubber and MiriHcnl supplies, vnleed at nunc than .."00,0(10, has been ready on the pier ol' the Kastein Kotwa riling company l or several, weeks. The Henl-chlnnd is securely berth ed here. The Xort h Herman IJoyd -tenmsliip Wiilehnd is made fa-t to piling nl a diwance of about fifty feet from the pier am in such a posi tion I luii with the ship on olio- side, the pier on the oilier and the hank at one end, an open water space "0 by .!!." Jeer is made inclosed on three sides. lo complele the iiiciosiire, a oalimr iiate built on pontoons is iade fast lo a piling set at the liow of the Willchad. Met by a Tiir, The fierman submarine entered the lower harbor shortly after midnight, cominii in by the Knee at the entrance lo Loiiir Island sound. A heavy fou lay over the harbor. For several weeks he F.aslern Forwarding com pany, agents for her owners, had a tu each iihjht off Moutnuk Point ready to meet the Ilremcn, but the tua was w il hdra wn some lime iio. It was evident thai the forwarding company hail some warning of the Deutsehlnnd's arrival, however, for a tii was ennu'i'd and Ciiptain F. Hin-eh of t be company, accompanied by the health officer, steamed out to meet the submersible. The Xorth German IJoyd steamer Wiliehad. which had been at her dock here for a number of weeks awaiting the ar rival of a (ierman submarine freiviiter, let her searchlight play on the water, marking Ihe path by which I In: 1 leitlsehlaml traveled to her wliarf. Captain K"cniL' mi id thai lie had expected to Jcac llrcmeii on Orlohcr I, but lh:: hi- boat wa- injured in a collision and forced to tuti bark for repairs, which delayed her sailimr f"r ten days. The caplaiif and the crew of twen-ty-t'ie men were' in excellent health and hiiih spirits. The I lent srliland carried clearance papers fur ''ISnlti niote or nny Atlantic poit.'' I LONDON", Nov. 1. A vlri'U-?? from lliu haro.t this afternoon dvrlarcs that the advance or the Austro-Ger-nian fonoc on the Southern Transvl a".la front has hern arrested while In the Carpathian nUmn the Moldavian rentier the situation is excellent and tlie conviction in firm that the Teu tonic toreen will not get thrnimh. Teutonic iof-s'-!; in the Carpathian fishtini; are said to have iieen enor mous while the croillid they have pained has heen iirvligihle, and in elKht. days tliey have lost S.nfiO men in iri.-iuers. elsht heavy puns, six field Runs, forty machine ciins ami lare quantities of mnlerlal. Til" first period of had weather that has prevailed aloicj the front in general is now hampering operations. IN DEUTSCHLAND NO CHANGE IN POLICY OF U. S. Progiess of Political Campaign Will, in No Way Affect Investigation of j Suhmaribe Attacks, Nor Has There Been Alteration in Policy, Says; Secietnry of State. WAS1I1NCTON'. Nov. I. Secre tary lm-iii',' aulhori.cd a lonnal statement today that the roi:re.s of the political campaign would in no way ai'tect the invent iyntitin of snh maiine ailm-ks and that there had heeii no ehan-e in the I'niled State--. policy. .Meanwhile ( 'oiiat 'on liei ntorl I', the (ieiinan amha-ador, sent a wire-le-s dispatch to his overntnenl inu that he lie t'lirni-hed immediately hy viiel- will) all the details avail able regard ina the siainir of the Ma rina. Seerelnry Laii'ir.'s .-latemcnt fol lows : ''The Tact that a political campaign is in pro-jios will in n way alTeel the practice of the department in ne gotiating and in makimr i'nll inve-ti-tration ot" ea-es of the nrt. Wo shall do it n- we always hitve, wilh as much celerity as po-.Mhe. Policy NM rhnntcl. "I wih also to make another state ment on a matter which lias heen hrouuht ti my attention. The ques tion has heen raised ns to whether the policy of the president .or the de pa) Intent in reirard to snhmaiine war fare since the Sussex was sunk, has Ihhii changed. I wish to say cinpliut ically that there has heen no change in any part h-nla r." ... 1 "'. Seeretai'y l-ansiii;; made it plain also that no deci-ivc action would ln taken until tiermany had had opor I unity to reply It. the inquiry for her version itf the attacks on the .Marina and Kownnmore. The inslrnctiuii.s sent tn (he em bassy at I'crlin were said to as!; for an investigation hy ficrmany and no for an explanation. It was not mount to indicate that the Vailed Slates be lieved that it had any prmif that (Jer niany had violated her pledges. Was 'essl Alined? The fiicstion of whether the .Mai' ina was armed is becoming increas ingly important. No mention of that has heen nuide in advices so far re ceived, and llio embassy in London has asked for information mi the point. Germany has contended thai ships armed even with a small stern jjnn for defense only should not ho entitled to the ordinary guarantees, but could bo sunk on si-ht a- beinu practically na val auxiliaries. The fact that Knhind has been iitminjr more and more of her mer chantmen has made the ipiestion a vital one in Germany's consideration of a wider submarine campaign. Oi'lii-iais here leave no doubt that the I'niicd Slates will not admit such a content inn bv Germany. SECOND CAPLAN TRIAL BEGINS TAKING TESTIMONY I .OS AN'CKI.KS. Nov. 1. Taking of testimony heynn today in the sec ond trial of Itavid Caplau. alle-r.l dvnamiter of the Los Anirclcs Times buihiinLr. wirli fourteen men box. two of them alternates. SAYS LANSING MM F.C.AXTULU J ANNETTE RANKIN EVA Pt NO: Will the voter of Montana, Kansas nml Viitiinjitoii wnd women ti rontrie In November election? Thi is n ipie-tioii of vital iiil'fil to tin -l.tMiolOO uoincn voters n (lie L'nlNd S (all's, who lire wiit bfnv the lam paiun fir vnli'J lieinu iimilo by llmx poiirpi(MiHl rumliilnt Jr. Y'.wx Harding nf Kansas; Mvh. I Yiiiic' (', , of Jishlnioii nml -tea net 1 4- ItaiiMu of .Monlaim. PROHIBITIONISTS EXPECT TO ELECT jmfflAMM JOIffi ESSMN;(jFFoREGN ISSUE By PRESIDENT f i i i . BY BOTH SIDES MNI)(N. Nov. l. lni)iortant suc cesses for both the Teutonic and llit manian armies are claimed in today's dispatches relative to the fiyjilinjr nhmir the It umanian Traiisylvanian frontier. Official llerlin minotinces 'an Ans t ro-(terman victory southwest of Kronstadl, where K'uniaiiiaii troops west of the I'redeal road have been captured. Southeast of Knl hent hu rin I 'ass also General Knlkeiihayu'-; troops re port progress. It'eport s uf t lie lii una nia n suc cesses are unol'ticial, based on a Mn-chate- dispatch 'ccivcd in Ifome. It dec! a ii's the An ro 4 Ierman forces have retired from the region oft'am nliin in uortitein U'umania, pursued over the frontier by liiimauinu troops, which wiped out four hostile battal ions, Kurt hoi lius-ian attack on the t mops east of I'rime I .eupold, de fending the approaches to I,ember, have been repulsed, lterlin declares. On the Sominc front there has heen a renewal of intensive fiirhlinv,. The l-'rcnch aaiu eeiied pressure near the poinl of the entente wed-je into lie (ierman lines between Sailly Saillisel and l-c I'.ocitf-, advaiieini; last ninht. , The village of liai'akli-A.tmui,- in the Struma sector of the .Macedonian front, was eapimed last niuhl by lirilish troops. They inflicted heavy losse on the liu'-jariaiis, lite war of fice iinnoiiiii ( (I today, and look !t0t) pHsoiiels. .MKI.IMH IJNK. Nv. 1.- The n-i--nation- of Alln-ii (lardiner, vice-pres. ideitt of the e.ci-atie council; A. .1 llus-etl. assistant minister id' marine, and M. Ilii;-, minister of (lie treas ury, have been accepted. A dispatch to (tenter's Teli-jrnin company of 1, melon t rom Melbourne, under date .-I u. tuber '17. said that Mcm--. Cardinct. I,'U"e!l and Hii:y the;had tendered their re-i'nation. iwim tn llieir uppit-i! urn ti eiui-cript ion. THREE WOMEN SEEK SEATS IN CONGRESS - . ' ..... . M A ' '6. A 1 ' ill ni mini mill n 1 1 ir. iniiiin m - f'v IN Mm W NKLtK 4 11 Nl .j. 1 i- n.2"l!ir 1 I'pl'cr ,-n, ( buries It. Ituinmll of ('till foi ilia, present cuiiMfrosMnnii; iipKM rijibt, W. (. 'ablerviHMl of Mlnncsotji, eaniltilato I'm Tutted States senator;. Itelow, Howard K I Kersliiier of Kansas, candidate for eonni-ciss. OF .NATION SAYS Sl'l.I.IVAX. Iml . Nov. I. Olinrlds K. IIiikIk-s toiluy di-clnriiil In mi open air nildres.1 lierc that wlillo the Unit ed Stnlos docs not wish war, It pro , iiosch to niiiintaln it solf-rcspt'ct. j "The Anmrlcan peoplo have real jlzed at this tinio 111 our hislory it Is !VPl'.v Iniportam that tln-re should hp no (uetlon of tholr altiliiilirwlth rn !.;.pt to the Biiarunli'o of AniPrlc:.n irinhlH," Mr. Iliinhos said. "Wo (! ;: i'0 ppurc, hut we deslrp tin honoruldP I'ppce. W'p do nut wish war, but wo I'irriioce lo maintain our plf-rppP'.t. ; ' W'p Unow pprfpi'tly well thai. Iherp . I ih) future for Ihn pounlry uiiIpk!) we enjoy the friendship of the wor!.1. i You evoke only contempt, either M , lr-tit or expressed if you do not nmii: jtain firmly and eonsislently you." lights. There It no lasliliK pence for d radent people." .Mr. Ilimhea said that lie. was sure !t'le Ameriinn peoide were eotnlllR to their own eouclnslons with respect, lo the various claims made In the cam lailiii and that In the loan run iiie : American jicoide do not make mis takes. i "It Is perfectly Idle, however, fir s-n.vhody In say that he is a friend cf (re development ol niiriculturo In tl.it, couiilry. when he framed an l:nder- wood hill, whleh mils most of our aurlcult ural iirodtu'ts on a free list, or 'on such a low rate of duly as not to furnish our farmers with the protec tion to which they are entitled; Wo have r".ot to have a basis in this coun try for the development which they need.'' w .VI t if PROTESTS USE Fresklent Wilsun at Buffalo Reuisters "Solemn" Piotest" Against Use of International Relationships of the Nation for Partisan Purposes as Ur.patriotic. I'.ri'l'Al.d, X. V., Xuv. l.-l've-i-ileiil WiUuii here lodi.v registered "a -oleum ni-de-t" uvuin-l the use of Hie inteinuliomil rel:iliun-lii of the nn li"ii for initi-nn iuiio-e. .Men who do llii-, lM. niil, "I eanmd and will not regard n- iatriot." Ili ilcclorcc' ciie-iioii- iuvolvin;; liun Iive should iml he ilrn.ugcil into politics. The iire-iilenl's pi-oto-i was yrocl eil hy irohill'ucil npiilniKe. lie -iliil he would not consent that the demo elalio parly he usi-d fur any such Uirioe. The ire-iieul wi. i hicreil on hi nrriMil by u crowd ut the slulion and iiloni; Jhe slrccts lliroiiuh which he nule. He was iiameiliulplv laken on an iiulimiiiliile ride Ihrouiili the dnwn l.nvn seetion of lluiTnlo nml then "lo thi' Kllieotl cluh, when- u luncheon was iven in his honor. KHiiiilinte russion. The pri'-idenl was. wiirmlv up liliiiulcil when he entered the Kllieotl club I tu- luncheon. Wilh the excep tion of a women's eoniiniltee enler- laiiiinv .Mrs. Wils only men were present. When the president was introduced the jjue-ts stood ami cheered. lie declared that "what we need is light more lliun lien I in this oniupiiie,n." Me added: "Within n week we can Infill lo talk Sjeiw rtain.' - "Il is exci'ediimlv iniiorlanl that this unlinn disiuiss its al'l'iiii's in a uon-pnitlsaii tuaiiucr," he continued. "There was never a lime when our dome-tic nl fairs touched more close ly iuieinational affair-. . "Aiueiiea has :ieu promi-e lo the world that she will mil look on affairs with a pas-ion. There i- pns-ion eiiiiuvfh in the world. The I'nited Stales in all its indiislrial relations has swun out into the broad stream of the world. Whether we would have eho-en it or not, the whole faee of our n flair- will he ebanyed in the next generation. "Xo man can make predictions now. "When we know l he fuels we iiin-l ill nil sober -criou-nc-s adju-l our selves to thcni." Social Justice n l''uctor. I li-1-u-siii'.r the laiill', the president declared he had nut noiuiuul-cil the members uf I lie taril f conimis-lon be- cau-e he did not want to wail loo loin; lo -ce woollier the senate would con firm Oii-ii. I le com iniied : "I waul you lo notice that the field of political thought is widening aboiil us. You perceive lllat the field ha iuilcl'itiiti'ly wiileaed. There are ille-l ions of sociul justice that now domciilci- into leui-lnl ion." The pre-idelit eiiliei-ed men who "in the mid-1 of l In- mo-t critical re-laliou-liip-, ill-' iletali- of whieh Ihey do not know, make play with the lo (Continued on Pane Six.) PROBABLY LOST l.dNDoN, Nov. I.-- A Lloyd's dis patch from Xewipmy, ('oinuall. says that a hii's lifchnal. nim kcd A. I . )avidsiti ha, been washed ashore at I'd) alipol ih. The latent report id ihe -team-hip A. I . Ibiud-oii was of lor departure from Montreal, Octo ber I. lor Havre. The A. I. I.oid-oii wn- much overdue, ami the news that a lifeboat had been picked up caused ihe rate of re-:nsnraiicc lt ri-e .t 7)1 i;uincas per cent. .MONTH KA I., Nov. I . -Karbur fb iidx altt here todav that the uteu'n stilp A. K. havblson, earricil nil American crew. The vt'Hfr-l was one of a nunilxT of American lake main carrier ,nr cbaKed by tlie l-'rcnch unvernmcut. 'i"he crew w as satd to hnve !'"e'i enacd hy .1. W. Khvell mid rom puny, rdiipiinK omiah'sloii firm in N!W York. ounnin OTAMn onuuLU 0IHI1U Milwaukee's Most Distinguished Citi zen, a Life-Lonn Republican of German Birth, Makes a Ringing Declaration fcr Wilson's Re-election. .MIIAVAl'KKK, YVi., Nv. 1 . Mil -waukee's most distinguished citizen, a life-Ion; republican and a native of (lennany, is for I're-ident WiNnit, first, last and nil the lime. ' lb' is (leneral ('. Wiidcler,' .for years a lender in the republican ranks and a man known from one end 61 the stall In the other. And (ienernl Winkler is not bealim; about the btisb. He is out lor Wilson's re-election mid he is proud of it. It was on the occasion of the presi leiil's visit to this city several months .ijin that (ieneral Winkler wns pro claimed .Milwaukee's leadimf citizen. A non-partisan committee of business ami professional men was appointed to select a mnn to introduce the tui tion's executive at the yrcat mass meetiuu in the audiiorium. This committee went over lists of representative citizens and Oenernl Winkler wns the unanimous choice, Hln by President, It was several weeks laLerthat Oioii eia! Winkler made public his determ ination to vote for Wilson, "I make claim to no exceptional patriotism; I have simply done what seemed to me my duty. Like other men, 1 lake my positions according tn mv convictions," jid (leneral Wink- ler. r ' - : 'The last thrift yLars-have befti V) strenuous period for the president. The responsibilities thrown upon him, . Ihe difficulties and perplexinir nuos tion thai have beset him, hnve far ex ceeded those of any oilier man living on litis emit incut. "lie was president of the I'nited Slates. Kvery step he took, every move he made, had to be viewed, from the standpoint of Mint hic,h office. The rules of international law and tin laws of his country were his pride. The maintenance of the rights mid peace of his country ami the protec tion of ifs citizens were his necessary aims, "To ihe discharge op these duties President Wilson liimuhl umpicstinn cd devotion, very rear ability mid steady firmness of judgment, coupled with the moderation hecomiitt to his e'rent office. flaws of Hindsight. "W,hile the most frantic of wars in volves all Kurope, the I'nited State is in the full enjoyment of peace. Hind sight, to be sure, will find i t si Haws, but that is cheap loyjc, I am deeply . persuaded that no man in the presi dential chair could with safety tn our country have pursued a substantially different course from that of Presi dent Wd-on. or conducted it with fewer errors. course, founded on the acknowledged principles of inter national law, has been just and im partial to all warring nations. "I know that tins la-l proposition has been severely arraiuned and not infrequent !y denounced with unbe- uimr violence. I make no challenge of the -ineerity of hi- ciirics. Hut one carinoi re-ist the conviction thai their judgment i- warped by highly eVcited -ympatliii's. i true that the syni palhics are ualaral-, but it is also true that in their tendency excited feelings arc very mislcadimr and when not rig idly controlled, lead to biased and mi 'trustworthy jitik'inenls, I, too, have racial -ympalhie-, ami the experiences of a lifetime have tauuht me the se veie di-ciphiic rupiilcd, especially oil Itolitieal -ubjeets, tt) subordinate fenl- (Contlnued on Vni Six.) MAN' Vob'K. Nov. 1. The (Jreat Northern ore propertied from which the stockholders of the (ireal North ern Ifnihwiy company derive benefi cial interest, announced today n divi dend of " cents a -hare ns compared with the ."it-cent rate declared semi annually during the last three years.
