I HEROISM, TRAGEDY AND STRIKING
I INCIDENTS OF EUROPE'S BIG WAR
Thrilling Story of Charge Ri
valina That of the Fa-
mous Light Brigade.
N dispatches to the New Tork Bun
and Londou Mall, from a point
behind the British troopa which
the censor would not permit him
to name, correspoudeut describes a
British charge which, he avers, ex
celled that of the famous Light brigade
at ltalakluva.
"The campaign so far," he says, "ap
pears to have been a series of stub
born, disciplined, tnctlcal retreats tem
pered with some offensive feats of ex
traordinary gallantry.
-One of these as It was recounted to
me deserves to be put beside the most
notable feats of the British army.
"The Ninth lam-era seem to have re
peated under almost the Identical con
ditions the charge of the Light brigade
at Baltikluva.
"Since the beginning of the fighting
the German artillery has been the bane
of our troops during the action at ,
which is close to the Belgian frontier.
Terrible havoc had been caused in onr
Tanks by great shells from a battery of
leven guns Inside a wood. By the
disposal of large quantities of forage
the guns had the appearance of small
haystacks or something of the kind.
Their first fire caused a terrible loss to
our men. who approached unsuspect
ingly. j Like Charge at Balaklava,
1 "The same guns continued their fire
for several hours with continuous ef
fect, and It seemed Impossible to si
lence their fire, when the Ninth lancers
made their heroic attempt
"They rode straight at the guns, de
jbouching into the open and charging
under a bail of melinite or lyddite
from other German guns.
"I bave not been able to get an ac
curate estimate of the distance they
rode, but they reached the gunsheavy
guns almost approximating siege guns
in size cut down all the gunners and
put the guns out of action. Then, like
their prototypes at Balaklava. they
rode back and on their return fell in
greater numbers stllL"
i "Get the Guns Back!"
Another gallant deed reported by
this correspondent was that of Cap
tain F. O. Grenfell of the Ninth lan
cers. He was hit In both legs and had
two fingers shot off at the same time.
Almost as he received these wounds a
couple of guns. posted near by were
deprived of their servers, all of whom
-save one were struck by the bursting
of shrapnel. The horses for the guns
lad been placed under cover.
' "We'll get the guns back," cried
3renfell, and at that, with a number
of bis men. In spite of his wounds, be
did manage to harness the guns op
and get them away.
. Men who took part In the South
African campaign say that the hottest
firing there was childish compared
'With that the troops have undergone
in Belgium and France.
! Scene of Awful Havoc.
' A fleeing resident of Cbantllly tells
how the British with their Maxims cut
the uhlans to ribbons. He was leading
off a string of horses along the road
when he was held up by English sol
diers. ' "You had better hurry up," said they,
'"for those blooming Germans are Just
around the corner."
I "I dropped my horses," be said, "and
nipped off into the woods like a fox.
made my way to my bouse, lugged off
my wife and wrapped up a few be
longings in a horse rug. We had a
nightmare of adventures.
"We could not get into Paris, so we
drove around It to make our way to
Dieppe by the railway line. On the
road we were again stopped by Eng
lish soldiers. More soldiers were be
Uulnd us, and we thought they were
English too.
1 " 'No, they are Germans,' said the
soldiers. 'Scuttle around that bend,
sharp.' Some scuttled, and I saw In
a ditch alongside the road a few dozen
English soldiers with Maxims showing
tbelr noses through the long grass.
"Tbe Germans were a hundred yards
or so away when the Maxims let out
slashing men and horses to ribbons.
It was a ghastly sight More Germans
were galloping across the fields, and an
aeroplane was flying overhead In a
circle. It did not seem real at all.
"The English soldiers were firing as
hard as they could at the aeroplane,
and at the same time tbe quick firers
Jn the ditch were going full pelt when
ever a raiding horseman came along
iiehind them artillery was firing, and
ns the shells tore over onr heads the
Tommies would cheer and shout out:
'There goes another blooming rocket!
Iioller, boys!' And you bet they
shouted."
Cool Nerve of Belgians.
i Stories of the cool nerve of Belgian
soldiers under Ore are being told every
where by refugees and correspondents
arriving from the battlefield in lower
Belgium. Tbe story Is told of one vol
unteer who returned after a skirmish
with nblans and calmly announced.
"Well. I killed two." Then as be
filled bis pipe he added:
"I hit one right there." putting his
finser to his forehead. "Ills helmet
.Trent spinning, and I pitted It up
Grim Realities of Battle and
Touches of Humor Re-
vealed In the News.
later and saw the hole my bullet had
made."
Clerks, brokers and business men
have been turned into fighting devils.
The Belgians were not out of their
uniforms for days at a time. Sleep
ing and eating In the trenches when
they could, they became veritable vag
abonds. Even when catching a few
winks of sleep the men lay with tbelr
rifles on their arms ready for action.
Machine Guns In Action.
English soldiers from the front tell
some wonderful stories about the ter
rific execution done by their machiue
guns on the advancing Germans.
"We take up a position on the road
side and wait for them to come," said
one of these soldiers. "When they are
200 or 300 yards away we are eager to
fire. Says the captain:
" 'Walt a bit till I make sure they
are not English."
"He looks through his glasses and
then says:
" 'Let them have it boys!"
"Off it goes, and you see fifty or sixty
drop. But it makes little difference.
Others come on, and then we move our
guns."
Use Mirrors ai Signals.
Referring to the recent unfavorable
news from the East Prussian frontier,
a German officer, talking with a war
correspondent said:
"Now we know bow the Russians
were able to escape our movements.
The espionage service which they have
organized Is enormous. The Russians
are Informed of everything that is hap
pening in the daytime by spies, who
light fires that produce smoke of va
rious colors, as suits their purpose.
"At night they signal with lights.
Mirrors are also utilized for signaling
when tbe sun permits. Once we saw
a procession of Russians carrying a
sacred picture, which picture proved
to be painted on a mirror.
"The Russians always escaped when
we had succeeded In getting them on
dangerous ground."
Sentimental Side lights.
When the British expeditionary army
landed on French sol tbe natives went
wild with Joy, and women overwhelm
ed Tommy Atkins with kisses. A
letter received at London by the wife
of one of the soldiers at tbe front de
clares: "Tou would have been Jealous if you
had seen the women, old and young,
kiss us. I was kissed scores of times.
The natives went frantic with Joy
when they saw us. The women
screamed with Joy as they hugged us.
Many wept bitterly and then wiped
away the tears and offered us small
presents." .
. Called to military duty, a Paris paint
er bad to leave bis wife and four chil
dren almost destitute. When be told
his wife of the call she said:
"Do thy duty without worrying about
us. Tbe city and state and our asso
ciations will look after us women and
children."
In a letter to her bnsband the wife
Inclosed $1 out of $1.20, the total
amount of money in her possession.
AH of Servla Is enthusiastic In re
gard to the coming campaign for tbe
conquest of territory from the Aus
tria ns.
One of the most remarkable features
Is the ardent enthusiasm displayed by
the Servian women. Many of them
bave taken a pledge not to love a man
who baa not killed at least one of tbe
enemy.
When Lieutenant St Aubyn, killed
In the Helgoland naval battle, was
burled In London bis mother sent a
wreath bearing the Inscription:
"To my darling boy. I thank my God
upon every remembrance of you."
A Reuter dispatch from Dieppe says:
"A German girl spy was arrested by
English soldiers on tbe bridge over the
Olse river at Lacrotx. In ber posses
sion were the plans of all tbe roads and
bridges around Paris. She appeared to
be not more than seventeen years old."
Drunk With Battle Joy.
To the Paris Matin's correspondent
at Chartres a colonial Infantryman,
wounded at Cbarlerol, told bis ex
periences in tbe battle.
"We marched with our African com
rades against the Prussian guurd," he
said. "We advanced In bounds amid
the humming of bullets, using every
bit of cover we could. We felt Intoxi
cated with the Joy of battle.
"I couldn't say how long the action
lasted. All I remember is that we
fired our last shot within fifty yards
tit the enemy. Then it was the pitiless
thrust of cold steel, it would have
given us the victory, for. however in
trepid and steady are the troops we
Unlit nguinst, there are no soldiers in
the world able to resist the Turkos'
bayonet charge."
Jews Brave Fighters.
A corporal and two privates of the
Black Watch, one of the four high
land regiments, all wounded, arriving
in London from the front, were sur
rounded by a crowd nnd cheered In the
west end. The corporal, telling how
his realment fought, suld:
"All around us were the dead and
dying. Every now ami then the Ger- i
man shells burst, and we popporori .
away at 'em we sung 'lioumln' in tho
Gkuimlu" and the 'Lass o' KllUekran
klo.' "
Somebody lu the crowd asked, "What
were- the Jews doing?"
The highbinder replied:
"Their duty. We had three with us,
and bonnier and braver hula 1 don't
wish to see. They fought Just splen
didly." "Amerikanisher Roast Beef."
William Parker of St Louis, who ar
rived In Loudon from Rouninnln, told
of Interesting thing he bad witnessed I
on his Journey, lie wild:
"When we got to Breslau the mining '
of the town approaches was going on,
Hiid I had a good look at it They
were digging trenches about three
miles outside Breslau and burying hor
rible looking bomlm eleven Inches lu
din meter, row after row, as far as I
could see. They seemed to fear a Rus
sian attack.
"From Breslau we had a slow but not
uncomfortable trip to Itorlln. German
oltlcera who spoke euough 'American
to make themselves understood saw to
It that we got coffee aud food at sta
tions along the way.
"You must know that "American is
now officially recognised as a language.
Shnts up everywhere say 'American
Spoken Here. The bill of fare no long
er reads 'English roast beef,' but
'Amerlkanlscher roast beef." So all
along the Hue It's all American now,
not English.'
Magio of a German Hair Cut.
n. B. Elgin. Joseph B. Wlngsbury
and James B. Leslie, all residents of
Washington, after being arrested ev
ery day in Nuremberg because of their
foreign appearance, had tbelr balr clip
ped and ruined small mustaches ac
cording to the most approved German
fashion.
"We were all arrested, as nearly as
I can remember, every day for the
first four days," said one of the party,
"and each day it was for something
different If we stopped a street car
and talked English they bad us. One
of us who did not know a word of
German was copying a steamship ad
vertisement concerning sailing dates
one day on the street, thinking to get
the Information In German and get It
translated at our hotel.
"That move 'fixed' him, and sol
dier with bayonet and revolver escort
ed him to headquarters. He couldn't
make himself understood and things
looked rather blue for a time, but a
young German, who bad lived in Tam
pa, Fla., spotted his high crowned
American bat, gained entrance to tbe
room and got him off.
"We finally decided to do as most
young Germans do, probably because
they are all going to war, and bave
our beads clipped close and raise mus
taches. Arrests were not so fequent
then."
Saves Women by a Base.
H. H. Paneck of New York, who re
turned on the steamship St Paul as a
steerage passenger, told bow he got
twenty women out of Paris by a rnae.
The women had gathered from the In
terior of France and were anxious to
get to England, but found the trains
of cattle cars crowded.
"I told one young woman to faint,"
said Mr. Paneck. "and she did It well.
Those aboard the trams rushed out to
see tbe cause of the trouble, and by a
prearrangement the other nineteen
made for the places left vacant, while
I carried the fainting woman aboard
In my arms."
"Woman" 8py Fooled GirL
Miss Diana Leverlck of New Tork,
who arrived In Boston from England
on the Cunard liner Franconia, told
bow she became acquainted with a
German "woman" while on board a
Mediterranean boat bound for London
who proved to to a German male spy
In disguise and who later was shot
"Among the passengers was a re
fined middle aged German woman who
gave the name of Nlederhaus," she
said. "She bore every evidence of good
breeding and made herself very agree
able to all of us. I became very much
attached to ber. She was so pleasant
and affable that certain peculiarities
of ber gait and face were unnoticed.
Her bands and feet seemed a trifle
large, but I liked ber so well that I
could see nothing strange about her, al
though some of the other passengers
began to comment upon ber.
"On the morning of our arrival In
London a messenger boy came aboard
crying out 'Telegram for Mrs. Nleder
haus.' The woman did not answer.
Finally came an official and a squad of
soldiers, and she was led away to ber
cabin. We were amazed when sol
diers locked themselves in with her
until we learned that she was really a
male spy. 1 read about ber In tbe
London Times next day, the paper de
scribing bow 'she' was sbot by the sol
diers." Proud He Was Shot.
Among the stories of the French
wounded Is one told of an Algerian
rifleman who wns taken to Noisy-le-Sec.
He had a bullet in bis head and
insisted that surgeons operate on hlin
Immediately. Finally a surgeon took
him to a drug store and extracted the
missile.
Thou without waiting for the wound
to be dressed the Algerian grabbed the
bullet and held It out proudly so that
those about him could see it
WATCH THIS PAPER FOR THE
Canaries to Watch For Aeroplanes.
The newspaper La Llberte of Paris
declares that cage birds, especially ca
naries, never fall to signal the pres
ence of an airship or an aeroplane by
giving a cry of surprise. The paper
suggests that they should be used as
watch birds.
TRUTH ABOUT PROHIBITION
Here is the exact Issue that confronts you
The prohibitionists ask you to adopt an amend
ment to the State Constitution to prohibit tho
manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages,
except for medical, mechanical and sacra
mental uses.
The adoption of this amendment means the
entire wiping out of tho present splendid home
rule and local option laws.
Thereafter the regulation nnd control of the liquor
traffic in Oregon icould pan from citiea and towns
and be retained exclusively by the state.
' Note corcfully there la no mention ol prohibiting "dietrlbu
lion," "trantportatlnn" or "' ol alcoholic beverages.
Only Kit maniifarfure and tale. IHttribution, trannpor'
tat ion and u Intentionally were left out by the prunlM
tlonhts. Shipment ol tluunra Into the Hate, or through the
tnte, or drinking ol liquors within the late would not be
prohibited by the amendment.
Washington, Idaho nd California naturally would immedi
ately begin shipping liquor Into Oregon and throughout
Oregon. The saloon, where It now eiti, would merely
have given aw;iv to the "Mind piuaer." "bmitleiig-r" and
"moonehiner.'1 All cities and lowtu now either wet or
dry would be ut the mercy of the ttat potie authoritte
and ttat law maker.
Present "dry" cities and towns would renli.e that they
had come nearer to voting themselves "uW'than they
now are under the splendid home rule and local option
laws.
If the atnte authorities were derelict or failed to enforce the
law, si they are In Kansas and Maine, the cities and town
would realire that they had voted atvau their present direct
control and regulation of tho liquor truffle. These articles
will show later that kanvu and Maine authorities art Hrrtlict
and do fail to enforce the law. To undo the mistake Oregon
would have to repeal a conntltutional amendment and not
a mere law s very difficult undertaking. Deceit snd per
jury in securing liquor illegally would have been substituted
for what today Is a iteadily improving, healthier public
opinion regarding true temperance, and trut temperance
would have been done an irreparable injury requiring many
year to recover from.
Kansas la pointed lo by prohibitionists as the model prohibi
tion ttat.. They want Oregon to become a Kansas. Watch
these articles with a fair, open mind and learn what thirty
three year of prohibition law has done for Kansas without
prohibiting or advancing true temperance.
All figures will be taken from latest
United States Government Reports
N. "..Prohibitionists are spreading the opinion that, If the proposed
amendment Is defeated, the present dry towns and cities will become
wet again. This POSITIVELY IS NOT SO. The present home
rule snd local option laws would remain 'it at they now are.
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