THE SrORNIXG OliEGOXIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1914.
BAVARIANS SUPPLY
COMEDY FOR ARMY
Unheard-of Sorties and Hand-
to-Hand Fights Constantly
... Surprise Comrades.
MODERN FIREARMS IRK
Ideal Is Free-for-AIl, With Long
Knife in Bootleg fop Ultimate
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Their Captors Iy Ruse.
BY J.VMES O'DONSELL BENNETT.
(Special Correspondent of the Chicago
i. wuuno ruumsuea uy arrangement with tne
Tribune.)
LAON, France. Oct." 1. The wild
y of the Bavarian soldiery provide
the German army with most of its
comedy. Intensely sentimental, at times
insaneiy orave, at other times lngen
nous as children, and at all times ef
fusive. they are at once the wonder
and the delight of the morr phleg
matic type of German.
Let some unheard of and, by all the
rules of war, preposterous thins: be
accomplished in the way of a sortie
or a hand-to-hand encounter, and the
explanation is not unlikely to be: "It
was those a Bavarians!
The adjective denotes endearment.
Modern firearms irk these men of the
eouth. Their ideal of a fight is a free-for-all.
Roll up your sleeves and wade
In. Fight with your hands if vou can
and draw your long huntlng-gnife
from your bootleg if you must.
The knives are carried in a sheath,
which is fastened inside the right
boot. Fair observers say that the
r rencn wouia rather face 500 Prus
sians in a bayonet charge than 150
Bavarians shouting "Darauf!" ("At it!"
or "Go to it!") and eominir forward
with their knives drawn. The hoarse
cnorus or "Darauf!" is said to be no
contemptible factor in the grim effect
the mountain-men produce.
When a German officer slows up his
nuto in me roadside to pass a small
detachment of troops moving on foot
he is more apt than not to give the
men a hail and ask them if all goes
well with them. If it is a sentry the
officer is passing as he crosses the
bridge at the foot of a, village street
he will pause and say, "Are you com
fortably quartered in this town?" The
sentry beams and in a dozen words
gives the attitude of the population to
ward the troops.
Officer and Men Understand.
In respect to the interchange of
greetings and these solicitous inquiries
the rapport between officers and men
in the German army seems singularly
close. There Is no familiarity, but
tnere Is understanding.
A group of German officers passing
a detachment of Bavarians made the
usual inquiries, "How goes it with
you? How do you like active serv
ice?" "O. this is fine," replied the sergeant.
"Now an honest man can fight with
out a policeman in the square to stop
him!"
In the course of some scouting be
tween Laon and Rheims 50 Bavarians
fell Into the hands of 200 Frenchmen.
The French stripped their prisoners -of
guns, bayonets, and cartridsebelts, but
overlooked the knives in the bootlegs.
The Bavarians had not been marched
two miles before they took charge of
the situation. A stretch of broken and
wooded ground gave them their oppor
tunity. The knives were drawn. ' the wild
shout of "Darauf!" went up, and the
melee began. It was not war, but
Uonnybrook fair. The upshot was that
the Bavarians marched 150 French
prisoners into camp. The other 50
were in no condition to march.
ine exploit has revived a famous
story of Franco-Prussian times.
In those days the Turcos brought by
i iium me colonies were an un
known quantity to the Bavarians onH
because they were unknown, the mere
sight of them put doubt Into the hearts
of a profoundly credulous people. The
truth' is the black men had the Bavar
ians frightened and the Bavarians
knew they were frightened and did not
like the sensation.
Preliminary to an engagement a de
tachment of Bavarians lay in the
iieiiLiies ana surveyed the new prodigy
with an anxious eye. There was desul
tory fighting of a half-hearted char
acter, but there was no sign of one of
tho terrific sorties. Distrust was
tuiuuga tne ranks ana no
man couia ten now soon distrust might
breed panic.
A Bavarian private could stand the
situation no longer. He made a dash
from the firing Jine to the nearest
Irench trench, seized a Turco by the
throat, fYTpped htm,' and dragged him
back to the German llnps
"Here, captain," he panted. "hej;e is
v mo uimk uevus: L.OOK him over
and see if he is from hell!"
The captain's decision is said to have
y reassured tne .Bavarians.
Discipline No Belittled.
These people are boastful, but they
will praise with unaffected enthusiasm
one whom they esteem a better soldier
A black whiskered, voluble Bavarian
officer dropped off the train at Mau
beuge to stretch his legs and unlimber
his tongue after half a night's ride He
had been fighting where Prussian
troops had signally distinguished
lucmscivca ana ne was full of en
thusiasm for them.
" iiuaaiaus, ue SaiCl. llPV
L owiuiera in Europe. They
have the tradition and the discipline
The discipline! That is what
It has come down-to them through
generations straight from Great
Frederick. We Bavarians are good
soldiers. I know, for I am one, but not
us Boua as tne Prussians. With them
the discipline is inborn."
CONSUL DIES OF SMALLPOX
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Mr. Hamni, United States Agent In
Dnrango, Mci., Is Victim.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 8. United States
Consul Theodore Cushlng Hamm died
yesterday of smallpox at his post in
Durango, Mexico, where .be has been
stationed since August, 1911.
During the recent Mexican troubles
Consul Hamm was active in protecting
American interests in hlj district, and
bis name figured, in many of the dis
patches to Washington from the revo
lutionary storm centers,
Hamm w"s born in Vermont in
1882. and was educated in Colorado and
George Washington Universities. He
fDt?ed the state Department service
in 1901 and became a Consul the fol
lowing year.
liner Ortega, which arrived in Liver
pool October 20 from Valparaiso, was
fired on by a German cruiser, probably
the Leipzig, on September 19. When
the Ortega discovered she was being
chased she made for the dreaded Cape
George at something over - her trial
trip speed.
They found themselves in an un
charted lagoon, which was really a
roundabout entrance to the Straits of
Magellan. It was decided to navigate
this unknown waterway and a small
boat was sent ahead to take soundings.
After much difficulty the known but
unfrequented waterway of Smyth's
Channel was reached. On arriving at
Punta Arenas they discovered that a
wireless message had been received
from the German shlt. which had re
mained outside the channel, saying the
ursa naa Deen sunk with all on
board.
On reaching the Atlantic further ex
citement was In store, as H. M. S. Glas
gow and Monmouth both chased tho
steamer until she was recognized as
British.
North of the equator a Russian bark
hailed the steamer to correct her chro
nometers and was surprised to hear of
tne war. Tne bark had been at sea
some tour months
SEIZED STEAMERS FREED
lowtber range: to come to
PORTLAND FOR GRAIN.
GERIV1AN GUNBOAT AT
HONOLULU INTERNED
Oankdale, Also Suspected of Aiding
Germans, Chartered to Act as
Collier Wltn Cruisers.
VICTORT A TJ r -M b t i.
derstood teat the British steamer
Bankdale. now at T!mnimgif . v. An n
rJaced under charter by the British
AuiuuaiLjF iu act in tne capacity or a
collier with the British cruisers now
operating in the North Pacific
For her nntwarri vnvno-A V, 1.
dale was under charter to Balfour,
uutnne & Co., toload barley at San
Francisco for the United Kingdom, but
this, in view of th
will be automatically cancelled. The
6V jL wiw Danaaaie nas Deen dis
charged and Captain Hall is now
awaiting erovernment Inctmrtinnq Da tn
his future movements.
The British steamer Lowther Range,
which was diverted from Mexican
waters to .fcisquimalt. will fill her out
ward charter. Th venui i a
pleting the discharge of her cargo and
omcers are expecting to get away
from this port on Sunday for Portland,
Where She is under nrrinrn to lniiff n
full cargo of grain and flour for the
umiea R.ingaom or the Continent. It
is understood that the vessel will be
released and allowed to rtt a wv
the end of the week.
The Lowther Range's port, or ports,
of destination -will ' largely depend on
the war situation In Europe, following
the arrival nf thn fc0.,..&. i
other side of the Atlantic.
The Bankdale and T
were seized by the British cruiser
Newcastle off the
month and sent to Esquimau with prize
crews because tho captains of the
steamers did not give satisfactory an-
oyci iu questions askea Dy tne cruis
er's Officers, v It wan saiH thA chln.
were susnected nf furniahino.
German cruisers.
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JOHN REDSIOND'S REQUEST FOR
NATIONAL RECOGNITION MET.
VOYAGE FULL OF THRILLS
British Liner Evades Pursuit by
Seeking Uncharted Lagoon.
IXNDON. Oct. 15. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) The Pacific
Recruiting North and South Goes on
Actively Officers, Including Com
mander, Will Be Irish, Too. .
DUBLIN, Oct. 15. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) John Redmond's
request for the official recognition of
an Irish brigade has been met. The
Nationalist leader shortly before the
prorogation of Parliament declared
that his country had a right to claim
that Irish recruits for the expedition
ary force should be kept together as a
unit, officered as far as possible by
Irishmen and composed if possible of
county battalions, "so that Ireland may
gain national credit for their deeds and
feel, like other communities of the em
pire, that she, too, has contributed an
army, bearing her name in this his
toric struggle."
Since that manifesto was published
recruiting in Ireland north and south
has been active and now the Irish bri
gade, as outlined by Mr. Redmond, is
being formed. It will consist of the
Sixteenth Division of the new army,
composed of 12 purely Irish battalions,
with headquarters at Mallow. County
Cork. Most of its officers, including
the commander, will be Irishmen, and
Mr. Redmond has agreed to regard the
division as the Irish brigade.
Lleutenant-General Sir Lawrence
Worthington Parsons, a former "gun
ner" and a King's County man, has
been appointed to the command. Sir
Lawrence formerly held an Irish com
mand, while he did good service in
South Africa, being present at the re
lief of Ladysmlth. Since then he has
been inspector-general of artillery in
India, He was knighted on his retire
ment two years ago.
MONITORS' DRAFT LIGHT
VESSELS BUILT FOR BRAZIL ARE
USED ON BELGIAN COAST.
With Two Japanese Waiting
Outside, Little Warship
Elects to Remain.
Powerful Gun Throwing; Enormoui
Projectiles Peculiarly Fitted for
Use Now Made of Them.'
LONDON. Oct. 14. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) The three
"""a monitors Severn, Humber and
Mersey which bombarded the Ger
mans on the Belgian coast, were pur
chased by the British government on
the outbreak of war. They were orig
inally intended for Brazil, and are
peculiarly adapted for river work and
this articular bombardment on the Bel
gian coast, having only 4 feet draft.
For small vessels they are heavily
armed with a few but powerful guns.
Two six-Inch guns are mounted in one
armored turret on upper deck for
ward, throwing a 100-pound projectile
with velocity at the muzzle of 3J00 feet
a second, sufficient force to penetrate
2o inches of iron. These guns can
discharge ten projectiles a minute
each. Two' 4.7-inch howitzers are also
on the upper deck weighing five tons
and oan throw a 35-pound projectile
with velocity at the muzzle of 1150 feet
a second.
In addition there are four three
pound guns and six rifle caliber guns.
Road Drags Made of Old Iron.
ALBANY. Or., Nov. 8 (Special.) By
using old bridge iron in the construc
tion of road drags, the County Court
of Linn County Is not only utilizing
material which would otherwise be
thrown away, but Is using It most ef
fectively for road improvement. Brags
oi ims type are to ds aiatriDutea among
the. road districts.
; - oiDoing pi rti, recently
erected- emilalni nSmif 1 (J rt inn.nA .
lamos.
GUNS BEING DISMOUNTED
Steel Schooner Locksnn Also De
tained as Naval Tender Offi
cers of Both Vessels Re- .
leased on Parole.
HONOLULU. Nov. 8. The German
warship Geler. w.hich has been under
going repairs to her machinery' for
several weeks, and the North German
Lloyd's steel schooner Locksun, which
arrived here recently and was interned
tinder the ruling that the vessel was
a naval tender, were placed today
under a guard of United States troops
and will be held here until the cessa
tion of hostilities under instructions
received from Washington.
Rear-Admiral C. B. T. Moore, com
mandant of the Pearl Harbor naval
station has paroled the officers of
both ships and American, marines are
dismounting the Geier's guns. The
vessels will be assigned to anchorage
of Pearl Harbor. The ships were
boarded at midnight by Collector of
the Port Franklin and Admiral Moore.
This was the hour set by which time
the Germans were obliged to choose
between leaving the port or being per
manently interned.
The Japanese battleship Hizen and
Cruiser Asaraa still were standing
guard at sea outside the three-mile
limit awaiting the decision. They
coaled yesterday from the collier Hat
to rl.
The naval authorities at Pearl Har
bor are holding prisoner the reporter
from a Japanese newspaper who. . on
Novermber 2, was caught disguised as
a fisherman while attempting to reach
the Hizen in a sampan. Instructions
from Washington are. awaited in his
case.
JAPANESE ARE FREE TO SAIL
Vessels Waiting at Honolulu Can
Join Search for Germans.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. The case of
the Geler, a craft of only 1600 tons,
aroused much international interest.
Soon after she dropped anchor in the
harbor of Honolulu, about three weeks
ago, after a voyage from the Far East,
a big and powerful Japanese cruiser,
the Hizen, appeared off the Hawaiian
coast and anchored outside the three
mile limit. Later another Japanese
cruiser joined the Hizen and they
seemed determined to wait as long as
necessary for the enemy.
How long the American Government
would give the Geier to make the re
pairs which International law would
allow in a neutral port was a question
on which there was much .speculation.
It was reported that the repairs needed
were considerable, and it might, be
necessary to send to the -United States
for some of the machinery. After con
sultations between State Department
and naval and customs officials it fin
ally was aeciaea mat all the repairs
could be made by midnight Friday
night. The captain of the vessel then
was permitted to take 24 hours longer
in which to decide whether he would
remain at Honolulu until the end of
the war or put out and take the p.hiu
of meeting the enemy. He decided on
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The fact that the Geier. If she had
escaped from Honolulu, would have
been in the direct course of the impor
tant Japanese shipping passing the
Hawaiian Islands and a constant
menace to all their shipping in the
Pacific, caused considerable anxiety at
the Japanese Embassy here. Another
fact to which attention was called to
night was that the Japanese cruisers
which had been waiting for the Geier
now would be free to join the general
search for German . warships In the
Pacific.
German Tobacco Concerns Sold.
BERLIN, via The Hague and Lon
don. Nov. 8. The British-American To
bacco Company, Ltd., has disposed of
one of its principal German sub
sidiaries at Dresden. The British Board
of Trade made an exception in this
case and permitted the company to sell
Its holdings in Germany.
SAVANT 15 PARTISAN
Closing of Universities, After
War, to Foes Suggested.
ISOLATION IS PROTESTED
ADVERTISING TALK NO. 1
276,850 People Each Week
Patronize Moving Pic
ture Houses
How many moving picture houses do you suppose
Portland h'akl Sixty-three, and two building. How
much of Portland's population do you think pat
ronize these picture houses every day or every week 1
One of the managers was asked to take a census.
He took a month and a half to do it, and here is
what he found: That on an average 276,850 people
each week go to moving picture houses approxi
mately the entire population of Portland once each
week, or nearly 40,000 a day. It means that that
many people each day do not have time to read an
afternoon newspaper. In the down-town houses 3
per cent of the number are children, and in the resi
dence district 7, per cent.
Another census taken develops that 40,000 more
people, each week patronize such theaters as the
Heilig, Baker, Empress, Pantages and Ljrric. Do
these people have time to read an afternoon news
paper? How about the numerous dancing classes and
clubs and the hundreds that attend themf Do they
have time to read the afternoon newspapers? If
you have an automobile you will know if you hive
time to read an afternoon newspaper. There are
over 6000 machines in Portland and most of there
are out in the early evening and after dinner. This,
of course, applies more to the Summer weather than
"Winter weather.
Portland has many clubs. They are well patron
ized, too. . People still go to prayer - meeting and
church on week-day nights, and patronize all of the
church sociables. Do these people have time to read
an afternoon newspaper? Card clubs flourish in
the "Winter time. Women's clubs are active with
the evening affairs. The grill rooms are well pat
ronized in the evenings. Take a walk up and down
Washington street, Morrison street, or any street,
and you will see crowds of people who certainly
have not taken time to carefully read the afternoon .
paper before leaving home. They may have glanced
at the headlines and read a news story or two, but
certainly not the careful reading the advertisements
deserve.
The great bulk of the afternoon newspaper cir
culation is delivered into the homes after 5 o'clock,
when the housewife has little time to read.
The morning newspaper is in the home all day
is read by every member of the family able to read,
and gets the careful reading the advertisements de
serve. 1 t
Medical Professor in Reply Says
Knowledge Is Mutual and Last
ing Peace Cannot Accom
pany Intellectual Conflict.
AMSTERDAM, Oct H. (Correspond
ence or the Associated Press.) The
question whether in future subjects of
nations now at war with Germany
shall be allowed to study at German
universities has aroused much com
ment, especially among German medi
cal men and in the professional press.
In the Medlzlnlsche Kllnik Professor
Elschnig deals with this question inso
far as it affects the exclusion of Japa
nese. He demands that no Japanese
shall be allowed to study at German
universities.
A similar attitude, he continues.
could not be observed with regard to
students of other nationalities now at
war with Germany, as many common
Interests unite these various countries.
Professor Elschnig's opinion is that
German medical science would not lose
anytning "if we limit the mutual re
lations with other now hostile nutlnna
and If we, after the war, restrict these
relations to those nations onlv with
whom it will be possible to live in
peace.
Science Not Isolated.
mis article Dy rro:easor Klschnlg
has brought forth answem from Pm.
feasor Orth. He points out that he
must aeny on principle that a nation
can isolate Itself from the others with
regard to scientific and especially
medical, relations. "I do nor" under
rate .our German medical science." he
said, "but could it have reached its
present greatness without the mutual
relations with the medical science of
other nations? Have we always been
the givers and never the receivers?
Shall we, because England has become
the best-hated enemy, remove the pic
ture of Lord Lister from the wall of
our ULngenDeck Hospital? Shall we
forego for all future time all rela
tions with the English or any other
country's medical science?
Japanese Dlllsence Praised.
"With regard to Japan. Japanese
medical science has been, until now,
the receiver. But Japanese diligence,
together wtih German genius, has pre
sented German medicine and the whole
world with one of the most valuable
medical acquisitions. If, after the war,
a long lasting peace also with Japan
comes, the war in science could not
be continued. The political enemies
of today can be the best friends to
morrow. "If we wish to maintain our power in
the world, for which this war is
waged, also after the war we cannot
isolate ourselves but we must remain
in touch with the whole world, and if
the relations are partly interrupted we
must restore them.
Present Allies PrIVIleeed.
"That we shall treat the Tirimi. mo
tions differently is a matter of course.
Our present allies will occupy a, priv
ileged position. After the termination
of hostilities a certain feeling will re
main against our enemies, especially
against England, Russia and Japan
and it will take a long time and con
tinual good behavior on their part be
fore the old good relations can be re
stored. rr
"But. after the war. the rifin. r
our universities with all now hostile
mi cisucrs must oe again correct."
100 Due From Hood River.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Nov. II f so
ning a gala day next Thursday, when
more than 100 will Journey by special
car to Portland to visit the Manufac
turers' and Land Products Show. At mid
day the Junketers will assemble at the
Hotel Benson, where they will lunch in
the crystal dining-room, with S. Ben
son as their guest of honor.
Portland musicians will render a
programme on the Armory stage Thurs
day evening. Mrs. Ralph Root. Mrs.
C. H. Henney, Otto T. Wedemeyer and
J. A. Epplng will take part Jn this entertainment.
Paris to Issue Bonds.
PARIS, Nov. 8. The French govern
ment has authorized the City of Paris
to issue bonds to the amount of 120 -000.000
francs ($24,000,000) redeemable
In a year. The bonds will bear inter
eat not to exceed 6 per cent.
VOTED
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OUT
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Creditors demand their money.
Our entire stock of $40,000 high
grade wines and liquors must be
closed out at once to pay up our
accounts.
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