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1 THE MORNING OREGONtAN, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1913. . 't O SUBMARINE PUZZLE SOLVED BY BRITISH Will Irwin Tells ."How Navy Is Ever Alert, Often Play ing Waiting Game. STORY OF "FRITZ" TOLD German Iivins Boat Is Prey of Aeroplane After Ixng Reign on. Coast Trawlers Fount! to Be Giving .Supplies. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Oct. 11. How the British navy solved the problem o exterminating German submarines .and - eventually rendered British commerce compar atively safe waa interestingly told at the round table of the National Press Club in Washington ty Will Jrwin, war correspondent, whose dispatches have frequently appeared in The Oregonian. Mr. Irwin left England when between 30 and 40 German submarines had been sunk or captured by.th British navy, and since his return the number sunk or captured has been increased to 64, lb far as known. "The best brains and skill of Great Britain," said Mr. Irwin, "are found in her navy. The people of England, generally speaking, .. have not awak ened to the serious situation which confronts them; the British army may still be unprepared, but the British do not sleep on the seas. The British navy fully realizes the size of the task confronting it and 'confronting Eng land, and the navy possesses the brains ii nd the ingenuity to solve its own par ticular war problems. You don't hear much of the British navy in this coun try, and you can't learn much about it when in England.. Lone Submarine Appears. "But I can recite two incidents -which illustrate the British method of dealing with the German submarines. The facts relatfed were gathered from eye-witnesses, in the first instance from a reporter on a Scotch news paper, but the facts are such that the British censors would not pass them, nor would they permit their publica tion in British or Scotch newspapers. "Last .February there appeared oil the west coast of Scotland a lone Ger man submarine, in search of British merchantmen. The submarine was noted as soon as it showed up off the t-ost, and its presence reported to the Admiralty. But the navy did not pursue the submarine immediately. Rather they let it pursue its own course for several days; permitted it to sink several victims, but meantime the British were watching and studying the hubits of the under-water crat't. They dubbed the submarine 4Kritz,' and as 'Fritz' it was known to the end. "It was found that 'Fritz spent his days cruising off-shore, but every evening ran into an estuary, and sank to the bottom for the night. With the return of daybreak 'Fritz would re appear at the surface for air and to recharge his batteries, and then put out to sea for another day's work. 'Fritz' operated with reasonable suc cess, and sank several merchant ves sels, though few torpedoes were used. The Germans never sink a ship with a torpedo if other means wru suffice, for torpedoes are expensive,, they are scarce, and a submarine can carry only a limited, .number. They much prefer to sink a ship with their guns, or by sending a. party aboard a prize and opening her sea-cocks. "One morning when Fritz rose to the surface her commander sighted off shore a large British merchantman, an enticing prize."" Promptly her com mander started for the intended prize. When observed, the merchant vessel was proceeding leisurely up the coast, her crew engaged in washing clothes and hanging them out to dry. When the submarine got under way a bright red shirt was hung on the line along with the string of white jackets, and immediately from the shore arose a British aeroplane, making straight for the merchantman. Peril Is Recognised. 'The commander of the submarine heard the whirr of - tin, aero'a motors, realized instantly his peril, and ordered the hatches closed . in order " that he might go below the surface. But it re quires three of -four minutes -to close the hatches and submerge a submarine that has been cruising on the surface, open wide, and before 'Fritz' could drop beneath the surface, the aeroplane was directly overhead, not far from the surface, and her pilot dropped a deadly bomb on the submarine's deck. "There was division of opinion among the British naval officers' as to whether the submarine had been destroyed or had managed to dive, and successfully to avoid the .bomb, though the flyer insisted he had Bunk 'Fritz.' The bot tom was dragged near where the sub marine was last seen, and after a time a. heavy object was caught on the hooks, and believed to be the sum marine. It proved to be a dead whale. Further dragging, however, brought the submarine to the surface, and it had been laid clean open, in two parts, like a long... breakfast roll, cut from end to end. "About -that- same pertoo! of subma rine warfare, before the large cruising submarines were put into commission, two small undersea boats did a vast amount of damage off the British coast and so well equipped were they that the British were at a loss to under stand where they got their supply of torpedoes and ammunition. By some means or other. 1 do not know how, the British navy men discovered that what appeared to, be an ordinary Brit ish trawler, .cruising up and down the coast, was acting as supply boat for these submarines. The supply boat .wus flying the Union Jack and to all outward appearances was a bona fide British fishing vessel. "When her identity was disclosed the navy men made no effort to capture or sink her, but again they studied he habits and the habits of her two sub marines and eventually got her sigals. Among the signals was one calling the submarines alongside and advising them that all was sare. The British ob servers also learned that the subma rines would leave the supply ship be fore daybreak, in order to avoid arous ing suspicion. Submarine Are Trapped. "So they bided their time and one nark morning. after the submarines had departed, a British party put out and captured the supply ship and took with them two rapid-fire guns. The supply ship was not armed and there was no difficulty about capturing her. Onco in British hands the two guns were mounted and then, when the sub marines came into range, the signal 'Return at once all is safe' was run .tip, and the submarines came along side. No sooner had they done so ' than the two rapid-fire guris "went into action and in an instant tw-Q German submarines went to the bottom, with all aboard." Mr. Irwin was asked if. in his Judg ment. th3 British Admiralty was to be condemned for failing to convoy the Lusitania and other large passenger rarrying ships that had' fallen prey to the submarines. He answered that the British. Admiralty had preferred, to BEAUTY IN OLD AGE. Yon often see a beautiful old lady and she seems to be as happy as she is beauti ful, for beauty and happiness both de pend largely upon good health. Indi gestion and constipation are to a great extent responsible when old age lacks beauty and happiness. This can be rem edied by taking Chamberlain's Tablets. They strengthen the digestion, invigor ate the liver and regulate the bowels. This banishes nervousness and despon dency, clears the skin and improves the appetite. Give them a trial. Yon are certain to be pleased with them. utilize the navy In exterminating the hostile submarines and the success they have attained, he believed, justi fies their judgment. Vne of Nets Explained. He said the British navy from the lirst realized that It was engaged in a style of warfare entirely different from wars of the past and was pre pared to meet and deal with all inno vations. When the submarines became a menace British naval genius turned to devising means of combating subma rine craft and many practices have been employed. He explained the British method of catching submarines with nets and showed the process to be far different from the ordinary con ception. The nets set to catch sub marines, he said, seldom were an chored, but were suspended in the water from floats. The submarine, cruising along beneath the surface, runs her nose into a net and may go some distance before realizing she is in the net. The submarine, keeping on her way, drags the floats along the surface of the sea. and by observing the floats the scout vessels know where the submarine is. A submarine cannot remain submersed forever; she must come up from time to time, and when one that is snared in a net rises to the surface, she becomes the target for the rapid-fire guns on the swift scout boats of the British navy, and that is the end of her. The aeroplane, too, he said, had be come a most valuable means of de tecting submarines. "The higher an aeroplane goes In the air," said Mr. Irwin, "the deeper her pilot can see in the water. By cruising over Water where submarines are operating a scout In an aeroplane can readily lo cate the under-sea vessel, and can in dicate by signals her location to the scout boats. These swift, but tiny craft, steered by the aeroplane, can trail a submarine until it comes to the surface and then can put it out of commission with a well-directed shot." Divers Caught Like Klsh. Mr. Irwin said that a few nets set for submarines have been tightly anchored in waters where submarines were known to be operating, and sev eral submarines caught in those nets have been hauled out of the water bodily, just like a monster fish. There are other means by which the British navy has been capturing or destroying submarines methods which are known only to the Admiralty, and these vari ous devices, he asserts, have proved more than a match for the under-sea boata It is Mr. Irwin's belief that the British navy has been able to destroy or capture German submarines faster than the German shipyards can turn them out. but he also believes that the losses are not alone responsible for the let-up in submarine warfare in British waters. The submarines, he said, have been leaving the home base usually for a cruise of two weeks. At the end of two weeks the submarines have not re turned, at least 64 of them have not returned and will never return. The effect, he thinks, has been great upon the men of the German navy assigned to submarine duty. While British army and navy officers are not , prone to talk on war topics, Mr. Irwin learned through roundabout sources that there is- much wonder ment among British naval officers that the German submarines did not at tack the battleships of the British navy instead of commercial vessels almost entirely. Asked why British submarines had not. on the other hand, undertaken to penetrate the Kiel Canal and under take to sink German warships, Mr. Irwin said' he did not know a cer tainly, but he had heard the Kiel Canal, or the outer end of it, was filled with floating logs, and he explained that no submarine could operate in waters where it could not rise to the surface and take a look about. British submarines, however, have done some effective work in the Baltic. Way last Spring- a German cruiser was sunk by a British submarine and in an inter esting manner. The submarine, after a long cruise in Baltic waters, had sunk to the bottom for rest. After she had lain in the bottom several hours, one of the men felt the need of fresh air and asked the commander to go to the surface for a few minutes. The commander assented, and the moment his periscope rose above the surface he saw, bearing toward him, a big Ger man cruiser. Without a moment's hesi tation he launched a torpedo at the oncoming warship; it went true to the mark, and in a few short moments the German cruiser v.-as no more. It was pure accident that this warship was sent to the bottom, for had the seaman not asked for air at the particular moment he did, and had the submarine commander not been willing to grant nis request, that cruiser probably would be aiioat today. LENTS FOLK CHANGE MINDS Majority Ask Paving and Then Make Remonstrance. Residents of Ninetieth street in the Lents district recently presented the Council with a petition bearing the names of owners of 64 per cent of the property on the street, asking for grad ing ana siaewaiKs. xney Kept the .tele phones in the City Engineer's offnie busy with calls for haste in the prepa ration or plans, une plans were com pleted and bids called for and then the property owners killed the proceed ings with a 65 per cent remonstrance, "What do you know about that? said City Engineer Dater yesterday. "The big majority urges us to get busy and when we do 'the same big majority h.1113 me proceedings. This Sale Is a Hostriim Underwear Bargains Shirt Bargains Good Warm Wool Goods Such as We All Like Are Here at a Great Saving in Price A man's underwear should be the kind that don't scratch or make a fellow feel like he'd just come from a burr patch. The kind we sell is guaranteed soft and warm, and will make a man healthy, wealthy and wise; and all of this in addition to the very important saving in price that can be had if purchased during this sale. Sock Bargains 20c half -wool sox now 1214 C 25c men's cassimere sox now . - 20c 23c men's yarn sox now 'J,0c 50c men's heavy yarn sox now. -ooC We make a specialty of men's wool, cassimere, lisle and silk hosiery all are now at reduced prices. Mackinaw Bargains $4.00 men's mackinaw coats S3.00 5.00 men's mackinaw coats S4i00 $7.50 men's mackinaw coats SOiOO S10.00 men's mackinaw coats S7!50 $12.50 men's mackinaw coats S900 All odd. lots now 75c $1.00 men's wool underwear. 75c $1.50 and $1.75 underwear. . .$1.25 $2.00 underwear now SI. 35 $2.50 underwear now S1.75 50c cotton fleece now 3Sc 50c heavy ribbed now 35c $1.25 union suits now 95c $2.25 union suits now SI. 85 $3.00 union suits now S2.25 50c men's work shirts now . . . .JJ5c 75c men's work shirts now 50c $1.00 men shirts now -85c $1.25 men's wool shirts now S1.00 $1.50 men's wool shirts now S1.25 $2.00 men's wool shirts now S1.50 $2.50 men's wool shirts now S2.00 $3.00 men's wool shirts now $2.50 75c Garment Underwear Formerly Sold at $1, $1.50 and $2 We have gone through our entire underwear stock and have selected all the garments that we will not run next year. There is a good lot of them, not all sizes, to be sure, but enough so any man can fit out in either Shirts or Drawers at about half price. Good All-Wool Underwear 75c Garment $1, $1.50 and $2 Values Hundreds of these garments are be ing daily placed on our bargain table and they are being picked up by men who know and appreciate rare bar gains. Remember, while they last, we are selling odd lots of underwear worth up to $2.00 for only 75c the garment $1.00 $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 $3.50 $5.00 $6.50 $8.00 Sweater Bargains Blanket-Bargains men's men's men's men's men's men's men's men's sweaters sweaters sweaters sweaters sweters sweaters sweaters sweaters now now now now now now now now 75c S1.00 -S1.50 $2.00 S2.50 $4.00 $5.00 $6.00 Every blanket in the store is reduced V in price. Stores at Portland, Eugene, Astoria Marshfield and North Bend Brownsville Woolen. Mill Store Third and Morrison Two Stores , Third and Stark CANAL SLIDES GAIN Diggers Make No Headway and Reopening Is Indefinite. E. Paddock; 3:45, Sunday school fx tension work, Superintendent J. II. Mathews; 4. Narrative of the Churchea, Registrar Rev. Daniel St aver. Supper at the homes of the people of the church. Evening eenslon, 7 :30 Praise service by the Oregon City choir, devotional service, offering; for ministerial relief fund, sermon by Rev. A. C. Moses, of Portland; com munion service, led by Rev, F. A. Willman, of Portland, and. Rev. II. G. Crocker, of XewbersT. TEMPORARY CUT NOT PLAN General CJoetlials Ieclurcs Dredging Will Be Pressed Continuously Against Rapid Movement In Effort to Remove Source. PANAMA. Oct. 11. All predictions with regard to the probable date foH the reopening of the Panama Canal, even with a temporary channel, were set at naught today by Major-General G. W. Ooethals. Governor-General of the Panama Canal Zone, who said that conditions were such that it waa Im possible to set any definite date. General Goethals said the movement of earth from both banks into the canal was so rapid during the last week that the dredgtng float was unable to make any grain against it. He declared that therefore he would withdraw even the tentative reopening: date of November 1, set by Colonel Harding, engineer of maintenance. General Goethals added that the dredging would be prosecuted continu ously with the intention of removing the source of the trouble. No effort would be made to drive through a tem porary channel, he said. The statement was made that ship ping interests would be informed that they must make arrangement to dis regard the Panama Canal for their ves sels until the situation In the Gaillard cut improves. GuU CONFERENCE ON COGREGATIOALISTS MEET TO DAY AT ORECOX CITY.' Labor Law Violator Fined. R. D. Fontana. manager of the Oregon Packing Company, was fined $50 by Judge Gantertbein yesterday for work ing women more than the legal hours provided by the state law. He had en tered a plea of guilty to three indict ments. Ben C. Dey. his attorney, de clared in court that the company has worked its plant in Portland for the last time, the management being i!ed of 'being harassed by labor agitf.'.ors and state commissions. Many lleliglons Leaders of Coast States Are Kxpected Rev. E. s. Bol linger la Moderator. OREGON CITY. Or., Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) More than 100 delegates from every part of Oregon and leaders in church work from the two other Coast states as well, are expected to arrive hero tomorrow to attend the 67th an nual meeting of the Congregational ionierence or Oregon at the Oregon City Church. The meeting will be cauea to order at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon in the Oregon City Congre gational Church by Rev. H. S. Bollin ger, moderator, and will end Thursday night. The guests will be met by a recep tion committee consisting of , Rev. 1 1. N. Smith, L. Adams and A. C. Howland. The entertainment committee is com posed of Mrs. r. M. Shanks. Mrs. Mary E. N-orris, Mrs. D. W. James and Miss Jean White. Rev. George Nelson Ed wards, pastor of the Oregon CKy Con gregational Church; Miss Mary F. Farnbam and James Elvin are the members of the programme and bus! ness committees. The programme for Tuesday, the opening day, follows: . : Afternoon session. 2 p. M. Devotional exercises. led by Rev. F. c. Butler, of Hub. bard. Appointment of committees on nomi nations ana resolutions. reports of standing committees: 3:15. missionary sur vey the slate, by Superintendent tteorge GOVERNMENT JOBS OPEN Civil Service Commission Makes Ex amination Announcement. The United States Civil Service Com mission announces the following ex aminations, for men only: November 3, associate gas engineer, for a position n the bureau of standards, Washing ton. I. C, -fialary $2000 per annum; De- comber 8-9, surveyor, for positions in the General Land Office, or other branches of the service, salary $100 to $110 for transit-man and $125 to $150 per month for surveyor and a gradu ated per diem in lieu of subsistence. Information and application blanks may be obtained from T. V. Hutchins, local secretary, Fostofflce building. Psycliolog- Club Meets Tonight. The Aloha Psychology Club, origin ally Psychology Circle No. 21, will meet this evening at 7:43 o'clock in the theosophical room, 721, of the Morgan building. The subject of the lecture will be "Self-Reliance" and will be delivered by Dr. G. H. King. Everyone interested in psychology is invited to attend. . The water In the Panama Canal is Grad ually becoming salty. PBI50NTHE0RY REFUTED PRIVILEGE CIRTAILMEXT SUC CEEDS CORPORAL. Pl'.MSUMEXT. Colorado Official Contradicts Efforts of Suffraxe aa to Elimination of -Women Prisoners In Wyoming. OAKLAND. Cal.. Oct. 11. 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