The Sunday Oregonian., May 11, 1913, SECTION FIVE, Page 12, Image 68

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND. 31 AT 11, 1913.
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EXCITEMENT OF BATTLES WITH WILD
BEASTS OF AFRICA TOLD BY HUNTER
Panl J. Bainey, American Millionaire and Sportsman, Finds Pleasure in Meeting Man-Eaters in Lair and Match
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THERE i no more famous bisr-gme
portsman In America, today than
Paul J. Ralner, the younff Cleve
la.iwl njlHlonaire .who conquered the
niraals or the Tar North before -venturing
Into the African Jungles. Mr.
Balney equipped a costly expedition,
and irlth J. C. Hemment. an expert
photographer who had previously ac
companied him on his trip to tbe'Arc
tic regions, and two big-game hunters,
penetrated the heart of -the Nairobi
country the wildest In all Africa for
the purpose of hunting, and of record
ing, by means of the film and motion
picture camera, the exploits of his ex
pedition. Professor Heller, of the
Smithsonian Institution, accompanied
the expedition to preserve specimens and
to direct the trapsetting when it was
found desirable to capture the animals
alive, and Dr. M. E. Johnstone, of
lxington. Ky, completed the party.
The pictures Mr. Rainey brought
back with him are the roost remark
able actual wild game photographs
that ever came out of the dark contin
ent, many of them being taken at the
risk of the camera operator's life.'
Home were taken while the animal
was actually in the act of charging,
at a time when a poorly placed shot or
an instanfs delay meant the death or
maiming of the man behind the camera:
others were snapped while the huge
jungle beast, brought to bay by Mr.
Ralney's famous Mississippi bear
hounds, scarcely half a dosen yards
away, snarled and clawed his dying
defiance of the weapons of civilisation.
Party Krmr Eqnator.
At no time was the expedition more
than 10 degrees either side of the
Equator, and. owing to the tremendous
heat, the picture-making and hunting
was done either early in the morning
or late in the afternoon. There is
about 60 degrees difference between
night and day in these tropical reg
ions, so it was necessary to bury all
plates and films and other photograph
ic equipment during the day In order
to prevent their destruction by the rays
of the sun.
Mr. Ralnej-. whose plan of hunting
lions with American bear hounds was
entirely unique and a wide departure
from all previous methods, scouts the
Boasts ot mose sif.ame nuninn
have held that killing the king of
beasts Is but tame sport at best. -
Many mighty hunters.-1 declares Mr.
Rainey. "are prone to scoff at the dan
gers attending lion hunting that, of
course, when they are safe within the
confines of their own homes. Just
why they should take this attitude I
don't know. I have been a hunter for
years, and I want to say that there
are thrills aplenty In a day's stay In
the jungle. Nor do I believe my expert,
ences were a bit more thrilling than
those of others. It Is a case of being
on the job every . minute, and .to kill
lions successfully one must ever be on
the offensive instead of the defensive.
Relax your vigilance or aggressiveness
ne instant and complications might
arise, which, before you could realise
their existence, would then and there
out an end to your future usefulness.
Videos LlairM Eacoaatered.
"An Instance of this was our experi
ence with a lioness. For ferocity she
has her mate beaten a doxen ways.
Our dogs picked up the scent one day
and in full cry set off. all of us fol
lowing as fast as we could. When we
heard the hounds baying we knew that
close work was at hand, so we made all
haste to the pack. We found a magnifi
cent lioness at bay giving battle as
best she could, with 20 dogs snapping
at her haunches and nipping her
wherever they could. She was in a fury
and when she struck out with light
ninglike sweeps of her paws, we surely
thought our dogs would be crushed to
Aaatb.
"J. Cm Bemment, wijo operated, tie
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moving picture machine for our expe
dition, got his camera to work and
was grinding out the Alms when the
lioness bowled over several of the dogs
and made straight for us. We were
caught completely unawares, and when
I tell you that the bullet I sent crash
ing through her lungs dropped her
when within only six feet of the cam
era I am not exaggerating In the least.
Never in my life had I seen any beast
cover the distance intervening between
the pack and our camera in the few
leaps taken by that lioness. She was
on us almost before we noticed that
he had escaped from the pack, and
rortunateiy ior aJi oi us. x
Ing by Hemmenfs side with my rifle
In my nana, tiaa i Deen cmupt"
pick up the gun preparatory to re
ceiving the charge. It would have been
all oft with some of us. That's a fair
sample of what it .means to be unpre
pared while hunting in the Jungle; and
a lesson I shall never forget."
: Bear Hounds Are Veed.
whn ir R&inv made uo his mind
to hunt lions he determined to round
up a pack of bear bounds to help mm.
Th.v r. 9-ame. willlnr. aulck of ac
tion, and have1 sense enough to keep
out or reacn oi ineir quiurj i wm.
when another breed of dogs would be
ripped to pieces.
"I had hunted everything worth
hunting in' North America," went on
Wa. DnlnA,' OflnJ fl 9 A fflimft Vi O T TlOUndS
Invaluable, and there seemed to be no
reason why t.ney snoman d jusi
valuable in an African Jungle as in a
Mississippi canebrake. And certainly
they made' good, although before we
left Mombassa, where they were
trained to follow the lion "scent. I re
ceived a good deal of good-natured
chafing from the English residents, who
thought the old methods of hunting the
...I.. (ha InnflrlA thA nnlv or.rs.
"All my dogs were picked with great
care, ana wnne ma nim tuunioi
ed of-bear hounds. I had others which
were mongrel In breed, but scrappers
of the most vicious sort. The latter,
forming my auxiliary pack, bore the
brunt of the battles with lions and did
the actual tackling, the others confin
ing their work to picking up the trail
and running the beasts to cover. These
we would call eft wben. we got the lion
a long one, we iook aiong iwo cameras.-
One would be se.t up at the scene
of action, and a fleet-footed boy would
carry the other, set on Its tripod, and
ready to follow the trail the Instant
the scene shifted. Mr. Hemment would
work up to the last instant, then dash
ahead and resume operations, at the
new post, while another one of his
assistants recharged the .camera, if
necessary, and followed on. The pic
ture of the cheetah hunt was secured In
this manner, and is remarkable be
cause the chase was a comparatively
short one. One or tne.mosi middl
ing episodes of this chase was the way
In which my two Airedales climbed the
tree and drove the cheetah down.
Buster' was the first one up. and he
gained a place of vantage by leaping
about four feet from the ground into
the nearest crotch of the tree. He fol
lowed the beast to the topmost
branches, and by snapping at its heels,
drove it forward In the tree, when his
mate followed and began snapping at
the forefeet. This made the position
. v. - ahanintrlv untenable.
and forced It to the ground, where the
dogs seized it. rnis same 001, duio.,
by the way. one day tackled a Wart
hog, one of the fiercest beasts In Afri
ca, Buster' came out second best and
Dr. Johnstone had to put is stitches
In his hide where the tusk of the wart
hog had ripped him. The wound had
searcelv healed when he got into one
of our "fiercest lion fights, and on this
occasion 'Buster' certainly showed his
spirit was not broken, for he sailed
Into that lion as though there was no
such thing as danger. It was one of the
finest examples of stamina on the part
of a dog I have ever seen in my long
experience."
Rhinoceroses also afforded the party
many thrills, and that character of
sport especially appealed to Mr. Rainey.
Flae Spedmea Seenred.
. "We got several fine specimens of
that sort," he said, "and had good sport
with them. A rhinoceros is an ugly
jiftATYir hit wav vou take him. and
one has to shoot pretty straight at
. it v v tit. rps-ard for Ms own
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skin and the hide of his dogs. A charg
ing rhino is not a pleasant oDjeci iu
behold, and when he gets within range
the hunter wants a good gun. backed
by a keen eye. to bag him before he
gets close enough to do damage. Their
strength is prodigious and second only
to their rerociiy wnen .m
aroused.
One came near getting me on one
occasion, and but for a tremendousij
high-powered gun, I tmnK ne wouia
have had me dangling at the point of
it . i. Tt Antra hail nut him uo and
nja iuor. " " .
he was standing them off pretty suc
cessfully when we approacncu. c
ihit hi onHru attention was
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concentrated on the dogs, and that he
paying little or no enuuo i"
. Ti . . . in r , i, txt a were iiiiBiancut
as quick as a flash, the pig-eyed brute-
made a dash tor us. ne woo
few feet of us when I dropped him.
."No hunter can bag more than two
rhinoceroses on his hunter's license, so
we contented ourselves uy nccyu.B
within the limit of the law. All of those
j , ai-tv wore maflrnlficent
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specimens, and each gave us a pretty
good fight beiore ne was ' -"-other
of the number killed also charged
the hunters after breaking through the
pack. It took several shots to dispatch
him. as my first shot only grazed him
and the pain made him as vicious as a
tiger.
Shots Anger Beast.
As he came crashing through the
h.,h t crave him ' a second Duuet,
which only infuriated him the more.
Mo rimii na close to me that I had to
leap aside to dodge him, and he made
straight for another of the party ana
his native gun carrier, sending -both
scurrying up a tree for safety. My third
shot did the work, however, and he fell
a quivering mass of spent fury."
Mr Rainey declares that the tamest
of all sport Is elephant hunting. His
expedition bagged oniy one ..u v..--was
quite enough, he avers.
"For the tamest oi au spuria.
he. "commend me to eiepnani nunim8.
, 1.1 -ia o .nnn fire at a barn
door, and don't think it would be a bit
more exciting. The great, big. lumber-
inc- beast nresents a largei o o.uu
and easy that even a novice couldn t
fail to bring him down, i o
stand why pot hunters go after them.
for the ivorv obtained presents a tidy
sum. But we weren i """""s
profit we wanted only sport ana
there s about as mucn iiuh
elephants as In wringing the neck of
a chicken."
MANY WOMEN PENSIONERS
Middle Aged Females Find It Hard
to Obtain Employment.
TJNTJON. May 10. (Special.) The
working of the Government's old-age
pension scheme is producing some re
markable figures. The statistics for
1912 show that 603,380 women were In
receipt of the old-age pensions as com
pared with only 362.628 men.
jlff.rani-a In the totals
AIIO BlIuitlluuB v. . .
is said'to be due primarily to the fact
that it Is more oiiiicun 10 ri
.1 1 th raalllt that at the
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age when a boy becomes a man and tne
girl a woman, tnere are muie
than men: but the difference at this
1 ..(hl.i. finmnflmhlA tO the
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difference revealed by the pension fig
ures. These snow ai .east i vumsa.
mi . "fMiriu" woman is. as a
matter of fact, uncommonly tough, and
second, that woman's worjc
in the home or outside It) is far less
ri..i.ii.iiv. nf Ufa. than man's.
inei... iiv toll oi me u ie oi
those who take part in it. and for
every woman prematurely killed, there
are a dozen or a score of men who
i V. rri, nrannrtriVrance Of W 0 IT) ( II
pensioners is also probably due to the
ii. - which, ritrhtly
or wrongly, is supposed to be one of
the characteristics oi me maic.
take a pension from the Government is
still looked upon as somewhat akin to
going to the workhouse the night
mare of every decent man who ever
i . - iiriner In TCncland.
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Another explanation is to be found
in the fact tnat mraa-scu
find it dreadfully hard to get employ-
i r.iawi irnancr clerks, t each -
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em. store assistants, nurses, domestic
helps, such a thing as an elderly per-
i H..iv ti. hm aniuL
Bull la i am'J v
A tall, smart, eatable woman with
ruddy hair all iw cwnj, a ucannj
color, a sound ptrjralque, and excellent
-i . i flfatp came to
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London from the provinces as a result
of a move maoe Dy ner lamnj. ou
. j ,n .. anxl.tv nf trajnari
naa peiuusw .
nurses and aade her application for
admission to a similar society here.
to close quarters and then unleash the
mongrels, which would plunge Into the
fray and tackle the king of beasts with
. v. a tc.r-r.tit - nf hnlldoes. One or two
of them were killed, but all the bear
hounds escaped uninjured.
"Tho Imnression seems to rjrevall
t n.j tr Rninav "that we nurauad
lions to their lairs witnout guns or
.1 a.. .nndln 1 nnn An t h a dOBTR.
That's absurd. No one but a fool would
think of sucn a tmng.
auirrr AlwaTS ' Shot.
Aa T aal h.fnra Wa usaH the bear
bounds to trail the beasts, then set the
fisrhters UDon them, and when the
nsvcholocrical moment arrived, one of
the party would aispatcn me quarry
with a hllllat la trilA that AllT dOftTS
gave the lions the fight of their lives.
but in no instance aid we auow ine
battle to progress sufficiently far to
AanAaln n- ni" nr. lint tha
could kill the lions unaided. We simply
aemonairaiea ine ubciuiiicsb ui uukb
In trailing and tracking the game. And
that was enough. It was an Innovation
In luntrle BDort. for which we were
roundly ridiculed by veteran hunters
whan thav vm tnlH shnnt nur ainriftl.
tlon. But we showed them where they
rtolion.hunUng. bagging asked aBJ " BMWered
cheetah or hunting leopard was the best x ."y' refused. of course. Healthy.
sport, in Air. itainey s opinion, ior mere
the dogs were given their full chance.
In one morning tne pacK Drougni aown , who is more
three of these splendid creatures, tl r they toid
were prevented from tearing ; them to '"" mice,.
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pieces, as Liitrir aiiiiiB nvirucBiieu ivi 1
tne specimen case.
"We got quite a number of these
leopards," said - Mr. Rainey. "and In
every instance we . let the dogs finish
the Job. They never failed and the
fighters of the pack literally would
Women's Union Thanks Friends.
inci we let tne dotrs Tlnlsn runiuA.ii, ui- i
They never failed and the The Oregoriian.) The board of man-
I a a 1 Tl a 1a J A 7 ft m ah I :TllAri
fighters of the pack literally would agers oi , . 7 , ,h. r vin n
tear the little beasts to pieces before thank their friends for their kind in-
they would ,.t go. Of course a leopard terest in the silver anniversary
n ... c ,,n . mlcntv ff-ama risrnr Tnr a tima. I may -i v
and cuts and tears with tooth and
nail. But our dogs sailed into them
without hesitancy and never failed
to come out victors.
Cheetah Hunt Delightful.
"One of the most beautiful pictures
we secured was that of the ' cheetah
hunt. Always on these occasions, es
pecially where .tbs traU was apt taje
Thev
greatly appreciate the assistance of fel
low womers ana i sia,iCiui i
v.....tf,ii flnnrar. o-lven - for decoration
and for the life memberships secured
and the generous aonanons oi miver
and gold which added greatly to tire
building fund for their new home for
working girls. Mrs. J. B. Comstock,
Traidant- Miss Marv S. Barlow. Cor-
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THETA LAMBDA PHI ADDED TO ROLL
OF UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 'FRATS'
beady Senate rormaUy Installed in Department of Law in Ceremonies Held in Portland-Banquet Given in Honor
of Installation Officers.
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THETA LAMBDA PHI. one ot tne
largest National fraternities, was
adriad to tha mil of Greek letter
frotarnitiaa at the University of Ore
gon, on Thursday evening. May 2, when
Deady Senate was formally lnstauea in
. v. a j.n.rim.ni rf law. The new
senate was named in' honor of the late
United States District Judge,. Mathew
P. Deady, ana is ine pioneer ocuaic i
the Northwest.
t.ka in.i.iiatinn rr.rnmonies were
conducted In the club rooms of the new
senate at the Munnoman nowu j."
iH.i.iiin offlr.r wpm Denutv Chan
cellors Arthur Langguth and Harry H.
Pearce. memDers oi iooiey Dtim. De
troit College of xaw. Assisting the
deputies were Louis H. Streck. Jr., of
Marshall Senate, Ohio Northern Uni
versity, and C. R. Meloney, of Von
Moschzisker Senate, University of
Pennsylvania. '
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
a banquet was served in the committee
room of the hotel, in honor of the In
stalling officers. Speeches made were
as follows: "The Growth and Develop
ment of Theta Lambda Phi." Arthur
Langguth; "Fraternity Spirit." Harry
H Pearce "Birth of Deady Senate."
Seth L. Smith: "The Baby Senate:" C.
R .Meloney; "Fraternities in the Uni
versity of Oregon." Charles W. Hodges;
"Fraternal Friendship." Louis H.
Streck, Jr.; "An Alumni Senate." Ches-
ter S. Caplinger; "An Expose of Our
Members." McKinley Kane. ' .
Numerous telegrams of congratula
tions from . the supreme and National
senates, and from subordinate and
alumni senates throughout the United
States were read at the table by Master
Charles Wesley Hohlt. '
The charter members of Deady Sen-,
ate are: Chester S. Caplirfger, '13;'Le
rov M. McDuffee. '13; Walter T. Mc
Giiirk. '13; Emmett J. Gillespie. '14;
Charles M. Hodges, "14; Charles Wesley
Hohlt, '14; Seth L. Smith. '14; Louis V.
Lundburg. '14; McKinley . Kane. '14;
William R. Singletary. '14; Rudolph 'W.
Cabell. '15; Walter A. Nolander. 15;
Walter C. Stott. '15; and Max C. Tay
lor, '16.
PARENTS' BUREAU DRAWS
COMMENT FROM JUDGES
Organization for Demonstrating Proper Methods of Oaring for Children
Declared Step Toward Development of Higher Citizenship.
BY BERTHA TAYLOR VOORHORST.
N awakening seems to have come
to the parents of Portland, par
tA1tiari to those who have vis
ited the Parents' Educational Bureau,
rooms 5oO-S51-552. Court-house.
During the formal opening, 1 to '5 P.
M. last Monday, throngs came and went
ami arm ins gathered together here and
there commenting upon the work un
dertaken by the little band of women
comprising the Motners congress, in
ha .n,.Mnr nf the Court-house, in the
elevators, in the chambers of the Judges,
and even in tne sireeis ana mo vmc.
news stands casual conversation was
interspersed with expressions of won
der and approbation of this educational
movement. "What surprises me," said
Judge Cleeton spontaneously, "is that
this has not been done in all the days
past. Wise men, philanthropists, peo
ple looking after the, welfare of human
ity, have overlooked something. It is
all important to give, the fathers and
mothers of every day-life the knowl
edge that only the few in the higher
educational circles of life now have;
extending what has so far been profes
sional knowledge to the knowledge of
every day men and women. That Is
why I appreciate It so much. Any work
which does that, which extends knowl
edge from the classes to the masses,
from the particular to the general, is
a great work, . especially when that
knowledge Is dealing with the welfare
of humanity."
Judge Cleeton Pays Tribute.
Upon Observing that his statements
were being jotted down Judge Cleeton
became thoughtful and rendered a more
Judicial opinion of the work of the
bureau. "The science of eugenics," said
he. "or more commonly speaking, the
Parents' Educational Bureau, organized
and directed by the Mothers' Congress,
which has been developed by the state
officers and local bureau committee,
with headquarters in the County Court
house of Multnomah County, is. in my
judgment, one of the most important
factors in educational work Initiated in
recent years. In fact it is essential to
the health, welfare anil development of
a superior manhood and womanhood
and a higher, healthier and better cit
izenship. The work is far-reaching,
touching all sides of human life, and
one that has been overlooked, to the
detriment of the race.
"The undertaking of the local com
mittee is worthy of the highest com
mendation and the warmest support
from all classes of citizens. It is In
culcating new ideas and new aspirations-In
the minds and hearts of par
ents, which will result In a greater ef
fort to properly nourish, educate and
care for their children. Nothing, In my
Judgment, can be more important, be
cause the knowledge gained from prac
tical, experimental work of this kind,
as I have remarked before, is one of
the essentials of the race."
Court Relief Seen.
Judge Morrow. In the course of con
versation, frankly admitted that he at
first was much Inclined . to resent the
giving of so much space in the Court
house .to other organizations, as. against
officers of tne court, but after visiting
the Parents' Educational Bureau he at
once came to the conclusion that the
work being done there would relieve
some of the pressure of the courts in
days to come. "I am much impressed,"
he continued, "with the value and im
portance of the work. I had not ap
preciated the work until I called at
the rooms and saw what is being done
In the way of demonstration and per
sonal education." - -.
. District Attorney Evans dwelt par
ticularly upon the wholesale negligence
of parents in the welfare of the child
and cited a number of pitiful cases that
had come under , his supervision, all of
which were directly traceable to care
lessness or ignorance on the part of
parents. "The great trouble is,"' said
Mr. Evans, "parents do not know how
to handle their children sympathetic
ally, they administer severe reprimand
instead of sympathetic encouragement.
The Parents' Educational Bureau is on
the right track; It will teach mothers
and fathers what and how to teach
their children and win their confidence."
Mrs. W.' J. Hawkins, president of the
Portland council f the Oregon Con.
gress of mothers, modestly asserts, "of
course we are all hoping the bureau
will be of much benefit. It ought to be.
There is no question about it. when
worked out and developed such bureaus
will be one of the greatest steps to
ward raising the standard of manhood
and efficiency, and we will never get
far along race betterment until we
have a higher standard of parenthood."
L. H. Weir, superintendent of the
Northwestern Recreation and Play
grounds Association, pronounces the
Parents' Educational Bureau .to be "a
distinct contribution to educational
work in Portland; a most needy field
and none is better fitted, to cultivate it
than mothers. Incidentally the open
ing of this bureau suggests the ques
tion of why it is necessary to educate
parents in simple fundamentals of the
most Important functions of family life,
namely, the begetting, caring for and
training of children. It would seem that
a practical, sane, rational system or
public education ought to have devised
some method of teaching these things.
If the establishment accomplishes noth
ing more than the awakening or the
public and educators to a necessity of
rational Instruction in real life prob
lems connected with the care and train
ing of children by future fathers and
mothers, it will have done a mighty
work."
Portland Mothers Praised.
Of special interest are the comments
of Dr. Robert G. Hall, specialist on
children's diseases, whoso father. Dr.
Stanley G. Hall, an eminent psycholo
gist and educator, and one of the lead
ers in child study, established at Wor
cester, Mass., the first child welfare in
stitute. Dr. Robert G. Hall is now a
permanent resident of Portland, but
previously lived in Boston and is fa
miliar with conditions in the East
and abroad. He declares that in all
his travels and investigations he has
never come across anything like the
enterprise of the Portland mothers,
and thinks the Parents' Educational
Bureau is one of the greatest move
ments for the education of the young
that has sprung up in late years.
O. M. Plummer, who has been and is
a most active and faithful supporter of
eugenics, points to the Parents' Educa
tional Bureau as one of the mile stones
in theprogress of the city of Portland.
Mr. Plummer compared the opening of
the bureau to the opening of the Broad
way bridge by saying: "It is almost
as much of an uplift, and while there
are not so many people or so much
noise in evidence, the Influence of the
bureau will be felt long after the bridge
has crumbled and been replaced by.
new edlfl.ee.''