THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 18, 1914. SEARCH BY FRENCH SHIP IS PROTESTED Senator Thomas Says "Out rage" in Mexican Waters Demands Inquiry. BELLIGERENTS ARE WARNED American Merchant Ship Metapan Boarded by Armed Men From Cruiser Conde and German Passengers Put on Parole. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Protest against a forcible search of the AmerJ can merchant shio Metapan by the French cruiser Conde In Mexican w' ters was filed in the Senate today by Senator Thomas. A letter was submit ted by the Senator from R. W. Patter son, a passenger on the Metapan, who said officers of the Conde forced five Germans "on the vessel to sign parole agreements binding them not to fight aeralnst the allies In the European war. Senator Thomas declared that the "outrage" as reported by Mr. Patter son called for prompt investigation by the State Department. Young? Germans Paroled. The letter set forth that the Conde stopped the Metapan between Carta gena and Puerta Colombia on Sunday, October 4, at 10:30 o'clock In the morn ing. Two armed officers and two sol diers from the Conde boarded the Meta pan, which recently had been trans ferred from British to American regis try. Tht captain of the Metapan, the letter said, assembled all of the passen gers in the dining saloon of the Meta pan, while the naval officers examined the shin's papers. Later five young Germans, bound for Colombia, and who, according to Mr, Patterson, were on board a. neutral vessel plying between neutral ports, were "forced to sign a parole in order to procure their liberty." "This was an outrage committed on American soil, under the American flag, " said Mr. Patterson. "The pas sengers of an American vessel were all practically imprisoned by French offi cers and men." Captain Acquiesces Readily. , Mr. Patterson said the captain and practically all of the oficers of the Metapan were British subjects, and that the captain served the French "with alacrity.' Senator Thomas' statement caused Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee, to interrupt pro ceedings of the Senate with a warning to belligerent nations with respect to the risrhts of the United States as neutral nation. He asserted bellige rent and neutral nations had certain well-defined rights under international law. "When we are performing our duty to maintain neutrality," sa.id Senator Stone, "nations involved In war should be careful to recognize our rights and to keep faith with us. Belligerent Powers Warned. "If thev fail to do so, then the re sponsibility of violating the rights of a neutral power will rest on their heads. The Government of the United States will maintain its position, "but it is well for other nations to know that we will not look with indiffer ence on the violation of the rights and privileges of our own Government or our own citizens. "We recognize and undertake to con cede and enforce the rights of bellig erent powers under international law, but I thought it an opportune time to say that belligerent powers, if they care for the regard and friendship of ' this republic, should themselves rec ognize and strictly observe the rights and privileges of a neutral power." WAR MYTHS. In war, as in every other large undertaking, there is much ro mance and more romancing. ' The conflict in Europe is no exception, as witness: The French have an explosive called turpenite, invented by a man who spent three years in prison because in a book he - inadvertently ' revealed certain high military secrets. This turpenite in a shell ex plodes over trenches, leaving men petrified in death. Their rifles are still at their shoulders, the trigger fingers compressed not quite far enough to release the gear which fires the shot; smoking cigar ettes are still in their lips; their mouths are arrested in the act of say ing "Hoch!"; or a rifleman is found lifeless in the act of firing from a chateau window, while his companions are caught by death as they meld 80 kings pinochle. This turpenite is one of the war myths. ' ' Another is the German 16-inch gun. There Is only one 16-lnch gun in the world, and neutral Uncle Sam owns that. He is not espe cially proud of his possession, because he is not sure whether it is half as good as many of his 12-inch guns, and is certain that it la not in the class of his new 14-inch gun. These are not land guns, either. The Germans have a field piece of about 11-inch caliber which moves on caterpillar wheels, and so have the French and Brit- ' ish. This is the 16-inch gun myth. Then there is the Zeppelin. The papers say that Count Zeppelin is preparing to lead in person a raid on England, and by England here is meant London. The German Z eppelin fleet is said to consist of about SO airships. . Their crews number, roughly, 30 men, a total of 1500. It is admitted that 1500 Germans, even though heavily armed, would have a short shrift against the 200,000 boy scouts which Great Britain has mobilized. , But they drop bombs! . A fair idea of the damage which Zeppelins can do by dropping bombs may be arrived at by multiplying by 60 the damage that one Zep- ' pelin did in Antwerp. This one killed two women and injured a score of citizens. It blew out the fronts of half a dozen houses and pep pered others with small shot- Fifty Zeppelins in a "raid" over the Channel might succeed in killing 100 people and wounding 1000. They would frighten perhaps 50,00 0. But you cannot win battles by frightening non-combatants. Otherwise the ancient Chinese system of decking, out warriors in horrible masks would be practiced in modern warfare. Even repeated visits of Zeppelins if repeated vis its were possible, which they are not would only serve to wreck a few buildings and make a few British landholders angry. Who knows that they would not stimulate recruiting? This is the myth of the Zeppelins. Then there are the dogs of war. The Germans, clever people that they are, have trained dogs to shy every time they see a pair of red trousers. These dogs run ahead of the infantry skirmish line, and when they rear up on their hind legs the German artillery gets the range and opens fire. Also these same dogs have been entrusted with . messages from one commander to another. Even in a strange coun try they will convey a message from General von Blanck to General von Zero when one general does not know where the other Is. This is the myth of the dogs. Then and most Important of all is tfce myth of the dum-dum. The explanation of wounds which seem to have been made by ex plosive bullets has been made here once before. To repeat it briefly, the modern high-power rifle at close range makes a gaping wound. But. as proof that the French are using these projectiles, which have been barred by the laws of civilized warfare, Germans are sending back to this country cartridges loaded with hollow-topped projec tiles. These are labeled "cartouch de stand." This means in Eng lish "gallery ammunition." Our American 'Army uses exactly the same kind of ammunition for gallery indoor training of recruits. So far the United States is the only great power which has not been accused of using dum-dums. We are not fighting. The charge would fit us, too, if we were at war and if gallery ammunition is to be considered. This is the myth of the dum-dum. There are other myths. Many of them. But space in this newspaper is valuable, and an enumeration of them all would leave no room for more important matter.. Newspaper readers should consider these myths when they read. Many, unfortunately, do not. GERM TELLS HOW HE SUNK 3 BRITONS Torpedoes Loosed With Delib eration by Sharpshooters; at Close Range. TRIBUTE PAID TO FOES British Sailors True to Best Tradi tionsCommander's Bride, Dry. ' Eyed at Parting, Welcomes Him Back in Tears. Contlnued From First Pace.) years of age. They are well cared for by the French -Red Cross. - "Among the wounded who arrived at Noisy-le-Sec was a 20 - year - old girl wearing soldier garb. She had marched more than 40 kilometers wtlh a zouave regiment, and, according to her com rades, fought as bravely as any of them." , THE TEMPS received the following letter, written in pencil, from the front: "All the wine in Champagne has been drunk and we are now reduced to tea. I sleep here and there, wherever I am, and would find it disagreeable to sleep in bed. We eat well and the food is excellent. We are all in the best of spirits. "I have been running across fields from one destroyed village to another in the midst of the odor of corpses which persists, owing to the fact that the graves of those killed in battle were not dug sufficiently, deep. "Yesterday we took three villages with the bayonet. .-. 'The German companies now average only 95, notwithstanding the reinforce ments which they have received. They are dying of hunger. Twenty bombs fall on them daily. On an average four persons are killed by each bomb. Where our 75-milllmeter shells are well placed they are estimated to account for 30 dead per shell. Minor Horrors of War Told in Incidents. Young English AVomen Aid Lord Kitchener Raise Second Great Army Hyde Pnrk, London, Scene of Miniature Battles, In "tt hicta Are Kngaged Miniature Soldier. Representing- All Belligerent Countries but Germany. LOJJDOM.. Oct 17. England's young women are proving of great aid to Lord Kitchener in his efforts to raise a great second army for Great Britain. A group of enthusiastically loyal young women have banded together for the purpose of Inducing all single young men not now in the army to join or be branded as cowards. "The young, unmarried man who has no physical weakness, no serious do mestic or other ties, and who will not now serve his country in time of need proclaims himself to be an abject coward and deserves the contempt of every right-minded person," said one of these young women the other day "Single young men Bhould be made to feel that khaki is the only fashionable color. We girls are going to refuse to be seen with any young man who does not bear the khaki hallmark of man hood." "V ECLARING that German officers luf had tried to force them to act as nurses for German wounded, a party of young English girls arrived in Rotterdam ' the other day after a peril ous journey from Germany. They had ridden 30 miles in a wagon through lines of soldiers, dead and alive. . One of the girls the oldest, and her' selr but 24 told of how they were locked up in a room all night by the Germans. She said that in the morn ing an officer entered and, after look- ins them over, said he "guessed they were husky enough" to act as nurses for the wounded. This girl said she "gave him a piece of her mind," and told him that they would die before they helped take care of the Germans. They were thereupon released, she says. HE young English boys are having X great times in Hyde Park these days drilling and playing a war game in which all the belligerent countries are represented. Naturally every boy wants to mm sent Great Britain in this game; but, since there would be no game If all Insisted on their desires in this direc tion, they are willing enough to "be' ! ranee, Russia or Belgium. The one country mey do not want to be Is Ger many, and many a game Is 'delayed or aoanoonea entirety tnrough the ina billty to persuade some youngsters to Do or me country or the Kaiser. Austria arouses no feeling In the boys one way or the other. A similar attitude is noticeable among grown ups in ixmoon. Austria is an opponent of Great Britain in this war; the pub lic scarcely t-onaiucrs ner really an enemy. f J MONG the wounded German sol t diers In the Chateau d'Esternay In Paris." says the Corrtere della Sera. "are many boys, soma of them only 16 HDVJkNGETOO RAPID. SAYS GERMAN DIARY Officer Writes Men Are Worn Out by Incessant Fight ing in Belgium. UNCERTAINTY WORST PART PRISONERS EXCHANGE DUE British and Germans Mill Release 157 Ambulance Corps Attaches. LONDON, Oct. 17. The Amsterdam correspondent of Reuter's Telegram Company says the Cologne Gazette has published a message from Kiel, saying that 157 prisoners of war, men at tached to the British ambulance corps, have arrived, at the German-Danish frontier for exchange with an equal number of German ambulance corps men held by the British. The Englishmen will travel home by way of Copenhagen. BIG BATTLE IS IMMINENT (Continued From First' Page.) mares). They were pursued by the Austrians. "The Russian force is now reduced to 4000 men the last fragment of the great army which penetrated Hungary. Small forces may still be in the forests, but they surrender without resistance when caught." Innocent Villagers' Among COO Shot at One Point for Sniping "In Future," He Adds, "Wo Shall Have to Hold Inquiry." LONDON, Oct. 17. The war Infor mation bureau has made public an ac count of the German advance through Belgium, contained In a diary found on, a German officer on a recent bat tlefield. The account begins August 9 and ends with September 25, some time after the German withdrawal from the vicinity of Paris began. The writer relates that villagers often sniped the advancing Germans, making it necessary to kill them and to set fire to their houses. One Shot Does, for Three. "At one place in Belgium," writes this officer. "16 villagers were drawn In three ranks and one shot did for the three. Our men are absolutely mad at this sneaking way of fighting and they want to burn everything. "August 26 We are billeted at Guedossus. The Inhabitants fired at our men again. At Lette apparently 200 villagers were shot. There must GERMANS MANEUVER FORCES Possible Chance to Cross Vistula Are Being Felt Out. PETROGRAD, Oct. 17, via London. According to Russian information, the Germans are making a "demonstrative advance near Ml aw a, northeast of Warsaw, which is intended to fill the gap between the East Prussian front and the main front, which extends north and south on a line across Rus sian Poland. The German army, by continuous maneuvers under heavy artillery nre and with day and night outpost fight ing, still is endeavoring to feel out possible chances to cross the Vistula. Refugees from that neighborhood say that until three days ago all German attempts to cross the river had been repulsed with heavy losses. The Ger mans found the river too wide for pon toons and numbers perished in . at tempting to ford it. . Poles in that region are said by the refugees to be hampering consider ably by destroying all shelter and provisions, leaving waste lands or the invaders. Nine hundred Austrian prisoners ar rived today at Nehita, Siberia. ArSTKIAXS PISHIXG FORWARD Russians Said to Be Retiring Along Border of Gallcla. VIENNA, Oct. 16, via Amsterdam and Loudon, Oct. 17. It was announced officially. In Vienna today that the fighting continued Thursday along the entire battle front from Stry and Zam ber bot h southeast of Przemysl to the mouth of the River San. The re port says: "In Marmares Sziget. Hungary, the enemy has been pursued by Austrian detachments, which have occupied Palis. "In the valley of the Black Bistrlca the Russians are retiring. Our troops have followed them to Zielona." The River Bistrlca and the town of Zielona are in Gallcla. close to the Hungarian frontier and to the. north east of Marmares Sziget. have been some innocent among them. In the future we shall have to hold an inquiry as to their guilt. Instead of shooting them." The diary refers frequently to loot ing, and the writer adds that he could not resist taking a memento or so him self. He also refers to several occa sions on which, owing to confusion, Germans were killed And wounded by their own gunfire. Refflment Has 170O Wounded. Up to September S, the- writer of the-diary goes on, the 178th Regiment had 1700 men wounded, in addition to the killed. Virtually no officers were left "After the retreat began," this of ficer writes, "there was a rumor that the First Infantry had been In dis astrous fighting. "I am terribly, de pressed," the writer says. "Every body thinks that the situation Is crit ical. The uncertainty is the worst part of it. I think we advanced too quickly and we are worn out by marching too rapidly and fighting incessantly. "September 16 Our last officer has fallen, shot through the head. Our ar tillery has been shooting dangerously short. The French are better at street fighting and in any fighting in which they can make use of obstacles for cover. "September 22 I am convinced that this country will give us all a grave." set my course in a southwesterly dlrec tion. The name of the port I cannot state officially, but it has been guessed at, nor am I permitted to say definitely Just when we started, but it was not many days before the morning of the 22d of September when I fell in with my quarry. t Submarines "Built on Honor. When I started from home the fact was kept quiet and a heavy haze helped to Keep the secret, but when the action began the sun was bright and the water smooth not the most favorable con ditions for submarine work. I had sighted several ships during my passage, but they were not what 1 was seeking. English torpedo boats came within my reach but I felt there was bigger game further on, so on went. I traveled on the surface ex cept when we sighted vessels, and then submerged, not even showing my periscope, except when it was necessary to take bearings. It was 10 minutes after six on the morning of last Tues day when I caught sight of one of the Dig cruisers of the enemy. I was then 18 sea miles northwesterly of the Hook of Holland. I had then traveled considerably more than 200 miles from my base. My boat was one of an old type, but she had been built on honor and she was behaving beau tifully. I had been going ahead par tially submerged with about five feet of my periscope showing. Almost im mediately I caught sight of the first cruiser and two others. I submerged completely and laid my course so as to bring up in center of the trio, which held a sort of triangular formation. could see their gray black sides riding high over the water. Accurate Aim Made Certain. When I first sighted them they were near enough for torpedo work, but wanted to make my aim sure, so I went down and In on them. I had taken the position of the three ships before sub merging and I succeeded in getting an other flash through my periscope be fore I began action. - I soon reached what I regarded as a good shooting point. (The officer is not permitted to give this distance, but It is understood to have been considerably less than a mile. although the German torpedoes have an effective range of four miles.) Then I loosed one of my torpedoes at the middle ship. I was then about 12 feet under water and got the shot off in good shape, my men handling the boat as If she had been a skiff. climbed to the surface to get. a sight tnrough my tube of the effect, and discovered tnat the shot had gone straight and true, striking the ship, wtiicn i later learned was the Abou kir, under one of her magazines which in exploding helped the torpedo's work of destruction. Crew Is Brave to Last. There was a fountain of water, a burst of smoke, a flash of fire and part of the cruiser rose in the air. Then I heard a roar and felt reverberations sent through the water by the detona tion. She had been broken apart and sank in a few minutes. The Abouklr had been stricken in a vital spot and by an unseen force that made the blow all the greater. Her crew were brave, and even with death staring them in the face kept to their posts, ready to handle their use less guns, for I submerged at once. But I had stayed on top long enough to see the other cruisers, which I learned were the Cressy and the Hogue, turn and steam .full speed to their dying sister, whose plight they could not un derstand, unless it had been due to an accident. The ships came on a mission of in quiry and rescue, for many of the Abouklr's crew were now In the water, the order having been given, Ea"h man for himself." Cruiser Hogue la Second Vlrtlm. But soon the other two English cruisers learned what had brought about the destruction so suddenly. As I reached my torpedo depth I sent a second charge at the nearest of the oncoming vessels, which was the Hogue. The English were playing my game, for I had scarcely to move out of my position, which was a great aid, since it helped to keep me from de tection. On board my little boat the spirit of the German navy was to be seen in Its best form. With enthusiasm every man held himself in check and gave atten tion to the work In hand. . The attack on the Hoguewent true. But this time I did not have the ad vantageous aid of having the torpedo detonate under the magazine, so for 20 minutes the Hogue lay wounded and helpless on the surface before she heaved, half turned over and sank. Two Torpedoes Strike Cressy. By this time the third cruiser knew, of course, that the enemy was upon her and she Bought as best she could to defend herself. She loosed her tor- RIGHT now, men, is the time to buy your Winter underwear. This store shows the largest stock of Vassar Union Suits in the town, and in the greatest range of fabrics. Shown here in Balbriggan, Sea Island x Cotton, Wool, Worsted, Lisle, Silk and Wool. "Perfect-fitting garments of fine quality at standardized prices: -$1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.50, $5.00, $6.00, $8.50 BEN SELLING Morrison Street at Fourth -- - - - - LEADING CLOTHIER pedo defense batteries on boat, star board and port, and stood her ground as if more anxious to help the many sailors who were in the water than to save herself. In common with the method of defending herself against submarine attack, she steamed In a zig-xag course, and this made it neces sary for me to hold my torpedoes until could lay a true course tor inem. which also made it necessary for me to get nearer to the Cressy. I had come to the surface for a view and saw now wildly the fire was being sent from the ship. Small wonder they did not know where to shoot, although one shot went unpleasantly near us. When I got within suitable range I sent away my third attack. This time I sent a second torpedo after the first, to make the strike doubly certain. My crew were aiming like sharpshooters and both torpedoes went to their bulls- eye. My luck was with me again, for the enemy was made useless and at once began sinking by her head. Then she careened far over, but all the while her men stayed at the guns, looking for their Invisible foe. They were brave and true to their country's sea tradi tions. Then she eventually suffered a boiler explosion and completely turned turtle. With her keel uppermost she floated until the air got out from under her and then she sank with a loud sound, as if from a creature in pain. All Three Sunk in Leas Than Hour. The whole affair had taken less than one hour from the time of shooting off the torpedo until the Cressy went to the bottom. Not one of the three had been able to use any of their big guns. I knew the wireless of the three cruis ers had been calling for aid. I was still quite able to defend myself, but I knew that news of the disaster would call many English submarines and tor pedo boat destroyers, so. having done my appointed work. I set my course for me the Iron Cross of the first and sec home. . ona class. My surmise was right, for before I got very far some British cruisers and destroyers were on the spot, and the destroyers took up the chase. I kept under water most of the way. but man aged to get off a wireless to the Ger man fleet that I was beading homeward and being pursued. I hoped to entice the enemy, by allowing them now and then a glimpse of me. Into the zone In which they might be exposed to cap ture or destruction by German war ships, but although their destroyers eaw me plainly at dusk on the 22d and made a final effort to stop me. they abandoned the attempt, as it was tak ing them too far from safety and need lessly exposing them to attack from our fleet and submarines. Only One Submnrtne EBgaccd. How much they feared our subma rines and how wide was the agitation caused by good little U-9 is shown by the English reports that a whole flo tilla of German submarines had at tacked the cruisers, and that this flo tilla had approached under cover of the flag of Holland. These reports were absolutely untrue. U-9 was the only submarine on deck, and she flew the flag she still flies the, German naval ensign which I hope to keep forever as a glorious memento and as an inspiration tor de votion to the fatherland. I reached the home port on the aft ernoon of the 23d, and on the 24th went to Wilhelmshaven to find that news of my effort had become public My wife, dry-eyed when I went away, met me with tears. Then I learned that my little vessel and her brave crew had won the plaudit of the Kaiser, who con ferred upon each of my co-workers the Iron Crops of the second elas. and upon (Weddigen is the hero of the hour In Germany. He also wears a medal for life-saving. Counting himself, Wed dlngen had 26 men. The , limit of time that his ship Is capable o'f staying be low the surface is about six hours.) KAISER VISITS TRENCHES Emperor Speaks Words of Encour agement to Men on Firing Line. BERLIM, Oct. I7!-(By Wireless.) According to leters from the field, re ceived in Munich, Emperor William a. tew days ago entered the lines of cer tain Bavarian and Prussian detachments and visited the troops In the trenches. The Emperor conversed with many of tha men and asked them to relate their personal experiences. He gava them words of encouragement, spoke in recognition of their services, asked whether they had heard from the peo ple at home and examined many of the soldiers as to their knowledge of their duties. He was greatly pleased at the prompt and correct answers. Grainliandler Asks for $2 000. Because of injuries alleged to have been received when struck by a falling boxcar door. I. E. 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