The Sunday Oregonian., November 29, 1914, Section One, Page 3, Image 3

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVE3IBER 1D14.
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FRENCH DRAGOONS
SMASH -AIRCRAFT
Attack on German Aeroplane
Park Successful, but In
volves Heavy Loss.
PLATOON IS ANNIHILATED
Lieutenant and Three Cavalrymen
Complete Exploit by During As
sault on Automobile of
. Commanding: Officer.
PARIS, Nov. 28. T'-e French War
Office supplemented Its official state
ment today with an account of the ex
ploits of a squadron of dragoons early
in September.
"In the night of September 9."
the account reads. a Lieutenant or
dragoons, who had become isolated with
his squadron In the midst of the Ger
man lines and had taken refuse at a
farm, learned of the presence of a park
of German aeroplanes on the road lead
lngr from Viviers to a factory between
Koissons and Compeisrne. According to
the gossip of peasants, the aeroplanes
had landed about 7 o'clock In the even
'lng and had been joined about 10
o'clock by an automobile convoy, con
sisting of from seven to nine machine
which had kept company with them
during their flight.
Immediate Attack Decided On.
. "The Lieutenant decided upon an Im
mediate attack. It was then 2:30 o'clock
In the morning. Two platoons on foot
approached within 40 meters of the au
tomobiles and when challenged opened
fire. Scarcely had the fire ceased. In
conformity with orders, than the
mounted platoon charged at a gallop,
fchouting "Vive la France!'
"Unfortunately the GermEfns were
only partially surprised and a rapid
fire gun opened fire. Three French of
ficers were killed and the platoon liter
ally annihilated. Not one of the troop
ers reached the automobiles. Seeing
this, the Lieutenant in command of the
two dismounted platoons also ordered
an assault. The German machine gun
was silent, the gunners having been
killed. The dismounted troopers opened
fire at a distance, of 15 yards.
"The Germans." who were crouching
along the edge of the road, replied
with great courage.
Knglneera Destroy Machines.
""While this was going- on a detach
fnent of engineers threw themselves
upon the aeroplanes. With blows from
1'ickaxes they destroyed the motors,
the gasoline reservoirs and the running
Eear of the German machines. Three
automobiles which contained a supply
of gasoline caught fire and threw a
fe'lare over the scene."
"Before closing the engagement, for
the French losses had been great, the
courageous commanding officer wanted
to engage the automobile in the center
of the group, from which the orders
to the Germans had been issued. While
the reserve platoon was drawing back
with the comparatively few men re
maining in it, the French Lieutenant,
followed by only three cavalrymen,
made his way up to this automobile and
found himself face to face with two
men, one of whom was an officer.
Men Kn;asf at Close Quarters.
"The officer fired on the group of
four men with an automatic pistol. The
three cavalrymen fell. The Lieutenant
received a bullet through the arm, but
not before he had been able to dis
charge his revolver against the chest
of his adversary who sank to the
ground.
"The other German in the automo
bile landed on the French Lieutenant
heavily with the butt of a mueket and
the blow sent him spinning Into the
gutter Here he lay semi-unconscious
for a few moments, but recovered and
with the assistance of another wounded
man, dragged himself to a field of
beets."
"Our losses were numerous. Of the
three platoons -engaged only 10 men
escaped unscathed. They hid in a vil
lage and for three days lived within
the German lines. Their deliverance
came only on the 13th of September,
when a division of French infantry,
victorious over the enemy, marched
into the town.
Aviator Fight In" Air.
"Toward 6:30 of the morning of No
vember 18 a sergeant of one of our air
squadrons, having on board his aero
plane a lieutenant observer, was re
turning from a reconnolssance over
the front. He was about over the
French lines when he perceived a Ger
man flying machine going In the di
rection of Amiens. He at once started
In pursuit, but the speed of his ma
chine .was slightly inferior to that of
the German and it "was impossible for
htm to overtake the enemy. In front
of Amiens the German executed a series
or evolutions to make possible the
throwing of bombs. These evolutions
made it possible for the French ma
chine to come up. The lieutenant
opened fire on the German and dis
charged about 100 bullets from his ma
chine gun. This fire slightly damaged
the German machine, but the lieutenant
was not successful in striking either
the pilot or any vital part of the
mechanism. Nevertheless, the German
machine descended to the ground.
German Attacks nnd Escapes.
"The French sergeant then ap
proached another German aeroplane.
thi3 one of the Albatross type, which
was flying over Caflly. preparing to
attack. The pilot of the Albatross, In
a skillful and desperate maneuver,
made a rapid half turn and precipi
tated his machine at full speed on the
French aeroplane. The French ser
geant, to avoid collision, threw his ma--c-lilne
back to auch an angle thD.t the
rapid-fire gun wan detached from its
fastenings and fell down inside the
car. By the time the Frenchman had
recovered his equilibrium the German
machine had flown awy.
"At about this time another French
aviation sergeant, who had just landed
on the aviation field of Amiens from a
reconnaissance along the front, per
ceived the machine of the enemy In the
air over the city. Accompanied by a
mechanician, he took the air again and,
lifting at once to a considerable height.
he started in pursuit of the German
machine, which had eluded the French
man by the df-sperate expedient of
enarging him. The second French ma
chine came up with this German just
as lie was getting away and was suc
cessful In preventing him from getting
within the German lines. He followed
him as far as the region of Mont Didier.
The mechanician in this car fired 10
rifle shots at the German machine with
out succeeding in crippling it. In the
meantime the, French machine 1iad re
ceived three bullets, one of which had
gone through the gasoline tank. Lack
of ammunition made it necessary to
abandon the pursuit.
Mechanician' Hand Froien.
"On reaching the ground the mech
anician, who had gone aloft in such a
hurry that he had not properly dressed,
found one of his hands frozen.
"This same day a French aeroplane
carrying a Corporal and a Lieutenant
observer went up to reconnoiter in the
environs of Bombierre and encountered
a German aeroplane.
"The pilot and the Lieutenant, al
though armed only with revolvers, at
once delivered an attack, but h bullet
from a machine gun tired- by the Ger
man machine crippled one of the wings
of the French flyer, which was com
pelled to-come to the ground with
speed. It was only by the exercise of
great ability on tCie part of the pilot
that a successful landing cn the Amiens
aviation ground was made. The French
machine was not "eriously damaged."
WOMAN DIES AFTER MEAL
Sirs. Anne li. Churchill Kests Head
on Anns and Passes Away.
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.)
Without warning ana apparently in the
prime of health. Mrs. Anne E. Churchill
died suddenly at the supper table In
her home in West Springfield last
night.
' The meal was just' over and the
members of the family had lingered a
moment fop conversation. Mrs.
Churchill suddenly put her head in
her arms on the table and passed
quietly away. 'Death was due to heart
trouble. Almost a year ago to the
night, just after Thanksgiving, Mrs.
Churchill suffered .a similar attack.
Mrs. Churchill was born to Mr. and
Mrs. William Drinkwater. at Sublimity,
in Marion County, in 1856. Sh9 was
married in 1874 to J. S. .Churchill, and
after living for several years on the
Mohawk Kiver and for a short time
in California moved 32 years ago to
West Springfield."
ALLIES PLACE NEW ORDERS
St. Louis Klannel Army Shirt Con
tract May Total $2,000,000. -
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 23. Bids for 1,700.
000 flannel army &hirts for the allied
army were submitted by several local
firms to representatives of the British
War Department here today. It is be
lieved the contract, which is to be
given early next week, will amount to
more than $2,000,000.
A contract for 7000 sets of harness
costing $175,000 was awarded to a St.
Louis manufacturer today by represen
tatives of the allies. Shipments will be
gin next week. Another firm announced
tonight it had just shipped 43,000 suits
of underwear for army use to .Amster
dam and 12,000 blankets to Mexico.
TWO SQUADRONS SIGHTED
Germans and British Both Reported
Off South America.
MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay, Nov. 28. It
is reported here that the German Pa
cific squadron has. been sighted T80
miles north of Punta Hilar, Brazil,
holding a. course northeast in the At
lantic. BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 28 A dis
patch received here from Montevideo
says that a quadron of 10 British
warships has been sighted 300 miles
from Montevideo. The direction in
which these ships were proceeding is
not given. '
CABLE TO "DENMARK CUT
German 'Warships Interrupt Com
munication in Baltic.
LONDON, Nov. 29. A dispatch to the
Central News from Copenhagen says
the cable between Frederica, Denmark,
and Libau, Russia and between Fred-
erica and Petrograd, which are the only
direct cables between Denmark and
Russia, have been cut in the Baltic Sea,
170 miles east of Bornholm.
It is supposed, the correspondent
says, that the cutting was done by Ger
man warships. The only communica
tion with Russia now is by way of
Sweden.
A Nervous Wreck
Had No
Desire
To, Live
Peruna
Is A
Tonic and
Strength
Builder
So Says
Mrs. Frank
S t r o e b e, R. F.
D. 1, Appleton,
Wis. Her letter
reads. "I began using Peruna a few
months ago when my health and
strength were all gone, and I was
nothing but a nervous wreck. Could
not sleep, eat or rest properly, and felt
no desire to live.
"Three bottles of Peruna made me
look at life in a different light, as I
began to regain my lost strength.
While my recovery took nearly four
months, at the end of that time I was
better than I ever had been .before. I
had a splendid color and never
weighed more in my life.
"I certainly think Peruna Is without
a rival as a tonic and strength builder,
and it has my endorsement."
Mr. Charles Brown, R. R. 4, Box 79,
Rogersville, Tenn., writes: "I have
tried many different remedies, but have
found that Peruna Is the greatest tonic
on earth, and a perfect system builder."
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GONE!
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Phones: JPacific, Marshall 5Q8Q; Home A-2112--Latest and Best Styles Here in ladies' Home Journal Patterns
at 10c and 15c Each Mail Orders Carefully Filled Same Day as Received Charges Prepaid Within 150 Miles
A Sale of
Bos Paper
AT 25
Regular 35c Value
Here is an important item of 200
boxes of fine Linen Stationery.
24 sheets of paper with envelopes
to match. Also gift initial paper.
Regularly sold at. 35c, OP
priced for tomorrow at...OC
Our Store
Opens
Daily at
8:30 A. M.
Saturday
At 9 A. M.
The Most in Value, The Best in Quality
Our Store
Closes
Daily at
5:30 P. M.
Saturday
At 6 P. M.
A Sale of
Handbags
AT 98
Regular $1.25 Grade
All our $1.25 lines and a great
many others in regular $1.50
quality are included. All new
shapes in the best leathers, with
pannier and simple strap QQ
handles, in black only, at.OC
7
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This Goreat
Linen Suck
Toweling
15-in., yd. 40S 50, 75
18-in., yd. 45, 50S 60
20-in. priced, yd. 50, 55
Xmais Shop
Bright and early and with right good-will we draw aside the cur
tain tomorrow morning, disclosing the choicest Christmas stocks
of all the years. In them you will find surcease from all uncer
tainty of what to give. We are alert to serve and keen to antici
pate your pleasant surprise, for never has the store been so ready
to help each member of the family save!
Bath. !Robe
Flannels
At 40? Yd. A complete new
line of Bath Robe Flannels of
excellent quality.
. Seasonable Lines of
InitUnderwear
r
And Hosiery
True economy in purchasing in these lines is
wisely choosing -that which gives perfect satis
faction at the least cost. In gathering our Fall
and Winter stocks extreme care was exercised
to include only lines of unquestioned merit, and
quality has not been sacrificed to make a low
price. The following items should prove irre
sistible to any woman who knows and appre
ciates unusual and splendid value-giving:
Wool Hosiery at 25 a Pair
The celebrated Burson Full - Fashioned Wool
Stockings for. Women. Perfect-fitting, warm,
durable Hose, the best values to be or
had at the low price of aOC
Wool Underwear at $1.00 a Garment
One of the best-known makes of Women's A 11
Wool Vests and Pants. All sizes in seasonable
styles, priced for this sale at, - di aa
the garment .-. : P vl vl
Women's Fine Wool Union Suits, J?" Efl
all styles and sizes at . . . . ,.P A 0 V
Women's Heavy Fleeced Union 1 ffl
Suits, all styles and sizes at .... . . . vlU
Women's Heavy Fleeced Stockings ' OES
of, extra quality, priced at .OC
Women 's Full-Fashioned Wool Hose,7" Ka
all sizes, priced this sale at. ..... . ... . . .OvrC
The Phoenix Silk Hose, all colors 7C
and black, priced this sale at, the pair . . .J OC
A Great Pre-Holiday Showing and Sale of
UaintyBilki
Exquisite Colorings
Novelties, Brocades, Stripes, Plaids, Plain Col
ors and Black; $1.25 to $2.00 qual- oq
ities, priced at, the yard OJC
An Enormous Purchase Which for Value-Giving
Has Had No Equal for Years !
Silk fabrics of the finest grade, ready for your
inspection on the Silk Counters and Tables is the
most comprehensive assemblage of choice weaves with
which this store has ever catered to custom and delighted
woman's eye. Silks of choicest quality, in all wanted
plain colors, novelties and black. Lustrous soft weaves of
high favor by reason of their delightful adaptability to the
new. style gowns; novelty weaves embracing all from the
heaviest weights to the soft thin fabrics of the voile and
chiffon class. Holiday Silks, of course; a never wider
range; also the season's latest novelties, reveling in the
rich luxuriance of the Oriental colorings. Here's just a
hint of the offerings: 40-inch Printed Crepes. 40-inch
Brocaded Charmeuse, 36 -inch Printed and Brocaded Messalines, 36 -inch Pekin
Striped and Hairline Striped Taffetas and Messalines, Limner Satins. Black Swiss
Finished Messalines, etc. There is scarcely a wish for personal use or holidav sew-
mg mat cannot De satisned. irom tlie great assortment and at a remarkable
saving; choice from regular $1.25, $1.50 and $2 qualities, this sale at only . .
Unsurpassed Values in the Most Fashionable New Dress Goods
Broadcloths, specially ttf
priced at, the yard pl.Ovl
Fine Imported Broadcloths full 52 inches
wide, shown in soft chiffon finish of
beautiful high luster. Comes in all sta
ple and new plain colors. One of the"
most fashionable fabrics, d Cf
specially priced at, yard P OU
89c
New Green Shades, all do fC
prices, yard, from 85 to. . . pUIJ
J ust in, the popular new shades of green
in Empress Cloths, Broadcloths, Gran
ites, Serges, Poplins, Gabardine, Wool
Satins, Epingles, etc. All widths and
weights at all prices, tJO Aft
the yard, from 85 to P.J
,. Christmas Suggestions in
The Men's Section
Eminently proper and up-to-date gifts for men
are here in vast assortments and at-prices that
will please discriminating buyers. Read the
following special offerings and profit by an early
selection.
Men's Silk Ties, in Four-in-Hand Styles, OQ
Best 50c Values at. .... ,0C
A special purchase and sale of Men's Fine Silk
Four-in-Hand Ties all new and attractive pat
terns and colorings; each Tie put up in a fancy
holiday box. Regular 50c grade. This OQ
sale at. . ... ... . . ............ ... . '. . .OiC
Men's Suspenders at 50 Pair
Fancy Silk. Elastic Suspenders, made with kid
ends. They come in many patterns and colors
each pair in a fancy holiday box. Sus- C
penders of regular 75c quality- this sale OvJC
10c Handkerchiefs at 8 .
.Tapanette Handkerchiefs of very soft finish.
They come neatly hemstitched and .with large
iteguiar lvc grades. Tnis
silk initial.
sale at
Men's Fancy Arm Bands in Holiday Boxes at
25 and 50 Pair
Special lvalues in Christmas
Mi
R,IS3B
The most desirable widths and the most wanted colors
in plain shades and novelties, all underpriced. See our
Morrison Street Window Display, x
Ribbons for Xmas fancy work. It is remarkable how
many unique atid pretty gifts can be created with Rib
bons; also Ribbons for hair bows, for millinery, for
trimmings; in fact, Ribbons for every use are to be
found here at prices that never before have been
equaled for lowness. You may selct from:
Printed Fancies, regular values
to 48c, at the yard OC
Beautiful Printed Warp Fancies in light
and dark colorings. The most desirable
Ribbons for fancy work. They come in 5
and 62-inch widths and inequalities reg
ularly sold up to 48c, priced Ofi
for this sale at, yard ........... .OC
35c
Jacquard Ribbons, regular
45c grade, at the yard
An attractive new line of pretty Jac
quard Ribbons in white, pink, lavender,
light blue, the new shades of green, etc.
A good wide Ribbon of a quality sold
regularly at 45c a yard, priced o e
for this sale at, yard OOC
ft i i
Satin Taffeta Ribbons in White, Pink and Light Blue
One of the most popular Ribbons for fancy work. All widths and all underpriced.
Nos. 5 and 7 in 7c quality, "at yard, 4$ Nos. 9 and 12 in 12c quality, at yard, 7$
Nos. 16 and 22 in 16c quality, at, yd. 10 j Nos. 40 and 60 in 22c quality, at yd. 14
Nos. 80 and 100 in 30c quality, priced for this sale at, the yard 17
No. 1 Satin Ribbons in 10-yard bolts, on sale at, the bolt lO
No. iy2 Satin Ribbons in 10-yard . bolts, on sale at, the bolt ; . . . 12
No. 2 Satin Ribbons in 10-yard bolts, on sale at, the bolt 1S?
No. 3 Satin Ribbons in 10-yard bolts, on sale at, the bolt 25 J
Narrow Xmas Ribbons in 5-yard bolts, on sale at, the bolt to X2y2
12VoC bolts of Wash Ribbons, colors white, pink and light ' 71
blue; Nos, 1, V2 and 2 in 12iAc quality, priced at V2C
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