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6 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 17, 1915. SIR, JOHN :.HIC Ot ADMIRAL IN COMMAND OF THE BRITISH HOME FLEETS It Was Last Year He. Showed flow The Shores IoTEtdS and Gould Be Bornbarded I Iireadi r - By Ships 01 an I W I J II ndfatioFCTA SCENE, The House of Commons. Pate, August 3, 1914. Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is address ing the House in bis usual calm, imper turbable way, bis two hands holding: the lapels of his coast. "As far as the forces of the Crown are concerned, be said, "we are ready. I believe the Prime Minister and my right honorable friend the First Lord of the Admiralty have no doubt what ever that the readiness and the effi ciency of these forces were never at a higher mark than they are today. Cheers- And never was there a time when confidence was more justified in the power of the navy to protect our commerce and to protect our shores." The following day Great Britain de clared war, and in the evening the Ad miralty issued the following: ""With the approval of His Majesty the King, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, K. C. B, K. C. V. O., has assumed supreme command of the home fleets, with the acting rank of Admiral, and Rear-Admiral Charles E. Madden. C. V. O., has been appointed to be Chief of the Staff. Both appointments to date from today." The King sent a personal message to Eir John Jellicoe: "At this grave moment in our Nation al history I send to you, and through you to the officers and men of the fleets of which you have assumed com mand, the assurance of my confidence that under your direction they will re vive and rentw the old glories of the Royal navy and prove once again the sure shield of Britain and of her Em pire in the hour of trial. "GEORGE, R. I." sheltering. He landed his men at the headquarters of the northern coal fields. He struck as an enemy might be expected to strike, at once vigor ously and ruthlessly, disregarding ut terly the cost to himself in troops. "Who is Jellicoe?" many asked when the announcement was made that on him had been laid the responsibility of defending the shores of Britain from attack from the German navy and of assuring a safe convoy of the "con temptible little British army" to the help of Belgium and of France. Much may be known about the heads of the British army. Lord Kitchener, General Sir John French and the rest; but It is a curious fact that, outside naval cir cles, very little is known about Brit ain Admirals, Captains and Command ers. But the memories of the British pub lic are short. Jellicoe was the man who, only last year, created such a tremendous sen sation in the naval maneuvers by showing how the shores of England might be bombarded by a hostile fleet and Invaded by hostile troops. It was Jellicoe who was in command of the "Red." or invading, fleet when he carried out a series of dashing operations which resulted In the cap ture of Grimsby and the Humber, Sun derland and Blyth. "Jellicoe is the modern Paul Jones," old naval men said In the service clubs And there was a rather Ironic sig nificance in the fact that this success ful faider of England was a member of the German Order of the Red Eagle, conferred upon him by the Kaiser. But he believed the country wanted a striking lesson to a certain extent of the requirements of official maneuvers, regardless of any personal glory or aggrandisement that was to be ob tained from them. Having shown the vulnerability of the English coasts to a raiding force in the face of consider able opposition, he now knows where and how to defend them. Born December 6, 1850, Sir John Jellicoe Is the son of an officer of the merchant marine, the late Captain J. H. J. Jellicoe. Educated at Rotting dean, young Jellicoe entered the Royal navy as a cadet on July 15, 1872, pass ing out of the Britannia first of his "batch" by over 100 marks. In the ex amination for sub-lieutenants, which rank he' attained six years later, he took three "firsts," in itself a remark able achievement. Much has been ssld about the Im provement of good shooting In the British navy, and in this connection considerable praise is due to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. Without his help so a writer in the United Service Jour nal once remarked the good work fos tered by Admiral Sir Percy Scott would have been severely handicapped in fact, impossible; for the then director of naval ordnance proved himself a man of original thought and prompt action and one of the most capable gunnery experts in the Royal navy, During the time he was in command of the Drake he turned it into one ot the best shooting ships in the navy, and while he was at the Admiralty as director of Naval Ordnance, Captain Jellicoe did all that .was possible to insure the guns mounted in ships in the first fighting line being fitted with the most up-to-date day and night Sights, as well as to install a fire con trol set of Instruments in each ship for "spotting" and controlling at long range shooting. The fittings of the guns and ordinary appliances generally were also greatly improved during the tenure of his appointment. His selection for the supreme com mand of the home fleet was in itself something of a romance. He had no small share in shaping the instrument he is now commanding, and his chief- of-staff, who was, of course, chosen by der himself, is another distinguished offi cer, who happens to be his brother-in-law. Sir John Jellicoe and Rear-Admiral Madden served together at the a man whose features would have been Unpleasantly Bard but for a lurking hu mor Of the eyes, and for certain hu morous lines about the mouth that on occasion could take the likeness of a steel trap; a man to trust instinctively and one to like from the beginning. He IS a clean shaven, keen-eyed matt of the sea, alert, vigorous and decisive. There is nothing spectacular about his idea of warfare. Strike, strike hard, and strike again, has always been his plan of campaign, and he has known more than Once what it IS to be face to face with death. He was in the Egyptian War of 182; he had a Very narrow escape when the Victoria, went down off Tripoli, and was severely wounded when he went, under Sir Edward Seymour, to the re lief of Pekln. An insight into Sir John Jellicoe's character and indomitable courage IS to Be found in a reference td him by one who was with him when he was wounded it was thought mortally during the disastrous retirement on Tientsin, "i was Witli him as he lay in an angle of a native house where we had placed him to be out of the reach of the Chinese fire, and I recall the Steadfast courage of the man when he knew that he had but the very slenderest hope of life. It was prac tically impossible that he could re cover, said the flagship's doctor; but Jellicoe's indomitable pluck was a fac tor that had still to be reckoned with. As soon as he could be Safely moved we placed him In a small native boat in charge of his own coxswain. "It was the next day, as I remem ber, that the latter came with a mes sage that Captain Jellicoe would like to see me in the boat. Ot course I went down immediately and found him Suf fering severe pain from his wound, pain made worse by the utter misery of the Surroundings and by the uncertain ty of everything. "He wanted to know what I thought of things. Foolishly, perhaps. I tried to make the best of them, and told him that I thought we were doing very well and that there was no doubt at all of our ability to cut our way back to Tientsin, er even to the coast, supposing the foreign settlements to have fallen. 1 don't think I shall ever forget the contemptuous flash of the eyes he turned on me or the impatient remark: 'Tell me the truth; don't lie!" when the news of his great raid with Admiralty on more than one occasion, Doth Indeed having been sea lords, and they both married daughters of Sir Charles Cayzer. Bart. The Admlralissimo and his chief stall officer are known to be In the most complete accord on matters of strategy and tactics, and both were associated in the creation and equipment of the ships of the home fleets, on which the fortunes of the British empire now de pend. They were members of the fa mous Trinity Design Committee, and His delight was to were associated with Admiral of the Fleet Lord FiBher of Kilverstone in his many reforms in naval administration. No other officer whom the Admiralty could have selected for the command of the home fleets enjoys so complete the "Red" fleet became known. But Sir John Jellicoe, like the filibusters of old. is a seaman of fertility and re source. He combines a daring ingenu ity in the conception of schemes with a lightning capacity for weighing up chances for and against success. From a child, it is said of him. he has never known the meaning of fear. Of Jellicoe few stories are told, but his old nurse told what a terrible handful the child Jellicoe was when out for their dally airing. run across roads in defiance of the swiftest passing vehicles. One time his nurse tried to scare him by declaring she would hand him over to a police man. That tickled the youngster im mensely. He looked around, saw a constable sauntering along and. strut ting up to htm. explairaed. "What a lot of pretty buttons you've got!" At the battle of Copenhagen Nelson "I had thought to lessen the anxiety I knew he must have been feeling, but if I had known him as t learned to later on, I should have told him the plain truth straight out. He thanked me, and, indicating his wounded 6houl- with his eyes remarked: 'Hard luck, just how,' That was all, but it was characteristic of the man himself." Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's flagship is the Iron Duke. She was laid down in 1911 and floated in 1914. .She has a displacement of 25,000 tons and la armed with 10 18.5-inch guns, 14 six inch guns, six three-pounder guns and five torpedo tubes. Her thickest ar mor is 12 inches and her speed is 22.5 knots. She has a crew of 900 and can carry 9000 tons of coal. Her length is 580 feet and her beam is 90 feet- Nursing the Wounded Soldiers (Continued From Page 8.) iTSS&'VSk M?i- , J - - ' '1V ; Hi', in; XbWi ! " i Vih AM ; ll . w 'mmSm m w B mM I I v . i Wm m If fl II -1 She was the first woman physician in Rrfflflnv tr rOf.N'n nf'il.l annntn4 .. ci. tk i.m In appearance Sir John is 'small of stature, but a man in every sense of the word. He has an iron nerve, hot- is reputed to have taken advantage of withstanding one or two terrlbl expe- board ot Columbla Hospl. V J hiinjl Tallinn m K .tk.. r nri Thloh vmiU ivm .h.ttitrail . """" ' """" ------- " tax. Dr. Nordhoff-Jung has mad it hand. eyes. The raid of the east coast of England was a striking example of the kind of "scare" which has lately been troubling the minds of a small minority of the people of England. But Jellicoe knew well what Bo was doing. He struck where ha considered the enemy would etrike in "the real thing" at miner- Summer educational tours this year, consulting with the great gynecologist, Clyne. In Munich, that war was de- She returned to Washington in 1895. clared. Being a German woman by and has since practiced here, and has D'rth, ahe threw her lot and her pro won fame as a gynecologist treating fessional ability into the service 6f her women only. She is member of the father land. In letters to her sister, who is now Occupying her home at 123 Connecti- she declared her intention of goin& to the front where expert services are sadly heeded to save mahy live, that are now being sacrificed. W. S. S. . - - . ur. itoranozr-jung Has made it a dccu.ius r uuiuo at .onnecu- has always made use of both and really did shatter the nerves and practlce to g0 abroa(j every summer avenue. Dr. Nordhoff-Jung has health of others associated with him. But today he is a wiry, healthy, active man 15 years of age, who enjoys run ning as an exercise and does his work with the sest of a hobby. One who knows him well said in the Pall Mall Gasette: to keep abreast with the latest meth- told more in detail about the tireless ods and to consult With world author- service that she and Dr. Jung have itiea in her particular line. It was on been performing than she has in her one of fhfism unnanl sftiriv tnnr r reports to the American Red Cross r , it,., t . . ,.nu,Ti,ri Ttiev n u-n t a in h,pra riutv a f fhn rtkim nf 50 nesetait tier 100 set UD recently brougnl her j,usbana back here to of the hospital on day and night kilos ($4,377 per 100 pounds). When language. and probable cost of sive and effective. Theater screens "A man n- . xi- .-..- frlrkn. each dolnc fun is.hnm- iintv th-v an nrinted in 3nllsh the imnort Dackinit and shipping. There are are also a largely used means Of aaver. below middle height, alert, confident in .. .,. t. .Jj, . ... . nt. were kent so husv that thnv am dutv is onlv 10 nesetas per 100 kilos at present in this consulate nun- tising and are generously emplored by himself; not the confidence of the over- authority. not even get an opportunity to take $0,875 per 140 pounds). The value of flreds of catalogues that are practically competing foreign flrms-Consular Re. Zeal to give herself to the utmost in what doubtful and cannot compare with in of one or mora of these essentials, caring for the soldiers has- been ex- salesmen with samples. In fact, it is Numerous letters, circulars, catalogues pressed in every letter, and in the last very doubtful whether trade of any lm- and lists from American firms ara also portance can be built up by catalogues on iue, dui tne majority quote mpnen alone. A salesman with the actual at all, or if prices are given they are goods to show can do more business in not net and the discounts are not shown, an hour than catalogues in a year. German and Austrian goods have been As already stated, most American largely advertised in this district by catalogues lack certain essentials for newspapers and periodicals and y Spanish trade, such as quotations of means of signboards and lantern slides, net prices, Weights per unit and in The last-mentioned medium is a very quantities, numbers packed to the esse, popular one here, si there are many quotations of complete machines, in- cinematograph theaters that run advtr, measurements tising slides Between tne regular nims and knocked down, Spanish This means or advertising is inexpen- - Securing Spanish Trade. Catalogues should be printed in the Spanish language and all correspond ence should be in that language. Cata logues printed in Spanish pay import eluding all attachments, able porta where shipping Is alwayg auro, but that of C real leader of men; It was whila she was en oho of taeao their accustomed calls; walk together, catalofuei la aeourin trade) ia aomo-i taaelesa owing to ta Bonlacluaioa there ports.