The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 10, 1914, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Text" m ' -. ' : &' ' i -i ! n SIX PAGES SECTION TWO PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1914. AIR CRAFT MAY FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN THE WAR OF THE NATIONS : The war In tin- air. That probably Is the way that the unparalleled con flict now raping up arid down Europe Hill ro down In history. Actual com bat In the air is what will differentiate the war of 1914 from all the big wars that have Rone befere. Despite the stupendous 'scope of this conflagration, tho tremendous stakes Involved, the staggering daily cost and the millions of men in the fighting, the fat that stands out most is that aerial flshtlng is an Integra1!', matter-of-fact part of modern warfare, riot a matter of spectacular experiment. An appalling possibility or the bis? conflict on the other side of tire At- lantic is that its most deadly, and per haps decisive battles may be fought in the air. Three of tho great com batants. Germany, France and' England, have for. years been experimenting with aeronautics and aviation and building huge aerial armadas, care fully guarding their aviation secrets from each other aM the while. Now, In this titanic struggle, has come the time When the "flying squadrons" will be tried out In real life-and-death tests, literally have their baptism In blood. Germany, France and Kngland have regular departments of their navies devoted to aerial fighting. They all .have military balloons, dirigibles and some of them armored anil equipped with rapid-firing guns and bornb-drop-ping 'devices. France has a special type of rt'"Uary aeroplane, built with a sharp nose for ramming tile huge gas-lK.gs of the German dirigibles. Already the news dispatches com ing from Kiirope have told of several r.alr-raising ami sensational aerial (bat tles. One of thern, the most spectacu lar, though not verified, was read with thrills throughout the world. It related how a French aviator, sight ing a German Zeppelin on the fron tier, rammed tho huge dirigible head on and sent it crashing to earth, kill ing 2i Germans. The heroic Frencn man wont down with the wreck, so the story said, and died with the Ger mans. Uoland Garros, the daring French aviator, was first credited with being tho Imrn of the Incident and Paris newspapers hailed him as "the Hoh sn of the air." Garros himself, though, ranf? forward and disci.' 'tied the honor. However, the story, true or false, fired the ambition of other French aviators, and if the thrilling battle In THE EVENING STORY (Copyright, 1914, by W. Werner.) M ISS J KUUSHA SHELDON and her sister. Miss Jo.sepha, had lived quietly together in their old gray house since the day thoir last parent died and they realized that splhstcfcJiood had descended upon them. Jeruslif was now 4!) and .losepha 48. They were thin and plain, but hey had good natured faces. They loved tach other and all the world, and they tried to he content. Their old gray house was roomy ;uid comfortable. It was -filled with good but worn furniture, most of which their mother had bought when she was a bride. Nothing had bccncliang-'d in It since the sisters' girlhood. The house had been the first of its kind In West more, and it had been, copied to such, an extent that ther. were TO sfnillar houses scattered about the town. And in these 40 similar houses people lived very much as Jerusha and Joseph lived. The sisters had an Income they could not posKlbly spend. And so year after year the interest on bonds, mortgages, -and hank accounts mounted. Ulti mately the entire property would go to sonic distant relatives. In tho mean time the sisters lived plainly, wore old clothes or made over ones, and help- Eagerly they peered out. lessly allowed their money to accumu late. Tiny tnadi: not the. slightest show, and Westmore people had got into the way of thinking that perhaps they lived as well as they were able. As thfre wa no reason for any body's being jealous or envious of them, the sisters were generally liked. Their time always was taken up. They belonged to all the societies; they sewed, they baked,, they helped at eVery public supper, they solicited, and they worked like beavers on com mittees. And they persuaded them selves that they were Just as happy as they had any business to be. One April day, when they were hav ing supper and were tired out from having pieced blocks at the bed quilt bee of the ladies' aid all the afternoon, a cab drove up to i the door and de posited a lady in blue, and a big brown leather traveling bag. but even the sisters were not aware of her arrival until she rung the doorbell. Miss Josepha sprang up, smoothed her btfir, sratchgj"of f hsr. apron and reached the door breathless. "For the land of love!" she screamed. Jerusha. hearing her, ran after. "Who is It? Who is it?" she demand ed. "Can't you s?e?" cried Josepha. "It s Genevieve Canton." "It certainly is," laughed Genevieve Canton.j "And I've come a long way to visit you, too," And she kissed both sisters. Genevieve had paid her last visit to . ... ,CjP , i' .wiHiitcqrm! mnirn wmiwmiiiiwtpir iwfc;'- viiitmmrt.i.tmti vijmmumttt mi ' 1111 "'"" " . iSv :;?v .:.:n -J) At the top a Zeppelin dirigible balloon, one of the powerful aerial craft In the center, a French military hydro-aeroplane, an air boat which water. air did not occur, it demands no very broad- st retch of the imagination' to believe that such battles will become common before the great war has been under way many weeks. French Aviators Alert. Jules Vedrines, another daring French aviator, who has performed many startling feats and made many aviation records, came forward and announced that he w-ould go to the frontier and destroy the first German them when she was a very young girl with her hair hanging down her back. She was now a fashionable young woman, who. it seemed, had seen everything that there was worth see ing in the world. Her name appeared almost every day in the society col umns of a great newspaper. And yet she was third cousin to Jerusha and Josepha Sheldon and had stolfn away to make them a visit. "We haven't got a thing but tea and canned peaches and broad and butter and young onions and sponge cake for supper,'' said .lerusha, "but if you'll take that, Gcntvieve, we'll see that von have something grind for hreak fast.'' "Oh, you blessed dears'" cried Gene vieve. "What more could one ask? Let me get to the table quick. I'm as hungry as a carp." Genevieve ate heartily. Her pres ence was a radiance in the gloomy house. Jerusha waited upon her. Jo MUTT PROBABLY INTENDED TO DO IT, ANYWAY Zeppeljn that atempted to cross the line. M. Santos-Dumont, the Brazil ian aviator, who was one of the pio neers of heavier-than-air flying in France, after being in retirement for several years, offered his services to the French government. While the French took the lead in aviation and most of the "stunts" of the new science have been performed by Frenchmen, England is not far be hind. For several years that country sepha beamed upon her. They could not show her plainly enough just hov glad they were to see her. After supper they sat together in the sitting room before a little fire that Jerusha kindled in the fireplace and Genevieve talked. She told them where she had been and what she had (done and seen and enjoyed. She made her pictures very vivid. More than once Josepha sighed. Jerusha sat with a far-off look in her eyes. The clock struck nine. "Oh, dear nit-:" exclaimed Genevieve, "here I've talked all this time and you poor dears haven't had a chance to say a word. Now please forgive me and tell me about yourselves. What have you been doing all these years?" Josepha smiled dubiously. "Why, we've just lived. That's all, I guess." "But haven't you been anywhere? Haven't you "We've been to church doings and committee meetings," replied Jemsha. "You don't mean you haven't been HELLO, MUTT, 147HAT AR-eOO AU THAT OtMK'?J NOiJJ LET THiMK, Kit ucth. built for the German army. will both fly and float on the has had a trained corps of military aviators and constantly has been ex perimenting with flying fighting craft. Germany has been the leader in building dirigible balloons for war. The aged Connt Zeppelin, inventor of the air craft that bears his name, has given his services to the German gov ernment for many years and has built scores of war balloons. Many of them have met disaster, with appalling loss of life, but the accidents apparently out of this town?" Genevieve looked slightly aghast. Josepha shook her head. "And It gets dreadful monotonous,' she ad mitted. "I should think it would," said Genevieve gravely. "To tell the truth, it has never oc curred to us that we could go," Je rusha sighed. "Other people 'don't; we've done just as our neighbors do." Genevieve laughed merrily. -rWith all your money, too! What are you saving it for, anyway?" "Partly for you." said Jerusha. Genevieve's sweet face sobered. "Oh. my dears, don't!" she pleaded. "I've .money enough of my own. And even U i hadn t 1 conld niarry some one, you know. I don't want your mney. 1 want youto spend it yourselves. But you must begin soon You are grow ing older every day. If you are ever going to have any good times you must not wait." Jerusha leaned forward. Her thin T6 S6&. VDO UCTtl Brick or. vh AriC. So MIS did not deter either Zeppelin or the Germans. In addition to these dirigibles, of which Germany has more than any other of the combatants, the kaiser has many military aeroplanes. Ger many, perhaps, has me largest corps of military aviator , in the world. Austria-Hungary. Russia and Servia, too, have gone in for military aviation on a small scale, but "not nearl-y so ex tensively as have Germany, France and England. Their aeroplanes have been used mainly for scouting pur poses. At the beginning of the present war the Austrians embarjrassed the Ser vians considerably by the use of an aeroplane. When 'war had been de clared and the Austrians attempted to cross the Danube and Save rivers at night to attack Belgrade, . the Ser vian capital, an Austrian aviator went aloft carrying a search-light. With this he recpnnoitered the Servian po sition, showing to the Austrian gun ners the exposed positions. The Aus trian gunboats then shelled the Ser vians and prevented them from entire ly destroying the railroad bridge con necting Belgrade and Semlin. In -the early fighting on the Franco German frontier, aeroplanes took a prominent part by dropping bombs. Be fore war actually was declared by Ger many or France on each other, both nations hurried troops to the Alsatian border, and the Germans accused a French aviator of dropping bombs be fore there was a state of war. Aerial Strength Unknown. What lends almost breathless inter est to the air fighting side of the present war Is its uncertainty. Ger many, France and England have all along kept their aerial experiments as profoundly secret as possible. Frjm time to time there have been maneu vers and demonstrations, but the world has practically no knowledge of tho exact aerial equipment of the com batants. What deadly air fighting machines the three nations have "up their sleves" has v-o to now been largely a matter of speculation. What surprises they may have in store will very shortly be revealed. Then, too, though astonishing prog ress has been made in the science in five years, aviation still is largely in an experimetal stage. English, French and German experts have planned and built and experimented, but not until now has their handiwork been given practical test. In one of the first naval skirmishes of the war, the Eng lish put a German submarine out of face was flushed. "Genevieve,' said, tremulously,, "tell us how she get those good times." Genevieve told them at such length that the town clock was striking mid night before they even thought of their beds. If the sisters did not sleep much it was because their heads wea so full of plans and projects. They rose happy and expectant and full of excitement. There was a great ado of hauling things over in the storeroom, of packing and consider ing odds and ends of wearing apparel. When at supper time the telephone bell rang reproachf ull y they suddenly remembered that there had been a meeting of the Civic club and they had not attended it! Genevieve took them away the next morning. They slipped away so cun ningly that the neighbors were not aware. Genevieve, in truth, had stolen her old cousins. She was taking them to her home in the city. Tlcre In the fine house on an old III LT MS "TKIMK, BUf Mi MEANING OF In these days, when everywhere there are "wars and rumors of wars" and all the talk is of things military, the newspapers are filled with marttal terms that are bound to puzzle the layman. It is to be presumed that everyone interested in the war knows all about infantry; but of cavalry, artillery and other terms perhaps not so much is known. Here is a brief "war diction ary," explaining the most often used terms relating to the latter: Cavalry. Squadron 150 men. Regiment Three squadrons and a machine gun section. Brigade Three regiments. When acting independently, horse artillery and engineers are attached. Division Four cavalry brigades, two horse artillery brigades, four field troops of engineers, one signal squad ron, four signal troops, four cavalrj field ambulances, together with trans port and train. This represents a total of 9302 officers and men, with !t:?i)7 horses, and a number of motor cars, motor tricycles and bicycles. Number of combatants, about 7000. Artillery. Battery Is corpposed as follows: Horse artillery Six 13 pounder guns. 208 officers and men. Field artillery Six IS pounders and 203 officers and men. Howitzer Six 5 inch guns and 101 officers and men. Heavy Four "Long Toms" and 171 officers and men. Garrison artillery -A variable quan tity according to the men and guns on the size of the forts manned. In the French army a battery con sists of four gTins. A brigade consists in the case of commlsison with one shot by smashing her periscope and sank her with the second shot. The military ballon and aeroplane may meet a similar fate. But at any rate, tne present war will stand out preeminently for its aerial features. In wars since the beginning of time raeo have fought on land and on the sea. In the great and blood.' Russo-Japanese war, submarines were used. In the recent Balkan war aero planes were used tot scout work, but It remained for the great International war now being waged for man to fight his battles in tlie air. and eminently respectable avenue they found genial welcome. Gene vieve broke half a dozen engagements to go shopping with them. Some times her extravagances made the sis ters gasp, but they paid out their money bravely. They bought dull rugs of wonderful weave, curtains like film, furniture for the numerous corners where there was none, a player-piano, a talking machine, a marvellous set of china, and for their own special delectation tailored suits and hats, blouses and even silk stock ings. But through all this riot of joyful possession, this beautiful harmony, ran a faint discord of anxiety. "I wrote to Mr. Scales to paint the house yellow," said Jerusha. "There has never been any but gray or white houses on that street. I don't know what the neighbors will say." . "And you don't care," laughd Genevieve. "You wanted it yellow, didn't you, dear?" X THOUGHT TOOAX X lKHT AS . WELL lT TKJ TrVKe -buR. choice To UHJ.CH oKTHe&e fcricces PfcereR. to e cr)wfvet 4,kl, X. CANT HJAIV LL "DfYY , COMMON MILITARY TERMS horse artillery, of two batteries and ammunition column (671 officers and men and 756 horses), in the case of field artillery of three batteries and ammunition column (793 men tuid 733 horses). In the case of field howitier artillery, of three batteries and am munition column. Shell- A hollow metal projectile fired by artillery, containing a burst ing charge which is - exploded by a time or percussion fuse. Schrapnel A shell filled with bul lets and containing a small bursting charge,, juft sufficient to split the shell open and release lt bullets at any given point. Aeroplane column Twelve aero planes. Aeroplane and kite squadron Two airships and two kites. An airship battalion In the army consists of from 20 to ficers and nearly 200 men. Minor TJults. File Two men. Section Cavalry: four men; ry. one-eighth of a company British 30 of- lnfant- ( about 30 men); artillery, two guns and their crews and wagons; medical corpr. three Red Cross surgeons. their stretcher bearers, doctors and order lies. Field ambulance Three "sections" of medical corps. Platoon A quarter company of In fantry. Company Royal engineers: Be tween ISO and HOO; army service corps, about 100. Miscellaneous Tirmi, Train. Indicates Till the baggage1 and impedimenta of an army which is riot carried with the first line trans I ort. Usually includes water and small arms ammunition carts, cooks' carts of traveling kitchens. Patrol. A reconnoltering cavalry detachment, containing anything from two men to a squadron. Piqiet. A term as elastic as "pa trol," denoting an Infantry guard in front of a stationary army or detach ment. Outpost. May consist of anything from a company to a big force of all aims. Its size and constitution are determined by Its duties, which are to ward off an enemy long enough to al low the army in the rear to make all its dispositions for defense or tttack. Advance Guard Usually one sixth of the main army. "Genevieve,' said Jerusha, solemnly. "Ive always wanted it anything but what it was." The house painting was finished by the time the sisters returned, tired, yet triumphant, to Westmore. As the cab brought them up the street in the late afternoon they peered eagerly from the windows at the great yellow house under the tamaracks which stood out boldly from its surround ings. "It looks twice as big as it did," whispered Josepha. "It looks just the way Tve always wimted It t," sighef Jernsha contenl edry. They had not been in the house an hour beforethe neighbors began to as semble. Miss Jewett came first. "I know just how you feel about the bouse," she said. "I tried to reason with Scales, but he said he knew what he was about. That's all be would say. I'd sue him, Jerusha." By "Bud" Fisher. C0VU 66 MORS ffVTHAN.TKKrJ iiilillillHlliiil "tni'lM.i.iutl.liii.HMlHHt.K i J w-T-i r j Corps.g This word no longer de- ..; scribes British fighting unit, but i used to describe 'regimenfs" which, split int infinitesimal parts, are dl trlbutedgall over a fighting force, U'C, Army service corps, royal army N niedical fscorps, army veterinary corps 4 and aryiy ordnance corps; the last -deals onfty with the material of war, nd furbishes everything from filters to flreatSns. Colling). A force of any size on the ' march. division; for instance, when ; making t strategical advance, may move in'two or throe columns. Wing; and Flank.' Usually inter ': changeable terms, and denote the rigtot and leftl sides of ar advancing line of troops, ifio matter now deep or how long thipt line may be. Stratical. A term used with ref erence the process by which "the army it brought into the theatre of operations. Tacti. -U. A term applied, to the movemits of troops, when in actual contact vith the enemy. 4 Covering Troops, A screen of troops of all' arms is pushed vpt in front of each army to feel fori &nd get in touch with the enemy, g and to prevent him from gettingglo and obtaining information. The outermost fringe of this screen Is composed of cavalry split up Into small parties or patrols, which work their way, if possible, into the heart - of the enemy's country, gathering and sending -pack information, preventing the destruction of roads and railways, w hich their own army will want to UBe. stopping the removal or secretion of supplies; and a thousand and one other things. In 18J0 the German cavalry screen was oftn 60 miles ahead of the main armies.'. The screen increases In strength from front to rear, the ad-" vanced ihors-man being backed up by artillery and infantry, so that in the event of a check or an attempt by the enemy to penetrate the screen, a force can be , Immediately concentrated for offensive or defensive purposes. f Reconnaissance. - A' complete force of all arms, which may btanything from a brigade to an army tg?rps. Is sometimes sent on s special mission to penetrate into the enemy's country for the purpose of ob taining special information. Such a force would, when in touch with the enemy, attack him vigonously and com. Pelhlr to expose histstrength. ..,I1-d nfver Pay him a cent till he did lu.tp suit me," panted Mrs. Mains. I always knew Scales was an old IdiOt. ' ,'iThLf,r'A,'s,OB of pa,nt he Put on." f,S MtVs- SI,ver' yIlei out loud. 1 cou iln't hlU.i. hr.2.??u?t ,hv" got your orders mixed.., declared Angelina Clark." Thatsg what comes of not staying i,ho,Se and bo"ing the Job your self. flVhere in the world have yott been. Josepha 7" "We'W been in the city shopping." answered Josepha calmly. "A for the house, j there was no mistake. We ordered it painted yellow. And we're going fp have the interior done over white najnel paint throughout and new styles in paper. We've been buying furnishings, - too. Jerusha'a Kot toef Player-piano and a talking-Jhafi.1.0?- What do ou "link of "I tjink you're crazy." said Miss Jewett severely. "You had plenty good aiough thing as good as any of us Ijas got." -. "n 4ems to me you're trylnr to put or considerable airs," said Mrs Oliveri "Next thing you'll be starting for Europe," Phe sneered. J,1?5ha ,auncl "Vou've guessed ft. W3j sail tho last of June." she cried- w"Fofl th8 lan'1 of lihwty! gasped Mrs. Jfalns. "There's no fool like an old fotjl. is there?" Two minutes later the delegation departed. They were seen scurryinjr in various directions to tell the news. "Ydju've only met the fate of i ! pioneers, dears." Befoj-4 bedtime all Westmore knew what sHc sisters wero about, and all Westrrfbre was disgusted. This dls gust grew as the day passed. Not m soul entered the yellow house. ' Th new tjiings came and remained un vlewedT' Envy had gverruled curiosity. The sisters' popularity had faded t nothing at all. ; PIONEERS 1 ' VKX' I But; they were too interested and busy ; care. They were looking out of a few window, standing -at a new" door f'llfe. There was no price t4! great ?to pay for this new happiness even price of losing friendships. " Genjpvleve came down to see them "You I both look 10 years younger, she said. "Having a good time, aren't you?"! i "Wcfre learning to live," 8ald Je rusba ; "but, oh, Genevieve, every bofy'i mad at us." "KltSnpletons!" laughed Genevieve. Tbejill recover and they'll follow suit., ;SBy the time you get back from abrpalg you'll find a complete change here. J Yours won't be the only yellow houseior player-piano. Aod everybody will lve you again. You've only met -the fit of-all pioneers; dears Etori't let it; worry you for a minute, lust wlt- 'i (You'll see." . , . -. . Ant Genevieve waa right.. They did.