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THE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, - SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 17. 1915.
'THEY VILL KILL US
WAR CORRESPONDENT
SCREAMED
SOLDIER
WHEN CHARGE CAME
Officer Relates Story of For-
' mer Bank Clerk Whose
" Nerve Failed Under Fire.
SOQN USED TO BATTLE;
Tit Vtikt-la tho PUld W1U Mk
, righting Kn of Hooh,
. Ho Xclra.
Bj Herbert Corey.
(Copyright. 1916, by Herbert Corey.)
London, Jan, 18. Thin Is the con
fession of a coward. For reasons
which wera 'quite sufficient the cow
ard shftll domain anonymous. Only
this .much may be told of his Iden
ttty. ! He Is an officer In one of the
British territorial regiments. He is
rot more than 23 years old, and Is
slender, blue eyed and rather tall. He
blushes easily. Like many diffident
men, he has ' rather too much "man
ner." i lis very often lounges In the
Kmplre to watch the ballet, itla left
arm Is In a sling, because of a bullet
through his shoulder.
"An officer of Hussars told me in
Berlin," 1 xaid, "that courage is the
most' common human- quality. He said
we are all brave, if0 we only knew It
"What awful rot," said the officer
of territorials, indignantly. "We all
funk it at first when we go to the
front: I know I did. Every man I
talked to told me the same thing."
lie and his men were alike mllkily
Innocent when they were ordered
out, said he. He didn't precisely
know why any - of them had Joined
the territorials. Maybe they did it
for a lark, ihe thought, vaguely. None
of them thought that war would real
ly come. That was more than a year
asro. ; When war came they were wor
ried, but tli'ey felt they couldn't well
. back down.
"We ued to chip each other," said
Tie, "but wb didn't like the prospect.
.I've laid awake nights thinking about
It."
The British line' in France needed
reinforcements. The territorials were
. sent on because there were no more
professional soldiers available. He felt
the regular army officers rather dis
approved of them. At first they were
kept In the rear, guarding depots and
t lines of communication, and . keeping
but of the way of men who had real
work to do. He couldn't remember
thut h felt at all humiliated by this.
"You ne we. used to see the
wounded as they were sent back to the
bane jhonpital, he said, half in ex
planation.
When the Pinch, Cants.
; There came a sudden pinch, and the
territorials were hurried forward,
They were of the battle, but not In It
AH airound them troopn.were being
fired I on, but for some reaHon the
territorials were slighted. They eat
ery -(low down in their trenches, al
though no shells were coming their
way. Xhat night thpy saw their first
dead hi en newly killed men, that is.
"Hailf a dozen men of my company
were very sick,"-said he. "I was sick,
too. it looked at my men, and they
'were Sweating. Jtjseemed that every
la rwas covered "with great beads.
I Jftafeiicold and shivering, but when I
put my hand to, my forehead I brought
It away covered with perspiration.
- The collar of my tunic was black with
It "
,Th next day they moved on. They
. paKHcll more dead men, but no more
of thi company wero sick. They were
still afraid, the officer said. Many of
th?rn I were very pale. Some talked
loudly in ranks, and at random. The
feeblest - sort of a Joke won loud
: laugHtor. Maiiy averted their eyes
from t the sight of the dead. A day
or two later they came to a trench
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Herbert Corey, war correspondent,
whose letters from the war zone
appear in The Journal.
Motion Pictures
Of Birds Interesting
William I lialiy u Soma for (h
fon's 7Mtbrd Xingdoxa Wbat Twal
Baiaoy 3MA tit African Jtutfe TolX.
The motion pictures of wild bird
and animal life in Oregon to be given
at the Heiliff theatre tot three after
noon at 3:30 and three evenings at
8:30 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
Januray 22, 23 and 24, wilt no doubt
6raw larg , crowds. V William I Fin
ley, celebrated as a naturalist and
photographer. has done With Oregon
wild life what Paul Rainey did with
African birds and animals. t
These pictures and the talks given
by Mr. Finley are most valuable la-
sons in- natural history for tjie school
children. , .
In order, to get moving- pictures of
the great ' bird colonies in southern
Oregon many weeks have been spent
during the past three summers cruis
ing parts of Oregon where few men
have ever been. t
Some of -the reels of pictures to be
shown will illustrate the important
educational work which has been taken
up in many parts of the country to in
terest children in building bird houses
and feeding our songsters during the
"iuibt montng, ana ror this reason a
special matinee will be given Saturday
afternoon -starting at 1:30. It was
through the Oregon Sportsmen's league
that these pictures .will be shownand
the proceeds will go to the Arthur S.
xzuDoara oenent fund.-
Three Convicted of
Cruelty to Animals
over which the Germans had swept
The dead were at 111 in it.
We could look at them by this
time," said he. "No one laughed any
more.:, We were still afraid, but not
as wei had been. We were getting
used to the Job. Still, wffhad not
been under fire."
This Went on for a day or two more
than two weeks. At last their time
came. During a lull in the firing
they were sent forward tQ a trench
held by Highlanders, who heeded re
inforcements. In front of them was
a field, dotted here and there with
dead and wounded men. They could
hear the wounded crying. The terri
torials were pale, but they were steady.
The officer put his hand up to his
forehead. To his relief it came away
dry. Then came an awful thing.
"In front of us." said he, "one of
the wounded men rose to his feet and
staggered toward s. He walked very
slowly. He kept his left arm pressed
across his middle: Twenty yards from
the trench he stopped and his arm fell
to his side. He had been cut across
the stomach by a fragment 1 of shell.
His entrails were falling out After
a moment he fell.
For a day they4 were under fire.
Fortunately, the firing was not heavy,
None of his men were killed, and only
one or two Injured, and that slightly.
XJim mn , cr a r , r f H r- nvt Thfl,
began to "chip" ach other, and in I Alleged Murderer Gets Rail-
steadier tones than at first The next! Montesano, Wash.. Jan. is rh.ii.Tu
morning they had been In the field I county court will try Its first murder
lust three weeks the tide 'suddenly I case in 18 months thin itrm
shifted their way. For hours they C. Moxley will face a Jurv for hw
were under a heavy shell fire. Half I to death E. A. Preston. The case has
a dozen men were hurt. Then the I attracted considerable attention iwin.
one ku - round . Guilty la ; Dlstrlot
Court Appealed and torn Court's
Terdlct Is smstalaed.
Three men were found guilty yester
day on charges of- beinc cruel tn ani
mals brought by Lewis Pitts, humane
officer. Two of the men. Frank Bar-
om ana Joseph, Cereghino, were fined
o eacn py Municipal Judge Steven
son, ana juage Davis found Lester
Willard guilty and postponed sentence
until Wednesday. Willard had been
found guilty by District Judge Jones
and fined S100 when It wan tatit
that Willard had shorn his sheep dur
ing me extreme cold of last month
a injurea a number of them. He
had appealed from the decision of
j i use uones. The humane officers re
gard Judge Davis' decision as ex
tremely important
.B?!i, ,and Ceghino were charged
with driving their animals tn th..iu.in
of exhaustion Pitts stated that the
animals were, in addition iim.t
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Germans charged.
Then Oermana Charged.
We were at the right of the charge,"
said he. '"I thought at first they
were not coming our way. Then I saw
they were. There was a tremendous
swarm of them. Our guns opened on
thein. of course, but it didn't seem to
make any difference
cheered as they ran
didn't seem to come very fast, but
there was something grotesque and
inevitable about it. I wished they
would hurry more." ,
The fifth man from the lieutenant
in the treuch was a former bank clerk.
The attention of the" lieutenant was
called away from the slow moving
"inevitable" mass of Germans by a
wild yell. He looked about just in
time to see the bank clerk throw down
Ms gun and start to climb out of the
trenches.
"They'll kill us all!" screamed the
bank clerk frantically. "Hurry bur
ly!"
The lieutenant leaped toward mm.
He Just managed to seize one clerical
foot as the former banker was scram
bllng out of the trench. The bankclerk
whirled and kicked t him. The of
ficer dragged -out his six-shooter and
shot.
"I did the right thing, ne said,
but I didn't do it because I knew it
was the right thing. I did it becausa
I was conf used and alarmed and be
cause I knew- he must be stopped.
Men were starting up all along that
tt ench. I could see them out of the
corner of my eye. I knew that if he
got away my company would break
and that I'd run as fast as the best
of them."
He missed the bank clerk, but the
frightened man stopped In his tracks,
The officer ordered him down into
the trench again. He called to his men
that he would kill the first man who
stirred.
"My voice was strong, said he. I
was surprised by It for I had felt my
chin quivering. I thought, my voice
would come out In a ridiculous little
saueak."
The Germans aid not get to tne
trench. The. big guns from the flank
and the machine guns in the center
cut them i down too fast1 The officer
thinks the run was too long for them.
Some one had made a mistake in the
other camo. His story would end
there if he were let alone. '
"We all stuck it pretty well after
that" said he. "It wasn't that we
were any braver than we had been
but we were used to it Tne name
clerk was one of our best men. It
was simply that his nerve flittered for
a moment. He came home with me.
for he was wounded in tne same -en
gagement"
This regiment . of territorials was
mentioned by name by General French
for its gallantry in action, it was
almost cut to pieces two weeks after
the episode narrated, but It held its
around. Because it and' other ter
ritorial regiments held on and fought
the British chiefs are placing almost
as great reliance on the territorials
todav as on. the regular troops. Once
they-have been blooded they fight as
well and stand fire as well- as the
men who have been bred to the busi
ness for years. Bui the wounded of
ficer Insisted in the bar of the Empire
that It is not because the average man
ta brave. -
"We got used to It, tbat'a all,' said
ha. "Courage Is a quality that may
hn cultivated. Three weeks in the
field will make a fighting i man of
mouse." ;
; Orenco Fire Department.
Orenco. Or.., Jan.' 16. The new offi
cer for the Orenco "ire - department
for the ensuing year are; H. Mo-
Donough, chief ; Ben Salvivdore, assist
ant" chief, and . Kiaor neuscnKe, cap
tain. The boys are planning to make
year than ever, while the town baa
been fortunate In regard to fires, atill
th boys believe in . ' naving tnmgs
ready should one occur. The city has
small chemical engine J-na 760 feet
of hose, and hose cart. . Water for
fire protection Is furnished ty the
Oregon Nursery company r ith i ome
six hydrants' and a very good pres
to the fact that after thn lrlllfnv utrr
ley gave himself up, claiming h'e shot
in self-defense. The state has worked
on the case, and. although a charge of
i.7"r "i ie nrst degree has been
filed against Moxley. he is out An SI S
000 bail. Judge Irwin; in granting the
bond, admitted that them nm
The Germans) ?us"n s to" the right of the county
forward. They y? no,a in man on the charge against
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ESML PROMOTERS
OFFERED ASSISTANCE
IN BEAUTIFYING CITY
'aint, Oil and Varnish Club
Will Cooperate in Every
Way Possible, . ;
COMMITTEE MEETS SOON
Nimble - Fingers and Willing
Hearts Make Work. for Sol
diers a Labor of Love.
Twelve packing boxes filled with
bandages, hospital shirts, surgical
pads, wristlets, mittens, scarfs, and
other things that are designed to min
ister to the needs and comforts of
the soldiers in the European war cone,
have already been shipped from Port
land, eight boxes to San Francisco and
four to New York, where they will be
transhipped by the American Red
Cross society. v'
The articles have been made by the
local bureau of the Red Cross society,
working under the auspices of the two
local chapters of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The work had been carried on every
week day on the fifth floor of Ldpman
Wolfe & Co. '8 department store, a
group of volunteer workers never hav
ing failed to appear each morning to
remain throughout the day.
Two long sales tables have been
placed side by side, and on these are
heaped the materials and-the work in
process of completion. . Above the
tables hang two Red Cross banners.
mere is a modest uttie placard re
minding the workers that - "all seams
must be flat and neatly hemmed, with
no raw edges." Wounds are tender
and must be Irritated as little as possi
ble.
There are two , sewing- machines,
electric power for one being furnished.
and they are kept busy all day. Most
of the work Is done around the table.
but many call and take materials to
their homes, to return it later, worked
Top General scene at Red Crosa headquarters at Li pman-Wolfe &
Co.'b store.
Bottom One of workers admiring piece which has just been flnished.
into peaceful' "munitions" of war.
Nearly all the knitted articles are
made by elderly women who take the
yarn to their homes.
Muslin for bandages Is - torn into
strips, and then wound into rolls on a
little machine. The rolls are done up
in bundles of 12 each, neatly tied with
a band bearing the Red Cross emblem.
To make the surgical pads, cheese
cloth must be "drawn" Into squares,
threads being pulled before the cutting
is done, thus insuring that there will
be no raw or raveled edges.
Pamphlets are supplied showing the
various knitted articles that are needed
by soldiers, as well as the stitches that
may be used in making them.
Assistance has been given several
times by a group of boys and girls
from the Couch school, who have come
with their teacher. Miss -Viola Orts-
cMld, and have torn bandages and
pulled threads with; a will.
livery afternoon ; at 4 the workers
are the guests at tea of Dtpman-Wolfe
& Co. The executives and clerks on
the fifth floor assist in the work
whenever possible. .
The local chapters of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, who are
In charge of the work are Multnomah
and Willamette. Mrs. J. P. Bachelder
being Red Cross chairman for Mult
nomah, and Mrs. Kdwln A. Taylor for
Willamette chapter.
The Red Cross relief work for the
state Is In general charge of Mrs. Wal
ter V. BurrelL
Those who rotate in charge of the
work at Upman-Wolfe & Co.' through
the week are: Monday, Mrs. J. F. Bach
elder; Tuesday, Mrs. J. F. Beaumont:
Wednesday, Mrs. Kdwln A. Taylor;
xnursaay, Mrs. tr. s. Stanley; Friday,
Miss Eleanor Glle; Saturday, Miss
Ellen Howell.
More workers are needed and will be
welcomed.
No Identification
Of Dead Woman
Roseburg, Or Jan, 18 The identity
of . the woman who committed Suicide
here Thursday night has not yet been
established. . In the note which she
left she a'1d her name was Agness
O'Lieary, and that she was. from San
Francisco. She had previously reg-
isierea ax a locai rooming nouse as
Agness Johnson, Oakland.
The woman was about 80 o 88 years
old, was 6 feet 4 inches tall, weight
about 163 pounds, had heavy dark
brown hair, and blue eyes. Her fee
tures, like her name. Indicated Irish
ancestry.
Ireland's 1914 hay crop Is estimated
at 6, 006. 691 tons.
Betterment of Portland Aim of FubUa
. Spirited OiUcens Toluateerlng
'la the Cans.
In the campaign for the beautlflca-
tlon of the residence and business, dis
tricts of Portland, recently Inaugu
rated by the Rose Festival associa
tion, the city beautiful committee will
have the cooperation of the paint and
varnliV . dealers of the city through
the Paint, Oil-and Varnish club.
lu. D. Timms, of Tim no a, Cress &
company, president of the organisa
tion, yesterday appointed a' committee
consisting of Sidney Rasmussen, of
Rasmussen & company; George Arm
strong, of W. P. Fuller & company, :
and J. J. Harper, of the Acme White
Lead & Color Works, to serve with
him in any capacity where they can
be of service to the festival associa
tion.
In a letter to Emery Olmstead. c res
ident of the association. President
Timms says;' -
The activities of the Rosa Festival
.ouwianuii aio ucnispi more - ar
reaching than any or ua reallz. and
ine indirect benefits, not generally rec
ognised, are probably a greater force
xor ma uDDUlldlnsr or thi, rlt, th
the results which evervbodv niunr
notice. '
As a' result of thn MMnr,,i1 nnh.
licit? given the work Of the City beau
tiful committee of the Rosa Festival
and th Walker Camnholl fl,iin.nn nt.
unras hi me street cars, representa
tives of firms engaged In . the paint
and varnish business came together
to determine what they could do to
help out this general clean-up pro
gram. We realise that' every movement
which has tended to the betterment
of Portland has been carried out. not
necestarily by a long pull, or a strong
pull, but a pull all' together. With
this thought in mind, the paint deal
ers of this city, without exception,
tender to you such assistance . in the
WAV tit a rl l' i A )lcrcy u4nu c. v, .1
as the peculiar nature of their butd--ness
seen to fit them. We realise we
can be more effective working in con
nection with your association than
in any other way.
The general discussion at the meet
ing was productive of numerous sug
gestions of the many ways in which
the paint people of this city could be
of material assistance in the general
plan .of cleaning and brightening up
for the time when we shall say "Wel
come to Our City" to the thousands
of visitors from all parts of the coun
try who will be here en route to the
expositions.
President Timms says his commit
tee will meet with the city beautiful
committee of the Rose Festival asso
ciation at an early date and offer their
cooperation in the campaign of beautl
Our Greater Stock and Enlarged Facilities Enable Us to Sell House furnishings Lower Than Ever Before
m Kedliuiced Vt
Mr
ices
s Jamnmary Femitare Sale
Every article m our s mammoth stock, from the most inex- -mA0l. 0llav -Q"
pensive to the costlier, has been greatly reduced from our VJlCal ST lllOW 3X1 Q vOlTl"
regular marked prices during this January Sale. We were . ' . ' ;
in the market early and we bought from the manufacturers TfT)1f'Y JI Ib?
at prices lower than any other city stocks have been bought. v w wlw v
We can supply your every want at a lower cost $3 pillows (pair), made of real feathers;
than possible by any other house in the Northwest. goo heavy tick. January sale price, the
Come and Select Where the I ' v 7 - f 1
1 -ja . JM $5 Downaune Comforters: big assortment
Stocks Are Largest and New- pof Datterns. Sale Drice onl v $, 45
est- Where Prices Are Lowest
Second Floor
Lustre" Self-Oiling
Mops, Reduced Prices
The housewife's best friend I A new mop, with
aluminum top and adjustable handle. A bottle
of polish free with every mop. See demonstra
tion in Fifth Street windows.
$1.25 Mops, $1 $1.50 Mops, $1.25
-7-Basemerit Salesroom
AS
eimsaftioimal Sale off
Garland Ranges, exactly as illus
trated, burning either wood or
coal. Fine, polished tops- easy
to keep bright and clean. Large,
roomy, ovens with patent ; heat
equalizers, giving
tequal temperature in
every part of ovens.
Metal brackets and
warming closets of
ample size. A re
markable range at a
remarkable price!
During the January
sale we offer them
at only
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Great Rug Special!
$40 and $45 Fine Wilton Rugs in Oriental
designs. Size 9x12. An ex- n r
teptional bargain at . .... .iDll O
t oomd, TJoor.
$4.50 Axminster Rugs, $3.20
36-inch Axminster Rugs in floral arid Orien
tal designs; a great variety of col- J Ofi
ors. Reg. $4.50 to $4 Rugs . . . .&0L)
looad noor.
loaad rioor.
Couch Covers Reduced
Velours and Tapestries in the greatest assort
ment we have ever offered! Entire new stock
40 less jthan regular marked prices! m
This $20
Brass Bed
$11.25
Either satin or dull
finish,, acid-proof.
Heavy 2-in. con
tinuous posts with
Y -in. brass fillers.
$11.25
Tourtli noor.
lis !" ii
w imji a w i ti t Hin i a at in i -
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Chiffoniers, Dressers
at Half Price
$85 Grcassian Walnut Colonial Chif-
$80 Mahogany Colonial Pattern
Chiffonier; January sale4 J A AA
price.... .S40.00
$55 Circassian Walnut Colonial
Chiffonier; January saltAnn
price ...... . . ....... I O U
$30 Oak Chiffonier with French
plate mirror; January CI CHfl -sale,
price ....... ... ... 1 Jj ) j
$44 Quartered Oak Dresser with 46
inch top and 28x34 beveled French ,
plate mirror, square front; January-
p:l". $22.00
$37.50 Circassian' Walnut Dresser
. with 42-inch top and 24x30 French
plate mirror; cane panel; January
sale price less than 'tflQ JA
manufacturers' cost . . $10oU
$33 Quartered Oak Dresser , with
42-inch top and 24x30 French plate
mirror ; January sale 4 U C A
price J&lO.OU
$30 . Genuine . Mahogany Dresser
with ' 45-inch top. and 24x30; French
plate mirror. An exceptional value
offered at less than cost 1 C flfV.
to manufacture .......$1 JU IT
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