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home SQUADRON THE VICTOR.
ANIMAL BARKER CAPTURES AID
MJRiL SANDS EASILl.
wireless Telegram From n Scout Brought
II About--Ssnds's wireless Operator
Recame so Curious Over Message
mat He Forgot to MIX Things UP.

BAR HARBoR, Aug. s-Rear Admiral
sandss White squadron, the enemy
on whose account the New England coast
,rom Eas,port, Me-, to Cape Cod, Mass,
has been patrollel for three days by
more powerful formation of warships,
ran ric h into the jaws Of the battleship
di,ision of the Blue or home defence
.u,adron early this morning, while trying
~ enter Frenchman's Bay, and had to
surrender to superior force Thus ended
,be 6r-r phase of the summer wsr games,
omciallv designated "The search prob
lem
The task se' for Rear Admiral Barker,
who commanded TIE victorious squadron,
VAS to find his opponent. Barker easily
ACCOMPLISHED his work. While the capture
e the White squadron was inevitable,
,r,or its discovery at daybTeak by the
,r,,iseY Olympia. acting as a scout for
g,t.rs line of battle section, IL would not
have hcen 80 quickly accomplished il
a wireless telegraph operator on the battle
.nip NGs, flagship of the enemy, had not
p,u, overcome by astonishment over
message that canc down to him out OF the
cIcar n,rriog air. The Texas was the
only vessel of tho enemy fitted with means
for receiving wireless dispatches.
To prevent the Texas from intercepting
any wireless signals between his own ships
Admiral Barker had arranged secret code.
ia" code message for enemy sighted and
heading for Frenchmln's Bay was Hens,
chickens and pigs" Of course this was
not known to Admiral Sands. This morn
inc Mt daybreak, while the Texas was head
ing for Portland, hoping for victory, the
wireless operator on board, sitting at his
instrument. heard it begin it's tick, tick, tick.
As there was reason to suspect that the
message was being exchanged between
one of Blrlser's scouts and the flagship
Of the Blue squadron, the operator grasped
the key Of the instrument to do some tick
ing himself and thus, by crea ting inharmoni-
ous sound waves, prevent the despatch
from being understood by Admiral Barker's
operator.
By that time the instrument on the Texas
had spelled out hens" This made the
Texas operator curious. He listened. Then
he wondered what kind of foolishness this
vas. When chickens and pigs had been
licked out, he began to see through the
mystery. It was too late to break in, how
ever, for the mischief had been done Tho
flagship Kearsarge had received the mes
age. which came from the Olympia. Hens
chickens and pigs not only told the direc-
ion in which the hostile squadron was head
hg, but just where II was. In few MN
,,tes after its receipt the bsttleships under
Marker were steaming full tilt to intercept
sNands.
Everybody Of Admiral Bankers squad
'9n expected yesterday that the attempt
y Admiral Sands to run into a port and
,apture 10 before Barker's force arrived
would be made by daylight this morning.
This belief arose from the fact that heavy
Jog shrouded the coast, But about 10
o'clock last night the mist rolled away
md the moon came out. However, Admiral
Barker did not relax any Of his vigilance
ND kept his battleships steamng up and
Town between Duck Islard, Mount Desert
Rock and Baker Island Since leaving
Bar Earbor on Wednesday morning to
rpk Sands he kept his armorclads in the
"ighborhood OF Baker Island. which is
,nly dozen miles from Bar Harbor. The
cont ships were scattered along the de-
= O. line.
There were a good many in his squadron
mo believed that Admiral Barker was
making a mistake in keeping his fighting
or.e so near The northern limit Of line
20 had 10 defend, measuring 222 miles
rrAiEhtaway bet ween Care Sable on the
worth and Cape Cod on the south. They
oIIh h. sholild have held his battleship
= lhr c'utre of the line, go that II Sands
'Irayored to make a port at either ex-
r>ni,y BsrScr, to get at him, would have
",ln only nalf the entire length OF the
oa' lie was defending. 1t was argued
a i SANDS made for Cape Cod, Barker
cDll not possibly reach him within the
liz hours that was deemed necessary for
''rds TO place mines at the entraDCe OF the
'ot takon, and thus insure himself from
stack by his opponents superior force,
Admiral Barker had his own views, how
'rer. He had reached the conclusion that
Admiral Sands would try for Frenchman's
by and he decided to stay right there.
The result this morning showed how good
Ms Judgment was. Under the rules Of the
problem Admiral Sands's hostile squadron
ladtosteam out $50 miles TO the fifty-sev-
NTH degree Of longitude. Leaving Bar Har
Dor early on Monday he got to his destination
Wednesday. At noon OF that day he started
or frenchmans Bay at good speed. His
objective point was Winter Harbor, on the
mainland across the bay from Bar Harbor.
was his opinion that the Blue squadron
would be at Rockland, the centre of the
ieience line, With him were the battle
hlps Texas (his flagship, Indiana and
MASSACHUSETTS,, and the torpedo boat de-
Nroyers Decatur and Lawrence. They
ad good weather until yesterday, when a
eaVy fog was encountered.
Admiral Sands had hoped to reach the
h'rance to Frenchman's Bay at daylight
MS morning, but he slowed up on account
u The fog and lost so much ground when
lawn broke that he was thirty miles or
more from where he had expected to be.
ne olympia sighted him about this time
ha licked out the wireless message to
mmnal Barker which brought the battle
'Nps OF that officer and caused Admiral
@nds's defeat. Just few minutes after
O'CLOCK this morning, the ticker of the
nFeiess instrument on Admiral Barkers
asship, the Kearsarge, began to sound.
was the Hens. chickens and pigs
Message from the Olympia The defence
aIadron was then steaming slowly near
aher Island The Olympias warning told
"'' inc enemy was twenty-five miles to the
outward and eastward of Mount Desert