The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

Nothing else People worried over
it for awhile, aud then forgot It. With
bombs dropping from aerOplanes and
nea coast towns being shelled by war
ships, England had other things to
think of only recently has the Ell.
planatlOn come. from sources quite
outside the Admiralty or the navy. II
Il charged that the so-called hospital
ship was chock a-blOck with mines
She WIS trying 10 place them In the
channel IN the path " shipping
Trying 10 Get Married.
The unpleasant thing about this eI
planatiOu IL TINT one doesn't know
whether to believe II or not, Official
statements by any one Of the belliger
ents are usually worthy OF credence
The trouble with them II that what
, they do not say Is always more inter
esting aud important than what they
do say But this story Of Rec
Gross mine layer does not bear the Of
fetal stamp. II may be- true-and Il
may not be.
I'm write you tomorrow said 1
young naval officer Perhaps th'
letter will not reach you for week u
two. But YOU will surely get t."
At o'clock that morning he ha,
received orders TO "proceed"
where He had confidently expecteC
IA longer stay Oh shore Therefore TN
dste Tor his marriage had been set tw'
weeks ahead At o o'clock that morn
ing he was hustling for n special II
cense, and in other ways trying to GU
the net OF red tape which surround
many simple acts In England At
O'Clock he was married lie sat dow
10 n quiet wedding dinner at Princes
and at & o'clock said good.by to hi
bride
"I'll write tomorrow said he
What Delay Meant TO Her.
Eight weeks have passed since tina
promise was given. The girl has nc
heard word. From rose and-anov
rounded, merry beauty she has b'
come u haggard, worn frightened w
man. Her hand goes 10 her hear
Z NhNh'NNA NiN aRHiNuNhNN ava N1il
fears each other may be the bearer q
bad news Tomorrow she may rea
his name In that mournful Roll {
Honor In the morning papers Or sh
may got a letter from him. In whic
his silence will be excused by the al
inclusive phrase;
Service reasona"
The navy knows, In a general sol
, OF way, what particular variety {
/ sheOl the men ON guard In the Mort
/ sea are living through. Boats wei
> taken from the ships at the first wor
: o. war. The wooden furnishings wei
4 stripped away
North Sea In Zero.
For days the North sea was clutte
el with bobbing pianos and mahogai
clairs, and the thousand and one u
}. tlcleR that make man-of.war life g
. durable. For four months the m,
+. heye been living In steel boxes, In d
. most abominable climate In the worl
4 you can't put on enough cloth
n 10 keep warm" said retired offic,
o The raw wind cuts you like a knii
n The North Sea In half fog and hi
II zero"
n Add to that the strain under viii
the men live. If an enemy's torpe
N gets home, they must all die. That
I hardly an exaggeration. No warst
: carries boats, and the Admiralty ,
N der Ia that II one ship Ia ''puncture,
Z. the others nearby must flee II is
q coldly practical view that whiteh
n takes II 10 better TO make sure
10 saving other ships than Of saving
lives Of swimmers.
n. "In ordinary times" said the
~ tired officer, "only the man VIII,
\. duty II Ia, keep watch. Nowadays
q cry man ON deck In Watching the %
No None OF that Ia written home. I
NJ censor wouldn't pass It II II W,
written, and the men wouldn't WI
II, anyhow. Not long ago some q
~ man cruisers escaped from the Z
n, canal and made raid on the Engl
hs coast towns. That was only possi
W because human endurance has lbs I
/, It's. The net Of torpedo destroy
a, which had been drawn around N
h. land has been loosened. Then u
~ could not stay on watch a. they
~ been doing--snd live.
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