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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-09
VICE PRESIDENT HERE.
Marshall Comes to Kansas This Week
Topeka Wednesday.

Thomas R. Marshall. vice president
of the United States, will deliver two
speeches in Kansas Wednesday after
noon and evening. He will speak IN
Lawrence Wednesday and in Topeka
Wednesday evening.
On his trip to Kansas. Mr.. Marshall
will be accompanied by his wife. They
will be guests of state and county
Democrat leaders during their stay in
Topeka, and will probably be met in
Lawrence by a delegation from the
Democrat state committee. The Law
renee speech will be delivered at 5
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with a
meeting in Topeka at o'clock in the
evening. In Topeka the vice president
will speak in the auditorium.
Plans for the visit of W. j. Bryan
have been worked out by the state COM
mittee.~ Bryan comes to Kansas next
week. He will speak Monday, october
16, in the Fourth and Second congress
sional districts. A meeting will be
held in Marion at 9 o'clock next Mon
day morning, with speech in Hills
boro at II o'clock. A special train
| leaving Florence at l o'clock will take
Bryan to Kansas City. Twenty minute
stops will be made at Strong City at
1887, Enporia 1920, Ottawa 4:45, and
Olathe $50. The train will arrive in
Kansas City at Z o'clock for an even
| ing meeting on the Kansas side.
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BILLIARD FLIES 1873 MILE
Topekan From Russell to Capital City
in 1873 Minutes.

Without a single mishap, Capt Phil
Billiard flew 1913 miles Sunday in his
aeroplane iE 1873 minutes. The flight
was from Russell, Kan, to Topeka.
In making the flight Capt Billa I'd
flew at the average rate of Sc miles
an hour.
Capt. Billiard maintained a height of
from 1900 to $500 feet, following the
Union Pacific tracks into Topeka and
while those on the ground noticed a
strong wind from the south, a wind
from the north was blowing 1000
feet above the ground.
Telephone girls at various towns
along the way, kept A. K. LongrSl
and Cord Elliott informed of Billiard $
progress and they followed as rapidly
as possible in an automobile Robert
Billiard, brother, attempted to meet
the aeronaut in an automobile AT
st. Marys he was told that Phil had
Just passed over Abilene At Belvue.
six miles out of st. Mary's he caught
glimpse of his brothers machine
and attempted Intellectually to keen
up with the aeroplane into Topeka.
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DROP OF ID DEGREES
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46 degrees at O'Clock this morning
and promised to go still lower. The
showers which started at o'clock this
morning were expected to stop be-
fore evening as the barometer is
rising. A further drop in tempera-
ture is coming tonight.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy
weather with lower temperatures and
a probable heavy frost tonight; Tues
day fair with slowly rising tempera-
ture. The mercury tonight will drop
to about 3S degrees, according to S.
D. Flora, local weather observer, and
frost will occur in case the sky clears
before morning.
The weather Sunday was above nor
NAL for August. Today the tempera-
lures averaged a November normal
The wind was blowing from the north
west this morning at the rate of
twelve miles an hour. This, in con-
junction with a rise of the barometer,
makes colder weather tonight a GER
tainty.
The highest temperature on record
for this date is SS degrees, established
in 1893. The low record, 80 degrees
occurred in 1891. The moon does not
set until 5:46 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing, giving moonlight during the en-
tire night. The rainfall up to $3.50
o'clock this morning was seven-hun-
dredthS of an inch
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U-B0AT BLOW
CONTINUED from page ~

passenger steamships Cameronia-
Dante, Allghieria, Espagne, Alauuia
Philadelphia and Kristianiafjord, The
anchor line steamer Cameronia is dine
here today from Liverpool with 6O0
passengers Wireless warnings were
sent to Captain Mclean yesterday di-
recting him to look out for the Tr-5a
snip With 600 on Board in Danger,
me French line steamer Espagne
IS due to arrive tonight or TOMORROW
from Bordeaux bringing a number Of
Amerlcars It is said. Warnings were
sent TO her captain. The Dante AIie-
hlerla sailed from New York SatuT-
d2y Tor Genoa with passengers. mails
ana cargo under the Italian flag. she
mas a speed of eighteen knots. n
De- iePorIed she would proceed via
bermuda to escape the subma rfne
Inc american line steamer Phila dol
pnia left here Saturday for Livernoo1
Whlle the Kristianiafjord left on ina
day for Bergen. Lao
Among the vessels which it was
reared might be in the danger zone
We're the following which left baro
Saturday. Hel
Bella, British, for st. John. \ r.
Line, Norwegian, for Rouen: Ottar
norwegian, for Havre; Rosalia, Brit
lsh, for Queenstown Vessels dna ~,
today from European ports alone NJ ~
routes that pass thru the danger zone
include the Wiedricht, from Lisbon a
Dutch freighter the Greek steamer
Ag1os Georgios, from Piraeus: the
Belgier, British, from MarseilIes. and
the Lincolnshire, British, from Havre
Ambassador Gerard Aboard.
The steamer Frederick VIII. of the
scandinavian American line, which is
bringing home James w. Gerard. this
American ambassador to Germany
and Mrs. Gerard, was 900 miles east
or New York at noon yesterday. AL
ShlDS DESTROYED nv tho ~,
been identified except possibly the
Kingston" She is believed to be :
British paddle steamer built for the
Great Lakes trade in Canada and di.
verted between American and Ca
madam ports. She was of 1850 tons
2ss feet long and owned by the Ca.
madam Steamship Lines, limited, Of
Toronto, Ont.
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standing a short distance away like
steer waiting to be slaughtered, IN
the words of DIR. Andrews. She mad
been warned by the submarine to hold
up, as her turn was coming next
Every Courtesy Shown Victims.
DIR. Andrews said the Amer can war.
ships which went to the assistance or
the distressed vessels rendered every
nossible assistance to the distressed
passengers, and when they were taken
aboard the destroyers showed them
every courtesy. Mrs. Henry 3. Wilson.
of Williamstown, Mass, said that the
passengers were going to dinner when
some one told them that there were
destroyers all around the steamer and
that n submarine was near BY Inree
shots were fired across the DOW OF me
Stephano, Mrs. Wilson said. The
steamer was stopped and all were
ordered to take to the boats The pas
sengers did not have time to go 10
their state rooms and saved none of
their personal belongings The sea
was calm and all were transferred to
the destroyer Ericsson without diff
ficulty. The Ericsson she said was
nearly out of sight of the Stephano
when the liner sank
Miss Mary Griffin of Placentia,
Newfoundland, said:
I'VE were in the small boats about
fifteen minutes before being picked
up. We did not hear or see torpedo
fired
Warming Shots at 6. p. NJ. Sunday.
Captain Fred S. Riley, connected
with the Moran Towing and Trans
portation company of New York, who
was on board the Stephano, said the
submarine moved about in no appar-
ent haste within easy sight of the de-
stroyer Ericsson while the latter was
picking up the Stephano's passengers
and crew who were adrift in four
boats. A. Tough, of Ontario, another
passenger, said the submarine slipped
in between the Ericsson and the
Stephano at one time and was only
twenty-five or thirty yards from the
destroyer.
1T was o'clock Sunday night
when the submarine fired two shots
across our bows" Captain Riley said.
"One was blank, I believe. the other
a shell. Captain Smith of the Ste
piano, ordered decks cleared and life
boats lowered and all was placed in
readiness without undue excitement.
We were given ample. warning for
safety, fully fifteen minutes ] believe.
The passengers were unusually calm,
women and children conducting them
selves splendidly.'
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O. X. OF u. S.
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Continued from Page One.)
the admiral said, from the steamer
West Point, Strathdene. Bloomersdijk,
Christian. Knudsen and Stephano, the
latter a passenger ship plying between
New York and St. John, y. F. Severa |
of the torpedo boat ~destroyers re-
ported that they were still searching
for the kingstons crew, supposed to
be adrift in lifeboats south of Nam
tueket light ship. Early today the de-
stroyers were cruising within radius
of thirty miles of the lightship in the
hope of picking up the missing boats.
Off Stephano in Is Minutes,
E. A. Tough, of Ontario, a passenger
on the Stephano. said the boats were
barely 100 yards from the steamer
when the first shot was fired at her
by the submarine, another was dis
charged soon afterward, and later a
bomb was fired.
while we were being taken on to
the Ericsson he said, the submarine
came up within twenty-five or thirty
yards of us and continued without
signal or salute. 1t took us fifteen
minutes to get aboard the Ericsson -
After the crews left the Boomers
dix and the Knudsen the commander
of one of the German submarines
plainly seen in the moonlight, re-
quested the commanders of the de-
stroyers Benham and McDougall to
please give them room to blow up
the ships" according to officers of the
Benham-
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GERMANS SINK NINE


according to officers of the Danish
steamship Olaf, which arrived here
today from British Honduras, in pur-
suit of the U-boats that conducted the
raid off Nantucket point.
Great Britain DisgruntIed.
London, Oct. 9.-Possib1e disagree
ment between Great Britain and the
United States as the result OF German
U-boat depredations off the American
Chronicle today. Counter measures
taken by the allies will hamper Ameri-
can trade and also make it "un-
healthy for American submarines off
the coast of the United States. the
newspaper asserted
THE United States disagreed with
us when it admitted the Deutschland
but the disagreement is much sharper
when it admits a pirate craft like the
C-53 and fraught with many more in
conveniences for the United States
said the Chronicle. What is to pre-
vent the U-53 being replenished at
American ports ard practically using
ing on French and British steamers.
Threatens Q. S. Submarines.
obviously If Germany is allowed
to wage such a war off the United
States coast we must take counter
measures. Trade will be hampered
and incidentally, the other side of the
Atlantic will become very unhealthy,
not only for German, but for American
submarines.
"All these difficulties would be
avoided if the United States govern
ment declined to let its coast become
a German submarine base, and we
must still earnestly hope that the pol
icy adopted in the case of the U-53
may be reconsidered."
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MATILDA E. SHOEMAKER, age
"a, died Sunday in the home of her
daughter. Mrs. T. NJ. Granger. 4oo
Monroe street. The funeral will be
held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning
in Penwelfs chapel
INFANT THOMPSON, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Thompson, died
this morning in the home, 1904
Quincy street The funeral VIII be
held at 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning in
the home Interment in Mount Au-
burn cemetery
ARCHIE WASHINGTON, age II,
died Saturday, will be buried tomor-
row afternoon in Mount Auburn ceme-
terry The funeral will be held at 2:30
O'Clock in the home, 1913 Kansas ave
nue..
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WORLD SERIES
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the same as those of Saturday, Braves
field and it's spacious stadium provid-
ing the setting for the title contest.
Tomorrow the teams will go to Brook
lyn.
Another large crowd was out. At-
mosphere conditions were slightly less
attractive than on Saturday but the
cloudy skies were hardly threatening
and the temperature has not fallen to
ate wind was slight factor in the pre-
game plotting by the strategists of
both teams. The players having rested
over Sunday. appeared in good shape.
The teams were changed from the
combinations that opposed each other
in the first game, batteries being
drawn upon for fresh strength and
other shifts dictated by known weak
ness or probable improvement among
individuals.
Battery Selections.
Manager Wilbert Robinson OF
Brooklyn said:
IT have told Coombs Cheney, Pfef-
fer and Smith that I will have the
man who shows the best form in prac-
tice pitch this game" he said, wher
asked who his selection would be.
Miller, however, was conceded the
catching assignment well in advance
Manager Carrigan of the Red Sox. had
better material to pick from in the
opinion of baseball followers generally,
Ruth, Leonard and Mays were avail
able, but it was generally believed his
choice would be Ruth. Thomas prob
ably would catch in that event.
Red Sox players looked for Coombs
to twirl in opposition to them and
"Chicak' Shorten. a little more thar
a month removed from the recruit
ranks in which he was numbered as
member of the Providence Interna-
tionals sharpened his batting eye in
readiness to play. Walkers efficiency
against left handed pitchers has its
com pIement in Shorten's success
against those who pitch with their
right hand. 3i---- -L'G
Brooklyn Changes.
Brooklyn had in its scheme of cam
paign a change of fielders on a basis
of batting strength, by which Stengel
was to give way to Johnston, better
batter against the left handed service
expected to issue from the Boston box
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Wall St, New York, Oct. 9.-STOCKS-
The market was thrown into a state of
panic at today's opening in consequence of
the activities of German submarines in
American waters. Prominent stocks. par
ucularly the war groupe, declined five, ten
and in a few instances nearly 20 points
ferred registered an extreme loss of IS
points with 10 for the common. Republic
Steel fell is points, United States Steel
almost points with as much for Crucible
Steel and to 10 points for other munitions
and equipments. Even standard railway
shares were materially affected, Union
Pacific, Reading, New York Central and
Baltimore and Ohio losing 3 to points.
81 "a S SUPPORT Droug1t aDouJ rarles
affected, while Republic Steel regained
all but 2 points. The list displayed re-
markable recuperative power on free alb
sorption of high grade issues soon after
the opening.
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TODAY'S Market REPORTS

Chicago. Oct 9-WHEAT-Notwith-
standing that on account Of submarine OPP
erations and consequent selling PUSHES.
wheat prices underwent a sensational set
back today, the market soon recovered
equilibrium. The steadying influence was
greatly increased. crop damage reported
from Argentina together with decided
rise in prices at Liverpool. The advance
in British quotations was taken as indi-
eating that destruction of cargoes would
sharpen demand the other side of the
Atlantic and that difficulties Of export from
the United States would thus be in meas
ure offset. Opening prices here. which
ranged from 11zc to 452c lower. with De
cember at S1-55 to S1.5S and May at 81. 81 y
to 81 SO. were followed by rallies all around
to within about 11zc under Saturday.
finish
CORN-Corn swayed with wheat. General
selling at the outset was succeeded by
heavy buying on the part of one of the
largest houses in the trade After opening
lac to 1Izc lower. the market swung up
ward, but did not fully overcome the early
losses
OATS-Oats paralleled the action of 9TH
er cereals Demand expanded greatly on
the decline
PROyISIONS-In provisions as well as
in grain the chief influence was the doings
of the German war craft in American
waters Nearly all deliveries of pork, lard
and ribs suffered drop, January pork
leading with fall Of 40 cents barrel.
e-w sor. sugar MarI-,
New York Oct. 9-SUGAR-Raw,
steady; centrifugal, 6.oo; molasses. 5.12;
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rine. The chief was wounded this
time. Commenting on his attack on
the Stephano, Tickle's only remark
was:
What difference do few subma-
rineS make? I'm going to sail again,
and maybe I'll make it four times.
What the - do 1 care for sunba-
rines.'
The last remark of Tickle's might
stand as expressing the attitude of
practically all of the passengers and
members of the crews of the stricken
ships arriving here today. Almost
without exception they took the situa-
ton calmly and said they were not
sent whistling across their vessels
bows or when they were being put into
lifeboats.
Refugees to Vanderbilt Home.
Miss Macdonald, stewardess of the
Stephano, was one of the last to leave
the ship She was busy with her regu-
| lar duties and refused to take the
alarm seriously.
Automobiles from the Newport
society colony waited at the dock until
dawn to take care of women from the
U-hoat victims ship. The hmousines
of Mrs. Arthur James, Mrs. Berkman
and Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt were
garet Wilson, Arthur and Clara Ulrich
and Elonar Alexander were taken to
the Vanderbilt home here.
Three Cruisers Search for U Boats.
| Nantucket, Oct. 9.-Allied cruisers
are cruising off Nantucket shoals in
search OF German submarines. Wire
less messages picked up early today
/ indicate that three British cruisers
have arrived only a few miles off Nam
tucket. The British vessels are ap-
! parent1y listening in on all wireless in
the hope of getting some rerort as to
the whereabouts of the raiders
Great City May Be Victim.
Boston, Oct. 9.-Grave fears are felt
here today for the steamer Great City,
which sailed from Boston yesterday
before the directors of her line learned
! of the submarine activities off Nan
/ tucket shoals. The Great City is
bound for st. Nazarre, France, with a
cargo for the French government. She
is carrying about seven thousand tons
of steel, 500 horses and several hum
! dred tons Of feed and grain
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Kansas City. Oct 9.
Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by I. j. Myers. Columbian
['5uIpIIna

Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
have increased 69.913 bushels last week
and corn stocks increased Al, III bushels.
Kansas. City mills made 63,100 barrels
of flour last week. The output last week
was "a, 300 barrels and n year ago $500
barrels. Four mills report business good,
one fair, four quiet.
Exports from the United States and
Canada yesterday were 727000 bushels OF
wheat, 1900 barrels of flour, no corn, 23.
900 bushels of oats; wheat and flour COM
bined, S04, 600 bushels. Canada is consid-
ering control of wheat and flour prices"
says the Northwestern Miller Saturday.
yield of 1916 will be needed for Great
Britain and her allies. which may cause
the government to commander all the
CROP
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Kansas City, Oct. 9.-HOGS-Receipts
II. 600. Market steady to &c higher. Bulk
of sales s9.2oa9.70; heavy. $9;35@9 . /;
packers and butchers. $9;25@9.sO; light,
S9.O0@9.7O: pigs, $s0009.00.
CATTLE-Receipts $4,000, including 500
southerns. Market steady. Prime fed
steers S6.0O@9.O0: southern steers. S5756g
$50; cows. $4.5O07.25: heifers, S6O0@e- 50; ;
stockers and feeders. s.: 25@SOO; bulls,
S500@6.50; calves. S6O0911.0 90.
: SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market steady.
Lambs, s9.40010.OO: yearlings, S7-50Ms.25:
wethers, s7.oo@775; ewes, s6.50G7.25;
stockers and feeders, S550d9.S
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Chicago, Oct. 9-HOGS-Receipts $4,000.
Market slow. unchanged to shade under
Saturdays average. Bulk of sales $4,000
$50; light. 50 1Od 1000; mixed. $905@ 1000;
heavy, $1,000 1000; rough, $9.O0G9.20; pigs.
SO. 75aS 80.
Native beef cattle, $6.60@1135: western
steers S615M94O; stockers and feeders
S475d775: cows and heifers. S3.50d9.4O;
calves. $S.00d12.50.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000 Market firm.
wethers, S6.60@s.25; lambs, $725G1O.30.
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BRITISH TAKE VILLAGES
Advance of Allied Right Wing in
Macedonia.

London, Oct. 9.-Pressing their adj
vance on the allied right wing in
Macedonia the British have occupied
the villages of Ormanli and Haznatar
it was officially announced today.
British cavalry has Joined in the pur-
suit of the Bulgarians and has reach
ed the lire of Kararaska-Salnna
Hopnopdoa
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Chicago, Oct. 9.@BUTTER-Market firm.
Creamery, 30@341ac.
EGGSEMarket steady. Firsts, 30k@31c;
ordinary firsts, 2212 0l291hc; at mark, cases
included, 221a @291ac
POTATOES-Market unsettled. Dakota
and Minnesota Ohios, $1.050120; Dakota
and Minnesota white, $1.10@1.20; Wiscon-
sin white, $1.O0@115
POULTRY-Alive, lower; fowls, 161ac;
SPRINGS. lie
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1.-THE following sales were made this morn
ing at che Stock Yards, Kansas City and
reported over long distance telephone di
rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin
son & Co live stock commission mer-
chants.
Kansas City, Oct. 9.-CATTLE-Receip
1900 head. Market steady.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market
steady. Bulk of sales. $9.25@9.70; top, $9.T5
SHEEP-Receipts $4,000 head. Lambs.
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+. SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Eye-tel-ya-
Da girls of Topeka,
Dress so like freaka,
And painta dere facea SO bright
Dat Littla Jack Horna,
Hees stan on da corna,
Come purta near loosa his sight
-Nels Yingle.
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refined. steady; cut loaf, s.15; crushed.
500; Mould A, $50; Cubes, $50: powdered,
715; powdered. ITO: fine graduated, luz
Diamond A, 100; Confectioners' A, $50;
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Topeka Gr=tn Market
FURNISHED by j. B. Billiard. corner Kan
sas Ave. nd Curtis ST.
Topeka, Kan, Oct z.
OATS-4646c-
CORN@S5c.
WHEAT-$L40@145
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Butter and Eggs.

outter ana Eggs.
FURNISHED by che Eeafrice Creamery Co
Topeka Knni
Toreka. Kan. Oct Z.
NEW YORK Efif.S-$yI10rS5c
CREAMERY RUrTER-f.hiraeo z3rkc
New YORK. Soc; Eigin. 33c; Topeka whole.
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DAILY wEATHER REPORT.

Furnished by the weather bureau office
at Topeka. Kan. for the twenty-four hours
ending at Z a. m. Monday
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chicago, Oct. 9.

Kansas City Grain Market.
| fThe range of prices for grain futures on
The Kansas City Board of Trade as re-
ported by Thos J. Myers. Broker Column
bian Bldg.l
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fThe range of prices for grain futures ON
The chicago Board of Trade as reported
By Thos. ]. Myers. Broker. Columbian
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Aeu far. sugar NsrL~t
New York. Oct. 9L-SUGAR-Raw,
steady; centrifugal, 6.o2; molasses. 5.12;
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fourteen BABIES


tContlnneu IrOm Page UneI
$3.50 this morning. There was no sign
of hysteria or fright as men, women
and children told their stories of being
suddenly aroused from dining tables,
from little social gatherings in salons
and babies hurriedly Weakened from
sleep TO be hustled over the side and
into EfehOatS
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Hurry-Up Transfer Co. Phone 1926
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A. c. Tickle, chief of the Stephano,
celebrated his third submarine sinking
when he was taken off the ship He
was on the Marquette when she was
sunk without warning in the Darda-
nelles. The Marquette was a troop
ship. and Tickle was a soldier at that
time. Shortly after this he was on
the troop ship Manitou. which was
sunk off Malta by a German subma-