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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-10-13
CHAPTER Viii.
Fleet Ordered to Sea.

"HE chief Of staff flushed a little
under his tan and his hand on
the table twitched. "What Is
your alternative ~proposalT' he
questioned the secretary of the navy.
ITO defend the whole seaboard!
"You mean to offer battle with the
enemy at seaT"
The secretary Of the navy hammered
the table. II to fight. for the
whole nation, If we lose every ship,
before 1 would consent to coward1y
for the protection of n group of
states!'
The chief of staff turned from the
secretary of war to the admiral beside
him.
1.-THE superiority of the enemy at
sea as reported by the Salem is con-
servatively put at twenty-five to four
teen against US, Is 1t not?" he ques-
toned.
Poe nodded. "Conservatively-and
If we are able to assemble all our
first line ships in time"
sand that superiority is absolutely
decisiveT' the president inquired.
"A superiority of 10 per cent has
usually proved absolutely decisive, sir"
The secretary of the interior rose to
his feet. 81 recognize that this Is no
time for sectional differences, but the
president has authorized me to advise
you Of the claims of the part of the
country from which 1 come and which
has appealed to me to represent 1t in
his council. The citizens of the Pa
cifc coast states, alarmed by activ-
tiles on the other shore of the Pacific,
have become convinced during the day
that as soon as we become involved
In the eastern section Japan e to
move against California as she moved
against Tsingtau when Germany was
involved. I have been receiving de-
mands from the governors of all the
far western states, mayors of cities
and prominent individuals to urge you
to send our entire force Of first line
ships through the Panama canal at
once for the protection of our western
coast.
you have just heard that the pre-
ponderance of power in the Atlantic
is In the hands of the enemy. At best
navy may succeed in the Atlantic
In altering the landing point of the
enemy. In the Pacific it will be de-
cisive In protecting us from agrees
sion. Further, unless adequate naval
protection is furnished the western
coast, the states there will be obliged
to act for their own protection. That
means, gentlemen, that the western
states will not send troops to the aid
Of the east. The state of Texas al
ready has been obliged to station its
troops on the Mexican border to take
the place Of the regulars nov with
drawn"
The Californian sat down. The Sec
rotary to the president, who had en-
tered the room the moment before,
advanced to the head of the council
table and laid a report before the
president and above 1t a telegram In
code with the translation of the code
words written in pencil below the
message The president read the te!e-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-10-13

preceded him on board. The ensign
his name was Wayne-steered the
launch swiftly across the water to-
ward Norfolk. All about the anti
air craft guns were going necessarily.
Wendells pulses quickened with the
nearness of the firing, but for a few
moments he silently studied the sill
houettes of the ships lying further
down the river and in the roads
The big, four funneled, two masted
destroyer which had started the firing
was the Cummings. The Cassin of the
same class was just beyond. A little
farther off the larger and newer de-
stroyers. Aylwin and Balch, both had
brought their anti-air craft guns into
action. A couple of great cruisers
they had the two turrets, four tunnels
and the cage foremost of the Montana
class-spat a shell now and then, but
for the most part they were silent.
Sailors sprawled over their sides with
paint pots and brushes, daubing big
splotches of gray over the lead colored
paint. The superstructure and fun
nels Of the cruisers, the turrets and the
barrels OF the long guns were already
dappled, so that the outline of the
ships, even when close by, was vague
and broken.
Beyond the cruisers and sentineled
by a dozen small torpedo craft, lay
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-10-13

who was charged with the Offering
Of a plan for the defense of the nation,
and Admiral Poe, In command of the
navy, faced the president and his cab
met across a table upon which a large
map was spread. The map showed
North America and the western half of
the north Atlantic ocean. Upon the
continental section Of the chart were
chalked the numbers and location of
the 300 900 men, including the militia,
who already had been raised to re-en-
force the 10000 men of the regular
army being modified In the east. At
the mobilization point in each state
was chalked the number of men avail
able:" Washington. $500; Oregon,
1000; California, 10000; Texas, 5000;
Minnesota. 10000; Michigan, 5000; ILL
nois, $4,000; Louisiana, 5000; Maine,
5000; Vermont, $500; Florida. 1000,
and so on throughout the ~forty-eight
states.
'@Those figures mean, of course the
general said quietly, "a proportion Of
from three to five absolutely green and
unframed men, except for their service
on the Mexican border. In some states
the situation is even worse. Nevada
has pledged men, but has had not even
a national guard organization for ten
years. Entirely neglecting the prob
lens of their equipment, drill and
training, the matter of their organiza-
ton and transport alone will require
many days."
AS the chief Of staff had been speak
ing an aid had been laying down upon
the sea section of the great chart a
number of small seed shaped blocks.
AS the chief of staff gazed at them the
eyes of the president and his advisers
followed.
what are those?" the secretary Of
the interior inquired.
The aid continued to lay down addi
tional blocks as the general replied;
"Those are some of the transports of
the enemy. According to the figures
which the general staff furnished the
house some time ago, the number OF
the first eXped1t1onary force sent to
attack us was calculated to be in ex
cess of 100000 men. We have no rea.
son to believe the force now at sea is
less. They are, Of course, thoroughly
trained troops, completely organized
and disciplined, and have adequate sup
plies of ammunition"
The aid placed his last block. The
chief of staff bent closer and read the
longitude figures.
you have placed the transports
where, according to our information
they were yesterday" Stone said. He
put his hand over the blocks and swept
them toward the American coast. ITO
day, of course, they must be 300 miles
nearer"
The president, as he gazed at the new
position of the ships, wet his lips and
clnched his hands. The secretary OF
war estimated again with his glance
the distance of the enemy's transports
from the coast and the distance Of the
points inland upon which were marked
the numbers of the militia levies.
"You will explain" the president d.
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three monster warshipS, each with q
single gigantic funnel, two tall cage
masts and four huge t%urrets, two for
ward and two aft They were mottled
like the cruisers, gray and darker gray.
At a distance of eight miles Or ten-at
which such ships should fight-the
nothing must make doubtful their sill
houettes, but at three or four miles
Wendell knew them-three of the most
powerful superdreadnaughts Of the
American first line of battle.
The blood burned in Wendelrs face
as he saw them, and he raised his
prismatic glasses to his eyes. (Which
is which ?" he asked of Wayne.
1.-THE Nevada is nearest" Wayne re-
Piled. 1.-THE Oklahoma lies next"
Wendell nodded. He had made out
through his glasses the distinguishing
lines of the two nearer monsters.
Their lower turrets, how and stern,
mounted three guns each, three of the
huge fourteen inch rifles. The other
turrets showed but two guns apiece,
ten f~ourteen-inch rifles on each vessel.
"The next Is the Pennsylvania"
Wendell referred All of its four tur-
rets showed three guns ea~ch-twelve
fourteen-inch guns together.
Eyes. sir. She came In just this
morning"
"Then the Arizona's at the navy
yardT'
Eyes, sir. We're taking on ammuni-
ton"
81 see.' Wendell looked an instant
across the water to tie estuary of the
Elizabeth. where the city of Norfolk
lay on the left. Portsmouth. with the
navy yard. was an the right. He
turned his glasses then back to the
roads and the bay beyond. whats
out farther?"
"Some of the mine layers. We've
put out most of the mines at night, of
course, but the regents aircraft were
here right after daylight and spotted
most of them, so we're adding a few
more now-mixing the dummies and
the real ones"
Wendell nodded. Aloft In an aero
plane at Pensacola he had seen how
distinctly the mines, hidden by water
from lookouts on ships decks, stood
out to the pilot and observer far over
head. Every mine at the entrance Of
the bay might be spotted on such a
sunshiny day, but the observers In
the air could not tell the real mines
from the dummies.
acc on f,{OrI !. khorap Unnda11
searched the sky for the blue streak
of the enemy aeroplane-'isn't our first
visitor?"
"No, sir; l should say notw
where have they been coming
from?'
"Some say that they must be coming
from a secret shore base in a swamp
somewhere or a backwater along the
coast. They're all hydroaeroplanes, but
they're more probably coming from
some mother ship which is with their
battle cruisers"
"Where are the battle cruisers?'
A flush stained Wayne's face as he
answered: Haven't you heard, sir?
They've been raiding the coast all day.
Two cruisers up above Boston, they
say, shelled Salem and Newburyport.
There's some more have been Smelling
Rhode Island and Long Island and
New Jersey. They're all battle cruis-
ers Of their Carthage class or armored
cruisers of the Pera type, six or seven
knots faster than anything we've got
except our destroyers. Our ships at
Boston and in New York have tried
to drive them away, of course, but
we've got to send out our first line
ships to do that. Their battle cruis-
ers give us the laugh and keep just
out Of range of US and shatter the
Continued on page7
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CHAPTER VII.
States Pledge Troops.


block before the Office of one
of the local newspapers. Car
penters had finished putting up
q great bulletin board with a platform
In front of it upon which a man from
the newspaper Office was standing and
FASTING up a bulletin printed In huge
letters Jim read the reply Of the gov
ernor Of the state to the secretary Of
war.
century ago supplied 100000 soldiers
to the army of the Union, pledges its
fun quota for the defense of the ia
ton In this emergency and invites fur
Their calls as the needs Of the nation re-
quire."
The bulletin continued: similar as
surances have been sent by the gov
errors Of New York, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, etc.
Regulars ordered to New York;"
the next sheet proclaimed. Twenty
five thousand troops on Mexican bor-
der entrain for the north. Other regu-
lar troops, numbering 5000, ordered
from army posts to eastern seaboard."
The cheering brought a flush to Jim's
face, but he added the totals. Thirty
one thousand men, That was the
American army Of regulars to meet the
100000 veterans from over the sea-!
He edged from the crowd The re-
cru1ting station, he recalled, was down
aH0Rs seaero4 huildingss5 Hst Off the
main business section. He searched
the fronts of those buildings for the
flag with the words men wanted for
the army" But the flag was not there.
nor could he find the brightly colored
Autographs of soldiers which had been
displayed beside the walk. He went
about the block looking for them be-
fore a boy named Rainey, whom Jim
knew as a companion of Mart Ware,
came up and spoke to him.
Looking for the recruiting Office. Mr..
Ashby? ?"
"So'm Il" The boys face was pale,
but his eyes were bright with excite
ment- II thought 1t was down here.
but 1t amt any more"
Jim could not enlist that morning In
luC AdliODu ulAu9, DuL AC SOulo JUL
the state guard. There was a company
Of one of the regiments-the Third,
Jim thought it ~@as-which had head.
quarters In Elgin. He knew a couple
of men who drilled somewhere one
night a week, and he had employed In
the Ashby shops a boy named Conner
who had asked for two weeks vaca-
ton in the summer to attend the en-
campment of the regiment Jim recol-
1ected that his father had discharged
Connor for taking the vacation The
headquarters were easy enough to find.
A crowd blocked the street before the
office, a smaller crowd than before the
newspaper office, but this was all made
up of men and boys, now all cheering
and reckless and noisy, now suddenly
silent and orderly. Some of these men
and boys were there to give them
selves for service-the immediate serv-
ice which was demanded-but the most
were merely there to cheer others on.
A man In khaki and wearing a cam
paign hat s~entineled the door and look
ed keenly at each nan or boy who
came forward to enter the building.
Most of those who wished to pass
seemed to be known to the sentinel,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-19
:UR|C:;Ac|D: IN MEAT :.
u Uku
CLOGS THE KIDNEYS
Take q glass ofsalts'if your Back hurts
or BLADDER bothers you-Drink
more water.

If you must have your meat every day
eat it, but flush your kidneys with salts
| occasionally, says noted authority wi
tells US that meat forms uric acid Which,
almost paralyzes the kidneys in their eff.
forts to expel it from the blood. They
become sluggish and weaken, then yc :,
suffer with dull misery in the kidne
region, sharp pains in the back or sick
headache, dizziness, your stomach sours
tongue IS coated and when the weather
Is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine gets cloudy, full of sediment. the
channels often get sore and irritated.
obliging you to seek relief two or three
time during the night.
10 neutralize these Irritating acids. to
cleanse the kidneys and flush of the
Dody's urinous waste get four ounces of
Jad Salts from any pharmacy here;
take a tablespoonful in glass Of
water before breakfast for a. few DAYS
and your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
!1thla, and has been used for generations
to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys,
also to neutralize the acids in urine,
so it no longer irritates, thus ending
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
lure, and makes.a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-19
MUSICAL PROGRAM WELL AT.
*:TENDED. .,..,.

The All-star Musical program which
was given under the auspices of the
Junior Class in the high school audito-
rum last Friday night drew quite good
crowd of musical enthusiasts. The pro
gram was well-selected and we'll given.
It was varied enough to make it interest
ing at all times. The hit of the evening
was the Boys, Octette, which perpetrated
several plantation melodies with ap-
propriate variations. Their disguise in
darby costumes was very effective and
served to keep the misunderstanding at
the real identity of the culprits.
The Girls Glee Club and the Girls
0ctette gave: several selections. Miss
Pierce and Miss Nethercut sang two
duets which were greatly appreciated by
the audience. Bessie Oswald's piano
solo won enthusiastic approval, and she
vas vas called on repeatedly for, encoores
Emanuel man Il anderfeld played q violir
solo; Miss Marti sang two charming
songs; Ludwig Hofmeister and Join
Scheiderich performed on the trombone
and the cornet. The ''Tattler" by
Armin Koehler and Ernest Schleudel
furnished variation from the musica
symposium. The audience expressed
itself as we'll pleased with the evenings
entertainment.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-19
CITY LEAGUE STANDINGS
HIGH SCORES ROLLED IN ELIMI-
NATION TOURNAMENT
r. Dahras, and Ed. HUM Pile Up 1ZA2
Score With HUM And CroebneE
Close Second.

CONTRARY to- expectations the entries
in the elimination tournament did not
come up to the number that at first, was
thought would enter. Whether this was
due to the high score put up by Ed. HUM
and Reilly Dahms the first few days Of
the tournament or due to lack of interest
is not known. However those thai did
roll put up some very good scores.
The money which came in from the
tournament will he divided among
three howlers, Ed. HUM, R. Dahns and
A. Groebner Dahms and HUM will
divide first money between them, their
1912 score being the highest made HUM
made total of 606 with 235 score and
Dahms made total Of 636 with 2S2
score. Groebner and HUM are the men
for second place, being 35 pins behind
the first men. In this game Ed. HUM
rolled master ball making 222, 2O1 and
; 204 consecutively for total of 627.
ICY" Groebner rolled the highest single
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-19
MAS0NSv~ IAIE. 70 BUILD.
y ~. MASONIC HoME, ..s..:.

Proposisiohs..,fo a :: site tie if orse a. Stat,
Masonic " home will be entertained by thu
commit tee5havings the matter in charge
within the next few weeks, as the money
necessary for the erection of the home
has practically all been signed for. Z.
AT the recent meeting of the grand
lodge G. S. Ives, chairman of the home
committee, reported having raised over
$4,000 for the purpose, but wanted
another $4,000 to insure the success OF
the undertaking. .,
!. A number 81 towns in Southern Min
nesota are considered by the committee,
but the home probably will be located
nearer the Twin Cities. =. =.
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Will be at
GRAND HOTEL
MONDAY, MAY 9Th.
OFFICE HOURS NOON TO 8P, NJ
ONE DAY ONLY

DR.. Doran, licensed by the state Of
Minnesota and having special authority
from the Minnesota State Board of
Medical Examiners to visit professional
. ly the important towns and cities of the
state, offers to all who call on this trip
consultation, examination, advice free
except the expense of the medicine.
pr. Doran does not operate for ap-
apsndicitis, gall stones, tumors, goitre
or certain forms of cancer. Diseases Of
the stomach, intestines, liver, blood, skin,
nerves, heart, spleen, kidneys or bladder,
catarrhal deafness, rheumatism, sciatica,
bed-wetting, leg ulcers, weak lungs and
those afflicted with long standing, deep
seated chronic diseases, that have bafied
the skill of the family physician, should
not fail to call.
Married ladies must be accompanied
bv their husbands and minors with thei1
father.
DR.. J. E. Doran, 1886 Boston Block
Adv. 1913 Minneapolis, MINI.
A dormant wash does little good il
controlling scab. Hence, on account o
the high price spraying compounds, d.
not spray when unne cessary.
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~coLDEN.GATE:,

Miss Nellie Hanson arrived Saturday
from Gilmore, MINI. to spend a weeks
vacation with her parents, Mi. and Mrs.
Jas. Hanson.
Matt. Bertrand was business visitor
at Golden Friday.
Lyle Current has been quite ill with
an attack of the mumps. Quite num-
Der of cases have been reported. ..
Mrs. Charles Palmer returned the
latter part of the week from a visit with
New Ulm relatives
Ross Werring who has been attending
a Veterinary College at Kansas City the
past winter vis::=rd with his brother
Floyd few days last week. 80.
Andrew Hanson, the Sleepy Eye paper
hanger, did work for several parties here
last week. =. 49,. -@..: x-..*<
Golden Gate can now boast of black
smith shop. Mr.. Minnett LeMay, a
recent arrival here, has decided to open a
shop and now has his sign out. Let's
boost for Golden Gate!
Miss Amelia Peterson is reported as
being on the sick list. Miss Mary
Cutting of Sleepy Eye has been substi-
tuting for her.
Seeding began in earnest last week but
owing to the cold rainy weather nothing
can be accomplished fora few days.
Charles Hopfensperger Of Sleepy Eye
visited with relatives in this vicinity last
week. = ,..::..ts.
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'"CAMBRIA:.'

Eddie Evans who has been at Tracy
assisting John E. Edwards has returned
Mrs: A. e.. Hunt who sustained an
injury by falling down the cellar steps,
is improving. A New Ulm physician
made professional call to see her.
A very large crowd attended the home
talent show ''The Tom Thumb Wedding
at Woodman Hall last Friday night.
Little Doris Jones and Wesley Thomas
were the bridal pair. About thirty
children took part in the performance
and ice cream was served at the close of
the entertainment.
Dan W. Harris and George Nicholson
were busy unloading lumber and cement
last week.
The proceeds of the entertainment
andsbox social at Woodman Hall for the
benefit of the Goshen School where Miss
Jennie Thomas is teacher, were about
$4,000. Dan Williams was the auc-
tioneer.
The farmers are busy seeding. Many
are without seed corn and. they find it
very high priced this year.
Mrs. Charlie Davis of Lake Crystal
was a guest of Mrs. George Nicholson
last week.
VIM. J. Evans has a new porch built
to his house.
Hugh Edwards is suffering from an
attack of bronchitis.
Robt. Noble has left Cambria and Mr..
Sharp has taken his place as agent at the
depot.
Miss Peterson of Butternut is guest
of friends here.
Miss Flossie Harbo has gone to spend
the summer with her Aunt Lily in
;Sundance, Wyoming.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-19
ROYAL NIBBS TAKE THREE
STRAIGHT.

The game between the Royal ;Nibbs
and the Americans brought out some
very good bowling and at the end of the
match the Nibbs: had the match by 45
pins. The Americans rolled total OF
1892 and their opponents 2637. In the
second game of the match the Royal
Nibbs hit the pins for a total Of 954, the
blinds PAL score doing the work. The
Americans also hit for a total of 1913 in
that game. Burneister was high man
for the evening with a total of $50 pins
to his credit with Seifert and HUM tied
for second place. Five two hundred
scores were made in the game, being
credited to HUM, Seifert, Burmeister
and Groebner. The scores were:
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$1O0 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages. and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
1n1luenced by constitutional conditions
REQUIRES constitutional treatment.
HAIRS Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood ON the Mucous
Surfaces of the System thereby de-
stroylng the foundation Of the disease,
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitutions and assisting ma
ture In doing its work. The proprie-
tors nave so much faith in the curative
powers of Halls Catarrh Cure that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for anv
case that it fails to cure Send for list
Of testimonials
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c
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A-..T . y =
tscore ever oAed- iEl.a match gasaaesin@the
last game Of this match when he hit the
pins for a total of 1885, This gave him
a total Of $50 pins for the match. *"Cy'
Groebner again came'in for; prize money
with Reilly Dahms and took third place
with total of 1160 pins. In this match
the men rolled: nearly equal, ,Groebner
having sixteen pin margin over Dahms.
Some Of these scores are the highest.
that were ever bowled in New Ulm tour
naments or matches. Huhn's and
Groebner's 470 for the last game of their
match was the highest score in doubles
rolled around these parts, while Groeb-
ner' 8 266 was the highest single score.
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~.cITYLEAGUEB BOWLING.
Americans and Spinner. Again Tied
For First Place. r." !.

Contrary to expectations the Ameri-
cans and the Spinners are again tied for
first place due to the fact that the Spin
ners took three straight from the Majors
while the Americans dropped two to the
Royal Nibbs. The Majors and the
Spinners rolled on the school house
alleys. Although the Spinners did not
roll any high scores they got the best of
the Majors by over two hundred pins.
Herman Raabe was the only man that
rolled a total of over 500 and his 202
count in the second game was the highest
single score made. The scores: