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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
: ZUs Hou British FISHING Boats Trap and Sink Submarines

all-American team, married Miss Mar
w. Mulqueen, OF this city, to-day.
The ceremony was performed \.
Monsignor Peter Mason. Among m.
guests were Lieutenant Larson &. a,
kins, U. s. A., Berkeley. Cal: LIEUT.,
ant j. 0'Hare, coast artillery, Bos,o,
and Lieutenant Fred J. Williams 6,L
artillery. New York.
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manruvre was carried out with
great skill, as the trawler had TO
pass very close to receive her rope
Another trawler closed in and took
second rope from forward, and
towing was again recommended, WIN
one vessel steering.
The day wore on. wires ana
ropes frequently parted, but eacn
time the difficulty was overcome by
sheer persistency, and each time new
lines were passed to and fro. The
afternoon faded and darkness began
to shroud the waters. 1t was an
inky night and the wind freshened
and continued to blow with cyer-in-
creasing violence. The skies seemed
TO open. Rainstorms swept the
seething waters; and lines of foam
discovered by the Pickering lights of
the patrol vessels as the waves
topped their bulwarks, threatened to
engulf both the derelict and those
trying to save her.
They made very little Roadway
but steadily plugged on toward a
haven where they hoped to be able
to beach their prize.
Situation Almost Hopeless.
The day dawned, revealing the
derelict in very serious straits. The
situation was practically hopeless
The seas ran mountains high, and 1t
/ locked as if she would sink at any
minute.
At $3.50 a. m. on December q the
derelict broke adrift from the last
wire that held her. 1t was now I'M
possible to communicate. Seas broke
over her from end to end. She be-
gan to lurch very heavily and gave
one the impression that her last mo-
ments had come. Meanwhile the
gallant little four remained at then
posts on board. The trawler Leader
warned all vessels to clear and then
steamed right up alongside. In do
ing so she struck her quarter against
/ the counter Of the derelict and
started rivets and plates. the lieu
! tenant in charge had decided that
whatever happened he would save
the four men who were on board
After clearing his vessel he again
closed. His remaining boat was
| then launched and heavlng line
thrown on board the sinking ship
/ No sooner had the boat been hauled
alongside than the Van Stirum sud
denly rolled over to starboard and
went down by the head, her stem
struck the bottom and she remained
/ for fully a minute with her stern in
the air before falling over and dis
appearing. The four men managed
to slide down the ships side just in
time to cut the boat adrift and push
clear. In doing so the boat was
nearly swamped. The trawler again
! closed and just managed to rescue
them; but the boat was swept away
I from her side and lost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27

imagining the mastodon from the
one or two dry bones here given 1t
must occur to them that the work
of organizing and directing the oper-
atoms of even the auxiliary fleet"
is a gigantic one, and that this Is
nevertheless only very small part,
indeed, in relation to the work OF the
fleet itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
ARMY FOOTBALL STAR WEEDS
Lieutenant Weyand Takes Bride in
Allentown.

Allentown, Penn, Aug. 26.-Lieuten-
ant Alexander NJ. Wcyand, u. S. A., Of
Red Bank, n. j., captain of last years
winning Army football team and for
three years choice for tackle on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
Struggle to Save Vessel.

The little party of four then set
to work in earnest and successfully
passed a 5-inch hawser from the port
bow to the attendant trawler; but, as
the derelict's steering gear had been
jammed she became uncomfortable.
Another trawler then closed on
the derelict and successfully man.
aged to take a wire and keep her in
position while the first trawler
lowed. Shortly afterward the wire
parted, and another effort-again
unsuccessful was made to take a
rope from the port quarter. This
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27

later the news came that one OF our
traylers had been lost with all hands.
Faces we're grave, but there were
onIv three or four remarks on the
subject in the strafe house. The
first was: "Traffic must be held up"
The second was: "Her skipper was a
good chap" The third was: "She
must be replaced by trawler No. 80
and So; not the Stormy Petrol, she
had long spell last week.
Duty-Not Sport.
And those three remarks sum up
the sailors attitude toward this war
fare-duty, sober realization of the
hard facts and care for the men.
From first to last, despite the ironi-
cal name of the office, | encountered
none of that mere sporting desire
to kill Germans with which our sea-
men have been credited. From trst
to last, through all ranks, they are
simply doing their duty.
There is regret, sometimes, when
they know that a submarine mas
Leen destroyed and they are unable
to get "the scalp" in the form of
evidence that will be accepted by the
Admiralty. But the symbol Of the
whole work that they are doing was
provided by the beautifully polished
Lrass periscope of German subma-
rine which | saw in the comfortable
room of the senior naval officer. 1t
had been turned into a flower stand
and carried a crown of English roses.
Beauty and civilization sometimes do
get forward, even on top of a Ger
man periscope.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
Vast Work Done in Secret.

But the aspect of the whole mat
ter which it seems most desirable to
emphasize is just that aspect which
has been overlooked by neutrals on
almost every side of this world war.
When no immediate sensational food
has been provided for the hunger of
the daily press, it might be supposed
that rational folk would at least con-
slider two possibilities:
(a) That operations on a great
scale, together with the creation Of
trained hosts and elaborate equip
ment, require vast amount of quiet
work in order to secure success.
Any one, of course, even the Crown
Prince, can make a holocaust.
(b) That it is sometimes neces-
sary to conceal, with the greatest
care, every single fact that might
help to answer so easy question
as. "What is England doing" or,
"When is England going to rake
up?'
Yet, if there be any capable Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
German U-B0atS Flee
From Mystery Ships
Continued from psge I

whore is vour skpper asked naval officer of the returned
,
"E's in the dingy. sir blockadng the Bugers was the
reply.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
Sea Power Rests on Men.

Mention has already been made of
the memorable gale Of December 81
yet the patrol vessels concerned re-
NAMED on their beat and only re-
turned to port to revictual and re-
pair at the authorized hour on De-
cember %, and were off to sea again
two days later.
1t is upon such men-not upon
modern machinery-that sea power
in the last resort. depends, and the
sea power of the Island Empire rests
secure in her possession of a vast
seagoing brood which to-day, as in
the days of the Armada, occupies its
business, from childhood to old age,
in great waters.
Nor have they forgotten to see the
ancient works and wonders in the
deep. Many of them drink and
curse; but more of them are quieo
God-fearing men, with a Bible in
their kit, who have a fist Of iron for
the face of the wicked. And not one
Of them is even remotely like the
livid creatures of modern literature.
Battle transfgures them. Occasion
ALLYN any stir that breaks the
monotony of their days and nights
one catches a glimpse of what that
TRANSPORTATION must be. AS our
patrol boat stole into port at dusk we
passed mystery ship" making
ready to sail. There were men on
her deck who walked and looked like
panthers. There was an indescrib-
able smouldering in their eyes, a
deep fire, which may be seen even in
the pictures of the boy Jack Corn
well, the young hero of the Jutland
LATHE. In repose it has a touch of
sulkiness; but it is the sulkiness Of
thunder and deep waters, and its
secret abides with those who have
looked from birth into the eyes of
their inscrutable mother, the sea,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
Remembers Only Shamlbes.

But the ordeal had left its mark
upon them all, and when examined
as to his experiences on board the
submarine, the boatswain of the Vic
toria, a man of over sixty years,
seemed to be too dazed to give any
coherent reply. All that he could
remember was the scene on the deck
of the Victoria before the crew took
TO the sea, and his description was
that of a shambles, where six of his
mates lay drenched with blood, some
with their heads blown off, others
screaming in agony with arms and
legs blown off; and, in chaos of
escaping steam and wreckage, the
little boy Jones, with his hand still
clasping the blood-stained copy of
Treasure Island"
The sinking of these fishing boats
scuddenly ceased, except on rare oc-
casions; and, for certain reasons, 1t
is now an acknowledged fact that
when q submarine sees one it sub.
merges or bolts Immediately. De-
tails must not be given, but these
smaller fishing boats now form a
class TO themselves, and they are
known among the other auxiliaries
as Mystery Ships"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27

examined by the commander as to
the system of patrols in the neigh
borhood. Dazed as they were. and
hardly responsible for their actions
they one and all refused to answer
their captors.
Late that night they were told that
the submarine was about to sub
merge. and so far as they could
gather they proceeded below the
surface for over twelve hours. They
knew enough about the system OF
netting to know that they were IN
constant danger of being trapped IN
the belly of the sea and drowned
hideously. IN the darkness. But not
q man spoke.
During the night they were given
some coffee and n biscuit each, and
the wound Of one man who had been
badly lacerated by shell was
dressed by the ships surgeon. They
Law in the semi-darkness, listening
to the steady beat and hum of the
engines and wondering what kind OF
a miracle could bring them to the
light of day again.
Abandoned in Small Boat
'On the next morning the trawier
Hirose fell a victim to the same sub
marine. She was no sooner sighted
than she was greeted with hail of
shot. She stopped and lowered a
boat, while the enemy dashed up.
The commander of the submarine
shouted through megaphone;
Leave your ship; | give you five
minutes" The crew compiled
there were ten hands all told-and
were ordered aboard the submarine,
while the Hirose was blown up.
After being given six biscuits each,
the crew of the Hirose were put
back in their boat. The survivors
of the Victoria were ordered on deck
and placed in the same boat. The
submarine steamed away and short
~ afterward dipped.
1t was very dirty weather at this
time. A strong gale blew and the rain
drenched them. There were fourteen
men crowded in small trawler
boat, a hundred miles from home.
BY dint of bailing out the water con-
tnually till their arms were numbed
they managed to keep ahoat. Twen-
/ ty-four hours later, at g o'clock IN
the morning, they were picked up
/ by the collier Ballater, about sixty
miles off the Smalls lighthouse
/ Their condition was then indescriba-
BILE. Soaked through and through
! with the boat half full of water, bat
/ tered to and fro by every wave, they
had lost all hope and were lying ex-
hausted. Their bodies were stiff
with cramp, and they we're hauled
on board the Ballater with difficulty
But there, at least, they found the
rough comfort of the sea. Each
man was stripped and his clothes
( dried in the engine room. Hot cof-
fee and food and blankets kept then
alive till they reached port.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
Stops, But is Shot At.

They were about a hundred and
thirty miles from land, when the
sound Of gun was heard by all
hands. The boy Jones shut his book
on his thumb and ran up to the
bridge. where he stood by the skip
per.
In the distance, against the sun
set. they saw the silhouette of a
strange looking ship. At first II
looked like a drifter, painted gray
with mizzen set. But the flash OF
another gun revealed it as a sub
marine.
The skipper hesitated. Should he
stop the ship and trust to the laws
of war and the good faith of the
enemy? The lives of the crew and
the little boy who had been left in
his charge were his first thought
Yes, he would do so, and the order
was given. The engines ceased to
throb. Then, as the ship rolled idly
he was disillusioned. The gun
flashed again, and he knew that he
was facing an implacable determine
ton to sink and destroy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27

They take very simple views Of
Armageddon. some Of these trawler
shippers, and some excuse for this
epic simplicity and largeness has
been given TO them by the Germans.
For when trawler is sunk to-da<
it is usually reported from Berlin
as a guardship. or IAN English war
ship" Why. then, may not Scotch
skipper regard his dingy as
worthy successor at least TO the old
Victory. He knows, at any rate,
that "frightfulness" has been fright
cned out of existence in home waters
hy a herring boat with HotchkisS.
Sank Unsrmed Boats.
Nothing is more battling, indeed,
10 the philosophy of "frightfulness
than the fact that, in the long run,
desperate remedies are always found
for its most desperate manifesto
tions. The sinking Of unarmed fish
ing boats was one of the favorite
amusemonts Of Fritz in the earlier
stages of the war. A typical yarn
vas told me as we entered the waters
where it happened, a true yarn that
j, recorded in the official log books
Of the auxiliary fleet.
Il was on a fine summer morning
that the fishing trawler Victoria left
n certain port beloved Of Nelson, to
FISH on the Labadie Bank. She car
RED a crew of nine men, together
with a little boy named Jones-a
friend of the skipper. He held I'M
der his arm well thumbed copy Of
Treasure Island" Perhaps it was
this book that had inspired him to
the adventure, for, though nobody
cutie believed at that time In the eX-
istence of the twentieth century pl-
rate. there was adventure in the air,
and it was only after much pleading
that he was allowed to come. This
vessel. of course, was unarmed, and
used only for fishing. For a week
eli went well. There was a good
catch of fish, splashing the rusty
red old craft with shining scales
from bow and stern and piling up
below like mounded silver. The crew
we're beginning to think of their
women at home and their accustomed
hooks in the Lord Nelson and Blue
Dolphin taverns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
Something Under the Boat.

Only one hint | may give here.
There was once upon a time sim
pie fishing boat, shooting her fishing
nets for simple fish. A submarine
appeared and gave her men Five
minutes. you swine!" Immediately
there was a panic, which had been
part of their drill in port. Two Of
the crew went on their knees for
mercy and others hauled at the boat
like men possessed. | must
pass over the details once more, but
the resultant picture was this: \
dummy boat on deck in four pieces
and fine, big gun levelled straight
at the submarine, attended by gun
ners of his majesty'S navy, "like
gods in poor disguise" There were
two Germans kneeling for mercy;
and, after they had scrambled into
safety, there was an abolished sub
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
Boy Meets His Pirates.

1t was only forlorn hope, but he
would risk it, and not a man de-
INJURED at his decision. The en-
gines rang Full speed ahead" and
the Victoria began TO tear through
the green water for home. The sub
marine opened a rapid fire from two
powerful guns, and the first TO fall
was the little lad Jones, with his
thumb still keeping the place in his
Treasure Island" The skipper kept
steadily on his course, with the boy
dead at his feet. But the submarine
gained rapidly and continued to pour
a devastating fire on the helpless
craft. The skipper was struck next
and blown to pieces. The bridge was
q mass of bloody wreckage and torn
flesh. The next shell shattered the
tiny engine room and killed the en-
CINE man. The Victoria lay at the
mercy of the enemy.
The submarine continued TO close
on her and kept up rapid fire, hit
ting the mate and another engine
man and severely wounding another.
The four men who were left tried to
save themselves. The boat had
been smashed to splinters, and they
jumped into the water with planks.
Careless of the men in the water,
the submarine steamed up alongside
the Victoria and sealed her fate by
placing bombs aboard her. There
was violent explosion, and her
yrecxage, strewn over the face of
the waters far and near, was the
only relic of her existence.
Left in Water Two Hours.
Not till nearly two hours after
this we're the four numbed and help
less men in(the water taken aboard
the submarine. They were placed
down below, and one by one closely
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COOL. BREEZY ROOMS. RIGHT on OCEAN
Including use spacious bath hoises. large airy
rorch.s 81 week Cor two. up Meals optional
UNIVERSITY H0TEl. ocean Avenue. ses.ds.
RockaWay Beach. ~ l. Phone I'LL Hammsa-
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Killed in Leaving Boat.

The crew left in the port and star
board lifeboats, two of the men re-
naming on board to lower away.
While they were endeavor.ng to get
the two men off the submarine fired
a torpedo, which passed under the
partly lowered boat and struck the
ship abreast the engine room. One
man was blown to pieces by the
force of the explosion (W. A. Belan-
ger, a boatswain, who hailed from
Michigan, u. S. A., and another
man was also killed and fell into
the water. There was no excuse for
this cowardly act. There was not a
ship in sight, and the enemy could
have, with perfect safety, allowed
the crew a few more minutes grace
TO abandon their vessel. The sub
marine was only 200 yards away
when the torpedo was fired, and the
impact was tremendous. There was
no doubt as to the nature of the
weapon which caused this explosion,
as the wake of a torpedo was seen
by the crew.
During this unprovoked attack on
an unarmed ship, in which one Of
the two men killed was a neutral
citizen, the second submarine was
keeping a good lookout for the Brit
ish patrols.
1t must be realized that the Van
Stirum was at the time of the at
tack in large, open waters, and, al
though no patrol vessel was in sight
yet, it was not long after the wire
less message that a patrol vessel,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
ON Otsego Lake
THE IDEAL TOUR

. o0o miles through New Ensiand's Scenic Wcndet-
land Route book and man on application. 1850
BWay y y or Hotel Elton. Waterbury. Conn
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partisan, E. A. Bowman (Non-parti

partisan, E. A. Bowman (Non-parti.
SAM, La Moure. w
Twenty-sixth-Fay Harding mon.
partisan, G. A. Ward Comparison,
Sidney Smith, Emmons and Kidder.
Twenty eighth c. Harry, A. M.
Hagan (Non.partisan), ]. G. Miller
(Non- partisan), c. G. Packson, Botti-
neau. =
Observation-Disclosures, Grour, Wal
ton CNon-partisan), Wysong, part Of
Ward.
Thirtieth- &C. C. Turner, H. ]. Blan-
chard, part OF Morton. ~
MISUNDERSTANDING, Stark.
Thirty.second-O. N. Olson (Non-
partisan, Z. w. Mcdonnell Non-parti-
san, Eddy, and Foster.
Thirty-third-H H. Phillips, Roy B.
Wild Non-partisan, Wells.
Thirty-fifth-John Nathan (Non-
partisan), Sheridan.
Thirty sixth-John Weber (Non-
partisan), Christ Geiszler, Mcintosh
and Logan.
Thirty-ninth-E. E. Egan, o. A. OLE
son, o. C. Martin (Non-partisan), Bill
lings, Bowman and Golden Valley. !.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-02

Blocker farm east of town. according
to phone message to The 1ndepend-
ent Thursday afternoon. Repeated
trials could not obtain phone cOnnec-
ton with the Blocker home.
The electric storm was accompan.
led by cloud burst in places. Eight
cen rail lengths were washed out at
DIVE, north of New Rockford foot
and a half of the grade going out. The
train was delayed four hours. A work
and gravel crew is repairing the dam
age today,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-02
HAVE LEAD ON
THE LEGISLATURE
Returns Show Non.P artisans
Have Edge on Legislative
Candidates
IN MANY INSTANCES
DEMOCRATS ENDORSED
League Has Virtually Nominated
All It's Candidates for
House

With but few districts to be heard
from, the Non-partisan league has a
big lead on Republican nominations
tc the state legislature. Where there
are no Republican league members
nominated, in many instances Dem
Ocrat has been selected-to oppose the
regular Republican. In Staale Hen
drickson's district the league has, Sc
lected a Socialist to try conclusions
with him in the fall.
OF the senators nominated this
year, as far as can be learned, the
league nominated nine Republicans.
They are: o. X Lageson, Grand
Forks; c. j. Morkrid, Nelson, county;
John w. Benson, Rolette; Thomas
Pendray, Stutsman; C. D. King, Bur-
leigh; James A: Winstrom, Wells; c..
F. Hunt, Billings; Edward Hamerly,
Renville; J. j. Cahill, Leith
In many instances Democrats have
been nominated without opposition to
oppose Republicans. For instance A.
J. McFadden, who must run again be-
cause of division of the First dist
riot, Pembina is opposed by Walter
Wexford of Pembina.
The regular Republicans who have
won nominations, as far as returns
could be secured, are as follows:
Frank H. Ployhar, Barnes; Frank H.
Hyland, Ramsey; Walter Bond, Mi
not, Ward county; M. l.. Mcbride,
Stark (unopposed) j. M. Beck, Sher-
idan: T.. C. Carney, WillistOn; II. P.
Jacobson, Mott.
Later returns may alter these nom
nations slightly as there are some
very close contests. 1t may take an
official canvass to settle some of
them.
When it comes to the house, the
league has virtually nominated it's en-
tire legislative ticket except in some
of the larger counties, where the city
vote went to the regulars.
The Tribune has complete returns
from official and unofficial sources on
the house situation. In districts
heard from, the league now has thirty
nine of forty-nine nominees. The list
as far as obtainable follows:
First-Henry Geiger (Non-parti-
SAM, Husband, Mcmillan, Pembina.
Eighth-A E. Moen, J. Il. Guam, Hen
ny Strom, Trail.
Ninth-Wilson. .Tenson, Smith. part
of Cass.
-Starstad, B.. N. Sandbeck,
part of Cass. ~
Eleventh-Wm. Watt, Wadeson,
part of Cass.
Twelfth Schmitt, Meyers, part of
Richland.
Fourteenth Martin Larson (Non-
partisan), Fred Minis (Non-partisan),
Ransom. @
Fifteenth-S. E. Harper (Non-parti-
san, part of Barnes.
Seventeenth-L. o. Frederickson
(Non-partisan, =. w. Keitzman mon
partisan), Nelson.
Eigthteenth-Joh Balsden, Otto
Dittler (Non-partisan), o. G. Olson
(Non-partisan), Cavalier.
Observation-Disclosures McManus (Non-
partisan), Christ Amange, Rolette.
Observation-Disclosures, w. J. Church
(Non-partisan), John r, Massock
(Non-partisan), Benson
Notwithstanding, Martin Hag-
hang (Non-partisan) Geo. D. Laird
(Non-partisan, Ramsey.
Twenty-second-F. J. Mortz (Non-
partisan(, C. P. Peterson (Non-parti-
SAM, Towner.
Twenty-fourth-Paul Haven (Non-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-02
GOV. sARLES HERE.

Former Governor Sarles Of Hills
b0ro is in Bismarck visiting his sons,
who are in the First regiment. He
has not been in the capital city for
some time and was much surprised at
the improvements.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-02
CHAs. e. HUGHES, JR.
ARCHIE ROOSEVELT.

Sons of Charles E. Hughes, Repub-
lican nominee for president, and The.
odore Roosevelt, have won promotion
in the military training camp at
Plattsburg, N. Y.
Charles E. Hughes, Jr, is to be a
corporal, and Archie Roosevelt bat
talon quartermaster in the training
regiment.