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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

/ It is very hard to maintain an absolute
ly even speed and keep just the prop.
er distance from the other craft.
Steam engines can be controlled right
down TO the inch, but the gas engines
which drive the VI. las are not so read
| lily regulated. A single potch increase
! or decrease on the throttle may make
a difference of a whole knot In speed.
Well, G.. lost track of the other chas-
crs In his squadron one night, and he
didn't dare signal to them They were
out searching for submarines, and to
show lights would only give the whole
thing away. lie couldn't take a chance
on sending up rocket or footing his
whistle. for secrecy Is everything. So
he just laid course the way he
thought he ought to steer and kept It
up hell bent all night.
Just after daylight he discovered that
he was off the Belgian coast, having
crossed the channel. AS the early
morning mist lifted he sighted a big
vessel astern flying the German flag
She didn't look like regular war
ship-morc like converted yacht-but
she mounted one gun forward, and G.
could see others aft.
He had regulation three inch piece
himself.
"Well, boys" he said to his crew,
1--WE may be rotten navigators, but we
don't need to know navigation to give
that tub fight. What do you say?"
There was only about one chance In
hundred that any Of them would
come out Of the scrap alive. and c.
Aidn't like TO order his men into 1t.
The NJ. l.. was so fast she could have
put about and began to loop around
in order to cross her bows, thinking to
sut loose n few raking shots into the
raft.
The gun was loaded and ready to
nre, and e. was only waiting for what
he thought was the best position before
giving the order to shoot.
I'VE ought to fly our flag IL we're 60
ing into battle" suggested some one in
the crew.
by JOve. you're right" G. agreed,
and I'm II jiffy the British ensign was
run up ut the VI. LIS stern.
Like a shot the German flag at the
stern OF the war vessel came down,
and the Union Jack took Its place.
simultaneously from the masthead the
stranger broke out private British
navy signal, and c. replied.
He had come within an ace of firing
into one of his own vessels which had
been flying the German flag in order to
decOy any German craft that might
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
Fought Planes With Rifles.

1--WE are just running over to fish.
ing smack TO search her." said d.,
when hear the throbbing Of an aero
plane engine. A few seconds later the
roar of another engine cuts in, and
presently locate them with my
glasses. IL never occurs to me THAI
they are after such small fry as my lit
tie NJ. l..
"Round and round they circle just
over our heads. getting lower and low
er all the time. until at last they start
dropping bombs.
Bang. goes one not thirty feet Cd
my starboard bow. and we are sprayed
with the foam she throws up. But
the target Is too small, and the planes
are travelling so fast they cant get w
with bombs, so they vecr Off and come
bkimming back very low In straight
line dead for us. They are so close tc
our heads that feel like ducking, just
as one does going under doorway
that is actually high enough TO walk
through upright. but which looks too
low.
suddenly they begin to spray us
with machine gun fire. Two of my
men are hit, and the decks are flying
into splinters. All have on board is
a couple of 5000 rifles, and / begin
firing with one. while my first officer
uses the other. The three FOUNDER
hn nln fol tn
an air gun.
I'VE can shoot rapidly, but nothing
like the fire of that cursed spew CT
lead spraying from those machine
guns.
'Once they drive straight over us,
and now they are coming back. If we
don't stop them this time we are gone.
| squint along the sights of my rifle.
| take Il deep breath. | let part of it
out and hold the rest, so that my shout
der will not he moving as ! squeeze
the trigger.
~ am sighting right for the pilots
chest | fire. He vccrS OFF like
wounded bird. His plane wabbles. 1t
looks as if it was going to fall, but he
gets it Strengthened out and flies away
Both of us begin to fire at the other
machine. It rises The pilot does not
dare to fly straight into the rifle fire
From aloft he contents himself with
dropping more bombs, but he must be
within range of our rifles, for presently
he flies away and does not bother us
any more.
IF he had been German air man
the end of the story might have been
different"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
A Matter of Luck.

AS | said before, the catching of n
submarine and its destruction is great
ly a matter of luck. Sometimes the
NJ. LIS cruise around for days without
seeing one, and then perhaps a U boat
will pop to the surface within a couple
of hundred yards. The most impor-
tant adjunct To luck is an all seeing
eye. one never knows where the peri
scope is going TO stick out above the
surface, and you must be ready at any
second to make 1t out at any point of
the compass.
Just how many submarines were
got while ! was in England l am
not at liberty To say, but | can go Oh
record as stating that they are not
easy to get, and the captives are few.
er than generally supposed. A vast
number Of units are necessary to COM
bat them with any degree of success.
Besides being invisible almost ut win,
the submarines are manned by men of
nerve.
The idea prevalent among some peo-
pie that submarine crews are more or
less Only SHcuhS, VINO strike III the
dark or when there Is no danger for
themselves, should be dispelled. The
submarines are operated by men who
fear death not at all and who some
times take staggering chances. If the
British develop one trick that bags a
single submarine they consider it
success. News Of English ruses
spreads rapidly in the under water Cos.
sip.
u boats have run In n few scant
miles from shore and sunk all sorts of
craft, and they have even tackled de-
stroyers. The British had some very
sad experiences in sending destroyers
ON rescue work. after which they used
the NJ. LIS for this purpose. These
make smaller torpedo targets. The
Germans are supposed not to risk U
boats unduly: but, believe me. they do
talked with tho chief engineer and
one Of the crow Of Q British sugar ship
from the West Indias whs had bsm
rescued sfsr bs1nG tsvsAss4
We w0s - 1nA1aG navuar ~
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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
Sitting Over a Volcano.

The "detonators under the bed" is
literal. There isn't overmuch room on
an NJ. L.. and about the only place to
keep the decorators is under the hunks.
These little craft carry sufficient ex-
plosives to blow up several first class
warshlps. and II you want to know
how It feels to SIT over q volcano with
the lid about to b blown Oh you want
70 ride n one q them. especially whom
sunses1y bsgins potting a yes with
Ad1s - ~ Nv - sv9y s0ss
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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
GARFIELD.

Mrs. Herbert Horsley is in Branden-
burg visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Coleman.
Misses Anna Smith and Mary Ann
Harmed visited their cousin, Mrs II. B.
NORMAN. Harmed Thursday and Friday.
] Mrs. and Mrs "Dick" Penick of near
custer visited their son, Mr. and Mrs.
David Penick part of last week.
#Mesdames Joe McCrume and Tom
Macy, Harmed spent Friday with Mrs
Will Burlington.
Vernon Chambliss and Richard Dris-
kell, Hardinsburg were here SATURDAY.
at work with the telephone men.
Mr.. Berry Norton and daughter, Mary
attended the funeral service of the little
Dowell children twho were burned to
death in California; at Ephesus Thursday.
Harold Smith, Denver Legrand, Law
renee Rem. Franklin Smith, Mary Ann
Harmed, Anna Smith and Ruth Harmed
motored to Hardinsburg Monday even
ing.
Hershel Priest who has had work in
Iowa for the past few months returned
home Friday night.
Miss Nell Bandy of near Irvineton
visited friends and relatives here the
week end.
Mrs. Morton Penick and two children
went to irvington Saturday to visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Addison.
Miss Ella Drane, age 80 years who has
been an inmate at Lakeland for so,n.
time died Thursday and was brousht
here Saturday where she was tahen 4.
Constantine for. burial.
She is survived by her father. as.sy
Drsus and one brother, Clarence Ds.sS
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
Sea Slugs Are Fighters.

The crews which officer and man
the submarine chasers are not trained
navy men. They don't know Overmuch
OF the kings regulations, and the
discipline they maintain Is most cor
tainly not that to which one is accus-
toned on board ship.
But-and j want to emphasize this
strOngly-they are scrappers. They
fight in their own way. They may
not know how TO do it according to
the book, but they are among the gam
est men atiOat. Many of them are
wealthy and formerly owned and OPP
Grated their own boats. They are a
hard fighting, hard riding crew, and
the devil himself can't scare them.
Before they are assigned to boats
the men are given about ten day
course in navigation, for they must
sometimes cruise out of sight of land
and at night. Many amusing and some
times almost tragic incidents arise
from their ineXpeIicnce.
| was out once in an NJ. L. command
ed by subaltern named c. All he
knew about navigation had been taught
him in ten days. lie got lost. was
ashamed to say so and admit that he
didn't know how to get his location.
lie figured for two days trying to find
out where he was. He'd get his sun
observations, and by the time he had
the readings calculated he'd be so far
away that he had to do 1t all over
again.
He figured for two days, and all the
time he was getting shorter i'm provi-
sions and fuel. For the last half day
he followed a destroyer, thinking she
was running into port. He wouldn't
signal her and ask for instructions or
for his location, so he just trailed along
after her as though he knew where he
was going. lie was too proud to ask
the road home
The sun was under clouds, but it
came out just before sunset, and he
discovered that he had been running
right away from England We got
back off Portsmouth ut night. But our
signal box had been lost oversize. and
we couldn't reply to the signal at the
entrance to the harbor, which came
within inches of costing us our lives,
as our own batteries fired couple of
ATS at us, and we had to run out and
cruise around the rest Of the night to
save our skins. However, we hung
In sight of the harbor 90 a. not to
get lost again.
This same chap. though - wNs short
a Ne science Il savisatisa, YES long
q Aght. WIN 9uialAG d nio1e ths
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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

really didn't seem as If 1t could be
much better In the other place to
which we might go IL one of those
shells hit us. The Turkish batteries
were hammering away at us, but the
terrific heat was so uncomfortable that
nobody minded the shells much. All
of sudden something went by my
stomach so close thought 1t had cut
me in two Just beyond my boat a
shell splashed into the water.
zone of the smaller projectiles had
grazed and scared me. | caved In so
that couldn't walk straight or erect
for several days-and that is literally
true. Ny stomach felt all the time as
IL some one was drawing red hot
knife across It,"
II got it worse than that" said the
ether chap. who had been in the hos
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

hang on. by their finger nails almost,
to the cliffs. Some of the Sea Slugs
were on shore for n long time and
served In the trenches. One of them
told me bad feature OF the fighting
there was trying to keep clean. There
wasn't water enough to drink, to say
nothing about washing, and the only
way they could clean their shirts was
TO lay them on the ant hills. Even at
that II they left them there too long
the shirts themselves would disappear
Another job the NJ. LIS had down
there was boarding all the fishing
smacks and other apparently noncom-
blatant vessels and searching them for
ammunition and mines. talked to
one man named D.. brother of the
officer told about in my first article
who rammcd one of his own subma-
rines, installing her for German,
who had fight with two Turk aero
planes while he was visiting number
of such vessels.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
NOOK

Parson Pile returned home from Ind
lana last week.
Mrs. Minnie Wilson, Germantown
visited her mother, Mrs. Phidoola Gallo
way Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Eliza Pile spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Pile, Hardins.
burg:
Miss Maye Hines visited Miss suda
Galloway last week.
Willie Lucas returned home from iii.
nois Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Barney Tucker spent
the week end with relatives at Big Cliftv.
= Vernon Tucker visited his sister, Mrs.
Leva Sharp last week.
Misses Maye Hines and Daisy Tucker
Mesdames Roy Hines, Lester Glasscock
Eliza Tucker, Everett Spencer and Zelby
tucker were evening guests of Misses
Nettie and Katy Aldridge Sunday even
ing.
Little Woodroe Wilson Pile. visited
relatives at Nook last week.
Caman Wilson passed through here
enroute TO Leitchfeld to attend the Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Pile. Mr.. David
Pile and Miss Emma Pile all visited
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Pile
last week.
Mrs. Zetta Basham went to Hardins-
burg Tuesday.
Miss Maud Smith was the dinner
guest of her sister, Mrs. Minnie Gallo
way Sunday.
Mrs. Claude Howard and children
Mrs. Polina Tucker and Miss Leah
CLANCY left for Illinois Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Gannaway visited
Mrs. Vita Tucker Sunday.
Herman Galloway went to Hardius-
burg Saturday.
]. ID. AldridPe sold nice bunch of
sheep to Albert Buchum last week.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

n IAN HORTON. the man who tor
lVI lcduod The German battle cruiS-
cr Mo,tI.c. was one Of the most
modest men | have ever met. palled
around for couple of nights with
Horton and another Sea slug who had
been only Il short time Out of the
HaSda hospital, where he had reCov-
cred from wounds he received ut CALI
poll Horton, besides being the hero
of the Motke incident when in COM
mand of an T. boat, had been the first
man through the Dardanclles in his
flimsy NJ L., as the British call the
submarine chascrs. he being in that
service before taking over subma-
rine.
NJ. l.. stand for motor launch. The
little craft are called n great many
other things at times, both by the men
in them when they don't run just
right and by submarine commanders,
German and British.
We were ali at Portsmouth, which
is one of the principal NJ. l.. bases.
Horton, his friend and myself had been
out on duty tour and on the way
back stopped at The Knut for II couple
of drinks. then at Monks for oysters
and finally landed at Tots for dinner.
which is about the program followed
by the Sea Sugs when they can get
ashore.
"Thcy had the VI. LIS sweeping
mines down at Galipcli," said Horton
in "A very matter Of fact way. Lots
Of people think all we Slugs have to
do is to cruise around and keep from
drowning, hut | want to tell you that
chasing submarines is the easiest and
safest thing expected of us.
"TugboatS and trawlcrs and mine
swcepcrs weren't much good in the
DardancllcS, because they furnished
too big target Besides, everything
that could iloat was getting shot to
pieces, and before they dared send our
ships in it was absolutely necessary
TO sweep the mine fields.
I'VE used to hook thousand foot ca
bles between two NJ. LIS and cruise
down through the fields as fast rs we
could go. The cables were supposed
10 foul the mines, tip them over and
explode them. They did it. Also the
NJ. LIS themselves tipped over sew
oral mines ana exploded them, and
after that there wasn't anything to
hook that end of the cable to.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

Most dishguring skin eruptions, scrof-
u'a' pImples, rashes. ETC., are due TO
impure blood. Burdock Blood Bitters
as cleansing blood tonic is well re-
commended. LES at all stores.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
Work Under Point Blank Fire.

"The Turkish batteries on the cliffs
were so close that rs we drove down
through the mine fields we were at
point blank range The ammunition
wasn't so very good, and it didn't al
ways explode on contact, but If ever
one of the heavy shells smashed
through chaser there wasn't much
OF anything left but the hole it made
on the way through-like Il doughnut
after you eat ii.
"Of course the Turk guns firing into
the fields detonated lot of their own
mines, but that didn't add to our COM
fort any, for many OF them were right
under some of the M. LIS.
zone day we were sweeping In near
shore. The sun was so hot that pitch
Just seemed - sweat ont and run
DIVA the tSukA TAs glare on the
~ ~ s1nse SHeAaaA a. n
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

sight her. 1t shows, though, that the
Sea Slugs are ready to go into action
any time and that they don't have to
have the odds In their favor either.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29

pital, abruptly. "NIy boat bumped a
NINE. | don't know how it is to get
shot but when that thing blew up
right alongside OF us it felt to me as
though it was my own body exploding.
IL seemed like Il sudden and terrific
pressure from the inside of me that
was going TO burst me like toy bal
loon.
I'VE finally got back to the tender
under our own power. We had to
shore up the bows little, but We
managed 90 make it. Mines do freak
lsh things, and | don't believe there is
a man living who can give any logical
reason why we weren't blown into
atoms"
plain luck, | guess" observed Hor-
ton placidly. ITS funny that a mine
powerful enough to sink an ocean liner
or a battleship will sometimes explode
and fail to destroy motor launch or
"a submarine that is almost alongside
it. y lot of people think submarines
are very easily put out of business.
We Sea Slugs know it's different, espe-
cially the L boats. | saw one of our
own down at Gallipoli which had hit a
mine and came in with her bow patch
cd up under her own power, just as
you did in your chaser.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-29
Sixteen Dead In launch.

II never had the bad luck to bump
mine myself, but I've had my share
of being shot up. / had one end of Il
cable in II mine sweeping stunt ut the
Dardanelles one night when the Turk
ish batteries got the range. The fire
they poured into us is almost unbe-
lieyabe. | don't see how stick lived
through it, We were practically under
water all the time, the shells We're fall
ing SO close and spraying MS so stead
lily.
Every once in awhile one came on
board, but they We're not exploding
right-that is, not right from the Turk
ish point of view. We We're perfectly
satisfied to have them fail to go off.
1.-THE other chap, though, the fellow
who had the far end of my cable, was
getting it pretty badly. He was in
terrible shape, and after particularly
vicious burst of fire his engines stop
ped and he began TO drift. | ran over
to him. We couldn't sweep with only
one end Of the cable I'm motion.
"Of the eighteen men in the other
Nj. l.. | found two awe. Iney weren't
conscious. but they We're still alive.
The sixteen others Were dead. We
took these two aboard our launch and
got back 10 the base. That night was
hell"
| have quoted the stories told me by
these two men as nearly in their words
as can remember them TO show a
phase of the submarine chasers' work
which is seldom thought Of, As Elor-
ton said, most people think the M. LIS
do nothing but cruise around in com
parative safety looking for submarines.
This Is only one Of their duties.
Most Of the Bea Slugs have been
taught to operate machine guns, anA ~
a result they were frequently ussd fer
landing parties ct 0anpsA Ssnatag n
usdss he Tuh11A Guns ~ t32l1 -
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-08

Theodore Foil mas purchased hand
some Saxon-Six car from Mr.. Ripley,
local agent. 1t is beauty.
c. H. Cook has gone to Charleston
to visit his son Ira, who has straw
berry patch of considerable size.
The Red Cross will hold a meeting
in the Commercial club looms Friday
at 80 to transact important business.
The supplies have arrived ard it is
urgent that every member be present.
The Orofino Trading Company i'm
proved their business property by add
ing fine cement walk along the
alley, opening side door to the gro
Gerry department.
The Jones Block was improved by
widening the walk along the north
side leading to the post office. The
old cement, was in places, given fine
hard surface, making quite an i'm
provement in the appearance of the
street
The Misses Grace and Mabel Lar
kins are attending the Summer school
at the Lewiston Normal.
No amount of personal abuse can
alter the facts. Look at the bridge
and remember the Orio6no Tribune
gang did it, and paid $3.50 for plans
for this monumental parody.
Miss Gladys Holbrook and Miss
May Peterson, teachers in the local
schools, plan to spend their vacation
in Portland and Seattle, ard may visit
Alaska before returning for the fall
term.
The Misses Lottie Smith and Ruby
Wahl went to Whiskey creek mea.
dows Sunday to visit Miss Alma Ba.
shaw.
Miss Laura Monroe, one our 1917
graduates, left for the Lewiston Nor.
NAL Tuesday to attend the Summer
Normal. She expects to teach next
winter.
Gus Bashaw, who in from his
Whiskey creek ranch Saturday of last
week, said it showed there the night
before.
The Misses Myrtle and Ethel Dob
son and brother Earl, who spent the
winter in Orofino attending school
moved to their home near Gilbert
Monday.
Miss Mabel Storholt and Miss A lima
o 'Hara are in Lewiston attending the
Summer Normal. The young ladies
have been rewarded by their home dis
tricts, each having contract to teach
the coming term in their home neigh.
borhoods. They are most estimable
young women, worthy in every way,
and especially deserving because they
have, by their own efforts, worked
their way thru the High school. Such
girls deserve to succeed, and they
will.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-08
LOCAL NEWS

Do your duty-buy Liberty Bond
now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denton Tucker of
Fords Creek visited the first of the
week with Mrs. fuckers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. Molloy.
The N. P. railway company has
subscribed for So, 500, 900 of Liberty
bonds.
No matter what it is get it in Oro-
fino if you can-and see that it is
made at home, if possible. That is
the way to boost the home town.
Orofino has many advantages for a
very beautiful little city. 1t is all a
matter of doing it.
Make Orofino spotless for Chautau.
qua. Begin at home.
For sale, head shoats, average
weight 100 lbs. Mrs. r. B. Donald
son. 1t pd.
The ''kids" are beginning to real
ize the awfulness of war There are
to be no frecrackers the Fourth OF
JulyI
The Chautauqua will soon be here,
and when the literature is distributed
it will be seen that we are to have a
very fine program. Take it from us,
it's going to be fine.
w. A. Leazer has purchased the
Chester Groves home in Glenwood
Mr.. Groves has moved his family into
the Sisk residence near the M. E.
church.
Knew His Foe.
"You didn't tell Inc, Bobbie, you
We're in fight" mo, sir; 1 knew
you'd hear about it from that boys
father. That's the kind of boy he
is."-Life.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-08
CALL A GRAND JURY.

HALEY News-Miner: Ray Lietzke
few days ago discovered den of
rattlesnakes about 300 yards from the
residence of J.. W. Cook on Rock
Creek. The den was in crevices in
rocks and rs of the snakes from six
inches to fur feet in length were
killed. Rocks were pried away by
the use of a crowbar. Dynamite will
be used and it is believed many more
of these venomous reptiles will be
killed. Two large blue racers were
also killed at the entrance of the snake
den.