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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-30
a SERIES Of HoLpuPs.

Travellers on the Lincoln High
way between this city and Coun-
Gil Bluffs were treated to some
real western stuff last night
when all the autos coming by
Reefs hall were held up or an at
tempt made to hold them up. The
four men, or the stories seem to
agree that there were either three
or four men, would stop at the
side of the road and as a car came
up one of the men would hold out
his hands for them to stop, as
though asking for help. AS soon
as the approaching car slowed
down a man would jump on the
foot board and search the occu-
pants at the point of gun. The
bandits We're first reported just
north of the bridge over the
Pigeon and later reports placed
them near Reefs hall. They at
tempted TO stop several cars from
this city but were not successful
so far as has been learned. Sew
eral cars stopped at Honey Greek
and all had the same story to tell,
one man claiming to have lost Sc
in money and a gold watch. At
least six cars reported having
been stopped, hut the total amount
of plumber was not learned. One
of the men was either a negro or
wore a black mask.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-30
Children Crv
FOR FLETChER's
G a 8 T Q RIA

ness trip this morning to Council
Bluffs.
Mrs. Nels Gregorson and chill
dren, Arthur and Matte, Will
leave this evening for few DAYS
visit in Woodstock. H.. and Chi
cago.
Mr.. and Mrs Joe kaplan enter
tanned large party Yesterday.
About siyty-fivc guests from
Omaha, South Omaha and New
York were in attendance.
The Misses Blanche and Mae
Osborne have returned home from
Lincoln, where they have been
studying dramatic art.
w. H. Emge this morning re
celved a large box of samples of
wheat, oats and barley raised on
the farm he purchased last spring
near Watertown, S. d. The grain
is reported to be very heavy
yield in that locality and is better
than Mr.. Emge has ever raised on
his land in this county.
Engineer ID. J. Kennedy, who
has been laid Off from work the
past seven months on account of
Illness, expects to go back on the
job in the morning.
Miss Ruth Kinney is spending
the week in the country at the
Glen Hairsine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Miller
from Tekamah, Neb., motored to
the Valley to spend Sunday with
the Jacob Kaplan family.
Mrs. John McKeown and the
Misses Elizabeth and Lucy Nc
Keown from Council Bluffs were
the over Sunday guests of rela-
tives and friends in the Valley.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-30

"Whiz-z.zl sang tho torpedo. Bang!
went the Moltke."
boats and learning that the submarine
had run over to the westward, where
we knew chain net traps to be laid, we
circled in that direction.
Our powerful motors thrummed
evenly. The water seemed to part
ahead Of us, and the gunners squinted
along the surface.
Suddenly off to the west we made
out her periscope. Intense joy thrilled
our little crews She was inshore from
US. She was between our circular
course and the chain nets-in the trap.
The periscope we had seen might be
a dummy, for u submarine frequently
casts loose u phoney periscope to draw
fire. but at any rate she must have
been between us and the nets If she
cut it loose.
Presently, probably after look
around, the periscope suddenly disap-
peared, and we knew it was real one
with German q boat on the end Of it.
The Brass Hat, in his own boat, was,
of course, in the lead. That was his
prerogative as well as his duty. Like
flock of falcons we were swooping
down on the prey.
Abruptly the lead boat comes to
dead stop and lists heavily to star
board Evidently something is wrong.
| We see men crawl out over the stern
and fish around with boat hooks and
poles. Cold as it is one man goes over
board and remains under water SO
long we could not believe he would
come UP alive.
We can see the Brass Hat gesticu-
lating as we run in closer. We can't
hear what he is saying, but we have
a pretty good idea We've listened to
him before when distressed. One Of
his men signals that the boat has foul
ed the chain nets. We wouldn't dare
cheer, but we are inclined that way.
Everybody likes to put it over Brass
! Hat. and now there are only five of US
to share the glory at the finish. Each
| of us stands better chance of being
the one to give the submarine its congo.
| Circling round in an even smaller
radius, we search the water for q peri
scope, Il shadow or the conventional
"streak of dirty grease" or cline Of
bubbles"
Brass Hat Still Stranded.
The Brass Hat is signaling now for
us to go over and help him off. No
| body pays any attention to those or
ders. He wants to run things and get
the U boat himself, but we won't give
| him the chance. Later we will tell
him we didn't see his distress signals.
Now he tries to direct the procedure
from where he is. but we are like a lot
Of hounds released from restraint.
The one idea of our lives is to get that
1 boat.
| All of us have towing torpedoes out.
These are bombs on long cables, which
| are towed astern and sink to certain
4 specified depth. If the cable fouls any
thing at all as the boat goes ahead tie
bomb pulls up to it, and when 1t bumps
it eXplodes.
We are in line. Suddenly there is a
crash and Il roar just ahead of lis.
am thrown off my feet. Barrels Of VA
ter splash down into our cockpit aud
roll off the decks. The bow lifts Itself
! clean for second. | think nat the
| submarine has blown us up. Perheps
am dead already.
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.
was leading the line because of his
rank, signaled to us that we were
after submarine which q, hydroplane
had sighted off the Isle of Wight.
The U Boat Chase.
Offshore short distance was pa
troll boat lying very low in the water
and flying distress signals. We ran
over to her and learned that about an
hour before the periscope of subma-
rine had been stuck up not far from
her; then the craft had submerged,
appeared again about a mile away and
fired four shots, which let in enough
water slowly to sink the patrol, which
before the war had been nothing but
dirty little trawler.
Finding the crew of the patrol could
take care of themselves III their small
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-30

Miss Pearl Miller will leave the
first of the week for Council
Bluffs. where she will go in
training as a nurse at the Mercy
hospital.
Miss Mary Irwin is home after
spending several weeks nursing
at the VIM. Quinlan home in the
country. Mrs. Quinlan is report
ed considerably improved.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-30

The s. U. Blackburn family
spent Sunday with relatives in
Little Sioux. They were accom-
panied by their guests, Miss
Blendena Poler of the Bluffs and
Miss Louise Herman of Omaha.
Albert Greene and William
Hatcher have returned home
from a two weeks fishing trip in
northern Minnesota.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-30

Mr.. and Mrs. X. q. Brundige
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kirkland
left yesterday in the formers car
for Dcs Moines to attend the fair.
Walker LauGhrey is assisting at
the hardware store during Mr..
Brundige's absence.
j. w. Harris and son Ray mo-
tored to Omaha, Fremont and
Blair yesterday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-30

WI. anu MIS-. a. II. HOSDrOOlS
Will entertain as The guests from
edncSday on the remainder of
he week. Miss Isabel Orris of
Council Bluffs. a former teacher
i'm our schools, and Miss Julia
Jacobs from Ida Grove, who has
Just returned from an extended
"Trip i'm the west.
Miss Ncssie Van Cleaye from
Lovcland was the Sunday guest of
Mrs. Mayme Wearin.
Eddie Peterson returned to his
home i'm Castana this morning
after a several days visit at the
John and Nels Gregorson homes,
! A large fire occurred yesterday
!, in Carroll. a bakery being burned
to the ground.
j. q. Schulmcister returned
home last evening from his trip
to Canada. He reports the wheat
crop i'm that country as being very
fine.
Miss Carrie Hanson spent SUN
day i'm Omaha With the Marble
family.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Nordecn.
Clarence Gunderson. Hialmel
'Scoe and sisters. Dora and Nancy,
mnored to Omaha Yesterday to
spend the day With friends.
Mr.. and Mrs j. l.. Hall received
message today of the illness OF
their SON. Charles. who is suffer-
ING with p!omaine poisoning at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Walk
or. i'm Ottumwa.
: Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Hall mo-
tored to Council Bluffs this aft
ernoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jackson
and guest, Mrs. Edgar jackson OF
South Omaha, sent Sunday with
friends in Dow City and Denison
Wednesday evening Mr.. and Mrs
Frank jackson expect to leave fol
Des Moines.
Lieut.. Arthur Mitchell from the
ft. Smelling training camp was
The over Sunday guest of F.. c.
Myrland. He left This morning
for Des Moines.
John BELLS. j j. Misecup and
SON Harry aleparted last evening
To attend the fair at Des Moines.
Mrs. Lars Peterson and chill
dren are spending the week with
he Rev. Thorness family i'm Oma-
ha.
DR.. 5. +. DeVore reports the
birth OF a 5-lb. girl to Mr.. anC
Mrs. Oscar Query.
Among the Missouri Vale,
young people who will teach ou
OF town this year will be Miss
Emma Green. Washington, la.
Miss Anna Norhery, Holstein
Mss Margaret Hansen. Dayen.
port; Miss Stella Gregorsen
Loveland: Miss Mildred Royce
Logan: Fred Evans, Modale. ant
Hugh Tamisiea. st. John.
Miss Grace Bells left this aft.
ernoon for Red Oak, where she
will be joined by a crowd of girls
and leave in the morning for Dps
Moines to spend the week. The
girls will be chaperoned by Mrs
ID. II. Blank of Red Oak.
Mrs. George Frazier and dau.
ghter, Miss Allie, left this morn.
ing for Standpoint, Idaho, to visi
their son and brother. They wer,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Will.
lis Selvey. who will later go t(
Seattle and Tacoma, Wash.
Yesterday being Miss Christi,
Stevens birthday, her aunt, Mrs
III. l.. Aldridge. invited in few O
her girl friends to dinner and IL
spend the evening. Miss Christi,
received many very pretty pres.
ents.
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DR.. and Mrs. Rex Martin

DIR. and Mrs. Rex Martin of
Onawa were the guests Of rela-
tives in the Valley over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. C. Nelson left
today on an overland trip to Page,
Neb., to spend a few days with
friends.
Mrs. Charles McKane from the
Bluffs is spending the week in
Valley.
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N1E were all sitting around tables
Wv in "The Knut" at Keppler's

"1E were all sitting around tables
| Wv in "The Knut" at Keppler's
1. Head, drinking pink gin and
4 ut. " lit" being Angostura bitters. We
were crowd Of "sea slugs," as those
who man the U boat chasers are COM
monty and unlovingly called by the rest
Of the service.
They can talk all they want to about
the science of submarine busting said
one of the boys, but there's just one
thing that gets submarines--luck. All
the schemes the wise heads devise can't
come up to one little piece of good for
tune"
"Righto,' said subaltern who had
just whispered something into the ear
of San, the girl who serves drinks at
THE Knut" you take Max Horton.
now, the man who torpedoed the
Moltke.
1.-The whole thing is mostly luck. It's
luck when we pot sub, and It's luck
when sub pots anything had this
yarn straight from Max himself.
He was submerged in one of our
subs, an E boat, somewhere under the
ocean, and the plumbing went out of
commission. 1t isn't very pleasant in
submarine anyway. The smells and
the stale air when you are running
submerged are enough to make many a
man sick who never turned a hair at
the toughest sea while he was afloat.
"Well, as was saying, the plumb
Ing went out of commission just as
Horton was dressing and had washed
up. He hadn't put his trousers on as
yet. He ordered the craft to the sur
face so one Of the mechanics could
make repairs to the plumbing and
meanwhile went on dressing.
Surprised at Seeing Moltke.
He was standing on one foot while
sticking the other through trousers
leg just as the periscope of the subma-
rine stuck out above the surface.
Suddenly seaman broke into his
cabin and yelled, There's German
warship on our starboard quarter, sir"
Max kicked himself free of his
trousers quicker than you could wink,
and in matter Of seconds he was
bent over one Of the forward torpedo
tubes sighting on the vessel ahead Of
him. The silhouette book showed she
was the battle cruiser Moltke.
"Whiz-z-z! sang the torpedo. Bang!
went the Moltke. Max submerged
lgain and finished putting on his trou-
sers. Rather clever, don't you think
standing there with his shirt tails dan
Cling and potting a German battle
ship?"
That's good deal like began one
Of the other boys, but before he could
finish the sentence messenger came
in and spoke to the Brass Hat" who
was among us, which is to say he
spoke to the senior officer.
Come on, old chappies." said that
individual. I'VE can't wait for the
last drink San is bringing. little
Job Is on our hands,"
As we ran down the wharf the men
in the chasers started the motors, and
by the time we had tumbled pellmell
into the boats they were ready to get
away.
Speeding through the Solent. still ig.
norant Of our errand except for the
Brass Hat, We passed miles of ship
ping tied up in the harbor waiting fol-
cargoes or to be unloaded.
Later on the Brass Hat, whose boat
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was cruising round off Peterhead last
autumn, when all Of sudden he sight
ed one, only few yards ahead. just
awash. She didn't seem to show any
signs Of life.
I'D. is nervy chap, and to save time
he decided to run full speed ahead and
ram her instead of waiting to fire his
guns. He crowded on every ounce Of
power he could and crashed down into
the hull of the submarine.
1.-THE shock as he struck her just
abaft the coming tower knocked ev-
cry one of his men off their feet and
dented his own bow badly. When they
picked themselves up there was one
wild scramble to get forward with the
lance bombs"
The lance bombs, l might explain,
are bombs fastened to instruments
somewhat like harpoons which stick to
the side of the submarine and explode.
Their chief characteristic Is their liza
bility to go off before you can throw
them and blow the hurler up.
WELL" the subaltern continued, ID.
himself had grabbed bomb and was
just about to hurl it when he turned
sick and his knees gave way under
him. A head had stuck out of the
coming tower of the submarine, and
an English voice yelled:
"'What in his the matter with
you? Are you trying to knock US loose
from our steering post? Do you want
a tow?'
at was an E boat. Both the SUBJ
marine and the chaser had to go in for
a refit, and d. came uncomfortably
near court MARTIAL
I have heard Of many incidents like
this, and it explains why the British
submarine service hates the Sea Slugs.
Every time any kind Of a submersible
shows itself above water somebody is
likely to take a pot shot at it.
San got us another round.
The three remaining installments Of
this remarkable personal narrative will
appear soon. They are as follows:
No. 2.-Life on tho M. l.'s (Motor
Launches).
Cruising at night in utter blackness, lia-
BILE to be shot to pieces by friendly bat
teries If late in getting into port. Mine
sweeping at Gallipoii and fighting Oft
Turkish aeroplanes by rife fire. The song
Of the Sea Slugs.
No. ga Motor Launch Raid on the
6eIgias Coast.
In which the little submarine chasers
crossed the mine fields by night. fred on
the German gunboats and land batteries
and escaped across the mine fields once
more. How the British monitors. which
are named after American generals, bonn
barded the German coast until the Ger
mans devised method Of locating them.
No. 4-Experiences at Dover.
Aeroplanes lombard the, barracks and
town. German submarines laying mines
in the harbor channel. What happened
on destroyer the day after had dinner
on her with the officers whom later saw
crushed and torn to death.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-30
The End Of the U Beat.

Inc End OF the U EC2J.
But our work is done. There is no
doubt now about the fate of the
U boat. 1t is not necessary for one Of
the depth bombs actually to come in
contact with the submerged craft to
destroy it. When under water sub
marines rigidity is multiplied. It's
elasticity is next to nothing. An eSplo-
sion as powerful as that of q depth
bomb near it is almost certain to Grip
pie it If not destroy it. 1t is the same
principle as that which kills fish in
pond when dynamite is exploded be-
meath the surface of the water. Tie
shock is sufficient to kill the men in
the U boat, and so we glide along
homeward secure in the knowledge
that even if our guntire did net finish
the enemy the bombs haze done the
work. On the surface we notice swarms
of dead fish.
We cut the Brass Hat free from the
nets and listen to him curse. then re-
turn to Keppels Head and The Knut,"
where San had our drinks waiting for
us. The subaltern, who had been inter
rupted in his story when we went out
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-30
HARMONY STUDY CLUB.

The Harmony Study Club met
in regular session with Grace
Quist on Thursday, August 20.
Roll Call-Favorite picture, ar
fist, and interesting facts about
same.
The following program was
given, after which the hostess
served refreshments:
'The Last Supper Florence
Morrow.
1.-The Aurora" Ttie Coulthard.
'tSt. Cecelia," Maude Stafford.
Vocal Solo, Jessie Cobb.
Guests of the club were Miss
Betty Free of Omaha and Mrs. H.
r. Wheelock of New Mexico.
Rile Smiths automobile was
burned last week near the Bert
Weed farm. We could learn no
particulars.
Gene Davidson and Miss Vir-
ginia yelling of Omaha were the
guests of Miss Hazel Haldeman
Sunday.
Fred Smith was able to be in
town today after several days
serious illness.
Mrs. George Heffley and guest,
Mrs. Earl Quick of Clinton, will
leave this evening for a few days
visit in Chadron.
George Culavin and son Harold
will leave the latter part of the
week on an overland trip to Bow
man, S. D.
Lieut.. Wright H. Johnson of the
40th Infantry, from Ft. Smelling,
was the week end guest of friends
in the Valley.
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into atoms. That is the second narrow
escape for our little squadron in this
chase after a single submarine
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Have you money? Spend it.
shoot!
Buy a bond and Tin the 1eut!
WE'VE JUST BEGUN.

We gave the kaiser and his PruS-
sian iunkers mighty blow when we
over-subscribed the first liberty loan.
We showed him we meant business
with money as we'll as men. Now we
have the privilege of hitting him even
harder with our subscriptions to the
second liberty loan.
The first liberty loan victory was
magnificent, but it was only the first,
After John Paul Jones had won his
first great victory he said, Il have not
yet BEGUN TO FIGHT"
Every American citizen can be a
modern John Paul Jones. With his
first liberty loan bond paid for, the
second subscribed for, he can tell the
autocratic war lord, Il have not yet
BEGUN TO LOAN"
No Haig victory on the western
front will jolt the kaiser as much as
the unanimous yell from millions Of
American threats that what has been
loaned our government is but drop
in the bucket to what we will do to
rid the world Of kaiserism.
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LEMON JUICE IS
SKIN B(AU||F|[R,
4 50 A WH|TtN[R

Many women use just the juice of
lemons to bleach or whiten the skin,
but pure lemon juice is acid, therefore
irritating, and should be mixed with
orchard white.
At the cost of small jar of ordi-
nary cold cream one can prepare Il
full quarter pint OF the most wonder
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ion beauti!ier, by squeezing the juice
Of two fresh lemons into a bottle con-
tanning three ounces of orchard white.
Care should be taken to strain the
juice through fine cloth so no lemon
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fresh for months. Every woman knows
that lemon juice is used to bleach and
remove such blemishes as freckles
sallOwncss and tan, and is the ideal
skin :Oftcler, smoOthener and beau
tifier
Just try it! Get three ounces OF
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint Of this sweetly fra.
grant lemon lotion and massage it
daily into the face, neck. arms and
hands. 1t should naturally help to
bring back to any skin the Wilderness,
the sweet freshness and tleXi5ility of
which it has been robbed by careless.
ness or trying atmospheric conditions.
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Make Your OtUsa Cough
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Easily prepared 1t homo.

The finest cough syrup that money
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ANY druggist can supply you with
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Pour this into a. pint bottle and fiji
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It's truly astonishing how quickly il
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druggist for "5H ounces Of Pinexo With
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Tobacco
Habit

A very interesting book has been
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