The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-05-31

Spy Scare in Navy.
They've got slight attack of sp
scare in the navy. Officers said tina
1t was quite possible there were Ger
mans ON the ships. The spy who |
caught is very likely to find himsel
looking into the business ends of tn
rifles of firing squad. Every nov
and then suspicious of the officers an,
men are aroused and quiet investiga
ton is conducted, Bluejackets arr
suspicious of anything unusual. On,
new recruit brought suspicion agains
himself because he carried aboard shil
with him a geometry book
A magazine writer enlisted to gair
first-hand information about the lif,
OF an enlisted man. He had an agree.
ment with the navy department
through which he was to get out of the
navy in couple of weeks and enlisted
as yoeman. His second day on the
ship he started to look around ant
finally appeared in the boiler room
The fireman chased him out and one
OF the coal passers informed the boat.
swain, adding "A yoeman has no bust
ness in the boiler room. If he comes
down there again-the sneaking spy
I'll brain him with shovel Thai
ought to save firing squad a lot OF
trouble"
The presidents yacht, Mayflower
has just visited the fleet. Aboard il
We're Secretary Daniels and Secretar,
Baker The presidential yacht glist-
ening white in sharp contrast to the
dirty business looking gray of the
! fighting ships, slipped into the bay
waters one Sunday morning. Except
for the strains of the national anthem
first from one ship and then from ano-
| ther, as the Mayflower, the two sec
retares' flags flying from her masts
passed down mile after mile of war
vessels, there was quiet Putting
ships launches and boats going to and
from shore lay to as the glistening
bow of the yacht cut through the
water Two navy airplanes circled
high in the air.
The Ships Inspected.
The two secretaries inspected some
OF the ships and men and then boarded
the admiraPs gig, which carried them
to a new recreation field fixed up for
the many thousand men of the fleet by
a1nn 10,
cover acres of ground and they are
well patronized; many games were in
progress when the secretaries arrived
Secretary Baker got so interested
in a game that he stepped over the
foul line. A husky sailor, not recog-
nizing the visitor, addressed him by
yelling Hey" and then followed it
up with a demand that he get back
in hurry. several choice adjectives
being added for the sake of force. The
secretary moved, and right smartly
too.
Several bluejackets stepped up and
We're recognized as boys from Cleve-
land where Secretary Baker formerly
was mayor. All shook hands and the
secretary of war chatted with them for
some time.
There are other recreations besides
those found ashore at the base of the
fleet Every day mail comes and goes.
There are band concerts each evening,
and every ship has moving picture
machine. Screens are set up on the
decks and for an hour and half COM
edies dramas and dark mysteries are
shown. The men crave amusement
after a hard days work and they get
it. Pictures Of children are especially
popular and loud "ha- has" resound
from each ship showing a drama as
the william is foled SO called custard
pie comedies are greeted with howls
of delight
Every Ship Has Mascot.
Every ship has a mascot Some
times it is a goat :; more often it is a
dog, or several dogs One big dread
puppies, sons and daughters of the
ships chief mascot. When the ship
rolls the puppies slide across the
decks and into the scuppers, to be
fished out and set on their feet again
by bluejackets, their mother all the
while watching the proceeding with
a critical eye from around the corner
of hatchway. joy
Then there is dog, half fox TERROR
ard half something else, that answers
to the name of Pork Chops" He
follows squads of sailors all over the
ship but he hasn't become used to the
guns yet.
When a five-inch gun went off al
most over his head, he lit out for the
crews galley, skidded around the
door and disappeared for the rest of
the day. Whereupon the crew began
to run" his owner
"a hell ofaa fine mutt to be afloat
in tbic alxat uallad nna n;1nr