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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-12
SINKING Of SIX
U-8OATS OWINOLES
To "P20DAblY ONE"
One Mistake Follows Anot her In Quick
Succession Among Aides of
Secretary Daniels.
CENSOR GETS BAD SHOCK.
Fleet of Merchant Ships Attacked BY
Submarines September 5 and Two
of Them sent 10 the Bottom.

Washington. September 1.-THE
American people were thrilled and
startled this afternoon by the publica-
ton of an official announcement from
the navy department that fleet OF
merchant ships under American con-
voy had sunk six German submarines
when the / boats made maSsed at
tack upon them of the coast OF
france. TWO oI the SHIPS were re-
Iorteu SUNK.
They were considerably m o r Q
startled. but not so much thrilled.
when some hours later, another oth-
cial dispatch from Washington an
rounced that It was probably one sub
marine which was sunk. "A serious
error" had been made In "transerib-
ing" the official dispatch at the navy
department.
Here is what the navy department
knows:
German submarines, on September
s, made a massed attack on a fleet OF
, merchant vessels steaming off the
French coast Two of the vessels were
sunk and probably one OF the subma-
rines Here Is what the navy depart
ment does not know;
i ne naliohdiitN bi the uieI'tioH
vessels.
Whether or not they were conveyed
What the character of the vessels
was. except that they were not troop
transports
Whether any lives were lost on tho
merchant vessels.
whether any American ships or lives
were lost
What the merchant vessels were do
ing off the coast OF France
Report Comes From Paris.
Sometimes during the night dis
patch came to the navy department
tanning the report OF the captain OF
| which had arrived az French mort
on September s. The westgo had
been one of the ships engaged in tho
brush with the submarines. The Paris
dispatch CANA to the office Of -omr1u-
nication-. There 1t wa~ decided and
transcribed.
the Navy Daniels received newspaper
correspondents;
! "Gentlemen." ne said. ~ have good
news" He then handed TO each man
a copy Of the Dispatch as he had re-
ceived It from the once Of communf-
cations. n had Neen mimeographed
by one Of his clerks.
The dispatch read:
The navy department has received
report from Parts which states that
tho steamer westgo reported on the
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FEW Men MISSING
At CAAT0hntAT
These VIII BE Checked In To-day.
Second Increment VIII Begin to
Arrive In Camp Lee September 10.

Especial to The Richmond Vfrginian)
Petersburg. Va. Sept. Fifty
three of the 2.34o drafted men COM
prising the first increment of the new
national army. ordered to report at
Camp Lee, had not reported early
today, but those who had reported
tahdEfad- been checked In ard as
signed to their respective commands
were given regulation drills for eight
hours, four hours In the morning ano
four hours in the afternoon.
The twenty Petersburg boqs are all
in Company h OF the Three Hundred
and Eighteenth regiment, the first
company to perfect organization. All
Of the twenty young men are in good
spirits and in splendid physical con-
dition. Oscar s. Winfield. one of the
young Petersburgers. has been as
signed to a clerkship in his company
All of the remaining nfty-three men
are expected to be checked in and
assigned to their commands before
morning After then. no recruits will
be received at the camp until the
nineteenth. but the officers will be
busiiy engaged in making out de-
tailed records, Including reports &c
the various exemption boards and &c
the war department.
Beginning Septem Der 10 the second
increment OF 1880 men will begin
TO arrive. The second increment
amounts to more than seven times the
number of men who have arrived
since the 5th of September. and with
their arrival the camp will present a
busy appearance.
] The area covered by the camp In o1
such extensive proportions that. al
| though there are more than 5000 sol
diers and officers and many hundred
workmen within the Enclosure. II doe.
not now appear densely populated.
General Cronkhite. at division head
quarters. expresses his entire satisfac.
ton with what has been accomplishet
In the preparation of the cantonmen
and in the personnel OF the officers
and men. The men are showing III
spiandidly In catching on to the funda
mentals OF military life, and each ap.
pears anxious to do his best TO quail
/ fly to non commissioned ranks
/ General Cronkhite was graduated
from West Point in 1889. He Ia 8
son of an army officer and native
/ OF Arizona. and has served at man,
posts. including Fort Riley, Kan.
/ Governors Island. N. Y. and For,
tress Monroe. Va.
| In order to make his rounds of tn,
camp more expeditiousiy, Colonel Fit;
Lee. chief mastering ofacer of tn.
camp. has purchased roadster No
an error was found in the paper
/ handed In by the latest recruits ar
! irving at the camp, which greatly
sim pliaed the work of Colonel I~,
and his assistants
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DRAFTED MEMS FIRST DAY
IN CAMP UPTON FULL Of new
SENSATIONS AND HARD WORK

the barracks They were peeling po-
tatoes and dlsposing of the refuse from
the kitchen.
They were all not only willing but
anxious to work There was not much
for them 10 do this morning as every
thing waited on the physical examina-
ton.
While a truck loaded high with New
York morning papers was being
swapped with business by men eager
for their favorite journals sawed
of. hammered down fellow with a
ntumpy blonde moustache and pro
nounced accent created a mild excite
ment when he wiggled through. the
mob and mildly inquired for a German
publication. One hundred and sixteen
men in camp speak German. Some do
not speak English Twenty seven
speak French.
stoutish. red-faced fellow OF IA
milisr aspect was discovered. rake in
hand tidying up the ground around the
kitchen door.
Yes. it's me-" he admitted without
embarrassment. It's McElray. I'm
the guy that used 10 be captain oil
George Doherty's special police bat
TALON | tried to enlist in the army q
couple of times but they wouldn't take
me because I was married. When
was drafted didn't claim exemption
I wanted to get in and here I am They
call this Job I'm doing kitchen police.
eonnded McElray. When they told me
they wanted me for police duty
thought was going to get club
and shield and walk beat"
After a while officers of the re.
serve appeared and with the aid OF reg
uiar army non-coms began forming
the men in line and teaching them
the rudimsnts of the military game
They confined themselves largely &c
foot movements.
A bunch of other reserve officers
happened along on tour of inspec'
ton. and they promptly fell into for
nation and went through the simple
fundamentals OF the drill for the edi'
fication OF the recruits. Awkward the
new soldiers were, and clumsy, but
they were very earnest, Soon theii
efforts began to take a definite form
They are all very anxious to gel
their uniforms, Then we'll feel more
like soldiers" one expressed it.
Some long lines of men begar
marching from the barracks TO tbs
physicians headquarters for the Ana
physical examination and to get their
shots" of antitoxins and be vacci
nateu.
''I hear that vaccination makes you,
arm swell UP and you get sick inside,
said a recruit.
1T depends upon the condition o.
your system" answered an authority
mister, said the so,ttiei
earnestly, my system is pretty damn
weak this morning"
A rather celebrated hahitue o.
Broadway resorts was found worry
ing about the physical examination
II some one had asked you to nam,
a man who would be among the las
to want to 60 to war, and you know
this man. his name would have head
ed the list
Say" he said anxiously. ''wha
about this examination1 I've got
thin ear. can hear ait right n the,
don't make the tests too tough. and
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YOUR share by joining the
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BY DAMON RUNYON.

Camp Upton. n. Y. Sept. ii.-our
soldiers of freedom" rolled out OF the
hay at $50 o'clock this morning.
shiveriug and shaking.
"Out of the hay is right. That's
what they sleep on down here. The
bed sacks. or mattresses. are stuffed
with timothy.
Migratory straws creep through
aperatures In the clothing and tickle.
when they speak og hitting the
hay In these parts they mean just
that.
our new soldiers did not sleep much
after midnight last night. II was
pretty cold A brisk breeze comhed
this neck OF Long Island woods. Two
army blankets seem mighty thin and
futile to a fellow raised on steam
beat. SO they came out in answer to
their first reveille with teeth chatter
ing and knees vibrating They stood
around a spell yawning. and after they
had reused their chilled blood to a
little action they reappeared ana sat
down TO thaw out In the sunlight on
piles OF lumber which litter the camp.
Most OF them had gone to bed with
their clothing on. They presented a
crumpled- appearance. but most OF
them had taken time to wash and
shave One man who had hustled out
before breakfast and taken q shower
In ice-coid water was a subject OF con-
troversy. All the mon took showers
before they went to bed last night.
But that was last night. This was
this morning.
Hes a game guy." said a ehalt
whose serge suit looked as II 1t had
been run through a wringer. Hes
nut" argued lad from Grand
street.
Two men were talking when one
said:
Jaw, don't talk to me, you rat
Another man leaped up. Whats
about en-. I've been a rat catcher
He had suddenly come to the con-
clusion that rat-catching was branch
of army life.
"Hop-on" Is another fellow who
came by his entitlement on scant no.
tice.
Hes rich card. this 'Hop-on'" ex-
planned voluble youth. He comes to
the station yesterday with his sw eetie
and he is all smoked up over going
away. train is pulling out and he
asks somebody does II 60 to Yaphank,
and whoever he asks says 'hop-on'
So he hops on and the train takes him
about eighty miles out OF hts way and
he has to hoof 1t back. Whist d'ye
think Of guy like that. He just
hops on. That's why we call him hop
on. /.
"Iop-on" sat on the barracks steps
this morning in a detected attitude
when he heard regular army non-com
yelling for somebody to bring In the
kindling which was being chopped by
= husky chap who wore . silk shirt
and \ high linen collar and who held
cigar clenched tightly between his
testh. 'Hop-on" promptly elected him
self ktndiing carrier. He did not wait
to be picked out.
rNat seems to b4 the spirit OF all
she new soldiers. They respond tor ali
the calls from the non-coms with alac-
fity. They are cutting down stumps.
and clearing away, debris from around
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good friends with the Averys, very
good, indeed" she continued hastily
"They allow us TO rummage around at
will-in the barn"
"And see this rope" cried CaroL
isn't II n dandyT
"Ah The Avery barn must be mex
hnustible In It's resources"
"Iow suspicious you are, Jerry
mourned Lark. 1--WE thought when you
had the board nailed on, you might
rope II TO the limbs above. DO you sup
pose you can do that, JerryT'
"Well, let's begin, Now, 0bserve
loop thls end of the rope lightly about
my-er-middle. The other end viii
dangle on the ground to be drawn Up
nt will. | bestow the good but rusty
nails In this pocket, and the hammer
here. Then with the admirable board
beneath my arm, | mount"
And Jerry smiled as he heard The
faithful twins, with much grunting ana
an occasional groan, following In his
wake.
It was a delightful location, MS
they had said. The board fitted nice
ly on the two limbs, and Jerry fastened
II with the rusty nails. The twins were
jubllant and loud in their praises Of
his skill and courage.
"Oh, jerry" exclaimed Carol, with
deep satisfaction, 'its such blessing
to discover something really nice about
you after all these mOnthsw
Nov, Wen just"
Hush" !" hissed Lark. Here comes
Connie. Hold your breath, jerry, and
don't bulge"
isn't she in on this?' he whispered.
He could hear Connie making weird
noises as she came around the house
from the front. She was learning 70
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white and a pure white are among tn,
colors shown.
PhlOx, another plant on our list, can
not be surpassed for brilliant colorinl
and continuous bloom. Sow phlox, Ou
Of doors, in May in a situation wei
open to the sun. They will flower II
July and continue until late In the au
tumn. If earlier flowers are wanted
sow the seeds in a hotbed In Marcf
and flowers can be had I'm June.
The old-fashiOned Glove pink like iti
more elegant relation the carnatiOr
flowers so easily as an annual that II
has attained a most popular position
among garden plants. The beautiful
flowers make an attractive display
with their world Of color and are
greatly to be desired as a table decora
tiOn and also as a border plant.
Pinks grow easily from seed and
come true to color. Sow out Of doors
when danger from frost is over. II
the seed is sOwn early enough the
perennials will bloom the first year.
Few hardy perennials are so easily
grown from seed, as columbines
(agilegia). They make a most desir'
able border plant, bloom early, long
and abundantly. Sow the seed in the
open ground in the spring, II possible
where the plants are to grow, and thin
to about a foot apart. They thrive
well under ordinary garden culture
Sow In the fall for Towering the fol.
lowing season.
Sunflower, remarkable for its brill
liancy of color, and it's stately growth,
makes a very good effect among shrub
berry. It is also excellent for screens,
They are said to be good for absorb
ing the miasma of low grounds. Plant
the seed in the open garden in spring
and thin the plants to stand two or
three feet apart. The poultry love the
seed of sunflOwer and it is Wei to dry
1t for the birds.
FOxglove (Hgitalis) is particularly
handsome when grown among the
shrubbery. If they are used for q
background for other plants they give
a fine effect. Though hardy perennials
they are most satisfactory when treat
ed as biennials, sowing the seed every
year in rich, deep soil and partial
shade. When the center spike begins
to fade it should be cut out and the
side shoots will grow more vigorously
and keep up a profusiOn Of flowers fOI
a long time.
Seed may be sown out Of doors in
the spring, and the seedlings trans
planted where they are to go, or II
possible, to a cold frame, where they
make extra strong plants that will
flower in magnificent spikes the next
season.
There are great many other plants
that are hardy and desirable-this is
but a mere beginning. Choose the
flowers you are fond Of and the work
will be more successful and more pleas
ant.
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JOKE SOMEHOW MISSED FIRE
Incident That Illustrates the Danger of
Plagiarism When Ones Memory
May Cause False Step.

A party of men were discussing M
the dinner table the relative merits of
their favorite heroes. They were wax
ing warm over the subject, when one
man appealed to his host to agree with
him in saying Napoleon was the great
est man Of the age.
"Why, yes" was the reply. "Napo-
leon was very great man, but this
holding up the nutmeg crater which
he had used in mixing the punch bowl,
sis CRATER"
would-be wit who was one of the
party thought he would like to repro
duce the joke as his own, so he care
fully arranged a dinner at which none
of the men present at the former one
should appear. A table napkin was
held by him, under which a crater was
concealed, and the conversation skill
fully led up to the desired topic. Well
ingtOn was the hero of the evening,
the host keeping discreetly out of the
discussion. Presently man observed,
1--WE have not heard your opinion,
Brown"
The host Immediately seized his op-
pOrtunity and producing the little in
strument, said gravely, wellington
was indeed great Eian, but this Is
nutmeg CRATER"
And then he wondered why nobody
laughed and all looked at him curl
ously.
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Side by Side Talking in Whispers.

whistle, and the effect was CHASTITY in
the extreme. Comics mouth had not
been designed for whistling.
'Sh! She's the band of dark-brOwed
gypsies trying to steal my lovely wife"
Pm the lovely Wife" interrupted
Carol, cOmplacently.
But Connie does not know about it,.
She is so religious she won't be any
Of the villain parts"
Connie came around the corner OF
the parsonage, out the back walk bel
meath the maple. Then she gave p
gleeful scream. Right before her lay a
beautiful heavy rope. Connie had been
yearning for a good rope to make a
swing. Here it lay, at her very feet,
plainly a gift of the gods. She did not
wait to see where the other end of the
rope was. She just grabbed what she
saw before her, and started violently
back around the house with it, yelling;
prudence Look at my rope!"
Prudence rushed around the parsOn-
age. The twins shrieked wildly, as
there was a terrific tug and heave of
the limb beside them, and then-a
crashing of branches and leaves. Jerry
was gone
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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CHAPTER xI.
She Orders Her Life.


That was the beginning Of Pru'
dence's golden summer. She was not
given to self-analysis. She hadn't the
time. She took things as they came
She could not bear the thought Of shar'
ing with the parsonage family even the
least ardent and most prosaic of Jer'
rold's letters. But she never asked
herself the reason. The days when
Jerry came were tremulously happy
ones for her-she was all aquiver when
she heard him swinging briskly up the
ramshackle parsonage walk, and her
breath was suiGocatingly hot. But she
took it as matter Of course. She
knew that Jerry's voice was the sweet
est voice in the world. She knew that
his eyes were the softest and brightest
and the most tender. She knew that
his hands had a thrilling touch quite
different from the touch of ordinary,
less dear hands. She knew that his
smile lifted her into a delirium of de-
light Prudence never thought of that.
She just lived in the sweet ecstatic
dream Of the summer, and was well
and richly content.
So the vacation passed and Indian
summer came.
1t was Saturday evening. The early
supper at the parsonage was over, the
twins had washed the Dishes and still
the daylight fingered. Prudence and
Jerry sat side by side, and closely, on
the front porch, talking in whispers.
Fairy had gone for a stroll with the
still faithful Babbie. Connie and the
twins had evidently vanished. All
not quite that! Carol and Lark came
swiftly around the corner Of the par
sOnage.
Good evening"" said Lark politely,
and Prudence sat up abruptly. The
twins never wasted politeness They
wanted something.
"Do you mind if we take Jerry
around by the woodshed for a few min
utes, Prue?"
Prudence shifted suspiciously. "What
are you going to do to him?" she de-
manded.
1--WE won't hurt him." grinned Carol
impishly.
Maybe he's afraid to come" said
Lark, "fOr there are two of us, and
we are mighty men of valor."
That's all right" Prudence an
swered defensively. I'D sooner face a
tribe of wild Indians any day than you
twins when you are mischief-bent."
"Oh, we just want to use him a few
minutes" said Carol impatiently.
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was always poor. When / was In
school. spent all my vacations at
home to be with her. And never
went abroad until after her death be-
cause she dld not like the idea OF my
going so far from her"
"Jerrold, my boy, do not want 70
seem too severe, but-tell me, has
there been anything In your life, about
women that could come out and hurt
Prudence later on2"
Jerrold hesltated. "Mr. Starr, have
been young, and headstrong, and Inn
pulsive. have done some things l
wish now / hadn't. But | believe there
Is nothing that | could not explain to
Prudence 80 she would understand"
"All right. If you are the man, God
bless you. And, do you mind If | just
suggest that you go little slow with
Prudence? Remember that she has
been sound asleep, until this morning.
| do not want her awakened too rude
ly."
Neither do l." said Jerrold quickly.
"Shall | go down now2 The girls have
invited me TO stay for supper, and
Prudence says ! am to come back to-
morrow, too. Is that all rightl Re
member, I'll be going home on Mon
day.
1T is all right, certainly, Spend as
much time here as you like. You will
either get worse, or get cured, and
which ever 1t is, you've got to have a
chance. like you, Jerrold. Pru-
dence judges by instinct but 1t does
not often fail her"
Prudence heard him running down
the stairs boyishly, and when he came
In, before she could speak, he whis-
pered, "Shut your eyes tight, Prudence.
And do not scold me, for / can't help
IT," Then he put his hands over hers,
and kissed her on the lips. They were
both breathless after that. Prudence
ut last was aroused from her slumber.
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"DO You Drink"

upon our honor, as Christian gentle
men, we promise not to hurt a hair of
his head"
"Oh, come along, and cut out the
comedy" Jerry broke in, laughing.
Then the twins led him to the wood.
shed. Close beside the shed grew a
tall and luxuriant maple.
"DO you see this board" began
Lark, exhibiting with some pride a
solid board about two feet in length.
"Well, we found this over by the Ay-
cry barn. We've found a perfectly
gorgeous place up in the old tree where
we can make seat. We thought you
could nail this on to the llmbs-there
are two right near each other, evident
ly put there on purpose for us. See
what dandy big nails we have!"
From the Avery's woodshed, l sup
pose" he suggested, smiling.
"Oh, they are quite rusty. We found
them In the scrap heap. We're very
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SWEETS SMELLING PLANTS

There is a long list of sweet-smelling
plants but the one flower that has
the most exquisite perfume Is Of
course, first of all, the rose. Other
sweet-scented blooms include hello
trope, wallfower, lily-of-the-valley,
alyssum, auricula, iris. mignOnette,
scilla, stock, jasmine, evening prim-
rose, sweet pea, sweet william, aquil'
egia, carnation, funkia, hamerocallus
hespiris, lilum, scabiosa, vebena
and violet. Honeysuckle, azelea, syr-
inga, daphne, deutzia and forsythia
are other sweet-scented vines and
shrubs.
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cheese limestone which have
possible
make good ROquefor By in other
working under Chief Bacteoogst l.
A the District they special rergera-
that make the old French obsolete They found that the rgera
tor every
confronted with
scarcity prices sleeps French insisted
found they
could make o with it.
laboratories
scale at the department and cheese
all American
cheese
In probably Roqueot 20 80 cents
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Every organ in the body exerts IL
some way an influence upon the brain.
Those whose lives are along the sys-
tematic, plodding way - the great
crowd of us-have no excuse for 'tem-
peramental fits" If we take care OF
our health every organ does its duty,
and brain and nervous system do not
become temporarily poisoned.
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THE PETUNIA

The petunia is one of the most ac'
commodating Of plants. 1t takes root
easily, grows rapidly and makes a fine
show in a hurry, even If planted late
in the spring. If you have corner
you don't know what to do with, pre-.
pare the soil carefully, scatter petunia
seeds upon it, water with fine hose
and watch the seeds grow. Pull the
big weeds; the little ones will be
smothered by the rapid growth of the
flowers.