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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28

arter the enemy, took It up where he
had left off. 1t is characteristic OF the
Sea Slugs that nothing was said Of the
danger two of the boats had run, and If
-anybody felt proud of what we had ac-
complished he made no mention of it.
"As l was saying" remarked the
subaltern, MAX Horizons experience
when he sank the MOltke was good
deal like that Of friend of mine who
Is in the service, and it goes to show
the truth Of the statement that It's
mostly luck gets a submarine. This
chap 1 speak of had been cruising
around for months and had never seen
a. hostile periscope, much less a sub
marine. He hadn't even found one Of
those spots of dirty oil that are becom-
ing classic around the British isles.
"Then one day, about noon, with the
sun shining brightly, he was running
along at top speed wondering whether
there really was such thing In the
world as a German U boat, when sud-
denly, almost dead ahead, he saw
something sort Of wallowing in the sea.
"The bow gun was loaded, and the
gunner saluted and said, Submarine
off the starbOard bow, sir. Shall
fire?
"'NO,' ordered my friend. It's prob
ably one Of our own. No such luck as
for us to run into a German
with that the U boat sent shell
whistling past his ear, and he decided
bis luck was better than he had
thought. His three incher began to
spit, and the fire from the submarine
stopped. A couple more shots from the
chaser, and without any further sign
of life on the U boat there suddenly
was big roar, cloud Of smoke, and
she disappeared. They ran over to
where she had been lying, but could
not find a sign Of her except for few
bubbles. These told Of her fate. The
last time 1 talked with that chap he
hadn't seen U boat since"
"Well, if our pal, D., had been as
cautious as this fellow you tell about"
said another subaltern, she would have
saved himself lot of trouble and a
bawling out. You boys all know d.
He's mighty keen after U boats. He
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28
POISON IvY-How TO KILL IT.
popular Science Monthly


The cheapest and most effective
method Of eliminating poison ivy,
according to experts of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, is the simple
one of roofing up the plants and de-
stroying them. If the poison ivy Is
in large fields it may be necessary
to plow and cultivate the land. Ivy
on the large trees, stone walls and
buildings can be killed by arsenate
of soda, at the rate Of two pounds
to ten gallons Of water, Two or
three applications are sufficient.
The fall of the year is the safest
time to handle poison ivy, because
at that time the sap and pollen are
out of the plant. With the exercise
of due care, the use of overalls and
gauntleted gloves will enable most
individuals to deal with the plant
without danger. A further protec-
ton is to grease the hands with lard
and after the plants have been han
died to wash of the hands with
strong alkaline soap.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28

We Began to Hammer Her With Our
Three Inch Guns.
into atoms. That Is the second narrow
escape for our little squadron in this
chase after q single submarine.
The End Of the U Boat.
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. Its
elasticity is next to nothing. An explo-
sion as powerful as that of depth
bomb near 1t As almost certain to Grip
pie 1t If not destroy it. It Is the same
principle as that which kills fish In a
pond when dynamite Is exploded be.
meath the surface Of the water. The
shock Is sufficient to kill the men In
the q boat, and SO we glide along
homeward secure in the knowledge
that even If our gunfire did not finish
the enemy the bombs have done the
work. On the surface we notice swarms
Of dead fish.
We cut the Brass Hat free from thu
nets and listen to him curse. then re
turn to Keepers Head and The Knut,
where San had our drinks waiting fol
tus.. The-subaltsrn: who had been inter
rupesd h biz story when We went on
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28

The three remaining installments of
this remarkable personal narrative will
appear soon. They are as follows:
No. 2-Life on tho M. LIS Motor
launches).
Cruising at night-in utter blaclSness. la
BILE to be shot to pieces by friendly bat
teries If late in getting into port Mine
sweeping at Gallipoli, and fighting off
Turkish aeroplanes by. rife fire. The song
Of the Sea Slugs.
No. ga Motor Launch Raid on the
Belgian Coast.
In which the little submarine chasers
crossed the mine fields by night, fired 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
barde1 the German coast until the Ger
mans devised a method OF locating them.
No. 4-Experiences at Dover.
Aeroplanes lombard tho barracks and
town. German submarines laying mines
IN the harbor channel. What happened
On destroyer the day after + had dinner
N her With the 01lcerD Whom lx3er saw
sruahe4 6nd torn SO 1e6th. -
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28

was leading the line because Of his
rank, signaled to us that we were
after a submarine which a hydroplane
had sighted off the Isle Of Wight.
The u Boat Chase.
Offshore a short distance was a 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 mile away and
fired four shots, which let in enough
water slowly to sink the patrol, which
before the war had been nothing but a
dirty little trawler.
Finding the crew Of the patrol could
take care Of themselves in their small
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28

was cruising round of 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, I 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 of before you can throw
them and blow the hurler up.
"Well," the subaltern continued, I'd.
himself had grabbed a 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
q towY
1T was an e boat. Both the sub
marine and the chaser had to go In for
a ref1t, 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 submersible
shows itself above water somebody is
likely to take pot shot at It.
San got us another round.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28
- "a "a -
ASK ANYONE WHO HAS USED IT

There are families who always aim
to keep a bottle Of Chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy In the
house for use In case it Is needed. and
ind that it is not only good invest
ment but saves them no end Of suf-
fering. AS to its reliability. ask any
one who has used it.
-. ...e (aug-adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28

aWhiz.x-zi sang the torpedo. Bang!
went the Moltks."
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 of 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
q dummy, for a submarine frequently
casts loose phoney periscope to draw
fire, but at any rate she must have
been between us and the nets II she
cut it loose.
| Presently, probably after a look
around, the periscope suddenly disap-
peared, and we knew 1t was real one
with German o 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
a flock of falcons we were swOOping
down on the prey.
Abruptly the lead boat comes to q
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 80
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
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 u
to share the glory at the finish. sEaef
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 peri
scope, q shadow or the conventions
? "streak of dirty grease or cline Of
> bubbles"
Brass Hat Still Stranded.
The Brass Hat is signaling now TO
! us to go over and help him off. No
body pays any attention to those OF
ders. He wants to run things and &c
the q boat himself, but we won't CIV
him the chance Later we will tel
him we didn't see his distress signals
: Now he tries to direct the procedur
= from where he is, but we are like 10
= Of hounds released from restraint
y The one idea of our lives is to get tina
q boat
= All of US have towing torpedoes 'out
a These are bombs on long cables, whic
o are towed astern and sink to a certai
specified depth. If the cable fouls any
n thing at all as the boat goes ahead tn
d bomb pulls up to it, and when 1t bump
II it explodes
4 We are In line. Suddenly there Is
crash and roar just ahead Of us.
2 am thrown OF my feet. Barrels Of WI
e ter splash down into our cockpit an
> roll.ofr the decks. The bow lifts itsel
r clean for q second. think that th
submarine has blown NJ up. Perhap
t Pam dead already.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28
No. 1
Chasing u Boats With
Sea Slugs
By
A SEA SLUG,
British Service Name For Crews
of Submarine Chasers.
Copyright, 1917, by the Bell Syn
dictate, Inc.
PROLOGUE.

The author of this series of four arti-
Giles is a young American, a0ho has spent
most of his time since the acdr started
scifh the British patrol fleet, taking an
important part in helping to organize
that branch of the serUice kno1cn as
the Sea Slugs (submdrine chasers).
He has accumulated q remarkable
collection of anecdotes incident to this
ercifing branch of the service, and
many of these Uere personal adven-
lures IN schich he took part and Uhich
.uoxe o,.: ~ the stirring narratives to
come oat Of the sedF. He ; ;scscsntlv re-
turned TO the United States to assist
the American mary IN organising the
sdnse branch of the service and should
be of great calue because of his expert
exce abroad. So far as knOacn he Is the
only American echo served totth the
British patrol prior to the aduent OF
ear destroyer fotillG IN British toaters.
6j course some Of his experienced, OF
military value to the enen,y, cannot be
related. At the request of the service
publication of his name Is toithheld.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-28
WE were all sitting around tables
!" In 1.-THE Knut" at Kepplers

WE were all sitting around tables
" In 1.-THE Knut' at Keppler's
Head, drinking pink gin and
1T ''it'' being Angostura bitters. We
were a 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 a 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.
The whole thing is mostly luck. It's
luck when we pot sub, and it's luck
when a sub pots anything. I 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
man sick who never turned a hair at
the toughest sea while he was adoat.
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 80 one Of the mechanics could
2 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 a trousers
leg just as the periscope of the subma-
rine stuck out above the surface.
Suddenly a seaman broke into his
cabin and yelled, There's a German
warship on our starboard quarter, sir!
MAX kicked himself free Of his
trousers quicker than you could wink
and in a matter of seconds he was
bent over one Of the forward torpedo
tubes sighting on the vessel ahead OF
him. The silhouette book showed sht
was the battle cruiser Moltke.
"Whiz-z-z! sang the torpedo. Bang
went the Moltke. Max submerged
again and finished putting on his trou
sees. Rather clever, don't you think
standing there with his shirt tails dan
cling and potting a German battle
shlpr
that's a good deal began on
Of the other boys, but before he coul'
finish the sentence a messenger cam
IN and spoke to the Brass Hat" VIII
wae among us, which is to say b
sDoae to the senior officer.
eCome on, old chappies," said tina
inlividual. I'VE can't wait for tn
lat drink San is bringing. A littl
- q on our hands"
A we ran down the wharf the me
n.the chasers started the motors, an
b. the time we had tumbled pellme
ITO the boats they were ready to &c
away.
Speeding through the Solent, still Il
nornnt OF our errand except for th
Bznss Hat, we passed miles OF shfl
pfng tied up In the harbor waiting Il
caeDoos or to be unloaded.
Later On the Brass Hat, whose hos
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-29

a wild pitch, Boston downing Brook
Ign, Z to 5.
Braves, due to Konetchy's batting,
beat Yanks, 3 to O. Each team mace
four hits.
A St. Louis judge has entered a re-
straining order preventing Branch
Hickey, former business manager Of
the st. Louis Browns, assuming the
presidency of the reOrganized Car
dinal club. Hickey and mis- prOspec-
tive associates will continue the fight
in the courts. Hickey claims a verbal
agreement granting him a release
whenever a chance offered for him to
better himself.
w. E. MeanWell, assistant physical
director at the Univ. of Wisconsin,
has been made director of athletics
at the Univ. of Missouri. MeanweH
developed several championship bas-
ketbill teams at the Badger institu-
ton.
r. L. Stevenson, former Univ. of
Minnesota football and baseball star,
has been signed as athletic director
at De. Paul univ. He will have entire
charge of the football team for the
1917 season.
The Benny Leonard Fred Welsh
fight, set for April 4, has been can
celed. Leonard will not be in cOndi-
ton to fight for. two or three weeks.
Basketball Scores
Phillips bantams %, Tilden II. =!
Phillips heavies q, Crane 9.
Whether or not there will be an
automobile race at the Chicago
speedway on May 80 depends on the
action taken by congress at the spe-
cial war session which opens at
Washington on Monday.
This was the announcement made
yesterday in Cincinnati, where David
F. Reid, president of the Chicago
and Harry Lehman, presi-l
dent of the Cincinnati Speedway,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-29

The alignment listed above is no
lowly outfit. If the men play the
game of which they are capable no
team in the league should find the
North Siders a spOngy assignment
Give it pitching and some good work
back of the bat and there is no rea-
son it should finish in the second di-
vision.
On what the catchers do will de.
pend greatly the pace of the club.
Wilson, at present, is looked on as
the first catcher. But Wilson is no
star. His reliefs are DilhOefer and
Elliott, both new men to the big tent
Elliott had some experience last sea-
son, but Dilhoefer is as green as any
thing that ever came up.
In training he has appeared COM
petent. His batting has been strong
and his throwing to bases has grad
ually improved. One of his big as
sets is aggressiveness, and the team
looks to be a combination that will
need liberal doses from the pepper
pot. Doyle and Mann are fighters,
DAS ILC4C a 2 fC4 al CcAAl4 IClLA pei d
ments listed on the roster.
The house license committee of
the Illinois legislature has reported
for favorable action a bill to Iegalize
boxing in the state. The bill is a COM
pOsite of several measures previous
ly introduced. Ten-round no-deci-
sion bouts would be legalized and
clubs promoting exhibitions would
pay 5 per cent Of their receipts to the
state. Chicago clubs must pay more
for licenses than downstate organi-
cations.
What the fate of the bill on the
floor of the house will be cannot. be
foretold. Backers claim yesterdays |
strength shown by the vets is favor !
able, being indicative of a liberal
minded legislature.
CHICAGO A. A. s,Vinor1ers csafasFad |
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-20

with a Greek translation, furnished the
means whereby a knowledge OF the
long.lost tongue of ancient Egypt
was regained, and thus opened the way
for great achievements Of modern
Egvptology. Another tralingual inscrip-
ton. containing a similar degree in
honor of Ptolemy Euergetes l. Oh. c.
247-229 was found at Tanis in 1866 and
has served TO confirm the methods and
results Of the first solution Of the long
battling enigma.
A large share Of the credit for un'
riddling the Egyptian hieroglyphics is
due to Jean Francois Champollion, the
celebrated French savant, born in Gren'
oble in 1890 Champollion worked upon
the theory that the characters used for
writing royal proper names were pure
" alphabetic. BY this method he was
enabled 10 make out all the alphabetic
characters and to read the names, not
only of the Ptolemaic kings and of
Roman emperors, but also Of the Pha-
raohs of the old empire He published
an outline of this system in 1882. Since
Champoliohs time a large part of
Egyptian history has been made much
clearer to us than that of several CEN
turies following the fall Of Rome.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-20

The japanese have a theory that dur
ing the day the air becomes full Of dust
and germs so that If you keep your win
dows sealed during the night none Of
the germs can get in.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-20
THE ROSETTA STONE
Slab OF Black Basalt Revealed Lost
Language of Egypt.

Philadelphia Ledger; A slab of black
basalt measuring three feet nine inch
es by two feet four inches in thick
ness, revealed the long.lost tongue of
Egypt.
The Rosetta stone was found in 1893
by NJ. Boussard, a French officer of
engineers, in the trenches Of Fort
saint Julien, near Rosetta, in northern
Egypt, and is now in the British mu-
scum. in London. The upper portion
and the lower right hand corner have
been broken away.
Upon this stone is inscribed in hero
blyphics, in demotic writing and in
Greek decree of the Egyptian priest
hood, assembled at Memphis in honor
Of Ptolemy Epiphanes Oh. c. 2O5-lSp.
1t is dated March 27, b. c. 1876, and,
after reciting the numerous benefits
conferred by Ephiphanes upon his coun-
try as well as upon the temples and
the clergy, provides that the kings
statue shall be placed in the sanctuary
Of every temple. and that divine honors
shall be paid them. 1t is further pro-
vided that a copy Of the decree, in
scribed upon a stele OF hard stone. shall
be placed in every temple Of the first
and second rank.
The Greek version of the decree
containing fifty-four lines Of text. is
well preserved, although the ends OF
some Of the lines are broken away. OF
the hieroglyphic inscription, fourteen
partly mutilated lines, constituting
about half the text, remain, while the
demotic text thirty.two lines) is al
most entire The Rosetta stone, by
placing in the hands OF scholars two
long Egyptian texts, representing diff
ferent periods of the language. together
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-20

The diplomatic circle at Bangkok
comprises some Of the most cultured
people Of the Orient The king has a
thorough knowledge Of the English Ian.
guage and has travelled extensively.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-20
CRADLE OF RED CROSS.
Surgery and Medicine Unknown On the
Battlefields Before Eighteenth Century.

American Review Of Reviews: Sur
gerry and medicine did not come into
use on the battlefelds before the last
decade Of the eighteenth century. BE.
fore that time Wounded soldiers were
either carried to the rear by their com
rades or left unattended to and exposed
until the fighting was over. Surgical
assistance did not reach the battlefield
until the day after the engagement or
even later, and for many Of the wound
ed 1t was then too late.
In l7l2 Baron Dominique Jean Lar.
rey, Of the French army, introduced his
system OF "ambulances volantes" or
flying field hospitals, capable Of moving
rapidly from place TO place. They gave
primary surgical treatment aud re-
moved the wounded quickly from the
field. Napoleon warmly supported Lar
Trey, and the system was quickly
brought TO a high state Of efficiency in
the grand army.
The actual founder Of the Red Cross
society was Jean Henri Dunant a phil
anthropic citizen OF Geneva. Switzer.
land. On June Il, 1859, he CHANGED 70
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-20

Three new fire.fighting machines, pur-
chased by the former city administra.
ton at a cost Of S9sOO. have been ap-
proved officially by the mayor and
board Of commissioners. and placed in
service b. the Ardmore fire depart
ment
The three machines are shown in the
photograph reproduced above, being the
three trucks on the right. In the CEN
ter is the private car Of S. c. Reeder,
chief Of the fire department. 1t is a
Dodge roadster.
On the left is shown the old appara.
tus. which probably win be used in the
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so long as we continue In a course which
must lead us to an ever increasing rise
in prices"