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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-20

: the war game long enough to hno~
, ing forces
THE French soldiers talked a
great deal about what mon and wo-
men are doing 10 the shops and fac.
tories here IN tho United States. They
had read about volunteers who were
working for nothing and regular cm-
pioyca who were taking half ray ana
working overtime. why. those
Frenchmcn couldn't do enough for us
and they would have taken tho coats
off their backs " any of ua had
needed them fiut We didn't need
nnytbing- that was the point We
hndn'. thought much about what the
hands ~ the looms. for instance.
were doing FOR uH but the foreign
/ fiahtcra made ~ realize what We owe
to the workers"
prlxatc McGoncsai paused 90 take
a iigktcd cigarette offered hy the
man from the navy yard, who uncon-
rciounly drew his Htniwnrt body to its
run height with sudd,ln access Of
pride as he said:
I'm glad TO hear you talk that
way. for ! can tell yon the fellow who
sticks 20 his job hasn't an easy time.
" takes nerve 10 stand the Raff whom
everyone is wondering why you're not
In uniform. There doesn't seem to
be much glory IN just making guns
for wnrships and tranFports-makins
guns, instead Of using them But
from what YOU. say ] feel better about /
q already"
why. n you'd been where Two
been. you would know you can't lie 4
down on yonr Job for "A minute" de- /
clarcd the Young soldier. "n secmr 4
to me there n something wrong n 1
"a ers one can't Heo this ~ IL really
it While every man. woman ana
child IN the United states is doing an
that can be done. the boys fighting
in France can Just so on feeling care
free and sure"
Private McGoncrnl emphasized the
"Hure" iy a stamp 81 the foot lie
g. tall woll-made. good looking
Young man with the western freedom
81 manner Since that day in Feb
ruary when he fell az the post of
duty he has had plenty ~ time a.
think. Iiis frank face shows thar
he has formed deenfe opinions
THAT sounds an right" iSodgron
rose and looked ouf at the soldiers
" ho were limping hack and forth he.
tween workshop and tho conFaieseont
wards. 'Hut Z would be- willing a.
Dse leg If { could have my chance
o 60 to France. I volunteered. of
course. hut they sent me back TO m,
work"
THAT g. as Il should be and II
shows your work must be % some
recount what Il it7" asked Private
n AcGoucEal.
Thru tho mechanic firsi-class from
ho navy yard. man well educated
alth the lose nf his special line of
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
{ BATTERY BOY
WOUNDED; IS IN
FRENCH HOSPITAL
Ebert Perkins Gets Ride To
'Blighty' From Machine
Gun Bullet
LEFT KITCHEN DUTIES
TO co OVER THE TOP
Was Transferred At Sheridan
To Infantry To Go
Overseas

Leaving his duties to go over the
top with the rest of the boys" Pri.
vate Gilbert Perkins, cook in the lO4th
Infantry of the 26th Division, U. S. N.
G., in France, was wounded by Ger
man machine gun bullet and is now
In q hospital in France, according to
a message received here Thursday by
Perkins father, Elmer Perkins of this
city.
Perkins enlisted in Il Battery, 134th
U. S. +. A., and some time ago. while
the battery was still at Camp Sheri-
dan, Montgomery, Ala, was transfer.
red to the 104th Infantry and sent to
France.
When Perkins was taken to the
hospital he was unable to. write his
parents, so the letter said, but he had
asked a sergeant, Alfred Ballot, who
was near him, to notify his father.
The message which Ballot sent here
merely said that Perkins had been
wounded, falling to tell how seriously
or when.
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some eighteen fathoms deep for long
period we continued our voyage.
"a few days later we had another
experience with depth charges, or
"wasser bomben" as the German sail
ors call them. A sailing vessel had
Just been sunk by shell fire when two
allied destroyers were sighted, and
down we went. BY the microphones
the propellers could be heard. ard az
the vessels came nearer and nearer
we in the submarine could hear the
thudding quite distinctly. To and fro
the destroyers went searching for us
Evidently they picked up clue, fol
there were two explosions ahead but
not so near us as that from the cruis
er, but quite close enough to cause
the submarine to tremble and then
roll about as though in heavy sea"
Prison camp conditions in Germany
were described by the British captain
as being deplorable.
Although we were merchant ship
captains imprisoned at Brandenberg
we were made to suffer various indig.
mites" he said.
1--WE were compelled to harness our.
selves to carts which we had to draw
through the streets to the station or
postoffice in order to fetch our parcels
and any commodities to camp. It was
at this camp also that saw three hun
dred Russian soldiers working, all
of whom were in the last stages Of tn.
berculosis. The poor fellows could
not get enough to eat, and they would
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CAUSES
MUCH DAMAGE
Works Havoc Between Pal.
myra And Ankenytown
FOUR BARNS DESTROYED
Crops Ruined And Sheep Are
Killed; Chimneys Are
Blown Down

A severe rain and wind.stOrm pass.
ed over Il section OF country about | "
miles wide. between Ankenytown and
Palmyra. between II ana 1880 o'clock
Wednesday night. doing much dam
age to property and crops.
Richard Robinson and Q. B. Moree
last n number OF sheep. while many
trees were uprooted. one knocking
the silo on the Ringwalt farm off the
foundation al II fell.
Barns belonging to Frank Ans
baugh, John Bishop and Elizabeth
Beal and another barn were blows
from their foundations.
The chimneys were blown from the
roofs OF some houses and many nelds
of corn are now lying Hat
Telephone communications wer,
severed and were not all repaired nm
III late Thursday.
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eagerly scrape discarded tin cans in
he hope Of finding particles of food I
1ave even seen German soldiers do
he same thing. We were glad to
search the cinder paths at any oppor.
unity in anticipation Of finding bits of
coke or coal with which to cook our
food"
The captain said his ship was tor
,edoed without warning and that af-
er he and all his men we're afloat in
ife boats the submarine appeared on
he surface and he was taken prison.
er, the mates and seamen being per-
nitted to start in the direction of land.
Describing the submarine the British
captain said:
"She was fairly large craft, OF re.
cent numbering. having three torpedo
tubes, two in the bow and one aft, and
carried ten torpedoes. She was also
armed with gun for shell fire Just
Onward Of the coming tower.
my first meal aboard the U.boat
consisted of a stew made with stringy
neat, probably horseflesh, supple.
mented by small portions OF sausage
with black bread. AS the voyage pro-
gressed this bread became mildewed
and uneatable, and then some bread of
lighter color, which had been kept
in Theoretically sealed receptacles,
was served, but was even more unpal-
atable than the black bread. The cof-
fee was made Of burned barley and
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
LET T E r S
FROM E
BATTERY
What Knox County's Artil-
lerymen Are Doing 'Ov-
er There

The following letter has been re.
ceiyed by r. r. Warner of the Hotel
Curtis from John Streitenberger, who
is in France with e Battery. 134th u.
S. f.. A., American Expeditionary
Forces:
We had a fine trip across was
somewhat seasick the first two days,
but after getting over that enjoyed
the trip. We were In England, stop
ping over in three towns there
cant tell you their names. We had
an enjoyable trip by rail across the
country. England is very pretty and
quite clean looking. We had an un.
usually good trip across the channel
I had thoughts of more seasickness in
my mind when we started, as the
channel has reputation of being
very rough, but | was quite happily
disappointed.
We stopped In one of France g
larger towns before coming here
The trip here was quite interesting
This country is about the prettiest
have ever seen. seems like the old
world as | had pictured In my mind
The buildings are practically all of
brick or concrete and look as though
they will stand for million years
The general scenery looks more like
an imaginary nictrre than the real
thing. The thing noticed most by all
of us was the crops. Every foot oil
ground is used and everything is do
ing wonderfully well.
We are billeted here and have the
use of several buildings and things
are quite comfortable. was lucky
enough to be put IN the best OF the
bunch. This town is very small but
towns are only about half a mile
apart here and we are very close to
one of Frances largest cities. The
people OF this country are doing ev.
erything possible to make things com.
Portable for us. In every other town
and village we passed through we
were received with cheering and
great cordiality. certainly like
France.
JOHN sTREITEN BERGER,
Il Battery, l34th +. A.,
American ExpeditiOnary Forces,
France
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acorns. The commander and officers
of the U.boat Jared as the lower rat.
ings, but were able to supplement
their allowances with timed ham and
other canned food
AS the submarine was forced to
keep beloW the waters surface a
great deal of the time life aboard the
submarine was anything but pleasant.
THE boat sweated and all spare
clothing became saturated with mois-
ture, while the atmosphere often be-
came foul and breathing difficult he
asserted while we were submerged
the crew would start the gramaphone.
That machine supplied the music
which was played triumphantly when
the U.boat got another victim. Real.
ly the sinking of any innocent mer-
chantman caused that crew as much
JOY as II the members had sunk war
ship.
"One night there was more than the
usual amount of rejoicing and the
gramaphone's liveliest airs were play.
ed. The Germans had torpedoed an
oil tanker which, according to the
commander, sank in thirty seconds.
could not help wondering at the men
tality Of men who could rejoice at
such thing. knowing that without
giving them, the slightest chance of
defending themselves or escaping they
had sent innocent sailors to their
deaths.
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1.-THE next day we seemed to be out
of the track of steamers, and ! went
into thes coming tower and saw the
officers amusing themselves by shoot
ing at gulls or empty bottles.
by this time the submarine eyi'
IDENTIFY had reached the extreme out
ward point CT her voyage. and we
started on our return trip to llelgo-
land. Three Norwegian ships were
stopped for the purpose of obtaining
fresh food. Soon after this there was
much excitement when 1t was ascer-
tanned that there was British sub
marine in our vicinity. BY listening
the crew could hear the enemy sub
marine, and the Germans feared she
was going to attack us. We submerg-
ed and eventually lodged the British
vessel.
1.-THE U.boat was equipped with pow
erful wireless apparatus. and each
evening, providing the weather and
other conditions were favorable, the
German commander remained on the
waters surface in wireless communi-
cation with his base"
The British captain finally arrived
in Helgoland and afterward was
transferred to Brandenburg Eventu-
ally he was taken to Switzerland and
released reaching England on June
10.
And now the captain is getting
ready to 60 to sea again.
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SUBMARINE NOT.
PLEASANT PLACE
DURING A I I ACK

LONDON, July 0-(COrrespond.
ence of The Associated Press)-Sen-
sations experienced in German sub
marine while depth bombs were being
discharged overhead were described
recently by a British merchant ship
captain who was a prisoner for fifteen
days aboard U-boat. t1..
In an interview the English COM
mander, captured by the Germans af.
ter his vessel had been tOrpedOed, re-
lated how the depth bombs shook the
under sea craft and created consterna-
tion among the sailors. In one in
stance the faces of the Germans he
came white with fear and all stood
trembling after the first shot, which
was not near enough to destroy the
submersible. All were expecting a
second discharge.
The English N commander reached
his native land after having been i'm
prlsoned for months mt Brandenburg
where he said, he and other ship Of
ficers at times had been harnessed to
carts which were used to haul mail
and packages from the postoffice to
the prisoners camp.
Seven vessels were tOrped0ed by
the Germans while the British captain
was aboard the U-bOat. Previously
the English officer had been In com
mand of merchant vessel which had
also met Its fate at the hands of sub
marine crew.
"On the third day after had been
taken prisoner" said the captain
''just after the midday meal, gather
ed that the submarine was about tC
carry out an attack on convoy which
had just been sighted. The U-boat ap
preached submerged for some distance
and torpedoed large steamer. Gu,
whereabouts apparently were detect
ed, | was told. by an allied light cruis
er. for we dived rapidly to great
depth
Hardly had the submarine reached
an even keel when we heard and fel
a tremendous explosion which caused
the U-boat to yibrate from stem Il
stern, II was depth charge from
the cruiser,
"The effect on the crew was evi
dent All stood trembling with face
blanched with fear, not attempting I,
speak, expecting a second charge, tn
result of which might mean the des
truction of the boat and without tn
slightest chance for us to escape.
! There Is no doubt in my mind O
, the mental attitude OF the crew, for
was not the first experience Of the me
, with depth charge, and they ha
. learned from others In the servic
what terrible weapons depth bomb
were In the hands of skillful seameI
For some moments we waited; Ell
gines were stopped and all mean
: were taken to prevent giving indici
5 tion of our position. aIinutes SCENE
like hours In such situation. I'll az
J. nit that | was turning over In m
+ mind whether ! should see my famil
> again. No additional explosions too
place, however, and after remainin
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
The Fire Insurance Man
WILL j. doc" WEI.SD
u you own anything, have
Il Insured.
Citizens Phone 23l Red

STREAM h RIMER
REAL ESTATE AND LOANs
Farms aud city property bought, sol
tnt exchanged. Properties rented ~,
rents collected. Fire insurance \ spt
hslty. Representing "a old relisbl'
stock companies. Accident insurance
I've stock insurance. Plate glass In
slrsnce. automobile insurance. IN fac
v, can Insure any property you ma,
nave. Surety bonds OF all kinds. Cal
and see us. Room l Hipe BLDG. Sout
luther A Stream VIM. =. Rims
Main st. Cit. phone No. AT Black
FRANK o. LEVERINO
ATTORNEY .AT LAW
al business Of legal nature give,
'rompt attention and especially T.
practice In the Probate Court. ON
No. y East High street. Mt verr %.
Nav PhOue, Once SO4
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
BIG 5. D. A. MEET
WILL OPEN HERE
'0N AU c ] ST IS
Representatives OF All Fields
OF Work Will Attend
Conference
NEARLY ALL TENTS
ARE PITCHED NOW
Largest Number OF People In
History OF Academia
Expected

The Seventh Day Adventists of
Ohio are preparing for the holding of
their biennial conference and their
annual camp meeting on the grounds
of their academy building in Academ-
ia.
Ministers, bible workers, and colpor-
teurs from all over the state are al
ready on the grounds, and the campus
and woods in the rear of the academy
building are gradually being trans
formed into city of tents.
G.. C. Quillin, the camp superintend-
ent, says they are looking forward to
this meetings being the biggest and
the best ever held by Seventh Day Ad.
ventists in the history of their work in
the Buckeye state.
Every room In the academy building
and its annex have been taken, and
every spare room, and room that is
not spare, In Academia has been rent
cd. Besides This, about 1875 living
tents are being pitched by the work.
ers--and still the orders are coming
in for accommodations. Today the
large pavilion and the young peoples
and children's and kindergarten tents
have been pitched and the carpenters
are at work building platforms in
them.
This convention will he the first i'm
Ohio with President +. II. Robbins as
chairman. He comes to Ohio from
western Pennsylvania with an excel
lent record Of his five years presiden-
cy Of that conference.
Matters of more than local interest
are coming up. Cooperation will be
asked OF the members of the Ohio con
ference in the carrying out of the plans
that were made at the quadrennial
session of the world conference OF
Seventh Day Adventists held in San
Francisco In April, and leaders from
that conference will be in attendance
at the camp meeting to press home the
needs of their world wide work.
Conference sessions will be held
each day; preaching services three
times day; the young people will
have special services. and also the
children. these two departments be
Ing In charge OF competent leaders
and instructors.
Among the leaders who will he pres
ent from the worlds general confer
ence at Washington, ID. G.. will be DIR
Is. q. Wilkinson, president of the Co
lumbia Union conference; H. NJ VIII
cox, editor Review and Herald" tn,
denOminational church paper; +, w
Pap, general secretary Of home mis-
sionary work; Professor G., s. Long
acre. editor Liberty Magazine"
Pastor s. N. Haskell of South Ian
caster. Massachusetts, one of the pi
Oneers In both the home and foreigl
field will also be present.
There Will also be present Elder i
A. Stahl. one of the superintendent
of missionary work In South America
The camp meeting and conference
will open August IL and continue I,
August 25. The people of Mt Vernon
are cordially invited to all the Sci
vices.
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CONDITION OF MRS.
HISSONG IMPROVED

Mrs. II. A. llissong Of North san
dusky street. who fell Monday night
at the home OF her son, Joseph liis'
song. who lives north OF Danvillc, Sc
verely brulsing her left arm and
shoulder, was somewhat improved
Friday. Mrs IIissong Is woman OF
advanced years. and the bruises. al
though not of a serious nature, are
causing Mrs. llissong much pain.
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
PRES. PIERCE AND
MISS LUCILLE SMITH
WILL BE FEATURED

President William +. Peirce OF Ken.
yon college will deliver the address
OF the day at the third annual meet
ing and picnic of the Owl Creek Gem
etery association. to be held at the
owl Creek Baptist church next
Thursday. Miss Lucille Smith OF this
city will give several readings. The
families attending the picnic will
bring baskets to place on the biz
common table from which everyone
will be served.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
BLAIR ENLiSTS IN NAVY

Howard Blair, son OF Capt II. w,
Blair OF the u, s. medical corps. was
accepted for enlistment In the navy
at the naval recruiting station In Co
lumbus Thursday. Blair Is now await
Ing call to 20 to the Great Lakes
training camp,
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
SALVATION ARMY WILL
GIVE CHILDREN OUTING
TO CONDUCT TAG SALE

The Salvation Army win conduct IA
sale OF tags on Saturday TO secure
funds TO finance an outing which Is
to be given by the Salvation Army At
Hiawatha park for the poor children
OF the city. The outing VIII be held
on next Thursday, Aug. IL.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
OPERATION NECESSARY

Elias Bird, who wae injured at the
G. q @. Cooper Co. foundry Wednes'
day, underwent an operation at the
Mt. Vernon hospital Friday morning.
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