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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20
The Story of Their Deeds
Afloat in the War Against
Germany
From the Records Of the Navy Department
n, A 7 % n Z
Germany
CBy RALPH D. PAINE)

The American government has published no lists of
the number OF armed merchant ships which have sue
cessfully defended themselves submarine at
The disasters of course sensational.
ana this information has not been withheld 10y the
navy department \ compilation Of the figures will
show. the other hand, that the trained crews
effective protection and that the U-boats
learning be wary of them. Such a report the
following is fairly TYPICAL
"A periscope was reported 5000 yards off the port
bow 1t disappeared. but two hours later the
submarine appeared above water. 1t made attempt
attack the ship which promptly opened fire. Then
the submarine returned it almost shot for shot The
steamer was able TO move at the faster speed and
of range. 1t a chase. The
captain Of the ship argued that the submarine had
fired torpedo and came to observe results. Our
cargo was gasoline, and it seemed wiser TO crowd
and get away than stay and fight il out"
In every story American armed ship destroyed
without chance TO fight the bluejackets have behaved
With the hdelty which their nation has learned to
expect Of them The utmost vigilance not guard
them against catastrophe. They not fight a foe
when it is wholly unseen In the darkness of night
at dusk and dawn, when the is rough, there
is no chance to descry even a glimpse Of the tiny
tube of a periscope Then may come the crash and
the deadly explosion that skaters the ship and sends
ker Keeling to the bottom in a few minutes There
tanker the officials report of whose last voy
leaves impressions vivid and inspiring, OF the
hard and hazardous service in which these Of
the American navy engaged. The chief gunner
marry Naterhouse' was proilotec 10 Warrant rank
when he came home, the fourth award OF the kind
during the first half years Of the
REPORT OF VOYAGE
The report OF the voyage follows
The sailed with q half
million gallons OF gasoline and naptha The battery
and fire control tested every day.
tice shots fired and everything functoned
Watches set. three az each gun. day and
night. Several warning received relating TO
location OF suspected raider. No patrol boats
off the . coast and very few off the
coast. The coast well patrolled by chasers
and armed trawlers I had 10 remain constantly on
the bridge very hard TO distinguish
e submarine and chaser. Warning OF submarine
activities received by flag hosts from shore
la stations.
AT We discharged the rest OF the cargo and
cleared all tanks The ships crew given shore
leave here and returned drunk and in rlutinous
oiton. The chief officer attacked captain
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20
OUTH BENDS BILL FOR CURRENT INFORMATION IS 500 OO
YEAR, CAREFUL SUVEY OFWTHAT PEOPLE READ SHOW.

ehasers OF the humorous weekly publications. Life
is the popular, its sales reaching the $50
every month with Judge In line with 100 and
Puck with so Travelling numbered among
the purchasers of these magazines we'll others
about to start journey.
A surprisingly large number of theatrical journals
sold this city every month. Actors actresses
sojourning in the city people living here who have
been the stage and others who have relatives and
intimate friends before the footlights the pur
chasers Nearly 100 copies Of the Billboard sold
each month. The Clipper and Variety finds little
half this many purchasers while approximately
40 Dramatic Mirrors sold each month
During the past few years a great many magazines
solely the interests of the younger genera
have sought public favor and have invariably
found welcome Every magazine in this class Of
worth finds ready sales in South Bend The Amer
Boy Of the oldest, enjoys the largest salen
number about $50 each month Fully twice this many
to regular subscribers through the mails The
Others with the number sold Boys Life so, st.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20
BY John Armitage-

Six hundred Popular Mechanics sold a
the news-stands each month and many
delivered by mail. Approximately half this number
buys the Popular Science Monthly and a slightly
smaller number purchases the Electrical Expert
Fully so every month buy all three of these
magazines.
other magazines popular with the male workers OF
the city the outdoor and sporting magazines. The
list varied and includes less than IA different
publications Field and Stream leads the field pop
uiarty with $50 purchasers Motor Age is next with
The others sell TO average of so people
include Outdoor Life Forest and Stream. All Out
doors Hunter. Trader and Trapper National Sports
Motor Boat, Motor Boating, Motor, Aerial Age,
Air Service Journal. Auto Era and Flying.
The graduate engineer in the factories and the bus
mess man interested in mechanics and developments in
scientific world reads the Scientific American.
Nearly 100 of this magazine enters local homes
every month.
Men OF families, office men, lawyers, doctors and
bankers and few women are the prominent pur-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20
LOOKING " &
FOR GERMAN
SUBMARINES
ONA WINTER
VOYAGE

wi.h the crew The captain asked me to restore order
which did without any undue force. The gun
unmoored the ship and stood all watches until the
sober.
While homeward bound lookouts reported a
IRE light and heard voices the starboard bow. We
went to general quarters made sure il was two
Gfoboats which had been sighted. In them picked
Up 30 men Of Italian steamer The captain said
lie had been torpedoed well other ships,
at p. m. the they saw these other
steamers sink The lifebOats small Overcrowded
only few inches of freeboard, and would have
swamped None of the had Hfebelts. Five
Of the crew were lost when their ship went down
Three steamers had passed the boats. sheered
ard at sighting them.
"A rough running and the weather
and hay in the early morning,
upheaval Of water and the wake of torpedo coming
for us on the starboard beam. The disturbance of
the about $50 to 200 yards The helm
put hard to starboard before the torpedo struck
BLEW LIFEBOAT TO SPLINTERS
hit just abaft my cabin, blew starboard life
boat to spnters. carried away the manmast shrouds
of the deck snapped radio wires.
a large section OF the ships side, and put
the steering gear OF commission Parts OF the
deck other wreckage few far forecast
The tanks empty and the ship went over on
ends in less than minute. port
boats into the water with great difficulty.
The navy acted they should. No navy man
lowered in the boats. All worked o get the
boats out and lower away. In the port forward boat
1 sent down the fall to prevent frantic
bers OF the from cutting the boat adrift.
l save the order the navy abandoned ship some
jumping overheard and some sliding the falls.
They swimming in the water after half a
hour hard all hands were picked up
The ship was turning in a circle and engines
had not been stopped II some time before they
stopped Of their own accord and the ship lost her
Roadway
After the ship was hopelessly lost and the crew
In the boats thu submarine came alongside the rirA
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20

Work. The sales these magazines total about
the same Approximately so of each bought each
month.
other magazines popular with the older
women particularly with those favored with wealth
in greater less the magazines Of travel
aEd Of the home. In this list comes House and
Garden House Beautiful Vogue, Vanity Fair, Theater
Countryside and Travel. Usually the purchaser of
these magazines steps into his limousine electric
when lie the newsstand There are however
quite a number Of young people, for the part
young married people. who numbered among
purchasers OF these publications. The sales of all Of
those enumerated above ranks from 80 10 20 each
month with Vogue and Vanity Fair usually leading
ilst. Approximately the same number of these
zines comes through the mails each month.
What does the great army of workers-the men
IN the factories,-buy2 Invariably Popular Mechanics
He need not be mechanic,--there to enough
Of the mechanical bent about every walk
life 70 attract them to this magazine. Men. however
are the almost exclusive purchasers Of this pubca-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20

officers boat and asked us English the name OF
the vessel, her tonnage, and who her were.
The commander masked and goggles.
He then fired two shots into the engine hasten
the sinking and then steamed away the surface
The captains boat picked up by a Spanish
trawler chief officers Morocco
after three days. This boat fred by armed
ship IL shells being shot it, probably mistakns
for submarine. The third officers boat picked
up by English steamer, which afterwards
gagged by submarine armed with guns. The
steamer was nit twice but escaped by means Of her
smoke and speed. three United navy
gunners who hed been in the lifebOat assisted the
British gunners during action which until
the submarine had SO shells gunners
warmly praised by the captain OF the vessel in his
report TO the admiralty. After landing they
sent home in another British steamer and stood watch
and with English gunners during the
voyage.
CHIEF OFFICER EXPERIENCED.
The chief officer Of tanker which
pedoed had been formerly a chief gunners mate in
the American great assistance. I
also due TO his seamanship and the navy style Of
ringing the Hfeboats successful in get
in the forecaste and he had a dishonorable dis
charge from the There Americans
the freman's quarters The crew consisted OF Greeks
Spanards, Hollanders Swedes When the
eral alarm was sounded there people dropped
thing and flew for the feboats To stop this I gave
loaded pistols TO the captain the chief officer and
the chief engineer watch"
The gunner who wrote the report omitted 10 m
that these lfeboats containing his men the
ships 200 miles from the nearest land
starvation and a favOring breeze Enabled them
hoist sail and tighten the OF bending the
heavy They lived the rations which
stored In the oats against such emergency. slim
allowance but enough body and soul together
The grievous hardship was shortage of tobacco
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20

GcoNrRUED ON PAGE sEYEN1
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20

Editorial Comment school Pare.
Wonan's Section and Other Fos-
turos OF General Interest
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

yet, in sense, the present supply of water has
made what there is here.
Would it not be the shortest sighted kind of
business on the part of the people of this commun-
ity to permit this opportunity to slip through our
hands unmproved?
The waters of the Navajo Lake have been filed
on and the filings approved by California parties
who are willing to make most reasonable terms to
the people of this section. 1t should receive the
most careful and thorough INVESTIGATION. If the
project is feasible we believe it is, the money
could be raised for the project right here at home
and the future growth Of Cedar City would be as
sured
Some times it takes a newcomer among us to
see the opportunities which the oldtimers are
walking over every day without seeing. Mr.. John
Foster, who recently came here from Idaho has
been attracted by the promise of this project and
has been giving considerable time and thought to
it, He has recently visited the lake and proposed
site of the project couple of times, and is fully
convinced of its feasibility
The matter has received casual consideration
by the Commercial club and some of our citizens
but definite comprehensive program has
been adopted. We believe it is deserving of i'm
mediate attention, or the opportunity may slir
away from us, never to return.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

~ SAY, can you see, by the dawns early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twlights last
cleaning?
Who's broad stripes and bright thru the perlous
fight
Ger the ramparts we watched were so CALAMITY stream
ing
And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof thru the night that flag still there
say, does the star-spangled banner yet
Der the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly thru the miss of the deep
Where the foes naughty host in dread silence reposes
What is that which the breeze DER the towering steep
As it ittingy blows, half conceales half dscloses?
Now it catches the CLEAN Of the mornings first beam,
In full glory reflected, shines the stream
It's the star-spangled banner. long may it wave
Ore the land of the free and the home of the brave
And where is that band who so vauntngly swore
Mid the havoc of war and the battles confusion
A home and country they'd leave US no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps pou
ton.
No refuge could the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight the gloom of the grave
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
Der the land of the free and the of the brave
o thus be it when freemen shall stand
Between thir loved homes and foul wars desolation
Bles with vctry and peace may the land
Praise the Power that hath made preserved us ma
ton.
Then conquer must, when it is just,
And this be motto, ain God is our trust
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
While the land of the free is the home of the brave
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12
THRESHERMEN OF UTAH
ARE TO BE REGISTERED

A recent act on the part of lie
Armstrong, is that of rellirng every
threshing machine ana combined har-
vester operator in Utah 10 register
his threshng machine outfit with the
State Food Administration before be-
ginning operation.
This has been made necessary in
order to eliminate waste in threshing
grain. 1t is estimated that from one
to ten per cent of the country's wheat
crop is lost by careless operation and
inefiiciency of the threshing machine.
Figuring a five per cent loss on a
wheat yield Of seven million bushels
in Utah, this would amount to three
hundred fifty thousand bushels,
Inspectors are to be appointed to
assist the threshermen of Utah in ad-
justing all difficulties which may oc-
cur in the threshing of grain.
Farmers are urged to cooperate
with the Food Administration and
threshermen, on this important mat
ter, and see that the grain is properly
harvested so that no waste will oc-
cur. Grain to be in prime cosdition
for threshing should be dry and ripe,
having been allowed to remain in the
stack practically three weeks
/ Mr., Armstrong has recently APP
pointed NJ. II. Greene, manager of the
Salt Lake office of the Threshing Di-
vision of the Utah administration. Mr..
Greene is very anxious to have report
ed to him any bad order machine, and
other matters which need his atten-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12
THE MOTHERS ANSWER.

God gave my son in trust to me,
Christ died for him. He should be
A man of Christ. He is his own
And Gods and mans, not mine alone
He was not mine to give. He gave
Himself that he might help to save
All that a Christian should revere
All that enlightened men hold dear
"'To feed the guns" All. torpid soul
Awake and see life as a whole.
When freedom, honor, justice, right
Were threatened by the despot's might,
He bravely went for God, to fight
Against base savages, whose pride
The laws of God and man defed;
Who slew the mother and the child;
Who maidens, pure and sweet, defled;
He did not go to feed the guns:
He went to save from ruthless Huns
His home and country, and TO be
A guardian of democracy.
What if he does not come ?" you say:
Well, then, my sky will be more gray.
But through the clouds the sun will shine
And vital memories be mine.
Gods test of manhood is, know,
Not, will he come-but did he go?
Northwestern Christian Advocate.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

THEY also serve who buy War Savings Stamps
if they save and buy to the utmost of their
ability, and buy in time We have the enemy 60
ing; there must be no let up, no sackenng of the
application of electives now. Every War Saw
ings Stamp purchased helps in the cause of human
rights and liberty just that much. The boys over
there are doing great work and we are all proud
of them. Do your part, little in comparison at
best, at home. Don't be a sacker
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12
The journalist.

The following sermon is cred.
tied to Frank Crane, the noted
writer, is interesting in that il
gives Mr.. Cranes estimate OF
the high and lofty mission of a
real journalist:
am the journalist.
sit as the watcher upon the heights
and look with calm eyes over all the
activities of men.
do not judge, record. | do not
praise or blame. | tell.
am the world become vocal. am
the utterance of humanity. am pro-
gress self-conscious.
| am as a white searchlight upon a
tower. I run my gigantic eye to and
fro above the city. My ray is un-
escapable.
When my beam is turned upon the
doings of the wicked there is a mighty
scampering, as when an old piece of
plank is upturned in summer field
the myriad white insects scatter, seek
ing the protective darkness they love.
Wrongdoers dread me more than
they dread courts, policemen, and pri-
son. For do not condemn. | simply
tell.
The ethics of my profession may be
told in the one word-truth.
My integrity must be as the virtue
of women--above price.
No man can buy my light. No man
can buy my silence.
/ am not in the thick of affairs. /
sit above them. / have nothing to do
with yonr stock market, your business
yonr politics, your religion, your or
CARNATIONS and nstitutions-except
to tell Of them.
| have no responsibility for your
causes and moments except to re-
port the facts.
| am among you but not of you.
gaze upon humanity as the moon
looks upon the earth.
am the eternal bystander.
am the recording angel every day
is the day of judgment.
| am not the magistrate, nor the
advocate, nor the bailiff at the daily
assizes. | am the court reporter.
My business is not to teach my fell
low men, not to lead nor influence
them, it is to utter them.
My voice has weight only as it
speaks to the heart of the people.
| represent the invisible car of a
free people-public opinion.
IF do not speak what the people
think | am dead; no amount of sub
sidy, nor of patronage, can vitalize
me. live, have power, only as
represent the people.
am the flower of democracy. With
out me no people can be self govern
ing. They cannot become conscious of
themselves.
All tyrants, bosses, kings, rulers,
all who would impose one will upon
the many, fear me, for l am the roar
of the multitude.
speak not for one class or another,
nor for the good or the bad | speak
for the priest and for the pariah, for
Gentle. for Socialist and conserv-
the banker and the tramp, for Jew and
vative, for lawmaker, and lawbreakei
for saint and sinner. cannot be bet
ter than you all. am no worse.
| am torchbearer and transmiter.
am the messenger. | am Mercury
Jove is-the people.
| am
No fidget and no reformer, just
A calm observer of aught anC
must.
Through me you judge yourselves
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

Instructor II. Claude Lewis was q
member of the party that went into
the hills week ago to view the scene
ry at the head of the canyon and en-
joy few says outing. Our reporter
failed to learn that Mr. Lewis was to
be member of the expedition.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

People born and raised in COM
munity are not likely to ever lose their
interest in the place. The local paper
is like a visit home to them. If you
have any such relatives or intimate
friends, you cannot send them any
thing they will appreciate so much as
The Record. 1t don't cost much. Ell
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

Mr.. VIM. A. Stephenson, deputy
state live stock inspector, accompanied
by Mrs. Stephenson and their two
children, spent the week end in Ce-
dar City. They reside at Delta, Utah,
and Mrs. Stephenson will be better
remembered by her Iron County ac-
quaintances and friends as Miss Lib
bic Uric.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

Above the Clouds.

The Y. NJ. C. A. has established two
huts for soldiers in Italy, above the
clouds and on the snow line.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

Uncle Sans Wealth shall starve the Kaiser.
Help accomplish it by buying War Savings
Stamps.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

MAKE every day thrift day and help your
government end the war days.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

ton regarding the threshing of grain.
His address is 307 Newhouse Bldg,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12
SUBSCRIPTION $500 PER YEAR

Entered the Post Office at Cedar City, Utah. Secon
Glass Matter First Glass in all other respects
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12
FRIDAY, JULY IL, 1918.
WHAT is OUR GREATEST NEED?

WHAT element quality or essential does Cedar
w City lack, which prevents it from being
city of ten thousand, or twenty thousand inhab
itants instead of community of only about two
and half thousand? Is it mineral resources?
No, for there is not another valley in the entire
west more richly endowed in this respect. Is it
a railroad, of which we hear so much? There is
no use denying that railroad would help very
materially to develop part of the country and
bring an increase of population, but there is some
thing far more important and vital than a rail
road Is it good wagon and auto roads? Few
matters we can think of are more vital to the pro-
gress and development of country than good
roads, but we call to mind just one. Is it lack
of educational facilities and advantages? En-
phatically no. for we do not believe that there is
another town in the west population considered,
so well provided Is it agricultural land of quail
ity suitable for good farms to sustain the increased
population? No, emphatically, no! for we have
thousands of acres here of as good land ever
laid out of doors and grew sagebrush, lying idle
and unimproved.
Then what is this element that is wanting for
the growth and development of this spot so richly
endowed by nature in so many respects. 1t is ex-
pressed by little word so small that it may be
spelled on the fingers of one hand-W- AFTER!
Water that's the element that is lacking to per-
NIT of any phenomenal growth. 1t is lack of
water that stands in the way of the locating of
large iron works here. We have the iron, the COAL
the lime and other materials for fluxlng, etc, but
we lack water. We lack water for the extension
of our productive farming area, and to make this
great valley thoroughly fruitful and productive.
We lack water for the erection of factories of
ious kinds, to supply labor and pay roll to the
thousands who should be employed here. We lack
water, to make sugar factory practical in this
valley. We lack water, to supply an abund-
ance for culinary purposes in our city system of
waterworks. We do not believe there is spot
on earth where there is more urgent need for the
vital fluid than right here in the Cedar Valley,
and we must have it, if ever we are to fulfill our
destiny and become the new Pittsburg of the
West.
And where is this water to come from? We
cannot increase the rainfall of this region-not to
any appreciable extent; we are able to get small
amount of artesian water some by pumping some
places in small flows, but the supply from this
source is neglible when viewed in the larger Wis
ion of Cedar City's future development A little
may be accomplished by cleaning out the springs
in ouy canyons, and by piping to prevent evapo-
ration and seepage but probably not more than
% per ~ Of our present supply is not lost in this
w:S other direction on &c, for
the nreSpnt
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-12

The following sermon is cred
tied to Frank Crane, the noted
writer, is interesting in that it
gives Mr.. Cranes estimate of
the high and lofty mission of a
real journalist: