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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28
The Torpedoing of the "Moreni"
Our First Sea Fight in the War and Something About the
American" Who Took Part in II.
BY ARTHUR Z. M'FARLANE.

That WAS Scholl am schmidt. Was
they Americans? Surc-a. All OF us
in the armed guard was Americans 10
And we sat back on the bunk OF that
little Whito-paintcd rubbN hole that
was his quarters. AMI waited FOR him
TO 40 on. Around us were All thc
bunk houses and officers quarters 81
the BROOKLYN armed cuard camp Aud
III" armed guard o. the Speakers
story was the one tina mndc Americas
first fight 20 e. finish with tho liun on
the sea.
In fact. the storf teller was mat
armed puurd's commander. bN name
Andrew Copassaki. late guuner's mute
on the Arizona. ana O. native OF Greece.
Also he told his stor, only under com
pulsion.
It's beginning? HIS gunnors wore
taking care Of the ~4.600-ton gasoline
f%rcightor Morcni. She met hor sub.
marine one hnzy in vn. away back In
June, 1917. of Cape ralos. Spain.
From the start she vas outrunpcd and
outcalihrcd she could use only one
gun because OF her supcrstruciurc.
while the Hun WAS raking her with
two. For tho last hour her gun
pointers and rangc-nnders nadc their
fight above gasoline which was on fro.
Ana m tho last moments tho nttrckcr
ran IN close. used the Murcni's burn
inr gas us . smoke screen. aud sim
PLY overwhelmed lor with shrppncl
and high explosive both. ONLY that
isn't the story. o. perhaps u isn't
the stort AZ all, as o. story, that really
cunts
INT lot tho Trims como ont as Co
phssaki tol, n.
ooh. hN thon iT.y Wns halir' us
good. Forty or ffiy hole. We had. 7
guess, An tho PuH was runnir' out
Of them an burnin' OH tho water Tho
merchant crew. They was fno,
once the firc Uot utI enough. well the
stokcrs a n oilers. they was COIN 10 go
the ursi, an sure An YOU hat they
knowed IT, but on'y once IN q while
ono of them como up-lost 20 see how
were maxim u Not any moro than
that They was nnel Americana
Sure. spanish Americans. from Porto
iti,'.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28

mounts. a new crew flung smnshingly
INTO practice with the hiC ~siN-tnVhor.
Hut 'upnssi,ki raised iis voice u little.
and went on npaIu
An the BOYS that was az. tllcy had
their orders. I'm tho had thor boats
assigned different boats. to giyc tho
beat chnucv thtt somebody could Do
snvcd 20 make the report But the
hoNr fnrwetd with the oddri Eun
they'd got t. soc me, tu9 The fire. "
wnH BLOWN overs way Eut fiNoi
my coat around ms head. nm rot
through II hat way, an ou'y my
handH aud arms was burned.
'ilN COLL, Voufd sar al the shin pu.
hlazin' thru Az when she bcuur 80
90 around au' thc Flames wos 'h,
other wa at rrst nobody could scr
each oddcr FOR tho smoke. rhV boys.
when I got Co them. they didn't know
no more WHO vas alive IN who was
dead, There was ono good boat loft
Anyhow. she looked good then. An
tho captain an som OF tho rev they
was tryin' 20 got her cloal. Come
on they kcp' H-hollefin'. .By ctipcs.
comc on' The thought thoy couldn't
70 No moro.
An them boys. : guess they
thought they couldn't so no more.
ThcN knowcl That som was dead. Ar.
what wusu't wounded. they was burn
cd They thought that ANYHOW they
got 10 give up tho ole ship then. An
the ttngs wns ruuuin of their oyeR.
They thuubht they was done.
'But tines wasn't They wasn't
JoHt then the smoke cleared again We
could see hat DotChman. An' We
could see "a magazine an oar am-
inuuition &c W. couldn't get IL 10 the
after Eup no more, tina was an right
We had anoddCr.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28

bet are written large on q huge black.
board aud pronounced over and over
again so that their sound" becomes
fixed bon the a. Then The class
rccitcs them IN unison then indi,idu
ally; then the instructor ~ktps about
tie alphabet with his lopc pointer and
the individuals Try to ,Ull the Letters
correctly
Recently an Officer fgum Washing
ton visited such u school iu one ui the
Cantonmeuts The instructor an
Italian, was on his mvttle and wished
the entire class To b, sp. too An cot
them did we'll. but only one was 100
por cent perfect Thus man called off
tho letters accuratel, missing no, q
single though the instructor
pointed them out in every way cal,u,
lated To- confuse him
go exclaimed the instructor dru-
matically 10 the rest ,' tho class. after
his star pupil had survived the test
SO. lie pack u all 100 his nut Wh,
you 40 do the saHc
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28

up above. too. the shrupnel was
comm The shrapnel shells. they was
the worst Som'umcs they'd hroak SO
close we'd all he laid flut. ~ was like
that when thoy got Conover. An
other. u carried uWnN uur wireless
An when h boy was rcportin' that
he was |laughiu'. too b., Rol he was
som sponkN Kid only | couldn't ale
ways understand his talk another
shrapncl cleaned out his house am
dynUmocs. But It was later hc died
when he was bcin' picked up
Moustncr an Gcciscn.
by hat time. an our after ammu-
milton was como. an 2 had 20 make a
line ~ pass II trum the forward mag
azine. Some OF our bows J used. aud
some from the crcw I'M an ;hr time
that damn gas volcano. IL was voting
"a set 10 beneath us. BUT the boys.
they was all lost a kinda lJughip'
An every time ole Fritg would get 10
MS good. Fine they'd say. 'Fiuei Som
shooun', son. But maybe. AZ that,
mayo " Won once come close enough,
by y Erc. wen gct O. yct!
THAT was what we wna an hopin'
81 on'N we could get HIM close enough
There was one hig fcilah. bis enough
60 carry two or three shells, he iost
kcp' smitin' nil The time. You'd say
ltkillh NfFilllAUN MNN WHIT w lNfff.
An was jost goiu' to suv 10 hun.
Say. ! guess you ruuld no u all YOUR
self. huy" But I didn't FoI right
then "a shell como. an cut him near In
two lie was "a Finn. or q Russian
American.
wen. 1t Was then. too. that our
wheel ropes was shot AWAY didn't
know then It WIS that An I know h..
the ship wasn't stccriu' no more She
WIS lost poiu' round an round IN that
hurnin' gas Hy goll. I thinks. that
rIu.cthih' more ia SEQ about. An !
wan stnrtin' NJ forward "a the stccrtn'
bridge Wen wOo'-that volcano u
ONE
The whole port stdc of tho dock
went down NJ boys was on that side
I don't think nobody was I'm there
wasn't no explosion, no great blk eN-
plOslon, But II was Cnoif without II
SURE looked like h q was the end"
Outside on the barracks gun
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28
OPPRESSED RACES HOLD
ALTERING IN MN WORK

Sow YORK, sept. ia noteworthy
uro'iug was held yesterday afternoon
u carnegie hail. of tho nutionalities
hitch have suffered under the oppres-
slyc rule 81 Germany and Austria
Hungary. The great auditorium WIS
tAvungod with people. and tho great
cst e-uihuginsm was manifested. Upon
tlr platform sat representatives OF the
uittCropt racial groups: Tho Czcchos-
.|HValiH, iuEosluvs. Poles. and Rou-
Wuuians Tho Czrs hoslovak national
'horug sang the Pan slavic hymn. and
other music was furnished ~ the
rourso of tho program. Large mum
hria of tho Slavic and Roumnniau sol
dici9 were present. wearing tho uni.
iptstr of their new armies.
lruJrc Irdorcwakl for the polcs,
Professor Vhnuiaa G.. Mnsaryk for tho
'Y,closiovaks. Lieut.. Nasilc Stolca Tor
the fuumuntans, and In. Iinkc Hin
kovlch FOR tho fugoslnVs were tho
principal speakers OF tho afternoon.
All oi thcm dcacrihod the national
hopes und aspirations OF their people
tud expressed their fUth ~ America
and nCr 9liics. pndcrcwqki paid a
splendid trthuto to the Czcchoslovaks
'ur their courage and ptowoss. Every
speaker recognized the fact that an Of
'hc oppressed races must work In har-
utouN, since the, are fighting q com
uIou cuCmy. " al for the same great
end.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28

Bows I sn,s. stick stick Como
hack to ~ This .s the time for us
Americans 90 mako our name Al
the, aha come back 90 IT, an wo
fought them Wi that forward gunf
Thcy came back They fought again
with thai Onward gun AnG. aficr
thHt iu q lfc boat that was splint D.
riddlcd they tried to carry on the
urni with q mnchiuc run They be
ll,rod tncN might he able 10 vet near
enough 60 the submarine 10 board her,
But that IS not the real ending Of th"
story. ~ ia this;
And the captain OF" someone asked.
did he come back 2'
"surc-a," cleaned Copnssaki. 'suir'
Mate, hc says. Z case the ole .hip -
one, An I gpso we're all a-roin' VT
her hut that's all right. Led her no
Ey-N ycck. I stick to the end'-Tcm-
son. ! think his name WAS. born ~
Norway An I think he was AN Amer
ican, too"
Americans. too" And we who ar.
smiths and Jones and Robinsons
Americans of the old sort--are just be,
ginning 10 understand that. We follow
the records OF our aces. Almost a
NTH OF them have German natacs.
Recently some one checked over our
urHt zoe casualties by Sace-so .Hr
az the namcs could indicate u Aid
discovered that about onc-ienth OF
them scented 10 he Polish. For ,ceis
We have talked OF tho melting pc
but haven'tsfelt that we could quito
believe in IT. Well, this war IN "a genu-
inc melting pot. OF. better a KIND OF
great hfnat-furntce crucible. Aud u
W. sho~iug what already a Beer
done. and. daV by day. IN doing new
tnsing that VIII stand forever.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28

WITH Its turnover for q year 1917
Wu more than 2.UoU. coo. 900 ruhlns
the consumers societies. which
were mons the earliest of THE co.
operatives. date back To- 1898. Hut
thot did not begin to bc widespread
untl 1900. Since the start of the war
boz l9ii they have more than doubled
boz numhsr The FIRST consumers So
cictY TO ice organized among% industrial
workers was founded IN 1870. NJ the
kNuuN wotltr, far up iu the trial
mOuutuinH Tho experiment has since
boon successfully repeated IN many
iuttOrN r,utrrs.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28
Rancher Arrested on
Federal Complaint

Tho nuryau of investigation ct the
today that Frtuk S,Nutout. e iauchcr
WINS near lovingtvu y " has been
urtcstc. un O. chatRt ~ failure tu reg
lister and b. being held iu the iuil 3t
l~oNiugtuu The arrest wus made 10y
sheriff t.ruest l''et Seymour has
been under uVostirauou tor sO5ue time
the federal authorities here gthtp
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28
CIECHASIONAk LEADERS
Al CHICAGO EXPOSITION

Washington, Sent. la.- tZcChOSlo.
walk day was observed Yesterday ut
the war exposition iu Chicago 10y au
a%ssrmblage OF more than 90. 900 poo
pie. Czcchoslovak leaders and states
men were present from various unar-
tcrs OF tho country. Tho most iusptr-
ing event OF the day was tive placing
Of the Czechoslosak red and white flag
among the flags OF the free u1tious
Preceding the exercises, thCrC wac %
parade down Michigan avenue and
into Grant park OF the Bohemian poo
pie. ia thoi national coalH'ucs Lieu
tenunt-GoVoruo DulC.bv eNtsuded u
bv George Creei. WHO dclivo rcd "a short
For tho C2ouhosloVoka
Charles Porglcr spoke.
Tho American principles which
have bccn laid down aye marching
on." porgier said 'ffIoS are sprcnd-
ing through the world AS was tho
cusc almost $50 wears ago. $50 ,udny
America rs tho champion a. liberty.
freedom. ana international Justice
Ate, CONTRASTING tho autoctacy and
chauvinism OF Gcrmauv and Austria
with tho lust and decent international
policies which FOR years huvc chnrac-
;crizcd tine DEALINGS Of tho entente ma
lions. tho speaker voiced his hope that
tho end Of the war VIII see tho world
utterly freed from tho mcuuc OF Cor
man militia rism.
with the various nations 81 tho
world 20 freed" hc said we may
.thcu take tho ncNi step. that of FORM
'iur q society of nations and AN inter
national peace. Hu = necessary con
.diiion 90 tho formation o. anc mtph
kuayuc is and must Doe tis C.tnbhah-
Mont of C. lust international order. u
AulN worth fighting tnr Hud Win
H
n NnROS(H II
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28
ENGLISH l. TAUGHT IN
our AIiNiN CAMP SCHOOLS

To appreciate tho big problem of the
To-. lsn- speaking soldier and 80 realize
how ncnr tho army has como to its
solution. ouc should observe him at
work boz The oNmp. soc him covered
with tho dust o. the parade ground,
70 watch him studying In his
SO sools' IN the evenings.
Tho method OF these schools rs sim.
pie The letters of the English alpha.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-28

Itch Itchi l;chi-Sr ratohi Scratch
Scratch The more you scratch the
worse the Itch. Try Doan's Ointment.
For eczema. any skin itching. soc a
box.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Attack

to make profit out Of their own peo-
pies peril and sacrifices.
Indeed, such men and their evil
hearts and base minds seem incredi-
BILE to decent folk. Yet they do exist
and do plot their infamies.
Here are dozen of the richest
men in the country-all with so much
money that they do not know what to
do with it, and yet sacrificing their
honor and their loyalty in order to
rob the government of some more
millions during war times.
Here they are securing contracts
through the influence of their wealth
and the actual position of some of
them as representatives Of the gov
ernment; and then making vastly ex-
cessive profits out of the government
and in addition defaulting on their
contracts to the extent of being four
months behind in their work, at a
time when the government needs
shipping most for the maintenance of
our soldiers abroad.
Every war in which America has
engaged has been disgraced by these
plundering financiers.
There is only one way to deal
with this situation, and that is to try
all such cases under court martial
and to inflict the military penalty for
whatever the crime may be-"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Attack

From, Editorial in The New York
American Of September Is, 1916
"THE DUAL ROLE OF SECRETARY
BURLESON
,"It seems almost inconccivable that
convict slave plantation owner
should be at the same time a member
of the Cabinet of the President of
the United States.
But Senator Sherman left no room
for doubt when he took the floor of
the Senate on Thursday to expose
and excoriate Burleson.
"No wonder the Democratic Sem
2tOrs sat mute.
Senator Sherman charged and
read the official records to prove
that an inhuman overseer on Burle-
sons convict labor plantation beat
one of the poor wretches to death
with blacksnake whip; that he was
tried and acquitted--the victim being
a black; and that subsequently Bur-
Lesson. after Mr.. Wilson had made him
Postmaster General, actually appoint
ed this man postmaster at Longview,
Texas-0ver the prOtest-we are glad
to say-of the Democratic Repre-
sentative from that district.
"Mr. Burleson is now campaigning
in company with Samuel Gompers for
Mr.. Wilson.
1--WE assume that a reasonable fear
of decent public opinion will lead MIR.
Wilson to see to it that Mr.. Burleson
withdraws from the combination.
"The spectacle of the head of the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Camouaage for Self Protection

The butering the Administration which
stock trade began back in the when
public to think that preparations making wwnd
Thus his obuctonim
alliance with the Administration which he might hope would
him the which "The
st papers critcsing the
Roosevelt
calculated Washington
plhed.
real banishes subte and the of 198wth
banning
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
"NOTICE.
'WHEN WEIGHING THE ANCHOR
PLEASE KEEP ACCURATE RECORD
IN POUNDS AND OUNCES.
By ORDER OF DANIELS"
'NOTICE.

Daniels who had the
of "The American" articles
Secretary DanelFoe of the United States Navy
contain startling revelations of political
and the
But others besides Mr. smiled when
they
Navy in the June, 1918, issue of "Iearsts Magazine:
Making fun of not tho
Americ sport.
whenever little editor
he had of
body would laugh bitterly.
THE hue uolci.n.
spread public
Continued Fourth Page, This Section
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Retreat

April 8. 19fS-"A Tribute to the
Navy and Hon. Josephus Daniels. Its
Efficient Secretary.
Last week The American pointed
out the evil which the Republican
politicians were doing the nation in
her great struggle against German
militarism by falsely and publicly
asserting that our government had
not sufficiently prepared the nation
'1n the editorial last week The
American promised its readers that
1t would discuss the achievements of
our government in the different
branches of its military preparation.
We shall divide the discussion as
follows:
list. The Navy.
I'D. The Army.
'3d. Shipbuilding.
"4th. The health and recreation
of our soldiers.
"5th. The elimination of prof
iteering and justice to the working
men behind the soldiers.
18th. Government operation Of
the railroads and the financing of
the war.
''The Naval Department. which
few months ago was the storm centre
of partisan slander and abuse
is but lightly touched upon in the
latest campaign of destructive criti-
cism, and the reason for this reti-
cence is not far to seek.
Seldom if ever before has Con-
gressional investigation of Federal
department resulted in yindication
SO triumphant and an approval so
complete as has been awarded to
Secretary Daniels and all depart
mcnts of the naval administration by
the unanimous report of the sub
committee of the House Committee
on Naval Affairs, appointed few
months ago to inquire into the activi-
ties of the Navy since the declaration
of war.
''The committee finds that all the
great appropriations have been ex-
pended with caution and economy,
that the Navy has met the many
novel and difficult situations in sea
warfare due to submarine activities
with rare skill and efficiency, and
with a high degree of success; and
that it's success has been due to
adequate preparedness-the efficiency
of the Navy's pre-war organization,
which has needed no remodelling, but
only expansion of personnel, to meet
the greatly increased demands upon
its activities.
|ProbabIy no public or private or
ganization in the history of the world
was ever more highly, rapidly. me-
thodically, smoothly, silently expand
ed than our great Navy under Secre-
tary Josephus Daniels"
June 20, 1919-''Secretary DAN
ieIs, with the foresight, the compre-
hensive grasp of the nations needs
and the undying devotion to our
cause that have made him one of the
greatest executives our Navy De-
partment has ever had.
.. the great work he has
done for naval development and eff
ciency.'
(To such editorial praise "The
american" added four foll page
"spreads" of hattone photos cete-
brating Secretary Daniels and his
lcorit IN the navy.)
commanding "The Good Ship Piffie'
.rican - and ooSfinO potieoS sIIch as
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Attack

from On Editorial in The American of
February 20
we have few plain words to say
ABOUT this Hog Island scandal.
FIRST, let us make plain the facts.
Inc Emergency Fleet Corporation,
which is only another name for the
government, made a contract with
hastily organized corporation, calling
nSeif the American International
corporation, to build huge shipyard
d hog lsland--a sweet name that has
turned out to be charmingly descrip-
tive
The American International Cor
pofatlon has as directors and stock
holders
sp Frank A; yanderlip
robert S. Lovett
Percy A. Rockefeller
-: Ogden Armour s *
Robert Dollar = II
The contract which these eminent
PATRIOTS made with the government
was sweet simplicity itself.
A. Inc government was to provide
mem with all the money needed
~ svn ouild the Hog Island shipyard
AND THE SHIPS, and the govern-
%eht was to take over the product of
!ne loan as full payment and allow
.aese self sacrificing patriots a pri-
dollars. 0"
The American International Cor
poiation then promptly sublet the
building of the shipyard and ships to
.aother corporation organized for
mat purpose, which is called the
american International Shipbuilding
oompany-the net result of all this
'shemlng being to put prospective
plont OF six million dollars into the
pocKets of these 'patriois,' who had
nut invested a dollar of their own
money and who were not called upon
~ use their time or their credit or to
aNe the risk of losing so much as a
upper cent.
how do these profiteering rogucs
'acanger The nations cause?
os Why, because every time the mass
=: VI. tne people see a rich profiteer
Mlhg up his already unreasonably
seat s.eat riches, and doing that at the
tApehse of common folks sacrifices,
lungs OF resentment and of dis
uust ,ha:t and of encouragement swell in
heir hearts.
!, and ii these feelings are increased
IL. -ensity by seeing rascally prof
tsas ts.els escape with their wicked gains
,. nom any punishment, then enthusi~
ns sn for the war will die, and the
ss.opie will refuse to make the sacri-
we sss which alone can win the war
tss ta without which defeat and disas-
ar would be inevitable.
Every man who had a voice in
aamg war, and who now uses the
G.%rtunity of the war to add to his
a,., proves conclusively that his
s"aotism was bogus, that his black
"a tI.t e. was all the time giving the lie
h. and every man who takes advan-
tsn. OF the peoples huge contribu-
V,.s.f s OF money and of their nations
wssat necessities to make millions
y. .uishonest dollars while our sons
ss.,ssi giving their lives in the shot
NJ trenches is damnable traitor.
vii wsIIislace to the name American, and
observes traitors fate.
and.s cannot understand the hearts
we conduct of men who can plot
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

Hearst straight against
creating patriotic ab thought as securing
immunity Anyway Hearst began busv to cul
ivate the they had
Brisbane personal
Inc result was couple of letters from
General Bueson oongratuang Brisbane
believe purchase" Herald
WIN Inc chicago Examiner
OBTAINED from Mr. Buron letter papers
OF their 1t makes
an editorial about Mr. Burson published paper earlier
the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Attack

American Federation of Labor and
the owner of a convict slave labor
plantation speaking from the same
platform in support of the same can
didate Is apt to excite anything but
respect for the candidate himself.
"Of course, Mr.. Wilson knew that
Mr.. Burleson was a contract slave
labor exploiter when he selected him
to be member of the Cabinet, but
now that the country has found it
out Mr.. Wilson ought to keep MIR.
Burleson out Of sight for two months
at least"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
When Hearst Quit Slamming Daniels

At the time when Secretary Daniels Brisbane congrat
late the privilege of preaching patriotism the patriotic
pie of the patriotic Middle West there
of the who had
building of the They thought that he
Aug 1917-"The powerful and effective peace
the country w. R. Hearst.
"The world PEACE important victory"
paragraphs thee--and grateful:
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

''They suggest the unwisdom, the
unpatriotism of hasty attacks upon
tho Administration based upon in
sufficient data. The tide in ship con-
struction had just about reached the
upward turn when the attacks became
most virulent. They have been an
swercd by facts, not by Administra-'
tiOn apologies"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

"When the Senate was investi-
eating the so-called scandals in ship
building operations it was asserted
most positively that in 1918 this
country would be unable to produce
100000 tons. The records of March.
April and May, which show a steady
increase of launchings, Justify the
belief that the year will show a mini
mum of 1000, 900 tons.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

The outcry was noisiest at the be.
ginning of May. And at the begin
ming of June we got from the Ship.
ping Board the official report that
forty-four complete ships, forty three
of them of steel, were turned out
from American yards in the last
thirty days. In carrying capacity
they aggregate 263,571 tons.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

ut must have suggested itself to
the President that this relief might
be made more complete could he in
some manner RID HIS ADMINS
TRATION OF THE BURDEN OF
HIS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
We cannot, unfortunately, suggest to
him the hope that Mr.. Daniels will
resign. Josephus is not of that
quality. He is an office
holder of the type of whom Jeffer-
son despairingly remarked, Few die
and none resign AN UNFIT
MAN"
Daniels it was who saw himseI