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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
U-BOATS SINK TEN
AMERICAN VESSELS
THE RAIDERS WERE SEEKING TO
PREVENT SAILING OF TRANS
PORTS FOR FRANCE.
LINER CAROLINA A VICTIM
New York and Porto Rico Liner, Of
5000 Tons, Attacked About 1875
Miles Southeast of Sandy
Hook.

New York.-Ten small American yes
sells are known to have been sunk by
German submarines using shells,
bombs and torpedoes In an intensive
attack against American shipping on
the Atlantic, presumably directed pri-
maTily at troop transports and sew.
eral other ships.
The attacks, launched, according to
best information received here, took
place off the New Jersey coast, and
were continued throughout the night.
The crew Of only one of the ships
sunk, the schooner Edward H. Cole, of
l,791 tons gross, and owned in Boston,
has reached this city. having been res.
cued after their vessel was sunk by
bombs placed aboard by sailors from
one of two enemy submarines which
stopped the vessel when rs miles off
the highlands of New Jersey. The
Cole was built at Rockland, Me-, in
1904.
The largest to fall prey to the raid
ers, which are seeking to prevent the
sailing of transports with troops for the
battlefields of France, was the New
York and Porto Rico liner Carolina, of
5000 tons, which was attacked about
1875 miles southeast of Sandy Hook
The fate of her 22O passengers and
crew of 1870, who took to the boats
when shells began to fall about the
vessel, was unknown, but there was
hope they had been picked up by some
passing ship or would reach shore
safely in the small boats. Not q life
was lost In the sinking of the other
ships, according to late reports.
Besides the Carolina tina known VIC
Tins OF the U-boats are the Atlantic
company tanker Herbert L.
Pratt, the steamships Winneconnie, Of
500 tons, and Texel, and six schoon-
ers, the largest of which were the
a new ship Of 1000 tons,
and the Edward H. Cole. Each crew
Of the eight vessels has been landed
st Atlantic ports. q.
Reports brought ashore by the sur
vivors indicated that the Winneconnie
ond nearly all the schooners we're sunk
by the same U-boat, which had been
lurking In the path of shipping off the
New Jersey coast and the Delaware
,apes since late last month
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
A BIG SEA
FIGHT WITH HUNS
REPORTED A FEW DAYS AGO THE
GERMAN WAR SHIPS WERE
COMING OUT SOON.
BATTLE MAY COME ANY TIME

New York,-The United States now
has a large number of first-class bat
tie ships, preparing side by side with
the best ships of the British navy fol
an engagement on the high seas,
which is expected to occur at any time
with the German fleet" according to
statement made in an address here
by Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves.
Il am not going beyond the border
line of secrecy" declared Admiral
Gleaves, when ! say that few days
ago there came an alarm to the heads
OF the British navy that the German
battleships were about to come ort for
the expected engagement on the high
seas. know that the British navy
heads gave the first-class American
battle ships a post of honor in prepa-
ration for the attack
Il do not profess to know much OF
what is going on In the arena of war
on the other side Of the ocean," Ad-
miral Gleaves continued, because /
am kept busy with my own part of the
game, which is the management of the
cruiser and transport operations.
again, am limited to narrow lines
in the matter OF giving out information
and would not go into details even If
/ did know such things, But l believe
| am within the limitations of orders
when say that the United States has
o large number OF first-class battle
ships now preparing side by side with
the best ships of the British navy for
an engagement on the high seas which
is expected to occur at any time with
the German fleet
Il know that our ships working with
the British navy In making ready for
this fight are in the prime Of condition
and are fully prepared to win the en-
gagement We have about $50 yes
sells over there now and between S5,-
900 and 10000 men aboard them"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07

Washington.-The latest production
OF the army ordnance bureau, an ar
mored tractor for hauling field guns.
was demonstrated here. Hooked to q
a7-inch field howitzer, the machine
ran over rough muddy ground Of ROCK
Greek Park. cut down trees and then
climbed over the fallen trunks. drag.
ging the gun behind II: climbed g.
degree hill where the mud was q foot
deep. II then ratified down 3 paved
Rvcnus at q l3lmils rate. The whole
load. including gun and tractor. was
approximately 10000 pounds.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
ENEMY MACHINE IS DOWNED
Batteries on Both Sides Turn Loose
All Their Guns-Germans Use
Much Gas and Explosives.

Washington.--Air raids in which
one enemy machine was brought
down and one American plane failed
20 return we're reported in the com.
munique from the American expedi-
tionary headquarters in France. as fol-
lows:
"Patrolling was active IN Picardy
and in Lorraine and the Woevre. AT
q number of points there we're air
raids. In these combats our aviators
shot down hostile machine. One OF
our planes is missing"
With the American Army IN France.
After long inactivity, an artillery
duel broke out northwest of Toul II
lasted several hours, both American
and German batteries letting loose
everything they had. The Germans
used much gas and high explosives.
The terrific roar Of the explosions
gradually diminished until noon, then
quiet reigned again. Lieut. Sumner
Sewall OF Bath, Me-, shot down IAN
enemy two-seater airplane inside the
American lines west of Toul, after q
thrilling fight in which six German
and three american planes partici-
pated.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
Transatlantic Liner Is Saved.

Washington. = Enemy submarines
still were operating off the American
coast A French tank steamer, the
Radioleine, first transatlantic craft to
be attacked by the raiders. was saved
from destruction by an American de-
stroyer 65 niles off the Maryland
coast .ggFg
The same destroyer found the coast
ing schooner Edward Baird, Jr, sink
ing. after having been bombed in the
some vicinity, making seven schooners
and four steamers known officially to
have been sunk by the raiders.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
M.rchau. ship Fights u-Boat.

New York.-At least one large mer-
chant steamship gave battle to a Ger
man submarine off the coast of New
Jersey, according to members of the
crew Of the schooner Edward H. Cole.
The submarine was the victor in this
fight, and later the same U-boat de.
stroyed another steamship, after sew
eral hours Of firing. In, the same vicin-
ity. The submarine which sank the
Cole, the crew said. was the largest
they had, ever seen. II carried guns
fore and aft. and was two hundred and
fifty feet long.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
PRESIDENT MAKES
APPEAL FOR THRIFT
PEOPLE SHOULD BUY ONLY THE
THINGS NECESSARY TO HEALTH
AND EFFICIENCY.
SYSTEMATIC SAVING URGED.
People Requested to Pledge by Junea'
"a to Invest In War Savings and
Thrift Stamps or Other Gov
ernment Securities

Washington-To save materials andi.
labor for necessary war purposes.
President Wilson has appealed to-.
Americans ito buy only those things.
which are essential to the Individual
health and efficiency" and TO volun-
teer on or before June %, national
thrift day, to invest systematically IN
war savings and thrift stamps or 9TH
or government securities.
"This war is one OF nations--not OF,
armies said the president, land ALI
OF our l0O0O0,000 people must be &c.
onomically and industrially adjusted,
to war conditions If this nation is to-
play its full part in the conflict. The
problems before US is not primarily
q financial problem, but rather prob
lem of increased production Of war
essentials and the saving of the mate
rails and the labor necessary for tho
support and equipment OF our army
and navy Thoughtless expenditure Of
money for non-essentials uses up the
labor of men, the products of thss
farms, mines and factories, and over
burdens transportation, all of which.
must be used to the utmost and at.
their best for war purposes.
1.-THE great results which we seek
can be obtained only by the participa-
ton Of every member of the nation,
young and old, in a national concerted
thrift movement therefore urge that
our people everywhere pledge them
selves as suggested by the secretary
of the treasury, to the practice of
thrift; to serve the government tc,
their utmost In increasing productions
In all fields necessary to the winning
of the war; to conserve for food and
fuel and useful materials Of every
kind; to devote their labor only to-
the most necessary tasks, and to buy
only those things which are essential
to individual health and efficiency.
1.-THE securities issued by the treas
ury department are so many Of them
within the reach of everyone that the,
door of opportunity in this matter is,
wide open to all of US. To practice
thrift in peace times is virtue and
brings great benefit to the individual
at all times; with the desperate need
of the civilized world today for mates
rails and labor with which to end the,
war, the practice Of individual thrift
is q patriotic duty and a necessity.
Il appeal TO all who now own either
Liberty bonds or war savings stamps
to continue to practice economy and,
thrift and to appeal to all who do not
own government securities to do like
wise and purchase them to the extent
Of their means. The man who buys
government securities transfers the
purchasing power OF his money TO the
United States government.
81 earnestly appeal to every man..
woman and child to pledge themselves
on or before the 2Sth OF June TO save
and to buy as regularly as
possible the securities Of the govern
ment: and to do this as far as posi-
BILE through membership In war saw
ngs societies. The 2Sth Of June ends,
his special period Of enlistment"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
100000 rANNERY FIRE

Crossed Wires Believed to Have Pc
gun Blaze at Wilkesbarre
Wilkesbarre. Pa = Fire destroyed
the j. X. Mosser Tanning Company
plant controlled by Armour & Co, at
Noren. 25 miles from here. entailing a
lose estimated by the owners at nearly
sssoo0,0Oo, Crossed wires IN the hair.
drying room is believed to have been
the cause Of the blaze. Two carloads
CT hides from Chicago and one car of
finished leather awaiting transporta.
ton were destroyed on railroad sid
ings. s
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
EstabIIshe. Thrss NatIonaI F0rsst..

washington. President Wilson, BY
proclamation. has established three
new national forests in the east-ths
White mountain. about $4,000 acres.
in Maine and New Hampshire; the
Shenandoah. about $4,000 acres. il
Virginia and West Virginia, and the
Natural Bridge, about $1,000, in Vir-
ginia The latter does not contain
the Natural bridge. which is about
four miles from is boundary. Title
10 al the lands has not been taken,
but the areas have been approved for
purchase
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY.
No One Permitted Within tho Confines
of Government Reservations,

St. Louisa military board of in.
quiry has been appointed to sift cir
cumstances surrounding the origin of
the 100000 fire damage at the
United States arsenal here Col VIM.
Clark, in charge of the arsenal, an
nounces. Members of the board are
Of the opinion the fire was caused by
German pencil" attached to clock.
No one is permitted within the con.
fines Of the reservation and triple
guard has been placed around the
place to keep civilians and possible
German agents without.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
WORST OFFENSIVE IS OVER
Believed Force Of Crown Princes
Drive Is Exhausted.

With the French Army in France
With every step taken by the Ger
mans the resistance of the allied
troops is growing. All along the
front facing Paris the reserves of the
allies are beginning to make their
presence felt
The enemy now holds the northern
bank of the Marine to distance of
about Is miles. A farther advance in
this section seems to have been pre-
vented.
Paris is now certain that the worst
is over and that the force of the crown
princes drive has spent itself.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
Killed In Ar Raid.

Amsterdam.-The Rotterdam Mas.
bods reports that an entente allied air
raid has been carried out over Liege.
The Longdoz railway station was de-
stroyed and rs persons were killed.
TIE Longdos railway station is the
junction point for lines running to
Eamur and Msestricht
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
CANADIAN HOSPITAL HIT.
American Doctor Performing An op
Grafton Was Killed.

With the British Army in France
German. airmen bombed another
hospital-this time a Canadian inst.
tution-and exacted q considerable
toll Of casualties. Among those killed
BY the explosion or flames was al
American medical officer who was I'd.
ministering anaesthetic to q Brit
ish officer in the operating room whea
that part Of the hospital was demol.
ished. The raic occurred At 12:sa
an
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
THE PRESIDENTS FORECAST
Thinks Renaissance Of Higher civlII-
zatlon Will Follow War.

Washington-A renaissance of high.
er ideals and better living after the
world war was forecast by President
Wilson in a talk TO his fellow mem
bers of the Central Presbyterian
Church, gathered to commemorate
the fiftieth anniversary OF the church.
The president said the spectacle Of
20 nations battling against the forcs
of evil was striking evidence that
Christ stIll ruled the hearts OF men.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07

wsshington-Every horse and mule
tn the American expeditionary forcs
VIII soon be equipped with a new
type Of gas mask. which Il Is de-
clared viii make them impervious to
gas attacks The masks are coming
from a specially equipped factory At
the rate Of 5000 3 day,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
BRITISH DOWN % MACHINES.
Eight Tons Of Bombs Dropped BY
British Raldina Planes.

London.-Twenty.two German Ma
chimes were brought down by the
British Three British machines are
missing. Eight tons of bombs we're
dropped by British raiding machines
ON the railway stations of lie Cateau,
81. Quentin and valenciennes. Eigh.
teen additional tons were dropped On
many other targets, according to the
official report on aviation.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
ITALIAN SHIP SUNK BY SUB
Steamer Verona Reported Victim Of
German Submarine.

New York.-Word was received
here In marine circles that the Ital-
ian steamship Verona. vessel OF g.
261 tons gross register. had been sunk
by a German submarine. Officials
here of the Nsvigazione Generate ItaI.
lana line, owners of the ship. said
they had received no official confirm
alton of the report. The vessel vas
IN the service Of the Italian govern
ment.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
BRITISH DOCTORS HERE.
WIN Tell Congress A. Chicago Of Ex-
perlenees IN War.

An Atlantic Port--A British medk
cal mission, representing the British
Medical society. arrived here to at
tend the American congress Of MedI-
cal societies 70 be held IN Chicago on
June 10. The members include Sir
James Mackenzie. Sir Arbuthnot Lana
md Col Herbert A. Bruce. consulting
surgeon OF the British army IN France.
The British surgeons win tel the con.
gress Of their experiences n the war.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07

washington. -FoIIowing announce
ment vas made BY Secretary Daniels;
"The navy department has received
. dispatch from Vice Admiral Sim,
stating that the Z. S. S. President
1AncOlh vas torpsdoed and sank
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
HUNTING FOR u.soArs.

Big Patrol Of Airplanes and seaplsnes
Along the New Jersey Coast.
New York-Fifty or more airpaRes,
reinforced by hydroplsnes, were pa
trolling Long Island coast, every OBJ
server keeping q sharp, lookout for
hostile submarines.
The aircraft moved as far out as Is
miles from shore. and later the patrol
was extended 10 the New Jersey
coast. - n. -
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
China Ads U. s. Red Cross.

Shanghai.-As the result of the re
cent American Red Cross drive for
funds, Il is estimated that China will
remit at least 100000 gold to New
Work
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07

Athens. Ga-LIeut Robert c. Gris-
nth died in an accident While On pa
srol duty with 3 British airplane
squadron II England. according o >
asftsr received By his fanaIs
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07

Paris.-LAeut- Kiss. reputsd to b
he leading Austrian asiator, has been
killed in an aerial battle, accordink
70 > dispatch from Berne.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-06-07
IS oerman AIfplanes nestrored.

London Fifteen German airplanss
have been destroyed hy British aria.
tors and three others driven down out
Of control according 70 TIE British
official denomination On AVIATION
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-13
CHAPTER XIII.
Gas Attacks and Spies. =

Three days after we had silenced
Fritz, the Germans sent over gas. It
did not catch us unawares, because the
wind had been made to order, that is,
it was blowing from the German
trenches toward ours at the rate of
about five miles per hour.
Warnings had been passed down the
trench to keep a sharp lookout for gas
We had new man at the periscope,
on this afternoon in question; 1 was
sitting on the fire step, cleaning my
rifle, when he called out to me:
"There's a sort of greenish, yellow
cloud rolling along the ground out in
front, it's coming"
But waited for no more, grabbing
my bayonet, which was detached from
the rifle, gave the alarm by banging
an empty shell case, which was hang
ing near the periscope. At the same
instant, gongs started ringing down the
trench, the signal for Tommy to don
his respirator, or smoke helmet, as we
call 1t.
Gas travels quickly, so you must not
lose any time; you generally have
about eighteen or twenty seconds in
which to adjust your gas helmet.
A gas helmet is made of cloth, treat
ed with chemicals. There are two win
dows, or glass eyes, in it, through which
you can see. Inside there is rubber
covered tube, which goes in the mouth.
You breathe through your nose; the
gas, passing through the cloth helmet,
is neutralized by the action of the
chemicals. The foul air is exhaled
through the tube in the mouth, this
tube being so constructed that ii pre-
vents the inhaling of the outside air or
gas. One helmet is good for five hours
Of the strongest gas. Each Tommy
carries two of them slung around his
shoulder in a waterproof canvas bag.
He must wear this bag at all times,
even while sleeping. To change a de-
fective helmet, you take out the new
one, hold your breath, pull the old one
off, placing the new one over your
head, tuclking in the loose ends under
the collar of your tunic.
For minute, pandemonium reigned
in our trench-Tommies ii adjusting
their helmets, bombers running here
and there, and men turning out of the
dugouts with fixed bayonets, to man
the fire. step. ,..,.. ....... ..
Re-enforcements were pouring out of
the communication trenches, ......
Our guns crew were busy mounting
the machine gun on the parapet and
bringing up extra ammunition from
the dugout
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-13

Sound is a valuable asset in locating
a machine gun, but Tommy surmounts
this obstacle by placing two machine
guns about one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty yards apart. The gun
on the right to cover with its fire the
sector of the left gun and the gun on
the left to cover that of the right
gun. This makes their fire cross; they
are fired simultaneously.
By this method it sounds like one
gun firing and gives the Germans the
impression that the gun is firing from
a point midway between the guns
which are actually firing, and they ac-
cordingly shell that particular spot
The machine gunners chuckle and say,
Fritz is d brainy boy, not 'alf he
amt"
But the men In our lines at the spot
being shelled curse Fritz for his igno-
rance and pass a few pert remarks
down the line in reference to the ma
chine gunners being WINDY" and
afraid to take their medicine.
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-13
German gas Is heavier rnan a1r ann

German gas is heavier rnan air ano
soon fills the trenches and dugouts,
where it has been known to Turk for
two or three days, until the air is puri-
fed by means of large chemical spray
ers.
We had to work quickly, as Fritz
generally follows the gas with an in
fantry attack.
A company man on our right was
too slow in getting on his helmet; he
sank to the ground, clutching at his
throat, and after a few spasmodic
twistings went West (died). 1t was
horrible to see him die, but we were
powerless to help him. In the corner
of traverse, little, muddy cur dog,
one Of the company's pets, was lying
dead, with his paws over his nose.
It's the animals that suffer the most
the horses, mules, cattle, dogs, cats
and rats-they having no helmets to
save them. Tommy does not sympa-
thize with rats in gas attack.
AT times gas has been known to
travel, with dire results, fifteen miles
behind the lines.
A gas, or smoke helmet, as 1t is
called, at the best is a vile-smelling
thing, and 1t Is not long before one gets
violent headache from wearing 1T.
Our eighteen-pounders were burst
ing in No Mans Land, in an effort, by
the artillery, to dispense the gas
clouds.
The fire step was lined with crouch
ing men, bayonets fixed, and bombs
near at hand to repel the expected at
tack.
Our artillery had put a barrage of
curtain fire on the German lines, to try
and break up their attack and keep
back re-enforcements.
I trained my machine gun on their
trench and its bullets were raking the
parapet.
Then over they came, bayonets glis-
tening. In their respirators, which
have large snout in front, they look
ed like some horrible nightmare.
All along our trench, rifles and ma
chine guns spoke, our shrapnel was
bursting over their heads. They went
down in heaps, but new ones took the
places of the fallen. Nothing could
stop that mad rush. The Germans
reached our barbed wire, which had
previously been demolished by their
shells, then it was bomb against bomb,
and the devil for all.
Suddenly my head seemed to burst
from loud "crack" in my ear. Then
INV boo5 hoo,r - c,,,iY,, throat rot
dry. and Il heavy pressure on the lungs
warned me that my helmet was leak
ing. Turning by gun over to No. z, L
changed helmets.
The trench started to wind like
snake, and sandbags appeared 70 be
floating in the air. The noise was hor-
rible; sank onto the fire step, needles
seemed to be priclzing my flesh, then
blackness.
1 was awakened by one of my mates
| removing my smoke helmet. How de-
licious that cool, fresh air felt in my
lungs.
A strong wind had arisen and dis
| persed the gas.
| They told me that had been tout"
| for three hours; they thought l was
| dead.
The attack had been repulsed after
a hard fight Twice the Germans had
gained a foothold in our trench, but
had been driven. out by counter-at'
tacks. The trench was filled with their
dead and ours. Through a periscope
1 counted eighteen dead Germans In
our wire; they were a CHASTITY sight In
their horrfble-looki respirators.