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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05

bringing are formed, under maternal
chaperonage, TO meet sailors OF their
own sort that have some knowledge
Of the French language 1t Is at
these gatherings that the sailor Il )
most freely, and most lightly. Of his
work.
Looking for subsT' heard one
say to his newly met companion. Il
am going blind doing d.! There Is the
sub that makes up TO look like a sail
ing vessel, and the enc that hides its
perisoope behind an imitation shark
fin, and now they've got enc that
spouts water like a whale. The por-
poises drive us crazy: something
came dashiug at our boat the other
day; its track was exactly lilSo a tor
pedo's. Humphrey saw ii first He
pointed it oat to- me We're gone
this time' lie yelled Then it jumped.
and we saw it was porpoise. We
call porpoises Humphrey torpedoes'
now"
The French girl wanted to know
about rescues at sea.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
PICK UP SURVIVORS

|Iast trip she was informed, eve
picked up three small boats with
ffty-nine men in them. ABOUT half
Of those men were from a ship that
had been torpcdoed the day before.
They got away and were taken on a
passing steamer, and they hadn't
been aboard her for twelve hours be
fore she was torpedoed, too. We got
those fellows into the drum-room and
laid them over the boilers. When
ever we sight life boat the com
missary steward starts supplies ri
coup and coffee. SO we had plenty Of
the warm stuff ready for them, and
we lent them our clothes while their
own were drying
His companion laughed.
why don't You tell the rest? = he
asked
oh, what's the USE grumbled the
first sailor
Then I'll tell it," persisted the
second. "Our crews clothes were CO
much better than the slops the
rescued men had come aboard in that
some Of the rescued forgot to change
back to their own duds before they
went ashore If you see any stray
uniforms walking around this town,
they're ours
However. If good company is n
moral force NOT to be neglected SD
il good food. and in that particular
the Y. NJ. G. A. has thus far been
fortunate. There Is a story told in
one port. where Vincent Aston has
been staving when on shore leave, TO
the effect that he was complaining of
the restaurant in his hotel
'.You can't get a really good meal
there" said Aston.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
FRITZ OBSERVERS lob
BIZ CLARENCE BURLINGTON kELLAND

Up at the front with the American army are two
jobs 50 closely related they one-the artillery
mans and the Observers. The first delivers the
goods the second tells him what doorstep to leave it
on, and corrects any misappreh tensions he may pave
a 10 where he is leaving it.
During the night there had been a tremendous bar
rage. hundreds of guns of all sizes and voices had
made it exceedingly uncomfortable for Fritzie who
is perched a famous mountain which seems only
q stones throw away. The guns had fired for two
hours and fellows had gone over the top and
come back with prisoners and captured machine
guns In the morning went back 10 the nearest bat
terry to ask how they about
The battery consisted Of French nineties and
seventy -ives. They hidden away bomb
proof emplacements of interesting construction. The
construction had TO be Interesting because Fritz
knew the battery there and paid il consider
able attention Every once in while he would drop
a shell by
A general showed us his wall map of the vicinity
on which marked every German trench and post
every stone and blade of grass il seemed, and then
explained the barrage.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
WHY SAILORS ARE WORTHY.

But, YES, monsieur. They were
all that was LETT Of a family. The
father was killed at Verdun. the
mother died in an accident at a fac
tory Of munitions; So that good sail
Or upon one Of your country's little
ships have adopted them. and are
keeping them. and VIII educate them.
hey have rented for them rooms in
TINS house, and they have employed
me 10 keep them. and, whenever their
ship is IN port. these sailors. they fail
rot to come here and receive word
q their wards, and they give them
chocolates til the little ones are ill.,"
What DO the chocolates matter
There is something worth doing for
men who viii take upon themselves
such obligations as this.
Something worth doing-and the
Y NJ c. A. Is trying to do it. There
are headquarters and other build
ings in every French port that is
used by our navy fifty buildings in
all-conducted by workers whose paw
does not quite meet their expenses
and whose tasks continue from sun
to sun.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
THOUGH be was a m

= over SeNeULeeu-le wore the
uniform of a sailor in the
Uniteo States Navy. He had come
into this little room, opening off the
main street Of the dreary French
poe, ~ith just bit of a swagger.
.DeS cigarettes, he said. and flung
upon the counter ffty-franc bill
What brand DO you prefer asked
the girl-behind- the-counter.
Instantly. that faint hint Of bra
vsdo passed from the boyish face.
leaving it clean and manly-glad, too,
and vet wistful
Gee - be cried. You're an
American, aren't you? Great guns.
but it's good to hear American talked
In this town.
He drew out. as long as he dared
the details Of his purchase. He went
away slowly. and presently returned
and bought some more cigarettes. He
hung about the room. aud then
bought still more. He ostentatiously
pulled out a shining cigarette case
from a pocket. and filed it.
The clerk couldn't help q smile
@You must smoke a great deal" she
said
The sailor blushed. Its not that"
he confessed. ''but--well. just to
hear you talk IS like home - He
fur bled with the cigarette case.
See that" he said. II got it to
day from my folks in Boston. That
they're my initials. I
guessed maybe they'd send me ciga-
rettes. but I didn't expect the case.
AS il was, the case came alone.
IT'S very pretty" said the clerk.
Its the first word I've had from
home for three months" said the boy
They don't write p
He turned away. Il guess the
mails are all balled-up"
still you did get the case
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
COLLEGE BOYS FIRST

We'll. sir. the first to vol,,+.a-
were the college kids-and FoJy.
STRIPES gave them tie lob
BY squads Of four. with a pa+.-
officer 70 each, they Jumped INTO t5st
| nell Shovel? You ou6b+ - Ia s-'aI
seen theml Three minutes 49,
they were TO work. but tbev -
gased so quickly that eleven t;5s
we're carried ont, one right after the
''her' on the backs of their shin.
mates Sawbones stood on deck with
ne Pulmotor and pumped them
through, but a lot were cauobt
shea KING out OF their hunks to On
oaek and fight the gas again. II was
as tough a Job as I've ever seen st
sea but those boys did it: thew CON.
qQered the fire and saved the shin
9lhce then, you don't hear much
laughing at the College Kids
somehow that quartermaster had
gwen me a hint about himself
" hats Your college," I asked
1ale, 'ninety-four." he said. .sRr+
In an old hand 1t was these ia.
was talking about. Don't mention
my being a college man to anvboST
aboard I don't want TO seem to be-
putting on side"
That Is one example. Here's an
other:
To an orderly entertainment AZ
1 N: G. A. building came one night
brilliantly illuminated boatswa7n,s
mate He was a splendid specimen
81 physical manhood, six feet three
inches. and as hard as nails. But he
was intent on Starting sometime"
He stopped, with one bellowinr
command, the singer on the stage
lie knocked down two Of his protest
ing friends, spilled a crowded bench
and staggered up to the secretary in
charge with the majesty of a breaker
sweeping toward the beach.
he said
It looked very much as if he
would. too
Now. the secretary in charge was q
luiet and unassuming man. He had
lone wonders in his work among our
ieet in French waters. hut he spoke
n a small voice and moved gently.
IF I were YOU" said the secre.
arv. Z wouldn't interfere"
The he'll Won wouldn't!'' said the
'os tswain's mate and shook .
mighty fist.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05

lot Of college men aboard. They're
volunteers. OF course, they've all
had yachting experience. but the
bred to-the- service fellows laughed ct
them till certain little thing hap
Pened on the voyage over.
A fire started in our port coal
bunkeTs when we were three DAYS
out Of the port we were bound for.
A hatch d been left open and there d
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05

at orr navy's ports IN France. the
!. NJ C. A. has TO deal. Is all sorts.
They are Of the two extremes ami
every grade between, but once they
are in Uncle SANS navy there is no
distinction. Each man is Offering all
he has to his country. that makes
them kin. Let me exemplify:
1 was Just coming in from my first
cruise with the Mosquito Fleet. The
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
LETTERS. The DEMAND

Sure but I'd rather had q letter
than a hundred cigarette cases OF
course m glad I enlisted but, gee.
if the people at home knew how bad
US fellows wanted letters. they d
write every day, even if they didn't
have nothin' to say except Y ours
truly If they only knew r.
That sailor was q fair example Of
our young seauen in France unfal-
tering in his determination to do his
duty. but unremittingly homesick
The room in Which he revealed his
heart was one IF many such rooms
where. daily. many Of our enlisted
men are moved to similar confessions
their one healthy substitute for home,
the = n c. a. headquarters at a
French port
These boys are the keepers-up Of
commerce. the food briDgerS, the
sleepless guides and guardians Of our
troops thar cross the sea
The work Of the Mosquito Fleet
is nothing short % wonderful a
French admiral recently declared
In the last report Of two hundred
and ffty shiDs conveyed only three
losses We're reported since the Mos
quito Fleet came here. the s o. s.
calls due to mines and submarine al
tacks have decreased fifty per cent"
These results are achieved only by
labor that is hard, dangerous, and
without recorded praise There are
days when men have TO stand on
watch for fourteen hours without re
lief whole VOYAGES when the gun
crews have never moved more than
Ave feet from their guns. snatching
sleep on the rain-washed decks
cruises when the men in the FIRE room
and before the engines have never
once been ahle to come up for a
braarb 80 fresh air
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05

wares his pack-cakes. cookies. canned stuff,
cigarettes.
Much obliged for running over" said the lieuten-
ant We sure appreciate il"
That seems to be the attitude of the officers and
men at the front towards the Red Triangle Much
obliged and appreciate it-Say. if it wasn't for
the y we sure would be up against it,
u IA going ahead 10 some of the observation posts "
the Y told me. Want 10 take q chance?"
We arrived at town and found a lieutenant sit
ting down in a trench Before him narrow slit
opened INTO pile-and into utter blackaess.
HOW OBSERVER WORKS
Conservation post said my conductor.
The lieutenant was glad to us, especially when
told him was 50 recently from home and took
us within. There, IN little room in which could
barely stand upright, the paraphernaa by which
the Hun is supervised in his goings and Comings and
by which our artillery is Informed if it is hitting the
mark.
Facing the Hun was narrow horizontal slit across
the wall over this hung curtain. because Fritz in
his observation posts across No Mans Land might
that slit through his glasses if light were allowed
pass through 1t and then very shortly there would
be no observation post. Provided il suited Fritz's
humOr 10 abolish it.
We looked through the glasses at the beautiful
mountain slope opposite. famous in the history Of
the war. and which now is the most formidable bar
n the of our troops if they set ont to take back
own. With the naked eye this mountain slope seems
quiet and peaceful There is no sign of lie not
entanglemens. lines Of trenches concrete gun en-
placements and what not can be sharply distn-
guished.
WHAT FRITZ Is DOING
Look along the top OF that ridge What do you
make out?"
Nothing"
Right under the hair in the glass now Sharp
The hair is touching the top Of it"
Still made out nothing.
"Camoufage"
Just then a she'll came over and burst on top Of
a stone wall behind rs Maybe it was intended for
us and maybe it was just a warning for US to be-
have ourselves. Anyhow impressed.
See" said the lieutenant, "Tbey could get US if
they wanted to Say Wharton Wharton was the
Sos ma 0f a1ha he
strength of that
High i'm the air over our heads could near the
planing-niI hum Of a couple of American aeropanes
taking look-see They were not fighting planes
but obserz alton planes. Their duty get more
direct and accurate information than could be had
from any listening post
This morning the Boche got one out there" said
the lieutenant They were after him with machine
guns I saw he in trouble and him coming
down His machine fire and he jumped out
with his hands UP. He hadn't chance. And they
came out and got him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05

been g shower-water causes such
hres, you know-and now, away a.
the bottom Of the pile, that coal was
White hot. All we could do al 6rst
was to play the steam hose on + and
nold ii from gaining for twenty-four
I was on the bridge at 2.3o nsrA
morning had the midnight ~ 4
A. ~ watch-when the starbosr5
bunker blew out. The fire bs5
crossed the ship. We did orr hast
ont before I O'Clock there we're tbrea
explosions on the port side and tbey
we knew that it was time for iss-
perate measures.
~ me captain called for volunteers
ne SAID ne wanted men that won,5
go down into that furnace h,lg;ra
with fatal gas-fellows thai F65,1i3
walk straight into those h7g. -
aeath and shovel away the ton cosI
SO as to uncover the burDjng coro
ship. - save ths
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05

Boys of Mosquito Fleet, Who Find
French Ports Dreary and Full
of Inconsistencies GERMS" Go
Back to Their Ships Cheerful.
and Ready for Anything after
Meeting the Women Workers
Who have Gone cover There
to Make France Look as Much
Like Home as Possible.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
WITHOUT A wHlMpeR.

Yet all that Is borne without a
whimper The sailors read, now and
then. "a stray home paper and see
the accounts Of cheering crowds bid
ding Godspeed TO this or that depart
ing regiment they feel that all the
public's heart Is going out to the
army They don't at oil realize their
own devotion. and their attitude is
almost that Of apology for not more
spectacularlv serving their country.
They viii tell you that they are glad
they jumped TO the guns but every
nail brings news of friends that
STAYED behind and have won commits
sions at the Reserve Officers Train
ing Camps
And then the ship comes back to
mort. and there are liberty parties
going ashore
The British sailor is given his
drink ration. the British Y NJ. c. A.
serves light beer. 1t isn't thus with
oar men. At sea there obtains only
the taut rule OF fat virtue, and the
man that goes ashore is his own
master.
Do you begin to see now the prob
lem that our Y. NJ. C. A. has to face ?
Any American sailor man viii get
homesick after 4 week here. and it's
just homesickness that's the matter
with most Of these kids if they
can't he cured Of it, they'll DO some
thing to forget 81
To he homesick-and if you re-
member your first boarding school
DAY, after your mother'd kissed you
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
MANY DIFFICULTIES.

At no one place are there often
more than three hundred men ashore
AT time, and so it IS easier to
establish the personal relationship
between the association worker and
the sailor than between worker and
soldier in the soldier huts at the
American camp But the ports are
cities, whereas the camp stretches
among nero villages. so that the
forces against which the naval
branch Of the Y M. c. A. has to
contend are the stronger.
l went to an evening entertain
ment given by the British Y. H. G. A.
for the American Y. ". C. As
patrons in the rooms Of the French
equivalent Of the association. There
was a. reading room full of magazines
and a growing library. free writing
materials, piano around which was
grouped 4 day long chorus Of sailor
men, moving picture shows. q hall
for basket bah. a baseball grounds.
fifty clean beds at n franc apiece
night and n clean bel is q luxury
as well $ n moral force nm 9nart-
III Il Sc seventeen petty
officers permanently employed ashore
phOnOgraph over which I've seen q
lonely lad sit all afternoon running
of songs reminiscent Of his child
hood, a canteen that sold chewing
gum. and candy. These NAV sound
like triles to Americans at home. hut
to the American sailor abroad to
whom only the Y w. G.. A. provides
them, they become something large
and vital They become America.
There's good grub on our tub. but
not enough that's sweet. Gimme
some more Of those gIm-dropsn
whats this2 Lemonade? Yes.
but what's it made OF? Citron-
syrup and seltzer' And Won call that
lem onodeP Oh. well. give US another
glass Of it it's rs close as n fellow
can come to it over here. When are
YOU goin' to he able TO afford
soda -fountain?" "a
MEETING FRENCH GIRLS.
IF I heard those comments once
during an afternoon that passed In
naval IT, NJ c. A.. 7 heard them
dozen times Unbelievable quantities
of chocolate are sold in a form that
may ne easily heated and drunk
during night watches a. sea. and the
millionaire that wants to do effective
work against alcoholism could do
none more effective than to donate
soda fountains and hot chocolate mo
chimes to the association in these
ports.
One innovation introduced recently
Is thus far working well: parties Of
young French women Of the best up
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
PURPOSES OF carriage

THE theory was to wall in that section Of
trenches" he said. Part OF the guns enclosed the
locality a barTage while others of played
the communicating trenches Keep reiuforceTnents
from coming up. The idea is keep i'm the all
the men Who there and to let nobody come in to
help them"
But you can't see those trenches How do you
know you hitting them?"
"Observers.' the curt answer. we know the
location of the trench and then register upon The
observers correct our fire until have the range
exactly, ana then wait for the time. Orders come
that there will be such and such a barrage j"
day and hour. And we ready
The thing that tapped the shoulder about
these boys their attitude toward the guns They
seemed to feel toward them a person might feel
toward a splendid fighting bull dog.
The seventT-fves called out the highest esteem
The nineties good; they did the business, but
the seventv-fvesl Now there were guns.
They won't let fire but six times a minute"
a sergeant said with the air of a who had been
personally offended
TORN BY HUN SHELLS
All around the emplacements the ground was torn
and upheaved by Hun shells which had been sent
over as a compliment to this battery. Out in the
field were two great craters sharply visible the
rest
Hey" called man from the other end Of the line
of bomb proofs. here comes Y NJ c. A. with
eats"
Bows oozed ont of caves and bomb proofs with their
tongues fairly hanging out. Their station is with
their guns ard their mess is the spot so they
have little chance to get to the canteen. The
"Y" man being competent to fill his job, knew this
and made frequent trips over with pack of his
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-07

A brief dispatch to the war de-
partment from London early this
evening announced the disaster
and reported the landing Of only
t,100 survivors. This was made
public shortly after ten o'clock, and
for more than two hours It was
feared that probably 1.4oo men. in
cIuding members Of the liners
crew had gone down.
When a message came to the
State department from the cmbas-
sy at London saying at II O'Clock
tonioht 1912 Of the Americans had
been accounted for. tho Joy OF Off.
Gals almost swept away tho dis
tress occasioned by the earlier
news. The frat LOO survivors
were landed at Larnc and Bun
Gran. two widely separated lrish
porte, and this. coapl led with tho
c.ident tact. that rescue shIps
were at hand quickly. gave rise to
hope that nearly everybody on
board the Tuscanra except thouo
injured by the explosion might
have been aaved.
The President, Secretary Baker
and. in fact. all official Waah'nu-
ton were up late waiting for fur
thor news. Only brIciost .dIH-
patches were received. and mono
gave de,aIls OF tho attack OF tho
liner. Even tho time wan missing.
but IL was aaHumod that Il oc-
Cured curly ths morning. M tho
first message was filed 1T London
at 3 O'Clock This afternoon. prob
ably within an hour after the re-
lief ships rea fhed tho Irish coast.
Tho war department announced
that it's records showed tho follow
ing were on board the Tuacnuia;
Headquarters detachment md
Companies D, E and T, OF the 2oth
Engineers.
lo7th Engineer train.
1o7th military police.
lo7th supply train.
Tooth Aero Squadron.
15eth Aero Squadron.
213th Aero Squadron.
Replacement detach1nerts Nos.
and 2, Of tho 32nd Division.
FNty-ouo casual ofdcers.
The 32nd Division Is composed OF
National Guard troops from Miohi-
gan and Wisconsin. Tho division
trained Mt Camp Macarthur, Texas.
Tho lo7th Engineers was COM
posed Of the first battalion Of Michi-
gan engineers: the 1o7th military
police Was made up from the 4oth
and 9Th Wisconsin Infantry and the
10Th supply train from tho Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth Wisconsin Infantry.
The Tuscania, a Cuparder Of 8 62l
net tons, was last reported In avail
able maritime records as at
Continued on Pago Ter.}
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-07

bloody SLOPES of this Italian battle
field, as our chief agency for succhr
III times of great fires floods ana other
forms If internal disaster. There has
been, therefore. Il s,nsr OF noble in
dcbtedness. nobly returned. that has
entered these week, into the eager
outrcachiag Of civilian help from the
people OF the United States 10 the
Italian people. snrrIy pressed as they
arc in turning cvrry city and village
OF the peninsula into Il haven OF refuge
for women and children rendered
homeless by The invasion.
Made American Aid a Reality.
Al time then, when American par
ticpation In the war has been only a
phrase to the mass Of Italians, the
American Red Cross. with little more
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-07

WiSIIrEGTON. Feb. -6.--pnnger ~
widespread suffering. from lack OF r"hl
SIN i. Imminent. fuel administration
officials declared tonight. In nnn"unrinI =
rltirinllv rhr continuance of the Monday
closing order.
Stat. f,t.i administrators haT" r"n"ri"
,I that lhu,isnnds mr n"rnr% In Now f"rk
nnL other .'ti"a "f thu "nHt ana irld'iic
west have, II" "oul. nu,l cannot got II In
.,ulii,Irni ,IrIurt-tlIra iu muk" living con
~ nrnr h"nrnbl".
Thl~ situation. coupled with to-day" '"
rallr"nh ndmuIstratiiu rrpnrta thn'
rrr,rkf and cont movement VIVA almost
mI II ~inndntl III bOth yrht"rdny nnd tn-dny
In tho rn!u, prompted Fuel AImlNrtrntrr
Erril"ld to nnnnuur" thHt 'ihn i.""mlhil'
iiy ur humnn suffering H. iuo imminent
l." permit nnv rrlnNHti"n in ihn prrH"n'
rrrmri. tu rnnHrrNr nnd tnrrraa" tho cN-
t'liur :fuvply 'nr r''nl"
Mny End IIontlnrH DAyH.
hr Garfield rvpr"rH"d tho hope, now
rv,r that after next wrrk rrilru'ul
freight rmhurr""r md pr"r"r"niiul coat
delivery "rI"ri may h'' urrd ~ ruhait
Iuir. for h"ntl"-,' M"nhuv T." effect rnnl
"nvlnE
TT f. h"r"h." IL" "ntd "rhnr with IN"
rhuI -duwu "u Nnudny February -. Inh
th. rinsinR IN many .'tHt"H un ih" dnv
r"lI"win:. lhnrninH. RirthIar. it viii. ~
r"""ihl" h"n"rI"rth to r"ly, upon rm-
(Cont!nuod en- Pago Ton.)