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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-13

house
Members OF the house who called
on Pres't Wilson Friday 10 ask his
opinion OF the movement, returned
10 the capitol with word that the
president believed that no good and
much harm might be done by set
ting up a new department and dis
upting the e-rhStiDs machinery or
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Merchant Ships and Yankee Gunners

snoot al captured and wireless operators.
Ihere was nothing extraordinary n running or
a German submarine in spanish port. the skipper
plalLed IN the course his U-boacs
oIten seen at Alicante and at Barcelona where they
exchanged crews. and the freQuented
the tneaters and cafes. Deciding disregard the
warning the captain cleared mis- schooner engaged
a Tug Just before sailing discovered a o.
cabin table unsigned again advising him TO remain in
port He went TO that day and when so miles
on cape Spartel submarine attacked Il schooner
with gun fire, hit her four times then crew
aLter they were in their boat and peppered away a
a patrol which rushed 10 the rescue. The submarine
was driven off, but the shipmaster unable to iden-
ufy the commander as his kindly friend Alicante.
For wanton brutality. which better accords with the
spirit OF the German submarine game, re-
port OF the loss of the American schooner Childe
Harold of the French Unad rrned the episode is
thus described:
AT daybreak object reported by the mate vas be
heVed TO be the square sails of a ship hull
glasses showed il be the supersructure Of s bma-
r1ne one mile away. (The Childe Harold unarm-
ed The submarine opened fire and the shells rpped
through the schoOner's hull he master
ordered the crew into the launch and lowered
away. This plainly visible submarine which
had come much nearer. She continued fire
evidently at the in the water which escaped
being hit. The captain and his ordered
aboard the submarine and noticed cap ribbons
OF the sailors bore the letters U-19 and I'LL Two
Of the officers spoke excellent English. and Capt
Byrne Of the schooner informed them that the firing
was totally unnecessary and that he expected
such dasardly treatment from any white men
The conversation developed the fact that the com
mander OF the submarine knew the date sailing OF
the Childe Harold from American port and was on
the lookout for her. He had also received informa-
ton of the departure the Alicia 3 eros
by and the three-master A. V. Sherman the same
date, all three vessels having passed
He wanted TO know where the other schooners
were. According to his schedule they should have
shown up by this time.
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sx-inch gun. Her first shot fell amidshps about 100
yards short. We changed west, in
creasing speed. The submarine followed keeping
up ere. The fight lasted from O'Clock until about
1-es D. ID. shots. The submarine fred
over 50 includins some shrapnel toward the emo,
waich exploded Of ship high too do
"0ur last shells 20 have hit the submarine
% part A few seconds later hsr bow
jumped up. and then she went down stern upward at
an ANGLE OF abb The submarine did
come up again. and I believe then
there. 30 damage done ship, there
were Do casualties"
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passed over The spot in an PROBABILITY the sub
marine able TO dive deep enough 10 escape being
hit
There precious little room 20 spare in this ad-
venture. but il surpassed by liner. formerly
favorite ship among Atlantic plgrims. carrying
the allies. blanket OF fog covered the
in the early morning. IL lifted a trhe and very
much surprised submarine popped dead ahead OF
the lunging PROV she let fy a torpedo in a wild
furry an angle il glanced along the
steamers side without exploding. moment later the
submarine itself humping and scraping along the
other side the vessel whose officers, sailors and
straight down IL and uttered the deep
and hearty curses o the They would have
per their souls for a few bombs 10 drop in RENE
brance. Grimy stokers popped their heads through
open ports and spat the coming tower pas
sonatey scrambled Jumps Of coal and slice bars to
heave the blankety-blank think Then the fog
swallowed il up and the incident was closed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-13

The Germans looted the Childe Harold and seem
ed very hungry. They had only coffee and dry bread
for breakfast aboard submarine After fetching all
the in the launch they put captain and his
crew in the boat again which half full
of water The schooner then on fire Her peo-
pie were rescued by steamer. Capt. Byrne anxious
to try it again.
robust American shipmaster this skipper of the
Chnde Harold. who told the Germans to their faces
what he thought of them and was eager to have an
other fling at it! of the other captains sailing
vessels are more cautious. when the fleet of great
five and six masters transferred the coast
wise the deep-water service across the
Atlantic masters were offered high $4,000 a
round voyage. and there rush of applicants
They knew far better than the owners who were
greedy for rich dividends how small was the cha nee
of escaping submarines with only the tickle
drive them These vessels recently barred from
the trade with Europe by the refusal of the
government to issue export licenses for
veyed in them.
The zone would swarm with submarines
after reading the report many ships and vet the
cherub that sits aloft and brings the
has interviewed now and then One chief gunner plain
lively recorded:
The ship built in 1875, and with the only en-
gnes she ever had in her she did well to get by
long time in dangerous zones. speed was
between five six knots hour"
This ancient. tramp creeping on her course no
faster than schooner logging perhaps a 125 miles in
a day had never a glimpse of a submarine There was
another instance which bluejacket with sense Of
humor described after coming ashore:
1T was comical The old buckets engines laid down
dangerous waters mind you right on edge for
periscopes fveinch shells, torpedoes The wire
less man was catching messages from other ships that
had got theirs, and just patching up and
breaking down again and floating like a weary
old dereHct You won't believe it, were at this
silly performance for a whole week before we went
clear Of the red line the chart marks the
tive Of Willie Hohenzollern's submarines Ner-
vous2 What the use? OF men got i'm
patient and one two they could gIim
periscOpe every time they looked side but
there was plenty of grub and a sociable crowd"
All these actions described have been by single ships
What may happen to merchant convoy is indicated
the of the chief gunner steamer West
AT 5:4s p m, while the convoy was proceeding in
this order, clear weather smooth ships
attacked by submarine First intimation attack was
plosion board British steamship which was
struck by torpedo in the starboard side blowing off
her propeller and rudder and also making large hole
in the
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AT almost the time a explosion was
heard. This the oil tanker which was
about IS yards asern of the Westwego. The force OF
the explosion literally broke her two and she went
down bow first stern high in air, taking about eight
minutes to sink. OF her crew p lost some
killed by the explosion, others drowned. peris-
cope of submarine had yet been discovered by the
Westwego. All the ships headed in different drec-
tons at full steam, endeavorng TO away from
locality. Two destroyers circled back dropped
depth bombs. one seemed effect as pieces
were fred by the the destroyers. did the
other their guns all although all hands
we're their stations.
Various reports of the number Of submarines seen
by different ships were made by the vessels.
The general belief is that there
marines in the attacking party. the convoy
spread such large area, and each ship had
full steam in order away from the danger
il was hard 10 get any exact number TO the size Of
the attacking force.
AT sos p. m. perscope sighted by the lookout
on the WestwegO. Il close the side Of the
ship thai it impossible bring the guns bear
until after had drfted along the side and Then
the feared fire any they
be given for the submarine failing fire. but
the opinion board ship be that U-boat
was afraid Of being hurt by the explosion OF the tor
pedo against the side Of the ship.
The periscope passed along the side Of the ship
within % feet and then drfted into the wake.
when the perscOpe evidently lowered disap-
peared from sight and did up again until
submarine half mile astern. when
a second then vanished before could opened
it. The desroyers notified they endeavor-
ed locate the submarine"
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Continued from Saturday,

Instantly there came out or the night
the nerve-racking command: Halt J"
Again / feared / was done for.
crouched close down on the ground in
the darkness not knowing whether to
take to my legs and trust to the Huns
missing me in the darkness if he fired,
or stay where l was. 1t was foggy
as well as dark, and although | knew
the sentry was only a few feet away
from me / decided to stand, or rather
lie, pat. think my heart made almost
as much noise as the rafting of the
wire in the first place, and it was a
tense few moments to me.
heard the German say few words
to himself, but didn't understand them.
of course, and then he made sound
as if to call dog, and realized that
his theory of the noise he had heard
was that dog had made it's way
through the fence.
For perhaps five minutes / didn't
stir, and then figuring that the German
had probably continued on his beat l
crept quietly under the wire again,
this time being mighty careful to hug
the ground so close that / wouldn't
touch the wire, and made off in a diff
fferant direction Evidently the barbed
wire fence had been thrown around an
ammunition depot or something of the
kind, and it was not field at all that
had tried to get into.
I figured that other sentries were
probably in the neighborhood and !
proceeded very gingerly.
After | had got about mile away
from this spot / came to an humble
Belgian house and l Knocked at the
door and applied for food In my usual
way, pointing to my mouth to indi-
cate ! was hungry and to my ears and
mouth to imply that was deaf and
dumb. The Belgian woman who lived
in the house brought me piece OF
bread and two cold potatoes and as !
sat there eating them she eyed me
very keenly.
haven't the slightest doubt that
she realized was a fugitive. She lived
so near the border that it was more
for that reason, I appreciated more
fully the.extent of the risk she ran, for
no doubt.the Germans were constantly
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watching the conduct OF these Bel
gians who lived near the line.
My theory that she realized that I
was not Belgian at all, but prob
ably some English fugitive, was con-
hrmed a moment later, when, as |
made ready to go, she touched me on
the arm and indicated that l was to
walt moment. She went to a bureau
and brought out two pieces of fancy
Belgian lace which she insisted upon
my taking away, although at that par
ticular moment | had as much use for
Belgian lace as an elephant for
safety razor. but | was touched with
her thoughtfulness and pressed her
hand to show my gratitude. She would
not accept the money l offered her.
/ carried the lace through my sub
sequent experiences, feeling that it
mother, although as a matter of fact if
| had known that 1t was going to de-
lay my final escape for even single
moment, as 1t did, / am quite sure
she would rather / had not seen it.
On one piece of lace was the F'Iem-
ish word "Charite" and on the other
the word "Esperage." At the time l
took these words to mean Charity"
and Experience" and all l hoped was
that / would get as much of the one
as l was getting of the other before l
finally got through. / learned SUISSE
tJx, hot hot I- 1l,r
stood for were Charity" and ''Hope,"
and then ] was sure that my kind Bel
gian friend had indeed realized my
plight and that her thoughtful SOU
yenir was intended to encourage me in
the trials she must have known were
before me.
I didn't let the old Belgian lady
know, because did not want to alarm
her unnecessarily, but that night /
slept in her backyard, leaving early
in the morning before it became light.
Later in the day l applied at an
other house for food. 1t was occupied
by father and mother and ten chill
dren. hesitated to ask them for food
'iAiiout hiiSiibt5 " pay ibi ~ 40 ~
allied what a task it must have been
or them to support themselves with
out having to feed hungry man. Ac-
cordingly gave the man mark and
then indicated that / wanted some
thing to eat. They were just about to
eat, themselves, apparently, and they
let me partake of their meal, which
consisted of huge bowl of some kind
of soup which | was unable to iden-
fifty and which they served in ordinary
wash basins. / don't know that they
ever used the basins to wash In as
well, but whether they did or not did
not worry me very much. The soup
vas good and / enjoyed 1t.
All the time l was there could see
the father and The eldest son. boy
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

.. E. Tracy,
VS.. In Equity.
Municipal Shale Brick & Block Com
pany. Corporation, etal
oglee OF Special Master Commissioner,
Martinshurg, W Va, June 20, 1918.
To all parties in interest in the above
entitled cause:
BY decree of the District Court
of the United states for the Northern
District Of West Virginia. entered in
the above entitled cause on the 10Th
day of May. l91S, the same was re-
ferred to me Special Master, pro
owned by said company with its
market value;
THIRD-The debts against the said
company. which are liens upon its as
sets or any part thereof together with
their amounts and respective priorl.
ties;
FOURTII-Al unsecured contract
debts against the said company with
sheir respective amounts;
Aaec vice, with instructions to ascer-
tain and report as follows
FIRST AL me real estate owned
BY the Municipal shale Brick and
Block COMPANY aforesaid, together
With its fee simple and annual rental
value;
SEsCOND-All the personal property
FIFTH ANY other matters deemed
pertinent by me or which any party
in interest may require nae specially
to state.
You will therefore take notice that
on Monday tue 18th day of July, 1918,
al two O'Clock P NJ, al my Office In
| Martinsburg, berkeley County, West
Virginia, I will proceed TO execute
said decree and if it be not complet-
cd on that day, | will adjourn the
same from time TO time, at the same
pace, until completed
Given under my hand This goth day
Of June. 1918.
p. r. HARRISON.
Special Master Commissioner
81 %; Z IL
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Again l Feared Was Done For.

about seventeen, were extremely nerv-
GUS. l had indicated to them that
was deaf and dumb, but If they be-
lieyed me it didn't seem to make them
any more comfortable.
fingered at the house for about an
hour after the meal and during that
time a young man came to call on the
eldest daughter, young woman or
perhaps eighteen. The caller eyed me
very suspiciously, although / must
have resembled anything but British
officer. They spoke Flemish and l diu
not understand a word they said, bur
[ think they were discussing my prob
able identity. During their converse
ton, l had chance to look around
the ROOM There We're three alto
gether, two fairly large and one
somewhat smaller, about fourteen feet
long and six deep. In this smaller
room there were two deuble-deeked
beds, which we're appareptly intended
ITO be continued.)
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY n. ". TINS
TABLE

IN Effect Sunday, January 20, 1918
at 4 A. M.
xDaily except Sunday.
sDaily.
fSunday only
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER - Jntroi,,ctorv PAT
o,nn.o IN, 80 hi a. :, -
- ~. ien 800 " 'il' Boi pooe III VIZ
S4 M p TIM n TaT nu'e "a ~; Co 1.
- - -, M Va nis oii -, :
.ner. - -, rAe 60 80 - - aHs 80, Ais
5,ranaa sar ao4ir" 80 49, ''' ~ ~
Snnsr, TN 9fI p 49, a.. =
us Ae "'o ~
Nnlcn ne brought down Two German
aalrpiaheS ana ms maj nght IN Whlch
he was brought down wounded within
the German lines and was made a
prisoner OF war.
GttlAPIER iN-Dlscovery that Ger
man nospltal starr DarDarously neglect
cd the fatally wounded and devoted
.the'r energies TO restoring those who
might be returned to the hring lines.
witnesses death IN hght OF his best
eilum, lieutenant Ralney.
bffAP lEh Vie is taken to the
oihcers prison camp at Courtral.
1Ihere ne began planning his escape.
by great sacrlilce he manages to save
and hide away TWO daily ratlons OF
preau.s
Nt'isr :. | l1A Vi-1fie eoniiscates
,ns z .. oeiai'ans anu Ju9 iiail an noel
ia.et 10 put VI TAN ooui,u .or
plasgn camp IA oet many. ne ieaps
titousH wiii'o" WINE Tue 1Iaihs IS
.lase'ins at ia'e Oh oo mites an
iouI
elItAr ih1i. sr-1ret hine uaSs nc
laws w ousn ueihi my hluihs aui-
lns ole Jay eraseiihe d. night euio'
Gu ~ ny 9'aie anu euoais iiis On 10"
Fese- aoies. ne coFefS 10 llhes Desoie
teauIln .s,, npAolllpuI 8
e.inlni i1al' ,Aii " NM aay
!loig ne e,ussies On III wea'helieu
soIilsion e.iipusn EuAeiiipuis III Tue
uiL e.1 ~ ,l VI Deisiuh'
N,i,A. : r1i' iie ehoui es eli. y. e
naiusnips' sMiiis ti9eis WINE oeliIi
Gus lroin hunger, llyihg IKE hunted
aniiilal anu on me eisnteehth gay al
Yer Jumping from the aralh ne crosses
lito DelSiuii.
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ATTENDING ANNUAL MEET
OF ELKS AT ATLANTIC CITY

Funeral Director John A. iWlen,
past exalted ruler OF the local lodge
OF Ellts. left Sunday for Atlantic CITY,
where he will spend the week attend
ing the annual convention of the
lodge. During his absence Funeral
Director lR. A. Jacques, of Hedges
vile. will have charge of mis- estab.
iishment
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GROUND FOR
I'd UNITED BRETHREN

At O'Clock this evening the congre-
cation OF the Second United Brethren
Church Will break ground for its new
brick edifiee at the corner of New
York avenue and Baker street A pic
ture Will be taken of Fhe group, and
Reverend Ford makes the request that
all who are interested will be present
promptly.
The new building will 5e erected
at a probable cost of $4,000 and will
be made OF local brick which the
congregation members are buying
now.
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RECORD BREAKER.

Leroy Kendall, near Williamsport,
harvested 81 acres in eight days and
three-fourths. He had five men help
ing him and the work was done by
horse-drawn machinery instead OF
tractors The crop in addition to be-
ing cut was also hauled into the barn
during the eight days. This, so far
as known, is q record-breaker.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

You are authorized TO announce that
am candidate for the United States
Senate. subject to the Republican pri
marles to be held in August. VIII
announce the principles upon which
will make my campaign a little
ater on.
JAMES A. HUGHES.
Huntington, w. Va. March 1913.
2 2 n
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FOR STATE SENATOR.

en- q candidate for the Democratic
nomination for State Senator and re-
spectfully solicit the support and in
auence of all Democratic voters at
the Primary Eleetin to be held on Au-
gust the sixth.
If MILTON BURR.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

To the Voters OF West Virginia:
| respectfully announce my candi
dacy for the Democratic nominatio
for United States Senator, subject t
the primary election of August
1918.
CLARENCE w. WATSON.
81 23 E
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-07-14

The growers aim is for the tree to
fruit that can attain the highest com
mercial standard. The effort of the
tree and the object desired by the
grower tend to impose Incompatible
requirements. The development Of a
great number of seeds Is tree-ex-
hausting process. This is opposed to
the development of large fruits. To
meet his ends in this respect, the grow
er has recourse TO thinning the fruit.
Perhaps no operation in the pro
duction OF peaches requires keeDer
judgment than thinning the fruit. No
fixed rules for 1t can he given. A com
mon rule, very generally applicable. Is
to thin SO that the fruits will not be
nearer together than 4 to 6 inches.
But the strength Of the tree. the fer
tility of the soil, and especially the
soil moisture, together with the size
Of the crop Cor, in other words. the
number Of fruits allowed to develop on
the tree), govern very largely the size
and perfection of the individual fruits.
Obviously. vigorous tree growing
under favorable conditions as TO mois-
ture, plantfood. etc. can develop a
larger number OF fruits TO good size
than can weak tree, or even the
same tree when there is "A marked de-
ficiency either in the supply Of mOis-
ture or of plantfood.
The skill of the grower is shown in
his ability TO adjust the size OF the
crop on his trees 10 the conditions of
the season. He can reduce the mum
Der of fruits on the trees II the season
becomes very dry as II progresses.
Thus the grower should aim 10 con-
troll the size of the individual fruits
by thinning and by tillage and pruning.
While thinning may cost a relatively
large amount per tree. actually more
high-grade fruit is produced. as a rule.
on tree which bears only a moderate