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CHAPTER XVI.
Captured by the Moewe.

NdpluTCu ny Tic mOCWC-
When the tugs had cast off and after
while we had dropped our pilot,
said to myself: "Now we are off, and
ats the States for me-end of the
Eine-far as we go-IF-" But the
eff" did not look very big to me
though l could see 1t with the naked
eye all right.
got up about four o'clock the next
morning, which was Sunday, Deem
Der 10, 1874 date 1 do not think !
will ever forget.
AS soon as I was dressed / went
down to the forecastle peak and from
there into the paint locker, where 1
found some rope. Then back again on
deck, and made myself hammock,
which 1 rugged up on the boat deck,
figuring that l would have a nice sun
bath, as the weather had at last
turned clear.
AS soon as I had the hammock
had nice chat with hlm-and stole a
few hot buns, which was what / was
really after-and away to the galley
eor breakfast. l was almost exactly
amidships, sitting on an old orange
box. had not been there long when
Old Chips, the ships carpenter, stuck
his head in the door and sang out,
@'Ship on the starboard bow" 1 did
not pay any attention to him, because
ships ON the starboard bow were
no novelty to me, or on the port
either. Chips was not crazy about
Booking at her, either, for he came in
and sat on another box and began
scofing. He said he thought she was
"a tramp and that she flew the British
flag astern.
ate all could get hold of and went
out on deck. 1 stepped out of the gal
Rey just in time to see the fun. The
ship was just opposite US when away
went our wireless and some of the
boats on the starboard side, and then,
BOOM boom and we heard the report
of the guns. l heard the shrapnel
whizzing around us just as / had many
a time before. l jumped back in the
galley and Chips and the cook were
shaking so hard they made the pans
rattle.
When the firing stopped I went up
f0 the boat deck. I had on all of my
clothing, but instead of shoes I was
wearing pair of wooden clogs. The
men and boys were crazy-rushing
the deck and knocking each
other down, and everybody getting in
everybody else's way. We lowered our
Jacobs ladders, but some Of the men
and boys were already in the water.
Why they jumped 1 do not know.
Then the German \ raider Moewe |
teaded right in toward US and / |
thought she was going to ram us, but |
sac backed water about thirty yards |
away She lowered lifeboat and it
made for the Georgia, passing our
men In the water as they came and
crashing them on the head with boat
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pieces mounted astern. The guns were
mounted on an elevator and when the
time came they ran the elevator up
until the guns were on level with the
poop deck. but otherwise they were
out of sight from other ships.
For our first meal they slung a big
feed bag half full of ship biscuit
hardtack-to us and some dixies Of
tea. After this festival we began
roaming up and down the deck again,
warm. 1 guess we looked like some
of the advertisements In magazines,
where they show whole family sit
ting around Christmas tree In their
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A-Armor plate drops, placing Gin. guns
B-Forecastle peak.
examination hold
D-Torpedo tube rails.
| E-Torpedo tubes.
Poop deck
GAIT wheelhouse.
| H-Deck house.
J-Holds.
K-Disappearing guns aft, mounted on
| elevator.
L-Sea gates.
underwear and telling each other that
Whosis Unions-the Roomy Kind
Sanity. Only we did not have any
Christmas tree to sit around. We must
have looked funny, though. and 1 would
have had a good laugh if I had not
been so cold.
We could not go to sleep because
the decks were wet, nor could we sit
down with any comfort for the same
reason. Besides. we thought we might
buck up against British or a French
cruiser at any minute and most of us
thought we would stay up and get an
eye full before we started for Davy's
well-known locker.
About two bells the following morn
ing the Moewe's engines began to
groan and shake her up bit and we
could hear the blades jump out of the
water every once in a while and tear
away. She went ahead in this way for
some time and we were hoping she
was trying to get away from a cruiser
and some of us were pulling for the
cruiser to win and others hoping the
Moewe would get her heels clear and
keep us from getting ours.
The Huns were running up and down
the deck yelling like wild men and
one of our men began to yell too. He
was delirious and after he yelled a
bit he jumped up and made pass at
the sentry, who shot at him but
missed. The shot missed me too, but
not very much. Then they dragged
the delirious man up on deck and Lord
knows what they did with him, because
we never saw him again. But we did
not hear any sound that they might
have made in shooting him.
Then the Huns began Smelling and
they kept it up for some time.
Then they ordered us up on deck
to see the ship they had been firing at
and when we came up the companion
way they were just bringing the other
ships skipper aboard. 1t was the |
French collier st. Theodore, hove to |
OF the starboard side with a prize |
crew from the Moewe aboard and wig |
wagging to the raider.
Then the Huns began shouting and
they rouSted us below deck again. The
place where we had been was filled
with smoke, from what or why / do
not know, but it was almost impos-
sible to breathe in it, When the
smoke cleared up bit the Marathon
started again, for we were still in our
only. One of the boys had
asked Fritz for clothing and Fritz said
the English had tough enough skins
and they did not need clothing. Then
be said: "Wait until you see what our
German winters are like"
The following morning the engines
began to tear away again and the
guns started firing. After a while the
iring stopped and the engines too, and
ifter an hour they had the old man
# the Yarrowdale aboard. She was a
British ship chartered by the French
md bound for Brest and Liverpool
With a very valuable cargo aboard
irplanes, ammunition, food and auto
mobiles.
When they rousted US on deck again
he st. Theodore was still in sight, but
he had the Yarrowdale for company.
10Th were trailing behind US and keep
~ pretty close on. While We were
n deck we saw the German sailors at {
vork on the main deck making about
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hooks when they could reach them.
I noticed that there were red kegs In
ae German boat.
When the lifeboat reached the ia
cob's ladders 1 went over to the port
side of the Georgia and then the Ger
mans came over the side and hoisted
up the kegs. The Germans were
armed with bayonets and reyolvers.
Some of them went down into the en-
CINE room and opened the sea cocks.
About this time some of the Limeys
came up from the poop deck and
cold them to stay where l was and
that the Germans would take us over
In lifeboats- Another squad Of Ger
mans hoisted eight OF the dynamite
Kegs on their shoulders and down into
No 3 hold with them.
Mean time the Germans saw us up
IN the boat deck and came up after
- And over went the Limeys. But
I waited and one or two more waited
ATifh nar. When the Germans came up
to rs they had their revolvers out
md were waving them around and
ps4;ing ~Gntt strait England !" and
sAE2sax sisnct -schu'c bundle" TEEN.
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piled in standard cord, which is 8
feet long, feet high and feet wide.
The contents are 1913 cubic feet, Of
which about 20 per cent is wood and
| 80 per cent air. Wood cut A feet long
can be sold to brickyards, limekilns,
Woodworking plants and other indus
tries, but is too large for household
use.
Another method, and one better
adapted for old growth hardwoods,
which are difficult to split, is to saw
the tree into logs of convenient lengths,
say from 10 to Is feet. These are
"snaked" out to the edge of the wood
land and there sawed and split into
lengths proper for the stove or fur
mace. The saving is usually done by
machine, driven either by gasoline or
by electricity. The wood is piled 4
feet high and s feet long, such pile
being called a "stove-wood" or "run-
ming" cord or "run." When the wood
is sawed into 16-inch lengths, as is
customary with stove material, three
runs are theoretically equivalent to
one cord.
Wood a Profitable Farm Crop.
Firewood is expected to bring bet
ter profit this year than ever before.
1t Is much less perishable crop than
many which the farmer raises. When
properly piled, the better kinds Of
wood will last from two to three years,
although wood steadily deteriorates
after the first year.
To have the best heating value, as
well as to reduce the cost of hauling,
which means air-drying it from six to
eight months. However. when piled so
as to get good circulation of air, 81
per cent of the moisture may be re-
moved in three months. Wood cut in
October and November, therefore, may
The prices which cordwood likely
will bring this year offer the farmer
an opportunity to improve his wood
land by wedding out the inferior trees.
In the past this has seldom been prac-
ticable, for the inferior wood was not
With the prices indicated
for the coming winter, Trimmings be-
come practicable over wider range Of
country in the vicinity of good mar
kets. The woodland owner may secure
specific information from his state
forester, his county agent, his state
agricultural college, or from the Unit
ed States forest service, Washington.
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TREES TO LEAVE IN WOODLAND AND THOSE
FUEL.

Species to be favored for lumber.
Other things being equal, these
should be left.
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Fair Prices for Wood as a
Coal Substitute.
Equivalent price for v

Equivalent price for wood
delivered in stove lengths.
Price Hickory, oak,
of beech, hard Soft maple
coal maple, ash, cedar, poplar,
de- elm, locust, Eastwood
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USE OF WOOD TO
HELP SAVE COAL
More Convenient and Cheaper in
Many Cases on Farms and
in Small Towns.
GET PROFIT FROM WOODLAND
Probable High Prices Offer Opportu-
nifty to Farmers to Cut Out Unde-
sirabie Trees-ReIatve
Heating Values.

Farmers who own woodlands and
who can purchase wood from nearby
farms can help in the coming winter
as last winter-to relieve the demand
for coal and the strain on railway
capacity by burning wood in place of
coal.
| 1t is not expected substitution of
wood for coal will be complete or uni
versal, as for many purposes coal is
much more convenient. But for heat
ing many kinds of buildings wood is
| the more convenient and cheaper fuel.
| This is particularly true in the case Of
churches, halls. summer cottages and
other buildings for which heat is re-
quired only occasionally but then is
wanted in large volume at short no.
tice.
The illustration shows the utiliza-
ton of wood at Camp Meigs, near
Washington. The power cut-up saw
shown is the standard machine used
by the army at various camps, and has
capacity of about Is cords of four
foot wood cut into 18-inch lengths in a
day of six and one-half hours. Wood
was the only fuel used at Camp Meigs
when the picture was taken. In the
winter coal is used to heat the bar
racks, but wood alone is used in cook
ng.
Relative Heating Values.
In heating value, one standard cord
of well-seasoned hickory, oak, beech,
birch, hard maple, ash, elm, locust, or
cherry is approximately equal to one
ton (2,OOO pounds) of anthracite coal.
But a cord and half of soft maple,
and two cords of cedar, poplar or bass
wood are required to give the same
amount of heat One cord of mixed
wood, well seasoned, equals in heat
ing value at least one ton of average
grade bituminous coal.
In the accompanying table is indi-
Gated the price the consumer can af-
ford to pay for q cord of wood as the
equivalent of anthracite coal at vari-
GUS prices.
Methods Of Making Cordwood.
The most common method of making
cordwood is to cut the trees into four
foot lengths with the ak and split the
larger pieces. The pieces are then
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White pine, red spruce, baisam,
chestnut, white and red oak, haro
maple, yellow birch, tulip poplar
white ash, hickory. Eastwood
Yellow poplar, black walnut. rec
gum, white and red oak, COTTON
wood. hickory, white ash, naro
maple, Eastwood.
White and red pine, aspen, yenow
birch, Eastwood, red oak wnite
ash. hard maple.
White and red oak, white ASH
Eastwood. hickory. hard maple.
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Region.

New England and
North Atlantic
States.
OMo. Indiana, Illi-
nAis, and south
s'At Missouri
Northern Michi-
gan. Wisconsin.
Ainndpota-
Southern Michigan,
Wisconsin, Min
nesota
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Species of less
value for lumber
or slow growing.
These may be cut.
Hemlock, arborvi-
tae, black and
scarlet oak. red
maple, b e g C h,
gum, elm, gray
birch, ironwood.
Black oak, red
elm. beech. red
maple.
Jack pine. hem
lock, scarlet and
black oak, elm.
beech.
Black oak, red elm,
beech.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-10

writer In the form Of books. Il means
the pleasure-giving efforts Of the mu-
sician In the opera 0r concert. Il
means musical instruments Tor the
home, educational opportunities In the
schools. publicity n the press. inspi-
ration IN the church, fun and emo
tional relaxation IN the theater. police
protection on our streets and justice
Ia our courts. Money means cleanli-
ness, good appearance. >self-respect.
Money IL the source of good just ~ Il
mag BE- the source Of evil. but In
either case only became q what L
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A She u 8poke.

American tourists who are shaky as
to their French. have often been en-
barrassed by the vOluble replies which
their carefully studied phrases bring
forth from French lips. Just now the
tables are frequently turned and the
French man or woman Is puzzled by
the fluent American %vernacular. An ex-
ample: Yankee trooper: Party VOC
English. mademoiselle" French maid:
Yes, a VARY ~leetle." Y. T.: "Good
work! Say. could you put me wise
where l could line up against some
spiffy eats iE this burg3"
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Precautionary Measure.

Mrs. Flatbush-WiH you tack down
that carpet for me, dear, before YOU
60 out to play golf?
Mr.. F~latbush-NO. l guess I'll go and
have my game of golf first.
"Why not lay the carpet before you
60, dear?'
Because I can smash my thumb af-
ter I've had my golf. but II | smash
my thumb before playing I'm afraid 1t
would put me of my game. love-"
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Deadly Camouhane.

Talking about camOuflage,' said a
detective in a lecture on disguises, Il
heard a good camouflage story the
other day.
"A colonel said to one of his men
on the west front:
""Grifiths, have you had my dugout
camOufiaged?'
eyes, sir said Griffiths. I saw to
1t myself, sir. We've made 1t look ex-
actly like a concealed 6-inch gum"
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Kill the Flies Now and Prevent
disease. A DAISY FLY KILLER will do Il.
Kills thousands. Lasts all season. All dealers,
or six by express, prepaid for 81. H. 6OMER0,
$50 Dc Kalb Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. Adv.
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Bright Prospects,

Bright Prospects.
IAN optimistic young man asked me
the other day for permission to marry
my daughter" said Mr.. Grabcoin.
"YeS?'
"When / told him she spent ten thou
sand dollars a year on clothes alone,
he said he figured that her ~troussenu
would last until he could work up to
a salary of twelve or fifteen thousand
dollars q year."
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Not Spontaneous.

Not Spontaneous.
"You very seldom e the .clinging
vine type Of woman nowadays" said
the old fashioned man, sadly.
"They occasionally figure In breach
OF promise SUITS" said the worldly per-
son.
"Indeed1"
"But I'm forced to conclude that
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Hubby-I saw something ut your
milliner's that looked awfully fetch
Ing.
Wifey-How nice! Did you buy It
for me?
Hubby-Nope. ! couldn't. It was
the delivery boy.
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Money q LIE.

Money Is no nor the root OF evil"
than nrc the good things that It rep
resents. whether these take the form
OF personal service, labor. or the ma
terial products OF labor. Money means
work, It means production. i means
ire things that have been made by
mems brains and hands. It not only
stands for the things we eat, the
clothes Ne wear. and the honses we
1ivs "a, hut Il stands for works Of art
and Tor the services q the artists. 4
means the services q the entertaining
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9peakinn % Relation.

Hilda-Well, there's one thing can
say. I never made . cloak Of my re-
ilgi0n.
Bertha-No. dear. there's not enough
OF 1t for that. Might be enough. per-
haps, to make q pocket handkerchief.
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Why Not. lndeedl

"Why not Open-alr schools for all
childrenY asked the bulletin OF the
Chicago Municipal tuberculosis sani-
tarium. why the stupid policy Of
waiting till 4 child gets sick before
giving him the fresh mir he needs9"
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4 On ne Scandal.

ibid you hear that young Smith
was e e the other day hugging and
kissing another mans wife?"
"Dear ms. NOT Whose wife wal
she1"
Ills fathers"
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stands FOR. And 20. as somebody's
great-grandfather used to say. III
money Is the root Of al evil. give us
plenty Of the root r-Physical Gull
ture.
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Soap Boxes.

'That soap box orator has strange
whiskers."
Eyes. It Is clear his particular ped
estal did not contain shaving SOAP
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How fhA Cats Went.

Little Frank had an amusing way Of
initiating the mewlng Of cats, SO n
night. when there was company at din
ner. his father asked him how the cats
went.
1on their feet was the unexpected
reply.
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The wise missionary secures an ap-~
pointment among the vegetarian type
OF heathens.
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What Ne 4 Thankful For.

"Uncle! You seem to have some
trouble getting over the ground"
II ain't complainin', boss, SO long ez
l kin keep from gittin' under it,
Judge.
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A barking dog might almost a. well
bite as to irritate scores Of peoples
nerves, night and day.
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do you want . bit Of society newAf'
II gexxOsn
"You know the lady you stated was
coming @ visit me last weekfs
Yes. madam"
"Shc's eona.
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Had a Cold YETI
Don't think I'm always full Of bile
And Grabbed. too. and cranky:
But every time l try to smile
] have to use my hanky.
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Mostly Talk.

A barking dog, 30 we are told.
Il seldom known to bite:
Likewise q man who talks q lot
Will run before he'll fight.
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Reggy-Dear sir. my love for your
daughter has driven me hawf cwazy.
Her Dad-It has, eh? Well, what
completed the job?
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Nearly In Z Trap.


Then l made a lovely mistake. I
was to establish an aid post near bat
TALON headquarters and went blithely
on when / met q company commander
and asked him where to 60.
Back there about q quarter OF q
mile," he replied. This IS the front
center company. II you keep on in
the direction you are going you are
going up over that ridge and. Fritz will
be waiting for you with a machine
gum"
So my sergeant and orderly and
myself didn't waste any time In clear
ing. On the way back I found Q gallon
can full Of water, got into q corrugated
iron shelter and had Z wash and q
shave. It certainly felt good. I don't
believe l had washed for t~hirty-six
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-04
ELsA'S SUPPLY Or IRON ORE


The lsla1d a. Elba, celebratsd =
he place where Napoleon was IN
prisoned In 1914, has since Italy's en-
trance into this war attracted much
attention d the location Of valuable
Iron mines, writes q correspondent.
IN view q the scarcity Of iron mines
IN Italy and the dihiculty Of transport
ing ore Of pigs from the Omitted States
Tor uss In the munition faetories the
ninss Of mia have given . new i'm
Eportanes - the island. Travellers on
the 0snse-1oms NxpresA which skirn
~ seanhoua - - naanland, permit
ting New - q dear day e the blue
idand nslnt oat q ~ water M mfles
distant, think nxAee q the tan four
dry stacks II IL foreground q Pion-
bsao tAaa q ~ great soldier - Other
VIVA
In he days b>fots ~ vu OH q
prees sesppsa at Oampisiia - put efI
tSsfisls fss Honbane aal ma n
day 4 stesB y put ~ bust1s0 msA
skilled if0l VUfkerA rtAliaA soldiers
and Aelf Au6tyiaA pkiseaess informed
q de islaAd. The side traek q Cam
pislia has boO enlarged sines he var.
too. tor de purpose Of handling the
large quantity u iron frsisAt brought
over from @bG. Napoleon's name has
almost been forgotten on ths island. 90
besy are the Inhabitants With war
work. How can I get 70 the villa Gan
4artinor Z visitor arriving ON the
Stone wharf e the harbor inquired Of
10 workman. The workman locked 1t
de visitor blankly. wA0 - waitor
added: You know. the place where
Napoleon IScd 70 i've" The nan shook
~ head. srm newcomer hereA New
& heard Of the place"
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THOUGHT WILL RULE WORLD
Scientist Asserts Ships At Sea viii Be
Controlled From Shore and Gasoline
Will Be Grown Like Corn.

4 In the lobby Of big Fifth avenue
club one evening recently. a group Of
scientific men were discussing the war
as being the necessity that will bring
about some startling Inventions, notes
. New York correspondent. II the
sprinkling Of intellectual luminat1
were not stamped by genius, 1t is prob
able that an ordinary bystander would
have tapped his forehead knowingly,
One of them was telling about a sci,
enlist who is already telephoning to-
airplanes without wires And another'
quoted famous inventor. who said.
that It would only be I short while,
until all telephone wires would be aboi-!!
ished as unessential.
'The fact is" he said, shat tele-
phone wires do not in reality carry
our messages. Every scientist knows
that. Back Of it all is the great proc
ess Of thought which we are only be-
ginning feebly to understand.
1.-THE more we delve into this proc
ess Of thought-whatever It is-the
more we come to the conclusion that
the material phenomena is the pro-
lection Of thought. We konw that ev-
cry material thing comes from q
thought or an idea.
I'VE are arriving at the conclusion
that even space is thought, for we are
annihilatfng space every day through
thinking process. It will not be
many generations before every ship at
sea is controlled by thought from
shore. Our trains are going to be run
without fuel. and we are going to grow
gasoline just like we raise corn"