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Of sergt Alvin c. York Of the Eighty second d.
vision In standing of and capturing 182 Germans
after his patrol was literally surrounded and out
numbered ten to one and Major Charles 8. Whit.
tleaey and his men Of the Seventy seventh division
when their battalion was cut of In the Argonns.
In refusing to surrender and holding out until
finally relieved. Doubtless many died in perform
Ing deeds Of unknown herosm as no survivor
remained to testify"
Sergeant York. who got early publicity from the
war correspondents that made his name house.
hold word, killed 25 Germans In 4 few minutes
with rifle and pistol and captured several machine
guns and crews. Marshal Foch says he did the
greatest thing accomplished by any single soldier
during the World war" The draft found him q
church elder and conscientious ObjectOr in the
Tennessee mountains He has consistently turned
down every proposition to make money out Of
his fame-$5OOOO and royalties estimated at $780,.
600 from the moving picture concerns; $500 q
week for 100 weeks from vaudeville: huge endow-
ments from several religious denominations. He
Is working to establish a mountain non.sectarian
school; has raised $4,000 by lecture and has
pledged $4,000 more When York discharged
the United States government gave him $50. Bills
introduced In the senate and house In his behalf
have come to nothing.
Lieutenant Colonel Whittesey 10 gone west
God rest his soul! He disappeared from The ship
In the night" abort time ago, en- route from
New York to Havana on the Toloa. His guing
was carefully arranged. Three years after the
war ended for others It killed him. He was Its
victim just as surely As II he had died with those
Of his Lost Battalion" who never came back out
Of tAe Argonne forest "over There" he could say
to the enemys demands for surrender, go to
Hlr Over here he was forced to surrender to
the SORROWS Of the aftermath. He felt he had to
help all the wounded and crippled and dying and
joblees who besleged him for help. The "Unknown
Dea6~ funeral at Arlington was the last straw He
broke under the strain
woodnl is the only professional soldier Of the
three-a REGULAR" Of the United Statea srmv
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the time Of bis last enlistment was 10 years.
months and n days. This with his "double time"
makes him eligible for retirement $50 years serv.
ics) At 20 per cent pay.
The citation describing woodnlls exploit 10
killing 10 Germans In two hours IL rather sketchy.
Here's Woodnls own account Of the performance
at least the high points Of It.:
ave were partly screened by low fog but the
moment We appeared the crest the Germans
began to pour In shells and machine gun bulleta
The enemy was entrenched. and also hidden BY
heavy green woods and was hard to locate.
Quick action was needed. I signaled several
men near me to get forward, and I rushed ahead
and worked my way across an opening OF about
$50 yards by crawling from she'll hole to shell
hole. Then reached small knoll. detoured to
the left. and worked my way until got to an
unirnproved road. from which could crawl up q
muddy ditch about ten yards long. When did
this could the gun position.
II didn't lose any time. slid my rifle for
ward and placed the butt against my shoulder
without exposing any part Of my body, then
raised on my elbows enough to see the gun and
killed five gunners In the pit. One enemy gun
ner attempted to retreat. but killed him with my
pistol. then feared to remain In my position
longer 20 dashed to cover Of the brush and ran
on to an officer, who sprang up to disarm me. I
killed him with my automatic. had only gone
a short distance when located another machine
gum 1 crawled to a hanking position close mp
to the gun and sniped i've Of Its crew and slenced
the gun
Iiocated a third machine gun position, and, using
the same method Of approach as previously ap-
piled 1 worked my way to n flank position and
then killed FIVE Of the gunners There was heavy
firing coming from the right front which caused
me to take refuge in the enemy's entrenchment.
and a. dashed into 1t nearly jumped on two
Germans who were crouching there. One Of them
started to level Luger on me. nred FIRST The
German doubled up and dropped his weapon. The
other one reached for hts ride. squeezed the
trigger on him. but ny gum failed to nre ]
dropped 1t and grabbed q pickaxs and hit the man
4 crushing blow on the head. AZ turned I saw
the other German had resained his pistol. 30 let
him have 1t with the pickaxe. too"
Sergeant Woodnirs wife was Miss Lorena b
wiltshire, born in Covington. Ky- and direct de-
scendant Of Daniel Boone. He had known Miss
Wiltshire for four years before he went overssaA
but they had postponed their marriage in order
to accumulate enough money to make the first
payment on a little home Of their own. The We'd
ding took place December g. 1917. She adds .
auai decoration-that Of Model Husband"
woodall Is thirty-eight years old. He stands
five feet, eleven inches, weighs $50 pounds and
has q 42-inch chest
Woodfll was made much Of BY odicIal Washing.
ton. 1t was severe ordeal for him, but b.
Ing under orders he bore HE houors with soldieriy
fortitude At the funeral Of the Unknown Sol.
dier" he wa perhaps the observed Of all %.
servers"
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M hoo0oWoek IN through The month:
Ifseommend your Vegetable Compound
% my friends for female tro1b!ee. -
Mn. DELLA SoHoLx, 1l12 Salisbury
Street. st. Louis, No.
Just think for . moment. LyWe Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND has
been IN US for nearly fifty year,: It y
prepared from medicinal p!anfa, By the
Utmost Pharmsee%tieal skili, and es2s.
sior methods. The insredtents tnus
cooditjoos which cause such annoying
symptoms - had been troubling 4rS.
Scholx. The Vegetable Compound sxse.
eiese Q restorative induence OF tie most
desirable character, correcting ths 1cu-
81 IN Q gentle but efficient mannss.
This l. noted, BY tho disappearancs. 90
altar another, Of The disagrssebae
UmptomA,
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"who is that growing at the
weather."
"A weather man taking day OF.
Naturally he thinks his substitute has
bungled things more or less."-Louis-
VILE Courier Journal.
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CRAMPS, PAINS
and BAckAChE
g. Louis Woman Relieved By
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound

St Loms, No. -"I wss bothsfsd
vifA cramps and pains every mcnth and
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ENCOURAGEMENT.

"The first hundred years are the
hottest" said the devil as a new ar
rival registered."-Life.
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had O4ck4cn0 ma
had to 60 to bed g I
could not work. Ny
m 0 thor and my
|whole family always
took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
| Compound for such
troubles and hey
Induced me- 70 Try Il
and It has helped NJ
very much. doo't
have cramps any
moro. and i can Do
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INa11M1 Ro<EaS< ~ 4rlr~-shs~.
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

ONE time or other President Harding
may perhaps have u chance to afiix his
signature to nn act Of congress giving
to Sergt. Samuel 'Woodhll. U. 8. A..
Fort Thomas. KY. a captains perma-
nent commission and retirement at that
rank. You see Sergeant wOodfill earned
his captalncy on the fighting line In
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promptly lowered. but without undue
haste.
As the men stood at their stations.
/ thought OF the famous scenes of
the sinking of the British ship Cam
perdown, which sank with all hands
at quarters and the band playing
God Save the Queen"
Standing orders required the gun
crews to remain at their guns until
special orders were given for them
to abandon ship" as there might be
a chance to fire on the enemy should
he come up to take a look at the
damage he had done and do gloat
over his prey. He did not appear, but
the guns were ordered to open fire
in the direction in which he might
be as il might prevent another inn
mediate attack. When the guns be-
gan firing it was a thrilling and
heartening thing to hear the cheers
of the men in the water and on the
RATS and boats around the ship.
They felt that something was being
done 10 strike back" at the Hun
who had, from his hidden position
under the water, wounded US TO
death.
The ship settled gradually. nearly
on an even keel. listed a little to star
board and down a little by the stern.
1t was hard TO realize that she was
actually sinking before our eyes and
we could do nothing to save her.
The chief master at arms, Sam
Rogers, a sailor man Of the old
school, devoted TO the navy. the ship.
her officers and crew, reported to me
that the decks were clear of the peo-
pie. The main deck then being un-
1cr water, the gun crews were or
dered to jump overheard and those
of us left went down the ladders into
the water and swan to the RATS
about a hundred feet from the ship.
A few minutes later the ocean
seemed to engulf the ship. 1 noticed
the bridge houses and structures
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speedy German submarine COM
manded by Capt. Remy, had haunted
our wake since midnight for a chance
to strike. With the dawn that chance
had come and with hell born aim
he sent us to our doom.
As I reached the bridge l found
that the officer of the deck, Lieut..
Martin, u. S. ". r. F., had sounded
the alarm and the call to battle sta
tons" and had stopped the engines.
The gun crews had been on watch at
the guns and were ready to fire. but
there was nothing to shoot at. The
submarine had only exposed his per-
iscope long enough te get his aim,
fire and dive. The track OF the tor
pedoes indicated that he was near
the ship on our left, the Ryndam,
about 500 yards distant, when he
fired. Afterward we found this to
have been the case, and the Ryndam
had tried to ram the submarine, but
he was so close TO the ship that she
could not turn onto him before he
dived out of sight.
The four ships were in line abreast
and the sub had picked the President
Lincoln as she was much larger than
the others.
All the officers and men and the
army passengers went TO their sta
tions and the reports of readiness
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water, and a little later all hands
We're ordered to abandon ship"
The method which we had adopted
required every one except the sick
to go into the water and swim TO the
RATS and then TO be picked up by
the boats. This was done in order
that the boats might be lowered
practically empty. with only two men
in each boat to handle the falls, so
as to prevent spilling men from the
boats as they were lowered, which.
had observed, generally occurred on
occasions when ships have met with
disaster This plan worked splen-
didly and it largely accounts for the
comparatively small loss of life.
The discipline was perfect. With
every one at his station, / ordered
the boats lowered, but as the boats
were lowering the ship Strengthened
up on nearly an even keel and i
thought that it might not be neces-
sary to leave her. / ordered stop
lowering" but the escaping steam
prevented the man from hearing the
order. They could see me, however,
and on a motion OF my hand the
boats stopped and were held on their
falls. A little later, when il was
evident that the ship was doomed, ]
gave the signal with my hands to
lower the boats, and they were
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Sinks rs Flag Flies.

The flag was flying on the after
mast when she sank and her guns
had been firing up 20 the last min
ute. which were fitting honors for
the ship which we loved so well, for
we had all come to love the old
President Lincoln and the hardships
of the winter had bound men and
ship into a team which loved to un-
dertake difficult things.
1t had been about thirty minutes
from the time she was struck till
the ship sank. The job then was TO
collect all RATS and boats together
and wait-hoping that the destroyers
might come to our rescue-in answer
to the SOS" sent by the other ships
which were with us. ] knew the de-
stroyers were about two hundred and
fifty miles away with the other con-
xoy, but I also knew that il was pos
sibIe that the safety of that convoy
might demand the presence Of the
destroyers, and in that case We
should have to wait till they could
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came to the bridge, quite in the usual
way as had been done at drill.
The engineer officer reported the
engines and boilers secured" and
ready for orders. There was no un-
due hurrying or confusion. The car
penter's repair parties went below
decks and inspected the condition of
the bulkheads and the holds adjacent
to the ones flooded with water. This
was dangerous duty. as if the bulk
heads should suddenly give away the
ship might sink so quickly that these
men could not have escaped TO the
upper decks, but there was no finch
ing of these men and | was kept
Informed of the condition of the holds
and interior spaces.
From my position on the bridge |
could see the boat crews standing by
their boats all along both sides of the
ship, and other groups of men were
standing by the life RATS. At the
guns on the forecastle and on the
main deck aft the gun crews were
searching for something TO fire at.
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"Sir, We Are Hit"

The morning of May 81 broke fine
and clear, the sun shone brightly,
and as we were then in about longi-
tude II degrees west and about 500
miles from the coast of France we
felt that the worst dangers of an
other voyage through the war zone
were over and that New York and
home were only little way before
us. Satisfied that all was well, few
minutes before 8 O'Clock / went into
the cabin under the bridge, entered
my stateroom for wash and then
walked into the cabin again for
breakfast. At that instant there
came a terrific crash and loud ex-
plosion, and most of the furniture
in the stateroom and cabin was
wrecked and tossed about.
Starting for the companionway i
was met at the door by the messen-
ger from the bridge, Seaman Leslie
Lowenstein, who reported: "Sir, the
officer of the deck says we are hit"
Once on the bridge / found the fact
too true; we had been hit, not once.
but thrice. The port side of our de-
voted ship was riddled. The U-9o, a
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come from Brest, five hundred miles
away. This would mean more than
a day and in that time the weather
and sea might become so rough as
to wash all those on the RATS into
the sea. ] felt, confident of assist
ance from Admiral Wilson, however.
if he had received the radio message.
and this confidence proved to be fully
warranted, for when. Admiral Wilson
received the radio reporting the sink
ing of the ship he promptly detached
one destroyer. the Warrington, and
an hour later sent another, the
Smith, from the cargo ships convoy
TO our rescue. In speaking of this
afterward Admiral Wilson said he
fully realized the military necessity
for protecting the supplies in those
ships which were vital to fill the needs
of the army. but the thoughts of the
crew of the President Lincoln adrift
on the ocean five hundred miles from
land appealed to him above every
thing else and he promptly sent the
destroyers to our assistance. The
American Navy. thank God, has not
yet reached the point where a bale
of hay or a side OF beef is worth
more than a sailors life.
But the work of collecting the
boats and RATS was soon interrupted
and about half an hour after the
ship sank we saw what appeared
10 be small sailboat approaching,
but we knew this could not be and
that it was the enemy's submarine
returning to look US over and prob
ably take some prisoners. 1t was
really hard TO realize that we were
at last to look the enemy in the
face, but il was bitter thing 10
know that we could no longer con-
tend with him and were practically
at his mercy.
The sub very soon came among
the boats and RATS searching for
officers. particularly the commanding
officer. He took one man, G. A.
Anderson, aboard. but later returned
him to his boat. The U-boat COM
mander asked Anderson many ques-
tions about the ship. but treated him
kindly.
Most Of the officers removed their
coats and caps so as not to show
the marks OF their rank. The sub
commander asked frequently for the
commanding officer. but the men al
ways replied that he had gone down
with the ship. At one title the sub
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Ordered to Abandon Ship.

The hatch just abaft the bridge was
open, as men had been engaged in
handling coal in that hold when the
torpedoes struck the ship, and some
of these men only barely escaped the
inrushing water. The executive Of
ficer. Lieut. Commander Lind. Y. 5.
", and watched water rise in this
hatch, and the engineer officer re-
ported water entering the engine
room. The men on watch in the
engine and fire rooms, under the
direction OF Lieut. Baker, Y. 5. y.
r. r.. performed their duties with
Characteristic ooolness and efficiency
and escaped to the upper decks with
out the loss of a man.
1t soon appeared that the ship was
doomed, and orders were given TO
lower the boats and rafts into the
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BY COMMANDER p. w. FOOTE,
u. S. NJ, Commanding Officer Of
the President Lincoln"

VTY HEN the U. S. S. President
wv Lincoln was sunk by the
German submarine U-90,
on May 81, 1918. there was an ex-
hibiticn of cool courage and efficient
performance of duty in the face of
impending death that will fill
bright page in the records of the
deeds of the men of our navy. The
crew of the ship was composed
largely of young men who a few
months before had been engaged in
the various pursuits of civil life. but
preceding winter months, when the
ship had voyaged back and forth
across the ocean, had been a good
school and under the guiding HAND
of the few officers and men of sea
experience this crew met the test in
way that was truly remarkable and
the memory of their clocklike per-
formance of duty will always fill
with pride the heart of the COM
manding officer. Col. Clopton, the
commanding officer of the troops on
board, afterward said that the
scenes attending the sinking of the
ship seemed like moving picture"
and it was difficult to believe that
the ship was really sinking.
We had made five trips to France
having transported about $4,000 sol
diers to help lick the Hun" and we
had almost come to believe that the
ship bore a charmed life and that
she would not be sunk-such is the
way. that the human mind adjusts
itself to conditions, imposed upon it.
We had sailed with many ships in
convoy groups, running at night
without lights with ships few hum
dred yards on each side of us, and
we had almost come TO regard the
danger of collision with other ships
and this was an ever present dam
ger at night-as more perilous than
the danger from the enemy's sub
marine.
On our previous voyage. however,
we had sighted what we believed to
have been a submarine, but as he
was directly ahead of us in the edge
of a fog he was unable to attack
and disappeared before we could fire
at him.
We left Brest, France, about dark
on May 29 in company with three
other naval transports, the Susque-
hanna, the Antigone and the Rim
dam, and we were escorted by Amer
Jean and French destroyers until
dark on May 80, when these boats
left us to join a large convoy of
ships bound for France. We hoped
to pass safely through the remain
ing part of the war zone under the
cover of darkness of that night.
On the afternoon of the 30th we
had held Memorial Day services in
honor of devoted Americans dead on
land and sea, and in our safety our
hearts went out TO those boys in the
trenches and on the seas who still
faced sudden danger and who might
be, at that very hour, giving their
lives for liberty.
AS the destroyers, one by one, dis
appeared in the darkness we took up
the duties of an added vigil, for we
had on board many wounded heroes
going back to Gods country" to re-
gain their strength, and the long
night watches must be kept with
diligence until we had passed safely
through the remainder of the war
zone. We trusted to the darkness
as an added measure of safety, for
on the morrow we would be clear of
the U-boats' hunting ground.
''Sir, We Are Hit"
The morning of May 81 broke fine
and clear, the sun shone brightly,
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Narrative of the President Lincoln

was within thirty yards of the boat
i was in and the men seemed to
enjoy very much telling him that
"the Captain went down with the
ship" BY that time he had identi-
fed one officer. Lieut. Z. v. NJ.
Isaacs, L. S. N, and had taken him
on board. When Isaacs was called
from his boat he said to his men.
''Good-by, men. it is all in the game"
This cheerful spirit of Isaacs was
characteristic of the entire ships
company, but the later experiences
of Isaacs. were to put this spirit to
a severe test when he exerted him
self TO the utmost to escape from
the German prisons and finally sue
ceeded after the most thrilling and
daring exploits.
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crash down under the weight of the
waves and then there was nothing
except little wreckage on the sur
face of the water. Our good ship
had gone to her grave, two thousand
fathoms under the sea.
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Continued % FOHosuino Pd0e !,
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VTY HEN the U. S. S. President
wv Lincoln was sunk by the
German submarine U-90,
The mirror., 1922-06-22

for a total of thirteen hits that were
equal to twenty bases. He passed five
men on balls and hit two batsmen, which
was equivalent to seven more bases. And
when his teammates sandwiched in
number of errors, the locals were having
a regular "merry-go-round" while he was
pitching. Strawlow who relieved him in
the fourth round, put crimp in this farce.
He allowed only one hit in the two frames
he worked and this was a triple and it
might as well have been only a single
for all the good it did.
Bur did the artillery work for the locals
and in the first three frames he pitched
shutout ball. After that the became
reckless and it came near costing him the
game. Fourteen hits were charged up to
him, thirteen of them coming in the last
three rounds. He struck out four men and
passed three on balls.
The mirror., 1922-06-22

meath the trees. This makes the gathering
of the crop quicker. The berries are then
assembled in sacks.
From this point on the berries are sub
jected to various mechanical treatments.
Under the "wet method" they are washed,
churned with hoes allowed to soften, and
are then run through mechanical pulper.
The seeds, still enveloped by their inner
skins, are strained from the "mush" re-
sulting from the pulping operations, and
are then placed in basins to ferment slightly
so that any remaining pulp will be
loosened. They are then spread out on
large paved surfaces to dry in the sun.
When properly dried the seeds are gath
cred up and run through ingenious ma
chimes which rub off the skin. The par
ticles of skin are sifted and blown out and
the coffee beans-hulled, cleaned and
sorted-fall directly from the last machine
into the bags. When these contain 1872
pounds each they are sewed up and are
ready for shipment to market
Along the roads, deep in red dust, six
or eight yoke of oxen draw the heavy
wagon, loaded with the precious sacks, to
the nearest railroad station, in cases where
the railroad does not come directly into
the fazenda, as it often does.
Off to the south go the trains, first to the
city of Sac Paulo, and then down the
steep eastern slopes of the Sierra do Mar
to the worlds famous coffee port. In
Santos, coffee absolutely dominates the lives
of the people. Coffee is everywhere-on
the streets, in the warehouses, on the
train. Every one is busy with coffee.