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20,000 SAVIN6S
SOCIETIES' GOAL
War Loan Organization Predicts
That Many for Ninth Federal
Reserve District.
WAR JOB NOT FINISHED
America's Great Power of Production
Whipped German Spirit and Now
Bill Must Be PaidCheap
4 at'Any Price. "-:"1'
War Savings societies are being or
ganized in all parts of the Ninth Fed
eral Reserve District as the first im
portant step in the national Thrift
campaign for 1919.
A. R. Rogers, Chairman of the Dis
trict War Loan Organization, predict*
that by the closing of Savings Society
Week, February 24, there will havo
been organized at least 20,000 activo
societies for the encouragement of
thrift and the sale of government se
curities.
Asked for a statement of the aims
and plans of the 1919 campaign, A. R.
Rogers, Chairman of the War Loan
Organization, dictated the following:
"The fighting is over but our war
job isn't finished. The world has
progressed thus far toward permanent
peace because America stepped in and
with her millions of men and billions
of money made it Impossible for Au
tocracy to win. By our marvelous pro
duction of war materials and our abil
ity to use them, we convinced Ger
many that a continuance of the fight
ing meant national suicide.
"What if our American-made can
non, motor trucks, tanks, rolling
kitchens, airplanes, poisonous gases
and ammunition did not reach Europe?
They were in readiness and would
have gone Into the lines in the spring.
Germany knew this. She was whipped
in spirit by the tremendous show of
power displayed by America.
"Our production of these things
ended the fighting. They saved
money and hundreds of thousands of
precious lives. Now they have to be
paid for and they are cheap at any
price. Our Government must pay for
them and we must temporarily loan
EFFICIENCY BANNER.
TMi beautifully printed colored po*t
r Is furnished to each War Savings
Society as organized. The apace at the
top indicates the monthly efficiency of
the Society, while the space below Is to
indicate percentage of members. Stars
and percent posters are furnished.
our money to our Government for that
purpose. Will we do it gladly and In
the spirit of thankfulness? I believe
we will.
Changed Conditions.
"The condition of the world in
which we live and of our country have
been wonderfully changed by this war.
Formerly, whenever we wanted to
finance a great development project
In America we went to Europe for the
funds. At the beginning of the war
Europe owned six billion dollars worth
of our securities. Today these have
been paid up and we hold practically
eight billion dollars worth of Europe's
'promises to pay.' Think of what that
means! It means that when we need
money for our Governmental projects
or industrial development we cannot
o to France or England for It. We
must get it in America. In order that
these necessary sums of money may
be available, we of America must cre
ate new wealth, must eliminate waste,
_must savenot a few Individuals but
the great mass of our people must
save and thus amass the dollars that
will make possible our development
and prosperity. The Government's Program.
"With these facts in mind, the Gov
ernment has decided to carry on a
widespread and Intensive educational
campaign of Thrift and Americaniza
tion.
"The War Savings Campaign of
1919 is the first step In this program,
The Treasury expects to realise this
year from the sale of War Savings
Stamps a sufficient sum to materially
assist In financing the war budget be
fore the end of the year.
"The Government hopes through the
1919 campaign to establish Thrift as
to permanent habit of the American
Ifeeople for the lasting prosperity sat
nfndurlng strength of the nation.
"Regular saving is the sound test
f thrift and a sure foundation for JsV
'vestment The backbone of the osjav
'paign is the War Savings society.
"In this great Ninth Federal Ra
U\ serve District we hope to do our foil
^ithare. Our people have never failed
^'J^lo respond to the call of duty, and
that call is as urgent now as it was
in 1917 or 1918. Because an individ
ual has done his duty conspicuously up
until now does not excuse him from
further efforts. There can be slack
ers in peace times as well as in war
times, and our organization will work
untiringly to see that all of the peo
ple of these Northwest states realize
their duty and do It. Incidentally,
while we are performing our duty to
the nation and upholding the honor
of our district, state and community,
we will be doing a favor to ourselves
by learning habits of thrift and the
value of service.
"There will be a Fifth or Victory
Liberty Loan, a movement in which
we can show our thankfulness for the
safety of our country and the saving
of the" lives of hundreds of thousands
of those dear to us.
Societies.
^S
flan,
"Just flow we are most vitally Tif
terested in properly starting the 1919
campaign for Thrift. In order that
this shall be a complete success, we
are convinced that it is necessary to
organize War Savings societies. They
are the means to a great end. We
should organize 35,000 of these soci
eties in the Ninth Federal Reserve
District. With the co-operation of all
the people this will be an easy task.
It will burden no one and it will bene
fit all of us."
THINK IK INTERESTSAVE
NOT TIME NOW TO LAY
YOUR PATRIOTISM ASIDE
We are spending at the rate of
two billion dollars a month, and
it is not the time for people to
lay their patriotism aside. To
the contrary. It Is a time when
people must exhibit a higher type
than- ever before. It is net so
very difficult to induce people to
respond to an appeal when we are
feeling the fever of fighting In our
veins, but It Is a little difficult
when people think the war Is at
an end.
.There are two million American
soldiers in Europe, and the obllga
tlon la just as much on the Gov
eminent today as when the guns
were firing to see that they are
maintained in comfort, to provide
for their return home, and to pro
vide when they shall return for
their places In the social and in
dustrlal life of the country, it Is
just as Important, and even more
Important, to Impress upon the
American people the necessity of
cultivating the habit of thrift and
saving.
CARTER GLA88,
Secretary of the Treasury.
December 30, 1918.
THINK IN IMTttESTSAVE
"MUST BE NO SAGGING"
ROOSEVELT'S LAST PLEA
Applies in Most Direct Manner to Pop
ular Support of Nation's Finan
cing Projects.
That Theodore Roosevelt's last plea
to America, "There must be no sag
ging back" has the most direct appli
cation to popular support of govern
ment financing projects, including sale
of War Savings Stamps was the state
ment made today by A. R. Rogers,
chairman of the central committee,
War Loan organization for the Ninth
Federal Reserve District.
"Roosevelt with his keen American
ism saw the possibility of a sag com
ing with the actual fighting at an end
and was a most earnest worker to
keep the hearts and thoughts of the
people placed right during the period
of rebuilding the same as in the war
period," Mr. Rogers said.
"Every argument that applied to the
habit of thrift during the war applies
to It today. The personal benefit of
saving is as great as ever, the profit
from interest on the investment is still
as good as It was. The security of
any loan made to the government was
unquestionable and today, with fight
ing at an end and even the possibility
that Germany might triumph gone. It
is perfect.
"When Roosevelt said there must
be no sagging' he meant that, the hab
its of right action developed by the
war must be continued. If he had
been asked he would have said that
for the American earners to keep, for
their future benefit and the bene
fit of their families, a part of
their earnings, was just as im
portant as any of the big national
policies. He would have said that to
the earner and saver himself savings
are immensely important.
"To stop saving and buying War
Savings Stamps today would be as
bad for the man at home as it would
be for the soldier holding the Rhine
to go on duty from now on without a
rifle. Cashing the stamps now which
a person has bought before, is simply
a retreat, as if the army that fought its
way to victory should run back to the
Marne and beckon to the enemy to
pour Into France once more."
THINK IX IKTERESTSAVB
DO Y0U3 BIT WILLINGLY
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By spending lavishly the United
States ended the war, saved bll
lions of dollars and hundreds of
thousands of lives. Pay your
share of the bills thankfully.
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DONT PART WITH THEM
Government seourltlesGive ln-^
surance for the family against
want. Don't part with them.
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VOL. 35. NO. 8 ST. PAUL Am MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. SATURDAY: b'ifiKttUABY 22/19)9
HAND GRENADES GONE,
THEY THREW STONES
Loss of Equipment Fails to Kill
the Fighting Spirit of
the Yanks.
The fighting spirit that made the
American army irresistible is illustrat
ed in the case of Private Michael J.
Feeney of Company G, One Hundred
and Fourteenth infantry regiment,
Twenty-ninth division, who, with his
"buddy," named Brady, put .a. German
squad to flight by hurling stones at
them. The incident is related In a
letter received in New York from
First Lieut T. J. B. Lang, Feeney's
commanding^ officer,.- who, vouches- for-
its authenticity. Lieutenant Lang
volunteered from Jersey City, while
Feeney's home is in Bayonne, N. J.
The Twenty-ninth division was in
heavy fighting in a wooded district in
or near the St Mihlel sector.
"Feeney and his running mate,
Brady, were occupying the same bunk
hole In the woods," writes Lieutenant
Lang. "There was just some tangled
underbrush between them and the
lines of Boches close in front. Dur
ing the early morning some Boches
who evidently had come up during
the night got close enough to hurl
their hand grenades into our lines.
We were not in trenches. We had
gone far, far beyond them.
"One Hun hurled a grenade quite
accurately and It landed on the edge
of the hole which was the 'hunting
lodge' of Feeney and Brady. Feeney
saw the grenade coming and jumping
himself, he hauled his comrade,
Brady, after him into the next hole
less than a foot and a half to the
right. Of course he didn't have time
to save his equipment.
"The grenade exploded with a ter
rible noise. It shattered the stock
of Feeney's rifle, making it useless,
but Feeney wasn't long In deciding
that the 'Dootchmen* were a dirty lot
and needed a beating. He had no gun
and no grenades so, with a curse at
the kaiser and his servants, he stood
up in plain view of the enemy and
threw rocks and stones at the Huns
a few yards away.
"They evidently didn't feel safe fac
ing Feeney and his mate, Brady, and,
thinking they were due for a shower
of grenades, beat a mighty hasty re
treat for their own territory-"
KANGAROO GETS MAD
Hits a Deer With His Tall In a
Fight
"Ned Kelly, the old buck kangaroo,
has been having a fight with the boss
stag of the axis deer herd," tsaid
Sergt McGee of the San Francisco
park police, "and it is the first time
I ever heard of two herbivorous ani
mals so widely different in species
finding common ground for a quar
rel.
"As a matter of fact was the
axis deer that started the trouble.
He was trying to show off before the
does and started butting at poor old
Ned Kelly, who was peacefully lol
loping about with no thought of trou
ble. The first butt of the deer set
Ned thinking, the second set him
mad, the thirdwell, Ned Kelly Just
turned about and gave the axis deer
one wallop under the stomach with
his tail. _You could hear the smack
five blocks away, and It simply
knocked the deer flat It dropped
as if it had been shot while Ned
Kelly just hopped away as happy as
a bird."
ATTACKED BY COON
Ferocious Animal Fastened Teeth
Upon Aged Man's Hand.
A. M. Kenzie, 74 years of age, of
Mitchell, S. D., started out to look
at his traps, and at a certain point
In the bluff observed a freshly dug
hole. Dropping on his knees he pro
ceeded to investigate, whereupon a
large coon ferociously attacked him,
fastening his teeth in Mr. Kenzie's
hand.
He fought the animal as best he
could, and finally succeeded In get
ting his knife out of his pocket Open
ing the blade with his teeth he made
an effort to cut the coon's throat
but the beast had so badly lacerated
his arm and hand that it was almost
impossible for the old gentleman to
subdue him. Finally he succeeded In
cutting the coon's windpipe, but not
until the animal had torn the flesh
from his hand and arm and com
pletely shredded his coat sleeve up to
the shoulder.
DEAD BROTHER'S PICTURE
Relatives See It on a Screen After
War Department Notice.
To receive word that a brother had
been killed in action in France and
then see his picture alive and happy
among a number of other frolicsome
.doughboys on a film in a picture
playhouse is the rare experience of
Lyle Beck and his sister, Miss Velma
Beck.
The two went to a theater in Mat
toon, HI. The memory of a telegram
from the war department at Wash
ington announcing the death of their
brother was sfUI fresh In their minds.
During the performance a war film
picture of scenes In France was
shown.
"Why there's William," Miss Velma
suddenly exclaimed to Lyle.
Both distinctly recognized the pie-
ture.-~lt was unusually dear, they
said.
-iJ~ S' "-*--.e --i .-5L.
HOLLAND HOUSED
10,000 HUN
Placed There to Keep in Touch
With Britain
USE DUTCHMENAS COURIERS
Carry Messages to Enemy Agents In
EnglandLoose Passport System
Made Things Easy at First-rSome of
the Spies Were Highly Educated
Men, Others Were Mere badowers
and Touts-Dangerous,Ban Broken.
There were 10,000 known? German
agents in Holland during the war. A
Dutch police inspector explained to
the New York Sun that to expel them
would simply mean that their places
would be taken by other and unknown
agents.
They drifted Into Holland on vari
ous pretexts. Some were highly edu
cated men, capable of moving in the
best society others were mere shad
owers and touts. They took up all
sorts of positions. The case of. the
porter at the Hotel des Indies, the
Waldorf-Astoria of The Hague, who
proved to be a brother of the then
German ambassador at Constantinople,
is already known. But that is only
one of hundreds of similar incidents.
The chief task of this army of men
was of course to keep In touch with
Great Britain. In the early pays of
the war there was no more difficulty
In this than if there was no war.
British passports in those days were
not worth the paper on which they
were produced.
A young journalist who was in Hol
land but had no passport got one from
the local Consul (a Dutchman of
course) simply on the production of a
letter from home. Later on it was
rendered very difficult to get a British
passport, but curiously enough the pre
vious issues of useless paper were not
withdrawn until the war had ,been in
progress for three full years. It need
hardly be said that the German secret
service made good use of the careless
ness.
Lack of Cs-eperatlon.
Again the spies benefited from the
lack of co-operation between the dif
ferent British departments. Thus In
one large town the British community
was unofficially warned against patron
izing a certain music dealer,-JS&O~:was
a known German agent. Yet that man
was one.of the few Dutch music deal
ers who had a license for the import
of British music.
Dutchmen were largely used as cou
riers between the German agents in
Holland and the spies In Britain. Loose
women and night clubs were employed
as a means of ensnaring young men
for this purpose.
Another aspect of the activities of
these human moles was that of gather
ing information in Holland. The or
ganization behind them was marvelous.
Enormous prices were paid to Dutch
telegraphers for copies of entente
code wires passing between the lega
tions and Downing street or the Quay
d'Orsay. So rampant did this evil be
come that the Dutch authorities had
to insist on each operator submitting
to a search before going on duty and
again afterward.
Photography was used to an extraor
dinary extent. Passengers boarding
the boats for England were snap
shotted and the photos all carefully
filed. Photography was chiefly used to
ensnare possible victims. On one occa
sion a French attache, riding in the
woods near Wassenaar, encountered a
lady who had been thrown from her
horse. With the gallantry of his race,
he went to her assistance. A few days
later he was confronted with photo
graphs of himself kneeling beside the
"injured" lady. He was told that the
lady was not injured at all, and would
tell her own story.
Dangerous Band Broken Up.
With the threat of exposure as a
lever, great effort was made to turn
him into a traitor. Fortunately, he
acted promptly and with courage, and
in consequence a dangerous band was
broken up. This was by no means an
isolated Instance.
One characteristic of Teutonic meth
ods was the adoption of great precau
tions to get the odium, in the event of
discovery, thrown on Britain. On one
occasion an "English" yacht, manned
by "Englishmen," was found strand
ed in forbidden waters near the mouth
of the.Scheldt The yacht was seized
and the crew arrested. On board was
found ,a fairly complete plan of the
Dutch mine field protecting the mouth
of the Scheldt The odium was thus
thrown on Britain. Happily, a few
days later the plot was discovered and
the psuedo-Englishmen found to be
Teutons from Hamburg.
Finally, an instance may be given of
how the practice of spying has been
Ingrained in the German people. A
Dutch family living at Haarlem had a
German boy of eleven staying with
them in the summer of 1917. They
found that the youngster was keeping
a note of all that was said in the con
versation about Germany. When asked
the reason of this, the boy said that
he had been Instructed to do so by his
school-teacher, so that anybody who
spoke agalnstt the kaiser could be
found out and punished. That from a
boy of eleven 1
Half of Town Had Flu.
More than 50 per cent of the 500 uv
habitants of Mount Braddock, Pa^
were stricken with the Spanish lnflu
and about 10 par cent died.
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PLAY TRICKS ON HUNS
BY HIDING TREASURE
Family in Lille Conceals Auto and
Tires From Soldier
Searchers.
It is now permissible to tell of the
hiding places of French and Belgian
inhabitants, where they saved person
al property from requisition or con
fiscation by the Germans. This in
formation was at first held up for
fear the Germans in their retirement
might tear down houses where they
suspected concealment of property.
In Lille one family had an alcove
boarded up and wall paper plastered
over the boards to match the paper
of the rest of the chamber, which was
the living room. In this alcove were
hidden a complete automobile, except
ing the frame, including two extra
tires also 800 bottles of wine, bronze
and copper candlesticks and other
ornaments. This family was in "hot
water" several times when visited by
German searching parties.
The method of the searchers was
for noncommissioned officers to en
gage the woman of the house in con
versation upon some alleged breach
of regulations while German soldiers
secretly made their way into the
house and gained every floor.
The soldiers with hammers would
sound walls, ceiling and floors in an
endeavor to find the suspected cache.
They would trace exposed water
pipes, gas pipes and electric wires.
The family with the boarded up al
cove was fortunate to escape all the
wall tests.
A number of families, even with
German officers and soldiers billeted
in their homes, were able to clean out
hiding places behind wainscoting
where they stored a surprising amount
of wine and other goods greatly de
sired by the enemy. Many a hole
was dug In cellars and covered with
big flat stones, and many persons had
money and jewelry sewed up In hid
den pockets In their clothing.
"They were not so clever as they
thought they were, those Germans,"
smile the people of Lille, the largest
French .city that had been occupied
by the Germans. Then with a wink
they show you what escaped becom
ing loot
"BLACK JACK" KISSES JEAN
French Boy Reminds American Gen-
r. eral of Home.
An old Atlanta newspaperman now
in France writes describing a visit
of General Pershing to the front just
before the drive for and capture of
Fismes.
"When the general came into the
yard at Annex twenty-nine of us were
playing tag with Jean, the 6-year-old
'mascot' of Base No. 48," he says.
"Of course we all snapped to atten
tion and saluted. And little Jean,
clicking his heels in true military
fashion, came to attention with an
American salute, holding it like a
small statue Until the 'big chief re
turned It. The instant the general
finished his salute he walked over to
Jean, lifted him up and gave him a
regular old campaigner's hug with a
regular American daddy kiss right on
the mouth. Jean, though blushing
furiously, chirped: 'Hello, General
Pair-r-rshang!' And there came into
the general's eyes a suspicious mois
ture indicating that he might be think
ing of another 'kid' a little bit older,
somewhere in America."
THIS CHURCH IS RICH
Refuses One Million for an Oil Well
In Cemetery.
The Merriam Baptist church of
Ranger, Tex., which already has ac
quired an income of $200,000 a year
through oil wells sunk in its church
yard, has refused $1,000,000 for the
right to develop wells in the grave
yard which adjoins the church, It be
came known here.
The graveyard now is surrounded
by oil wells and numerous companies
have made the congregation, which
has only 29 members, fabulous offers
for the burying ground.
The congregation has voted that
none of Its members shall profit per
sonally by its good fortune,* but that
the entire income shall be devoted to
the glory of God. The sum of $100,-
000 already has been distributed
among Baptist institutions in this
state.
MOUNTAIN LIONCAUGHT
That Animal Felt into a Trap Set for
Coons.
Jacob Gilbert of Grass Valley, Nev.,
exhibited a handsome young Califor
nia lion which had been captured with
a trap set for coons. He had set his
trap In Clear creek between North
San Juan and Freeman's Crossing and
was astonished when he went to visit
the trap and saw a large lion vainly
trying to shake it loose. Gilbert sized
his victim up and, knowing that the
only good lion was a dead lion, he
proceeded to empty the contents of
his trusty gun Into the animal's body.
The animal measured six feet from
tip to tip.
i No More "Half-Soled" Trousers.
Declaring that unpadded seats re
mit in "undue wear" on the trousers
of the members of the Ohio house
of representatives, Assemblyman
Long introduced a resolution author
ising the purchase of seat covers. The
measure was adopted by unanimous
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SUBMARINE CHASER MAKES PORT
WITH SAILS OF BED CLOTHING
Engines of No. 28 Break Down, Despite Applications of Salad Oil
and Butter When Lubricating Oil Gives Out, and Craft
Is in Distress for Thirty DaysCrew
on Short Rations.
How the crew of a submarine chaser
rigged up bed clothes as sails, their sig
nals of distress failing to bring help
after the vessel's engines were dis
abled and her navigating instruments
vasbed overboard in midocean, and
how they piloted the craft through the
open sea for a month until they
reached the Azores, is graphically de
scribed in the report of Alexis Puluhen,
the sailing master in command, which
has just been made public by the navy
department.
The submarine chaser, which was
called No. 28, was American built and
one, of a group turned over to the
French government. Manned by French
crews the vessels left the Bermudas
on January 7, 1918, and soon struck
heavy weather. The tugs and chasers
found it hard to keep together. In a
terrific storm on January 12 the tug
convoy was scattered and No. 28 lost
sight of her companions.
Heavy seas carried away her life
boats, davits, boxes of coal and gaso
line and ventilators. The engine room
was flooded, but the crew managed to
start one engine and keep the vessel
going. When the weather moderated
somewhat No. 28 started out in search
of her convoy. She then developed en
gine trouble, and the shortage of lubri
cating oil became alarming.
Although the crew worked frantical
ly they could not locate the trouble
and the engines finally went "dead."
Submarine chaser No. 28 was therefore
helpless, and although many signals of
distress were sent up nobody seemed
to see them.
Reported at the Azores.
When the group of chasers reached
the French port No. 28 was reported
missing and it was generally believed
she had been lost Then on February
18, much to the surprise of both the
French and American navy depart
ments, she was reported at the Azores.
The expedients to which the crew of
the vessel resorted in their month at
sea are best related in the sailing mas
ter's own report:
"The machinists set to work to fix
the engines, and on Wednesday, Janu
ary 16, at midnight the central engine
started up. I set course east. There
was nothing in sight At 3 a. m. we
again broke down. At 3:30 a. m. I
saw lights of two steamers to port on
the horizon, headed east. I showed
two red lights at the masthead and sig
naled to them with the blinker. They
did not answer me and continued on
their course to the east.
"The boat continued stopped and the
machinists kept at the repair of the
engines. I kept, pumping the bilges
where the water reached a height of
about 20 inches. The boat made a lot
of water from the springing of her
beams.
"At ten minutes to 12 a. m. I saw
the mast of a scout boat on the horizon
to the northwest. Considering my boat
to be in a critical condition by reason
of the length of time it had been dis
abled and the near exhaustion of my
lubricating oil, I fired a salvo of six
shots and hoisted the signal of dis
tress. I obtained no answer and could
see nothing more of them a few min
utes later. At noon the center engine
started up course east Nothing in
sight. At 1 p. m. a new breakdown of
the engine. The chief machinist, Faig
nou, reported to me that the lubricat
ing oil was all gone.. Thereupon I used
soap suds and several greasy sub
stances to replace the oil, but these
gave bad results.
"I then gave all the salad oil and
butter for the lubrication of the en
gines. These latter gave very good re
sults, but were not sufficient There
was about five gallons. At 20 minutes
to six p. m. the engine started up
course east, nothing in sight
"At half-past eleven p. m. another
and last breakdown of the engine and
burning out of the dynamo. The chief
machinist reported to me that he
would noti)e able to make the engines
run any more, 'x'he radio would not
work. It was impossible for me to call
for help. There was nothing left me
aboard but several pints of salad oil,
which I used only for the lubrication
of the auxiliary engine with which 1
pumped bilges when the state of the
sea was such that I could not use the
handy-billy (band pump).
"I found myself, therefore, In com
plete distress, drifting toward the
southeast at the mercy of the winds
and sea, with no exact position. I es
timated my position at this time as 36
degrees, 30 minutes north latitude, and
39 degrees west longitude (about 700
miles from the Azores).
Put Crew on Short Rations.
"I remained in this condition until
the eighteenth of February without
getting help of any kind. I ordered a
jury lug rig to be got tip, pumping the
bilges all the time, putting out and tak
ing in a sea anchor when I thought it
well to use it sparing the. drinking
water as much as possible, rationing
the crew to the lowest possible
amount in view of the probability of a
long royage putting out and taking in
the sails according to the condition of
the weather and the direction of the
wind, and endeavoring to make head
way east by compass in an effort to
reach the Azores. The winds were fa
vorable, blowing generally from the
westerly quadrants and changing at
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intervals from northwest to southwest
"I sighted four steamers, of which
three were very far away and making
a course nearly parallel to mine, so
*?l? t^f aid nat approach very near
to me. They were out of sight very
quickly and probably did not see me.
"On the 8th of February at half
past nine in the morning, I saw the
third steamer about four points to
port and crossing our course not far
away. The weather was fine, the sea
very beautiful. I at once hoisted sig
nals of distress and got out the life
boat, manned by two volunteers, and
ordered it to get in the path of the
steamer and speak to him, but when
he arrived at a distance of about five
miles and was bearing about two
points forward of the port beam, the
steamer changed course suddenly and
put on all steam. I immediately fired
a salvo of seven guns at intervals of
one minute, in accordance with the
rules of distress signals, but he did not
answer me and continued to run away.
At 15 minutes past eleven he disap
peared over the horizon, heading about
southwest
"The conduct of the crew was mar
velous throughout the voyage. They
retained at all times their habitual
calm. They never complained of the
smallness of the ration which it was
necessary for me to restrict them to,
and thereby showed a grand spirit of
sacrifice and self-denial.
Steered by Sails.
"On February 18, at half-past six a.
m., 1 saw land one point on the port
bow, bearing north 55 degrees east by
compass. I headed over and took a
sounding from time to time. At eleven
a. m., as the ship was going very slow
ly because of the light breeze from the
west that prevailed and the sea was
calm, I had the Jifeboat hoisted out
and manned by three volunteers for
the purpose first of reconnoitering the
exact nature of the land, and secondly
to have a tug sent out I hoisted at
the same time the signal *YP'I re
quire a tug.' At one p. m. I recognized
Fayal to port and Pico to starboard.
At half-past two p. m. I saw a tug com
ing from port and heading for me. At
three p. m. I doused sail (one jib, two
staysails and one fore-and-aft main
sail). These sails allowed us to steer
to a certain extent, and drove us about
three knots when we had a fine sea
and a good breeze. They were made
from tablecloths, sheets, bedspreads
and blankets. The weather did not
permit of their being used at all times,
because they were not very strong.
At 25 minutes past three the Sin
Mac took me in tow about five miles
southwest of Fayal and brought me In
to the port of Horta. At half-past
four the Sin-Mac took in her tow line
and a patrol boat of the port put me
alongisde the French four-masted
bark Cape Horn.
"The coal for the galley was all ex
pended by January 26. The galley
fire was made from the wood of the
broken mess table and benches. I es
timate that I might have held out for
20 days longer, but not more than that
because all the provisions and water
would have been gone by that time."
IS TOO CONSCIENTIOUS
Objects to War and Gets 15 Years
In Penitentiary.
He not only was a conscientious
objector to war but also had similar
conscientious scruples against kitchen
police duty, signing the pay roll or
helping police the battery area. Of
ficers stated at the court-martial at
Columbia, S. C, that his conscience
stood in the way of any kind of work
he was asked to do. That's why Pri
vate Nussbaum, according to the
court-martial sentence, must serve
fifteen years at hard labor in the
Fort Leavenworth military prison and
is deprived of all bis pay and al
lowance. .At the expiration of his
term Nussbaum Is to be dishonorably
discharged.
BULLET DIDN'T KILL
Moose Lived for Days With One in
Its Heart
The head of a bull moose, which
lived for days and perhaps for weeks
with a bullet in its heart now graces
the west door of the.South Dakota
capitol at Pierre. It has an antler
spread of six feet The animal was
killed by B. A. Cummins of Pierre
while hunting In Canada and the
mounting was done at Winnipeg.
When the moose was dissected the
bullet was found in its heart, covered
with rust and hunters believe that
the animal-had carried the bullet for
a considerable length of time. The
moose seemingly was in the best of
health when killed.
Double Admits Relationship.
When Cincinnati detectives sent a
negro prisoner to police headquarters
on a charge of carrying liquor into
dry territory he looked so much like
Jack Johnson that the desk man said:
"Jack Johnson?" "No, sah, my name
ain't Jack Johnson, but I knows him.
Him and me Is first cousins, boss.
His mammy and man mammy mar
ried brothers/
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