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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
FOOD WINS THE WAR
- DON'T WASTE IT
SIRAF1XG THE U-BOATS
Judging from the official and the
unofficial reports, the last week
hag »een an unhealthful period for
»1>» kaiser's submarine. From the
aayy comes a description of the
capiurt of a U-boat crew and the
siniin,; of the craft by two des
triers. London reports that at
American passenger steamer sunk
a submarine by gunfire off the coas
of .England, and from other saurces
t'*r information comes that Ameri
can destroyers suddenly pounced up
on foux U-boats who had their con
au>g towers open, charging their bat
tori?*. In addition to these cheer
ing items, word is received that the
crew of one submarine mutinied
and surrendered the vessel intact at
a French port. It is likely that the
brisk campaign waged against the
pirate craft is responsible for the
comparatively few sinkings of mer
chant ships during the last week.
It is regrettable that the policy
o' keeping secret tlie details of
most of the l*-boat sinkings, on the
theory that Germany would be at
a •'.isadvSditage if kept in the dark,
is a naval necessity. The British
intelligence department has learned
that Germajiy does not know how or
w'.ea U-boats are sunk, nnd would
be pleased to have this informa
tion. Undoubtedly there are acci
dents not associated with enemy
activities which account for a cer
tain number of underwater craft.
Th • hazard of navigation must be
great, and when a U-boat goes down
with all on board there is 110 way
that Germany can learn of its fate.
The German navy is likely to wait
a reasonable time before sending ou
another submarine to take the place
o' *r-e missing vessel, so that few
er U- boats are in commission than
there would he if the Huns knew a!
the facts.
The American naval authorities
have given consent to the British
col'cv of secrecy concerning the cam
paign against the pirate craft, so
that for th»s present, at least,
♦here is no official report concern
•ng so satisfying an enterprise as
taking four at one stroke.
The destruction cf a U-boat by:
two American, destroyers and U^e
8'«>lRg of another by an armed
passenger sh'p are incidents which
show the Yalue of constant vigilance
Wnenerer it is possible to see the
submeiBible before it Btrikes, the
cha«ces are largely in favor of the
surface craft. It is when the U
boat Is able to launch its deadly toi-<
nod ops unseen by the victims that
the peril is the greatest. To en
courage vigilance in keeping a look
out, prizes hPve been offered pass
aaaers for sighting periscopes. In
stead of a few lookouts, everybody
»board ship is scanning the sea for j
ligns of the enemy. The filaa, has
Letter to Mrs. Harrison
Tells of Halifax Disasterj
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M»'. L. A. Harrison Is in receipt
of letter from Mr. Harrison's sis
ter, Mr. \Ym. Gillespie, who was re
siding- 75 miles from Halifax at the
t'me of the disaster, telling of the
awfu. conditions that existed there.
Mrs. Gillespie is a graduate nurse,
and worked day and night aiding
str'cken people. Mrs. Gillespie was
a .^kagway visitor a year ago. A
brother of Mr. Harrison, doctor Hi
Halifax, escaped death, almost mir
aculously, but read the letter, here's
part of it;
"Last Thursday 6th at 9 a. m.
1 was up-stairs doing- chamber
work and Will in the study directly
under me jvhen the house was shak
eu *s though in a terrific gale. We,
of course, thought it an earthquake,
but about 10:30 Dr. Johnson, our
local doctor, called me to the phone
jand said the north end of Halifax
was blown up and every available
House, nurse and doctor was want
ed at once.
"Will and I both went. Of all i
the sights I ever saw, over 2000
al-eady reported dead aaid as many
or more terribly cut, etc. It
aeeics « rumbliug just before the j
explosion or rather concussion came,
just giving people enough time to
turn to the windows to look, con
sequently receiving glass in the
face au-i eyes. So many faces are
completely unrecognizable and eyes
out. We stayed until Saturday 8
p. m. and worked most of the time.
I was in the operatiug room.
"Truro and New Glasgow have
taieu several hundreds, New York.
H!D!K3 THE WARSHIP.
Smok» Sireeis ar^d How They Ar#
Usfd l.i Naval Engagements.
The iraun-r In whlih the density of
the smoke screens is regulated during
a baitle is interesting. liv partly shut
ting ou' tb" t to her boilers a bat
tleship Is xar.de to eiu't clouds of smoke
which s-reni iier fr< m the enemy. But
how can the stokers, who are far be
low deck, see the stacks so that they
can regulate the smoke clouds to the
proper density V By nn electric "eye,"
*ay« Popular Science Monthly. The
eye is placed near the top of the smoke
stack. and it records the exact density
jii cle- tri Hole;.; conveniently located
m the bo!lor win.
Tiii.i lon aiUai'ly clever eye'U simply
i w!ro coil <f ;a lenlum v.hlch is car
ried in n housing on the inside of the
<nn>!<estack wnl's. An doc trie light, in
.mother hoi: !;ig directly opposite, plays
its beams of ti.^lit s.-uareiy upon the
>viit\ Now. .seleuluiu. as is well known,
has the pec-Uiar projert..- of changing
.ts resistance to uu electric current
when t!.i- lig; i filling upon It changes.
The weak -r the l'; l:t the greater the
resistance. ti'id vb e versa.
Evident v. tiu ... the denser the smoke
emitted tiiruugh tuc stack the weaker
the liuiit that gels through the smoke
from the electric lamp aud falls upon
the selenii:.a. I'y connecting the sele
nium with :.:i cbvfT- meter and the
ship's li^ht'ng ira'm the electric cur
-•ent going through the meter will be
lowered by the i:<tvased resistance.
The meter is very sensitive and shows
the slightest change in smoke density.
Moreover, It is calibrated to iudicate
exactly what the :• ;iu:l smoke density
is, so ttiat tho • r.. .. .s caa re,Mate the
cutoff of the draft t*> a nicety.
Glass plates- nn> placed In front of
the lamp and of the selenium coll to
protect them from soot. The plates
are kept clean by streams of com
pressed air directed against them.
DanQer l.i Hasta.
In a Vermont town they toll of a suit
or who. after soma years of devotloa.
finally proposed to the l.idy of his
choice.
"Hut. Henry," protested the lady,
"this Is really sudden: You Lad letter
give me a week to think It over!"
"Very well, my dear," said Ilenry.
"And." after due reflection, be added,
"perhaps it would l»e as well If I
thought It over myself at the sr.me
time!"—ruck.
Imaginary.
"Father," snid the little boy. "every
now ami then I bear you talking about
somebody who was old enough to know
better."
"Yes, ray hoy."
"What age is that, father?"
And the old gentleman after some j
thought replied:
"My son. there Isn't any such thing.
It's like the golden age-purely mytho
logical."
Easy by Comparison.
"You must put your shoulder to the
wheel," salt! the earnest citizen.
"Clad of the chance." replied Mr.
Chuggins. "I feci lucky If I don't have
to crawl under a inoturiar and lie on
my back to tlx the works."—Washing
ton Star.
Our Help.
"Did you succeed In hiring a new
cook?"
"Xot yet. She Is looking up my ref
erences."—Exchange.
worked well and has already re-J
suited In saving some ships and in
the detraction of various U-hoatg.
Sea'tle P.-I, .
Boston, and Providential have sent
train loads of help of all kinds.
"It Is believed to be .German
work, A high explosive munition '
ship was in the harbor and fire J
was discovered on it, supposed to |
be caused by a time bomb. The cap
tain tried to get it out and to
open th cock-pits to sink the Bliip,
but ' -i Belgian relief boat coming
in did not answer the signals
quickly enough and they collided,!
quickening the explosion .
"We are all practically paralized
over t_e event. Boys returned from
the front say there is nothing to be
seer worse on the battle front, both
of nroperty destroyed and suffering.
Th^t just gives one a slight idea
of horror of it, babies unclaim
ed, one dear child about 4 said,
'Mama went down stairs to get po
tatoes and never came up.' Oh, it i
is Hades. But with help things are |
gettinr settled. The snow storm tUe
follow'ng day would kill heaps from j
the shock..
"Laurie (Mr. Harrison's brother)
had a miraculous escape. Although
perhaps a' third of Halifax wag de
stroyed, both Halifax and Dart
mout" lost most of their windows,
snd Laurie's window just behind i
hv desk in the office, frame and [
all, came in cleaoi over his head, if
it h*l gone a few inches lower he I
would never have moved. But onei
heari scores of miraculous es
cappg. He was not scratched, and |
is now working almost every day
and nlgbt." ' ; -!
LIEUT. COL FITZHUGH LEE
Lieut. Col. Fitzhugh Lee of a family
of eminent warriors, who is now at
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., is the son
of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, the dashing
beau sabreur of the Confederacy and
Is grand-nephew of the illustrious Rob
ert Edward Lee, in whose honor the
camp is named. He Is also great
grandson of Light Horse Harry Lee
one of the most famous soldiers of the
Revolution.
Had Encu;!i Trouble.
"Darling, I buve dcoided to speak to
your father tonight."
"Oh, not tonight, Alfred. He lias cut
himself shaving. missed si train, broken
his glasses and lost an umbrella—all
since this morning."—Browning's Mag
azine.
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8aturday Evenings
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