The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1918, Page 8

\ BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE CREWS CRAZED | BY SUFFERING U-Boat Victims Lick Boats for _ Moisture and Seek Death inSeaw | om i TELLS TALESOF PLUCKY DEEDS Herole Acts of Officers and Men Be- : longing to All Branches of Sea \ Services, Naval and Gage Mercantile. ee London—Much, has been written about the hardships endured by the crews of vessels sunk by German sub- marines, Here are some particulars dealing with the plucky deeds per- formed by officers and men belonging to all branches of the sea services, Raval and mercantile. ‘The first case is that of a passenger steamer which had been torpedoed on Monday, without warning, as usual, in the Atlantic, 320 miles from land. The ‘chief officer took charge of No. 2 Mfeboat, which had on board 81 per- sons, including. two women and a baby four months old. Bad weather prevailed all that day and throughout the night, increasing the plight of the miserable people. Pto- visions, too, were scarce, but what ex- isted was taken charge of by the chief officer, who doled out half a dipper @half-pint) of water to each person night and. morning. z ‘They had been barely twenty-four howrs in the boat when the horrors of the situation were added to’ by mad- ness. On the Tuesday the cook lost his reason, and on the Wednesday he died. That night-witnessed the insan- ity of the storekeeper, who had to be lashed down. On Thursday he too died. Op Friday an A. B. expired. Water Begins to Get Low. The water was now beginning to give out and the boat’s company suf- fered from intense thirst. A fireman was found dead in the bottom of the boat on Saturday morn- ing, and the third-class pantry boy died during the day. On Sunday the cattleman tried to jump overboard three times, and suc- ceeded at the fourth attempt. The sur- vivors were: in too feeble a state to save‘‘him, although they turned the boat round and searched for him. The water gave out on Sunday. ‘There were occasional showers of rain, but everything was saturated with galt, and the little water they got was undrinkable, They licked the woodwork, hoping to gather up the raindrops Then they broke up the water keg, and licked the inside, which they found saturated with moisture, and delicious. At 3 p. m. on Monday land was sighted, but it was a long way off, and by the time they drew near darkness and a heavy northerly swell made a landing impossible. They lay to, and during @ gquall their mast carried away at the heel, but that did not matter much, for it acted as a sea anchor, sinAt daylight on Tuesday they were | & Wighted ‘by a couple of fishing boats, which towed them into port. The baby lived for some time after being landed. The linen keeper. died as he was being Ufted from the bont. Two of the crew refused to leave the boat, having gone mad. A trimmer died from gangrene two weeks later. The chief officer remarked : “I woulé lke to testify to the excellent behavior of the boat's crew throughout our pe- Tiod of eight days’ hardship and ex- posure.” The second case. deals with a Brit: ish ofl ship which had been torpedoed without warning.’ ‘The torpedo struck it between the ¢wo forward tanks, and it, was burning furiously. Its engines ‘were still running, becouse it had been impossible to reach the engine room . after the explosion on account of the heat. Visible for miles through the darkness, it looked like some fiery pen- nant flung across the face of the night. All'the holds had caught and a con- tinuous stream of oll kept feeding the fire. Crouched up in the peak, which was the only part dot yet alight, were about thirty Chinese, all who remained of the crew. Death by fire or by water was only a matter of time; that seemed to be a certainty. 1 Sighted by Patrol Boat. ‘The Heutenant in command of a pa- ‘trol vessel saw a ragged sheet of flame and altered course forthwith. To ex- tinguish the flames was _ impossible, and the rescue of the survivors in the oller’s peak, but there was no more life- tes. He ran his vegsel close past the oil- er’s stem and as she passed rafts life- boats and lifebuoys were pitched over- board by the crew of the patrol ship. ‘The Chinese were told to jump over- board. This was repeated three times. By that time all boats had been low- + ered to pick up the. men in tlre water. ;There now remained nine men in the oller’s peak, but there was no more life- saving apparatus on board the patrol vessel. “he lieutenant decided it was Necessary. to place himself alongside the ship and take off the remainder of the crew. A speed of eight knots be- ing maintained, this was done. They remained alongside, locked to the steamer’s windward bow, for a period sufficient for all nine men to lower themselves on board this ship, which sustained slight superficial damage to guard rails and upper-deck fittings, Ten minutes after clearing the steamer abe was burned to the water line. TOMATOES. © Large Tomatoes and Cabbage plants growing in the open ground, perfect- Jy-hardy. cabbage at 10 cents a doz- en; tomato plants at 25 cents dozen. See Faunce, Fourth Street and see the plants. “‘THbune Want Ads Bring Results. ALLIED WARSHIPS IN HARBOR OF JAPANESE, / | 5 ‘a (By Associated Press.) Although the Germans in Flanders and Picardy are keeping up incessant- ly their preparations for a resumption of their spring drive, there is as yet no indication that an attack on a large scale is immediately imminent. For several weeks past the enemy ing up guns and suplies of all kinds and also new forces to reconstruc! the units which the American, B: h and French guns cut to pieces as ha tried at various points to break the allied line, and the feeling now is that the work is fairly: well done and that any day may witness the commencement of another great of- fensive on the western front, As ready as is the enemy for the battle stand the allied armies, so far as men and gun power are concerned, and_ confident that: no advantage will be. gained over them, except, as has been usual by the payment of an awful price in men fed to the guns. Large numbers of’,Ainericans daily are being: brought to the ‘izont, ready for immediate service, or are reinforc- ing the units. under intensive training immediately behind. ‘the: battle line. (Meanwhile the big guns ‘continue to roar in mighty: duels on various sectors, and heré and, there small bands of infantry constantly are leav- ing their trenches in raids or small attacks with the object of capturing pieces of terrain which may be of stra- tegic value when’ the big: fight be- ins, iy The latest of these small affairs Bismarck Man Has Place on Dental Society Program Grand Forks, May 20.—The program is complete and eyerything is in readi- ness for the annual meeting of the North Dakota State Dental associa- tion to be held here next Tuesday and Wednesday. ; Among the features of the first day’s work will be a clinic by Dr. Geo B. Winter of St. Louis, Mo., on the subject of exondentia. He ‘will be as- sisted by Dr. Boyd S. Gardner, also of that city. Dr. Winter is recognized as one of the best versed men in Amer: ica on this subject, and dentists from all over the state are anticipating a treat at this clinic. The address and demonstration\.of Dr. Winter, which takes place on’ Tuesday morning, will be preceded by a business session, at will be heard, committees appointed and several reports heard, including one on preparedness league of Amer ican dentists, by President Albert Dr. P. R. Thomas of Mineapolis will read a paper on children’s den- tistry, following the business session and Dr, Herman A. Mayes, assisted by Henry P. Boos,¥both of Minne&polis, will hold a clinic on the Supplee meth- od of impression taking with the mouth closed under normal biting Dr. Winter there will be demonstra- pressure. Following the address of tions by Dr. A. 'M. Hardaway of Mi- not, of canal root operation and by From this gun on Oct. 23, 1917, as the inscription shows, the. first American shell was fired at the Hun. Since has been engaged assiduously in bring | which the minute’ of the last meeting! THE GUN THAT FIRED THE BRITISH. {where a bit of ground was required j has been successfully carried out by {the British in the capture of the vil- lage of Ville-Sur-Ancre, on the Amiens sector. Not only was the position tak- en but with it 360 prisoners and twen- ty machine guns fell into the hands) of Field Marshal ‘Haig’s troops, whose own casualties were slight. In raiding operations northwest of t| Albert and near Hamel the British) also were enabled to take additional prisoners and machine guns. { That the Germans have the cap- ture of Petrograd in prospect seems evident from their latest operations in the Guli of Finland. Here: they have taken the Island of Bjorko, which lies only thirty: miles northwest of the Russian capital.) (4 Dispatches .fromi’Russia: shaw that again’ there. is considerable activity in Transcacausia’and: in’ Persia. At Baku. on the western shore of. thé Caspian sea in” Trans. Caucasia the Musselmen and Bolsheviki have fought a battle in which, according to Moscow newspapers, two thousand persons were killed and three thousand wound. ed, while in: Persia. the Turks have occupied several towns south of Lake Urmia. -The operations in.Persia may indicate that.it is the putpose of the Ottoman forces {o harass the British line of communication along the Ti-) gris river. i . | Advices from Amsterdam say that 14 persons \were ‘killed ‘and a large number injured.In the bombing, raid carried out by allied aviators ou Col- ogne last Saturday. Dr. C. A. Putney of Fargo of amalgam operation. In the aftertioon, following a paper by Dr. D. B. McLain of Medina, on oral hygiene, Dr. Winter will resume his clinic on exodentia. Then Dr, F. A. Bricker of Fargo will give a lec- ture and clinic, and Dr. S. B. Toney of Bismarck will give a table clinic on crown and bridge work. Dr. Mayes and Dr. Thomas will “then continue their demonstration of children’s dentristry. “SOLIETY FOR SALE” A TORPHEUM. TONIGHT. Triangle has been hitting on a de- Nightful series of character roles for that clerer and original actor, Wil- liam Desmond. Who, that has seen him as the dashing pirate in ‘The Sea Panther,” will forget the exquisite lit- tle character touches with which he endowed his role in that picture.? Now | his many-sided genius wil) shine in a new role. He appears as a good-na- tured, thriftless English society man jn vociety for Sale.” He is a regular “Are. you there, old chappte?” type | with a monocle and all the trimmings. Oh, yes, and Gloria Swanson is Des- mond’s new leading woman. Miss Swanson was & former comedy queen, {and this picture’ serves to introduce her for the first time in a dramatic role. “Society for Sale” pictures the efforts of a faghion-shop manikin to vreak into high society. She hires Billy’ to open the path fr her after he is dead broke. Poor Billy falls in love with. her, “doncha know.” and the whole story is “duced clevah.” then this same gyn has fired more than 18,000 shells. U.S.S. This picture, just brought to this country across the Pacific, shows United States, British and Japanese warships in the harbor of Vladivostok, Russia’s great Pacific port which was seized by the Bolsheviki, The American vessel is the Brooklyn. CAPTURE OF PETROGRAD SEEMS ATM OF GERMANS IN LATEST OPERATIONS ABOUT FINLAND, STEEN CLUB ORGANIZED IN OLD HOME BALLIWICK OF TOWNLEY’S Representative citizens of Gol- ' den Valley county: met at Beach last night and organized a Steen for governor club. Golden Valley county .was the scene of A. C. Townley's, original financial op- erations and people here are en- thusiastic Steen supporters. An executive committee was appoint: ed for the county, and a cam- paign fund was faised. Work FRAZIER URGES OBSERVANCE OF COAL WERK HERE Governor Calls Attention to Im- portance of; Storing. Now to Avert’Famine “T am heartily, in favor of the Unit: ed States fuel adminigtration’s «plan to stimulate the carly. ordering of coal by’ its proposal to set aside the week commencing June’ 3. as “coal: week” or “early orderingswveek,” said Govern- or Frazier today in discussing. the coal situation. ‘This is the one sure; way to avert a fuel’ famine, and 1 trust the fuel administration may have the cooperation of every. fuel-user and distributing agency within’ the. state. Early buying has been agitated for], several years and with. good: resuli but: we face a peculiar situation now, which necéssitates the ordering of the winter’s fuel supply: earlier than usual. / i " | “Would you recommend the buy- ing of. lignite,” wag iaked. ‘“IMpst certainly wherever practicable,” re- plied. the governor “and.it, may be used ‘satisfactorilv for, most, purposes. In fact, if mixed with a small percent- age of bituminous coal It can be used for any purpose. Early storing of this coal is especially desirable, as | it ignites more quickly- when stored | awhile. “dn, changing from other coals it may be necessary to put in larger fire boxes and finer grates, but a lit- tle trouble now may save a great deal later ‘on, as the shortage of coal in the east may cut off ofr supply from that source so it is best to be pre- pared. The supply of lignite is unlim- ited but it takes time to mine and transport: it with the present limited facilities. Being a native coal should entitle {t to, special consideration as well”), j atieat EASE BRANDED AS OUTRAGE. New, York, May 20.—Arrest of 500 Sinn: Feiners ‘for allegéd .complicity in a German plot to. invade: Ireland was’ branded by resolution’ as “high handed outrage” without the smallest fota of evidence to suport: it, and by speakers as a “frame-up” by the. Brit-| ish government “to crusi# the cause of Trish freedom” at the closing session of the Irish race convention here to- night. en i The convention, citing its “petition of yesterday to the president and con- gress to use their influence with Eng- land for fhe granting of ‘self deter- mination” ‘to Ireland, adopted resolu- tions apealing to the “generous, just, ' VLADIVOSTOK | er prevailed over all parts af-the state */ologist in charge for NorthsDakota. BROOKLYN will be carried to every precinct of the county. Many farmers and - former league members have switched, Lymann D, Page, candidate for secretary of state lives in Golden Valley county. J. M. Still, another Golden Valley county resident, withdrew when nominated for sec- retary of state at Minot and. is running for the legislature, RAR people for sympathy and suport” for Ireland’s fight against “foreign rule.” The resolutions term the arrast of Sinn Fein leaders as part of a “reign of terror’ and an outrage of the “rights of a people.” High Winds and _ Cold Harmful to All Small Grain TaN ve “Cold and generally showery ;weath- during the past week. Thevheaviest precipitation occurred. inithe}Red Riv- er valley, Wahpeton with: 8.13 inches recording the greatest ‘amount. Freoz- ing. temperature Occurred in all sec- tions, in many instances freezing the wheat to the ground. While no re- ports of damage have as yet been re- ceived, the continued high’ winds fol- lowed by freezing temperature have) a deteriorating effect upon. all small grains. Showery. weather and unsea sonably low : temperatures are in- dicated for the first days of the pres- ent week, followed by fair and warm- ér,” says the weekly weather review ed today hy O..W. Roberts, meteor- Saturday jsafternoon Precipitation zero at Wiliston sand ranged from ton. Fessenden’ reported 1.12 inches; Moorhead .9! apoleon, ; 43; Lison, Larimore, . don, .60; Jamestown, Forks, .31; Devils Lake, bells, .44; Eismarck, .30, an 45. the greatest amount of rainfall Sunday was .10 at Ellendale. A heavy, soaking rain is again falling today over the whole Slope. | cd For twenty-four hours> ending at noon, May Temperaturs at 7 a. m. Temperature\at noon . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . sowest last night . Precipitation Highest, wind ‘velocity. ea . i Forecast. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy east portion; probably showers west portion late tonight and ‘Tuesday;- somewhat warmer. tonight and east jPortion Tuesday. Lowest Temperatures Fargo ... 32 Williston Grand ‘Forks . St. Paul . Chicago . Swift Current Kansas City .. ORRIS W. 58 ROBERTS, ‘Meteorologist. Vegetable plants ready at Hoskins. fair minded, liberty loving American AMERICA N SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD —Advertisement. Dickinson to two inches at’ Wahpp- | ; BRINTON MUST ANSWER FOR HIS GARRISON TALK Address Which Aroused Indig- nation of Slope Causes Or- ganizer’s Arrest: FOLLOWED USUAL* LINES “Rich Man’s War,” “Profiteer- ing,” etc.—Randall ‘Used Own Judgment Fargo, N. D., May 20.—J. W. Brin- ton of St. Paul, general manager of the Consumers United Stores company, a Nonpartisan league enterprise, was placed under arrest in Fargo on Sat- urday by United States Marshal Dayle charged with violation of the espion- age act, The warrant, dated several days ago and sworn out by United States Dis-1 trict Attorney M. A. Hildreth, charges that Brinton violated the espionage act in an address delivered at. Garri- son, N, ‘D. Brinton was immediately States commissioner. Brinton has long been one of the most active Nonpartisan league’ work- ers in arranging metings among the chain store certificate holders, and it was at one of these meetings that he is accused of making seditious utter- ances. Brinton formerly published a news- paper at ‘Beach. The Formal Charge, y The formal charge against Brinton, as set forth in the warrant, follows: “That at Garrison, McLean county, on or about April 4, did make and convey: false reports and statements with the intent to interfere with the operation and success of the military and naval forces of the United States, by falsely stating “one steel company made $70,000,000 in one year before the war, and when war started they raised the price of steel from $29 a ton to 92 a ton, or an advance pro- fit of 63 a ton, and made $270, 000,000 the next year. Where did it go? Robbing corporations making millions, makes it hard to raise wheat Gasoline has gone up, twine and shoes. We claim these organizations are pro-German. We have to take money out of the children’s savings account to buy war savings stamps to pay for big prices the government ‘3 for steel. The reason why we have to buy Liberty Bonds is because the government pays all»money for excess profits to the DuPont, Powder company and othed corporations. ‘The DuPont Powder company made $78,- 000,000 in/one year.” ‘Nonparty Organ Denies Frazier Bar. Cted nandall, ‘A story. sent: out from Fargo Friday that Governor L. J. Frazier had issued ——— undnuougeanncuuoveuanunacceesveccucnnaqedn MONDAY, MAY 20,1918. an order that N.S. Randall; a Nonpar- tican league organizer convicted. of disloyalty, could not lecture in North Dakota, is declared here not to be founded on fact. Randall's itinerary was cancelled by Nonpartisans, it ig said, when they:sensed a storm of protest created by their action. The Courier-News, - offical organ in Fargo of the league, said «‘Randall Isn't speaking in North Dakota because he is busy preparing his appeal.” No order by the governor of any kind was issued against Randall. He told the Fargo war organization that “if they had inquired at) Nonpartisan league headquarters they would have found that Randall isn’t speaking in North’ Dakota and isn’t expected to,” The sensational stage success ‘‘Sev- ene Keys. to Baldpate,” at the Bis- b.smarck Theatre tonight. —_— BERGESON'’'S Suits Made to Measure $25 Hana Pressing. Repa Hooverize YOUR Get out your old hat—bring it« in to us and we will make it good as new. We are experts in the cleaning, reblocking, dying and repairing of all kinds of ladies’ men’s and children’s hats. Don’t spoil your hat by giving it to inexperienced hat cleaners. ‘Bring or mail us your old hat today. - Majl'orders to all ‘parts of the United States and Canada. 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