The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1918, Page 6

‘ BISMARCK DaILy ‘TRIBUNE Pe eat ten THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1918. GANTT KEEP A GOOD SHIP DOWN Half of Torpedoed Craft of Great Britain Have Been Salvaged. + METHODS GREATLY IMPROVED Much Greater Weights Than Beileved Possible Are Now Being Lifted— No Hope of Ever Raising Lusitania. London.—Of 400 British shiy in the last two and a half yea least 50 per cent have been raised from the bottom of the sea. The or- ganization responsible—the Admiralty Salvage department—is composed en- tirely of experts employed by a com- mercial firm which engaged in the busi- | ness before the war. Ships were so cheap then, however, that often it did not pay to ralse a sunken wreck and restore her to seagoing condition. Things are very different now, and the result is that invention has been stimulated to an extraordinary extent. It used to be considered that 1,500 | tons was the greatest weizht that could be lifted from under water hy | wire ropes. A sunken government wl | lier that was obstructing a fairway was lifted out of the mud recently and carried away by four lifting ships, with sixteen Qinch wire ropes, and the! deadweight carried was calculated at | 2,750 tons. The wreck was shifted one mile at the first lift, and so was | gradually taken to the beach, patched up and sent off to the repairing yard. She went back into service and made several voyages before a torpedo end- ed her career altogether. Cannot Raise Lusitania.‘ Ships sunk in deep water cannot be salve@. It is not expected that the Lusitania, for example, will ever be lifted. Divers cannot work in more than 25 fathoms successfully, though for special purposes they may some- times go down to 35 fathoms for a brief spell of work. The bulk of the ships saved have been sunk in Jess than 20 fathoms, or have been towed inshore by rescue tugs, and have gone aground in fairly easy positions. The salvage men face considerable risks, not only from bad weather but also from submarine attack. Only one salvage ship, however, has been lost through enemy action. One of fhe largest oil tank steam- ships was mined and caught fire. ‘There was a heavy explosion and the @ecks were flooded with burning oil. ‘The cargo consisted largely of benzine. Most persons would conclude that ‘the case was hopeless. Not so. The ves- sel was scuttled by gun fire and thus the fire was extinguished. Then divers plagged all the shot holes, besides clos- | ing other apertures. On being pump- | ed out the vessel floated and was forthwith taken to a repairing port. | New Pump !s Valuable. As showing how valuable is the new submersible electric motor pump, a recently torpedoed ship which carried a cargo (mainly foodstuffs) of more than $15,000,000 value had a hole 40 feet long by 28 feet deep in her side. She was taken in tow-by rescue tugs, | but went down before time had served to beach her suitably. No ordinary pumping power would have served the need, but the new type pump enabled stokehold, engine room and all her af- | ter holds to be pumped out, so that cargo could be discharged and the ves- sel taken higher up the beach. Then the lightening process was continued until the vessel was floated and taken into dock, practically all her cargo be- ing saved. ‘The number of the ships of the mer- cantile marine actually salved by the | department in two years from 1915 to 1917 was 260. All these vessels were | of big tonnage. For the present year the monthly totals of such vessels salved were: January, 14; February, 41; March, 37; April, 36, and May, 19. Thus the department has saved 407 important vessels of the mercantile marine. .This does not include vessels salved outside of home waters. | ‘The larger figures of the latter pe-| riod were due, not to increased enemy | activity but to improved salvage meth- ods. | Many risks are run by the divers, particularly from gases generated by | decomposed vegetables and meat in| the holds of-sunken ships, deaths hav- | ing fesulted from this cause. Grain, It | seems, develops sulphuretted hydro- gen, which occasions blindness and violent sickness. 2 A chemist, however, has found a preparation which whey sprayed on @ rotting cargo immediately kills the gases and enables men to carry on their work in safety. SLAPS WAR PROFITEER TWICE Mother Hands . Boastful Wallop fér Each of Her Sone in Servi ice, Monessen, Pa. —“'m- making big money, and for my part I wish the war d'ketp-up awhile longer,” remark- on # street car hete. “A'well- looking | atose and gave the man a stinging slap, with ~ fecordin to. @ statement. of the . of war, far’ sor ;emnded while shrapnel toie at their Ibe laid. AMERICAN BIG GUN SHELLING THE*HUN The Germans have affected to sneer at American intervention in the war. ‘thing in this giant cannon to sneer at? Itjs an American official photo of an American gun }mounted on a railway. ay tr uck, bombarding the German rear lines miles away:,. - PHONE SQUAD LEADS DRIVE | TO THE VESLE. American Heres Stick to ia vanced Post For Five i Beneath the White Wings at His Love By FANNIE B. ¥ WILLIAMS When the chalice of life is full-brimming And purged from its dregs and its gall, I remember that thus God is giving < With measure unstinted for all. In rapture untold He me doth unfold Beneath the white wings of His love. Days | When my soul has slipped out from its moorings And floats like a wreck on the sea, When it’s marred, and defiled, and afflicted, My Father doth beckon to me. Sergeant Refuses to Seek Shel- ter and Desert His || Men 1 With loving behest He calls'‘me to rest | Beneath the white wings of His love. BY EDWARD M. THIERRY, (Paris Correspondent of the Newspa-, per ‘Enterprise Association.) Paris, France, Sept. —'The ad-| | vance was led, not by tanks and in-|| fantry, but by soldiers of ‘the tele-|| phone.” i ‘Those words in the report of the colonel of an American regiment paid merited tribute to a class of fighting | | men often forgotten—the ears and) eyes of the advancing columns. | The story has just been revealed of! ' the heroic part a Milwaukee sergeant | } and his squad of seven privates, of; | the Telephorie Signal Corps, played| as their regiment fought its way across the Ourcq and up to t! Vesle. They were of “Le Brigade Ter- rible.” the, name the French gave to| the brigade that captured Fismes in| jater there were 18 nests of them al-| Private Kdwin Perley Tefused tp go. Though the tempest may rage in its fury, | And dark lower clouds of despair, rae I can flee to the Refuge awaiting Z 8 Its shelter and welcome to share. Whatever betide I safely. may , hide Beneath the white wings. of His. 1% Oh the rapture through ages unending, * Qh joy. of Eternity’s day! He will fold me about with His pi And peacefully there I’may, stay:+ Oh favor divine, such’ joy. to be mine, ~ Beneath the white’ wings of His love. A ; Bene five memorable days and|Most at his elbow. preey jiuck: (by. piropen: they-thick, nights they laid 40 kilomete | Sticks at His Post. (stat sows phone w | The report in, Burr was ordered to j ISOLDE MENGES station one man at the telephone with | work; throughout they were rain-|. 5 4 soaked, for’ three sand nights |imstructions to call up regimental | THRILLS. CANADA they were without sleep, and only | headquarters every five minutes and | once they had food, some bread and! jthen to fake the other x amen cand | The enthusiasm of t the public and | lukewarm coffee. make for . the nearest shelter. Five} ,, : The decision to push forward came! minutes later the telephone buzzed. | eritteston’ the Paci fet coast rerardiag after midnight. ‘The colonel wanted| “Sergeant Burr speaking.” ‘The | Miss Isolde Menge’s wonderful playing instant reports from the battalion that|Voice was tranquil in the midst of) on th eviolin, during her recesi visit was going on the the crest of the |the znnonade. | there, knew no bounds. Thi famous hill. He was doubtful if a wire could} “I thought I told you to take cover,” | English artist will give concerts uere electrician. |on Friday and Saturday, October 11 What are you doing there: ’ land 12 in the Auditorium. ‘il be damned, said Sergeant | | In the .Vancouver Provinze “if Task any man to stay in | reads: No other change, “The unmistakable mark 0% geni is upon her. She was born for m , 8 s born forthe vio in More- over. she is ‘a unique personality, one who is different, from. most» young woinen. Miss Menges came through her program triufnphantly, whether in imed the master Fritz 100 Yards Away. Sergeant George C. Burr of Mil-| waukee and seven men volunteered to | Bur lay that wire. At 3 morning they s sarrying two one :20 a call came to regimental | ery five thinutes in order that regi- headquarters. The master signal elec- | mental headquarters might know the trician jumped to take |wire was still open. He stuck by his “Sergeant Burr speak came the/| post till the oncoming battalion was | the intricate and rapid passages of the calm voice over the wire. | abreast of him. Then, a little after 7 |‘Devil’s Trill,’ which would be a test What! Had he actually reached the! o'clock. he left the telephone at the jo fthe skill of: performers one could crest of the hill? Yes, ji s far as|tree—“because it was perilous) no long- |count on ‘the fingers of a hand’ the the wire would reach. Where were/{er, and also because he wanted to “go | passion of the ‘Symphoni Espagnole,’ they? Lying flat on their bellies in | forward with the bunch.” of the tender sweetness of the vraile the mud. Where was Fritz? Oh, a Sergeant Burr wasr’t algne either. | song, ‘Berceuse.’ Perfect tone. abso- scant 100 yards away. l when he ordered his men to shelter in | lute. time, masterly: phrasing and in- “A lot of machine guns popping,’|a ditch after the telephone had been |tense vigor were by turns exhibited said Sergeant Burr. It turned out] eet up, Corporal Donald Palmer and j to her astanished audience.” RO ed YANKS DROP GUN FOR SHOVEL -* ‘9 Do you see ‘any- | possible,” said John N. 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