New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1918, Page 5

KENSINGTON BOY IN FIGHT WITH SUB “Jimmy” Gorr Finds Life on the Boundmg Mam Thrilling John F. Wainwr nue, has received an interesting letter from James Corr of Kensington, in which the latter relates his exper ences as a sailor en route to Franc Corr who is well known here, was em- ployed at the Corbin Screw corpora- tion when the call to arms was sound- ed and he at once set out to do his “bit”. Enlisting in the navy he re- ceived his prelimin. training and was then sent aboard ship for the war country. According ht of Corbin av to his letter everything worked out smoothly until the sub- marine zone was reached, and things bégan to happen thick and fast Shortly before noon one day, a man sea wolf was sighted and boys were called from their m give battle, and for four days, the time proved the most exciting and interesting, the former president of St, Paul's Y. M. experienced. Dear John: I have had ting the some trip and T have story to spill out On Dec. 24 I was ordered on board the good ship Rochester, which formerly the armored cruiser York. She was built in 1889 saw service in the Spanish war. We hauled anchor at 11:30 p. m. Déc. 26, and started out as a ‘convoy of two troop ships carrying 8,000 men, wll told. The ship had a full crew and we were sent out for experience and in- struction. 'We had all the experience I care to have and are for instruction. The weather was warm as we took a southern course. Yol may not believe it but T was in my bare feet on New Years day while I was helping to scrub down the deck. The crew put most of the work over on us and we had to do it. ‘was no come-back. navy is: Do as you are told, no mat- ter who tells you. So we did. HWverything went along fine until we reached the danger zone. zofie is the whole ocean, but the dan- ger zone is confined to the limits of the operations of U-boats. One noon one of the sighted a “sub” and run up the danger signal. I was just getting ready to eat; I even had my beans and meat on my plate and was about to dig my fork into the pile, when all of a sudden the alarm rang. All hands made a bee-line to their battle sta- tibns and made ready to fight. My station was at No. 3 starboard side, which was the that the “‘sub” was on. getting there quick turn around, the moving to one side. One of them fired and “Mr. U-boat” took a sink I do not know whether they hit her New and side or not but she did not show up again. | The gun shutters were taken out of our ports and the guns trained out. CATARRH Quickiy Ended by a Pleasant, Germ- Killing Antiseptic. The little Hyomel inhaler is made of hard rubber and can easily be carried m pocket or purse. It will last a life- ime. Into this inhaler you pour a few irops of magical Hyomei. This is absorbed by the antiseptic | ;auze within and now you are ready Jo breathe in over the germ infested membrane where it will speedily be- gin its work of killing catarrhal germs. Hyomei is made of Australian epca- iyptol combined with other antisep- ses and is very pleasant to breathe. It is guaranteed to banish catarrh, | sronchitis, sore throat, croup, coughs ind colds or money back. It cleans fmt a stuffed up head in two minutes. Sold by The Clark & Brainerd Co., wnd druggists everywhere. Complete outfit, including inhaler wnd one bottle of Hyomei, costs but ittle, while extra bottles, if afterward aeeded, may be obtained of any drug- Fist. Bronchitis And Other Throat and Lung Ailments Invariably Yield to Linonine Nearly omne thousand prominent peoplc in one city alone have pub- licly testified in signed statements that Linonine cured them of coughs, rolds, bronchitis and other forms of winter complaints that threatened Jdheir very existemce. Other thou- sands in other sections of the country have added their testimony, and all unite in proclaiming Linonine the most effective medicine of its kind known to science. Relief is wrought by removing the swellings and irrita- tions that cause the disturbances. Tt 1s a truly wonderful remedy and is pure and wholesome, being anr emul- sion of Flax-Seed Oil, Irish Moss, YEucalyptus and other famous reme- dies, all combined in one, and known the world over as All druggists, 60c, $1.20. back home | There | ‘The motto of the ! The war | transports | gun on the | T lost no time | and the ship made a' transports | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, ]ANUARY 29, 1918. | AMERICAN AMBULANCE CORPS REVIEWED IN ITALY | | Ger- | to | T. A. B. society ever | Here’s how he tells it: s0 | was | General Gastaldello army passing in review of the Italian before the olunteers of Cross in Milan. the l American Red First photograph received in Amer- jca from the Russo-Teuton peace | We were rolling and pitching like a rowboat on Long Island Sound. The water poured in our ports as we were i circling around trying to locate the son-of-a-gun. We were in water up | to our knees; of course that is all | in a day's work and no one seemed | to mind. very man has a job to do in bat- | tle and mine was to pass powder. We | | opened the powder chest and stood the | bags in the racks, when all of a sud- | den the ship made a lurch and pow- der and shells and dishes started to | | slide along the deck. One of the { crew tried to hold a tray of shells and it took him from one bulkhead to the other. We finally grabbed him | and put the shells in their rack and secured it. All this time the trans- port was firing and we did not get a chance. All day and night the crew stood by the guns, but it was of | no use as the “sub” did not show up. | | This was kept up for four days. We | | were ordered te wear life preservers at al] times, until further notice, and we sure did. We had to stand look-out watches, | that is, the bunch that came aboard with' me, 48 in all. We were in re- liefs of half an hour on and one and one-half hours off for four hours and then eight hours off. This sounds easy but we had to use binoculars and our eves were glued to them for half {an hour at a time. To take them { away from our eyes meant shirking | | duty. and that is a bad thing to do in war time. Bach man had an arc of | 20 degrees to watch and any object seen had to be reported. | The Germans have a habit of put- | ting mines under a rowboat or at- | taching them to a timber and the | wake of a ship would explode it and blow the ship to pieces. It was a| | ticklish job but we got away with it. They even cover the periscopes with a box so as to deceive a vessel until it can launch a torpedo. This job ! lasted for four days and I was glad when it was stopped. When we were about 200 miles from France we sighted our relief de- stroyvers that were to take the ships into port. Our orders were to keep on going until they met us, so we had to turn back when it seemed as though we were going to land. When the destroyers got mnear enough we turned around and started for home. We were proceeding for Boston when we bumped into a storm that was a storm. I don’t care to be in any more like it. We drifted ! around all night and half the next day and were then ordered to %o to Hampton Roads. We were pretty close to Boston and the weather was very cold. Everyone was sore when we started south as they were plan- ning on furloughs. The notice was posted that we would get a week when | we hit Boston, so you see was had a reason. We were twenty-four days at sea, without seeing land, and it seems good to be able to see some life again. As the ship is over-crowded we have to sleep on the deck and when the sea is Tough our hammocks slide all over it. One night 1 was enjoving a good sleep when the ship took a dip to one side, so far that the life boats hit the water. I woke up and 1 was sailing | along the deck bed and bedding. The fire bell rang and I thought my time had come. I rushed to my fire sta- tion and on the way up the ladder T thought T would be drowned, the water was coming in so much. The fire did not amount to anything as it was only a life belt. We had to turn to and put in the gun shutters and dry up the deck before we could turn in again. It seems funny now when T think of all the things that happened, and 1 laugh when we get talking about them. Twenty-four days at sea and did not lose a meal. T guess I can make £ood as a sailor, but me for the C. §. C. whenever the war is over. Best regards to all. hoping vou are well and the clerks have brains enough to use their own quarters. Pound hex steel. Does U. 8. S. take the same stock as V Yours truly, | John L. Ross, P. F. JiM. [ ’ FRATERNAL NEWS e ‘W. L. Morgan Lodgec. W. L. Morgan lodge, by a vote of its members, has become an agent for the sale of United States Thrift stamps and C. H. Clark has been ap- pointed chairman of the committee in charge. W. C. Steiner has been appointed chairman of the entertainment com- mittee. A committee composed of George Mitchell, E. R. Barbour and G. Yung is arranging for an exchange of fra- ternal visits with Lincoln lodge of Hartford. K. of C. Campaign. Managers of the campaign being conducted by Daly council, Knights of Columbus, reported that fine progress has been made in the last two weeks and prospects are excellent. A meet- ing of the team captains will be held at 8 o'clock this ecvening, and it is planned to have a speaker pres |ent to explain the methods of secur- ing increased membership. men within the draft age Young are not | i eligible for membership in the council in the insurance rank, but may be ac- cepted as social members. When the campalgn terminates, it is planned to hold a class degree working which promises to outclass any similar at- tempt in this city. The team captains have been revised and the committee announces the following leaders at present: T. J. Smith, Bernard Moore, King, H. McKeon, John F. Callahan, E. X. Callahan, James A. Coyle, James P. DMcAvay, James Tynan, James C. Crowley, T. W. Fagan, W. C. Wall, Frank O'Brien, L. P. Mangan, Thomas W. Crowe, Frank Riley, Joseph L. Ward, F. L. Maguire, Thomas F. Clerkin, Judge W. F. Mangan, A. C. Malone. M. T. A. & B. Society. Four members were initiated and two applications were received at the meeting of the Y. M. T. A. & B. socl- ety Sunday afternoon. The dance committee reported that invitations have been extended to societies in Kensington, Meriden, Bristol and Mid- dletown, to attend the social to be held Thursday evening in the society’s rooms. President James Murphy re- ported that representatives of the | society were present at the Thrift | Stamp meeting in Elks hall the past week, and the directors authorized the purchase of 50 certificates. The soci- ety is to enter a contest for the sale of the stamps and the president was authorized to appoint a committee to | look after the organization’s interests. President Murphy announced the ap- pointment of the following standing committees: Auditing, John J. Reilly, Luke Welch and Willlam J. Sullivan, You can nip coldsin the bud—Clear your head instantly— Cold-ln-head (at no cost to you) 50,! ’fl' 000 hn—s llud this 29-year-old remed; or chronfo catarrh, soro 0% 1%, snooring, nose: ete. r(te us for complimen- o y tube at druggist's. than it costs, or V"EO‘-“ tlmolglfll’ For trial can froe wiite toor s 22k KONDON MFQ. CO., MinneAroLis, MinN. INES JRLLY [] cadet committee, William Beckett, Thomas Crowe, Henry McE ‘Walter Murphy; expelled list, John Reilly, Charles Coffey, Thomas Clerkin and Thomas White. The committee on resolutions on the death of Francis J. O’Neill i as follows: Lawrence Cot- ter, Joseph Donlon and James Tynan. A D Joint Installation. of the New Britain branch, and the Ladies will be installed at a meeting in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall this evening. Supper will be served at 7:30 o'clock Sewing Circle Meoting. The Sewing Circle of Stanley men’s Relief Corps, will meet at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Burton Belden. 93 Lin- coln street. Wo- Star of Good Will Lodge. Star of Good Will lodge, S. of B.. will meet in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall to- night to install the newly clected offi- cers. Supreme Deputy Mrs. Anna Er- ber of Southington will be present. DEPRIVED OF FOOD LICE Haven Cc cessive Washington, Jan & Son, wholesale grocers of New Ha- ven, Conn., have been added to the list of those deprived of United States Food Administration licenses for in- fraction of the Food Control Act. Found guilty of charging exorbitant rrices for sugar, they have been or- dered to close their doors by Jan- vary 28. If they deal in any licensed food commndities after that date, they will be liable to a fine of $5,000, or imprisonment for two or to both. ntil the order hecomes effective, the food administration will super- vise all sales and business dealings made by the firm. They have been notified that further purchases can- not be made and that present stocks must be disposed of without loss of time, Witnesses called at a hearing con- ducted by the food administration testified that they had been forced to pay as much as 15 cents a pound for sugar purchased from Swirsky & Son. These sales were to retail grocers, in lots of not less than 100 pounds. Several retailers testified that they had been required to pur- chase coffee in order to obtain sugar. This was in direct violation of a food administration order prohibiting en- forced ‘“combination sales,” except in the case of sugar and cornmeal which was permitted as a wheat con- serving measure. DARKEN GRAY HAIR, LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY Grandma’s Recipe of Sage Tea Sulphur Darkens so Naturally That Nobody Can Tell. NSE. cern Accused of Iox- Price Charges. 30.—J. Swirsky New vears, and Hair that loses its color and lustre, or when it fades, turns gray, dull and lifeless, is caused by a lack of sulphur in the hair. Our grandmother made up a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep her locks dark and beautiful, and thousands of women and men who value that even color, that dark shade of hair which is o at- tractive, use only this old-time recipe. Nowadays we get this famous mix- ture improved by the addition of other ingredients by asking at any drug store for a bottle of "Wyeth"s Sage and Sulphur Compound,” which dark- ens the hair naturally, evenly that nobody possibly it has been applied. You just npen sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair taking onc small strand at a time.. By morning the gray hair disappears; but what delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage and Swlphur Compound that he sides Beautifully the hair after & few applications, it also brings back the gloss and lu and gives it | an appearance of abundance. Wyeth's Sage and Surphpr Com- pound is a delightful toilet requisite to impart color and a youthful ap- pearance to the hair. It is not in- tended for the c@re, mitigation or pre- vention of diseasd, s0 can 50 verl darkening re bealtiful at Brest-Litovsk where negotiations between The house the peace \h(‘x tograph was taken Bolsheviki and the Austro- Germans were conducted. This pho- just before one of Russian the daily meetings. German, Aus. rian and Russian officers are shown conversation. AN EVENING WRAP OF CHINCHILLA FUR | FlGHTlNG FUEL FAMINE IN NEW YORK an evening wrap developed entirely of chinchilla fur, a striking | feature being the arrangement of the “run” in the stripes to form a yoke and deep border. The entire gar- ment is lined with flesh satin veiled with gray chiffon Here is tern Newspaper Unlor & Tk New Y more than most other Eastern cities, is hard hit by the fuel famine and has had to resort to the use of every available substitute for coal. The illustration shows men 3 veddling baskets of wood on the streets, and furnace men of one of the big buildings trying to heat the place by burning great bundles eof wasie paper in the furnace.