The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 14, 1918, Page SIX, Image 6
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Two Thousand and Eleven Reported
Saved From Total
on Board
HEROIC WORK OF
BRITISH CONVOYS
Prevented Misfortune From
Being Much Worse Than
It Was
Washington.?Torpodood and sunk
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by a German submarine, the Curt a rd
liner Tuscania, bearing 2,179 officers
and men of the 82nd National Guam
division, lies at the bottom of the
North Atlantic ocean today, and at j
least H)8 troopers, probably more,
are missing. ]
On the basis of figures reported to!
the War and State departments here. |
the missing; would be 2(17; the figiu-j
c> of the British admiralty, as they
stood early today, however, placed
the missing at 1(>8.
There is every hope that the lower;
number will prove to be correct,
British convoys close to the torpedoed
ship closed in quickly and < 1 i 1 heroic
work, as the comparatively smai!
number of losses shows. The position
of the Tuscania off the north
coast of Ireland, evidently headed for
England, also was such that numbers
of British patrol ships and other
^Vs.'cls rushed to her side, and in j
that wry tht l0:T(-s wore minimized.
urn bled on l.'-Bout. |
fjj>.Such reports as wore at hand cany
tnilfiy gave no details of how the
transport, supposedly heavily convoyed,
fell in with the submarine, bu:
it was regarded as more probata<
that the ship stumbled on the sub
mcrsible, rather than that the disastor
was the first shot in the mu.h
advertised (.lerpnui offensive against
the line of American troops and supplies.
^ It was thought possible lv ro that
survivors of the British crew of the
v? ssol. not reported in War Depart- \
merit advices, might account for the I
difference in figures as 10 the nuin-,
bcr of missing. d
There was some speculation among '
naval officers on the possibility tl\n\
the Tuscania might have struck a
mine. The indicated location of the
disaster is in a region not previously
frequented by submarines but the
texts of official announcements say ;
the ship was torpedoed, and until do* j
tailed accounts of the incident are!
available lor study there is nothing
r !'*. (VAini. Kr?Uin<| tiio f'nnirjl 1
V j, ,
tdatoment. '
British Uaiuiss
It is doubtful that the Tuseanht
was in a route us* !y followed by
American transports. As a British
vessel under British convoy, the security
of the American troops beyond
question was entrusted to British
handling-. So far as now known, ;r>
American naval craft shared in the
task. Probably numerous other
transports or army supply vessel
were in the convoy.
The Tuscania must have remained
afloat for a considerable time. Rumors
were current today which could
not be traced to any source that sir1
was still a float.
Ho>v It Maj Have Happened.
Th(. process of convoying has becom*'
almost routine through piactn*
in both the Bi itish and American :r.i
v'ms. A screen of destroyers or othei
swift craft travels ahead of a convo;
< d !'le<4. The destroyr rs are sprca
( ut over a con.-ule)alile area. It :
k town tha; \irtuaHy all of the (lei
man U-boats are equipped with li-5
toning devices of eons'devable rang
so the approach of the destroyers In
came known to the U-boat comtnano
c.r ever before th< vessels themselvv
were .si/.vhlod. I'rar of depth bond
would drive the U-boat below, I
lurk motionless at some depth unt
the sound of the destroyers' prope
lcr v had faded out, showing that tin
hud passed. The U-boat probab
would come to the surface then
fire u torpedo.
Naval officials say that the o
chance against which absolute p?
caution will not regard is that t
submarine will corr.o up in the pa
of the approaching transports, obtn
a sight that will permit her to tri
her torpedo tubes by compass a
."gain submerge.
Might Have Been Worse.
While the loss indicated was fu
apiVeciated by officials here, tin
v as iK general air of relief about I
v?r nnd r.avy departments that 1
less of l.if? v.'uf hot larger.
1. ;
^ Secretary* Haker iifsiu d Jh^ fyif&.O
ing staterpjwjtrf . 1 'i ' . '?. ) * i
"The sinking of the Tuscan ui
being's" ijs'fatjo to fAC<\Vith the 'osse^
of ivwQtkit* jtmdfct ielcptless form.
It is a fresh challenge ov the civilized j
world by an adversary who has refined,
but made more deadly, tne
.
stealth of the save in warfare. W"
must win this war, and we will win
this war. Losses like this unite the
country in sympathy with the families
of those who have suffered loss;
they also unite us to make more determine
our purpose to press on.
"As rapidly as details come in thc>
will be given to the public, jn jpicjer
to relieve anxiety where possible, ah I
notice will be sent as promptly as
possible to those whose sons and
brothers have been added to the n l~
tion's heroic dead."
The war department issued the following
statement:
i "British authorities have wired inIstructions
to their commands in Scotland
and Ireland to afford our troops
from the Tuscania every possible as- i
sistance and to furnish them with j
clothing requirements. Officers have
been dispatched from Liverpool am!
(llasgow and London to points in Ireland
where survivors now are and
they will wire names immediately.
American consul at Belfast reported
own survivors ai l^arnc. As soon as j
llioy arc properly outfitted they will
h(. brought to Wind-1seer."
First News.
First news of the sinking came in a
report to the war department rar'y !
last night announcing that 1,100 sur-|
vivors had been landed at Buncrami J
and Larne, two widelv separated I
Irish ports. This was made public
about 10 o'dock, and until the arrival
of the State Department dispatch
two hours later it was feared
that more than 1,400, including the
Cunarder's crew had perished.
President Stays I'p Late.
President Wilson, who was attending
the theater when the news of the
.sinking was reco'vod; Secretary Ha- j
For and many other officials remain- |
ed up late for more details, hut oniy |
the terse War and State Department
messages came through until the list j
of survivors began to arrive from j
the American army headquarters in ,
Leiulo* curly today.
The State Department dispatch
said Ambassador Page had sent
two army officers to Belfast and rep- I
r< sentatives of the American He. 1 J
Cross and the V. M. C. A. had gone
with full power to spend all the mon- 1
cy needed in the relief.
The Troops Aboard.
The troops aboard the Tuscania
j ere mainly former Michigan an t
Wisconsin National Guardsmen, now
A ttached to the ."2nd division, traim d
at (amp Mac-Arthur, Texas, Severn*
aero squadrons and several companics
of th? 20th engineers, a forestry
regiment were aboard. The list of
j units as made public by the adjutant
| -eneral's office last night is as follows:
Headquarters detachment and*Con;
I p-mj'.-s D, F and F of the 20th, ongi'
*' eel's.
! 107th engineer train.
! 107th military police.
107th supply train.
Number 100 arco squadrons.
j
i 158th aero squadron. ^ |
213 aero squadron. j
I Replacement detachments number*
! one and two oT the 32nd division.
Fifty-one ctisuui officers.
! The 107th military police was
' made up from the Fourth and Sixth
Wisconsin infantry and the 107i.il
(supply train from the Fourth. Fifth
and Sixth Wiscon in infantry.
But iOi Missing,
'j London. Keb. 7.?-At noon today
the number of missing from tin* Tu.
|r:inin \va.; l()i, aceordinsf to .->< miC
effieial reports. A majority of these
* i wore members of the crew.
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Citation Notire.
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the OINTMENT fail* to cure any case of Itchii
Wind. Iileediog or Protruding I'iler in 6to 14da'
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ANTI-AIRCRAFT "1
BARRAGE AWFUL'
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S< me vhore in France,?The ant!-'
aircraft barrage is- today the- mos-a
dloaded enemy weapon which tiu- i
mnn iias to face in his flights ovee ;
Uio lines, in the midst ol a sea of
'nesting shell. . tlie airplane hobs up
'.iiiil (lowu iiko n. ship in a vi(>l( lit 1
storm. The concussions which the |
sin Us make ill IhpsI'' ^ ;;vo''v':g
swift succession of air. pocket. ami ;.it
humps, ami it is absolutely impo-. ibie j
to keep ii mackinp steady thW.'uj^k 1
thenu Meanwhile, thhre is iir0 stm e;
of knowing alww\V, that fho(m?Ct in-}
stant one of thb thousands of flyin ; |
hell < pbY.tm s may reach a vital spot (
j\ vihior 'UUoVdrie'of pilot,
"tet it is pot po'-sibio to avoid flying .
through a barrage at times. The la.- i
est type of anti-aircraft guns can
jilhc a or.wage as high r.s 2.",.000 fo< I. 1
and it is not piactical to turn about,
and Ij\\ to climb over the b?u*vago. 1
' iitfo.' a v ry highly ; pecializcd scout
nachino to climb t?> 20,000 foot, and
.ho heavier machines cannot achieve
.h;lt altitude under any circuio. uaiices.
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Ti:e ii no r th^ riiSnr.n hrrUates *'*)
'Uil the i.. cr. .a the longer he .. < \
! osed to the fire. Anti-aircraft guh?efy
at the front has now reached a
,.omi w'mmv tin rn ;jy is calculated
(Oft nic iy almost instantaiu ( usly l>>
p;(|ce.svs of trianguhii jon and. Vk->r
fore, the t'!y< r who hesitate* is lo.-v
The only thing he can do is to tab
his. chance, just us a ship at sea
lakes a storm ami accepts it.1-' c!umc<<
of weathering the gale.
; Next to lh( barrage, 1.1 ie mo. I fo:.>
cd of the ground defuses is th,
"cluster." This is a group of si>
t- anti-aircraft shells, seal up torethoi
and placed just ahead of the machiie
\\ ith one shell aimed to hurst the ti;
o of the fuselage, two on each side n
i- it, two on each side just ahead, am
v farther and directly ahead,
it The side-slip is the favorite pre
\v lection against these "clusters." Th
anti-aircraft gunners gel their rang
i- nowadays so accurately that th
slightest move out of range is fairl
,ii certain to get the much in (> out c
S danger's way?unless the gunnel
st have anticipated this move, as the
v sometimes do, by placing anotlu
cluster at the most likely spot for e
expected sideslip.
The side-slip is produced by ti)
. 1 1 I I 1 1 A I
Iping mo piano down snp;:uiy, ai
while flyinjr ahead, slithering ov<
>k. i sidewavs and down, thus rhanuir
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oc! the ran ye without seem inj- to do s
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steak, baking to a i
toasting to bread. <
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ng?by "toasting." 1
can imagine how >
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proves the flavor i
;y tobacco used in J
itrike Cigarette.
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for the gunner looking up see
much of tlx* machine as before and
I.- justified in estimating its height ;to
be the same. Tn reality the nn
chine :s a little to one side, and sev<
ral hundred feet lower as the result
of his skilful side-slip.
lie low a height, of f>,000 feet antiaircraft
guns cannot be used to advantage,
bat machine-guns and rifles
provide eqnally dangerous enemies/
\ Miiifhinc.inin r?ljivimr ;i th'/'fim r\f i
.">00 bullets a minute is no mean foe, <
even though the bullets are not ex- i
elosivcx i
LAND NEAR TOWN ;
OFFERED FOR SALE
We offer for sale at a very low
figure the fifteen aero tract of hurt
near the corporate limits, the property
of Mrs. Kathoriiie, CI. RoJIinsop.
Cl'his- tract lies-of the north sale of
the ro:<l leading from Conway *o
Willow Sp> ing\ immediate opposite
, the old Melsron residence, and !.s
hounded i>\ lands of Col. 1). A. Spivcy
I ' i^JidM- tJ!aci?j> and otlioi.s. "Call or
i wi i'ce"lis for our 1? west price to-dav.
diorrv Land Agency,--adv
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The U -v. Wtimer S. Poyner of BirI
iv.invh: m. Air... has ae.-noted a call o'
Si. John's Kpb:copal Church of Klo?
enco.
Wood's Seeds
fop 1918
The patriotic duty of farmers and
: gardeners everywhere is to increase
, i crop and food production. Intensive
.farming and gardening, and
I the liberal use of fertilizers, together
' j with proper rotation of crops, so
f as to increase and improve the for,;|
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FOR SOFT CORK
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Notwithstanding the Closing of fLarge
Distillery Plants c
by President
The attention of the United Sta'e)epartment
of Agriculture has been ?
ailed to rumors which have been eirulated
in some sections to thc effect
hat on account of the closing of
nany distilleries in accordance wifli
he President's proclamation under
he food-control act there will be no
nnrket for soft corn this year, with
csultant losses to the growers, i
"hose statements have received moio
ban usual attention by reason of ^
here being an unusually large percntnge
of soft corn this year, due to
urly frosts and unseasonably coo.,
> ct weathe r in many portions of the
0111 belt during September and Oeobcr.
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May lie Sold on Grade. or Dried,
fit is subject is fully treated in D?v
lartmcnt Hulletin No. 874. entitled ^
'The Intrinsic Value of Gr:un, Cottonseed.
PI our and Similar Productlasod
on the Dry-Matlor Content,"
.ml in Bureau of Plant Industry CP- t
ular No. 112, entitle i ".Moisture Con- a
ent and Shrinkage hi Grain." j
A rough survey of the availahh
rain dries and distilleries in oper.iion
in the United States, made by
u / ^ rv:. ' i * i
"f vuiii-s oi reciorai tirain Supervision,
located driers with a oomhin- (I
capacity of approximately .*5,000,
>00 bushels every 24 hours.
It is prob;tbl(. that the total erparty
of the driers and distilleries in
he United States is somewhat larger
hail the survey figures show, as
hero is a chance that some plants
iave been overlooked in this hurried ?
urvev. In addition to these plant-*,
here ar0 starch and corn-products
aetories which use considerable
luantities of soft corn when it can >n
>btaine<l. There are no driers or disillerios
west of the Rocky Moun- *
ai ns.
It appears from tlie survey that ^
here is a sufficient capacity to tak*. *
arc of all of the soft corn which c
vLI 1 move this crop year. ^
Feed as Much as Possible. j
Owing to congestion of shipments
it many of the large markets, rail oads
are frequently unable to deliv- ^
;r soft coi n promptly to drii rs and
>ther industries where it can hiniidled.
It is recoipip ended that
farmers and country shippers d? lay
the movement <^f soft c'oi n from tiie I
ield and farms, unless conditions ;'t
die point to which the corn is slupp -d . '
. ?*rv viii'li ihfit lhr> i>fivii hr. i !v??n I
luick attention. !f coi'u is .atandiiig;
l'P well in ,th^ f">rl<l>^t ?hoi:l4' Ikv 1? ?i
"ii the stalk'Us long \ a$ pos^tyjojj as ,
it will dry IjOtter thoje than ,,$ny
where else. After harvesting;, soft
oiii should 1),. stored in well-ventilated
cribs until condition* tor spoiling
dining shipment are reduced t<? a <
nvinimutfi. As. inueh;o'f, it 'ps po^sihl"
shQuld bo fed v on the farm,. -as ?_t)K
g?c}atosl return for it can usually !>
cbUiined that way.
COLDS & LaGEfPPE
5 or 3 doses 666 will bre?A
any case of Chills & Fever, Coldt
8c LaGrippe; it acts on the livei
bettor than Calomel and does no
gripe or 6icken. Price 25c.
Charles Du.sc nbury, of hake City.
was in Conway tin lirst of the week
spending some time with his daughter,
Mrs. V. F; IMatt.
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