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invcr iHlftrf ESCAPE FOR NAVY CREV ^Raftington, July 2.?An unusua .'Jhqy off hardships, daring and nar Tam orxpe from death during thi mvus brought to light for th< SbttSme today when naval officer mA jeblic an account of adven 1 mt the crew of the navy dirigi SfeS-12 which was given up for los Apartment in July, 1918, af Jhafting around at sea for mor< 81 a~" /Toxto /)iirincr whifh th< ? jb iad practically nothing to ea' <4n3xu short of drinking water. Th< jiifTBn finally was forced to descem ?i4i surface of the sea and th< zrer was rescued by the Swedish shij "Me B-12, wtih Ensign W. B. Grif-Sk ob commanding officer and pilot 'Jknpi W. . Briscoe, an assistanl jHj. in J Machinist's Mate A. E. Upmechanic, was ordered to leavt ftfian, Mass., early July 19 on a jfttaSSng expedition. German subvon were then operating off the MartSc coast and the dirigible was 3u3 onded with bombs when it left Mas asr station. Scanty food supplier anrar carried as Ensign Griffin ex:#adbat to return to Chatham that The radio equipment had on-Irian* partially installed and could ' vft Be used to send or receive mes4HBEHL 'Sine B-12 patrolled to the north xbng the coast and sighter a transanttjAout 3:30 p. m. Ensign Griffin ^rnirf-f towards the vessel, intending atr-xzuart it toward port when the Ifcetfieace on the rudder was carried H, making it impossible to steer &te<osfL High winds were prevail-3q? jft.this time and the B-12 was ftiusi to cruise around in a great xintfa -vfrile the crew attempted tc 4Rnx? the attention of several ships pailmo seaplanes then in sight. Nc :<triSa was paid to repeated sigfinally Ensign Griffin order jdhfflx motors cut off in order to save fBrgnBtine for ballast. Utot R-Ul was at that time about IIJl m TheS i Price I Paper ' Rema the Si I as ai Presei , $2.00 : Payable ! It will not I || Th. 200 feet in the air and was virtual! j a free balloon. Darkness was cow ing on and the big gas bag was drift 1 ing northward at a speed of about 2 . miles an hour with an increasing wind behind it. A sea anchor wa 5 j rigged up and an effort made to re sjtard the dirigible's progress by drag .j ging it in the sea. After a few mc _l ments, however, the towing cabl I parted and the northward progree . was resumed at an increased speed. ? About 8:30 o'clock that night : ? ship was sighted and nine rocket (. were fired from a pistol. The vess , apparently saw the signals and di l! rected its course toward the B-12, on , ly to turn away in a few moments , and leave the helpless gas bag to th mercy of the wind. About that tim . the pipe line leading to the emergen ? fllfl loflj CV UU UU1& uivac wuu mvxva v w*-v *v? i ? was discovered all of the oil was lost . causing a considerable decrease o } ballast. The B-12 began to rise an< t ascended steadily until an altitude o: 3,000 feet was reached. A1 night the dirigible continued it ( wild dash northward, the crew mean . time consuming the small amount o: ( food aboard. Ensign Griffin had n* idea of his whereabouts. ; Early on the morning of the secon< . day the gas bag buckled and the hori | zontal fins dropped to a vertical po . sition. Throughout that day the bi| bag alternately dropped until peril t ously near the sea and ascended ti , altitudes of more than 2,500 feet i Every available article was throwi -> overboard during the variations ii i altitude to keep the ship from plung [ ing into the ocean. Not a vessel was sighted during th . day or that night. The crew, mean i time, was commencing to suffer fror ; hunger. > On the morning of the third da; j of the involuntary cruise, the su: > shone brightly and as the gas in th< . bag expanded rapidly the B-12 start . ed to rise. Ensign Griffin, after i t conference with the other member of the crew, decided to bring the B ; 12 to the surface and take a chanc nT ubscriptior to the will in ime nt , I Per Year Strictly in Advance >e many months e* P v* ?. [; i n azrannnnnraraiannn y of being picked up. ti< i- To avoid the risk of ascending to 0( >- a high altitude with only a small 5 amount of ballast aboard, gasoline, Si g water, sand, bombs, bomb launching pr - kn44/v?r1,rto on/1 Ao Allffif. Ffl O gcai) ****** vuv v ??*> ? (- parts were dumped overboard and ar the B-12 brought to the surface safe- sa >- ly. cl e Shortly after descending a ship s was sighted and it directed its course M toward the dirigible, the crew of re a which meanwhile were having great a s difficulty in keping clear of the wa- sa (1 ter. of i- The vessel proved to be the Swed- B< i- ish steamer Skagern bound for Hali- th \, fax. A small boat was put over ithe di e side and the crew of the B-12 taken n< e off. Then as the increasing heat m - from the sun caused the gas further to Ic to expand, the dirigible rose a few de feet above the surface, was pulled f over to the Skagern, the rip cord ? i pulled and the B-12 salvaged without f much damage more than 300 miles from its home station. B t . ARMENIAN GIRL'S f HORRIBLE STORY > New York, July 3.?One of the most pitiful stories of savagery prac" ticed by Turks or Circassians upon l fVio A rmoni-a-na rennrfod ^rtfinc war, from their homes into the country of the Arabs is told, by Victoria 51 Varshabdian, a girl of 18 years. Her " story has been made public here by 1 the American Committee for Armen1 ian and Syrian Relief. The girl was ~ the daughter of a well-to-do merchant who had a shop in Constantino6 pie and another at Nevsher, Turkey, " where the family lived. I In her narrative to a British physician, she said that her father and Y four brothers wee deported and that II her father died while on the journey, e from a blow inflicted by a gendarme. ^ Carrying their little fortune of 2,000 a pounds in gold, they were marched 3 south to the vicinity of Deir-Es-Zor " (probably oh the Euphrates river.) 0 There they found * great congregaIZIEIZrBIZIiSfiUiilZnilBlBSIiUgIB (jf( ~~~ On and / i TR ^THE MAT to oure more than re titled to a be and we have __J Press and Ba until the city will < o ;ss oc i ii?inLninifBJEraigJzizi7zi?!ii!iiin 3Ti of refugees, said to number 7,- a )0 families. s While at Deir-Es-Zor, Murad or g ivar, the girl said 20 Armenian I iests were taken from among the li fugees, bound together, sent away I id killed. In the river at Suvar she i, w 100 bodies of men, women and lildren, some with their heads off. r After collecting a ransom, the s utessarif ordered the men of the t fugees brought before him "to sign e paper." The next day she said, she k w the Circassians shoot down 300 t 1 them. Then the Mutessarif, Zeki i sy, ordered nine of the bodies of s e Armenians placed in the road and r ove his carriage over them. He an>unced that he would kill all the i ale refugees over two years old. Upj c that time her brother had escaped (t ath by bribery, but he was taken s SAVE! S "It airi'i On it I But stec That I Your money irwestei manent prospe BUILDING < i ( G. A, NEUFFER, Preside i NEW SER i ranaiamzFEfiuzranniafi 3W1 Vfter Septen Banner Wil I-WI MNER in which fForts to give thf o ooiinnnf fir aoounug. ^jj yy V/ tter paper than i decided to give nner that kind o lemand a better Ban Eiafiuaigiafaigfiuiuiifaigii .way with others and, on leaving, aid to his mother: "Mother, I am :oing to die. Give me your hand and will kiss it. Forgive me anything I tave done wrong to you. Goodbye." ler brother was shot before Victora's eyes. She declared also that she saw Arnenians killed by driving wooden takes through them, that two were turied alive by the Arabs and that ventually the Circassians began to all all the women and children with heir knives. Her description of this nassacre is too awful to be told, for he gives details of the fiendish manter in which it was accomplished. Afterward Victoria was separated rom her mother and sent to the tent if an Arab, where she remained for wo weeks. In that period, she said, he saw 200 small boys from MesAVE!! SA f some money se npulse once awh idy savin' day b milds the solid p i in building a home i rity. Pat your money n r rv 1 nr An & LUAIM Aj if ABBEVILLE ' \1 nt , IES BEGINS J EfiUZni2IZliifZfimiZIZIlB ing iber 1 ft The 1 Be Issued yyc the people hav< ;m a good pap believe that Abt s now being pu to the people w f paper. :: K/y<h/iy oft// pupcf a iin,? n v ner yaBBianmaniaiamaiii keneh brought through Deir-E?-Zor to Shadadieh and saw these children killed in various ways and thrown or kicked into the river. She escaped from the Arab's teat, was re capture a oy tne Art 08 wxa two other girls from Harput, but k? ter was allowed to go her way. After a year and a half she reached Aleppo, where her story was told. She has been informed that her mother Mtd one brother escaped from the Circassians or Arabs. i 4?.. v V ' * BUY YOUR CREAM . ^ V from 1 - .y- i?'-' \ V MRS. D. A. ROGERS. : ?. \ V Phone No. l.K; :*; v ' \ V 6-6-tf. V - 1 VF'H it aside I me, g ; v>g D| y day :i r; | lie. I floras for your per- H to work in? I SOC1ATION I ]. S. MORSE, Sec.-Treas. 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