Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOUTH OAEOLHM but this, did not prevent inwn 11*10(1 to IIMIHUMI >«» IIIU Steamer's pinners woubl have ‘to tire Into the eye of the sun. ''Hut the tuuster prevented him from getting the benefit of stjeli ;i position until the sun wits obscured by clouds. Throughout the engagement, which lusted six hours, the German managed to score only one hit. This shell broke the steamer's deck surface pipe, punched} a hole through' the boat swain's .and carpenter's room without touching" two men whip were there, finally exjdo.dUig In the second cook’s room. wlHfh .il: wnekeiL . Apart from this the-steadier suffered no danmge. W‘ The last shell- dko*l 7by. the steamer appeared to explode In the U-boat’s ■ how; whereupon tile 'enemy• turned away ami abandoned the action. "Tire must erV opinion of his crew; is" follow,jo? words: Specially Praises Engineer^ Staff. “Thhy a 11 behaved spleindtdiy and carried 'out their various duties coolly, and with a will to save the ship. The careful. 'and--.deliberate shooting run- doubtedly contributed to our’ success ful escape, while the chief engineer and in's staff, workjng in ignorance 'down Tfeluw, deserve special praise for getting thirteen um.l an eighth knots out of an undocked ship, whose usual speed is about eleven knots." igaping to n certain port to pick up an urgent cargo, when the skipper, "who had been on the bridge for, many hours, saw the track of a torpedo-ap proaching his slii)). ‘‘Jiard n-port,” he called to the quar termaster iit the wheel, and “Full astern" wn ( s rung down to the engine?' room; w here Boh,'“the third," w as on duty by himself. _ The ship spun around on her heel, as it were, um^ the -torpedo passed Iter by. Then Uui engine room« hell clanged for full ahead, ami down the "-voice-pipe into Bob's ear came the insistent call for speed and more speed. By this time the chief engineer and his stall' were on the foot-plate, and -fhe^hip. w hich ordinarily * did eleven expressed in .tin knots at her top gait, I egun to cut Up the waterviits’u rate which would have astonished her builders. From the wireless the' SOS culL-was sent out ■and the gunner got busy, • but the U-boat was out of range and tire Was held until the pirate, got closer, when he was driven hack again. Fight Continues for Three Hours. , When tlie tight'had'continued for four hours a shell from the steamer fell, amidships-on the submarine’s star- Lion-Hearted British Crews Give Good Account of Themselves in Sea Warfare. Led by Clever Skippers, Sailors Bat tle Against Almost Hopeless Odds, Frequently- by Winning Victory Scantiest of Margins. London.—-Sometimes it is illuminat ing to look .deeper into shipping re^ ports than -Hto~statement, for inst-uncWr that "in three weeks six, lour and eleven British ships of.more than 1,000 tons have been sunk." Doing so, ope finds that in* one month-fmid-March to mid-April—t>-l vessels were at tacked. by U-boats and escaped.- From the logs of a few tramp ships in the custody of the admiralty which have come safely to port with their cargoes 1 hr recent days spine typical tales may lie told. 7. A tramp proceeding at a leisurely six knots, eiVtered the d'angeV zone. AH precautions were • taken,, extra lockouts were posted and the gun's crew for she was defensively armed \ 1—French women carrying cimionllago hnrhip^woven hi nu*> h ',\v-h'** ’to h* try p-e-enforcements moving over a concrete’ aqueduct-on t.h'-ir \ ay to the f: Higbee, chief of the American navy nyrse corps. "2—American lnfan- ront In the Faritigny sector. 3—Mrs. L. 8. REAL DAUGHTERS OF THE WAR OF 1812 IN WASHINGTON CANADIAN LOADING TRENCH MORTAR ie.i.'!-<.r<>und rle ir ."piece The day had <fust dawned and tiiere w as every promise of a, line day. An other three miles nwuv to port, - with the', nxf of the .morning sun glinting on her gray back, a- German subma rine was sighted, i -As sjse was seen the l.’-hpjtl opened fire and ski lls drdpi>ed all round the sreainslufji. which' shitted her helm and _4uif tip* i.-lieVit"dead :istenr“ , ti , Htn.‘“‘tr< s \V Sicond U-Boat Appears. MShe tfrrTikfiaFdly--disappeared when ampler Udiojvi, about boo tVi’t long, and iV'Uhling guti> l> rt^ and aft of the Connipg tower, |»hyk'o surface. The emokCi screen wps ik) longer, service able, n»f. the wind wms blowing the l wrong \uy ; so the steamship let Ih at her siswid antagonist, wie» replied with vigoi\\>Jmipnel sprinkling 11 y- tramp’s de.cks\TT>r titling I lie fight- went on. Then on<fof the stehni- tdiip’s shells fell Close t.o tie* F-hoat, which dived and vanished under tin- water just as a patrol boat appeared on tlie scene and loosed off a couple of dev*Lstating pounds. It was a fine performance to l.eat • oitf^-4-wo pirate ships in shell a short space of time, and master and gun's crew received commendation from my lords of tin; TMioto l>y • Western NVwspaiK'r I'rilon' litre * a Canadian on tiiewv*i front loading a trench mortar with the big projectile-that will Carry dehth to tmNJuns not far away. 1 Atbthe women in this phbtograjrli, with the exception of jhenuLus holding the--Hag, are daughters of men who fought In is.lg. The tlag they made to’celebrate their work In the present war. The setting of the picture is the garden of the old "Octagon House,” the historic -Washington residence built by Col. John Tayloe of Virginia, occupied by President Madison, and the house in which the treaty of Ghent Wiis signed at the close'of the War of 18112. From l^ft to right, the women are: Mrs. Noble Newport Bolts, third national vice president Daughters of 1812; Mrs. Mary Olivia Simpson Yeatnmn. Mrs Mary Neil sou Jackson, Miss Charlotte Pendleton, Miss J. Kstelle Richardson, Mrs. Rachel I’olklnliorn, Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry, Miss Virginia Byrd Jones and Miss-Mary Hungerford. * * tal for agriculture after the war. These holding^ he says, should he large enough to enable the settler to grow suttlnent cereals and potatoes for him self and family and to keep one.or two cows. • - f if As for the independent artisans in p class three, it would he for the inter- II ests of every community to do its ut- || most to nttr;iet labor to the hind in its ji:J/ immediate vicinity. - l mhn;'< las,s four, w hich would he providing.for peusant holdings, the dis- |^ tricCauthorities and the provincial set- tleme'Ht companies would imve if to y.f* : deal wXh. These settlers would he those w InV couldY coiuiu;iml adequate YigriculturaPi^iiowledge, those who he- tori' the war \$vere tenant farmer^ frtnn agents, or belonged to the lpofe efficient class of fahn Herr'Utsch believes tliaCoufing the hrst period a-fTkc; the vfar.it will he necessary t^> proeehd/muinly with the estwl+ikdHneiit of imtnidilal settlements m-ar existing villages, for the settler*' will find it easier t^ make a living and with- the"assistance of the. communes, buildings .will he cheaper. It will not be necessary to undertake road making and drainage operations on a large scale.- This character of settlement he-believes, would fnduce soldiers tc settle near their old homes, where, a* thpy are. [known, assistance will h» "more reiulily given to them. Funds From War Profits. As to the capital that will be neces. Bury to establish ’such communal set tlements, the writer suggests that about 10 per cent of all wn^ profits which after the payment of taxes ex ceed 20,000 marks ought to be lent on mortgages oh the settlements at th* rate of 3 to 3V^ per cent. . . - Another article dealing vfith condi tions in Germany after jbe war, but ou entirely different lines"from the pen of O. D. Stelllng, cmn<ulers the extent in which revdlutlcmary ideas permeate the German army and what uiay be th( outcome.. The writer says; "The fuel of revolt \i being heaped up to await the torch that will set it aflame. Competent observers foretell that revolution will Inevltubly follow the conclusion Of the ,• war.; Th« drugged'and brutalized proletariat ii waking from its trance. With organi zation and leadership the torpid Gen _man pepple will at last turn againat British Cabirret Already Has Plan of Worker Soldiers After W«tr. r ' OLD METAL FOR WAR STAMPS MAULING SHELLS FOR THE BIG GUNS Admiralty In a noting ca^e it was a ducMioth of gunnery and seamanship. ■’ i’roceed- ing - steadfastly on her course, a Brit ish steamship heard gunfire in the distance, but could see nothing of the enemy. The. propeller ’ thrust her. ahead. ^ The white, cliffs of Album were lift ing on the hofi/bin when, just as twi : light was falling, a U-hoat appeared a point or two on the Starboard bow Colonization on Falms, Carefulf Worked Out by an Expert, Liable to Be Ups^Cby Revolt of 9- the /Proletariat. Lon<l()n.-/riie-British government is t . now at wdrk-considering how the great ttisk qf^deinohljjzing the army and the t ! resptTlement of the soldiers into-civil . ofTupatioiis at the conclusion of the /-Avar is'to be accomplished. The plan drawn up by the minister of labor is ' receiving careful attfwton, and it is ^understood considerable progress' has j be.cn made. . ' ’ -. i Germany als'o is giving this subject her attention and the series' of articles by Herr Utsch in the Deutsche Land- wirtschaftllche. Br.esse. considers tlie ’ proposed settlement on the land of sol- ' diers returning fr<|m the war. Herr Utsch begins by pointing out ’ that it is [('national duty to ppn-trle the ? disabled or injured soldier not only )ti but with siult**- /////. Skipper Gets F'ritr^m Tangle with an adequate pens! able employment which will enable him to support himself and his family In sufficient comfort. . In providing such employment, he says, due regiird must he paid to the wishes ^nd the^ajiacity of the individual, and no better means for effecting this can be found /ban home colonization, for tn no other do- mahi are the possibilities so great, since vast tracts of waste land still ex ist in Germany waiting to be opened up and tlie returning soldier cherishes no Dearer wish than to have a home of his owm-—— - —— : Sees Added Wealth. At the same time, says Herr Utsch, tlie interests of the country will be served, since every fresh small colony inefeases the pational wealth and makes' It more independent of foreign Countries In the production of food. He sees a further ndvantuge in attracting lubor to rural districts. / r The writer divides the nature of the emnly\menttj>f thp settlers as follows; Settlements, for men employed in in dustries or factories. \ Holdings for. agricultural laborers. Holdings for independent artisans. Small holdings with land attached Photo by ■'-> Western Newupspt i L’rion Mrs. Frank A. Vamlerlip, whose hu» hand is a “doilar-a-year" man servin| Uncle Sum, is smashing up heirloomj 6f gold and silver at the new' meti market established in New York city After she gets through vlgorouslj pounding the metal, it will he melted and assayed. Then the government will send the original owner Tht equivalent of the bullion value In Wat Savings stamps. If you have any ol< gold, silver dr platinum ar>»uad now is the time to put it to w^rk.for Oncl« Sain. Send it in to. themetal’marka* and it will soon t>q converted into Waj Savings stamps. , ; '. These* five-foot sliells sir** being htuiled to a Camulian w ill he fed to the Huns on the west front. , du(np, whedeg" they HEAVY CANADIAN HOWITZER IN ACTION the false gods It has been worshipping and dash them to the ground/ TrjTTO -err ncresTT jnore/ MCj223CUQ. **carrled on’’ with amazing pluck. Here Is another fine hit of work. A big ship in ballast, standing out of eke water like a cathedraL was nav- — 1 gii t. He-r>~ 4 are -1 hat la here shown in action. b v 1 ^ \ X<y Vffl i % m» ' ^ - ft w ' j Y .. R# T «JUi