The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 21, 1917, Image 10
WHfeliE SUBMARINES 0(1 OUT
With English Channel Blocked Thir#
t? omy ?arofwngftiiwwr rrm *
Qtmian Port* into Atlantic.
There ore two ways of getting Into
the Atlantic Cufetui from German ports.
On*4 le through tti? English channel,
which has been blocked Mince the b e
ginning of the war; the other In
through the North sea, which English
uhvhI Ntruti'K y ban tliun fur railed to
close.
The narrowest outlet of the northern
route Jm between t tin Orkney island*
and the coast of Norway, n distance of
'MO miles, Hut the depth of water at
fhlM point In such Itiat submarines may
easily dive below any mine or not sys
tern that might hi* stretched across tht*
wide neck of the bottle litre.
Routh of this lino the water becomes
shallower, and mine or not laying be
comos effort I ve from Elamhorough
llond directly across t ? ? the coast of
Jutland, pus^ng oyer the famous I>og
>v- get hank, with from M to 120 feet of
water, to the shallower depth* over the
Jutland bank. Helow that |>oint there
la more shoal water, with frequent
banks and ridges and flat* which have
to be carefully avoided by mariners,
mid which make submarine operation
difficult.
The problem, then. Ilea In the eost
??rn part of the North sea, where par
ticularly deep water- ? KM) to fHX) feet ?
? iff the count of Norway, affords pus
stip for the submarines, (lornian U
boats cosily pass from the Haltlc
through the Cattegnt ? an international
waterway ? Into tbe^deep water found
Inst off the Hkaw ut the tip of Pen
mark, and thus Into the North aea,
hugging the shores of Norway all the
way.
A stopper In the Onttegat would
solve the problem, and the feat Is not
impossible, although England would be
greatly elded by the neutrality of Nor- 1
way and Denmark.
Since under present conditions an
actual blockade la Impossible, the evil
has been reduced by canalizing it. In
other words, the navy la forcing the
U-boats to take certain narrow and
difficult channels, and keeping hh close
a watch possible over these routes.
Hut they cannot stretch nets deep
enough to block the only exit remain
ing u> Germany. Ferliaps the "new
device" which American Inventors
hope will eliminate the U-boat us a
factor In the war has to do with an
effective stopper for thia outlet. ?
Syracuse Post (Standard.
Simplicity In Army Dress.
The Loudon Times reporter who
mot Ocneral I'ershlng ami his staff
<?n the occasion of tliolr passage
through (ho British metropolis was
so much Impressed with the sim
plicity of the oMleers' uniforms that
he described them In some dot All for
the benefit of the Thunderer's rend
ers. Especially did he remark that.
ooinpar?*d to those of the British
army, the Americans' uniforms are
unobtrusive, This may comfort some
? ?f our home folks, who have Imbibed
'heir bleu of official dress from
watching a parade of the governor's
? tuff, says the Omaha Bee. As u mat
of frtet, the American a nn j nffia'F
..ever fins been given to excess In the.
witter of dress. While lie has always
neon arrayed more definitely than was
I'.ungha I>hln, he lias at no time
?ought to shame the noonday sun.
iixl some f ? f bis greatest accomplish
aienlh have been achieved at times
when h's apiuirel was least Imp res*
vlve. (Jcuertil (Jrs.nt received the sur
render of Robert R Lee attired I n a
battered service uniform, much worse
for hard riding over dusty roads on
that memorable morning, and many
?Morles are related of bow (ieneral
Wilmington went among his men un
recognized been use the lack <>f ofll
'?l'j! designation
Umbrella Went With Rjom.
Jones was miserable. There lie vva%
nlene, damp .and unhappy, eating i.!s
Christmas dinner in the coffee room of
it woebegone and lonely Inn.
.Tones' motto has always been "Busi
ness before pleasure," but he wished
lie bad shirked the business which had
summoned him to this part of the
country at Christ mastldc. Tie dozed
fur a while, and then in desperation
betook himself to bed. lie was awak
ened by the pattering of rain, and to
his disgust he found water dripping on
to tin* bed through the ceiling.
He pulled the bell savagely, and nf
ler a lapse *of time someone conde
scended to answer It.
'?You must find me another room,
please," said Jones. "The rain Is leak
ing: In like fur/T' j
"Oh, is that 4al! you are bothering
nbouf?" snarled the landlady's voice.
*'lf you'd thought to look you'd have
found an umbrella under the bed! Use :
It, man !"
A Cure for Conceit. .-3
"When lecturing in the north of
England;" says Sir Ernest Shackleton,
the famous explorer, "before It was
time for the proceedings to begin on '
? ?ne occasion, I took a peep through '
the curtate to see what kind of an
audience I was likely to have. Thing-* ,
looked promising, and I said so.
"'Yes,' said the chairman, 'I think
you are going to have as big an audi
ence as the handbell ringers had last (
week.'
"That Is the sort of thing," added
Sir Ernest, "that keeps mc modest." j
Still Hoping.
"Now that we are engaged, yon
c mustn't even look at another man."
**I can't promise that." j.
"You love mo. don't yoa7^
"Ye#, Henry, but bow do I know
thatTwoat be able to better myself 1*
THINGS THAT MLT WILL DO
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Um It to Remove 8t*ln? Ifld Olfl
?Big H?fp In ths Kitchen.
Suit .uiul hot Water will thaw $
fror.cn tlrti lit pip*.
IteinoVo tea stains from delicate
chlnu cups.
Spread In blackbeetle haunts It will
kill the |M*StS.
Added to enow It will make the
mixture much colder.
I Salt iiikI water, warm, will stop chll
! Mains from itching.
Thrown on a fire It wUI extinguish
it burning chimney.
Added to tho rinsing water It will ?
I prevent clothes from freezing.
| I *1 it <-??<! under baking tins In an oven ?
It will prevent their hurulng.
Suit !h said to stop neuralgia If
v 1 1 1 fted Into the nostril on the affect- i
ed nlde.
It will quickly clean a discolored
hath or enamel uteiiHll.
A lump of Halt placed in the wink
will keep the drain clean.
Placed first In the frying pan It will
preVent grease from sputtering.
Salt and water ruhhed Into the scalp
In good for falling hair after Illness.
Salt and water removes the lines
In new curtains and makes washing
easier.
Salt and water will prevent the red
borders In towels, etc.. from running
If the towels are steeped lu It for 24
hours.
Thrown on the tire once a day It
will prevent the accumulation of soot
In the flues.
A teaspoonful of salt to a pint of
warm water ruhhed into weak ankles
Is said to strengthen them.
Added to potatoes when nearly
done salt Insures flourlness and pre
vents thehi from going to pieces.
Sprinkled over carpets before
sweeping it will preserve tho colors
and keeps away inothH.
ftuhhed into an Inkstaln on a deal
table, after the spot Is dampened, salt
wlH remove the mark.
Salt and coal dust mixed with wa
ter, put Into tins to mold and dried
make excellent briquettes.
Thrown on fallen sdo^ salt will
prevent the carpet marking, and en
ables the soot to be swept up cleanly.
Twelve Big Ones Growing.
Twelve 10,000-ton ships are now on
the ways of a single company In Se
attle. Under the stress of necessity
methods of construction have been de
veloped that promise to revolutionize
the ship building methods of the world.
To begin with, the vessels are all
standardized. Parts are fabricated for
a dozen ships on the same plans. The
material Is carried from the shops to
the .ship on aerial tramways. The
work Is done largely by machinery.
The old method was to rlvot the sides
together plate by plate. The new
method puts the plates together in the
shops in large sections which are
swung Into place by heavy cranes.
This wholesale way of throwing ma
terial together makes It possible to
launch a large ship In 00 days Instead
of six months or a year. If the East
ern shipyards are able to keep up wflh
PhcIHc coast in the ritfe for quick
building, the American merchant ma
rine will be something for the world
to reckon with In a very few years. ?
.Nebraska State Journal.
Raise Turkeys on Ranches.
Exclusive turkey ranches are found
In tin* unsettled foothill regions of Cal
ifornia and In parts of Arizona ami
otlu?r Western states, whore a thou
sjiiiiI or more turkeys are raised each
reason.
The establishments are located
where the range is unlimited and the
natural food of the turkey, such as
1:1:1 ^hoppers and other Insects, green
vegetables and the seeds of various
wood* ;ind grasses. Is abundant. Ad- |
vantage also Is taken on these ranches ,
of the turkey's relish for acorns, and
where these are plentiful hut little
grain need he used for fattening In
the fall.
The large Mocks of ' turkeys are
managed much like herds of sheep, he
lm: taken out to tlie range early In,
the morning and brought home to
roost nt night, says tin exchange. They
are herded during the day hy men ei
ther ? .ii font or on horseback, and by
dogs especially trained for the work.
_ Alaska Coal Helps in War.
The Alaska railroad from Seward,
on the coast, to Fairbanks, 170 miles
Inland and located on the Tanann
river, a navigable tributary of the Yu
kon. which was ordered by act of
congress In 1014, has been completed
f :? r enough to Justify the expectation
that It will be ready for use early in
IP IS. It taps two coal mines, the Ma
tunuska and the Nenana. which arc
believed to be inexhaustible, ami the
product of which has been found >>x
eellent for use on locomotives and
steamboats. The railroad w''l bring
this coal direct to tidewater, and when
the supply Is brought into use, it will
provide -sufficient for all naval bases
In the Pacific "and release thousands
"f cars now used In transporting coal
across the continent. This will help
fltht the war by providing increased ,
transportation for men and munitions. :
Promotion for Rear Admiral.
The title of rear admiral always
seems odd to the layman. says the
Sprlnetteld Union, but never more so
than when it Is worn by a naval com- i
mander who Is at the front and, so far }
as one may gather from the vague
hints the cables carry, putting In good
work against the enemy. Comment* i
Ing cn ? his, the Boston Transcript
wnggests promoting, such officer* to th? i
title of "front admiral,"
WOllMUKM IN ACTION.
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nffVcoald tf?, the*heuuorrbage
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from my wound continued J? *?w ??
profusely that I *M beflanln# to M
very diwry and weak. Qt?
1 (righted our regimental dressing a?a
ttoo i?ud signed to my four bjtw" 'J?
carry me toward it. I couldu C talk
German. The station wan in au old
German dugout. Major Gllday waa at
the door. He laughed when ha aaw
ina with my own ?|?ectal ambulant
"Well, what do jfau want?' he asked.
"Most of all," I Huld. "I think I want
a drink of ruifi."
He produced It for me Instantly.
"Now," said he. "my advice to you ta
to kelp on traveling. You've got a fine
special detail there to look after you.
Make 'em carry you to I'oaierea. It a
only five mllea, and you'll make it all i
right. I've got this place loaded up I
full, no stretcher bearers, no assistant*,
no adequate supply of bandages ami
medicinea and a lot of very bad case*.
If you want to get out of here in a
week Juat keep right on golug uow."
Aa we continued toward the rear we
wore the targets for a number of hu
morous remarks from men coming up
to go Into the fight.
"Give my regard* to Blighty, you
lucky beggar," was the most frequent
Haying. .
?'Bir me," said one cockney lommy,
"there goes one o' th' Canadlana with
an escort from the kaiser."
Another man stopped and asiced
about my wound.
"Good work," he said. UW ift? to
have a nice clean one like that my
I noticed one of the prUonera grin
ning at some remark and asked him U
he understood English. He hadn 1
spoken to me, though he had ahown th?^
greatest readiness to help me.
"Certainly I understand English," ht
replied, speaking the language perfect
ly. "I used to be a waiter at th?
Knickerbocker hotel In New York.'
That sounded 'like a voice from home
and I wanted to hug him. I didn't
However, I can say for him he musl
have been a good waiter. He gave m?
good service.
Of the Inst stages of ray trip to Po
zleres I cannot tell anything, for I ar
rived unCOuSclous from loss of blood
The last I remember was that the for
mer waiter, evidently seeing that 1
was going out, asked me to direct hire
how to mxeh the field hospital stattoc
Ht Pozleres and whom to ask for whet
he got there. I came back to con
sclousriess in a clean hospital cot thi
next morning.
I realized as I lay on that cot I wai
out of the modern hell for a time, anc
my mind drifted back over the day*
just passed. Wounded men, grim re
minders, were all about me, many ol
them worse off than I was. I had seet
all kinds of bravery ? British officer*
climbing calmly over the top wltt
monocles In their eyes and canes is
their hands Into almost certain death
like a man getting Into a tub of watel
where he knew he would get wet.
"Come on ; let's go I" they woulc
drawl. My respects to thvni.
And also to the enemy. THo Germar
nrticpr8 fight to the >uot. Few surren
der. My hat olT to them. And the
dead brave Major Lewis and pool
McFarland, my close comrades. Anc
only the other day I read Lance Cor
poral Glass, the man I carried In aitoi
our first bombing raid In Belgium, hac
been killed in actlou In France. I sau
It in a Montreal paper.
They vaccinated me for everything
while with the army ? everything ex
cept against being shot. If a mat
could invent an antitoxin for tha>
well, he would be a hero.
The sixth article of this remarkable
personal narrative will appear soon
It Is entitled :
No. 6. ? Decorated for Bravery; Horn*
and Uncle Sam.
Thi* concluding: article of the series re
lates In detail how England cares for th?
wounded. How the king and queen came
to the bod of an American boy and dec
orated him In a L?ondoo hospital for gal
lantry. Interesting. Intimate and amus
ing Incidents told by and of the wounded
Tommies. Trying to fight for Uncle Sam
Enormous Flrte Imposed on Earl.
It seems Incredible that a fine should
be Imposed upon the head of the house
of Cavendish too large for him to pay
But that was so when the fourth earl,
afterward first duke of Devonshire,
was fined ?10,000 by the Judges ol
James II.
It was all for a blow struck in the
pnlace at Whitehall. The earl and hln
enemy, Colonel Colepeper, exchanged
high words, and, according to one ver
sion. Colepoper struck the earl, who
knocked him down ; according to an
other, Colepeper refused a challenge,
and the earl then struck him with his
cane.
The fine was Inflicted upon the earl,
whose mother vainly offered on his be
half bonds for ?00,000. which Charles
I had borrowed. He fled to Chats
worth, Imprisoned tbe officers of the
law sent to arrest him, but had to give
a bond for the fine, which was can
celed when James fled. ? Boston Her
ald.
Two Kind*.
"There are players and players.*
"Rxplaln yourself."
"One kind plays to many a full honse
and never gets a hand1! the other plays
many a hand nnd never gets a fflll
house." ? Boston Transcript. V
Not Enough?
atayor ? Did the prisoner offer any
resistance?
Police Officer ? Only a dollar, your
honor, and I wouldn't take It.
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Read the long list of Want ads in
another place in this paper.
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BACK TO FIOHT THEIR KIM
"Rainbow" Division Contain* a Can*
pany of Pennsylvania Q irmana Wha
?till Speak Mother Tongue.
Kaston, Pa.f the mouututoou* llttla
city which guards (he eastern entrance
to the Lehigh valley, suffered recently
the deeply moving shock of pathoa and
patriotism which must come to the
towns and cltiea of America, one ufter
another, iim the flower of their hoys III
organized array march off to war, says
the Plttxhurgh Dispatch.
Baston's military organization, af
fectionately known an the City Guard,
in now the 'One Hundred and Forty
ninth machine-gun company. It left
for Mlneola, N. Y., to Join the "Raln
bw" division, the first stage of a
Hwlft Journey to France and the battle
front. i
In the ancient city of;8peyer, upon
the Rhine, 1m u line of tomba In which'
repose the old warrior emperors of
Germany. The legends say that they
arose by night over a century ago, fer
ried the lthine, and caused the defeat
of Napoleon at Lepslc; and that they
will arise again to protect Germany in
her greatest crisis. This company of
Pennsylvania soldiers, heavily tread
ing through the streets of Haston, pre
sented a far more Impressively Impend
ing fatality, for these were Pennsyl
vania German boys. Their names were
Kldenour, Lehr, Rlchenbacher, Kochcr,
Darmstadt, Klefer, Scherf, Selplc, Vol
kert, and so on.
Two hundred years ago their forefa
thers came to America from the Pfaiz,
of which Speyer was the capital, and
these boys, notwithstanding their edu
cation In our greatest schools and col
leges, and their two hundred years of
family history upon American soil, still
xpeak with fluency the ancient dialect
of the German Palatinate, locally
known as Pennsylvania German.
Fate is sending these boys back to
the land of their forefathers . to
overcome by their living presence
the spiritual assistance of the
ancient kings of Speyer. It is
Rhenish legend against Pennsylvania
machine guns. And theirs indeed is
soldier blood. Their names reflect
many soldiers of distinction from this
county In the Revolutionary, Mexican
and Civil wnrs, their fathers having
made in their time the same march
of the same route as that mode by the
boys on their way to camp.
There Was a Reason.
Bridges? t wonder how Ilenpeck
came to buy an auto. Do you know?
Rivers? Yes. He said he thought
maybe his wife wouldn't be so free to
Hud f?ii?!t with him after yhe saw how
much trouble he was having with his
car. ? Judge.
l.KTTKKS TO SANTA CLAU8.
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CmfHlfii, S. C.f Dec. 10. *
Di'iir Santa Claus: 1 want a> pa'r
of la rue vases and soiuc apples, oranges
candy, and all kind of nuts and spark
lers nnd tire crackers and rbiuan can
dles and a locket. From
Irma Ar rants.
mm*
Camden, ,S. C.t Dec. 18,
Dear Santa ClitUs : My name is Wil
lie May Tldwell, and I live on the W?
teree Mill Village. and I would be so
glad If you would bring me a doll. I
will be satisfied. I do want a doll baby
so had. Your lltt'e friend,
WlWle May Tldwell. i
Wateree Mills. *
House No. 38.
Camden. S. O., Dee. 10. |
Dear Santa: I want a wagon and
a gun all kind of fruit and flre crack
ers and roman candles.
From Curtly. Ar rants. j
Camden. S. C., Dec. 10.
Dear Santu Claus: 1 want some ap
ples and candy and a saddle and a
little rubber doll.
Olator Arrants.
Camden, S. C? Deo. 10. !
Dertr Santa Claus: I want a wrist I
bracelet and a pair of vases and fruit
and Krmaii candles ami fire crackers.;
Kim a McLeod.
frtttt. nuA ft*? eraeker# and |
<and lot una aiwrklera. From ' I
Malcolm Mili^ J
jCfttudett. 8. I?., Ikv h I
1 >ea r Santa: I want u Cart a*4 i "
doll, ?o?ae fruit and nut#. From
tK>t M(i?o4.
(Ufl lneaHentfera arv uo\r employe W
iuan<' of the Ooverument department,
at Washington.
Alteration* ure' being mmle whfcfc
wilt double the aeatlng capacity of tie
Nia.ii Academy at Aunapoiu. L
The atrength of t.u- mmii rc.s4.rv> 1
force i* 40,250 men, 70 per eeat aq
whom volunteered for general *mim
ftvery i>oftal employee in the Uuite<r
Staten ban heeu Imdrueted to take u
active part In the campaign for tlte
?alo <?f war-aavlugn stamp*. in ?r. 1
der to roach the desired salon umr* |
of $2,000,000,0<H> by January 1, 191^
It will t>e necessary to koU suffldeat
utauxiM to average IflftSO for each qui,
woman, antl child In the country.
Liberty ltonds at Bank.
All parties subscrlblug ft?r JJbertj
liomU, both , Issuea, who have ur?t al
ready. received their bonds, will plea*
call at Bauk and get their bond* We
have the bonds now antl would life
to make delivery promptly.
Firat National llank
The 1917
Red Cross
Christmas
So*l 1
The spirit of
C hr J s t m a s
-~i4>
others Is In
that seal. Put it* on your Cbrlatmu
mail, The seals cost one cent each.
The money goes to fight Tuberculosa
In your v -'TOmuii It j' and to protect yo?
and your family against thi?* disease.
Yon m?*t buy three times, as many thU
ye* r. War increases Tuberculosis. fa
the flfst million men examined for the 4
Arihy over 26,000 new cases of Tuber
culoids were discovered ; thousands
more will break down in the training
camps and at the front.
Help to provide proper care for these
boys and protection for your commuuU
ty Against the spread of the dlseue.
Buy Hied Cross Christmas Seals froi
the committtee In Camden ? T K. Trot
ter, chairman, Mrs. C. V. DuBose, Mrs.
Alice Richardson.
About on a Level.
"If you will average the thing op,*
says B. P. Walkor, "you likely wllifiai
that the girls who marry for montf
strike about as many bargains as tbs
girls who marry for love."? Kanui
City Star.
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Brings more happiness to everybody all
the timfe- than any other gift in the world!
Comes in nine different styles to suit
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purse, every taste, every home. -
Victors and Victrolas $10 to $400
can be. Stop in today.
Term* easy ai
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