The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 13, 1919, Image 1
'
*
\
& * . J??
r" in mind that all snb .
xfij5> scriptions to The HervJL^y
J a*d must now be paid
, ^ ^ip advanco* ^ is the
^ WMmS. 2flp lambrrg ijrrali MPS
$2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY,FEBRUARY 13, 1919. Established in 1891.
f- UEUT.D.G.C
\ PAYS VISIT
*
P The following very interesting let-'
ter has been received by Mrs. J.
D. Copeland from her son, Lieut. D.
Graham Copeland:
' - - . _
' U. S. Naval Headquarters, ?*u tjrosvenor
Gardens, London, S. W. I.,
January 23, 1919.
My Dear Ma:?This is the very
first opportunity I have had since my
return from the trip to Germany to
write and tell you about it. I trust
* that you took my letter, sent just be.
fore I sailed for Germany and to the
effect that there was no need for worry,
to heart, and that you have not
been worrying over the non-receipt
fl. of news from me for the last three
fes - weeks.
And now I will tell you about the
most unique and wonderful trip I
hake ever had the good fortune to be
sent on?and since I have been at-tached
to this headquarters staff it
has been my privilege to go on a
number of missions many of which
were highly interesting.
First, is the idea of the mission:
Tou see among the many condi.
tions imposed upon the Germans by
the armistice there was one to the
effect that the navy and air force
should be demobilized and remain so
until peace was declared or the armistice
revoked. To make sure that this,
condition was being properly observed,
it became necessary to send a
" -i i.i.. - n
Commission to uermany snuriiv micx ,
'A - the signing of the armistice. This;
commission reported that in general
the terms were being carried out; |
bat that there was no way of telling j
whether as soon as the commissionj
returned to England the Germans1
would cot replace their vessels and
air craft in a state of war. Accordc
. ingly, it was necessary to send ' a
- second commission to see that the demobilized
state in which the craft
I ' bad been placed was being maintainj|..
ed. l was selected to go as the engineer
for these headquarters.
The Personnel of the Commission..
Besides myself, there were on the
commission, Commander Child, U. S.
ir ** expert on dirigibles and lighter
than air craft; Lieut. Commander
' '' Ramsey, U. S. N., an expert in sea
planes and heavier than air craft,
two ensigns as interpreters; Lieut.
Commander Payne of the Royal Nar
ry; Major Pritchard of the Royal
Plying Cdrps; and Lieut. Theus of
the Trench Navy. The members of
the commission gathered in London
from various parts .of the British
Isles and France and left for Harwich,
England, by train on the afternoon
of January 6th. At Harwich
we went aboard the U. S. N. !
Aphrodite, a converted yacht, to
make the trip across the North Sea.
'"Before telling about the voyage,
^ i however, I should digress a moment
iv
i and tell you something about Har'
wich.
This port, as you are probably
aware, is a small village on the east
?a# 1?ncrlon/) ond rxrae DvfoTiaivO- I
vuaOW UJL XJUgilMiu (*uu "I*g vavvmw** y
/3y used during the war by the various
kinds of vessels that undertook
Co make the North Sea and English
Channel dangerous for the Hun submarines.
That they did this is part
of another story. At the time of our
arrival at Harwich, the river channel
was lined on both sides with a great
number of Hun subs that had been
brought over and surrendered shortly
after the signing o fthe armistice.
They were of all kinds and descrip*
tiona?fast cruiser subs, mine-laying
subs, old time subs, long subs, short
subs, every kind of sub, indeed, for
the allies decided it was best to
. leave none at all in the lairs along
the North Sea and Baltic.
They are all very peaceable looking
now for the "fangs" have been removed
and only a watchman or two
looks out after them. They are gaily
camouflaged with red, green and yel3
low stripes and are almost invisible
fit a few hundred yards. Owing to
my being sent to Paris at the time of
the president's reception there, I was
not able to witness the surrender of
the vessels but I am told by officers
who participated that it was about
% the most humiliating spectacle they
, had ever witnessed. The ships were
all in disorder and the crews dirty
and unkempt, showing how quickly
the lack of authority in a military
organization brings about disintegration.
It was said that the crews
could scarcely be induced to bring
the subs to. England as they feared
they would be maltreated by the infuriated
people ashore. The matter
' was finally settled by the allies guaranteeing
the personal freedom and
it
OPELAND
TO GERMANY
safety of each member of the crews
that came over and the Germans
paying them a tremendous bonus.
Another story that was tofd,
which shows how bad the morale of
the German Navy had gotten, is that
I Ana eiiK T?rV?i/>Vi oil dnrinir tVio wap haH
VAiC OUW nuivu Ull UUi 1UQ vu\/ II v?u ?1W?V.
been on ^trictly military duty?that
is duty which did not involve the
| sinking of merchant and passenger
| steamers?desired not to be included
j in the ignominious surrender. The
officer in command is reported to
have requested the British admiral
to permit him to return to Germany
with his colors flying. To support
his request he stated that he had
fought and sunk three British cruisers
in a fair battle and that frequently
he had been in action with
British men-o'-war. The British admiral
granted the request; but when
the German officer returned to his
ship, his crew refused to return with
the ship to Germany, because they
would not receive the bounty, which
was paid by their government to
those who took their subs to England
and turned them over to the
English! Can you imagine anything
worse than that? It surely was like
selling your country for a bit of
gold.
And now about the vessel on
which we took passage,
rne u. s. s. Apiwoaiie.
The Aphrodite is a converted yacht
of about 2,000 tons and is one of the
fleet of small vessels rented to the
government by wealthy Americans.
She is Valued at $1,000,000 and is
rented by the estate of the late Col.
Payne to the nary for t^e magnificent
rental of $1 per year! She is
a palace indeed, and it is hard to
describe her. State rooms are gorgeously
fitted up, bath rooms all in
marble, real beds, wonderful tapestries
hang ip the dining salon, pianos,
etc., etc., without end. She is
captained by Capt. Billard of the
Coast Guard Service, who very courteously
turnedV hia cabin over to
Commander Child and myself, who
were the senior members of the commission.
Her executive officer and
second in command is Lieutenant
Vincent Astor, who himself has rented
his floating palace, the Naoma, to
the navy for a dollar a year.
The Trip Across the North Sea.
The first thing we learned on arriving
on board was that there were
reported to be numerous mines floating
in the North Sea and that the
trip across might be attended with
some danger. Sure enough {when
less than two hours out from Har
wich we passed several and stopped
enough to shoot at and sink one or
more. There were so many, however,
that it caused such a great loss of
time, ttfat we from then on contented
ourselves with merely radioing
back where we had passed the mines.
The second night out we anchored
off The Hague, capital of the Netherlands,
and in the early morning had
a chance to see the picturesque villages
that border on the Dutch coast.
Of course, being theoretically still in
a state of war with Germany, we
could not come closer and had we entered
closer in shore we should have
been liable to internment until
peace was signed.,
The North Sea is, I think, with\the
possible single exception of the China
Sea, about the roughest body of
water that it has ever been my misfortune
to traverse. It was simply
terrific and the little Aphrodite
bobbed around on it like a cork. Sea
sick? I was never so ill in' my life;
but at least I disproved an old saying,
which I know you have often
heard to the effect that one who is
sea sick "at first thinks he is going
to die; and then fear that he won't."
Well, that is all bosh! And what
proved it to me was
A Mine. *
At 8:53 on the monring of January
tenth, when the sea was at it3
roughest and waves were continually
breaking over the ship, we struck
one of those dainty little missiles
called a mine. I was in bed, sick,
and had about decided that I didn't
want any breakfast and was beginning
to fear that I wouldn't die,
when I heard a scraping noise along
the keel of the ship. I didn't think
much about it; but a moment later
a terrific explosion threw me out of
the bed and placed the cabin in darkness.
It took only a moment to sav
'mine," forget sea sickness and get
ready for a boat. Couldn't find ray
clothes, of course, go proceeded on
deck in pajamas, over which I wore
.(Continued on page 7, column 1)
WANT REAL PROHIBITION.
Bill Would Prohibit Sale of Extracts.
Columbia, Feb. 9.?The judiciary
committee reported favorably last
night a substitute for the Hart bill
prohibiting the selling amd purchasing
of bitters and other compounds
containing more than 1 per cent, of
alcohol, also toilet preparations and
antiseptics which can be used as a
beverage.
The bill prohibits the sale of
"tonics, bitters, drugs, medicines or
compounds containing alcohol, if the
alcohol contained in such compounds
or preparations is in a greater quantity
than is becessary for the purpose,
solution or preservation, and
unless such compounds or preparations
are sufficiently medicated so
they cam not be used as beverages,
and the sale of such tonics, bitters,
drugs, medicines or compounds is
hereby prohibited."
The measure likewise forbids the
sale of toilet articles and antiseptic
preparations containing alcohol that
can be used as a beverage. The retail
selling of flavoring extracts in
other than small quantities is prohibited.
No one person is allowed
to purchase more than two ounces of
extracts each day, and that must be
for culinary use and not for beverage.
The bill makes it "unlawful for
any person to purchase as a beverage
any compound, toilet article or
flavoring extract containing more
than 1 per cent, of alcohol."
r Conviction of the violation of any
of the provisions of the bill is punishable
by a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $500, or imprisonment
of not less than three
months or more than one year, for
the first offense, and imprisonment
from one year to two years, without
the alternative of a fine, for the second
offense in the discretion of the
court.
FOUR WE IN WRECK.
Many Others Injured in Accident on
Piedmont Northern.
. i. * , ,/,
Greenville, Feb. 8.-?Four persons
are dead, six are seriously injured,
two probably fatally, and fourteen
others are suffering from minor injuries
as a result of a wreck on the
Piedmont and Northern Railway near
Chick Springs this morning, when
the rear coach of a northbound train
jumped the highest trestle on the
road about 150 feet and plunged to
the ground ninety feet below. The
car was almost completely demolished
by the fall; and virtually all of
the passengers received injuries.
The forward coach miraculously remained
on the trestle after both
trucks had jumped the rails and carried
the car to within a few feet of
toppling over.
The dead are: James E. Thomason,
age 11 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.
B. Thomason, of 151 Rutherford
street, killed instantly. He was en
route to Spartanburg with his mother,
who was seriously injured.
G. W. Roobs, of Patrick, age uncertain,
identified by tag on key
ring. Died from fractured skull a
short while after being taken to the
base hospital at Camp Sevier.
John 0. Bright, sailor, 18 years of
age, home address, Victor Mill,
Greer, S. C.; stationed at Charleston
and it is thought that he was en
route to his home on furlough.
M. H. Walker, address unknown,
died about 3 o'clock this afternoon
at the base hospital.
m i?i ?
Manning Planning to Go to France.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 6.?Governor
Manning has received his passports
to France, where he will go as
a delegate for the league to enforce
peace, provided he can get passports
also for Mrs. Manning. Governor
and Mrs. Manning wish to visit the
garve of their late son, Major William
Sinkler Manning, who was killed
five days before the armistice was
signed. Preident Riggs has also been
granted a leave of absence from
Clemson to visit France for the insti
tution.
^ ! > mm
Good Showing Made.
At the annual meeting of the;
stockholders of the Commercial;
Bank of Blackville, held a few days j
ago, Air. A. M. Denbow and Dr. Geo. i
F. Hair were re-elected as directors
of the institution. At the subsequent
directors' meeting, Mr. Denbow
was re-elected president of the
bank. ' Although only the second
year of the bank, an eight per cent,
dividend was declared, $6,000 passed
to surplus, and $2,500 added to un- =
divided profits. |
ROY HUNTER IN GERMANY.
Bamberg Boy Tells of Thip Up the
Rhine and of Stay in. Enemy Land.
The following letter is from Mr.
Roy M. Hunter to his home folk. Roy
is with the U. S. Marines, 2nd division,
now in Germany. He is a hospital
assistant, 1st class.
|teim Brohl, Germany, Jan. 11, 1919. '
We have been almost continually 1
on the march since Nov. 10th, 1918,
and at last reached this place. Arrived
at the front Nov. 16th and left
the next day with the 2nd division on
the march to Germany. Went ,
through Belgium and. Luxemburg, to ,
the famous Rhine. 1 was quartered |
in the Hotel Bender for a few days; ,
from my room could see the boats
going and coming. The river is wide .
and the current is very strong. The |
tug boats haye a hard time going up
stream; there are no bridges in this ,
sector. On Friday morning, Dec.
13tb, in a ferry boat we crossed the
river and hiked up the stream about
three miles to this place. Traffic is
carried on by boats of all kinds,
mostly tugs and barges. I am sending
you some views and photos of
the river and town's scenery and so 1
forth. Along for several miles the
hills are so high that it takes the sun i
a long time to peep over and goes
down so early that it makes our days 3
very short and a long time from
"chow" in the evening till taps at 9
o'clock. i
Well, I saw the battle fields and i
\ '
the great havoc wrought by the ar- <
mies, the shell holes and the trenches j
where so many poor soldiers suffered ,
last winter in the cold, as no fire ]
was allowed. I have been told by j
some of the men who fought in the \
trenches that the suffering, cold,
shell and machine gun fire was intense.
I must tell you a little about <
Christmas. We had a very good dinner,
more than we could eat, and
each one was given a chocolate bar
and half pound of chocolates. There
1
were several small Christmas trees in J
the different companies. We have J
two bands, the marine and the artillery,
both very good. Movies are (
here for our amusement; had a Ger- 1
man picture show one night, but had
to have an interpreter. At the "Hin\
? i
denburg" theater was shown some j
real Americdn pictures which were 1
very much enjoyed. "
One of my friends received his 1
Christmas box this morning, Jan. 5, 1
and shared it with me. Some "real" (
candy was in it, which was much 5
enjoyed. I have not up to Jan. 11th 1
got mine; no letters or papers from 1
home yet. I don't know who was
elected in the State or county last 1
summer. Hope all things went right
and that no news is good news. I ]
have very little to do in the hospi- '
tal, no sickness; some times a pain '
to alleviate, a boil to dress, and a 4
number of the boys have sore feet,
caused by the long march.
We had religious services at the 1
"Y" yesterday an<| on Christmas day
two services. I have a map of the j
Rhine and towns along the river {
which I will send when. I get a large 4
envelope.
Several men from this company
were awarded the Croix de Guerre '
and D. S. crosses, which shows that |
our company has seen some service.
The latest news is that the 2nd division
may be relieved at this place. My .
birthday will soon come and I will ;
be 22. The hoys here say that I don't .
look more than. 18. I am feeling .
fine and hope to get home this summer.
Best wishes. 4
ROY M. HUNTER,
? ? ^ - ?
H. A. 1 U., 211(1 LHVision, oiu rvest.
80th Co., U. S. Marines.
< ! ?
Two Die in Fire. *
i
Spartanburg, Feb. 9.?Fire here ]
early today destroyed a three-story t
brick building on South Liberty 1
street, owned by T. B. Ross, result- 1
ing in a heavy property loss and the
death of two persons, Perry Burnett
and his daughter Miss Lila Burnett, }
who occupied rooms on the second 1
story, of the building. The first 1
floors of the building was occupied by ?
^ ttt 1 ? Dlonl t
tne i". Jt5. jftoss w u'ju wuin.iu.5 j. luub 1
and by Burnett & Garlington, who 1
had stored in their portion of the c
building a number of automobiles. c
Mr. Ross is aid to have sustained 2
a loss amounting to $30,000 with insurance
of less than $10,000. Bur- (
nett & Garlington's loss of $20,000 *
is said to have been, practically cov- 1
ered. 1
All the German parties except the ]
Liberals elected women delegates to 1
the national assembly^ Mafrbe that 1
is why the Liberals disappeared as a s
political force. / c
I
/
v
v
10,000 MEN Ai
UN ACQ.
Official tables of the major battle ; <
casualties of the American forces in j '
i i
France made public by Gen. March,
chief of staff, last Saturday, show j
that approximately 10,000 men re-! 1
main wholly unaccounted for nearly 1 ]
three months after the ending of <
hostilities. The deaths, missing and !
known prisoners are tabulated up to i January
10, for each of the thirty j
combatant divisions of Gen. Per- j i
shing's army. The total is 56,582,1 s
of whom 17,434 are classified as! 1
missing or captured. An appended ,
statement shows shows that only 11
29 American military prisoners were
believed to be still in Germany on I j
January 8, and that 4,800 prisoners 11
had been checked up as returned and 1
118 died in captivity. ]
Some portion of the great body of i
missing men may be located as the j ]
return of the army thins out the ! i
American forces in France. Indica- j ]
tions are, however, that the majori- j ]
ty of the 10,000 finally will be added | j
to .the roll of honor shown in the; <
tables of those killed or died of i
wounds, now recorded as 39,158 i
men.
To that figure also must be added j <
1,551 men of the marine brigade,!*
figures for which, not carried in the!
tables, were obtained from official (
sources. This brings the grand ag- <
?re?ate of deaths from battle up to ]
10,709 on returns estimated official- 1
ly to be 95 per cent complete. As! i
figures on missing and prisoners of j 1
:he marine are lacking, the number j ]
PREPARE TO INVADE POLAND.
Germans Refuse to Evacuate TerrJ- <
tory Claimed by Poles.
London, Feb. 8.?When the su-'
preme inter-allied war council met in <
Paris today 'one of the questions *
which was discussed was the gravity '
pf the relations between Germany 1
ind Poland, according to dispatches *
from Paris. The military danger (
with which Germany menaces Po- J
land, it is felt, may threaten France (
later on. So far, it is declared, the t
Germans have turned a deaf ear to f
the injunction of Marshal Foch in re- t
?ard to the evacuation of territory 1
Maimed by the Poles. The Germans
ire holding an army in readiness to
march into Poland and are concentrating
troops in the east.
The war council is resolved, ac- 1
wording to an Exchange Telegraph j
Company's dispatch, to compel Ger- j
many to carry out the clauses of the i
irmistice and in the renewal of the i
irmistice on February 17, will prob- ,
ibly impose such conditions that ]
/># ?rlnm /\f A rtm AKill7G_ ,
LIOL11 lllO yUllil U1 View ui ucaiuuiiiuu i
tion and disarmament all the danger '
threatening Poland will be removed. .
A Reuter dispatch from Paris says ;
it is declared in well informed French
quarters that in view of the German
attitude toward the Poles, the associated
powers, may think it advisa- 5
ble to consider the question of the j
occupation of the port of Danzig, and 1
the railroad from Danzig to Thorn j
with allied and Polish forces. ;
At the meeting Marshal Foch and
Gen. Weygan were present for j,
France; Admiral Sir Rosslyn1 j
Wemvss for Great Britain; Gen. | ]
Bliss for the United States, and Gen. I <
Robilant for Italy. . j j
St. Matthews Man Takes Own Life. ]
]
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 6.?Kirk- <
and Banks, of St. Matthews, Cal- 1
ioun county, took his. Qwn life at 1
loon today by cutting his throat. He ]
s the son of Senator J. A. Banks, ]
;he father being called from the ses- ]
jions of the senate today because of
:he suicide. j
The young mai was 24 years old.
Re was a Clemson College man, ]
vhere he was graduated with honors 1
few years ago, waning the Norris j
nedal, one of the I ighest scholarship
medals awarded. Upon gradua- ]
ion from Clemson he vent to Cor- ]
lell, where he pursued po t-graduate ?
;ourses and was immediately placed (
)n the faculty of that institution as 1
in instructor.
His duties uiere were of such a ,
sharacter that the faculty and trusses
requested that the war departnent
assign him to this chair at the
university, which was regarded as ]
)f more importance than services he ;
might render in the army. He came 1
lome a few weeks ago in bad health 3
md this morning about 10 o'clock i
sequestered himself and took his s
>wn life. He was in Columbia only <
X. .
J "X
RE YET
BUNTED FOR
nf unaccounted for which finally will
be added to the roll of the dead can
not be accurately estimated.
The army table, however, gives a
total of 14,649 men missing in ac
tion and 2,785 known prisoners,
making up the 17,434 missing or
captured. The appended statement
shows that the army rolls record
4,918 American military prisoners
accounted for. Admittedly there are
many possibilities of error, but the
statement says it is anticipated that
the indicated unaccounted for list of
12,516 will be brought "down to less
then 10,000."
The tables do not furnish any" data
as to the wounded or deaths other
than those resulting directly from
battle. A new estimate of the complete
figures on American casualties
therefore is not possible. It is sigQificant,
however, that up to Saturday
night the war department
has published the names of 43,882
men killed or died of wounds as
against 39,158 shown in the 95 per
cent tables. The difference is made
ap by additional returns since the
tables were closed January 10.
On November 27 General Pershing
estimated that his total killed and
/ rl
io/1 nf wrttinrlo wrmlH ho id lUd
lAfcVU VL Tl VUUUM Tf UU?U WV A V ) * V V*
Presumably publication of the lists
Df these known deaths and exclusive
af the unaccounted for is nearly completed,
having exceeded the estimate
by more than 3,00$, due in part to
additional deaths from wounds and
to the listing as dead of men formerly
reported as missing.
" '
HATS OFF TO ALLENDALE.
?
Governor Cooper Signs Bill Creating
New County. . |
.*. ' >
Columbia., Feb. 6.?Governor
hooper today signed the act creating
;he new county of Allendale. This
s the first legislative act signed by : - ^
the executive as governor of the
Etate. There was a considerable
leremony surrounding the proceedings,
which were attended by the , . <
legation responsible for the forma:ion
of the new county. A photograph
was taken of the group, while
;he governor was signing the docu
:aent.
Two Strange Phenomena.
\
On Christmas morning The Tribune
published the story told by
Mrs. Ellen Flynn, of Jersey City, who
related how a blue star in the service
flag displayed in her home f
;urned to gold about the time Peter
r. Mahon, her nephew, was killed in
France. Yesterday the Tribune re
reived the following leuer irom Mrs.
Kilburn Kilmer, mother of Sergt.
Joyce Kilmer of the One Hundred
and Sixty-fifth infantry, the poet,
who was killed in action:
"Dear Editor Tribune: I have
just read in this morning's paper an' v ?
account of the blue star changing to
gold, and it has emboldened me to
tell you a true incident quite as
strange, perhaps, as that narrated in ,
rour paper.
"Before my son, the late Sergt. . ,
Joyce Kilmer, sailed for France, he
gave me a little gold service flag?
red border, white enamel, and blue
star?and I always wore it and shall
ilways wear it.
"He was killed in action July 30.
[ was in Litchfield, Conn., when,the
lews reached me in August, and I
said to my husband: T shall always
cvear the little service flag he gave
me, but I'll pin on a bow of black
ribbon.' While I was doing so, to
my great astonishment I saw the
blue star had changed to gold.
"There is no chipping of the enimel.
It simply turned to gold, just
is it is today. I have shown it to
many and none can explain it. Many
jewelers have seen it and they offer
iU 9U1UUUU.
"I have not made it public before,
but I thought I must when I
read the account in this morning's
Tribune. I have no doubt it changed
when he died?it certainly did so
svhen I looked at it closely two days
ifter I received the notice of his
ieath.
"ANNIE KILBURN KILMER."
^ i?i ^
Craocolor, the best colored crayon
made, at Herald Book Store.
ast Wednesday meeting many of the
roung men here who knew him intinately
and valued highly his friendship
for his scholarly and manlj
qualities.
I