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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917.'
SHIP CARPENTERS
WILL STRIKE TODAY
2500 Men, 11 Plants and 100
Vessels Are Irvolved; Plea
for Celay Is Ignored.
MANY APPLY FOR PLACES
Alanagers Are Not Concerned and
Promise That Work on Govern
ment Steamers Will Go On
and Jobs Will Be Filled.
fContinued From First Pg8-
nan-Kern, Coast Shipbuilding Com
pany, Grant Smith & Co., all of Port
land; McCormick's, at St. Helens; Mc
Eachern's and Wilson Bros., at As
toria, and Columbia Engineering
Works, at Llnnton.
The employers, apparently, are willing-
to act on any suggestion for an in
crease in wages, and. in fact, have ap
pealed to the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration to readjust the contracts on
Government vessels so that advances
can be granted Ln several occupations.
Unions Not to Be Dealt Wltb.
But the employers are firmly united
In their determination not to negotiate
with the carpenters' union or any
other union. They insist their entire
willingness, however, to meet with
their men individually or with commit
tees of their respective employes, act
ing for the men collectively.
The position of all operators on this
point seems to be the same. For that
reason they have decided to ignore the
communication recently sent them by
the officers of the Carpenters' District
Council, asking for a readjustment of
the wage scale, recognition of the
union and adoption of the closed-shop
policy. The District Council's letters
have not been answered.
Many Apply for Work.
There is no reason to take cogni
sance of the union's proposals. Bay the
operators, for they refuse absolutely to
deal with the union men as an organi
zation. They declare that they have hun
dreds of applications from men seek
ing work and that there is no need
on their part to recognize the union
to keep their plants running.
They emphasize the assertion, too,
that they have no objection to the
men belonging to the unions, but they
declare it their privilege to employ men
regardless of their union affiliations
or lack of affiliations. Moreover, they
Insist that they are not going to open
their plants to the wilful activities of
the walking delegates, as proposed by
the new agreement submitted by the
men.
Scale Higher Than Id Navy.
When the Government placed Its con
tracts with the local shipyards, the
Government exacted an agreement that
the employers pay the scale of wages
paid at the Navy-yards. Now the oper
aters here say they are paying better
than the Navy-yard scale. Experiencto.
ship carpenters receive 5 a aay. Some
receive more. Men working with air
tools are paid tt and more. The min
imum wage for laborers and other un
skilled men is $2.75 a day.
The eight-hour day prevails in all
plants.
The proposed scale asks for a mini
mum wage of $4 a day. and it is un
derstood that the employers are willing
to grant this providing the Government
modifies its contracts.
Seattle Price Wanted.
The men insist that the agreement
they propose here is nothing more nor
less than the agreement now in effect
among the wooden yards at Seattle.
They assert that the higher wages paid
at Seattle serve to attract many men
from Portland to that city.
Inasmuch as the employes of the
wooden yards are affiliated with the
Metal Trades Council, which governs
the union organizations in the steel
shipyards, the steel shipbuilding in
dustry, in which separate negotiations
now are pending, also may become In
volved in the controversy.
The following explanation of the
union men's attitude was made follow
ing the meeting last night:
Steel Not Yet Affected.
"The unions affiliated with the Met
al Trades Council of Portland and
vicinity by unanimous vote at a spe
cial meeting held at Turn Hall decided
to go ou strike Saturday morning at 10
o'clock, for recognition of the agree
ment which has been presented to all
shipbuilder on the Columbia and Will
amette Rivera.
"The unions are demanding compli
ance with the same agreement that has
been presented to all shipbuilding con
cerns on the Pacific Coast.
"Labor representatives are now in
vv ashinetnn rnnftirrint. nc. I
ment, and telegraphed Friday asking
iiiu.1. nu tiuiiuQ do laiten, out tne action
of Astoria, (mnlnv.ra in .
union workmen precipitated the strike
ard left the unions no alternative.
"The strike that is to go into effect
on Saturday affects only ' the wooden
shipbuilding plants at present. Whether
or not the steel yards will be affected
wiu oe decided within a few days.
STRIKE OF 15,000 IS DEBATED
200 0 Shipwrights Quit Work at
Seattle and Tie-Up Is Possible.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 14. Members
of the Metal Trades Council tonight
are considering holding a meeting Im
mediately to discuss the possibility of
caning a strike among metal workers
ln the shipyards, ln sympathy with the
walkout of the shipwrights. Joiners,
snip caulkers and ship carpenters af
filiated with the Building Trades Coun
cil.
This move. It la declared, would tie
up three steel shipyards now ln opera
tion and allect more than 15,000 men,
Only three of Seattle's wooden ship
building plants ceased operation today
as tne result oi tne walkout of wood
workers who struck to assist the lum
ber workers and shingleweavers ln
obtaining an eight-hour day, but of
the 19 shipbuilding plants ln the city
only two were unaffected in some man
ner, the Skinner & Eddy Shipbuilding
Company and the Meacham & Babcock
plant.
The Skinner & Eddy corporation has
arranged to use lumber from a union
lzed or eight-hour mill, while the Mea
cham & Babcock Company recently
leased a mill at Which union help Is
employee;.
All told. It is now estimated by the
employers that but a few more than
2000 employes of shipyards actually
walked out today though the builders
face the prospect of a general strike
being called by the metal trades coun
cil, representing the iron' trades, with a
total membership of more than 12,000.
As it is, the metal trades have refused
to handle non-union lumber. The big
shipyards face the prospect of having
these men strike when lumber becomes
a necessity in the course "of ship con
struction. The union officials asserted that
more than 4000 men had joined the
strike from the shipyards, but the
plants estimated the number at ap
proximately 2000. The union headquar
ters also said that more than 6000 men.
Including the house carpenters, were
now on strike.
STRIKE NOW SEEMS CERTAINTY
Employers and Workers Give Up All
Hope of Agreement.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14. Hops of
deferring a complete tieup of work on
$150,000,000 Government shipbuilding
contracts in San Francisco and the bay
region, which, will result if a strike
becomes effective Monday of 24,000
members of unions affiliated with the
Iron Trades Council, was given up to
night by both sides to the controversy.
The current working agreement ex
pires tomorrow night. The men now
demand a minimum wage of $6 a day, a
50 per cent increase. An offer of 10
per cent advance was rejected. Three
months of conferences between repre
sentatives of both sides have failed to
iron out the differences.
The workers have voted for a general
strike of all unions affiliated with the
council, said labor leaders. The Cali
fornia Metal Trades Association, the
employers' organization issued no state
ment after a meeting today. Previously
the employers had said they cannot
grant the demanded increase and can
not accede to the terms of the pro
posed agreement.
James Lee Ackerson, special repre
sentative of the United States Shipping
Board, asked employers to exert every
effort toward delaying the threatened
walkout until the board has had an
opportunity to review the differences.
Employers announced they would close
their plants next Monday and leave the
next move to Washington officials.
SHIPPING BOARD CONCERNED
Effort Is Made to Work Out Wage
Scale by Zones.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. The labor
situation in shipbuilding plants Is giv
ing the Shipping Board serious con
cern. A threatened walkout of Iron
trade w6rkers at San Francisco and
strikes at Seattle and New York pre
sent the most serious difficulties the
board is facing at the moment.
Representatives of both employers
and employes are here from Seattle,
and a New York delegation came to
day to take up the situation in New
York repair yards.
With the assistance of its wage ad
justment board the Shipping Board is
trying to work out a wage scale by
zones, which it hopes will be adopted
by the builders and their workers
everywhere. The system is patterned
after the Navy scale.
The Seattle workers are demanding
a 33 per cent wage increase. If this
were granted and served as a basis for
increases elsewhere there would be
added to the cost of the Government's
shipbuilding programme more than
t?oo,ooo,ooo.
The Seattle demands will be passed
upon, it is said, only after a careful
study of the situation.
San Francisco shipyard workers
have been asked to postpone any ac
tion until the Shipping Board has had
an opportunity to take up their case.
If they .Insist on striking, however,
the board, it was said today, can do
nothing to prevent It.
STRIKE TIME SET AT ASTORIA
Two Shipbuilding: Plants Close to
Await Settlement.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 14. (Special.)
Ten o'clock tomorrow morning is the
time set for a strike of the ship car
penters employed at the wooden ship
yards here. The men are asking for a
closed shop," a minimum wage of $6
per day, double pay for work on Sat
urday afternoon, exemption from pay
ment of hospital dues or state compen
sation tax and freedom of the ya. ds
for visits by walking delegates. If the
strike carries it will find the principal
yards here shut down temporarily.
The Wilson Shipbuilding Company
closed Its plant last evening indef
initely on account of the bad weather
and to await a settlement of the
trouble.
The McEachern plant wa: closed this
evening and work will not be resumed
until Monday morning, and it Is hoped
by that time all matters will be ad-
Justed.
The Rodgers yard Is not yet actively
engaged in ship construction, the ma
jority of its men being employed ln the
installation of the plant.
WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO
MRS. CAROLINA REID, 60, IS BIN
DOWN BY MAIL, CARRIER.
Son Repoi-ta Mother Is Missing and
Goes to Uargoe, Where He Iden
tifies Body of Victim.
Mrs. Carolina Reid, 60, of the Westfal
apartments. Fifth and Hall streets, was
rur down at Fourth and Jefferson
streets yesterday and fatally Injured
by . an automobile driven by John M.
Eisenblatter, a rural mail carrier of
Scappoose. She was taken to the Good
Samaritan Hospital by the Ambulance
Service Company, and died early last
night of a fractured skull.
Mrs. Reid was not identified until
early this morning, when her son,
Harry B. Reid, called police headquar
ters to report her missing from her
home. Mr. Reid was informed of the
accident, and identified the body at the
morgue.
According to Mr. Flsenblatter's state
ment to Harry P. Coffin, of the Pub
lie Safety Commission, he was driving
south on Fourth street. The woman
was going ln the same direction on
the east side of the street. Mr Eisen
blatter turned east, but to the left
side of the street to pass a truck. The
wheels of his car caught in the car
tracks of the Southern Pacific Com'
pany's line and he was unable to turn
the machine to avoid hitting the worn
an. He applied the brakes, but the
right fender struck the woman.
A. witness to the accident told Pa
trolmen Miller and Wellbrook that he
thought the woman was a Mrs. Will
iam Stevens, who was to arrive from
San Francisco and meet her husband
at the St. Charles Hotel last night. Mr.
Stevens had left for The Dalles with
a son, Lyman Stevens, of 188 Fourth
street. Lyman Stevens was called back
and arrived last night, but at the hos
pital just before she died said the
woman was not his mother.
Mrs. Reid lived in Portland eight
years ago, before the death of her hus
band, D. H. Reid. She is survived by
two sons, Harry B. Reid, of this city,
and F. W. Reid, who lives near Chlco,
CaL The son at Chlco was notified
early this morning.
Liquor ln Auto Is Seized.
J. A. White, a chauffeur, was ar
rested at Second and Glisan streets last
night by Patrolmen Elliott and O'Hal
loran, and charged with violating the
prohibition law. The police found nine
sacks full of bottled liquor in his auto
mobile.
Sergeant Oelsner and Patrolman Col
lins arrested Ida Knight at 86 West
Park street on a charge of violating
the prohibition law.
Phone your want ads to The Orego-
nian. Mam 7uvo. a. tsoss.
PRISONERS OF WAR
ARE TIDE TO WORK
Two Million Captives Aid Kai
ser, While Officers Are
Held as Convicts.
COMPASSION IS PUNISHED
Official Gazette "Holds Up to Con-
tempt of Future Generations"
Names of Kind-Hearted People
Who Gave Food and Water.
BY JAMES W. GERARD.
American Ambassador Jo the German Im
perial Court. July 28. 1913, to February 4.
1917. (Copyright. 1917, by the Public
Ledger Company.)
It was the policy of the Germans to
put some prisoners of each nation in
each camp. This was probably so that
no claim could be made that the pris
oners from one nation among the allies
were treated better or worse than the
prisoners from another nation.
In the beginning of the war the Ger
mans were surprised by the great num
ber of prisoners taken, and had made
no adequate preparations for their re
ception. Clothing and blankets were
woefully wanting; so that I Immedi
ately bought what I could in the way
of underclothes and blankets at the
large department-stores of Berlin and
the wholesalers, and sent these to the
camps where the British prisoners were
confined. I also sent to the Doeberitz
camp articles such as sticks for
wounded men who were recovering and
crutches and even eggs and other nour
ishing delicacies for the sick.
At first the prisoners were not com
pelled to work to any great extent, but
at the time I left Germany the 2.000.000
prisoners of war were materially as
sisting the carrying on of the agricul
ture and industries of the empire.
The League of Mercy of New York
having telegraphed me in 1914 asking
in what way funds could best be used
in the war, I suggested ln answer" that
funds for the prisoners of war were
urgently needed. Many newspapers
poked fun at me for this suggestion,
and one bright editor said if the Ger
mans did not treat their prisoners prop
erly they should be made to!
John R. Mott Works tn Prisons.
Of course, unless this particular edi
tor had sailed up the Spree ln a canoe
and bombarded the royal palace. I know
of no other way of "making" the Ger
mans do anything. The idea, however.
of doing some work for the prisoners
of war was taken up by the Young
Men's Christian Association. Dr. John
R. Mott was at the head of this work
and was most ably and devotedly as
sisted by the Rev. Archibald C. Harte.
At only one town in Germany was
any Interest in the fate of the prisoners
of war evinced. This was, I am glad to
y, in the quaint university town of
Gottingen. I visited this camp with
Mr. Harte, ln April of 1915, to attend
the opening of the first Young Men's
Christian Association camp building ln
Germany. The camp was commanded
by Colonel Bogen, an officer strict ln
his discipline, but, as all the prisoners
admitted, just in his dealings with
them. There were, as I recall, about
7000 prisoners ln this camp Russian,
French, Belgian and English.
University Prison Camp Is Model.
It is a pity that the methods of
Colonel Bogen and his arrangements
for camp buildings, etc., were not
copied in other camps ln Germany,
Here, as I have said, the civil popula
tion took some interest ln the fate of
the unfortunate prisoners within their
gates, led ln this by several professors
in the university. The most active of
these professors was Professor Stange,
who, working with a French lawyer
who had been captured near Arras
while in the Red Cross, provided i
library for the prisoners and other
wise helped them. Of course, these
charitable acts of Professor Stange
did not find favor with many of his
fellow townsmen of Gottingen and he
was not surprised when he awoke one
morning to find that during the night
his house naa Deen painted red, white
and blue, the colors of France, Eng
land and America.
Things Not What They Seem.
I heard of so many Instances of the
annoyance of prisoners by the civil
population that I was quite pleased one
day to read a paragraph ln the official
newspaper, the North German Gazette,
which ran somewhat as follows:
The following inhabitants of (nam
ing a small town near the borders of
Denmark), having been guilty of im
proper conduct toward prisoners of
war, have been sentenced to the fol
lowing terms of imprisonment and to
the following fines and their names
are printed here ln order that they
may be held up to the contempt of all
future generations of Germans."
And then followed a list of names
and terms of imprisonment and fines.
I thought that this was splendid, that
the German government had at last
been aroused to the necessity of pro
tecting their prisoners of war from
the annoyances of the civil population,
and I wrote to our Consul at Kiel and
asked him to Investigate the case.
Compassion In Punished.
From him I learned that some unfor
tunate prisoners passing through the
town (in a part of Germany Inhabited
by Scandinavians), had made signs that
they were suffering from hunger and
thirst; that some of the kind-hearted
people among the Scandinavian popu
lation had given them something to eat
and drink, and for this they were con
demned to fines, to prison and to have
their names held up to the contempt
of Germans for all time.
I do not know of any one thing that
can give a better idea of the official
hate for the nations with which Ger
many was at war than this.
The day after visiting the camp at
Gottingen I visited the officers' camp,
situated at the town of Hanover Mun
den. Here about 800 officers, of whom
only 13 were British, were confined in
an old factory building situated on the
bank of the river below the town. The
Russian officers handed me some ar
rows tipped with nails which had been
shot at them by the kind-hearted lit
tle town boys, and the British pointed
out to me the filthy conditions of the
camp.
Officer Treated si Convicts.
In this, as in unfortunately many
other officer camps, the Inclination
seemed to be to treat the officers not
as captured officers and gentlemen, but
as convicts. I had quite a sharp talk
with the commander of this camp be
fore leaving, and he afterward took
violent exception to the report which I
made upon hla camp. However, I am
pleased to say that he reformed, as it
were, and I was informed by my in
spectors that he had finally made his
camp one of the best in Germany.
Much as I should have liked to, I
could not spend much time myself in
visiting the prison camps, many duties
and frequent crises kept me ln Berlin,
but members of the embassy were al
ways traveling in this work of camp
inspection.
For soma time way reports were pub
lished in Parliamentary "White P-l
pers," but In the end our Government
found that the publication of these re-
pui ia irruaieu me je rm tuiia 10 bucu
degree that the British government
was requested not to publish them any
more. Copies of the reports were al
ways sent by me both to Washington
and to London, and handed to the Ber
lin Foreign Office.
While Winston Churchill was at the
head of the British Admiralty It was
stated that the German submarine pris
oners would not be treated as ordinary
prisoners of war, but would be put ln a
place by themselves on the ground that
they were pirates and murderers and
not entitled to the treatment accorded
ln general to prisoners of. war.
Great indignation was excited by this
in Germany; the German government
Immediately seized 87 officers, picking
those whom they supposed were related
to the most prominent 'amilles ln Eng
land, and placed them ln solitary con
finement. A few were confined ln this
way in Cologne, but the majority were
put in the ordinary jails of Magdeburg
and Burg.
As soon as I heard of this, accompa
nied by Mr. Charles H. Russell, Jr.,
of my staff, I went to Magdeburg, using
my ordinary pass for the visiting of
prisoners. The German authorities
told me afterward, if they had known
I was going to make this visit that
they would not have permitted it, but
on this occasion the corps commander
system worked for me. Accompanied
by an adjutant in peace times a local
lawyer from the corps commander's
office ln Magdeburg, and other officers,
I visited these British officers in their
cells in the common Jail at Magdeburg.
Confinement Ia Solitary.
They were ln absolutely solitary
confinement, each in a small cell about
seven feet long and four feet wide.
Some cells were a little larger, and the
prisoners were allowed only one hour's
exercise a day ln the courtyard of the
prison. The food given them was not
bad. but' the close confinement was
very trying, especially to Lieutenant
Goschen, son of the former Ambassa
dor to Germany, who had been wounded
and ln the hospital at Douai. Among
them I found an old acquaintance.
Captain Robin Grey, who had been
often in New York.
The German authorities agreed to
correct several minor matters of which
the officers complained, and then we
went to the neighboring town of Burg,
where other officers were confined In
the same manner snd under similar
conditions in the ordinary jail. After
visiting these prisoners and obtaining
for them from the authorities some
modifications of the rules which had
been established, we visited the regular
officers' camp at Burg.
Offleera' Prison Camp at Bur sr.
This was at that time what I should !
call a bad camp, crowded and with no
space for recreation. Later conditions
were improved and more ground al
lowed to the prisoners for games and
recreation. At the time of my first
visit I found that the commander, a
polite but peppery officer, was in, civil
life a Judge of the Supreme Court at
Leipzig, the highest court in the em
pire. As I had been a judge in the
state of New York, we foregathered
and adjourned for lunch with his staff
to the hotel in Burg.
After Churchill left the British Ad
miralty his successor reversed his rul
ing, and the submarine prisoners were
placed In the ordinary confinement of
prisoners of war. When the Germans
were assured of this, the 37 officers who
had been in reprisal placed in solitary
confinement, were sent back to ordi
nary camps. In fact, in most oases I
managed to get the Germans to send
them to what were called "good" camps.
Lieutenant Goschen Released.
Lieutenant Goschen, however, became
quite ill and w;s taken to the hospital
at Magdeburg. At the time of his cap
ture the Germans had told me ln an
swer to my Inquiries that he was suf
fering from a blow on the head with
the butt end of a rifle, but an X-ray
examination at Magdeburg showed
that fragments of a bullet had pene
trated bis brain and that he was, there
fore, hardly a fit subject to be chosen
as one of the reprisal prisoners. I told
Von Jagow that I thought it, ln the
first place, a vlqlatlon of all diplo
matic courtesy to pick out the son of
the former Ambassador to Germany as
a subject for reprisals, and. secondly,
ln picking him that they had taken a
wounded man; that the fact that they
did not know he had fragments of a
bullet in his brain made the situation
even worse, because that ignorance
was the result of the want of a proper
examination ln the German hospitals,
and I insisted, because of this mani
festly unfair treatment, which had un
doubtedly caused the very serious con
dition of Lieutenant Goschen. that he
should be returned to England ln the
exchange of those who were badly
wounded. I am pleased to say that Von
Jagow aaw my point of view and finally
secured permission for Lieutenant Go
schen to leave for England.
Dr. Ohnesorg, one of our assistant
naval attaches, went with him to Eng
land on account of the seriousness of
his condition, and I am very glad to
hear from his father that he arrived
safely in London.
(Continued tomorrow.)
MISSING HUSBAND DEAD
JERRY
E. BRIGGS FOUND,
THROUGH HEART.
SHOT
o4y Discovered ln Council Crest Park
With Revolver by Side Life
Extinct 38 Hoars.
The body of Jerry B. Brlggs, age
21. of 331 Third street, was found ln
Council Crest Park near the base of
the scenic railway at 4:25 P. M. yes
terday by John T. McAdams. of 480
Oneonta street, and Ben Tnomas. who
lives on Council Crest. Briggs was
shot through the heart . with a .38
caliber bullett. A revolver was found
by bis side.
Briggs teft his wife, Lydla, two days
ago, and had not been heard from since.
Officials at the morgue, where the body
was immediately taken, were of the
opinion that he had. been dead over
36- hours.
Officers Tully and Morris answered
the call when the body was first dis
covered. Brlggs had neither hat, coat
nor vest on. About $30 was found in
a trousers pocket.
Brlggs was an employe of the Smith
& Watson Iron Works. Though 21
years of age, he graduated from the
Sellwood School only last term. He Is
a son of Frank C. Brlggs, of 626 Spo
kane avenue, and was born in Clarke
County, Washington.
Papers on the body showed him to be
a member of City View Lodge, No. 201,
Independent Order of Oddfellows.
RED CROSS TO BE MEDIUM
Information as to Persons Now in
Germany to Be Obtained.
At the request of the Department of
State, the American Red Cross has un
dertaken, through its bureau of com
munlcatlon, to communicate messages
o- inquiries from persons ln the United
States concerning the welfare and
whereabouts of persons residing ln the
country of the central powers, or ln
territory occupied by them.
Individuals wishing to make Inquiry
concerning friends or relatives in ter
ritory belonging to or occupied by the
central powers may communicate witb
the bureau of communications, Ameri
can Red Cross. Washington, D. C
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STATE GUARD SWORN IN
MEMBERS OK COMPANIES A AND C
SIGN ROSTER.
Men Will Wear Bine uniforms
ln
Vogue In 185)8 Rifles Are Sent
by Government.
Two more companies of the Oregon
State Guard, a majority being Spanish
American War Veterans, were mus-
ered in last night at the Armory.
About 200 men signed the roster for
companies A and C. Company B had
been mustered in previously.
The formation of the State Guard is
in response to the National movement
of Spanish-American war veterans to
ore-anlze companies of state guards.
Oregon is among the first to take hold
and the companies will oegin arming
at once. The two companies wnicn re
organized last night will meet at the
Armory every Monday and FTlday
night.
Uniforms were given to tne men is
night. These companies will wear tne
old blue uniforms which are like those
that were worn when they went to tne
Philippines. Two thousand rifles nave
been sent to Oregon oy tne uovernmeni
for these volunteers.
Malor Richard Deicn is in commana
of the local organization. Captains are:
L. E. Beach. Roy Dobey and M uuk.
of A, B and C respectively. The other
commissioned officers of tneso com
panies are: First Lieutenants, J? . n.
Smith, Walter Threlkell and James a.
McKinnon, of A. B and C respectively,
and Second Lieutenants, Elmer Lund
berg. A. W. Orton and J. F. Thome,
taken In the same oraer.
EIGHT U-BOATS ARE SUNK
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charge was followed after two- or three
seconds by another much more violent
explosion, which shook tne vessel irom
stem to stern. The water Decame diuck.
over a largo area and a conslderaoie
quantity of thick oil and flotsam came
to the surface.
"Third One of our submarines sight
ed an enemy submarine on the star
board bow, and so dived, but, after see
ing him through a periscope for a few
minutes, lost sight of him. Our boat
came to the surface again, ana tnree
hours later saw the enemy on the star
board beam, two or three miles away.
The enemy altered his course and
again was lost to view.
"He again was detected, our course
was altered as necessary again, and,
when a favorable position was ob
tained, a torpedo was fired. A splash
was observed close to his stern and a
few seconds later the enemy was seen
with his stern out of water, smoke
hanging around it and the conning
tower half submerged. A minute or
two later he disappeared.
Seaplane Routs Diver.
"Fourth A seaplane proceeded to
attack an enemy submarine which he
observed maneuvering into position to
fire a torpedo at a passing merchant
ship. Before the seaplane arrived over
the submarine the latter submerged,
but three oombs were droppeu on the
position where he disappeared.
' Five minutes later a large upheaval
was noticed where the bomb was
dropped. This could best be compared
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to a huge bubble rising some distance
above the level of the sea and distinct
ly visible for a minute or more. There
was no further sign of the submarine.
"Fifth A patrol noticed a wake
with a considerable amount of foam
traveling parallel with her course a
short distance away. She crossed the
wake and dropped an explosive charge
over it. Almost immediately a second
charge was dropped and after it had
exploded another explosion took place.
Oil and bubbles came to the surface.
"Sixth One of our naval forces hear
ing gunfire steered for the position and
soon sighted an enemy submarine on
her bow. Fire was opened and a hit
obtained. A large explosion resulted,
but Its effects quickly disappeared to
reveal no sign of the enemy.
Sen Bolls) When Foe Sinks.
"Seventh Two submarines attacked
a defensively armed merchant vesseL
The first submarine fired a torpedo at
close range which missed and the ship
sunk it by gunfire. The second sub
marine then attacked the ship by gun
fire, but was da.naged and driven off."
"Eighth A defensively armed mer
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which endeavored to attack at close
range. The ship opened fire, hitting
the submarine twice, and caused It to
disappear vertically. The sea ap
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after."
AMERICAN AIRMAN KILLED
Corporal Meeker's Motor Stalls in
Flight at Fan.
PARIS, Sept. 14. Corporal Meeker,
an American aviator, was killed at
Pau on Tuesday ln an airplane acci
dent due to his motor stalling, the
Herald announces today.
Attached to the Lafayette flying
squadron ln France is William Henry
Meeker, formerly of the Harvard crim
son, who sailed from New York ln
May to join the aviation forces ln
France and whose arrival at Bordeaux
was reported May 31.
OREGON MEN IN CAMP
Six Hundred Cavalry Men Arrive at
Charlotte, X. C.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. Sept. 14. Six
hundred Oregon cavalrymen arrived
here today and detrained at Camp
Greene.
China Typhoon Hits Consulate.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. A typhoon
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