THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE!, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
EIOHT PAQtS
PAGE TWO
"DER TAG" FOR BRITISH FLEET
IS FULL OF HUMAN INTEREST
BORER IS ENEMY OF
FUTURE CORN CROPS
Eyewitness' Story of U-Boat Surrender Makes Greatest Naval His
torical. Incident a Thrilling Narrative of Retribution That
Appeals Strongly No Signs of Any Change in
German Discipline.
H
. New York. The most remarkable
i element . of this remarkable war has
f. been Its coincidence, says a corre
i t .spondent of the New York Sun who
t Witnessed the surrender of the first
lot of submarines by the Germans. On
that tense November morning when
(through the gray mists of the North
sea came creeping the first score U
toats to surrender to the British navy
I stood at the port rails of the de
stroyer, II. 51. S. Melampus.
The setting for the last net of the
, terrible sea drama of this century was
fitting a still morning with the mists
Just breaking, a forlorn silver moon
lingering, though the red suu was
beaming through in the east. Above
our heads was a patch of green and
lemon sky, and the North sea lay with
hardly a ruflte, gray with a hint of
gold, like the pulsation of a hidden
.light.
A British light cruiser one of the
newest with destroyers on either
Hank headed in the line of surrender.
Two German hospital ships used as
transports the Sierra Ventant and
the litania followed them. One af
ter another, long low phantoms, some
unite, some dappled, some black, came
out of the mist, their crews standing
on deck like a black fence, no colors
showing and no sound.
After some maneuvers the proces
sion stopped and before us lay seven
submarines, with others out of vision
The sun had grown stronger and the
light cruisers and destroyers were
picked out in white in their beautiful
subtle shapes against the grayness,
Admiral Tyrwhitfs flagship, with Its
yellow flag, in the chief position.
As one looked at the destroyer car
rying the British submarine comman
ders and crews who were to take over
ithe German submarines the British
Ifchips seemed to form a circle, and
everywhere one turned there was a
British white ensign at the peak. The
British ships, too, had stopped and
seemed to lie expectantly watching the
' final event. I
As one gazed in the silence, this cir
cle of white ensigns and silent shins
and the sense of everything focussed
ion these low, strange marine shapes,
hardly out of the sea, was thrilline,
To a spectator, the flags seemed as
eternal as the hills that looked down
Jon Clillde Roland at the hour of his
fate. But when the German subma-
ime navy came to its dark tower to
!day there was no bugle blast. The
I event was accomplished with English
lUecorum and German stolidity.-
One Captain Even Wept.
One German commander protested
against navigating his vessel into har
bor, and his protest was recorded, and
;ne navigated his ship Into harbor. An
i other commander broke down as he
jleft his ship and could not conceal his
I tears. Another, when the British com
jmander went on board, was unable to
j speak for a minute, and had to signal
I to a subordinate to carry on. The
i commander of the first submarine
i which the British boarded took his
i Iron Cross from his neck and ground
it under his heel. Some of the sub
marines were left bare below. Others
left sextant, compass, glasses and
many articles. Iu one submarine- .u
melodeon was left as if Germany had
no more songs to play. One man left
his ship with his guitar under his arm.
As we first caught sight of the sub
marines our destroyer was crowded
with the young British submarine
commanders uud their crows in a state
of exhilaration and high frequency.
Only the day before the captalu of the
Melampus had been decorated with
the Distinguished Service order for an
exploit against a submarine eighteen
months back. His delight at the scene
before his eyes was indescribable.
And nobody can Indicate what it
meant In general to these men when
they beheld the vessels before them
they had sought for through priva
tions and fastings and dangers as
knights did for the thing they love.
I have heard the phrase about eyes
dancing, but I never saw the fact till
then. One of them turned to me and
said: "You don't realise the humilia
tion of it. Fancy throwing in vour
hand like that. Now if it had been a
scrap! It must be terrible for that
bunch."
Many officers seemed to feel that j
side of it. They knew what It meant
Chicken Thief Spends I
Ten Years in Jail
rittsburgh, Pn.Of the last
fourteen years Andy 1'astor
has spent ten of them In the
workhouse ttccnu.se he Is unable
to keep out of other people's
chicken coops. He appeared In
court again the other day,
charged with chicken stealing,
and was given two more years.
$443
Growers Urged to Watch for DC'
structivo Insect.
H. SI. S. Melampus the officer came
over the sides, diluted and there the
ceremony ended. The guard was
mounted forward and aft to prevent
Intercourse with the British crew, but'
that was hardly necessary. The com
ments of the crew were very unfaviw
able and chiefly turned on Lewis guns
and bombs.
"Look at them Iron Crosses! What
did they get thorn Iron Crosses for?
For doln' down sailor men and women
and children the Belgian Prince,
I.andovery Castle! That's the sort of
thing for thv Iron Crosses they're wag
ging about. Look at them!"
Very Strange Sight.
Wdien some of the men looked with
an attempt at superciliousness at the
crew that had clustered aft one of
our men replied by pointing meaningly
to a depth charge on the side. The
German submarine men knew well
what that meant In the past.- It was i
a very strange sight, the German ofll-
If Pett Should Escape to Corn Belt It
Undoubtedly Will Become Most
Destructive Enemy Insect
Found In Stalk.
(Prepared by the I'rilted Htutoa Depart
nii'iit ot Agriculture.)
Future corn drops of the United
States will tie exposed to the Kuroponii
corn borer, the most destructive enemy
of ninlzo which has ever Invaded this
country, unless growers co-operate ae
lively with federal and state nnlhorl-
tles In stamping out the pest. The In
itlal outbreak (if the borer was discov
ered in Massachusetts, near Boston,
and at present the territory In which It
appear Is confined to eastern Massa
chusetts. If this pest should escape to
the corn licit. It undoubtedly will be
come the most destructive enemy of
com which has ever occurred 4u tho
cers and men on the British destroyed
to have a submarine and they knew I gazing across n few yards of space to
Boy Convinces Father
He Can Make Good
Oak Park, .111. In order to
convince his father that he can
make good on a business prop
jo osition, Stephen Ilorton, son of
& Benjamin P. Horton, wealthy
(Z citizen of this village, has tak
2 en to shining shoes, making $10
Jo a week. He is "delivering the
shines," too, patrons say.
what pride of the sea meant. They
could understand what the German of
ficers felt. Afterward, when the Ger
mans were on board our destrever and
you saw their faces plainly, and they
saw the British navy face to face, that
sight was overpowering. The men felt
It too.
"You could feel sorry for these poor
blighters If they had been destroyer
men but these "
This destroyer was probably typi
cal of the destroyer class. .
Spoke of It as "Der Tag."
One of the British submarine com
manders, who spoke of this as "Der
Tag," as nearly all of them did (one
of them called it "Der Tag Nacht Den
Tage" "the day after the day"), said
mat he would not forget this day. "It
is the anniversary of the dnv a year
ago when they did down my brother."
Among the party on the Melampus
was the captain of an Atlantic liner
who had been sailing through the "tin
fish" since the war began and who had
had a great liner, the apple of his eye,
torpedoed in the Mediterranean when
carrying nearly 3,000 troops, of which
he had lost 140.
It was appropriate surely that the
mercantile marines who had fought
these U-boats that now lay helDless
before us all through the four terrible
years should have been present at the
death. All the appalling tales of
heroism and death and suffering lij
the annals of the merchant service
seemed to come to a head In the sight
of these low ships on this day of days.
Ancnoreu in a wide line, several
miles in extent, our little gray motor
boat went dancing across the sunlit
water. Each trip we carried four
British submarine commanders n,i
their crews. Each time a pretty sim
ilar scene was enacted.
The ceremony was not like the
ceremony when Nelson's captains took
over an enemy ship. The English
commander invariably saluted as he
went on board and the German ac
knowledged the salute, and In reply to
a request for his papers handed over
a blue tracing of his vessel or other
technical papers, and gave Its number
hitherto strictly withheld.
After the Germans came into tho
harbor, were taken off the submarines
and were taken back to their own
transports on two destroyers, one of
the British seamen gazing at them
What waves of will and heart must
have passed back and forward In that
crowded boat, what pages of racial
history!
There was no sign of any change In
German discipline. The ollioers were
as one expected and the men were as
one expected; everything tho officers
commanded was Immediately obeyed.
There was no sign of civilian commit
tees, except that fliere were two men
in civilian clothes on the bridge of the
Titanla. Strangely enough, there were
two similar figures on the bridge of
the British Melampus, two shabby
looking Journalists. And so again the
WolA" bureau can lift Its witching
voice and tell the despondent Huns
the British sailors' soviet was in com
mand of the boarding operations.
The last event of the day wits see
ing the German submarines, now-
purged of their crews, lying in bunches
of three securely moored in the inner
harbor of Harwich.
It was growing dark and their curi
ous ghastly shapes recalled other
ghosts ghosts of women and children
and merchant seamen pallid, blood
less human faces floating onto the
lift of the water in the gray deserted
wastes of the Atlantic.
mm
A V
Work of European Corn Borer.
"AMERICA''
By SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH
My Country, 'tin of (hoe,
Hwcot land 'f liberty,
of thee 1 emu;
IjiikI whrrn my rutin- illfil,
l,nntl of th Jill) mm' rllt,
From every iih.uiiIhIiinIiIo
l. t frwdiMii rltitf.
My imtlvo country, tln'o
Ijtnd of Ilia noliiw, trip,
Thy mono I love;
I lova thy riK-hn iul rill.
Thy wooiIm unci tti lillln;
My heart with rupture- thrill
l.lko that iiIhivd.
t.et miiHle well th It'-cjo,
Ami rlnu from nil the iwi
Hw't't't VriH-iluin' nomf;
Lot miirt ill loneueH utvukc.
Let nil llmt hn-Hilie juirtiilio:
l.i't rurkH their ulloiie break
The sound iroluiiK-
lurfathcr' Uoil, to time,
Author or HlH'ily,
To thi'P. wo kIhk:
l.hit limy tmr litiiil hn bright,
Willi frrchmi'ii holy lluhl;
prntrct us liy thy rolKlit,
(.rent U"d, our Ivlntl.
HALT SPREAD OF
EELW0I1M INJUHY
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Farmers Urged to Malntair
Careful Watch for Galls and f
Stamp Out Disease.
Afar Is Responsible for
Many Words and Phrases
Added to English Tongue
HAS 300 STORM PHOTOGRAPHS
State Meteorologist of Kansas Has
Largest Collection OutGlde of
Weather Bureau in Washington,
AaAtAAfi&4&jAS JlZJUZ&i I whk'h wns thu vessel 1 wfs on the
Topeka, Kan. S. D. Flora, " state
meteorologist of Kiinsti, has what Is
said to be the largest collection of
photographs of tornadoes, cyclones
and dust storms of any weather bu
reau In the United States, outside of
the Washington (D. C.) office. He
has some 300 photographs in his col
lection, most of them of Kansas
storms.
Among them are the Omaha (Nob.)
storm or March, 1913; the Elrnot
(Kan.) tornudo of June, 1017; the
Great Bend (Kan.) cyclone of Novem
ber, 1P15; theoffeyvllle cyclone of
1917, and the tornado at Garfield park
here in June, 1017. One of the photos
shows 1,200 dead sheep, another the
side of a house blown away and not
a single thing missing from the rooms,
and a church completely destroyed ex
cept the steejde.
WHERE DISABLED YANKEES ARE RECUPERATING
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United States, because Its capabilities
of Indicting Injury to the crop are al
most limitless. State and federal au
thorities are striving to destroy the In
sect, and to control nnd confine It with
in the iiresent Infested area.
Corn growers and other Interested
persons are requested to co-operato
with these authorities liy carefully ex
amining cornfields, stalks of corn, and
dried vegetation In such fields, to di
terinlne whether the insect is present.
Stalks and stems should be spilt open
from end to end nnd If n slender, dirty
white or pinkish, naked caterpillar Is
discovered therein, the examiner should
communicate with the State Entomolo
gist, State Experiment Station, Stale
Hoard of Agriculture, or the ISureau of
Entomology, United States Departfiient
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
The parent of the European com
borer is n yellowish moth measuring
about one inch ncross the expanded
wings. It lays its eggs unon the corn
leaves or leaves of grasses or weeds
In or near the cornfields. These eggs
soon hatch and young caterpillars appeal-
(aid begin feeding on near-by
leaves. Later thev crawl to thr nn.
folding heads of the corn and begin
their work of destruction. They fre
fluently bore Into the tassel stem, de
vouring its Internal portions to such
an extent that the tassel will fall off.
This phase of injury is readily seen
and is usually the first Indication of
the presence of this borer. When the
caterpillars become larger they attack
the main stalks at the base of the
leaves and it is not unusual to find
more than 25 insects attacking a single
siaiK or corn. After the ears have
formed they are promptly attacked and
very seriously injured.
The caterpillar Is almoft naked, slen
der, pinkish or dirty white In color, and
about three-fourths of an inch In length.
Almost invariably it is to he found
within the stalk or other portions of
the plant, as It Instinct causes the
caterpillar to hide away within the
piant upon which it may be feeding.
When the caterpillars mature thev nn.
pate within the stalks, and about An-
gust 1, in the neighborhood of Boston,
n new oroou or moths emerges to lay
their eggs upon the corn, nnd thus con
tinue the work of destruction. The
caterpillars resulting from this sum
mer brood of moths live throughout
the winter, hidden within the dead and
dried stalks of corn, stems of grass,
Willis ana green garden vegetables,
where even the coldest weather rton
nor injure them In the least. How-
ever, at this time, they may easily be
destroyed by burning such veL-etntinn
while It Is dry and In good condition
to Ignite readily. It isi morn
tant that all grasses and lnnro ao,i,
which have grown in and near corn
fields be burned, because then
harbor thousands of caterpillars. Be-1
Hirucnon or the Insects bv imrnino.
.1 i, . - , " """HI o
ueseimea anove, is the only satisfac
tory means of destrovinr tim n(
which has yet been discovered. AH ef
forts to poison the Insects have prov
en both expensive and unavailing.
The English language Is it very "clas
tic" one, and ever receptive nf new
ord.s and phrases. As a result of the
war, observes London nutters. It Iiiih
u'coine saturated with terms of mili
tary, l-'rcnch nnd American origin in
piirticiilar.
"lining west" has n profound and
lolgiuint significance. lis origin Is
Ubtless fl'mil "soinew liere In North
Aiiieiien," ami Its peculiar iippliciibll-
ity Is seen us mie thinks of iho sun
sinking to its rest at eventide, behind
some of the eternal hills.
"According to plan" Is a military
Idiom which lias been freiiieiitly ued
of lute, and lias much significance..
Aiming the phrases which have come
to flay Is that striking l-'reii-h mie:
"lis ne passeront pas" ("Tln-y shall
not imss!") It tells of grit nnd per
severance on the part ot brave men
against fearful odds, and will -,vr be
an Inspiration to future generations.
Much discussion has taken place re
cently tiver the inclining of the word
"decimated." It Is f refluent ly used by
war correspondents to express great
slaughter, but really It only moans nc
In ten, being derived from the Latin
ih-eliiuiN, u tenth. The use of the word
"fly" and "flee" In our war joiirniillsm
also has been ((infusing at times. "-'y
means to move with wings, w Idle "lice
Is u general term, and denotes moving
with rapidity.
Our old, well-worn friends "bllghty"
and "ca moii tinge" hardly need refer
ence, but the lirst named Is doubtless
derived from bMiitl, thu HIik loo word
for home, and brought to this country
by our soldier from oversea, "('anion
Huge," Is a French expression, inclin
ing literally "to blow sinoko Into tin
other's eyes" therf ore, a very effective
temporary "blind I"
SALT-WATER METHOD URGE!
Precautionary Measure Should D
Practiced to Thwart Dlcje f
Most Damage Haa Been Done
In State of Virginia. j'
(I'rrjmroi! I'V tho I'iiIUhJ Huihii I't j.:ir,
Hunt of AKMculttti'ti ) t,
To prevent Die spread of a crini.'
wheat iIIkcumo that recently hat dni '.
much (liimnge In certain purl .f i ;
United Slates, especially Vlrulnla. tl? )
United Staled department of nuru
lure advises fnrinern in Virginia. We 6-
Vlrglnhi, Maryland mot ('itll("iiiiit ( '
iiuiiiitiilii a careful wati li for ec! v(,r,
gulls in their grain nnd to inn!:.- h '
poHKlble effort! to Mump; out the di ;
l'lle.
The lUxeajiit nuiy bo rccngnli .) f '
the threshed grain by the pn -i-iM t. ;': .
hard, dark-colored gull about ,,n
half the size of a wbMit kernel. Th,r
gulls contain the very miuiII eclw,,ni ,
It Is best to get need from tiultiiVs;,
Held Where t Tilit Cannot be d..n.-- .
salt-water method Ik reciuuiiieicb-l (
removing the eelwortn gnllf li'i.m t "
sound grain to be sown. t
The eclworm Iiiih dune the iiimm h,( ,
age In Virginia, ruusltig us nun h m '
Id per cent loss In h..hic Jh-bN tl ;
year. It occurs In minor ib i.i
West Virginia, Maryland and (V t
fornla, these being the only Mai
where Its positive uppcurutice j
known, but It n feared that the tn
bin occurs in other Ktates nnd j.i.ssi
may have been overlooked or mit;il
for bunt, cockle need or bin bm .
wheat.
Samples of wheat or ernln tlmu,
to be affected Willi thl disease !n,t
be sent for positive, Identlii.-nti. .li ¬
the stale agricultural experiment i
Hon or to the ollice of cereal luvc-U"
thins, United Statca department of;
rlciilture, Washington, I, (.',
The disease Is not native to the I
ed States and It can bo controlled
careful precautions.
How to Clean Diaeaied Seed.
If disease-free Hcel cnliiiot be
talned, the "salt-brine" method
recommended for Keimriitlng thej
fecteil kernels, or gfillx, from the ii
wheat kernels. A percent alt:
lutloii should be iiiade by dlssohin,
pounds of common wilt In 25 gal: .
Of water. The (llseiiMed deed sic
be poured nlowly Into fills Holm
which meanwhile Is Mlrred vlgoroi
The muiid wheat kernels will it
while the galls, light kernels, and fi' " ,
will float. The gulls und other fl i
Mother's Cook Book
"Foods that come frnin ni-ur lit homo
are patriotic fooi!n; every iiotind of inatn
rlal Unit you willnlraw frmil IrunniJ. illa
tion means that much coal, that much
labor, that much nrtllmc dtock released
for roconntructloii work."
Seasonable Dishes.
A most tasty dessert that is easily
made und one which will appeal to the
hurried housewife Is:
Rice Custard.
Heat two eggs until thick, add one
half cupful of boll,., n,.,., u ,,!( of
milk nnd honey to sweeten, flavoring
with grated orange peel. Iike in
pan set in hot water until the cuslard
is firm. One whit., may be reserved j
or a meringue,, with a tiiblespoonful
of sugar and a bit of the grated rind
for flavor. Uroun In a moderate oven.
Gingerbread.
Take ono cupful eneli of molasses,
brown sugar und peanut buttcf, two
eggs, one cupful of sour milk, one-half
teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, one
quarter teasjionnful of cloves, one fa
Mespoonful of ginger, one tonsm,.,,r,,i
tot sod,., one and one-half cupfuls each
,L ',U ' y "m i,,),,,, " leaspoon
fool of cinnamon. Mix together the
K'Wir, peanut butler and sulcus win,'
Kntrancf fn Mm r,.vi- p. ...,i ... ... .
;mi , o u"i ,LSl W1- which lias been taken u .... ..,.
leauu oi $iou,uw to be used for the treatment of rtiahi7i '. u,."ceu stutes govern-
ivra will ur n rRWi nnnir tn hmiifh k i, i. i . -wa
ers win be nursed back to health at thi hot"! Sa0ndlebrahOUSaDdS '
Raise Good Chickens.
Even though you raise hut o
chickens every year, they should he
good birds and worth raisin" You
cannot afford to give your time and
reed to poor fowls.
" "n---.i. i nice in a howl, s,,t n
tvunn pmco until the. butler is soft
I Finn Inn. 4- t .
....... u.-ui in,; mixitire to a cream. )!eat
to a rrotn nnd nM them with
the salt. Sift iiu, ..
.....i , , . """ 1110 laiiir
. u miii, alternating with the sour
Whipthebatterwell.thefipoue
..... ,v cnreuseo tune pun. Hake 45
"oh,hc i a inoiierato oven. Kleaiiied
and served with onangeor lemon sauco
v iiiini-s ii mie uessert.
In making IllllfIjllSi
u....,u.uS oi leu-over cereals may
w thnnf i "8 me mndo
uu ueuien long and well.
Breaking Ground for Wheat
Ing material may bo nklinmed off,!
which the salt solution, which mo
used repeatedly, Hhould be (In
nway and the grain rinsed In wate
mediately. After the grain Is drli
spreading It on n floor or canviif
Btlrrlng occasionally it Is readj
Iilnntlng.
The diseased galls nhotild nevr
thrown on tho ground or otherwl
foxed of until they have been pit,
for n fer inlnutcH into boiling v
to kill the eolworms. After ielng
this boiling proct'HH they inuy b
to chickens. j:
Siflna of Infection.
The (Unease Is iisually Indieaf
its effect on wheat heads In the
ultliough it may occur to some e 1
on all parts of tho plant nbot
ground. Diseased heads ordi '
Rlay green longer that Is, ripen
Problem of Feeding.
Fruit Muffins.
Mix together one cupful each of oat
nur and barley Hour, three teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, two table-
ful of melted shortening nnd one nnd
one-hidf cupfuls of milk, enough to
tnake rl,,,P hatter which will drop
;-"s-M.Vlrot the spoon, about like "akS
'"" Add at the last nnn.i,,.,!6
'.I of floured dares or nii: L "l"
Jhe problem of feeding the' world Is ' "f . Well unaZkX'am
not one for the world to soiv i.,, crate oven. - ln u ma-
Individual communities. Ra'ch com--l l aak,
mnnity must have n riflnif -...., 11 1 ,
rural plan. I UJbuL iVbfiti6
aild lU-n firnmrt1W uiii..M..rt
those not affected, while the di'
lmnes may be spread open u III
the black eclworm balls. These
come in the wheat heads In pli
good kernels. They are d.ul'
bard, and sornewhut shorter uud
cr than wheat grains. Often tin.. .
be seen plainly in the affected
between the spreading glumes, r
Eelworm'a Life Cycle.
Within tho wheat galls are?
Hands of very small living but if:
less "baby nematodes," called r
These, wlK'n placed in water, (
barely seen us short, threadlike1 .
which Boon begin active niotf
In the spring the young eelwoP
cape into the soil from culls
have fallen to the ground off
were eowa with the wheat setdi
an eel-like movement they ret
young seedlings, finally become1'
netweeu the leaf sheaths nff
buds, and as the idant crows af
ually carried Up to the heads, i
iney enter the vounir flowers tit.
duce the. galls, where they f
maturity and lay eggs which
Into larvae. Thus the life cycle
Pleted. At maturity of the pi',
larvae In the galls become dri'
motionless, and can remain K
condition alive for many year t