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INDEPENDENCE OREGON, APRIL 25, 1919
NO. 52.
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V'l TTruiniT. .17 . -i
S IN NAVY
THREE. YEARS
Lv EYK-WITNKS8 TO DE-
tVrrioN wuoihjiit BY the
urn) Cl'Ity
jjjg Willi ' i
letter
homo
I A.flwinif iniereHimg
f .....!. ... ,..,imiri whose
f vi tirlir to enter-
ear dw ' ,
e war, will ! read with a great
f interest by JuiuirjiriBo
ifttera follown:
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Wn war began 1 "
San Diego, then at mar ",anu
oing repair.- our repair,
rushed through and on May 80
re ready for Hen. After coal
it left Sn Francisco' for llono
fo convoy a men-hunt vessel to
i. Thin wan probably the first
in American warship had had
., began. We were at sea 2tt
hen we left here at Port Towns
ushington. During tmi trip two
ihip mates die!, one on our
d bound trip, which we bur-
tea and the other just before
port on our return, ne
nut to his home in California
trial. After n apecd run to
,)ieg where we apent the 4th of
!ue received orders to proceed
Atlantic Coast for convoy
1
jf Panama Canal was traveled
V day. Kverylwdy saying
k could you do thia outside;
. Big Diteh with no coat to us
liimling at Colon, we left for
Sk Virginia. Mere we saw a
4 the famous southern nights
Iropical islands, where yachts
aen during the winter months,
r trip was- not for pleasure, so
f things was all. Not making
fops until reaching our destin
fAnothcr coaling and we arriv
Kew York which was to be our
Port" when not at 'sea. Af-
few days of rest and Liberty,
ro again at sea. With our
imvoy of American troopg for
. We had fine weather un
ut seven or eight days out,
Ve encountered a heavy storm
9ei we could only see the masts
I transports. More than half
J time wo could not see the do
ts at all. On the 11 day we
we were to meet the deatroy
fom France. Just before dark
mi them romimr. Tt seemed as
came up from the sea, and
ere every whore at once. .TuRt
Jlurk we left the convoy with
fHroyrs ind turned .on our
k "home," We were pretty
int(l ihsn we did not go nil
y into port with the trans
put such vns life in the navy
'ull of disappointments. Af-
chlnc T)0ll wo prilling aViin nrA
liberty until we ,1eft on an-
itp. Co.'.linjr ship was our
vent in port, Our coal bunk-
fd 2150 tons and thnn took n
.of about 1000 tons. Our
P was pretty cold and al-
'1 hottVY mi fllnninn- . r.iin
and Inol;-out watches four
on eifhl: off Tim 1,,,1,it
was (li,. worst and we nl-
'"nsKlcrod o'it'pIvps lu.dv if
detailed on a Gun watch for
h
hli trip Vo met the destroy
I same h,.fore but morning
n s i ah
i.'it: rwuvuv. -rtll
and IV
oh our foeile that ull the deck f,m.,.
would be busy biaking he for two
and threa hours, so we could let w,
our anchor, 1 kus here wM win-re
tho nayinjf cumo, "Jto a j;n-r;t lif if
you don't weaken." h vi.g so n.ld
that nobody cared to ej on i;i,t.rty.
Now when a sailor don't go on liber
ty It ha to be pretty I,,,,), 'phe st
trip hefor I was transferred ',0 tli n
S. S. Colony was the m-arcxt thing to !
real action we had ever had.
. r. nop uui ii pnijj v.ita seen
just ahead of our convoy. 8c w.
moved in its direction to learn wlmt
ahlp and where bound. A soon nr
we came nunr it, she would make more
peed and get out of our way. But
always keeping close to our convoy.
She would show no colors or answer
any signals. Battle stations wan
uminded and deck cleared for action.
Our convoy was left behind and we
were doing was is called in the mivy,
m maknif knots". Hut wth all the
speed we cold make, it would al
ways keep ahead and out of our ds
tnnce, Finally we thinking it whs a
trap to get us sway from the convoy
we turned back to our convoy. We
found our convoy safe and resumed
our regular Virgil.
On our return frip to Halifax,
mumps broke out among tho ships
company. I got them after our re
turn to port. Fifty of the worst cases
were transferred to the U. S. S. Old
Colony. We were stationed there for
nearly six weeks, then transferred to
New York to the Receiving Ship.Thcn
YANKS TURN TABLES
FOR BRITISH BRIDES
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Yankee boys are turning tae
table on the British youths in the
"brides from serosa sea" act. A.
3. Drexel, son of the famous An
thony J. Drexel of Philadelphia.
Is the latest American to marry a
British beauty. Thia is tha bride,,
formerly Miss Nancy Orayson,
daughter of UauU-Col, H. M.
Grayson, M. f.
just go we did not miss our ship. Bicy
cles is the main personal convey
ance of France, so all of us (10)
would hire them and take long rides
bacjk to the San Diego again. After j into the country. The villages, are
a week or two volunteers were called i hardly more than one mile apart, so
for a gun crew to be transferred to we were mostly riding through small
the Armed Guard Barracks at Brook
lyn. Two months of hard training
and we were qualified for Gunrd
Duty at sea.
On June 29th we were transferred
to a small freighter on Over Sea duty.
This ship the Lake Larga was then
at Montreal, taking a cargo of baled
hay and grain for the Canadian Ex
peditionary Forces Over Sea's. We
were quartered in a hotel the St. Law
rence Hall, until our ship was ready
to' sail. We were the only American
sailors in that city then, so we had a
very fine time. Although we had not
been paid for nearly a month.
Leaving Montreal down the St. Law J
ronce River past the city of Quebec, ,
auw the historical trail by which the j
city was captured many years. I al
ways will wonder how they ever climb j
d that wall of rock. In these cities j
towns. Everywhere is small wine
yards where each family grows their
own grapes and makes their own wine
There is very poor drinking water and
tking water into the field like we do
they take a bottle of red wine (vin
blanre) (win blonk.)This wine costs
about 2Vi ro 3 francs (or 50 to 60
! cents in -U. S. money), if bought at
! the wine shops in the cities. A trav
! eler cannot buy any along the way,
I but he is welcome to drink all he
j wants. There are always a flock of
j little children around and if he gives
j each one that the penny he "s''s for,
i he will pay for the wine he drinks.
After a few days our orders were to
go to Card:ff, Wales for a cargo of
coal. Having target practice on our
trip at boxes and other floating da
bris. arriving at Cardiff we found
there we're qnife a few sHrs also
waitiiiK for cord, so would hrw to
the prevailing language r r "u , g fl wpek Herp we m
... ,in a fw words to be used ; , , , . u.
w u jinn... v ' " -
when we reached France
Sidney,
we would prepare for our trip acioss
chased ourselves a pho-
the most complete sea bag or who
kept the cleanest sea bag or who
We were always argung about some
thng but there never was a fight or
hard feelngs among us the eight
months we were together and that is
j nearly a record for a bunch of sail
ors.
We stopped in Brest for orders and
next morning was on our way to Nan
tes, about 30 miles up the Loire River
Here we went through another old
Chatean or Barracks. Here they had
quite a number of the old time tor
ture machines and after going
through and seeing all those things,
I wsa glad I did not live in those
times. After discharging our cargo
we sailed for Cardiff Wales for an-
I other cargo of coal and it was on our
return trip to France that we nearly
had our luck with a submarine. We
anchored at Penzance near Lands,
j England. About 4.30 a. m. were $p
j line -formation with a few small traw
: lers for our escorts. We were about
! four miles out side of the harbour
l when we heard one of leading ships
! fire one gun. Myself and a fellow we
i called Mack, an ex-brakeman on the
Southern Pacific Railroad was on
I watch and when we heard the shot,
, we were busy looking for the object
of their fire. We looked all over the
surface of the water but all we could
see was a large can .floating on the
water. I looked at it and said it was
only a can and was looking on the op
posite side. I heard Mack say "look
at that can" and make a dash for his
side of the gun. That can was out of
water and rising fast. We got one
shot and tore a part of the can away
and then a trawler got in cur way.All
the gun crew was on the job as soon
as the gun was fired. We had turned
and was making or the protection of
the submarine nets in the harbour.
An English destroyer dropped depth
charges a part of that morning, but
did not strike anything. That even
ing a large cargo ship was torpedoed
notfar from the harbour where we
were at anchor.She was run aground
to save her cargo. . The next morn
ing we left again and was not bother
ed this time, we had destroyers vith
jus. . ' ;
I This trip we made to Paulliar near
Bordeaux.' where a large air station
was. It has been turned over to the
French Army since. Whi'e here we
g'v seaplanes assembled and trial
fliehts made. 1 Manv people think all
the flights are mpd? by officers, but
here was a sailor who was 'an .expert
rilot. He secured a sneciil permit
to go fancy flying, 'doing the spiral,
tiil spin, r'p side down . Porkscrew.
first on one of the steel girders in. the
hold. 1 had let a yell out from where
I fell and the gang "found me and
got me out" They could not do any
thingf or me in St. Nazire, so when
we arrived in Brest I saw a naval
doctor and he told me I had a frac
tured jaw. So I was transferred to
the hospital. I was in the hospital- a
month and then was transferred to
j tlfe dead and "educate the orphan. But
men need the stimulus both of precept
and example to preserve them in a
proper relationship to duty, and these
are furnished by the Oddfellows and
kindred fraternities. Practice in well
doing serves to demonstrate that it In
indeed, more blessed to give than t
receive. The great sums expended
relief of the brethern, their widows
the Repair Ship Promethena, then at and orphans, the homes for the aged
Brest repairing the destroyers, yachts
Well anything from repairing watch
es to building a new bow on a de
stroyer. That is some .job, but the
"Pig Iron Polly" (aa we call it) has
done that on the-U. S. S. Stewart,
when she rammed the U. S. S. Ben
ham. I did hate to leave the bunch on the
Lake Larga, for they are still over
there, but try as hard as I did, I could
not work a transfer back there again'.
The Promethens stayed at Brest
orphanages for the care and educa
tion of the young, are in themselves
worth while, as their immediate ben
eficiaries can testify, but it is perti
nent to consider that the greatest ben
efit of all is conferred upon thosewh
are permitted to share in these ben
volent and unselfish enterprises. "A
brother to relieve how exquisite the
bliss," ang Robert Burns, giving
voice to this idea. The Independent
Order of Oddfellows, conceived in
America by five men familiar with the
until January 18th, then sailed for the ' gpjrjt of a similar aventure jn Eng-
Statesafter fourteen months foreign ianj i,as erown to its present pro
portions because unselfishness is con
tagious, and because, in their inner
most hearts, men want to help their.
fellows and need only to be shown th
way.
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ine m-a i, i - , , . , . t, j ,
.rvl t. Sidnev. N. S. where .:." r f Ouf. next port was" St. Nazier where
v..jr "i . .. wished we nan never goi. re '.. x. i.;u
I . , , . We IOOJV Oil a l aiK" Ul .bi-cci mi uuuu-
got our caigu u. ..u - , . B;ef,romes. jre we met with
I J nti, nr thp hin flWI US : " .
Just before
ir,-,,. , frmnd otiite a few Amencanr ,, ' , .
------- - , . niiiHnnt nrhifn nrniiornr TY1P nflCf,
Breromee. Here w
. nf thp crew cleaning trie snip Him u
irtfu mn in imm iiiiiht. . ,
leavii g we played a game of base ball eleamng ouVselves we nut to sea. to the gtateg j w8g going forward
for the benefit of' th- Red Cross W" I Each time we left a port all of us 0T1(? ni(rht to e rrdm rooms,when I
wero defeated by 'he score of to 3 scn)bbed our clothes and there was tripped on a line and fell down the
16i.tHl was collceted by the Red Cross , always an argument about who had c-r-o bVh find erne to a ston,head
A dinner was given us by the citizens j - : " ' ;
of Sidnev. It seemed as if every-1 -
where we had a great time.
1 i-A rtil'l
we received oruers u.
We were sorry to leave
Despite the
At last
for Lellarve
hni.nll triad in a way.
fact we did not have our gun yet-Twenty-three
days found us at the en
trance of tho English Channel. Here
We saw the leaving of some Hun sub
marines. Hoxes, life crafts, dead bo
dies, where a ship had been torpedoed
early that morning. On om; large
life raft a little, dog was a.Jt.nglhe
raft was not near enough for us to
u rhiof Gunner said w
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net of
convov
next morninc we
f anchor in tbp rlvor nt. Rt,
Everyiiody was nrennrinnr of Wight
I'tv. Tl,,,.. j. ' nn,t nrriv
L. ' ' . WflM HOC niUCn 10 liwuiius
jf he strci ! i nre narrow and
I IIO W I 111"!
t is alw.ys raining. After a
this port we left, for Brest.
70 coaiod ship nnd gaye six
"ncrty- Leaving Brest th'd
V to eotroy the Mount. Ver
N"w York. Tn this trip we
l(,d n vrford . run for ' the
making the trin In , seven
1 a f.,v lfmrai aver,pin(? 20
'ougiiout. the trip. That re-
nw I ' . n by . the U. R. S.
F few hours.
t hig dry dock for small
We 0ft fnr ITaifflxi Nov)a I
"ore won the coldest we 'had
piy days we did not scrub
deck on nccount of the wa
r to the deck. Here con
I ns thfi same ag before.,Cold
? meeting destroyers and turn
;K j"id returning to port and"
had better shoot it aim
i . Tt was an a
starve io ueiim.
kindness even if it was taking a hie.
That day we anchored off the We
Sailing in convoy m.
ived at Le Ileve inai
Here we discimrn
received a cargo of lum-
we were reo
Hunng our
. . tt wo visited a tow or
stay in L.e uanc .... .
tho old Fortresses dating back m the
Si age, also the old rhn
The Harbour of Harve was used a a
Egli? landing, '
evening,
carco and
ber. In two weeks
to sail for Cherbourg
APRIL SHOWERS
a anon u"'' , . .v,arhicr-
thc following day wnere - ;
ed our cargo of lumber, wb h i.
built into a large warehouse do
Here we received onr gun, a
caliber. It was taken off aom e
that had been torpedo d nd t
beached. It had been n the
and was pretty well nisto
worked hard and "d;d t0 do
condition. That was all v e had t
at sea. So we nan
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duty. While we were two days from
New York,, a ball was arranged by
wireless. The ball was held at the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel on January
31st. I stayed on board but they say
a fine time was had by all. The next
day we sailed for Norfolk, Va.f where
we are now stationed still on the job
respaimg anything that comes our
way out of order. This ship was for
merly on the West Coast being built
at Mare Island California for a coal
collier, but be'ing remodled for a re
pair ship. A large sand pit (not for
us play in) but for moulding and mak
ing castings. Also we have a large
pattern shop (not ladies) for making
patterns of machinery, also a large
machine shop and a speedy deck force
of which I am a member.
I have been in the U. S. Navy now
three- years and like it fine, but I
think I will gq back to the soil and
quit the navy with the memories of
going through the greatest war even
if I did not have a very exciting time
in doing it. -
I am at your service
CARL STANDLEY SEAMAN,
U. S. S. Prometheus."1
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Dr. Dunsmore will speak on the
subject "White Lies" at" Calvary
Presbyterian church Sunday evening.
No morning service.
There will be the usual services at
the Catholic church next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. Non-Catholics
are always welcome.
Sunday morning at the M.
church Dr. George Pratt of Portland,
swill be speaker of great interest.LeU
all some and hear him. in tne even
ing the pastor will speak on "Where
do you Stand.".
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The beautiful should exist in the
school life of the child. The school
building and grounds should portray
the artistic and beautiful. Those
things which adorn the tasty home
should embellish the school property
the lawn, terrace, walks, trees and
flowers. Within should be- neatness
and refinement. A neglected school
house in a terrible demoralizer.Place
a child at a mutilated desk, put in his
hands torn and soiled books and we
find an almost irresistable tenyptation
to continue the destruction with knife
and pencil. Place the same child in
a neat, clean room with suitable and
beautiful furniture and we immediate
ly remove the temptation for dastruc
tion. "
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About 40 Dalas young men. most of
them students in the high school and
al of them under 21, were arrested
last Saturday and taken before His
rict Attorney Piascki to whom they
all confessed they had smoked cigar
ettes, pipes and tobacco and also gave
the names of dealers in DaPas' who
they said, supplied them. The bovs
appeared before Justice JohnR. Sib
ley on Monday and were fined $1 each
and costs, making a total of $3.50
each. Several merchants who are
said to have sold the boys cigarettes
and tobacco wil be summoned before
the iusfice at an ear'" da-. - -
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ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE
.ONE HUNDEDTH ANNIVERSARY
The Odd Felows celebrated its one
hundredth anniversay last evening
with an elaborate program. About
two hundred or more were present
and the event was the greatest in
the history of the order. Two jewels
were awraded for twnety-five year
membership to Sam Goff and George
Rnlter. "the Dresentation 'of the Jew
els being made by Dr. Dunsmore. B. j
F. Swope gave a most excellent ad
dress and Miss Arbuthnot delighted
the large crowd by given two read
ings. Several others took part in the
program after vSiieh a luncheon was
served. The Independent Ordefl of
Oddfelows, commorating its one hun
dredth aniversary last evening, takes
comfort in statictics which show a
truly marvelous growth m member
ship, in expenditures for relief and in
tangible assests of one kind and an
other, but its vast usefulness has been
of an imponderable kind. The spirit
of brotherhood, which is cultivated by
Odd Fellowship, and which feeds upon
itself and grows by practice, is only
sympolized by the statement, for illus
tration, that $0,509,000 was expended
for relief work in1918, or that the
present membership of the order in
the United States is 2,230,231. . -The
great number of benefit-paying
fraternities of which the Independent
Order of Oddfelows is a pioneer type,
give eloquent, testimony to the power
of an idea. In a perfect state of
society, perhaps, there would be no
need for men to organize.with friend
ship, love and truth as their motto,
and formally to declare their purpose
to visit the sick, relieve distress, bury
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went to a horse, "Von muden
burg," ridden by Capt. M. H. Laa
ham of the American flrat dlviBlon
In the array oi occupation. TnW
bhoto was taken at Boppard, Oar.
many, December 10. Captain Uu
ham aaya he named hia horse Von
Hlndenburg on account lt
stubborn disposition.
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