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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1918)
FR ID AY, JU LY M. IM L A SEA SLUG, British S erri«« Varna Tor Cromo of Submarine Chapen. Copyright, mi. by the Bed fly *, dicala. Ina atoms.” ' ■■■■- “ Plain luck, I guess,” obasrved Hor ton placidly. « I f * funny that a Brine powerful enough to sink an ocean liner or a battleship will sometimes explode and fall to destroy a motor launch or a submarine that is almost alongside W . W C , v w m iy wanug n r « t a t te thought « « the best position before giving the order In «hoot. “ Wv ought to fly oar dag tf wsYa go to« into battle," suggested some one to the crew. “ Bjr Jove, you’re right,” C. agreed, and to g JUTy the Brltiah ensign was « n up at the M. L ’s atom. Uke a ahiot the German flag at the •tern o f the war Teasel came down, and the Union Jack took lta place. Simultaneously from the masthead the i itranger broke out a private British i navy aignal, and C. replied. He had come within an ace o f firing , Into one of his own reasel« which had been flying the German flag In order to to the atop to blow her up, - - “ Aa the da) was drawing to a close, It was becoming colder, and, seeing that the man bad not brought coats end they never saw a thing. It was almost sonset when she dually-dlsap- peered after maneuvering around aa though playing like a porpoise at sun- set almost within range o f shore bat teries.” The Story of this armed merchant man shews that simply placing guns on steamships la not going to protect them against submarines. Thai» has UTENSILS FOR FARM BUTTER got to be a sort of craft to light them on something Uke equal terms, and the Shotgun Can la Much Preferred to Crocke and Other Styles of awlft, seaworthy, low lying M. L.’s Vessels Used. seem to be the ones to do It But great numbers of them are needed, by the United States Depart and great numbers of trained man are (Prepared ment o f Aeriouliura.) needed to operate them. v The following equipment Is needed tor'butter making on the farm: Sang of the Sea Slugs. 1. Hilk Pails—They should be of tha The Sea Slugs in England sing a song which pretty wcU covers every type commonly known as covered-top, thing in the line of tbeir life and duty. should be heavily tinned, and have all ..¿Some of the verses were written by seams flushed with solder so that they, one man, some by another. The one can be cleaned easily. referring to Uncle 8am is my own 2. Cream Separator—Any make la and will be understood when I say satisfactory if It skims clean and can that the first M. U's were built to be thoroughly cleaned and sterilised. America and that the Brltiah took 8. Shotgun Can»—As a cream con some time to learn Just how to use tainer the style of can known aa the , them: “shotgun can” is much to be preferred Bln* ms a song o£ a frail M L. to crocks and many other types of cans (Lord, have mercy upon usi) and pails commonly used. This can usu Rolling about on an oily swell ally measures about 8H inches in di (Lord, have mercy upon usi) ameter and 20 inches high. These Out on a highly espletava spree. Petrol, lyddite and T. N. T., cans are easily handled, covered, and Looking for U boat I I I cleaned. (O Lord, have mercy upon us!) 4. Cream-Cooling Tank—Where Sin* me a eon* of a bold young •'loot” there Is an abundance of cold water (Lord, bave mercy upon usi), any tank, properly need, will be effec Skillful mariner and nut to boot. tive. In very warm climates or where (Lord, have mercy upon us!) ■ mine myself, but I re bad my aliare of being «hot up. I had one end of a ckbto la a Brina sweeplng stunt at tha DardaneHee one alght wben thè Turk- isb batterica «ot thè range. The Ara tbey poured luto ua la almoat unbe- Ile valile. I don’t aee how a stick Uved through i t We were practlcalty under “ 1P hb had been a Obrman air man to o/ presi vola« toonnw of his sopori- water all thè time, thè sbella were fall- in« so ctoes and apraylng ua so stead- the end of the story might have been enee o brood. Bo fo r os known, he i* lAe different” only American to torvo with the British ’’Every one« to awhile one cam« on patrol prior to tko advent o f the United board, hot they were not exploding Sea Higi Are Hfbtan. atoles destroyer fiottila in British wo- right—that la, not right from the Turk The crews which officer and nan ten. Of coons some o f his experiences, ish point to view. We were perfectly tha submarine chasers are not trained navy men. They don’t knew'ofbrmuch of milite«-* vaine to the enemy, cannot satisfied to have them toil to go tot to related. A l I he rogoeoi of the sonico j “The other chap, though, the fallow to -th e king’s regulations, and tha who had the far end of my cable, waa discipline they maintain la moat cer I ■ tko German Flag. A ’ go ship the cable and heave the lead. publication of his nomo is withhold. getting It pretty badly. He was In tainly not that to which one la accus Hard a-starboard and fuU ahead. I sight her. It show», though, that tha terrible shape, and after a particularly tomed ou board ship. The detonators are In my bed. But—and I want to emphasise this Sea Slugs are ready to go Into action vicious burst to fire his engines stop (Lord, have mercy span us!) A X HORTON, the man who tom ped and be began to d rift I ran over strongly—tbey are scrappers. Tbsy j any time and that tbey don’t bare to pedoed tbe German battle crai» Bing me a song of a smart young •‘sub” have the odde in tbeir favor either. to him. We couldn't sweep with «toy fight to their own way. They may er Malike, w o» one to the moat (Lord, have mercy upon ua!). one end o f the cable to motion. not know how to do it according to An Insubordinate, half trained cub. A M atter o f Look.. I “ Of the eighteen men in the other the book, but tbey gre among tha gam- (Lord, have mercy upon us!) around for a couple to nights with | As I said before, the catching to a Of the kings regulation! I know not ana I M. L. I found two alive. Tbey weren’t ast men afloat Many of them u a Horton and another B n Slug who had submarine and Jts destruction to great I have left undone what I should bava I I conscious, but tbey were still all vs. wealthy and formerly owned and op ly a matter of luck. Sometimes the dona. been only- a short tlma out to the The sixteen others were dead. We erated their own boat«. They are a M. L-'s cruise around for day« without i But, oh. my aunt, whan I Are that «uni I Hands hospital, where he had recov took these two aboard our launch and hard fighting, hard riding crew, and seeing one, and then perhaps a U boat (Lord, have mercy upon se!) ered from wounds ha received at Galli got back to the base. That night was the devil himself can’t scan them. will pop to the surface within a couple poli. Horton, besides being tbe baro Bing me a song of C. M. B. Before tbey are s«signed to boats hell” » to hundred yards. Tbe most Impor (Lord, have mercy upon us!), „ I of the Moltke Incident wben In com I have quoted the stories told me by the men are given about a ten day Bred In a garage and sent to sea tant adjunct to luck to an all seeing mand of an B boat, had bean the first these two man as nearly in their words course to navigation, for tbey must eye. One never knows where tbe peri (Lord, have mercy upon ua!). man through tha Dardanelles In Iris as I can remember them to show a sometimes cruise out to sight to land Taken away from the motor trade, scope to going to stick out above tha flimsy M. L.. aa the British call the Seasick end sorry.-eora. dismayed, phase of the submarine ebaaera' work and at night. Many amusing and some surface, and you must be ready at any But a h— o f a nut on the "grand pa- I submarine chasers, bs being In that which Is seldom thought to. As Hor times almost tragic incidents arise rads.” 1 second to nrikke it out at any point of ton said, most people think tha M L.’a from their inexperience. (Lord, have meroy upon ueft 1 was out once to an M. L. command do nothing bat cruise around to com Just how many submarines wars Bing me a eon* o f Uncle Sam parative safety looking for submarines. ed by a subaltern named C. AD ‘ ha “got” while I was to England I am (Lord, have mercy upon ua!); knew about navigation had been taught This to only one to tbeir duties. Built five hundred and doU’t care a d—a. I not at liberty to my, lint 1 can go on o ilier luntgs a i n in es, u u is ny urn m su th . • Slugs have been him to tan days. He got lost, was record as stating that they aee not (Lord, have mercy upon ua!) • I In them when tbey don't win im t I Nobody knows what they built them tor. I ashamed to my so and sdmit that he rWht an d t « 0 « h t t o ® P «m to . easy to get, and tbe captives are few Every one prays that they'll build ns I r!m ien'sn * * • " * * • * " * , result they were frequently used for didn’t know how to gat his location, er than generally supposed. A vast mote. lie figured for two days trying to find But such are the horrors of "bloody G l anumi h white tanrt1n* P « * » « » t Oslllpoll. running to number of units are necessary to com war.” J S S u,,<3er the Turkish guns and trying to out where he was. He’d get bis sun bat them with any degree of »access. (Lord, have mercy upon ue!) . I observations, and by tbe time be had S o T n . h t a ^ L - S S l S v i L f t a u f S S hang on, by their finger n .ll. almoto, Besides being Invisible almoat at will, Ifort u. his friend and myrialf had ham lbe gome to tha flea Slugs the readings calculated he’d be so far tha submarine« are manned by men to Bln* me a son* of a North sea base out ua n duty tour and on the way war* an shore for a long time and away that he had to do It all over (O Lord, have mercy upon ua!), • |* A dirty, forgotten, one horse placa back stopped at Tha Knot for a couple served to tbe tranches. One to them again. The Idea prevalent among some peo (Lord, have mercy upon us!) i He figured for two days, and an the ple that submarine crews are more or of drinks, than at Monk'« for oysters told me a bad feature to the fighting When the wind blows west, how brave I and finally landad at Tot’s for dinner, there waa trying to keep clean. There time he was getting shorter to provi less only sneaks, who strike to the we are! which la about tha program followed wasn’t water enough to drink, to aay sions and fuel. For the last half day dark or when there to no danger for When the wind blown east. It's different, I far. I by the 8m Slugs whan they can gat nothing about washing, and tha only he followed a destroyer, thinking she themselves, should lie dispelled. The You’ll find ua M fe In the "harbor bar.” Working ths Butter. ashore. way they could clean their shirts was was running Into port He wouldn't submarines are operated by men who (Lord, have mercy upon us!) “Tbey had tha M. L.’s swooping to lay them on tbe ant hill*. Bran at signal bar and ask for instructions or fear death not at aU and who some cold water cannot be run through the As one may'"gather from the song, I mines down at Gallipoli," mid Horton that if they left them there too long for his location, so be Just tratlad along times taka staggering chances. I f tbe many of the Sea Slugs were formerly tank several times dally, or where ice to a very matter to fact way. “ Lots the shirts themselves would disappear, after her aa though be knew where he British develop one trick that bags a chauffeurs, and, although the X. L.’e I to used. It Is advisable to use an In of people think all we Slugs have to Another Job the M. L 's had down wae going. He waa too proud to ask single submarine tbey consider It a sulated tank. do is to cruise around and keep from there waa boarding all the fishing the road home. success. News of English ruses 5. Churn—The barrel type to churn The sun waa under clouds, but It drowning; but I want to tell you that smacks and other apparently noncom- spreads rapidly in the under water gos- la simple, Inexpensive, aaay to oper came out Just before sunset, and ha chastog submarines la tha easiest and batant vessels and searching them for ate, and easily, cleaned. safest thing expected of us. ammunition and mines. I talked to discovered that he had been running A Butterworker—The lever and the "Tugboats and trawlers and mine one man named D., * brother to the right away from England. - We got table butterworker* are very satisfac sweepers weren’t much good to the officer I told about to my first article hack off Portsmouth at night But our tory. The former to simpler and less Dardanelles, because they furnished who rammed one to his own subma- signal box bad been lost overside, and expensive. When making large quan we couldn't reply to tbe signal at the too big a target Besides, everything rtoea, mistaking her for a German, tities of butter a table worker or com that could float was getting shot to who had a fight with two Turk aero- entrance to the harbor, which cam« bined churn and worker to frequently pleces, and before they dared send our pu „ M while he waa visiting a number within inches of costing ua oar lives, ss our own batteries fired a couple to ships to It was absolutely necessary „ ( IUcli vessels. T. Thermometer—A floating dairy t f i at ua, and we bad to run out and to sweep the mine fields. V vh t W ith Rifles. thermometer should be used. cruise around tha rest to the night to "We used to book thousand foot ca- 'O flfflt rlanes w ith Mines. & Cream and Buttermilk Strainer— bles between two M. L.'s and cruise - W e are Juat running over to a fish- save oar skins. However, we hung A strainer similar to a colander or a down through tha fields as fast aa we I tag smack to search bar," mid D„ to sight of the harbor so ss not to strainer dipper to frequently need fee could go. The cables ware supposed “wkea I hear tha throbbing to aa aaco This same chap, though he waa short straining both the cream and butter on tha scteaca of navigation, was long milk. A hair sieve to sometimes used explode them. They did I t Also the on fight When cruising at night tbs as a buttermilk strainer because but M L.’s themselves tipped over sev M. L-’s, to conns, show no lights, and ter does not stick to It aa It does to eral mines and exploded them, and it Is very hard to maintain an absolute- tinware. after that than wasn’t anything to 8. Cream-Stirring Hod—A rod with book that end ot, the cable to. or distance from tbe other craft a four or five-inch disk on one end to Steam engines can bs controlled right Work Under Point Blank Pin. more effective in stirring cream than a down te the Inch, but tbe gas engines spoon or other Implement. Stirring ’T b e Turkish batteries on tha chits which drive the M. L ’e are not so read rods should be well tinned and smooth were so close that aa wa drove down ily regulated. A single notch Increase so that they may be cleaned easily. through the mine fields wa w en at 10. Wooden paddle point blank range. Tbe ammunition a difference to a whole knot to speed. 11. Wooden ladle. wasn't so vary good, and It didn’t al Weil, C. lost track to the other eba» IX Tin palls. ways explode on contact but If aver Ora to hto squadron one night and be 18. Half gallon tin dipper. one o f the heavy shells smashed didn’t dare signal to them. They were 14. Hand butter printer. through a chaser there wasn’t much out searching for submarines, sod to 15. Scrub Brush—A stiff fiber brash of anything left but the hole It made show lights would only give tbe whole Is preferable to one with soft bris ua# gasoline for fuel, there Is soma on the way through—Uke a doughnut thing away. He couldn’t take a chance difference between navigating on« to tles. after you eat It on tending up a rocket or tooting hto them and an automobile. "Of course the Turk gun* firing tote whistle, for secrecy to everything. So TAKING CARE OF SEPARATOR the fields detonated n lot to their own be Just laid a course the way ha Sitting Over a Volcano. mines, but that didn't add to our com thought ha ought to «leer and kept It H ie “detonators under the bed” to fort any, for many o f them w e n right up hell bent all night literal. There Isn’t overmuch room on Just after daylight he discovered that under some to tha M. L-’s. an II. L., and about tbe only place to he was off the Belgian coast, having “One day we w en sweeping to near keep the detonators to under tbe bunks. crossed ths channel. As the early shore. The sun waa so hot that pitch These little craft carry sufficient ex- “One man disappeared—actually dto- ploslvee Jo blow up several first class morning mist lifted be sighted a Mg Just Hcemed to sweat out and run CPraparad hr the United States Deport vessel astern flying.the German flag. appeared. Either he was knocked Into wars hips, and, if you want to know down ths deck* Tbe glare off the ment of Agriculture.) the sea and sank, or ho most have She didn't look Ilka s regular war water waa almoat blinding, and It Like all other milk utensils, tbe sep how It feels to ait over a volcano with bean Hterally Mown to pieces. Anoth ship—more like a converted yacht—but really didn’t seem aa if It could ha the lid about to be blown off you want arator should he cleaned thoroughly much I >etter In tha other place to Bang! Otee One Met Thirty Feet Off ■be mounted o ol gun forward, and C. er poor fellow was kllled-Jost shoot to rids In one o f them, especially wben Immediately after each time It to used. torn to two—and two other men were could see other* «ft. which we might go If one to those somebody begins potting at you with Merely flushing the bowl with warm He bad a regulation three inch piece put out ceM. Tbe captain had to stop shells that may blow op every ounce water after use and taking It apart shells hit us. The Turkish batteries than, because there was nothing left to ammunition you've gut on board aay for washing bat once a day to a filthy were hammering sway at ua, but tbe to fight with. terrific beat was so uncomfortable that practice and must be condemned. All “ We wove so near port that tbe firing “ we may he rotten navigators, but wa nobody minded the shells much. All parts to the separator bowl, together moot hare been beard, and It waa al- don’t need to know navigation te give o f a sudden something went by my with the other tinware, should first moet certain something would come that tab a fight What do you say T atomacl so close I thought It bad cut be rinsed with lukewarm water, then There was only shout m e chance la oat to Investigate, but the U boat went me in two. Just beyond my boat a thoroughly scrubbed with a brush In about finishing the Job very method- a hundred that any to them would warm water to which washing powder shell splashed Into the water. come eat to tha scrap alive, and a has been dissolved. Soap or soap pow "One of tbe smaller projectiles had didn’t like te totlbr blawncn into It der are 1 labia to leave a soapy film grazed and seared me. I caved In m The M L. was so fast she could have on the utensils and should not be used. that I couldn’t walk straight or erect Soda ash or one to the commercial for several days—and that to Hterally dairy cleansing powders to satisfac true. My stomach felt all tha tlma as tory, as stther to easily rinsed off. Ths If soma ana was drawing a red 1st utensils should then be sterilised b> knife serosa i t "