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
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“ 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 "