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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1919)
KBSP Ul.TiWHN, 1WCsJ, OMMflON, THUrttWAV, JANUAtlY 9, 1010 15 Gunner Depew Est JllbcTi&C 'Depcw fj-Gunnr nd Chtcl Prtlr Officer, ). S. Nyt Mmbr ol lh Fsrrlin !Cion 01 Frnc CapUln Gun Turret, French UtlllriKip Cird Wlnntr ol U Croix da i Gur it nlllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllli. tnXS&SgST&teg iutueAdimtrvmc. nnwvwn Wo could seo the crcv Jumping Into ' tho water. Then wc breezed out . toward the horizon, full speed ahead. All nbout tho Triumph wns a cloud of blnck smoke, but when we looked .through tho glass wc could sec sho was going down. Then our guns began to bombard the Turkish positions and I had to get busy. When I saw the Triumph again she was bottom up. Sho must havo floated upside down Tor ftlmostTinlf nn hour, then she went down as though thero wns somebody on thcJbottom pulling her. When sho went our Old Man banged his telephone on tho brldgo rail and swore at the Huns nnd Turks nnd broke his telescope lens to bits. About ..fifty from the Triumph were lost. It wns decided thut tho place wat too hot for us with thnt sub running loose, nnd when they reported thnt afternoon that she wan making hct wny south from Gnba Tepc to Cape Holies all of the fleet but tho Majestic got under wny, nnd the Majestic was the only ship left off the cape. They said the Majestic was then the oldest of the ships In that campaign, but sho was the pride of the British fleet Just the same. She was torpedoed off Cape Ilellcs later on, when there were a number of mcu-of-wur off the cape. The sea was crowded with men swimming and drowning. I saw n life boat crowded with men nnd other men in the water hanging onto her, nnd there were bo many hanging on that they started to pull her under. 01 their own accord the men In the wntei let go to sav? thoe In. the boat Most of them were drowned. The Majestic listed so that the men could not stand on deck, nnd the sides were covered with men hnnglng on to ropes and not knowing whether to Jump Into the sen or not We low ered nil our lifeboats and etenra launches, and so did the other ships. We picked up a number of the crew nnd were pretty close q the Majestic when she went down like n rock. A? she went down she turned over nnd "a garby ran along her side to the ram at her bow and got on It without even being wet A boat picked him up oft the ram, which stuck out of the water after the ship had ceased to settle. She had torpedo nets on her sides, and many pf "the crew were unublc to get dear of the nets and went down with her. Quite a lot were caught below decks and had no possible chance to escape. There was n big explosion as she went under probably tho boilers bursting. Thousands of troops on shore and thousands of sailors on the ships saw the final plunge, nud It wns a sight to remem ber. When the ship started to go, the Old Man rushed back to his cabin, got tho signal book and destroyed It Also, ho sated the lives of two of his men. We gave dry clothes and brandy nnd coffee to tho Limeys we rescued, nnd though they had Just como through Bomethlng pretty tough, they were calm and cool and started talking right away about what ship they; would probably be assigned to next CHAPTER XII. ."f A Pal Crucified. "" When wo got to "V" Beach on my next trip the weather was really flno, but It did not please us much, for us soon as we got In run go tho enemy batteries opened up on us and the shell fire was heavier than nny wo had been In before, though not more effective. We drew In' on n bright morning, ubout hulf past flvo or six, with our convoy, the troopship Cham pagne, uhend of us nnd going slowly, Hounding nil tho way. At this purt of the sboro there Is a dock ubout a mllo and n hulf long, running back Into tho country and terminating In a road. Tho Chum pugno wus making for this dock, sounding us sho went. Suddenly, when sho was within COO yurdB of the chore, I saw her swing around, nnd stqej: In BRICK vs. yiiiiiinfiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiminMiiii'ini BRICK BUILDINGS IN BEND OTHER BUILDINGS- VALUE ABOUT VALUE ABOUT $500,000 $2,000,000 FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS OVER NONE $100,000 ucT,h BEND n orniy fashion. Wo began asking cnch other wlmt wns tho matter with her, hut we lonrnctl nftorwurds thnt her rudder liml been torn off, though wc never found out how, nor Uo 1 think nnyono ever know. Then sho went aground, with her Btcrn toward tho short and listed over to port. You could boo different arti cles rolling out and down tho aide. Then her hack broke. Tho quurter deck was crowded with won half dressed, with llfo holts on, Jumping over tho Bldo or climbing down. Thero wns nn explosion and n cloud of black smoke broke over us, mul for n while 1 1 thought I wns blinded, H j All the time the shells were mining In on us nnd on tho Champagne. When I could seo ngaln I saw tho men 5 on the Chnmpugue climbing down tho starboard or shore side. One chap was going down hand over baud along a stanchion, when another fellow above him let go and slid right down on him. The first mnn fell nbout thirty feet, landing In Uie water with his neck doubled under him. Our lifeboats nnd launches were out picking up sur vivors. Those who got safely over tho side started to swim ashore, but when they hnd gone only n little way they found they could wade In. When tho water was only up to their waists they came upon bnrbed wire entanglements nnd not n man got ashore that way but was scratched and clawed and man gled horribly. Some of them that I saw afterwards were Just shredded nlong the sides of their bodies like coconuts. A great ninny of them, though, were killed by shrapnel while they were In the water. On board tho Ca&sard our guns hnd been busy nil the time, nnd It was not long beforo we put ono enemy bat tery out of commission. Wo hnd suf fered n bit, too, but not enough to worry us. Thero were nbout 3,000 men on the Champagne, I think, nnd at least n third were killed or drowned, and the casualties must have been almost two-thirds. The ship was Just a mass of wreckage. They called for n landing parti from tho Cassnrd, and otllcers naked for volunteers for trench duty. I wns not very keen about going, because I had been In trenches at DIxmude, nnd I knew how plensant they were not, but I volunteered, nnd so did Murray. V e went ashore In our boats under n heavy Ore. There were 12 men killed In the lifeboat In which I was. I es caped wlthont a scratch. Wo were mustered up on shore nnd volunteers were called for, for sentry duty. Murray volunteered. If he had only gone on with the rest of us ho might havo come through. After a short wait we were given the order to ndrance. The firing became heavier about this time, so we went at the double. We had not got very far be fore wc had a flno little surprlso party handed us. The front lino was running over what appeared to bo good, solid ground, when they broke through nnd fell Into trenches 30 to -10 feet deep. These trenches hnd been dug, covered over with -lnch boards and then with dirt, nndwcre regular mnn-traps. Sharp stakes were sticking out of the parapet and parados, nnd tit the bot tom were more stakes nnd rocks nnd barbed wire. We were advancing with bayonets fixed and arms at the carry, so when the first line fell, and some of the second, tho boys of the thlid line came I . .... I running up, nnu in me fccramuie mat ' followed muny of the chaps In the first tew lines were bayoneted by their comrades. I was In the third line, but I was lucky enough to pull up In time und did not fall In. You could not look down Into thnt trench after you had seen It once, It wus too sickening. Our casualties were sent buck to tho ship. One bout was sunk by a shell and nil the men lost Wo remained whero wo were, scratching out shallow trenches for ourselves, finding what natural cover there was and otherwiso getting ready for the night, which was near. It i began to rain nnd we could hardly keep nny fires going, becuuse wo had to shelter them from tho shore side, so tho enemy could not spot us, nnd tho wind was from tho sen. It was certain ly miserable that night Every onco In n while wo would stand by to repel an uttuck, whether It wus a reul ono or not, und wo wero under Are all the time. It seemed as If morning would never come. Tho sand wus full of fleas grcut big boys and they were us bud us uny cooties I hud ever hud ut DIxmude. The morning cumo nt last, and I U'na ilofnllofl with n fntlfim nnftv ' At .. - 7 - Y. .'. to tue uencn wnere wo nau landed ' stores. When wo got down to tho uockb i imsseu Aiurruy unu uskcii where ho was. They suld ho hod been missing from his post not more tliun un hour from the time we left ' OTHER BUILDINGS BRICK & LUMBER CO. I left my fntlguo party, without orders, nnd Joined In tho hunt for Murray. There wore men searching all along tho docks nnd on tho shore to cnch side. Finally I trnw n hunch of men collect around n storehouse at tho farther end of the docks on tho shore side. I ran up to thoin. There was poor old Murray. They were Just taking him down. Ho had been crucllled ngulnst tho wall of tho - :" ' .isMi tWia-- I I ujTm He Had Been Crucified. storehouse. There was a bayonet through eneh arm. one through each foot nnd ono through his stomnch. Ono of the garbles fntntcd when he hnd to pull ono of the bayonets out. They had hacked off his right hand at tho wrist and taken his Idcntlllcn tlon disc. I lay this to the Cicrmnu officers more than the Turks. I do not know Just what I did after this. But It changed mo nil tiround and I wns not like my usual self dur ing the rest of the time. It was still raining when wo started on our way to tho front line. Alon;i tho road were numbers of troops scoffing and among them Indian troops on sentry duty. They looked Ilka n bunch of frozen turnips, cool nnd un comfortable. Wo were close enough to mako the roar of the cannonading seem Intolerably loud nnd could see tho bursting shells, particularly those fro-n the Ilrltlsh ships. Then wo came across some Turkish prlsoneis who were sheltering In an old barn, I guess It was, und we stopped for shelter nnd rest They told us that their troops were very tired from long fighting, but that they had plenty of men. They said a couple of shells had dropped about u hun dred ynrds from tho barn' Just before we came, so wc knew tho butteries were trying to get our range and we did not stay nny longer, but went away from there und on our road. About COO yards further on wo came to ruins, nnd when wo went Inside wo found CO or CO of our boyH cooking nnd sleeping nnd not giving a thought to tho shells or shrapnel. The mules outside were banging nwny at the hay, as though there never hud been u war In the world. There wus no shell made thnt could budge them uway .from "'" ,my "n,c" " Wt them- TJinn filnrif aiiia n pnrt Then along came a cart making n lot of racket One of the fellows In It had hulf of his fuce shot uway and was all bandaged up, but ho was try ing to sing and laugh Just the same as the rest were doing. They were Anzacs, und were pretty badly shot up. The'word "Anzuc," us you probably know, Is mnde from the Initials of the Australian and New Zealund urmy corps. They had a regular town, called Anzac, on tho peninsula. At Suvlu buy and around Gubn Tepe the Anzacs got further Into the Turkish lines than any other unit in the willed armies. They wero wonderful fighters. By tills time the Turks were maklug an uttuck, und ull you could sec to the front was one long lino of smoke and spouting earth. Then our guns started und tho nolso wns deafening. CHICHESTER SPILLS, DIAMOND BRAND V LADIES ! ItV y.or Uniflil for CHI-CHnS-TltR fl IIIAIIOND HHAHD 1'ILLS cold metallic boxn. teiicd '.,, i?mJ! gSuinl diamond suaku fills, lor twenty. , for twentr-BTO rA,,K ni i 'nnTnninTP SOLD BY ALL UnUbGISTS EVE R Y W H E R E !& tSlPP ? rr w . m KKU nlA with l)l'jt Just a bit diflcront from anything in your jiantry Mapleine Tho Golden Flavor the flavoring of many uses llnvors hot und cold dtmorts in uk oh lllllngs nnd frosting do llcous. -delightful ly changes pudding nnd Miuccs. Maizes Syrup thnt saves. Mapleine syrup miido with Migur or with corn iyriip wuteraud Mapleine, foimsn lino Hpt'ciul for hot cukes, coi u bi cud fritters, or iiuikh. HAPPY TO BE FREE AGAIN These returned prisoners from liVr mnuy are mucking the Centum goose step for the benefit of their comrades lit the North Fulls Meudow camp, Dover, to wli'ch they have returned after many hardships In tho German prisons. They are seen with their German Miuveiilr helmets on their heads, enjoying their own Imitation us much as the other men. Birth of Standard Time. It was 35 yenrs ago that standard time un bom in the United States. Before this dnte travelers from How ton and Washington needed to change their watches five times to keep up to date. There wero over half n hun dred standards used In the United States and Canada, between the At lantic and the I'uclflc. At noon on November 18, 18&1, there wns a uni versal resetting of clocks In nil parts of the United States and Canada, und the four great time zones into which tho American continent Is divided cumo Into existence. HOW ANY GIRL CAN HAVE PRETTY EYES No girl is pretty if her oyes uro rod, strained or have dark rings. ONK WASH with pure Lnvoptlk eye was) will brighten tho eyes and u we'ik'B uso will Burprlau you with Its INCUKDIM.i: results. A small br.ttlo Lnvoptlk often makes eyes hualthy, sparkling nnd vivacious. Tho quick change will ploauo you. Aluminum eye cup FJIKH, Tho Owl Pharmacy. Adv. Who 44p Is Plercy & Sons, Tumnlo? Adv. iiPiiili G W.t.m Nwt-.f tl' ' It wus worso than In tho turrets aboard ship during un engagement. My lieiid rung for days ufter we left tho Dardanelles. Tho Turks wero getting n better Idea of our rungo now mid tho shells wero fulling pretty close to us, but dually wo toro In with the 1-Mncli niivnls nud ripped up threo of their batteries. In tho lull that followed wo made good tlmo and reached our front Hue posi tions at Scdd-ol-Bahr during the ufter noon. Tho next morning wo mudo our first uttuck. I hnd had u bad night of It, thinking about Murray, and when tho tlmo cumo thero never was u chup moro glud to churgo and get n chance at tho enemy with tho bayonet than I was. . ,, , - "(To Bo Continued,) GUM TAKES PLACE OF WATER AMUnoes Thirst of Soldiers Flglitlna In Country Where Liquid Was Practically Unobtainable. Of nil the varied means of mnxtl calory stimulation which have been resorted to by man In nil climes and ui:es the great American taun seom least harmful and most h.-lpfiil. That there Is n philological demand for some masticatory stimulant, wiyt. tho New York Medical Journal, Im shown by the universality of the practice of chewing. Whether It be the tobacco of the American Indian, the betel nut of the Kant, tho slippery elm bark, tho tamarack and the spruce gum of the down-east Yankee, the sweet gum of the (lulf slates, the ehlelo of tho Mexi cans, which, In Us American iiduplu tli.ii, becomes the great American chewing gum. matt has always felt tho necessity of chewing something inure than his meals. That Hutu Im ii prac tically useful nlde for this habit Is eUdcnced by the orders placed by the quartermaster of the United States army for LVuhMKX) packages of this standard American dulnty. We leurn from the war depurtment that the commanding otlleer of a Held artillery regiment, about to embark, stated that 2M) poiimlH of chewing gum would take the place of hundreds of gallons of drinking water when water was most needed and least readily obtain able. The American Itcd Cross re cently cabled an order for chewing gum for uie In the reconquered ter ritory wiiere the wells hail been pols onetl by the retreating (leriiiniis. YANKS DO THE "IMPOSSIBLE" For Flnt Time In Hlttory Stone Houice Have tleen Succeitfully Proved In France. Declnrlng thnt Is the tlrst time that n stone hotiie has been moved In Fniiice, Sergeants Abo (IrlCMiicr and Mike Murphy of Coinimnv V have re cently tlnUbed n Job of moving n :t.'r()' ton structure and haw set It down on Its new hUi'. The French Mild It could not be done and dcclun-d that the only way the road could be cleared for the new Unu of railway track would be to tear the house down. Hut the sergeants with their detnll of fifteen men started to 'work with Jacks and rollers nnd soon hnd the limine moving ucroM thu ficliN, New of the fent spread and fie authorities sent n photographer from the French Academy of Science ,to record otltclally the stages of the work. The lintiso wns placed upon Its new site without a crack. It Is believed that this demoiiNtratton of American Inge nuity wIM save many stations along I the lines where the Yankee engineers ore building additional tracks nnd .switching yards. From the Hplker, r ranee. New Surgical Dattle Formation. The French Aid Society for Wound rd Soldiers (Soclete Frnncnlne do Sc cours mix Messes Mllltalrei) has de vised a new type of surgical ambu lance which meets the needs nrhdng during active military operation. This nmhiilnnco run be advanced and moved back quickly, being cxNcntlnlly different from thoxe In use for some months. I'rrtliermore, It enables the surgeons to render speedy, Immediate snd complete service to patients with extensive wounds of the thorax, abdo men or bend. It consists of n number of large tents, one serving ns n salle de triage, a second for local adminis tration, another for preparing the wounded for operation, u fourth for radiography; an operating tent, con nected with the Nterlllrer camion, which contains two autoclaves, and, finally, the hoHpltalUatlnn or ward tents. For transport, the whole out fit Is carried In two camions or trucks und two trailers. Long Record of Work. Miss Jessie K. Cone of (iranvllle, Mass., has worked for more than l'i years tacking hoops on drums In the Ornnvllle drum shops, averaging 2,000 hoops a day, She has used the sumo hammer all the time and bus worn out three bundles lit the work. After working from d a. in. until 5:110 or 11 In the evening, she goes home und helps her sister on the farm, where besides milking the cow and doing oth er work, she has raised 'Jfi bushels of potatoes und has dried beans and canned more than 70 Jars of vegetu-, bles thu last year. Drltlth Air Uniform. British air ministry niiuouuces In Loudon that u light blue uniform hns been approved for olllcers, and airmen of the royal air force. Some mouths must elapse before thu new uniform can bo generally provided, but khaki uniform will shortly bu available, ami will gradually be replaced by blue uni form. When Meat Was Cheap. The proprietor of "Sweets," un old Now York Hlverslde restaurant that has gone Into bankruptcy, says; "When I came here, nfter the Civil wur, to huli out my father, we used to cook nud serve the lluest steaks In the world for d cents und mako money on them, too." Qns Maika for Horses. Tho wur department recently an nounced that moro than 0,000 gas masks for horses wero being turned out dully by tho gus defense service nnd thnt they ure being shipped ut once to France for the use of tho animals cm' ployed by tho American expeditionary forces. -- -- PHONE YOUK WANT AD! TO THE BULLETIN EVERYBODY READS 'EA1! The Ilcst Way To Huy To Sell To Exchange Call No. 561 LA PINE CORPORAL WRITES FROM FRONT flutter (allow In Nmt Drive rctillnit I Im Signing of lltn AritiUtlcc. Pre. (From Saturday's Dally.) In ii letter written Just after the signing of the armistice, Chenter Cut low, of l.n Pine, In Company K.. niHth Knglueeni, bemontis tho fact that In the lust drive It was Impos sible to catch up with thn retreating Huns, who dropped riiiis, blankets, and ammunition In their mad scrum bio for safety. "Just at thu time that tho engin eers wero prepared to go through to a finish, the armistice enmo, nud wo have been living the niill-clluutx over since," Corporal Callow writes. "Have soon tho most, spectacular sights, and will havo some Interest ing tales to relate when censorship will permit." No announcement hns been made nt the time of writing nn to when the 3 1 At It (ii Ik lit bu sent homo. LITHUANIA COVETED BY RUSSIAN ARMY (Ilr t'nltnl I'rr.. to Th. Iltvl llullrtln.)' HTOCKIIOIiM. 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