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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1919)
FAGti KRN1) IWI1I.KTW. BUND, OUrfflON, TIHm&lAY, FKIlItUAWY fl, 1IH0 niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin)iiitiiiiiiiitin)iiiniii Gumsieir Depew jJlbert 5 'Dcpeto r -sses i Ei-Cunner and Chlcl Prlty Officer. U,S.Ntt Member ol Iha Forrifn Lajion ol Franc Captain Gun lumi.rrcncn tuiueimp ,Mru - uuuwoi u krouai Gunnl IE niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiTi iT5 Doyjrlcht. 191S. br ntllr anil Ilrttum On., Throtuh SpacUlAmacvBioiu With ttia George Matuiair Adami Perrlc. CHAPTER XVI. Captured by the Moewe. When the tups lintl cast off and nftcr a while wo linil dropped our pilot, I wild to myself: "Sow wo are off, and It's tho States for roe end of tho line fur ns wo go IF " But tho "If did not look very biff to lue, though I could see It with tho naked eyo all right. I got up about four o'clock the next morning, which was Sunday, Decem ber 10, 1010 a dato I do not think I will ever forget As soon ns I was dressed I went down to tho forecnstlo peak and from thero Into tho paint locker, where I found some rope. Then back again on deck, nnd made myself n hammock, which I rigged up on tho boat deck, figuring that I would have a nlco sun bath, as tho weather had at last turned dear. As soon as I had tho hammock strung I went down to the baker and had a nice chat with htm and stole a few hot buns, which was what I was really after and away to the galley for breakfast. I was almost exactly amidships, sitting on an old orange box. I had not been thero long when Old Chips, tho ship's carpenter, stuck his head In tho door nnd sang out, "Ship on tho starboard bow." I did not pay any attention to him, because Ihlps on tho starboard bow wcro go, novelty to me, or on tho port Hthcr. Chins wa3 not crnzv nhnnfc' looking at her, cither, for ho csmo la and sat on another box nnd began scoffing. Etc said he thought she was a tramp and that she flew tho British flag astern. I ate all I could get hold of and went out on deck. I stepped out of the gal ley just In tlmo to see-the fun. The ship was Just opposite us when away went our wireless and some of the boats on the starboard side, and then, boom J boom I and we heard the report ot the guns. I heard the shrapnel whizzing around us Just ns I had many a tlmo before. I Jumped back In the galley and Chips and the cook were thaking so hard they made the pans rattle. When the firing stopped I went up to the boat deck. I bad on all qf my clothing, but Instead of shoes I was wearing a pair of wooden clogs. The men and boys were crazy rushing l round the deck and knocking each jther down, and everybody getting In everybody else's way. We lowerea our Jacob's ladders, but somo of tho mm and boys were already In the water. Why they Jumped I do not know. Then tho German raider Moewe headed right In toward us and I thought sho was going to ram us, but she backed water about thirty yards away. She lowered a lifeboat and It made for tho Georglc, passing our men In the water as they came and crashing them on the head with boot- hooks when they could reach them. I noticed that there were red kegs In the Gennan boat. When the lifeboat reached tho Ja cob's ladders I went over to the port side of tho Georglc and then the Ger mans camo over the side nnd hoisted up tho kegs. The Germans were armed with bayonets and revolvers. Some of them went down Into the en gine room and opened the sea cocks. About this time somo of the Limeys came up from tho poop deck und I told them to stay whero I was and that the Germans would take us over In lifeboats. Another squad of Ger mans hoisted eight of the dynamite kegs on their shoulders and down Into No. 0 hold with them. Mean time the Germans saw us up on tho boat deck and came up after us. And over went the Llmeyo. But I waited and one or two more waited with me. When the Germans came up to us they had their revolvers out and wcro waving them around and yelling, "Gott utrafe England I" and taJkJps.abQUt i'scJuielnliunflcJ' JEhen. ?2 "3i kBil-Ma-iv.i:TitJii HiiSili tftP1 STsfrisiiiliisssssrL - .'ijlissssssiL. They Crashed Them on the Head With Goat Hooks. tho first thing I knew, I was kicked off Into tho sea. I slipped off my :ousers nnu coat nnd clogs, nnd, believe me, It was not a enso of nil dressed up und no place to co I Then I swnft hard nnd caught up to the Limeys who had Jumped first. They were asking each other If they were downhearted nnd answering, "Not n bit of it, me lads," and trying to sing, 'Tack up your troubles In your old kit bog," only they could not do much Ringing on account of the u-nvot ihni slipped Into their mouths every time they opened them. That was Just like Limeys, thouch. Somo of tho boys were Just climbing ' lit) the Jnrnh'n Imlilni nn ihn f ,.,.! -- ... v.. imv WWHB when the old Georglc let out nn nwfull roar nnd up went the deck nnd the! natcnea nign m tho air In splinters. One fellow let go his hold on tho lad der nnd went down and ho never enraa up. Tho Germans were making for the Moewe In the lifeboat nnd we reached It Just before they djd. Up the lndder we went nnd over the side nnd tho first tiling we caught sight of was Uie German revolvers In our faces drilling us nil Into line. The lifeboat broucht back tho shin's papers from tho GcorgJc nnd wo had roll call. They kent us un on dork in our wet underwear and It wns very cold Indeed. Then tho first mate and tho old man nnd one of tho German officers called off the names and wo found wo had fifty missing. The Boche commander had gall enough to say that ho was not thorn to kill men but to sink all ships that were supplying the allies I He said England wns trying to starve Germany, our. mat incy would never succeed and that Germany would starve tho allies very soon. After roll call somo of us asked tho Germans for clothes, or at least a place to dry ourselves In, but Fritz could not see us for tho dust on the ocean and we Just hod to stand there nnd shiver till we shook the deck, al most. Then I went and sat down on the nines tllllf toot tlll itnxlr n-ln.li. They had quite a head of steam in mem and I wns beginning to feel more comfortable when I cot u cnoi rlnnt alongside of tho head for kitting mere nnu trying to keep warm. It was u German gnrbr and he ntaripi railing me all the various kinds of schwoin. hunde he could think of nnd he could think of a lot. Finally they mustered us all on another part of the deck, then drilled us down Into the forccastlo and road tho martial law of Germany to us. At least I guess that Is what It was. It might have been the "Heln Wnni Dog Catchers" column from tho Ber lin Lokal Tazcnbble for all mnr nf tn knew or cared. It Bhows what cards the Germans arc reading all thoso four-to-the-nound words to na shiver. Ing garbles, who did not uivo n dlm a dozen whether we heard them or not. Fritz Is like some other hot sketches ho la funniest when he does not mean to be. Every German Is a vaudeville skit when he acts natural. out ot trouble thoy did not want lit at mo ports BiRiiiiUng our own war ships for help. If they hnd bucked nny of tho allied ships and hud u light wo would huvo died' down thero Ilia rats. Tho Moowo hnd already captured tho Voltaire, Mount Temple, Cambrian llnngo nnd tho King Ooorge and hud tho crows ot thoso vessels between decks with us. Those men told tu how tho Gcrumns wore treating them nun it looked to mo us though the ovo nlng would bo spent In playing gninoi nnd a pleasant time would ho had bj nit not. Tho crow of the Mount Temple wore on deck working when tho raldor sud denly opened lire nn thoin. Two oi three men Jumped Into the water and the Germans turned n gun on thorn while thoy were swimming nnd killed thoin. That was Just a sample of what had happened to thorn. The men now begun running up and down In n line to keep wnrtn, but 1 look n itttlorun on my own hook and treated myself to as, much of a once over of the ship as I could. I do not believe the Moewe hnd more than n thrcc-fourths-tnch armor plate, but be hind that sho had three rows nf pl Iron, which made about u foot In thick ness. There was nothing but cable ntrutig along the dock and when I saw that I would have given anything to Jiuve hnd n crnck nt her with it lMnch tinvitl. And 1 sure Wished hunt onnutrli that one of our ships would slip up on us. whether we wore cnuelit between decks or not. I went aft ns far as the sentry would let mo und I saw that she hnd three spare six-Inch guns un der tho poop deck nnd two six-Inch pieces mounted astern. Tho guns were mounted on nn elevator aud when the tlmo came they rati tho elevator up until the guns wore on u level with the poop deck, but otherwise they were out of sight from other ships. For our first meal they slung n big feed bag hnlf full of ship biscuit hardtack to us and some iiixi f ten. After this festival we began roaming' tin nnd down tho dock nenhi. because It was the only wny to keep wnrm. I guess we looked like some of the advertisements In magazines, where they show u whole family sit ting nround n Christmas tree In Jholr underwear and telling each other that Whosls Unions tho Ituomy Kind were Just what they wanted from Santy. Only we did not havo nny Chrlstmns tree to sit nround. We mut have looked funny, though, nnd I would have hud it good luuglt If I had not been so cold. We could not co to slenn liocminn the decks were wet, nor could we sit down with nny comfort for tho nnino renson. Besides, we thought wo might lilt no Jumped tip nnd mndu n pass ut tho sentry, who shot ut him but missed. Tho shot missed mo too, hut not very much. Then they dragged the delirious mnn up on dock and Lord knows what thoy did with hint, bocium we never saw him iiirnln. lint u-n itni not hoar any sound that they might linvo mitdo In shooting hint. Then tho Ilunn began shelling nnd thoy kept It up for some time. Thou thoy ordered us 'up on deck to roo the ship they had boon firing lit nnd when wo camu up the companion wny they were just bringing tho other ship's skipper aboard. It was -tho French collier St. Theodore, hovo to off tho starboard side with it prlxe crow front tho Moowo aboard and wig wngglng to the nttdor. Then the lluni began shouting nnd thoy rousted us below dock nenln. Tho place jvhorejve hud. boon ynj) filled HORSE'S KICK STOPSSOLDIER (ioitnox Thomson or iw:ni mam JUHT SIX DAVH AT FBONT WITH 1IU.MOU.VI' OUTFIT UKTllltNH Fito.M ovi:uhi:.h Hcitvici:, yAsjmirStKuL . irnarmi i r irr i ?sr-irv. rV KAUrCAM4 tU If .V I li1r)i iIhiPIhsI YM f Xmt I tli ff WmKV (From Hattirdny'a Dally.) Aftor n brief hut uxcltlui: service on tho western front, during which ho was put utll of action by tho kick of it horse, Gordon Thomson, re cently discharged trout tho Canadian army, returned to Ileud last night ami was hack nt his old Job us clerk nt the Pilot Huttu Inn this morning. Mr TlioniHon I an dull In Franco on Hoptomhor :iu, was assigned to it re mount outfit bringing up fresh horses ror tho nrtlll'iry ut Citmhritl, and on his third trip to thu artillery nosl. tlons a vicious blow from it horso's hoot landed on his kuue. On October 0 ho wns sunt bnck to England, mid was still In the hnsiittal with water on the knee when thu wnr ended. Mr, Thomson told enthusiastically of thu surgical mlrnclus performed In tho tinny hospitals. "One man near mo had his none torn off by it shell frngmout, but that was noth ing to tho surgeon: it new none wns carved out of a bono taken from somo animal, aud the man's face twns miido perfectly normal attain." hu said "That was Just typical of tho kind or work being done all thu tlmo by tbo Canadian army surgoous," t B. SWIFT IS BENDVISITOR IMfUHTMKH IN KAHT HAl'IDIiV BECOMING HTniM.i:i, HE )E. UliAltKN OUTMNKM FOLICIEH FOB CENTIUI OBEGON MANIC. . (From Thursday Dally,) lltiturnlng from it trip ot norornl months' duration In the east, Carlo ton 11. Mwlft, vlfco president of tho Central Oregon bank, arrived tu Bond today to outline the policy of tho Institution for tho coming year. A kneii luturoHt will Im taken In the de velopment ot Central Oregon Indus tries, ho Intimated. Mr. Hwlft stated that . husliii'Hft' conditions In the east, followluit thu ending of thu war, urn steadying down In an encouraging manlier, bill that ludtinlrlos aru runiilnit on n closu margin, In readiness for either an Increase or u "lump In buslnosn, "Bend looks better tlinti uror," wna his comment on local conditions, HARNETT LOWELL TO FACE LIQUOR CHARGI Jeff Kelly, Arn'xtrd After Fight, It Complaining Witnoo Trial (o Bo Hold .Monday .Morning. Tho Huns Were Runnlna Up and Down the Deck. tECK PUN' OT TVB''KOVS? "V .A There were hammocks there nnd w Jumped Into them to get warm, but tin Gennuns camo down with their ro volvers nnd bayonet and took tin hammocks awnv nnd nnu red u-nter nr the decks nnd told us to sleep there I They could not havo done u worst trick thun that. Then they put locks on tho porthole! and told us that anyone caught flddllnf with the locks would bo shot at once This was becauso wo might sight s British or French man-of-war at nnj time nnd as the Monwo was sailing un der the British Jlag nnd, trying lojccer AX X m J V & 7 . . Armor plate dropi, placing 8-tn. guns. U-Korecaitlo paW. C Ammunition hold. D Torpedo tub ralU. B Torpdo tubes. F Poop deck. O Aft wheelhoue. II Deck home. J-IIolds. K-DIappearing guns aft, mounted on elevator. V-Bta. galea. buck up agnlnst n British or a French cruiser at uny minute and most of us thought we would stay up and get an eye full before wo started for Davy's well-known locker. About two belts the following morn ing tho Moowe's engines begun to groan und shako her up u bit and we could near tho blades Jump nut of the water every once in a while nnd tear uway. She went ahead In this way for riomo time und we were hoping she was trying to get nwny from a cruiser und somo of us wcro pulling for the cruiser to win und others hoping the Moowo would get he,r heels clear und keep us from getting ours. The IIiiiih were running up und down thu deck yelling like wild men and one of our men began to yell too. He war delirious and after ho yelled u BRICK vs. OTHER BUILDINGS BRICK BUILDINGS IN BEND VALUE ABOUT $500,000 FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS NONE OTHER BUILDINGS VALUE ABOUT $2,000,000 FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS OVER $100,000 L ucT.h BEND BRICK & LUMBER CO. wim smoke. Worn whaf or why I do not know, but It wns nlmost Impos sible to brentho In It. When tho smoke cleared up a bit the Marathon started again, for wo were still In our underwear only. One of the boys hail naked Fritz for clothing and Frltx said tho English had touch onoiiu-li shins and they did not need clothing. Then no sniu: "wait until you seo what our Gennan winters nro like." Tho following morning tho engines begnn to tear away again and tho guns started firing. After n whllo tho firing stopped nnd tho engines too, and nfter nn hour they had the old man of tho Vnrrowdnle aboard. Sho was n British shin chartered bv tho Fn-nrh and bound for Brest nnd Liverpool with n very valuable cargo nboard airplanes, ammunition, food nnd auto- momies. When thpy rousted us on deck again tho St. Theodora was still in sight, but sho had tho Varrowdaln for company. Both wcro trailing behind us nnd keep ing pretty close on. Whllo wo wcro on 'deck wo snw the German sailors nt work on tho main deck making uboiit ten rafts and when they began to plnco tins of hnrdtnek on tho rafts, a tin to eacn, wo imagined they were uolnir to henvo us over tho side nnd let us go on tno rafts. But Instead they began telling us wo would land In thu fitit and then they rousted us between decks again. Wo had only been thero a short tlmo when some of tho German officers nmn down nnd nsked if nny of tho men wouici volunteer to go firing on tho Yarrowdalo nnd wo nlmost mobbed them to tnko us. They began putting down tho names of tho men who were to go and I talked them Into putting mlno down too. Then I felt nbout flvo hundred pounds lighter. Flvo o'clock camo and by that tlmo I had forgotten to do nny worrying. Wo received our usual rations and most of us who had volunteered fig ured that WO would rer-Mvn r-lntlu.a nnd shoos. In tho morning nn officer camo uown below und read out tho names of those who wcro to go and I reu even iignter When he en led m ne. Wo were each given u life belt nnd mustered on deck. Tho sen Was IircttV nnstv nnd nnmn of the men had narrow escapes from falling between the Moewo and tho lifeboats when tho swells rocked us. One man fell from tho ladder and broke his neck on tho gunwale of the lifeboat. They took over boat nfter boat to tho Yarrowdalo until finally wo wcro all there. Then they mus tered us on deck nnd warned us not to start anything, because they hud a tlmo bomb In tho engine room nnd two on tho bridge. Meantime they had brought over severul boatloads of hard tack and We throw It Into Nn. It linld. This wus to bo our food for somo time. R E. DICK PLEADS GUILTY; FINED ?100 Gun Are ConlNrntetl After (hinio Wnrdrii l-'linN Otiiinllty nr VoiiInoii In HoiiHO. (From Monday's Dally.) Blending guilty to a charge of liar- Ing venison killed out of season In his possession, F. K. Dick of Bond was fined $100 Saturday by Justice of tho I'eaco J. A. Kustes, and a number of guns found In his liomu confiscated. Thu defendant did not admit having killed thu deer him self. Tho case followed a raid matlo tho dny boforo by District Onmo Wnrdou Guorgo Tonkin, when tho bones of deer and several Jars of canned deer meat wore found In tho Dick homo. Mr. Dick refused today to pay his fine and wns confined In tho county Jail. (From Friday's Dally.) Charged with violating the stntn prohibition law by stilling Intoxicat ing llipior, llitrnt.lt Lowell ot Bond was itrrostcd this morning on lnfv iimtlon furnlslisd by Jeff Kelly, a government trsppnr from near Brine vllle, who astum that ho was ono of Lowell's ouNtomwrs. Lowell was urrulgiied before City Judge I). II. Peoples, on turf (I it plea of not guilty and was allowed to go under SOU ball, Hearing nf tho on ho wns set for 10 o'clock Monday morning. Kully, In mi Intoxicated condition, was itrrostcd Inst night by Chief nf I'olfcu Nixon. Ho horn marks of re cent combat and carried n partially ' filled whiskey bottle, which hu said had been sold him by Lowoll, Cut This Out It Is Worth .Money. DON'T MIRH TIIIO n..t -... .i..- slip, cnclodo with Co to Foley & Co.. "" onoiiioia avo., Chicago, III,, Wrltlnir vnnr rmnn, n,..l .i.l . clearly. You will mmi,. in ... n trial package containing Foley' Honey and Tar Compound, fo Something to sail? Advar-tlaa In Tho Bullotln's clasilfiod column. WRIGLEYS (To Bo Continued.) SEATING PLANS FOR COBB LECTURE MADE f'rom Thursdays Dully.) Preparations havo boon comploted for tho sulo of suutH fnr tho Irvln S. Cobb locturo at tho Bond Amateur Athletic club on the evening of Mon day, February 10, It wno niinouncod today, Prices will rnngo from ?1.2C to 75 conts, nnd ovory sent la re served, Plans are being mado to accommodate a crowd of 1000, ss um 'tn i UK uiuutcai name in uuuuy-uuuu n.. 'ga ma H i OU know the . HI realm of child- 1 I T 00d dreams B 1 cM? hJs sweets. fi Cj! f Make some of M Z w those dreams p 1 dCSwu. a de"fi"tfuI IP 1 2T iP reality by ifl ifl.yjp 17 takind home jl !r-I?l wr,gleys If BlXJN, freiuentfyT IB Ml AfcT ' SCALED .TIGHT ySB I j 1 J The liwyn ,nrrM- tna rT'iml r rrt