The Hood River glacier., March 21, 1918, Image 4

HOOD K1VKK GLACIER. TllUltfDAY, MARCH Jl, UMi
?Fi si'e. It penetrated to the en uie room
v.'t
n-a I 'f tj T i i II n
i.f it. From six that r.icht t n.;d nt.t
and the explosion was go great that was tne shortest six hours I eer
the whole ship shook. The dynamos in rr.y life. We wve landed at a f-ort
were destroyed and the lights went out c War up in the nortti of Ireland at t
on tne whole ship instantly. My state- oVUk the next mornir.tr. and t-ever
n..im h rlear hi..-k at the tem end. i did dirt look so good to ire as it did
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and clear back there the old ship
seemed to shudder. My Hash light was
ready and by means of it e got on
sweaters, overcoats and lifebelts.
When 1 got on deck and to ray boat my
men were already coming up from be
low and falling in at their assigned
' stations without the slightest evidence
1 of confusion or excitement. I want to
right then, tunny thing, to. when 1
went bujard the Tuscaiiia. a For J taxi
took Ul to the dock, and I'll tvtar
that the same jitney met us there in
Ireland. We got the men all taken
care of that morning, and after a good
feed started out to find a plate for
ourselves.
"1 sure did fail in love with Ireland.
tell vou right here that America wants i The people there extended to us cour
trt i r,rfd of her soldiers. 1 never ! tesv ti.it wc in the States do not even
' to U vrrmd
saw better, finer nienvin all my life
than they were. They were men, hon-est-to-goodness
men, first to last. All
they asked was to be told what to do,
and then they went and did it as if
there wasn't any such ship as the Tus
cania, sinking out there in tne middle
of the Irish channel. Ther were sup
posed to be six men of the ship's crew
to launch and man each lifeboat, but
those that were assigned to my two
boats, with the exception of one man,
never showed up. If they were all
like that one, 1 am glad that they
never did.
first boat
tesv
understand, say nothing about prac
tice. We just don't know how, that's
alL There was nothing in the ttld
that they were not glad ard anxious to
do for us. and all the time tfcev were
afraid they were not doing enough to
please us.
"There is one other thing I lj
like to tell you about, and that is what
the Red Cross is doing over here. Of
course, everything that we owned
went down on the Tuscaiiia. 1 know
when I got off that trawler all 1 had to
niv name was a suit of clothes. u:i ov-
Finally managed to get my ereoat and a pair of boots, was soaked
loaded (had charge of two j through and through with salt water
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boats, as the other three officers that
were to go with those boats never did
show up) and swung over the side.
When we started to lower it away, the
ship's man, who had one of the two
davits, let his end go, and then that
boat was one end in the water and the
j other in the air, and over half of the
I men who were in it were thrown out.
I Finally got it in the water, sent more
j.men down the ropes and it pulled
j'away. Had an even worse time with
I the second boat, as one of the falls
was broken by thnt time, but finally
i got it launched and loaded and went
down the ropes myself. We had a hard
time getting the boat away ironi the
Tuscania, but when she went down X
just 18 minutes to nine we were about
;toO yards awav fmm her.
I "There were some awful scenes on
that sinking ship. Saw boat after
boat smashed before it ever touched
and just about as sotry a sight as one
ever saw. A lied Cross agent met us
at the wharf anil the first thing he did
was tc hand me $Zi - didn't have a
cent before ard since then they have
been right on the job every minute.
They gave us a suit of dry underwear,
a cap (you should see me wearing a
British Koyal Flying Corps cap), toilet
articles and even cigarettes. The first
few days they fed us and got us piAces
to stay, if we did not have them. They
took care of the enlisted men, too, and
as a matter of fact, 1 don't know what
we could have done without them.
"This morning I was tii Iking with
one of their agents. Of course, we are
naturally quite concerned as to what
we are to do for another outiit. Tm re
is not an officer in the lot who did not
lose at least $"W worth of e tuff, and 1
know that besides that 1 lost just ?1W
in good old American money. Thete
men who are m
c r; s anions the troops. M.-s I'.ett v
F.pping has just received a letter from
K! C I'eacney, member of an F.ng: -eers
reg'ment. who says:
"A U tter from old Oregon looks aw
fully god to me, and your letters are
always cheery. Sometimes i need u
little cheer, as I am not strong win,
th.? French language. My tent mate is
from Florida. He has a Lttle t'lrl
down there who writes hi alnio-t
evey day. Sometimes it makes me
hhie when he geU eiht or in letters
and 1 do Vt get auv. 1 certainly en
joy good newsy letters from the west.
"Ve don t get a quarter me war
news yd! do, so no doubt you know
more and fciTer news about the war
than we do here."
Walter W. Shay, formerly a member
of lth Co., who was recently trans
ferred to the aviation corps, is now
training at San Antoniu, Tex. Young
Shay, in a letter to his mother, Mrs.
V. fc. Shay, writes that he has ln-eii
promoted to a corporal's rank. Me ha
lieen ma;! thop inspector for the con
tingent with which he is in training.
l.ieut. F. K. llrosius is now at Fort
ress Monroe, Va., attending the Coatt
Artillery School. Lieut. Brosius write
his father that the Work is the hardest
he has ever participated in. Lieut.
Hrosirs was formerly with 12th Co.,
having been a moving spirit in the or
ganization of the k.til unit.
A number of parents received mes
sages the first of the week from forim r
l'Jth Co. boys now members of the liMn
Field Artillery, who announce then
safe arrival at Camp Mtrri't, N. .1.
Thirty-eight men from Hood kuer sue
in this contingent.
Mrs. F. 11. Llagg has received a curd
from ler son, Henry Lilagg, who an
nounced his safe arrival in France.
Mr. l.lngg is a member of a company
of the ;Joth Kngineers known as the
Gas and Flame unit.
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the water. Saw a loaded lifeboat fall ! are very few of the
30 feet on top of another loaded boat i position to replace such a loss and
that win in the Water, and dozens of i there is no provision in army regula
men were killed right there. Saw a tions for refunding us. Naturally Ve
lifeboat run down by a destroyer and wonder what is to happen. Hut this
all her men thrown into the water; Red Cross man said: 'Don't wmry,
saw men crushed between the boats we are working to t;et vou a refund,
and the sides of the ship, and through and anyhow we will see that you get
it all those hundreds of men on the eats and a place to sleep, and don't
deck of the Tuscania were almost 1 freeze to death, depend on that.' It's
without exception as calm and cool as j a wonderful institution the Red
if they were only on parade. When ( Cross, and I wish the people in the
we would tell them that they were all ; States could know just what a great
right and that the ship would stay up ; work it is doing.
for hours they just believed it without j "Our stay in Ireland w as all to short
question. Their faith and trust in the ' for me. 1 fell in love with the country
officers was absolute, and just as great I and its people. Someday when you
as their trust was our helplessness to have lots of time, just write to Mrs.
do anything for them. That was the ! Patrick O'Toole, 11 'Mam St., Lame,
hard part of it all, the awful part. Count v Antrim, Ireland, and thank her !
About 12H) men got off in the small j for what she did for me. 1 tried to,
Iniats, and the rest of the 2500 on before 1 left, but it was a mighty poor
board were taken off by the destroyers I attempt compared with the treatment
that, taking big a chance of being tor-! 1 received at her hands. Believe me, 1
pedoed themselves, ran up alongside of was sorry to say good bye to her. It
sure increases our faith in lite to get
acquainted with such people."
Lieut. Folts, at the time his letter
was written, whs stationed at a rest
camp in . Kngland. He told of just
having shaken liands with two distin
guished persons, Ambassador I'aije and
General Bliss, who had called at the
camp to see the Tuscania survivors.
J. K. Bailey lias received a message
from his son, Sgt. C V. Bailey, of
Kansas City, Mo., who announce: his
safe arrival in France.
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HOOD RIVER, - - . OREGON
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First National
AT HOOD HIVF.H,
in tl e State o( Oregon, at the eloe of but-ine on
March 4, litis
the phni. If it had not been lor them
we would have lost over 1,000 men.
"It was jnst before six o'clock when
we were struck and it was r little af
ter seven when my last boat pot olf.
We picked up several men who were in
the water. One had his let; crushed and
one had been in the ship's hospital
with pneumonia. That man had -nothing
on but pajamas and h lifebelt.
Made them as comfortable as possible,
but our boat was from the very lies in
ning full of water, clear up over the
seats, so there was little we could do
for the six sick men we had on board. I u(K'itjVer
Daily, for the past week, a shower
of letters has reached Hood River
from soldiers, now at eastern canton-
! ments, who recently, piissinir thrmich
worn tKU v... ill!. . i, e ..f ,i,i.
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X,lttt.07
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$1 is.noo.oti
L'4,n00.U0
HF.SOl HCFS:
1 Loan" mid discount" - $2til,HS4.i7
i Notes and bills re-discounted ;i,"L'1.0tl
I Overdrafts, secured, none; unsecured
: U. S. Bonds (other than Liberty Bonds of 1917):
1'. S. blinds deposit)!) to secure circulation ' par value) 100,000.00
; I ' . vi- Honds and certificate of indebtedness ow ned and
lllipledued 15,000.00
j Liberty l.oiin Honda, unpledged, :',j per cent and I percent
, lloiids, other than C. S. bonds, pledged to secure
: post.it saving deposits '. 5,000 00
lionds Slid securities pledged us collateral for
j Suite, or other deposits (postal excluded) or "
bills payable KVJOO 00
j -v-cuntics other than I". S. Hundy (not including
stocks) owned unpledged li.'i.OH.O.s
i Total bonds, securities, etc
Stocks, other than Federal Reserve Hunk stock
Stock of Federal Reserve Rank (50 per cent of subscription)
! Value of banking bouse
! Furniture and fixtures
I Real estate owned other than banking house :
' Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve hank
I Cash in vault and net amounts due from national banks
! ("hecks on other b inks in the same city or town as reporting bank. .
! Cheeks on banks located outside of t:ity or town
! of reporting bank and other cash items -
Redemption fund with ' . S. Treasurer and due from 1'. S. Treasurer. .
!" Totals
and candv, gifts of women and
i and the canteen committee of tin
Cross Chapter.
girls
Red !
almost impossible to , row. All we
could do was to keep her head in the
winu, so m a me wnvea. in were t happened that the eustbnund troops
beK.nn.ng to run high, would not over- re,eivt,tl hllm)reii!j of (Hstv i,ui(.hl,s ai'ul
turn us. As it was, every tew minutes i tm,r ,ires,,nts illU.mk., 'fur ,ni.,(.,ra
a wave wou u come in ne iroi wem. oi ,)lf Hrtnlery ,.ompHnv f H.,od
the boat, which was all smaslft-d out ,b wno were ' j U(
figured that if we could stick to that i
boat until morning we would pet '
HO.lMl.PR
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3,000.00
4."i,;r,o.oo
t!,54:t.00
17,177.3:1
2;,lH..w
7H,S;:! ::i
ML 52
:i3o.k;
5,000. oo
deposits) subject to reserc
LIABILITIES:
; Capital stock paid in : 1100,000
Uiiilivideii profits (ii,(Wlt.()7
Less cm rent expenses, interest and taxes pai'l . . 4,931). 40
Amount reserved for taxes accrued
Circulating notes outstanding
i
I Demand Deposits (other th in Rank
! (deposits imvable within 30 davs) :
Individual deposits subjtvt to check
i Certificate m deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for
money borrowed) "
Certified Checks .....
I Cashier's checks outstanding
i State, county, or other municipal deposit secured bv pledge of 'assets
i of this bank '.
i Other demand deposits 911,755 .(
louii in uumauo ue.posns (ouier man nanK deposits)
I subject to Reserve fU:i,,".!o 57
1 ime Deposits subject to reserve (payable after 30 davs, or subject to
30 days or more notice and postal savings) :
: Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) l!),2'.iK..'!
! l'ostal savings deposits 4 P'7 fs:
t Other time deposits , KO.tHlil.t'O
! lotal of tunc deposits siibect to Reserve $10", 420. 1!)
Hills payable, other than w ith Federal Reserve Rank, including all
j obligations representing- money borrowed, other than rediscounts. .
1 Total
00
l,7()!l.ti7
1,000.00
07 ,tu0. 00
222,721.01
2,iHi7.77
305.30
lli,ii!t5.28
H41.7
15,000.00
jW2,12tL43
Liabilities for rediscounts, including those with Federal Reserve Rank
Tita) contingent liabilities
$3,7
$3,7
!l 0o
11.00
picked up all right, so was not very
nervous. The men behaved just- ns
finely on the host as on the ship. Kept
them as busy as 1 could rowing and
bailing. The water came in 'faster
than we could dip it out, at that. Hut
they were men.every last one of them. 1
mere was no wniiiipei ing ami nu i
i i nr. .l rr ' .ius
siacKers. vve saw ine juscania ko
iver
Miss
through Hood River, hut who were
routed to their new post over another
rail line. Hundreds of local men and
women waited at the station until all
hope of seeing their own soldiers puss
through had gone, and then mothers
and sweethearts passed on gifts to
buys from other places.
the following two letters, the first
to a young matron, prominent in Red
work and the other to a high
school girl, evidence the uppreciaton
writes from Camp
down and just afterward we tounil a
box of flares in our boat. Two des
trovers nassed ns at. different times.
but paid no attention to the Hares
l i I i . u i . : n-L '
wnicn we uurneu at uut.i ui .es ,,..e j h and in RlttK spirits, although it
were 12 of these lights in the box but ; ,.'',; ,. -i.. ... ' ,u.. ...... i ..i,i n
j of the men :
Will Roethen
I Greene, N. C. :
"We arrived at our destination all
nine of them were so wet that,, they
would not work. About 10 o'clock the
land showed up olf our port bow. The
wind came up and it was starting to
rain a littAc. A half hour later I could
see that we were drifting very rapidly,
and what was.more, we were getting
in very close to the high, rocky shore.
We did what we could to keep her off,
but it wasn't long before 1 could see
plainly that it was no use ; the wind
and the current had the best of us all
right. The last 20 minutes before mid
night was the worst ofjall that night.
The men realized by that time just
what was before us, but there were no
howlers or no slackers in that bunch.
Wg knew we had little chance, but
what worried me was what we could
do with our sick and injured. We got
extra life belts on them, and that wrs
about all wc could do. Mighty little
chance they had. It was just mid
night when we saw the boat that
picked us up. We had no more flares,
but had my flashlight and believe me,
it sure winked 'S. 0. S.' He finally
saw us and pulled alongside, and we
got our sick men on "board and then
went up ourselves. That trawler was
the finest ship I ever saw in my Jife ;
but I aon't believe I was ever happier
than I was right then, On the life
boat I .got so seasick a couple of times
that I eouldVt stand up. I know now
what it is to be really seasick. And
after I got on the trawler 1 was sea
sick again. The captain and crew on
the trawler were as fine as they could
be. They had hot stuff for the men to
was a long ride across the good old I
S. A. The weather was just beautiful
all the way and we more than enjoyed
the sights.
"Surrounded by some very nice cit
ies and towns and only two miles from
Charlotte, Camp Greene is very beauti
ful. The weather is ideal. The apple
trees are in blossom and the bees are
making honey. We haven't drilled
any yet. We all livelin tents, for
they haven't any barracks here. "Our
tents are irtj cotton field. About half
the peofile in North Carolina are dark
ies. "1 must thank you for your cake.
We enjoyed it more than anything else
on our trip. Please thank the all peo
ple in Hood River, for it was the best
town we struck coming over. 1 am a
Montana boy."
This is the letter from ,Thos. Me
Mullan, who is also at Camp Greene:
"This is from a soldier who received
your note and package of eats when
we were en route from Camp Lewis to
Camp Greene. 1 thought I would send
you a line to thank you, personally,
and the people of Hood River for the
hospitality you showed us when we
passed through your city at midnight.
1 assure you that as we go forth to
i France to fight for the Stars and
Stripes, we can always look back with
feelings of gratitude to you folks at
Hood River; we were met very gener
ously at all c ikies as we passed
through, but few excelled yours. My
home, in civilian life, is in Los An
geles, Calif."
eat and drink, and gave them all the I v0i ur.rfP 17 .., . . 1 1 n .1
clothes they had f he, picked up four ' h the gh s 0 E
other bo tts before they saw us, and , toyenljst jn thu nHtv; writcs hiB
one of them had a medical officer on areft Mr amJ M M k Mc Cartv
board, so our sick men were fixed as ; I, . , ', . -. " " "iiv uiiy,
well cnnld h. Th .win tM inat ne nBS jum eomr.lclel a coune
state of Oregon, County of Hood River, es:
I, F. O. Blatichar, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
E. 0. RLANCHAR, Cashier.'
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of March, 1018.
K. W. SiNti.Aju, Notary Public for Oregon.
My commission expires March'ltj, 1021 .
Correct Attest :
A. D. Mok, C. DuTiiMAX, O. H. Rhoadks, Directors.
H"M"M M I 11 I' 11 H"H"1-M"M"H-
I Letters From and About Soldiers
H"M"t"M ! 1 M"l 1' ! 1 'M I II I W-'
Writing to Mrs. LeKoy Taft.
Second Lieutenant Franklin E. Folts,
who was aboard the torpedoed Tus
cania, declares that his journey across
the Atlantic seems only to have begun
when the transport reached the Irish
channel, where the vessel was the tar
get of the Hun submarine,
o
Lieut. Folts, formerly a University
of Oregon student, writes :
"It was just six o'clock on the night
of the sixth. I was in my own slate
room talking with another officer. It
was dark and very cold. The wind
was blowing. The sea was quite chop
py, but not rough. It was then that
Fritz walked right into the middle of
that big convoy, past the submarine
destroyers and freight craft and
picked us off. The torpedo hit us
squarely amidships on the starboard
tne omcers, tnere were tour 01 us,
down to his cabin, and there was not
much of anything that he did not do
for us, except dry clothes - there were
so many sick men who needed those
that he didn't have enough to go
around. He was sure a prince of a
man.
5 "After we got on the trawler had
quite an adventure. These boats carry
a 4.7 gun forward, and one of the
shells for it got loose. They found it
rolling around on deck, those shells
have about HO pounds of T. N. T.
(strongest explosive known) in them
and about 140 pounds, of ordinary ex
plosive. Also there were about 000
pounds of T. N. T. stored on the for
ward deck All that is necessary to
explode these shells is a slight blow on
the head, after which they go off in
about 90 seconds. Believe me, they
hustled to get that shell overboard anil
into the sea, ard the captain sure gave
that old tub full speed ahead.
"So you see, we had quite a night
in
radio work at Harvard University.
The young man states that he has been
assigned for radio work to the V. S. S.
Arizona.
Angus McDonald, now in training at
a naval -tamp on the Great Lakes,
wrote his father I). McDonald, last
week, expressing optimism over exam
inations for promotion that had just
been held. Mr. McDonald sent' his
father a high recommendation he has
just been given by the commanding
officer of the camp.
"Pas-sed my examinations and am
leaving for Harvard" stated a tele
gram received Thursday morning by
H. L. Hasbrouck from his r0, Hubert
L. Hasbrouck, U. S.'N., who has been
stationed at the San Diego Naval
Training Station. Young Hasbrouck
will attend a radio school at Harvard
University.
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