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c. E. CONVENTION
Marietta, PR- April SI.—To-day
■the annual convention ot the York
•County Christian Endeavor Societies
-was held In the Sprlrig Grove Re
formed Church. State Secretary H.
B. Macrory. of Pittsburgh, and State
Junior Superintendent C. C. Kulp, of
•Gettysburg, were among the speak
ers. One of the chief topics dis
cussed was preparedness. The song
service in the evening was chiefly
national airs. H. U. Breneman, of
Kew Salem, was elected president.
POtrc i CAncpc
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£s|f* Near the Young Women's Christian Association
If You Don't Take Advantage of
Our Big Clearance You Will
Have Yourself to Blame
Remember we are clearing our own rich stocks. We
buy no jofrlots, no seconds and no goods for sale pur
poses. In times like these, these values should ap
peal to every economical woman and miss.
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Women's ami Misses' dJQ *7C
Women's and Misses' &>(+ QC SPRING COATS
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Women's and Misses' DRESSES . •
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Women's and Misses' djl QC Extra size. Alterations free.
All Wool Serge Skirts *** •*• • ___
Alterations Free Women's and Misses' tfJJ. *7K
1 Silk Taffeta SKIRTS. ' 0
Women's and Misses* QC- Stripes and plaids. Altera-
Silk and Voile WAISTB.. ' oc tions free.
"Anaemia—Lack of Iron—ls Greatest Curse'
To Health and Beauty o
Says Dr. Ferdinand King, New York Physician and Medical Author
Any Women Who Tires Easily, is Nervous or Irritable, or Looks Pale, Haggard And Worn, Should
Have Her Blood Examined for Iron Deficiency.
Administration of Xuxated Iron Will Increase tlie Strength and Knduranee of Weak, Nervous, Careworn Women
100 Per Cent, in Two Weeks' Time in Many Instances.
THE CHILD'S APPEAL
why don't you take
NUXATED IRON and be strong
and well and have nice rosy
cheeks instead of being so
nervous and irritable all the
time and looking so haggard and
old-The doctor gave some to
Susie Smiths mother and she
was worse off than you are
and now she looks just fine
"fhere can be no healthy, beautl
!ul. rosy cheeked women without
ron," says Dr. Ferdinand King, a New
fork Physician and Medical Author.
'ln inv recent talks to physicians on
he grave and serious consequences of
ron dettciency in the blood of Ameri
can women. I have strongly empha
lized the fact that doctors should pre
icribe more organic iron—nuxated
ron—for their nervous, rundown,
veak, haeKard-looking women pati
•nts. Pall or means
inaemla. The skin
:>f an anaemic wo
nan is pale, the
3esh flabby. The
Tiuscles lack tone.
;he brain fags andl
:he memory fails, and
jften they become
s-eak. nervous, irrit
ible, despondent and
■nelancholy When
'.he iron goes from
;he blood of women.
[he roses go from
.heir cheeks."
"In the most common food*
5f America, the starches, su
tars, table syrups, candies, pol
•shed rice, white bread, soda
irackers, biscuits, macaroni,
ipashettl, tapioca, sago, farina,
l:germinated cornmeal no
.onger is iron to be found. Re
ining process have removed
:he Iron o' Mother Earth from
'.hese impoverished foods, ana
•illy methods of home cookery.
By throwing down the waste
jlpe. the waters In which our
■ egetables are cooked are re
ipor.sible for another grave
.ron loss."
"Therefore If you wish to
sreserve your youthful virot^——
ind vigor to a ripe old oge,
i'ou must supply the Iron de
ficiency in your food by using some form
f orgat io iron. Just as you would use
salt when your food has not enough
lalt."
"As T have said a hundred times over
srganic Iron is the greatest of all
itrength builders. If people would only
Jike Nuxated Iron when they feel weak
>r rundown. Instead of dosing them
lelves with habit forming drugs, stlmu-
Z)r. Ferdinand King, A'eu; }'ori Physician
and Medical Author , te/As physicians that they
should prescribe more organic iron—Nuxated
Iron—for their patients — Says anaemia—iron
deficiency—is the greatest curse to the health,
strength, vitality and beauty of the modern
American Woman. — Sounds warning against
use of metallic iron tcAicA
may injure the teeth, corrode
the stomach and do far more
harm than good; advise*
use of only nuxated iron % j
CDUri A I TA DIIVCTfI k \IC Doctor, when you wish to prescribe a true tonic
I OILLIAL ILI 11l I
| there" strength and youthful vigor into the
| blood and nerve*, try Nuxated Iron. If you have been using the old forms of metallic iron, without suc
cess; If you have had patients complain of discolored teeth, upset utomaehs. hardened, tied-up secretions,
] etc., from the use of metallic Iron, again we suggest, try Nuxuted Iron. Nuxated Iron will be furnished
by any druggist on an absolute guarantee of success or money refunded. It is highlv endorsed by such
j Physicians as Dr. Schuyler C. Jaques, Visiting Surgeon of Pt. Elizabeth's Hospital. New York City: Dr.
j Howard James, late of the Manhattan State Hospital of New York and formerly Assistant Phvsician
Brooklyn State Hospital; Dr. A. J. Newman, Police Surgeon of the City of Chicago, formerly House Sur
' geon of the Jefferson Park Hospital, Chicago: Dr. Ferdinand King, New York Physician and Medical
I Author, and othersi In most cases physicians direct the use of two five-grain tablets three times per day
, after meals.
THURSDAY EVENING.
LASCAOTKR COUNTY DEATHS
Marietta, Pa., April 26.—John H.
Llntner, aged 82, died Tuesday night,
near Manor, after a ling illness. He
wan for many years the supervisor of
the district and held other oittces of
trust. He was a member of the
Mennonlte church. One son and two
sisters survive.
Mrs. Henrietta Miller, of Stras
burg, died at her home Tuesday
night from pneumonia, aged 55
years. Kive sons, four daughters and
a number of grandchildren survive.
convinced that in this way they could
.ward off disease. preventing it becom
'ing organic in thousands of cases and
thereby the lives of thousands might
be saved who now die every year from
pneumonia, grippe. kidney. liver
heart trouble and other dangerous
maladies. The real and true cause
■which started their disease was noth
ing more nor less than a weakened
condition brought on by a lack of
Iron in the blood.
On account of the peculiar nature
of women, and the great drain placed
upon her system at certain periods,
she requires much more iron than
man to help make tip the loss.
Iron is absolutely necessary to en
able vour blood to change food into
living tissue. Without it. no matter
how much, or what you eat. your food
merely passes through you without
doing you any good. You don't get
the strength of it. and as a conse-'
quence you become weak, pale andr
sickly looking, just like a plant try
ing to grow in a Moil deficient in iron.
If you are not strong or well, you owe
it to yourself to make the following
test: see how long you can work or
how far vou can walk without becom
ing tired. Next take two tlve-gram
tablets of ordinary nuxated iron three ,
times per day after meals for
two weeks. T! en test your
strength again and see how ]
much you have gained. I have seen .
dozens of nervous rundown people v. no J
wfre ailing ail th while doubl" their,
strength and endurance and entirely
rid themselves of all symptoms of dys
pepsia. liver and otner troubles, in
from ten to fourteen day s ttnie simp
ly by taking iron in the proper form
And this, after they had in some eases
been doctoring for months without
obtaining any benefit. But don t take
the old forms of reduced iron, iron
acetate or tincture of iron simply to
save a few cents. The iron demanded
by Mother nature for the red coloring
matter in the blood of her children is.
alas I not that kind of Iron. You must
take iron in a form that can be easily
absorbed and assimilated to do you
any good, otherwise it may prove
worse than useless.
I have
used Nux
ated lien
widely in
my own
practice in
most se-
Students to Take Part
in Philadelphia Meet
Members of the high school track
team accompanied by Prof. C. S.
Davis and Thomas C. Gaffney, coach
will leave to-morrow evening at 6.52
o'clock for Philadelphia, to partici
pate In the 'University of Pennsyl
vania Carnival track meet Saturday
afternoon. The squad will include
Jacob Barber, Paul Wuenschlnski,
Roscoe Ziegler, Harry Dayhoff and
Edward Miner. These students will
compete in the one mile relay race.
This is the seventeenth year Steel
ton lias sent men to this meet.
TO INSTALL HKV. Hl l'P
FIRST REFORMED PASTOR
The Itev. H. H. Kupp will be in
stalled as pastor ot the First Ite
formed Church, with special services,
to-night. The Rev. Robert A. Bausch.
of Hummelatown. will preach the In
stallation sermon. The Rev. Homer
S. May and the Rev. George A. Hart
man will have charge of the install
lation.
HARKISHIIUi fOI I'l.E WEDS
Franklin Silas Miller and Miss Clara
Elizabeth Shaffer, both ot Harrlsburg,
wtve married at the parsonage of the
S. John's I,utlieran Church last even
ing at 7 o'clock, by the Rev. George
N. Lauffer.
How to Relieve Catarrhal
Deafness or Head Noises
It you have catarrh, catarrhal deaf
ness or head noises caused by catarrh,
or if phlegm drops in your throat and
has caused catarrh ot' the stomach or
bowels vou will be glad to know that
these distressing symptoms may be
entirelv overcome in many instances
bv the'following treatment which you
can easilv prepare in your own home
at little cost. Secure fom yor drug
gist 1 ounce of Parmint (Double
Strength 1. This will not cost you
more than 75e. Take this home and
add to it U Pint of hot water and 4
ounces of granulated sugar; stir until
dissolved. Take one tablespoonful four
times a day. An improvement is some
"times noted after the first day's treat
ment. Breathing should become easy,
while the distressing head noises,
headaches, dullness, cloudy thinking,
etc.. should gradually disappear under
the tonic action of the treatment. Loss
of smell, taste, defective hearing and
mucous dropping in the back of the
throat are other symptoms which sug
gest the presence of catarrh and
which may often be overcome by this
efficacious treatment. If nearly ninety
per cent, of all ear troubles are
caused bv catarrh, there must be many
people whose hearing may be restor
ed by this simple home treatment. —
Advertisement.
You can tell the women with
plenty of iron in their blood
beautiful healthy rosy cheeked
women full of Life, Vim and
Vitality
vrre aggravated conditions with un
failing results. I have induced many
other physicians to give it a trial, all
of whom have given me most sur
prising reports in regard to its great
power as a health and strength build
et.
Many an athlete and prize fighterhas
won the day simply oecatise he knew
tne secret of great strength and en
durance and lllh'd his blood with
iron before he went into the affray
while many another has gone down
in inglorious defjat. simply for the
lack of iron."
Dr. Schuyler C. Jaques, Visiting
Surgeon of St. Elizabeth's Hospital
New York City, said "I have nevei
before given out any medical infor
mation or advice for publication, as
I ordinarily do not believe in it. But
so many American women suffer from
Iron deficiency with Its attendant ills
—physical weakness, nervous, irrita
bility. melancholy, indigestion, flabby
sagging muscles, etc.. etc.—and in
consequence of their weakened, run
down condition they are liable to
contract serious and even fatal
diseases tiiat 1 deem it my duty to
advise all such to take Nuxated
Iron. 1 have taken it myself and I
given it to my patients with most
surprising and satisfactory results
I And those who wish quickly to in
! crease their strength, power and
I endurance will find It a most re
markable and wonderfully effec
tive remedy."
NOTE—Nuxated Tron which Is
prescribed and recommended above
by physicians in such a great var
iety of cases, is not a patent medi
cine or a secret remedy, but one
which is well known to druggists
and Whose iron constituents are
widely prescribed by eminent
physicians both In Europe and
America. Unlike the older inor
ganic products it is easilv assim
ilated, does not Injure the teeth
make them black, nor upset the
stomach; on the contrary, it is a
. ■ most potent remedy in nearly all
forms of Indigestion as well as for "ner
vous run-down conditions. The manufac
turers have such great confidence in Nux
-1 ated Iron that they offer to forfeit f 100 00
: to any charitable institution If they cannot
I take any man nrwoman under 60 who lacks
| iron, and increase their strength 100 per
cent, or over in four weeks' time, provided
the have no serious organic trouble. They
also offer to refund your money if It does
not at least double your strength and en
durance-in ten days' time. It is dispensed
in this city by Croll Keller G. A. Gorgas
J. Nelson Clark and all good druggists
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
NEWS OF S
START NEW RED
CROSS DRIVE
Wonk in New Section of the
Town Expected to Bring
Good Besults
With the forty-six new members
enj-olled by the Steelton Branch of
the Bed Cross Society yesterday, the
membership now totals 652. Many
lodges have responded to circular
letters sent out this week.
A fresh drive In another section
of the town was started this morn
ing and today's results are expected
to be the highest number this week.
Reports were made yesterday
that many new members are being
secured in the Steel works. High
School students will repeat the
Pageant of History" for the benefit
of the society in the High School !
auditorium next Tuesday evening. |
The following list of new members
was announced for publication by
Mrs. W. H. Nell today: Mrs. James
Coleman, Mrs. W. P. Funk. Mrs. C.
L. Funk, Mrs. W. Schlessnian, Mrs. i
W. H. McDermott, Mrs. B. F. Lipp.
Mrs. J. H. Gerdes, J. 11. Gerdes,
Master J. H. Gerdes, Jr., Mrs. James
I* Dickinson, Dr. C. R. Miller,
Master David Traver Nivin, Mrs.
Gertrude \ . Brandt, Lawrence
Brant, Kirk Shelley. William R.
Snyder. Mrs. Kirk Shelley, Paul J.
Kirby, Janko Melosevic, Robert M.
H'ltchinson, Mrs. A. I* Houdeshel,
Edgar C. Houdeshel, Mrs. L. Trawltz,
Mrs. E. Malehorn, Mrs. H. B. Shires,
Mrs. J. T. Holbert, Mrs. J C. Reed,
Mrs. William R. Lewis, Mrs. W. J.
Shriver, Mrs. C. E. Powden. Mrs. J.
A. Wagenbach. Mrs. Mary E. Mor
ris, Miss Eva Lingle, Joseph Hursli,
James Creighton, Joseph Malilem,
P. R. Nowling, E. W. Morgan, T. S.
Mills. J. T. Cunningham, Charles M.
Harris, Paxton Roberts, Dr. William
P. Daiiey, Miss Helen J. Dalley, Har- j
ry C. Geukes. Washington Camp No.
102. P. O. S. of A.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS MEET
Boys of the High School met last
night to decide on which days in the
week would be suitable for holding
the military training instructions. No
days were set aside definitely last
night. Action on the time is expect
ed to be taken early next week.
MICH PLEASED
New York, April 26. "Thank
Heaven some Americans have begun
to hit back: We have been at the
receivin gend of the war that Ger
many has been waging against us for
altogether too long."
.Colonel Roosevelt was speaking
i nhis home at Sagamore Hill a
flushed, happy Colonel whose voice
held the rin gof pride as he talked
of the gun crew of the Mongolia, and
the work they did with the rifle they
had named after him.
■■•itfit"
MrM
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The main difference
between
a "regular*' fellow
and just
an ordinary fellow
is mostly
in
the clothes
he wears
ADimRULHESinK.
CLOTHES
are built
for
the fellow who
is particular
about
his appearances.
They're
S2O s2s s3O .
The New Store of
Wm. Strouse
The New Suburb
ESTHERTON
River-Drive
| SALE
i May sth 1917
TO DISTRIBUTE
STEEL ORDERS
Steel Manufacturers Will Meet
For Purpose of Arranging
Distribution
Steel manufacturers will meet on
Thursday to arrange for distributing
throughout the industry very consid
erable government orders, for vessel,
navy yard and ordnance steel which
were largely put in the hands of the
United States Steel Corporalon.
The Iron Age of to-day says:
"The government is expected to
place early contracts for fully 300,-
000 tons of plates, shapes and bars,
and the amount It will want this
year exceeds the llrst estimates, be
ing now put at 1.000,000 tons. Al
ready government business taken at
! Pittsburgh amounts to 100,000 tons
of plates.
I "Intimations that the government
i will be asked by the allies to aid
(them in securing special concessions
i on steel and copper are cropping up
I bore frequently. The British govern
ment's copper contract expires in
j 60 days and the question of the still
| unused amount of the 200,000 gross
i tons bought for the tlrst half Is cut
j ting an undue figure in the current
| market. All indications to-day are
j strongly against the extension of
j such low prices as our government
I has secured on steel and copper to
j any of the European governments.
"The belief is that fresh foreign
buying, facilitated by the big gov
ernment loan now authorized, will
come soon under the direction of
Great Britain, probably even for the
railroad material desired by Russia.
France, with a new credit, will also
be In the market. As an evample,
j that country wants 21.000 tons more
j of 19-pound rails to lay 700 miles of
i portable track. A 4,000-ton order
' for the same purpose "was recently
| placed at Cleveland."
Patriotic Day Plans
Are Maturing Rapidly
Plans for the big patriotic demon-
I strations to be held May 19 are nit-
I taring rapidly. Last evening the
; Steelton Moose pasesd a resolution
to co-operate in the celebration
| plans.
In a statement this morning steel
! company officials said they would as
sist in any patriotic move in the
! borough.
The Holy Name Society of the St.
1 James' Catholic Church has taken
j the initiative in the plans by starting
I the movement and a committee is
j sued letters asking the co-operation
of all churches, fraternal and civic
organizations.
I.ITERARY MEETING
A meeting- of the Central Grammar
School literary Society will be held
in the High School Auditorium to
morrow afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. An
interesting program will be presented.
-MIDDLETOm 77 !
The funeral of John Lutz, Sr., was
held from his home yesterday after
noon at 2 o'clock, and was largely
attended. Triune Lodga No. 307, I. O.
! O. F., attended in a body. The pall
bearers were W. S. Sides, Warren
j Schriener, Harry Fenical. John Hip
! pie, E. L. Croll and M. G. Witman.
The Rev. Fuller Bergstresser officiat
ed. Burial was made in the Middle*.
; town cemetery.
Harry Keim, of Philadelphia,
' spent yesterday in town, attending
j the funeral of John Lutz.
Mrs. Leonard Kope, who visited in
; town for the past several days, re
| turned to her home at New Cas
tle.
Mr. and Mrs. William Martin left
for their new home at Nova Scotia.
Ethel Welsh is ill at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred.
Welsh, in Spring street.
Mrs. Karl Bowers, who visited in
town for the past three weeks re
turned to her home at Philadelphia,
i yesterday.
The Belgian relief fund In town
has reached $49 to date.
The Mtddletown Funiture Com-
I pany was closed down yesterday af
i ternoon on account of the funeral
ot' John Lutz. who had been employ
ed there for neary 40 years.
Mrs. Annie Mutnma, of Lebanon, Is
visiting in town.
Several members of Washington
! Camp. No. 371, P. O. S. of A., will go
j to Enhaut this evening, where a class
j is be!ng taken in by the camp.
| Mrs. Maggie Palmer is ill at the
j home of her daughter,
j Miss Kathryn Rank, daughter of
' Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rank. Ann street,
and Harry C. Pugliese, of town, were
' married at the St. Mary's Catholic
j Church yesterday morning at 8
. o'clock, by Father J. Foin. A wed-
I ding reception was held at the home
I of the bride's parents last evening.
The regular monthly meeting of the
i Choral Society was held in the Lib
| erty Fire Company House last even-
I ing.
i The Middletown Tennis Club will
I meet in the Liberty Fire Company
j House this evening. They are hav
l ing their courts put in shape at the
: fair grounds.
-OBERLIN
Mrs. May Keys, of Orange, N. J.,
and Mrs. Lizzie Harris, of Duncan
non. visited Mrs. Miranda Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. John Reed were
summoned to llershey, where Mrs.
Reed's mother is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett visited
friends at MechanicsOurg.
Prof. Faber Stengle and his par
ents, motored to Tork, where they
visited Mrs. John Yetter.
Miss Grace Grove, music -teacher
in the High school, has organized a
glee club which will sing at the an
nual commencement.
Jacob Hoffman and family moved
to Coatesvllle, where he Is now em
ployed.
Ira Cassell spent the week-end
with frlentls at Millersburg.
Russell and Paul Rupp, students
at Lebanon College, visited with their
parents.
Mrs. Barbara Cunrod, of Palmyra,
was entertained by her sister, Mrs.
John Longenecker. for several days.
Mrs. Crawford Wise, who has been
in Pittsburgh for several weeks, is
home again.
Miss Minerva Zoll is convalescent
from an attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. Harry Myers, who has been
under treatment at the Harrlsburg
Hospital, was brought home yester
day.
Oliver Bishop, held a reunion at
his home. Main street, which was at
tended by all his brothers and sis
ters. On account of his age, th
father was not able to be present,
j Mr. and Mrs. G. Gouder and son.
| Harry, visited with relatives at
l HUhspire, this week.
Walter Gladfelter spent the week
end with his parents, at Chambers
burg.
William Mesinger. for years the
rlerk in G. A. Stengli's store, resign
ed and accepted a position with the
steel company
WAR'S FIRST SHOT
SINKS SUBMARINE
Enemy U-Boat Sent to Bottom
When About to Attack
U. S. Ship
London, April 26.—Seven days ago
off the English coast, the liner Mon
golia, castbound tired the tlrst Am
erlcun shot In the war with Ger
many, and instantly sank a hostile
U-boat. This happened at 5:24 a.
m., April 19, on the 142 d anniver
sary of the Battle of Lexington.
The American steamship Mongolia
was approaching the southeastern
coast of England. It was a haxy
morning. Captain Hice, who had
not taken off his clothes for five
days, had just stepped out ot the
chart-room with Naval Gunnery
Lieutenant Bruce Ware, U. S. N.
This is the way Captain Rice tells
what happened:
"We suddenly heard an exclama
tion from tho chief officer: "There'a
a submarine off the port bow.' Im
mediately wc rushed for the bridge,
where we had spent most of the voy
age, anil practically simultaneously
we saw a submarine periscope on the
port side, about 200 yards away.
Tried to Rani U-boat
"Only about three feet of the peri
scope showed, but I realized Instan
taneously she had only to fire once to
blow up sky-high, witn our 600 feet
of target exposed. Automatically I
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Yes, Chesterfields are mild! But,
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Harrisburg Light and Power Co., I
22 N. 2nd St., City. . (
1 Gentlemen: —Kindly have a salesman call (date) and
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Name
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swung the holm right around and
bore down upon her starboardwiso,
hoping to ram her. This seemed our
only chance of not being hit amid
ships. 1 thought the torpedo might
pass alongside.
"She realized my Intention, In
stantly. She dived and also swung
around, whether to avoid our attack
or to manoeuver into a better posi
tion for torpedoing, I can't say. At
any rate wo followed her around,
watching the swirling wave caused
by her motion, as the periscope dis
appeared.
"Then she came up, expecting to
be able to attack up o the port side.
But we were going full speed ahead,
and In the two minutes before she
emerged we had put here a thousand
yards back of us. The stern gun
was trained full on her, and almost
the instant she reappeared lieuten
ant Bruce gave the range order and
tlien —'Fire!'
"We saw the six-inch shell hit the
water clean and fair on the perl
scope. Shell and submarine disap
peared. There was an explosion, of
course, and for some minutes the
surrounding area was covered with
smoke. We didn't lire again.
Shot Hit Hull or Periscope
"Naturally, there isn't any actual
legal proof that wo got the U-boat,
as we didn't reeovei- any wreckage
or bodies, but there was the tell
tale oil on the water*. 1 believe we
either hit the periscope directly or
struck the hull almost at the water
level.
"I can't praise highly enough the
cool, easy way Lieutenant Bruce
bandied his gun crews. It was about
the best exhibition of efficiency 1
have ever seen. There was no guess
work about that shot —Just a case of
applied mathematics. XJeutenan
Bruce knew before tne shell struct
that it would reach home, for he hai
computed the speed at which vr
were traveling and our direction wit]
the speed and direction of the sub
marine. In the two minutes tha
elapsed from the moment we firs
saw the enemy the lieutenant hat
that gun trained to an inch.
"Our crew just howled with de
light when they saw the splash, ant
the gun crew were proud men. W<
certainly had some line guns an*
gunners. On the way over the crewi
practised daily on oil cans and bar
rols which they threw over the sld
The second day out they hit a can I
mile and a half away on the second
shot.
Named Gun FOP lUAsevelt
"Our guns forward were li&mst
the George and Martha Washlngtol
and the one aft, which scored th"
hit, had been christened Tedd]
Hoosevelt so Teddy tired the flrs
shot of the war after all.
"Just before wo saw the suh
marine we had boen taking sui>
roundings, as we were getting inU
shuddow water. 1 think she wai
probably lying on the bottom an<
came up when she heard our pro<
pellers. I can assure you we didn't
linger to reconnoiter the spot. Wi
steamed away at full speed, sendlni
n wireless meanwhile that a sub.
marine had been seen. I imaglni
i there might have been another ol
! those U-boats in that neighborhood.'
Captain Rice smiled reminlscentl;
I as he finished his story, adding: "Ani
| back home in Allston, Mass., when
] 1 come from, the folks were cel
[ lirating the anniversary of the Battli
of Lexington."