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Y.M.C.A.MEN
CALM AS SHELL
STRIKES SHIP
Men GroUp Under Their Cor
• porals For Flight From
Stricken Vessel
By Associated Press
Ixmdon. April 30.—Arthur E.
Hungerford, leader of the Y. M.
C. A. party on board the torpedoed
vessel, gave to The Associated Press
the following account of his expe
riences:
"The thing that struck me most
waa the calm, businesslike way with
which our men took things. There
was not a man flurried. There was
no panic, no fluster; merely a bunch
of men getting themselves and oth
ers out of the ship in orderly fash
ion.
"Our men were in cabins along
four corridors, all opening into tho
central stairway. There were bulk
head doors at each of these corri
dor®, and my one fear was that
these doors might be carelessly closed
before all the men behind them
were out. So X stood at the front
of the stairway and watched the
men file out. I went through the
corridors to see that everybody was
out and then shut the bulkhead
doors myself.
"The men were marshaled in lit
tle groups under their corporals and
i hey went to their stations just as
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TUESDAY EVENING, HXIUUBBURO Mil TCJJJQRIFH APRIL 30, 1918.
they hail done a dozen times In our
drills aboardship.
Dull Ttiuil Gives Warning
"The sound was exactly as 1 had
seen it described many times in the
newspapers—a dull thud as the to
pedo struck the outside shell of the
I ship and then a muffled explosion
' somewhere far down below.
"1 lay tn a bunk with my clothes
] on, but I got out immediately and
I stood at my station at the foot of
. , the staircase. Soon after I got
! there I heard the sound of another
explosion which was accompanied
by the going out of all lights.
"When all the men had got on
deck 1 went up and climbed into
No. 1 lifeboat whence I watched
the orderly procedure aboard the
other boats up and down the whole
length of the ship. My boat was
the last one to Bet away except No. 9
which had a little trouble with the
ropes.
It was a wonderfully calm night
and the ship's headway did not
bother us much, as the engineer had
been able to reverse the engines be
fore the boilers went put of com
mission and the shfp was barely
moving by the time the boats were
lowered.
Parts With Typewriter
"One of our men named Gurney,
; who comes from Providence, Rhode
\ Island, tried to save his type
writer. He got it as far as the
. deck but was not allowed to take it
[ into the lifeboat. He said he had
l heard typewriters were very scarce
, now in England and he was not
, going to part with it unless such a
' course were necessary.
; "Sam Downer, of Downer, New
! Jersey, had his camera with him
and tried to take a picture of the
flares and ships by moonlight from
J the lifeboat.
'"Almost all our men brought their
| overcoats off the ship, but few more
things, as they mostly went to the
members of the crew, who generally
came away in their shirts.'
Sang on Way to Port
"There was a long delay in getting
our destroyer into her berth," said
the Rev. H. S. Mallison, of Flint,
Mich. "1 sutrfresttd to the men that
, we g'-ither at the bow and show we
| were in good spirits by singing. W'e
| sang the 'Star Spangled Banner,'
I 'God Save the Kins' and 'Onward,
I Christian Soldiers, and the erov.'d
| on shore cheered."
President Names Four
to Guide War Finances
Wanlilnxton, April 30. President
I Wilson yesterday appointed four di
i rectors of the new $500,000,000 war
flnance corporation and a new capi
| tal issue committee provided for in
the war flnance corporation act.
1 Directors of the corporatiort are
: William P. G. Harding, of Alabama;
I Allen B. Forbes. New York: Eugene
| Meyer, Jr., of New Torkr Angus W.
McLean, of North Carolina.
The nominations, although they in
clude some members of the present
Federal Reserve Board, have not met
with general approval. In fact, some
Senators instrumental in passing' the
legislation expressed themselves as
bitterly disappointed by the selec
tions as a whole and at a loss to un
] derstand why men of larger callbr
I and more strictly representative or
j the banking community had not been
I named.
FLYING WITH SHAFFER
MUSICALLY INCLINED
LETTKBS FROM A DAUPHIN BOY TO HIS MOTHER
Somewhere in France,
Mar. 10, 1918.
landing on His Head
Dear Mother:
This letter should please Dad ex
ceedingly, tfif it sure will give him a
chance to say "I told you so." You
know how he always insisted that
when we went canoeing on Sunday
something would surely happen. It
did, too, for I "smashed up" in land
ing this Sunday afternoon, after
coming back from my first patrol in
a month. I might excuse myself
by saying I had gone stale, being
on the ground so long, or even blame
it on the nature of the ground, but
I won't. Anyway, I landed and
turned upside down. Naturally, I
ducked, and the next second was
hanging by my belt, looking at the
glass six Inches from my nose.
Shutting off the gasoline and sever
al other necessary levers, I turned
my attention to my belt, which fin
ally came loose, after which I obey
ed the law of gravity and landed on
my head. But with a little wiggle
soon crawled out from under and
took account of stock.
I hadn't smashed so much, at
that: only two wheels, propeller and
rudder. And as for me, the only
place I was injured was in spirit, for
it sure gave my vanity an awful
bump.
'Good pilots don't land upside
down, you know. However, every
cloud has its silver lining and my
spirit was injured so much that I
looked very hard for that lining as a
soothing syrup, and I found it too,
for you know how much I hated to
be put on photo work, and they had
just finished fixing my zang for a
camera. The smash put a crimp in
that all right, and now I hear that
I will leave for Bourget "tout de
suite" to get a new "zing" with two
machine guns on it.
All For The Best
Furthermore, several motors have
been broken in the escadrille during
the last week, and another pilot
broke part of his tail plane, so my
smashed plane helped put these fel
lows back in service, as they chang
ed my motor to the zing's that was
broken, and took my good tail
plane off to fix the other zing. so.
after all, as you would say, it was
all for the best
This morning I was diving at
target and shooting as X dove and I
got nine hits , out of 60, considered
good, they say. And then, after
dinner we were told to be ready to
start aloft in five minutes to hunt a
Boche that was due at a certain spot
soon after. We were also to hunt
for him at a height of 6,500 meters.
We were soon climbing up and as
we rose over the 3,000 meter mark
my motor began acting badly, but I
kept jockeying it along, for I had
not flown for so long, that I did not
want to come down, and as long as
the motor ran I was going to stick.
So I ambled along, getting behind a
little on account of my bad motor,
but got up to 5000 meters; and there
the motor went on strike and refus
ed to pull me any further. I hover
ed around at that height for a while,
but saw no Boche. It was very mis
ty and white, billowy clouds floated
far below me, looking very beautiful
as the sun reflected from thdm.
Then I started down, and when I
got lower my engine ran all right
again, so I turned towards the lines,
and seeing a machine, shut off pow
er, cocked my gun and started for
him. I didn't know -whether it was
a Boche or not, but I was going to
find out —and then I looked down
and saw my leg covered with oil and
changed my mind—and direction,
for since I was losing my oil I would
ruin the motor. You know the rest.
I came down and stood on my head.
Bochcs Getting Daring
The Boche are getting quite dar
ing lately and one "bird" insists on
visiting us every day. To-day. some
French pilot must have seen him be
cause we heard a young battle going'
on high over our heads; thJ spitful
crack of machine guns being quite
audible. Yesterday he was over
again, and we saw them shooting
shrapnel at him, but could not see
.the Boche as he was too high. Any
way, a little while after we saw the
shrapnel, something came whistling
past us, it being the pieces of shell
the explosion of whlSh we had been
watching: for everything that goes
up must surely come down, you
know. It did, but there was nothing
to be scared of and it startled no
body, for as some grim wit once re
marked:
"It isn't the ones that whistle that
i you need fear. It is the ones that
don't. You stop those. "Since there
was no flying for us that day, a num
ber of us cleaned up and went to
Chalons-sur-Marlne."
Quite A Stunt
4That washSng up Is quite a stunt
in itself since we wash our hands,
face, feet and teeth in the same ba
sin. Another American here treat
ed me to a dinner in Chalons, and
even promised to order me some
snails—as a treat. I said I was
game for anything in the eating line
—once —but only once, when it came
to snails, for they are considered
quite a luxury in France. We could
not get the snails, or rather, hp for
got them, and I did not remind him
of them; so we had eggs, Portugese
style, but like that nation's uniform
they weie a sad disappointment.
However, there was sure SOME
French waitress there, and if my
palate was not satisfied my eyes had
a whole meal devouring her beauty.
She was the official English interpre
ter, too. Just wait until I go in
there again. When it comes to
French, I'm going to be as dumb as
a post: which 1 assure you. will not i
take much acting. I don't know
when that next time will be though.
llt isn't a money question, you
\ know, for like Rockefeller, I don't
i hnow how much money I have —
' 50 centimes o'r one franc; but pay
day is nearly here, so I should wor
ry.
Forbidden Acrobatics
An expert aviator came out from
the Marne factory the other day
and showed us what could be done
with a Morane in the air. He sure
was an artist, but if watching him
; filled us with longing to do likewise,
|it didn't help any for I told you
t before that we are forbidden to do
acrobatics. He used my "zing" to
j do them too—and then I had to go
J and bust it. You know t*e French
! pilots think I broke it on purpose,
| because they know I did not want
the photo work. And like the hyp
ocrit I am. 1 let them think I
did not do it on purpose; of course,
but I am glad to get out of it that
way. After hearing that I may be
sent for a double machine gunned
"zing" very soon. I told the French
man who will go with me about it.
Incidentally, he is the one who plays
the flute and didn't he celebrate the
good news by playing a tune. After
listening to It, I am sorry I told him.
The eats are getting better, but my
appetite isn't because of so much
loafing. Of course, it's a shame to
eat the meat some times —it would
make such durable boots, but one
must eat, and such exercise keeps
down a double chip. >
Get me that "certificate of loyal
ty," from the French consul nearest
my home—Harrisburg or PhiladeU
phia will do —it,'s necessary if I want
a permission home, ana relates to
my keeping any secrets of military
value, and whether I have people
who will take care of me when I
do arrive In U. S. A. I wrote about
it In the last letter, and when you
get the certificate, send it special
delivery. WALTER.
Work For Dry Votes
in Sprout's Home City
Cheater. Pa.. April 30. Political
leaders and political workers are
vying with church workers and tem
perance advocates in an effort to
bring the voters out to register on
Wednesday. May 1. Posters calling
attention to registration movement,
have their plans laid for the men of
Chester and Delaware counties to
come out and register so they will
be able to vote for legislative can
didates, who, if elected, will vote to
ratify the national prohibition amend
ment. have been hung in thousands
of conspicuous places, the work being
done under the direction of a com
mittee of church workers.
Friends of State Senator William C.
Sprout, enlisted the national prohi
bition movement, have their plans
laid to get dut the voters to register
on Wednesday, so they will be eligible
to vote for the Senator's nomination
as the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor. The church people are urging
voters to support Sproul, calling at
tention to the fact that he has declar
ed for the prohibition amendment,
and declaring him to be a safe man to
tie to.
Stone's Mantle For
Xenophen P. Wilfley
St. Louis, April 20.—Xenophen P.
Wtlfley, member of the' Bt. Louis
Board of Election Commissioners and
a well known Democrat of Missouri,
last night was tendered by Governor
Gardner the seat In the United States
Senate vacated recently by the death
of Senator W. J. Stone. Filfley an
nounced he would accept the ap
pointment and left for Jefferson City
to confer with the Governor,
Yields Life to Save
Companion; Both Drown
By Associated Press
Camden, N. J., April 30. Charles
Flannagan and Charles Banbury were
drowned to-day In the Newton creek,
South Camden, when a scow contain
ing' fourteen- wharf builders capsized.
Flannagan could have saved his own
life, according to the other men. but
seeing Banbury struggling in the
water, b went to his aid. both sink
ing before help </ould' reach them.
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv.
OVERMAN BILL
PASSES SENATE
BY 50 MAJORITY
Opponents Call Measure Sur
render by Congress of Func
tional Powers to President
Washington, April 30.—The Sen
ate, by'the convincing vote of 63 to
13, a net majority of 50, passed the
Overman bill yesterday, granting to
the President power to reorganize
from top to bottom the entire ex
ecutive machinery of the govern
ment without seeking from Congress
anything more than the appropria
tions of money necessary to carry
through the work.
A day of virulent debate and fre
quent votes on amendments pre
ceded the final rollcall. Opponents
stigmatized the measure as a sur
render by Congress of its constitu
tional functions and powers, and
Senator Harding, of Ohio, declared
its passage should lead Congress to
transfer the taxing and appropriat
ing* powers to the President as well
and pack up and go home.
Acrid thrusts at the President as
the person responsible for the pres
ent lack of co-ordination In the gov
ernment characterized the speeches
of opposition Senators, who, by th
introduction of amendments, s6ught
to limit the provisions of the bill in
a variety of ways, in all of which
attempts they failed.
Hoke Smith Yields
One of Its most determined" and
active opponents, Senator Hoke
Smith, Democrat, of Georgia,
flocked in with a score of other
previous objectors at the last moment
and voted for its passage. They
changed their minds since it be
came certain on Saturday that the
bill would succeed.
Only one Democrat voted against
the bill. He was Senator James A.
Reed, of Missouri. Twelve Repub
licans who held out against it on the
rollcall were Brandegee, of Con
necticut; Cummins, of Iowa; Dilling
ham, of Vermont; France, of Mary
land; Gallinger, of New Hampshire;
Harding, of Ohio; Johnson, of Cali
fornia; Knox, of Pennsylvania;
Poindexter, of Washington; Sher
man, of Illinois; Sterling, of South
Dakota, and Sutherland, of West
Virginia.
WEALTHIEST SOLDIER IX
DIVISION' IS AN INDIAN
Rockford, ill.—One dollar and ten
cents a day, the pay for a bugler
in the Three Hundred and Fiftieth
Machine Gun Battalion at Camp
Grant, is barely "cigaret money" for
Sidney Kernal. a half breed Creek
Indian from Muskogee, Okla., who at
I the. end of each twenty-four hours
adds $177 to his bank account as in
come from oil land royalties. He is
the richest man in his division.
STOP TIME' C'AIJI/S IN CHICAGO
Chicago Telephone operators
In Chicago answer 250,000 requests
daily for "the correct time." This
statement appears in an announce
ment of the Chicago Telephone Com
pany, that after May 1, no such re
quests are to be answered.
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CASUALTIES FOR
U. S. IN BATTLE
58 FOR ONE DAY
Captain Richard Laurence
Jett Gives Life in Action;
47 Wounded
By Associated Preps
Washington, April 30.—T0-day's
casualty list contains flfty-cight
names, divided as follows: Killed in
action, two; died of wounds, none;
died of accident, two: died of dis
ease. six; wounded severely, five;
wounded slightly, forty-two; missing
in action, one. Captain Richard
Laurence Jett was killed In action.
Captain Charles A. Chambers' died of
disease, lieutenants Robert D. Coye.
Rufus B. Craln and Francis Worth
ington Hine were slightly wounded-
The list follows;
Killed in Action—Captain Richard
Jett. Private Herbert G.
Raymond.
Died of Accident—Privates Bid
ridge Cope, William W. Washington.
Died of Disease—Captain Charles
A. Chambers, Privates Orris Pearly
Mudgett, Preston Noel, Clarence Ev
erett Brown, James Bates, Ray L
Siebert.
Severely Wounded Sergeants
Thomas J. Curtain, Gerald S. Patton.
Privates Michael P. Davis, Leonard
F. Sylvia, John Levi Smith.
Slightly Wounded Lieutenants
Robert D. Coye, Rufus B. Crain,
Francis Worthington Hine, Corporals
Frank M. Gannon, Burpee West, Jr.,
George Zabrosky, Raymond C. Fish
er, Wagoners William Brown.
Thomas E. Parris, Privates Albert O.
Abraham. John R. Barrett, Charles
W. Bradfield, Charles R. Clinken
beard, Thomas J. Corrigan, George
W. Currier, Lloyd E. Devel. George
H. Dustin, John F. Egan. Wilfred T.
Foster, Gordon B. Fuller, Donald M.
Hair, Eugene Joubert, Henry W.
Kennedy, John M. Kenney, Guy L.
Lancaster, Edmond P. Leroux, John
F. Lindsay, Charles A. McDonald,
Max Markman, Shelby A. Miller,
Roger J. Nolfl, John R. O'Brien, Ed
ward J. Parker. Arthur Pickup, Wal
ter L. Redden, Louis E. Shaver, Jere
miah F. Sheehan, Vaughn H. Sllva.
Missing in Action—Private Arsene
Bergeron; name of Lieutenant Thom
as J. Mooney, previously reported as
having died from accident, now be
lieved to be in error.
Private Jesse M. King, previously
reported died of gunshot wound, now
reported slightly wounded.
Lieutenant John W. Morris, previ
ously reported wounded severely, now
reported prisoner, unwounded.
BANDITS GET SMALLPOX;
POSSE ON THEIR TRAIL
Jopltn. Mo. —Sheriff Rogers and a
posse today were hunting for four
prisoner?, all suffering from small
pox, who escaped from the hos
pital ward of the county jail at Car
thage.
The prisoners are Roy D. Cren
shaw, Bert Crawford, Raymond
Dean and Hugh Sergeant. Three of
them were members of a band of
motor car bandits who terrorized
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Ar
kansas recently.
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IN THIS SAP
Union City,. Mich. Nearly ev
ery maple tree in this village has
been tapped as a result of the sugar
scarcity. One lady tapped every tree
in her yard and a telephone pole
that on the terrace. An iron
hitching post was overlooked.
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SISTERS DIE WITHIN 2
HOURS OF EACH OTHER
Shiunokin, Pa. Death came
within two hours to Mrs. Robert Mc-
Collum of this city, and her sister.
Mrs. Jere Frit* of Selinsgrove, neith
er knew of the illness of the other.
Mrs. McCollum was stricken with
blood poisoning and Mrs. Frite suf
fered an attack of heart trouble.