THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA. "OUTWITTING THE HUN" By Lieutenant Pat O'Brien futtWW""""""""""""""" " CHAPTER XVIII Continued. -12 i beckoned to the chnuffeur to go rim mo up to tho office:, as I hail no noy with which to pay hlra,. and then ho got to tho consulate I old them that If they would pay tho uil fure I would tell them who I M, 0ti(l how I huppened to be there. They know at ouce that I was an (Mvpiil prisoner and they readily Mld the chauffeur and Invited me to Jive some account of myself. They treated tne most cordially and fere Intensely Interested In the brief ,ccount I Rve them of my adven tures. Word was sent to the consul tenernl and he immediately sent for pe, When I went In he shook bands lth me, greeting me very heartily ind offering me n chair. He then sat down, screwed a mon ocle on his eye anil viewed me from lop to toe.. I couiu see uiui oniy goou breeding kept him from laughing at tbe ipectnele I presented. I could see he wented to laugh In the worst way. 0o ahead ana luugnr i saia. -iou n't offend me the way I feel this blesned day I" and he needed no second Invitation. Incidentally It gave me a rlinnre to laugh at him. for I was ibout ns much n mused as he was. After he had laughed himself about nick lie got up and shipped me on the bark and Invited me to tell him my story. . . Lieutenant," he sold when I nan concluded, "you can hnve anything von want. I think your experience entitles you to It." "Well, consul, I replied, "I would like n hath, a sliovc, a nnircut nnu tome civilized clothes about as badly u i man ever needed them, I suppose, but before that I would like to get a cible off to America to my mother telling her that I am safe and on my way to England I" The consul gave me the necessary Information and I had the satisfaction of knowing before I left tho office that the mlilo, with Its good tidings, was on Its way to America. Then he sent for one of the naval men who hod been Interned there Ince the beginning of the war and who was able to speuk Dutch una tultl him to take good care of me. After I hod been bathed and shaved ind had a haircut I bought some new clothes and had something to eut, und I felt like a new man. An I walked through the streets of rtutiiTilitm breathing tho nlr of free dom ngnln and roullzlng that there wis no longer any danger of being captured and taken back to prison, it wns u wonderful sensation. I don't believe there will ever be n country that will appear in my eyes iulte lis good ns Holland did then. I had to ho somewhat cureful, however, liwnuso Holland was full of German uples mid I knew they would be keen to learn nil they possibly could iilmut my escape and my adventures so that the authorities In Itulglum could mete out punishment to everyono who was h any respect to blame for It. As I was la llotterduiu only ono duy, they didn't have very imirh opportunity to li'iirn anything from me. The naval ohloer who occompunleil tne mid acted as Interpreter for mo Introduced me to many other soldiers nmt sailors who hnd eseuped from Bel Slum when the Germans took Ant win. mid as they hail arrived In Hoi land In uniform and under arms, the laws of neutrality compelled their ln 'eminent and they hud been there ever tllll'C. The life of a man who Is Interned ta a neutral county, I learned, Is any thing but satisfactory. He gets one month n venr to visit his home. If he lives In England that Is not so bail, out If ho happens to live further ny, the time he has to upend with Ms folks Is very short, as the month's leave does not take Into consideration the tlmo consumed In traveling to and 'nun Holland. The possibility of escape from HoV land Is always there, but the British authorities hnve on agreement with the Dutch government to send refu fl'es hack Immediately. In this re ject, therefore, the position of a man who Is interned Is worse than that of a prisoner who, If he does succeed In milking his eseupo, Is naturally re eelvt'ii with open amis In his native hmd. Apart from this restraint, how 'er, Internment, with all Its draw lucks, h n thousand times, yes, n mil ""n times, better than being a prisoner ' war In Germany. U seems to mi! that when the war li over and the men who have been imprisoned In Germany return home, ""7 should be given n bigger anil Pwiter reception than the most vic torious army that ever marched Into " for they will have suffered "n,l K'uio through more than tho world ""l ever ho able to understand. " doubt you will find In tho Gor "'on iirlsnn rnintiH one or two faint Wtod Individuals with a pronounced Jellow streuk who voluntarily gave "P tlio struggle and gave un their lib fty rather thnn risk their lives or "wbs. These sod cases, however, are, ' "in sure. eilreinelv few. Nine linn- 'l nnd nlncty-nlno out of a thousand 01 the iiu'it fighting In the allied lines J'niltl rather ha In tho front trenches, "Kiitlng every day, with nil the horrors "n'l all the risks, than he a prisoner "i wi.r in Germany, for the men In r""ce have a very keen realization or What that menus. Ihit to return to my duy In Rotter wiia. After 1 was fixed up I returned to ' consulate ami arrangements were "ie for my transportation to Eng nt once. Fortunately there was "bout leaving that very night and I allowed to take passage on It. 'on ng we wre ienvng Itotterdum, " "Oat I was on rammed our own j"a'y, one of the destroyers, and In ur,'l it n budly that It hud to pul li HOTICft At I POST OFFICE A. OUhmoI Wiitfin twl tfvrvmliMlfudiwiMi Min.1 Beat M u filun To ha W la U biU. am a ska far. TO 12 IMMM, kIM 6 from r re n nircdnife' U. fMM ..! MM f WWWU CO bMJ Lieutenant O'Brien's Answer bock to port. It would have been a strange climax to my adventure If the disaster had resulted In the sinking of my boat and I bud lost my life while on my way to England after having successfully outwitted the Huns. But my luck was with me to tbe last, and while the accident re sulted In some delay our boat was not seriously dumnged and made tho trip over In schedule time and without fur ther accident, another destroyer hav ing been assigned to escort us through the danger zone In place of the one which had been put out of commis sion. When I arrived In London, the re action from the strain I had been, under for nearly threo months Imme diately becume apparent. My nerves were In such a state that It was abso lutely Impossible for me to cross the street without being In deadly rear cf being run over or trampled. I stood at the curb, like an old woman from the country on her first visit to the city, and I would not venture across until some knowing policeman, recog nizing my condition, came to my as sistance nnd convoyed me across. Indeed, there was a great number of English olllcers at home at all times "getting back their nerves" after a long spell of active service at the front, so that my condition was any thing but novel to the London bob bles. It was not many days, however, be fore I regained control of myself und felt In flrst-cluss shape. Although the Hrltlsh authorities In Holland had wired my mother from Holland that I was safe and on my way to England, the first thing I did when wo landed was to send her a cuhlo myself.. Tho cable read ns follows: "Mrs. M. J. O'Brien, Momence, III., U. S. A. "Just escaped from Germany. Let ter follows." As I delivered It to tho cnblo dis patcher I could Just Imagine the ex ultutlon with which my mother would receive It and the prldo she -would feel as xhe exhibited It among her neighbors and friends. I could hour the. volley of "I told you so's" that greeted her good tid ings. "It would take more than the kaiser to keep l'at In Germany," I could hour one of them saying. "Knew he'd be back for Christmas, anyway," I could heur another re mit rk. "I had nn Idea that I'ut and his comrades might spend Christmas In Berlin," I could hear another admit ting, "hut I did not think any other part of Germany would uppeul to him very much." "Mrs. O'Brien, did Pat write you how many German prisoners he brought back with him?" I could hear still another credulous friend Inquir ing. It was all very amusing and grati fying to me nnd I must confess' I felt quite cocky as I wulked into the wur dopurtmeut to report For the next live duys 1 was kept very busy answering questions put to me by the military authorities regard ing what I hud observed ns to condi tions In Germany and behind the lines. What I reported was taken down hy a stenographer and nuido part of 1 tie official records, but I did not give them my story In narrative form. The Information I was able to give was nnturnlly of Interest to various branches of tho service, nnd experts In every lino of government work took It In turns to question me. One morn ing would bo devoted, for Instance, to answering questions of a military nature German methods behind the front lino trenches, tactics, morale of troops and similar matters. Then the aviation experts would take a whack at mo nnd discuss with me all I hnd observed of German flying corps methods nnd equipment. Then, again, tho food experts would Interrogate me as to what I had learned of food conditions In Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium, and as I had lived pretty close to the ground for the best part of seventy-two days I was able to give them somo fulrly accurate reports as to actual agricultural conditions, many of the things I told them prob ably huvlng more significance to them than they had to me. There were many things I had ob served which I have not referred to In these pages because their value to us might bo diminished If the Germans knew we were aware of them, but they were all reported to tho authori ties und It was very gratifying to me to heur that the experts considered some of them of the greutest vulue. One of tho most amusing Incidents of my return occurred when I called at ray bankers In Loudon to gut my per sonal effects. The practice In the Itoyal Flying corps when a pilot Is reported mis (Copyrljht. 1018, by Pit Alvt O'Brien) ---- fcAOL TELEOn.rilS. lor Postaife Stamps. mU M mJ m at tart iimiUkTiHn tw mw w to 8ummons of King George. sing Is to have two of his comrades assigned to go through his belongings, check them over, destroy anything that It might not be to his Interest to preserve, nnd send the whole busi ness to his banker or his home, as tbe ca so may bo. Every letter Is read through, but their contents Is never afterwards discussed or revealed In any way. If the pilot Is finally re ported dead, his effects aro forwarded to his next of kin, but while ho Is of ficially only "missing," or Is known to bo a prisoner of war, they are kept either at the squadron headquarters or sent to his bankers. In my case as soon us It was learned that I hod fallen from the sky, It was assumed that I hod been killed and my chum, I'uul Itaney, and another officer detailed to check over my ef fects. The list they made and to which they affixed their signatures, as I have previously mentioned, Is now In my possession nnd Is one of the most treasured souvenirs of my adventure. My trunk was sent to Cox & Co. In due course, nnd now that I was In London I thought I would go and claim It. When I arrived at the bank I ap plied to the proper window for my mnll and trunk. "Who are you?" I was asked rather sharply. "Well, I guess no one has any grenter right to Pat O'Brien's effects than I have," I replied, "and I would be obliged to you If you would look thorn up for me." "That may bo all right, my friend," replied the clerk, "but according to our records Lieutenant O'Brien Is a prisoner of war In Germany, and we cun't very well turn over his effects to anyone else unless either you pre sent proof that ho Is dead anil that you are his lawful representative, or else deliver to us a properly authentl tlcated order from him to give them to you." lie was very positive about It all, but quite polite, and I thought would kid him no more. "Well," I said, "I can't very well present proofs to you that Tat O'Brien Is dead, but I will do the best I can to prove to you that ho Is alive, and If you haven't quite forgotten his slg nature I guess I can write you out an order that will answer all your re quirements and enahlo you to give me Pnt O'Brien's belongings without run' nlng any risks," and I scribbled my signature on a scrap of paper and handed It to him. He looked at m carefully through tho latticed window, then jumped down rom tho high chnlr and came outside, to clasp me by tho hand. "Good heavens, leftenantl" he ex claimed, as ho pumped my hand up and down, "how did you ever get away?" and I had to sit right down and tell him nnd half a dozen other pcoplo In the bank all about my ex pcrlenccs. I hud been In England about five days when I received a telegram which, at first, occasioned me almost ns much concern as tho unexpected sight of a German spiked helmet hud caused mo In Belgium. It read as follows : "Lieut. P. A. O'Brien, Ilnyal Flying Corps, Regent's Palace Hotel, Lo don: "The king Is very glad to henr of your escape from Germany. If you aro to bo In London on Friday next, December 7th, Ills majesty will re ceive you at Buckingham palace at 10:30 a. in. Plcaso acknowledge. "CltOMEIt." Of course, there was only one thing to do nnd that was to obey ord ers. I was an officer In tho army and the king was my commander In chief, I hnd to go, and so I sat down and sent off the following answer: "Earl Cromer, Buckingham Palace, London ! "I will attend Buckingham palace as directed, Friday, December 7th, at 10:30. "LIEUT. PAT O'BrilEN." In the Intervnl that elapsed, I must confess, tho ordcnl of calling on the king of England loomed up more dreadfully every duy, and I really believed I would rather have spent an other day In the empty house In the big city In Belgium or, say, two more days at Courtral, than to go through what I believed to be In store for me. Orders were orders, however, and there wtis no way of getting out of It As It turned out It wasn't half as bad as I had feared on the contrary, It was one of tho most agreeable expe riences of my life. CHAPTER XIX. I Am Presented to the King. When the dreaded 7th of December arrived, I halted a taxlcab and In as matter-of-fact tone of voice as I could command, directed (lie chauffeur to drive mo to Buckingham palace, as though I was paying my regular morn ing cnll on the king. My friends' version of this Incident, I have since henrd, Is thnt I seated myself In the (axl and leaning through tho window snld: "Buckingham pal ace I" whereupon tho taxi driver got down, opened tho door and exclulmed threateningly ! "If you don't got out quietly and chuck your drunken talk, I'll Jolly quick call a bobby, bit' me, If I won't I" But I enn only give my word that nothing of tho kind occurred. When I arrived at tho palace gate, the sentry on guard asked me who I was and then let me pass at once up to the front entrance of the palace. There I was met by an elaborately uniformed and equally elaborately decorated personogo who, Judging by the long row of medals he wore, must have seen long and distinguished serv ice" for the king. I was relieved of my overcoat hat and stick nnd conducted up a long stnlrway, where I was turned over to another functionary, who led me to the reception room of Eurl Cromer, the king's secretary. There I was Introduced to another earl and a duke, whose name I do not remember. I was becoming so bewil dered, In fact, that It Is a wonder that I remember as much as I do of this eventful day. I had heard many times that before being presented to the king a man Is coached carefully as to Just how he Is to act and what he Is to say and do, and nil this time I was wondering when this drilling would commence. I certainly hnd no Idea that I was to bo ushered Into the august presence of the king without some preliminary Instruction. Enrl Cromer and the other noblemen talked to me for a whllo and got me to relate In brief the story of my ex perience, nnd they appeared to be very much Interested. Perhaps they did It only to give me confidence und ns a sort of rehearsal for the main performance, which was scheduled to tako pluce much sooner thun I ex pected. I had barely completed my story whon the door opened and an attend ant entered and announced: "The king will receive Lcftenant O'Brien I" If he had announced thnt the knlser was outsldo with .a squad of German guards to take mo buck to Courtral my heart could not have sunk deeper. Enrl Cromer beckoned me to follow him and we went Into a largo room, where I supposed I was nt last to re ceive my coaching, but I observed tho enrl bow to a man standing thero and realized that I was standing In the presence of the king of England. "ITour majesty, Lcftenant O'Brien I" tho enrl announced, and then Immedi ately bucked from tho room. I be lieved 1 . 1 would have followed right behind him, but by thnt time the king hnd me by the hand and was congratulating me, und ho spoke so very cordially and democratically that ho put me nt my ease at onco. Ho then asked me how I felt and whether I was In a condition to con verse, and when I told him I wns, he said he would be very much pleased to henr my story In detail. "Wero you trentcd any worso by the Germans, leftenantl" ho asked, "on account of being nn American I've henrd that tho Germans hud threat ened to shoot Americans serving In tho British army If they captured them, classing them as murderers, becnuBo America was a neutral coun try and Americans had no right to mix In the war. Did you find that to bo tho case?" I told him that I had heard similar reports, hut that I did not notlco any appreciable difference In my treat ment from that accorded Britishers. The king declared that he believed my escape was due to my pluck and will power and that It was. ono of the most remarkable escapes he had ever heard of, which I thought was quite a compliment, coming ns It did from the king of England. "I hopo that all the Americans will give as good nn account of themselves as you have, leftenant, he sold, "and I feel quite sure they will. I fully appreciate all the servlco rendered us by Americans before tho States en tered tho war." , At this moment I asked him If I wns taking too much time. "Not at all, leftenant, not nt oil!" ho replied, most cordially, "I was extremely Interested In the brief re port that came to me of your wonder ful escape nnd I sent for you because I wunted to hear the whole story first hand, and I am very glud you were utile to come." I had not expected to remnln more thnn a few minutes, as I understood thnt four minutes Is considered a long audience with the king. Fifty-two minutes elapsed before I finally left there 1 During all this time I had done most of the talking, In response to the king's request to tell my story. Occa sionally he Interrupted to ask a ques tion about a point he wanted me to uinke clear, but for the most part he wns content to play tho pnrt of a lis tener. He seemed to be very keen on every thing and whon I described somo of the tight holes I got Into during my escape he evinced his sympathy. Oc casionally I Introduced some of the few humorous Incidents of my adven ture and In every Instance he Inughud heartily. Altogether the Impression I got of htm was that he Is n very genial, grnclous and alert sovereign., I know I have felt more 111 at ease when talk ing to a major thun when speaking to tbe king but perhaps I had more cause to. During the whole Interview we were left entirety alone, which Im pressed me as significant of tho dem ocratic manner of the present king of Englnnd, nnd I certainly came away with tho utmost respect for 111 m. In all my conversation, I recalled afterwards, I never addressed the king ns "Vour Majesty," but used the military "sir." As I was a British of ficer and ho was the head of tho army, he probably appreciated this manner of luldreNS more than If I had used tho usual "Vour Majesty." Perhaps ho attributed It to the fuct that I was an American. At any rate, he didn't evince any dlspleusure at my departure from what I understand Is the usual form of address. Before I left he asked me what mj plans for the future were. "Why, sir, I hope to rejoin my squadron nt the earliest possible mo ment I" I replied. "No, Leftenant," he rejoined, "thnt Is out of the question. We cun't risk losing you for good by sending you back to a part of the front opposed by Germans, because If you were un fortunate enough to be captured ngulu they would undoubtedly shoot you." "Well, If I can't serve In France, sir," I suggested, "wouldn't It be feus Ible for mo to fly In Italy or Sulou lea?" "No," ho replied, "that would be almost as bud. Tho only thing that I cuu suggest for you to do Is either to take up Instruction a very valu able form of service or perhaps It might be safe enough for you to serve In Egypt, but Just nt present, leftenant, I think you have done enough anywny." Then he rose and shook hands with me and wished mo the best of luck, nnd we both sold "Good by." In the adjoining room I met Earl Cromer again, and as he accompanied me to the door seemed to bo surprised nt tho length of my visit. As I left tho puhico a policeman and a sentry outside cnino smartly to attention. Perhaps they figured I hud been mndo a general. As I wns riding buck to the hotel In a taxi I rellected on the remark able course of events which In the short spnee of nlno months had tuken me through so much and ended up, like the finish of a hook, with my be- The King Had Me by the Hand. Ing received by his majesty, the king! When I first Joined the Koyul Flying corps I never expected to see tho Insldo of Buckingham palace, much less being received by the king. CHAPTER XX. Home Again. That same duy, In the evening, 1 was tendered a banquet nt the Hotel Savoy by a fellow olllcer who had bet three other friends of mlno thnt I would bo homo by Christmas. This wager had been mudo at the time ho heard thnt I was a prisoner of war, and tho dinner wns the stake. The first Intlmutln ho hud of my snfo return from Germany and the fact that he hud won his bet was a telegram I seut him reading us fol lows : "Lieut. Louis Grand: "War bread bad, so I cumo home. "PAT." He snld he would not part with thnt mcssngo for a thousand dolltirs. Other banquets followed In fust suc cession. After I hud survived nine of them I figured that I was uow In as much dunger of succumbing to a sur feit of rich food as I hud previously been of dying from starvation, und for my own protection, I decided to leave London. Moreover, my thoughts nnd my heart were turning back to tho lund of my birth, where I know there wns a loving mother who was longing for more substantial evidence of my safe escape thun the cubles und letters she hnd received. Strangely enough, on tho boat which carried mo across tho Atlantic, I saw an It F. C. man Lieutenant Lascel les. I walked over to him, hold out my bond and snld "Hello I" He looked ut me steadily for at least a minute. "My friend, you certainly look like Tat O'Brien," ho declared, "but I can't believe my eyes. Who are you?" I quickly convinced him that his eyes were still to he relied upon, and thou be stared at me for another min ute or two, shaking bis head onbt ously. His mystification was quite expli cable. The Inst time he bad seen me I wns going down to earth with bullet In my face and my machine do ing a splnnlng-nose dive. lie was on of my comrades In the flying corps nnd was In the fight which resulted in my capture. He suld he had read the report that I was a prisoner of war, but he had never believed It, as he did not think It possible for me to survlvo thnt full. He was ono of the few men living out of eighteen who were originally In my squadron I do not mean tbe eighteen with whom I sailed from Canada lust May, but tbe squudron I joined In Frnncc. As we sat on tho deck exchanging experiences, I would frequently no tice lil til guzlng Intently In my face as If ho wero not quite sure that the whole proposition was not a hoax und that I wus an Impostor. Outsldo of this uuexpected meet ing, my trip wns uneventful. . I arrived at St. John, New Bruns wick, nnd eventually In the little town of Momence, III., .on the Kan kukee river. I hnve snld thnt I was never so happy to arrive In a country as I was when I set foot on Dutch soil. Now, I'm afraid I shall havo to tuke that statement bnck. Not until I finally lunded In Momence nnd realized thnt I was again In the town of my child hood duys did I enjoy that feeling of absolute security which one never really appreciates until after a visit to foreign parts. Now that I am bnck, tho whole ad venture constantly recurs to me as a dream, and I'm never quite sure that I won't wake up nnd find It so. (THE END) KEEP HIM REASONABLY BUSY Preacher Serving In Y. M. C. A. "Hut" In Training Camp Finds His Duties Many and Varied. If there Is a notion that Y. M. C. A. work In the camps consists In selling stnmps and handing out pocket testa ments, let It be dissipated at once. One preacher, serving In a hut In a New Jersey camp, reports that he has done almost everything under the sun except prench. Ho hns built fires, swept floors, looked after hundreds of packnges of laundry, umpires basketball games, or ganized n gleo club, Htnge-munugeil a circus, sold Ice cream at the canteen, nnd driven n flivver ten miles and back three times a week to provide said crenm. He has written letters homo for boys who could not write, and he has taught those same boys their first lessons In the English Ian gunge. He hns been a repository for hundreds of heart secrets, and he hns served ns trustee for the care of as many as thirty Liberty bonds at a time. Perhaps oddest of his many tnsks was ono that come his way on n wild and stormy night In April, when the muster of arms nt the military stntlon entered the "Y" hut nfter taps, carry ing n red box under his arm. "Say," snld the mnsiir of arms, "we've got n lot of T. N. T. mines stored nt the stntlon. Here's tho det onators. In this box. There's consid erable lightning around, and It Isn't safe to leave these things close to tho mines. Would you Just ns soon take cure of the box over night?" The Bed Trlnnglo man slept thnt night (or tried to sleep) with enough high explosive under his cot to blow him half way to henven. GIVEN HONOR NOT DESERVED Error of Learned Men Responsible for America Being Named After Amerigo Vespucci. Tho story of how the new world re ceived the name of America Is n strik ing exniiiiile of what publicity will ac complish. Amerigo Vespucci, a highly educated Florentine, wns head or a business hnuso In Seville. Simln. prob ably ns agent for the great trndlng firm of the Medlcls, and helped to fit out ono of the expeditions with which Columbus snlled. When the hitter's innnonolv wns revoked. Vesnuccl un dertook several voyages of exploration on his own account, during which he claimed In many letters to hovo been tho first to reach tho mainland of the new continent, giving the date ns Juno, 10. 1-107. On April 2S, 1.107, the learned heads of the University of St. IMo, In Lor raine, decided, Incorrectly, that ho was entitled to the honor of discovery, Co lumbus having only renched the Islands of the West Indies, and thnt tho western hemisphere should henr his name. The nnme America was, therefore, first used In tho book "Cos mogrnphlno Introduction by Martin Wiildseemuller, professor of cosmog raphy at tho university. It has slnco been shown thnt Ves pucci was preceded by both Columbus nnd John Cnhot, but It was too late, the new world hnd been christened America and the fnct advertised In print. The house where the meeting wns held nt whlen the ctnssicni error wn mndo was still standing nt St. Die at the outbreak of the war, and was annunlly visited by many tourists from both North nnd South America. Just a Flower. Here comes a market basket Oiled with meat, potatoes, turnips, onions, cauliflowers and radishes, a substan tia supply for the hungry household, but peeping out from these varied table needs Is a flower, blooming from a little pot down among the potatoes. What a world of melody Its hnppy presence Impels I There Is a soul In thnt family deslrj sure enough. We looked nt the good woman w-ho carried the basket and saw 'n her countenance something fairer than appetite; a sense of benuty thnt put t smile on her face and a goodness In her heart. That waa a sign of the love thnt she had for her fnmlly responsibility; somewhat to grace the table and lend a charm to the family life. Amid the dull neces sities of life she hnd planted a little flower. Whnt radiance It would bring to her modest household, nnd how Ood would thank her for It I Cnlurobue Ohio Stat Journal L BOAT AN 118 MEN LOST U. S. S. Tampa Torpedoed In Bristol Channel. NOT ONE OF CREW RESCUED Wreckago Following Explosion Tells Story To Other Vessels Of Con voyCrew Had Won Commendation. Washington. Ijo.hs of the nnvy patrol bout Tampa, for merely the Coast Guard cutter Miami, with all on board 118 men whs announced by the Navy Department. The vessel was sunk on the nlslit oi SeptemUr 2 1 1 the Bristol Channel, off the count of EukUwhI, and Vice-Admiral tiiiim' re port Indicated Hint she was torpedoed while escorting a convoy. Through the sinking of tho Tampa '.he navy suffered its greatest N.n.,i" olow of the war. Ten olllcers anl 1C2 tnllsted men, most of them taken over from the Coast Guard Service when '.ho Tampa was sent to the wur zono ninny months ago, were aboard, and, n addition, It was reported that ono British army Ctflcer and five civil. un mployes were on tho vessel. Other vessels of the convoy, which, t appears, the Tampa hud steHiued iheud of, made a thorough search In '.be vicinity after they felt the shock if the explosion, but they fulled to Snd a slnglf survivor. Two bodies In oavnl uniform were picked up, but '.hey had not been identified up to the '.line Admiral Slum' latest dispatches acre filed. Captain Charles Sntterleo, formrrlly )f the Coast Guard Service, was the :nmmunder of the Tampa. Ills nami ind those of mx other olllcers and 99 wn have been cabled to the Navy De partment by Admiral Sims as inJud d among those mls.-Ing from tho Turn pa. YEGGS OVERLOOK $79,000. Steal Two Liberty Bonds From Bank At Cecil, Pa. Cecil, Pa. Robbers who dynamited '.he safo in tin' First National Hank UTe overlooked $79,000 which was In, .he vault and escaped with two Lib rty Bonds. It Is believed the robbers were frightened away by persons at tracted to the scene of the explosion. WOULD REPAY THE HUNS. French Want Allies To Destroy Town For Town. Washington. Trm French national committee in charge of the reparation nd restornt'on of war damage, a dis patch from France says, has issued a leclaratlon demanding thnt the Allied governments Invoke the law of retalia tion nguinst Germnnv. The declara tion snya while the law Is repugnant to the mtions flehtlng for the Humph of Justice- nnd liberty. It Is the only nne that will make nn Impression on the German mind. All governments which participated in the crusudo aro asked to resolve to destroy town for town, village for villi tie. church for rhurch, cnMle for rustle und property for property. GIRL HELD AS HORSE THIEF. Arretted .While Eating Dinner With Negro Family. Winchester, Va. A mysterious youni; woman, pretty nnd refined, but defiant, who refused fl itly to give any Information concerning herself when confronted with the cliarue of horse steallne. was taken to, Fairfax, Va., for a hearing. She was arrested by Sheriff Pnnnett while eating dinner w!t!i a rfrero jnm. lly in Berkeley coun'y. Wet Vlrclnin, and Irled to escape, but was flnallv landed in Jail here. "None of your business," wns her only reply to every question put to her. NAVAL BASE WIPED OUT. Americans, British And Italians Pene trate Mine Fields. ' Rome. American, British and Ital ian warships havo destroyed the Aus trian naval hnse at Purazzo, and fire worship anchored there, according to an announcement mndf by Premier Orlando. The attack on Puraaza occurred at noon on Wednesday, when Italian nnd British crulieis, protected by Italian and Allied torpedo boats nnd Ameri can submarines, succeeded In making their way through mine field and, nvnlillng attacks by submarines got Into Dunuio Harbor. An Intense bombardment followed until the base und the Austrian ships anchored there were completely de stroyed. . FRANCE DECORATES DAVISON Red Cross Official Gets Cross Of The Legion Of Honor. Paris. II. P. Oavlson, chairman of tho Bed Cross War Council, received the commander cross of the Legion of Honor. This Is the highest rank in the order ever conferred upon an American civilian. PROFESSOR GETS ONE DAY. - Marquette, Of Columbia, Slacker, Then Mutt Register. New York. Prof. William G. Mar quette, assistant professor of botany at Columbia University, a conscien tious objector, was sentenced fcy Fed eral Judge Clayton to serve one day In the custody of United Btates Marshal McCarthy for refusing to register In the present draft The court ordered that he then be akea to his draft board for registration. PATRO D
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