HOW A DESTROYER !
EVADES U BOATS
Speed and Skillful Handling
Keep Submarines Wary.
REPOiiTErt SEES ATTACK
Torpedo Missed Its Mark lay a Scant I
Six Feet Swarm of Fast Patrol*
Making It Increasingly Perilous For
Germans to Show Themselves Above
th? Surface.
Jui;t bow h British destroyer acts
when uttuiki d by a submurine was uu
? xpoctcdly diiic installed to a corre
ju Hilt tit while traveling on one of the
modern oil driven torpedo ls>nt destroy
( rs from England to France.
The correspondent bad been taken
aboard the destroyer for Ibe purpose
of observing British methods of com
bating tbe tubuiarlm; inuua<(, when
Ibe boat was suddenly allacked by u
V boat, a torpedo mis. ,ng it by a scant
r.ix feet, thanks to the vigilance nnd
quick action of the crew.
The destroyer was one 'f a certain
mini Iter which wire < nvi\Iug In t !.<
usual manner some large truu.sj :t
carrying British troops to France. The
group of ships w".s halfwaj aero t the
channel when > uddenly one of tbe 1> >k
out* sphvl a | ir of t erlsi apes vine foi
u moment a i? w ii lies out of the wa
ter 11 half in.'e away. They were pom
the next li.st int, but almost be!o>-<
they had f. no cai. ? the shout, ''Sub
marine i n port bow !" accompanied b.
a shrill < all of warning from the dc
Ktroyer'a wn.s, e and the fluttering out.
of the bug wi.i i not ified every other
ship hi the ci av-j.i ? i ilu> enemy's pres
eu< e.
Gur? Drought to D^-ar.
On everj . . tin ? be;. .m to hap
pen mere ? '. t ' . an the telling
(Suns were sv. in In the direction from
which the periscope had been seen,
ready to apeak If the periscope appear
ed again. Torpedo t ubos likewise were
swung Into line, and the numerous
anti-submarine devices along deck
were In the bands of their skilled ex
pert crews.
B'.i even while this was being done
<<inie the torpedo, plainly visible from
the deck, its gleaming brass body glls
tening in the bright sunlight, its pro
pollers pushing it at express train
speed straight toward the destroyer.
Homethlug was wrong with the nieoli
anlsni of this particular torpedo, for ii
should have traveled twelve or fifteen
feet below the surface. Instead, ll
came bounding along In plain sight
now and then leaping out of the water,
like 11 flat stone made to skip over tin
surface.
Even thus it might have found lt^
target but for the presence of mhid of
the sixty-year-old coxswain. lie had
been first to sight the periscopes and
had rushed immediately to an emer
gency lever, whereby he instantly
stopped the port eug'jie, thus swing
ing the ship with a lurch to the left.
The torpedo whizzed through the wa
ter six feet behind the stern of the
destroyer, Its gradually lessenfcig speed
as it sank Into the swirl of the en
gines indicating that Its possibilities
for mischief were nearly dene.
Except for the coxswain's action in
twisting the ship from its course, the
missile would apparently have made n
square hit in the stern magazine.
Meanwhile the w ireless was at work
notifying the hundreds of patrols in al>
directions that the enemy was near
"We sighted a submarine on the port
bow. Just off blank buoy, 2:03 p. in
Torpedo passed Just behind our stern
missing us. We are proceeding with
our convoy," said the captain's uies
sage.
Many Vessels Quickly In Pursuit.
It was caught simultaneously, ashore
and afloat, by a hundred vigilant wire
less operators. The destroyer's cap
tain, according to his orders, must not
leave his convoy to seek out and attack
the U boat. Others would attend to
that. Already they were gathering for
the chase? trawlers, chasers, drifters,
destroyers. Even a dirigible airship far
off on the horizon had t aught the wire
less call and with the quick turn of a
seagull was swooping down to the pur
suit.
The transports and destroyers, al
though fairly confiHeut that the IT Ismt
would scarcely dare show herself again,
even for a pot shot, were nevertheless
taking every precaution. Every ship
was at full speed, oil burning destroy
ers constantly protecting their charges.
The whole attack occupied bare sec
onds. Convoy and charges were out of*
range in a few minutes at the most.
Nowhere had there been the slightest
panic or flurry, but movements of men
and ships made with almost automatic
precision and speed. Tbe efficiency of
the British naval man is the efficiency
of clockwork. Every "og knows its
place. There is no meddling, no elasb
ing. no Interference, but a confident rap
id efficiency which somehow demands
the use of the adjective "deadly."
Twenty minutes later the transports
were safe in their port of destination,
and the destroyer convoy was o it a :aln.
thirty miles an hour, down the coast to
Its next appointment.
Meanwhile the business of seeking
out the enemy w as going on in the fleet
of submarine hunters which had gath
ered around "Blank buoy."' Just how
tbe work was done and Just what was
the result It is not permitted to tell.
THE SHADOW OF THE FUG
The breath of Joy wan In the air,
A Maytltne beauty everywhere.
Yet dark beneath my feet It lay
Aa 'twere a blot upon the day.
A ah; Jo-* waverliuf to and fro
I looked to und< ri>Tind -und, lo,
The shallow of the flan'.
Th?- aweet winds from the orchard came.
Tney caught each aearlet atrip* aflame.
T! a wh:ti rtarH gleamed upon their blue.
A gl Hi un I inner 'twaw to view,
iiut i it f. lie-! u 1 floated fre?
T i . in pl;i r I Irde and seek to aee
The ahadow of tli? flag
Er In* fr..m the atorm cloud'a wrack,
A phantom nrmy alru ;: !? a back.
To Kngl.sh aitd Canadian home
Exhau ' d. b aimed, they come,
A mighty m rlfuial bout?
Survivors of uar'a holocaust,
The shadows of Uie flag.
And million neath the torn ground lie,
Unfojdlng great Deuth'a inyatery.
Their ycuth wan fair; they gave It all,
I'paprlnglng at the trumpet call.
Win need to give It? Answer ye
Who went to Immortality
Th?se ahadowa of the flag.
O Ood, omnipotent, bend down;
Comix'l a world In chaos thrown;
Man'a power la naught; thy power la atlll
The aame that ap ko from Blnal'a hill.
8 peak now. with atern authority,
That our dim eyea may never nee
Such ahadowa of our flag.
Mary Putnam Hurt of the Vigilantes.
WILSON URGES YOUNG
TO MASTER SCIENCES
Will Be Needed In War, He Says.
Wants Schools to Keep
Courses Open.
Educational institutions have been
urged by President Wilson to maintain
their normal courses In the various
branches of applied science, so far as
possible, during the war. In a letter
to Secretary of Interior Lane the presi
dent called attention to the fact that
any unnecessary limit on the develop
ment of trained men would lessen the
country's chances for success.
The letter was written In response
to a question by Secretary Lane as to
advlsliiK colleges and especially tech
nical institutions to continue tiieir pres
out courses. The president's answer
reads:
"The question which you have
brought to my attention Is of the very
greatest moment. It would, as you
suggest, seriously impair America's
prospects of success in this war if the
supply of highly trained men were un
neccessarlly diminished.
"There will be need for a larger
number of {tersons expert in the vari
ous lields of applied science than ever
before. Such persons will be needed
both during the war and after its close.
I therefore have no hesitation In urging
colleges and technical schools to en
deavor to maintain their courses as far
as possible on the usual basis.
"There will be many young men
from these Institutions who will serve
in the armed forces of the country.
Those who fall below the ago of selec
tive conscription and who do not enlist
may feel that by pursuing their courses
with eagerness and dlllgeuce they also
are preparing themselves for valuable
service to the nation.
"I would particularly ur?e upon the
young people who are leaving our high
schools that as many of them as can
do so avail themselves this year of the
opportunities offered by the colleges
nnd technical schools to the end that
the country may not lack an adequate
supply of trained men and women."
RICH BOYS ARE CHOSEN.
Men of Pasadena, Cat., Who Will Serve
Are Worth $100,000,000.
The quota of I'asadena, Cal., for the
selective draft represents a selection
of men whose aggregate fortunes ex
ceed $100,000,000.
Aiuoiik those chosen were:
Lowell McAdams, athlete and bank
er, whose fortune is placed at between
$7,000,000 and $9,000,000.
Leroy Heldman, former coxswain of
the Stanford university crew and bank
er, whose bank account uses up a good
many figures.
Leroy Linuard, sou of I>. M. Linnard,
manager of three large hotels in Pasa
dena and one in San Francisco, whose
wealth exceeds $10,000,000.
Thaddcus Pp?k>grlff, social leader,
whose fortune is estimated all the way
from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000.
John Coulston, now with the Ainerl
can ambulance corps in France and
very wealthy.
iHuiald Daniels, a student In aviation
at the school at Berkeley, who could
not possibly carry his wealth into the
air were it all put hi gold.
World's Largest Door.
The world's largest door since the
days of the old Homans will be put
in place In the main entrance of the
Missouri state capitol at Jefferson City
within the next few weeks. It will be
of solid bronze and will cost $10,000.
It Is the heaviest and largest two piece
door in existence.
The Thoughtful Thief.
A thief stole a sheet and bedspread
from the family wash at the home of
Miss Jennie It. Ilartman of Catawissa,
Ta., had them Ironed and then returned
tfcML .
To Tip or Not to Tip?
The following sign api>ears in a
restaurant in Kansas City, Mo.: "We
pay the waiter a living wage. If you
want to buy hiiu an automobile, go
to it"
DEVICE TO DETECT
I U BOATS AT SEA
Hope to Locale Submarines
Ten Miles Away.
MAY ATTACK GERMAN BASES
Expert* Agree "That German Subma
rine* Must tie Eliminated Before the
War I* Won ? Undersea Explosive
Ha* Played a Large Part In Combat
ing the Menace.
The na\y department's twofold pro
gram In this war, based partly upon
the prospect of perfecting u device to
detect submarines at ten tulles, has
been outlined to t he press.
If tlie device is perfected ? and the >
best brains in this country are secretly
working on It day and night? a cordon
of destroyers will bottle the U boats
at their base. If it is not a com
bin (*<1 naval and aerial attack must be
made upon the German coast and the
occupied coast of Belgium. Tlie sub
marine, it is agreed, must be eliminate
ed before the war is won.
Expect Success Soon.
The general board feels that the pres
ent method of fighting tlie. submarine
menace Is merely a makeshift and that
it will never make the seas safe for
merchantmen, no matter how well the
surface is controlled by tlie allied na
vies. Some success has been achieved
with tlie mechanism of detecting sub
marines, but the invention lias yet to
be perfected. Within tlie next few
months it Is believed that the mechan
ical experts who are working on tne
device will be a tile to report to the
navy department that it is ready for
service.
In the event that this invention
proves its value as a detector over a
range of ten miles it is the purpose
of the American navy to establish a
line across the Skagerak, another
across the English channel and an
other across tlie North sea in front
of the German coast. Other lines of
detectors will be stretched across the
various waters where the submarines
operate.
The tirst consideration, however, will
bo to net an underwater detection
across the channels used by the sub
marines in leaving and entering their
bases. When this Is accomplished the
submarine lighters which are now at
tempting to pick up the submarines
will be drawn in a solid line in con
nection with the detectors.
Undersea Explosive.
When the underwater raiders at
tempt to leave their bases they will be
spotted by the detectors. The surface
craft will then get a line on them, and
it is believed that it will be virtually
impossible for them to make their way
to the trade routes. I
The detection invention represents
the great scientific contribution which
tlio United States lias been reported to
have in tlie making. Heretofore its
nature was never explained publicly.
Already tlie United States navy has
had great success with the underwater
explosive, which is dropped into the
water and explodes upon contact with
the submersible. These will be used
extensively in the new campaign.
The general board of the navy has
under consideration a territlc naval and
aerial attack upon the German coast
and upon tlie coast of Belgium now
controlled by the Germans. The navy
experts believe that it would be in
advisable to attempt to make this at
tack until thousands of aeroplanes are
available to carry out the campaign.
This joint attack will havte to await
the completion of the American aerial
fleet, and therefore it cannot be en
gineered before next year. N'aval ex
perts realize that this attack, if suc
cessful. would be extremely expensive
in life.
The army and navy Joint councils
are satistled that it is hopeless at pres
ent to try to break through the west
ern line and that no successful attack
can be made until the German bases
are destroyed and a force is landed on
the German coast Before this pro
gram can be carried out they agree
that the submarine must be eliminated.
Since the United States entered the
war the younger naval officers have
urged the administration to sugsost to
Great Britain the advisability of mak
ing n naval drive at the German coast
to destroy the submarine base. Vice
Admiral Sims, in command of the
American naval forces in European wa
ters. has reported that such an attack
would not be feasible at this time.
Flatis for a great naval engagement
have been worked out, but their con
summation depends upon factors which
cannot now be brought into play.
At the present time the United States
has every available ship of the minor
class In European waters assisting the
British fleet in destroying submarines.
T?\?t ns rapidly as more ships are sent
down the ways they will lie sent
abroad.
Sacrifice.
No action has been taken by Governor
Capper regarding the appeal of Arthur
B. Cutler of Kansas City, Kan., a crip
pie. that he be allowed to serve a wen
tcnce In the state reformatory in place
of his brother, who wants to be free to
Join the army. Governor Caper stated
there apparently was no way by which
the boy's plea could be granted.
HOTELS BAR MEAT TWO DAYS.
Won't Serve It on Tuesdays and Fri
days Ouring War. Veal on Prohi
bition List. Bread I'ortion.s Much
Curtailed.
By decree of the Hotel and Restau
rant Conservation Committee of Food
Administration, Tuesdays end Friday s
< f every week are to be meatless
lays in the majority of hotels an l
< taurants throughout the country.
Veal is also to be barred from public
dining tables in an effort to stop the
;*e of calves as food during*the period
of the war.
Members of the committee agre- d
on these plans at a conference in the
ilptel Biltmore last night following a
previous meeting in Washington ear
lier in the week. The committee is
anxious to do all in its power to forte
compliance with the Government's
food regulation measues.
"We hive decided on a programme
for the saving of butter, bread and
fats," said John McE. Bowman, chair
man of the committee, in discussing
the work. "It has been decided that
two rolls shall supply a bread portion
for a guest. Each roll shall weign
one and one-half ounces. With this
will be allotted one ounce of butter,
although a second portion of butter
may be served on request; but the
rule will eliminate waste^ All stab
bread, toast and trimmings are to be
sterilized and made over into war
bread.
The hotel men are also going to en
courage a national movement in re
gard to the use of calves as food.
Efforts will be made to have the
calves grown for beef.
To make up for the curtailment cf
certain foodstuffs the hotel men are
to urge their patrons and the public
in general to substitute other foods,
such as poultry, ducks and fish, which
are plentiful. The use of canned
goods is to be discouraged when fresh
articles can be obtained. Luxuries
which require a great deal of sugar
are to be eliminated as much as pos
sible.
Copies of the regulations decided
upon by the hotel men are to be sent
to restaurants and individual!
throughout the country with sugges
tions that they be placed on the menu
cards. As most of the hotel and res
taurants interests of the country are
represented on the committee it is
likely that the regulations will be uni
versally adhered to. Other meetings
of the committee are to be Jjdd at
which further reforms may be decid
ed upon. ? New York Evening Sun.
At the Grade Crossing.
Has any one heard of a motorcar,
driven by a man, that, approaching a
railroad crossing, slowed down while
the driver looked and listened and
that was struck by a railroad train?
Yet one reads every day of grade
crossing tragedies. Many if not most
of the railway crossings are danger
ous. The highway intersects the rail
road at the end of a cut so that an
oncoming train is obscured from vis
ion and its sound deadened as well
and often the crossing is over an em
bankment.
Do not these factors of danger call
for, on the part of the motorist, a care
and viligance proportioned to them ?
Are they exercised ? One supposes
that some of the fatalities are un
avoidable and that now and then the
driver of the steam locomotive is in
fault, but the conclusion is irresisti
ble that the great majority of the
accidents in the South, where the
number of trains is relatively light,
may be attributed to the neglect of
the driver of the automobile. In a
Word, were the motorist one-half so
careful as the engineman habitually
is, the number of grade crossing ac
cidents to which motorcars are a par
ty would be immensely reduced.
It is seldom that the motorist has
any excuse for hurrying across the
country with reckless disregard of
his own safety and those of his pas
sengers. He has no more right to
smash into a locomotive, however the
danger be greater to himself than fhe
locomotive has to smash into him and
the obligation to move with due care
and caution rests upon him and the
engineman alike. ? Columbia State.
I ? ?
Wheat For Eastern North Carolina.
Wheat has never been nor is there
any likelihood that it will ever be a
staple crop for Eastern North Caro
lina. Mr. R. W. Freeman, District
Apent for the Agricultural Extension
Service in this repion, states however
that the present fall is the tim<> that
it should be planted on all farms in
a limited way. The hiph price of
flour and the hiph price of prr.in it
>self makes it important that a suffi
1 cient amount is produced for home
uses. These hiph prices will, in all
probability, continue after the war
even if it were to end any time in the
near future.
| Other reasons why this supply of
t wheat should be looked after by plant
^inp this fall are. that the by-products
such as bran and straw are valuable,
I
the labor of the farm may be better i
utilized throughout the year, and an t
opportunity is afforded for putting t
in a better crop rotation. These advan
tages exist all the time according to i
Mr. Freeman and at the present time 1 1
we have the added inducement of (
producing our own supplies during r
the period of the war. c
Wheat is not a new crop to Eastern
North Crrolina as yields as high as s
thirty bushels are frequently record- t
ed. It has been grown very success- s
fully during the past by many f-.rm- j
ers throughout all the section end i
there is no good reason why this 1
should not be done again. The farm- {
ers over the whole section are laying i
plans to put in a good acreage this
fall and for their aid in the matter i
the Extension Service is printing a t
circular by Mr. Freeman giving time- j
ly information in regard to the mat- i
ter. When received from the press,
this circular m:\y 1 1 had on applica- I
tion to the Extension Service at Ral
eigh or from Mr. R. W. Freeman, ,
District Demonstration Agent, Wil
son, N. C.
TO QUESTION ALL EXEMPTION'S
Will Appeal From Rulings of the i
Local Boards.
Washington, Aug. 2. ? The Govern- '
ment is preparing to fight claims for
exemption from conscription.
Concerned at the great number of
those attempting to avoid service, the ,
Provost Marshal General's office an
nounced to-day the method by which
the Government would appeal to dis
trict boards from rulings of local
boards.
Warning that exemptions in agri
culture and other industries would be
carefully scrutinized was found in the
announcement that "the problem was
to reduce interference with industry
to a minimum, but it was the inter
est of the nation solely that must be
subserved."
As a direct slap at "marriage slack
ers" the Government will automati
cally appeal from every exemption on
the grounds of dependency. Some per
son will be designated to make this
appeal to protect the Government's
interests.
This designation (of a party repre
senting the Government) has already
been made for each local board or will
be made within the next few days,
Gen. Crowder announced.
"This person," it was explained,
may appeal exemptions or discharges
on other grounds besides dependency,
if he thinks injury to other regis
trants or to the Government makes
such appeal desirable."
The purpose of the appeals is to
obtain nationwide uniformity in ex
emption rulings, which is regarded as
otherwise impossible from 4,557 local
boards.
All registrants are invited by Gen.
Crowder to report any improper ex
emptions.
Discussing industrial exemptions,
Gen. Crowder said that district boards
were "powerless to relieve cases in
which private loss or hardship rather
than national necessity" were at
stake.
"Otherwise another man would be
asked to offer his life in order that
this man's material benefit be served,"
said Gen. Crowder.
The problem of the exemption of
men in jigriculture and other indus
tries, Gen. Crowder said, must be
solved with "the success of the na
tion's military operations in mind as
the dominant object." As conservation
of certain industries is necessary to
nilitary success, Gen. Crowder said
he question in an individual case then
jecomes twofold.
"1. Is the industry in question
lecessary to the maintenance of the
nilitary establishment or effective
jperation of military forces or the
naintenance of the national interest ?
luring the emergency?
"2. Does the person by or in re
spect of v/hom the discharge is claim
ed occupy such a status in respect of
such a necessary industry that his
slace could not be filled by another
without direct, substantial, material
oss and detriment to the adequate
ind effective operation of the partic
ular enterprise?"
Persons who have declared their
ntention to become citizens more
:han two years ago and never applied
For final papers are amenable to the
iraft, it was r.lso announced. ,
RUSSIAN RETREAT SLACKENING
Anglo-French and German Armies in
Flanders Feeling Out Each
Other's Strength.
(Associated Press War Summary.)
The Russian retirement in Bukovvi
na is slackening somewhat, while the
Anglo-French and German armies in
Flanders, with more favorable weath
er, are feeling out each other's
strength. On no front was there fight
ing on a large scale Monday.
Further attacks by the Germans
against the British lines at Hollebeke,
fn the Ypres sailient between Ypres
and Warneton, were repulsed by Field
Marshal Ilaig's men, and the Teu
tons gained nothing. Crown Prince
Rupprecht also met with failure in an
assault against the British at West
hoek, directly west of Ypres.
The rain having, ceased, British
airmen took to the air Monday, and
Field Marshal Haig's latest report
says they carried out successful bomb
ing raids and other work. The latter
activity probably was the photograph
ing of the new German positions and
the gaining of other information pre
paratory to another effort by the Brit
ish. German airmen tried to check
this activity. Five airplanes of the
Teuton forces were sent down and
three others were forced to descend
cut of control. Only one British ma
chine is reported missing.
Lens the coal center north of Ar
ras, is slowly falling into the British
net. After their success of Sunday,
the Canadians again moved forward
slightly to the west and southwest of
the town on Monday. Severe losses
were inflicted on the Germans when
they attempted a raid north of Arleux,
southwest of Lens and west of Vimy.
From St. Quentin to Verdun on the
French front artillery duels have
been in progress.
Apparently the Russians are hold
ing intact their line north of the
Dniester and Berlin reports the Rus
sians are preparing to give battle to
the advancing Germans between the
Dniester and the Pruth. Berlin claims
no successes north of Pruth, but the
Russians, fighting vigorously, are re
tiring from the Pruth southward to
the Rumanian frontier.
The changes in the German impe
rial cabinet and the Prussian ministry
are not looked upon kindly by the lib
eral press of Germany. Berlin news
papers agree that the old bureaucracy
still is in power and that no step in
the direction of responsibility to par
liament has been taken. Dr. Von
Kuchlmann, the new foreign secre
tary, is reported to be an opponent of
the ruthless submarine warfare. ?
News and Observer.
THE HOUR.
(Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Cosmopolitan Magazine.)
This is the world's stupendous hour ?
The supreme moment for the race
To see the emptiness of power,
The worthlessness of wealth and place,
To see the purpose and the plan
Conceived by God for growing man.
And they who see and comprehend
That ultimate and lofty {(1m
Will wait in patience for the end,
Knowing injustice cannot claim
One lasting victory, or control
Laws that bar progress for the whole.
This is an epoch-making time;
God thunders through the universe
A message glorious and sublime,
At once a blessing and a curse ?
Blessings for those who seek His light
Curses for those whose law is might.
Ephemeral as the sunset glow
Is human grandeur. Mortal life
Was given that souls might seek and know
Immortal truths; and through the strife
That shakes the earth from land to land,
The wise shall hear and understand.
Out of the awful holocaust.
Out of the whirlwind and the flood,
Out of old creeds to bedlam tossed
Shall rise a new earth washed in blood ?
A new race filled with spirit-power.
This is the world's stupendous hour.