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TELLS EXPLOITS OF THE SEEADLER Navy Department Gets the Story From Captain of an Amer ican Schooner. WRECKED ON CORAL REEF Seventeen Ships Captured by German Raider in Spectacular Cruises in Two Oceans ? Hoodwinks Brit ish by Clever Ruse. Washington. ? The full story of the cruise of the German commerce raid er Seeadler has been obtained by the navy department from ('apt. lialdor Smith of the American schooner It. C. Blade and three other mariners, who landed at Tutulla In an open boat Sep- . tember 20 after being marooned on Mopeha Island by the master of the Seeadler when the raider grounded and was abandoned. The Seeadler, formerly the Ameri can ship Pass of Balmahn, was cap tured by a Herman submarine and sent to Bremen and fitted out as a raldlr. A picked crew was placed aboard, s^me ?f whom spoke Norwegian, and sent out Into the Atlantic under the guise of a Norwegian ship. The ruse worked so well that after leaving Bremen on December 21, 101(1, the Seeadler was held up by the Brit ish auxiliary cruiser Highland Scout, examined and passed. Captured Seventeen Ships. Captain Smith learned that while cruising In the Atlantic IS ships, val ued by the Germans at (10,000,000 marks, were captured and four In the Pacific. Relating the story of the capture of his ship, the Slade, Captain Smith said : "I loft Sydney on April 24, 1017, nix! proceeded without any Incident until the evening of June 17, when the sec ond niHte reported to me that a ship was firing on us. She was about eight miles off. There was a heavy squall starting eastward ? wind favorable to this time, and I thought It possible to get away and kept holding on. Rut fdif kept firing on me at Intervals of about five to ten minutes and was corning up on me fast. "I concluded that there wasn't any use and I lowered down spanker, clew e<l down topsail, hoisted the American flag, and hove to. Shortly after the prize officer came aboard and a doctor and about ten men. These officers were In uniform. They told me to leave the ship and to go on board the raider and they would give me time in the morning to pack my clothes. "They took all our men aboard the rnlder except the cook. Next morn ing I went back on board with ail my men and packed up. We left the ship with our belongings on Juno 18. We were put on board the raider again. Shortly after I saw from the raider that they cut holes In the masts and placed dynamite bombs In each mast Hiid put tiro to both ends of the ship and left her." Captain Smith said the raider was o full-rigged ship of steel or iron, about 2,:?>0 tons, propelled by oil burning engines. Her captain was Fe lix Graf ven Luckner. When the men from the Slade ar rived aboard the raider they found nine prisoners from the American _ schooner A. B. Johnson of San Fran cisco, captured throe days before. On July 8, Smith stated, the schooner Ma nila was ea;>t%<Ml and dynamited after niia was captured and dynamited. Wrecked in Pacific. For about three weeks the raider kept beating up and down looking for passing ships. Meeting none, they went south to Mopeha on July 31, anchored on the lee side of the Island, and on August 2 the ship was driven hard and fast ashore. After working all afternoon they gave her up as lost and took ashore ov<Wything they could move. Including the boats, gear and wireless. The wireless plant, a very powerful one, was set up between two coconut trees. On August 23, Captain Smith re lated. the German officers fitted up and armed a small boat and started for the Cook islands or the Fiji is lands. where they hoped to rapture an American ship and come hack for thi' crew. Count von Luckner, the mas ter, was in charge. Th.\v w#re never heard of again at Mapeha island. On September 8 a French trading schooner from Papeete, the Lutece, put in at the island. First Lieuten ant Kllng took a motor boat and ma chine gun and captured ^e ship. She had a large cargo of flour, salmon and beef and a supply of water. Kllng and his crew dismantled the wireless plant and left the Islanl in the Lutece that night, leaving 48 sr>uls, including the Americans. A small boat had been left behind, and the marooned men fitted It up. The captain of the Manila, with a small crew, started out In the boat for Tahiti on September 8. They failed to reach Tahiti and returned exhaust ed on September 16. Captain Smith, with three men. took the small boat and managed to reach Pago Pa^jo ten days later. Recent dispatches indicate that the captain of the Steadier and five of hi* crew were captured on September 21 oft the Fl'l Islands by Fijian consta bulary- ^?'hat became of the men who left Mopeha Island in the Lutece la not known. | ENORMOUS HAT ORDER PUZZLES ARMY CHIEFS | :? Camp Funaton, Kan. ? "One $? i[:j army campaign hat, size lO1^," :?:? wan the rfvjulKlt Ion of the com maiader of Company 11 of the ?? l(V4th Depot brigade here, sent to the brigade supply officer. :ij: The supply officer, thinking it ?: was a mistake, sent the order :!:? hack to the company command | er. The latter stated that he ?: renlly wanted a hat that size. j:j* Investigation developed that ?: ?>: the hat Is desired by one John *:?: 1 1 el sit, a giant Norwegian from g North Dakota. He was home steading in that state when ?: called for the draft. He has ??j: always had his hats made to :|:j order, and much trouble has re suited from this. Helalt is all fitted out cxcept the hat, and he is anxiously :* waiting for his headgear. That ?: i* Is on the way. DESCENDS IN BURNING PLANE British Airman Recovers From In juries Received After 1,000 Feet Drop. London. ? After one of the most miraculous escapes of the war, Major Rannatyne, D. S. O., is today recover ing from his injuries In the Clrcen cester hospital. While flying alone at a height of more than 1,000 feet Ids en gine caught fire. He headed the ma chine toward the ground. Soon tho flames reached his feet. He climbed out of the seat and crawled along the body of the plane toward the tall while the blazing plane plunged to ward the earth. The flames reached him ngaln. He swung himself off the frame and hung by his hands under the machine ? now a mass of flames. He fell Into a plowed field ami was picked up suffering from a broken arm, scores of cuts and with all his hair scorched to a crisp. TO CURE DEMENTIA PRAECOX Form of Insanity Hitherto Regarded as Incurable Conquered by Physician. Huntington, W. Vn. ? Two patients formerly Afflicted by dementia praeeox, a form of insanity hitherto regarded as Incurable, have been discharged from the Huntington State hospital as cured. Experiments devised by I>r. L. V. Out brie, the superintendent having proven successful. The cures wyre effected by the use of an Intravenous Infusion of normal salt solution. Other cases similarly treated are showing improvement. The treatment Is based on an unalysis of the blood of afflicted persons showing a deficiency of sodium chloride. PROUD OF HER RECORD. r -Members of the National party, re senting the suggestion that their VNiiilto House pickets are not as patriotic as some of their less militant sisters, are pointing out the record of Miss Eleanor HIU Weed, granddaughter of the late Representative Ebenezer J. HIU of Connecticut. Miss Weed, who assisted In picketing last spring, was one of the 12 Vassar college girls who spent last summer on a farm, accomplishing a sum total of products sufficient to feed 1.S00 persons all winter and 20 head of live stock until next year's crops are ripe. Miss Weed Is a sopho more at Vassar this year. IGNORANT NATION IS AT WAP Recruit Sayt Hia Home Town in Ari zona Also In Dark About World Affaira. El Paso. Tex. ? At least one Ameri can did not kuow there was a war In progress iu which the United States Is participating until he appeared at the local navy recruiting office to en list. He Is from Plnedale. Aria., and gave" his name as Hyrurn Siulth Han cock. He had been In Plnedale, a small mounta'n town, for five years, and aiid ao one there knew there was a war !u progress when he left. D? was accepted for tlie navy. BRITAIN FIXES PRICES OF FOOD Rules Less Drastic Than Ger many's, But Less Lax Than Ours. EXPLAINED BYLORDRHONDDA Chief Aim Is to Safeguard the Inter est of Consumers First of All Imposes Little Compul sory Rationing. Washington. ? Throe general policies In food having are now being main talned hy three great nations, the I United States, Great Britain and tier many. The tierinan idea Is strict rationing of the consumer, and recently the Unit- ! ed States food administration Issued j figures showing the present tierinan ration, which is meager as to variety and far below average dietetic re quirements. The American Idea in food saving Is to secure voluntary co-operation, as far as possible, from both the public and the producer and handlers of food ar ticles. The British idea lies between the two. As little compulsory rationing as possible Is Imposed upon the general public. But there is a farreachlng and rigid supervision of all food articles by regulating the manufacturers and merchants, by the establishment of maximum prices, and after December .'{0 rationing cards are to be Issued for sugar. What Lord Rhondda Says. A statement Just issued by Lord Rhondda, the British food controller, describing the British system of food control gives a succinct and a clear picture for comparison of the food-sav ing measures which nre now being fol lowed in the United States. Lord Rhondda says : "My aim is to safeguard the inter ests of the consumer, to do away with profiteering altogether, and to prevent excessive profits of any kind. The framework of our mnohlnery Is formed on the civil service. They are the ad ministrators, but In all cases we se cure the best available business men to advise them, as well as a number of expert committees dealing with almost every food commodity. The .j>ollcy is to limit profits at every step from the producer to the consumer, and at the same time to regulate supply. "A costings department under the direction of chartered accountants has been set up, through which the profits made by any manufacturer or retailer of food can be ascertained. The coun try has been divided into separate areas, in each of which a leading firiti of accountants has been appointed by this department to do the necessary work. Reasonable profit based on pre war rates Is added to the present cost, the price limits agreed on that basis, after consultation with the representa tives of the trades concerned. Sixteen Food Divisions. "Decentralization is obtained J>y di viding Great Britain Into 10 food di visions, consisting of so many coun ties. Each division Is under the su perintendence of a commissioner ap pointed by the food controller. In each of these divisions the borough, urban or rural district councils, or other local authorities, appoint local food committees, \yith limited powers and certpln discretion, to carry out such regulations as regards price and distribution as may be issued from headquarters. "Local tradesmen are re^fftered with their local committees, and if any tradesman does not carry out regula tions and orders he may be struck off the register and prevented from fur ther trading. The various orders fix ing or amending the maximum prices of meat, milk, potatoes, bread, etc., are communicated to the local committees, and the trades and public are informed through the daily and trades press. A staff of Inspectors is kept at headquar ters, and a number of sentences have been imposed by magistrates through out the country for contravention of the regulations. The general penalty is a fine not exceeding $100. or a term of six months' imprisonment, with or without hard labor, or both. This pun ishment may be inflicted for every sev ernl offense. I purpose to make the penalties more severe. "While the prices of practically all essential foods are now under control, no compulsory rationing is Imposed on the general public, al though all public eating places are rationed as to the . amount of meat, flour, bread and sugar which may be used in every week on the basis of an average for each meal. ' After December 30 only half a pound of sugar per capita will be permitted. This will he obtainable through a sys tem of each consuming householder or , consumer registering with a specified retailer, and securing from the local food committee a card entitling his household or himself to the rntlon. The retailer will keep a record of his deliv eries to insure his not supplying any one customer In one week with more than the proper allowance. Arrange ments for the Issue of these cards are In progress, and they will form the groundwork should It become neces sary later on to ration other food stuffs. Restrictions in Manufacturing. "Th >"? are many restrictions in man ufacturing. Flour made from wheat must be straight-run flour, rallied to 81 per cent extraction, and it Is compul- ! sory to ml* In 20 per cent of flour from i other cereals and pulse, and permissl- | Me to mix In up to 50 per cent, while no bread may be sold unless 12 hours old. Fallowing on restrictions of 50 per cent and 40 per cent, manufactur ers are now restricted to the use of only 25 per cent of the amount of sugar they used In 1915. Speaking generally, the use of foodstuffs for In dustrial purposes and for the feeding of animals has been either restricted or prohibited. Waste of bread is a criminal offense. "Aipeals for economy In consump tion have been made, and a new cam paign is being organized to this end. The maximum price of the quartern loaf has been reduced to ninepence for cash over the counter. It was found possible to do this by subsidizing flour. I find it necessary to control practical ly all esseutlal commodities. The dan ger that in reducing prices we may restrict supplies and increase consump tion Is obvious, but I think It can be largely overcome. "It has been suggested that our re cent fixing of meat prices will lead to excessive slaughtering. If It does, we are in a position to control the trans port of meat, and we are taking steps to license the slaughter house. A cou dition of the license will be that no ; more than a certain number of cattle are slaughtered per week. We also propose to control the sales through the auctions, and we can limit the quantity there. In the course of a month or two we hope to be able to determine approximately what quan tity of meat ought to go to each Indus trial area and to limit the quantity if uecessary. Maximum wholesale meat prices for the whole kingdom have been fixed Independently of the cost of transport, but we hope to meet the danger that producing areas, because of this, might get more than their fair shure of supplies by fixing a fiat rail way rate. LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE. Satisfying the large appetites of our hoys in France Is a tremendous under- j taking and hundreds of men are de- | tailed to this duty alone. Sammy is j without doubt the best^ fed of anyone j in France. White bread, a luxury un- j known to the French for a long time, is j served to him daily. Thousands of loaves are baked and thousands of sacks of Hour are consumed in supply ing his daily needs. All the flour trans ported from the United States as well \ as most of the other foodstuffs he uses! , Enlisted men detailed to the field bakeries which accompany the army . look after Sammy's wants far as , the staff of life Is concerned. The pic- ' ture shows a big hunk of the kind mother used to make, and a hungry soldier. ... j | U.S. FORCES WILL BE | t ARMIES OF SPECIALISTS t Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. Z ? General Pershing's injunction + to make the American army an army of specialists is being car ried out among the 30,000 Ken tucky, Indiana and southern Illinois men in the National army in this camp. A board of examiners quizzes each drafted man as to his busi ness in civil life. It is the aim of the officers to assign every man to the post for which he is most fitted. Chauffeurs have been as signed to the motor truck divi sion. telegraphers to the signal corps, clerks and bnslnesssmen to the quartermaster's corps and J athletes to bomb-throwing pla- 1 toons. A board of nine psycho!- T ogists is investigating meutal fitness of all men. FIND SOLDIERS HAVE HEART Doctors Blame Newest Malady of Trenches on Excessive Cigarette Smoking. London. ? "Soldier's heart," the new est malady of the trenches, is caused partly by excessive smoking of cig arettes. After a careful Inquiry into the sub ject the medical research committee have reported that cigarettes are n "contributory factor" to the disease. Examination of scores of soldiers suf fering from "soldier's heart" convinced the Investigators that heavy smoking super) ndu?TS it. The malady is characterized by ab normal blo?>d pressure and pulse rate. The nervous tension of men in the trenches Is another factor, the Investi gators found. On Thursday, December 20th, 1917, at 12 o'clock I will sell to the highest bidder for cash or good notes three good farm mules, one extra good driving and farm mare, one full Jersey cow with young calf. (This is extra fine cow. Will give six gallons milk and make two pounds butter per day.) Also two extra fine three-year-old Berkshire sows, a number of nice open gilts, same breed, and several shoats weighing from 60 to 100 pounds each. One lot of about 25 Bilkmore strain Barred Plymouth Rock chick ens, two farm wagons and harness, two buggies and har ness, one stalk chopper, one weeder and all plows and farming implements and household and kitchen furniture. Sale on the premises, two miles west of Princeton, on Southern Railway. Remember I shall sell Rain or Shine. We are still in business selling groceries of all kinds as low as the lowest. In a time like this, it is every man's duty to buy where he can get the best goods for the least money. Flour, Feedstuff, and other heavy groceries always in stock. Remember we have saved you money in the past and can still do so. Give us a visit next time you come to town. jet your Christmas Cards and Christmas Post Jards at the Herald Book Store. On sale on and ifter December 1st. 3uilt especially for FAMILY use and adapted to all kinds of fcir ly sewing. mmediate action by you will secure one of these beautiful scwirg ?nachines for your home for Chiistmas.
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