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in* | liny. Cemewnin David D Leemia, li^iet ef Ik* rtrntaf. right -ed a mmB >wtiliM <rf • nabmnriM ntnM( about a foot ogt of tha we Ur m4 risible for only a few secondi The Famine Unm.iHaUfr headed foi the spot and about three minutes af tar the periscope had bam »ightec dimff4 a depth tbarp. The Nirhoi aon alao ipnfeJ to the position of Um MtaMrlm, which appeared to bo head hf h—< a merchant vaaoi hi thi convoy, ami dropped anothor depth enrface belnoea tho Ntcholaon and the coney, and the Nkheieen flrec three shots f rem her etern ins. TIm hew if the submarine came op rapid ly. She waa down by the (tern, bat righted herself and to incream ' » her tpeed. Ike Nicholson denied, tlu Tuning heading for the U-boat, ftrini rltm her bow gun. After the thin riMt the crew of the whwarine all came en deck and held ap their hands the aahaariae surrendering at 4:28 p K" _ a A Hm im |d In 9 few minu ■nnk, tlM Um wm lot go aik at tlM U-boat jam pad intc snd mn U> Uh Fanning. all wore lift a number of than were ax of Um destroyer. Aa the auk h* or tix man ware caugHt bj tha radio aarial and carriad belo* Om aurfaca bafora they disentangle* Tan of tka mn wara x c that liMf had to ho passed undei thair arm* to haul than aboard. Om man was in Mich a condition that hi «a«ld not avan hold tha liaa throwt Ub. Chiaf Pharmacist's Mate Elaei Hanrall and Cossarain Francis G ■Connor (N. M. V.) jumped over boa rt after tUa man and secured a Uim undor his arms. Whan ha waa haolet aboard every offort was msda to ra ate him, hat ho died in a fn Tha foar officer* of the sub marine and the S6 members of th< «raw wara all taken prisoners. "After being taken on board Um era were given hot coffee am • wiches. Though kept undo: strict guard, thay aeemed rontente< and after • short time commenced t< sing. To make them comfortable Uw craw of tha destroyer gave them theii warm coats and heavy clothing. "Tha German officer* raid the Are depth charge had, wrecked the mach Inery of Um submarine and caused he to sink to a considerable depth. "The submarine bore no number no distinguishing mark. She waa, how •ver identified by lifebelt and by atate nta of an officer and men of thi One of the lifeboats, the re porta said, had "Kaiser" marked m one side and "Gott" en ths other. The Fanning proceeded to port am transferred her prisoners unSer guan As they were tearing in amall boat* the Germans gave three rfceers. Th< commanding officer of the Fannlni read Um ha rial service over the hod; of the dead German sailer and U» iaod Had raady far H« also >nlm I-tout. A. 8. Car|Ml«r, and eo Lieutenant Henry, Coxowain LoaaU,! PhanMciat'a Mate Harwell and Co*-1 ■wain Connor. The lillrt alao commended tka prompt actios of the Nieholaon, which ho my* toniplai ad tho lueroai of ite aiater ahtp. Tho Niaholaon waa commanded by C. C. Fort. Tho Britiah admiralty| aont a telatrram to tho ' rhiof directing Mat to expreaa to thai at tho Fanning ite high appreciation of thoir aoccoaaful action againat ano Firm 3ii Jay Damagad Charlotte, Dae. SO.—The laboratory and operating room buildings at the baa* hospital. Camp Grtcn*, noar bora wort totally destroyed by fir* early today, the Uh totalling at least |75, 000 represented principally by do stroyed laboratory apparatus. Maj. W. L. Sheep, medical corps, in charge which "for mm MMh" escaped dm taction by tha soldier "detailed aa watchman." Tha loaa wu aaid to ha cmsred folly by insurance. Modi of tha oparating room apparatus was saved. Firaman and fire fighting appara tus from Chariot la wont to aid tha camp volunteer fireman, bat frosea water mains had to bo thawed before pressors could bs oatained. During this interim, the frame sti u Li mas wars consumed and efforts of the city firemen wore directed to averting the peasibility of tha fire igniting other buildings, about 00 of which were cioeeiy grouped nearby. M«jor Sheep aaid the loss of the ' laboratory, which was "wonderfully . equipped," and the various valuable cultures being grown there was not likely to "greatly decrease the effi ciency of the hospital in treating the soldiers who are patients bora." Ha began today efforts to replace tha de atroyed cultures by purchaae. Lab i oratory equipment to replace that destroyed it expected to be forwarded , immediately. I About 900 soldiers are patienti in . tha wards of thii hoapital. Moras Succeeds Fljrnn As Secret Service Head. Washington, Dee. 29.—W. H. Mor ■n. Militant chief of the treasury se cret service for the past 10 years, will become chief January 1 to succeed William J. Flinn, resigned. His ap pointment was announced tonight by Secretary McAdoo. * Mr. Moran entered the secret ser vice SS years ago as an operative and has had experience in all branches of the work. He was largely responsi ble for detection of the noted counter-1 feit of the $1M Monroe head silver I certificate in 1897, the result of which I was tfte withdrawal of the entire is , sue, and the disrowry of an exten i sive r 'untnrfetting plot. M-. Moran [ had charge of many famous secret r service Invc Mrations, including the l eetton leak cu e. I "By experience and training he is atetmbly equipped to undertake the r hnportaat war* of chief," said Peere f tary McAde*. ■' ■ I"Yll GUATZMAUA* CAPITAL DEMOLISHED WT QUAKES Following la the brief dispatch which brough tha new* of the <a "Bed wrtkqiwlM rnUrda; the work of othera. Everything in rain* and beyond ilwwtytlwi m • it ault of laat night'a ahock. On kun drad and twenty rt»» tho and paapla ara m the atraata. V of the coon try ara Tory cold an 1 windy. T«U kilted yaatardny by failing walUa." ■ Tha ahocka probably otcimed be ta aaa 6:67 and 7 o'eock Isat night. Violent quakes war* racordad at that tima by tha i«ia» ugiapha of Om Georgetown university ubaai latory and tha diatance waa ntl—tad at 1,900 milaa from WaahingU*. Son Salvador, Doc. 30.—Cuatemala City, capital of tho ropoMk of Goat* mala, haa boon complataly daatroyod by an earthquake Many persons wora killod in tha diaaatar, aanaa in their hoaaaa aad other in the atraata. The Colon theater, which waa filled many eaeaahJaa among tha Varioua hoapitala and asyhims aad the priaana were badly duupd aad many patient* and priaonera were kill ad. The railroad depot, a agar aitta, posi iffire, the American and Britiah legation a. United Statea consulate aad aO the chnrchaa in the city hare been Deep flaearea opened in the middle of the city. The inhabitant* in panic have fled from the capital. Wore than 80,000 persona are homeleaa. The atock of provisions in tha city ia scant and aid ia required promptly. The Salvandorean government haa suapendod the official New York cele bration and entered into mourning in sympathy with Guatemala. AnMTieu Aviators Lud in Maxico and tr« Safe. Laredo, Tsx., Dec. 29.—The amy balloon manned by Captain McCul logh and eight soldier-aviators, which left San Antonio yesterday afternoon and loet Ha coarse, landed at Hidalgo, Mexico, 40 miles up the Rio Grande river from Laredo at 9 o'clock last night. The crew was taken in charge by Mexican soldiers who took the Ameri cans to Nuevo La>«do, where they rrouses the border. Shortly after leaving the San Anto nio aviation school, the balloon, up 2,000 feet, encountered a 46 mile wind and drifted southwest. The Rio Grfmde was mistaken for the Neuce river and a landing was made on Mexican soil. Coal to Reli«y« Shortage Washington, Dec. 29.—Ample coal to relieve the shortage at New York which has delayed ocean-going ships and harbor traffic was promised today to the fuel administration by A. W. Thornpron, chairman of the ct-aiatil tee of railroad vice presidents In ■hare* of the freight sit nation in tke Pittsburgh district. ApptulmMy BOO ear* will bo available Imgnw Gmtr hui Inn mhI the two at 4m Itrfnt hot* la lum raal to Dm city in Bm (fwt to tlx shortage, mi the city ku aald far aa to Mil mm of tk« ml fna the if btoteiwHit Coal Mm declare that they have pi—>j «f cost on Dm way, and UM lack of transportation facilities haia tta MMa. All aorta of ra aa la <aal atorad aa aidetracka of coal mi threogk Aaho rifle far ether points, are extant, bat • woodyard ia laboriaf tord to iu>Hy of tke eiti lena ara ft fa <k aafa hot that dtt tka opportunity to rtoek up wttk coal mm miaur wiB take full adrutip of that pii»Oago, la ardor to aika next winter "aafa For warmtk" aa wall aa for toaomcy Wrought up to a point of kigk ex ri lament war tka attack mada by an unknown negro on a yoof wkito girl in tka Grove Park ssitisa Wadnaaday night, eitixens of tkat section of tka city hava rail ad approximately $600 to be offered aa a reward far tka ar reat and conviction of the guilty no rm, bringing the total reward for in formation loading to kia a treat to 11,000. The city commissioners have al ready autkorizad a reward at $ttt tar' the arreet at tka negro, aad tka county officials hare offered a aimilar amount Governor Bickett will bo aakod to of fer a reward on the part of tke state, and everying poaaible ta being doao to rapture the black beaat. Tke police have anraatod daaana of •uapocta, bat ao far have been unable to brine the guilty negro before the young lady. Ten of thoee arrested have been sentenced for vagrancy and have been put to wort in the city wood yard, but the negro who attack ed the girt ia still at liberty. Thirty-Eight Lynching*; All N«gro«« Eictpt Two Tuakegee, Ala., Dec. 29.—Dr. R. R. Morton, president of Tuskegee Insti tute, tonight announced that from the [ecords kept by the division of records and research of Tuskegee institute. Monroe N. Work, in charge there were IS persons lynched daring 1917, of whom 84 were negro* and two whites. Thirty-seven were men and one a wo man. Twelve were harged ^rith cri minal assault or attempted criminal mm alt. The states in whHt lynching oc curred and rum bar in each state were M follows: •t AHsona, »j (2) Lasy women will be exiled and Mifid to work and after the harvest MtlTf iii noatki' iwyi iiwiHUiit (S) Lur dnUra. will he funuked v k—ttog. Mr. A further ilhntratica, mi71 Hw 0/ tka character «f A-istro m dM newly invaded la afforded by a communi Srescia, which My*: The majoi Ity of Italian p« iimiei 1 lave been employed by the snsmy in ■liitary work onder ft re of their own pn*. Ikb fact explains the extrn 11 dial 17 delay in the leteif t of news from piisu—■ taken In the actions of Detober and November. 8aeh prison ira are near engaged in he works of defenes which the eaeaiy las undertaken en sock a large scale. The Glebe also publi«hoe the trans ition of a document found by the Italian authorities on a German pri mmer. prefacing the translation with he following note: "As the Germans frequently seek la deny the authenticity of official documents issued by them on the itrength of quibbles as to the exact neaning of an individual word (fcg, he notoiioue Kadaver) we think it sell to point out that our translation s made from an official Italian trans ation of the original German-" The translation follows: "Advance, son of Germany in arms —this is the hour of intoxication and if glory; 0 artillery man of ours, the run—the powerful and invulnerable j rot her—calls to thee. Was it not nade to renovate the universe? O -efleman of ours, thou art the force shirk conquers even death, and which 10 obstacle withstands. Wherever thou roost, thou enterest; wherever tho-i interest, there is Germany. O cavalryman ef ours, engage and] iverthrow, a harvest ef heads awaite hee, curb that winded hurricane—the sill of thy horse. That cowardly flesh S p&im %» liter, the fioldi which shall N thy sonlil "8aa of Germany, the great hour mm come. Ufa mm itself mU is Some ay ah* is taj it That the i at the but few famrm arm telling on the liwlll sad vitality of the paapla Ikm can l« and served it with spetzel, a German dumpling Mad* at Soar, bat, alas, no eggs, as ia the past. Alter on* or two attacks at roctien. It (Wad a vacua*, and that ia everything whan one's bend Is light from a still lighter diet. Iks rWarl was said and served la dices, imitation at corned baai, better thaa stowad, aad coold be eataa cold am hail. As the piston la ma scarce, the bread which had baaa Med oat on allowance began to de teriorate ia jnalltj. Aa long aa it ivaa torn pined at M par cent at ] ■ear it was not bad, aad •atiefy the chUdrea when apead with malt extract, ki place of sipr at ayrop, ar the finaa Krteg of I red. With the redaction of the pota to floor In the bread, « were added, bat now I Just aad 5 per cent floor ground front ■traw are used. Ia coaaeqnenee, peo ple are suffering greatly from ane mia; atomach troubles ar* an the ia rraaaa, especially ulcer* of the alum ach and thread worms." How can a psapto fed an mwdnet and straw be expected to fight en forever at the hah sat at their ralavs? Will they?—3C Loans Nation-Wid* Surrey of Stocks of Food Staff*. Washington. Dm. 90,—AH dealers ■unufictwwi, waishuuesiwn. Iiihll tnd other institutions taring on fcaad Mn than |tS4 worth of fttdrtofi ■int npoit to tk« bmu of urkats »f the deportment of (frinltafi, gir ing ■ detailed statement of their hold lacs tomorrow, December St, with a comparison at tiMtnp on the mm 1 Jay last rear. A statement tonight by Char tea J. As# Brand say* orvry effort has boaa mill to sand ach-dolee to the firms 4nd h> lividnaJs who handle the food supply
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