he iloutit ^ifa fSetws. fOL. XLl MOUJfl AIRY, JfORTR CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST Iff, 19IS. MO. JS PUBLIC WELCOME TO RETURNING 9HIP. Strang* Adventure of Spanish VmmI With Carman Corsair b Told by th* Crow. BUbo, Hpetit—Some at tha «hipa ■ hat cuota hoiaa to Hpain in lk*« 'lay* hava utranra tlarlM to tall of (hair advanturaa in ronnertion with liar' man •ubmarinaa and raldera. Karaiy, If avar, haa tha return of a Bilbao vea «el Iwan morked l>y awh general jubi lation aa waa mpraaaad on a rerant iircaaion whan tha long-awaited xtaamiihip I got* Mr mil rat urn ad to port, ♦hen It became known that tha vaaaal belonging to tha Campania Motay Axnar would ataam into harbor bat waa n mght and nina in tha evening tha populace made praparatuma for tha oacaaton. An immanu crowd gathered on th« i|uay, hundred* of rockets wara ft rail and halla wara aat linking averywhera. She had bean in tha hand* of rha lirrman rornair Wolf, and had had a bad time. Thara wara many big ilanta in tha hull where the Wolf hud l>aen hanging up ugainat har fit tha tima aha took her roal away from har whan they were on lha hiirh c.eaa. The story told by the craw ia aa follow*: "We net nail from Valencia on Sept. 23, bound for India. We put in at La* Palmaa and I.orenxo Marques. Un Nov. 10, when We were proceeding to Columiw to unload Home coal there that wax meant for the EngiUh quad r on s, the Wolf sud denly put in an appearance, and a hydroplane, which wax *ent out from, her, came flyifig toward our nhip. Then there came on hoard two Ger mun oflicer?i wh> examiner! the rhip'* paper* and depoaited eight bomb* on hoard, declaring that they were tak ing charge of the ship and giving or der* to the captain that it muat coma along and follow the Wolf, Eventu ally on the lAth we arrived at the Pamyoa Isle* in the Indian Ocean, which inland. 500 mile* from the Mauritiaa, are daaerte.l. At tbia stage we were ordered to transport to the Wolf part of the coal and prjv'.iloni wo Lad on board, and tlia commander offered to a«t the crew at liberty—on the leaert inlanda! Afterward they painted the hull of our *hip a dark blue, and put on board 21 English priaonera and Ave other* of varioua nationalise* makirg a total on board of <55 person*. Food was running *lioi t. On the 25th we left that place, our »Lip low being c< remand <«i by G-rfr.an aflctrs. We -taw that we were making a sou h. i n track and we doubled the Cape oi Good Hope, than coming up by the American coa«t wha.-a aometime* the Wolf was lout to view. "So far the attitude of the German* toward u* had been friendly, but sud denly H changed to one of severity. We duly arrive'', at Trinidad wieie we had to transport morec oal. Afcer ward we sailed toward the north, and on Jan. 15 we righted at me Eojlith warsnips, a circumstance which pro duced a great panic on board t ie Wolf. However, the British vessels diJ not *ee us. or at any rate .'id not atop ua. The Germans, having in m«id the possibility of capture, took the precaution of destroy ill'* all docu ments. On the 27th and 2Hth we ran into awful weatber in which we nearly foundered. After that t' e Wolf went ahead of us, ami we soon lost sight of her altogether. After very difficult navigation in equatorial writes we got up into- the North Sea and passed throught some severe temperatures in the Arctic circle. We Vent through the boreal region* to the latitude of Iceland where the fronts did ua some injury. Then we made a track V>b the south along the Norwegian coaat, and went ashore on the Danish coast. Two days later we hoixted tl.e Spanish flag When th« Germans abandoned the Igotx Mcndi they set li.fht to some bombs, which the captain, at the risk of hi* life, threw into the sea." The ship was long ago given up for lost. Evidently if it had not run aground in the Skager Rack it would have gone to Germany. The Danish Government interned the Germans who were on board and set the crew free. In due course the ship's in juries were repaired and «he *«t sail for Bilbao where she arrived with tlt< same crew as that w ith which she had net sail on thia moot adventurous veyege nine month before, not n L. man hnving been lost. No More Sheepskin Rugs. . London, July 28.—The manufarturt of »he*p«kin rtift has bnn prohibit «d by the Brit'nb army council. Thi action has been taken b«< a use of th« requirement* of wool and leather foi military purpo»c». QUICK ACTION CERTAIN IN NEW DRAFT LAW. CoagraM Will Yield to Urgmt Demand for HmU. • Washington, Aug. 11.— (ieneral Mirrh'i week-end atatemen: to Iht |)rw> U rxpvrtMl Kara to ip««rl ('on gre«* in its consideration of tha Man power bill. Tha interview of tha rhief of attlf, wherein ha declared that tha allied successes should moan redoubled American rffnrt inilaui if talk of an early aniltnK of tha war, ia no Ntrairht from tha -boulder that mrmlwrii of Congress cannot effort to delay viittitmrnt of the new draft lawn. Tha 18 to 45 legislation ban a clear track phead of it. Mr-. effected by the proposed rhango* may a* well make their plans for regis!ration within the next 30 to <10 day*. Tile newHpaper headline* tellini; of <*on tinued advancer. by the Amuilran, HritiKh and French troop* hava arous ed the enthusiasm of legislator* and the national capital generally. It is the irreateKt argument in favor of what the administration anks for the mobilization of the nation's man pow er. Confrroiw for instance, cannot pause in face of this statement from Gen eral Mnrrh, who speaks as one who ha* seen service on the battlefield i of Fn this point Secretary Baker, re ferring to hi* testimony before the senate committee, says: ■ in* committee wa< especially in i terented 011 the effuft upon college And also whether the youitg men from 18 up would be drawn induicriminate i ly in cfa*» one or made into a deferr ed clans by age. and drawn later, giv I in* them some added month* to come i to maturity. No fixed policy ha« been determined upon by the department, i but the purpose was to allow the I President to defer in claim on* the | younpest men." A» to Married Men. Another farren chine problem yet ! to he folved li the problem of the mar rwd mtn. SwrtUrjr Baker intimatea that tha married itata—unlaaa tha wifa haa independent income that aup porta her—may ha miuia autoiMti rally a rauaa fur itafarrod rlaaaiAca tlon and without tha lUIni of a claim for exemption by tha ragUtarad man. Some man entitled to Hamptlm on tha ground of dependency, tha aacra tary aaya, may haaltata to «i> w r» rortl a» filing a rlaim for ilafarrMl rlaaniflcation. "Whut I want ta *et into tha ragu lattonfl, if poaatlila," aaya Secretary Baker, "la to hava tham ao that tha government doer tha aelectlng, rather than putting it up to tha Individual. That la, whara there la a man that ouicht to ha exempted from tha point of view of the national intereita, I do not want ta put that man in the poai tinn o£J»ving to claim exemption, but hava him only anawar mme riuaationi of fact and let the rulea take rara of the rlamlflcation. I am inclined to think that the mar riage relation* will in itaalf consti tute deferred claraiflcatlon." Bombing Dtric* Make* Airplane More Uaeful. With the Amcrican Army '.n Eng land. July 21.— Almont every airplane uacd by the alliea noon will carry bomb*. Expert* in aerial warfare lire cmvirrci' that the general HRrlen cy if the corp* will be increased if a bombing drvire in added to every plane xent out, even though it >i« of the type once intended only for re mpiiunrt work, ami American* now training lr> England are being as carefully drilled in bombing an in handling a machine gun. LcMona learned during the reaia tance offered in the recent offenaive have nerved to inrre.tne the already high regard of both British and Amer ican officer* in the air acrvice for the lowflying bomti-carrying craft, and, ever tile cam pa ami country aide where "fcvtatora are being trained, planea are in evidence almost every hour, dipp ing down from high in iha air and skimming tree top* and houaea. It ia the newer the nearby country, barely miaaing leaaon they are learning, and obaervera back from the front where the allied planea did such remarkable work not only in acouting and dia tricting the enemy but actually in breaking up formation* and at pointa checking the onward movement have urged concentration on that form of training. Hritish trainer*, detailed to Amir ican aviation ramps, have b««n liber al in their praise of the new flier* from oversea", their only criticism be in* that the Americana are "a bit too keen." Their tendency ha* been to go in for flying stunts rather too ear ly in training but even thia the train en have admitted ia a valuable fault although one not to he encouraged. It has been pointed out to the Americans that team work as well a.s individuff effliciency is a prime re quisite and the American* have stead ied themselves to the routine their trainers have found makes for gener al advancement if not for individual applause. Fancy flying, the acroba tic work that once found favor and drew heavy gate receipts at aerial exhibition* in the United States, still is taught hut the learning of that Tnrm of flying also has come to be regard ed merely as routine and wholly inci dent to tha steady, low flying; desir able for attacking camps and troops in formation. Accidents have occurred in the camps where the Americans are being trained and a few men have been killed but the records show that the pi^entage ia far le.»s in England than here are inclines to attribute the difference more to luck than to any thing else, although there also is pointed out the probability that the average airplane used in England is a better made machine than the aver age that has bee:i used in the United , States. . The bombing devices being at ntae'ied to virtually every plane in not , thf contrivance that was used in the early day* of the war. That used then »■«« little nn>re than a ra4(chani«m that ' released the projectile, allowing it to fall at a point approximately near the • target. The device now being used is one with which the oprator may I with much practice become almnrt as ! proficient in marksmanship as at. ar tilleryman is with hit gun. Almost every light plane will carry l*>mb» of at least 25 pounds and from the heavier types there will he harled the hugs containers of high i.'xplosive not materially different from those used by the Germans in some of the more recent raids. MANY SHIPS RAISED BY SALVAGE CORPS. Description of 3—11 of lb* M» thoda of Railing VmmIi and Repairing Hole* Mada by Torpodo or by Collision. London, Kngland- The (ml, cam ouflaged ahipx. An* lamplee of ru hiat art In blue md greens and whites and Marks, to h« Keen in the BritUh roadstead, look Milid enough, but nearly every one haa rona in for re pair* or la waiting to go int-> dry e bottom. The tanker, which was carrying benzine, naptha, paraffin and petrol, was struck in her benzine tank and in a few minute* was burning furiously. Hardly had the cra'h oc curred before a British destroyer had hurled herself alongside the tanker, the crew and officers of the latter had jumped aboard her without further discussion and the destroyer was off i like the wind. And well she might, j for soon a quarter of a mile of sea was ablaze with burning oil. On the tanker, only one or two casualties oc curred; on the standard ship muny men were lost. As she struck the tanker a great tongue of flame leaped ! from the letter's side and fell like a : hand upon the other's deck, from end {to end. firing the cargo in the hold. For -ome time these two vessels j blazed in the burning sea, but when | the rescue tugs came on the scene, a ! naval commander with three of the crew of a tug bravely hoarded the ; blazing wreck of the standard ship. The magazine hud already exploded and so intense was the heat that it was only possible to hoard on the quarter. They made fast the hawsers from two tugs and for flve hours they 1 towed her toward land. Then a mine exploded and broke one hawser, and ; next, two mine* exploded under her | quarter, tearing another hole in her in addition to the damage done by the : collision. She was still afloat and , burning fiercely that evening and it ' was decided to sink her so as to put out the flames. Thirty to forty shots were fired at her water line avoiding the engine room, and the vessel began ! to sink and grounded at the base of certain of thu-se chalk cliffs whiFh run along the «outhea«t and south roasts !of England. Similarly the tank had been towed in «-lsewhere and sunk, being also, alight during the tow. Thi* incident represents the first phase* of the work of the salvage ship*, the rush to the reacue of a tor pedoed, mined, or. in thi* case, burn ing ship, the towing Her near to the land and the beaching. It ta rarely nwMMry, of rouraa, to airk inula by rinlln. Than romaa th* aalrlnf of tha wrack. Many things Have Ian itamliriud la this war, but thara ia no atatulard mathod of aalving a wrark. Kvary pr oh lain haa to ha ron aidarad naparataly, In tha light of »urh facta aa tha rhararfSr of tha ikip, ita poaitlon, cargo and so forth. Mnma timaa tha problem i* foui.d unaolvacla in no far aa tha axpanditura naraaaary to rataa tha vasaal would ha fraalrr than har value to tha nation wh-n nalvad. When, hnwavar, a vaaaal haa liaachad harnrlf, or baan liaarhad hy tha iuffa, aha ia fairly rartain to ha aalvad. I Th. general procedure i» t"T ,hr salvage «hip. to l»y them»elv«.« along ...I* <>r over the »mmL Diver* .r. »«* down to lnv«*ig.U th. affa.r. and they «»>" "rur"' motnurennnU of th. M»' «' lh« mad. by th. torp*lo «r mirwr Any ,mall hoi. th.y plug w.th wood. Sub merribU pump. •" ,lun« ov.rbonrd and placed by th. d.v.r* .n po.ttion in th. «n.nken ve.n.1, or pumping operation. m.y |» r*TT™ nut by th. bigg«r pump, on th. »• v,» ship*. Th. pumping enable. th. diver* to get to work on th. cargo, faat.mng rop.. or <-h.m. roun«l .. much of it a* po..ihl. *o that >' «•» h. swung up to th. .urfnr.. Thm C,V«» the *unken *hip a crtnin buoy ancy. and it become* peemble, per hup», ft)- tug. to bMul .t a foot or two •t a tima. mto a WUr po-ition h.gh er up th. b*ch. A »un U r^hed when it Wome* po»Mbl. to g* pump, to work on th. whole «hip. »nd poaeibly to Ihml her. To h re*ult in th. ca»e of • torpedoed mined v—1. th. big hole patched. yw. patched. with a atand ard" patch. mad. of 12-inch-thWk W»«d«n beam*. The patch » gen-r ally in three pi«*«. »nrf "n "n" "h,p for example, which th. «r,Ur »—■ the'patch weighed about 20 ton*. The middle part weighed about 10 ton*, the low.r part. (oHowiing th. curve of th. »hip. weighed about «i* ton., and th. -pper p.rt "v. ton.. Thm patch ia .lung over th. ..de and bolted in pocition partly or wholly, by th. dW.ru. It ia .umciently larger than the hole to .-cure it Arm -up port from the "hip. *tde. and th. enormou. pre**ure of th. Ma. thous and. of pound* to th. square inch which would buret th. patch lUelf for a certainty, i. taken up by an elaborate network of wooden beam* 12 inche. by 12 inche* •»PP».rt,n« th* patch on th. inaid. of th. J».p- The*, standard patch.* are u.ed repeatedly, and on th. day of th. wnUr*. ww*. one van on it. way down from N. » ra*tle. There i* hardly any lunit to the .i«e of hole that can be t«mP»™^ ily MM by • .Undard p.Uh—o* «» tanker the hole of the "tarboar.l .ide forward wa» 21 feet « inche* wide and 41 feet 6 inches long, while on an other ship it was 48 feet long a»d 26 feet wide. When a vew.1 ha* had the hole* in her plu**e<* or P*u*k«d' P* 4 cargo removed and the enter pump ed out of her. she proceed - under her own "team very Ukely-tO the n*ar •ft port where *he can W pe:manen - I, repaired. In the presen. condition of the Brl*>h porta and the way. One »h.p was torpe-Wd. but not *unk. and made ,tandan patch. She proce* ^ »" way anu was torpedoed again, the hole made evaclly opporiU „rd patch Tki* time ed patches! up again, taken into nearest dry dock and P^anen-ly re poired. Thi* *ort of thing ha- ha. pened more than once. War Finance Corporation Great Aid to the Farmer* In compliance with telegraphed in struction* from Secretary McAdoo. the War Finance Corporation ha* wired Federal rewrve hunk* at Dal ian, Kansas City, and Minneapolis to notaify hank* and trust companies in their respective district*, nonmember* as well as member* of the Federal Reserve System, of the willingness of the corporation to make advances to those financial institutions which had made loins to farmers and cattlemen. Droughts in these districts are creating a serious condtion for the farmers and this action is taken to relieve the situation. Secretary McAdoo stated that no in dustry was more vital to the war than raising wheat, corn, live stock, and other food products, and that the | hanks should make loans on the notes of farmers, sine* they are engaged in an industry not only necessary and contributory to the winning of the war but vital to it. CuualtiM tha Paa» W«*k art Nearly 8,000 WulilnftMi, Aug. !!.— rjuualtlM in the army Mi) marina rorpt o*er muii, made pubtar today, •wrtpiol W2, bringing the total for the wwk to WH anil the total «ince American troop* laiwlri* in K ranee u. 20,112. Moat of tha ra»ualtie« for th» week repre«ented loanaa in the fighting on tha Marne Artie front. (>f tha total raaualtic announced today, 346 ware xoMier* and NT mar ina«, rti ila of tha wwk'« total, which included todrli»t», (.MM vara sol dier* and 718 marinaH. Tha week'* aggregate of 4.918 rompared wi.h 1,430 tha we> k ">efore. The 20,112 caiualtien, total deallia, inrlu !i' g 291 loit at *«*• men killed in action, dead of wo'im'n, dixeaae at riden|* and other rauita i numbered 7,71*-—! oldier*, 8,883; marine/, 831. Tha wounded aggregated 10,874—#ei diara, 9.048; marine*. 1£2A. and the miming, including |>ri*or,er<, 1,522— nold'era, 1,431. marinaii 91. Of the week'.i ii-.rrea*a. daatha from all cauaea aggregated 1,572, a« ram pared with AK1 the week before; the wounded numt>er 2,620 rompared with 732 the previou* week and the miaa ing and priaoner* 734, rompared with 74 the week before. While the proportion of the death* for the week at! compared with the wounded wa* large attention wi»« call ed today to the fact that the casual - tiea being reported now by General Pnrr.hing represent an accumulation a* the result of the fighting which ba ir^n July 15 and it"T» not to be n«:-um ed that the ratio of killed and wound ed will he maintained when the Anal toll o' the Marne-Ai>tie victory i* complete. Crop* of Foodatuffa Expected to b« Large. Washington Aug. S—Bumper crop* of almost every foodstuff grown on the farm were idicated again to on potatoes. causing a loss of 15,000,000 in the prospective crop, and sweet po tatoes production loss was estimated at half that quanity. A notably excep tion in the forecasts »a» that of to bacco which showed an increa-e of 41,000,000 pounds in the prospective crop over the forecast made in July. German Crown Prince is Blamed for Foe'* Disaster London. An*." 10." Rruter's limited correspondent with the British army in Frsnre, sends the following dispat rh concerning the German crown prince: "According to the ttatementx of prucntrt, the German crown prince appear* to he the most unpopular leader in the German army. He i« accused by them of being directly respr;v ihle for the Mame di«it«r. They say that the opinion ia widely espresaed by German soldier* that the crown prince's amateurish Inter ference with the flan* of their ex perienced r«ne rala was the startiac points for the present crushing mis fortunes oi the German armies."