Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1918 — Page 3

HOW SUBS WERE FOILED IS TOLD

Camouflage and Big Convoys ' Used to Make Our Ship- ; ~ Q •* '. • > a „ piny varv« BETAILS ARE MAK PUBLIC ' J ■'■'■ .’ 7 £ j&J - -i.- /•? - . ■-■ 1- - Official of United States Shipping t Board Describes Convoy's Activity From Timo it Loft New York. 'j New Yortt.’—With the need of ■£ icrecy ended by the cessation of fighting “on land, on sea and in the air” |the methods used to baffle the Hun submarines have been revealed by officers of the United-States shipping board.' They made public the details of convoy management and the proper camouflaging of grouped ships to make their destruction by undersea craft _<> ;-. • One of the officers begins his description of a convoy’s- activity from !the time it left the port of New York. “Once we were out In the stream,” be says, “we headed down the channel for the lightship, beyond which lour convoy and escorts were waiting ifor us. All were slowly under way (When we reached them. The ships of {different columns took their places, and after a few minutes* confusion, >nd lively wdrk on the signal halyards the other ships of the csnvoy got into place. “Guarded above by dirigibles, hydroplanes and anchored Walloons, and on the surface by a fleet of patrol boats ins well , as our ocean escort, we proceeded, and America soon dropped below the western horizon. At sunset ,we were well out to sea. ' Back to Primitive Methods. ’ "As In the army we have turned back to medieval helmets and armor, so on the water we have turned to medieval naval tactics; but Instead of convoys of Spanish galleons and frigates of the seventeenth century from the new world to the old, our convoys ■were American transports and destroyers. • “Even the old sailmaker aboard our ship, who had been on the ocean eVer since he shipped as cabin boy on board a down East blue noser 50 years ago, admitted the convoy game was a new one on him, and hung over the rail watching our many war-colored neighbors. “It is not hard to see why the convoy system was effective. Take the case of’a convoy of 25 ships (72 Is the largest inumber I’ve heard of In one convoy; our mate told me of being caught in a 72-ship convoy In a sailing ship In the Bay of Biscay). When these ships went in convoy Instead of there being 25 different units scattered afl over tbe ‘zone* for the U-boats to find, there was only one. That is, the Hun had only one bbance of meeting a ship where he had 25 before.. And if he did meet the convoy he found t - y

AMUSEMENT FOR WOUNDEDTOMMIES AT DEAL

These Tommies, who have done their part nobl* in the victorious struggle against the Hun, are teen here showing great Interest in the fine codling caught by Mrs. McHutchlns, winner of the ladies’ sea angling competition at Deal. - • • r ""

SHE KEEPS ’EM HAPPY

Red Cross Worker Tells Fortunes for Boys. Relieve* the Monotony for Wounded Yankee Soldier* lh the Hospital*. By GERTRUDE ORR. “Ton will receive a letter in a few days which will bring you good news , . . Um! Yes, and you are going to receive a present, from a ladytdonde, whom you are going to meet “Trust Hefty, there, to meet the blondes," drawled a lanky Southerner, • and the group of interested soldiers clustered about the fortune teller shouted in chorus, “Oh, oui! He’s . there with the blondes F 4 Hefty looked embarrassed, but “Tell me some morel" heurged, and the fortune teller, conning the cards.

sole business was sinking submarines. He found, too, 25’lookopts on watch for him, 25 sets of guns ready for alm. where there were but one each before. It the Hun showed himself to a convoy and its escort, the odds were that he was due for a quick trip to the bottom. ' - .. “The usual convoy formation was in columns tn a rough square. This was the most compact, and the Inside ships were practically immune from attacks The escorts circled the convoy, if necessary, and the outside ships concentrated their fire on any submarine that appeared. > • 7; “Convoys were made up at different speeds, and even the rustiest old tramps were provided for in a six-knot class. . “In spite of this,? some captains’ imagination always tacked “ a couple of knots to their ship’s speed. There seemed to be a nautical version of ’Home, Sweet Home’ —*be it ever so humble, there’s no ship like mine,’ and vessels making nine knots on Broadway make a bare seven off Fire island. “It was remarkable what a snappy

CANADA REBORN AS WAR RESULT

Dominion Proud of Its Record in Battle Finance and Industry. '• KEEN TO RENEW PROGRESS Discovers Not Merely Gallantry of Her Soldiers, But Brains, Capacity and'' Efficiency of Her Whole People. Toronto. —It is a new (panada that emerges from the world war —a nation transformed from that which entered the conflict In 1914. More than 50,000 of het sons He in soldiers’ graves In Europe. Three times that nutaber have been more or less Incapacitated by wounds. The cost of the war In money Is estimated to be already $1,100,000,000. These are not light losses for a country of .8,000,000 people. Fortunately, there Is also a credit side, Canada has “found herself’ in this war. She has discovered not merely the gallantry of her soldiers, but the brains and capacity and efficiency of her whole people. In every branch. In arms, in Industry, In finance, she has had to measure her wits against the world, and in no case has Canada reason to be other than gratified! Of the glory that is Canada’s because of the gallantry and endurance and

read for the wounded soldier a coming day of good luck when muddy trenches, shivering nights under bombardment and aching shrapnel wounds would be forgotten except as a hale of hard work/wen done to crown the days of peace with content. The gipsy, in her scarlet kerchief, has always plied her trade profitably. An American Red Cross worker, in a Parts hospital, has discovered that the scarlet kerchief is not a necessary te for drawing a clientele. She began telling fortunes one afternoon just to while away an hour for a boy ‘ who had begun to lose interest tn get-' ting well. He Was restless and weary. For four months he had been lying in the same bed; other patients had come and gone. “You’re going to have an interesting adventure tomorrow, predicted tne Red Cross lady, and the following day I a pal with whom Hefty had trained in the States and whom he hadn’t seen for six months, was carried into

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| like k second grand fleet; zigzagging ‘dark 1 through a black night, not a ray of light. showing anywhere if they were in the danger zone or a tin fish Color Schemes Are Bizarre. I war brought no stranger speck«cle then that of a convoy of steamsWpa plowing •*J«»g through .the middle of the ocean streaked and bespotted indiscriminately with, every color of the rainbow in a way more bizarre than the wildest dreams of a sailor’s first night ashore. ’ ' “The effect of good camouflage was remarkable. I have often looked at a fellow -ship in the convoy on our quarter on exactly the same courses we were, but on account of her camouflage she appeared to be making right for us on< course at least forty-five degrees different from the one she was actually, steering. 7 “The deception waaremarkable even under such condltK us as these, and of course a U-boat, with its hasty limited observation, was much more likely to befooled. ' ’ “Each nation seemed .to have a chartype of camouflage, and after a little practice you could usually spot a ship’s nationality by her style of camouflage long before you could make out her ensign.” %

brains of her boys at the front not the half has yet been told. “The most formidable fighting force in Europe” is not a phrase of empty words. Characteristic of all that has gone before is the fact that the last act before the curtain, was rung down on the drama of war should be the capture of Mons by„the Canadian corps. No Canadian, when he heard that it was reserved to "Canadians to retrieve the great tragedy to the original British army In August, 1914, but felt his pulse jump atfd the red blood surge through his veins. ; Beat Fourth of Hun Army. These boys who went from Canadian firesides, who never heard the jangle of a sword previous to 1914. in the last four months have met the flower of the German army, vaunting warriors who had given their lifetime to preparation. Divisions totaling one-fourth of the entire German army were in this period, met in succession and vanquished by four divisions from Canada. Nor have the people at home been lagging behind the boys at the front in courage, resourcefulness and efficiency. The development of GanadaZfi war Industry is an industrial romance of front' rank. American government officials can testify-to the efficiency of the manufacturing plant Canada has built up in four short years. In department after department, where they found American industry failed them, they were able to turn to Canada. The full story may be revealed some day. In finance, Canada before the war was always a borrower hnd expected to be so for many years to Come. But for a year and a half Canada in finance has been “on her own.” More than that, she has been furnishing large credits to other nations.

Having triumphed over the sonitesting crises of war, Canada faces an era of peace with more than confidence —with buoyancy. A vast program of reconstruction and of development awaits. The country is eager to get at it and "ts impatient for the government to. give the word. Public works of trenlendous importance, silent since 1914, are awaiting labor soon to be available. Shipbuilding, railway equipment, steel production and many other industries will, under proper direction, go forward with a bound. A Canadian commission under Lloyd Harris, fresh from Washington, Is headed for Europe for the purpose of securing orders for Canadian Industries for the reconstruction of Europe. There is no room in Canada today for the pessimist. In-four years Canada has trebled her agricultural production. In ten years one . railway’* earnings rose from $40,000,000 to $140,000,000. In 80 years Canada’s savings banks deposits have increased from $133,000,000 to $1,733,000,000. Like figures could be quoted indefinitely.

ward and placed in the bed beside him “She’s a wlz,” announced Hefty t< the ward, and- the Red Cross ladj found herself Swamped with demands for seances. She sees only happiness and good fortune ahead and the convalescents, with a newlnterest in life, find the days go less slowly when something good awaits them just around the corner. They know it’s good lock because' “The Red Cross lady says so—she saw It In the cards.”

MAKES “NIGHT OWLS" DIG FOR SMOKE FUND

' _ Seattle. —A number of the Regular roomers te the hotel Virginia here 'have a habit of coming te after midnight The landlady, Mrs. Clarke, now fines each one of her roomers who arrives after 12 midnight and terns the money Into the “our boys te France tobacco fund.”

AUGUST KIECKHEFER DEFEAT'S CANNEFAX AND RETAINS THE WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP

Champion Three-Cushion Billiardist Kieckhefer.

August Kieckhefer ot Chicago, world’s three-cushion champion, successfully defended his title against Bob Cannefax of St. Louis, former title holder and challenger. - 0 * The victory made his sixth successive win In a title match, a world s record, Kieckhefer also holds the record for short innings, having defeated O. A. McCourt of Cleveland 150 to 83 in an aggregate of 132 innings. The world’s championship three-cushion matches were begun in 1907.

JACK BARRY IS BADLY HURT

Former Red Sox Manager Suffers .injury to Knee and May Never Play Ball Again. Jack Barry, former star of the Mackmen and later manager of the Boston Red Sox, is confined to the Stillman infirmary at Cambridge, Mass., suffering from water on the knee. ■ • The Injury was the result of a fall which Barry sustained some time ago. He is a student at the Officers’ Mate-

Jack Barry.

rial school, conducted by the navy department at Harvard university, and was studying to obtain a commission as an ensign. The injury is said to be of such grave nature that it is likely to keep Barry from ever again being able to hold a place in majorleague bakeball, should he desire to return to the national pastime when Uncle Sam’s forces are demobilized. Barry did little playing during the past season, and the fact that he is years old will mitlgatearalnst his ever playing again under tnb-blg top.

SEE GREAT BOOM IN SPORTS

Many Returning Canadian Soldier* Have Picked Up New Game* While Fighting in France. /:■ ■ —— . • Canada Is looking forward to a great boom in all branches of sport with the completion of peace. The devotees of football, lacrosse, soccer, cricket, track and field athletics, lawn/bowlers, baseball, the turf and kindred recreations, are already pricking up their ears. “Canadian Sportsman” is quoted te the Hamilton Herald as saying: “An important factor will be the return of Canada’s 400,000 soldiers from France. These ,men have learned hoW to become participants in sport, and they have learned many new forms of sport. They have been bring in the oped and they wifl want considerable outdoor life, when they get back; Outdoor sport will appeal to them as it has ngver done before.” The fact that mafcv of these returning athletes are will not bar them from particWtlng te many forms of sport. Some of the apparently hopelessly /handicapped ones have already proved their surprising ability. _/

RUTH HAS PECULIAR RECORD

Borton Red Box Versatile Player Drew 57 Base* on Balls and Struck Out 58 Time*. -- -■> * ' *>•' Babe Ruth, the Red Sox pltcher-inflelder-outfielder, had & peculiar record. In 95 x games he drew 57 bases on balls and fanned 58 times. He had 26 doubles, 11 triples and was high with 11 home runs. He scored 50 runs and made 95 safeties.

SHOOT THE UMPIRE!

During a lull in one of the “qtiiet sectors” of France — spots where the opposing troops only go through the motions of warfare and give each other due notice when they are going to drop afiy shells, a ball game was started by American soldiers, and was watched with much interest by the 'Germans in the hostile trenches. In the seventh inning a German megaphoned across the open space, “Better go under cover now—a general is coming, and we must shoot something!” And toe doughboys, as though trained In ai regular chorus, shouted back: “AH right—shoot the umpire I” a<7 /

RENAISSANCE OF ALL SPORT

Baseball, Boxing, Tennis and Other Forms of Athletic Activity to . Gain in Popularity. .With the end of the world war, the renaissance of sport should begin at once. In the next few years baseball, football, boxing, tennis, racing, golf and other forms of athletic activity should attain a popularity never before known. The wonderful work of the United States army in France attests to- the value of athletics in the training of men as nothing else could, writes John P. Sinnott in New York Evening Mail/ Our boys were not bred soldiers. They were bred athletes. But it did not take them long to acquire such military training as fitted them to more than hold their own on the battlefield with the picked troops of the German empire. There will be plenty of baseball the coming year. The game has spread to France, England and Italy. Whether or not the big league stars in the army and navy are mustered out in time to play in 1919, there seems to be little doubt that the National and American leagues will resume playing.* " The nation will demand its national game. It will need it as never before. It will need and desire all other forms of competitive sport. ‘A renaissance Is at hand.

IRISH DON’T LIKE BASEBALL

First International Contest Did Not Take With Native*—Game Played on Muddy Field. Irishmen in Ireland must differ from those in the United States, or the real sports have all gone to war. A Dublin dispatch says that the first international game staged there several days ago between a team composed of American troops and a squad made up . of Canadian soldiers did not seem to take very well with the Irish population. / ; The weather, it is believed, is the main reason for Dublin turning down the game. It was played te puddles and the men taking part in the game were mud from hgad to foot, which evidently did not agree with the Irish sport idea.

PLAYERS COME FROM SOUTH

Georgia Tech la Mort Representative Southern Eleven That Football Ever Produced. ’ The Georgia Tech eleven is the most representative Southern eleven that football ever produced. Eight of the regulars are native-born Georgians, the ninth comes from Florida, the tenth from South Carolina, while the Guyon, the Indian—halls from Magdalena, N. M. Of the 24 men in the squad, 20 are Georgians, while the other four are from Florida, South Carolina, New Mexico and jdFeotaa.

EDDUE NEARUNG HAD TO DEFEAT BORRELL

His Captain and Crew Bet on Him So He Lands Money. ■' Story Goes to Show Natural Rivalry Between Various Branches «f American Military Service— FolfoWed Orders. They tell • story about Eddie Nearing, a middleweight boxer, now aboard an American warship, which goes to show the intense natural rivalry between the varies branches of the American military It seems that Nearitag’s Iffißrwas being held up at a French port some time ago and thatfhe members of the crew, including Nearing,, were allowed 'to take, a jaunt to Paris. There, in their meanderlngs, they met up with members of the crew of another American vessel which boasted of Joe Borrell, a former Philadelphia middleweight The argument regarding the respective merits of Borrell and Nearing waged heavy between the crews, until finally it was arranged that the two boxers would meet To settie the dispute. Nearing was not on hand when the discussion arose but that did not matter to the gobs. He was signed up by proxy to battle Borrell. 7 On returning to the vessel Nearing was notified by the captain that a match had been arranged for him, "Who’s the guy Pm to meet?” asked Nearing. “What’s the difference who he IsF answered the captain. "I don’t remember bls name, but I do know that I have SIOO posted on you and you’ve got to come through and win.” Orders is orders in the navy and so Nearing just had to beat up Borrell. Incidentally he saved the captain’s hundred and won a pile of change for the other members of the crew, all of whom put their month’s salaries on Nearlng’s chances. What could a fellow do but win under such circumstances?

COMEDY FOR BASEBALL FANS

President of'San Francisco Would Hire Nick Altrock and Others to Amuse Spectators. « After-wor fashions will give us a lot of fiew things In many endeavors and it will bring new things into professional baseball, too. Take the idea of Dr. Charles H. Strub, president of the San Francisco club of the Pacificcoast league, as an example. The doctor wants comedy and “a little jazz in the game. Here’s what.be suggests: “If I have my way we will instill a little jazz into baseball out this way next season. I want men like Nick Altrock, Germany Schaefer and young Sawyer, real baseball comedians, in the league to put a little life into the sport If I can I will get one and possibly two of these men for the local club to do utlHty roles And furnish some fun for the fans. The games here last yeas were too dead. I want a fighting ball club and a noisy one.” ■

BEST OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Paddy Brlscoll, Former Northwestern Star, Plays Sensational Game 'Aaainst Rutuers. 8 Any question about J. L. . Driscoll, the former Northwestern uAiversity star footbafi player, being one of the best that ever played the game must have been removed when he scored

Paddy Driscoll.

six touchdown* and kicked six gobis for the Great Lakes naval training station eleven against Rutgers college. He furnished one of the best exhibitions of individual playing ever seen te New York city.

BOB SUMMERVILLE IS HURT

California Heavyweight Boxer Lose* Leg Fighting the Gm man* in Franc*. - Bob Summerville, the Los Angeles heavyweight, has just written friends in Los Angeles that he lost a leg while fighting the Germans. He was a member of the early draft contingent, being sent to American Lake, ami was among the first of ths drafted men to set foot te France.