Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 206, 11 June 1919 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1919.

LOCAL BOY ON MINESWEEPER SEEINGjlCTION Karl Hanning Explains Process by Which "Apples' Are Brought to Surface. The following letter to the Palladium is from Karl W. Hanning, Richmond boy, who is aboard the U. S. S. Swallow In foreign waters: "I have received sereral letters elnce entering the service asking for some Interesting event which I could relate, but at the time of receiving them I bad nothing which I could send. Now since the war is over, the most interesting article I have seen in the papers is the question of The League of Nations. On this question

I know very little, but what I am go

ing to write on now is The North Sea mine barrage. - "My reason for writing this is that

I thought that a few readers of your

paper would like to know something

of mine sweeping, its pleasures, dangers and soforth. Before I start I want to say that the names of the sweepers are taken from birds, so

don't think I am talking of birds, instead of mine sweepers. 8weepers Work Together.

"Two sweepers work together. A heavy cable is run from the stern of one vessel to the stem of her sweeping pardner. The sweepers are about five hundred yards apart, and ae they move forward they drag this cable behind them, which is kept on the bottom by means of kites. These kites are weights, made of brass and

fastened to the cable.

"The mines are planted from a

depth of twenty-live feet to two hundred and fifty feet These mines are known as 'apples' to the boys on the sweepers, but the job of picking them is not one of pleasure, as you will soon see. The mines we are sweeping are mines planted by the United States, and to cause them to explode the ship does not have to come In con

tact with them, but when a ship or

submarine gets within a certain dis

tance from a mine they become a mag

net and draw a pin in the mine around

to a certain point which cause the

mine to explode. The greater the re

sistance, the greater the damage. Tha

mines are cut loose by the sweeping cable and those that do not explode when the cable reaches them colne

to the surface and are known as

floaters, and the only leasure we get

in sweeping mines is the pleasure of Shooting at floaters with a rifle. "The only danger in swooping; the mines is that one might explode too close to the ship, and tear a hole in her side, or it may cause a steann line to burst, resulting in a loss of property

and the injuring of men on watch, or

It may result in a total loss . of ship

and entire crew. With that ganger in

mind we eteam out to the 'aiiple orch

ard' to pick a few apples that were

intended for the kaisers ty-boats. Mines Drawn In.

"One of the most dangerous parts of the work is the hauling in of the

eweep caDie. Mines oecome entangled in the kite and .re hauled in to the stern of the ship, where, if

they are not seen in time, strike the side of the ship and explode.: So far

no . accidents have happened to the

Swallow, but the Turkey, had a part

of her stern blown off, and Bobolink

was put out of commission by one going off Just under her, killing her captain and blowing several men Into

the water. That was our first week's

work.

"Also two other tugs have been

damaged by mine explosions, but not to a serious extent.

"Whether or not this will prove to

be an interesting enough article to

print, I do not know, but is all I have at the present time. I have read several articles in the ' Palladium, and knew the boys by whom they were written, as I get most of the papers from home. Read one by Marlowe Kluter, and found It very interesting. He seems to be in a very warm cli

mate, but where I am now there is still plenty of snow and cold weather, man fleet. May be veryo. loktoq'H. . :

If you have a map handy you will notice the Orkney Islands are situated

at the extreme northern end of Scot

land. I am not very far from Scapa

Flow, which is the home of the in

terned German fleet. May be able to

get a story and a few pictures."

Canning dab Members

Witt Meet Thursday Girls of the recently organized Wayne Township Canning club are to meet in the High school cooking laboratory at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon for a canning demonstration by Miss Grace Hadley, county home demonstration agent. The cold pack method will be used. Friday afternoon at the same hour, the girls of the Township Sewing club will meet in the offices in the court bouse to receive Instructions for the Sewing work of the year. Miss Bertha Larsh of Garfield school, will be in charge of this meeting.

Wayne Fighter In Archangel

Thankful For Fruit Cake A letter from I Sprouse, a Wayne

county service man, who is now in

Archangel, Russia, with the 339th Infantry, Company F. A. E. F., has been received by the Wayne County War Mothers, who sent him a box of fruit cake and chocolate. The letter dated April 10, follows:

"I take this way to thank your or

ganization for the box which I received

the last week. I was on my way to the front and passed one of our sergeants on his way back and he gave

the box to me. You will well know

how good the fruit cake and chocolate

tasted, after marching for almost a

week In the cold and deep snow, see

ing nothing but pine trees as far as your eyes can see.

'Thanking you again for the box

and hoping to be back In good old

Richmond soon, I remain,

(Signed) "1m SPROUSE.

"P. S. I am glad to say all the

boys from home are O. K. here Just

now." .

THREE ASSESSMENTS RAISED BY BOARD

Assessment of corporations and the hearing of complaints of . taxpayers continued at the sittings of the county tax board of review, Friday. A city man came in to ask the

board to lower the assessment on one

of three pieces of property. They

lowered this assessment $30, but found

that his other two were low and rais

ed them $800 and $350 respectively.

Another property-owner thought his

assessment of $3,300 was too high but admitted paying $4,500 for the prop

erty. The board made it $4,200.

Only 45 complaints had been made

to the board until Wednesday noon,

an average of about five a day. Sev

eral corporation officials have been

called to explain ambiguous or incom

plete statements, but none nave ap

peared.

The corporations assessed Tuesday

afternoon and Wednesday are :

1918 1919

Fry Brothers ........$ 9,160 $14,000

Foster Drug Co ... 2,040 3,410

Gennett Theatre Co. . . 20,000 35,500

Gennett Corporation . . 22,270 Hackman-Klehfoth Co. 17,000 Empire Brass Foundry (new)

NO ROAD LEVIES TO

BE MADE IN JUNE

No road levies to determine the amount needed for the upkeep of the

township systems of roads will be made by the township trustees this month, contrary to the custom of many years past. Under the new tax law, the road

levies will be made in September. All township road maintenance will be by cash and will be administered by the trustees. In former years the levies

were partly in cash and were partly

carried out by work of the farmers

themselves.

WIRE RETURN BILL PASSED.

WASHINGTON, June 11. The Senate late yesterday passed the Kellogg bill for the repeal of the law authoriz

ing government control of telegraph

telephone and cable wires.

39,000

32,190

96,800

Local Artists Represented

In American Exhibition

George H. Baker and Mrs. Maude

Kaufman Eggemeyer, Richmond art

iste, are represented in the twentysixth annual exhibition of American Art, which opened May 24, and will continue until September 1 in the Cincinnati Art Museum. Mr. Baker has two pastels in the exhibit, "Autumn" and "Spring." Mrs. Eggemeyer's work in the exhibition is "Reflections," a painting of spring;.

Second National Bank Buys School Bond Issue . ; , The Second National bank purchased a $42,000 school bond issue, bearing 4 percent interest, maturing serially in 1931, from the Richmond school board, yesterday. The bank paid a premium of $35 for the Issue. The money will be used for the purchase of sites for two Junior high schools.

EARLHAM SENIORS

PLEASE WITH DRAMA By EMMA L. FETTA 'The Cassllls Engagement," as pre

sented by members of the senior class

of Earlham college before a capacity house in Llndley hall last evening was

a distinct success. Opportunities for dramatic skill were made the most of

by the cast.

Miss Wynema Binford, in the Tole

of Mrs. Barridge, a London cockney who grossly neglected her h's, brought

forth open commendation from her

audience. Her costumes were carefully chosen to express her social status

When Mrs. Barridge announced that she was "on" for a card game, when

she "turned in for the night," and later when she blandlyv agreed that

sne nersen wouia , enjoy staying on awhile at Deynham Abbey, the audience appreciation with hearty applause. Miss Zola Clark in the becoming role of Mrs. Cassllls, displayed perfect ease and a stately appearance. Mrs. Cassilis was distinctly a lady as was her sister, Lady Marchmont. Miss Katherlne Quigg appeared in this part to advantage, making an attractive member of the peerage. A reckless youth with admirable traits was Geoffrey Cassilis, in which role Lee Outland appeared. Stage appearance and ease are accomplishments of Outland, who also has a good voice and Interpretative ability. Hobart -Hoskins, taking the role of Major Warrington, a middle aged bachelor of dubious career, displayed professional ability. His whole atti

tude toward a situation which he found most amusing was typical, and more or less disastrous to the peace of Ethel, who could not but stretch forth her hands to the dance hall life he symbolized. Miss Dorcas Hiss, taking the role of Ethel Barridge, displayed perfect boredom, yawned, fumed and turned her heart back to London with its "regu

lar times." , Mrs. Herries,' played by Miss Ruth Brown, and Everett Hunt, taking tho part of the Rector displayed "country life interest in the affairs of the Cassilis family," and did it well.

Miss Althea Brown taking the role

of the loquacious and morose Coun

tess of Remenham, mother of a really charming daughter, Lady Mabel Venning, played by Ailsa Craig, was

successful. Especially did Miss Althea Brown hold the situation of guardian angel to her brother, the major. An attractive appearance was made

by Miss Craig who was the girlhood

sweetheart of Geoffrey. Lyle Power as Watson, butler at Deynham, Mabel Binford as Mrs. Cassilis's maid and two footmen, Leslie Meeks and Robert Petry, filled their roles well.

ELDORADO TO CELEBRATE.

ELDORADO, O. June 11. Thus far Eldorado is the only point in Preble county to announce a Fourth of July celebration this year. Plans thus far worked out for the celebration , include band concerts, baseball game, athletic contests and an address by Judge G. W. Mannlx, of Greenville.

Those in charge of the celebration are working out plans for a rousing welcome to returned soldiers of Eldorado and Preble county.

CONSTRUCT GREAT PIER

( Br Associated Press) PANAMA, June 11. The two American engineers who directed the build

ing of the new $3,000,000 pier on the

"Panama Huniil sailed todav for BuenSr

ventura, Colombia, to commence

construction of a five nunarea iou

concrete pier for the ColomDian government.

EX-SENATOR SPOONER DIES. NEW YORK, June 11. John Colt Spooner.- former U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, died at his home in New York early today.

MICHIGAN RATIFIES.

LANSING, Mich., June 11. The

Michigan legislature late Tuesday rat

Ified the Federal woman's suffrage

amendment. The action was unanl mous in both houses.

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We serve PRICE'S Ice Cream APPLE CIDER

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CORRECTION In our advertisement of June 1 0th, we were quoted as selling Ladies Black or White Tennis Oxfords, white rubber sole, top grade, at $1-69.

THIS SHOULD HAVE READ AS FOLLOWS Ladies' Black or White Tennis Oxfords, white rubber sole, top grade

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