The Exeter Advocate, 1919-2-6, Page 3s,•
MAKES PORT AFTER
30 DAYS AT SEA
. OFFICIAL HONOR•
Il"F annotate,
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ae. Browas
SUBMARINE CHASER „ ' 'USES lla1 nignht Cmnmon. .
SAILS OFBED CLOTHESo.er of the Order
.of the British
Empire is the re•
Engines Break Down, Despite Apple -
ration of Salad Oil . and Rutter
When Oil Gives Out,
Haw the crew of a submarine
chaser rigged up bed elethes as sells,
their signals of :distress failingto
br`.n,;, hap after the vessel's engines
t, ere disabled and ler navigating sating in -
Arun, ('inti washed ever itoa I'd hi mid -
ocean, avid how they piloted the crd
through the open sea for a month
until they reached A.the ;Azores, is
graphically described in the report of
Alexis Puluhen, the sailing 'neater in
command, which has just been made
public by the U, S. Navy Department.
The submarine chaser, which was
called No. 28, was American built and
one ofa group • turned over to the
French government. planned by
I'rcnch crews the vessels left the Ber-
mudas
er-xaudas on January 7, 1918, and soon
struck heavy weather. The tugs and
chasers found it hard to keep to-
gether, In a terrific storm. on Jan,
12 the tug convey was scattered and
No. 28 lost eight of her companions,
Heavy seas carried away her life-
boats, davits, hoaxes of eoel and gas-
oline and ventilators, The engine
room was flooded, but the crew man-
eged'to start one engine and keep the
veese1 going. When the weather
=aerated eonim.hat No. 28 started
nut in stn eh o2 her convoy. She
then developed engine trouble, and
the shortage of lubricating ail be-
ei,t+nne e''rmin:;.
Although the erew worked frantie-
a •ly they could not locate the trouble
and the engines finally went "dead."
S`'a,lsmarine chaser No. 28 was there-
fore helplee; , and although many sig -
i ie of distress were sent up nobody
tick -reed to :'lee them.
Reported at the Azores.
When the group of chimers reached
ins, Freinch port, No. 28 was reported
missing, and it was generally believed
=e1n had been. lost, Then an. Feb. 18,
'Leh to the surprise of both the
French end American navy depart-
niente, s1<e eras reported at the Azores.
T e ennetliente to which the crew
of the vessel resorted to in their
* ,cz th at sea are best related in the
eiling master's own report:
"The machinists set to work to fix
the ennines, and on Wednesday, Jan.
10, at midnight, the central engine
started up. I set course east. There
wee nothing in sight. At 3 a.m. we
.,+:ain broke down. At 3.30 a.m., I
Saw the tights of two steamers to
poet on the horizon, headed east. I
,,?.owed to red Hellen at the masthead
and signalled to them with the blink -
e>. They did not answer nee and
conthwed on their course to the east.
"The boat continued stopped and
the rnrVninists kept at the renair of
the engines. I kept pumping the
bilees, where the water reached a
height of twenty inches. The boat
/retie a lot of water from: the spring- ,
nig of her seams.
"At ten minutes to twelve a,m, I saw
the mast of a scout boat on the hori-
zon to the northwest. Considering my
boat to be in a critical condition by
glee son of the length of time it had
been disabled and the near exhaustion
of my lubricating oil, I fired a salvo
of six shots and hoisted the signal of
distress. I obtained no answer and
could see nothing more of them a few
minutes later. At noon the centra
encine started up; course east. No-
thing in sight., At one p.m. a newt
breakdown of the engine. The chief
machinist, Faignou, reported to me
that the lubricating oil was all gone. '
Thereupon I used soap suds and sev-
eral
everal greasy substances to replace the
oil, but these gave bad results.
Buttered the Engines.
"I then gave all the salad oil and
butter for the lubrication of the en-
gines. These latter gave very good
results, but were not sufficient. There
was about five gallons. At twenty.
minutes to six p.m. the engine started
up; course east, nothing in sight.
"At half -past eleven pan. another
and last breakdown of the engine and
burning out of the dynamo. The chief
machinist reported to ine that he
would not be able to make the engines
run any more. The radio would not
work. It was impossible for me to
call for help. There was nothing left
me aboard buta few pints of salad
oil, which I used only •for the lubri-
eation of the auxiliary engine with
which I pumped bilges when the state
of the sea was such that I could not
(hand the handy -billy ( d pump),
"I found myself, therefore, in
orm
piete distress, drifting toward
the
southeast, at the mercy of the winds•
and sea, with no e?.aet position. I
estimated my position at this time as
thirty-six degrees, ;.thirty minutes
north latitude, and thirty-nine de-
grees, west longitude (about seven
hundred miles from the Azores).
"I retrained in this condition until
-the eighteenth of Feb. without getting
help of any kind. I ordered a jury
bug rig to be got up, pumping the
bilge '1 e all the , time,puttingout and
taking in a sea anchorwhen I thought
it well to use it, sparing the drinking
•sateias much as posible rationing
oniig
the crow' to the lowest possible
amount, in view of the probability of
stint of the verb
line services rein
tiered by the Euro-
pean Manager of
the C. P, R. to the
I Brit1ei Govern-
rrent, .for whom
he acted as As•
distant Director
of Transport dur-
ing the last three
years of the war.
"G. AMI,,, " as lie
is popularly
known,- both . in:.
Canada and the
Old • Country, . le
the sou of Adam
Brown of Hanmii-
ton.P. Ontario, and
was born in 1865.
In 3387 he wee,
appointed agent
of the Canadian
Pacific Railway at
irraacouver, pro ` ,�,33 ' , ap3x ry ?s�
�` •, I'r`e 'It ". '-1
anoted five yea,s I' � •� '. -� �. ,.:,,,.
later to be Asst.
•, General Passes. Sir Gcarge. Mai. Brown,
ger Agent, Western Division, and subsequently became in turn Beam re
Agent, Superintendent of Hotels, and Dining and Sleeping Car Dept.. and
Ceueral Passenger Agent_ C. P. R. Atlantic Steamship Lines. Ian 1908 he
was appointed General European Traffic Aent, and in 1910 General Euro,
peon Manager, with head offices at 02.5 Obeying Cross, London, S.W.
Col. George McLaren Brown, says a friend writing in the "Montreal
f'art'ttv;' is oue of those rare men whose friendships are equal to the num.
ber of their acquaintances, To all in that wide circle the announcement of
the new honor which has been conferred upon biin comes as pleasant and
very welcome news. It is a recognition of qualities and services whicne
they all know him to possess and to have rendered. The reputation whittle
he enjoyed in Canada, not alone in the railway world, has been enhanced
in proportion to his larger opportunities as European Manager of the Cana/
dian Pacific Railway in London. and the value of his service in the organn
nation and direction of troop transportation during the war eau hardly be
overstated. It was as successful as it was onerous, and although, given
with no other thought than that of duty, we s none the less tleserving of reecg.
nilieu now accorded. It was but ono,if the chief' of bis war activities,
which were in fact as varied as were the demands upon his help and counsel,
In all this McLaren. Drown bas been true in both impulse and action to the
stock .of which he comes. Similar impulses, Sinding similar e.:press ou
having regard to place and circumstances, have charrrterized the long and
Itcuorablc career of Adam Brown, his father, now and for many years Post-
master at I3amilton. Active and successful In commercial life, a pioneer in
railway development, and one of the fathers of the National Policy, Adam
Brown at ninety-six, is still young in spirit. giving largely of his time and.
sunstanee in philanthropy, and to the support of war relief organizations.
ns is the father, ,;o is the son, strong in his undertakings and, withal 4
thoughtful, kindly gentleman.
a long voyage; putting out and tak-
ing in the sails according to the con-
dition of the weather and the direc-
t' tion of the wind, and endeavoring to
make headway east by compass in an
effort to reach the Azores. The winds
were favorable, blowing generally
Ifrom the westerly quadrants and
changing at intervals from north-
west to southwest.
t "On the 8th Feb. at half -past nine
in the morning, I saw a steamer about
four points to port and crossing oar
course not far away. The weather
was fine, the sea very beautiful. I
at once hoisted signals of distress and
got out the lifeboat manned by two
volunteers and ordered it to get in.
the path of the steamer and speak to
him, but when he arrived at a dis-
tance of about five miles and was
bearing about two points forward of
the port beam, the steamer changed
course suddenly and put on all steam.
I immediately filed a salvo of seven
guns at intervals of one minute, in
accordance with the rules of distress
signals,, but he did not answer me and
continued to run away. At fifteen
minutes past eleven he disappeared
over the horizon, heading about south-
west.
"The conduct of the crew was mar-
venous throughout the voyage. They
retained at all times their habitual
calm. They never complained of the
smallness of the ration which it was
necessary for me to restrict them to,
and thereby showed a grand spirit of
sacrifice and self-denial.
Steered by Sails.
"On Feb. 18, at half -past six a.m.,
I saw land one point on the port bow,
bearing north 56 degrees east by
compass, I headed over and took a
sounding from time to time. At
eleven a.m., as the ship was going
very slowly because of the • light
breeze from the west that prevailed
and the sea was very calm, I had the
lifeboat hoisted out and manned by
three volunteers for the purpose,
first, of reconnoitering the exact na-
ture of the land, and secondly tohave
a tug sent out. I -hoisted at the same
time the signal `Y1'—`I require a
tug.' At one p.m. _I recognized Fayal
to port: and Pcio to starboard. • At.
half -past two p.m. I saw a tug coaling
from port and heading for Me. At
three p.m. I doused' thesails; made of.
tablecloths, sheets, bedspreads and
blankets. ,
"At twenty-five minutes past three
t11e Sin -Mao took mein tow and
brought me into the port of Herta."
Frost -Work.
These, winter nights against my
window pane
Nature with busy pencil draws
designs
Of ferns and blossoms and fine spray
of pities,
Oak -leaf and acorn and fantastic
vines,;
Which she will hake when summer
comes c again,
Quaint ,arabesques .in argent, flat and
cold,
Like curious Chinese etchings. By
and by,
Walking garden as of old,
g m y leafy
These frosty fantasies shall charm
ny eye
In azure, damask, emerald and gold.
ORIGIN OF ARMY CUSTOMS
Some of Them Date Back to Ancient
Roman Days.
Petulantly detaching from his hat
brim an imaginary bug, the soldier
stood at attention.
It is the salute—the "snappy" sal-
ute now deemed most correct and ex-
ressive of soldierly alertness.
This paticular kind of salute is
rather new. Formerly the proper
method in all armies was to raise the
flattened hand to the hat or cap with
palm to the front. Sharp and quick,
of course, but a different kind of
notion.
It had a meaning. By origin this
salute dated back to very early times,
when assassinations were frequent. It
signified that the hand, with palm'
outward, concealed no dagger or other
weapon.
The salute with the sword dates
back to the Crusades, when, as a sign
of obedient acceptance of orders, that
weapon was lifted so that the hilt
(forming with the blade a cross might
be kissed. Thus the good knight
pledged himself to duty, with God as
his witness.
Military customs are perpetuated
through habit of discipline, and so
have a tendency to survive long after
their origin has been forgotten. At
the funeral of an officer cif' in a
mounted branch of the service) his
horse, saddled and fully equipped, is
led behind the vehicle (usually an ar-
tillery caisson) that bears the coffin.
His army boots are in the stirrups,
but placed heels to the front to show
that his long march is ended.
Three volleys are fired over his
grave. . Why? Because the ancient
Romans threw earth three times upon
the coffin .of a fighting ".man at the
burial service, calling him three times
by name as they.did so.
The 'sounding of "taps"—ordinarily
meaning "Lights outl"—is, On the !�
other hand, relatively modern. As
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A Winter Evening on the Farm.
Out of the west one level ray
Leaps before the close of day
I And bathes the hills in rosy stains
And gilds the burnished weather
vanes;
Then all at once the red sun drops
Behind the keen -edged mountain tops,
And purple shadows swarm the hill
In silent companies. But still
Against the sunset's fading walls
One gaunt and rigid oak tree sprawls,
Misshapen, weather-beaten, carved
In ebony, and reaches' starved
Old frozen fingers up to hold
The last dim shred of dwindling gold.
While the day crumbles in the west
The farmyard slowly sinks to rest.
Deep in the barn a lantern lights
The fanner as he puts to rights,
Slzowiug the gleam of milking pails,
Old harness, rows of swinging tails,
And fetlocks buried deep in straw;
And in the loft's capacious inaw
Browntods of hay, like unkempt hair,
Pulled loose and hanging in the air.
In finds the blade of an old axe
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Tlscac Who Served in 01 nun Sta es
of War,
When you see anyone wearing a
bronze star with no clasp, but with
a red, white and blue ribbon, you will
know that he was one ef the first to
, volunteer. The star will denote that
be or she (for nurses are included)
actually served in "a theatre of war"
between Aug. 5, 1914, and Dec. 31,
1915.
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T,r pl{�llt an.l lJ,s�-ra4L 4o 4 44•F Mse
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lecl Every colt should b;: trained ben
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Two Aspects.
Two soldiers were conversing. One
asked the other what made hien en-
list, "Why, I had no wife and chile
dren—no one but ni,'self to think ef;
and, besides, I like war. But how
came you to join the army?" "Weil.
;'all see, I had . wife,. and I' joined lit
army because I likes peace.'?
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The Martinet,
Strict discipline is excellent, it is
essential, but the martinet carries
discipline too far.
The martinet colonel gathered his
officers about him last mouth and is-
sued orders for the regiment's forth-
coming train journey to their homes..
"1 don't object to an innocent good
time on the men's part during this
train journey," he said. "bat you will,
of course, see to it that there's no
cursing or profanity, no skylarking,
no card playing, and as little cigar-
ette smoking as possible."
"Pardon me, colonel," said a thnid
voice.
"Yes, captain, speak up. What is
it?„
"Pardon me, colon], but 'would you
object if I took along a little' plain
sewing to occupy my company and
myself ?"
MONEY ORDERS.
Ply your one -of -town accounts by
Dora pion Express Money Orders. Five
Dollars costs three cents.
Self -Help.
Heaven helps those that help them-
selves," and a feeling of sturdy Eng-
lish independence, in contrast to the
nerveless expectation that the Govern-
ment will pat the food into a man's
morth, is displayed in an improvised
notice in one of the main arteries of
Central London—"Rubber soles and.
heels fitted by one of the Old Con-
teniptibles," etc. There follows a dir-
ection to an address in a little side
street.
lbsinard's X.5,0Artent Cures Colds, &a
Significance of fled.
Ethnologists say that of all bright
colors red is the favorite among pri-
mitive peoples, It excites to violence
in flags and uniforms.
acxs On the other hand, red has replaced
marking the end of the funeral Gere- And makes a cobweb by its side green in one respect as a restful color.
mony, it has 'a striking and beautiful I A thing of wonderment and pride. At great State functions out of doors
bolic si nificance. in India, such as a durbar, red umbrel-
sym g
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Hurrah! Httrrah ! Holw's This
Cincinnati authority sayscorns
dry up and lift out
with fingers.
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Hospital records show that every
time •you cut a corn you invite lock -
Jaw or blood poison,which i
sneedless,ellers
says a Cincinnati tuthotity, who tells
,you that a quarter, ounce of a drug
called ft•eezone can be obtained at lit-
tle.cost -frons the drug store but is suf-
ficient_to rid one's feet of every hard
or: soft corn or callus. -
You pimplyapply a few drops of
fr'eezone on a tender, aching corn and
soreness is ; instantly relieved, 'Short-
ly the entire corn.. can be lifted out,
rOot and, all, withuutepain.
This drug is sticky but, dries at once
and is claimed to: just shrivel up, any
corn without, inflaming or even . irri-
tating the surrounding tissue or skin.
if your wife wearshigh heels she
will be glad to know of, his.
"Some people are elevays too
busy to do anything but ban tall: d' bout
how buoy they ate."—"T"he, Gertl(,
At last the farrner's task is done,
An hour behind the setting sun.
He lifts the light down from the peg
and takes it with hint; leg and leg,
Lit by the swinging lantern, throw
Enormous shadows on the snow.
He stamps his feet, looks round once
mare,
Then stoutly slams the farmhouse
door.
And now, unless a shingle snaps
With cold, or icy finger taps
Against his window, silence falls.
Cattle are quiet hi the stalls,
The fox has left his rock lair,
And timid ,rabbits sniff the air;
The crow, perched in the frozen oak.
Ruffles his feathers for at cloak.
Then, after the last ; sound of day,
Sifting from veryfar away,
Without a breath, without a sound,
Without ii footfall on the ground,
Mysteriously comes, the `slow,
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