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wAsmiiO's;; -SIDELIGHTS Senrice Club of America Proves Popular OTOS.—WMhlnston bai a htortoric Anar and Navj club. Uke elM connected with the war and navy department*, the andof the nation'* flshtlog force* overtaxed (hi* dull. Officer* swcr.ned to Waihlncton too fast to be ■ • abaotjed by the erlstlnE dub. Hence t-fiL, the Unite 1 Sendee Club of America had Ha Inception. But the Woahlnr 1 problem la not the only one the m dub hopes to meet. Henceforth lean wffl tat

ENGINES HADE FOR RUSSIA WORK FOR U. S. A.

WERE GWEN TIME TO GET AWM

Hie Tuscania Remains Afloat Two Hours

BUT SHE IS BADLY LISTED

t officers put thetr heads t t Capt L. H. Ellison, t

U. 8. IL and Lieut. B. C. Won. Infantry. H. A. Secretary gtrt them hU hearty Indoraemeat of a project they worked tee dab, to be launched In Washington .with nuxlUartea wher

f the army and nary are eathwed.

Washington home was leased awl opened as the beaduuarten dub. This home la the stHcalled Weptlntbouee mansion. 150C eet. fadny Dupont drde. It was built by Jamea O. Blalna * to hla eon, was occupied for a brief time by Joaeph Letter, and e hands of the Weattnfhouse family, and new U the property

Marked wtth the Insignia of tbeTO’Wimeul railway*, engines made for Russia, whlrii have not been »hlp|>«d because of the uncertainty of tbe sitnntion there, are doing duty “amneti-bere In New Jersey" hauling long lines of cocl r shoulder strap*. Last No-! curs to pin res where the fbel is greatly needed. The tender Is marked U. 8. A, and the engine la one of tbe many now r to find a way to meet owned by the government and l-elng used to relieve tbe coal situation,

i. U. 8. H.; Capt. T. H.

; Take Up Study of Navigation

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Revival of. Seagoing Spirit

Arouses Widespread Inter-

_ __ est in the Subject

r has tbe dob become that options already have been attained

r 2^.rs,iss; schools teach the scekce i to be had for officera who remain bore fo^ a time, OURUULO ILKUll I Hi.

floor la given over to a barracks to accommodate the overflow

rto . tot., « m « a-B »«, Claim toto C-,.ucto

by Recruiting Service of United State* Shipping Board—12,000

New Officer* Needed.

the Freaks Found in the Patent Office

that the one place In all tbe United 8i*i- where freak* to be found m great abundance wag tbe petmt office at ly toM the troth. Tbe craxlert offspring* of the human

be found In the various

- which go forth oach nicm fficc Almost daily ggc^ of ua offer* a modd ~ r

which wlH beaeut the

' Washington.—One of the interesting feature* of the present great revival In seagoing spirit throughout the country Is the widespread popularity of tbe

study of navigation.

Report* reaching tbe United States shipping board Indicate lively Interest all over the country In the study of this ancient science, which helped make the nation greet In It* earliest

yeans of Independence.

Classes In navigation, conducted by | the recruiting service of the board, to 1 train officers for the ships of tbe new merchant marine, are being conducted nn both coasts and on the Great Lakes,

nest tor noaproGuruve e«c n«o*. The h*n kJU in tbs candidates for admission come from Jch contains a hole abowt three Inch*, to dtoamter. ,. u . ry section of the Cnloa. down it drops through the bate tuto a box prepared n u cause of lids nation-wide Intermbreakage. and when (be «M ben rises no eg* 1* te ,. tt aarigatloo is to be found In tbe

■th lays another abated j jjgantlc tlevelopmcnr of the country a

i merchant tunriiw. It Is anticipated

)a ten ted, so that a horse | aml lp> , tUan 12^00 new officers like a sheet of chained , tt1l , u . r^uirwl to handle the Aroeri-

some “rattlevrs will cause

003 years If they bnt

on the p«r«ct

Senator and the poles—to pass under a r. rtnln fixed point in the heaven* at on,-hour Intervals. F«ir determining longliade all chronotr.etera uaed on American and BrltUh •hips are set on tbe time of the meridian of Greenwich observatory. French ship# figure from the meridian of Paris. Knowing by his chronometer the time at Greenwich, and by observation of the sun at 8 a. m. or 4 p. m. his own time, tbe mariner, by tbe aid of tables, has only to find the difference In these two times, to find his distance to degrees from Greenwich. This found, the distance I* easily expressed In miles, and marks his position on his

chart.

"Dead Reckoning.” Prior to tbe perfection of the chronometer, the common method of determining longitude was by "dead reckoning.' that Ir. estimating a-ship's run day by day. by means of the log. rice for telling her speed by means of

astern, with a wooden “log" at the

end. slipped over the rail In a given number of seconds. TJils was uncertain. and baffling winds and foul

weather nude It entirely unreliable. Many fatal shipwrecks resulted from

mistakes In estimating a ship'* position by dead reckoning. England lost several of her best able* of war In the eighteenth century by their losing their bearings and crashing upon a rocky shore. One of It* bravest admirals Sir dondesley Shovel, lost his

Ufc In a wreck caused In this way. Tbe world owes much In navigation

to the Portuguese, as It was Princs Henry the Navigator of that nation, who collated all the ancient lore on the subject, In tbe fifteenth century, and pointed the way to better mean* of determining latitude than by the an-

cient astrolabe and cross staff. The sextant and chronometer were

both of English origin, however, and were brought out within five years of each other, the sextant in 1731 and the chronometer—an improved dock—la 1785. Modern navigation, such as so many Americans are studying today, may be Mid to date from the perfec-

tbe rate at which knots In a line, paid tion of these two Instrument*.

a arc a

ns than 85.000

Slippery Street and a Good Samaritan ativanm*** ill Studying navigation that

. I men will b

d horse ttmt rowMc’t skate. So he afippwd *• 41

frees bog s.od corapoee. Owe cat bofctod on a sack of something, atwswflcfi wwdw a quilt and with her has* hwnod sffl around wtth a ptok nffiy that had dated to the wash. The ' ism who

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craned Its fccadahaosaa

the borae .began to CM* and med to hold him ■*. toM k t coatd have given points to Mother Kve am

met, bwt helped along with cdvlee wto

Bag saumeot far a policeman to come along sad i * JUo “ •*

a time when

_ rsre so nmaer •s now. or so well developed. White the manner in which c aavtgnpor drtermlar* hi* Ship'* posIUoo on th* vast fear «f the deep mast clwny* be vsww-tblng «f a mystery to the land* man. It does not long remain so to tto Mswrwt studeat of navigation. Souk «f (to student, at shipping board ■rindi have been able, after thrr--vvrk* study, to detrrmlnr by oboer ectsoa the poalUoa of a Ship rt sea wRMc three relies, which Is coaridervl a rreditn'd* performance. The tore i-angst-ir*. on targe ships, wtow abh*o .toe* up tbrlr observatloos hy tto work M more than ooe observer, ssswr Uwmv do no boner. Early Navigation. In the early days of ocean us rig*

Aviator Dodges Huns 72 Days

Lieut Pat O’Brien of Illinois Tells of Wild Adventures in

Germany.

iUMPS FROM MOVING TRAIN

Amcrtaan Strategy Triowipha Over

ring white a

tto voy

hand la Jolly j

I set nun DCtwcrn imeiM

, -K- lumbered bach to tor BMl 'ben Coart to their deStlnstliH. •. who had lumbered back to tor aea. <VJntn ,, n . f .ji„ w -t ,hi. meitaM

Chicago.—Pst O'Briec of Momrnce, 111, U back from the IlghUng front. la th* British flying corps the young taan from Momcnce ta known as Lieut Patrick Aivs O'Brleo. He 1s fsm'ius for sever* I reasons. His real story began wtoo be made a descent of nsarty two miles Id hi* slrptaae after a Germaa bullet to the face bad rendered him onoocuriou*. The fall coat him a bump eo the head. Be jwm|*d out of tto window of a moving train oa his way to a German prtooa camp, and aaeaped. Then he spent 72 dsys la getting to Holtand. • distance of 290 miles ss tbe slrplsoe file*. A nd the story eod* with one of (to longeet Interviews with n king on record- ffl nilnwtes by tto* royal stopwatch. Many time* during those 72 nights of travel through Germany, Luxemburg, r.ud occupied Belgium. Amerlrnn -trntcgj trlutiipbed over German effl-

“F3r nearly o moc'.h afterward I thought my left eye was gone. The 1 are there yet. By the time the . stopped, s half-mile on. or more, is up and stumbled to s hiding plsce. Those Germans looked everywnere—on tbe side of the tracks to ward the border. I was In the opposite direction. “It was a mouth b-fore I got rid of iy English uniform. I stole a pair of overall, one night. I got a cap tbe next and a shirt later. A Belgian gave me a scarf. That was all tho help I got." As an appetiser Lieutenant O'Brien ate turnip. The entree was sugar beet, and the meal closed with a cabbage stump that even the Germans scorned. "And I never did like vegetables,” be said. "I hope I never hare to est

“Usualij." sold Lieutenant O'Brien.

_ __ __ _____ _______ *hcn a bunch of fellow* get together. f'olurabn* followed (hi* method, for ' h "l' **11 about women. But In our

ant of anything better. nr * 1 Prieoi Given sextant and chronometer it., mly about

svtgator today reduce, the Job «f

the outward virtue fl-ding hi. postUoa to one of careful

nnnd>-rs. we talked rape and food, anti got

• of either. There were right i going to an Interior prison

- - — I -, haipfBi. figuring- Lstltodc I* found by ot»rr wmn. and a guard ulth a rifle for ev

t the deed w« equally totpnu. ^ tbf ^ ^ two

.i/ubln t expect an earth earthly chap with an

lunch—and maybe before oato after—that prohHrithm hwd wat ye* r to spotheoolslng out« ‘ — “■

r Bamarltan of the Leap. From Train.

"We rode all day and all ulgfat.

n {wo place- i Twice ! put up the window to Jump ■ 1C the earth-a”surface, erprvtoed Ir. I nnd lost ray nerve. It l>«ked too much

ON cwmpoaer and arttot belongs tbs dlsttocfk* of tovto* | , rt , , hf rotation Ilka audd.-,, death As I put It up * torn th* Idea of (to unity of purpoa* of the t ai.»o . >f (l p ^ 24 b.,,,,, ngai,,. al-iut four In ihe morning, tbe tat of tor allies In tto great war. Till* has hero d<«>e in j rncridinn. 15 th-gree* apart—s i guard gu - — *

Iwing a line between th'- H was th

Composer Designs Flag of Allies ,

f Us

“I fait sure they would be on top of me la a few minutes,” he said, "so I ran upstream and swam back to the other side. I knew the way* of the Hun pretty well by then, 'nicy looked everywhere on th* other side, but not a aervnsn came near me. "One of the hardest thing* I did was to swim the Meuse river. I had all my clothe* on. to my boots, and the river was half a mile serosa. It nearly got me twenty-five fret from shore. 1 was choking, and I admit

praying.

“When I got up the hank I fainted. It w-as the only time I ever fainted." IJeatenai ( O'Brien could not speak German. As u l*oy. a Momence hnki r of Teuton origin taught him a phrase of German, but be did not know what It meant. It wa. some “ten lifetimes” after swimming the Meuse he found the nlm-foot dc-ith fence of tbe Holtand frontier. Death all hut got him then. a» hi. Improvised 'adder dropped him tin tbe charged w lrre. "A few ml nut.-* lot i-r." he said, "I could have trip|M-d the guard with my ladder. After he had gone I dug—dug a. I never dog before In my life. My hark we- Imlf in Inch from death when I crawled under and Into Holland.”

TELLS GHASTLY TALE i Inhuman German! Described by Holy City Refugee!.

trance wMh Its

[ainst autocracy nt the date m its rumple- i me Brasil has brought the number to 18 11 of Vial to are the flog, and It bear# lh« I rt -, sanctum of Secretary of State Lanaln*. lied by Second Aaaiatanl Kccretnry of State

r that 1a a symbol of eternity, wttk of purpose- -l« a abldd. the shield regie, in which protecting talon* Is nsocracy"—a arafiment particularly ,

Great Suffering Among Pooulatlen of Jerusalem After Germans Took Control.

i-xperietirre suffereV

GOING OVER TOP IS BETTER THAN FOOTBALL I Annistosi. Ata.—Tom McClure. fora» r Auburn football star. deHare* that suing over the top to • Frame beat, charging Into a opp».ing eleven. In a letter r rHvrd her- McClure tell* of g lug -over the top” With the < Foiled Steles engineer* four <

te* and her mother to reach Denver

after leaving Jerusalem.

"TV* witnessed the must heart-rend-ing Mcnr* while traveling through Austria.” the girl declared, •‘where rood* were tilled with cripples and fond wa* so M-nrce that the peasant, refn.-d to m-1I even small imnion. at fabulou. |irtce» offered by the trnv-

W#r Aids Bicycle Trade.

l<*g» - War has given new life to

. and they are I, for :be Amerirun nnd hi,-h are us—1 hart, of

Pig* fitay In City Um

ihrtve within the l-,! ifi'-raentoBS guestlon i."t »iM-rtpl election r

> K»>

«rotly- *hro Iha I arr 21. mt by a majorit/ I « m* loa

Makes It Hard To Lower Boats—Soma Jumped Into Sea, Other* Thrown Out—Wards In

Hotels.

London.—There was sufficient tiro* for removal of all those on board th* Tuscania. as she remained afloat tor about two hours after being torpedoed. Th* Tnacaata was oae of a convoy of troop and provision ships which, after a ton* passage across the Atlantic, was entering what until recently were considered comparatively safe water*. The ships were within sight of land, which wa* Just distinguishable in the dusk of evening, when a totpedo hit the Tuscan la amidships. The steamer took a heavy list, which made proper lowering of th* boats imprsoUcable. Some mem Jumped Into the sea. Other* were thrown into the water when the boats were lowered. Two Torpedo#* Fired. Survivor* report that two torvedoos were fired. Th# flast pasted Just nafern of the vassal. The second struck la the vicinity of No. 1 boiler. Tbe behavior of the greater past of the soidiere and in me bars of the craw was splendid A few of them became excited, hindering- the lowering of the boats. In some casiw tba entire crew* were thrown out while the boats were being lowered. Other boats were lot down hurriedly oa men who were swimming around th* liner. Many casualties were occasioned in this way. Women volunteer nuraas at Lam* attended to *UbUy taju-ed menWards were Improvised to boteta. Thirty seriously Injured men ware dispatched to local hospitals, where they are receiving careful treatment. The resources of Larne were taxed to th# utmost to provide food and clothing for the survivors. One of the men. who gwmm about for two hour* before he wa# rercued. Jokingly said he had had enough swimming to satisfy him for tbe rest of his Ufa f Many Jumped Over. Thomas Smith, of Glasgow, a boatswain's mate on the Tuvcanla. said the steamer waa proceeding to an English port under convoy. "At 6.45 o'clock on Tuesday crewing." be continued. "I wa# in Nw J room talking with a fellow boalowato whan I heard a terrific explosion and felt tba veasa! heeling over. 1 said to my mate: They’ve got her now.* V "We commenced lowering boats oa th* starboard aid* The soidirsw were lined up on deck walling for tbe boots. Unfortunately manv Jumped over-

board.

"I found the boat at No. 9 Mallow, to which I proceeded, had bean Mows to piece* I then helped to get boats 9 A. 9-H and 9-C away with full cotaplemenl* and tto second officer got boats 1 to 7 safely away. "After seeing these lauorbed 1 proreeded to the other deck where I launched a raft. I picked up 14 soldiers and two of the ship'* company who ware . wlmmlng about We had no oars and hxd to paddle ai.my with our hands. Wa were picked up at 9 o’clock to th* evening and landed Wednesday morning." The Aral survivors were landed *1 4 JO o’clock Wednesday morning. From then until "AM many patrol boats arrived, each bringing a foH complement of survivor*, the number of whom by that time had r,ached 560. Including 40 members of the Hard Te Lower Beau Janie- Alton Tnrrington. of Ntro Hampshire. * college stndeat. raid ”1 was on tbe upper deck when tbe torpedo struck the reeaei on tbe •tarbos id aide. There was a terrific ex plosion I went to the acaira to reach my station •'The dynamo waa blown up by tho . explosion, but the auxiliary plant waa put Into operation Immediately. "There waa great difficulty In lowering our lifeboat, tbe chain* being broken and the tackle* entangled. Several boats repaired and the struggle In the water of Uir men thrown out added to the tragedy "1 entered the boat with 4h others, but it became fllhd with wstce and we pad to Jump out. I caught two oars which bad been lashed together and held on. I wa# to the water lor three hour* bofure I waa picked up" 224 LOiT WITH SHIP. I British Armed Steamer Louvain Torpedoed In Mediterranean, i liondoo Tn* British armed board- ! inf steamer Louvain. Ueut -Com M G. ’ liaaton command!nr. was lorpedrwd i and sunk by a G« rman submarine in

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