CAPTAIN’S STORY OF GOING
DOWN WITH THE ARABIC
(By Capt. Finch Current Opinion )
The Arabic went down in less
time than any craft that has been
torpedoed since the war began.
“Reports have varied from ele
ven to fifteen minutes, but the
truth is that the ship disappeared
in just six minutes after she was
s truck.
“Of course, the fact that we lost
only thirty-nine out of the four hun
dred and twenty-nine on board was
due largely to the preparations we
had made aainst just what hap
pened. •IP
“But, in my opinion, had simil
arly favorable conditions surround
ed the torpedonig of one of the big
the loss of life would have much
greater, for thesimple reason that
the great distance from the boat
deck to the water makes successful
launching of heavy boats filled to
capacity almost impossible.
“Ever since the war began, on
every voyage in and out of Liver
pool I have practiced the same
caution as soon as we entered what
we supposed is the danger zone.
As a matter of fact, I, for one, do
not dare to try to put a limit on
this danger zone. It would not
surprise me in thg least to hear
of ships being sunk a hundred miles
or more to the west of the spot
where they caught us.
"In fact we were beginning t*
believe that we had passed the ex
treme limit of the submarine zone
a full half hour before we sighted
the Dunsley.
“Probably no ship has been better
prepared to meet or avoid a sub
marine since the war began. In
our engine room, where, instead of
the usual three shifts, we were
working only two through the
danger zone, the stokers and oilers
re-doubled their exertions after 1
had telephoned a warning.
“In the stem there were two
lookouts, in the crow’s nest two,
and in the bow two, besides three
of us on the bridge. Every one of
us was scanning every inch of sea
within reach of our glasses, but
there was never a sign of a sub
marine. How that German man
aged to spot us without showing
her periscope amazes me, but she
did it, too, when within less than
300 feet from us.
I was looking at the very spot
where he must have been laying
under the surface, for I saw the
greenish white wake of the torpedo
instantly it shot out its tube.
“I yelled to the man at the wheel to
port the helm in a forlorn hope the
old Arabic might answer quickly
enough to dodge, but it was abso
lutely impossible. The torpedo was
coming fifty miles an hour and had
only 300 feet to travel.
“In the few second that elapsed a
great many things happened. Al
most all the passengers were on
deck—another stroke of luck—look
ing at the Dunsley. Almost all of
them saw the torpedo and their
shouts told the operator In the Mar
coni house what had happened.
"The operator actually got off
two ‘S. 0. S.’ messages in that one
second. When the torpedo hit us
a glancing blow, about ninety feet
from the stem, directly under tlie
Marconi house,the operator was
hurled ou t of his seat and his ins
trument was smashed.
“From the bridge I watched each
boat fill up, in the meantime
shouting to the engine-room to go
full speed astern. The third
engineer who took the orders
responded without a quiver in his
voice. Not one man left his post,
and mind you,they all knew what
sticking at their posts meant, for
when the torpedo hit us the poor
old Arabic staggered like a drunken
man. The reat mass of almost 16,
300 tons was actually slewed around
by the force of the inpact.
As soon as way was off the ship
i ordered the engines stopped and
igain my order was repeated in
ibsolutely level tones. At the same
moment I shouted to the men at the
falls in the boats to lower aw/.
Every boat landed in the water on
\ level keel, perfectly.
“It looked like a case of ‘Good-by
William’ because in the last five
seconds the old Arabic slid down
wards. She dropped like a shot.
I never expected to come up alive,
but the next thing I knew my
head came up against the bottom of
a raft with awful force. The shock
served to cheer me enough to make
my way from beneath it.
“That raft saved my lift, for all
the strength I had was just enough
to hang to it. Soon afterward a
life-boat came along and took ns
aboard.”
FORTUNE MADE FROM
A SAUCEPAN
In 1803 Mrs. Elizabeth S. Taylor,
of Oragne county, Cal., sent some
preserved fruits as Christmas pres
ents to friends in the East. They
were so good that these persons
cried for more. Mrs. Taylor sent
her son East to take orders. So
successful was he that she gave up
her kitchen stove and began put
ting up fruit over gasoline ranges
in a shed. Mrs. Taylor puts up fruit,
today exactly as she put it up twenty
years ago, but she is now shipping
300 tons a year from a great con
crete building with a battery of elec
tric cookers. Mrs. Taylor uses noth
ing but fruit that has been ripened
on the trees; it is all peeled by
hand and cooked in shallow porce
lain pans. She will use nothing but
the finest cane sugar imported
from Manila. She has no assistants
but members of her own family and
today this business brings her in
$100,000 a year.
This is merely an illustration of
what a woman with common sense
and a good receipe can do.
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| NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
Notice is hereby given, that at the
store of the Alaska Lumber and
Box Company, at Hadley, Alaska,
on Saturday, the 30t’n of October,
1915, at the hour of two o'clock p.m.
the undersigned will offer for sale
and sell at public auction to the
highest bidder the following prop
erty constituting part of the estate
of the Alaska Lumber and Box Com
pany, bankrupt, towit:
1. a. All lumber belonging to the
said estate at Hadley and amount
ing to approximately 1,100,000 feet
board measurements.
b. Stock of general merchandise
in Alaska Lumber and Box Com
pany’s store at Hadley.
c. Sawlogs consisting of spruce,
hemlock, cedar in sawmill boom at
Hadley.
57 boom chains
13 lumber trucks
1 Lumber wagon.
d. Mill supplies
e. The household goods belong
ing to the estate at Hadley.
f. The cooking utensils.
g. Typewriter.
h. Donkey Engine
i. All box shook amounting to ap
proximately 5.000 boxes.
2. Gasoline launch “Freyea.”
The sales will take place in the
order given.. Sealed bids will be re
ceived for each of said classes of
property above mentioned, which seal
ed bids will be opened in public at
the conclusion of the oral bids. The
sealed bids must be enclosed in
envelopes upon which is clearly indi
cated what property the bid is inten
ded for. 15t.
C. W. SWANK,
Trustee in Bankruptcy.
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THE GREAT MODERN PROBLEM PLAY !
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Ilth. Installment, entitled, “The Painted Hills” \
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AT THE HOTELS
AT TIIF STEDMAN
P. B. Nelson, Seattle, H. Ruddat;
Wm. Trubacli, Boonerville, Ore. Mrs.
Olnf Lystad, Port Conclusion; Fred
Oliver, Port Conclusion; Arnold
Kobler.
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HERE IS A BOTTLE
STOPPER THAT LOCKS
A bottle stopper that locks is a
recent Faris idea, and will be very
useful for keeping fine liquors out
of reach of persons for whom they
are not intended. A metal cap fits
over the bottle neck with a small
felt lined collar which is pressed on
by turning a wing nut, and when
all is in place a small arm comes
down along side the wing of the nut
so as to allow of running a pad
lock through the two holes. This
prevents any turning of the screw
and keeps the bottle shut tight.
FOR SALE—One Rip Saw Table,
One Counter Shaft,
16—1 1-2 Steel Shafting
And numerous pulleys.
SULLY’S CARPENTER SHOP.
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PUBLIC NOTIC E
Wm. Angel, who has been away
from town most of the summer with
the Geological Survey party, announc
es that he has returned and that the
gas boat “Harry” of which he is
the owner, shall be for hire as usual.
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IIEY THERE! THANKSGIVING
MASKQUE BALL GIVEN BY KET
CHIKAN F. O. E.. Adv. tf.
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NOTICE TO GAS BOAT MEN—
Copies of notices to mariners, light
and buoy lists issued by the Bureau
of Lighthouses can be obtained free
of charge on application to the Divis
ion of Publication of Commerce,
Washington, D. C.
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POSITION WANTED BY A YOUNG
JAPANESE. WILLING TO DO ANY
KIND OF WORK... IS A GOOD
COOK, Address, George M. Ohta, P. O.
Box 452. Adv. t.f
PERSONALJVIENTION
The Thimble Club met with Mrs
Itay Hall this afternoon and nearly j
all the members were present.
DON’T FORGET THE CIVIC CLUQ.
CARD PARTY
Keep in mind the card party to be
given by the Civic Club next Thurs
day evening. The game of progres
sive whist will start at 8:30. Prizes
will be given and a lunch served, all
for the small sum of 25 cents. Re
member the date.
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ENTERTAINS AT CARDS
Yesterday afternoon, in honor of
Mrs. Robert. Randolf, Mrs. E. S.
Stackpole and Mrs. Harvey M. Stack
pole entertained their many friend’s
at auction bridge. Eight tables
were in play and at the close of an
enjoyable afternoon dainty refresh
ments were served by the hostesses.
The prizes were won by Mrs. J. C.
Barber and Dr. Beatrice Dickinson.
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MISS BUOR ENTERTAINS
Miss Claire Buor wan hostess at
a charming luncheon, today at one
o’clock. The occasion was in honor
of Mrs. H. C. Field and Miss Evadna
Field, who are soon to leave for
California.
Those present beside the hostess
and the geusts of honor were Miss
Kent, Mrs. Rivard, Miss Neita Mite' -
ell and Miss Mary Mitchell.
EASY WATERPROOFING
A quick and easy method of water
proofing clothing has been devised
by a French scientist as his con
tribution to the comfort and health
of the French troops in the field.
Old coats can be made waterproof
as easily as uncut cloth, and the
whole operation is simpler than dye
ing. He explained his method to
the French Academy of Science ,
with the assurance that it was prac
tical and satisfactory.
The requirements he set out to
meet were: Waterproofing that
would wear well in the rough usage
of a campaign: that would not
change the colors nor injure the
fabric; that would leave the cloth
permeable to air and prespiration,
so that the waterproofed coats would
not be uncomfortable; and, most dif
ficult of all, that would pemrit the
treatment of old coats without de
stroying or even injuring the but
tons and other attachments.
Wool fat was his answer. With
a little chloroform or carbon bisulph
ide the scientist reduces the wool
fat to a liquid and this liquid is
then diluted with gasoline or ben
zine in the portion of one part of
wool fat to from ten to twenty parts
of gasoline or benzine.
The rest of the operation is sim
ple: The old overcoat is dipped in
the solution and allowed to remain
there a few minutes. Then it is
wrung out and dried by hanging
on a line in the open air. The fibers
are, as a result, lightly impregnated
with the wool fat.
The Frenchman suggests that the
complete uniforms of all the men
at the front be given this treatment;
and, as the French government giv
es much weight to suggestions made
in the Academy of Science, it is
quite likely something will come of
his idea.
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CANCERS THAT
CURE THEMSELVES
In the annual report of Dr. Bash
ford of the imperial cancer research
fund, an announcement of great im
portance is made. It is to the effect
that transplanted tumors fall into
two categories, a very small group
progressively because' they do not
produce resistance to their own
growth, and a large group that tend
to disappear spontaneously because
they induce in the body a powerful
resistance to their growth.
While , this remark is applied only
to tumors artificially produced in
animals for experimental purposes,
it may be that some at least of the
apparently extraordinary cures of
cancer in human beings have been
due to this power of the body to
resist the growth of the cancer. If
further experiments shall result in
the discovery of the method by which
certain resistant methods throw off
the cancerous growth, it will be a
long step toward finding a way of
conferring this upon those who do
not posses it.
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For Sale—Number 7, Standard
Visible Oliver Typewriter, practically
new for $40. Apply at this office.
ACCOUNT OF RECENT LOSSES
BY THE GERMANS
Paris, Oct. 13—The reports of tho
night indicate that the German loss
es in the offensive of yesterday a
gainst the positions of the Allies
near Loos were very heavy.
This information was given out' by
the French war office.
Other violent attacks on the part
of the Germans southeast of Neuvil
le-St. Vaast were completely repuls
ed. All the French advances of re
cent davs have been maintained.
There have been fairly spirited
cannonading in the sector of LIsons
as well as at Quennevieres and
Nouvron.
A German counter attack last
night at the Navarin farm in the
Champagne district was checked by
the French.
To the southeast of Tahure there
has been a violent bombardment at
tended by the use of suffocating
shells which also caused irritation
of the eyes.
In the Avgonne French batteries
put an end to German artillery fire
in the sector of St. Thomas.
In the Lorraine district several
German reconnaissances have been
completely repulsed.
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NOTICE—Members of the Bar
tenders’ Union are hereby notified
that a meeting will be held tomor
row at the usual hour and place, and
that every member is requested to
be present.
SECRETARY.
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AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE
Entered
16th
Alliance from Seattle for the
Westward.
Lister and Alten from Prince Rup
Cleared '
15th
Helegoland for Prince Rupert.
16 th
ert.
Princess Alice and Alten for
Prince Rupert.
Josephine I. Chomley, Alten and
King & Winge for Seattle.
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For a delicious cup of coffee, tr;
A. & K. blend. . For sale by...
THE H. R. THOMPSON STORE
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Mrs. Washburn has just received
a full line of trimmed hats. Call
and see them. They arc the very
latest. Adv. 4t.
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DANCE AT THE it INK OCT 16th.
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Another one of those popular
Saturday night dances at the Rink.
The management nowh as procured
the Raymond Orchestra with Cliff
at the piano, Andy Wold at the
violin, and Frank Brooks at the cor
net. These boys have all played at
dances here so need no further in
troduction.
Admission, Gentlemen, $1.00 ladies
free. Adv.
GRAND MASQUERADE
AT THE RINK OCT. 23rd. j
The Raymond Orchestra will fum- !
ish the music. Good prizes will be
announced later. Get your costumes
ready.
Gentlemen .$1.00 Ldies Free. Ad. j
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I DRESS GOODS AND SILKS I
144 in. Serge at ... . 85c.
This is a genuine Storm Serge. Sponged and
shrunk and all ready for the needle. Extra heavy
weight and washable. Especially suited for
children’s dresses. Colors, Black, Blue and Car
dinal. Worth $1.25
$1.25 Silks at ... . $1.00 1
All our 27 in. plaids and striped silk, formerly 2X
priced at $1.25 will be closed out at $1.00 to S
make room for a new line of 36 in silks.
All our Silk Poplin, yd. . $1.00 |
I New arrivals in Men’s dress shirts from $1.00 to $4.00 |
Bungalow aprons, regular 75c. (while they last), each 45c. |
We have a strong line of house dresses at $1.00 8
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