The Hartshorne Sun. (Hartshorne, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1915 Page: 5 of 6
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This remarkable story was finished by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle last May just be/ore his visit to America. He wrote it
as a last anxious warning to England before she embarked
upon another war. And the war came sooner than even he
had feared.
SYNOPSIS.
A European power faces a disastrous
war with England. Captain Pirius ti Us
Ma king of a plan which will brlri^r Knjr
land to her knees. Ilo goes to the lintish
coast with a submarine.
Near the mouth of the Thames ho sltiUs
a big steamer loaded with mutton, nnd
several other food ships. An aviator hurls
bombs at the submarine without success.
Three bit British ihtps nro sunk in
French waters. The British captur*
Blankenberg. The price of fund tstulT* 111
England Increases enormously.
Ship after ehlp Is destroyed bv Captain
Btrlus and his fleet of submarines, ; ml
England faces starvation.
Aa a result England Is compelled to sum
for peace, and Captain Hirius Is welcomed
home by his nation as a hero.
(Continued from last week)
There Wiurrm shift Hear tis. nnd otir
surface speed is nearly twite that of
oar submerged, so 1 Mew out the tanks
and our whaleback enme over the sur-
face. All night we were steering south-
west. making an average of eighteen
knots. At about 5 iu the morning, as
1 stood alone upon my tiny bridge. 1
saw low down iu the west the scatter-
ed lights of the Norfolk coast "Ah,
Johnny, Johnny Hull," 1 said as I look-
ed at them, "you are going to have your
lesson, and I am to be your master. It
Is 1 who have been chosen to teach you
that one cannot live under artificial
conditions and yet act as if they were
natural ones. More foresight. Johnny,
and less party politics—that is my les-
son to you." And then 1 had a wave
of pity. too. when 1 thought of those
vast droves of h,elpless people, York-
shire miners, Lancashire spinners, Bir-
mingham metal workers, the dockers
and workers of London, over whose
little homes i would bring the shadow
of Starvation. 1 seemed to see all those
wasted, eager bands held out for food
and 1, John Sirius. dashing it aside.
Ah, well, war Is war, and if one Is fool-
ish one must pay the price. Just before
daybreak i saw the lights of a eonsid-
dou of torpedo boats across the strait
nf Dover to prevent the passage of
submarines, which 1* about as seuslble
■is to lay a wooden plank across a
Stream to keep the eels from passing.
I knew that ,<tephnn. whose station
Jay at the western end of the Solent.'
w mid have iiii dilliet'lty In reaching it.
iiv own cruising pro.md was to be the
month of |he Thames, and here I was
at the very spot with triy tiny Iota,
my eighteen torpedoes, my quick firing
pin and, above all, a brain that knew
what shotihl lie done and how to do it.
When I resumed my place in the
conning tower I saw In the periscope
(for Wf had dlvedi that a lightship
was within a few hundred yards of us
iip"ii the port bow. Two men were
sitting on her bulwarks, but neither of
them r-ast an eye upon the little rod
that clove Ihe water so close to them.
It was an Ideal day for submarine ac-
tion. with etiouch ripple upon the sur-
face to make us difficult to detect and
yet smooth enough to give me a clear
view Kach of my three periscopes
had an angle of CO degrees, so that
between J hem I commanded a com-
plete soniicii'cje of the horizon. Two
British cruisers were steaming north
from the Thames within half a mile of
me. I could easily have cut them off
nnd attacked them had 1 allowed my-
self to be diverted from my great plan.
Farther south a destroyer was passing
westward to Sheerness. A dozen small
steamers were moving about. None of
these was worthy of my notice, Crent
countries are not provisioned by small
steamers.
CHAPTER II.
A Career of Destruction.
mKEl'T the engines running at
the lowest pace which would
'hold our position under water,
and. moving slowly across the
estuary, 1 waited for what must as
suredly come. 1 had not long to wait
One Large Steamer Hull Down-to the West and a Terpedo Destroyer Between
Us and the Land.
erable town, which must have been
Yarmouth, bearing about ten miles
west-southwest on our starboard bow.
I took her farther out, for It is a sandy,
dangerous coast, with many shoals,
▲t 6:30 we were abreast of the Lowes-
toft lightship. A coastguard was send
lng up flash signals which faded into
a pale twinkle ns the white dawn crept
over the water. There was a good
deal of shipping about, mostly fishing
boats and small coasting craft, with
one large steamer hull down to the
wast and a torpedo destroyer between
us and the land. It could not harm
us, and jet 1 thought it as wel. that
there should be no word of our pres-
ence. so 1 tilled my tanks again and
want down to ten feet 1 was pleased
to Ond that we got under In 150 sec-
onds. The life of one's boat may de
prad upon this when a swift craft
comes suddenly upon yon.
Wo wen now within a few hours of
oor cruising ground, so I determined to
snatch a rest leaving Vornal iu charge.
When be swoke me at 10 o'clock we
Vers running on the surface and hnd
reached the Esses coast off the Mapliu
—with that charming frauknew
Which la one of their characteristics our
ti lands of England bad informed ns
fcy thrtr pre— that they had pot a cor
Shortly after 1 o'clock I perceived
in the periscope n cloud of smoke to
the south, naif an hour later a large
steamer raised ber hull, making for
the mouth of the Thames. 1 ordered
Vornal to stand by the starboard tor-
pedo tube, having the other also load-
ed in case of a miss. Then I advanced
slowly, for though the steamer was
going very swiftly we could easily cut
her off. Presently I laid the lota in a
position near which she must pass and
would very gladly have lain to, but
could not for fear of rising to the sur-
face. I therefore steered out in the
direction from which she was coming.
She was a very large ship, 15,000 tons
at the least, painted black above and
red below, with two cream colored
funnels. She lay so low in the water
that It was clear she hnd a full cargo.
At her bows were a cluster of men.
some of them looking, I dare say. for
the first time at the mother country.
How little could they have guessed the
Welcome that was awaiting them!
On she came with the great plumes
of smoke floating from her funnels and
.two white wavea foaming from ber
j cutwnter She was within a quarter
of a mile- My moment had arrived 1
| aignaied full speed ahead and steered
I straight for ber conma M ttmla*
was exact At a hundred yards I gave
the signal and heard the clank and
swish of the discharge. At the same
instant I put the helm hard down nnd
flew off at au angle. There was a ter
rifle lurch, which came from the dls
tnnt explosion. For a moment we
wore almost upon our side. Then,
after staggering and trembling, the
lota came on an even keel. I stopped
the engines, brought ber to the sur-
face and opened the conning tower,
while all my excited crew came crowd-
ing to the hatch to know what had
happened.
The ship lay within 200 yards of
us, and it was easy to see that she bad
her deathblow. She was already set
tllng down by the stern. There was
a sound of shouting and people run-
ning wildly about her decks. Her name
was visible, the Adela of London,
bound, ns. we afterward learned, from
New Zealand with frozen mutton.
Strange ns it may seem to you, the no-
tion of a submarine hnd never, even
now. occurred to her people, and all
were convinced that they had struck
a floating mine. The starboard quar-
ter had been blown in by the explosion,
nnd the ship was sinking rapidly.
Their discipline was admirable. We
saw boat nfter boat slip down crowd-
ed with people ns swiftly and quietly
as if It were part of their dally drill.
And suddenly, as one of the boats lay
off waiting for the others, they caught
a glimpse for the first time of my con-
ning tower so close to them.. 1 saw
them shouting and pointing, while the
men in the other boats got up to have
a better look at us. For my part, I
cared nothing, for I took it for granted
that they already knew that a subma
rlne hnd destroyed them. One of them
clambered back Into the sinking ship
I was sure that he was about to send
a wireless message as to our presence
It mattered nothing, since in any ease
it must be known: otherwise 1 could
easily have brought him down with a
rifle. As It was. 1 waved my hand to
them, and they waved back to ine
SVar is too big a thing to leave room
for personal 111 feeling, but it must he
remorseless all the same.
I was still looking at the sinking
Adela when Vornal, who was beside
r.i-, gave a sudden cry of warning and
surprise, gripping me by the shoulder
and turning my head. There behind
us, coming up the fairway, was a huge
black vessel with black funnels, flying
the well known house flag of the 1'.
nnd O. company. She was not a mile
distant, nnd I calculated in an instant
that even if she hnd seen us she would
not have time to turn and get away
before we could reach her. \Ve went
straight for her. therefore, keeping
nwnsh Just ns we were. They saw
the sinking vessel In front of them nnd
that little dark speck moving over the
surfnee. and they suddenly understood
their danger, l saw a number of men
rush to the bows, and there was a rat-
tle of rlile fire. Two bullets were flat-
tened upon our four Inch armor, ifou
might as well try to stop a charging
bull with paper pellets as the lota with
ritie tire. 1 bad learned ray Jessou
from the Adela. and this time 1 hnd
the torpedo discharged at a safer dis-
tance—250 yards. We caught her amid-
ships. and the explosion was tremea
dous, but we were well outside its
area. She sank almost instantane
otisly.
• I am sorry for her people, of whom
I hear that more than 200, including
seventy lascars and forty passengers,
were drowned. Tes. I am sorry fo?
them. But when I think of the huge
floating granary that went to the bot-
tom I rejoice as a man does who has
carried out thnt which he plans.
It was a bad afternoon for the P.
and O. company. The second ship
which we destroyed was. as we have
since learned, the Moldavia, of 15,000
tons, one of their finest vessels. But
about half past 3 we blew up the Cus-
co, of 8,000 tons, of the same line, also
from pastern ports and laden with
corn. Why she came on in face of
the wireless messages, which must
have warned ber of danger. I cannot
imagine. The other two steamers
which we blew up-tbat day, the Maid
of Athens (Robsou line) and the Cor-
morant. were neither of them provid-
ed with apparatus and came blindly
to their destruction. Botli were small
boats of from 5,000 to 7.000 tons. In
the case of the second 1 had to rise
to the surface and fire six twelve-
pound shells under her water line be-
fore she would sink. In each case the
crew took to tbe boats, and. so far as
I know, no casualties occurred.
After that no more steamers came
along, nor did 1 expect them. Warn-
ings must by this time have been
flying in all directions. But we had
no reason to be dissatisfied with our
first day. Between the Maplin sands
nnd the Nore we had sunk live ships
of a total tonnage of about 50,000 tons.
Already tbe London markets would
begin to feel the pinch. And Lloyd's
—poor old Lloyd's—what a demented
state it would be in! 1 could imagine
the London evening papers and tbe
bowling In Fleet street. We saw the
result of our actions, for it was quite
laughable to see the torpedo boats
buzzing like angry wasps out of
Sbeerness In the evening. They were
darting in every direction across the
estuary, and tbe aeroplanes and hydro-
planes were like flights of crows, black
dots against tbe red western sky.
They quartered the whole river moutb
until they discovered ns at last. Some
sharp sighted fellow with a telescope
on board of a destroyer got a sight of
our periscope and came for ua full
speed. No doubt he would very glad
ly have rammed us. even if It bad
meant his own destruction, but that
was not part of our program at all- I
sank ber and ran ber east southeast,
with so occasional rise. Finally we
brought ber to. not very far from the
Keottab coast, agd tbe ssnrcbUfbta <4
pursuers Were far on the western sky
line. There we lay quietly hII night,
for a submarine at nlgbt is nothing
more than a very third rnte surfnee
torpedo boat Besides, we wero all
weary and needed rest. Ho not for-
get, you captains of men, when you
grease and trim your pumps and com-
pressors nnd rotators, that the human
machine needs some tending also.
1 had put up the wireless mast above
the conning tower and bad no difficulty
in calling up Cnptaln Stephan. lie was
lying, he said, off Vcutnor and bad
been unable to reach his station on ac-
count of engine trouble, which be had
now set right. Next morning lie pro-
posed to block the Southampton ap-
proach. ilo had destroyed one Inrgo
ludlau boat on his way down chan-
nel. We exchanged good wishes. Like
myself, he needed rest I was up at
4 In the morning, however, and cnlled
all hands to overhaul the boat. She
was somewhat up by the head, owing
to the forward torpedoes having been
used, so we trimmed her by opening
the forward compensating tank, admit-
ting as much water as the torpedoes
had weighed We also overhauled tho
starboard air compressor and one of
the periscope motors, which had been
jarred by the shock of the first explo-
sion. We had hardly got ourselves
shipshape when the morning dawned.
(To be continued)
People Say To Us
"I cannot eat, this or that food, it does
not agree with mo." Our advice to
all of them is to take a
tablet'3
before and after each,me;d. 25c a box.
Corner Drug Store.
it it it it
it it if
it WOMAN SUFFRAGE NOTES, it
it it
if it it ^ it it # it it it it it
"1 don't know that I ever heard of
a tin-horn policeman or a dirty dive-
keeper that favored "votes for wo-
men." Possibly the tin-horn gets in
line sometimes, but it's only when he
sees the pie-counter being removed
and thinks it will help him.
1 believe that there are more wo-
men like my mother than like those
fearful "bad-women" who we are
told would counter-balance the vote
of the better class of women. 1 be-
lieve that for every "bad" woman
there are one thousand—no, ten
thousand—good ones, 1 believe that
if a ballot were placed in the hands
of these ten thousand to one, they
would cast it as their conscience dic-
tated, and for what they thought for
the betterment of mankind.
Deep in her heart, every woman
has a desire to have a voice in the
affairs of the world, and knows she
is entitled to it. When she is allow-
ed this voice, she will raise it in no
uncertain sound. Salt river will be
so thick with shattered political
barks that they will have to use sand-
bars for annexes." —Contributor,
Nashville, Tenn. .
The Men's League for Woman
Suffrage will take part in the "votes
for women" parade in Philadelphia,
May 1st. The new Liberty Bell will
be mounted on a truck and form an
interesting feature of the parade.
The clapper of the Bell will not be
unloosed until it can sound the note
of political freedom for Pennsylvania
women.
In relating her experiences and im-
pressions during a tour through the
Southern States, Dr. Anna H. Shaw
expressed her belief that the south
will soon extend the ballot to its wo-
men. New York, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey wo-
men are now asking that they be
given the ballot this fall.
Japanese women took an active
part in the last elections in that
country. They canvassed districts
and urged the merits of various can-
didates and prospective reforms.
GRAND OPENING
of Sari Souci Park
RAIN OR SHINE
Sunday, May 2nd
On this day the tfales of Oklahoma's most beautiful amuse-
ment Park will be thrown open. 'Neath giant spreading elms
on the banks of San Souci creek, the management has, at
enormous expense, erected elaborately illuminated structures
for your amusement.
FLYING HUFFS
A FREE ATTRACTION
Most Phenomenal Success of any Aerial Act Extant, Displaying
Undisputed Supremacy on the FLYING TRAPEZE.
Will Exhibit Sunday Afternoons and Nights, MAY 2ND AND
9TH, and every night during the week intervening.
20 pes-FREE BAND CONCERT-20 pes
Free Base Ball—Game called at 4 p. m.
===== AMUSEMENTS
SAN SOUCI PLUNGE—New Suits, 40 Dressing Rooms, Protec-
tion from Sun.
SAN SOUCI MERRY GO ROUND—Don't Fail to take the
Family for a Ride—Cool and Breezy.
SHOOTING GALLERY—Up-to-Date Moving Gallery. AU of
Natures Shooting Available.
SAN SOUCI DOME—A Big Show and a Clean one. The Place
to Bring Your Wife and Children—Every Night.
SAN SOUCI DANCE PAVILION—Open to the Breezes—Dane-
nig all the Afternoon and Night—Six Piece Orchestra—
Dancing Taught Free—Ask the Management.
SAN SOUCI SKATING RINK—Music by String Orchestra
Roomy, Breezy, Maplewood Floor, Plenty of Skates, Good Order
Free Filtered Ice Water—Plenty Shade
Excursion ra.tes from all along the line
A Sluggish Liver Needi Attention.
Let your Liver get torpid and you
are in for a spell of misery. Every-
body gets an attack now and then.
Thousands of people kep their Livers
active and healthy by using Dr.
King's New Life Pills. Fine for the
stomach, too. Stop the dizziness,
constipation, biliousness and indiges-
tion. Clear the blood. Only 25c at
your Druggist. (2)
JOHN BUNNY IS DEAD.
When a man turns the bow on his
hat from the side to the back and
has the tailor sew an extra button on
his cuff he feels that he has made
such a radical concession to "style"
that all the world is staling at him.
For any pain, burn, scald or bruise,
apply Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil—the
household remedy. Two sizes, 25c
and 50c at all drug stores. Adv.
The man who regards matrimony
as a joke has a sufficiently keen
sense of humor to carry him through
all of its vicissitudes.
John Runny, whose antics as a
moving picture comedian have made
millions laugh, died Monday at his
home in Brooklyn. He had been ill
for about three weeks of a complica-
tion of diseases.
Members of his family were with
him when he died. For a week he
appearently had been improving. A
strenuous month of work it is be-
lieved caused the breakdown which
resulted in his death.
John Bunny was 52 years old. For
twenty-nine years he had been be-
fore the footlights before he entered
the moving picture field four years
ago. During his career as an actor
he had leading roles with many old-
time stars, among them being Annie
Russell. He attained country-wide
popularity as an actor before he
achieved his greatest success on the
screen.
IHE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
Genuine Merit Required to Win the
People'* Confidence.
The li(|Uor interests of New Jersey
have publicly announced their inten-
tion to defeat the woman suffrage
amendment in that state. The liquor
machine is the strongest force of
anti-suffrage and has a capital of
over $75,000,000. New Jersey wo-
men have no light task ahead to ob-
tain the right to vote. One cannot
but wonder in which ranks the
churches of New Jersey are identi-
fied. There is no neutrality ill mor-
ality. "He that is not for us, must
be against us." Are you with the
hosts of the suff suffragists or in
the company of the liquor interests,
Madam or Mister Churchgoer?
Have you ever stopped to reason
why it is that so many products that
are extensively advertised, all at
once drop out of sight and are soon
forgotten? The reason is plain—the
article did not fulfill the promises of
the manufacturer. This applies more
particularly to a medicine. A medi-
cine preparation that has real cura-
tive value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy
is recommended by those who have
been bi-nefited, to those who are in
need of it.
A prominent druggist says, "Take
for example, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
Root, a preparation I have sold for
many years and never hesitate to re-
commei d, for in almost every case it
shows excellent results, as many of
my customers testify. No other kid-
ney remedy that I know of has so
large a sale."
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who
have used the preparation, the suc-
cess of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is
due to the fact that it fulfills almost
every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder diseases, corrects
urinary troubles and neutralizes the
uric aci'l which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle
of Swarr.p-Root by Parcels Post. Ad-
dress Dr Kilmer & Co.. Binghamti>n.
S Y., and enclose ten cent- kIh.i
mention The Hartshorne Sun. Ifi-tS
Whooping Cough.
IWell—everyone knows the effect
of Pine Forests on Coughs. Dr. Bell's
| Pine-Tar-Honey is a remedy which
| brings quick relief for Whooping
Cough, loosens the mucous, soothes
the lining of the throat and lungs, and
makes the coughing spells less severe.
A family with growing children
should not be without h. Keep it
handy for all coughs and colds. 25c
at your Druggist. (2)
Electric Bitten a Spring Tonic.
Considering how many things a
small boy carries in his pockets, it's
astonishing to see how clean and
neat and uninteresting he keeps
them after he has grown up and mar-
ried.
Death and
Destruction
Follow in the wake of
fires, lightning and tor-
nadoes.
Providence will not pro-
tect you agalnBt loss, but
INSURANCE WILL.
Wise men insure—fool-
iBh ones wish they had.
CostB but little and Is
worth much.
A. M. Gooch
® Co.
Splendid for Rheumatism.
"I think Chamberlain's Liniment
is just splendid for rheumatism."
writes Mrs. Dunburgh, Eldridge, N.
V. "It has been used by myself and
other members of my family time and
time again during the past six years
and has alwayrf given the best of sat-
isfaction." The quick relief from
pain which Chamberlain's Liniment
affordc r- alone worth many time-
the cost. Obtainable everywhere
McHugh Brothers
Plumbing and Electrical Shop
at Martyn Lumber Yard, f
Phone 200.
A. E. CARLOCK
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
Hartshorne. OKI*.
Office Phone 166;
Residence Phone SI
Calls left at BSTk^t-a or Tuells will
have prompt attention.
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