ACTIVITY OF
NAVAL FLEET
DURING WAR
LONDON, March 28 (by Associatec
Press).—The United States had 37
vessels on duty in European water;
and a personnel of 80,711 afloat, a
bases or headquarters when the armis
tice was signed, according to a sum
mary of United States naval activitie;
prepared at headquarters here. Nu
merically the submarine chasers head
ed the list, with 120; then came thi
destroyers, with 70, while the thiri
class was the unheralded 55 collier;
that assisted in keeping a stead;
stream of coal moving from Cardif
to maintain the allied armies and pre
vent France from freezing.
Of the fifteen classes of ships enu
rnerated in the report, the work o
the destroyers stands first in dramatb
interest. The twenty that were hen
on July 1, 1917, immediately becami
active in the war game, and that ac
tivity constantly increased as the num
her of boats gradually swelled until i
reached the maximum number oi
November 11, 1918.
With 25 converted yachts and a fev
other vessels, they escorted 900,001
troops of the United States expedition
ary force to Europe without the lose
of a man from enemy action, and the;
escorted 27 per cent of all Unitec
States, allied and neutral shipping tc
France and England from April 6, 1917
to November 9, 1918. In this anc
other work they steamed approxi
mately 275,000 miles every thirty days
The convoy system was not adopted
until shortly after the United States
entered the war, but in the year and
seven months from then until the
end, 18,653 ships were brought ovei
in 1,474 convoys, that numbered from
one ship to as many as forty. United
States destroyers based at Queens
town and Brest escorted more than 600
single ships through the danger zone,
and in this work encountered some of
their greatest hazards. Only the
largest, fastest ships were sent across
alone, and in rough weather the de
stroyers were considerably battered
when forced to maintain high speed
against heavy seas.
neporis ol contact witn me enemy
by American vessels total 256,
tbe most of them came from destr
commanders. A submarine was
tually in the vicinity in 183 of these
cases, but the others have been listed
as false alarms. Methods of determin
ing the presence of a submarine are
varied, but usually are based upon
charts which show with surprising ac
curacy the day-today movements of
the under-water craft.
The report gives a list of 22 encoun
ters the majority of which resulted in
the submarine being “probably slightly
damaged” or “possibly slightly dam
aged.” One is given as “possibly
sunk” and one captured. The accuracy
of information of the movements of
submarines is evidenced in the case of
the yacht Lydonia, in command of
Commander R. P. McCullough, who
was credited with sinking a subma
rine although he never saw it. The
Iiydonia dropped depth charges after
a torpedo had been fired at a convoyed
ship. The submarine had been re
ported in that vicinity, and as it did
...
not return to its base it was consid
ered sunk in that engagement.
It is known that three American
fighting ships were lost through en
emy action—the destroyer Jacob
Jones, the armed yacht Alcedo and
the yacht Owasco, which was used
on patrol work. Three were sunk as
the result of collisions, and the rev
^ enue cutter Tampa was sunk by an ex
plosion the cause of which never has
been ascertained.
i ART TREASURES ARE
1 VALUED AT TWO MILLION
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LONDON, March 28 (by Associated
i Press).—Art treasures in London, pur
- chased by the late J. Pierpont Mor
- gan, have been valued, for fire insur
i ance purposes, at more than two mil
I Hon dollars, according to testimony
i given by an art dealer in a court ac
r tion here. Some of the pictures, china
i and other treasures are in the Mor
- gan residence at Wall Hall, Watford,
and others adorn the residence of the
. late banker in Grosvenor square,
f The art dealer, who was suing an
. other art expert for a commission for
j appraising the pictures, declared that
, Mr. Morgan secured such good values
. on his pictures that if they were put
. on the market today they would bring
■ higher prices than he paid for them,
! not only because of Mr. Morgan’s care
in making his selections, but also "on
, account of the halo round Mr. Mor
( gan’s name.”
Among the pictures described are a
Troyon, valued at $75,000; a Crome,
, placed at $100,000; two pictures by
Frank Hals, valued at $125,000 each;
' a Van Hoffman, placed at $75,000; a
Greuze, two Constables and a Breton.
In the Watford house, the dealer said,
were a picture by Velasquez, valued at
$100,000; a magnificent picture by
John Russell, and a fine picture by
Abbott of Lord Nelson.
The china, the witness said, included
“a magnificent Sevres desert service.”
There are also fine Italian embroider
ies. The Grosvenor square treasures
were appraised, the witness testified,
at $1,339,000, and those of Wall Hall
at $785,000.
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OLD GERMAN SHELS
DESTROYED BY YANKS
TREVES, Germany, March 5 (by
mail).—Zeppelin bombs of uncertain
age and manufacture have been de
stroyed by the hundreds recently by
Mm^rican soldiers engaged in “clean
mg up” after the withdrawal of the
enemy. These bombs, of no practical
use owing to long exposure to the
weather, were found near a hangar in
the region of Treves when the Ameri
can army of occupation crossed int<)
Rhenish Prussia from the Luxemburg
border.
The task of destroying thousands of
old and in many instances worthless
German shells began several weeks
ago, the explosives being placed in
great pits and covered with steel rails
and wood and piles of earth and fired
by electricity.
Thousands of anti-aircraft shells also
have been destroyed on the summit
of a ridge of hills skirting the Moselle
in this vicinity, and ordnance experts
in charge of the work expect to finish
the task here soon and then move on
to other German ammunition dumps
awaiting their attention along the
Rhine and other parts of the occupied
territory.
VICTORY GARDENS ARE
BEING PLANTED IN UTAH
SALT LAKE, March 28.—Although
definite plans for resumption ot Salt
Lake’s war garden campaign under
the classification of “victory" gardens
have not yet assumed shape, home
garden plots will again thrive in this
city and other Utah communities this
year. The city war garden commis
sion undoubtedly will conduct a cam
paign, it is announced, but definite
announcement of the extent of this
year’s efforts may not be made until
April, by which time it is hoped the
water situation will show improve
ment.
Last year free water was given to
those who had planted war gardens,
but lack of snow in this vicinity to
the first of March made it impossible
to predict how far the war garden
campaign might be encouraged this
spring and summer.
“Victory” gardens will replace
“war” gardens with the faculty of the
University of Utah. Already twenty
eight instructors at the university
have signified their intention of culti
vating gardens on the eighteen-acre
plot adjacent to the university, which
has been donated for “victory” garden
cultivation. The university will fur
nish free water, while the engineering
department will survey the ground
and apportion it to the faculty mem
bers.
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MUNICIPAL-CONTROLLED
RESTAURANT IN PARIS
PARIS, March 28.—A boon and a
blessing to Parisians groaning under
the present exorbitant restaurant
prices is the first dining hall under
municipal control which has recently
opened on the boulevard de Crenelle,
on the south side of the Seine.
Here, a portion of soup or a hors
d’oeuvre costs 6 cents; 3 ounces of
meat or 5 of fish can be obtained for
19 cents, and a dish of vegetables for
8 cents. No charge is made for bread,
although the bread card is duly
clipped. No intoxicants are served,
and no tipping is allowed.
If you change your address, do not
notify the carrier boy—report your
new address to the office.
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