Macleod News (June 6, 1918)

              the macleod news mcleojd albmta thursday june 6 1918 f volume 2 no 31 price 5 cents submarines ravage american shippping u-boats work havoc off the new jersey coast large number of vessels report ed sunk fire on unarmed passenger vessels — de 1 fensive measure taken '.' • germany has rarried her unrestrict edsubmarine warfare to this side of the ocean and at least five vessels . nave bve'n sunk by submarine attack off the atlantic coast some reports aay.:the number of victims has reach ed fifteen v.v'althoiigh the presence of german undcr-'sea boats has been reported in american waters for - several - days , rmtythe first definite news that they yrtre operating off the coast came to diy when the crew of one victim the jdward h cole was landed here their vessel was sunk sunday off the new jersey shore j two pirates at work it is known that at least two ü bioats are en^getl in the campaign which is ag^ed to be aimed chiefly at the amerlcari transport service a report that besides the attacks on shipping off the jersey coast a sub marine was operating off nantucket and had torpedoed a ship in those e^faters was not confirmed presum ably the germans are employing the new cruiser type of u-boats with a long steaming radius for these oper ations port of new york was closed to outgoing shipping as soon as news of the presence of hostile craft outside was confirmed similar action has been taken at other atlantic ports sunk by gunfire the steamship grecian reported that the schooner jacob s haskell was sung with gunfire by a german submarine in thc same general loca tion at nocn sunday the crew was rescued it was also reported that tbe isabel la d willey was shelled by submar ines captain newcomb of the cole stated that his vesel was attacked by a german submurinc which boarded him took away his papers aw placed bombs on board the captain and crew took to the boats captain new comb stated that the submarine which attacked him was about 200 feet long and carried two large guns on for ward and onc aft and a smaller gun amidships re states that he saw'dis tincly one other submarine beside that which attacked him thc second sub marine being in the near vicinity submerged with her periscope show ing secretary of the navy daniels ord ered the port bf new york closed to outgoing ships with certain restric tions until further orders the na ture of the restrictions was not made public after troopship rumors of thc presence of german submarines off the american coast have been current for the past two weeks the reports telling of one or more having been sighted in southern waters the attack upon american shipping almost at thc very entrance of new york harbor is taken to mean that germany has at last inaugurated a submarine campaign to break up the transport of troops to france blood indians subscribe freely on thursday last the indians of the blood reserve were paid their lease money or in other words every man woman and . child on tho reserve re ceived six dollars each mr w j dil worth informed the local i o d e he thought it would be a good^p portunity to obtain a subscription to the red cross and he was right a number of the ladies of the local branch went out to the reserve on thursday and their efforts were re warded by collecting over 100.00 the indians gave very freely and very willingly when they were told what the subscription was for the indian agent and his staff enter tained the visitors from tdwn in re gal style canadian aviation aid club government 0 fthe province of al berta department of the provin cial secretary office chief censor moving pictures '"■ edmonton may 31 1918 dear madam — in reply to.your letter of.the 25th inst with regard to collecting the amusement tax at the aviation aid club entertainments i beg to advise you that all entertainments the total proceeds from which are applied to patriotic religious br school pat&mm are exempt from the amusement tsix your obedient servant sgd howard douglas " chief censor airs a d ferguson sec c.°a.a;c.j macleod alberta macleod soldier is killed mrij stuttaford has received word thathir grahdion private mccoombs of mta.clebd wap killed in action it appears he wt*b returning from a working paijtyr when a shell burst close to hirh.and he was killed in stihtjjr|'h^.!rvifti buried in the brig ade cemetefir.oji the field of action and jals^ftftfcal was attended mtlny of his 4omardes both officers and men .; ..'} ■■;" •■• ;" •_* l d.e l%d.e ; the t o pi-'e gratefully acknow ledges ihifoliawing donations to red cross tid 6th|slwar funds to june 3 i018 j mrs itahajs (&•;) (... 51.00 f,rieh(i 1 h . i 35 lr ft l hact^tt 5.00 afiidge ives v 15.00 the i o by e arc much indebted to ise tff&j|ft at the blood agency tot their rid to the many in dhym;i^hb''fl^,^|ay 30th so generously contributed tlp^.olio the red cross fund z a bli»ilte^tf-tii^^renewed interest which i in the red craoss work w'sws sending the following spleiidif dipment to thc provincial rcdlcit^..iii calgary many-fi|i»rl bandages 84 t^|hipi||jftri .;'■'' v 30 t&ajmjiil bandages 130 piilow jttjp£f 336 towel.*;£p 504 stretcher scapts .. 48 khaki slingsk ._ 132 kit bags .. p p bags 72 housewives 24 handkerchiefs '. 84 wash rags .. ■ 12 dressing gowns .. 3 day shirts 11 pyjamasl 42 socks j \ .'. '...,;.. 128 amputation socks ........ 1 72 ■ s - * '. t0ta1 .... „..._... 2247 i'-jri'm jj£z ; r-:v rii^..iirf at the empress mon & tues june the 10th and 1 scene from sirens of the sea at the empress theatre nex wednesday and thursday ' no advance in prices are still carrying on ■ we have received two very cheer ful letters from overseas one from pte j mcnab and the other from pte t helstcad i jimmy mcnab wishes to thank the red crobs of macleod for their parcel which he received safely at the pre sent time he is in england convalesc ing although he expects to be sent back to the trenches any old time he says that so far the boches have not reached england-yet with their long range guns although sometimes he withes they would as things are mighty slow over there that is for excitement tom holstead is now in the firing line and is keeping fine and feeling in the best of spirits he was with shorty holder when shorty was kill ed he saya^there are only six of the l&lst boys left in the battalion all the rest are wounded and killed they mostly got it in thescrap on novem ber 6th they arc having very wet weather over there now and there is all kinds of mud but like everything else the boys get used to it in loving memory of my dear son david william edgar machine-gun sergeant 31st alberta battalion kilted in action june 6th 1916 he sleeps beside his comrades in a hallowed grave unknown but his^name is written in letters of love v in the hearts he left at home thy will be done seems hard to say when one we loved is called away no morning dawns no night sets in but what we always think of him not dead to me—i love him still not dead—but gone before he lives with me in memory still and will forever more god is good he'll give me grace , to bear my heavy cross he is the only one who knows how bitter is my loss ever remembered by his mother lots of mokture around macleod macleod farmers are now getting lots of rain—al ready crops are looking beiter and things are taking on a brighter ap pearance the farmers certainly should be pleased as they are now getting lots of rain last friday she camc down in bucketsful for about forty-eight hours and again on wednesday ' the rain came tumbling down in good style we admit it came at the right time as things began to look serious but better late than never the crops already are looking fine and its wonderful what good effect the rain has had on the grass and the rain coming when it did has ni doubt sav ed the hay crop •..'••. indians receive lease money indians of the blood re serve receive their lease money — many of them come to macleod to spend their money on friday last macleod took on a little of the old time appearance as indians with their squaws and children invaded the town for the purpose of spending their ease money every man woman and child on the reserve received six dollars excepting the chiefs who were ' given a little more lethbridge with its usual foresight for business arrang ed special races for the indians also the hudson's . bay and other stores provided the visitors with refresh ments hence a very large number of the indians proceeded to that city where they spent somewhere around four or five thousand dollars mac leod who did nothing in the way of attractions for the indians got the balance st paul's mission sent all their children numbering over sixty into town to spend their money and it did not take them long for the happy youngsters to get rid of it it seems a pity that we should lose such a lot of this indian business but its entirely the fault of the storekeepers of the town you cannot blame the indian going somarwhere where he is well and generously tmkied--..1t would have been veity.tri.y":ti^&~wlm*it-7 keepers here to have pat up mvemt sixty or seventy dollars for rices and also to haj*i given tht indians light refreshments and had this been known on the reserve they would have had all the indians indmicleod mmt thereby they would have wen way ahead of the game became an ih dian cannot keep his monejt but our enterprising storekeepers diil~fibt r do this hence most of the money went into lethbridge ". <' ■•' l will open at waterton lakes w simpson formerly of the r..n w m police macleod and stationed for many years at big'bend detach ment will open a restaurant at wat erton lakes mr simpson is a cater er of no mean order and his reput ation in this line will undoubtedly bring him a very successful business we know full well it will fill a long felt wantm waterton park dr a t spankie i m.d cm ; 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