Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-11-05

A LII 1 Xix IlOu an AucIlCdH VI
~ fetal in Germany tells Of con
ID versation with Lieutenant We'd
digen. the commander of the
submarine which sank the British
cruisers Hogue. Aboukir and Cressy
and. according to reports in German
papers. also the cruiser Hawke.
Lieutenant Weddigen almost spared
the Cressy, feeling strongly against
sending this last sAip TO the bottom
because it was the only thing to save
the men from the other cruisers, who
were struggling in the water.
Lieutenant Weddigen said that
through the periscope Of the subma
rine he observed both Other ships sink.
with the Cressy alongside for rescue.
The havoc appalled, him and be almost
determined to let the Cressy stay
afloat He was about to leave the per
iscope and retire when his second in
command. who was also shocked, re-
minded weddigen. You know we
have four nayies fighting US"
Thereupon Weddlgen went back 10
the perlscope. made his observation,
and sent the torpedoes which finished
the Cressy.
School Work Amid Shell Fire.
The director of the gymnasium at
Altkirch Upper Alsacel writes TO the
Neunkirchner Zeitung as an eyewit-
ness of an examination held AT the
gymnasium while the town and the
gymnasium itself were being lombard
ed by French artillery He says: 'At
10 o'clock there began at the gymnd-
stun the emergency examination (Not-
prufung,, which was to last till $50
The building is situated on a height
near the railroad station. and the fire
from the French artillery batteries
above Karsbach. near Barhutte, against
the German position at the railroad
station. passed directly over the gym
nasium. \ misdirected German shrap-
mel found its way into the UnterselSun-
da and the physical laboratory. causing
considerable destruction but fortunate
~ injuring no one The examination
went on quietly all the same. OF the
three boys examined two passed
through the fire Of the hostile forces
all the way to Muehausen. Il distance
of seventeen kilometers: the third boy
turned back. and | do not know what
became of him."
Soldiers Tribute to Nurses.
"ln my ward. where lay. the wom-
en- who minister 10 me and the others
are renewing the miracle of evangeli-
cal charity" says a letter from
wounded French soldier. only this
time it is not a ceremony. but ne
cesSity. They washed us when we
came--our faces our hands. our feet
and brought us back TO human sem
blance from underneath clots Of mud.
For eleven days now | am here.
We all are comfortable. We have the
attendance of the best physicians i'm
Havre. and we have. above al. the
care Of the Catholic Sisters of Charity.
How shall | praise enough these
angels on earth? OF infinite goodness
are they. without sentimentality or af-
fected Sensibility. SO ! have seen
them where death and destruction
abounded and SO | see them here
che. same In these women one finds
no romantic goodness that is in real
ity only selfshness projected for self
satisfaction. One finds the goodness
of great souls: the goodness of a pity
that is divine"
When He Saw the Dead First.
In the same letter. written TO his
fiancee the wounded Frenchman said:
81 thought of you and then thought
of my first day of war on the crest
above Flachslanden. i'm Alsace. ! saw
there my first dead-Bavarian dra-
goons. My God How big they looked
sleeping on the gentle slopes. Since
then have seen so many dead my
eyes are scared. Our French look so
small and quiet. after they cease cry
ing out i'm pain and die. Their KNAPP
sacks are little. Their blue overcoats
twist about them i'm such ludicrous
way. | have gotten SO when /. see
dead men ] let my eyes fall ON their
hands-the hands that are always
stretched so wide as If they sought
something And OH them | see so
many little gold bands that are we'd
ding rings"
"Big Berthas" Fire Twenty-three
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