The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-13

the Kidalton he ascertained that an
Englishmau's yacht was in the harbor
and that word could easily be taken
for their relief.
Needed Water Badly.
Next to coal the greatest need the
Eitel felt in her long journey, the
commander said. was water. Not only
for drinking. he said. but FOR washing
Because OF the water shortage, he
saiI:
The Eitel anchored in the rain
belt, near Pernambuco and spread all
sail,-not perpendicularly, but flat
and waited, and 4S hours the rains
descended and the tanks were filed"
The washing problem, he said, was
followed by famine and in this emer-
gency luck favored them again when
the French ship Floride appeared with
q cargo of toilet preparations.
I'VE we're out of the track of liners"
said the captain, and could hardly
| believe it when we saw French
steamship appearing"
Here Commander Thicrichens paus-
| ed to give word of sincere praise for
| the Floride's captain.
There Is q real gentleman" he said
! with enthusiasm, referring to Captain
Moisson. "At first his patriotism and
the icss CT his boat made K hard f0T
him to compose himself on our boat
bat later when he had accepted the
| situation he bore his position like q
true gentleman.
The commanders glance, as he
paused after this tribute to the French
officer, chanced to fall on few green
sprigs OF wheat growing from box in
his cabin window.
A spray Of Green.
-"You can't imagine what thaa little
growing green meant to u.s." he said
after q moments meditation. Even
in the cities you can at least look
into O florists shop. But through
these nTonths on the sea, we yearn-
ed for it. So when We reached Eas-
ter Island, we filled baskets with
earth and then. q competition began.
All we had to plant were beans and
peas and we soon found that they
would not grow. We were just about
ready to give up ever seeing our win
dow gardens green when there came a
wheat ship. We planted some OF 1t and
you see II Is growing"
Easter Island was q bright page in
the Eitel Friedrich's career and a
strange lIttlS SnEIStultlB tTcc hS iuc
captains elbow still bearing its gold
and candles. was relic the officer
said from last Christmas celebration.
4 On the stand was the souvenir OF a
more recent feast, the celebration OF
the captains 41st birthday which oc-
CURED yesterday in this port. il was
an deliberately framed poem, which
the commander smilingly explained
was the present OF the non-commis-
stoned officers "Gesangverein.". Later
as the commander went on deck, the
proud author was personally congrat-
i ulated with warm handshake.
/ Hanging on the wall in the captain's s
cabin was the shell of tropical fish
and lying on the table were photo
graphs which the captain proudly
displayed as his "farthest south" re-
cord. They showed two great ice
berEs and wide grey ice field.
1--we went far south OF the Horn,
| the officer explained, "ior it was after
the battles. on the coast and we were
afraid OF the straits. Then we were
jup in the tropics. shooting sharks.
"DesEite the changes OF weather ana
! the hazards of the cruise" the com.
mantier added as the interview closed,
/ Eve have not lost single life and the
crew we have today Is the same 70 a
i man as that which LEFT Tsi;tg-I'au
nanny months ago and ready to take
! another chance
German Cruiser IN Hiding
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