The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-17

| WOOQ OF the ETlllSQ StedNsQlp "llSI
by, sunk February 20. described hoy
he narrowly missed sinking the Elite
Friedrich.
''The German ship was almost Of
US before we discovered her." sal
| Capt. Wedgewood. eve were goin;
full speed ahead and the Friedrich
was coming full speed. about to ran
TWO-WILL NOT INTERN -. :.
US broadside. I swerved and tried t.
claw around her, but the Friedrich
also swerved toward our stern. In
stantly I saw my chance to ram he
and gave the order: Reverse the en-
gines and give EN- hell for all your
| WORTH
eve were soon going full speet
astern, and it seemed '-e could no
fail to strike. We saw men and wo
men wildly motioning. Little did
know that there were British, French
and Russian prisoners aboard. I onl!
thought Of the chance to ram ant
sink the enemy. But the Eitel Fried
rich missed the crash by only a few
yards"
EYES," spoke up A. E. Dobbing
master of the British ship Ada Short
which had been sunk two days be
fore, "and while you we're doing that
was leaving through one Of the
Friedrich's portfolios, sure you were
going to hit u.s."
Jack Macy, one of the crew Of thu
Frye, told Of the sinking of the
French steamer Floride. "She was
full Of wines and you should have
seen her burn. The Friedrich scoot.
ed, for she was afraid of the glare
and had heard the wireless of British
warships not far away"
1--WE sighted 3S neutral ships but
not one was spoken by the Elite
Friedrich said Capt. King of the
British sunken sailing ship Invercoe
Every time a neutral ship appeared
we all were put below matches. When
We were approaching the Virginia
capes, we were in the matches and
German officers said to'us:
Don't be frightened. II Brit
ish cruiser sights US, stay down be-
low. Well return her fire till our
masthead sinks"
When Collector Hamilton went
aboard the Eitel Friedrich the rust
streaked hull and blackened smoke
stacks Of the cruiser concealed con-
trast of gay spirits that even the stiff
regime of wartime discipline could
not repress.
When officers came on deck from
the banquet table of the captain, who
was celebrating his birthday, there
was no sign Of fatigue. Behind the
lack shields that conceal the cruis-
er's guns the crew were polishing the
shining breeches. The deck officer
in his worn but neat uniform swung
back and forth and everything bore
out the captains curt reminder to
strangers who wished to board: "This
is warship. We can not permit visi-
tors"
When the crew Of the Frye left
their prison ship cheers were given
the German sailors.
The cruise of the Eitel, which one
officer declared to be the longest ever
made by a ship of war, was crossed
by a web of wireless messages that
had to go unanswered, according to
one of the crew.
"'The one message that made Us
laugh was to hear we were sunk
again." continued the physician.
when we were in the Pacific we
heard we were sunk off Patagonia.
When we rounded the Horn we heard
that we had been lost in the South
China sea-"
Other periods OF listening in
gave life saving tips to the fugitive
ship, it was explained.
eve were after big British sail
ing vessel" the sailor continued,
when we heard the Karlsruhe talk
ing to US. Keep off, she said, 'ene-
my warships; III get the English
man.
$50 we went away" the sailor
said, "and the Karlsruhe got he:."
Before leaving for his ship after a
visit ashore Paymaster Loussau in
telling of the career OF the Eitel
Friedrich. sought to reflect no CLAM
our of heroics.
"Why did we leave the Pacific az
ter our long cruiser" the paymaster
asked. because we found little to
do in the South Pacific. We were
after merchantmen and for days we
cruised about in the Pacific and saw
nothing. When W. reached the South
Atlantic we had better luck. We
were surprised not to find British
ships in the Atlantic. Where were
they all? 1t is true that we heard
British wireless talking aid We were
glad Of that becaus. until IA days
ago we had no news. Then We got
considerable from the British wire
less but the trouble was it was all
from the English side"
Desire for news was the only emo
ton that appeared to stir the Ger
man officer. He expressed surprise
that any of the Emden had reached
shore and disclaimed all first-hand
knowledge of the big battles Oh
Chile and in the Atlantic.
eve were alone" he said, land
We worked ;or ourselvec.
eve did no fighting" the officer
continued, but we sunk every mer-
chairman we could fin6."
It was business matter the pay
mater indicated, and he implied that
it was done in business-like way.
"Of course we should have attack
ed any other converted vessel Of our
class" he explained, "but we had no
armo.plate and so we avoided war
ships
And while the Prinz Eitel went
about her business Of interfering with
her enemies business in business
like way the crew and passengers
dined well, according to their testi-
mony.
Like a hotel" said a French Sec
ond class passenger. "Of course" he
SI-RMARINE RAMMED.