Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-02

But there va really ~ - 0rho
now. The Arizona fistsd = badH tint
~ guns could not b elsvatoa - a.
tarrsE n saivo ef aholls -theee aWful
Aendish shells ssnt on signal from The
aeroplanss struck al IN Z bunch
somewhere below, and . magasine at
blew up. or perhsps u WAS boilers
nrst. Anyway, the Arixoua We goino
down fast A she went there wa no
escape from the turrst through The
handling reem- Instead Holt was
helping pun Up Wayne and ~ man
into the tursst There was sAly tho
small. heavy steal door which ~ sue
the back e The turrst 10 ~ asck lt
was found jammsd a. Bob erdsaUd n
opened. 20 some ef the men cuEoe&
and others cried that thay 1idnt want
to rot out, and some one yeAod d
crawl out through the guns. ana eWo
Of the men tried r. Then IL 0oee
opened. and Bob stood hack - ssase
his men out ahead Of hin. ~ ~
ship was going down then-Hels saADed
Bob about the waist and Showed ~
through the door, and oueside ss0o
one else grabbed him and SWAN W1gA
him away from tho ship
It was tho destroyer Walnw1aght
which picked mp Bob ana ths sailse
who SWAN with him. The destxsya
had dashed In to try 70 ind tho a.
miral In the water near whs1o tho 1das
ho sank, for tho enemy Wa havino
trouble himself ut that instant The
Xerxes, which had been observed T.
be listing for Some time. was slipnlns
down after the Idaho to tho bottdn.
and the Floron had turned over and
was floating keel to the sky. The
Trajan, very low at the stem, was b.
ing taken In tow By another ship, and
two or tho Pharaohs.-so 1is1 oz the
Wainwright said-must soon sink.
Guns were still rumbling down the
column. Four of the American ships
still were fighting. They finished two
moro Of the Pharaohs before they
drifted. like the rest Of tho ailenced
ships, waterlogged huiks, for the Thors
and the Zeus ships, which long befors
had beaten the yermonts and the Con.
necticuts, closed in and finished the
task Of tho Pharaohs.
Bob Wendell stood on the trembling
deck Of the Wainwright, surrounded
BY bright eyed, tense Tipped, exhaust.
ed men. Ono Of the battle cruisers Of
the regent and one Of the destroye1
seemed to observe the Wainwright and
that It was escaping from tho battle.
The destroyer gavc chase. Bob Wen
dell watched the other destroyer duly.
His head dropped, and he closed his
eyes. Then he opened them again and
reused himself. He was seeing things
which made him think again Nellie
and then Garry's little boy with the
straw hat with the ~. 8. 8. AriSona"
ribbon. -
'"The rndio room Il hearing from the
Shore" some one said. They want to
know tho result Of the battle"
"The official press bureau an.
nounces," said the bulletin pasted %
the board before tho ONCE Of the Elsfn
News, ''that the American hest has in-
fiicted heavy losses upon the enemy
but has also suffered severely. Amcss.
can vessels are retiring toward New
York"
That was the sole omeial cosn
cation authorized BY Washin9son nas
night, but the entire truth was spsesd
through tho nation with ma1vsaou1
swiftness. How It spread no one son0
say-it was spread by secee codss tssss,
graphed Is ordinary messages; Il ~
spread by private wireless plants
operated in secret places by De asenf1
Of the enemy who. perhaps. leaEne0
the result Of the battle directly frsna
the radios Of the victorious ships. Howe
ever the news was spread. Nellie Wen
dell heard the facts repeated from ens
to another about her ~ she stoed b.
fore the newspaper Office staring IN
at the few false lines Of odRc3Al ~
formation"
"we're licked, they sayl =
Who says so7 don't know,
but they say tho regents sunk our
feet! That can't be 80! Why
we had the best navy Of Its size In
the worldl Why. the neet-
But, tell you. they're gonel I got 10
straight. They're all,sunk-the Idaho
the Arizona. the Pennsylvania and
Nellie turned and faced tho man who
was speaking. please" shc requested
him quietly, "please tell me how you
heard that and-and anything else you
knowr'
The mans eyes softened as thsy
gazed at hers; he took OF his hat
what do you mean, miss?'
.You said our ships-particularfy tho
Arizona--were sunk. How did you
hear that7"
"Why-why, Just heard Il, miss.
Every ones saying 1t. lust heard II"
(To Be Continued)
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