Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-24

""u '""o II NV GU
AT Il uhe When Ihe captain cou'u "O' Wv So
Before he was thirty-two he held mas
ters certificate and was in command of the
Silver shell. And then the naval service
e tiIs. His country wants him-has him. in
fact. He is rendered a commission, ranking
l. .sn in the service.
p,++Iod Co.. N-;ro+,, NIir,tos
i'' -''''N''
Just the merest details covering the fact
were made public early in June describing
the battle in the Mediterranean which re-
suited in the sinking Of the German U-boat
When Captain Charlton returned to New
York few days ago, and later went to his
home in Jenkintown. the story was ampli-
fed and told in detail. And in the telling
the hero-captain was brief, effective, to the
point Not n word wasted as he paced
from one side of the room TO the other
just as he might be pictured on the bridge
We gave the boat the opnortunity to an
proach and sbow her coIors Rut no flag
was visible We dispIavod tho stars and
Stripes And stiII the other boat showed no
flag They came within range There was
one thing to do and we did it-frcd the first
shot our tweutv-fourth struck I'm front OF
the boat our gun was elevated a trife
and the twenty-ffth struck fairly in front
Of the coming tower. There was a terrific
explosion and the U-boat disappeared dis
appeared forever"
Tore. tb,r,rrI,l,. ,,r,rrobappt,a hat
,bat r,,n,,in, 6,ttIa i,st.d lives mat,
n,inutes and ~ % E,ntain C,6,rltor;s
rnastorI,, cortroI of bi, baat tba+ ,,reyorted
the successfII launching of = torpedo and
made made the shell hre directed at the silver .,
described this phase of the battle:
.,y,-ba, ,bo I--bo,+ ,,.,. -o,o-,ed o,, ,,,,r
starboard six or seven miles away I was
in nv cabin an yvitb rbeunatienI ,vas
ain,ost carried on deck bv tyyo of tbe mon
I ordered tho chi, thrown across seas and
called for slower sueed to hermit the suh
marine 10 come m and show her colors
"Rv puttinr nv vessel across seas vir-
tually nullified the possibility of a success
s,,I NJ h., , torpado ana at the s,,,,, ti,,o
iessened Tho danger fron, sheIIfre 0f tbe
thirtv-nine shots fred by the crew of the
C-boat. seven were shrapnel shells fired
with the intent of killing my crevv Tho
battle neared its end with the twentv-fourth
shot from the pun crew Of the silver shell
The twentv-ffth shot finished il. The next
dan, ,re ,,ere in NIarseiIIae -
C,aptain Charlton's demeanor is that of
tho nuiet thoughtfuI man who has seen
things has fgured in the doing oP then,
That is evidenced NV his statement.
"Tbis couptr, is Tho land of onnortur,t,,
TO the boy. partIcularIv the how iron, some
otbor oC,,,Dtri. ,T,ha' ntay,es e.. 10 .a,r,l,hJrs
IN he sonne one IN tbis y,onderf,,I conntr,,
are so n,Insro,,s .bat tho a,.oraoo Ar1oricoy'r
bo,. does not talEe tho cane .d,.antaec &c
docs tho hos, Err, so,,,a ltbor Ia,,d No
H. Ar,orioa la ,,j. ,d,ti,r g., -
III A II annroacbes tho ,,o,,r,onnIoce
Two Narrow Escapes
., Inc war VIII ehu IN iaEor Oh the Allies
ne entrance OF the Ihlted states INTO the
struggle makes thls result ultimately GER
tain tam we are III Ihe war 10 win we must
n. q 10 u dad
must Willingly be made And, first of ALL
we must each and every one Of US, CO.
operate with our Government in the effort
to punish TO the fullest extent Of our laws
all the propagandists against this our
country"
After the affair of the Silver Shell and
the C-boat, CaptLin Charlton made a trim
TO China. and, returning, his boat figured
in incidents with two more U-boats in the
Mediterranean, on two successive davs, In