Arizona republican., 1917-11-25

quent mention of Biblical names. The site of the ancient Mizpah, some elgth miles west of Jerusalem was carried by storm. Northwest of the city the British were still closer, but their mounted troops near Bei- tonia in this sector were forced back a short distance by a strong Turkish counter attack.
 American destroyers in the war zone were successful recently in sink ing a German submarine, seemingly beyond all question: according to both official and unofficial account. The boat fell victim to a depth bomb rising to the surface after the shock and sinking just after a destroyer had attached a line and was attemp.- ing to tow her.
 Return to Base
 BASE OF THE AMERICAN FLO TlLIaA IN BRITISH WATERS, Nov. 24.-The American destroyers which were responsible for the latest sinking of a German submarine have returned to their base with flags flying Their victory over the U boat was one of the cleanest, neatest and quickest pieces of anti-submarine work yet recorded by the American squadron.
 The submarine was disabled by a depth charge, rose to the surface three minutes after the charge was fired, hung hesitantingly at the surface for a moment and then sank. For a long time bubbles and oil continued to rise Tn great gulps from the grave where she lay and then the Americans made assurance complete, in manner of which 1t is unnecessary to go into de- tails, It was daylight with good vis- ilty when the periscope was sighted by the lookout of a destroyer which, With sister craft, was engaged in it's customary duties. The submarine commander was just preparing to fire a torpedo, either at one of the destroy CTS or at a merchantmen nearby.
 A scant eighteen inches of periscope had shown above the surface 400 yards distant for a few instants and then vanished. In less time than it takes to tell the destroyer under the impetus of suddenly opened throttles had fairly leaped into the track where the peri scope had disappeared.
 At the proper moment, the comman- der on the bridge released a depth charge from it's fixed place The DOW erful explosive, three hundred pounds In weight, in its steel case sank with a little splash into the destroyers wake and at the regulated depth responded to the bidding of it's values and burst Tn terrific explosion. A vast extent of water was upheaved and rose in 8 column to a great height. That the charge had found it's mark was shown by mass of oil and bubbles which marked the spot as the water found its level
 Meanwhile a second destroyer passed fnTnuUh oil dropped a second depth charge an6 then followed the tactics of the first destroyer in circling the spot The two destroyers did not have long to wait In less than three minutes there wa, a rush of water and the Y boat, whale like. came to the surface not more than 800 yards from the first de stroyer.
 The Americans were taking nc chances on a German trick. The gur crews stood with their guns, machine guns and torpedo tubes trained on tn, stricken enemy ready to let loose shower of steel in case the submarin, showed fight But the U boat wa. badly stricken; the explosive charg had done its work thoroughly Al hough the upper part of tlss boat ap Deared to have been untouched. it wal evident from her actions that the sub ma1ne was unmanageable. She wal badly listed, owing to the damage tt her ballast tanks and it was apparen that her steering gear and probably also her engines had damned.
 The three minutes which elapsed be tween the time the depth charges wer, fired and the time she emerged, as i catapulted, provide food for interest ing speculation. It is probable sh was driven to the bottom by the fore of the explosion but retained enougl buoyancy to rise to the surface. Blu by the time she reached the open ali the strain had done it's work and sh hung on the surface of the water onl. for a moment and then began to settl again. at first hesitatingly, soon witt evidence of complete collapse.
 During that brief period severa American sailors jumped in the SCI in an effort to get the prize buoye up with hawsers so she would be towe to port. One line was fastened to tn submarine successfully but before could be reinforced she gave a fina