Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-02
BIindfoId Campaign Of Submarine
Chasing is RepIete With
Surprises.
TORPEDO FISH" IS FOOLER
interesting sfdeHaht on WORK OF Navy
IN Fighting U-eost Perit--Msny
ar Encounter With a Table
LEG or a swaS Handle.

New York --lcnNcN from the diary
81 the commander OF destroyer and
sideiighfs on the thrills that come 20
the men aboard the vessels Of tho Unit
ed States navy 10 the war zone
were made public IN statement
issaed BY the navy publicity bureau Of
BIS West Thirty ninth street
IL - stimulating from the maze OF
convoy and submarine search work 10
uninagle vivid threads OF adventure"
the statement said "For The first hnlf
Of certain month a few points stand
our Tor emphasis or visuallzalon."
They are these
Enemy operations have been large
y In the southern part OF our area.
Calm weather and the moon have Ia
tored them Merchant ships have as-
sembled thlckly at the rendezvous, and
the sight has been frequent Of one
destroyer often Of the older tyne
With four or I've great vessels on her
hands before others assigned have join.
ed the escort.
Many rescues 81 crews have been
successfully made.
ia behind the net however, II II
less ensy 10 borrow the lOokout's eyes
set for the pin thrust OF the distant
periscopc through the blue frets OF the !
quiet. ;reacherouA ocean or 70 hear
Ia the dark small hours the throbblng /
general quarters alarm. the blowers /
hum Ia a rncing creecendo. and the /
gun crews-llke TwecdIedums and
iweedledecs Ia their slate hued life /
prrservers-~ten the covers from the
ammunition boxes. II Is tension 10
bear down az - knots upon the lean
tramp that makes no response 10 the
hap Hap az your scnrchlight bllnkor
spelling out the challenge; 10 dlstln-
guish whether the phosph0rescent
mreak that az night flashes across your
bow "a made BY q Hun torpedo or the
Hnimnl shippers have named the tor
pedo tsh' a blacktish or porpolse. Sur.
sivors come muteiy up the side, often
Lascars aud cingnlese. mutterlng OF
Allah and America indistinguishnbly.
Given cigarette makes they roll
pill calmly stick II behind the ear !
anu as The surgeon uncorks his iodo- ,
form IA The Mushroom for gashes made
By "reekase. some old gunner OF the
reserve takes pneumonia from his .
hours OF exposure. and Is put ashore
al X say, on a strefcher, and with his
hours Of life numbered.
Two ships in the Thick Of II.
The and the z have been In the 7
thick OF such Incidents. AT 1s
minutes past I o'clock on the morn.
Ing Of the nth. the X was steamlpg
angly at 10 knots. with a quiet sea
and good visibility for that hour. The
captain was smoking cigar on the
bridge. wondering. he told me. whether "
Mrs. q, would ever have the pleas u
ar" OF putting roses on her old mana
tomb up the Hudson. A heavy explo. 4,
sion. without flash, shook the dirk.
pcss about three miles over the port
bow. whistle bleated three tunes.
and the radio shack called up the tube
mat the steamer kioto was torpedoed
20 miles southwest by west OF Fastnes in
Light. -
THE \ switched on her general M
alarm for battle, changed her course Nj
o 2ss degrees true aud plunged thlth- pli
= at full speed In two minutes she go
made out the staccato sparks OF a a,
'iinkef. repeating over and over. Tor co
'cdoeS l--TOrpcdOes 2 In 1--WE. she IN,
hanged her course 10 degrees faster 81
'ast. and az half-past one the flush
'ecks Of single stacker OF about ao
.oe tons doomed over the cocoa mat. ~.
ing and thrust men about a gun. ~
"She was now nearing the freight 60,
=, bow on. hit 20 port. Suddenly mr.,
M Of the darkness 70 the right a lIvld
cam rushed straight aud Skinner. or,
AZ az her under the sea. We nut over sm
~ right rudder. The torpedo passed NH
lose aboard across his bows. 10 the ma
~. Just ahead OF the Kioto. ana as ,ov
ie luminous wake receded like muf. ~,
"a scafchiight II seemed 70 break en-,
>ent upon the near horizon. Any ~,
Dw. said the captain sfterward. n
as worth crossing the ocean 10 see
ID feel that instant Il made those
'~es seem a iot nearer.
The destroyer began 20 circle the eve
lotto az high speeds. with alternate new
ghf and ieft rndder Her bl!nker nnd
afnlnered on. that she had been hit In and
e port quarter Rhaff The engiae room. the
her the lights ceased. Ten minutes
ter two loaded ilfeboafS emerged out p
the starhoard darkness They held pou
men. sneiuding The second officer hrel
~ a tall engineer. wounded In the toe;
T. Soon after two O'Clock all were 50 :
fe aboard the X. She continued 10 az !
rcie the steamer. which was slowly a
1klng by the stern. Alarm Of the dis thei
ter bad been flashed 20 adjacent pa a %
is The \ nosed into sight and at 4
BOD by. likewise u. 81 s. 49,, who Il
sunled that she had taken aboard 10 The
pre- survivors and the Kioto's TIM. goo,
tnous captsin-he that returned TO mar
e wreck. AZ 20 minutes past 8 raw,
e freighter sank. leaving only float one.
& wreckage and Coston light. which yor
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