Evening journal., 1918-06-05
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had taken out second naturalization
papers 26 years ago. He declared h
; had lost si7,7O0 in gold. which he wa
bringing back to the United States il
, the sunken Carolina. Won Jenney claimi
TO be godson OF the late Empress
! Elizabeth OF Austria, and a grandson o.
! Count Batyany, who, with Kossuth, lee
, the Hungarian revolution OF 1918. HI
asserted he had been a captain Of the
, royal body guard, in his youth ir
Austria, and that he had gone to schoo
, with the Austrian crown prince.
He said that he had insulted the
Emperor and that the Empress Eliza.
beth had arranged his escape to thi:
country and presented him with 5O,OOC
florins.
Being Questioned Today.
After the interview, the reporters
were asked TO leave the offlce in the
centre Of Lewes in which it had oc-
CURED. Late at night, a navy motor
car, with a navy officer, secret service
men and Won Jenney. as passengers, left
Nthe building and proceeded TO a fish
cries place now used as a naval bar
racks. near Lewes.
The Government representatives will
decide after questioning Won Jenney to-
day whether 10 permit him TO continue
! his journey or TO detain him for fur
ther Investigation.
He is 50 years of age. gray-haired,
and OF Teutonic cast OF features. but
he resents being called a German. His
residence is in Long Island In his own
story OF the sinking, he tells OF swim
ming for eight hours after his life
| boat capsized He was afterwards
taken into another life-boat which
found him clinging TO an oar with two
other men and girl. One OF the men
was over 60 years OF age, and Won
Jenney encouraged him not 10 give up
his feeble, aged grasp on the oar. He
told OF brave women and crying chill
dren, mother with five children, an
other mother with 4-month-old baby.
Survivors Thrilling Experience.
The nineteen who reached here in
cluding two women, were all that was
left Of thirty who had been in one life
boat and became separated from the
rest. IL was a mOtorboat that Overturn-
ed. AT tt o'clock Sunday night a squall
h'' For a time the motorboat bucked
the rising waves. Then the engine
baked. Men worked with it in vain.
The boat wallowed deeper and finally
capslzed.
Struggling for life, lighting TO get
grip on the slippery sides, the men ana
women only succeeded in turning the
boat over and over for time. AS fast
as one scrambled up on it. it would
rise on a wave and careen over on
those in the water. Engineer Christian
Nielsen shouted at them to keep away,
to lay their hands lightly on the boat
until it could be safely rigbted and
bailed When they got it on an even
keel Nielsen climbed in and began baling
with his cap. One by one the survivors
were picked up. BY the first dim day
light bodies in life preservers were seen
floating nearby. From among cluster
OF corpses Miss Edith d. NirOla, Of
Porto Rico, and three men, still alive,
were saved Miss VirOla was nearly
crazed. For hours, she said, she had
been clinging to a man body floating
| in the water.
The body, Miss Virola stated, was
that OF her fiance, who evidently had
died shortly after being pitched over
board. The body was supported by a
lifebelt and she clung to 1t for hours,
she said.
Richard Lawrence, pantryman on the
Carolina, told a story Of Miss Virols
clingiEg to a corpse, but some other
survivors said they found the young
woman, with life preservers on, grasp
ing an oar, while two other survivors
swan alongside her. when she was res /
cued.
The sea was calm, with a slight |
haze when the Carolina was attacked. /
All ten boats were safely launched Il /
was then noticed that a fireman, who /
had been asleep, had been left on the |
ship. The submarine waited for boat |
to go back TO the vessel and take OF /
the fireman. About II o'clock a neavy 4
rain, lightning and windstorm, came /
up capsizing some OF the boats. The !
loss OF life was due to the storm toss
ing the lifeboats about like corks.
About thirteen survivors left Lewes !
yesterday afternoon and the remainder /
early this morning. Miss NiNoI wore |
a dress given her by a Lewes woman.
Her own clothes were badly torn in
her struggles in the water.
Picking Up German Mines.
Between the sinking OF the Herbert |
L. Pratt, off the capes, and talking to |
the Carolina survivors. Lewes has !
found the past two days full o. excite /
ment. When the Pratt was towed in
by the pilot tug Philadelphia, to Lewes, /
IL was seen that her bow had been /
blown of. This led naval authorities
to suspect she had been blown up by |
a mine rather than torpedoed.
The coast waters of the Breakwater /
were. combed for mines. and 1t is said /
that as high as ten, certainly one or
two, were exploded purposely or by /
chance during the mine sweeping. The I
sound was heard in Lewes yesterday /
noon, making the people wonder /
another submarine attack was
taking place The staunch oil tanker
Pratt was floaled last night, and will /
proceed under her own steam to Phila-
delphla today.
II is believed the German U-boats set
mines adrlft to destroy as many ships
as possible making into or~uut Of Della
ware bay and to hamper pursuit by
naval vessels.
The naval minesweepers were gath
ering in the German floating bombs all
Of this morning. II is reported that
ten were found.
The attack on the Pratt and Arco was
watched by many Lewes people engaged
in waterfront activities at the time,
Monday afternoon. They said swarm
OF about fifty naval vessels collected in
The nelghborhood OF the attack within
a quarter of an hour.
The crew Of the Pratt left for New 7
York early in the day, but the towns
people OF Lewes heard thrilling tales I
from Carolina survivors The first thing