Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-02

ter every scrap Of discarded metal and
rubber to be sent to the Estates" for
the Red Cross at the opening of navi-
cation. One small club raised by dell
catessen sales enough money to endow
bed In the Neuilly hospital, which
Alaskan women are trying to support
Their second sale alone netted them
$447.5O.
a photograph of him and also Of the
other negro, who was floating on
raft nearby. The first man was then
allowed to dive from the submarine
and he, too, swan to the raft.
These photographs were clearly in
tended for German propaganda. Out
of the crew Of Al men only is IRE
known to have been picked up. The
captain Of the ship was left on the
bridge when the boat went down and
was not seen again. The saved men
| were in the water for hours together
|the U-boat as usual submerging and
leaving them to their fate.
Among all the tales of cool and
1 splendid behavior, which Sir Rosslyn
| Wemyss in paying tribute to the
British merchant navy recently de-
i scribed as beyond all praise" is that
of a stewardess of a big liner, which
went down, according to one account,
lein seven minutes after the explosion.
The master says: "The stewardess
behaved exceptionally well, and with
4 ayn.e
and other articles to the crew when
they were in the boat" 1t is in this
story that one of the very few acts
of humane conduct on the part of
German submarine commander is re-
corded. "Submarine picked up two
i of sthe men in the water himself. after
which we went alongside the subma-
rine and took the two men on board"
j Among all these records of horror,
bravery and cruelty there are little
4 glints of something almost approach
ing comedy. Take. for instance. the
record of a little South Coast schoon-
err which was sunk some way from
home. The first part of the story is
that of the master told to the British
+
& how, when the ship was struck, three
men got into the bout Before the
fourth man could get in an accident
occurred and the boat was upset.
s The master reported four men
drowned-what happened to the fourth
man is not clear-and remarked that
"those drowned became too excited"
Hn< n Hoo 1,i1 cl, ln1 f0r
a long time, but the German shoot
ing was very bad. The captain and
boy, who remained on board, were
taken on board the submarine and re-
leased five hours later and put on
board foreign ship. The captain
was unable to give any description of
the submarine: Captain could not
describe submarine. He said he was
sent below at once-Step'
The next part of the story is from
one of the men whom the master
thought lost. He gives an idyllic pic.
ture Of the scene before the Smelling
vesse! in Tull Sail.
'The vessel had all sail except the
mizzen gait topsail set. The wind was
uD6uIll, llle NcSScl Oll tilc pOIl tuCh
heading southeast and east. The mas
ter was standing by the helmsman. The
mate was talking to the master. botf
on the lee side of the poop. She was
making six or seven knots through the
water when the master asked the
4 mate: is that submarine? Tit
8 mate had look at 1t and said: yes
it Isl The master took the,wheel ant
B ordered all hands to get the boat out
I Before the boat got into the water thu
3 submarine started shelling."
& Then the disaster happened. TIL,
man on the boat reported that moth
& Ing has been heard of vessel sine,
B ileponent last saw her." It seem
q that "about three hours after leayin,
B ship boat righted and was baled out
4 But most interesting part of tn
4 story is missing; for one would Xix
B to know whether master and crew me
n again and what they said to one an
D. other.
d Says the mate of another little ship
II Masters reason for abandoning shi
u was that she sank under him."
II And, as is but natural, the seaman
q pride in his ship is often revealed 4
y these records; as "She went dow
with hardly splash like the lady sh
t always was" and II shall never &c
lanother like her"