The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-26

m ram him. But no shock was felt when the
ship passed the spot, In all probability the
submarine was able to dive deep enough to escape
being hit"
There was precious little room to spare in this
adventure, but IT surpassed by a liner, for
merly favorite ship among Atlantic pilgrims, now
carrying cargoes to the allies blanket OF FOG
covered the sea in the early morning 1t lifted
trife. and a very much surprised submarine popped
up dead ahead of the lunging Prov She let fly
torpedo in wild furry, at the steamers side with
out exploding. a moment later the submarine
itself went humping and scraping along the other
of the vessel whose officers, sailors, and gun
ners stared straight down at IL and uttered the
deep and hearty curses of the sea- They would
have snapped their souls for few bombs to drop
in remembrance Grimy stOkers pOked their heads
through the open ports and spat at the coming
tower or passionately scrambled for Jumps OF coal
and slice bars to heave at the bankety- blank thing
Then the fog swallowed it up and the incident was
closed
For hard fighting and the logged courage that
we rightly ascribe to the men Of the American
navy, the story of the MOreni and Chief Petty O1-
Ger Andrew COpassaki, commanding the armed
guard is Of those which shines undimmed In
defeat. German sailors cheered him and his men
from the deck of q submarine when he finished
with his ship fire and cargo of gasoline about
TO blow him to kingdom come. He was made war
rant officer for devotion to duty and determination
to fight as long she hOated A summary Of his
report TO the navy department given out short
" after it received.
For wantOn brutality there is the report Of the
loss of the American schooner ChIlde Harold on
the French coast Unadorned, the episode is thus
described:
AT daybreak an object reported by the mate
was believed 10 be the square sails Of ship hull
down. The glasses showed it TO be the superstruc-
ture OF a submarine mile away. (The Chiide
Harold unarmed-) The submarine opened
fire, and the shells ripped through the schooner's
hull and sails. The master ordered the crew into
the motorlaunch and lowered away. This was
plainly visible to the submarine. which had come
much nearer She continued to fire, however, evil
IDENTIFY the boat in the water, which escaped be
ing hit. The captain and his crew ordered
aboard the submarine and noticed that the cap
ribbons OF the sailors bore the letter 'U-19' and
'U-17. Two of the officers spoke excellent English,
and Captain Byrne of the schooner informed them
that the firing totally unnecessary and that
he had not expected such dastardly treatment from
any white
1.-The conversation developed the fact that the
commander of the submarine knew the date OF sail
ing OF the Childe Harold from American port
and the lookout for her. He had also re-
ceived information of the departure of the four
master Alicia B. Crosby and the Jhree-master A v.
Sherman the date, all three vessels hav-
ing passed out to together. He wanted to
know where the other schooners were. According
to his schedule they should have shown up by this
time.
1.-The Germans looted the Childe Harold and
seemed very hungry. They had only coffee and
dry bread for breakfast aboard the submarine.
After fetching all the stores In the launch they
put the captain and his crew in the boat again,
which stove and half full Of water The
schooner set fire. Her people were res
cued by steamer. Captain Byrne is anxious to
try 1t again.
robust American shipmaster this skipper OF
the Childe Harold who told the Germans TO their
faces what he thought Of them and was eager TO
have another fling at it