The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-12-26
be azst thing I knew. I was Kicked of

tno 0fSe thing knew, was kicked on
into the go. I slipped OF my trousers
and coat and clogs, and. believe me. It
was not q case Of Ill dressed up and
no place TO got
Then ! swan hard and caught up to
the Limeys who had Jumped first. They
were asking each other II they were
downhearted and answering. "Not q
bit Of II, me lads" and trying to sing.
Pack up your troubles In your old kit
bag" only they could not do much
singing on account Of the waves that
slipped into their mouths every time
they opened them. That was Just like
Limeys, though.
Some Of the boys were just climbing
up the Jacobs ladder on the Aoewe
when the old George let out an awful
roar and up went the deck and the
matches high In the air in splinters.
Ono fellow let 90 his hold on tho lad
der and went down and he never came
up. The Germans were making for the
Aoewe In the lifeboat and We reached
1t Just before they did. Up the ladder
We went and over the side and the
first thing We caught sight Of was the
German revolvers In our faces drilling
M all Into line.
The Nfeboat brought back the chips
papers from the George and We had
roll call They kept ~ up ON deck In
our wet underwear and 1t was very
cold indeed. Then the first mate and
the old man and one Of the German
ofncers called OF the names and We
found W had nfty missing.
The Boche commander had gall
enough to say that he was not there
to kill men but to sink Ill ships that
were supplying the alliesi He said
England was trying to starve Germany.
but that they would never succeed and
that Germany would starvs the allies
very soon.
After roll call some Of % asked the
Germans for clothes, OF at least Q
place 10 dry ourselves In. but Fritz
could not sec n for the dust ON the
ocean and We just had to stand there
and shiver till We shook the deck. al
most. Then I went and sat down on
the pipes that feed the deck winches.
They had quite . head Of steam In
them and I was beginning to feel more
comfortable when I got Q good clout
alongside Of the head for sitting there
and trying to keep warm. It was .
German garby and he started calling
mo all the various kinds Of schwein-
hunds he could think Of and hs could
think Of . lot.
Finally they mustered ~ all on
another part Of the deck, then drilled
~ down into the forecastle and read
the martial law Of Germany to N.
At least I guess that u what It was.
It might have been the Help Wanted
Dog Catchers" column from the Ber-
lin Lokal Taggabble for all most Of ~
knew or cared. II shows what cards
the Germans are-feading all those
four-to-the-pound words to ~ shiver-
ing garbies. who did not give q dime
q dozen whether We heard them or not.
Fritz II like some other hot sketches
he II funniest when he does not mean
to be. Every German Is . vaudeville
skit when he acts natural.
There were hammocks there and we
jumped into them to get warm. but the
Germans came down with their re-
volvers and bayonets and took the
hammocks away and poured water on
the decks and told US to sleep there.
They could not have done . worse
trick than that.
Then they put locks on the portfolios
and told us that anyone caught flddling
with the locks would be shot ut once.
This was because We might sight a
British or French mnn-of-war Mt any
time and as the Moewe was sailing un-
der the British mug and trying to keep
out Of trouble they did not want Us
at the ports signaling our own war
ships for help. II they had bucked
any Of the allied ships and had q night
We would have died down there like
rats.
The Moewe had already captured
the voltaire. Mount Temple. Cambrian
Range and the King George and had
the crews Of these vessels between
decks with m. These men told us
how the Germans were treating them
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ming would b spent In playing games
and q pleasant time would b had By
all-uot.
The crew Of the Mount Temple were
on deck working when the raider sud.
denly opsoed IRE on them. Two or
three men Jumped into the water and
the Germans turned Q FUN o. them
while they were swimming and killed
them. That was Just sample q what
had happened 70 them.
The mea now began running up and
down In q line 70 keep warm, but ]
took little run o. my own hook and
treated myself to ~ much e Q once
over Of the ship - couid. ! DO NOT
believe the Aoews had more than Q
thfss-fourths-inch asmor plata. b0t b.
hind that she had three rows Of pis
iroa. which made about foot II thick.
mesa There WAS nothing but cable
strung along the deck and wAea I saw
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