Crittenden record-press., 1918-05-02


clubs are donating their club dues to
war purposes; the various woman's
clubs have collected during the win
ter every scrap Of discarded metal and
rubber to be sent to the States for
the Red Cross at the opening Of navi-
CATION. One small club raised by dell.
catessen sales enough money to endOw
a bed In the Neuilly hospital. which
Alaskan women are trying to support.
Their second sale alone netted them
$447.50.
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 AZ men only Is are
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 submerglng and
leaving them to their fate.
Among all the tales of cool and
splendid behavior, which Sir Rosslyn
Wemyss in paying tribute to the
British merchant navy recently de-
scribed as beyond all praise" is that
Of a stewardess Of big liner, which
: went down. according to one account,
: In seven minutes after the explosion.
The master says: "The stewardess
: behaved exceptionally well, and with
great presence Of mind gave mufflers
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 q
German submarine commander is re
corded. Submarine picked up two
|, Of the men In the water himself. afteI
! which we went alongside the subma
: rine and took the two men on board.
aHOuk uil tltSt IttOtus VI
e bravery and cruelty there are little
e glints OF something almost approach
( Ing comedy. Take, for instance, the
!. record OF little South Coast schoon
, er, which was sunk some way from
!. home. The first part Of the story Il
that Of the master told to the British
J consul abroad. The master described
) how. when the ship was struck, three
J men got into the boat. Before thu
) fourth man could get In an accident
! occurred and the boat was upset.
. The master reported four mer
! drowned-what happened to the fourti
; man Is not clear-and remarked tha
I "those drowned became too excited.
: His ship had been heavily shelled fol
! a long time, but the German shoot
Ing was very bad. The captain ant
! boy, who remained on board. wer
: taken on board the submarine and re
: leased FIVE hours later and put OF
3 board foreign ship. The captalr
) was unable to give any description o
Z the submarine: Captain could no
) describe submarine. He said he wa,
Z sent below at once-Step!"
. The next part Of the story is from
one Of the men whom the maste
thought lost. He gives an idyllic pic
ture Of the scene before the shelllng
Vessel In Full Sail.
"The vessel had all sail except tn
mlzzen gaff topsall set. The wind wa
abeam. the vessel on the port tack
heading southeast and east. The mas
ter was standing by the helmsman. TIL
mate was talking TO the master. bot
on the lee side Of the poop. She wa
making six or seven knots through tn
water when the master asked tn
mate. rs that a submariner tn
mate had n look at Il and said: Ye,
Il Is The master took the wheel an
ordered all hands to get the boat ou,
Before the boat got Into the water III
submarine started shelling."
Then the disaster happened. tn
man on the boat reported that "notf
Ing has been heard OF vessel sine
deponent last saw her" II seem
that "about three hours after leayin
ship boat righted and was baled out.
But n most interesting part Of IN
story Is missing; for one would lik
to know whether master and crew m,
ngaln and what they said to one al
other.
Says the mate OF another little shlr
Masters reason for abandoning shi
was that she sank under him"
q Aud. MS Is but natural. the seaman
pride In his ship Is often revealed
' these records; us "She went dow
with hardly splash, like the lady Il
st always was" and II shall never z
another like her"