Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-05-02

Mrs. Louis X. Pratt is prominent
clubwoman and chairman of the Lib.
erty bond committee of Fairbanks,
i Alaska. Fairbanks claims more than
1900 Red Cross members who are rails.
ing funds despite the decreased buy.
ing power of their dollar. All bridge
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 Estates" for
the Red Cross at the opening Of navi-
cation. One small club raised by deli
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. G
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a photograph of him and also of the
other negro, who was floating on a
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 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 submerging 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 stewardess Of big liner, which
went down, according to one account.
in seven minutes after the explosion
The master says: 1.-THE stewardess
behaved exceptionally we'll, and with
great presence Of mind gave muffiers
and other articles to the crew when
they were in the boat. It is In this
story that one Of the very few acts
Of humane conduct on the part of a
German submarine commander Is re-
corded. Submarine picked up two
Of the men in the water himself, after
which we went alongside the subma-
rihe and took the two men on board"
Among all these records of horror.
bravery and cruelty there are little
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 is
that of the master told to the British
consul abroad. The master described
how, when the ship was struck, three
men got into the boat. Before the
fourth man could get in an accident
occurred and the boat was upset.
The master reported four men
drowned-what happened to the fourth
man is not clear-and remarked that
"those drowned became too excited"
His ship had been heavily shelled for
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
board1A foreign ship. The captain
was unable to give any description Of
the submarine: Captain could not
describe submarine. He said he was
sent below ut 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
Vessel in Full Sail.
1.-THE vessel had all sail except the
mizzen GAIT topsail set. The wind was
Pabeam. the vessel on the port tack
heading southeast and east. The mas.
ter was standing by the helmsman. The
mate was talking to the master, both
on the lee side of the poop. She wat
!: making six or seven knots through the
water when the master asked the
mate: rs that submarineY The
mate had a look at 1t and said: Yes
] 1t u.s. The master took the wheel and
ordered all hands to get the boat out
Before the boat got into the water the
submarine started shelling."
Then the disaster happened. The
man on the boat reported that moth
ing has been heard of vessel since
dleponent last saw her." It seem,
that "about three hours after leavine
ship boat righted and was baled OUT
But a most interesting part of thu
story is missing; for one would like
to know whether master and crew me,
+ again and what they said to one an
other.
Says the mate of another little ship,
Masters reason for abandoning shiy
was that she sank under him"
And, as is but NATURAL the seaman'l
pride In his ship IL often revealed 1,
these records; as "she went dow
with hardly splash, like the lady Oh,
always was" and 'IAshail never g
another like hsr." S