Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-22

TO ram him. But no shock was felt when the
ship passed over 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 was surpassed by liner, for
merly favorite ship among Atlantic pilgrims, now
carving cargoes to the allies blanket of FOG
covered the sea in the early morning. 1t 1fted a
tri1e and very much surprised submarine popped
ND dead ahead of the lunging PROV. She let ny
torpedo in a wild furry at the steamers side With
out exploding A moment later the submarine
itself went humping and scraping along the other
side of the vessel whose officers, sailors and gun
ners stared straight down at it and uttered the
deep and hearty curses of the sea. They Woulu
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 banketyblank 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 Off
Ger Andrew Copassaki, commanding the armed
guard, is one of those which shines undimmed in
defeat German sailors cheered him and his men
from the deck of a submarine when he finished
with his ship on fire and cargo of gasoline about
to blow him to kingdom come. He was made war
rant officer for devotion to duty and determination
report to the navy department given out short
ly after 1t received.
For wanton brutality there Is the report of the
loss of the American schooner Chde Harold off
the French coast. Unadorned, the episode is thus
described:
"At daybreak an object reported by the mate
believed to be the square sails of ship hull
down. The glasses showed it to be the superstruc-
ture of a submarine mile away. (The Childe
Harold unarmed.) The submarine opened
fire, and the shells ripped through the schooners
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 at the boat in the water which escaped be-
ing hit The captain and his crew were 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 was totally unnecessary and that
he had not expected such dastardly treatment from
any white
'The conversation developed the fact that the
commander of the submarine knew the date of sail
ing of the Chde Harold from an American port
and was on the lookout for her. He had also re-
ceiyed information of the departure of the four
master Alicia B. Crosby and the three-master A. v.
Sherman on the same 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.
",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 in the boat again
which was stove and half full of water The
schooner was set on fire. Her people were res
cued by steamer. Captain Byrne is anxious to
try it again."
robust American shipmaster, this. skipper Of
the Chde Harold who told the Germans to their
faces what he thought of them and was eager to
have another fling at it!