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New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

;, On seeing our gunners struggling in
the seas, our foe hoped to make good
his escape, but with each telling shot
our own fighting blood was aroused
and the wild chase continued A we'll
aimed shell tore off the English flag
staff at the stern, but the Union Jack
was quickly hoistod again on the fore
third time the flag flew from q line Of
the yard of the foretop. but the flag
had been raised too hastily and it hung
! reversed, with the Union Jack upside
down. and in this manner it continued
to tiy until it sank with the brave ship.
The fight had lasted four hours with
out our being able to deliver the death
stroke. Several fires had started or
the steamer. but the crew had been
able to Keep them under control; big
holes gaped open in the ships side,
but there were none as yet below the
waterlinc, and the pumps still suf1iced
to eXpel the water. 1t often occurred
that in the act Of firing the waves
choked our cannons, and the shot went
Kissing through tremendous sheets Of
water, while we were blinded by
deluge Of foam. Of course We were all
wet, through and through, but that
was OF no Importance, for we had al
ready been wet for days.
1t was now essential for US to put an
end to this deadly combat, for English
torpedo boat destroyers were hurrying
on TO the calls of distress Of the
steamer. Big clouds of smoke against
the sky showed they were coming
toward us under full steam. The ship
was BY this time listing SO heavily that
it was evident We need waste no more
of our ammunition, and besides the
appearance Of another big steamer on
the southern horizon was an cnticing
inducement to quit the battle scene
and seek another victim. We cast
last look on our courageous adversary.
which was gradually sinking, and must
add it was the first and last prey whose
end we did not have the satisfaction to
witness. We had been truly impressed
by the captains brave endurance, not
withstanding his lack of wisdom, and
we knew that the men-of-war were
coming to his rescue. We read in the
papers on our return to German
port that the Nosges had sunk soon
after we had departed, and what re-
mained of the passengers and crew
were picked up by the English ships.
The captain was rewarded for his te-
merity by being raised to the rank Of
reserve officer, and the crew We're given
sums of money; but all the other Off
GERS had persisted, as we'll as several
sailors and a few passengers, who had
been forced to help the stokcrs in order
to increase the speed OF the flying
steamer.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

army horses, I fear your ratlons were
cut short for while!
had made an interesting study Of
the manner in which the English crews
or the present day were composed.
Apart from the British officers there
were but few experienced seamcn on
board. This was made evident by the
awkward way the men usually handled
the lifeboatS. Even with the enormous
increase Of wages. sailors could not be
found to risk their lives in the danger
zone, and a lot of unframed fellows.
negroes and Cinnamon, revealed by
their clumsy rowing that they had only
recently been pressed into service.
Various other interesting incidents
occurred on our return trip, which
shall not mention now. but, having
safely reached our newly conquered
port of Ostcnd. we read to our amuse-
mcnt in French paper that our
l-boat had been sunk in the Channel
by a feet Of six fishing steamers.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

minian was sent to the bottom Of the
sea with one Of our last torpedoes.
The following morning, before bid
ding the west coast OF England tenn
porary farewell. we made another good
catch. We sighted q broad -bottomed,
r-masted steamer, also coming from
America, laden down, as we soon ascer-
making its way to uavrc.
We started after it, ana as usual it
tried to escape, but wcll-directed
shot through the bridge and chart
house brought it to Il stop, and it sig
nailed that the engines were being re-
versed The boats were lowered, and
on drawing near We perceived the cap
tain with others on the bridge holding
up their hands as a token OF surrender.
AS soon as those on board had taken
their places in the lifcboats they rowcd
toward us and showed the livclcst in
tercst in the final torpedoing OF their
steamer. They looked upon it as Il new
KIND of sport, and under the present
conditions they could watch the per-
iormancc in the most nfortable way.
The sea was IKE a mirror and reflected
the smiling spriNg sunshine. whose
warming rays were most a9rccabIy iclt
The English captain had scarcely
been on board my submarine moment
when he begged that we might go to-
gether and verify the excellent aim of
our first shot through the forward part
OF his ship, which he told me had
nearly grazcd his ear. consented to
90 on his lifeboat and admire with
HIM, to our mutual enjoyment, the ire
proachablc craftsmanship of my gum
ner. although did not accept drink
OF whiskey one OF the English officers
offered me.
On seeing the gaping hole in the
forecastle, the captain and his. men
Capped their hands and cried out. "A
very good shot!" The captain con-
graduated NE for securing. rs he as
serted. the richest prize | had ever
made, but | assured him we had sunk
even more valuable cargocs than the
present one. | decided, as the sea was
calm and 10 ship WIS in sight, to spare
our torpcdoes and shells and to put an
end to the ctcamer with little hand
grenadcs.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
The Question of
Raising. Ships

he question Is now often being pu-
whether it will be possible to raise
the vessels that have been sunk dur
ing the war. The raising Of 2 ship
depends above ali upon whether the
Gepth at which it lies is so great that
1t .precludes the work OF diver
have already stated that the wate,
pressure augmerts al the rate of one
atmosphere zone kilogram to the
square centimetre) to ten metres IN
crease Of depth. If a diver working
at ten metres depth is under a press
ure OF one atmosphere. at fifty metres
he will be under the tremendous
pressure of five atmospheres. This is
the greatest depth to which a diver
can attain, and il by chance diver
has gone Il few metres beyond fifty
metres, no man to my knowledge has
attained sixty metres. The work OF
divers at a depth Of forty to tiftv
metres is even then not very effective.
as they are unable to perform heavy
tasks. nor can they remain more than
tait an hour 1T n time under such a
pressure, and am, speaking now only
OF experts. therefore only light and
easy work can be performed by most
olvers at a great depth and the ap-
pllance OF ponderous chains for lift
.ns purposes can only be accomplished
Under unusually favorable conditions.
10 raise any ship at depth above
thirty metres must be considered as
I. very efficient job, whereas if this is
attempted at (. depth below thirty
metres it can be done only by salvage
companies, where neither unfayorable
Eottom obstacles nor currents intor-
yene. A strong currona renders =
G!Ver's work impossible, for il carries
Kim Off his feet.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
ARTICLE III.

1Ats pcc oy HIMSELF Of the kimd of o g7oyies sinking
sa'ps "shout numbering shelng open
coGts 1t gees an'erlca chance
oy t*eaee'~ Fo1stme commander
socot careless product of odd of leisure The
tee abridged by the omission Of trivial Incidents urd
strange rre of senmentaay end jerocity peculiar
ccs'uys rot cchg IN ctcs good officer concerned for the
joy Of has Kindly to aptires docc
and C-bcat enthusiast.
2oScy tnstalnent tells the sinking British
tu-hor hich
all the tl and Of the possibility Of ao9ig the boat cis
Published
by tcin &
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

rapid sinking Of ship depends on the
distribution Of its bulkheads and
watcrtight compartments. A manof-
war, built on the latest models, has
great many small watertight compart-
ments, for she is meant to be able to
continue fighting even after several OF
these compartments have been de-
stroyed, whereas an ocean steamer is
so constructed that she will remain
ntloat only short time after a colli-
sion with another ship, or il she runs
into an iceberg or Il derelict she can
endure a certain intake of water, and
lists at IL moderate angle far more
readily than a warshp, whose guns are
rendered nearly useless if the ship is
heavily canting.
A warship must be built so as to
Withstand, without sinking, the injury
caused by number Of gun holes even
beneath the water line, where the inner
part of the ship must necessarily be
subdividcd into many parts. A warship
is built at great cost, but SO is an
ocean steamer. The sunken Lusitana
was worth 35,O000O0 marks (Hearly
$4,000, 0,000), and the mammoth steamers
of the Hamburg American Line, the
Jmperator and the Natcrland, were still
more expensive to build.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Cloating Over
Loss to Allies

y, The Englshmen took a sportsman-
IKE interest IN the proceedings, and
one of the officers even volunteered to
show me the most effective position
Tor the explosive. l naturally did not
Sratify his wish to place it there him.
seIi, for knew myself very accurately
,hc most Vulnerable spot in the ship.
IN very few moments big hole was
torn in the side Of the Crown OF Cas-
TILE and with gurglng sound the
waters rushed in. AT the same time
long, yellow threads Of the Finest oats
Hoated lar out on the sea and, glsten-
ing with golden simmer, gave proof
long after the steamer had sunk of
'!e precious cargo which had lain
within Its ilanks. You poor French
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
The Case Of the
Commercial Steamer

The ordinary commercial! steamer
often has in her inner construction
only athwartship bulkheads through
the double bottom that run from one
side to another and form large parti
tlons; and in proportion to her height
n steamer is again subdivided horizon
tally into several decks. But these arc
not usually watertight, and the cross
bulkheads already mentioned form the
only watcrtight divisions in the hold.
In the big cargo spaces these divisions
practically do not exist, and the ship,
throughout almost its whole interior, is
open from keel to deck. This arrange
mcnt, of course. facilitates the rapid
loading and unloading of the cargo;
therefore, in this type of snip the en-
glnc rooms and boilers, surrounded and
protected by coal bunkers, are the only
really watcrtlght portions Of the ship.
Whoever has gazed down into the
capaclous hold of such steamer will
readily understand that if the water
should pour into one of these spaces.
at either end Of the ship, the other end
OF the vessel would rise steadily up-
ward. In nearly every case, even the
largest steamer, jus. before sinking.
tllts abruptly It's bow or stern straight
up out of the sea. until the water rush
ing into the hold draws the vessel
downward, ard with q mighty roar it
liuEges forever into the deep. We have
repeatedly noticed at this moment that
the air within the boat escapes with
shrill whistle from every possible
aperture. and the sound resembles the
shrek of a steam siren. This is a
wonderful spectacle to behold.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

UR boat carried us speedily
away further and further tow
~ ard the west, and soon the
lighthouse on tho mole and the
outline Of tho country we had con-
quered faded away in tho evening twi
light. Before long we should be sur
rounded by only hostile shores.
We first sighted the French port os
Boulogne, where the imposing bronze
statuo of Napoleon 1 stands on mar
3lc column ffty-three metres high, with
eyes turned toward the English coast.
1t was built to commemorate tho ex-
2cdition planned by Napoleon in 1903
against the sons OF Albion, whose de-
scendants have SO recently landed on
French soil, and, as they lie there en-
camped. they may wonder, when gaz-
ing st the statue Of the great Emperor,
if he would have welcomed them with
the same enthusiasm with which they
ers Of France.
The Poetry of
The Pirates Work
On our very first day in the french
Channel we were able to sink several
steamers, after the crews had left in
their lifeboats, and on general lines q
similar picture was traced at every
sinking. We were now granted our
first opportunity to steer submarine
above and below tho waters Of the
North Atlantic. The ocean seemed to
rejoice at our coming, and revealed
storm. Only those who have seen such
a storm can realize its proud majesty.
The gigantic blue-black waves, with
their shining crests lashed by the west
wind, came rushing onward into the
open mouth Of the Channel, and the
hemmed-in waters, roaring and surg
ing, dashed themselves against the
sharp, rocky points Of the French
coast, or broke less violently but in
ceaseless unrest on the chalk cliffs of
England which glimmered white in the
rays Of the sun.
It is a splendid sight to watch this
great spectacle from the high deck of
steamer as it ploughs its way through
the foaming flood, or to be borne aloft
on the top of the waves with ship
under full sail, but it is still more won
terful to behold natures great display
from the half submerged coming tower
of U-boat, and to dive through the
mountainous breakers until they close
gurgling over our heads and hide us
from all curious glances. Our little
nutshell, in perpetual motion, is drawn
down into the deep valleys of the ocean
waves, or tossed upward on the comb
of the following breaker. We are
soaked to the skin. and the spray
covers US like a silvery veil; our boat
as we'll as ourselves is daubed with q
salt crust, our eyes smart and our lips
have briny tang, but to us sailors it's
:, joy to be the sport of the wild waves,
and even those few unfortunates who
always suffer from seasickness never
lose their love of the sea-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1918-07-20
Quality, Style, - 4. I.
Timely Question

into one conservative, well-built gown
that must last, and those who now and
then buy frocks that are chic and
that incorporate the new fashion fea-
lures. O. g. .,..............
Heights 10 which cheap. Clothes
8, !, Aspire. ,,,,jt 9
\ America learned a good trick from
Paris When. she arranged to have the
best models instantly copied IN cheap
materials, and sometimes siipshod
workmanship, to be sold at small'
/ prices.< tt ......,.....t..,
/ 1t is9thfs trick over here. however.
that is the despair Of. the high-priced
| dressmakers and the delight of the
shops that sell cheap clothes. ,.,,
| The dressmakers rest their increas-
ing oRtlmIsm concerning high h-pfic&d
clothes. 4ahS optimism based on >tf1e
fact that othe tressmaking business
has not suffered since the %art-ont the
idea that women will always need to
be fitted for good gowns. The average
figure can, buy thel cheap gowns but
the fastidious woman cannot wear 1t
loeSauSt ~ uVSS uot sttNssiNSi't iNSi' onNb ~ i-Ate
woman who has q figure that departs
from the normal, cannot even cohtem-
plate such a gown. '3-.''' y ''''''''
However, one must say this in
praise of the cheap ,ready-to-wear
frock IN American 1t IS cut on the
most exceptionally good lines that
can be.expected Mt such alprlce. Even
1.-THE best workers of the Galleries La
IIfayette do not surpass, and some
times do not equal, the American cut
tiers, who work. by the hundreds on
gownsSthat are sold by the thousands.
We must have an exceedingly good
national figure. That Is the comment
of the foreigners who see our women
I'm the ready-to-wear, quick-to-buy,
smart-to-look-at. cheap gowns that
The L'Anse sentinel., 1918-07-20
Why BALL CAN BE CURVED
Presence Of Irregularities on tho
Sphere Alone Makes the Feat
a Possibility.

If 1t were not for mountains" on a
baseball much larger In proportion
than any mountains on earth the Sev-
er pitcher could not get so much
as a sixteenth of an inch curve In 1t.
If baseball were perfect sphere
the best pitcher In the world could not
make II curve hairs breadth other
than the natural curve produced by
gravity. The reason the baseball
curves. says the American Boy, is be-
cause II Is covered with mountains"
There are great peaks and ridges, val
leys and cliffs, gullies and craters all
over 1t. Magnified 10000 diameters.
all these things may be seen, and they
present a far more rugged landscape
than any mountainous, region In the
world. 1t looks ike an exaggerated
combination Of the Grand Canyon, Bad
Lands, Alps and Rockies.
II Is these irregularities that make
II possible for n pitcher to curve his
baseball. sOf course he knows how to
hold and throw It, but In passing
through the air the friction strikes upon
these ragged edges even though they
have to be magnified 10000 dlameters
to be seen with the naked eye, and
cause such a pressure as to make the
ball leave its natural course.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1918-07-20

buy a gown which lasts and pay q
big price for 1t, or buy one which she
may discard soon, and at a much low
er price, is of high interest 1t is
settled by the individual aud yet 1t is
important to the mass.
There is an advocate for each side
in every crowd that foregathers to
discuss the problem; and, more to the
purpose, there are many advocates
for each side in the commercial
world. .gk .ng 1,t IA tv eg. .vJ
The people who do exquisite work
are loud in their claims that 1t Is bet
ter to pay high price for material
and workmanship, that will last as
long as economy demands, than to pay
q fifth of that price for a ready-tO-
wear gown that will fall apart after
q few months service.
Opposing this argument, and con-
Quoting a brilliant and usually sue
cessful offensive, is another line, made
I'D of those who insist that In a day
like this women prefer style to. quail
ity and workmanship; that they would
rather pay somewf ere In the neigh
borhood Of $50 fer ready-to-wear
frock that Incorporates the newest
fashion features akd gives one q
smart look, even II 1t has to be thrown
away before long. 54s s,sw
It has always been the method OF
the woman on q small income, who
wishes to- dress fashiCnabIy, to care
little for quality or workmanship and
spend all on style. II rs for this rea-
son that America presents the most
brilliant and dashing conglomeration OF
young women In the world The shops
cater to this immense crowd. which
prefers FIVE cheap gowns that art
smart to one admirable gown that Ia
conservative, ,.JG,s ~. ,..a..a !.
It looks now as though American
women are to Be divided into two
camps those who put all their money
f.I.r = -. ras 49, Lf I.
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clicked. cushy job behind the lines,
and how sorry / felt that they had to
stay In the, front line and argue out the
war with Fritz They were envlous
but still good -natured. and as left the
trench to go to the rear they shouted
after me: A@" - '+ '.4
Good luck, Yank, old boy; don't
forget TO Send up few fags to your
old mates" "...... s3i
promised to do this and left. ''",t
reported at hea dquarters with six
teen others and passed the required ex-
animation. Out of the sixteen appli-
cants four were selected. ,,l
Iwas highly elated because. I was. I
thought, In for a cushy Job back at the
base. -
The next morning the four reported
to division headquarters for instruc--
tLNrts. Two of. the men were sent to
large towns in the Hear of thd lines
with an easy job. When 1t came our
turn the officer told Ius we were good
men and had passed a very creditable
examination. - TX,
My tin hat began to get toe small
for me, and noted that the other man,
Atwell by name. was Sticking his chest
out more than usual ,IsA'Aa '-4-'
The officer cOhtinded I: "I think Ican
use you. two men to great. advantage
In the from lines Here are your orders
epdi Instructions ALSO the pass which
/ gives YOU full .autfprlty az sppcial Nj
II. detailed on intelligence, work., Re
port at the. front, line, according to your
instructions. IT is risky work and
wish you both the best Of luck" ~"
My heart dropped to zero and At
wells face was a. study. We saiuted
and left. ...., ,....... D2c. rsSr.TsA
That wishing us the 1-best; Of luck
sounded. very ominous 10 our ears :iif
he had said II Wish you both Q swift
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4
Al. strong wind had arisen and dts
persed the gas. y, /; .fso.Y ro.
They told me that had heen "out"
for three hours; they thousht ! was,
dead.
The attack had been repuised after
a hard fight. Twice the Germans had
gained n foothoid In our trench, but
had bden driven out by coanter-at!
faclis. The trench, wis filled with their
dead and. ours Through n periscope
counted eighteen debd Germans In
our wire they were CHASTITY sight in
their horrible-looking respirators. ,,
examined my first smoke helmet
A bullet had gone through 1t on the
left side, Just grazing my ear. The
gas had penetrated through the hole
made In the CLOTH, Ert"
Out Of our crew Of six we lost two
killed and two wounded. per-:
That might we buried ali OF the dead,
excepting those In No Mans Land. In
death there is not much distinction ;
| friend and foe are treated alike:
After the wind had dispersed the
| gas the II. A. NJ. G. got busy with their
chemical sprayers, spraying out the
dugouts and low parts OF the trenches
to dissipate any fumes of the German
gas which may have been lurking in
| same. ~
Two days after the gas attack I was
| sent to division headquarters In an
swer TO. an. order requesting that cap
tains of units should detail man
whom they thought capable of passing
an examination for the divisional In
telligence department.
Before leaving for this assignment
l went along the froRt-lne trench say
ing good-by to my mates and lordihg It
over them; telling them, that II had
The L'Anse sentinel., 1918-07-20

New rk.-One' Of the several dis
| cushions which have bedn thrown into
gths modern hour+whiah breeds dis
cussions AZ "a field does mushrooms
la whether It, Is better for a. women
10 look for quality r1 for style in
her he elot1hssj P9tsssia Leading Y ing fashion
= 'ssfS Ths fafgSnsntdutteea utteea and sprobIletimatl-
cal side OF Tie cl6thes'fs by mo means
al smaliiissue III the work of winning
the waH.c No woman has a soul so
dead othot she does tn6to want to con-
centrdte herIeffartscf the right direc-
|, tisn, oand to sbringy to allathee minor
phases, 9f LIFE which, she may have
iheretofPre waved away, With a care
|, less gesture the deep. thought !, aud
high efnliiiedietncy which eehStfh the hour de-
Ihands. "' '
% once upoh a time tiie ttak Of clothes
'tdrhed only to fabrics Shipping, Access
sSEtes1 and tcolorsy 5This &as enough
! tp,igvssiR about, ARdsiti gave the public
and the cdressrhakefss a lively time.
But we. have gone oupward-Or down
ward, whichever one wishes to call 1t
min a series, Of spirals to another
Stratum Of air. We are intent upon
the discussion of what is good or
bad, what is cheap and nasty as op-
posed to what is cheap and worthy in
womans apparel Intelligent women.
and otherwise, find that the gauntlet
of argument thrown into the, arena is
INSTANTLY snatched up by everyone
who has a,yoice,. and the problemat-
icaI side of wartime appareling makes
an eniivenfng. discussion that puts
scandal. Society and love affairs in the
Controversy. Between odaIity, style.
This problem. which has been pre-
sented to every woman during the last
six months. as to whether she should
The L'Anse sentinel., 1918-07-20
.fsIfTsy 50 s4y.g Ns4 ~
Empey is called upon to do,
duty as member of a firing
squad. His description Of the
execution fs given In the next
instailment. 20 =" ''%
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Traits Of Bird Lovers.


Years ago, during winters visit
in London, I used to watch the per
sons who regularly fed the birds in
Hyde park. noticed that most OF
them. were people Of apparently hum
BILE circumstances, n few pretty close
to undertaking themselves. It was
delightful to see how much pleasure
they all took in keeping these birds
from hunger. ,h4st :
Two that. 4 saw each day, for a
week or so, evidently husband and
wife, I veptured to, speak to. Eagerly
they talked about the birds as they
might have talked about children,
noting and relishing Individual char.
acteftsffcs. - Si..I4AQa1 ,SAin-'t1 -
eve have become SO fond OF them,-
said the wife, "They recognize us
now. many of them. land; aifew; come
to us, quite fearlessly. We should
feel. quite uncomfortable u we should
miss a day. They are like. members
Of the family that have to, be cared
for" Exchange. ',t'