The sun., 1918-12-17

and helped the boys in. The Red Cross
has the papers about It. 1 don't re-
member much OF the details. I-elad
to meet you. Thanks"
And Jimmie retired to the gloom Of
dim corner of the sick bay.
TX 1t were not for Capt. Casey Nor
gan, L. s. N, OF the Port of Embarka-
ton, and Capt. William w. Phelps, L.
3. N, skipper of the Levinthan per-
maps the reading public would not
Know this morning that Jimmie and
the rest of the boys had got into port
except in the most general way. With
the exception seemingly Of Capts.
Morgan and Phelps OF the navy and
Majors II. p. Hewes and Fl. Fl. Brady
OF the army, the officers Of the port,
especially Second Lieutenants, we're
quite determined that the arrival OF
tho Leviathan should be kept abso-
lutely private so far as admitting the
working newspaper men aboard the
ship was concerned.
Grouped with the regular folks like
Capts. Morgan and Phelps and Majors
Hewes and Brady should be Col. Jo-
seph A. Mar1non and the naval officers
aboard the Leviathan, all Of whom
were graciousness itself when Il came
10 helping the public, through the
newspapers, to learn the details of the
arrival Of the Leviathan But a news
paper CHoiS de Guerre and the thanks
or the reading public should be
awarded especially to Capt. Phelps and
Capt. Morgan for their valiant work
in subduing the army Lieutenants.
Last Great Battle.
In fact the last great battle OF the
greatest war was put up trst by
Capt Phelps and secondly by Cant.
Morgan all. over the pier before the
little Second heutenants and things
and stun admitted defeat. II It were
! not for the last and greatest and
most amusing fight no one not aboard
the ship would know this morning
such items as the fact that Jimmie
Lynskey got the Croix dc Guerre. that
the Germans, who built the Leviathan
| an called her the Vaterland, could
only get twenty-one knots an hour
out OF her; that the American navy
could and did and does and will get
twenty-three knots out of her. that
she was shot at and missed many
times. that Catholic chaplain not
| only said the sunset prayer" but also
conducted a service for Protestants
every Sunday and jewish service
on the feast days" Of the Oldest re-
ltgion in the woodland did all these
things acceptably.
The battle OF the Hoboken pier be-
gan when reporters, representing not
only all the papers OF the metropoli-
tan district but also the newspapers
OF Boston. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, Pittsburg. Chicago and
other cities, came on the pier at day
break, all armed with passes signed
by Brig. Gen. McManus and Capt
Casey Morgan.
! When. amid AL the uproarious
Fcreech Of welcome the Leviathan
had finally been crocheted with
mighty cables to her dock somebody
armed with McManus- Morgan passes
started up the recently lowered gang
! plank. The brave one sank beneath
an onslaught Of officials, consisting OF
a Second Lieutenant. petty officer
OF the port and q private.
There WAS a discussion. band O,
news gatherers set out to find good
old Casey Morgan to ask him why
petty officers ignored his passes tc
working newspaper men. Sauntering
along the pier came n gentleman wear.
Ing the four stripes OF Captain OF
the navy. Two pass bearing and
heated newspaper men approached
! him.
| Captain" cried the foremost of the
two excited persons, why does tn,
doggone cheap skate captain of the
Lev1athan refuse to allow visitors with
credentials aboard his ship"
Ofers His Assistance,
Boys" said the naval CaptaIr
gently, come along with me and II
get you aboard"
He passed the complainants up tn,
gHngplank and altogether was 81
gracious and kindly that as he wa.
leaving them, once they were aboard
the spokesman OF the two kickers-
who had spoken TO the navy Captain
about the 'doggone cheap skate cap
tain of tho Levsathnn"-asked tn
Captain who he was
Why" he said, with little kind,
grin, I'm a gentleman who happens
to step on the pier and 30 ran int
you when you were in trouble. Tn