Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-08

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Mrs. Louis X. Pratt is prOmin ent
clubwoman and chairman of the LIB
! erty bond committee of FairbaI ks,
: 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 States" for
+ the Red Cross at the opening Of navi-
I cation. One small club raised by deli
catessen sales enough money to endow
a bed in the Neuilly hospital, which
Alaskan women are trying 10 support.
Their second sale alone netted them
! S447.5O.
photograph Of him and also of the
other negro. who was floating on q
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 submerging and
leaving them to their fate.
Among all the tales of cool and
I splendid behavior, which Sir Rosslyn
I Wemyss In paying a tribute to the
British merchant navy recently de-
: scrlbed 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
I behaved exceptionally we'll and with
/ great presence of mind gave mufflers
and other articles TO the crew when
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story that one of the very few acts
Of humane conduct on the part Of n
/ German submarine commander is re-
/ corded. Submarine picked up two
/ of the men in the water himself, after
which we went alongside the subma-
rine and took the two men on board"
Among all these records of horror.
& -
/ glInts of something almost approach
! ing comedy. Take, for instance, the
record of little South Coast schoOn-
I er, which was sunk a some way from
! home. The first part of the story is
/ that Of the master told to the British
4 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.
I 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
n long time, but the German shoot
/ Ing was very bad. The captain and
/ boy. who remained on board. were
/ taken on board the submarine ana re-
/ leased five hours later and put on
board a foreign ship. The captain
was unable to give any description Of
the submarine: Captain could not
describe submarine. He said he was
sent below at once-StepF
The next part Of the story is from
one Of ~ men whom the master
thought lost. He gives an idylllc pic
/ ture OF the scene before the Smelling
Vessel in Full Sail.
The vessel had all sail except the
mizzen gaff topsail set. The wind was
aheam, 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 was
making six or seven knots through the
water when the master asked the
mate: IS that submarineT The
mate had a look at Il and said: Yes.
II is 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
leponent last saw her" 1t seems
that about three hours after leaving
ship boat righted and was baled ont. "
But n most interesting part Of the
story Is missing; for one would like
to know whether master and crew met
again and what they said TO one an-
other.
Says the mate Of another little ship
Masters reason for abandoning ship
was that she sank under him"
And. as is but natural. the seaman's
pride in his ship is often revealed in
these records: as she went down
with hardly splash. like the lady she
always was" aud 81 shall never re;
another like her"
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