The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-04-09

guish her with clearness and to note the effect of the shell which ended her wreched career. It was her com manders intention to move beyond chance that he had the bigger guns, but he mlscalculated and paid the price.
 Very simil;t.. to ii is successful en- | counter was the adventure of the steamer Silver Shell. In this instance also hte French Ministry of Marine added it's opinion that the submarine had probably been hit and sunk. The chief gunner won promotion shortly after this statement was issued by Secretary Daniels.
 MERITS PROMOTION
 William J. Clark of New York, chief turret captain and commander of the naval gun crew of the Silver Shell, is deserving of promotion, which we are now considering. All the other members of the crew, as well, and what they have done, deserve great credit and distinction. The chief turret cap tain is a very capable man. He is an enlisted man who has seen nearly twelve years service in the navy and has won successive promotions by proven capacity. For his work he deserves the very best that can be | done for him."
 | Here was man fit and ready for his job, and he knew how to put his
 own spirit and experience into the team play of his gunners. An Ameri- can Naval officer of high rank detailed on special duty at a French post con- ducted on inquiry and found pleasure in writing to Washington that the master of the Silver Shell was partic- ularly enthusiastic over the splendid work of the turret captain and the entire naval crew; he also states that his whole crew displayed a most com- mendable spirit during the battle."
 This is precisely as it should be, blue jackets and merchant seamen standing together, fighting the enemy as one intrepid American crew and the Stars and Stripes hoisted as the Chief Gunned Clark had the honor to report to the Navy Department.
 As the submarine displayed no flag and was coming nearer, We fired sL shot. The submarine, which was then about seven thousand yards away, replied immediately with what seem- ed to me, on account of the range a 6 inch gun. Her first shot fell amid ships about loo yards short. We changed our course due West, in- creasing speed. The submarine fol- lowed us, keeping up fire. The fight lasted from o'clock until 7.30 D. m. We fired 25 shots. The submarine fired over 80, including some shrapnel toward the end, which exploded astern of our ship to high to do any damage.
 Our last two shells seemed to have hit the submarine in the forward part A few seconds later her bow jumped up, and then she went down stern up ward at an angle of about 40 degrees. The submarine did not come up again, ana l believe it was sunk then and there. No damage was done to our ship, and there was no casualties"
 Extracts from the Navy Depart ments reports of these steamers may be chosen almost at random as in- teresting reading vita thrill in it. These are fair samples of what it means to make the Atlantic voyage which is no longer a common place soothing ocean ferry" :.
 BETRAYED BY OIL
 'The lookout in the lower crows nest, a coxswain of the naval guard, picked up an oil slick ahead which veered off to port right angles to the ships course. Following the slick. which was about the width of a ship he suddenly saw the periscope of a submarine appear at he end of it, about one foot out of the water. He instantly sung out 'periscope', and the next moment Torpedo, for the sub marine had been exposed not more than second when she fired a tor pedo. The enemy was then about 300