Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-04
BBlHE HANDLE. BATTLE
n Tael'e DOWN IN HISTORY
QbtecA Quito Inoffensive, but Wss
Taksn for periscope by Cox
;;;ss$ nseSs swain of Boat.
ALARM ROCKETS ARE SENT Up
It Signal, Chascrs, Yachts, Destroy
!; ers; Gunboats and Other Vessels
OF Different Nations Charged With
Smoke Screens Thrown Out.
BY CLAIR PRICE.


81 iii BY CLAIR PRICE.
!%AsWITH THE UNITED STATES NAVY,
a AT a. Observation-Disclosures BASE. Sep
Member. S.-The facts I cannot voueh
4 II fear ear; BY the time You om SG Ris
the FIRST sme il 'S has a been N told outs
4side sthe wardrooms and the hotel
II LOUNGES on the beach. so 1t may nos
ESsettinE down OF the facts. in the order
81 i IN witch they are alleged 10 have oc-
& Possibly should say further that
Of s an On ne For Re n
HorioeS the American navy, a, the tor
NOT course, Is the Annapolis grad who
\ h writes y: S. X. after his name. That
II goes without saying, Then come the
WAR ana who have now come advcn-
they Wri te ' T. H' r. oF r !"S after their
u names, and they will tell you that the
stand AND for W. $nf reach Ss
\ national haVa1 Volunteers who wear
II solaen circle around the star on their
E6leeyeS aud who. according to the y.
Han. VS. themselves. rank with. but af-
H ter, the mess attendants
HI "a So, as said before, we have the
|S'atory,,6n the unsupported testimony Of
81 an M N: "; whom we found at ?:2'
sSs bs sse night bab e Che "2; a
#s5nst tetShed him tray Of sixteen nass1
q lie SAID hat fRs ,2ss
kiaE harborma sr had fS ed him ' %p
h at may ans hour Of the nsn
SsBut this time. the Kings harbormas-
had sent mt n on to the e
IL o'clock boat. lie submitted that 1t
was enough 70 make any self-respect,
Y cordiale and sign separate peace
S TELLS STORY OF BATTLE WITH
sQUn.GEE HANDLE OFF SPAIN
afi 1t was then that he told me about
the great battle with n squilEee handle.
II which was fought two nights ago on
II claims to have played heroic part.
ssa 1t had begin; strangely enough at
a dance the cable crowd gave up at
81 by violin, a cello and a piano, all
gf three played by British Tommies who
IS had been sentenced to garrison duty
II abroad. and the program had included
sflancers, quadrillcs, pas dc quartz. la
militaire. Scottish and all such AS that,
fssThe cable crowd is apt to do these
|f$things,i up with, zeal.
INV ell, he left the dance about 2 4. NJ.
Il along. with TWO tsri,ish otieers, ono a
..limey,'' and 'the other Colonial from
Galgafy Now the use Of that term
H9"limey" as applied TO officers Of the
81 royal navy. requires a bit of discrc
h .tinn. . In general. however, 1t may be
said 'hn. when WhaikmE from or eabe
h with your arm around one of His
Majestys naval Officers, and both your
|. OF Not Tonight, Josephine, Not To-
night II is permissible TO address him
out e . the tullne e Of your affection
little act. my dears. is ''Fraterniza-
So the thres OF them finally fetched
q
iss In a driving rain In fact. it "a
rather wet night all around. G"oh,
found the n. ~ VS. boat, with the
IS coxswain. the engineman and the bow
lnan sound asleep in it, tucked away
.tU0nder the overhang of Il sleeping trans
il6 port. The three officers piled in, and
q presently were chug -chuegins away
Where the "iimey' and the colonel were were
sS$tied up. But they were in tcmpcra-
u mental motor dory with one lwnged
the spark just as they were mailine
the turn to the ships sanGwny. And
II urally they drif,ed out of the dock
So yard to sea. They had a couple Of oars.
ii but the current had thIh, AND two oars
hoin nGf 6 yn.e 1ee win
"a wrench by the light OF pocket
iashllght. the three officers huddied
If didn't care what IIadcs like as
long as there were no gas engines
SG there, said his head. his heart and his
y feet ached he was cold and there
IL was tear at the end OF his nose but
RI he was too tired TO reach for his hand
sssSss X erchief. And that, lie said. is the price
AL the navy pays for liberty
sE SAW SQU1LGEE HANDLE
HUNDRED YARDS AHEAD
stsSs, A haf-mile outside, the cnginemaN
Sc finally got the spark started. and the
81 coSswain was about TO turn bach. when
9Kih the dim gray of clear dawn. he
saw the squilgee handle peacefully
sR floating. one end up, hundred yards
l8ydead ahead OF them, and let out 4 yell
&gof "Periscope, sir!'
ssBe So. .as the y. n. V YEARLY related,
ss-ihstead OF going home to bed. they
eSshustled over and told "A lone motor
"a cent up two rockets al once. And in
1--WE minutes everything in the dock
EiSyArd that had steam up was choking
s out to be in at the Kill, and everything
sfathat didn't have steam up Was begging
3E for a tow. And when the dawn came
ss8lrinking shoes and best pants. leading
eeSSiA marine charge ON squilgec handle
ESffrom the bow OF his tcinpcrameutal
aesmotor dorF--a charge participated in
shslby miscellaneous assortment of tor
boats, dcstroNerS yachts. chascrs,
sS&gunboats and what not, flying the
8@fWhite Ensign. the Stars and Stripes.
gsfsthe Tricolor and the Royal Ensign OF
g@E the Italian navy, with two more de-
sS stroyers strinBins smoke screen
across the shipping back OF the dock
4ssyard.
ss3"E,verything considered" the y y V
"it was as merry a little scene
AZ as II remember"
But what finally put an end TO il
No. y1e tfnued reETetfully WAS a J,p,l