The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-09-26

GOlluLn get IL. SHE was struck three
times b. torpedoes and then shelled.
The men were noundering around In,
the water. with shrapnel cutting the
waves all around them. Only hun
dred odd of her crew were saved.
One day, off Cape Helles, during
our seventh trick at the Dardanelles;
we sighted sub periscope just about
dinner time. The Prince George and a
destroyer sighted the sub at the same
time, and the Prince George let go
two rounds before the periscope dis
appeared, but did not hit the mark.
Transports. battIeships and cruisers
were thick around there,' all Mt anchor,
and 1t was n great place for a sub
to be.
In no time at all the destroyers
breezed out with their tails in the
air, throwing a smoke screen around
the larger ships. They hunted high
and low, all over the spot where she
had been sighted and all around 1t,
thinking to ram 1t or bring 1t to the
| surface, SO we could take crack at
1t, All the rest of the fieet-battle-
| ships and ransports-weighed anchor
at once and steamed ahead at full
| speed.
1t was a great sight. Any new ship
coming up would have thought the
British and French navies had gone
crazy. We did not have any fixed
course, but were steamlng as fast as
we could In circles and half circles,
and dashlng madly from port to star
board We were not going to allow
that sub to get straight shot at US,
but we almost rammed ourselves
doing It. 1t was case of -chase-tail
for every ship in the fleet.
But the sub did not show Itself
again that day, and we anchored
again. That night, while the destroy
ers were around the ships, we slipped
our cables and patrolled the coast
along the Australian position at Gaba
Tepe, but we did not anchor.
The following day the Albion went
ashore In the fog, south Of Gaba Tepe,
and as soon as the fog lifted the Turks
let loose and gave 1t to her hot. A
Turkish ship came up and. with any
| hluu VI iiSh
fore and aft, but the Turks must
have been pretty shy of gun sense,
for they only got In one hit before
they were driven off by II. NJ. s, Can-
opus, which has made such fine
record In this war,
Then the Campus pulled in close to
the Albion, got wire hawser aboard,
and attempted to tow her out under
heavy fire, but as soon as she started
pulling, the cable snapped. The crew
of the Albion were ordered aft and
jumped up on the quarter deck to
try and shift the bow Off the bank.
At the same time the fore turret and
the fore six-inch guns opened up a
hot fire on the Turkish positions to
lighter the ship and shift Ter by the
conclusions of the guns, For long
time they could not bulge her. Then
the Campus got another hawser
aboard and, with guns going and the
crew jumping and the Cnnopus pulling.
the old Albion finally slid off and both
ships backed into deep water with
little harm done to either. Then they
| "
At Cape Helles every one was wide
awake. We were all on the lookout
for subs and you could not find one
man mapping. Anything at all passed
for q periscope-tlns, barrels, spars.
Dead horses generally float In the
water with one foot sticking up, and
we gave the alarm many time when
1t was only some old nag on his way to
Davy's LOCKER.
On the cassard the old Man posted
u reward Of so francs for the first man
who sighted perIscope. This was
good idea, but believe me he would
have had trouble making the award,
for every man on the ship would he
sure to see 1t at the same time. Each
man felt sure he would be the man to
get the reward. The l4-pOunders were
loaded and ready for action on sec
ond's notice. But the reward was
never claimed.