Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-03

clubwoman and chairman of the Lib
erty bond committee Of Fairbanks,
Alaska. Fairbanks claims more than
1000 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 Estates" for
the Red Cross at the opening Of navi'
CATION. One small club raised by dell.
catessen snles enough money to endow
a bed in the Neuilly hospital, which
Alaskan women are trying to support.
Their second sale alone Melted them
$447.5O.
a 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 10 are
known to hive been picked up. The
captain Of the ship was left OF 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
splendid behavior. which Sir ROsslyn
Wemyss in paying a tribute to the
British merchant navy recently de-
scribed as beyond all praise" Is that
OF a stewardess Of a big liner, which
went down, according to One account.
in seven minutes after the explosion.
The master says: 1.-THE stewardess
behaved exceptionally we'll. and with
great presence Of mind gave mufilers
and other articles to the crew when
they were in the boat" 1t is in this
story that one of the very few acts
Of humane conduct on the part Of a
German submarine commander is re-
corded. Submarine picked up two
Of the men In the water himself, after
which we went alongside the subma-
rlne and took the two men on board"
Among all these records Of horror,
bravery and cruelty there are little
gllnts of something almost approach
ing comedy. Take, for instance, the
record of a little South Coast schOOn-
or. which was sunk a some way from
home. The first part Of the story is
that of the master told to the British
consul abroad. The master described
how. when the ship was struck, three
men got into the boat. Before the
fourth mar could get in an accident
occurred and the boat was upset.
The master reported four mer
drowned-what happened to the fourth
man is not clear-and remarked that
those drowned became too excited
!, His ship had been heavily shelled fol-
n long time, but the German shoot
!. ing was very bad. The captain and
, hoy, who remained on board, wer'
!, taken on board the submarine and re
leased Eve hours later and put OF
, board a foreign ship. The captain
was unable to give any description o.
The submarine: captain could no
. describe submarine. He said he wal
, sent below at once-StepP"
The next part Of the story IL iron
? one OF the men whom the Aiaste
thought lost. He gives nm idyllic pic
ture Of the scene before the Smelling
Vessel In Full Sail.
The vessel had all sail except tn
mizzen gaff topsail set. The wind wa
abeam, the vessel on the port tack
heading southeast and east. The mas
ter was standing by the helmsman. tn
mate was talking to the master, bot
on the lee side Of the poop. She wa
making six or seven knots through tn
water when the master asked tn
mate: rs that a submarlner Tn
mate had a look at It and said: Yei
II is The master took the wheel an
ordered all hands to get the boat on
Before the boat got into the water III
submarine Started Smelling"
Then the disaster happened. tn
man on the boat reported that mott
Z ing has been heard Of vessel sine
deponent last saw her." It seen
that "ahout three hours after leavln
Z ship boat rlghted and vas baled out
But a most interesting part Of n
story is missing; for n would IN
to know whether master and crew M
again and what they said TO n al
other.
Says the mate Of another little shiI
Masters reason for abandoning sh
was that she sank under him"
And, as is but natural, the seaman
pride In his ship is often revealed
these records; as "She went dow
with hardly a splash. like the lady 81
81 always was" and II shall neVqP &
another like her"