The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-01-18

to ram him But shock was felt when the
shin passed the spot, so In all probability tne
submarine WAS able to dive deep enough to escape
being hit"
There was precious little room to spare In this
adventure but it surpassed by liner Tor
mery n favorite ship among Atlantic pilgrims no"
carving cargoes the allies A blanket OF 1oe
covered the sea in the early morning. 1t lifted
trife, and n very much surprised submarine popped
up dead ahead of the lungng prov. She let ny
torpedo In wild furry, at the steamers sac WIN
out exploding. moment later the submarine
itself went humping and scraping along the otnef
side Of the vessel whose officers, sailors ana gun
ners stared straight down at 1t and uttered the
deep and hearty curses of the sea. lhes "ouu
have swapped their souls for few bombs to drop
in remembrance Grimy stokers poked their heads
through the open ports and spat at the coming
tower. passionately scrambled for Jumps OF coal
and slice bars heave at the blanketyblank thing
Then the fog swallowed 1t up and the incident was
closed.
For hard fighting and the logged courage that
we rightly ascribe to the men of the American
navy, the story of the Moren and Chief Petty Off
Andrew Copassaki commanding the armed
guard is one of those which shines undimmed In
defeat. German sailors cheered him and his men
from the deck of submarine when he finished
with his ship on fire and cargo of gasoline about
to blow him to kingdom come. He was made a war
rant officer for devotion to duty and determination
to fight long she foated summary of his
report to the navy department was given out short
ly after II received
For wanton brutality there is the report Of the
loss Of the American schooner Childe Harold of
the French coast. Unadorned, the episode is thus
described:
AT daybreak object reported by the mate
believed % be the square sails of ship hull
down. The glasses showed 1t to be the superstruc-
ture of a submarine one mile away. (The Childe
Harold unarmed) The submarine opened
fire, and the shells ripped through the schooner's
hull and sails. The master ordered the into
the motorlaunch and lowered away. This
plainly visible to the submarine, which had come
much nearer. She continued to fire, however, evil
IDENTITY at the boat In the water, which escaped be-
Ing hit The captain and his crew ordered
aboard the submarine and noticed that the cap
ribbons of the sailors bore the letter U-19' and
'Ul1. Two of the officers spoke excellent English,
and Captain Byrne of the schooner informed them
that the firing totally unnecessary and that
he had not expected such dastardly treatment from
any white men.
THE conversation developed the fact that the
commander of the submarine knew the date of sail
Ing of the Chde Harold from American port
and was the lookout for her. He had also re-
ceived information of the departure of the four
master Alicia B. Crosby and the three master A. "
Sherman on the same date, all three vessels hav-
Ing passed out to together He wanted to
know where the other schooners were. According
to his schedule they should have shown up by this
time.
1.-THE Germans looted the Childe Harold and
seemed very hungry. They had only coffee and
dry bread for breakfast aboard the submarine
After fetching all the stores in the launch, they
put the captain and his in the boat again
which stove and half full of water The
schooner was set on fire. Her people were res
cued by steamer. Captain Byrne is anxious to
try It again."
robust American shipmaster. this skinner Of
the Childe Harold, who told the Germans to their
faces what he thought Of them and was eager to
have another fling at 1t