The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-02-01

TO ram him. But no shock was felt when the
ship passed the spot so In all probability the
submarine was able to dive deep enough to escape
being hit"
There was precious little room to spare in this
adventure but it was surpassed by liner, for
merly a favOrite ship among Atlantic pilgrims, now
carrying cargOes to the allies. A blanket of fog
covered the sea in the early morning. 1t lifted
trIhe and very much surprised submarine popped
up dead ahead OF the lunging prov. She let fly
torpedo In wild furry, at the steamers side with
out exploding A moment later the submarine
itself went humping and scrapng along the other
side of the vessel whose officers sailors, and gun
ners stared straight down at 1t and uttered the
deep and hearty curses of the sea. They would
have snapped their souls for few bombs to drop
In remembrance. Grmy stokers peked their heads
through the open ports and spat at the coming
tower, or passOnately scrambled for Jumps of coal
and slice bars to 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 ascrbe to the men of the American
navy, the story of the Moreni and Chief Petty Off
Ger Andrew Copassaki, commanding the armed
guard is Of those which shines undimmed in
defeat. German sailors cheered him and his men
from the deck of a submarine when he finished
with his ship fire and a cargo of gasoline about
to blow him to kingdom come. He was made war
rant officer for devotion to duty and determination
to fight as long she hoateds A summary of his
report TO the navy department was given out short
ly after 1t received
For wanton brutality there is the report of the
loss of the American schooner Chllde Harold off
the French coast. Unadorned, the episode is thus
described:
AT daybreak object reported by the mate
was believed to be the square sails of a ship hull
down. The glasses showed it to be the superstruc-
ture of Il submarine one mile away. (The Childe
Harold no Subp orIp
fire. and the shells ripped through the schooner's
null and sails. The master ordered the crew into
the motorlaunch and lowered away. This was
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 he
ing MT. The captain and his crew were ordered
aboard the submarine and noticed that the cap
ribbons of the sailors bore the letter JT-19' and
'O-lf Two Of the officers spoke excellent English
ana captain Byrne of the schooner Informed them
that the firing totally unnecessary and that
he mad not expected such dastardly treatment from
any white men
The conversation developed the fact that the
commander of the submarine knew the date of oil
ing Of the Childe Harold from an American port
ana was on the lookout for her. He had, also re-
'''Eeu information of the departure of the four
master Alicia h. Crosby and the rhree-master Y
sherman on the same date NIL three vessels hay
ing passed out To sea together He won+ed ,,
know where the other schooners were Accor1,n,,
To his schedule they should have shown mn INV rhiS
time. Np ~ '"'
me Germans looted the Childe Harold md
seemed very hungry, They had only coffee and
airy bread for breakfast aboard the suhn,orir,
After fetching all the stores in the launch tbav
pun ,he captain and his crew in the boat again.
"hlch was stove and half full of water Ths
schooner was set on fire Her people rcaro ro,
cned by steamer. Captain Byrne is apxiops 70
try II again" ~
ROBUST American shipmaster, this skinner of
the 'hllde Harold, who told the Germans 70 thair
i ,uy'S ""nt ne thought Of them and was eager 70
have another fling at It! "e'' ~