The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-22
The Lusttania Doomed.

doomed
The Lusttanla Doomed.
The very moment Of her sailing. n
furtivc-eycd spy had rushed to a cable
office. 70 send the following cabclgram
to Europe:
a.. II. Gucrz--Ams tcrdam, Holland:
Lucy has entered last phase Of
illness. Doctors say progress until
Thursday normal After that. diff
ficult To diagnose. Thcrbuld."
Already the message was travelling
under tho sea. while tho spy reported to
Won T.ertz. and while another spy in
Amsterdam anXiously awaited its arri-
val And when he received it. his code
educated cyrs read an entirely different
message from that Of mere ANNOUNCE
nent OF an Illness. n message which
thrilled his craven soul with the infor-
nation:
''Lusitania has sailed. Course un-
til Thursday normal After that.
unknown"
A hurried ten minutes in which the
spy turned to a specially installed tclc-
phone. sent tho message to Naucn and
thereby to CuXhavcn and 10 every other
U-boat base Of Germany. whore waited
tho scavcnEcrS of the sea- Cicrmany's
submarines and their commanders. Moro,
from Eaucn tho message flashed tohun-
dreds of men on tho Irish coast. appar-
entity fishermen. who arranged TO speed
forth as far rs possible into the ocean,
and 10 wait day and night for the sight
0f tho vessel. that they might spy il to
its doom. EXpcnSivc---of course! But
all battles arc expensive. aud Germany
was planning tho death of women and
children in what it would call one OF
tn" greatest victories Of the war"
Were not the medals that would be is
sund 10 commemorate the victory" al
r"ndy being struck off And had not
even tho date been placed thereon in
characteristic German "cffcicncr?"
Germany had named May 9Th and Nav
9Th they would be distributed. For
whore Was there chance for the I.usi-
tania to escape
Medals Made Before Ship Is Sunk
Nor did tn" fact that Nav fifth passod
with no mcssag" from the U-boats cause
Germany In hold back those medals. On
they went To the populacc, while flags
tlutt"rcd in R"rin TO announce the "vic-
tory" that had not yet happened. Ev-
rrywhcrr were tn" t-hoats. Evcrywhcrc
were tho fishing smacks. flashing out tho
supposed business message that car
ricd tho code word of tho position Of
tn" great ship. Time and again the
sleek greyhound Of tho sea lodged de-
struction only through her speed. but
in tho distance more t-boatS were hrk-
ing. Tn" cud was incvitablc.
May sixth. Then May seventh. Into
Tn" rooms of tho CriminoloEy club hur-
rird Billy CnvanRugh to seek out Harri-
son Grant and TO report with Il liltlc
Smilr:
'Th"r"'S something interesting for YOU
in 81 room adjoining tho lInhcnznllcrn
club
Harrison Grant raised his eyebrows
Got it fixed. Billy:
Yes. sir. Erukc Il water pipe lead |
ing into tho club. then hurried for the |
plumber shop that always attends to
their work Good fellow ih"re-thor- !
ough American. lTr lot mo fix tho leak. |
And Will" | was liking it. also fixed |
ih" lis,asraph--jnst hnhind tho picture |
Of Ills imperial Majesty William |
Harrison Grant laughed happily and |
reached for his hat. 4 half hour later |
h" lifted 'i;H receiver of a dirtagrarh
tn his car Stewart. IN" relief operator, |
watched him.
~" just boon listening. he an !
Think Won Pnp"n. E!ny- Ed |,
and Wolf v"n lE"l just ram" I'M" the !
club. couldn't swear 10 il. though"
Harrison Grant nodded slightly. tho !
dirta graph still IN his rar. Then he I
started. Hurricdly hc turned
Put this down
Koen1g Buys Some Alibts.
" Paul kocniE has assured US tina; Il
man will swear that the vessel carried
guns. Also that an affidavit will hr
given that she w;Ls loaded with contra
hand. Dumha can he counted on tn cs-
puuSc our CAUSE"
dOos |