The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-13

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of the boat were thrown lat, the wa
ter again. They managed to scramble
back to their boat, with the man still
underneath 1t, but they pulled out the
plug to give him air, and ten hours
later they were rescued.
The Germans take elaborate steps 10
find out the name Of the ship they
have sunk and the nature of her cargo.
In n case a master, while engaged
with his crew ballng out a leaky life.
boat, was hailed by the submarine for
the name of his ship. Ii was given
to him, but the commander shouted
back that he could not find the name
In the shipping list and ordered one
OF the crew TO go on board. The ennis
sary spelt the name and the officer dis
appeared into the coming tower and
t~hree-qnarters OF an hour later he re-
turned and said he had found the
name OF the ship.
Photographed Two Negroes.
Another ship carried a crew of At,
two of whom were negroes. The ship
was t~orpedoed in the usual way with
u warning and sank so rapidly that
there was no time to lower the boats,
though luckily the entire crew had
lifebelts. Seeing a negro In the wa
ter, the commander Of the submarine
took him on board, and as soon as he
reached the submarine his wrists were
imprisoned and held. They then took
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 Is are
known to have beer picked up. The
captain of the ship was left on 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 n account.
In seven minutes after the explosion.
The master says: "The stewardess
behaved exceptionally well, and with
great presence of mind gave mufiers
md nfhnr arffnInC 90 Ahn .Aa,
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-
rine and took the two men on board"
Among all these records of horror.
brav,ry and cruelty there are little
glints Of something almost approach
ing comedy. Take, for instance. the
record of a little South Coast schoon-
er, 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 man could get In an accident
occurred and the boat was upset.
The master reported four men
drowned-what happened to the fourth
man Is not clear-and remarked that
"those drowned became too excited"
His ship had been heavily shelled for
q long time. but the German shoot
Ing was very bad. The captain and
hoy. who remained on board, We're
taken on board the submarine and re-
leased five hours later and put on
board a foreign ship. The captain
was unable to give any description Of
the submarine: Captain could not
describe submarine. He said he was
sem below at once-Stepr"
The next part Of the story Is from
one of the men whom the master
thought lost. He gives an idyllic pic
ture of the scene before the Smelling :
Vessel In Full Sail.
'"The vessel had all sail except the
mizzen gaff topsail set. The wind was
abeam, the vessel on the port tack,
-heading southeast and east. The mas
ter was standing by the helmsman. The
mate was talking to the master. both
on the lee side Of the poop. She was
making six or sever knots through the
water when the master asked the
mate: rs that a submarinef The
mate had a look at 1t and said: yes.
1t is.' The master took the wheel and
ordered all hands to get the boat out.
Before the boat got into the water the
submarine started shelling."
Then the disaster happened. The
man on the boat reported that moth
Ing has been heard of vessel since
deponent last saw her." 1t seems
that ''about three hours after leaving
ship boat righted and was baled out"
But a most interesting part of the
story is missing; for one would like
to know whether master and crew met
again and what they said to one an
other.
Says the mate of another little ship: