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;, On seeing our gunners struggling in
the seas, our foe hoped to make good
his escape, but with each telling shot
our own fighting blood was aroused
and the wild chase continued A we'll
aimed shell tore off the English flag
staff at the stern, but the Union Jack
was quickly hoistod again on the fore
third time the flag flew from q line Of
the yard of the foretop. but the flag
had been raised too hastily and it hung
! reversed, with the Union Jack upside
down. and in this manner it continued
to fly until it sank with the brave ship.
The fight had lasted four hours with
out our being able to deliver the death
stroke. Several fires had started or
the steamer. but the crew had been
able to Keep them under control; big
holes CAPPED open in the ships side,
but there were none as yet below the
waterlinc, and the pumps still suf1iced
to eXpel the water. 1t often occurred
that in the act Of firing the waves
choked our cannons, and the shot went
Kissing through tremendous sheets Of
water, while we were blinded by
deluge Of foam. Of course We were all
wet, through and through, but that
was OF no Importance, for we had al
ready been wet for days.
1t was now essential for US to put an
end to this deadly combat, for English
torpedo boat destroyers were hurrying
on TO the calls of distress Of the
steamer. Big clouds of smoke against
the sky showed they were coming
toward us under full steam. The ship
was BY this time listing SO heavily that
it was evident We need waste no more
of our ammunition, and besides the
appearance Of another big steamer on
the southern horizon was an cnticing
inducement to quit the battle scene
and seek another victim. We cast
last look on our courageous adversary.
which was gradually sinking, and must
add it was the first and last prey whose
end we did not have the satisfaction to
witness. We had been truly impressed
by the captains brave endurance, not
withstanding his lack of wisdom, and
we knew that the men-of-war were
coming to his rescue. We read in the
papers on our return to German
port that the Nosges had sunk soon
after we had departed, and what re-
manned of the passengers and crew
were picked up by the English ships.
The captain was rewarded for his te-
merity by being raised to the rank Of
reserve officer, and the crew We're given
sums of money; but all the other Off
GERS had persisted, as we'll as several
sailors and a few passengers, who had
been forced to help the stokcrs in order
to increase the speed OF the flying
steamer.
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army horses, I fear your ratlons were
cut short for while!
had made an interesting study Of
the manner in which the English crews
or the present day were composed.
Apart from the British officers there
were but few experienced seamcn on
board. This was made evident by the
awkward way the men usually handled
the lifeboatS. Even with the enormous
increase Of wages. sailors could not be
found to risk their lives in the danger
zone, and a lot of unframed fellows.
negroes and Cinnamon, revealed by
their clumsy rowing that they had only
recently been pressed into service.
Various other interesting incidents
occurred on our return trip, which
shall not mention now. but, having
safely reached our newly conquered
port of Ostcnd. we read to our amuse-
mcnt in French paper that our
l-boat had been sunk in the Channel
by a feet Of six fishing steamers.
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minian was sent to the bottom Of the
sea with one Of our last torpedoes.
The following morning, before bid
ding the west coast OF England tenn
porary farewell. we made another good
catch. We sighted q broad bottomed,
r-masted steamer, also coming from
America, laden down, as we soon ascer-
making its way to uavrc.
We started after it, ana as usual it
tried to escape, but wcll-directed
shot through the bridge and chart
house brought it to Il stop, and it sig
nailed that the engines were being re-
versed The boats were lowered, and
on drawing near We perceived the cap
tain with others on the bridge holding
up their hands as a token OF surrender.
AS soon as those on board had taken
their places in the lifcboats they rowcd
toward us and showed the livclcst in
tercst in the final torpedoing OF their
steamer. They looked upon it as Il new
KIND of sport, and under the present
conditions they could watch the per-
torrance in the most nfortable way.
The sea was IKE a mirror and reflected
the smiling spriNg sunshine. whose
warming rays were most a9rccabIy iclt
The English captain had scarcely
been on board my submarine moment
when he begged that we might go to-
gether and verify the excellent aim of
our first shot through the forward part
OF his ship, which he told me had
nearly grazcd his ear. consented to
90 on his lifeboat and admire with
HIM, to our mutual enjoyment, the ire
proachablc craftsmanship of my gum
ner. although did not accept drink
OF whiskey one OF the English officers
offered me.
On seeing the gaping hole in the
forecastle, the captain and his. men
Capped their hands and cried out. "A
very good shot!" The captain con-
graduated NE for securing. rs he as
serted. the richest prize | had ever
made, but | assured him we had sunk
even more valuable cargocs than the
present one. | decided, as the sea was
calm and 10 ship WIS in sight, to spare
our torpcdoes and shells and to put an
end to the cleaner with little hand
grenadcs.
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The Question of
Raising. Ships

he question Is now often being pu-
whether it will be possible to raise
the vessels that have been sunk dur
ing the war. The raising Of 2 ship
depends above ali upon whether the
depth at which it lies is so great that
1t .precludes the work OF diver
have already stated that the waite,
pressure augmerts al the rate of one
atmosphere zone kilogram to the
square centimetre) to ten metres IN
crease Of depth. If a diver working
at ten metres depth is under a press
IRE OF one atmosphere. at fifty metres
he will be under the tremendous
pressure of five atmospheres. This is
the greatest depth to which a diver
can attain, and il by chance diver
has gone Il few metres beyond fifty
metres, no man to my knowledge has
attained sixty metres. The work OF
divers at a depth Of forty to tiftv
metres is even then not very effective.
as they are unable to perform heavy
tasks. nor can they remain more than
tait an hour 1T n time under such a
pressure, and am, speaking now only
OF experts. therefore only light and
easy work can be performed by most
olvers at a great depth and the APP
pllance OF ponderous chains for lift
ing purposes can only be accomplished
Under unusually favorable conditions.
10 raise any ship at depth above
thirty metres must be considered as
I. very efficient job, whereas if this is
attempted at (. depth below thirty
metres it can be done only by salvage
companies, where neither unfayorable
cotton obstacles nor currents inter
yene. A strong currona renders =
overs work impossible, for il carries
Kim Off his feet.
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ARTICLE III.

1Ats pcc oy HIMSELF Of the kimd of o g7oyies sinking
SHIPS "shout numbering shelng open
coGts 1t gees an'erlca chance
oy t*eaee'~ Fo1stme commander
somewhat careless product of odd of leisure The
tee abridged By the omission Of trivial Incidents urd
strange rre of senmentaay end jerocity peculiar
ccs'uys rot licking IN ctcs good officer concerned for the
joy Of has Kindly to aptires docc
and C-bcat enthusiast.
2oScy tnstalnent tells the sinking British
tu-hor hich
all the tl and Of the possibility Of ao9ig the boat cis
Published
by tcin &
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rapid sinking Of ship depends on the
distribution Of its bulkheads and
watcrtight compartments. A manof-
war, built on the latest models, has
great many small watertight compart-
ments, for she is meant to be able to
continue fighting even after several OF
these compartments have been de-
stroyed, whereas an ocean steamer is
so constructed that she will remain
ntloat only short time after a COLI
sion with another ship, or il she runs
into an iceberg or Il derelict she can
endure a certain intake of water, and
lists at IL moderate angle far more
readily than a warshp, whose guns are
rendered nearly useless if the ship is
heavily canting.
A warship must be built so as to
Withstand, without sinking, the injury
caused by number Of gun holes even
beneath the water line, where the inner
part of the ship must necessarily be
subdividcd into many parts. A warship
is built at great cost, but SO is an
ocean steamer. The sunken Lusitana
was worth 100000 marks (Hearly
$4,000, 000), and the mammoth steamers
of the Hamburg American Line, the
Jmperator and the Natcrland, were still
more expensive to build.
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Cloating Over
Loss to Allies

y, The Englshmen took a sportsman-
IKE interest IN the proceedings, and
one of the officers even volunteered to
show me the most effective position
Tor the explosive. l naturally did not
crafty his wish to place it there him.
seIi, for knew myself very accurately
INC most Vulnerable spot in the ship.
IN very few moments big hole was
torn in the side Of the Crown OF Cas-
TILE and with gurglng sound the
waters rushed in. AT the same time
long, yellow threads Of the Finest oats
Hoated lar out on the sea and, glsten-
ing with golden simmer, gave proof
long after the steamer had sunk of
'!e precious cargo which had lain
within Its TANKS. You poor French
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
The Case Of the
Commercial Steamer

The ordinary commercial! steamer
often has in her inner construction
only athwartship bulkheads through
the double bottom that run from one
side to another and form large parti
tlons; and in proportion to her height
n steamer is again subdivided horizon
tally into several decks. But these arc
not usually watertight, and the cross
bulkheads already mentioned form the
only watcrtight divisions in the hold.
In the big cargo spaces these divisions
practically do not exist, and the ship,
throughout almost its whole interior, is
open from keel to deck. This arrange
mcnt, of course. facilitates the rapid
loading and unloading of the cargo;
therefore, in this type of snip the en-
glnc rooms and boilers, surrounded and
protected by coal bunkers, are the only
really watcrtlght portions Of the ship.
Whoever has gazed down into the
capaclous hold of such steamer will
readily understand that if the water
should pour into one of these spaces.
at either end Of the ship, the other end
OF the vessel would rise steadily IN
ward. In nearly every case, even the
largest steamer, jus. before sinking.
tllts abruptly It's bow or stern straight
up out of the sea. until the water rush
ing into the hold draws the vessel
downward, ard with q mighty roar it
liuEges forever into the deep. We have
repeatedly noticed at this moment that
the air within the boat escapes with
shrill whistle from every possible
aperture. and the sound resembles the
shrek of a steam siren. This is a
wonderful spectacle to behold.
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UR boat carried us speedily
away further and further tow
~ ard the west, and soon the
lighthouse on tho mole and the
outline Of tho country we had con-
quered faded away in tho evening twi
light. Before long we should be sur
rounded by only hostile shores.
We first sighted the French port OF
Boulogne, where the imposing bronze
static of Napoleon 1 stands on mar
DO column ffty-three metres high, with
eyes turned toward the English coast.
1t was built to commemorate tho ex-
petition planned by Napoleon in 1903
against the sons OF Albion, whose de-
scendants have SO recently landed on
French soil, and, as they lie there en-
camped. they may wonder, when gaz-
ing st the statue Of the great Emperor,
if he would have welcomed them with
the same enthusiasm with which they
ers Of France.
The Poetry of
The Pirates Work
On our very first day in the french
Channel we were able to sink several
steamers, after the crews had left in
their lifeboats, and on general lines q
similar picture was traced at every
sinking. We were now granted our
first opportunity to steer submarine
above and below tho waters Of the
North Atlantic. The ocean seemed to
rejoice at our coming, and revealed
storm. Only those who have seen such
a storm can realize its proud majesty.
The gigantic blue-black waves, with
their shining crests dashed by the west
wind, came rushing onward into the
open mouth Of the Channel, and the
hemmed-in waters, roaring and surg
ing, dashed themselves against the
sharp, rocky points Of the French
coast, or broke less violently but in
ceaseless unrest on the chalk cliffs of
England which glimmered white in the
rays Of the sun.
It is a splendid sight to watch this
great spectacle from the high deck of
steamer as it ploughs its way through
the foaming flood, or to be borne aloft
on the top of the waves with ship
under full sail, but it is still more won
terful to behold natures great display
from the half submerged coming tower
of U-boat, and to dive through the
mountainous breakers until they close
gurgling over our heads and hide us
from all curious glances. Our little
nutshell, in perpetual motion, is drawn
down into the deep valleys of the ocean
waves, or tossed upward on the comb
of the following breaker. We are
soaked to the skin. and the spray
covers US like a silvery veil; our boat
as we'll as ourselves is daubed with q
salt crust, our eyes smart and our lips
have briny tang, but to us sailors it's
:, joy to be the sport of the wild waves,
and even those few unfortunates who
always suffer from seasickness never
lose their love of the sea-
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PRODA Sc

PRODA Sc nabytek pro do
macnost velmi LEVINE "a prici-
rou odjezdu z mesta. Haste
Sc v {. 1921 E. 131 ul.
80
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FARMY MA PRODEJ.

Farma o 68 akrech, dobra u
rodna zeme, velka mlada "a
hrada, dobry dunn, bane, les,
paleza Sc 5 mil "a Bedford, ze
stopu 43 A. B. C. hnie. Cena
$1,000.
Farma O 16. akrech, dobre
lredne zeme, hodici Sc pro ze-
linarstvi, dobry dim a bane,
dost vody po cely rok, 8 mil "a
Bedford, cena $4,000.
Dale mann velkou radu ji-
nych farem ma prodej neb ma
vymenu, navStivte mne Josef
Pechota, pozemkovy jednatel,
5319 Hamm ave. =?
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10 JSCc HSllICl, PaAtC, SAtAAIA'
'Lituji, ze pravi to matka te
to ubohe bytosti."
Starena tvarila Sc, jako by
tuto poznamku byla preslech-
la. Zeptala Sc klidne:
"A odkud vite, re jest mrt-
va?"
"Na tuto otazku nemohu a
|nechci vam odpovedeti = O.
vsem ale vim velmi dobre, re
vase dcera Anna jest jiz pod
zemi."
"Kdo vam sdelil moji adre-
SUI"
"To vam mohu rici; dovedel
,jsem Sc o vas cd pani Klemen-
|tove."
"Pani Klementova jest pose
tia zenstina. Poradila vam
snad, abyste sci ke mne?"
80 nikoliv!'
"Pak ptam Sc vas jeste jed
nou: proc jste ke mne prisel?'
Jakasi bazen a 1zkostlivost
lvyznivala teto jeji otazky,
coz bylo mi prave who'd.
"Soudil jsem, re vas jako ma
Itku bude zajimati osud vaseho
ditete," odvetil jsem vyhy-
bave.
"A jineho ddvodu jste ne
lmel?"
Nyni vahal jsem S odpovedi.
"Nemel-li jste jine priciny,"
pravila spesne, "tedy vam de-
kuji "a vaSi navStevu a nechci
was zde dele zdrzovati. Vase
zprava byla by mi vitanejsi,
kdybyste rekl, jak jste Sc il dc
Ivedel."
Jeji bezohledna odmitavost
mne popudila a proto bez oba-
lu jsem il povedel, re ucel me
navSt6vy neni jeste dosazen.
"Vzdyt jsem 81 to myslila, &c
mate jeste jine priciny," pravi
la trpkym lsm6vem. "Jake
nemoci podlehla mole dcera?'
"Srdecni vade."
"Dobra, pokracujte!" j"
"Smrti vasi dcery bylo pou-
Ito k tomu, ably jista mne dra-
ha osoba uvrzena byla do ne
stesti. Diva muzi, jakz O tom ne
zvratne jsem presvedcen, toto
|neStesti nastrojili. Jeden nicj7
lie baron Percival Clyde"
"Aj, opravdu?"
Ostre pohledel jsem nyni '
ljeji tvaf, abych seznal, jakl
Idojem ma nj ucini tato zminka
10 baronovi. Zustala klidna ne
|jevila ami nejmensi pohnuti.
"Snad sc tomu divIte, jakym
|spusobem mohla by smrt vas
dcery byti nestestim jine D.
lscby?"
"Nedivim Sc nicemu," odvG
tia. "Tot patrne jen vaSi vlast
nj zalezitosti, do ktere mi nice.
no neni."
/ "Snad vas bude aspon to "a
jimati, proc vam toto vse Wy
|pravuji?"
! "Ano, to bych 81 prala We
|deti."
"Vezte tedy, re jsem odhod
Ian pohnati barona Percivala
zodpovednosti "a nicemnost I
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PRODA Sc dun o 6 pokojich
S peknym Totem, v elsie $500
Friend ave., blize zastayky 10
A. B. C. kary, Bedford, o., "a
pricinou koupe fanny. Je
tam slepicnik, voda, plyn, elek-
trika, ma lote kvetiny a zeleni-
na, vGbec vse pekne zarizeno.
Majetek je pouze 3 minnty cd
kary. BlizSi Sc sdGli tamtez.
8-17
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still"
"A co mi po tom?"
"Take sc to dozvlte. V mimi
lasti barona Percivala jsou ji-
ste udalosti, .l.rliz muslin Sc
dokonale seznamiti. Wy znate
|tyto udalosti a proto prichazim
k vam."
20 jakych to udalostech mlu
Ivite?"
Nyni teprve jsem spozoroval
|ze tato odporna, neprlstupna
zena Sc zachvela. Fohled jejl
'stal Sc plachym a z celeho jeji-
no pocinani bylo znati veliky
Ivnitrni nepokoj.
Go vite 0 onech udalos-
tech?" ptala Sc znovu pri cemz
'jeji tvar ma okamzik Sc zacer-
|venala. Drive nez mohl jsem
Iodpovedeti, povstala a zlostne
pravila:
Zach, jiz vim vsechno, mily
pane! Jste nepritelem barona
Fercivala a ia nam vam pomo-
.ci k vykonani nejake pomsty.
ze tomu tax? Soudite, 2e jest
vam ciniti s vykricenou neja-
kou zenstinou, ktera v TOM
to miste snad jenom milosti
jest trpena a ktera ze strachu
pred vami povi yam vSe, co 81
budete jen pratt? Ale zmylil
jste Sc, hrozne jste Sc zmylil,
mily panel"
Chvili mlcela a zlostne po-
hllzela pred sebe.
"Vzdyt ami nevlte, jak Jsem
v tomto mest6 lila a CO jsem
zde cinila," okracovala dale.
"Povim vam to, ackoli bych de
lie ami mluviti vami nemela.
Prisla jsem do tohoto mista bez
pravne Obtizena vincu, kter5
jsem Sc ami nedopustila; byla
jsem oloupena o sve dobre jme
no avSak uminila jsem 81, ze
vse prekonam a ze Opet dobre
no jmena 81 ziskam. Vynalozi-
L. jsem ma to mnoho casu, al
konecne Sc mi to podarilo.
Jsem nyni ctena vazena, ba
sam farar mne pozdravuje!"
Sotva dorekla tatO slova, "a
hledela SIC k oknu a povstala
speSne. Kolem okna ubiral 81
prave mistni duchovni. Stare
Ma postavila Sc t6sne k oknu a
slavnostne jej pozdravila. Du-
chovni obradne podekoval Sc
jlnutim klobouku a ubiral sc
dale. Pani Katherikova vratila
Sc ma sve misto.
"Tuto jste videl sam ma via
stni oci," pravila vitezoslavne
"ze nejsem tax spatnou zenou
jinak by mne zdejsi farar nepc
zdravoval. Nyni snad jste ,
koncich Sc svymi zamery?"
Toto jeji pocinani, kteryn
snazila Sc dodati 81 vaznosti
velmi mne prekvapilo. Pres tt
vsak byl jsem odhodlan pokra
covati We vyslechu podivne Eel
Stiny a nedbati jeji podrazde
nosti.
"Nyni snad jiz pujdete, pa
: ne?" dodavala zlomyslne, vi
douc mne zamysleneho.
lPokracuvani.l
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ObchOdnlk, ktery ode mne W.
kresy kupuje, zaplati take two
j praci. Budes miti svoji vlast-
nj pokladnicku Marie bude 81
k tobe dochazeti pro penize ma
denni potreby, prave jako do
chazela dosud jenom Ike mne.
Takto stanes Sc nam uzitecnou
a budes zajiste pri tom stast-
nou a spokojenou."
Jeji tvar radosti Sc vyjasni-
la a kolem jeji rtu zakmitl Sc
slaby usmev. V tomto okamzi-
ku, kdy hned chapala Sc tuzky
papiru, podobala Sc opet Lau
re blahych drivejsich dob.
Cd toho dine byla skutecne
Laura stastnejsi; vetsi cast
dine vysedela u svych vykresd,
ktere mi potom odevzdala, a.
bych je spenezil. Prace jeji by
la ovSem nedostatecna a proto
ulozil jsem vykresy do skrine
a kdykoli domu jsem priSel, O.
dcvzdal jsem j re sveho vydal
ku neco penez fka, re il to Oh
chodnik "a vykresy posyla. NJ
kdy bylo dosti t6zko pokracova
t, V tomto nevinnem klamu, a.
vSak Laura nepozorovala nj
echo Sc zvlastni pychou pri-
spivala re sve pokladnicky na
vedeni dOmacnosti, ba nekdy
vesele dokazovala, re nyni wy
della skoro tolik, jako ia. Pre-
cetne ty jeji vykresy, tajne IL
schovane, chovam posud jake
drahy poklad a kdykoli Sc Ma
re podivam, zachv6je sc mi srd
ce upominkami, jez provazeti
mne budou az ku hrobu.
AvSak muslin Sc vr;ititi opct
k truchlivemu deji, v nemz o.
sud urcil mi tax dulczitou Il.
lOhu.
Pri nejblizsi prilezitosti sde-
iii jsem Marii HalkOmbove vse.
echo od PAM KlementovG byl
jsem Sc doved6l. Spolccne do
hOdli jsme Sc tom, co dale po
citi treba. Asi "a tyden chtal
jscm Sc vydati ia cestu do Wei
minghamu k matce zamrele
Amy Katherikove. Drive mu-
sill jsem jeSte zhotoviti n6kolik
v6tsich vykresu pro jisty obraz
kovy list, abych Marii Laure
opatril hmotnych prostredku
ma delSi dobu, ncbot nevedel
jsem, iak dlouho sc zdrzim ma
move sve vyprave.
Kdyz vsechno nalezite jsem
upravil a Zaridil, nastoupil
jsem cestu do Welminghamu
Pred tim dohodli jsme Sc Ma
Ri HalkombovOu re budeme 81
kazdeho dine psati, abych VIDA
len jsa cd domova v6del @
Vsem, Co Sc prihodi. Lauru mu-
sill jsem vsemozne konejsiti, me-
bot il odchod muj velice velmi
znepOkojoval. O ucelu me C.
sty musil jsem il prelhati; rex
Jsem il, ze muslin vyhledati nc
We prameny odbytu pro nase
vykresy.
Marie Halkombova provaze
la mne az ma ulici. Ma odchodl
pTavila ke mne velice starost
live:
"Nezapomen ami ma chviIi
&c zanechavas zde dive duSa
jcZ s uzkostIivosti te oGekava
il; pamatuj, $ jakymi nadejem
budu tvuj navrat ocekavati
kdyby Sc ii vsak stale ma tet,
ceStd neco neobyCejneho, kdy
bys setkal SO snad baroneu
Percivalem ="
proc soudis, ze setkam $
.s timto clov6kem?" ptal User
Sc ronGkud prekvapen.
MAN JaEesi djvne tuseni,
odpovedola. "Nesmei Sc mi Or
sim poslechni me rady. Kd,
hVS GOT kal So G min, 1,,ct,o 10