Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-31

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Mrs. Louis X. Tratt is prominent
| clubwoman and chairman of the Lib
crty bond committee of Fairbanks,
: Alaska. Fairbanks claims more than
1000 Red Cross members who are rails
ing funds despite the decreased buy
| Ing power of their dollar. All bridge
/ clubs are donating their club dues to
war purposes; the various woman's
clubs have collected during the win
ter every scrap of discarded metal and
rubber to be sent to the Estates" for
the Red CrCsS at the opening of navi-
CATION. One small club raised by deli
catesSen sales enough money to endow
Il bed i'm the Neuilly hospital, which
Alaskan women are trying To support.
Their second sale alone netted them
$447.J0.
a photograph of him and also of the
other negro, who was floating on a
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 a men only Is are
known to have been 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 I'm the water for hours together.
the C-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 tribute to the
British merchant navy recently de-
scribed as beyond all praise" is that
of stewardess of big liner. which
went down, according TO one account,
in seven minutes after the explosion.
The master says: "The StewardeSs
behaved exceptionally well. and with
great presence of mind gave mutilers
and other articles to the crew when
they We're in the boat" 1t is In this
story that one of the very few acts
of humane conduct on the part of q
German submarine commander is re-
corded. Submarine picked up two
of the men in the wafer himself. after
whic1we went alongside the subma-
rine and took the two men on board"
Among all these records of horror.
bravery and cruelty there are little
glints of something almost approach
ing comedy. Take. for instance. the
record of n little South Coast schOOn-
or. which was sunk 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
chose drowned became too excited"
His ship had been heavily shelled for
long time. but the German shoot
ing was very bad. The captain and
boy, who remained on board. were
taken on board the submarine and re-
leased five hours later and put on
board foreign ship. The captain
was unable to give any description of
the submarine: Captain could not
describe submarine. He said he was
sent below at once-Step"
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
aheam. the vessel on the port tack,
heading southeast and east The mas
ter WAS standing by the hclmsman. The
mate was talking To the master. both
on the lee side of the poop. She was
making six or seven knots through the
water when the master asked the
mate: is that n submarine" The
mate had look at il and said: Yes.
il is The master took the wheel and
ordered all hands to get the boat ont.
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
.lrponent last saw her" II seems
that about three hours after leaving
ship boat righted and was baled out"
But most interesting part of the
story is missing: for one would like
to know whether master and crew met
again and what they said 10 one an
other.
Says the mate of another little ship:
Masters reason for abandoning ship
was that she sank under him"
And as is but natural. the Seaman's
pride in his ship is often revealed in
these records: rs "Shp went down
with hardly splash. like the lady she
always was" and II shall never get
another like her"
With the prHcticability Of the ven