The Monticellonian., 1918-01-18

to ram him But no shock was felt when the ship passed the spot, so in all probability the submarine able to dive deep enough to escape being hit"
 adventure but it was surpassed by liner, for merly favorlte ship among Atlantic pilgrims, now carrying cargoes to the allies. blanket or log covered the sea in the early morning. It ffted triie. and very much surprised submarine popped LID dead ahead of the unging prow She let fly a torpedo In wild furry, at the steamerS side With out eXploding A moment later the submarine itself went pumping and scraping along the other side of the vessel whose officers, sailors and gun ners stared straight down at it and uttered the deep and hearty curses of the They would have swapped their souls for few bombs to drop in remembrance Grimy stokers poked their heads through the open ports and spat at the coming tower or passOnately scrambled for Jumps Of coal and slice bars to heave the blankety-blank thing Then the fog swallowed it up and the incident was closed.
 For hard fighting and the dogged courage that we rightly ascribe to the men of the American navy the story of the Moreni and Chief Petty 0fi- cer 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 submarine when he finished with his ship fire and q cargo of gasoline about to blow him to kingdom come He made rant officer for devotion to duty and determination to fight long she hoated. \ summary of his report to the navy department given out short ly after 1t was received.
 For wanton brutality there is the report of the loss of the American schooner Childe Harold off the French coast. Unadorned the episode is thus described:
 At daybreak an 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 submarine one mile away. CThe Chflde Harold unarmed9 The submarine opened fire. and the shells ripped through the seheoners hull 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, eyi- dently at the boat in the water, which escaped be- ing hit. The captain and his crew ordered aboard the submarine and noticed that the cap ribbons of the sailors bore the letter 'U-19 and U-17. Two of the officers spoke excellent English, and Captain Byrne of the schooner informed them that the firing totally unnecessary and that he had not expected such dastardly treatment from any white men.
 .The conversation developed the fact that the commander of the submarine knew the date of sail ing of the Childe Harold from an American port and the lookout for her. He had also re- ceved information of the departure of the four master Alicia B. Crosby and the three-master A V. Sherman the same date, all three vessels hay ing passed out to together. He wanted to know where the other schooners were. According to his schedule they should have shown up by this time.
 ."The Germans footed the Chde Harold and seemed very hungry. They had only coffee and dry bread for breakfast aboard the submarine. After fetching all the stores in the launch they put the captain and his crew in the boat again, which stove and half full of water The schooner was set on fire. Her people res- cued by a steamer. Captain Byrne is anxious to try 1t again"
 A robust American shipmaster, this skipper ot the Childe Harold, who told the Germans to their faces what he thought of them and eager to have another fling at 1t