The Benson signal., 1918-05-04

catessen sales enough money to endOW
bed in the Neuilly hospital, which
Alaskan women are trying to support.
Their second sale alone netted them
$447.5O.
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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 Al 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
we're 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 q tribute to the
British merchant navy recently de-
scr1bed 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 muff1ers
and other articles to the crew when
they were in the boat" It 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,
bravery 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 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
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 10 from
one of the men whom the master
thought lost. He gives an idyllic pic
ture Of the scene before the shelling
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 seven knots through the
water when the master asked the
mate: is that a submarineT The
mate had look at it and said: Yes,
it 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." It seems
that "about three hours after leaving
ship boat righted and was baled out. u
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
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; as "She went down
with hardly splash like the lady she
always was," and II shall never gel
| another like her"