Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-22

ron, was scouting fifteen miles back oil
the Boche lines when engine trouble
| obliged him to alight in the cnemy's
country. He repaired the engine with
out being observed. but discovered to
his diSmay he had not enough gasoline
10 get back to his hangar. II was q
desperate situation. but Norcross,
being an American. had confidence
that somehow he would squirm out
OF the difficulty. He hid his machine
in clumb OF woods and. armed with
copper containcr. started foraging
for gasoline Outside a farmhouse he
found an automobile. and he had just
completed borrowing the containcr full
OF precious gasoline when a car fun
of German officers whizzcd around q
bend in the road. NOrcross jumped
through an open window in the farm
house, ran upstairs and hid under Il
bed. BY the sounds the American
soon concluded that hc had butted into
the very thick of a German staff head
quarters.
Out of a German Trap.
There was nothing in the world for
him to do but remain under the bed
until things quoted down. In about
an hour two Hun officers, dusty from
travel and dog tired from the stress Of
battle, numbered into the room. and
after many German curses and much
imbibing from Il suspicious looking
bottle tunllrd into bed with Erunts
and groans of wcarincss. They were
quickly fast asleep. their snorcs sound
ing like French barragc fire.
well, I'll be gosh dingcd!" muttcrcd
NOlcrosS: this is some mess"
he crcpt from under the bed and.
clingins tightly to tho containcr, h"
softly opened the door and reached the
top of the stairway, only to run plump
into u fat German officer coming up.
The Hun let loose Il wOlfish grunt and
his big. watcry blue eyes threatened
To pop from his fat face. Down came
the Containrr on the top of his head
and tn" Tcuton crashed backward
down the stairway. But three or four
Huns had rushed into the lower hall
way and with fierce cries they started
up the stairs. Norcross dealt with
them in u typical breezy American
fashion. From the top OF the stairs
he lcapcd in their midst. dealing blows
to the right and the left with his con-
securely in the top. so that not drop
of the precious gasoline was spilled.
The German officers went down as II
they had been fcllcd with an AK. Nor
cross darted out of the house and
sprintcd to the hiding place of his air.
craft. He rcplcnished the exhausted
tank and few minutes later was 1000
feet aloft, heading for the French
lines, which he reached in safety.
The exploit Of William ]. Clark. OF
New York chief tlrfet captain an6
commander Of the naval gun crew oi
the steamship Silver Shell. recently
on the high seas gives another indi-
cation Of what our men are made Of
Clark Is an enlisted man, who has
seen nearly twelve years Of service In
| the navy and has won promotions 10y
proved capacity. Recently by his
bravery and resource he made dent
in the kaiscr's submarine warfare b!
bringing about the sinking of an under
sea craft For his work he won spc-
cial praise from Secretary of the Navy
| Daniels.
Submarine off the port bowl" was
! the hail that startled the crew of tht
Silver Shell on morning not long
ago.
At distance of 1000 yards Clark
saw q submarine: the U-boat displayed
no flag and was approaching the mer-
chant ship ut great speed. The gunners
of the Silver Shell were alert at theiI
posts.
Fire" cried Clark: the Silver
Shells guns barked. but the shot fell
| short of the mark. The U-boat replied
with a siX-inch gun, but the marks
manship was poor, the shell falling
100 yards TO the starboard Of the
American vessel.
The course of the Silver Shell was
due west and the vessel shot ahead
ut increased speed. The submarine
followed keeping up rapid fire.
Clark stood with his gunners, en-
couraging them with his fine ardor.
"Wc are going to give those Bochcs
hell" he yelled. RIP the steel into
the blackguards and do it fast, boys"
The gunners worked. with n will.
firing more than twenty-five shots in
battle that lasted nearly two hours.
Two submarines fired more than thirty
shots, including some shrapnel toward
the end, which exploded astern of the
Silver Shell, hut too high to do any
damage. The American naval gunners
whooped with JOY when the last two
shells fired by them hit the submarine
in the forward part. 4 few seconds
later the Boche U-boat went down
bow upward at an angle Of about
forty five degrees.
Secretary Daniels is now considering
promotion for Clark.
For his work he deserves the very
best that can he done for him." de-
clarcd the secretary.
An Ambulance Drivers "Stunt."
Hats of. YOU loyal Americans. to
Samuel L. Shober. Jr., OF Philadel-
phia, attached to the American am
bulance service in France.
This young Philsdelphian. bred in
the shadow of Independence Hall. was
having a night off recently from his
arduous and extremely dangerous duty
as an ambulance driver on the battle
front. But H. had become so attached
TO his job of hiking the wounded off
the field under fire that he just had
to hang around and watch his plucky
comrades work.
stars cleaned frostily in dark
blue dome: the boom of big guns