Evening star., 1918-07-02

a much-desired eastern front.
Copyright. 1918. BY the Chicago Daily Sews.)
UNSPEAKABLE:. HUNS SINK
MERCY SHIP; 234 MISSING
Continued from Second Page.)
total Of 26s persons, including eighty
| army Medical Corps men ana four
teen female nurses.
"one boat, containing fourteen sur
Attacked Thursday Night.
1T was during the night Of June 81.
toward 1880. that the crime occurred.
The Llandovery Castle. steaming on
her course At some fourteen knots.
| showed the usual navigation and reg
ulation hospital ship lights. Under
| the overcast sky she was plain to
see and could not be mistaken for
| immune by every law OF war and
| peace from attack or molestation.
mo one on board saw the wake Of
| the torpedo. The first intimation Of
the presence OF a submarine was 4
Jar and tho roar Of an explosion from
/
| "An that followed, save when .
| dim light was obtained from an
emergency dynamo. Just before the
ship foundered. took place in the
darkness. The engines were rung
once to stop. then full speed astern.
But from the engine room came no
| answer.
1.-THE rehearssd routine Of the ship,
however. held good. With the Ger
man enemy: one must be prepared for
| every emergency like this. and along
the darkened decks the crew groped
| orders to leave her.
From the bridge the captains
| megaphone, loud in the night, bAde
them hold until way was found of
| the ship. The carpenter was aft max
ing an examination Of the damage.
Ships Wireless Failed.
"In the wireless cabin the Marconi
operator was trying in vain to trans
init the ships position. His key gave
no response: the spark was gone.
THE carpenters report was that
No. hold aft was blown in and that
| the ship could not remain afioat. The
| order was given to lower away the
| boats on both sides and abandon
ship.
'"The officer commanding the Cana
dian Army Medical 'Cofps on board
| reported that hisS people were out.
This is important In visw Of the e.fact
been picked up, s,:s>
Save for any Of the ships com
pany or the engine room crew who
may have been killed by the explo-
| sion Of the torpedo, It is clear that
every one got away; One Of the small
held back for those last to leave the
ship. But when all the others were
away the captain went to his cabin
for an electric torch, and, on return
ing to deck, found that this boat also
had gone.
Hun Halls In English.
THE submarine hailed the boat in
English: Come alongside
The boat was pulling down to pick
up drowning man. The second Of
flcer stood up and shouted back: We
are picking UP a man from the
| water
Come alongside" repeated the
brnsaue voice from the subInarthe.
forthwith two revolver shots were
fired at or over It.
"'Come alongside. will shoot my
big gum shouted the submarine COM
mander.
The boat lay alongside the subma-
rine. and the captain (probably the
man picked up) was ordered on board.
In case he should be made prisoner
and kept on board he gave the second
officer. who remained in the boat, the
to the coming tower Of the subma-
| rine, where two officers awaited him.
The commader asked him sharply:
What ship Is that?'
1T is the hospital ship Llandovery
Castle answered the captain.
Said American Flyers Were Aboard
"'Yes'-the commander did not at
s"p anpssi exh yb
1--WE are not replied the captain.
We have seven Canadian medical Of
| hcers on board. The ship was char
tered by the canadian government to
from England to Canada
| TO the submarine commanders re-
iterated You have been carrying
American flight officers he added. I
have been running to Canada for six
word Of honor that we have carried
none except patients, medical stan.
crew and sisters
The commander then demanded IL
there were any Canadian medical on
GERS in the boat. and he was told there
was one. He ordered him to come
aboard
Where are our other boats?'
asked the captain. The submarine
commander did not answer. He was
being. roughly hauled on board and
| thrust along the deck. This was done
SO violently and with such plain in
| tention to inJure the Canadian, Mai,
Lyon OF the Canadian Army Medical
bone in his foot broken BY the han
ding he received.
There was another German officsr
In the coming tower. the second in
command, who had not yet spoken.
| motioned over his shoulder with his
| held glasses northwards.
"The following survivors from the
| captains boat are tho only ones ac-
| counted for up to the present: Eleven
Of them were picked up from the
ar. A. Sylvester. captain: L Chap
man. second officer; D. c. Barton,
fourth ofiicer; H. NJ. Evans. purser:
LAMP Hnn9 s5,esSd.G s.nsT es.msn
ply, Schroeder. Goodrich Ward. Tired
gian: Fireman F. Mcvey, Fireman
Mounsey. Trimmer Heather. Deck
Steward Savage. Assistant Steward
Ward. attendant Of the Canadian army
Medical Corps. The boat also con-
| tained the following: Maj. r. Lyon,
Sergt. Knight and Orderlies Taylor,
Hickman. Pilot and Cooper.
MAI. Lyon was interrogated after
protesting as a medical officer and
ordered back into the boat. The cap
| tain also was allowed to go. The boat
was cast OF and pulled away from the
Subnhartne.. : +
"The submarine began to circlS
round the wreckago at full speed.
Several times Il shaved the boat mar