The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-24

man ship marking the last resting
place of once proud and mighty high
seas fleet"
one of the Mails correspondents who
watched the sinking ships from the
| air station at Houton. which uverlooks
| the anchorage. writes:
The battleships were gradually
submerged until their decks We're al.
most awash Then they turned turtle
ana went quickly out Of sight. there
being slight boiling sea at inter.
! walls for several hours and a blueish
scum on the water caused by the re.
lease of oil. These were all that mark
ed the spot where the ships had gone
down, The light cruisers settled by
stern on bows and sometimes a hundred
feet of the huh of these ships projected
into the air like huge whales Ieaping
from the water.
Too Swift TO Photograph
when the last sinking battleshlp
disappeared, a drifter and a trawler
We're at work alongside and a destroy
en- was standing by. evidently making
an attempt to tow the battleship into
shallow water y long splash between
the destroyer and the ship showed that
the towline had parted. The battle.
snip canted violently, the drifter mov-
ed off, and before a photographer be.
side the writer was able to change a
plate in his camera not a single vestige
OF the battleshp remained.
"A number of German sailors came
to the pier at IIouton this afternoon.
but were not permitted to land being
directed to the flagship. Strong pa.
trolls were landed from the fleet and
took positions along the beach. pre-
sumably TO deal with any German
swimmers who came ashore"
y Thurso dispatch to the Mail saws
that the moment the German flagship
ran up the red flag, 20 or 30 British
destroyers and trawlers were patroll
ing in and out of the German lines. 4
rush of Germans to the boats followed
lhe signal, but the capacity of the
boats was limited. as their number ,vaa
cut down some time ago. All the Ger
mans wore lifebclts and those unable
TO enter the boats leaped into the
sea without hesitation.
In the meantime guardships and sev.
eral destroyers opened fire ON the
boats and the Germans leaned over.
board. Then the destroyers. natrol
poatS and pinnaceH dashed in all di.
rections, picking up the Germans
from the water.
Hun Seamen Stole Sheen
1t is common knowledge here" the
ulspatch says, that the behavior of
the crews of the German ships ha,
peen growing progressively worse The
ilist few weeks after the armistice
men from the German ships were al
lowed to land ON the island. but very
soon farmers complained of the loss Of
Sheep. Leave for the Germans was
-hereupon stopped, only one boat being
iHoWed to each squadron"
The Mail prints the story of an eve.
witness of the sinking Of the fleet who
says that he witnessed naval activities
IL Scapa Flow for many Years and
saw many impressive sights. but the
most lmpreSsing of them was tame
compared with SATURDAYS staggerin,,
spectacle. Toward noon one of the
'efinah battleships was reported In ,
lhNlhs condition, and almost simulta.
ieousLy each German ship hoisted the q
German ensign at the masthead tba
most Of them showing also the red +
nag at their forcmast. The crews i'm.
0'''e'S commenced to leave the
hips, and it was soon evident mar tbo
ohcerted plan OF action was being car.
led out"