Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-26

THE NEW
OF THE DAY

LTdSSuy bileAk AAAhSA viz NS~NS--
William Tanner as he sacrificed
his life with his wife on Chicago
grade crossing, but none of the dra-
matte devotion of the husband to
his helpless wife, is the story of
the drowning of Mrs. B. M. Ege-
land in the great storm at Corpus
Christi, Tex.
With safety assured her, the wife
deliberately tore away the life
preserver she wore and, clasping
her exhausted husband in her arms,
went down with him in the storm
tossed water of the bay.
Capt. Bartlett M. Egeland, an
infantry officer of the regular army,
was in command of the soldiers
rest camp there. When the big
storm struck the captain busted
himself making everything safe
and secure as possible, working for
hours without food or rest. Final
ly the rising waters of the gulf
pouring over the site of the camp,
made further efforts dangerous.
Mrs. Egeland, though he had
urged her several times to leave for
the high land remained with her
husband. The rising storm grew
steadily worse and water had be-
gun to pour over the camp when
Captain Egeland, his duty done,
saw the uselessness of further eff
fort. Calling to his wife and two
soldiers who had remained faithful
" with him, he told them it would
be best to seek safety inland.
There was only one life preserver
at hand and this was placed around
Mrs. Egeland's waist. The party
then set off inland, wading the rap
idly rising waters. Captain Egeland
worn out by his continued efforts
at the camp, had difficulty in wad-
irg the water, and only slow prog
ress was made.
Swiftly the tidal wave was
sweeping in from the gulf rose rose
above the waists of the party, then
to their shoulders and in a few
minutes was more than six feet
deep. 1t was practically impossible
for the party to keep together. First
Mrs. Edgeland, then the men, kept
Captain Egeland ahoat. Again,
Mrs. Egeland took a turn, but by
that time her husband was So thor
oughly exhausted that he could no
longer swim. The wind and waves
had carried the soldiers some dis
tance away. In the roar of the
storm the two soldiers could hear
nothing, but after few minutes
they saw Mrs. Egeland tear off her
life preserver and throw it from
her. Clasping her husband in her
arms, they sank, to be seen no
more.
The body of Mrs. Egeland was
found near Sinton. The body of
Captain Egeland WIS found on the
beach a few days later. The body
of the faithful wife ana that of her
husband have been sent to Web
ster, S. c., her old home, for bur
ial
This touching incident took place
in Texas, country where people
often have their own way of doing
things. Take, for instance, the
case of G. A. Lowrance, wealthy
Yoakum cattleman, charged with
tho 1oo11,sJa,, Of VIZ Nj n,,++ar Tb;
cago insurance nnn, who was ac-
quilted by jury in the criminal
court a few days ago after nearly
twenty-four hours deliberation.
Dutton was shot by Lowrance in
the mistaken belief that he was an
other man, whose killing, the court
ruled, would have been justifiable.
Lowrance went to a hotel to
Kill a doctor who, he believed had
wrecked his home. Mistaking the
number on the door, he entered
buttons room and killed him be-
fore he noticed the mistake.
Exhaustive comparative tests of
the relative merits of German u
boats and United States navy sub
marines of the new IS" type, con-
Quoted by special board of naval
officers, show the German craft to
be inferior in every respect. The
report of the special board was
made public recently.
The best of the five captured
German Submarines brought to this
country LAST spring, the U-111, was
used in the tests against the S-3.
Both are OF the 800-ton class.
In the speed trials the German
submarine developed a maximum
surface speed of 1873 knots, while
the American craft made lat knots
without difficulty. The variation in
submerged speed was even more
startling, the U-111 only making
rs knots, while the S-3 developed
I2.4 knots. The U-111 was found
20 be capable of cruising eighty-fve
hundred miles at eight knots, while
the SIS could cover ten thousand