The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-10-03


Then came the answer.
"I-am-stopping-
Number One. tell them to stand by
the searchiight," said the captain to
the FIRST lieutenant. "Signaiman, tell
him to place his navigation lights"
Very promptly In response to the sig
nal the lights appeared upon the
strange ship.
Now make. Remain where you are.
will board you at daylight.
What the searehlIoht Revealed.
When the distance between the ships |
had been reduced to about mile the
order was given to switch on the
searchiight. The great white streak
shot across the sea until II settled on
the mysterious craft. In large letters
across her stern ran the legend. "Tur-
ritella, London"
II believe I have been fooled after
ALL" said the captain to himself. The
searchight also revealed party shov-
Ing on In n boat. presumably contain
Ing the irate skipper. wanting to know
what the blank blank all this business
meant, for In the eastern waters they
we're not accustomed to II. Presently
there came strange voice through .
megaphone from the strangers bridge:
switch on that damned search
light"
"He seems to be getting bit ratty.
Shall l switch ofYi"
The rcHar xcaa utvau aud 6a rk NAaa
prevailed once more. Some minutes
later the eastern sky began to glow.
feebiy Mt first. casting kind Of half
| light over the face Of the seas--a mere
glimmer In which objects appeared
without shape. Out Of this gloom
there arose such babel Of sound az
brought us all to the ships side. Dimly
we could discern two boats. one on the
port and one on the starboard side OF
us. both crowded with occupants, who
were jabberlng In some strange tongue
like n lot Of excited monkeys.
Germans Sank Their Own ship.
Just as we came abeam OF the
strange ship we saw cloud OF smoke
shoot up from her. which was followed
by the heavy thud Of an explosion.
Next moment there came another
heavy thud. and we saw that the Tur-
rlteila was beginning TO sink by the
head. We steamed past her and began
to circle round her at respectful dis
lance. for ships which carry explosives
may carry them In the form Of torpe-
does. Gradually the eastern sky began
to flush red; the hue was reelected by
the sea, until one could have fancied
that the stricken ship was staining the
waters with her blood And then we
saw third boat rowing away from
the wreck In the direction OF tn, other
J two. We swung round to return and
pick them up,
AS we approached the first two boats
. we realized why we had failed to un-
derstand the language. They We're full
of Cinnamon all talking nj once. In a
, state of hysterieal agitation. We walt
ed eagerly for the third boat AS II
drew up alongside one gangway two
officers stepped hriskly up the ladder,
and we're followed by twenty-six men
, ench wearing round blue cap with
, two black ribbons falling down behind
, Across the front of the cap ribbon was
, printed Ia gold letters "Kalserlichs
Marine" We had not been fooled
a after all.
The Turr,telia's Story.
The story IT the Turritela Is briefly
!, this. She had been captured from ths
- ,rl.t IA, q a In, Gral
: AIRY, laiT. she set out from Shanghai
with Chinese crew aud British ofli
GERS; she put into Rangoon to pick NJ
I, cargo. and again into Colombo, wher,
she spent some days loading up, Sh,
|, left Colombo ON Feb. ~, iDig, and fou
DAYS later walked straight into tn,
laws OF the Wolf. Her Rritish officer
and men were taken aboard the raide
as prisoners. hut the Cinnamon RI
manned In her A German prize erev
then took possession of her; she wa
loaded up with mines, and sent off 4
Alden % lay her eggs Just outside tn
harher Her subsequent movement
had all been carefully planned To fit 4
with the program revealed by IN
ships papers on March q she wa
due In rrim. where she intended I
call. looking az innocent as lamt
with her Chinese crew on the uppc
deck and her German ratings stowe
below Thence she was 10 proceed I
the Red sea to lay more mlaes. an
mfterNarss to reloin the Wolf Mt a RET
dezvonS,
Could she have carried out this pr,
gram II she had not happened to IA
IN with usf There was al least
sporting chance. Her second otiie,
sroke English as tiuently rs his ow
language. and without any trace NJ n
accent lie had srcn, eight years
ocr merchant service. aud had u
manners and bearing Of an Eng,ls
officer. Hut the weak spot I'm the cot
pany WAS evidently the slgnalma
That signal why did you not stop II
when was passing Adeu1" was hr
liant II showed real genius. n
the Sts.ralnsn eatnpisfety rufna,l n