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The New York herald., 1921-04-17
U-Boat's Raid on Fishing Fleet Told for First Time

slightest hurry. From the time of the first
shot until the first of the fishing fleet was
sunk was four hours. The Starbuck was
the fourth vessel to be sunk. The dories
hung about until the last of the fleet
sunk. Then we pulled for the South Chan
mel We rowed for thirty-two hours and
covered ninety miles before we were picked
up.
AT the start the weather was rough but
later II cleared Yes il required little ex-
ertion, but every Starbuck man was a good
sailor well a good fisherman. They
would not call themselves philosophers but
they took the good and the bad in much the
same spirit. and take it philosopher could
not do much better We got home on the
sixth day after the one-s!ded battle. We
landed with nothing but the clothes on our
backs, but we We're glad to get back and all
hands. think. We're glad to see u.s.
Naturally. an lndomitable spirit like that
OF Capt. Sanchez would not permit him to
waste any time in idleness. In short time
he stood on the deck of the schooner Anna
Of twenty-eipht tons as master and owner
Like the Starbuck, she carries crew Of
eight men, including the captain. He fishes
for between four and five months a year
During that period he and his crew worked
under forced draught hut only when the
fishing is at its best. Last year. for instance
first rate year for Block Island fisher
men.
or course there are several brands of
fishermen on the island. as there are every
where that borders on green water: but for
fishermen of the Sanchez stripe or like Capt
Elmer Dodge Capt, Harry Smith or Capt
Jack Millikcn last year was a bumper. II
did much TO soften the memory Of the star
bucks loss for Capt Sanchez and his crew
For a little over four months fishing each
member Of the Annas crew cleared over
$4,000. The captain shared equally with the
crew, but-and this Is large but-thc Anna
got q fifth Of the gross. the nets another
nth and gross expenses" also came out of
the seasons catch Gross expenses consist
of everything that is bought for q seasons
fishing such as oils coal provisions. All
this indicates that fisherman who under
stands the game and plays II with all his
might may coddle himself bit in the stormy
months Of winter and have money in the
bank whom another fishing season opens and
the world begins to yearn for mackereL
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

with the remarkable resemblance he bore
to the official photographs of Michael Col
lins circulated throughout Ireland. For q
moment | allowed my eyes TO linger on his,
fascinated by their penetrating gaze, but
suddenly ths air became electric and
realized the danger of turning round TO
take a second look. His own right hand was
in his pocket and behind him were five or
six men. all at different distances from one
another all with their right hands in their
pockets and all with their eyes glued in
unwavering stares upon me
n walked straight on for about a quarter
OF n mile before dared TO turn round, for
/ knew that quite accidentally l had seen
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
The Children Unconcerned
With the Fourth Dimension

But Nancy and Edwin were not bother
ing their heads with a new element or the
fourth dimension when seen at the Foxwood
School. Both the children were bent over
their books during the afternoon study hour
from 2 to 3 o'clock.
FoXwood School which is owned by Miss
Elizabeth D. Curtis and over which she
presides is a charming old Colonial mansion
al the apex Of triangle formed by the Main
street station and Broadway. 1t has long
old fashioned windows, which look out upon
a lawn and blossoming trees. There Is no
clan Of trolley car or roar of subway to
interrupt the mental processes of its more
than 100 girl and boy pupils.
Nancy was deep in a problem in division
Of fractions. With pencil pressed to her
babyish lips she bent over her desk like
any absorbed mathematician. She scowled
a little and used her eraser vigorously
Then with perfect self possession she came
forward and sat on a dvan in another room
while she talked about her school work and
her future.
At the age Of the future which means
growing up and doing something great is
50 very far away that even Nancy's well de-
veoped mind did not seem to he much inter-
ested in what ii holds.
She is a normal child to all outward ap-
pearances. The teachers. who are conduct
ing the routine OF classes in the absence of
Miss Curtis, who was still away on her
Easter vacation, emphasize the fact that
there is no visible evidence that their prize
pupil is any different from the other little
girls in the classes.
She is a fresh and blooming bit of hu-
manity, with the rosiest round cheeks and
big brown eyes that smile at you in
friendly way. Her extraordinary head looks
like lots Of other little girls heads. She
wears her soft. straight brown hair bobbed
and the top part tied with a huge ribbon
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Block Islanders Story of How His Own and
Thirty-four Fellow Craft Were Sunk

The sub lay about two miles off and kept
that distance.
"She threw a shell across our bow and the
dories rushed to cover. When the boats
were all in made dash. The Starbuck
was fast and IL all the fleet had followed
suit some Of us might have got away. still.
that was asking a good deal, the gunners
on the submarine were experts and had the
range. The rest of the fleet stopped after
the second shot, but / hated to give up and
the Starbuck did her best until thirty shells
had been fired at
Wind of the Last Shell
Huris Him Into Lee Scuppers
THE wind Of the last shell hurled me into
the lee scuppers. Then we gave up the
attempt to get away l put two men into
each dory. Into each was put a supply Of
provisions and water. Then / got into a
dory and took with me the flag and the ships
papers. / lay to a little distance from the
Starbuck. The submarines crew used the
dories Of the fishing fleet In going from ves-
sci to vessel and back to the submarine
They took from the vessels such ma
terials as they wanted. Sometimes they took
stuff from the dories that had been slowed
in them. What these things were / could
not see. 1t was blowing d nor'eastcr al
the time and the water was roughish. No
we had no difficulty in keeping afloat our
dories are small but they are the best and
safest sea boats in the world. Two men
armed with rifles boarded the Starbuck
sat in the dory and waved the flag and the
papers al them and called out what they
were. They did not seem TO understand me.
The flag and papers Of every fishing vessel
gro kept in the same place, but took mine
with me. The customs authorities told me
later that ] was the only master in the fleet
who brought back flag and papers.
tH.t..
they had all the time I'm the world on their
hands. They examined all the dories ex-
ccpt ours. They did not bother ours which
we're some distance on They did not visit
my dory. None Of them spoke 70 me- They
went from vessel TO vessel without the
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
BY THOMAS B. FIELDERS.

T HE Starbuck, schooner rugged two
master, and fitted with fifty horse
power engine. was the gem of the
Block Island fishing fleet when she cleared
from the island in the first week of August
1918 In that year the German submarines
played something Of a star part in Amer
lean waters. 1t may be distressing to say
so. but they went as far as they liked and
met with no interference. All was fish that
came to their nets and they displayed as
much anxiety 10 sink ten-ton fishing boat
as 2 twenty thousand ton Atlantic liner
The Starbuck was Of sixty tons. perfect in
her appointments. and fast. AS she battled
her way against a strong head wind she
represented $4,000 to her owner and captain
Albert Sanchez. She was bound for the
Georges Rank. where the fishing was and
is good The Georges, 10 give II its name
among fishermen. Is about two hundred and
twenty miles southeast Of Boston. When the
Starbuck reached her destination she found
herself one OF many. FOR scattered I'm all
directions Off the Georges were about thirty
five other fishing vessels The bones OF
every member Of this little feet arc bleach
Ing to-day on the oceans bed. Not a single
vessel escaped and the only one 10 make
real attempt TO get away was the Starbuck.
4 small paragraph I'm the press of the day
answered for an epitaph.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

mers have Hghtly passed, contains
a mind unparalleled by exactly 99,999
other little heads belonging to girls of the
same age The comparison is that of
psychologist who expressed amazement at
finding so much intelligence stored in
child's brain
This extraordinary mental development is
possessed by Nancy Woodward, daughter Of
Gen. and Mrs. John r. Woodward of 2Sl
Sanford avenue, Flushing. l.. /.
OF Nancy's brother Edwin. who is 10, the
psy chologist made the same statement And
as a result of this discovery from the APP
plication of the Stanford revision of the
Bnet tests during a general mental survey
of the FoXwood School pupils, who are
Nancy's and Edwin's associates, all Flush
ing is feeling particularly proud
Who knows say its hopeful residents but
we may have Nine. Curie and Ensteir
in our midst and the names of Nancy and
Edwin make suburb quite famous
did that nice old Quaker, Fox, who spoke
to the early settlers eloquently two CEN
turies ago that Flushing has seen fit To
preserve a memorial the very stone which
he used as pulpit?
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Amateur SIeuths Find Him
Only to Find Gunmen at Hand

Because of the large price on his head
there are men In Dublin, in addition to the
Crown forces. who making II their
business to track him down in the hope OF
getting the reward. Recently two OF these
amateur sleuths met him walking alone in
one of the many squares of Dublin. They
approached him with revolvers pointed
toward his heart.
you are Michael Collins and you must
come with u.s." they challenged him.
The chief of the I. r. A. smiled in assent.
You are quite right" he replied Il an,
Michael Collins but"-ponting to a spot a
hundred yards in the rear-"do you see
those men?"
There were two men standing still and
looking in Coinss direction.
"They are with me-" he said and indicat-
ing two more men hundred yards i'm the
other direction. so they. as well as The
two looking In the shop across the road.
Every one OF them is armed, and IL you
dare touch me you will not live five sec
onds from now" Needless TO say he escaped
once more.
His "eyes" are everywhere Day after day
and night after night the combined forces
Of the Crown carry on their ceaseless search
now among the sum byeways Of Dublin and
now TO some stately mansion on the out
skirts of the city. When loading their rifles
the men make Il a practice to put in "one
extra for Mike"
Always the buildings chosen by him for
his meetings have some cunning emergency
exit arranged apart from the front and rear
doors. a large house at Rathmlnes in which
he is reported TO have stayed was raided re-
Gently and found to contain countless
secret doors. sliding panels and hidden cor
rdors.
But no man could stand the terrible strain
of such a life for an indefinite period and
the most recent reports say that he Is be-
ginning TO show signs Of fatigue. II is
prophesied that II is now only a matter of
weeks before he will be caught
mo man is Indispensable" was saying
that gained great popularity during the war.
but II is q matter for doubt whether the ex-
tremists Of Ireland in the event Of his cap
ture will be able TO find another man 80 dar-
ing and rcsourceful as the elusive Michael
Collina
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

public" is the most sinister figure connected
with the Irish republican movement. He is
the most wanted" man in the world. No
character in fiction has surpassed his record
for audacity and there man living
about whom so many tales Of narrow escapes
be told.
1t is probable that when history comes TO
be written his name will sink into insiG-
nifcance for he is not a statesman and does
not believe in peaceable solution to Irish
problems.
stop talking and get on with the job,
his message to Ireland when peace
overtures were suggested few months ago.
But day his name is mentioned in whs-
pers throughout the land of tears and he
holds complete sway over several thousands
of young men who having taken the oath
of allegiance to the |. r. A.. dare not dsobey
bis orders Even loyalists are forced by sheer
terror of his name into helping the republi
cause
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Story of the Starbuck
Most Thrilling of All

II was a period when TO tell the whole
truth was considered in the light of comfort
and Information TO an enemy who was only
too well informed AS the Starbuck was
the only Block Island vessel that was sunk
in the great war. her loss and the dramatic
manner In which she met her end made so
vivid an impression on the islanders that
the tale, more or less garbled, Is OF oftener
heard to-day than any other story Of the sea.
Captain Albert Sanchez will be able TO tell
the story exactly AZ the disaster happened
IL he lives to be hundred. When man is
forced 70 turn a somersault in the cockpit
Of his vessel and is then hurled into the Ice
fcuppers by the wind Of 4 shell he is apt to
remember the smallest details OF so unusual
an occurrence.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Nancy and Edwin Woodward eight and old respectively
Flushing
children showing them be
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Edwin thinks he would prefer joining the
navy rather than the army. Two OF his
unces Were Admirals, which may account
for his stated preference. Yet he leans
somewhat toward a career in mechanics.
Gen. Woodward passed the West Point
examinations at the. age of 16. being at that
time the youngest cadet ever admitted. Since
graduation he has been distinguished rep
resentative of the service
Theodore Woodward. the grandfather of
these two Flushing prodigies, founded the
Vermont School of Surgery. Mrs. Wood
wards brother, the Rev. Father Luke
Carney spoke seven languages.
This ability to master languages may have
passed to Nancy and has begun to show
itself with her English Mrs. Woodward says
that when Nancy was . months old she
could talk and when she was II months
old she spoke whole sentences. When she
was she could read fairly well, and then
il was she started to school. At first she
was a special pupil. but at the age of she
was admitted as regular pupil.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Worlds Most Wanted Man
Is Collins, Sim Feiner

and recognized Michael Collins and his
bodyguard at large in the streets Of
Dublin"
He was first heard of officially in connec-
ton with the Sim Fein movement in Oc-
tober 1914. Strangely enough this first
official report proves him to have been liv-
ing under disguise. The white paper on
Sim Fein's plot with Germany describes
him as "a priest named Michael Collins"
who accompanied Sir Roger Easement on
mission to Germany to visit the Irish pris-
oners of war He became notorious in the
rebellion of 1916, where he commanded part
of the rebel army. of which p. III. Pearce
(executed May 3, 1870 was Commandant
General.
Like all other Sim Fein NJ. P.'s, he has
never sat at Westminster, but is an inn
portant member of Dali Eirean, the Irish
Republican Parliament. He makes his head
quarters in Dublin although he has of ne
cessity to be prepared to move from one dis
trict to another at moments notice. Many
houses used by Michael Collins for meetings
have been raided by the military, the r. l. c..
the Auxiliary Cadets and the BLACK and
Tans," but always Mysterious Mike" has
managed to elude them.
BY his very boldness he succeeds where
other men would fail. He is past master in
the art of disguise. and it is said that he never
goes into the street without bodyguard Of
six gunmen He employs a large number of
scouts and intelligence men, who keep him
supplied with information regarding the
movements OF the Crown forces.
He has escaped several times by disguis-
ing himself as a woman. and on one occa-
sion he travelled in the uniform of a colonel
of the British Army and was saluted several
times by the troops themselves. 1t is known
that he has entered Dublin Castle recently
in disguise, and when the Auxiliaries raided
a house in which he was sleeping he escaped
through a back window in his shirt and was
proved afterward to have dressed and
walked down the street as of the crowd
and watched the progress of the raid.
Information was received some time ago
that he was attending a wake in the Dublin
district and when the house was raided he
evaded capture by taking refuge in the coffin
after removing the body. The military, out
Of respect for the dead. made but a cursory
examination of the room containing the
coffin.
Many men have been arrested in mistake
for Michael Collins, and he has been
ported killed on several occasions.
1t is believed by many that IL he were
captured the extremist movement would
cease TO have any Importance. as a large
number of his men are bound to him solely
by dread of the consequences If they at
tempted to evade service
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

S1c11atS} 0SoSSsyo1ok e~ceso~oa0
Her white figured wash dress, with its
white collar cuffs and sash. was short
enough TO reveal pair of sturdy legs, fin
ished off with white sox and tan shoes.
Nancy has been with us since she was
3 years Old one of the teachers said
At that tender age the little sister found
il so lonely at home without her big brother,
Edwin who started to school. that she per-
suaded Mummy" 10 let her go, too. She
took up French and has continued 1t ever
since.
what We're some of the tests that you
passed so well?" Nancy was asked.
We'll, one thing was to tell how many
fingers / have on one hand, then on the
other. and then on both hands," she replied
with perfect composure IL answered that
right off. But that wasn't all. A lot of
numbers were given out, not very fast. an
I was asked to repeat them backward. There
We're groups of eight ten figures, and |
remembered them all"
The psychologist. who is a professor at
Columbia University, proceeded with various
other features of the mental test at the end
of which he pronounced Nancy girl in
hundred thousand.
Nancy Knows 10000 Words
And Can Use Them Properly
She has vocabulary of some 10 900 words
And this does not mean that she just uses
the words. but she knows how to use them
properly and can define them. Edwin's
mentality is equal to the average hoy's of
seventeen, and his vocabulary is almost equal
70 that of superior adult"
So interested has Nancy become in the
mental tests that she Is now applying them
to Tommy, her three -year-old brother
Tommy is without doubt the most animated
of the three younger children Besides
Nancy and Edwin he has married sister
and brother at Columbia University.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Schools Regarded After
Results of Binet Tests

Because of her intelligence quotient of 1SS.
which the professor of psychology discov
cred the grading of the Foxwood School
has been entirely changed. Nancy is now
with girls Of 12 and will finish the fifth
form in two months. Average pupils take
year to it, Next term she will be in the
sixth form.
The regarding of the school has caused
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Tommy was interviewed later at his home,
where he was found freshly dressed in white
ready TO play with his dog.
Il show Tommy four five objects on
table. name them over slowly to him and
then ask him to tell what they
without looking at them. And he does it,"
Nancy announced proudly.
If Tommy's mind is as active as his littl,
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Nancy and Edwin
Woodward of Flush
ing Each Classed as
"One in 100000" Yet
f JOY Playtime
w h oily Normally
and Are Idols of
Their Schoolmates---
Come of Noted Fam
lies on Both Sides
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Special Correspondence to THE NEW YORK
HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by THE New York HERALD.
LONDON, April Z.
<ICHAEL COLLINS, NJ. F., chief of
MI the Irish Republican Army and
Minister of Finance to the Re
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
BY MARTHA CONAN.

~ NE little head over which eight sum-
mers have lightly passed. contains
- mind unparalleled by exactly 80 999
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-02-10
THE LEADERS
Market
Housekeeping Page

the skins. heaping the potatoes into
rough little mounds, ana baGe a light
brown. A marshmallow baked on top
Of each makes them delicious.
Ham Balls
Mince lean ham and mix with an
equal quantity or mashed potatoes.
Mold into small. flat cakes. roll in
flour and brown in a spider with slices
of salt pork fried out
Beefsteak Roll
Get round steak spread over II
a layer OF any kind Of dressing. Be-
gin at one end Of the steak roll it
carefully and tie it 10 keep It In
shape Bake IN oven and haste very,
ofsen. Mix brcan gravy Of The,
The dressing with small
stock Of celery cut up in ii adds a
delicious flavor
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-02-10
TESTED RECEIPTS
Fried Mush and Bacon

Cook slices OF bacon in the spider;
lift them out and lay on a hot plat ar
cut cold mush in neat slices. dip IN
flour. esg and crumbs Fry in hot
fat till brown and crisp on both sides
Drain on soft paper and serve With
bacon. This makes delicious dish.
Homlny in Cream Sauce
Two cu9fuls cream sauce
Two cupfuls cold hominy.
Make a cream sauce of butter, flour
and whole milk and into 1t stir the
hominy well cookel before putting Il
in the sauce This is a good substi-
tute for potatoes as we'll as a change.
Season well with salt. pepper and
plenty of butter
Rice with Dae Sauce
Take cold rice. put in a double
boiler with q little milk and let steam
till the milk is absorbed. Sweeten 10
taste and add a dash of nutmt Z.
Press the rice into buttered cups,
Turn out and serve hot. individually,
with lemon sauce in which cut
dates have been stewed for a few
minutes. This makes nice dessert
Yeast Fruit Cake
1-2 cups of dark brown sugar.
! large spoonful of either butter,
lard or meat fryings
! cup OF yeast sponge.
l cup Of seeded raisins.
1-2 cup OF currants
] cup of sour milk or buttermilk.
1-3 teaspoon of soda dissolved :nl
the milk.
1-2 teaspoon of salt
. l-o cups OF flour or enough 10,
make stiff batter.
Mix cake when YOU mix bread, put
On pan and set aside until the bread
mas baked. then Eut the cake in the
oven and bake from l-2 to . hours
Dredge raisins and curranis with,
flour before putting them in the cake.
Woodford Pudding
3 eggs.
l teaspoon of sugar
1-2 teacupful OF butter.
/ 1-2 teacupfuls jam or preserves.
teaspoonful soda. dissolved inl
three teaspoonfuls of sour milk.
Cinnamon and nutmeg to taste.
Mix all wall together and bake
slowly in a pudding dish. Bake in
oven as for loaf cake. Serve With
hard sauce made as follows:
Two parts Of pulverized sugar 20 |
part of butter. Cream the butter and
add sugar gradually until very light.
Flavor with lemon juice OF nutmeg.
Sweet Potatoes
Bake medium sized potatoes. When
they are soft. cut in two length-wiss
and scoop out the inside with spoon.
Put il through a potato ricer. and
have butter. soit. pepper and enough
rs.ck cream TO moisten. Whip with
i fork until light and fluffy. refill
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Austria has q certain amount
Of raw materials, but lacks coal
10 re-start the manufacturing IN
dustries upon anything like a
big scale Three thousand
workers are on part time. They
would be out of work entirely
but the Socialist government
passed a law forbidding dismissal
Food for the workers is more
plentiful than it was earlier in
the winter, but the price is 50
high that only few can pur-
chase. The average meal in an
expensive restaurant costs 600
kronen.