Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-30

ly intent upon rammlng IT, but Jne
British were too quick. and whe- the
Turks reached the point where the sub
marine had been, it was no longer there
-submergence had carried it to safe
depths.
All the harbor police and patrol boats
were rushing around looking for the
sub" Turkish naval officers Of high
rank grabbed rifes'and put out in motor
boats, hoping to get a shot at the IN
vader The shore artillery continued
to rain shells around. Some of the shells
menaced the neutral shipping much more
seriously than they did the British en-
envy. ('-Yhey came so near the Scorpion"
said Lieut. Co. Stewart T. Bryant, oRe
Of its officers, that the men had to be
ordered below decks The Scorpion, in
the midst Of the excitement, beat all its
previous records for getting up steam
and shifting position
STOPS TURK
EXPEDITION.
Nothing more was seen Of the sub
marine, which made its escape without
suffering any damage. While the British
had not done any. very seriOus-harm-
there had been no loss Of life-they had
succeeded in producing 3 profound eff
feet. The Turks did not dare venture
out with their transports. All the troops
were disembarked and the sea expedition
to the Dardanelles abandoned. The re
Inducements proceeded to the trenches
either by rail or on foot.
The Fourth Of July was celebrated on
the Scorpion in 1915, and one Of the in
teresting features Of the celebration was
the reading of the Decla ration of Inde-
pendence by an Englishman who was a
guest.
Soon thereafter it was assigned berth
In the Golden Horn, between the two
bridges which connect Stamboul. the old
Turkish quarter, with Pera. the FuropesD
section. The new position gave the crew
an opportunity to watch a daily PIANO
rama of ceaseless change and interest
AT some hour in the twenty four a sauole
Of practically every race and tribe on the
lace OF the earth passes over one OF
other or those bridges. Nowhere can be
seen a more amazing array of costumes,
coloTful, Oriental
STRANGE
SIGHTS.
Officers and men of the Scorpion saw
the turkish troops, commanded By Ger
man officers, going away to war; they
saw the Turkish wounded returning;
they saw the British prisoners captured
at GallipoH, marching TO the Turk
prison camps. Enver Pasha. the Turkish
minister OF war, attended by his Teuton
ADVISORS, was daily spectacle, speeding
over the bridges in his big touring
car
Near by lay the yacht Of the fugitive
kheclve Of Egypt, a beautiful vessel.
Not far away was the steamship General.
the headquarters Of the German ad-
ml7alty san. which in reality. directed
i ufAlsh operations Toward the Bos-
porous was pOnt0on bridge. over
winch. occasionally, the sultan and his
harem could be seen passing in nomp
ana msgnihcence
German submarines were frequently
seen. They would so gliding BY the Scor-
pion on their way to the arsenal 0uavs
and dry docks. One, 1t was said. had
made the trip from Kiel. sinking two
British warships in the Dardanenes Ell
route. An interesting story. which our
/ officers could never verify. was told in
Constanrinople about the French sub
marine Turquoise, which was captured
[ by the Turks
HEROIC SACRIFICE
or THE FRENCH.
The Moslems could not understand the
I machinery. so they ordered the French
I engineers to start the engines. The
Frenchmen started the submergfnr an
/ paratus and the sub" diyed. carving
/ French and Turks along with it. never
( to return
/ The first American battles Win thu
/ Germans were fought. I think. beyond
! all question BY the crew of the Scorpion.
! One night Two men from the Scorpion
/ We're sitting near large group of sailors
/ from the Breslau and the Goeben. One
/ OF the Germans walked ostentatiOusIy
/ past our zen. remarking IN audible. il
/ broken. English:
The German navy can lick the Amer
lean navy any time it wants TO come cut. "
Come out?" shouted one of the Scor-
pion boys. 'WhadayameaH come out ?
And what are you doing here? Why
/ aren't you tied up in the KEEL canal with
the rest of the schooner snkers? Take
THAR
SHED FIRST
/ GERMAN BLOOD.
BIZ. So the battle began. at It's
height" according to neutral accounts.
( seventeen Germans were being smashed
/ by four American fists. Then the Ger
mans threw beer bottles and the Amer
| leans went down"
Bat the Scorpions crew drew the first
German blood
The Scorpion is still at Constantinople.
under the command Of Admiral and
United States High Commissioner Mark
L. Bristol, but according to the dispatch
at the beginning Of this srticle-received
and published since the first writing OF
/ the Scorpions st0ry-there is q For
Sale" sign hanging on 1t.
Whoever may buy 1t, or wherever #
may so, 1t leaves an honorable tradition
in the Navy.
(AnOther article by former Secretary
Daniels viii be printed Monday