Evening star., 1921-05-11
MYSTERY AND ROMANCE FOUND
EVEN ON PR OSAIC" CARGO SHIPS
Daniels Describes N. O. T. S. Encounters
With Subs ''-Cruising Without Running
Ligh ights-Disappearance of Cyclops.

extremely close to. il not hitting. the
enemy. Clouds OF yellowish smoke
rose from the submarine. which ten
minutes later ceased firing and soon
submerged
The smoke was dense and the dis
tance so great that the Henry's gun
ners could not tell positively whether
they had hit the U-boat but they
were confident it had been damaged.
as otherwise it would not have sub
merged and given up the fight.
The enemy disposed of. the Henry
proceeded on its way. running with
all lights out. according to instruc-
tions.
Sinks American ship.
Plunging along in the darkness.
hVe days after it's encounter with
the submarine. the Henry was near
bound convoy. shrouded in darkness.
was proceeding from New York. 1t
was midnight. pitch dark. and be-
fore either the group going east or
the single ship sailing west knew of
Che others presence. the Henry ran
INTO the convoy. In a moment. he
fore there was time even to switch
on running lights to keep clear of
the convoy vessels. the Henry crashed
INTO the Herman Fra sch. The Frasch
was struck terrific blow. the Henry
cutting into her well below the water
line. She had received mortal
wound and sank in few minutes
right under the bow of the Henry.
Three days afterward. on the other
side of the ocean. the steamship
gate. sending the Westgate to the
bottom.
Sailors have superstition that
luck runs in streaks.' and it does
seem so. For. with the hundreds Of
y. o. T. s. vessels running back and
n O q nj Inv Nn1-
lision. and two of these accidents
occurred within three days Of each
other.
Only Eighteen Vessels Lost.
AS matter of fact. of the $50 yes
sells actually sailing for the \. o.
T. s. only eighteen were lost-eight
sunk by torpedoes or German mines.
four from collisions and six from
other accidents, such as fire or
stranding.
One of these cases was the most
mysterious thing that happened dur
ing the war-the disappearance of
the Cyclops.
The Cyclops. one of our largest
colliers. carrying a cargo of manga
was proceeding steadily. with no in
dfcation of any doubt as to her sea-
worthiness. She reported having
some trouble with one of her en-
gines, but her captain felt confident
that he could easily reach port.
somewhat reduce his speed. March
4. 1918. she put into Barbados. Brit
ish West Indies. to take aboard coal
for the rest of the voyage. While at
that place there was no indication
of anything unusual and among Of
seemed to be no apprehension or
forebodings Of trouble or disaster
After coaling she sailed away. Many
persons saw her sail; other vessels
hailed her as she passed out to sea.
Last See. OF the CycIopa.
After that no one ever saw her
again. or heard one word or ever
found any trace of her. Almost in
variably when vessel is sunk
bodies of the drowned are found and
mass of floating wreckage. But
ls.ooo-ton ship. never stick of
or one thing from the lost
ship, was ever discovered
Two hundred and ninety-three per-
ished when the Cyclops went down. |
In addition to her officers and crew |
she was bringing north some fifty
one enlisted men who had been serv-
ing on United States vessels in South |
American waters. as well as a few
civilians returning from Brazil. !
among them Maurice Gottschalk.
United States consul at Rio de
Janeiro.
What. happened to her: There were
many theories. most of them wild
and untenable: none that seemed to
1T the case thoroughly Many peo-
pie jumped to the conclusion that she
was sunk BY a submarine. but. so far
as known, there was no submarine
anywhere near that region. Others.
in hA hat ha~
officer. Lieut.. Comma nder G.
w. Worley, was native Of Germany
and that a number of the crew had
German names. thought the captain
and crew had turned traitors and
taken the ship to Germany. Lieut..
Worley had come to
America az boy: he had been en-
ployed in the naval auxiliary service
for nearly twenty years. with no evil
dence of disloyalty. But this belief
among some outside the Navy that
the ship had been taken to Germany
until the armisfice when