Evening star., 1925-03-05
LORENz THRILLED
BY GULF VOYAGE
Wisconsin Educator Shows
Little Harm From Cap
! ture by MexicanS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

PENSACOLA, Fla, March 5.-Dr.
F. A. Lorenz of the University of Wis
consin and chairman of the Wisconsin
board of control, is spending a few
days in Pensacola recuperating after
a thrilling experience in Mexico. dur
ing which time he was thrown into a
filthy Jail at Progreso with capt
Swimm and eight members of the
crew of the fishing smack Ruth.
which on the night of January 10.
piled up on the Alicran reefs. 1t was
while the party sought relief on the
Progreso port in small dories that
Mexican gunboat came out and res
cued" them.
The entire party, Ill treated as they
were. took up the matter through the
American consul and obtained their
release In his representations to the
State Department the consul referred
TO DR. Lorenz as IAN intelligent mar
claiming to me-" etc, but When leA-
erences were given by Lorenz ana m
yestigated the order not only TOT the
release Of the wisconsin professor
but for the rest OF the Ans lNa cans II .
was ordered Among the references
given by DR.. Lorenz was Gov bialiie
of the Wolverine State.
Was IncognitO.
DIR. Lorenz made the trip incognlto;
learned that the fishing Vesseis sal'-
inc daily from here remain from Two
20 four weeks at sea and seek the Ieu
s,anner off the coast of Mexico. he
sought permission from capt. S"lIilii,
of the schooner Ruth to go along anu
orraneements were made that the
wisconsin man should go as MEM
ber of the crew. bis
DIR Iorenz. without revealing nis
seiIine vessel, and on the morning OF
~ 8 sailed out of Pensacola
~ II was on the morning or Jan
nary 10 that the schooner pliea up ~,
Alicran Reef, the graveyard Vi sii.ri a.
craft which advance too near inc
Mexican coast. n Ioranz
WIEN the Ruth struck. Dr. LorehZ
with the sailors helped TO proVlsioi.
5orias for the row of fifty miles ol
more to get into means OF COMM
cation with the vessels -
pe-sacola II was while trying 10
reacb the mainland that -HeSlcalI can
,,assa1 was sighted, bearing down
,non them The "rescuers SOON pio
~ he 'captors," for the Americans W.
thrown into Jail and penned win w
ros pigs, COWS and horses'
treatment was ascrioeu ~ Jorenz
porance than punishment Di'
said
Doesu,t Regret Experience.
II don't feel that my Vacatlona i' in
49,, snoiIed by what happeheu "
$500 IN the least" said DR.. IorehA'
~ ,lade the trip on the Ruth TO con-
.,InoI after a long illness, anu II
rean,s that going through the -
oe that 7 did would not at an go ;
a. NV health, but l feel oet.er pnys
ca11v now than / have peeh III
while. ,,,ch valuable
Ia bave taken many snapsnots
@ arar both in Mexico ana OF ns 7
frou the schooner, from "hIen =.
lns so,,,a day compile book lol tt
t1,,et of Northern people Who
1ittla of fishing in the Gun, +o
..Have you anything TO say in
the treatment accordeo YOU
iail IN MexicoE asn,t so bad
"Weli. the treatment "asn n;+en-
<.o We were taken to the
90, az Merida" he replied. Fin lhe
All ar Progreso who i'll uea'i'eAs
-eceived was probably because VI
tha iqnorance of the ohclals INC
parbans it wasn't so much t
treatment that was so bad. AIrei !'IS
were put in prison we were a. 80 tor
IN 90 without either food or water ~.
two days. We had water, such as -
We were IN d pclb AoN
and in the place with us were plss'
burros, cows and horses.
A sunken Basin.
"The floor was of cement, ana III
tho center of the room was q sunkeh
hasin. into which the rain water from
off the floor was caught This was our
supply of drinking water, with our
only alternative going thirsty. fiiial.
ly, though, through the influence OF
the American consul, 1 was able TO
obtain food and water from a nearby
hotel.
"It was an anxious period while we
were in the dories." DR.. Lorenz de-
cIared. az recall an incident which
adequately describes the feeling OF
the majority of US, I think. We had
been rowing our dory about four
hours after putting off from the ship,
when one of the men taking his rest
from the oars, seated in the stem
suddenly cried out, There's ship.
THE sailor who was rowing next
to me turned and looked. THANK
Godr he said fervently. The ardor OF