Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 142, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 28, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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SUBMARINE HAS
EXCITING TIME
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Adventure of the German U-202
Is Described by Its Com-
mander.
CAUGHT IN NET; ESCAPES
Flees British Destroyer and Sub-
merges, Only to Be Hooked In
Meshes, Which She Breaks
at Full Speed.
tered eight meters, then nine metera.
and quickly mounted to 14 meters.
\\ e were safe. What a feeling of re-
lief to know that an Impenetrable
wall of water protected us now from
the destroyer. Our hearts, that had
almost stopped beating, began to send
the warm blood again through our
veins. Our boat sank deeper and
deeper, responding to every move-
ment of the rudder as a faithful horse
does to the rein. We were now 30
meters under the surface.
"We could still bear the crash of
the shells overhead. I looked at the
man at the wheel and pointed upward
with my thumb, smiling all the while
|He smiled back it m.
"Suddenl
long In all
Berlin.—A sensational episode of
submarine warfare Is told by Captain
Commandant Freiherr Spiegel In the
"Diary of U-202," which has just been
published by August Scherl, in Berlin.
It gives some idea of the dangers en-
countered and tells how the U-202 was
cauK'it In a net but managed to ex-
tricate herself by clever maneuvering
"It was three minutes after six
o'clock and in half an hour it would
be sunrise," writes Captain Spiegel.
"Sky and sea were enveloped in a
dark, gray mist and no horizon was
visible. Suddenly my glasses dis-
cerned a dark shadow, which came
like a ghost out of the mist. Gradu-
ally the shadow took more definite
form—I saw a dark hull, a mast, and
then one, two, three and fqp funnels.
It was a torpedo-boat destroyer.
"I gave the alarm and shouted the or-
der 'Submerge at once.' Quickly the wa-
ter began rushing into the tanks, and
then it seemed an almost Interminable
interval until the tanks were filled and
the submarine began to sink. Never
In my life did the seconds pass so
slowly. The destroyer, of course, had
sighted us and came speeding on with
all the power of her 40,000-horsepower
engines. Her forward guns began fir
ing at us.
Shells Fall A41 Around.
"Great God! I hope .they do not hit
us. One single shot and we are lo&t
Our tower was now almost submerged
but I could still see the dark shadow
drawing nearer. The shells were fall
Ing all around us, and as they dropppd
In the water they made a noise like a
hammer coming down with full force
on a steel plate.
"One shot came so near that it lift-
ed our boat half way above the sur
face of the water. Another shot and
he will surely strike us.
"Slowly we sank, and ihen the sub-
marine responded to the movement
of the deep-sea rudder and we dived
quickly.
"The red-globed electric lights
showed that our manometer regis
we were thrown head-
directions. The subma-
rine trembled like a wounded animal.
For a few seconds we were uncon-
scious and our heads and shoulders
and all our bones ached.
"What has happened? Is it all over
with us? Did we hit a mine?
"Then the men reported that every-
thing was In excellent shape. No
leaks were found.
"The submarine, however, was at
almost right angles.
" 'Captain, there's something
wrong,' said the lieutenant. 'We are
caught In a net, and attached to the
upper part of the net are mines. This
Is enough to drive a man crazy.'
Bored Right Through.
" 'Don't lose your nerve,' I shouted.
We'll get out of this. Keep the sub-
marine submerged. Back up and then
with all the power of our engines,
go ahead. But don't rise an inch.
Remember the mines above us.'
"The engines worked perfectly. The
submarine, when she moved forward,
bored right into the net and tore it
into bflts, and as our splendid little
craft responded again to the helm we
gave a shout of joy, for we knew that
we had extricated ourselves.
Go deeper,' I cried. 'Go down to
thirty meters.'
"I sat down and held my aching
head in my hands. My brain seemed
to be whirling like a windmill.
Needles seemed to be sticking In my
.forehead and there was a roaring in
my ears which 1 tried to stop by plac
Ing my hands over them.
"It was some time before I was
able to think clearly and then I rec
oguized the fact that we had gone
deep enough just in time. The en
emy had no doubt figured that we
would alight right into the net. which
would explode the mines and anni-
hilate us. As it was we passed di-
rectly under the net, so that the
mines exploded in the direction of
least resistance, doing no more dam-
age than to knock us unconscious mo-
mentarily.
"I am welling to let the enemy
think he got us, but I pray that we
will never have another such expe-
rience. Once was enough. It was a
nerve-racking ordeal, which we never
can forget
dugouts, watted until the French ar
tillery lengthened the ranges and
6wept the approach trenches and sol-
diers' quarters in the rear of the tier-
man position. At 4:30 the first wave
of assailants climbed out of their un*
derground shelters and threw them-
selves into the wood. All the Germans
remaining in the first-line trenches
were killed or made prisoner, and the
French line proceeded on to the east-
ern edge of the woods, where they
rapidly organized their defenses
against the counter-attack.
Find Hiding Places.
At the same time special detach-
ments explored the interior of the
wood, searching subterranean shelters
in which German infantry had sought
refuge during the bombardment. 1 hat
operation was soon interrupted; more
than two companies of German infan-
try that the French had passed
over in their rush, seeing that
their adversaries had reached the
eastern edge of the wood, came out of
their blockhouses and dugouts and
took the French infantry in the rear.
The attacking party was for a mo-
ment menaced with envelopment, but
recovering from their surprise, they
turned their machine guns upon ths
assailants, taking them in the rear.
The search of the woods, then re-
sumed, uncovered little companies of
Germans hidden underground in all
corners. Their resistance was prompt
ST. LOUIS COLISEUM READY FOR DEMOCRATS
ly overcome by the use of hand
grenades, and 60 more prisoners w«re
taken from the underground shelters, j
which on inspection were found to be j
marvels of field fortifications. 1 hey
ran from six to- eight yards In depth,
most of them, and some of them were ,
dug to a depth of ten yards, with such
supports that they were able to resist j
the largest and most powerful pro-
jectiles.
interior of the Coliseum at St. Louis decorated for the Democratic national convention.
JURY OF WOMEN CONVICTS MEXICAN BANDITS
SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLORER
STRANGE BATTLE
IN A1SNE WOOD
Germans Come Out of Shelters
After French Pass and
Attack Rear.
FIND THEMSELVES IN A TRAP
Search of Captured Wood Reveals Nu
merous Hiding Places Where Ger-
mans Still Held Out—Marvels
of Field Fortifications.
Dr. Edwin Heath of Kansas City,
eighty-eight years Qld, and n rival of
Colonel Roosevelt In fame as an ex-
plorer, discovered the river in Braz
which bears his name, and is the only
North American outside of former
President Roosevelt for whom a South
American river has been named. oc
tor Heath is a life member of the
Royal Geographical society and a
though he has given up explorations in
favor of his practice ns a physician
in his home city, lie Is still known and
honored by geographers everywhere.
Swarming Bees Broke Up School.
Oakland, Cal.-Forty schoolchildren
were held prisoners half a <
Langworth school, near here, y
buzzing swarms of bees which c los
corner of the room ns their res "
placo. They stung Miss Ida \ ar .
the teacher, when she went o u .
tlgate and finally forced her 0
tulsa school for the day.
Flies for Theater Admission.
- Rentonville, Ark.-One hundred
dead files or ten cents Is the pr
admission to the moving Pir " ,.h
ater here. Indications are that wit
In a very short time flics wl ,tv
unknown quantity In the com
Behind the French Front In Cham-
pagne.—The French troops that made
a big dent in the German line just
west of Berry-au'-Bac and not far from
Rheims more than a year ago, and
who Had chafed under the necessity
of marking time there ever since, espe-
cially since the battle of Verdun be-
gan, were allowed the satisfaction re-
cently of attacking a little wood the
! Germans still held there between the
Aisne and the little town of Ville-au
Bois. This diversion developed an ac
tion of considerable importance that
did not get into official communique
It has been described In the press by
a staff officer.
Wood Strongly Fortified.
The wood, strongly fortified by the
Geriians, made it impossible, so long
as the Teutons held It, for the French
to rectify and properly to consolidate
their front at that point. When the
attack upon Verdun developed great
proportions it was decided to preparo
this operation, both as a desirable im-
provement of the French position and
as a diversion. What would have been
considered an unprecedented concen
tration of artillery, both heavy guns
and field pieces, before the Verdun op-
erations was effected Immediately be-
hind the front, while the infantry bur-
rowed deeper and deeper into their
underground shelters. Orders wer~
given for the opening of fire at seven
I o'clock on the morning of April 25,
j an(j (he fire increased In rapidity and
| intensity until four o'clock in the aft-
ernoon the Germans replying feebly
until the mi tire wood was being swept
and symptoms of an approaching at-
tack became apparent. Then their
heavy pieces from the heights of C'ra
onne began a heavy shelling o]
tho trenches from which an attack
might have been supposed to orlg
Inate.
The French Infantry, well protected
from this shelter In their deepened
NO LEGS, BUT THEY WALK
Briti6h Cripples Deceive Onlookers by
Brisk Movements—Wonders
of Modern Science.
London.—When a wounded soldier
or sailor is sent to hospital nowadays
the amount of patching tip made j
possible by feodern science is so won- j
derful that by the very nature of Its ^
success It escapes full appreciation.
Thus, If you see a fine-looking young
man walking round briskly with no
more support than a walking stick you
are not likely to realize that a short
time ago he had no legs at all An
impressive number of marvels of this
kind Is to be found at the Queen Mary j
hospital at Roehampton, where the 1
fitting of artificial limbs Is being ac-
complished on a scale that has nevei
been known before.
Less than five months ago Sergeant |
Kent of the Fifth Wilts lost his legs j
In his country's service at the Dar- j
danelles. Yesterday, consciously j
proud of his facility, he took an aftsr- j
noon stroll round the grounds of the
hospital, with only two walking sticks |
to help him. For six days he has |
been relearning how to walk—a joy-
ous experience for a man who had
contemplated a life with crutches.
In one of the limb shops yesterday j
disabled heroes were finding their feet |
with the aid of parallel bars, in or- j
der that the legs may suit them as
nearly perfectly as possible, it is
usual for the men to take their first
steps in the practicing room before
the limbs are finished.
A one-armed man strode along a
corridor swinging the one arm—his
left—as he walked. His hand was
gloved, and when the fingers gripped
those of the visitor they were found
to be unnaturally hard. The lower
part of the one arm was artificial, and
the opening and shutting of the hand
and the deceiving swing of the limb
ere operated by shoulder move- j
ments. Private Chaplin of. the Welsh j
Fusileers is the owner of this won- j
derful hand, with which, acsong other I
accomplishments, he can write re-
markably well. |
"It was a bit of a job at first," h# j
admitted. "You see, it's a left arm." j
m
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K8 ainxr/m al
tills Is the first time that the entire Jury was composed of women.
CAVES OF RHEIMS AS SCHOOLROOMS
ALL TANGLED UP IN "13'S"
Little Iowa Girl Finds Herself In Pres-
ident's Class and Write« Him
About It.
Des Moines, la.—Tha number 13 is
the mystic link that has drawn little
Nettle Maxine Renner of this city
Into the ken of President Woodrow
Wilson, and the fatalistic number has
brought the "13" baby a lettfir from the
president, which the president signed j
himself with his 13-letter natSe.
The little "Thirteen Girl" was born |
January 13, 1913; her home is n Thlr- |
teenth street.
A savings bank account wai started
with $13, and her bank book is num-
bered 13,493. Sixteen were Invited to
her first birthday party and only
thirteen came.
On January 13, 1916, she wrote to
President Wilson, with her mother's
aid, and told him about her entangle-
ment In 13's. Because the number
figures pretty big in the president's
affairs, he wrote a personal letter to
the little "Thirteen Girl."
JULIUS KAHN
i
The children of llheims are assembled for daily school in the famous
wine caves of that French city. A class is here shown, safe from the peril,
of war.
EASTER KISSES FROM THE CZAR
Pay for Civil War Mules.
Butte, Mont.—"A war settlement
warrant" for $986, signed by Secretary
of the Treasury W. G. SlcAdoo, is in
possession now of the heirs of Samuel j
H Pipes in payment for 15 Missouri |
mules which the government requisi- j
tioned from him In the Civil war. Ef-1
forts to collect for the mules had been I
made by Pipes for 40 years, according
to attorneys for the claimants. Pipes j
died here six years f«o. I
Representative Kahn of California,
who Btill carries the earmarks of an
actor, Is chairman of the committee on
literature of the Republican congres-
sional campaign committee.
Passing of a Relative.
They were out walking one eve-
ning he and she, and he lifted his hat
to a' fine-looking old man as they
passed by.
"What a distinguished-looking gen-
tleman!" she exclaimed. "Is he a rel-
ative of yours?"
"Y-yes," he replied, and there was
a tremor in his voice, as he felt In his
pocket where his watch formerly re-
posed; "yes, he's an 'uncle.'"
And tho dear girl never knew.
Misplaced Anxiety.
5 "They have discovered a 'silence'
treatment for women with nervous
"Great Scott'. And here I have been
actually worrying because my wife was
getting nervous!"
Cruel Hint.
Newpop—'why d«es the baby make
such awful faces?
Mother-in-Law—I guess ho heard the
folks saying that ho looks so much like
;ou and is trying hU best to Improve
pn the likeness „
Tho czar of Russia in celebration of Kaster visited his troops and b
stowed tho Kaster kiss on his^valorous and ^honored
soldlei with the large tray Is carrying the eggs.^ — ,
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