HOW I SANK THE CRUISERS
HOGUE, CRESSY, AOOUKIR,
Account of Captain Weddigen of th
German Submarine t\ 9. of the sinking
of the British Cruisers "liogue",
"Cressy" and “Aboukir.”
Captain Wetldnig was hastily mar
ried just before leaving on this raid;
after describing Itis hasty wedding, and
his departure Immediateh afterwards,
the commander sayfe:
“I travelled on the surface except
when we sighted vessels, and then I
submerged, not even showing my per
iscope except when it was necessary
to take bearings.
It was ten minuter after six in the
morning when 1 caught sight of one of
the big cruisers of the enemy 1 was
then eighteen miles north-westerly off
the Hook of Hollander*. I had traveled
considerable more than 200 miles from
my base. My boat was one of the old
type hut she behaved beautifully
"When 1 first sighted them they were,
near enough for torpedo work, but I
wanted to make rny aim sure so I went
down again I got another flash thro
my periscope before I began action. I
soon reached what I regarded as a
good shooting point. Then I loosed one
of my torpedoes at tiie middle ship. I
was about twelve feet under water and
got tiie shot off in good shape, my men
handling the boat as if she had been
a skiff I climbed to the surface to get
a sight through my tube of the effect
and discovered that the shot had gone
straight and true.
There was a fountain of water, a
! burst of sinoke. ;i flush of fire, and pa
of the cruiser rose in the air. Then 1
i heard a roar and felt the reverberation"
i sent through the water by the explo
i sion. She had been broken apart and
, sank In a few minutes. Her crew were
. brave, and even with death staring
I 1 hem in the face, they kept to their
I posts ready to handle their useless guns
I for I submerged at once.
I Hut I stayed on top long enough to
see the other cruisers the "Cressy'' and
"Hogue" turn and steam at full speed
to their dying sister As soon as I
reached my torpedo depth I sent a
second charge at the nearer of the on
coming vessels. the "Hogue” The
English were playing my game, for I
had scarcely to move out of my po
sition, which was a great aid, since II
helped to keep me from detection. The
attack on the “Hogue" went true, hut
this time the torpedo did not strike
under the magazine, so for twenty min
utes the "Hogue” lay wounded and
helpless on the surface before she
heaved, half turned over and then
sank.
Hv this time of course the third
cruiser knew that the enemy was upon
her, and she sought as best she could
to defend herself She loosed her tor
pedo defense batteries, both starboard
ami port, and stood her ground us If
more anxious to help the many sailors
who were In the water than to help
herself. To defend herself against sub
marine attack she steamed i zig-zag
•teourse, and this made it necessary for
me to get nearer the "Cressy .”
j 1 had to come to the surface for a
I view and T saw how wildly the ship's
guns were being tired. Small wonder
: for they did not know where to shoot,
although one shot came unpleasantly
near to us. When I got within suit
j able range I let go my third attack
■ This time I sent away a second torpedo
after the first to make doubly certain.
My luck was with me again, for the
| enemy was made useless and at once
j began sinking by the head. Then sha
earouned far over, hut all the while her
men stayed at their guns looking for
their invisible foe. They were bravo
true to their country’s sea traditions
One of her boilers exploded and she
turned turtle.
I hoped to entice the enemy by al
lowing them now and then a glimpse
of me Into a gone In which they might
be exposed to capture or to destruc
tion by the German warships, but al
though their destroyers saw me plainly
at dusk on the 22nd, and made a tlnal
effort to stop me. they abandoned the
pursuit, as It was taking them too far
from safety, and needlessly exposing
them to attack from our fleet and sub
marines.—!M. Y. World
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CAN’T COLLECT DAMAGES
IF HER SKIRTS TOO TIGHT
KANSAS CITY.—When a woman
wears a skirt so tight that it interferes
with the free use of her legs she can
not maintain an action for damages for
personal injury. The skirt, the Wyan
dotte County District court holds, is
contributory negligence.
Mrs Della Wilson brought suit here
for $5,000 against the Chicago, (iurling
ton and Quincy railroad. She alleged
that in alighting from a train at Hale,
Mo., one of her feet caught and the
ankle was broken.
The defense alleged that because of
the height of the heels on her shoes
and the tightness of her skirt she was
equally at fault.
“How wide was your skirt “ tie* at
torney for the railroad .asked.
"Thirty-two inches.“ she replied.
The Jury deliberated a few minutes
and then returned a verdict: “Not en
titled to recover."
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GERMANS TREAT BRITISH
PRISONERS WELL
LONDON.—Chandler I'. Anderson of
the department of state at Washington,
and Chandler Hale, former secretary of
the American embassy at Vienna, re
turned to England recently from Ger
may and Austria, where they inves
tigated the conditions of English
prisoners.
This trip followed a previous inves
tigation of the conditions under which
Gorman and Austrian prisoners of war
are being held in England.
Mr. Anderson inspected the German
prisons and Mr. Hale the Austrian.
Both of them found conditions similar
to those existing in the English deten
tion camps. They were not able to dis
cover any cruelty or mistreatment.
They talked freely with the prisoners
and ate with them and found their
food abundant
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NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE
Public notice is hereby given that
under and by virtue of a Writ of Ex
ecution Issued out of the Clerk’s office
of the District Court for the District of
Alaska. Second Division, upon a cer
tain judgment therein rendered on (lie
23rd day of April, 1914, and entered in
favor of Charles II. Mllot. plaintiff, and
against Joseph SllBcovich. defendant,
for the sum of Two thousand Two hun
dred and Seventy-four and 60-100
($2,274.60) Dollars, with interest on
said amount from the date of said
Judgment at the rate of one (1 per
| cent.) 1 per cent per month, together
, with the costs of suit taxed at sixty
i eight and 10-100 ($68.10) Dollars: upon
| which Judgment there is now due and
payable a balance of One Thousand
Seven Hundred, Sixteen and 45-100
i ($1,716.45) Dollars, together with in
, terest thereon from ttie 4th day of
j January, 1915, at the rate of one (1
per cent.) per cent, per month, to
gether with costs and accruing costs
and thn expenses of executing this Writ
•I will on the 11th day of February,
1915. al twelve o’clock noon of said day
at the front door of the United States
j Court House at Nome, Alaska, as com
manded in said Writ of Execution, of
i fer for sale and sell to the highest bid
der for cash all of the right, title, and
interest which the defendant had on
the 26th day of April, 1914, or at uny
time since in and to that certain
placer mining eluini known as the
! Manila Association Placer Mining
.Claim, situated on Manila Creek, a
tributary of Hobson Creek, in the Cape
Nome Recording Precinct. District of
Alaska, a discrlption of which is re
| corded in Volume 194, at page 142, in
| the Recorder’s Office in said ITceinet.
, Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 13th day
] of January, 1915.
E. R. JORDAN
| United Slates Marshal. District of
Alaska, Second Division.
Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10.
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Three Indians were drowned in thoj
Skeena river by the upsetting of i
canoe in which they were crossing the
J river
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Frank May, the Indian believed to
he responsible for the murder of liert
Taylor, tiie watchman at Hazleton. Is
being tried at Prince Rupert
,\ slight earthquake and a Severn
wind storm struck Wrangell recently
tearing down shacks, smashing gas
boats and scattering lumber piles.
A Pinkerton detective agency has
been established in Juneau They will
engage in special detective work in Al-j
u»Kn in addition i<> soliciting bad debts j
j for collection
i White entering a slope in the Ready I
I Bullion mine. Juneau, with a load of!
steel on his shoulders. Frank Klnkela,
a miner, was crushed to death by a j
rock which fell front the roof
Frank Bach, who has boon a resident j
of Douglas for 32 years, is reported to |
be slated for the deputy marshalship
at Douglas as soon as the resignation
of the present deputy becomes effec
tive.
A now paystreak has been located on
Wolf erock. Fairbanks district, which
Is regarded as one of the most en
couraging strikes fur some tin Suf
ficient development work has not as ’■ et
been done to determine the extent of
the paystreak.
Juneau now has a curfew ordinance
and Ihc chief of police promises to see
thnt it is rigidly enforced Any toy or
girl under 18 years of age out after
9 I’. M„ without escort or parents, will
have to give an account of themselves
to the police
The pay on the Mascot bench. Ruby
district, where the big nugget was
recently found, still grows richer It
is stated that the miners are now
working in ground which goes over $2.">
to the foot. The phenomenally rich pay
is causing much interest in mining
circles
Just prior to the close of navigation
on the Yukon river, Dawson exper
ienced an epidemic of petty robberies,
fourteen different places being touched
up for small sums in one night. The
theives even had the nerve to visit the
News office, where they secured five
bucks.
Our former townsman H. 1\ King,
of Valdez, reports that he has given a
lease on tho Lone Star property, in the
Valdez district, lie had continued to
do the assessment work on these clnims
and this summer a lead of good ore
was struck. A number of Seattle peo
ple have stock in this property .
ALASKA
NOTES
(From Our Exchanges.)
Captain L. li Anderson, who has led
I a strenuous career all over Alaska, has
• taken up a homestead at Knlk anti will
settle down to spend the remainder of
his lift; there. He was one of tilt* r«*.11
pioneers at Fairbanks and made a pile j
of money there hut lost it hy contribut
ing to the support of several lawyers)
of the Interior town
Thieves entered the Worth jewelry
store at Prince Rupert recently and
secured several thousand dollars worth
of watches, diamonds, etc It Is be
lieved that the thieves will attempt to
sell the stolen goods along the coast
and officials on both sides of the line
have been requested to keep n sharp i
lookout for them
The cannery and warehouse of the j
Kuiu Island Packing company's plant
at Port Heauclerc, were totally des
troyed hy fire recently The loss is es
jtlmated at $K0,000 The origin of the'
I fire is unknown. The cannery has a j
capacity of 40.000 cases and has been I
| in operation two years The season's j
pack had not all been shipped and part
of It was destroyed. Port Heauclerc is j
at the south end of Kuiu island and
[about HFi miles from Wrangell.
Relieving that the European war will
result in turning an immense tourist
trade toward Alaska next summer E.
K. Rains, deputy I S. revenue collector
has resigned from his position and w ill
establish a tourist bureau in Seattle.
He expects that many of the millions
of dollars which are annually spent in
Europe will collie to Alaska and that
In a few years this terrltorv will boast,
I
of many health resorts equal to those;
of the old world.
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