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THIP TH'”I 5! IN
Met Agent in Galveston—Fought
With British Seaplanes.
Barely Escapes.
CHAPTER 111.
By LIEUT. A. E. RAEBURN,
A German Ex-Naval Officer.
Related to and Chronicled by
HERBERT VINCENT,
The Famous British Secret Service
Investigator, \
The U-liner on which 1 was to un
dértake the voyage to the United
States was much larger than the
U-43, and was of stouter build. Fit
ted with extremely powerful engines
she was designed to'leave as much
neccommodation as possible to carry a
cargo, which we were to carry bhack
We were to visit Galveston, load up,
ind meanwhile | was to meet a man
ramed Reich,
My personal mission was diplomat
@ You see the Emperor always
counted on the contingency that
America might sooner or later de
viare war against the Central Pow- |
ers. In view of such a development |
I had definite instructions, imparted
to me by Von Bissing whilst | was
4t Brussels awaiting orders to join
my new ship at Zeebrugge, to go to
Refch, who was one of Germany's
most trusted and cunning agents.
In Galveston 1 was to see Releh,
who, under the direction of Count
von Bernstein, then the German Am
bassador at Washington, was to put
into effect a plan for destroying
bridges, blowing up ammunition
works, and p‘l)‘yinx havoe among
shipping-—all, course, in the event
f America entering the war. '
Encounter With a Cutter.
I was not the commander of the
Carl#bad-—the submarine in which I
was to cross the Atlantic. The chief
wag a_heavy, resolute, saturnine man
named Otto. He had been the mas
ter of a Norddeutscher liner, and
knew his way across the Atlantie
blindfolded. He was tall, thick-get
and bearded. [ neved met a worse
type of bully.
The Carlsbad was not a fighting
hoat. We had guns mounted but no
torpedo tubes, though we currl;d
bombs, with which to destroy any
ships that appeared to us to be pow
erless to offer any resistance, Thls‘
nearly led to our undoing. |
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day Captain Otto saw a small vessel
coming along under vanca, She was
evidently a cargo boat, and appeared
likely to offer an easy mark for us.
For whar resistance could an unarm
ed sailing #hip show agailnst us? We
walited awhile, and then, coming to
the nur(nm-. Captain Otto shouted
through” the megaphone, telling the
master that he intended to sink her.
A boat was instantly put out from
the Carishad., Two men were placed
in Yer with a rargo of hombs, and in
structions to fire the vessel and re
turn S
Tricky Work,
No sooner had they set out than
Otto noticed that no boats were be
ing lowered by the sailors, and he
yelled through the megaphone that
they had better get to work, as no
time would he allowed the crew to
escape. You wonder why he did not
fire his puns, which were of course
trained on the vessel.. You must re
member that we carried little ammu.
nition, and that the German subma
rine commander was strictly en-
Joined to avoid waste either of men
or shots,
Now followed some of the trickiest
work I have ever witnessed. We
watched our men hoard the vessel,
when something shot out from the
#ide, and came heaving over the wa
‘ler at racing pace. Captaln Otto
swore a round oath, Despite his vul
‘gnrlty and brutality, he was a eapa
‘ble seamran and knew what had hap
pened,
This harmless vessel, which Otto
believed to be at his mercy, was fully
prepared for an attack of this kind,
and carried a cutter—a submarine
destroyer with razor-edged prow and
the swiftness of a hawk. My heart
fairly stood still as she approached.
We knew well enough what would
happen If the thing struck.
Nothing ean withstand the cutters;
they cut our hoats clean in two;, and
leave little hope for the rescue of
officers and crew,
Narrow Escape,
1T have said that Otto was a ecapa
ble na.mnz\. He was certainly a man
of energy-—and resofirce. He at once
seized the steering geer, turned with
amazing rapidity, and avojded the
onslanght of the cutter by a hair
breadth. , \
A minute later we were submerg
ing.
Cnee safely below the surface Otto
was like a trapped wlld beast, He
raved and bullied and swore,
Not only had he failed lo sink the
enemy--an enemy he had chosen to
despise—but one of his begt officers
and a seaman were in the hands of
the foe. Not that he ecared for their
fate. But we should henceforth have
to navigate the bhoat :hi-r‘hnndod.
And it might be diffient s replace
the men, whom Oftto regarded as
having heen unfairly kidnapped. Pur
thermore, he would have to aceount
for S‘h officer at headquarters. Men
who made fallures were never liked
by the %flnnn High Command.
We sighted two British eruisers
and several destrovers during our
passage, but they did not, fortunate
ly for us, obtain a glimpse of our
boat. .
A Master Spy. |
In neutral waters we were, of
course, safe. The only question was,
whether or not we should be com
pelled to leave within 24 hours.
To prevent this extrem;ly undesir.
able eventuality, S)to threw over
h:nr‘:- guns an ltmmhn. and after
searching imquiry we salled into Gal
v:r:n harbor as an inoffensive un
aq ater merchant ship. 2
1 landed at once, and met Reich on
the quay. The day was hot, even for
this tewn of hot days and closer,
stuffy nights.
' Relch, who was fat and short
winded, with a thizrk neck that seem-
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I'd to me to threaten an immediate
apoplectic seizure, beckoned me to
follow h'm. We Attracted no atten
tion, though a large gathering had
assembled to watch the Carlsbad and
lier crew.
We turned into a hotel in which
Reich had ordered a private room,
I have acted as a spy myself, and
I have met many others, but none
quite like Relch. Outwardly gross,
his mind was active and gapid in its
action, and he more than any man I
have ever known had the power of
disarming suspicion.
Criticized Von Bernstorff,
‘ He would look straight “at you,
‘with those unthinking biue eyes of
his, and talk with the innocence of
a schoolboy, and he was the most
interesting and accomplished liar 1
‘have ever met. He knew every im
porgant city in the United States, and
nad his «ecret agents everywhere. He
had a perfect code system, and was
wonderfully fertile in ideas and sug
gestions
He told me he fully expected thal
the United States would enter the
war against the Central Powers, and
spoke poorly of Count von Bern
storff.
“Thiz man,” he sald, “is a bungler
passing under the guise of a diplo
mat. Why, he had not a thimblefu!
of Aiplomacy among the brains of
his ewollen head.”
Reich told me much, among other
things that he had agents ready to
stir up trouble among the negroes.
“Then, of course, there is Mexico,"”
sald Relch, “Our agents are busy
there. Oh, America will have a full
house, I can assure you.”
Two Wallets.
Reieh then took two wallets out of
a pocket carefully concealed inside
his waistcoat. The first one which
he opened contained a single sheet of
paper bearing tracings in gection of
the coast of the United States.
“This is one of my triumphs” he
sald, with a smile, as he pointed out
certain spots marked by a small red
cross. “Here and here,” a finger
leaped over the map, “are supplies of
petrol for our submarines if they have
to operate in these waters, We ieed
them by an underground system
which will not particularly interest
you.
“Kach base is under the control of
a man who will be quite unsuspected
and who apparently is carrying on
the legitimate occupation of a store
keeper.” . :
Reich folded up the chart and re
placed it in the wallet, which he
handed to me. b
“You will guard this with ' your
life,” he said. *Better a thousand
times drown or shoot yourself than
allow it to fall into the hands of the
enemy. Now, there is something else.
“This affects our imperial master
very closely.”
! The Kaiser’'s Nest Egg.
He pointed to the second wallet,
which was much larger, and a;par
ently heavier, than the first,
“L.00k,” he said. As he spoke he
took a key from a pocket fone could
have suspected. He put the key in
the lock, turned it with a sharp click,
and pulled the lid of the wallet open.
The sight that met my gaze was
amazing.
There, reposing on a bed of vel«
vet, was a nest of the most glorious
diamonds 1 have ever seen,
“You are to take charge of these
and carry them back to Germany,”
Reich explained. “You were not in
command of the hoat which brought
you here. On the return voyage you
will be in charge~—that is to say,
Captain Otto will act under your or
ders. You areresponsible for the safe
arrival of the chart and the jewels.”
He handed both the wallets to me
as he spoke,
“The stones—whose?"
A smile spread over Reich’'s face as
he motioned me to a writing table,
and lald refore me a receipt form,
bidding me sign it.
“1 suppose I had better tell you all,”
he said. "My instructions are that
vou are a confidential agent, and a
man on whom the Emperor relies.
“Well, you must know that war ls
always full of uncertainties. Had it
not been for England, of course, all
would have been well. We should by
now have heen masters of France,
and with her many warships and our
U'~boats have conquered even the
British FEmpire. Englant{ made all
the difference.
“It is just possible now that we
shall lose. And in that case what is
more likely than a rising against the
house of Hohenzollern?
“The Emperor foresaw «this and he
has made heavy investments in many
parts of the world. :
“What do you suppose,” he broke
off suddenly, “is the value of that
wallet ?" L |
T shook my head. T was no author
ity on the subject. Then, “An Em
peror's ransom, I suppose,'” 1 said.
“Two million fivze hundred thou
sand dollars,” he said. “Five hundred
thousand pounds—ten million marks.
Instructions.
“Diamqgnds never lose their value,”
he went on. “Stocks and shares rise
and fall, real estate crumbles into
dust, ships sink in midocean. But
stones such as there,” he again
touched thd wallet, “will always fetch
their price.”
1 signed the receipt, which Reich
took,
“We have no cables, unfortunately,”
he said. “They are in the hands of
the English, and we have to be very
ware of our use of the wireless. But
the Emperor will soon learn that the
stones are in your keeping, and woe
betide you if you betray your trust.”
Before we parted he gave me some
hurried instructions, We were to
avold all danger, keep as far as pos
sible off the ordinary trans-Atlantic
routes, and, above all, T was to pre
serve a strict silence concerning the
real meaning of my mission.
1 packed the two wallets away in
my coat pocket, taking care that they
were where they would continually
press against my arm, and walked
with Reich into the streets.
He pulled out his watch, “It is now
8:30." he =ald, “and to avoid all com
plications you will sail tonight at 7.
Remember that the Carlebad is in
neutral waters, and we don't want
her to be held up by overinquisitive
officials.”
Followed.
We shook hands and parted, but 1
knew that 1 was followed, It may
have been for my own safety, but the
feeling Is certainly not a happy one.
I went round the towp, selected a
quiet restaurant, and had a good
meal, of which I stood in need. Then
1 made my way back to the harbor.
The crew was budy loading a cargo
of rubber, but it must have been evi
dent to the most unversed of persons
that such.a cargo as was taken up on
board was not enough to justify the
trip acress the Atlantic,
Captain Otto was grumpy and ab
rupt. He had received his instruce
tions, &and had no liking to work un
der my command.
% su‘gmno yvou are to take charge
of the Carlsbad,” he growled.
T replied that this was the instrucs
itlon 1 had received, but assured him
that the navigation of the boat would
be left to him, and we sat together in
the cabin mapping out the safest
route by which we could return to
Germany.
We sailed punctually at the ap
pointed hour. 1 kept both the chart
and the jewels on my person. THe
members of the crew, so far as 1
knew, were entirely trustworthy; but
| nevertheless 1 thought it as well to
exercise caution,
Our return voyage was compara
tively uneventful. There are always
unforeseen events in an undersea
boat, but there was nothing worthy
of record.
| | See the Kaiser ’Acain.
We made for Wllhelmshaven,
}whence, by way of Bremen, 1 pro
‘ceeded to Berlin. I was to see the
Emperor again. This time the audi
ence with which his majesty honored
me took place at the Imperial Palace.
I was conducted into the presence of
the war lord by a confidential secre
tary, who immediately left the apart
ment, closing the door behind him.
As on the last occasion when I met
him, his majesty was abrupt in man
ner and harsh in speech.
“You have them with you?” he de
manded,
“Yes, your majesty,” 1 replied,
handing him the case and the key
to open it,
He gave me the key back.
“Open it yourself,” he said,
I did so, and wateh the Emperor
ag he turned the stones over and
counted them. A fresh trait in the
war lord's character came home to
me at this mement. For the first time
I realized that he is avaricious.
Perhaps this has not struck you be
fore. The Emperor is greedy to mi
serliness. How his small eyes gleamed
as he gazed on the glittering pile!
How his fingers fondled the stones as
he examined them.
Then he literally snatched the key
from me. {
Always Selfish. |
“You will, of course, keep this af
fair to yourself,” he said, in a tone
whieh certainly conveyed a threat. “I
have been very much troubled about
your voyage; had these stones been
lost——" he shook his unwithered arm
and scowled,
There you have the Emperor al)
over. Not a word of consideration for
the crew of the Carlsbad, only his
own treasure. How typical of the
house of Hohenzollern—self from be
ginning to end- alwave gels! |
I mentioned the chart to him. |
“Oh, take that to Von Tirpitz,” he |
replied. “You see, commander, how
thoroughly we have prepared for ey
ery contingency,”
1 saluted and retired,
I often wonder how many such
missions have heen conducted on the
Emperor's behalf, just as I wonder‘
where, when the war is over, His
Majesty will find a safe refuge from
the anger and vengeance ¢f an out
raged worlg!
New U-Boat War, 1
At the time I rejoined the 17-43,
after my special mission to America,
events were happening in Germany
which caused the Admiralty and mil- ‘
ftary authorities to determine upon
an intensified U-boat warfare. Fresh
lr:&tructluns were tssued, much more
pressing and stringent than any be
fore. A copy was handed to me when
I again boarded the U-43.
These instructions insisted that our
campaign must be carrled on more
vigorously, that we must . sink still
more relentlessly, and that no con
siderationr must be permitted to in
terfere with our work.
I was reading tnese orders when
i was joined by Lieutenant Kuhl
man, a nephew of the cutest, suavest
and most cunning member of our
diplomatic service.
Lieutenant Kuhlman was not un
like his uncle. He was, for a Prus
slan, remarkably sott-qpoken. But
he was shifty and unreliabie, and 1
was not too well pleased that he had
been appcinted to my ship. Like my
self, he could speak and write Eng
lish perfeetly, and had spent many
vears of his life in Great Britain.- He
was for some time at Cambridge Uni
versity, where, 1 believe, he won
golden opinions from all with whom
he came in contact.
Nerves Give Way.
I showed him the latest instrile
tions, aFd he smiled approvingly.
“That’ is the only way,” he said,
“If we are to win an early victory.
It is as well, however, to sink the
ship and drown the crews. Derd
men tell no tales. And when the
war is over no one can ba held to bhe
individually responsible.”
He demonstrated his views a few
aays later. Y
I do not know if you have been in
a submarine,
If you have, vou will appreciate
what T am going to say. The vitiate
atmosphere in which one has to
Adwell inevitably causes frequent
breakdown., The nerves suddenly
glve way, the stomach goes wrong,
and one feels an utter depression
that makes one inecapable of m‘tlon..
This was the condition in which .1
found myself when Lleutenant Kuhl
man informed me that ne had sighted
a small steamer about half a mile
away,
I told him that T was too i 1 to do
anything, and that he had better take
charge. He nodded and gave orders
for the boat to emerge. I came on
deck, though T had to be helped. The
fresh air would do me good, and 1
wanted to wateh, though I was un
able to direct, operations.
Jeering at Drowning Men.
Our quarry sighted us and instant
ly stopped. By Kuhlman's order the
guns were trained upon her, and he
sent four men in a boat with instruc
tions to place bombs ahoard,
I saw them hoard the vessel, and
come off agnin. The officers and
erew had meanwhile-—in response to
our signal-—taken te the hoats,
The hombs did thelr work well,
and in a few minutes the vessel was
a sheet of flames. Then, with two
loud explosions, she blew up. and on- 1
ly scattered wreckage remained. The
force of the explosions, as often hap
pens In such cases, overturned three
of the ship's hoats. Ours, happlily,
got clear in time, |
The survivors, or such of them as
were able, began swimming townrd“
us.
Kinhiman stood watching them, a
bland smile on his face. When they‘
came within hailing distance he
spoke, |
“Nice day for a bath, The water
is rather cold, eh? I thought you
were masters of the segs. Why don't
vyou sing “Britannia Rules the
Waves?' were the taunts he Rung at |
the drowning sailors. |
One of the seamen got hold of the
slde of our deck. Kulhman stepped
‘up to him.
’ “Give me vour hand, vou poor fel
low,” he said suavely. I thought ha
was going to save him, when, with
a langh, he flung the man hackward,
“Youn haven't been in long enough to
be clean, he said.
One of the hoats was within a hun.
dred vards of us, and before T conld
stop him, Kuhiman had turned to one
of the guns, trained it on the bhoat,
and fired,
T remonstrated with Kuhlman,
“You are far too tender-hearted ™
was his reply. “Don’t von know that
it is our business to kin*"
The Defiant Skipper's Fate.
Our next victim was a trawler
from Grimbsy. The skipper was one
of the most defiant. obstinate men 1
3% &r met, and I have come
some of the kind in the
See e e e
’Brmuh mercantile marine,
We sighted the trawler on the
morning of a glorious day. The sea
Iwu as smooth as ¢lass, and the wa
ters as blue ag the sky above, i
| The skipper got the surprise of his
I life when he came up within hailing
| distance, and told him we wera
going to ek him. He shouted
something back, but I failed to catch
the words) though it was evident he
understood because 1 saw the boats
being rapidly lowered. I had fully
lrecovered from my spell of sickness
{and made up my mind to board the
{veuel myself, leaving Kuhlman in
| charge of the U-43.
| When we pulled aldngside I found
|a man leaning over the side of the
| vessel. T wondered who he could be
‘and wliat he aneant to do, The sit
{ hation, to say the least of it, was un
| usual. T went ahoara with two men,
llhow;ever, leaving one in charge of the
oat.
A Brave Captain.
The solitary occupant of the trawl
ler faced me, his bearded face flushed
with anger, and Lis veins swollen
like whipcord of blue. He wore a
brown jersey across a brozd chest
and disclosed enormous and very
serviceable muscles,
“Well, what do you mean by it,
you low-down German pirate?” he
shouted,
I was taken aback. The greeting
was not friendly, and fairly daring,
considering he was looking into wha.
Ithe Americans call the business end
of a gun,
One of my men grunted something.
)’l‘]ha skipper's words evidently hurt
lim,
“You'd best be civil,” I eaid. in
wardly admiring the man’s pluck.
“Anyway, what are you doing
here? We are going to blow up
your ship.”
“Ain't you proud of it,”” he sneerad,
“interfering with a fiisherman get
ting his living? Let me tell you, 'm
lpart owner of this vessel. I've in
iwned my life savings in her, and it
vou intend to sink her I'll take some
l;hing out of yvour ugly earcas first.”
l His first shot ou?. and he struck
me. It was.a hard blow, and caught
me full in the mouth. There is a
tooth out now, and a nasty scar
which bears iestimony to the weight
of that fellow’s fist.
Had to Truss Him.
My men rushed at him, but he
struck at them just as effectively,
knocking one down and sending the
other sprawling across the deck.
T had drawn my revolver and shot
him througz the arm. I could, of
course, have kiiled him on the spot,
but I had another end for him in
view.
His arm dropped powerless to his
eide, I ordered the men to handle
him and bundle him into the boat,
while I myself set the fuses which
were to explode the bombs to blow
h}! the shin. KEven in the boat,
woéunded as he was, he struggled iike
a wild beast, and my men had to
truss him up before he would realize
how helpless he really was.
On our return Kuhlman wanted
to “know what had happened, and
smiled irritatingly when I told him.
“What are you going to do with
this fellow?” he inquired.
1 replied that I had not decided.
whereupon Kuhlmann declared it was
necessary that an example should be
made of him. I suggested shooting
him and throwing the body overboard.
Kuhlmann considered for a moment.
Then he replied: “Hanging wouid be
better. We'll have something rigged
up.”
He forthwith took the affair into
his own hands, and, truth to tell, T
was not sorry. .
The execution was a thing to be
remembered. Kuhlmann himself ad
justed the rooe.
Last Words Defiant.
The fellow was certainly brave.
“We’ll beat you-—you dirty German
dogs,” were his last words:
‘While the body of the skipper was
dangling from the rope Kuhlmann
swept the sea through his glasses.
“There’s one of the ship's boats
vonder,” he said, “and a man watch
ing through glasses. He must not go
ba or he'll carry another pretty,
stox' of U-boat brutality. I seized|]
the glasses and tooked in the direc
tion he indicated. Sure enough a
man was watching us. Kuhlmann
was right. It would never do to per
mit him to carry back the story of the
hanging. England would not under
stand it, and they would not know
that the fellow had struck the com
mander of a German submarine.
1 ordered the guns to sink the boat,
looking on the while through Kuhl
mann’'s glasses.
The first shot went home and blew
the boat into splinters.
Kuhlmann then told the men to cut
down the trawler skipper and fling
the “dead English swine into the sea.”
“ Trapped Under Water,
Now I come to one of the most ex»
citing and desperate adventures of
my career, It is the story of a fight
undersea—a fight against death in
which I shall always think of in its
most terrible and revolting shape.
We were getting short of petrol,
and had only onae torpedo left. And,
besides, there were too many destroy
ers about to make our duties either
happy or safe. ¥From every point it
was desirable that we should make
for home.
We voyaged under water, and
everything went on well for a while.
Suddenly we were pulled up. 1 can
not quite describe the feeling that
came over us. Something had hap
pened, the boat seemed unable to pro
ceed, nor could we by reversing the
engines drive her backward.
The boat was entangled in one of
the British nets. Could we get out?”
Was there a chance to break through,
Were we destined to die, slowly, sure=
ly, in the depths of the ocean? These
questions flashed into my brain, and 1
could find no answer.
With a face that grew whiter as
the moments sped, Kuhlmann inspect
ed the oxygen supply, which is the
very bhreath of life to the sailor of the
submarine. It was low. He declared,
indeed, that it would last no more
than a couple of hours. We lessened
the always limited supply.
Facing Death.
As time passed, the heaviness of
the atmosphere made itself felt
Breath came and went in heavy
gasps, the heartbeat quickened. I had
my hands full with Kuhlmann. He
shivered like a child”struck by a sud
den chill, his eyes stared out of their
30§keta and he seemed powerless to
act,
1 stole across to the oxygen tubes.
The indicator showed that the supply
of gas had nearly run out. Kuhlmann
spoke. His voice sounded like a
whisper,
“God!" he said, “to die like this.”
He expressed what I felt. We were
80 powerless; there was no chance of
making a fight forit.
Suddenly something happened,
something so strange and unexpected
that to this day I can not but regard
it as miraculous.
The boat moved, and one of the en
gineers, recognizing the fact, operated
the machinery which would bring the
U-43 to the surface. It seemed like
hours—in reality it was not many
minutes—before the boat leapt out
‘into the light, and those of us who
were able rested on the deck. The
fresh air rushed into our lungs and
the blood filled our veins. One’s head
l seemed as if it would burst under the
strain. We had all come up except
Kuhimann. T told one of the crew to
fetch him. He returned directly lead
ing the lieutenant by the arm.
Commander Crazy.
The spectacle was one that prints
itself indelibly on the tablets of the
Ibrah. The picture, as I relate these
words, seems to unroll like a film on
the screen of a cinema show. The
man’s face was ghastly, his eyes were
glassy and stony, and his body was
moving in quick, nervous spasms.
I spoke to him—first, in quiet tones;
then sharply. He glared at me.
“Hang them, shoot them, drown
them, kill them all—the .&English
swine,” he screamed. “Kill them, do
you hear?”
Then, ‘before anybody could pre
vent him, he had rushed from the grip
which detained him and, with a wild,
fearsome whoop, took a flying leap
into the sea. For one moment his
head seemed to rest on the crest of
a wave, ih the next second it went
under never to reappear.
I decided that we must make for
Helgoland.
Pight With Seaplane.
The U-43 was not far from what we
could regard as safety when I de
scried something in the sky, generally
flying high, but now and again drop
ping like a bird after too daring a
fish"which swam near the surface. It
was one of the craft of the British
B.N. AN
And she “spotted” the U-43. ¥ knew
this from the manner in which she
came toward us and dived when al
most exactly overhead.
For this second time on this event
ful voyage I was face to face with
death and powerless to interfere. 1
' should have cared less if I could have
put up some sort of fight. There was
‘no opportunity for this, however. 1
‘had no weapon with which I could
beat off an enemy seaplane.
‘ Something came whizzing out of
'the blue. It fell into the sea some 20
‘yards away. Then came a second
and then a third, and each fell direct
ly on the U-43. There were loud ex
plosions as the boat was rent and
‘torn. 1 looked about in dismay. Five
of the crew were killed. Others were
- wounded. My escape was, indeed,
i wonderful. There was no time to look
round. In a very few second the U-43
‘zave a leap and then sank beneath
| the waves forever,
‘ ' Rescued.
I was carried under by the whirs
and when T came to the surface was
gasping for breath. My recent expe
riences had sappsd my energy, my
vitalif¥ was low. I knew that I could
not keep on swimming long, but I did
not intend to succcumb without a
struggle. At that instant I became
conscious of a low buzzing, and look
ing up saw just over me the seaplane
which had sunk us. Someone was
speaking, but I could not catch what
he said. All that I know is that a life
boat was thrown out to-me. I man
aged to struggle into it.
I had hardly fitted the belt on when
I lost consciousness. When I recov
ered T found myself on hoard one of
our destroyers. The commander told
me that he found me floating on the
water in the passage between our
mine fields. He blandly announced
that he rescued me solely because he
believed 1 might be of some service
by giving useful information. When
I told him that I was the commander
of the U-43 which had been lost, he
grunted, and reminded me that
neither Von Tirpitz nor Von Capelle
—who was now in chief, command of
the German navy—had a partiality
for men who lost vessels under their
command, a remark which set me
wondering what my fate would be
when I reported the disaster which
had befallen the U-43. The command
er's tone and attitude were so cynical
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Crrcaco, Tuimors,
I am writing this letter as a last resort to
tee if we cannot secure more men willing to
qualify for positions paying up to SIO,OOO a
year. These positions are open in the traffic
fleld. And the shortage of traffic men is great
er today than ever before. About 60,000 big
business corporations need expert traffic man
agers, Boards of Trade, Chambers of Com
merce, State Railway and Public Utility Com
missions need Traffic Secretariesand Experts,
Half a million smaller shippers must employ
consulting Trafic Managers who will direct
the work of five to a dozen concerns. There
are tens of m"fldl of Assistant Traffic
Managers needed lnr& Railroad, Indus
trial and Association Traffic Departments,
There are bly not enough qualified
men in the wmlm’hd States to meet the
needs of @ single large industrial center, and
save the millions o’dollar! wasted through
lack of technical knowledge. It is estimated
that over a hundred thousand more competent
traflic men are needed at once.
A traffic man rgcently saved his concern
$24,000 on shipments from C, F. A, territory
to their new plant in CmmAnothar
saved $0,751 in shippi in two
weeks. Another -veg‘ts«.ooo by applying a
differential rate on 1,500 cars from Pittsburgh
to Canada.
Competent traffic men ean name their own
salary. Mr. Wanamaker, without experience,
after training for trafic work through a
practical plan established by approximately
200 traffic experts, was assisted to tion
p-yi:# $3,000 anoually. Mr. with
experience, gets §19.500 Per year. Mr. Me-
Ew-.dirufl!r*'hnk Carshipments, receives
lu.m.rt. raffic Efficiency Experts saved
. Degz automobile concern $640,000 in ten
mon
Traffic men are paid large salaries becanse
they make large profits for their employers.
Heretofore, there has been no simple way
to master the details of trafic management.
Realizing the erying demnni for trained
traffic experts, -:J-eeking relief, the Ameri
can Commerce Association offers to give men
the hinimquind to make them competent
to handle mblem- of most economical
distribution. training bJ"en by mail
and can be studied in spare time, at home.
Though the most mcylflp and Mh
training is given, the Course is remarkably
easy to master, and through the Association
costs bat a few centsa day.
It is impossible to into details In this
letter, but the A-ncl':flon has published a
remarkable book for free distribution which
explains everything in detaij and tells how
anyone may quickly learn the new :o'e-non
of trafic management. The possibilities in
this field today—great as they are—are noth
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from now. If you are at all interested in
into this highly profitable field, pay-
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In writing, please state whether you are s
beginner or mumw have had previous
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and occupation. Address. Awmerican Com
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By HUGH CURRAN,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N. S.
DUBLIN (by .mail).—lreland in the
days which. belong to the dim and dis
tant past was known as the “Island
of Saints and Scholars.” It is true
that learning is now a memory, re
called only by the ruins of the an
cient buildings which once housed the
fathers who carried the lamp of civ
ilization over Europe, but the coumry‘
still holds its reputatign for the hum
bler virtues.
Accordh{g to the Irish registrar gen
eral, Sir William ThomPson. in his re
view of “Fifty Years' Vital Statistics in
Ireland,” the illegitimate birth rate in‘
Ireland is much below that of England,
Scotland or Wales, and is probably |
lower than that of any other country
in the world. This is a striking tribute
to the purity of the Irish people, and
an indication that the country is liv
ing up to its ancient traditions in one
respect at least. .
-~ Some of the other conclusions ar
rived at by the re’glstrar general are
also interesting. he marriage rate
of the country, for instance, is low
arfd in this respect has not appreciably
changed for 50 years. The average age
of marriage is higher in Ireland than
in other countries. This, of course, is
due not to the absence of a natural de
sire for marriage on the part of young
Irishmen and Irish women but to the
absence of the means of starting house
keeping.- The country being predomi
nately agricultural, and there being few
industrial enterprises to ‘employ the
superfluous members of the family, they
have all had to cling on to the old home
|lnng,after they have become marriage
able, and the elder son always re
garded it as a duty to see that the
Iyounger ones there were provided for
before he ventured to bring in a wife.
That al# tended to defer marriage to a
late period of life.
A change in, this respect is looked
for in the coming years, when indus
tries are expected to be more plenti
ful, and when technical education has
made more progress than it has done
in the past.
The experience of the four and a half
vears c¢f war has shown that Ireland can
support a much larger population than
her present 4,000,000, which 50 years
ago was 8,000,000, But to do this
it is necessary that home industries
should be started and that the war
prices for agricultural produce should
be maintained.
The industrial question is one which
is interesting a great many Tlrish people
in American and the British colonies
who have made fortunes in those coun
tries and who have a natural desire
to do something to stimulate the growth
of wealth in the home land. Under the
Government plans of reconstruction
which have now been outlined there will
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ter had I perished with my vessel.
(Copyright by Herbert Vincent.)
Next Week.
(The U-boat commander will relate
how he was placed in charge of one
of Germany’'s latest types of sub
mersibles. During his shore leave he
had a dramatic and highly emotional
interview with his wife, which is fully
described. Revelations refard'mg the
sinking of British merchfintmen are
also made, and, the confessions show
how the U-boats were ordered to
bombard English coastal towns.)
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