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British Captain Testifies to
Submerging That Cost the <
Lives of Crew. ;
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THREE SHIPS ARE TORPEDOED!
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German Commander to Be Put on I
Trial for Brutally Inhuman Acta '
at Sea?Captain la Ship'a
Only Survivor. j
London.?A graphic account of the 1
torpedoing of the British steamship
Torrlngton In April, 1917, and the subsequent
fate of the crew was given by 1
the only survivor at Bow street police s
court, says the Dally Telegraph, when ;
Sir Chartres Biron sat for the purpose '
of taking evidence on commission In 1
support of charges which have been 1
formulated against the submarine
commander, a Captain Wllhelm Wer- '
ner. !
Mr. V. M. Gattle conducted the pro- '
ceedings on behalf of the British gov- 1
eminent and Doctor Bunger represent- '
ed the German government.
Mr. Gattle explained that Werner '
was one of the German officers against 1
whom it wus proposed that proceed- '
Ings should be taken at Leipzig. He ]
had not yet been arrested, but It was
thought desirable that, while Captulu 1
OtBHl.At. nwlnftlrttll \l'ltlu?CC vl'Hii In ^
me jmuv^/ui
London his deposition should be tuken, '
so that In the event of the accused '
man being apprehended there need be
no delay in his trial.
The charge against Werner was that '
he, being in command of the submarine 1
U-55 on April 8, 1917, In the North
Atlantic, 130 miles southwest of the '
Scilly Isles, torpedoed the British 1
stenmship Torrlngton, and afterward '
wilfully murdered, by drowning, 34 !
members of the crew. That was the
vessel's total complement other than 1
Captain Starkey, who was the only 1
survivor.
The Torrlngton was owned by the 1
Tatharn Steamship company of Car- '
diflf, and was proceeding from Gibraltar
to Cardiff. She was an ordinary '
merchant vessel, not a war vessel at
all. and carried one gun for purely 1
defensive purposes, us many ships did 1
during the wur. On the morning of '
April 8 the second mate reported that J
there were some lifeboats on the port '
bow, and the course of the Torrlngton
wus slightly vuried with the object
of rendering assistance if necessary.
Insulted by German Captain.
Suddenly Captain Starkey noticed
the wake of a torpedo which was coming
towards him. He maneuvered,
but was unable to wold it. und the
torpedo struck the ship, which did not
immediately sink but was considerably
damaged. Soon afterwards the
submarine came to the surface and
opened tire on the Torrlngton. Apparently
the tiring was not very successful,
for nobody was killed und the
i vessel wus not further damaged. Seeing
thut there was no possibility of
saving the ship, Captain Sturkey gave
orders for the crew to take to the
lifeboats. The port boat left with
some of the men under the first mate,
and Captain Starkey took command
of the stnrboard boat.
When the latter was about a quarter
of a mile from the Torrington the
submarine drew up close, and Captain
Starkey and the men with him were
ordered to go on board. They obeyed,
and Werner took Starkey below and,
after asking some questions, told him
he was u pirate and would be taken
to Germany and shot, while as for the
crew they could swim. Directly afterwards
Werner went on deck, the
alarm rang ror stations, mm me suo-i
marine submerged and remained so
for twenty minutes. Everyone of the
twenty men who had been left on deck
was washed off and drowned, and as
regarded the men In the other lifeboat,
the only assumption wus that
they were disposed of in some way or
other. They were never seen or heard
of again, although the sea was perfectly
smooth und their boat was In
I?erfect condition.
FIND FOOTPRINT IN LAVA '
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imprint of Perfect Spanish Shoe Discovered
In Ancient Lava I
Flow in Hawaii. '
IIIIo, Island of Hawaii. T. II?Tlie <
Imprint of "a practically i?erfect '
shoe, with narrow toe, waist of the foot
and heel being clearly defined," has i
l?een found in the surface of an an- i
clent lava flow on the west coast of
Hawaii, near the ancient city of ref- i
Uge know:, as iionuunau. bus aroused I
lie Zionist Colonies ii
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in Palestine, show the type of frame hou
Attura, near Jerusalem, using modern
Ffllp of li
Murders i
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Before the submarine submerged g
members of the German crew got into
Captain Starkey's lifeboat and rowed a
lway, and they afterwards returned j,
with loot from the Torringtbn and ?.
llso provisions, which were identified j
jy Captain Starkey as having been in 0
the other lifeboat. Captain Starkey t
was afterwards kept a prisoner on jj
:he submarine, and whjle he was on s
noard two other British ships were p
:orpedoed and their crews disposed of {
n the same way. He was eventually c
taken to Germany, and after the arm- ^
istlce he came back to this country
ind told his story. j
Insulted by German Captain. s
Capt. Anthony Starkey of Cardiff v
jave evidence bearing out counsel's s
statement. He said he was thirty-four ^
rears of age and was now master of
;he steamship Brendon. Describing s
what took place after he went on board v
the submarine, he ?uld that Werner, t
who spoke good English, asked him r
tils name, and when he told him he t
said. "You lie," and pushed over an j
>ld copy of Lloyd's Register, In which ^
the name of the previous captain of
the Torrington appeared. v
Witness explained that he had only t
seen captain of the vessel for four c
months, und Werner then asked if he r
Had any gunners on board. He re- s
?lled that tliey were on deck, and i
IVerner remarked that he did not see |
myone in uniform. Witness replied p
n a Jocular manner that he had not ft
itiven them time to put on their best ^
clothes. v
Mr. Gattie?If you had known he n
was coming you would have dressed
up for it. Was it the practice for g
;unners to be dressed in uniform? t
Witness?No; they were members I
)f the crew. Werner then said, "You li
are a d? pirate. You deserve to be h
ihot, and as for the others, let them v
swim." <j
Hud you any idea then what he p
meant? No, I thought it was just an
?xpressIon like "Let them rip," mean- \
ing let them go, don't bother about d
rliem. Werner then went nwnv nnH ?
:he submarine submerged.
Continuing, witness said that after r
the submarine came to the surface e
again the German sailors returned r
in the Torrington's lifeboat, and he f
noticed that they had, among other
things, some of his personal clothing
ind also tins of meat which had been /
n the port lifeboat. About two hours a
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This is the power unit of a new plai
company. The makers claim the new
from I/ondon to New York. A plane eqi
having a total of 4,000 horse power, coul
tons of bombs. The unit here shown c<
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three of the Calludet planes.
great comment and speculation c
throughout the territory. r
The first Spaniards to touch the <
Island were said to have come in 1575, i
when tradition said that a Spanish vessel
was wrecked <>n the southeast const t
of the island. Hut the city of refuge r
was built in the Kleventh century and l
there is no evidence that any lava u
How came down the mountainside of
the volcano Mauna Hon, which rises
14,<KK> feet above the city of refuge,
since the city was built. Consequent- \
ly, It Is presumed that the luva How *
n Palestine
ises that shelter many of the recently
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ater witness heard that the Torringon
was sinking. When witness ur ived
on tlie submarine he found two
ther British captains already there?
Captain Draper of the Umvotl and
Captain Ashfleld of the Pet ridge?
>oth of whose ships had been sunk.
Told He Was Lucky.
Mr. Gattle?Did you have any con'ersatlon
with the members of the
ubmarine'8 crew?
Yes, I was bemoaning my fate, and
i man named Kuper, who was lendng
seaman, said, "You are lucky you
;nve your life." On another occasion
was talking to the senior wireless
perator, and he also said I was lucky
o be alive, und added, "There are too
uany about now or I would tell yon
omething more." I used to get the
English wireless news every night from
his man, and one night he said : "Your
rew never got home. They were all
Irowned."
Witness went on to say that on
tprll 14 the submarine sunk another
hip, named the Torn. The captain
ras brought below by Werner and the
ubmarine then submerged, as she had
lone after the Torrington was tor>edoed.
When she rose again Werner
ent for witness and asked hlin if he
vould like to see a ship sink. For
he sake of getting some fresh air he
eplied, "Yes," and he went up Into
he conning tower and saw the Torn a
ihort distance away. She did not.
lowever, sink until some time Inter.
Two or three days later another
essel was sunk by gunfire, and again
he submarine submerged after the
aptaln had been brought below. In
leither case, as far as witness could
ee, was there any necessity for subnerging.
Witness was eventually
anded at Heligoland and remained a
irisoner until December, 1918. Before
ie left the submarine one of the officers
;nve him a piece of torpedo us a souenir
and a pass bearing the U-boat's
lumDer anu me cominaiiuer s nuuie.
implying to Doctor Hunger, Captain
itarkey said the Turrlngton was charered
by the Italian State railways,
le could not explain how it was that
ie was allowed to escape alive when
le might becdne such an Important
rltness. He supposed Captain Werner
iid not think he knew what had happened
to the crew.
Doctor Hungar?Several German
vltnesses have stated that a British
lestroyer was approaching while this
vas taking place.
Witness?There was no destroyer
lenr, to my knowledge. If a destroyt
had been approaching, the subinalne
would not have come to the surace
twenty minutes afterward.
To Inquire as to the welfare of an
trait's wife or daughter Is regarded
s an Insult.
t for Airplanes
ne developed by the Galludet Aircraft
unit makes possible a 20-hour flight,
lipped with three or more such units,
d, It Is said, cross the ocean with 12
insists of three 40^ horse power Lib*
[teller. The government bus ordered
ontainlng the shoe Imprint Is of a !
nuch more ancient day than 1100, In- J
Heating that Spaniards vlsiteu the
slnnd long before lf>75.
Like ninny of the other strnnpo
kings contained on the 4.0(10 squurenile
voicnnlc Island of Hawaii, the
iroblem of the "Spaniard's foot" probibly
will never he solved.
Sunburnt in, Perhaps.
Chicago Ad?Lost: I'urse by a
vldow with initluls on back.?Boston
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