HOW PATIA WAS SUNK.
Unseen Submarine Attacked Cruiser
Only Few Miles From Port.
Among the horrors of war there
are no greater tragedies than those
effected by the submarine. It is difficult
to imagine a sadder and more
impressive sight than the sinking of
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was the 13th day of June, 191S
?a glorious afternoon at sea. with
the fresh southwest wind blowing
just strongly enough to color the
blue surface of the water with a few
* white caps. We were zig-zagging
back and forth about S00 yards on
the port bow of the British auxiliary
cruiser, Patia. On the starboard bowabout
1,000 yards away was another
destroyer.
It was one of those bright and
cheerful afternoons which made one
feel at sea in wartime was not such
a hardship as many people imagine.
Three days before we had set out
from Queenstown, had gone out to
meet a convoy of 35 merchant ships,
and had escorted them in almost to
the Scilly Islands,
r * > The H. M. S. Patia was the ocean
escort of this convoy from the States.
Although she was an auxiliary cruiser,
even she was loaded with cargo,
and was carrying enough meat and
sugar to feed 1,000,000 soldiers in
France for one day.
This very morning the convoy had
split up. Eight F'itish destroyers
r- - '
'' had taken over the ships bound for
English channel ports; six of the
American destroyers were escorting
the remainder of the convoy to Brest
and Bordeaux, while the Patia and
two American destroyers headed up
toward -the Bristol channel, their
destination being Avonmouth.
/
We were just entering the Bristol
channel, and had only about 100
miles to go before we should be
, through the danger zone with another
duty done. Fifteen minutes earlier
the Patia had increased speed
from 12.5 to 13 knots and ceased
zig-zagging preparatory to changing
the base course. It had been several
months since the Patia had visited
England, and the men were already
counting the - hours before . they
would be in "blighty" again.
Suddenly our white ship shivered,
and there was a violent explosion
'. .j.' like the firing of a depth charge
aboard, only sharper, louder and a
; more cracking noise.
Dense yellow smoke was pouring
from the hold of the Patia, and a
great burst of flame shot up as high
as the mast; At the same time the
figure of a man was seen to rise from
p. r - the gun deck aft, slowly turning
somersets and describing an arc
>- through the air, catapulted overboard
by the explosion.
"Both engines ahead full?hard
- '
ngnt ruaaer: were iue uuuiiuauua
given. The depth charges were set
at "fire," ready to drop on signal,
V \ and all hands were at their battle
stations. No one had seen the sub.
marine, but it was obvious the torpedo
had been fired from the starboard
side and must have been fairly
close to make such a perfect hit.
. We were cutting close across the
stern of the Patia. "Stand by the
4 depth charge signal," the ? captain
called. "We'll start laying a 10-second
barrage just abeam of that piece
of wreckage. He probably dove
straight ahead, and that ought to get
'$ him."
The other destroyer had also
swung back, and together we laid a
heavy pattern of charges around a
wide radius. The Hun couldn't be
far away, and from the amount of
oil and bubbles that was brought to
the surface in one spot he was either
^ fooling us or we had surprised him. j
"She's don^ for," some one cried
as we swung back toward the Patia.
She was listing quite badly to
starboard and settling aft. Her
stern was almost awash. She appeared
like some stricken animal
^ with its hind leg broken, limping
along, pitifully dragging the injured
' * limb after it. She. was gradually
veering her course to starboard and
losing headway.
The lifeboats were lowered smartly
and were all clear of the ship 18
minutes after she was struck. By
this time she lost all headway, the
list was very decided and she was
settling rapidly. As the stern went
down the bow came up, as if pivoting
^ amidships.
At last the bow was raised perpendicularly
to the water, over 100
feet in the air, the foremost parallel
, to the water. She hesitated in this
position just long enough for us to
9 take in the whole picture and sum it
J up.
She began to settle, sliding down,
stern first?not hurriedly, nor jerkily
y but smoothly and easily, as if a
firm hand were directing her course
to the bottom.
When about 30 feet of her bow
was still showing, and the foremast
just level with the water, she hesitated
again, as if her stern was rest^
ing on bottom. Then came one violent
shake?a last brave gasp for
MYSTERIES OF THE PACIFIC.
i Science Turns to Many Lines of Inquiry.
Washington.?"How did the flightless
birds of New Zealand originate?
."What is the nearest living relative
to the extinct dodo of Samoa?
"What is the import of the same
species of fresh water fish in two
rivers situated on opposite sides of
the Pacific?
"Did a land mass fly out of what
is now the Pacific ocean before this
planet was cooled and form the
moon?"
ml o a f f liq ni o n t
xuese aic JUOl, a. icn v/1 munj
lines of inq.uiry which science will
turn to in the Pacific ocean after the
peace conference has adjusted the
many colonial questions affecting
New Guinea, the Carolines, the Marshall
Islands and the numerous other
holdings in this least known region
in the world, according to a bulletin
from the National Geographic society.
The writer of the communication
\
upofi which the bulletin is based,
Leopold G. Blackman, continues:
"Much valuable material also will
be collected to assist in a better understanding
of the growth of our own
civilization from elementary savagery,
for it is reasonable to suppose
that the primitive wants of man in
different ages and regions have called
forth similar expedients to satisfy
them.
"Other important objects of investigation
for the ethnologist will
touch the various racial types into
which the Pacific islanders are divided.
Of these, three are generally
recognized, of whom the Papuans and
Polynesians appear to show the
widest divergences, with the Micronesians
occupying the intermediate
ground and possessing affinities of
race, language and custom within the y
other two. The presence of two dis- ,
tinct races of man in the Pacific sug
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gests two penous auu suui-tes ui mimigration
and adds difficulty to an
already perplexing question, for the
demarkation between the divisions of
the races is by no means well defined,
but is complicated by the ad- .
mixture of many other races of both
Oriental and occidental origin.
"The Papuans may be generally
said to inhabit New Guinea, the Solomons,
New Caledonia and Fiji. Their
most obvious characteristics may be (
briefly summed up by stating that
they are irreligious, democratic, ,
quarrelsome, cannibalistic and hos- ,
tile to 'strangers. They possess no ^
hereditary chiefs, paint or scar the ,
body rather than wear clothes, cook
in earthern pots, chew betel and their
speech is broken up into a number '
of apparently irreconcilable dialects.
The Papuans are the least attractive
of any Pacific islanders, and the is- ,
land groups which they occupy are
among the least known of the Pacific
and have been for many generations
shunned by mariners and associated
with everything that is of evil repute .
in the record of the ocean. v '
"The Polynesians in many attributes
are greatly at variance with the
Papuan islanders. They possess, gen- ^
erally speaking, an elaborate religious
system, and established order
~ " ' - * 3 11 J ? -C A
oi nereauary cineis aiiu wen uemueu
social castes. They are friendly to ,
strangers, fond of dress, expert manufacturers
of Kapa cloth and intrepid
seamen and navigators. They tattoo
instead of scar the body, seldom
practice cannibalism, cook in earth- j
ern ovens instead of earthern pots, ,
drink awa and possess a common ,
/language understandable throughout !
New Zealand, Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti
and the Paumotu Islands. * J
"Of all the Pacific races the greatest
interest attaches to the Polynesian
islanders, but it is unfortunately
these people whose primitive cus- 1
toms and racial types have been most
broken up by modern intercourse.
"The Halayo-Polynesian language \
possesses the distinction over the ^
widest area of any language of the
world, for it embraces two great
oceans and extends from the island
continent of Madagascar to the isolated
islet of Rapanui."
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Binks?Say, old man, do you know 1
of any cure for insomnia?
Jinks?Counting one thousand is *
said to be a remedy.
Binks?Confound it, that's what ;
everybody tells me; but the baby's '
too young to count.?Tit-Bits.
The Baseball Fan's Horror. !
"What's your opinion of the league 1
of nations?''
"I hope I never live to see Ameri- ;
ca in last place in the standing."? '
Detroit Free Press.
breath?and she glided swiftly out
of sight?a slight whirlpool and she i
was gone. t
I felt as if I should remove my t
cap and stand at attention, as at a
funeral, as in truth it was. On look- 3
ing around, I discovered others, too,
had bared their heads.?Lieut. Lau- 1
rence Lombard, in Boston Globe. 1
BOLL WEEVIL QUARANTINE.
Will Become Effective Again on Tuesday,
May 20.
Clemson College, May 17.?Owing
to the resumption of boll weevil activity,
the quarantine zone which was
lifted on January 1, 1919, after the
boll weevil had gone into winter
quarters, will again become effective
on May 20, 1919. The quarantine
and safety lines will continue for the
present as given on the official map
of the South Carolina State crop pest
commission issued January 1, 1919.
Hereafter it is regarded dangerous
to issue permits for shipments from
any points within safety zone. Both
safety zone and boll weevil territory
are closed. The commission -will continue
to issue permits for shipments
from poin's within quarantine zone.
The boll weevil line passes from
Beach Island on the Savannah river
through Blackville, Branchville,
Pregnall, Summerville and Mt. Pleasant.
?
The safety line passes from a point
on the Savannah river near Modock
through Trenton, Swansea, St. Matthews,
Pineville and enters the ocean
at the southern end of Raccoon key.
Quarantine Line.
The quarantine line starts on the
Savannah river and passes through
Mt. Carmel, Saluda, Lexington, Columbia,
Kingstree and Georgetown.
Parties receiving the map from the
commission will find full explanation
on the reverse side.
Points located on the safety line
are held to be within safety zone.
Points on the quarantine line are
held to be within the quarantine!
zone.
Points on the boll weevil line are j
held to be within boll weevil territory.
The safety zone and boll weevil
territory are closed. These lines will j
hod until necessary to move them on |
account of advance of the weevil at j
which time the new maps will be issued.
It Might Have Happened to Any One.
A thin little woman of middle age
was half-plaintively and half-defiantIv
trying to explain to three of her
small-town neighbors:
"I ain't heard the last of that fire
yet and I am gettin' pretty sick of it.
You'd think to hear 'em talk that
everybody in this town would a ruther
burned up than to get out the
way I did. Stickin' up their noses at
me about a little thing like that,
when it might a happened to any of
em.
"Of course, I have nightgowns and
I wear them every night just like the
rest of you. And just before, I'd
made a lot of nice new ones with
tucks and lace insertion and everything.
That ain't anything; everybody
has new ones with lace and
tucks, but I want you to know that I
had 'em, too. And I'd put 'em in my
top '-bureau drawer, right where I
knew where they were any time. But
that night I was wearing one of my
old ones. That ain't anything; any
one "d want to wear out her old ones
first.
"And wnen i woke m tne miaaie 01
the night, and the room was full of
smoke, and I could hear the firemen
rellin' outside, and the water comin'
on the roof, the first thing I thought
of was: 'It's a fire, and me in this
old nightgown.' And I knew I could
put my hand right on one of the
new ones all folded nice in that top
bureau drawer just a few steps away.
3o I just slips off the old one and
lays it on the foot of the bed, and
steps over to the bureau and?the
bureau ain't there! Then thinks I
real fast like: 'That old one is a lot
better'n nothin'!' So I starts for the
foot of the bed and?the bed ain't
there!
"And all the time the smoke was
?ettin' thicker'n thicker, and the
folks outside were yellin' louder'n
[ouder, and I could hear the roar of
the fire and the sizzling of the water
an the roof, and it all sounded so
dangerous. Thinks I: 'I've just got
to get out of here somehow, nightgown
or no nightgown.' Just then I
runs into fhe wall, and I drops down
an my hands and knees and crawls
airm? thp wall 'til I come to the out
side door; and just as I reach the
3oor my hand strikes against that
ball of carpet rags that I'd sewed
and rolled there in the corner the
iay before. And thinks I to myself:
Lord knows, a ball of carpet rags
ain't much, but it's better'n nuthin'.
3o, I just grabs that ball of carpet
rags in one hand, opens that door
svith the other and runs. And so far
as I can see, it might've happened to
any one."?Cartoons Magazine.
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Unusual Sparrow.
The native minister was telling the
nissionary in charge of his district
hat a sparrow had built a nest on
he roof of his house.
"Is there anything in the nest
ret?" asked the missionary.
"Yes," said the Indian brother,
aroud of his English, "the sparrow
las pups."?The World Outlook.
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