Show One Chivalrous Hun Meets Fate Faten L 1 h n n 2 1 n T tol n r n n. a Captain ai but bu G Gentleman ma Y-B Y at ap 1 elo n el a 0 rt 1 e n n Salt Lake Sailor lad I ells Tale Co Con Conger Oer O'er Tells Tens of i 11 l HE sub submarine no longer is is the terror tenor of the I IB b sea ea says C. C B. B Conger Salt Lake youth who B Battles aU I es w With It 1 1 j t l brings tale talc of American destroyers destroyer's exploits in in inthe I Subs I the Mediterranean l 1 j s S 1 P A R li T 1 1 I K E L I. rte JACK the 1110 only Gel German matt submarine t commander nl n er who o slay stayed true to the sailors sailor's cud code of ethics ethic foul and a 1111 his Ins S f craft lUft theof the tIte biggest prize e of the German submarine submarine ba S rine fleet were e sent ent to t t the C ho bottom t of the Med Med- by hy a French last l lle early month In times of peace pease Jack i r 1 was a one oft of tIle the hest best j i y known 11 pilots p lot 5 to marin marin- p jh 11 I I eis uS cr of European and I A Asiatic waters The details of the t L si sinking i ng of or Spar tel Jacks Jack's boat TJ-boat an and of or f tile sinking by an Amer- Amer y destroyer of nu numerous were told yester yesterday day by a Salt Lako o boy C. C B. B Con Conger gees son of Dr d 1 y tt a r a J s K IJ Conger Young Conger but 20 years old Is a tt second class en engi engineer 1 Aw 4 neer on an ut American sett n do- do st oy er r and Is home on ona d y t i I 1 s p 1 1 3 b b x xa 1 a furlough e His story Is one of the most remarkable ch chap chap- apt ap- ap t teis is In the efforts to exterminate ex- ex ex exterminate terminate the submarine run rine that has come t to it light since the American Amen Ameri S can destroyers got into the game Of all the German submarines that hovered ho d around tho the Straits of or Gibraltar seeping seeking their prey pre the sinking of ot none caused more rejoicing and at the same time more moie regrets than tho the sinking of ot Jack and his craft No man In the thc world knew better the treacherous ways ars of ot the currens around the entrance to the tho strait and no 0 Dutchman was more mor alert to ferret ferret fer fer- ret out his prey or surer of or eye ee in directing dl- dl hl his aim But at the same time no mariner was was' more honorable In living living liv liv- ing In up to the code of the sea that rave gave over every overman man a show for Cor his life light Is a light Just outside the Straits of Gibraltar that is almost as famous amouR as the tho great rock nearby It was from tram light that Spar tel Jack got Jot his name Fo For man many years ears he was master mater of or a pilot ship shill that hovered ere around time the light and took vessels through h the straits and braved lra the storms when no other pilot dared are areto to do so ISO Ships ship He tie Piloted B By an odd irony of or Fate rate man many of ot those thole same ships which he had safely piloted through h the storms he lie later sent to the bottom When the war WUI began Jack sailed for Get Germany many his native land was wae givon command of oC a boat U-boat ant and dispatched to the portions o of tho the seas v with ith which he was most familiar But Hut Jack always alwa to th the captain o of the thees es vessel essel el he ml meant I Ito to attack telling him to collect his crew and pur oft off or in light boats Then I he would wireless the naval base at Gibraltar tell them the tho crew was on the high seas In lifeboats and suggest that the they send a ae e vessel to pick them up And in the same ame wireless he would i send a greeting g to 10 Andy n or 01 Bill bartenders boon companions of ot other days Wn Was Sent Down In O December Early Marly I arl In December word wOId came to a 2 French destroyer that Jack was attacking a merchantman said saidI Mr Ir Conger The destroyer went after I him an and Jut gut him Getting a Dutchman is iM ah a always s 's I II cause for jubilation on board a destroy destroy- I er The word of or the fate of ot Jack Jak was feels flashed d aroun around and sailor- sailor men on the thc seas had the biggest news th that t had come their wa way in man many a aa day a There Them was waN Jubilation aboard the ships and when the Frenchmen put into port and told the populace of or their feat the town to rejoiced with them The rho bi biggest est s-est prize o of the tho German Geiman submarine fleet had been bagged bas The fhe townspeople Tle kissed the members of ot the crew and each other as ns tho they passe passed in the streets and spread tho the tidings But as ab they ther did dill so 80 man many shaded their words o of rejoicing with words of ot I continued Continued on Page 5 5 CONGER CONCER TELLS OF BATTLES Continued from froni Page 1 1 rc regret reL lot for tho tIme honest submarine skipp skip skip- p per e r lion lr The Time alertness o of tho the American destroyers de do- il Is wiping the timo seas of or the submarines Conger reports Tho depth bombs arc the deadliest and most f fared enemy of th the U-boat U he sa says II HP lIe Is u n second class clois engineer on a destroyer acting as convoy OY between n Azores an and Gibraltar I and Gibraltar and n a Frenchport French Frenchport port t. t Conner's Conners ship proceeded from flom rein Manila directly to Gibraltar at the outbreak of oC the time war acting as cono convoy for her mother ship the Camilla Cumilla formerly a t German merchantman One day amy two submarines appeared 1 ast astern ln evidently planning to torpedo the Camilla said Conger Concer To 10 get In position to torpedo the tle submarine submarine sub sub- marine marino th tho destroyer would have ha to turn completely let h around exposing the time merchant hant ship to fire o. o as she bhe did so That seems to be the tho thoa a way the tIme U-boat U commander hall hail It figured l out But the captain of the destroyer ordered 1 full speed astern passed 1 over O the spot where the submarines were and aull launched a n depth bomb A patch of oil on the surface and a few bits of or wood told of or one less submarine on the Mediterranean has of 1 10 PeelA Peel Feet A depth bomb annihilates any submarIne submarine submarine sub sub- marine within a radius of or feet One morning about 3 a. a m. m a Q submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine was seen scon on omi the horizon taking taking taking tak tak- ing life cas easy with ith an awning spread over its small deck We Ve made all possible possible possible pos pos- sible speed toward them hut but the they saw us UI coming and submerged When hen wo we reached the scene all that was left of oC 1 me c German was the tho the they had failed Ca to take tale down in their helm hurry hurn bout December 1 our destroyer re received re- re a wireless to come to the thc assistance AS- AS of fourteen merchant vessels being attacked ed b by five submarines We c reached the vessels before borore an any were sunk and the U-boats U scurried forI forsh for sh shelter ci t e r I Four hours earlier tho the same samo morning morn morn- lug InS four tour merchantmen had been sunk at tho the same place A few days later tho the gun crew of one ono of ot these arrived at Gibraltar nn and told of oC having havinS' reached reache the tho mainland of or Spain In lifeboats lifeboats life lICe boats and lauding landing at a n small fishing fI village The crew eight in number had 1 declared themselves civilians to keep from being interned When hen thc they arrived at a town where an American consul was stationed sL ho provided Plo them with tran transportation for Gibraltar While hila the crew cress were in the fishing village lIne the crew of or one of oC the boats l came Into the port and amid bought fish fiah and other supplies The Tho q of ot these little coast towns to appear tobe to tobe to tobe be strongly l pro i Just before Conger left lert on his furlough fur fur- ur- ur lou lough h a U-boat U was as destroyed in the Mediterranean l and ami another in the middle mid mill I tile dle of or the tIme Atlantic The vc vessel sel that brought him home homo was a n former German German Ger Ocr man passenger boat boat- Submarines aro are alwa always 8 easy as to see says Conger There Thero is hi always a ripple ripple rip rip- plo on the surface of the water but over a submerged boat U-boat there is a quiet spot that gives cs them awn away There Thero are seven s lookouts on duty ut on our destroyer dc- dc all tho the time lime and aud all 11 members of oC th time the crew In ad addition are ore lookouts when off dut duty |