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Show STRATEGY BALKS TEUTON U-BOAT British Steamship Also Owes Escape to Speed and Darkness. MARCH 31. Speed, darkness and strategy combii.ed to save the British freight steamship Knight of the Garter frc.ni destruction by a German submarine subma-rine off the French coast. The f reighter arrived in an American harbor today from France. With a few hours of davlipht remaining re-maining on March 8 the British vessel sighted two small craft a mile distant. Thev seemed harmless sailing boats, but Captain Stevene said the fact that tinv sailing ships were 250 miles off land aroused his suspicions and he put on full speed ahead. The small boats suddenly sud-denly disappeared, he said, and he was convinced tne were submarines. The Knight of the Garter brought as her only cargo a large box bearing the address "Dr. Despecher, Omaha." Captain Cap-tain Stevens said it contained "something "some-thing handsome" from the French government gov-ernment foi Dr. Despecher in appreciation apprecia-tion of his service with the American Red Cross in France. OMAHA. March 31. Dr. V. ,T. Despecher Des-pecher declared himself puzzled by the statement of the captain of the steamer Knight of the Garter that he brought a present for aim from the French gov-ernrr.eiit gov-ernrr.eiit in acknowledgment of his services serv-ices with the American lied Cross in France. "I was in France nt Ihe time the war broke out," said Dr. Despecher," hut had no connection with the U'ed Crops an.l have no idea what the French government gov-ernment would be rewarding me for. There muFt be a mistake somewhere." Dr. lemchnr is a native of France, but an American citizen. |