Show Panic Averted Says Survivor Telling of I Sinking of Laconia I II I By Dr l Nt a F t t. t Th TM STOW STOW-l' J f Feb 27 QUEI Q Tho The commander of or the fhe German Gennan submarine which f sank Bank the tho Cunard liner Laconia with a l loss s of ot at nt least t two American n lives stood on the deck of or the tho undersea a craft in plain Right sight of oC the pass n passengers and pave gave the final 11 Instructions which went sent the liner to tho the bottom This was wao s asserted positively here bore today by Dr E E. Hawkes In one of ot the survivors sur struck When then the tho first torpedo tho vessel said Dr Hawkes I r Iwas Iwas I was In the doctors doctor's room playing cards caroll Everybody rush rushed to the life belts bells and the tho whole company company com com- pany ny got Ol Into the boats bonts boats boats-as as s soon as possible There was absolutely absolutely 1 no Ito panic The conduct on of ot I It t and I l n I did 1 We W had been In the lifeboats lifeboats life lIfe- boats l perhaps half halt an nn hour when we could plainly dh discern the submarine sub sub- submarine marine approaching nearer and nearer the the- Laconia J. J Finally tho the submarine got ot BO so close that wo we 0 could sec the commander stand- stand Ing ins Ingon on th the leck The Tho Laconia L. I was listing heavily and pretty oon roon the thc submarine let Jel go 10 another another an nn- other torpedo The shot went directly through the engine room nn and she sank rapidly After Arter the tho liner had disappeared geared the tho submarine drew near fu several of or the lifeboats and the c commander shouted You aro only a short hort distance distance dis dis- tance lanco front from shore The Tho patrol British will save 0 you ou With that he barked AU an order that thal was as unintelligible and tho the submarine disappeared Some Soma of or tho the J last t persona person to leave the ship Jumped Into the tho water but bat they reached the lifeboats in safety being hauled up b by those ah already dy In Before leaving the submarine commander yelled eH d at some soma of or the lifeboats asking vho hl tho was awns I suJ poso he ho referred d to the tho captain aut lIn No one on was eo able ablo to toll tell him so he went away Other passengers corroborated tho statements 1 of ot Dr Hawkes All joined 11 in Sn praising the action 9 and nd coolness s of or t the e Laconia's I officers |