Show French Pilots Pilot's Wit Sinks Submarine PARIS March 31 The The novel noyel destruction destruction destruction de de- de- de of ot a German Gennan submarine through h the quick wit of ot an unnamed French pilot Is one of tho the war tales of ot the sea which will live lIvo for years to come To this pilots pilot's credit today I Ithe Is the saving of or perhaps hundreds ItI of It I lives lIve At the tIne bottom of or British channel lies lie the tine battered shell sheU of ot a German U boat which previous to its demise had hacI been notorious for its deadly work among craft of or alt all kinds that haps happened ened to cross Its path To save tho the censors censor's pencil more moro about the work ork of or I this steel shark of ot tho the St sea 3 and its habitual rendezvous Is better botter unsaid but tho topic of or Interest is that It cameto came cameto cameto to its end In a a. most unexpected man man- nero ncr A great transport vessel loaded with British soldiers was the intended victim of or the tho submarine Despite tor torpedo or- or boats boat convoying the transport tor-I tor the I U-boat U audaciously appeared close to tho the French coast and shot i its torpedo A few tew minutes before a French pilot had boarded the tine ship to tako take her safely sate sale I 1 ly InJo Iro the time shallow channels which led to the tho harbor I This pilot held meld the wheel when tho the submarine submarIno poked her above tho the choppy wa waves wave cB Ho He saw the tho torpedo come plowing toward to tho ho ship A Apiece piece of or clever maneuvering caused the ton half of ot explosives to ru rush ruh h past the thee thel transport missing her b by a a. narrow margin mars Tho The khaki crowd aboard watched tho show with silent interest Their lives lI were In inn the hands of ot the Frenchman up on tho the bridge Not a sound came camo from any anyone one Tho The only noise was that of ot tho big craft veering sideways to miss tho torpedo and tho the swish of the latter hatter as It passed The torpedo boats began to get into action They could not fire firo for tor fear feal of ot hitting their convoy but thc they rushed in iii circles In an effort to train their gunson guns suns gunson on tho enemy Tho The latter however howe was also constantly maneuvering fh The submarine submarino commander was watching tho the destroyers and paying no attention to tho the big unwieldy transport which seemed to bo be wallowing In the tho trough of the waves The French pilots pilot's part in the drama though was not so 50 unimportant as the submarine commander thought B By of ot bell ben ropes and pressing of oC buttons tho pilot soon had his ship tinder un under tin un- der cler control Ho lie veered her about BO so sharply that thal the tho submarine submarino was as quickly quick entrapped under tinder tho the transports transport's transports transport's trans trains ports port's stern Every mortal aboard heard tho the grinding grind Grind- In lag ing and ripping of ot steel plates as the pilots pilot's swiftly revolving propeller ate ato Its wa way Into tIne the U boats boat's vitals A rumbling sound and great patches of ot blue oil on the surface of ot tho the water were soon tho the only evidences of or the tho submarine Then the pilot calmly signaled sig sig- for full speed ahead and took Iii his ship safely into harbor i |