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Show raw to- j KTBADE! German U-Boat Destined for Lake Bottom Off Chicago I ttirfcAGO, ct. 9 If nttval terms I of the treaty of Versailles are carried 'out by the allies the t'-'.7. a German submarine vvlih a record of at lcu&t 'seven allied ships sunk, .vvlli Itself be 'sunk In loo feet Of water nhout twen-ty twen-ty miles off Chicago harbor this full. Orders for the destruction of the f-IfiT f-IfiT were issued some time ago. but later la-ter withdrawn pending decision whet tiler ti-ler that part of thi German peace 'treaty which provides for the destruction destruc-tion of all surrendered warcrdft Is lo IbS jiut into execution. There Is some difference of opinion aipong the allies. Pranci and Italy epeclallj being mx-I mx-I lous to keep some of the Into Herman, 'ships to bolster up their own navies. In the meantime th - r-n;. which toured the Great 1,1 ks in the Interest! jof the Victory loan campaign, follow -ling the armistice. Is tied up alongside' Perry's Old flagship, the Commodore, j 'here. inly the hulk Of the old-tlniei .terror of the seaji remains, practical-Iy practical-Iy all her machinery and fittings have been removed, the majority fo bo sent ,10 the Annapolis naval academy. Her I j five-inch deck gun rests on the wharf j I., side I lu rust-eaten hulk- In spite of (hu gutting process which the boat has undergone the bulk Is j still worth Jlu.000 to J20.000 as Junk according to Captain Edward A . Evers, 1 naval commandant In the Chicago dis- 'e ilrlct. There is a large amount of Bftv V I copper and br is-- aboard w hldi could BM be recovered by breaking up the boat. BM'1 (The powerful storage batteries, which BB ? 'formerly ran the l"-boa! when sub- Baal j merged, are still aboard, anil prob- LaaE-l ably will go down With the ship if she Bxrf Is sunk Although the batteries arc flBu 'Worth several thousand dollars, and an saVal 'offer has been made for them by a prl- BMl $ ivate purchaser. Ihe naval department BaB i refused to permit the sale. BJB5 If the orders lo desiro the hull are BBkl rew.., 1 the 1 '-9 7 w.11 b towed oul t.. ' sea by the gunboat WHmette. former- Wn th steamer Bastland which turned Jaaaav!. lover In the Chicago river. In 19r.", iBdm drowning more than SO0 excursionists. aaw ' About twenty miles out in the lake, the BaBi' 'Charts, sbpwerobre than 100 feet of w-a- J Bf ;ter. and therei Captain Kvers plnns lo BBlitu open up the l'-boat's scu cocks ami H then baiter her lo metes with shells VJS from the Wllmet's five-inch guns. HP |