Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1915 — SING AS THEIR SHIP SINKS [ARTICLE]

SING AS THEIR SHIP SINKS

Russian Transport Men Go to Death Rather Than Surrender to Turks. J London—A dispatch to Reuter’S Telegraph company from Petrograd says: “A graphic account has been received here of the end of the Russian transport Truth, which the Russians sank rather than surrender her to the Turkish cruiser Goeben. When called upon to surrender her captain headed the Truth for The shore, opened the valves and blew a hole in the bottom of the vessel. Lieutenant Ragoweky perished while attempting to fire a second charge of explosives. Part of the crew got off in hosts, while the others jumped into the water and were picked up by the Turkish ships. "The ship’s chaplain and a handful of men were left atmard. As the ship went down the chaplain was seen on deck giving hie blessing to the men who remained about him cheering net ji' i 1. ~~ i't SXrt‘