Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1917 — WATCHING FOR U-BOATS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WATCHING FOR U-BOATS

The Germans have placed their hopes of victory in submarine warfare but owing to the measures taken by the allied governments the hope has not materialized. All merchant ships have been armored and every hour of day and night finds a man on watch for periscopes while standing high up in the crow’s nest of the ship.