i nb Roosevelt's ideal of for no other reason than that, 4 CU. Apleld, of the trans ntio steamship Finland, should feel , But it is only one of many rea- be asked to luncheon White: Houde on account heroism at the time was ly. the proudest occasion of this German scadog's remarkable carver; for he is a naturalized Ameri- can; but he also cherishes the memory of entertained by King Leopold of Belgivm, who knighted him. When President Roosevelt invited Ralph D. Paine, the author, recently, to _accon the hero of his fiction story, *" . Arondt's Choice," to the White House at 'luncheon, it was be causs he considered the true story back o that fiction--the saving by Apfeld of is passengets and crow when his ship, the Waesland sank-one of the noblest he had ever heard. Rathép than desist a moment from rescuing his passengers, the captain permitted his lifetime's savings, $10, to go down with the ship. Not on that fact alone, however, does the fame of Capt. Apfeld rest, Onoe, when his ship caught fire in mid- ocean and: pone other dared; he plunged into the blazing hold and conquered the flames. Again, for five days and four nights, he stayed on the without a wink of sleep and guided his craft through a dense fog. Many & time his cool head and ready hand avoided shipwreck on stormy wave, in fog or in iccherg . A cherished testimonials is a bravery awarded hy Kine Fdwaet ¥II, of England. y despite lis honors at th hands of rulers, he is- just what Ne has been depicted in fiction--a great, *hubking, graff. German, with a tousled ead, a | lom voice and a bear's grterioy, hiding his gentle, helpful al in the of his | of a shipwreck -- More at home on the rolling decks of his ship than on a velvet carpet, Capt." Apfeld blushed and shifted reet- ively during his visit to the White Tall, broad-chested, bewhiskered, with round = checks that would have shone red enough without the blushes, Was a curious - sident and the wil - at luncheon th him contrast to the pre young author who sat In deference. to Capt. Apfeld's mod rey resis - MRE esty, little wns said on this occasion of his heroic deeds. Never, indeed; bas he enjoyed talking of them. . Even after he had saved the 300 peo- ple on board his ship, the Waesland, when it sank after a collision off Holy head four years ago, and he sacrificed his fortune of $10,000 to Neptune rather than lose a passenger's life, he has refused to speak for himself, leav- ing the tale of his heroism to others. On that ill-fated trip of the Waes- land Capt. Apfeld carried in a leather wallet his life's" savings, with®which be hoped to buy a home near New York for his invalid wife, whose hépe of re covery was pinned to a change from the damp air of Antwerp. Refore he departed from home on the ill-fated trip his wife suggested that he forward the money to New Yor through the usual financial channels. "No, he is said to have replied. "I will carry it with me. Banks fre. quently go to smash in a week: inmy stateroom the gold will be perfectly safe. : the grizsled mariner sailed, carrying with him the savings of a lifetime to be invested in a home for the invalid wife in the new Ne mine «i : ic situation that ensued when the Waesland was struck by the liner Harmonides at night and began to sink needs no touch of ficti Semele Ra Te rein Ro of his ex. arrived on crash, the confusion very groat, but there was women Aud children were lowered rapidly into the boats. offers were behaving very ealm- and courageously, an : v | much credi 10 be given to them." ret lower an without Neep Zrge This passenger did not he on board had to get into the and to interfere as littl with the officers and trying to save them. It was the captain's that all mavine ethics myst always be the sinking only to vessel, ahead of him. of the Waesland, Capt. directing operations on nd its officers and Upon his fronted a Steerage passengers in fright, cabin passenge shin, Capt entrusted to his care. Quickly he ordered wardesses among the the Waesland was sinking, and yet a time ever, the ternfic strain upon the cap tain in an emergency like this. Those boats, crew who were were saved. According and regulations, the last to abandon making certain that evervone clse has been sent away Almost as soon as 'the bow of the Harmonides had crashed into the side A short distance away vossel lay, her screw even yet churn- ing in its wild reverse to draw away, over the bows to ascertain the dam- age done to their own vessel. pandemonium of were ing on deck in all stages of undress; expeditions work could save the lives : h the boat crews into position; sent stewards snd ste- passengers to calm them and marshal all in order to the boats. It was time for desperate haste. as steadily, rapidiv realize, how obey orders, as directed, e as possible duty to see to he Apfeld was d . hy the colliding erew hanging con terror. clamoring ers were dash- . Apfeld rushing here and there in search of safety A glance over the side told the veteran captain that his ship was doomed. Another glance along the deck made known the fact that only the firmest discipline and the most panic-stricken ness that marks the most deliberate purpose. Like £ after ing the zied b he relax the firm hand, of Gineipl e that. grasped every detai wor of rescue and directed ment. safety. The #id, and they boats, such disaster "the emperor of a' universe, pt. Ape pr on deck, thunder- his orders, dvspatching boat load boat load of passengers, sooth- terrified, restraining the frén- main force from leaping over- or plunging headlong into al- every move Some distance away, in the envelop- folds of the fog, lay the Harmo- as wei scarcely sure of her own eagle eve of the captain her, but few of the passencers fancied before thay 1 hours" of hardshi in somal -- as they bad 'often read" of in take of shipwreck and marine But the main duty at hand was to the struggling mass of terrified wman beings into the boats. In the mad rush a little girl was pushed overboard aml drowned; this seemed to frenzy many of the remeining pas- sefigess, espefially those of the steer age. fr nother | child, strangely clad, was attempting to adjust' a life ver. The strings seeming to be short, she asked a man--a great hulking creature --to assist her. Instead, he snatched the preserver from the child and plac- ed it upon himself. In the midst of all this confusion and terror, Capt. Apfeld was almost supernaturally calm. By voice, ex- ample, and. even physical force when le, necessary, he directed the filling of the lifeboats and hurried on the work of rescue. Time and again, while the ship was going down and the lifeboats were ready to depart, did the captain pause irresolutely before his cabin doors it would take but a few seconds to dash in and take the wallet containing hic all from the top drawer of his Josk. But every time there came the sight or the cry of some one somewhere on the ship who had been overlooked, and he forgot the wallet in face of the duty to save, And finally, when all were off, it was too late to reach the stateroom. The savings of a lifetime went down with the ship, while the captain was barcly saved from a similar fate. "I have lost my ship and all our money, but have saved every soul on board," wired the brave old captain to his wife, his Florence--his "broken flower," he called her. One reader of Mr. Payne's story of the wreck, who was dally impress- od, was a wealthy New York merch- ant. - He was so concerned over the loss of the captain's fortune that he statesl that if the story were truc he would be glad to give the hero th: country so that he could carry out his hopes. wife has died at Antwerp, and his this side of the Atlantic has dis- same patient, saintly wife that land, on March 6th, 1902. The cold fact, inquiry, is that Capt. Apfeld restrain safely launched and saved of twenty-eight minutes all on Warsland were saved. sold, of Belgium, with the ood of the Order of Leopold. Later by the Royal Life Saving Society Belgium. American Line steamship Friesland a thousand miles from Capes, in vays; 114 'cabin and for Philadelphia. Capt. Apfeld was at breakfast en to him by the second officer. Cool ly excusing himself, from a hatch. With the ery, "Come on, men, there' work rele of rosin, paraffine and wax. an hour the fire was conquered. Not a life was lost although Capt and limbs blistered, and the captain' close. the passengers, and honor was followed hy the Royal Humane Society of land, awarded ) ward VII. shirk. mantine, men. and 280 bound phia. passengers, for the cool- {when some one shouted, $10,000, or to buy him a home in this] Since then, however, Capt. Apield's hope of establishing for heg'a home on solved. Capt. Apleld's "broken flow- er," his Flora, did not bemoan the £ loss of their money, but remained he Try and Curtail the Everlasting she had been before the loss of the Waes- developed by official ed the frightened crowd, had all boats all on Hoard--excepting a man who jumped overboard and broke his head, and a child who was pushed from a boat in the rush. In the incredibly short -time the The deed was rewarded by King Leo- knight- the captain was awarded a gold medal of It was on April 14th, 1903, that the Capt. Apfeld in command, caught fire the Delaware from Liverpool with steerage passengers with the passengers when the news was tak- he mounted the upper deck and saw smoke pouring to be déne !" he seized a hose and swung himself into the fiery furn- ace, fed bv bales of cotton and bar- In Apleld and the brave men who fol- lowed him had their faces and bands luxurious hair and heard were singed Resolutions: of thanks were signed by this perfunctory the diploma of Eng- personally by King Ed- Many mon become heroes in the fare of sudden emergency, and, aflame with inspiration, do things from which, in cooler moments, perhaps, they would Not such a hero is Apfeld, but one of the sustaining kind--a man or iron will, a constitution of steel and a sense of duty nothing short of ada- Such a type of heroism did he evince on the Friesland in November, 1903, when, with a big cargo, a crew of 140 she was from Liverpool jo Philadel 1 rr hutlined by a fog that defied the keenest eyes, Captain A stuck to the bridge of his ship APleld Rous --five days and four nights--without a hwo days Torii rife t fought with duty. 4 er Sohsoled the © to him- it didn't. On Thursday the Bu to the captain to snatch a Apfeld cried, "Coffee; bring resistible. Apfe eld or Ly the fifth afternoon his strong vigil, is good, and the flung himself on It was late on The sun!" Réloting the captain said, "It next minute he had i Kk. iy most brave men of She sep, Captain Apfeld is a man : or a and quick actions. The stories of his brave deeds have been told by others; it has been im- ible, to wring from him more than the details required for his official re- Perfect discipline is the keynote o his success in managing his crews dur ing emergencies. Unique are the stories told in this connection. For example, when a badly frightened man dro] onto his knees after the disaster to the Waesland, and exhorted the pas- sengers to pray, for they were lost, Captain Apield commanded him to de- sist, saving, 'Prayer is good at the right time, but. we.are. not and you are intetfering with ms cipline." - Protesting, the frightened man was forced into n lifeboat. Another time, when a stoker had be- come insane from liquor, armed with a poker, was terrifving the crew, the captain dodged under the weapon and with a blow in the face felled the ruf- Son ical of 'the other side of his na- ture--the woman's side--is a little in- cident that is told of him. After grul- fly berating his cabin boy on the first day of a voyage, and watching him fiercely as he shrank out of the door- way, the gruff eaptain's heart soften: ed. and he said: ; "Wait, 1 tells you, How is your mudder, boy? She was pretty sick last voyage, you tells me." ow successfully disguised--and he tries his best to hide it--this soft- er side of Apleld's nature is ever pre- t. "When the Noordland, from Philadel- phia to Paris. was making fast speed in order that her passengers might spend Christmas day, 1903. at home a vessel in distress war sighted seven miles 10 southward. 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