New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1917, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1917. U-BOAT PRIS“NERS SAILORMEN AS WELL AS SOLDIERS THOUGHT DROWNED TRAINED N USE OF GAS MASKS Craiser May Have Sunk Their Submarine Prison An Atlantic Port, Aug. 23.—Six Americans, taken prisoners 'after a four-hour running fight with a U-boat 4 in which nearly 500 shots were ex- changed, last their lives a few hours later when the submarine was sunk by a converted French cruiser, in the belief of one of their companions. The surviving companion was J. H. Bruce, third mate of the Campana, a Standard Oil tanker which fought the U-boat. He and 45 others of the crew, including nine naval gunners, arrived vesterday at an Atlantic port aboard a French passenger steamship. M. Kolroferis, second engineer of the tanker, canfirmed Bruce's story. The men taken prisoner were Cap- tain Albert Oliver of the Campana, of No. 225 East One Hundred and Twenty-third street, New York city, and the following men: Chief Gun- ner's Mate James L. Delaney, Third Class Gunner's Mate Charles L. Kline, Second Class Boatswain's Mate Ray Roop, Ordinary Seaman Wilhelm Mil- ler and Ordinary Seaman Frederick S. Jacobs, When news of the Campana's de- struction by a U-boat reached America newspapers were cautioned by Wash- ington against speculation cancerning the fate of the six prisoners. It was thought possible that the six men had been shot to death by members <~ of the submarine crew. According to Bruce, who lives In Providence, he was taken to the sub- marine with Captain Oliver and the 13 naval gunners on the Campana. Lack of room and stores made it neces- sary for the submarine commander to reduce tke number of captives to six Hec sent the others back to their life- 1LO GREAT LAKES -NAVAL ke i TR NG N TRE SRR T UadidES. 22 Bruce told reporters the following story: “We left an American port on July Embryo sailors at the great lakes | the discomforts of ~the gnhmasks 5 : i |naval training station are being | these future sailormen may be ex- f,,.t?f,,”,‘:,”{?,,f“;t"fl; ;‘;’;fiz‘e.a;-(,-eai,;, trained in the use of gas masks. If | pected to acquire sympathy for their e wore confident of our ability lo|they are ever called upon for land c?mrades in the brother service. The hold off submarines. The tanker | service such training may prove ex- | picture was made at a recent sham could do 12 knots in a pinch and we | ceedingly useful. In experiencing ' battle at the station. had three-inch guns fore and aft. - There were 13 naval! gunners aboard. sion she was vitally damaged. The [ Thompson the leader in another am- T-Boat Outgencraled. rowerers were assured the prisoners | bulance section." “We started on August 5 from La | would he permitted to cable home| During the last five weeks 15 men Palice for Sp. We had no cargo. | from Beriin. of the American ambulance service in k the morning of Craacr’ Sinks U-Boat, France have been Killed, said Mr. August 6§ a shell burst over us. Chief | Snow. “At first deaths were infre- Gunner Delaney directed his crew to quent,” he said, “because there were man the guns. Captain Oliver put on so few American drivers abroad, but top speed and shot the vessel along now there are a great many in the e e e e M Mo meoraior the) Audacions, told || SsTrice! REifteen denthn 1o flys wyeoky T e Sbiy Gebtoan submarine. | It had||us| the U-boat: had Sbeeniisunici said [l S 20 SRR R O B e S Ch e another gun aft. Bruce. “They said they had just re- | ;¢ (he work and the numbers en- The U-boat's speed was superior, | ceived a wireless announcing the | Zoooq iy jp. ; but our seamanship was better and sinkl:g of a suhmarl‘n; ih'zvmnal‘ r:z;"h Shell Spoils Supper. N eep out of the danger | merchaf{man converte c! e s :'-ex:rgn:li:geg '?01'1(5 Mime. _ Every once |er. The cruiser, disguised and with gulon b?xnndgsmaa;.e:fzr;ef;fi;i Joscurs fn & while the German would dash in | guns masked, was fired on in almost | Theh Brings a Bearty 1A0ET eves to clese and attempt to get us with a |the same latitude and longitude in AN et i ~hower of shells. But we managed to | which the Campana was sunk, i o i e e g’en‘né e draw away each time and gave the| “When the disguised cruiser fa‘fle‘: e sents s Dy - Iy, the submarine came close. | 20] “No help was in sight, so We knew | fired. The U-hoat plunged heneath | Of beans: TR, WC, CEPil & FREL &b we had to fight like blazes and run like | the waves. Officers .of the Audar‘):’\u: About a shell-—it gives a warning that fury. We poured shot after shot at|said it was their belief the submarine 70 e ey the Germans. ‘When the engagement | wac the one we had encountered, and TRID TEETR GG T (00 GRG o started they were 9,000 yards away.| which had the Americans aboard. [ C o Most of the battle was at about 7,300 | ypink it was the U-2 we had the scrab . "“.fy 4,01 the whole lot of us less ward= S noth fsliasiwerelpootimazkes iRt | than half a second to duck into the IR e Sl Mre Oty | trench. We were in such haste that ukjandichaigehot phiththe feun from Captain Oliver to Mrs. OWVer. | oo giq not wait to take along the can ture. We landed three shots on the | pr,cs geemed more concerned about | = o %8 G808 BOnE PR SR submarine, thelr commander told me | ooiying that message to Mrs. Oliver | oo . on Sy B0 Jon ™ W50 Pl eneh, TRterzRAlEUiny Jone Corhounkaniia NEL g8 e ST DOy oo cam g =round et (e mon ot cholisenchy Salingaa b sonnl B BT When seen last night st her home | o' S5SH RISt near by, and some “At 8 o'clock we went to breaktast. | WRER RCR RSL TR EE My | of e portlons struck the can and TRAt idea must have flashed into the | Wrs O/ NET RSSOV TR L4 o brass l Sa et St el L oyerl the submarine, for the U-boats stopped |3\ " Jih the other. She had not | B8 0 0 A o rations b time. Fifteen L :fl:}&; }’.’t:\f \t':er:‘:gl:led";ire. been informed by Third Mate Bruce | ;.. meted out carefully; but, even so, “The U.boat fired one torpedo. It |Of the prabability of her husband's| ine gityation was so ludicrous that 5 death. Bruce had left a momento | wo coyldn't help laushing.” missed. \08\3 3\»: ‘;"2;: g;‘:p:'r‘;"";"g::f from her husband and had :fnar_ted.! 3.°P. Faure, of Rockaway Beach, Oliver was game to the core, but he | ‘‘Alfred is in Berlin by tx ds "‘\‘;‘ev member of Section 5 of the Norton- didn’t have enough shells. We had |safe from trouble,” smile "% | Harfes ambulance conps, a passenger fired 300, shelis and the Germans had | Oliver confidently. “Mr. Bruce told |on board the same vessel, brought fired more than 175. We were up | how brave he was. The last thing my | back a large Belgian police dog against it and there wasn't a friendly | husband did when the U-boat started | named Poilu. “ship in sight. away was to tear off a brass button| Poily understands only French. He Took to Lifeboats. trom his uniform. He handed it to | i5 extremely friendly to those who ad- ' Mr, Bruce for me and sent me a | dress him in French. Few things ir- “Finally, four and a half hours af- | ; \Leape not worry.” And he sent | ritate him more than a word spoken ter the battle started, Capt. Oliver ran | 1% (0" B Fpn by inl German.iiAs alloke FrealCliGarat u‘s th:‘ 1nternattior;uel :g:sdsolr?:;l t?vl?; ner, of Oakland, Cal., who had been the ship was to - abroad to add to his collection of per- . ; e man t ilu. Th b hit us, but the Germans fired three gna e y che p a section of the door to the knob ot more shots at the Campana after the fiR | which his master had tied him. He signal was run up. I even carried his resentment so far as “The submarine dashed up close { to bark viciously at Moloney, a four- and took aboard a quantity of food —_— Imomh old bull dog whenever Mrs. The lifeboats were adrift until o'clock in the evening before they were met by a French destroyer, the Audacious. from the Campana. Then the tanker g e LR deal e was torpedoed at close range. They I A b K d( 7 g o ‘evmara the “ouvmmarinscapt | Filteen Ambulance Drivers Killed | virines on aeci © 00 T Oliver, the 13 gunners and me. For : . T e A L s three hours we were avoara, uncil| yyring [ast Five Weeks e P e e one of the Germans announced they hoarse and lost his voice altogeth had picked up a wireless message in 5 Tofeciand ot s gether, which one French warship notifled porarily at least. the other to be on the lookout for a | An Atlantic Port, Aug. 23.—Pierre AT e < U-boat. Roan, of Iowa; Kitchell Snow, of ANTS WILSON TO RESIGN. hen our visit had to be cut short. | Boston, and Frank Dempsey of Chi- | senator Gore Announces He Will Then We had spent a pleasant three hours. e D TG D oy : The U-boat commander, speaking | 280 members ] Quit, Too. good English, chatted with us and | American Ambular:ce, returned yes- Washington, Aug. 2% Senatar ewapped jokes. He said he regretted | terday aboard a French steamshib | qo.o™op o asked by several hum. that his orders made it necessary to [ from Europe, after nine months of | 5;o4'¢ pis constituents at Hugo, Okla., hold prisoner all American ship cap- | almost continuous service in the |y "rogion because of his amendment tains and naval gunner: trenches. Their section is sald to be | 45 tho war revenue bill to prevent the Bruce sald that the submarine | the only one that has received the | yranchortation of traops (o Burope, commander found there were too | French army citation, with the palm, | ;opjjeq yesterday. many prisoners for the inadequate | “for unusual valor and unusual serv- | Hg tolq the Hugo cltizens that if room and food on the U-boat. He |ice in the fleld.” In addition to the, they would have the president and < called for volunteers to go to Ger- | distinction conferred upon the entire | members of congress resign, he would many as prisoners, releasing the | unit seven of the members of the sec- | quit and run for re-election. Mr. Gore others to return home free. All vol- | ton have recetved the Croix de | told his constituents he would not vote unteered. Finally the German picked | Guerre. for war if every other man in can- five, ihcluding Oliver, and called for | The men said that one of the in- | gress did. He said he would support o sixth. A gunner stepped forward. | cidents to which the citation referred | measures he thought would bring the “What's vqur name?’ asked the | probably was- the rescue of the | war to a successful and speedy end. German commander. wounded from a hospital in the ——— “Miller,” replied the American. | Champagne district last May. CENSUS OF ENLISTED MEN. “What's your first name " “The hospital was under bombard-| Boston, Aug. 23.—The special aid “Wilhelm.” ment,” said Mr. Roan, “and during | society for American preparedness “You'll do, if you speak German.” | the transfer of the wounded a French | has completed a roster of enlisted iller replied affirmatively and was | lieutenant lost both legs, and two of | men from Massachusetts, with their taken. our own men. Thomas Cassidy of | next of kin, and has arranged with The others, including Bruce, were | Chicago and James Thompson of In- | the adjutant general to have sent to sent back to a life boat. As the sub- | dianapolis were injured. Cassidy and | the society requests for information marine did not go under the waves | Thompson have recovered, the former | regarding individval soldiers. The t*e Campana’s crew had the impres- | being now in the aviation service and society also has prepared for the ad- — AT THE END OFA LONG SMOKING DAY Even if you do smoke more than< usual, you still feel fine at bed-time— provided you stick to Fatimas. And all through the day each deli- cious Fatima is cool and comfortable to your throat and tongue. Fatimas are sensible. GOVERNMENT TAKES = T B : o ' ARABS OVERTHROW TUR OVER STATION Uprising in Arabia of Fierce and termined Nature. WHERE SEAPLANE MADE FIRST FLIGHT |, zonon Aue, ss—mme aravs Arabia in revolt against the have recently carried out ‘operatlons,‘ meeting with succe all of them, according to an off] British communication. The d { munication adds that the king of] Hedjaz and his tribesmen evid {have associated themselves with 4 tallied cause. The communication] |lows: Forces operating, under the o ders of the King' of the Hed have carried out a series of ef tensive operations against Tu ish detachments and posts Arabia. The Arabs have be working on a carefully tho out plan, which has resulted the destruction of a part of tH railway line north of Medina in the capture of isolated Tui ish posts. The daring and determinatia displayed in carrying out plans were remarkable. forces attacked numerically s perior Turkish forces and ove: came them. In the Maan disi | SEAPLANE ond SAILORS' £ P oo can s i alone more than 700 Turks wer killed in action and a simil§ | OUT DOOR. MESS, 5¢ SAN A : h A I A number taken prisoner. Fo | DIEGO, CAL~~ jutant general military maps of the CRISIS IN FINLAND Socialists Insist on Re-opening of Landtag—Citizen Guards Fired on By Rebels Near Helsingfors. Petrograd, Aug. 23.—The situation in Finland is serious as a result of the continued difficulty of forming a cabinet and the persistence of the | socialists in their plan to renew ses- sions of the dissolved landtag on Aug. | 29. According to the evening news- papers, Premier Kerensky instructed Governor Stal:hovitch to prevent at all costs a re-opening of the landtag, even if necessary to surround the building and compel the members to | disperse. Governor Stakhovitch has ! conferred with the commander of the i Baltic fleet. The socialists have finally refused | the help of the Finnish professor Ig- | nam to form a government. In | Shalmo, near Helsingfors, serious dis- orders have been caused by unem- ployed workmen supported by sol- diers. Citizen guards from Helsing- fors, sent to quell the revolt, were fired on and driven into the railroad station where they were beseiged, captured and threatened with sum- mary execution. Petrograd morning newspapers sharply attack the Finnish socialists, declaring that if Finland, because of convoking the landtag, violates its own constitution, Russia can consider the constitution non-existent and act accordingly. Buy an Indiana truck.—advt. guns were captured. The Arab movement origin ing with the Shereef of Mecca } spreading eastward. o f DRIED FOODS FOR TROOPS. | Soldiers May Not Be Fed on Oan Edibles. Washington, Aug. 23.—Dried fol may take the place in large me | of canned goods for the Amerd army abroad. The subject was cussed by officers from the q master’s department yesterday department of agriculture experts. Mai officers favor substituf dried foods for canned goods b : of the advantage in packing and ping. Canadian food experts have here for several days studying subject of drying foods with.a supplying the Canadian soldiers large quantities. EDUCATIONAD DAYS. Washington, Aug. 23.—The food ministration has deslgnated .August 29 and 30 as educational da: wi public speakers throughout the co try will desseminate information food conservationfl SOCIALIST HELD AS SPY, These photographs show a seaplane | Island has been ane of the most Chicago, Aug 23.—Adolph Germ in use at North Island, San Diego, Cal., t;mous X;er?:auucattlh la\:;rattttnlflefl in | secretary of the National Soct Eails h % i the world. was there that the first | party, charged with violating the aoc t“ cating their dinner at the | (oaplane flew. By reason of topo- pionage act, was held to the Fe great out-door mess at the naval train- | graphy, uniform climate, meteorologi- | Grand Jury in bond of $5,000 ing station at San Diego. North Is-|cal conditions, isolation and at the |terday after a preliminary hearing land, the great flying field at San | Some time pramltsl" tobu large city | fore Federal Judge Carpenter. i e ot where supplies may be obtained Narth Diego, is a ceater of war activity| 7)) W5 ® 501e or! the finest aviation s nowadays. It is situated in southern | fielas on earth. Its 1,200 acres are | “HANDTUBS” HAVE THEIR D Californa, at the sauthwestern cor- | now to be occupied pointly and’per- Boston, Aug. 23.—A demonstra ner of continental United States, and | manently by the army and navy. | of old-time fighting methods was g} has just been commandeered by the Large numbers of young men trom] en on the Common today when goverment by act of congress. Since | all parts of the country are now being | New England states firemen's let the birth of science of flight North | traized there. held its annual playout.