Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-01
BREMEN LIFE BELT
PICKED UP AT SEA
Preserver Marked With Name
of Submarine Daily Elk.
pected is Discovered.
NEW AND NOT LONG IN SEA

Portland Me-, Sept. 29.- \ life pre-.
server marked Bremen" the name
of the German submarine freighter
which mas been generally expected to
arrive at some Atlantic coast port for
the last week or more, was picked up
on the ocean side OF Cape Elizabeth
today.
The name Bremen" was stenciled
in black letters two inches high on
both sides Of the buoy. On one side
OF the canvas covering was printed
a small crown.
The buoy was picked up at a small
place known as Maiden Cove by a
l0-year-old lad. Frederick Lakeman
OF Vestbrook.
A number OF other persons were
nearby at the time and saw the boy
pick up the object from the beach
nea, the water.
Buoy Photographed.
The buoy was taken :, a newspaper
office, where il was photographed,
and examired by many seafa ing men
Over the small crown OIL the buo !
were the words "Shutz- Marke."
meaning patented, u trademark. Be-
meath are the words " Epping-
Hoven, Wilhelmshaven." This indi-
Gated, apparently, the name Of the
maker.
The preserver seemeL to be new,
and apparently had not Leen in the
water a great length OF time. 1t was
stained with oil. An officer OF the
coast guard cutter service, who ex-
ahmed the buoy. said that if the pre-
server had been thrown overheard by
someon, who thought to pla a prac-
teal Joke, he had done very good
lob. ..-
The preserver was well made. and
the lettering and the ink used we're
Of the best quality.
Fisherman Stes Submarine.
Westerly. R. L.. Sept. "a fisher
man at Pleasant View. near Watch
Hill. overlooking Long Island Sound,
reported tonight that he had seen,
with his marine glasses, a large sub
marine proceeding |" the direction
of New London. where the German
submarine Bremen has been expected
for more than week. II then was
twenty five miles east Of New Lon
don. and showed on its mast bright
white light above a green light.
These lights, according to the OBJ
server, were the ones he had been
told by Captain Robinson of the
tug Westerly would be carried by the
German submarine, which the tug
some days ago had been ordered to
look for.
The submarine was unaccompanied
and displayed no flag. The observer.
who protested to be familiar with the
appearance of American submarines.
which have their base at New Lon
don. said that II was Of IA differen,
type from any he haa seen. The
boat was about two miles off shore
and was going at moderate rate OF
speed. The sea was very choppy.
Officials Undisturbed.
New London. Conn. Sept. 2o.-Of.
ficials OF the Eastern Forwarding
company, American agents for the
German line OF submarine merchant
men, were undisturbed today over
the report that lire preserver
marked Bremen" mad been picked up
off the Maine coast. When asked If
the preserver might have belonged to
the long-expected submarine, Captain
F. Hinsch said, Impossible" He
added that il was unlikely that the
pra,,a,,e ,raeaeuare ,ua,id ha -, Il, 4
in the manner OF the one found.
No submarine has been seen in the
waters adjacent to New London at a
late hour tonight. Officials OF the
Eastern Forwarding company and the
T. A. Scott Wreckins company.
agents in this country Of the German
line of undersea merchantmen,
claimed they had nc knowledge OF
the early approach OF a German sub
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