Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-08
After Seventeen Days the
U-53 Sticks Her Nose
Up in L. 5, Waters.
SLIPPED THROUGH
ENEMIES GORDON
Delivers a Letter for Ambas-
sador Then Puts to Sea;
Provisions Aboard. 4

NEWPORT r. l.. oct 7.-Sevop-
~ teen days from Wilhelmshaven
the imperial German submarine U-53
dropped anchor in Newport harbor
today
Almost before ia, officer. 70 tho
American fleet Of Varships through
which the stranger had uoscd her way
had recovered from their astouish-
mcut the undcrsca fighter had de-
lNcrod a message for the German am-
bassador and weighing anchor. turned
Brcuton's reef lghtship and disap-
pcarcd beneath the waves just inside
the three mile limit. As she came
and went she flew the black and
white colors of the German navy.
gun was mounted on the forward
deck and another aft, while eight tor
pcdocs plainly visible under the for
ward deck gave mute assurance that
the warship was ready for fight 1T
the drop Of hat
Came To Mali Letter.
Lieut. Capt Hans Rosa who hung
up "a new worlds record i'm bringing
an armed submarine in battle array
across the Atlantic. said that he had
called AT Newport simply to mail
letter to Count Won Bernstorff lie
required neither provisions nor fuel
and would be on his way, he said,
long before the - hours during which
a hclligcrcnt ship may remain within
a neutral harbor had expired.
Tho submarine was IN American
waters a little more than three hours.
assuming that she continued to sea
after suhmergiug. Within that time
/ the German commander paid Official
visits to Rear Admiral Austin NJ
/ Knight. commandaut Of the second
naval district ana Roar Admiral
/ Gleavcs, commander Of the destroyer
force of the Atlantic fleet who was
on board the flagship, the scout
cruiser Birmingham. Both American
Officers returned the brief call
promptly.
Warn Wnrships
While these formalitics were being
exchanged. wireless messages were
carrying T." the ships Of The British
and French patrol fleet off the cost
q wernin" that a hostile submarine
had slipped through their gordon and
might be expected in the opcn sea
soon.
At the forts and naval station tho
feat of captain Rose was the one SUBJ
jet Of conversation tonight and there
was mach speculation is to her mis-
sion and Whctl cr II was confined to
tho POSTING Of a letter t. tn, German
embassy.
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parent basis that the German mer-
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y,.r,uce of the IA to tho navy de-
partment at washington. The Amori-
can submarine preceded the visitor
into tho barhor
I. An Associntcd pros, Scoon.
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