New Britain herald., 1917-06-07
: i 8G l. .3 g s < | ADSONlA MAN HELPS ID SINK SUBMARINE Joseph s. CelOne Member of Gun
 Grew on SilVershell
 .HoNoRs FOR COMMANDER wszrant omcer in Charge of Gunners to Be Promoted -U-Boat Seen to Disappear Suddenly Alter Running Fight in Mediterfanean.

FAT16 June 1.--Tno American steamer silvershell has had g battle with 2; submarine in the Mediterran- ean- After an exchange of sixty shots the submarine disappeared.
 Details of the fight were made pub- lie today by the ministry of marine. The silvershell. commanded by Cap tain Tom Charlton, sighted the sub- marine on May 30. In the running fight which followed the American and proved to be the master in gum marine was sudden.
 The Silverslieli Is a steamship of 6,eQ5 tons owned by the She'll Oil 6Otnpany of CalifoEnia, She sailed from America early in 1fay with . crew of 43 men, of whom 15 are American citizens Her commander comes from New York.
 Says Submarine Was Sunk. f Washington. June 7.-William ]. Clark of New York, a warrant officer from the battleship Arkansas, com- manded the armed guard aboard the American steamer Silvershell, which sunk German submarine in the Mediterranean.
 Tt was . splendid piece of work Secretary Daniels said today. land we are now considering promotion for Clark who we'll deserves it."
 The Silvershell is the steamer re- ferred to in yesterdays state depart ment announcement as having sunk a German submarine after an exchange Of sixty shots in . running fight.
 The state department did not an- nounce the name of the steamer be- cause 1t Is the governments policy not to disclose the names of ships having enga gements with submersi- bles because the officials feel it marks the ship for further attack as they believe was the case with the Mon- golia. That vessel, after having once been identified with a submarine en- counter, has repeatedly been attacked as though the submarine f1otilla has set about especially to destroy the | vessel.
 The other members of the Silver | shells gun crew were George R, Briner, Jameson, Md: Thomas F. At ! wall, Providence; Frank Brousseau Southbridge, Mass; Joseph s. Celone. l Ansonia, Conn.,; Donald E. Chisholm, 1 Jersey City; Walter R. Horn. Boston: l Thomas J. Leahy. Springfield, Mass.
 William Martens, Brooklyn; Leo 1 Maurer, New York; Jerrie l.. Patter. son, Forsythe county, Georgia: Law
 renee B. Ray. Evansville, N. C.; Her.
 man l.. Seed0rf, Brooklyn.
 The navy department received word
 some days ago of the action between the Silvershell and the submarine. In ! quiries were made promptly of the naval gun crew at the port where the ship has arrived and the account o, the battle was confirmed. Secretary Daniels said his advices added noth- ing to the details of the fight already 1 published.
 As turret captain of the dread. l nought Arkansas, Clark has held higt rating among warrant officers for the l navy and was selected to command l the guard on the Silvershell because of his ability. proven through years of naval service. In some other in-
 stances warrant officers are in com. ntand of the gun crews although ir
 the majority of cases the men are 1 under command of officers.
 Secretary Daniels did not say what 1 grade he was contemplating in tht promotion for Clark.