Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-12-01
U-BOAT SURRENDERS
TO j. 5. DESTROYER
German Submarine Badly Bat
tered Goes 10 Bottom
WINS IN A QUICK BATTLE
Periscope Was Sighted-0epth
Bomb Dropped On Submarine
Put Her Out OF Business.

Base OF he American Fleet in Brit.
ish Waters The American destroy
ers which were responsible for tho
latest sinking of a German submarine
have returned TO their base with flags
Aging The victory over the U.boat
was on" Of the clearest. neatesi and
quickest pieces OF antisubmarine
work yei recorded ny the American
squadron
The submarine was disabled by
depth charge. rose to the surface three
minutes after the charge was fired.
hung hc,itaiingly at the surface for
a momen and then sank TO the final
place OF lodgment at The bottom Of
the sea
The pressure Of water al the 2u0
feet or 50 depth at which she sank
soon completed the work OF desttuc-
ton on The strained plates of the
submaiin hull For long time
bubble and oil continued 20 rise in
pleat eu,i,- from the grave where she
lay ami ucn the Americans mad
a>-usanc. complete in a manner Of
which II is unnecessary 10 go into
detail,
4 WE daylight with GOOD yisl-
bni', mh,n me periscop, was -iellcd
hy III, lookout OF i destroyer. witch.
with 3 -i-rot craft Wa engaged in
its customary duties The submarine
commando was just preparing 70
fire torpedo. either at one OF the
DESTROYER, On At merchantmen
nearby
'Peri~cope two points on the star
board SANG out a lookout in 4 voice
which could be heard from end to
end OF the craft Instantly an alarm
10 general quarters was sounded and
the helm thrown hard over
Signal flags were swung out mott.
tying thu sister ship OF the exac, loca.
ton of ihc enemy Al the same time
the helIograph began lis staccato
flashing Of orders for combined at
tack
A >cant Is niche, Of pcrscope had
shown above The surface Of the sea.
400 yards distant, for few instants
and then vanished.
In les. time than it take, 10 tell
the destroyer. under the lmpetu; OF
student, opened throttlcs. had fairly
leaped into the track where the
periscope had disappeared
Germans Tricky In Surrender.
Washington The United States
Navy ha, strafcd submarine for all
the world 10 see. This time there IA
no shadow of n doubt Forly-iive Ger.
man officers and crew are prisoners
aboard destroyer or landed a, an
Allied por' under guard An Amerl-
can destroyer had laid a towine
aboard prize only 10 have the prize
wres'ed from her and sunk by Ger
man treachery
The news came first in an official
bulletin from secretary Daniels II
told OF how destroyer -tlll unnamed.
sighted pcriScope and charged. a.
destroyer, do. on the flash IN
American depth bomb struck the sea
viper Viially stricken. her horizontal
rudder smashed. she sureed easping
20 the surface And there keen Van.
kcc, and straight Yankee shell, found
her smashed her and sent the white
il1- of surrender fiuttcrlng to the
'I'h mast above her coming tower
e.ri.n sailors climbed out Of the
@. r ,ch-- the last The captain in
b. boots They held NJ their
hs. T, above their heats ana on the
instant 'ho American hre was with
held
Even in this situation however
German. broke the law With the
flag 81 urrcnder lying. with hen
row uphandcd on tile deck. some one
.a- told IN below 70 open The sub.
mrreine valves Hardly had tow
line been mad, secure 10 the ,ubma.
ines deck when sh, began ia settle
The quick, regular settling meant 'he
tanks were being allod
one of me- German. was drowned
while being transferred 10 DESTROY.
a. and another died The latter was
buried with military honor.