The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20
New York Man on MenaCed
Steamer Describes Trip With
Many Thrills.
DELAYED BY PERlS AHEAD
Lookout's Glasses Slip and Fall on
Precise Spot Where Perlseope Was
Just Poking Up Its Nose
Ruses to Lure Victims.

New YOrk.-Contrast of the ocean
travel of few years ago when 1t was
but a pleasant and luxurious junket,
and practically the only danger was
the remote one of icebergs during
certain season of the year, with the
thrills and perils, very real and in
tensely dramatic that the ocean vOy-
ager now undergoes is afforded In an
! interview given the New York World
| by George Dwyer of this city.
In this regard it is one of the most
vivid first-person stories of passen-
gers that have yet been recorded. It's
| principal event is an actual battle
/ with a submarine, with the strong
| possibility that the passenger steam
er sank it after firing 13 shots, to say
nothing of the revelation that 1t was
the merest chance-the slipping of a
pair of marine glasses in the hands Of
the ships lOokOut-that revealed the
presence of the submarine and pre-
vented the accurate firing by her of
a torpedo.
The publication of the name of the
steamship on which Mr.. Dwyer un-
derwent his experience is withheld,
for on account of her many success
full evasiOns of the submarines she
has been marked by the Germans as
an especial object of attack.
Mr.. Dwyer has made many trips
abroad since the war began. He is
in the business of supplying walnut
wood for airplane prOpellers.
U-Boat Two Hours Out.
''The boat on which we sailed from
Europe" said Mr. Dwyer, ian ordl-
nary slx-day ship, took eleven days to
bring us over this being caused by
our having to lay at anchor at diff
ferent places for periods of from
twelve hours to two days, after leav-
Ing our dock, under admiralty orders,
while the path which had been
mapped out for us was being cleared
Of enemy undersea craft, which had |
been sighted by the patrol boats
ahead.
VIC OlIl Oh IL WuTl
spring morning, sunny but misty
Our course lay down a certain river
through which we sailed slowly |
on account of the fog. In a few
hours we were over the bar and out |
into the waters of the lurking subma-
rine. The vessel we were on was
armed heavily, both fore and aft, and
while everybody aboard felt a tight
ening of the nerves, there was an at
mOSphere of confidence that, If at
tackled, we would give a good account
Of ourselves-Or our naval gun crews
would On the bridge, at the gun
stations, everywhere, officers and
men kept a sharp lookout for peri
scopes.
I'VE were only two hours out when
our first thrill was experienced We
were feeling our way slowly when
suddenly the naval lieutenant on the
bridge called to the starboard crew:
Put the gun on thatv pointing to
where little Norwegian steamer lay
about half a mile ahead on our
right. The gun was swung around,
but / noticed that IL was not trained
on the steamer, and asked one of the
crew what he was covering. He
pointed to a spot, and there l saw a
little ripple which moved on the water
close by the steamer It was a sub
marine just under the surface.
eve expected to hear the COM
mand to fire. but the Norwegian
steamer suddenly got in front of the
ripple, screening 1t from our view.
We ordered her out of the way, and
she promptly moved, but by that time
the ripple had disappeared. The spot
was watched carefully for some time,
but nothing more was seen.
''In the meantime, the actions of the
Norwegian ship were so suspicious
that our captain promptly sent wire
less to have her taken In charge. Sew
eral weeks before that steamer fly !
ing the same flag and loaded with lum-
Der was caught red-handed in the dead
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