Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-07-13
New York Man on MenaCed
Steamer Describes Trip With
Many Thrills.
DELAYED BY PERILS AHEAD
Lookouts Glasses Slip and Fall on
Precise Spot Where Periseope Was
Just Poking Up It's Nose
Ruses to Lure Victims.

New York.-Contrast Of the ocean
travel OF a few years ago when II was
but a pleasant and luxurious junket,
and practically the only danger was
the remote one of icebergs during a
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 Dryer Of this city.
In this regard 1t Is one OF the most
vivid first-person stories of passen-
gers that have yet been recorded. Its
principal event is an actual battle
with a submarine, with the strong
possibility that the passenger steam
er sank 1t 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 I'M
derwent his experience is withheld,
for on recount 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-5oat Two Hours Out.
THE boat on which we sailed from
Europe said Mr.. Dwyer, ian ordi-
nary six-dRy ship, took eleven days to
bring us over, this being caused by
u having TO lay at anchor ut diff
ferent places for periods Of from
twelve hours to two days, after leav-
ing u dock, under admiralty orders,
while the A.. path which had been
mapped out for us was being cleared
OF enemy undersea craft, which had
been sighted by the patrol boats
ahead.
1--WE made Our departure on n warn
spring morning, sunny but misty
Our course lay down n 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 Serc on was
armed heavily, both fore and aft, and
while everybody aboard felt u tight
ening OF the nerves, there was an at
mosphere OF confidence that. II at
tackled, we would give IA good account
of ourselves-or our naval gun crews
would. On the bridge, nc the gun
stations, everywhere, officers and
men kept a sharp lookout for peri
scopes.
1--WE 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 s~tnrbOard crew
Put the gun on thatr pointing to
where Il little Norwegian steamer lay
about a half a mile ahead on our
right. The gun was swung around.
but / noticed that I, was not trained
on the steamer, and / asked one OF the
crew what ne was covering. He
pointed 10 a spot, and there / saw a
little ripple which moved on the water
close by the steamer. II was a sub.
marine Just under the surface.
"We expected to hear the com.
mand to fire., but the Norwegian
steamer suddenly got in front Of the
ripple. screening Il 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 a wire
less 10 have her taken In charge. Sew
eral weeks before that a steamer fly
ing the same flag and loaded with lum
Der was caught red-handed In the deaC