The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-11-20

N NArhtNGION, november III rs.
sociated Press The full story OF the
cruise of the German commerce raid
or Seeadier has been attained by the
navy department from Captain Haldor
Smith Of the American schooner r. g.
Slade, and three other mariners who
landed at Tutuila III an open boat Sen.
temher ~ after being marooned on
Mopeha Island by the master of the
seead'ev whep 'he raider grounded and
was abandoned. 4
a ne e,easiel formerly the American
ship Pass Of Balmaha, belonged TO the
Session Lumber CO.. and was in the
Nova Seotiaatrnde before the war. Az.
er the war broke out she was put on.
Ter the Ameriean flag and was cap
Sured BY the British and a prize officer
4 as put aboard her with instructions
fo take her to Kirkwall, Scotland. On
he way, she WINS captured by a Ger.
elap Submarine and sent TO Bremen,
nd htted out rs q rsider. A picked
4 rev 4Sas placed aboard, some Of whom
poke Norwegian, and sent out into the
stlantie under the guise Of Nok
vegiun ship.
Torwegian Blind Works
The ruse worked so well that after
aving Bremen on December n. 1916,
he Seeadler was held UP by the British
military cruiser Highland Scot; ex.
mined and passed Sailors identified.
ion books issued by the Norwegian
government were furnished the men,
Though they probably wore taken
rom captured Norwegian vessels and
pven to the men who seemed to at the
descriptions given. These, together
With pictures OF Norwegian kings and
lneens. gave the ship the appearances
II a Norwegian H. ..ta5
Captain Smith learned that, while
ernisi1ig inthe Atlantic, thirteen ships,
salned by the Germans ut 10000 900
marks were captured, and four in the
Pacific, -the r. G Slade, the American
schooner A. b. johnson, the American
'chooner Manila and the French sehoon-
er Lutece.
rells Of Own Capture .ua
Relating the story Of the capture Of
ais ship, the Slade, Captain Smi; h said,
~ left Sydney on April "a, 1917,
and proceeded without any incident
Antil the evening Of June IL, when /
ghs in latitude about two north
and longitude $50 west. On the
svening Of June IA, about Ave
o'clock, the second mate reported to
me that a ship was firing on uS. !
vent on deck and looked aft. and in.
SANITY as l came on deck, they fred
again, and l aiw the shell fan short
tbout two miles. She was about eight
niles Oh. There was a heavy saualI
starting to- eastward---wind favorable
70 this time--andtI thought it possible
10 get away and kept holding on. But
he@ kept firing ON me at intervals of
bout Ave to ten minutes, and was com,
ing up ON me. fast. t.a t.s-r .ftg
1.-THE ninth shot, fred about Il .six
: clock. struck,yery close, passing the
coop and splashing water on the ship.
Then Ieoneluded that there WASH u any
use, and ] lowered down the spanker,
LEVIED down topsail, hoisted American
lag, and hove to. About seven O'Clock
he raider was up alongside and asked
what ship. i told him what il was,
and he told me to lower down sails,
and stand by, and he would send an
'fieer aboard me. Shortly after, the
.plSo fOuiCtI CdUic dDOdTu, anu u huOc-
or and about ten men. These officers
we're in uniform. They told me to leave
he ship and to go on board the raider,
and they would give me time in the
morning to pack my clothes.
All Taken Aboard
I They took all our men aboard the
alder except the cook. Next morning
went back on board with al my
men and packed up. We left the ship
Win our belongings, June Is. We were
Gut on board the raider again. shortly
fter I saw from the raider that they
tut holes in the masts and placed dy.
lamite bombs in each mast and put
Ire TO both, ends of the. ship and left
aer. ] saw the masts 90 over the side
md the ship was burning from end to
md, and the raider steamed away" a
h Captain Smith said the raider was a
s'ullorigged ship Of steel or iron, about
200 tons, propelled by oil.burning en-
tines. Her captain was Felix Graf won