Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-10
FORMER AMERICAN VESSEL CAPTURED BY
U-BOAT WAS FITTED OUT AS RAIDER AND
LEFT BREMEREiAVEN in DECEMBER OF 1916
Lutece Believed
To Be Headed For
lava To Intern
A. oW with 4-ineh shells falling
n 80 close to his ship, the r.
~ c. Slade, that fountains Of

" 90 close TO his ship, the r.
~ c. Slade, that fountains Of
waters splashed over the deck and
powder blaekened the paint work
Of the hull until he was forced to
surrender, Captain Halbor Smith,
master OF the schooner, reeounts
today his experience with the Ger.
man raiders.
The Sea Adler began her work
Of depreciation In the Pacific on
June ~, 1917, when the schooner
A, q. johnson, Captain Peterson,
was captured 26 days out Of Villa
Aarhor, WASH, 12o miles south Of
the equator.
Three days later the r. c. Slade
was overtaken after a two-hour
ehase 40 miles farther north,
where the ship was destroyed at.
ter her crew had been taken
aboard the Sea Adler.
Following this until July 8, the
Sea Adler cruised near 70 the
equator crossing Of the trade
sehocnsrs IN the South Seas when
the schooner Manila, bound for
Honolulu with coal was captured
and later destroyed.
For three weeks after the sink
hno Of the Manila the Sea Adler
and her prisoners drifted In the
equator zone in search OF other
vessels.
on July ~ the Sea Adler headed
for Mcpeha island to give her
crew needed shore liberty, arrlv.
inu there on July 81, and effeeting
. landing on the following morn
Ing.
This was the beginning Of the
end Of the cruise Of the Sea Adler
which outrivaIs that Of the Enden
In the number Of ships destroyed.
Convinced by the guile and in9e-
nuIty OF the American navigators
held prisoner by him, the German
lieutenant commandes was Undue.
ed to anchor In near the shore OF
ipeha island.
A few days later the vessel was
washed upon q reef during q
storm and now lies rotting In the
South Seas, . total loss with her
two big guns.
on August q three officers Of
the Sea Adler put 20 sea IN q mt
tor launch well armed, In vain
endeavor 70 capture another Amer
lean vessel. Starvation forced
them 70 make a landing In Tahiti
where they were taken prisoners
by the British.
on September 5, Captain Smith
with two white men, started on
iooo-mlle voyage TO Tutuila, Sa-
moa, after an unsuccessful At.
tempt was made by Captain
southard Of the Manila to reach
Tahiti with q crew Of 9 kanakas.
This was after there was . nnutiny
Of the American sesnen and ma
tives marooned at Mopeha, during
which the Manila captain put to
sea.
Later the raiders captured the
French vessel Luteee and taking
nearly all the stores and all guns
and ammunition on the island de-
parted Tor an unknown port, ieav-
ina ~ white men and IS South
Sea Islanders prisoners.
The safmise 10 made that the
raiders are now headed for Java
with the Luteee wfere she will be
informed, due 10 her unseaworthy
condition, although u Is asserted
that there may be other German
raiders In the Pacific.
Today Captain Smith Is recount
ina his information regarding the
raiders to Captain George r.
Clarke. the naval commander at
Pearl Harbor.
so far no relief ship has been
80 for the uarooned Americans,
but they are thought TO be In no.
great danger except from drinking
the brackish water Of Mopeha.