New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-17

and a telephone always at my elbow
We were always ready, and we were
ready at 5:22 a. m. on the 18th Of
April"
The lieutenant was forced to halt fol-
a moment, as the room rang with shouts
as the guests rose to their feet and
waved napkins and small American
flags.
U-Boat Sighted
"The sun came up one minute before
D and it began to get little thick" he
continued. We were then off Beachy
Head Light. twenty miles from the
Dover Straits. Looking through the
port saw the chief officer turn around.
You could see the whole story in his
face. lie could hardly speak the
words. My God' he cried, Look at
it, said: It's U-boat, and he's got
US
ave threw in the starboard control
'Zigzag,' | said to Captain Rice. l
didn't tell him which way to go, be-
cause that had all been doped out
We charged. We made that snake that
came creeping in toward us go down.
81 rushed 10 the chart house and
telephoned: NO. gun train on the
starboard quarter Report when you
see submarine The gun crew report
ed almost instantly: There it is
Then: Now it's gone; there it is again
trained my glasses and picked it up.
Coming Tower Hit
81 ordered No. 9 gun to commence
firing: Fire! Fire! Firel' and they
did, and | picked up that six-inch
she'll as she left the gun, and | saw
it travel through the air and | saw
it strike eight inches, foot, in front
of that fellows periscope."
And then, in contradiction OF the
German dispatch to the effect that
the submarine was not sunk, but
limped into home port, badly Grip
pied, Lieutenant Ware fairly shouted
the words:
"And it went into that coming
tower saw the flakes of metal fly
ing into the sea. ! saw smoke. | hit
the enemy"
When the applause had subsidized.
gray-haired. bespectacled and bearded
man arose and asked if he might say
a word.
"Sure." came the answering chorus
Ware Sr. Proud of Son
"You," he said, "have been proud of
my son since April 10. I've been
proud of him February q, 1887"
And Bruce r. Ware, sr, with moist
eyes and flushed face. sat down again.
amid the cheering of more than a
hundred fathers who envied him that
proud moment of his life.
Captain Rice was called upon, bu,
blushingly excused himself.
AID rather take the Mongolia
through the war zone any day than
make a Speech he said. "All | can
say is that | hope We meet that L.
boat again il she is still able to navi-
gate"
Most Of those present were old
friends Of Captain Rice when he sailed
the Pacific Steamship service between
San Francisco and Oriental ports.
Newton W. Gilbert. formerly vice Gov
ernor Of The Philippines, presided. and
among those at the speakers table
were General II H. Brandholtz. L. $.
A; Melville +. Stone. manager Of The
Associated Press; Majors William Truth
erly and {. r. Stanton. L. &. A.: Rob
ert rockingham. president of the Cir
cumnsvigators' Club; Captain Reginald
Say, of the New York Nautical School;
Commander Freeman. L. s. N: Henry
{. Quimby, representing the American
Defence Society. and c. A. Severance,
Of 81. Paul.
Mr.. Quimby read resolutions adopted
by the society 20 the effect that two
medals will be struck of and presented
"a Captain Rice and Lieutenant Ware
In recognition OF their services to the
country