New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-06
r,rredo Misses Liner by
Ninety Feet; U-Boat
Put to Flight
uevwood Broun
Tells of Ordeal
n.ad March Prepared the
Passengers for Trip
Through Zone
Bv HEYWOOD BROUN

NJ. June 2o.-"Voila un sous
=, - said sailor as he stuck his
,..a through the doorway OF the
~.t;,e room. The man with aces
..S eights dropped, but the player
Ass the table had three sevens' ano
:. waited for a translation. II came
t,om the little gun on the after decA
-. c,n said "Bang!" and in few
...or5s it repeated Bang | heard
-. second shot from my stateroom'
m, before had adjusted my llfepei'
-. gun fred at the submarine once
more. ~
cheer followed this shot. No Yale
.l,vsn. or even Harvard for that mat
az ever heard such cheer. 1t was
~ the shout for the first touchdown
and for the last one and for all the
sss goals and long gains had been
.,,ov,n into one. There was some
,hirs in the cheer, TOO, of long drawn
'ho.old EN-"
looked out the portfolio and asked
:, ambulance man: "Did we get her
them"
aNo but We almost did" he an
sv.red. There she is" he added
sThst's the periscope'"
Periscope Rises from the Sea
looked where he pointed and saw
SORT Of bean pole thrust into the
oesan-sOmewhst csrelessly. for 1t
,,ms out Of a wave top with rakish
tlt Probably ours was the angle, for
the steamer was cutting the ocean into
Ns.saw sections as We careened away
ior dear life, now with zig and then
with a gag, seeking safety in drunken
Aigat. When reached the deck
steamer and passengers seemed to be
doing as well as could be expected, and
even better.
The periscope was falling astern, and
the three hundred passengers, mostly
ambulance drivers and Red Cross
nurses, we're lined along the rail, root
ing. Some Of the girls stood on top OF
the rail and others climbed up to the
lfebosts, which were as good as 70"
Of boxes. Il was distinctly a home
crowd. Nobody cheered for the sub
marine. The only passenger VINO
showed fright was a chap who rushed
I'D and down the deck loudly shouting,
Don't get excited"
Give EN- hell" cried hometown
fan, and shook his fist at the subma-
rine. The gunner fired his fourth shot
and this time he was far short in his
calculation.
Actor Dog Has Nervous Fit
Kenneth Hill. an English actor, came
on deck with his Airedale snugly belted
with a life presever. The dog had
nerves and was trembling violently.
"lt's a question Of whether we ge'
her first or she gets US, isn't it?" asked
a. old lady, in about the tone she
would have used in asking Clayton
Hamilton whether or not he though'
Hamlet was really mad. could not
help expressing a fervent hope that
the vessel would win the decision;
]. was the builiest sort of a game, ana
a pleasant afternoon, too, but one pas
tenger was no more than mildly inter
ts.ed. ". K. Vanderbilt did not put
On life preserver, nor did he leave
his deck chair. He sat up just bit
and watched the whole affair tolerant
y. After all, the submarine captain
vas a stranger 20 him.
Our hfth aid fnsl shot was the best
] hit the periscope or thereabouts
The shell did not rebound, and there
vas patch Of oil on the surface OF the
water. The bean pole disappeared
The captain left the bridge and went
70 the smoking room. He called for
eognac
."ll est mort said he, with SWEEP
o. his rigb. hand