The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-06
Dramatic Story OF M]eWe And Ya10Wda|e
Captain Andersen, Norwegian Sea Captain, Prisoner
on Moewe and Yarrowdaie, and First Man Re-
leased from Detention Camp tells Graphic Story

, So easily COLLECTED. determined To- make
s,tTi" shifts IN tn" crews. Most o! US
3 iI'I~r:f"rS were transferred 10 ihc Var
! ruwri,!" ih"Vt " O'Clock IN the morning
Hhii" al! TIE iIrCm"u w"r" sent Ia the
! lHIHst captive. E"th tho Saint Theodore
! ..Hi thr commerce. raider then faded off
! tn" horizon, and The IarrnHtiAl,: tuOi. 4
,"I,r:5r not known TO Ms prisoners, even
! Though wc were AL Sra-iir!nS men. Tn"
! ,n$L th:uG "" thought she would at
3 tempt 10 do was to reach Germany past
! tn" British blockade. This We decide
privately.
'rn,. course OF n" ship was altered the
next morning. ard, when We were ON
! deck. we were able to observe that some
, Strang" Instruments attached 10 long
wires were swung overheard and were
trailing behind the steamer in the sea.
/ W" also saw they all led 10 the little
81, cabin whcr" the navigating instruments
! and charts We're kept.
| We Finally succeeded IN ascerta!ning
il was IL new invention of the Germans
an undcrSea telcsraph-hr means Of
| which orders could be received and
! given at = distance Of $50 miles. This
meant were still IL constant coIn-
utInicatiun with the raider and che with
! us. Anything suspicious could be re-
! ported ut once ana one sea rover go 10
! the assistance OF IN" other II necessary.
The Yarrowdale's Commander.
! Thu name Of lhc commander Uf the
NArruWJulc was HurdcwitZ. and l have
| newer. III all the ?rarS | have sailed The
! ST.: seen or mot So nervous and ruthless
| II man. hat l." was not al"n" severe anu
! hard with In" capur"s. He treated hi"
/ own crew almost rs badly. and ho show
ID his temper At '.v"ry opportunity. He
! even struck one OF hi3 officers in the
| face with his li%t one day.
Eordrwitx WAS Z strange actor. APP
uurcntly. H. nri,r slept. ana from Tn"
! first day. h" tool. over thc command Of
III" ship. ! never saw him leave III"
! hridRr MOI :: minute did he spend in
/ his cnhIn--th" strain Of The responsible
! iIy seemed 10 IL. So heavy on him. His
| only rest appeared 10 he sitting In Il
| chair on" IN II while. hui cv"u then. his
eyes w"r" only hair closed.
| W. celebrated Christmas with him in
! C"mmhnI--:I sud Christmas for US as /
! Will! SHOW later. Il was a strange Christ
| mas. for ~ wrr" up near !c"lHnd and
j th"n sc "er" .,kirtlnE tn" Norwegian
| Coast. At FIRST We wrr" steering mort n
! cttst--this wus Oh Christmas day-~untll
| "" had Altn@Si reached Tire southern
! coast "f lc"lumi. S"vc-ar o. US thought
| Mkt wr headed dircc, east wiki ali our
| lights covered ana not sven showing
! running lights. Then We ran down the
coast Of Norway.
! Al the poin; of Trondhjcrn. we are
! only from eight 20 ten sea miles from
| land, and We hold this same distance a!i
! We steam south. About dinner time on
, December IS No pass the beacon south
, OF Bergen. ;uld nj ten o'clock in tie
| morning OF nrC";nh"r - we are abreast
: Of Cap" Linhcuas IN splendid weather.
| | cannot stand II any longer. SO near IL
I nay native land. | can see il and actual
| ~ breath" it's air. ] go up on til" hridS"
| where Commander Eordcwit2 always i"
! and request perm o$ion |" take one "i
! the boats :" my crew and / can 30
! ashore and home.
! No" he answers Sharply. You ar"
| Ia regard yourself and your crew as the
| rest trhc EnElishmrul. YOu are prIS-
! on"rS"
| lrru the bridge at once, for he was
! III 4 terrific temper As always. and har-
! ing S'.'n t"'fpro Of what he was capable.
| did not know how n" might iroAt NJ"
or NY sailors. Ii. cherished q hatred
!or EngiiShincn which was insane in It's
Intensity. but surely this was no fault
u ours.
Next we Arc crossing the SlcaC"r:tk
ana COMM; down through tattcsat until
Ne MAKE " tie coast Dt Denmark. We
see he outline OF the famous old castle
Of kronberT and later We can 1iStin-
ruiSh tho little city of H"lsiEnore which
marks the entrance into urf-Sund. the
narrow passage between Denmark and
Sweden.
We pass between The island OF Hv"cn
and Sweden on tho afternoon Of De
ccmhcr 50, where we east anchor. Here
Il small German patrol boat meets MS
and. after y lIttl" while. We both moVc
, towards the Swedish coaS; where Wa
anChor for he niEhl. We AR. commit
vadinr the territorial waters Of Sweden,
but that makes smatl matter to Bnrda
! wiz.
YOUNG EnPItshmor Attenot to Swim