Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-21
Little Daughter of Norwegian
Captain Gets Decoration
From German Submarine
Commanders Iron Cross.
ADOPTED AS MASCOT
WHEN THOR II SINKS
Is First Child to Make Trip on
U-boati Father Tells of
Dangers Encountered by
Explosion of Ammunition,

10y MORNING IorRHAL SPECIAL LEASED wlaGl
Copenhagen (via London), Feb. 20.
-Soiveig Jacobsen, the siX-year-old
daughter of Norwegian shipmaster
who has arrived here with her par
ents on the way to Norway, has the
distinction of not only being the first
child to make voyage on a Ger
man submarine but of being the guest
during the eight days trip of the sub
marine commander, who is declared
to have sunk the Lusitania. Solveig' 5
father Isaiah jacobsen, was master
Of the Norwegian ship Thor IL, which
was sunk by the submarine. The u
boat towed the ships boats with the
crew of 2S toward land for a while
and finally left them to shift for
themselves, Lut the commander re-
tanned the master, his wife and child
on the submarine while he continued
the cruise.
The operations, however, were o!
short duration, for the next ship en-
countered proved to be laden with
ammunition for France. The suhma-
rine was so shaken by the terrific eX-
plosion when the steamer was torpe-
doed and by an encounter with
British destroyer, which all but sank
the U-bCat by ramming, that one of
its engines was put out of commission
and the commander determined to
make for his home harbor for re-
pairs.
Child Made Mascot.
The submarine limped homeward
Solveig The child was adopted as a
land Captain Jacobsen, in describing
the experiences dweIt on the human
side of the man, who he came to un7
derstand was the Lusitania's destroy
er, as shown in the treatment of little
solveig The child was adopted as
sort of a mascot on the submarine and
was decorated with a bit of ribbon
from the commanders iron cross,
which he received for an earlier
achievement.
Captain Jacobsen's description of
the torpedOing of the ANN unitiOn
ship shows one of the perils to which
rine had halted the ship. and, ignor-
ant of its character, prepared to sink
it by gun fire to save torpCdOes, The
first shot attracted a British destroy
er, which came at full speed.
The submarine hastily submerged,
sending a torpedo at the steamer be-
fore going under An appalling eX-
plosion followed.
The submarine was tossed about
so convulsively," said the captain,
that we were all thrown down. The
submarines deck was ripped up and
we thought our last hour had come"
Cruise Abandoned.
The destroyer headed at ever in
creasing speed for the sumcrging sub
marine, but the U-boat was far
enough down to escape the full force
of the blow. The men in the U-boat
We're thrown hither and thither, but
a quick examination showed that the
submarine had not sprung a leak. one
engine. however, was disabled and
the boat lost part of its maneuyering
ability. making abandonment of the
cruise advisable.
The return trip was one long sue
Cession Of ups and downs: the sub
marine being obliged to submerge fire.
quently, as often as once an hour to
avoid patrol ships. The sensations ~
the civilian passengers during the fire.
quent dives were by no means agree
able, and the extreme variations of
temperature between the submerged
and surface positions were hard to
bear
Food Is Plentiful.
The food aboard was good and
abundant, the boat having been pro-
visioned for four-weeks cruise,
When the submarine arrived in the
North sea, the commander announced
that he would put Captain Jacobsen
and his wife and child aboard the first
eastbound Norwegian steamer, but
none was encountered. The command
er then proceeded for Horns reef,
where he hoped to find Danish fish
ing boat. But these had all disap-
peared.
The arrival at Helgoland was a tIi-
umphal entry. The entire crew of AZ
men came on deck as the submarine
slowly entered the harbor its or
chestra of men played the German
anthem. The commander, holding
Solveig by the hand, stood on the
bridge, acknowledging the cheers
from the other craft in the bay.
The name of the commander of the
German submarine which sank the
Lusitania has never been officially an
nounced. The latest unofficial an
nouncement of the submarine captain
responsible for that ships destruction,
named Captain Max Valentiner, son