Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-24

ing of the United States transport President Lincoln. being in the U-boat when depth bombs were exploded around it by destroyers which rescued the survivors of the Lincoln, taken to Germany and at last escaping from a prison camp after nearly a dozen at- tempts, Lt Edouard Victor M. Isaacs, U. s. N, has reached Washing ton and is ready for duty again in the navy.
 It. Isaacs, who arrived in New York on Saturday, November 9, did some quick travelling. A little more than week before he was in London, week before that in Paris, a week before that in Switzerland and a week before that he was escaping from Germany.
 Ruse Discovered
 The Lincoln, on which It. Isaacs was an officer, was torpedoed the morning of May 31, at 9 o'clock. Eff teen minutes later all hands abandon ed ship. Isaacs stepped from the quar- ter deck to a light raft floating along side and soon afterward was picked up by one of the boats. Five minutes later the submarine, which had fired three tOrpedoes at the ship, came to the surface and making it's way through the nest of high rafts and boats, reached the lieutenants craft. The young officer lay down in the stern sheets, covering the stripes on his sleeves with his body. The Tuse was discovered, for the submarine approached within 50 yards and the captain megaphoned a call for him to come aboard. Relating the incident of his capture, Lieutenant Isaacs says:
 Taken as Commanding Officer
 "Our boat was pulled alongside the submarine and 1 stepped aboard. As did so a German sailor took my gun made my way to the coming tower, where the captain asked me if I was the commanding officer of the Presi- dent Lincoln. I told him. was not, and that I thought the captain had gone down with the ship. The officer in charge of the submarine then intro duced himself as Captain Remy, of the U-9O, and said that he was under or ders to take the senior naval officer prisoner whenever he sank navy ship.
 "The next afternoon American de- stroyers were sighted and Opt Remy at once submerged. A few minutes later was heard depth bombs explod- ing all about us. In four minutes 22 exploding bombs were counted, five of which were very close, or seemed so to me, for they shook the vessel from stem to stern.
 kiel Intensely Guarded
 Tt was o'clock on the afternoon of June 10th, when we entered Kiel harbor, which was protected by a net and guarded by a dozen destroyers of the smaller type On our arrival at Wilhelmshaven we tied up alongside the mother ship Preussen. 1 was talk en aboard and placed in quarters with barred port and locked door and an armed sentry placed outside, although it would have been impossible for me to escape Even if I could have got away there would have been little chance, as this they call the most in tenseiy guarded city of Germany
 Escape Attempts Failed
 Early one morning a young naval officer and two men came for me, and l was taken to the station, where we took the train for Karlshrue. I had nothing to eat on the ship except a sandwich which the officer gave me from his lunch.
 !" l was sent to the officers camp in the geological gardens at karlshrue, where 1 found about 20 Italians, 10I Serbs. 100 French and 50 British off cers. For two weeks l worked on my plans for escape. Two plans failed. The third, in which 1 was associated with some British and French officers, failed when a letter written by one Of the Frenchmen to a woman in Karl shrue fell into the hands of the com mandant.
 Tn the meantime five American aviators came in and with one of them tried to make an escape that night. With our food in knapsacks and our blankets draped round us to resemble the cloaks worn by German officers We tried to hide in the limbs of a tree near the outer fence. However, we could not get by the sentries and were forced to return to our barracks. The following day orders came from Der lin to clear the camp of all officers.
 Leaped From Train
 With the sentries | was marched to the train, which we took for Villin- gen. My guards sat or either side of me with loaded guns which they point ed at me. Finally three miles from our destination, l caught one guard halt dozing and when the other turned his head l dove frsm the window, which was not more than IS by 24 inches. The train was making about 40 miles an hour when 1 leaped. landing on the steel ties and for a few minutes being stunned. l struggled to my feet, shuf- fling off toward the hills and forest a few hundred yards away.
 By th.s time the train had stopped, the guards had started in pursuit and had opened fire on me. l kept going as long as l could, and finally, finding that the guards were about Q yards away. 1 threw up my hands Go sur render. One of the guards had just fired. the shot passing between my ear and shoulder Hardly had ] stop ped when they were on me. One