Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-18

after the sinking OF inc u. = 'EVoP
transport President Lincoln; being In
the U-boat when depth bombs were
exploded around II by the destroyers
which rescued tho survivors OF the
Lincoln: taken to Germany and at last
escaping from prison camp after near
ly a dozen attempts, Lieut.. Edouard
Victor NJ. Isaacs. u. s. n, whose home
Is in CrescS, Iowa, has reached Wash
ington and Is ready for duty again In
the navy.
Soon after he arrived hc called upon
Daniels. who warmly con-
graduated him upon bis escape ana
heard with interest the Soung officers
account Of his remarkable experience.
He received particularly cordial well
come from Commander Percy w.
Foote, naval aid to the Secretary, who
was commander Of the Lincoln, and
last saw Isaacs when he was taken
aboard the submarine.
Lieut.. .Isaacs, who arrived In New
York on Saturday. November ., mas
done some quick travelling. little
more than a week before he was in
/. London, a week before that in Paris
a week before that in Switzerland. and
a week before that he was escaping
from Germany.
The Lincoln. on which Lieut.. Tsaacs
was an officer was torpedoed the
morning of May 81, at o'clock. En-
teen minutes later all hands abandoned
ship. isaacs lad stepped from the
quarter deck to light raft floating
alongside, and soon afterwards was
picked up by one of the boats. Five
minutes later the submarine, which
had fired three torpedoes at the ship.
came 10 the surface and, making us
way through the nest of light rats
and boats reached the craft in which
was the lieutenanr>, The young officer
'ay down In the stern
sheets covering the stripes on his
sleeves with his body. The ruse was
discovered, for the submarine ap-
preached within 50 yards, and the Cap
tain with a magaphof1e called for him
to come aboard. Relating the incident
of his capture, Lieutenant 1saacs says:
/ Our boat was pulled alongside the
Submarine and l stepped aboard. AS
did so a German sailor took my gun.
| made my way to the coming tower
where the captain asked me If l were
the commanding officer of the Presi-
dent Lincoln. I told him I vas not
and that | thought the captain had
gone down with the ship. The officer
in charge then introduced himself as
Captain Remy of the ESQ. and said
that he was under orders to take the
senior naval officer prisoner whenever
he sunk a naval ship. He then had me
aboard telling me to point out
the captain to him or it would be nee
essary to take me instead. According
ly called out to the men in the RATS
and boats for the captain, but there
was no answer and I told Captain
Remv that I thought tina. our captain
had gone down with the 81 ip. where
upon he sent me below. where l was
given warm clothing and allowed to
lie down.
early the next morning the U-boat
OF which was now a prisoner inter-
cepted a radio from one OF our own
destroyers stating that survivors OF
the President Lincoln had been picked
up and that few were missing. That
afternoon American destroyers were
sighted and Captain Remy at once sig
nailed Full spead ahead and SUB
A few minutes later we heard
depth bombs exploding all about US
In the space Of four minutes twenty
two exploding bombs were counted,
five Of which were very close, or
seemed to me, for they shook the yes
sci from stem to stern.
I'VE remained submerged at a depth
OF so meters for perhaps an hour after
the explosion, coming to the surface
and continued cruising. This was about
300 miles west of Brest on what the
captain called his cruising ground"
Enters kiel Harbor.
TT was o'clock on the afternoon OF
June 10 when we entered Kiel har-
Dor which was protected by a net and
guarded by dozen destroyers of small
Ter type. On our arrival at Wilhelms-
haven we tied up alongside the mother
ship Preussen. I was taken aboard
and placed in quarters with barred
port and locked door and an armed
sentry placed outside, although we
were lying in some backwater and 1t
would have been impossible for me to
escape. Even il could have gotten
away there would have been little
chance as this they call the most in
tensely guarded city in Germany" In
fact, one Of the German officers told
nc that it was practically impossible
even for him in uniform to get out OF
without passing thru
an enormous amount Of red tape
Twice while here I sawthe Command
ing officer, who brought me tooth
brush and comb. Captain Remy also
called on me. After while practic-
ally all had to eat was some sour
black bread, almost impossible toi eat
and some warm water colored with
Ersatz Kaffee which we found out was
made with roasted acorns and barley.
zone day I was taken in a launch
to the Chief OF Station the Kaiser
Wilhelm II and questioned. This OIL
Ger could not understand why America
had entered the war and 'belittled the
result of our entry, into it. Why
said he, we expected you to enter on
the side Of Germany. The following
day was taken to prison on shore
called the Commandatur. I was es-
corted through the streets by war
rant officer wearing side arms and with
a guard OF four men, Here I was
placed in a room which opened on
corridor with guard outside my door
and one outside my window. Strange
as 1t may seem, they had not. up to
this time. taken away my gun. On
board the submarine ! cleaned, oiled
and loaded it, keeping 1t on Captain
Remy's desk.
II could have reached 1t at l&ny
time, but only had twenty cartridges
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