Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-25
GERMANS GIVE Up
% MORE U-BOATS
Deutschland in FlotiIIa Turn
ed Over to ATlies-Has Two
Americans Aboard.
By DE Associated Prem.

HARWICH. England. November n.
first lord Of the admiralty. twenty
eight more German U-boats sur
rendered today. This was the most
imposing hotilla to haul down the
German nag thus far. 1t included
several very large submarines and
four Of the cruiser type, one being
nearly $50 feet in length.
Cruised in American Waters.
The noted cruiser submarine Deutsch-
land. U-153. was among the number.
She carried two American officers who
had been rescued from the American
Army cargo ship Ticonderoga, tor
pedoed September 80. last. The Of
ficers were taken to Kiel by the
Deutschland. which was returning
from q three-month cruise in Ameri-
can waters, and were landed today at
Harwich.
Another surrendered boat was the
C-13S, which had just returned to, q
German port after a sixty-day cruise,
commanded by Lieut.. Commander
Arnauld de Ia Perriere. who. in 1916,
was awarded the Order Pour lie Merite
for sinking 126 vessels. The U-139.
however, was brought in by a first
lieutenant who explained that Perriere
was too sad to undertake the duty.
Lieut.. Fulcher's Story.
LONDON. November 25.-Lieut. Julius
Fl. Fulcher Of Frisco, N. c.. who with
Lieut.. Frank l. Muller of Oakland.
Cal, was taken on board the German
submarine Deutschland from the
torpedoed American Army cargo ship
Tfconderoga September 80, and was
brought to Harwich yesterday by the
G-boat, was wounded severely in the
thigh when the Ticonderoga went
down. according to the Harwich corre-
spondent of the Daily Express. He
escaped on a raft and was picked DIP
by the U-boat. Lieut.. Muller was
taken aboard by the same boat but
Lieut.. Fulcher did not learn Of his
presence until some days later.
They gave me a drink of brandy
and questioned me about American
troops and other things said Lieut..
Fulcher in an interview. II was then
taken to the forepeak, where ] had
10 sleep with not less than thirty
five German sailors who lived in this
dungeon. The first bath I had was
when a rain squall hit the submarine
while I was on deck.
con the eighth day of my captivity
Germany sent peace note to Presi-
dent Wilson and on the eleventh day
tiiS SuUiudTiueS were RECALLED. from
the American coast. On the thir-
teenth day we encountered a Nor
wegian vessel from New York to Aus.
trta- She was captured and sunk
after her provisions had been trans
ferred and the crew turned adrift in
. small boat 1000 miles from land.
Fires at English Ship.
I'VE fired sixty shots at an English
sailing ship two days later. but two
British cruisers appeared and - we
submerged to a depth Of $50 feet. The
cruisers dropped depth charges and
the submarine trembled.
"On October Is. when the C-boat was
recalled. had been on board twenty
five days When l arrived at KEEL was
told would be sent home by way of
Copenhagen, but later two officers
came and told me could go to Eng
land on one of the surrendered sub
marines If wished I accepted glad
ly and found that the U-boat was the
ship.
The Germans treated me very we'll,
but have come to the conclusion
that II a man can stand twenty-five
days imprisonment on German G-boat
he can stand anything
Lieut.. Muller was brought back on
the same boat with Lieut. Fulcher
No Record Of Deutschland, U-l53.
There is no available record Of a
German submarine cruiser Deutsch-
land, U-153
German submarine, Deutschland,
arrived at Baltimore from Bremen
with cargo of dyestuffs and mails
early in July. 1916. the first subma-
rine to make the 4.000-mile transat-
i 1antic voyage. The Deutschland was
!. purely q cargo carrier
The German submarine U-53 ap-
peared suddenly at Newport, r. T., on
October Z, 1916. and after a stay of
three hours departed The next day
came reports of the sinking of six
vessels OF Nantucket by German cub
marines. A Paris dispatch in Decem-
Der. 1917. reported the capture of the
U-5S by French naval forces.
Since August 20 twenty-five vessels
have been sunk OF the Atlantic coast
of the United States. Only four of
these. however. were steamers. the
remainder consisting Of schooners,
fishing boats and two steam trawlers.
The torpedoing and sinking of the
1 American Army cargo ship Ticon-
deroga by a German submarine, with
the loss of II naval officers and 1o2
enlisted men, on September 80 last,
was announced by Secretary Of the
ssavy Daniels on October II. Two
officers-Lieut. F. L. Muller Of Oak
land, CAL, and Lieut.. j. II. Fulcher of
Frisco. N. C.-were taken aboard the
submarine as prisoners, Secretary
Daniels announced.