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New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Two Ship Captains, Held Prisoner
Eight Days on U-Boat, Describe
Blowing Up of Four Vessels

flag Of the imperial German navy. An
officer and three men came over in
small boat. not over twelve feet long,
and in perfect English The officer told
US to get into Our boats and that we
had but ten minutes allotted to us to
get clear of our vessels.
"They placed bombs along the sides
Of our vessel and blewk her up imme-
diately, in the mean time putting an
armed German sailor on board the
small boat. in which were seven men
and myself. This did not give me time
to rescue my personal effects and nau-
tical instruments. and so I lost them
all. My men saved only what they
stood in.
perhaps 7 would have been given
submarine had not seen the Hauppauge
under full sail about four or five miles
away. Like US, the Eappauge was light
and. understand, bound from Portland
to Newport News. The U-boat de-
stroyed Captain Sweeneys fine new
schooner. After ordering him and his
crew to take to their boats, and within
half hour both crews were on board
the submarine and both the small boats
had been placed on the submarines
deck and lashed down.
Permitted to Go on
Deck and Smoke
eve were kept below for several
hours. until the Submarine picked up
Captain Gilmore and the Edna. at a
o'clock in the afternoon. Then. l
guess, the commander thought he had
done a good days work, for he was in
excellent humor, and told us captains
that we could go on deck and have a
smoke. He did not extend liberty to
the others that day, but later they got
'their chance once in a while.
"We submerged many times during
the first thre days on board, and to a
man like myself who is not used to it
it was an unpleasant experience. The
pressure of submerging resulted in
to the submarines deck, and in few
days they were kindling wood and
thrown away
"of course, we had many expert
ences. and shall not forget Monday
May 27, when we had our dinner with
the submarine lying on the bottom in
% fathoms of water. The commander
told US it took forty-fve seconds to
submerge the boat, and there were
times when I could hear them using
their wireless. One night the sputtcr-
ing was so loud it woke me up. They
were sending messages either to an
other ship or TO some shore station.
Every night the operators listened to
press bulletins sent out from America.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

navy and Federal shipping Office to an
other, making them repeat their story
until, as one of the crew expressed it,
"This has been harder on US than
being sunk"
Last night, just before boarding a
train for Boston and his home at 40
Electric Avenue, West Somerville,
Mass, Captain Newcombe told a re-
porter for The Tribune the story he
had repeated to every naval official of
prominence in this city and to Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels over the long
distance telephone from Washington.
Captain Newcombe is a man of about
forty, brick burned, clean -shaven and
sturdy. His only concern appeared to
be his appearance, as his clothing had
been gathered from odds and ends Of
fered him by his men and the officers
of the vessel which rescued him.
There's little to tell, and 1 don't see
what all the fuss is about" said Cap
tain NewcomDe. "They got my ship,
and that tells the story. We left
Hampton Roads last Thursday noon,
bound for Portland with a cargo of
coal.
Stopped so Miles OFF Barneeat
AT 3:10 Sunday afternoon, when we
were about fifty miles off Barnegat.
breezing along at about three knots an
hour, one submarine popped up on cur
port side. We couldn't tell at first
what nationality she was, so that when
the commander, through his mega
phone. told us to lay to. we were sore.
"We're Americans:' signalled back,
and hoisted ou- Aag. We certainly
were surprised when they answered US
by breaking out the flag of the i'm
perial German navy. The commander
then shouted to us that we had ten
minutes time to leave the boat, which
was to be sunk.
got all my men on deck and lost
no time getting boat ready for
launching. The U-boat meanwhile
stayed about 150 feet away, with fif-
teen of its crew on deck. 1t was about
200 feet long and had two guns,
fore and aft. manned bv
sailors.
while We waited the commander
and three or four Of his marines got
INTO boat and came on board. The
commander was handsome chap of
about thirtyfive, clean shaven, and
went through his business of sinking
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

stun :" PUT 'em out!" and other SINH
lar expressions were hurled at the in
hocent sailors. In this manner was
received the first crew to reach mort
OF the first victims of the first WARTIME
boat raid on the north Atlantic Coat
'o9 an hour the men vainly tried to
convince the officials that they were
lei''ne the truth. 1t was only when
captain II. G. Newcombe. skipper Of
the four-masted schooner. told his
story that 'the men finally received
their pay, but not their long earned
rest
Captain Tells of Sinking
detail from the navy took the men
and their captain in tow, and for twelve
weary hours hurried them from one
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
the Cole in a businesslike but thor
oughly courteously manner.
Given Ten Minutes to Escape

"T'll give you ten minutes to leave
the ship he said, in perfect English,
without ceremony Then he asked me
where the Cole was from, where bound
and what her cargo was. After / had
answered these questions he asked
for the ships papers, and l took him
down to my cabin and handed them
over.
"'You have only seven and half
minutes left now he then said. /
told him we wouldn't wait for the half
minute, and got on deck is fast as
could. One of the crew on deck started
to grumble, but the commander turned
to him like a fash and said menacing
ly: You cut that out and be quick
about it.
"The German sailors meanwhile had
been placing bombs about the schooner.
They put two on the port side, two on
the starboard and Two more on deck.
U-boat, and we pulled as hard as we
could before the detonation.
"We were a half-mile off and it was
just sixteen minutes after we had been
hailed when all the bombs exploded d
together, and the Cole seemed to fall
in--crumple up-and disappear at
once.
"The U-boat commander had court
eously allowed me to take off my sex
tant and other nautical instruments
which l rescued first, although I lost
most of my belongings. 1t was star
lit night, and l was able to steer the
lifeboat for the Jersey shore by using
the Seytant
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

Definite proof that at least one Ger
man submarine has been operating off
the Atlantic Coast since May 25 was
brought here last The captains of
two two schooners, sunk on that date,
were landed at the Battery short after
o'clock, having been picked up twen-
ty-five miles from Barnegat by the
American steamship San Saba at 8
o'clock yesterday morning
With them we're forty-eight men, the
sunk by the raider. They had been
prisoners on the submarine for eight
days Twelve other men. including
the masters of two vessels and the
crew of ten of one of them have
landed somewhere on the New Jersey
shore or are still making their way
slowly to land.
The two captains are Charles f. Hol
brook, of Tenants Harbor. Nc, master
Of the Hattie Dunn, and [. NJ. Gilmore,
of Port Clyde, Me-, master of the Edna.
With them were their own crews and
that of the schooner Isabel B. Wiley.
Captain Phommaffen, master of the
last named schooner. together with
Captain Sweeney and crew of ten of
the new four-masted schooner Haup
raug, are the twelve men whose pres
ent whereabouts are unknown.
The rescued men were taken in tow
by Secret Service men almost as soon
SIS they set foot on the Battery wall.
Before being taken in charge, however,
Captain Holbrook told something Of
his experience. both before being taken
prisoner and of the days which fol-
lowed aboard the submarine.
Given Ten Minutes
To Leave Vessel
1--WE left New York for Charleston
in ballast on May 49," said Captain
Holbrook. 1.-TWO days later we were
about fifteen miles south Of Winter
Quarter lightship, bowling along under
an eight knot breeze l heard shell
pass near the vessel. Then another
she'll, which fell perhaps a quarter of
mile away was not taking much
notice because | believed the vessel,
which l saw about two miles away, was
an American submarine at target prac-
tice. A third shell exploded close by
use on the weather quarter and knew
that, whoever it was wanted us to
stop. l brought the vessel up into the
wind
"The submarine, with her super
structure and coming tower showing
plainly above the water. came within
two hundred yards, and saw that she
was flying the two code letters, "a.
b." meaning Stop immediately"
From small staff at the rear end
of the superstructure tluttered a small
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Picked Up by Passing
Ship, Brought to Port
Schooner Cole Sunk by Bombs;
Crew Gets 10 Minutes to Doooxt

A dozen sunbu-ned seamen, carrying
dunnage bags over their shoulders. filed
INTO the Offices of United States Shin
ping Commissioner Quinn, in the Barge
Office, yesterday morning. They waited
quietly in line. and when their turn
came their spokesman piped UP:
I'VE want to be paid off, he told the
Commissioner We're through. Our
ship, the Edward H. Cole, of Boston
has been sunk by U-boat right off tho
Jersey coast We want our money!"
The announcement was greeted by
roars of sardonic laughter from the
other seamen in the office. The Fed
eral officials joined in.
Where do you get that U.boat
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04


times. The explosions we're so far
apart they might have been seven diff
ferent ships, but it was possible. of
course. that some of the explosions
were the sounds of bombs after the
shelling.
Hear Some Ships Shelled
1--WE heard some ships shelled. We
were bound for Norfolk, but after
picking up the crew of the Cole, we
headed for this port
Captain Hart, Captain Newcombe,
their mates, and members of the crew
stayed all night on the bridge Of the
Bristol. sweeping the horizon with
their glasses. Not a sign of the u
boat did they encounter on heir trip
IN. but their all night vigil did not
end until the Bristol made an Atlantic
port at o'clock yesterday morning.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

The liner Carolina, of the New
York and Porto Rico Steamship
Company, reported sunk 100 miles
from port.
On the right the four-masted
schooner Edward II. Cole and her
captain, H. G. Newcomb.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

and one of them told me of the battle
drive now on jim France.
"They also said that Whitehead
torpedo factory has been blown up in
Austria last week. The engineer that
ran the Diesel engine told me he had
been an engineer on the epassenger
ship George Washington, of the North
German Lloyd Line, which piled be
tween New York and Bremen before
the war"
Captain Holbrook. who is forty-ninc
years DID, as his first act on landing at
the battery last night, telcgraphed the
news Of his safety to his wife in NJ inc
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04

to the Seaman's Church Institute on
South Street, he was perspiring under
the weight of the typewriter
To M. B. Brewer the third officer of
the Winneconne, whose home is in
Booth Bay Harbor, and who IS sixty
two years old, came the experience of
having the vessel on which he made a
trip when she was first launched sunk
before his eyes.
~ sailed on the Wiley on her maiden
trip, as mate, and when she sank it
seemed like killing an old friend" he
said sadly. when we bid bood -bye to
the submarine captain at o'clock Sun
day afternoon, the weather was fine
and the sea smooth. | must saw that
the German skipper treated us decent
iy, for he sent supply of water for
the boats and also some cans of black
bread.
Picked Up by Passing
Ship, Brought to Port
He said the bread was baked in
April. And ! did no. eat it because
we had plenty Of our own from onr
ship. The three boats of the Winnie
come and the gasolene launch of the
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ITALY'S LACK OF NECESSITIES
TAKES PLACE OF HIGH PRICES
People Face Problem Of Whereto Get Next
Meal-Valuable Time Lost in Search
ing for Food and Clothing.

Thereupen the rice ships commander
explained how sorry he was, but that
his orders had been to deliver a COM
pletS lead Of rice and, he couldn't pos-
sibly make any inroads upon it. Orr
derb were orders.
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OPTIMISTIC CHRISTIANS,
Frem the Seattle pos.-1nte,l,eeresr.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligercsr.
The war 10 bringing out q large de-
mand for Christian men who are
good fellows" to 60 to France in the
service Of the Young Mems Christian
Association. They are to be stationed
IN the association centers, to assist
Ia maintAininG the morale Of the
Army, to serve the soldiers needs IN
little attentions that army life can
not confer. These men are expected
TO assist In keeping the soldiers clean
An1 cADe6le, encourage and particle
Sate In the dold sports, and furnish
. GOOD example for the men in q prac-
eacal anl manly Christian living
Gen. 4ersAinG has so far recognised
the value Of this service that he has
asked for 1000 such leaders who
are above draft age and physically
fitted for the hardships Of army life.
In all parts OF the country men OF
the type desired have been responding
to the call. and doubtless still more
are wanted and will be wanted until
the war fs ended. It should not be
dlQcult for q Christian nation to
Hfnish them in ample numbers. The
Aoderu. hAiefellow, out-of-doors,-
Glad-he-SD-altve variety OF man 10 de-
sired. aud the United States for some
ysase has been growing this type
Of eftaSsn. 80.
re old-styIe variety Of lonx-face
RSAapeholy. depressing type Of Christ
Ian Aaa pesn Fofng out" for many
49,. II - 6e40 0s00sA that tAe
1aHG1oaNk OR11 1OQuho0-0 I'M
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FIGHT DURING GAS ATTACK -=-=
TESTS QUALITIES OF SOLDIER
lnfantrymen on Somme Share In Triumph
! as German Hope and Prestige
Are Shattered.

, the fas was penetrating. There was
an unpleasant feeling at the back Of
his throat and his eyes hurt, and
there was q sweet taste in his mouth.
On that occasion more than any other
in his life he appreciated the value Of
his training at home. With perfect
composure he loosened his helmet in
it, satehel. held his breath. whipped
the respirator of and adjusted the
helmet. He remembered his feelings
when he had been told to do this for
the first time under gas at home.
The Germans sent over two waves Of
gas. with q short interval bstween,
tduring which the gas fans were used
vigorously. Then they tried favor-
lite device, which might have been
/ ter the second gas wave they sent
over q wave Of smoke. under cover
Of which = strong party advanced.
only to be met by a steady FIRE. Curly,
in his element. could not contain him
self.
"Gawdr' he muttered into his he'll
met. what target"
Rife Clatters to Ground.
! Then he made a queer little noise
! in his throat; his left hand shot UP
| to his right shoulder and his rifle
clattered to the ground. Tim saw him
sway and just caught him in time.
olcdOy mate, ne SAl0, ana lalQ nun
on the fire-step. He bandaged the in
jured shoulder hastily. tearing open
the field dressing. Curly, in consfd-
cradle pain, made wild efforts to tear
on his respirator, but the gas was not
yet clear Of the trench, 50 Tim held
Ginger" he said, removing his
mouth from the mouthpiece Of his
helmet, come here a jiffy. Whatever
happens he mustn't get this on. Hold
his hands while. take your place.
Well do turn and turn about"
Meanwhile the Germans had rein-
forced their party and almost sue
ceeded in getting = footing in the
British trench.
I'VE cannot get i'm away" said
Ginger.
Tins mouth frightened at the cor
ners. TITS up to US. chum." he said.
ito fight for him, and they'll have to
out us TO get i'm"
Tim went on firing, turning round
every now and then to look at Curly.
he changed places with him..
The German attack wavered and
broke. They left many dead in mo
| mans land" and others surrehdered
Some of them, dazed, uhwashed and
hungry. as the result of the British
their supplies. passed down the
trench, where Tim and Ginger were
raising their murden. Curley was too
exhausted to struggle now, and when
his helmet was removed he seemed
too weak to be relieved by the fresh
air. They carried him down to the
aid post and saw him taken charge
Of. Then they walked back silently to
the line.
Poor old Curly" said Tim.
poor old bloke." said Ginger.
When they arrived, worn out, in the
front line again they heard the news
that the battalion was to be relieved
that night.
I'D like to ave had another whack
at 'em for old Curly" said Tim. still,
he's safe enough, I think There's no
telling either" said Ginger. Maybe
they'll attack again before we go
out"
Tim looked at him quizzingly.
No such luck he satd; they've
had their cruel today, ana they don't
want another helping from our lot.
you'll see they won't. They're fed up
to the back teeth.''
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notation Of live manhood or woman
hood; that Christian should
be a cheerful optimist, with more
tributing eladnese than the unbeliyer.
Religion does not require of it's adj
herents that they deprive themselves
Of all human characteristics; that they
put on sackcloth and ashes and go
through life sadly bewailing their lot
On the contrary, the Christian prom
Use should case harden them to
trouble and make them cheerfully
ready for whatever the future may
bring.
1t is this spirit that Gen. Pershfng
is comforting upon his soldiers
spirit that even now makes them
noticeable among their brethren of
other nations in the field. It is this
spirit that keeps American troops
fine and fit and cheerful in any cir
cumstances, and hardene not only
their will to victory but their phys
ical bodies to endurance.
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LET THE BOYS DO IT.
Demonstration in Maryland OF
Their Value on the Farm.

Francis B. Livesey in Easton (Md.) Gazette.
Boys settle farm labor. Nobody
would believe it. Now Talbot county
proves It, The whole country should
follow.
Labor Director H. NJ. Renshaw of
Talbot county reports that the 500
boys that are on Talbot county farms
are making good and that the county
is far removed from farm labor short
age. These boys are sehoolooys De.
all residents Of the towns of the
county, mono having been brought
from Baltimore. There We have the
solution Of the farm labor problem.
Every. county of the whole country
has 1t in its power to settle the farm
labor problem in the same way and
settle it not only for vacation and
harvest time, but for the whole year
as we'll.
At the beginning Of the war I said
county to DO its work il child labor
and school laws were suspended or
repealed and they were allowed to do
SO I stimulated a. lot Of farmers to
petition Gov. Harrington to let this
be done. but the clubwoman and the
governor backed down, even after he
had consented to undertake the good
work.
Just as soon as the boys ana girls
Of every county have had work made
their object rather than education.
just. that soon will all the needs of
the farmers. truckers and Gamers be
fully met, and all this rumpus about
labor on the farms-with city girls
coming out to do twill be effectu-
ally settled. But the backbone Of our
impotent educational system must be
broken, and broken without any re-
GARD to the faminine faddists who
would rule and ruin the land. We
talk about the necessity Of military
training to brace up the boys for
better manhood II not for militarism
it will DO It and pay in the doing.
The thing il for these Talbot county
boys to go right along with the farm
work until the last shock of corn is
husked next fall. Some OF the states
are reported to have made this ar
rangsmsnt but It should be made
everywhere. Let the school business
drop whenever there is the slightest
amount OF work to be attended to.
Chicago got snowbound last winter.
In the dilemma the thousands Of
schoolooys were set loose on the
drifts. and the snow vanished as If
by magic 1t is q sin and a crime that
the boy power of the country IS al
lowed to go so shamefully to waste.
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~ "a
shoes or paid % much a<tsntien 70
footwear As since the prices Aavt
increased from 81 and o. the pear to
50 and 40. even Sl5, the pair. Women
who formerly wore tow sheer the
year around, - they were Able to
do because Of the mild climate. now
want shoes with leGthsr tops reach.
ing half way up the calf.
Conducive to Coed Health.
At the American College for Catho.
lilo students in Rome It 10 . matter
Of record that never has the health
Of the students been so good as dur
ing this period Of enforced eating Of
brown bread and rice and lentils and
macaroni, with meat two or three
times q week only. The college
physician has. not been called in z
single time within the past school
year, yet previously he had TO be sen,
for nearly every day. At thar. these
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explained how sorry he was, but that
HIS orders had been to deliver a COM
pletS lead Of rice and he couldn't pos
sib!y make any tnroads upon it. Orr
derb were orders.
Join co-opsrativs Associations.
The loss OF time consequent upon
Allins out food cards and coal cards
ana rice And maeAroni cards has been
such. with the less Of time in going
after the pfovisions which the CARDS
call Tor, but dent dsiivsr, that many
classes OF persons have Joined CO.
operative assoeiAtiens or formed new
ohes. s
One such cooperative association 10
that formed by tbs Newspaper men.
This cooperative has its own store.
where rice. fnaearonl, sugar, coal,
ehestnats. cheese. wine ana other
groceries may be obtained BY men,
bers.
me government DEGREES regarding
tho use Of gas in particular have
proved expensive to many as regards
heating. Early in the winter it was
known that there would be little
Us "Soa aVell4Dle, except at
nigh prices, SO many families put in
ees stoves for heating, since many
o. the municipalities nave 80 Tar
been able to supply gas At pric1S
comparatively reasonable.
Then came decree that gas neat.
Ing would not b permitted, DE- there
Was barely enough eks Tor cooking
pufpoees. Those wh6 hAd the money
to spare In desperation bought kfro-
sei1e OH stoves, despite the disagree.
able odor OF the oil. At present
their problem ID to obtain oil to Keen
the stoves going. The OIL is selling
at 30 to So cents the auart--whan
there 10 any.
Strange obsessions result from the
constant worry occAsioned by the
food search. Persons who never
cared much for candies or tobacco
md themselves dreaming about these
articles. Although candles are made,
not Of sugar, butter. eggs, flour and
fitfe hAvered essences, but Of honey,
tacchafihe, corn meal, prurles, nuts.
dates and other materials capable Of
being pasted together, the demand
FOR Such candies IL abnormal. accord.
ing to published statistics. with the
price At 81 to 31.so tfie Pound.
It has been noted repeatedly that
never have people worn such fine
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students now and thsn feel the. de-.
sire to - u some place 20 eat where
they can secure the luxuries TO which
they were accustomed before the war.
The living problem has in part been
solved by many through residence in
hotels, where the prices have jumped
enormously. Rooms that two years
axo cost less than dollar day now
cost 81 to -, with the same proper.
lions applied TO restaurant prices.
The stampede to raise prices on
every sAlabfe article has 80 far been
unfestrained. Food Controller Crespi
recently declared ia the chamber Of
deputies: THE merA threat Of fne
or Jail for charging above the prices
fixed by the government has no eff
feet. The only way is to connscate
the goods Of the msrchant.