Evening journal., 1919-05-03
HUN SUBMARINE
IN CHRISTIANA
TO BOOST LOAN
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ing back from the PROV. TO cut wire
nets, are like the barred fangs. The
long, vicious gun. rusted to a sickly
brown, just forward Of the coming
tower, sticks out like the tongue Of a
painting animal. The coming tower be-
hind the gun, high and massive by COM
parison. overhangs Ike glowerins
brow.
within. everything suggestive Of a
living animal disappears. The hot, close
interior Of the vessel is crammed with
such Jungle Of mechanisms, The walls
bristla with such a thick set array Of
controlling devices as IL seems could be
only in a mechanics nightmare. The
long narrow interior Of the monster,
stretching in both directions from the
foot Of the ladder leading down the
pipc-like manhOle or hatch. Is divided
into four or 1--WE compartments, and
each one Is one mass of mechanisms.
The submarine was met at the mouth
! OF the creek by committee headed by
Mayor Lawson and escorted up the creek
10 Market street bridge. Thousands OF
I Wilminglonlans viewed The now harm
less Hun monster.
a year ago today the news that 300
foot German submarine. with huge
cannon mounted on its deck, was lyine
IN the Christiana river, just below the
bridge. at The foot Of Market street,
would have thrown the entire city into
state OF wild excitement.
This noon. when the undersea boat
ii7. slid rs rusty grey. ish-like body to
mid-stream mooring In the creek, the
crowds on the bridge and on The neigh
boring piers surveyed 10 with a calm
triumph that expressed unutterable con-
lcmpt In the complete absence Of any
noisy demonstration upon us coming.
Old Glory few from the coming tower
IN place of the German emblem. signal
nags blazed the word victory.
lt was the noon hour, when factories
and industrial plans poured forih their
thousands upon the bridge ana Wnari-
The great crowd stood In abs0rDed ST.
lence. fascinated by the sinister sea
devil looking and looking ana looklns,
al II as if they would print every delai
upon their memory. Occasionally a
man would break his reverie win a
string OF good, strong lank cuss words
aimed at the eyil mass OF steel.
u was uncnmfortably easy TO recon
air,ici The picture OF U-ii1, In the
midst of MS war devilry. 10 was SO
easv 10 imagine the placid, muddy creek
as ice-cold. sl0rm-tossed, gray waves :
and the little boats plying curlousi4
around n as helpless SURVIVORS helhs
shelled by the diaholical big gun over
at pusey and Jones lay a great gray
.huik. which might well have been inc
sinking torpedoed victim OF the uh-
ierseer boat. 10 certainly was re-aS-
Surfing TO see the Stars ana STRIPES
cleaning from the mast.
Tho great size Of the submarine
(which would have stretched rom
shore 10 shore II directly turnen
athwart the stream, was surprise 10
the majority Of the watching crowns,
even 40 the shipbuilders. The sInall
Size of the periscope,2which looked 10 oe
ibo diameter Of a mans arm' was
equally surprising. The wonder Is that
horoscopes were ever sighted III lho
vast expanse Of the ocean.
The submarine was the most deeply
interesting war relic that has beeh seen
IN Wilmington It's unusual appear.
ance. as we'll as the sinister history OF
the uncanny looking craft, Kept ule
watchers glued 10 their places studyingS
it as long as duties elsewhere wouid
The number Of men in the crew OF
the U-boat likewise surprised inc
watchers. These ranged The whole
length OF the deck from bow 10 sterna
thick as dies. Some Of the watchers
had the idea that this was the German
crew capiured with The boat. but mat
German crew Is not taking JOY rides
around America az present.
The U-if7 was met officially on behaIt
OF the Victory Loan committee by
Mayor Lawson and his party, az the
mouth OF The Christana. With the
mayor were former Judge David i.
Marvel. Harrie r. Price and Waller
Durham. They were on a tugboat or
the Charles Warner Company. Many
motor launches. rowboats and other
small craft greeted the visitor win
naes. whistles and louG acclaim
The Hun boat remained all this atter-
noon in the Christiana, departing about
4 o'clock.
The submarine was In command or y
Capiain Dihtell and ono Of the officers
is Lieutenant Vincent Astor, Of New
York City. It is 800 feet Ions, draws .
feet Of water and has tonnage OF
POO tons.
The U-boat found the Chrlstiana
channel TOO narrow a place In which
20 maneuver. Two or three times she
came perllously near sticking in the
mud nats and was worked off. but
finally she grounded so firmly that she
cannot be gotten of until high tide.
TO 4 RCE HOME PROJECT.
a mass meeting under The direction
OF the delaware state Federation Of