Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-03

sd6AAiS LAC OdTIeIS Oh PROVISIONS uoat.
ing about. Finally they steered toward
the boats and put the usual request
for h captain. They also asked for
he chief gunner and the gunner's
mate, but were informed they were
both killed.
Muller and Fulcher were picked up
after they had been forty minutes in
the water. Ensign Woodward and a
sailor were picked off the wreckage
Franz, the commanding officer. A
German-American machinist's mate,
by name Alicke, was also taken
aboard, but when his, origin was dis
covered he was thruSt back on the
raft again.
against your country?" the Germans
yelled. Get back on your raft. God
will save you, If you are to be saved"
A like fate befell Ensign Wood
ward n the sailor. One of them
pleaded to be taken prisoner, but he
was told CURLY hat the submarine
had no room for prisoners.
Fulcher and Fuylcher.
Meanwhile Muller and Fulcher were
hurried below. For four days they
We're kept apart. Neither knew the
other was aboard. Fulcher, as he was
wounded. was placed in the chief en-
W. oAAN was oSkOlluCu Wy
the U-boat surgeon. The surgeons
name was Fuylcher, n Fulcher and
he made out they were related. The
surgeon was quite decent in MS treat
ment of the American. and made a
good job of his wounds. The su: geon
asked a. number of questions, fnclud-
ing: why do you call us Huns?'
Fulcher blamed 1t on the newspapers.
He was housekeeping in the fore
"a Cf1a Hyhnra fhtrtyp-fHYn ,a4,o -,~~1
quartered, and had one of the lower
standing berths. He messed with the
warrant officers, while Muller was ac-
commodated in the wardroom. They
report they had very good food
white bread, wurst, butter and coffee.
Again and again they had to explain
why the United States had come into
angry at being called "barbarians."
They We're only performing their duty.
they declared.
II U-152 had left Kiel on Sept. S,
and this was her second trip. From
Sept. 80, when she sank the Ticon-
deroga, to Oct. II she was steaming
on the surface at about four knots
speed. toward the American coast.
Then she received a wireless message
She altered her course to the south
east. and on Oct. 20 received another
order. 1t read: Merchant war is end
ed. Engage men-of-war only. All SUBJ
marines are to return to Kiel.' .
On Oct. ~ they had sighted the
Norwegian bark Stifender, carrying
light oils from New York to Australia.
Two shots. were fired, and the crew
took to their boats. A boarding party
was sent over and made a clean sweep
OF the provisions. They came back
with three live pigs. a quantity of
onions and canned fish balls, and did
not even forget the pepper.
h Stifender was hen 1000 miles
from Newfoundland. and the Germans
had sufficient grace to hand the crew
ten days supplies and a compass. The
American officers protested, declaring
that 1t was sheer murder thus to leave
open boats in the Atlantic. The Ger
mans merely replied that the Nor
wegian had been carrying contraband
and therefdre might lawfully be sunk,
and that the U-boat had ne room for
prisoners.
Shaken by Depth Charges.
On Oct. Is a steamer tagging behind
her convoy came in sight. She carried
no guns. The U-152 fired sixty shells
at her. She sent out frantic w~irelesses,
For Gods sake, help!" A cruiser and
: a destroyer came racing to her assist
ance. The U-152 dived IT'S feet. Nine
depth charges were dropped near her
She was badly shaken up, but the
lights were not put out, and, as the
Germans said, I'VE don't worry much
till the lights go out"
On Oct. II ensued a running fight
with a British steamship. It lasted two
hours. A torpedo missed, and a gun
shots and the Germans eighty-three.
Then the merchant ship drew ahead,
as she vas considerably faster, the
u-boat, although supposed to make IL
knots, only actually accomplishing 10.
So the merchantmen escaped.
After h had received her recall
the U-152 steamed past the Farce ISL
h entered the great mine barrage
area, one of the chief American works
during the war, at 4 O'Clock on the
afternoon of Nov. II, and, according
to what the German officers told the
Americans, steered straight through
it. Travelling on the surface the D.
boat reached unobstructed waters in
steered was really as told it is OF
course impossible to say, but the
opinion of American naval authorities
is that II actually so the escape Of the
U-boat was merely luck.
The news that a. armistice had
been signed now reached the subma.
rine. The officers for the most part
They began to talk more freely. and
admitted that for some months Ger.
many had been fighting a losing bat.
tie. The entrance of the United States
they declared, had been the deciding
factor.
AS for the German, feet. they ad.
mitted that since the battle of Jutlant
| Tho hot<VAcAfno nNA TO-. - S---
nothing. On the submarines had fall.
en- all the work, and this added tt
their chagrin and anger at the failure
of the high e a feet.
On the evening of Nov. IL the U.
1852 passed through the ,Skagerrack
entered the Cattegat and met the u,
SO. The latter showed them next day
which took two hours to traverse, and
the two submarines then moored sid
by side.
The Return to Kid.
The crew Of the U-53 reported tina
when they left Kiel the revolution
had begun and that all officers and
men loyal to the kaiser were leavinf
for Sweden. They thought It better e
return to Kiel and ascertain how
things were, after which they woult
inform the U-152.
In accordance with that plan, or
the evening of Nov. II the U-l62 re-
cetved a radio message from the U-6s
announcing that she had found every.
thing peaceful 1T Kiel and that /,
would be safe for the U-15e to come
y, although the U-53 herself was go
Ing to Sweden. A message from the
commandant ut KEEL also bade the
sU-152 return. Captain Franz called I