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THE SANTA MARIA DAILY-TIMES Patfe Two Saturday, Dec. 14, 1918 V8waw.rrr-rnnrnrn-)n-(nnnno0:):lnr):)00 Carry A Special Line cf I Fresh and Cured Thrilling Experiences of U. S. Officers Captured By German U-Boat 8 both on my r.ight and left. There were no protecting trees, 60 I ran as fast as I could with bullets whistling about me.

I met Willis at the rendezvous and we set out southwest. We traveled at night, slept in the day and lived on raw vegetables we took from gardens. At last we reached the Rhine at a point between Schaffhausen and Balse. We found that at every place where me might approach the bank it was thoroughly guarded. We decided then to find a creek if possible and wade down it until we struck the Rhine.

The current in the- one we found was very swift and the water cold. Willis had just taken off most his clothes for the plunge into the Rhine, when chanic Samuel W. Finley, Azusa; Private Robert O. Stein, Los Angeles; Private Archie E. Middle-kauff, Stockton; Private 'Chas.

T. Gibbs, Chico; Private Howard J. Thomas, Glendora; Private Antone Capinha, San Luis Obispo. Wounded slightly Private Roy Howarth, Los Angeles; Private John Niello, San Francisco. Wounded degree undetermined Sergeant Wilbur E.

Schaefer, El Centro; Private John E. Bruno, Oakland; Private Raymond T. Franks, Oakland; Private Geo. L. Beleny, Larksspur.

Missing in action Sergeant Robert S. jCooper, San Francisco; Corporal STwoboda, Arbuckle; Private Willie M. Chapman, Los Angeles; Private Graden O. Farroto, Gilroy; MEAT f- there were dictaphones in that room. TRIES TO ESCAPE AGAIN After a few days at Karlsruhe, the Lieutenant was started for a preliminary distributing camp at Villingen, Baden.

Ip the railway earna with him were two guards. By Aaaoclat4 Ftwa LONDON, Dec 14. Here is the Story of Lieutenant' E. V. Isaacs of he United States Navy, watch officer of the American transport President Lincoln when that vessel was torpedoed in the Atlantic May 31 last.

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CATTERTON, Mgr. he was swept away by the current private Athansios K. Mellos, Los which at. that point moved at about Angeles; Private John C. Pardee, twelve kilometers an hour.

Otkland; Private Ferdinand Faas, it was an awful trip in the calpella; Private Wm. Kornrumph, Oakdale. toy the German submarine which Hewas unaware of coniiitins at the off vftT. p. d.drf .0 '2 attempted to the train if the LONDON IN A WILD CELEBRATION WHEN ARMISTICE SIGNED coast he to get away from wim ashore but was caught.

On 1 slightest opportunity came. felt way to a prison camp in Ger- One of the guards seemed to many he jumped from a train but be dozing while the other was in-1 iniPssl was recaptured. He escaped from the prison and swam across the Rhine river to safety in Switzer- hhrough the carriage window, thejme 1 more rapidly than I believed, for able Walk; I received an awful bumb on thefarm bouse and was armly el- head and both of my knees told them of Willis and asked them to send someone down the bank to ed on my back to float as long as possible. It seemed that it was impossib ue uuzing wuue iuc uiutri ao m- terested in something out the other my side of the carriage! when I dove Anally I was fortunate officer said. The train was moving cauht in an eddy that sept land.

The story has been told briefly In The Associated Press dispatches hut its details are so filled with the epir of adventure as to be well 'cut on the iron ties of the parallel track. I scrambled into the brush as worth the telling. When the President Lincoln went By Prm LONDON, Dec. 14. A vast chor- look for him.

A short distance Plum Pudding Mince Meat in bulk or otherwise lo the bottom of the ocean Lieuten-j best I could. ery soon builets neighbors who had come and fighting ships split the air ant Isaacs. vho is from Cresco. were whistling about me as the ne of hl dP(1 when the British Grand Fleet re- 8 Iowa, climbed upon a raft. Soon train had been stopped and guards it0 ha(1 treat- ceived -the news of the sig afterward the submarine emerged 'were on my trail.

I could no: i mucb th'j 8 the armistice. First the and her commander demanded taejmake speed in the condition I was ed a 1 bad for mile line jt vessels sprang captain of the President Lincoln I in. to to save my life 1 held up ant and bad ke light. Then, as a prisoner. The survivors toM my hands in token of surrender 3 aa aa 0r "su ha fleet" of battleships, him they believed the captain had 1 when th guards were about eat to Fran a suddenly, the cruise rs, pedo destroyers, mine-layer: I ined his command by this time.

.101 ALL GOOD THINGS TO EAT FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER Can Be Found Here patrols united iA one huge, 1 chronized diapson that startle, hearers for a radius of a hundred miles. The tremendous sou echoed amongst the hills on shores, awesome in its inten i A hundred searchlights, for four years had resolutely HONOR ROLL gone down with the ship, not that they were aware of that but to save, if possible, the captain being of them welcomed me with a blow taken prisoner. fwith his rifle. I was beaten and TAKEN ABOARD U-TIO lucked and knocked down seven While this was going on Lieu- or eight times before they finally tenant Isaacs said, he lay on ihe loaded me back into the train. Taft with his arms him to; RED CROSS SAVES LIFE hide the officers stripes on his Arriving at the camp I was uniform hut without he was ordered aboard the sebma- very little cloth in Germany i and swathed in paper bandages they The following casualties are re ed the skies, or peered st uultas ported by the command gener aiong dark waters for enemy JUST RECEIVED Christmas Trees Of Various Sizes.

GET YOURS EARLY. you Had it not been for food supplies by the Red Cross Im Tine. It was the U-90 and her commander, Capt. Remy, bad re- I of the American Forces: 1 In todays casualty report by the War Department are listed r2-17 names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 2 55; died of wounds, 13S; died of accident and other causes, 24; died of disease, 125; died of aeroplane accident, sided in the United States and sure I would have starved to death England and spoke English fluent- but with that we fared very well ly. and within a month I had regained Fresh Fruits and Vegetables merrily criss-crossed about the Flares were lit, star shell fired, ami here and there someof the greater slPps were fortunite in a fireworks display.

For sixty minutes the fleet threw off all reserve and let itself go. At nine oclock the sirens suddenly silenced, the lights snapped out and the Grand Fleet was again waiting and watching and ready, and scarcely had the last sounds died away than from the Xclmirals ship there were winking at the masthead the orders for further duty. Apparently Remy had been affected by our civilization. said the lieutenant, as he treated me pleasantly while inquiring as to the whereabouts of the skipper of the Lincoln. I was told tn I would my strength.

There were about 150 Russian officers and 75 American otficers in the camp. Lieutenant Isaacs and others of-wounded severely, 2129; wounded, ficers immediately began to lay degree undetermined, 1151; for escape by collecting nec-- ed slightly, 839; missing in action, tell him where he could find our j'essary articles, such as pieces of! 584. captain or go to Germany mvself wire and rope and short boards Californians on the list are: as a prisoner. I could not conform with which to make a ladder if Killed in action Corporal John to h's first comn and and of course i necessary. They also traded some Madden.

Petaluma, would not havd been able so. 'of their food to a Russian for a Missing in action Private Or-Th? vung officer said that he pair of wire cutters he had smug- land I. 1 inquini. Half Moon Bay; was given a good bunk on thegled into the camp. Three Private Alfonzo L.

Heinzen, Sai-submarine and four good mea'sjent times they had their escape inns; Private Jack F. Thompkins, Los Angeles Jevne Bread SEE OUR WINDOWS ParnelFs Grocery salary Telegrappers minimum now $115.20 per month. School open day and night. Harts Hatl.lv Phone 3 a i ysccosccoscccocososocccososooccososcocccccccccosooeec -Shop F.arly- plans completed, each time with lose; Private PeHer Rabetti, the connivance of a Russian, and San Francisco. each time they had reason to be- Died of disease Sergeant Clar-lieve the Germans had been ap- ence N.

McCreary, Fresno; Ser-prised and they did not try. gent Eugene H. Stoc-kwell. Modes- Finally we learned that they to; Corporal CKde A. McKinsie.

were to take all the Russians away Arroyo Grande; Corporal Leslie H. on October 7 and, working without Haddix. San Pedro; Corporal Ells-the Russians, we planned to try (worth M. Hammond, Bowman; Cor-again on the night of October 6. poral Joseph A.

Nelson, Los An-Fifteen feet from our barred win-lgeles; Private Ord K. Hill, San dows was a high barbed wire Bernardino; Private James R. Man- fence which turned inward at the ning. San Francisco; Private Ray-top much the same as at ourjmond J. Flanders, Chula Vista; internment camps in the States Private Wm.

E. Garris, Manteca; Between the fence and our window i Private Clarence A. Anderson. Vi-was a ditch seven feet wire filled i salia Private Frank Hanson, San with scrapped barbed wire. We Francisco; Private Lloyd Hogan, daily including meat, eggs and real coffee.

The following tv as th submarine was cruising about re-king new victims she was sighted oy two American destroyers. While the destroyers were fdunging toward us we were get- ting under water as rapidly as and? stnnnpd at a of 60 meters, Lieutenant -s Isaacs said. When the depth toombs began exploding every Gev- tnan was at his station tense and pretty badly eytred. Now and then a junior offiepr would sing out to the captain that a destrover was so far away to starboard or port as the case might have been. They were recording the positions with their listening devices.

Then -would come a denth charge. It is to describe just the but it seemed to me much a dog shaking a rat and it i was anything but pleasant to be Tin the rat. With each explosion look of horror would flash over the faeps of the Germans, for they -expected every moment that one of the charges would be fired a bit closer and thev knew their craft could not withstands. SUB GIVES DESTROYERS SLIP Too many destroyers were in HOW ABOUT IT? had almost severed the bars of the window in the room in which I was imprisoned, using an improvised saw one of the officers bad obtained from a Russian. Two other officers with me were to use two tennis court markers, eighteen feet long, as a bridgs from our window to the top of the barbed wire fence.

The wooden markers which we calculated would barely hold us when strapped together were to be brought into our room after the roll call at night. We figured that soon after the Oakdale; Private Thos. T. Givens, Cathay; Private Axel F. Talman, Fort McDowell: Private Thos.

Daniels, Bakersfield; Private Frank H. Baker. Mill Valley; Private Chester H. Goodwin, Berkeley; Private Albert C. Couch, Palo Alto; Private Frank M.

Knowels. Corona; Private Wm. D. Patterson, Los Angeles. Wounded slightly Sergeant Drury J.

Talent. San Francisco; Corporal Lloyd C. Spivey, Rio Vista; Corporal Edward J. Bird, San Francisco; Private Henry M. Frer-richs, Tracy; Private Paul H.

Ku-enzli. Watts; Private Wm. E. E. Monr.

Chiptenden: Private Claude E. Blair. Oakland; Private John P. Crew, Porterville; Private David L. Grove, Eagleville; Private Kennetn E.

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Three others were to attempt to get through the fence with the wire decided to attempt to swim to shore when the submarine approached territorial waters. With cutters, while two others planned yate siocburg, Los Angeles', Private Hardy O. Tate, Sacramento; Lo get over. We had fixed the TIMES THE SANTA MARIA DAILY AND WEEKLY ll is life-belt on. be was just slipping over the side shortly after mid- electric light wires so that wh'n he was discovered by, could quickly short circuit them.

vgt(? paiPh Matinez, Stockton; Pri- Remy hirnelf and pulled aboard. This was to be done exactly at vat pov R. O-car. Vrcka. On arrival at Wilhelmshaven he oclock when every man wasi WomadeO degree undetermined was kept three days on a submarine to be ready to go.

Cornoral Wickliff W. Hennigan. 'mother' ship and three days ini l'ATE UNKNOWN 'Woodland: ''orporal Roger H. a laiifi prison, oarefullv guarded, 1 will tell the name of only j0t; Angeles; Corporal Chas and badly fed. During this time 1 1 one 0f the officers, as I do riark.

Owensmouth; Corporal Rmv was taken to the German battle-1 know the fate of the others. JIj kPn George. San Private ship Kaiser Wilhelm N. the flag- was Corporal Harold B. Willis, of jrhe Minasoff.

Los Angeles; Pri-ship of the fleet, and questioned Boston, a member of the Lafayette by a staff officer. Escadrille. He was one of those I finaRv told him that the who were to dash through the United States would send so many gate, and he and I had a rendez- vate Reuben D. Fessler, Cressey, Private Jack Orosema" Los Angeles; Private James C. Mdntire, Elsinore: Private Monro" E.

This paper offers you opportunities unequaled by any other medium in the Santa Maria Valley. If you want to increase your business and earn the confidence of the buying public, advertise; it pays. men to France that the battle lines wouldn't hold them, said the Lieutenant. I w-as then taken to Karsruhe and placed in a hotel room by myself the first day. The next day I was put into another 1 room with eight French officers.

It having been learned in the meantime that I spoke French. These Tooms I afterward learned were vous two miles from camp. When the lights were extinguished by the short-circuiting, we forced the bars as quietly as possible, and ran out the two markers strapped toge'her, and darkened with shoe blacking as much as 'possible in the short time we had. There was no moon but the sky was dear. One of tlrn window bars stuck.

Pet-terson. San Francisco; Private Ralph E. Moore, Los Angeles; Private Geo. F. Simons.

Indio; Private Chas. H. Woods. Los Angeles; Private Paul J. Jensen.

San Francisco: Private Emmett J. Hobbs. Orcutt; Private John R. Robinson, San Diego; Private Michael J. Barron.

Lynn. Killed in action Private Mario Campaizi, Los Angeles. Died of wounds Capt-vn Homer S. Youngs. Oil Pr'vat'? Is-a-dore W.

Moskowitz. Died of disease Sergeant thy Mulcahy, San Francisco; Me- known as the listening rooms an 1 they were rightly named. The and we made considerable Hois'? Frenchmen and I found three die-1 forcing it, but it didn take taphones and destroyed them. The long to start the risky trip to the next day I was placed in a room 1 top of the fence. I got outside with three British offers and all right, but there were guards i.