Show Colam Columbian Long Trailed by Submarine Foodstuffs Taken by Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans From American Steamer They Blew Blev Up Nov 1 11 When When tho A. A Spain When I-When C crew of oC the the Iov American steamer Columbian landed here thc they were to their hotel h by a a- a great eat accompanied Tho The sailors told stories of or the attack upon their ship which shelled Il cl and aud sunk unk off oc the was ant submarine Spanish coast by a German ly at aln of oC the Columbian was wa Tho Cho captain dinner Co when hon he heard the tho to first frt gun guit un it sounded rem remote ole At the tho time the knots n making eleven l- l Columbian was tlc cn the ship shell passed over O Suddenly a shel Captain Curtis Curti on tho bridge e. e soon oon afterwards distinguished a submarino submarine 0 ordered tho four Cour miles distant He lie distant le American flag hoisted The submarine the tue tho ho U-t U U i approached and signalled captain to follow tho submarine but to es escape Cs- Cs not to approach it nor attempt o- o cape as ho would in either cither case enso bo be sunk All on board tho the Columbian put on life Al belts The he captain prepared to catan bels tho the send his first rt officer by boat to su submarine with documents and ant a a. a demand de demand de- de eman e- e man mand that tho the American flag fag be re- re but the sea was wa too high and Columbian Columbian Colum Colum- tho ho trip too hazardous Tho rho bian followed tho throughout through through- out the night being guided R by h rockets ets which also were sent up from rom time to time b by the tho wee Columbian by or order er of the Germans Toward 6 G o'clock in the to mornin morning sI six Ix American seamen manned a boat anti and went with wih a a petty officer to the submarine with wih the object of oC explaining explain explain- ing ng that it was as an American Amerian ship The They wa not allowed to explain hut but were ordered lo to take e on board a German of- of fleer eer and two sailors which the boat dl did and carried them to tho Colum- Colum bian lan The Tho Germans placed In the Interior In- In tenor of ot th the ship two bombs and In lm ti Ih tho Horman irman trman officer or- or dered rc Captain p i Curtis and his s-c s crow to to abandon the tho ship and antt om go go aboard the Balto Baito Bato which was waa standing by b Quantities of ot foodstuffs were taken taen from Crom rom the tho Columbian and t put pet aboard the undersea boat bont When all al this was as dene the he fuses of the UC bombs were lighted and he tho Germans returned to tho to submarine In n one of oC th the Columbians Columbian boats Twelve minutes later tho bombs bomb exploded explode and the tho ho vessel sank the Tho Columbians Columbian's crew remained board aboard the Balto Bato until the submarine submarino and nd that vessel tell fell fel In with wih the tho Swedish steamer when they tey were put aboard board her The rhe he Balto was WM then sunk Short Shortly afterward tho to submarine submarino sl sighted sight sight- ht- ht ed d tho the Norwegian steamer and nd ordered her crew aboard the tho Varin Var- Var to in lug ng and sunk tho the Captain Curtis Curts when asked to de describe do- do scribe his c experiences said ho he preferred pre pre- to make malce no statement nt except to American consular officials Ho lie Io Intends Intends in- in tends to 0 return to tho United Sl States cs at atthe atthe the ic first uirt opportunity Crt The rho crew of the thc Columbian were of or various arlous nationalities There about thIrty or forty Americans five cans five fl Spaniards Chilean CUS Spaniards one one Porto orto Rican Chinese three R tins Rus- stans ian ian three Swiss an and 5 one Italian |