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Show LIFE PRESERVER MARKEDBREMEN Picked Up Off the Coast of Maine by a Small Boy. Portland, Me., Sept 29. A life preserver pre-server marked "Bremen," the name of the Gorman submarine freighter which has been generally expected to arrive at some Atlantic coast port for the past week or more, was picked up on the oceanside of Cape Elizabeth today. to-day. The name "Bremen" was stenciled in black letters two inches high on both sides of the buoy. On one sido of the canvas covering was paintod a small crown. Over this were the words, "Shutz-Marke," meaning patented pat-ented or trademark. Beneath are the words, "V. Epping-Hoven, Wilhelms-hafen." Wilhelms-hafen." This indicated, apparently, the name of the maker. Tho preserver seemed to be new and apparently had not been in the water a great length of time. It was stained with oil. An officer of the coast guard cutter service who examined exam-ined the buoy, said that if the preserver pre-server had been thrown overboard by someone who thought to play a prac. tical joke, he had done a verv good job. The preserver was well made and the lettering and ink were of the best quality. The buoy was picked up at a small 4 ,, nuiiucu ijUic, n 10-year-old lad, Frederic L. Lakeman of Westbrook. A number of other persons per-sons were nearby at the time and saw the boy pick up the object from the beach near the water's edge. Tho buoy later was taken to a newspaper office, where it was photographed and examined ex-amined by many sea-faring men. Doubt Buoy From Bremen. New London, Conn., Sept. 29. Officials Of-ficials of the Extern Forwarding company, American agents for tho German line of submarine merchantmen, merchant-men, were undisturbed tonight over the report that a life-preserver marked "Bremen" had been picked up off the Maine coast. When asked if the preserver pre-server might have belonged to the long-expected submarine, Captain F. Hinsch said: "Impossible." He added add-ed that it was unlikely that the Bremen's Brem-en's preservers would be marked in the manner of the one found. Submarine Sighted. Westerly, R. I., Sept. 29. A. fisherman fisher-man at Pleasantview, near Watch Hill, overlooking Long Island sound, reported tonight that he had seen with his marine glasses a large submarine sub-marine proceeding in the direction of New London, where tho German submarine sub-marine Bremen had been expected for moro than a week. She then was 25 miles east of New London and Rhnwprl nn hrr mnst n hHchf whitn ' light above a green light. These lights, according to the observer, ob-server, were the ones he had been told by Captain Robinson of the tug Westerly would be carried by the German submarine, which the tug some days ago had been ordered to look for. The submarine was unaccompanied and displayed no flag. Tho observer, who profsssed to be familiar with the appearance of American submarines, which have their base at New London, Lon-don, said that she was of a different type from any he had seen. The boat was about two miles off shore and was going at a moderate rate of speed. The sea was very choppy. Submarine Not Seen. New London, Conn., Sept. 29. No submarine has been seen In the waters wa-ters adjacent to New London at a late hour tonight. Officials of the Eastern Forwarding company and the T. A. Scott Wrecking company, agents in this country of the German undersea under-sea merchantmen, claimed they had no knowledge of the early approach of a German submarine. |