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SUBIHES
IE SHIP!
OFF H
SHIPS AT SEA RAGE FOR
THE THREE-MILE LIMIT
Four British, One Dutch and
One Norwegian Ships Sent
to Bottom or Left Crippled
Derelicts off Nantucket.
AMERICAN SHIPS GO TO
RESCUE PASSENGERS
80 Far as Is Known There Was -No
Loss of Life. Hold Up American
Steamer Kansan, But Upon Estab
lishing Identity She Is Allowed to
Prooeed. Shook Given Shipping.
Newport, R. I. The executive offi
cer of the destroyer Ericsson, return
ing from the scene of the German
submarine activities off Nantucket,
reported that nine ships had been
sunk and that three submarines were
operating off the coast. This infor
mation, he said, he had on the auth
ority of the captain of the Nantucket
Shoals Lightship.
Newport, R. I. Four destroyers of
the American flotilla came Into harbor
here bringing 216 persons rescued
from the ships sunk off Nantucket
Sunday by a German submarine. The
Ericsson, one of the destroyers to ar
rive, brought 8, the Drayton 68; the
Benham 36 and the .Jenkins 31. Thirty
five women and ten children are
among those on the Ericsson. This
Information came by wireless in ad
vance of the actual docking of the de-
stroyers.
Boston. A submarine of the Im
perial German Navy, ravaged ship
ping off the eastern coast of the
United States Sunday.
Four British, one Dutch and one
Norwegian steamer were sent toJthe
bottom or left crippled derelicts off
Nantucket Shoals. All night "tinder
the light of the hunters moon the
destroyer flotlla of the United States
Atlantic fleet was picking up passen
gers and crews of the destroyed ves
sels and bringing them into Newport,
Rhode Island.
So far sa known there was no loss
of life although at a late hour the
crew 01 me -tjruisn steamer .tungsxon
had not been accounted for. A sub
marine held up the American steam
er Kansan, bound from New York
for Genoa with steel for the Italian
Government, but later on establish
ing her identity allowed the Ameri
can to proceed. The Kansan came
into Boston harbor late at night for
her usual call here.
The submarine is believed to be the
TJ-53, which paid a call to Newport
and disappeared at sunset. Some
naval men, however, declared that at
least two submarines are operating
close to the American shore though
niirolrto t h a tnroa.mila limit-
i Record of Warfare.
The record of submarine warfare
as brought to land by wireless dis
patches follows: -
The Strathdene, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk ore Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard Nantucket Shoals
lightship and later removed . to New
port by torpedo boat destroyers. The
Strathdene left New York for Bor
deaux and was attacked at 6 a. m.
The West Point, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket.
Crew abandoned .the ship in small
boats after a warning shot from the
submarine's guns. Officers and men
"were taken aboard a destroyer. The
vessel was attacked at 10:45 a. m.
She was bound from London for New
port News.
The Stephano' British passenger
liner, plying regularly between New
York, Halifax and St. John, N. -F.,
torpedoed southeast of . Nantucket
while bound for New York. Renorf-
d still afloat late at night. Passen
gers and crew, numbering about 140,
-were picked up by the destroyer
Balch and transferred to the destroy
er Jenkins. The attack was made
at 4:30 p. m.
The Kingston, British freighter,
torpedoed and sunk southeast of Nan
tucket. Crew missing and destroyer
searching for them. ; This vessel Is
not accounted for in maritime regis
ters, and may be he Kings tonian.'
The attack occurred at 6 p. m.
Bloomerskijk, Dutch ferighter,- tor
pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket.
Crew taken aboard a destroyer; The
steamer' was bound from New York
for Rotterdam. ;; . f
The Christian Kundsen, Norwegian
freighter, torpedoed and sunk - were
the Bloomersdijk went down. The
crew picxea up by destroyers.- The
vessel sailed from New York for
JLondon; --V.. ...... ..'.J.'.. . 'll , , . '
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. Shock Follows Sensation.
- The sensation -created when the
U-53 quietly slipped into Newport har
bor, and as quietly slipped away three
hours later, was less than the shock
in shipping circles when "wireless re
ports of submarine attacks began to
come into the naval radio stations.
Within a few minutes the air was lit
erally charged with electricity as
wireless messages of warnings were
broadcasted "along the coast. The
submarine or submarines had taken
a position directly in the steamer
lanes, where they could hardly miss
anything bound in for New York or
bound east from that port.
- Vessels of the Entente Allied Na
tions and neutral bottoms . carrying
contraband of war scurried to get
within the three-mile limit of the
American shore. Several that were
following the outside course shifted
and made for the inside lane. The
Stephano, of the Red Cross line, how
ever, was caught, outside the neutral
zone. The destruction of this vessel
was perhaps the biggest prize of the
'day. The craft had been sold to the
Russian Government and would have
been used as an icebreaker after her
present trip.
Throughout the day and up to late
at night, none of the patrolling fleet
maintained by the British and French
to protect their own shipping and
American ships carrying munitions
of war had been sighted. Frantic
appeals were sent to Halifax.
Stirs Up Halifax.
"All steps possible in the circum
stances are being taken to deal with
the situation."
This message was received by the
Associated Press from the commander-in-chief
of the British North Atlantic
squadron at Halifax, N. S. It was in
reply to a request for a statement by
him. The work of -the patrolling
fleets was directed from Halifax and
ever since the war began cruisers and
auxiliary vessels of the British and
French navies have moved ,up and
down the. coast. The passengers and
crews of destroyed vessels who were
being brought into Newport were not
expected to reach there until after
midnight.
Preparations to care for them had
been made by Rear Admiral Knight,
commandant of the Narrangansett Bay
naval station, and Rear Admiral
Gleaves, commander of the destroyer
flotilla now at Newport.
Later reports gave further details
of the attacks. The Stephano met a
submarine six miles southeast of
Nantucket lightship and was attacked
by gunfire and a torpedo. She re
mained afloat until 10:05 o'clock.
The West Point went down 10 miles
south of the Nantucket lightship. The
Strathdene was attacked . "off light
ship" the reports stated and the
Bloomersjidk was sunk three miles
south of the lightship. She remained
afloat some time going down at 8:05.
The American steamer Kansan was
held up three meils east of Nantucket
lightship.
1 West Point Gave Warning.
The first wireless warning of the
presence of a hostile submarine in the
steamship lane was given in the dis
tress signals of the West Point which
reported that she had -been torpedoed
30 miles southeast of Nantucket light.
This message apparently was picked
up by every vessel having a wireless
equipment within range for within a
very short time press dispatches from
St. Johns, N. F.,and Halifax, N. S.,
indicated that the patrolling warships
had received the alarm. The British
censorship, however, prevented the
disclosure of the movements of the
patrolling vessels.
Booming of Guns Heard.
The booming of the submarine's
guns, apparently fired in warning,
was distinctly heart at Nantucket. It
was plain that the submarine had
placed herself In the lane of passen
ger and freight traffic and terrorized
shipping along the coast.
In a flash after the first distress
signals of the West Point were sent,
wireless messages of warning were
sent broadcast. .
Every vessel was warned to make
for the three-mile zone and the com
manders of merchant vessels of the
Entente Allies lost no time in shift
ing their course. : : . .
Those that were following what is
known as the outside course turned
to the-inside course that would -bring
them closer to American land.
The passenger steamer Stephano.
which plies regularly between New
York and St. J ohns, N." F., was bound
west and was due off Nantuekct Mon
day morning. When her British com
mander received his warning, he was
said v to - have -.; shifted ' his course -- to
bring his vessel' within the inside
lane.-';,; ', .
British consular officers "along the
New: England Coast, who had been
advised by the British Embassay to
warn British shipping against, the U
53 upon her appearance at Newport,
renewed their caution on learning
that the submarine had gone into
action ,v - --".
VIRTUALLY BROUGHT
SHORES . OF THE
UNITED , STATES. V .
The European war virtually
has been brought to the shores
. of, the United States.v In- the
vicinity, of Nantucket, off the.
Massachusetts coast, a German
submarine or "possibly -more
than one Sunday - sent to the
bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at"
: least four British steamers and
two neutral vessels one Dutch
and the other Norwegian. -
The sunken boats were the
Stephano, Strathdene, West
Point and Kingston, flying the
British flag and the -Bloomersjidk,
Dutch, and Christian
Knudsen, Norwegian... So far . as
known, there were no fatalities.
The Stephano carried 83 pas
sengers," all of whom were
saved. ..
MANY AMERICAN PASSENGERS
SEE THE STEPHANO SUNK
Newport Society Set Proffers Help to
Shipwrecked .Rescued by U, S.Na-
val Vessels. Vessel's Cargo Not
v Heavy.
Newport, R. I. The British steamer
Stephano. bound from St. Johns, N.
P., to New York, carrying nearly 100
first and second cabin passengers, in
cluding many American tourists, was
sunk off Nantucket lightship at 4 : 30
p. m. Sunday, presumably by the Ger
man submarine TJ-53. The United
States torpedo boat destroyer Balch
reported the loss of the liner by radio
to the naval station here, stating that
the ship had been torpedoed. The
message from the destroyer said that
the crew was safe aboard the Balch,
but made no mention of. the passen
gers, who, it was thought here, also
were taken care of.
Confirmation of the rescue of the
passengers by the Balch was con
tained in a later message sent by the
destroyer to -the naval station here. It
was said that she had picked up the
passengers and later had transferred
the Americans to the. destroyer Jen
kins. Rear Admiral Knight, commandant
of the Narrangansett naval district
said that the passengers who desired
to do so would be allowed to remain on
the warship until morning and that
every effort would be made by officers
and men to make them as comfortable
as possible. At the same time, he
said, if any of those picked up wanted
to be set ashore their wishes would
be complied with as promptly as pos
sible.
Society Offers Aid.
Members of the so-called Newport
society set were prompt to extend prof-
ters of help to shipwrecked passengers
through Admiral Knight. Mrs. Robert
L. Beekman, wife of Governor Beek
man and Mrs. French Vanderbilt, vol
unteered to take care of as many refu
gees as possible. Many of the pas
sengers on the Stephano are. .residents
of New York. At this time of the year
the vessel carries a fairly heavy pas
senger list made up of summer tour
ists who spend their summer sin New
Founland and in the Canadian mari
time provinces. '
The cargo loss of the Stephano, it
was expected, would not be very heavy
as on her westbound voyage she. usual
ly carried little, freight. This made
up largely, as a "rule of fish oil and
other fish products. The vessel was in
the regular service of the Red Cross
Line.
The sale of the Stephano to the
Russian govrnment which had planned
to use her as an ice breaker, was re
cently announced. Her sister ship, the
Florizel of the same line also had been
sold to Russia for ice work.
Stephano Stoutly Built.
The Stephano was of stout con
struction, built especially or the
heavy Ice conditions encountered in
winter sailings on the New Foundland
coast. It was expected in marine
circles that this was intended as one
of the last regular sailings of the Ste
phano prior to her sailing for the
White Sea to work with a large fleet
engaged by Russia to keep her north
ernmost port of Archangel open for
the receipt of war supplies.
The liner was in command of Capt.
Smith, who it Is thought had taken
the outside course impounding Nan
tucket lightship and had fallen into
the grip of the undersea raider.
complications not feared
by United state officials
Washington. Submarine warfare1 at
the very doors of the United .States
does not necessarily portend further
complications with Germany so long1
as it is carried on within the limita
tons of international law.
That is the view of official Wash
ington on the record of one day's oper
ations in which none of the ships de
stroyed appears to have been attack
ed without warning orwithout proper
measures having been taken for safe-'
ty of those aboard." vT -
While in International law air Allied
ship destroyed by a German - subma
rine just outside the three-mile, limit
and In sight of American, shores, . is no
different than a ship destroyed in the
Arctic Ocean, provided its: destruction
is accomplished in accordance with
the. laws of nations and. humanity,
the presence of a German submarine
flotilla near American "territorial wa
ters, officials fear, may raise perplex
ing questions of neutrality, and in fact
a most serious Issue would be raised
if operations of submersible were car
Tied on so near American pwte to coib
stltute a .blockade. -
WAR
- TO
HIGERflJ SUBlfiltJE
VISITS U. S harbor:
DARING NAVAL EXPLOIT ACCOM.
PLISHED-U-53 ANCHORS AT
- - " NEWPORT. '
BRINGS letter to embassy
Tarries Only Three Hours and Asks
For:. No -Provisions, Water, Fuel or
Repairs. Had Mounted Guns Fore
and Aft. ,. -
Newport, R. I. Seventeen - days
from Wilhelmshaven ,the imperial
German submarine - TJ-53 dropped an
chor in Newport harbor.
Almost - before the officers of the
American fleet of warships through
which the stranger had nosed her
way. had recovered, from their aston
ishment, the undersea fighter had de
livered a message for the German
Ambassador, and, weighing anchor
turned Brenton's reef lightship .and
disappeared beneath the waves. Just
outside the three-mile limit.
She -flew the black and white, col
ors of "the German Navy, a gun was
mounted on . the forward deck and
another aft, while eight torpedoes
were plainly visible under the forward
deck.
Liit.-Captain Hans Rose, com
manding the U-53, said that he had
called at Newport simply to mail a
letter to Count von Bernstorff. He re
quired neither provisions nor fuel and
would be on his way, he said, long
before the 24 hours during which, a
belligerent ship may remain within a
neutral harbor had eiplred.
The submarine was in American
waters a little more than three hours,
assuming that she continued to sea
after submerging. Within that time
the German commander paid offical
visits to Rear Admiral Knight com
mandant of the second naval district.
and Rear Admiral Glaves, comman
der of the destroyer force of the At
lantic fleet, who was on board the
flagship, the scout cruiser Birming
ham. Both American officers re
turned the brief call promptly.
While these formalities- were being
exchanged wireless messages were
carrying to the ships of the British
and French patrol fleet off the coast
and warning that a hostile submarine
had slipped through their, cordon and
might be expected In thfl- open sea
soon. At the forts and the naval sta
lotion the fleet of Captain Hans Roce
was the one subject of 'conversation,
and there was much speculation as.
to her mission.
The first question asked by Cap
tain Rose when a motor boat came
alongside was: "Have you heard
from the Breman?"
When he was told that there was
no news of the missing craft hisface
became grave but he made no com
ment. To the naval men generally.
the most interesting fact disclosed by
Captain Rose was that he had been
at sea 17 days and still had provisions
for three .months, abundant fuel and
needed no repairs. Not so much as a
bottle of water was taken aboard and
the ship was spick and span.
The U-53 had made her way
through the fleet of 37 United States
warships, Including destroyers and
submarines, to an anchorage. Cap
tain Rose told the correspondent that
he had come in to mail a letter to
Count von Bernstorff and asked for
the newspaper man's credentials.
. The latter exhibited an Associated
Press badge and was intrusted with
the correspondence for the Ambassa
dor. "Please forward this letter to
Count Bernstorff," said the captain,
"and report my arrival. They will be
glad to hear it."
NEW TYPE AEROPLANE IS
WRECKED IN TEST
Combination Land and Sea Flier Goes
Head' First "Into -Water.
Newport News. The Curtiss combi
nation land and water machine being
tested here for the United States Gov
ernmnt was totally . wrcked when Pi
lot Victor Vernon went crashing nose
first Into the water while attempting
a landing. . "
U. S. LAND BANK BOARD
GUARDS AGAINST FRAUD
Washington. Because of numerous
complaints that fraud has been prac
ticed in the organization of joint stock
tan-d banks under the new rural cred
its -law,. the farm loan board announced
that ho charter would be granted .to
any joint stock land bank in the organ-
ization of 'which, there had been" any
expense ior promotion, ana tnat-ine
consideration of charters would be de
ferred until the completion :of the or
ganization of the system. ' v
CRIT1CI8M OF MILITIA
ADMITTED BY OFFICER
v Richmond," Va. Major Henry - S.
Barrett "of -the Fourth Maryland Regi
ment National jGuard, on trial before a
court-martial here on charges" of mak
ing -utterances prejudicial to the -eer-vice.
and of conduct unbecoming an. of-
Jicerrwent onhe stand in. his own" de
fence. BArrett; admitted having made
the remarks attributed to him in ah
Interview . published 1 in . ; a Baltimore
? itm talkfaf
lor - publication - r i
BUflJIMIG 1ET
DECISIVE DEFEAT
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN AND
MAN TROOPS ? TU RN ON.
v;K ':. VA DERS I N EAST.
GER-1N-
along fifty mile front
The Successful Repulse of the Invad-
era Was in the Hangs of General
von Falkenhayne. -Heavy Fighting
Continues. '
London.- Turning against the -. Ru
manians who., had been advancing
steadily in Eastern " Transylvania;
Austro-Hungarian and German troops
have defeated the invaders decisively
along a 50-mile front north of Fogaras
at the juncture of the Ho'morod and
Alt Rivers near Heps, the . Rumanians
are in retreat, pursued by the Teu
tonic troops.'
The successful repulse of the invad
ers on the southern end of the line
was in the hands of General von
Falkenhayn, who only last week
routed the Rumanians around Her-
mannstadt and drove them back to
their nwn frontier. North of Reps
the Austro-Hungarians recaptured po-
scions and took more than 200 pris
oeir oners. , Bucharest admits that
tne Rumanian iruups m aot.
Transylvania have been withdrawn
before attacks by superior forces in
th Rumanian troons m eastern
the region of Fogaras
In Dobrud ja, heavy fighting con
tinues along the line south of the
r.nnstftnza-Bucharest railway with
Bucharest recording progress for the
Russians and Rumanians In the cen
ter and on their left wing.
While General Brussiloff apparent
ly has ceased, at least ffr the mo
ment, his attacks, against the Aus-tro-German
lines in Volhynla, west
of Lutsk, he continues, southwards
his assaults with great , intensity
against the positions of the Teutonic
Allies guarding the approaches to
Lemberg, those to the southwest of
the Capital, according to Petrograd
resulted in the taking of positions
south of Brzezany and the capture,
of 500 prisoners! Berlin, however,-
declares that all Russian attacks in
Qaucia have been repulsed and that
the Austro-Hungarian troops captured
1,200 Russians.
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COLLISION IN NORFOLK , - Y
HARBOR SINKS STEAMER.
British : Tramp Sent Down by City of
Norfolk. No Llvet Lost.
Norfolk, Va.ln a collslon in tho
Inner harbor shortly before 8 o'clock
the British tramp steamer Hawk
head, said to have been at anchor,
was sunk and the bay liner City of.
Norfolk, of the Chesapeake steamsnip
Company's Line, was badly damaged.
There was no loss of life and so far
as can be learned no one seriously
Injured.
The"" accident was due to a heavy
fog hanging over the harbor. The
City of Norfolk was outward-bound
.and carried in the neighborhood of
100 passengers. The majority were
at supper when the crash -tame.
Great excitement prevailed for a few
minutes, but was . quickly quieted by
the officer on the liner.
Fearing that the damage to the
steamer was greater than could, be
ascertained the passengers on the
City of Norfolk were immediately,
transferred to the Old Dominion
river steamr Pocahontas, where they
remained only a few minutes, when
the majority were transferred to an
out-going Old Bay Line steamer for
the continuation of the voyage up the
bay. About 15 of the 'passengers
elected to return to Norfolk.
GERARD BRINGING PEACE
PROPOSAL S AYS N. Y. PAPER.
New York. The New York Evening
Post published a story saying that
It has been learnt d from a . trust
worthy source that Ambassador Ger
ard, now on bis "way back from Ger
many, will lay be'ore" President Wil
son a request tha' the President use
his good offices in suing for peace
with the Allies.
FLORIDA STATE PRESS
ORDERS RATES RAISED.
Jacksonville, Fla, The - Florida
State Press Asosctati on meeting here
to consider ways raid means to meet
the increased coi t of print paper,
voted to Increase, effective January
1, 1917, the price of weekly news-
naners to S2 a ves It also voted to
increase advertisinj rates, 'the amount
of increase to h HertAeA and also
n: ST. Proposal to finance a
paper mill in thi" section, or make
arrangements for getting paper.
D. A. R. CAMPAIGN TO BUY
MONYlCELLO OUTLINED.
Washington c An active'- campaign
to secure purchase by" the Federal
Government ; of MontieellOi the Vir
ginia home of Thomas Jefferson, was
outlined by the board of management
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution in iesslon here. Mrs.
William Cummina Story, president of
the organization, and members of tho
.board went to Monticello on a special
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