The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24

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 tiong As to Hazard of
 Course.
 Germany Issues New Advice
 As to Shipping in the War
 Zone, That Craft May Not
 Be Needlessly Exposed to
 Dangers.
 London, Feb. 24.-The Brit ish steamer Oakby was tOrpe- doed by German submarine off Rye yesterday. Her crew was rescued by a fishing smack and landed at Ramsgate to-day.
 London, Feb. 24.-The off cia1 bureau announced this af- ternoon that the Clan Manen- aughton, an armed merchant cruiser, is missing. The vessel was last heard from Feb. 8 and it is feared that she has been lost.
 An unsuccessful search has been made and wreekage sup posed to be portions of this ship has been recovered
 The last signal ReGRiYed from the Clan M as rx.oS5o 1v, 4Ts4 paT Feb. 3 and it is feared t she was lost during the bad VI CT.
 Two hundred and eighty arc believed to have lost thelf lives when the Clan Mahe- naughton went down.
 Berlin. Feb. 2z-omciaI announce ment was made last night that the British transport No 192 was sunk by a German submarine. off Beachy Head at 4:45 o'clock yesterday af- ternoon.
 A despatch last night from New haven. England. stated that IS mem bers of the crew of the Cardin steam CT Brankstome Chine, a government
  nounced the sinking of their vessel either by a mine or a torpedo in the English Channel 20 miles south east of Beachy Head. about ? o'clock yesterday afternoon. Thds proba- bIy is the vessel to which the Berlin announcement refers.
 washington, Feb. 24-OmciaI mo- tice of the sinking of the American steamer Carib was received at the 1-l 4E-s American Minister Van Dyke at The Hague:
 sCarib reported sunk in North Sea outside route prescribed by Germany's 1 instructions"
 London, Feb. 24-What with sub marines and mines, the situation in the waters surrounding Great Britain continues to furnish fresh develop ments involving ships of neutrals in both Europe and America. A second American steamer Carib has gone to the bottom of the North Sea with a valuable cargo of cotton and two Bri- tish steamers have been torpedoed in. the last 24 hours. As a precaution England has closed the entrance to the Irish Channel excepting Q. marrow strip near the coast in which nayiga- ton will be permitted only in day light. These restrictions are pattern ed after those enforced in the English Channel some time ago.
 The Scandinavian countries, of which Norway already has lost four ships, are trying hard to find some . solution of the problem. but so far without result although it is purposed tentatively to provide some sort of a. naval convoy for their craft The matter is to be discussed further.
 The crew of the American steamer Carib, which was sunk by a mine is reported from German sources to have been saved but the whereabouts of the sailors is a mystery.
 It was reported, also, that part of the crew of the American steamer Evelyn, sunk by a mine off the Ger man coast, was being taken to Hol- land.
 There are indications that the all lied fleets in the Mediterranean are attacking the forts along the Darda-- nelIes in earnest. Though no details have been received relative to the re- cent bombardment, the statement Of the British admiralty referring to ''the interruption of operations" on account of weather conditions indi- cates that the fleet is still standing by awaiting favorable opportunity to renew the action.
 Germany is still celebrating Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's advance over the Russian frontier from East Prussia, but official statements claim