Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-10-13
QUIET FAILS 4. S, 70 ! I
EASE SHIPPERS
Believe U.53 Is Only Waiting
for Supplies.
0. S. AGENTS HUNT FOR BASE
American Naval Officers Believe Only
One Submarine Was Engaged in
Work Of omielaIs Deny
Prior Knowledge Of Events.


Work Of Destruetion OFFICIALS Deny
Prior knowledge Of Events.
Newport, r. l., Oct. 1O.-The whole
sale raid on foreign shipping south of
Nantucket lightship Sunday was the
work of one submarine, according to
reports Of American naval officers.
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves. COM
manding the torpedo boat destroyer
flotilla, which did such remarkably
speedy work, said that the reports OF
all his Officers agreed that to the best
of their observation one raider only
was concerned.
This boat presumably was the Ger
man U.53.
Admiral Gleaves said he could I'M
derstand easily the positive state
ments Of the captain of the Nantucket
lightship and of sailors of the torpe-
doed vessels that more than one sub
marine was concerned. The U-boat,
he said, was very fast and appeared
to have been handled cleverly. 1t was
very easy, he pointed out, for it to dis
appear on one side of ship and then
show up Unexpectedly at another spot.
Cruiser Reported Sunk.
The known list of the victims of the
U-boat's Sunday exploits remains at
six, notwithstanding reports from the
Nantucket lightship that three other
ships, the identity of which could not
be learned, were sent to the bottom.
There also was persistent rumor,
without verification, that British
cruiser, one of the allied patrols sent
to the submarine zone, had been at
tackled.
Destroyers swept the waters on
wide area in a vain search Tor the
crew of the steamer Kingston, who
were seen by members of the steamer
Strathdene to take to their boats be-
fore their vessel was sunk.
Rear Admiral knight, commander
of the Narragansett bay navy defense
district, believes that the Kfngston's
crew has been picked up by an east
bound steamer which did not care to
divulge its position to lurking subma-
ripes by reporting the fact by wire
less.
Notwithstanding the lull in subma-
rine activities, shipping men wereI6y
no means treasured. II only one raid;
er were concerned, 1t might be wait
ing only to replenish her supplies,
they believed. This gave rise to re-
newal Of reports that elaborate meth
DDS Of supplying foreign submarines
from American bases had been per-
fected.
Inquiry 10 Ordered.
In order to dispose as far as posi-
BILE of claims of this sort as applied
to the Narraganset bay district. Will
lam H. Walcott, deputy collector OF
customs, made q careful investigation
to learn II any merchant marine had
cleared from Newport Saturday or
Sunday which might have carried sup
plies.
The investigation, it is understood,
was made on orders from Washington.
Mr.. Walcott found no indication that
any such ships had cleared.
Another report persisting in ship
ping circles was that the call Of Cap
tain Hans Rose of the U-53 upon Amer.
lean naval officers here was to give
an intimation that rescue ships might
be needed in the vicinity soon, as well
as to exchange formal visits OF cour-
tesy. Rear Admiral Gleaves, comman-
der OF the torpedo hotilla, disclaimed,
in a statement, absolutely any prior
knowledge of the intentions of the Ger
man U-boat
In many quarters, the opinion was
expressed that another outbreak OF
the U-boat and its consorts, If 1t had
| any, would not be surprising.