The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-12
SURVIVORS SOUGHT
BY U. s. WARSH|PS
Only Two of Crew of Thirty Re-
ported Found.
MANY TAKEN SAFELY TO PORT
Captain of Freighter Kansan Believes
That More Than One u.5oat Is
Operating of the Coast of
New England.

Newport, Oct. 10.-The flOtilIa of
United States torpedo boats, destroy
ers and scout vessels still are combing
the sea for the missing men of the
crews of the torpedoed ships.
Only two survivors of the crew of
more than thirty men of the Kingston
have been accounted for. They were
picked up by the destroyer Cunning
ham off Nantucket lightship, accord
ing to a radio message from Admiral
Glover, aboard the scout cruiser Bir-
mingham. The remainder were lost in
open boats.
220 Passengers Landed.
The navy department declined. to
make public more than summary of
the reports sent from Newport by Adj
miral Knight. He uses the words sub
marine in the plural. He stated that
all the passengers and crews of the
steamers sunk by German submarines
now have been landed with the excep-
ton of the crew of the steamer King
ston. The latter's crew is said to be
In lifeboats, some thirty miles east
of Nantucket lightship' and seventeen
destroyers are searching for them.
The summary of the dispatch as made
public said:
Approximately go passengers and
crews of the various vessels sunk by
German submarine have been landed
and are now being cared for here.
They included 30 women and 10 chill
dren from the Stephano." ..-..s
Contraband on u. S. Steamer.
Boston, Oct. 10.-The theory that
there is more than one German sub
marine off the New England coast
was borne out by the story told by
Capt. e. l.. Smith of the Hawaiian
American steamer Kansan. Smith de-
clared that he had hardly departed
from the U-boat which held him up.
when he heard the call of the steamer
West Point saying ii had been fired
on. The West Point was some dis
lance away. Captain Smith said:
Il Immediately ordered the engines
stopped, but before we could come to
standstill from our Roadway there
was a ,econd shot. We came to
standstill within few minutes and
an officer hailed the Kansan from the
boat
"He asked for our papers. | imme-
diately put over boat with Second
Officer Mcnamara in charge. He
rowed to the Submarine and present
ed our papers. They were carefully
examined and Mcnamara was told we
could proceed. An hour after we were
first stopped we were under way
again.
Before we could get along, how
ever, the submarine disappeared be-
meath the waves, diving out of sight
as suddenly as it had appeared. We
had hardly left this U-boat until l
heard, the wireless call of the West
Point, saying it was being attacked
by a submarine"
Captain Smith could not explain
how the submarine commander hap
pened to permit him to continue his
voyage. He admitted the Kansan was
carrying contraband and was under
charter by the French government.
How Germans Sunk Liner.
Newport, r. l., Oct. 10.-There prob
ably would have been more uneasiness
during severe storm than apparent
ly existed on the British passenger
liner Stephano when it had been
stopped by the submarine and orders
given for everybody to take to the
small boats. In none of the stories
given out by passengers and crew is
here a suggestion Of panic.
Doctor Andrews who is connected
with the Grenfell mission In New
Foundland, was passenger. He sale
proper warning had been given by the
Germans, who then stood by until all
the passengers had been taken off.
"After all the passengers and crew
had been made SAFE" said Doctor An
irews, members of the German crew
boarded the Stephano and opened her
water cocks. The boat was not tor
pedoed. While the Germans We're en-
gagged in disposing of the Stephano an
other vessel, probably the Knudsen,
was standing short distance away
ike a steer waiting to be slaughtered.
It had been warned by the submarine
to hold up"
Mrs. Marion Cutler of Brooklyn, N.
T., said it was just six o'clock when
a shot was sent across the bow of the
Stephano.
''Of course We were more or less
startled" she said. while we were
leaving the dining room two more
shots were fired. When we reached
the deck we were told we would have
to take to the lifeboats. These were
quickly filled and lowered. The sea
was calm. We soon lost sight of the
Stephano, for it was growing dark"
Miss Mary Griffin of Placentia, n.
r., said the submarine was visible. and
only short distance away. She said
the third shot fired came so close to
the stephano several of the passengers
felt the jar.
"About thirty women and children
were aboard the ship" said Miss
Griffin. "We were in the small boats
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