Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-14
STRANGE U-BOAT
REPORTED AT SEA
IN STEAMER LANE
Way Dotted With Munition-
Laden Ships on Way
to Europe.
IDENTITY OF SUBMARINE
Is NOT YET REVEALED
Fleet of British Cruisers and De-
stroyers Said to Be Off
American Coast.
us. BOATS ON NEUTRALITY DUTY
Conduct Active Investigation Of
Stories OF Secret Bases in
Maine Waters.
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BOSTON, October 13.-An unidentified
submarine off the New England coast
was reported by the steamship Bowie
to-day at time when the steamship
lane to Europe was dotted with muni-
tion-laden ships Just released from the
embargo placed on their movements
after the German submarine raid OF
Nantucket last Sunday
The Bowie. bound from Manchester.
England. for New York. did not report
the submarines nationality. but gave
Its position when sighted ut s A. NJ
to-day at about 200 miles due cast of
New York, not far from the scene of
the U-boat activities of last Sunday
The Bowie is due in New York late
tonight or some time tomorrow.
The reports OF the strange subma-
rtne were coincident with the announce
nents that Il fleet Of British cruisers
and destroycrs WAS off the coast, and
that virtually the entire available de-
stroyer flotilia OF the Atlantic Fleet
OF the United States Navy was on neu-
trality duty.
INVESTIGATE STORIES
OF SECRET BASES
That the American destroycrs were
conducting an active investigation OF
stories Of secret submarine bases on
this coast was indicated in a dispatch
from Bar Harbor. Me. which said the
destroyer Paulding. sent out from the
Newport naval base yesterday. made an
exhaustive search OF the coast between
Bar Harbor and RockIand to-day.
Ihere was not cove or rocky inlet
that ESCAPED the sharp scrutiny Of the
n of 30, .a
put back to Rockland. and It was under
stood that she had discovered MOTH
ing suspicious during the day. Those
OF her men who were given shore
leave were ordered 10 report ready for
sailing ut o'clock Tomorrow morn
ing.
Other destroyers known 10 be off the
coast and believed to be engaged I'm
much the same work az the PauldinE
are the McDougal. Tanning and War
rington. The McDougal. during the
evening, anchored at Eastport. in prox-
unity to the Canadian border
PERSISTENT RUMORs
OF HIDDEN STATION
The presence Of these destroyers In
Eastern Maine waters recalled rumors
that have persisted for months that
Teutonic sympathizers had hidden
wireless station somewhere in the vi
cinity OF Bar Harbor, and that there
was suspicion also that they were
establishing secret submarine base on
the Maine coast. Few places on the
Atlantic shore line of the United States,
shipping men say, offer better ad-
vantages for submarines having de-
signs on allied supply ships Sub
mersibles operating from one OF the
innumerable isolated covers on the
Maine coast. it is pointed out. could
threaten both the steamship lane to
Europe and the transport ships passing
out from the ports Of the neighborlng
Canadian provinces.
The departure Of tug from New
London, where there have been reports
OF preparations made for receiving
German submarine freighter. gave rise
to much speculation as to whether the
undcrsea boat sighted by the Bowie
was merchant submarine instead of
another raider. The tug. however, put
in at Vineyard Haven, and II was said
there that she was going to the
Dutch steamer Bloomersdfjk. which
was torpedocd on Sunday, to see what
the chances were for salvage work.
The tug, with a diver aboard, was held
In port tonight by gale