Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-10
ONLY ONE U-BOAT
IN RAID ON COAST
Admiral Gleaves Doubts State
incnt of Survivors That Sew
eral Were Engaged.
NO NEW VICTIMS ON MONDAY
Known List Remains at Six,
Though Reports of Other
Losses Are Persistent.

NEWPORT. r. l.. October 9Th,
""o'eS"'e rhid on foreign shipping
south o. Nantucket lightship on sun
DAY was the work Of one submarine
ACCORDING" 10 reports of American nava,
o'''cers' kcar-Admiral Albert Glcavcs
COM fhahuing the torpedo boat dc stroyer
hotiila which did such rcmark,b,y
speedy rescue work yesterday. said
'o-hicht that the reports of all his
o'i'ccrs agreed that, To the best OF their
observation. ono raider only was con-
ccrhed This boat presumably was the
German t-53. which called at Ncwnort
on Saturday.
Admiral Cilcavcs said he could
easily understand the positive state
inehtS OF the captain of the Nantuckc,
hEhtship and OF sailors OF the torpc-
doeo vessels that more than one sub
marine MAS concerned. The li-bo.t. he
sara. was very fast. and appeared To-
nave been handled clcvcrly. II was
easy he pointed out. for her to dis
appear on one side of a ship and ,hcn
snow up unexpectedly at another spot.
Doupticss. he believed she had sub
merged and reappearcd often enough,
10 nisiead any but keen professional
observer and to create the impression
that more than zone sea terror was
operating
REQ L ESTS STEA MERS
TO WAIT THEIR TURN
This opinion would seem to be borne
out by the statements OF many OF The
refugees thai The submarine had more
business on hand than she could ,nEe
care OF at once and was obliged to
request one steamer to wait her turn
"nite another was being put ont o.
commission.
L'eutenant-comma Miller. OF .he
DESTROYER Ericsson. who witnessed the
destruction OF the Stephano. said he
was positive that only one submar artne
was In the vicinity at the time.
To-day the raiding had ccased-a.
least, for the moment
The known list OF the victims Of Tho
t-ooats sunday exploits remains AT
SIN. Notwithstanding reports from tho
Nantucket lightship that three othe:
ships. the identity Of which could not
De iearned, were sent to the bottom
There also was a persistent rumor.
without vcrification. that British
cruiser. one OF tho allied patrol feet
sent 10 the submarine zone. had been
attacked
Ten more refugees were landed here
tonight by the Melville. tender of the
destroyer fiotilla which picked up ten
Chinese members OF the crew of tho
Strathdcne. They were sent to the
training station to be held until i'm
migration inspectors can pass on their
cases. after which they probably will
be transferred to New York.
DE>TROYEItS SWEEP WATERS
IN SEARCH Fot. MISSING GREW
pestroycrs swept the waters on a
wide area to-day III Il vain search for
the crew OF the steamer Kngstonian,
who were seen hy members OF the
steamer Strathdcne 10 take to their
boats before their vessel was sunk.
Eear-Admirai Knight was of the
opinion that the kinEstonan's crew
had been picked up by an eastbound
steamer, which did not care to divulgc
her position to lurking submarines by
reporting the fact by wireless
Notwithstanding the lull I'm SUB.
marine activities to-day. shipping men
we're by no means rcassured II only
one raider were concerned. she might
nc wai,in. only to rcplcnish her sun
plies. they believed
This gave rise 10 a renewal of re-
ports that elaborate methods OF sup
plying foreign submarines from Amer
lean bases had been perfected
In order to dispose as far as possible
OF claims Of this sort as applied to
the Narrasanscu Bay district. William
~. Walsh. deputy collector Of customs
made Il careful Investigation TODAY &c
learn IL any merchant boat or Yacht
had cleared from Newport on Saturday
or sunday which might have carried
supplies. The investigation. il is un-
dcrsiood. was made on orders from
Mr.. Walsh found no in
dication that any such supply boat
had cleared.
No PRIOR kNOWI.E:DGE
or SUBMARINES INTENTIONS
Another report pcrsis,ing in shippin.
circles was that the call of Captain
Hans Rose. OF the U-53. upon American
naval officers here was to give an in
timation that rescue ships might be
needed in the vicinity soon. rs well as
to exchange formal visits of courtesy.
NnippcrS pointed 10 the DrOmDtncSs
with which seventeen ilect dcstroycrs
had been rushed at fun speed to Nan
sucket lightship within few minutes
after the reports came OF the sinking
OF tho first submarine victim, tho Brit
ish freighter Westpoint. Rear Admiral
Gleaves. commander of the torpedo fo
tilla. disclaimcd in statement to-
night absolutely any prior knowledge
of the intentions OF the German C-boat.
Admiral Gleaves received to-day from
various sources. official and otherwise
commentator for the rescue work Of
the various vessels under his command
II was reported by members OF the
crew Of tho steamer Strathdene that
the submarine which sank her had
flied her fuel tanks with oil from tho
Norwegian tank steamer Christian
Knudsen before the latter was sent to
the bottom. Other refugees have de-
clared that they saw n German supply
ship lowering in tho vicinity OF tho
raid on Sunday.
Although fuel tanks may have been