The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-09

l., today.
 The crew of the British freighter Kingston. was missing this morning, put the men were reported to be Tn Afeboats 30 miles southeast Of Nan iucket.
 Early today the submarines had not been identified but there was no doupt tn the minds of naval off CTS that one ,f the engines of destruction was the German U-53, which delivered mail for he German ambassador, Count Won Bernstorff, at Newport, Saturday. and second was declared to be the 'U-61 The belief is growing that the U-53 is only one of a fiotilla of German sub- marines gathered for attacks on ves- sels of the allies nations and neutral bottoms carrying contraband of war Their operations so far as known have been south amid southwest of Long Is land.
 The Hawaiian-American line steam CT Kansas, flying the American flag, was held dplo off Nantucket Lightship. Her captain turned back in response to signals of distress from the West Point but finding that his assistance was not required, he proceeded to Bos- ton. The richest prize bagged by the German subs was the Red Cross pass enger liner Stephano. which had just rounded the east end of Nantucket when she fell prey to submarine. The Stephano was valued at $4O0,00O when she was launched three years ago. She had a cargo of codfish oil consigned to parties in the United States and South America and valued at $150,O00.
 Submarine activities began at day. Night Sunday, three miles east of Man. tucket Lightship when the American steamer Kansas was sighted and sig nailed to stop. When the submarine commander was satisfied that she was an American vessel he allowed her to proceed.
 The submarine then moved in close to the Iightship where at a. m. she stopped the British steamer Strath- dene bound from New York for .Bor- deaux After the crew had obeyed orders to take to the ships boats the submarine sent a torpedo into the Strathidene and sank her.
 Tho raider, patrolling the vicinity of the transatlantic steamship lane, moved considerably to the southward.
 At 10;45 a. m.>, she signalled the steamer West Point bound from Lon- don for New York. At this point. 10 miles south of the lightship, the crew took to the boats and the submarine torpedoed and sank the steamer. No other vessel was encountered until late in the afternoon.
 At 4:3O D. m six miles southeast of the rghtship the German stopped the Stephano. The passengers and crew were removed and the vessel sunk. Near sunset, the British steam CT Kingston came within view of the lookout on the submersible. The same procedure was followed as with the other vessels and at p. m. the Kingston went down short distance southeast of the lightship.
 The bright moonlight gave the sub- marine a good chance to continue op- erations in the evening. She moved a. little to the westward and soon after dark stopped the Dutch tramp steamer Bloomeradi1k. from New York for Rotterdam, three miles south of the lightship. Supposedly on the theory that she was carrying contreband, the steamer was sunk after the crew had entered small boats. The submarine leIt ner Stlll duOdl Uul SiiO WOhI uo"H at 8:05 p. m.
 A little later the Norwegian, Chris tian Knudsen, New York for London, was similarly halted and sent to the bottom. Three other steamers were reported sunk early today.
 The Kansas, meanwhile, had sent broadcast radiograms telling of the submarines appearance in the vicinity of the lightship. The West Point also was able to flash off brief messages giving word of her plight before she was abandoned by her crew. These despatches were picked up at Newport and a fleet of United States torpedo boat destroyers was immediately or dered out to pick up the crews. Throughout the day and night the dcstroyers cruised in the waters for several miles around the Nantucket Lightship receiving word from time to time of the sinking of additional vessels. They located the survivors of all the vessels known to have been destroyed, except the Kingston, and took them aboard. The crew of the strathdene had previously been given shelter on the lightship.
 The steamer Kingston is not men, toned in maritime records and Her destination was not known early to- day. No legendary Flying Dutch- men" ever was the center of so much mystery or of so much speculation or Nved so true to the ls~lition as the