Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-09

! l-hl0i private ulHHdiNH duN'" 'il"
! the submarine, after stopping I'M
! West Point, ordered the crew mt
| their small boats The crew abandon
ed the ship. which was then torpedoed
! Meantime. the American line steam
ship Philadelphia, which left New
york yesterday for Liverpool had got
| ten within tho war zone and an :. -
! s." wireless was received hy her com
mauder. lie held her course to the
east
During the day no word came from
the British and French patrol vessel
that have been watching the Atlantic
coast.
Rumors OF sub fleet.
Rumor had II that fleet Of Ger.
man submarines was off the coast
Another that the Germans had cstab.
lished a submarine base on the ca
madam coast
Another speculation was that supply
ships were cooperating with the U-63
II was pointed out that tho submarine
after ostensibly cruising The Atlantic
unassisted, arrived at Newport fully
provisloned for three months and not
requiring fuel or so much az "a jug OF
water
Samuel Prey. New England agent
OF the Americun-Hn woiiau steamship
company which owns the kansln,
said tonight he had received no infoT-
nation from Captain Smith concern
ing the incident. The kansnn was
expected TO arrive here this afternoon,
but changed her course In response 10
distress calls from the steamer West
Point. At ! o'clock the Kansan mott
fled the Boston navy yard that she
was nfty-fivc miles from tho disabled
steamer and expected to reach her III
five hours.
The Kansan left New York with a
cargo Of steel and was coming 10 Bos-
ton on her way TO Genoa to take on
board a shipment Of horses for the
entente allies
Other Ships in Danger.
Within the immediate zone Of pos
sible further operations by the t-b5
are several Atlantic stcamshlpA
under registry Of nations with which
Germany is at war. Also, the Amerl-
can line steamer Philadelphia, with
passengers and freight from New
York for Liverpool, is in those waters,
and the iuavian-Americnn inner
Frederik VII is approaching that part
OF the coast bound TO New YORK from
Copenhagen
Better Known among the vessels
aubIcct, because OF their registry ana
their present positions to the SUB
marine menace, are the French inner
Espange. from Bordeaux for New
york; the Anchor liner Cameronla,
bound to New York from Glasgow
and Liverpool, and the Cunarder Al
nunin, only a few hours out from New
york for Falmouth and London. other
OF lesser size were reported
in the same waters.
Most of these steamships tonight
have received by wireless warning or
the presence Of the German subma-
rine OFF the New England coast. TINS
message as sent to steamships OF Great
Britain's merchant marine, was re-
parded as constituting orders TO
change courses. The result was IN
dictated In messages tonight that thls
vessel. or that, was swinging Sn-shore
to bo within easy speeding distance
Of the three mile zone of prolectloh'
british Consul Active.
Francis +. Leay, the British consul
here. was i'm constant touch WIN
officials and on the
strength Of reports that the subma-
rine had begun a wholesale attempt TO
destroy entente vessels, code mes
sage was dispatched to the embassy
nj washington. setting forth the fucth
as far rs Obtninablo.
while Consul Leay declined tonight
10 mike any statement, there was nc
doubt AT the consulate that the subma-
rine had come 60 American waters 10
begin operating off the Atlantic coast
When II became known that the
American steamer Kansan had been
halted, telephone messages were
forthwith sent to agents of steamship
lines here. and the consulate endtaN-
ored to gct into communication WIN
rvcry mastor of a British vessel along
the cuast There was no attempt ia
conceal the fact that shipping had
been terrorized by the daring per
Torrance Of a German submarine so
far from its homo base.
The British consol said he had no
information as 10 the present where
abouta OF British patrol boats, a,
though he assumed that these NcsSels
had been notified by wireless thAt the
U-53 was few miles off the coast
II was learned today that the embas-
sv's warnings had been sent To llhh
fax n. S., the naval base for brlush
ships operating I'm the North Atlanut'
and To other points in the marltine
provinces.
II-elghtcr Takes Chance.
The British froghter Isle of LeWes,
carrying supplies for war purposes
sailed early today for Manchester,
England notwithstoud the U-6S's VISIT
10 Newport Tho Great city, another