The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-09

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into Newport We're not expected TO
reach there until after midnight
| prenarations To care for them had
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Nhisi' coiiiiii''iua'i' ol 'ne ->1i 'e''','
sett bay naval station, and Rear-Ad-
miral Ebert Gleayes commander of
Tho dostrovar aotiila nou, at Newnort
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one th'hs 'Aa' was pu1~l.us La y 81
men last night IS why the Zoo came
! into port Saturday, and another thing
that IL the subiect Of 'speculat,on OF
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stroyer hoIiii" Oh - 'esse'S Was 9oi'1
out to rescue the crew OF single
freight steamer The destroyers were
ordered out at the first report that the
| Wes, point had been torpedoed The
| theory advanced last night was that
| Comdr Rose Oh The U-53 came to New
! port to advise Rear-Admiral Knight
! that ne was about 10 attack hos
tile shipping ana ccntraband-carryinS
vessels under the sules OF internation-
al Jaw Rear-Admiral Knight repeated
! last evening that CCmdl Roses call
was one OF courtesy but it was sus-
| gested that the German commander
wished to guard against loss OF life
through the aid oil American vessels
in picking up passengers and crews OK
ships destroyed.
The u-5S. which anchored for three
! hours fO NpNnnrl hophor Saturday
Afternoon, while Commander llans
Rose sent ashore correspondence from
| Germany for the German ambassador
Count Won Dolnstorfi, ana exchanged
cflcial calls with Rear-AaE.,al
0Ieaves and Rear-Admiral AustiA N
Knight, commalasut Of the Narrasda
II ba} nayai siatci-s shipped pal oi
tie harbor and suhm 'eed just inside
the three-mGa limit i 705 o'ciJ II
saturday Lish,
At daylight yesterday she turned up
southeast at Nantucket and got in
| the way of the American steamer
Kansan of the AmericanHawaiian
company bound from New York for
Genoa by way OF Boston, with freight
The Kansan was flying the American
flag. She was stopped by the sub
marine at $50 O'Clock. Assured that
| the Kansan was an American-owned
vessel the submarine later allowed
! her to proceed
A halihour later the submarine
| encountered the Suathdene command
ed by Capt Wilson and under char.
ter by the French line.
| FrVwrtfiptr har hrcffln onrrea 4hn
submarine next came up with the
| West Point, bound from London Tor
Newport News.
The steamer Kansan picked up the
distress Signals OF the West Point
and proceeded to her assistance
Later a private dispatch added the
| information that the submarine. after
| stopping the West Point ordered the
crew into their small boats. The crew
! abandoned tie ship, which was then
torpedoes. IL was in sinking con-
! dition when last reported
Three full divisions of the Atlantic
destroyer hotilla are engaged in the
work Of rescue. Admiral knight, com
mandant of the Newport navy yard,
has given orders that all survivors
/ picked up by navy boats be brought
here. Those aboard the kansan are
/ being taken to Boston.
! A wireless has been received from
! the destroyer Drayton saying It is
returning under forced draught with
siXtyeisht survivors of the Blumiyk
and Knudson. Its commanders ex-
pect to reach deck between / and
! o'clock tomorrow morning.
Admiral Knight has made every ar
rangement to take care Of those in
need OF medical attention. From the
moment the U-2S startled the natives
OF this city by her Unexpected appear
ance in Naragansett bay yesterday
and picked up by the U. S. s. subma-
Iine Do. to be escorted into the har-
bor until it put to sea, the land wires