The sun., 1916-10-09

peuOed ana SUM southeast OF VAN.
ticket, crew missing hut believes safe
In small boats and destroyer Il search.
Ing for them. This vessel Is not nc.
counted for In the maritime registers
and may he che hinpstoninn. The At.
tack was at q =. VI.
BLOOMERSDIJk. Dutch freIghter,
torpedoed and sunk south NJ Nantucket.
crew taken nbonrd u destroyer. The
steamer was bOund from New York
for Rotterdam. having sailed last niskt.
CHRISTIAN kNCDSEN, Norwegian
freIghter, torpedoed and sunk near
where the BloomersdiJk went down,
crew picked mp by destroyer. The
vessel sailed from New York Saturday
for London.
Vessels We're Torpedocd,
All reports point to the fact that the
sunKen vessels were torpedoed. The
only snip mat so reported definitely in
wirelessing for help was the stephan
which accompanied her 4 o 2 cali with
the message w are being torpcdoed :"
Ine Stephano was said to be stjll anoat
SIX miles southeast Of the liz htship TO-
night "
Although the sinking of tho sve
freighters that carried no passenger
was an event of tremendous importance
n anxiety to the naval officers here. IL
was the case Of the Stephano that most
concerned them. There is no describing
the alarm and foreboding that were
felt at the first reports which Indicated
mat there had been loss of life among
the American passengers on that shin.
m the further suggestion that the
Stephano had been torpedocd without
warning. This anxiety wa. immensely
relieved at nightf,li when word came
that all who had been on board were
safe and oil their way here on American
destroyers.
The Stephano was the U-53's creates,
accomplishment In the days work OF de.
struction. She was equipped with A stec,
sheathed. ice cutting bow and had been
sold to the Russian Government, which
intended to Use her as an Ice breaker in
Archangel harbor.
Warned Of u Boat.
The ship had been warned that the
German submarine had left Newport
harbor heading evidently Tor the steam
shin lane. In the absence OF definite In
formation II was assumed tha Can't.
smith had taken the outside course I'm
rounding the Nantucket liehtship and had
thereby fallen easily into the power of
the Invader. Ordinarily the Stephano
takes the inside course.
In view of the b~ewildering succession
OF attacks by the U.53 to-day, IL IL gen.
orally believed here that the submarine
followed a deliberate course set for her
before che left Germany. Her orders. IL
Is believed. were something like these:
Get to the United States as fast as
you can. Jump right into "A conspicuous
American port. Stay just long enough
"a deliver mail to be posted to the Am
oassador at Washington. BE sure that
everybody knows you're there. but keep
them puzzled as to what you are up TO
Then hustle out and sink all the enemy
ships you can. Get them where they're
thick. Lay for them In the lane troy-
eiled by every ship bound from American
TO foreign ports. Hurry. for the British
patrol VIII be after you hotfoot. Make
every shot count, and when the tor
pedoes and shells are gone, dash for
home"
80 the naval sharps believe that very
Soon. possibly Tomorrow. we shall have
seen the last OF the U-53, until she re-
appears at Helgoland or wilhelmshayen.
II she succeeds in ~escaping the patrol
ana nets OF Great Britain as sine dld
coming over. There are reports that al
least one British cruiser has been seen
nereabout recently. but no definite in
formation mas reached the naval station.
Last night Capt. Chauncey Kenyon ~
the United States Coast Guard s,at,on
reported that he had seen what he
thought was a British cruiser OF Price.
Neck. There was no further word OF
the supposed prowler to-day. Two or
tnree snip captains also say they saw
the French cruiser Condo on Cape Hat
teras last week. northward bound. In
their ordinary routine. however. the
scouts Of the Allies are far from the
American coast. They have been regu-
larry patrolling along the line from Trini-
dad through Bermuda to Halifax. II ia
considered likely that while they hays
hNrd OF the L boats ~depredations nv
TIM time, they cannot reach her before
she'departs for Germany.
AS IL was not generally supposed that
the underwater terror would tackle her
prsy SO soon after leaving Newport. the
patrol captains of the Allies NAV have
been fooled like other mariners into
milking that her appearance here was
merely a blind and that the place to lie
!or her was FAR to the n%orthward in
the path Of troopships.
short Stay Indicated.
Col. Ernst Weight. who settled in
newport years x and became an Amer.
N''HSH' maui VII ms NINA yeSter-
DAY that the stay Of the C-53 in these
parts was to be brief. Col. Voight went
aboard her In Newport harbor and asked
III any or the voyagers hailed from his
naive German city. Finding none, he
tried to make conversation with some
OF the crew. They smiled and gave him
an armful of postcards to mail to Ger
many and were willing to discuss the
weather. But they weren't telling the
Colonel anything important. Finally.
however, one of the slickerclad sailors
said TO him: Have you an American
coin with you?'
Sure said Col. Voight, handing
over a dime. Thanks" said the sailor
IT'S for a souvenir Of America, We
don't expect to see you adopted country
again"
Naval officers said to-day they thought
II entirely possible for the U boat to get
BACK TO Germany, barring accideu1
without taking on more provisions rney
weren't so sure there would ne oil
enough. but were inclined to believe that
Capt. Rose knew what he was talking
about when he said he didn't need a
thing and even declined to take on drink
ing water.
The new submarines OF the United |
states navy--the l. class-have a cruis-
ing radius OF 5000 miles. The U 90 il
az least 20 per cent. larger than these ,
craft. Naval officers who explored her
yesterday said that EXCEPT for size she