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Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
MANY AMERICANS WERE
 ON THE STEAMER STEPHANO Was Sunk Off Nantucket Lightship Yesterday Afternoon-No Lives Lost

Newport, R. l.. Oct. 8.-The British steamer Stephano, carrying nearly one hundred first and second cabin pas sengers, including many American lightship at 4.30 D. m. today, presu- mablys by the German submarine U-53 The United States torpedo boat de- stroyer Balch reported the loss of the liner by radio to the naval station here, stating that the ship had been torpedoed. The message from the de- stroyer said that the crew was safe aboard the Balch but made no men ton of the passengers, who, it was thought here, were also taken care Of. Bound From St. Johns to New York.
 The Stephano was in the regular service of the Red Cross line and was bound from St. Johns, N. F., to New York. She was due in New York to- morrow morning. Her agents were Bowring and Company Limited, of Battery Place, New York.
 Confirmation of the rescue of the passengers by the Balch was contain ed in a later message sent by the de- stroyer to the naval station here It was said that she had picked up the passengers and later had transferred the Americans to the destroyer Jen- kns.
 Rear Admiral Knight, commandant of the Narragansett naval district said that the passengers who desired to do so would be allowed to remain on the warships until morning and that every effort would be made by officers and men to make them as com fortable as possible. At the same time said, if any of those picked up wanted to be set on shore, their wishes would be compiled with as promptly as pos sible.
 Members of the so-calIed Newport society set were prompt to extend proffers of help to the shipwrecked passengers, through Admiral Knight
 Mrs. Robert l.. Beeckman, wife ot Governor Beeckman, and Mrs. French Vanderbilt volunteered to take care o1 as many refugees as possible
 Many of the passengers on the Ste- phano are residents of New York Al this time of year the Stephano carries a fairly heavy passenger list, made ur of the last of the summer tourists whc spend their summers in Newfoundland and in the Canadian maritime pro- vinces.
 Cargo Loss Not Heavy. The cargo loss of the Stephano. il was expected, would not be very heavy, as on her westbound voyage she usually carried little freight. This is made up largely, as a rule of fish oi and other fish products.
 The Stephano was a steel screw steamer of 2,143 tons, built in Glas- gow in 1911.
 Her sister ship, the Florfzel, Jeff New York Friday for Halifax, N. $. and St. Johns, N. F.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
SEVEN STEAMSHIPS rzolR0YED
 OFF THE NANTUCKET SHOALS

broadcast, wireless messages were racing up and down the coast and far out to sea. warning everything afloat that a German warship was operat- ing in the steamer lanes. Every ves- sel equipped with wireless was warned to make for the three mile zone and the commanders of merchant vessels of the allies lost no time in shifting their courses. Those that were fol- lowing what is known as the outside course turned to the inside course that would bring them closer to Amer ican soil. The passenger steamer Ste phano which plies regularly between New York and St. Johns. Newfound- land, was bound west and was due off Nantucket tomorrow morning. When her British commander received his warning he shifted his course to bring his vessel within the inside lane.
 British consular officers along the New England coast who had been ad- vised by the British embassy to warn British shipping against the U-53 up- on her appearance at Newport yes terday, renewed their caution on learning that che submarine had gone into action.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
OFFICIALS
 ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED
Are Making Efforts to Get All the ln-
 formation ObtainabIe.


 Long Branch, N. J., Oct. S.-Presi- dent Wilson and government officials here expressed deep concern over the sinking of steamships off the Alnerio can coast by a German submarine, bus up to late hour no official word had been received indicating that inter national complications would follow.
 The government officials were plain ly worried over the situation and made efforts to get all information obtainable, as quickly as possible. It was stated that the president would meagre reports and would keep his mind open until definite information is uspplied through official sources.
 The questions of administration of ficialS centered around whether any Americans had been lost and whether the vessels were warned in accordance with international law. It was stated that a very thorough investigation would be made but that no hasty ac- tion would be taken.
 With the receipt of word of the sinking of the vessels so.near the was attached to the visit here tomor- row of Count von Bernstorff, the Ger man ambassador. While the engage ment of the ambassador with the president was to enable him to give MT. Wilson personal letter from the was taken for granted that the ac- tivities of the German submarine would be discussed. Count von Bern storff will see the president at two o'clock.
 Count von Bernstorff has carried on all his negotiations over submarine warfare through Secretay Lansing and Counsellor Polk of the state depart ment and it was thought unlikely here that the president would do anything to change this method of procedure
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
WHITE STAR LINE
 OFFICIALS ANXIOUS Liner Canopic is Carrying 1,2oo Pas- senqers and a Valuable Cargo.

Boston, Oct. 8-A1though several days removed from danger of contact with the torpedo menace, the White Star liner Canopic, carrying 1900 passengers and a cargo of general mer- ctandise from Naples, Gibraltar and the Azores for Boston was a subject of serious thought by her agents here. It was understood they were consid- ering the forwarding o- a request to hcadquartSrs of the line in England fo ran armed convoy for the steamer to be drafted from the British patrol off this coast. A change in her course would be ordered in any event, as soon as she could be reached by wireless. it was said.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
SEVERAL STEAMSHIPS
 ARE IN DANGER ZONE
Wireless Messages Sent Broadcast of
 Presence of Submarines.

Boston, Oct. S.-Within the imme- diate zone of possible further opera tions by the U-53 are several trans Atlantic steamships under registry of nations with which Germany is at war. Also, the American Line steamer Phil adelphia, with passengers and freight from New York for Liverpool, is in the waters from which reports of a Ger man submersible have come and the Scandinavian-Ameri liner Fred ericl VIII is approaching that part of the coast bound for New York from Copenhagen.
 Better known among the vessels subject because of their registry and their present positions to the subma- rine menace, are the French liner Es- pagne from Bordeaux for New York; the Anchor liner Cameronia, bound to New York from Glasgow ana Liver pool; and the Cunarder Aluania, only few hours out from New York for Falmouth and London. Other vessels of lesser size were reported approxi- mately in the same waters.
 Most of these steamships tonight have received wireless word sent broadcast by radio stations to all ves- sels of the presence of the German submersible off the New fch gland coast This message as sent to steamships of Great Britain's merchant marine, was regarded as constituting orders to change courses. The result was in- dicated in messages tonight that this vessel or that was swinging in shore to be removed further from possible contact with the submarine and to be within easy speeding distance of the three mile zone of protection.
 Francis P. Leay. the British consul here, was in constant touch with the steamship officials and on the strength of reports that the submarine had be- gun a wholesale attempt to destroy en- eny vessels, a code, message was des- patched to the embassy at Washington setting forth the facts as far as ob- taina bfet
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
PANIC AMONG SHIPPERS
 ALL ALONG THE COAST
Anxious Inquiries Made at the News
 paper Offices.

Boston, Oct. S.-Something like a panic possessed the minds of shippers in this city and at other points along the coast when the first reports of the torpedoing were received from the radio station. The stories regarding the U-53 which appeared in the Sum day papers had aroused much specu- Iation as to her mission and the news that she had attacked British vessels travelled fast. Anxious inquiries were made at the newspaper offices from seemingly almost everyone who had @ friend on the water or owned a share of stock in a merchant bottom.
 Gerards on a Neutral Vessel.
 The Frederick VIII. of the Scandi- navian-American line, which is bring ing home the American ambassador to Germany, James w. Gerard, and Mrs. Gerard, was 600 miles east of New York at noon today. Assurance that the ambassador and his wife were on a neutral vessel was given to inquir- ing friends by the press,
 Strathdene Sunk.
 A half hour later the submarine en- countered the Strathdene commanded by Captain Wilson and under charter by the French line. A subsequent message from the Nantucket lightship stated that the Strathdene had been sunk at 6 o'clock this morning and that the crew of twenty mem were on the lightship. The steamer carried a crew Of 34, so there was some doubt as to whether the lightship had pick ed them all up or had correctly re- ported. The Strathdene sailed from New York for Bordeaux yesterday af- ternoon. She was of 4,321 tons and 375 feet in length. She was built in Greenwich in 1909 and was owned in Glasgow.
 British Freighter Fired Upon
 Pursuing her hostile course,a the submarine next came up with the West Point, bound from London for Newport News. The fate of the Brit ing wireless despatch from her com mander, Captain Harden, to the na- val radio station:
 British steamer West Point stop ped by submarine and fired upon; get ting boat ready Position 40:25 north 69 west. Get cutter"
 Later messages gave further details One stated that the steamer was be- ing shelled by the submarine when the message was sent at 11.15 a. m. A third message said that the vessel was attacked at 10.45 ten miles south of Nantucket. This message caused a confusion regarding the exact position of the freighter. The steamer Kan san picked up the distress signals of the West Point and proceeded to he1 assistance.
 The West Point Sinking. The Boston navy yard at 1.30 o'clock received a message from the Kansan stating that the West Point was sink ing and that the Kansan was going tC her aid. The disabled vessel was ther 55 miles distant and the Kansan was l making 12 knots.
 Later private despatch added the information that the submarine after stopping the West Point ordered the crew into their small boats. The crew abandoned the ship, which was ther 1 tonpedoed. It was in sinking condi- | tion when last reported.
 Meantime the American Line steam. | ship Philadelphia, which left New | York yesterday for Liverpool, had got. | ten within the war zone and an s. o | $. wireless message was received by her commander. He held his course | for the east.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
Shipping on Atlantic Coast Ravaged by a Submarine
 of the German Imperial Navy
SHIPS SENT TO THE BOTTOM OR LEFT CRIPPLED

Four British One Dutch and One Norwegian Steamer Were Torpedoed-The Hostile Submarine is Believed be the U-53 Which Came Into Newport Harbor Saturday Aft ernoon-The Destroyer Fota of the United States At lantic Fleet Picking Up Passengers and Crews of the Destroyed Vessels and Bringing Them Into Newport So far as Known There Was No Loss of Lfe-WireIess Messages Were Sent Broadcast Up and Down the Coast and Out Into the Atlantic Informing Shipping of the Presence of the Hostile Submarine-An American Steamer Was Held Up But Was Allowed to Proceed
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
STEAMSHIP RLooMERsDIJk
 CARRIED CREW OF FIFTY
Intimated That International comnIi-
 cations Might Arise,

New York, Oct. s.-The steamship Bloomersdijk carried a crew of fifty men and a cargo of grain vaIded at $500,0o0, consigned to the government of The Netherlands, according to w. Van Doorn, an official here of the Hol- land-Amer1ca Line. He intimated that international complications might arise.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

val men tonight that two German sub marines are operating off the coast.
 The theory that there were two sub marines operating was based partly on a. report that one of the vessels de- stroyed was struck by three torpedoes. So far as known none of the crawl was sunk by shellfre.
 Only eight torpedoes could be seen on the U-53 when she was here and at least six torpedoes appeared to have been used today
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
DESTROYERS BRING 216 PERSONS TO NEWPORT
Rescued From Ships Sunk Of Nan
 tucket Sunday.

Newport, R. T., Oct. 9-Four des- troyers of the American fotilla came into harbor here early today bringing 216 persons rescued from the ships sunk off Nantucket Sunday by a Ger man submarine. The Ericsson, the first of the destroyers to arrive, brought S1, the Drayton 6S, the Ben ham 36, the Jenkins 31
 Thirty five women and ten children are among those on the Ericsson. This information came by wireless in ad- vance of the actual docking of the deStroyers.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
OF GUNS
 HEARD AT NANTUCKET
Submarine fs in Lane of Passenger
 and Freight Traffic.

Boston, Oct. 8.-The booming of the submarines guns apparently fired in warning was distinctly heard at Nan tucket- Just where the submersible was at the moment these reports were heard was pure speculation. It was plain, however, that she had placed herself in the lane of passen- ger and freight traffic and terrorized shipping along the coast.
 Wireless Messages of Warning.
 In a flash after the first distress sig nals of the West Point were sent
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Private William A. Stewart, Com pany E, 5th Maryland Infantry, was drowned while swimming in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Tex.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Two white men were shot and kill ed and a third severely wounded by seven negroes in a race ria near Hihill Beagher County, Mont.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
Seventh Shin Sunk.

Newport, R. l.. Oct. %-It was re- ported early today that a seventh ship had been sunk. Her identity was un- known but destroyers were searching for her.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Owing to the risks of North Ses traffic the Dutch Batavier Line has suspended it's regular sailing betweer London and Rotterdam.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

James O'Brien of Providence, R. | who has been held since last summer on a charge of having murdered Bea- trice Walter, was set free.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The Eastern Steamship Corporation reports for August net income amount ing to $39S,809, compared with $233.070 in the same month a year ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Prices of flour in Chicago advanced 30 cents a barrel to $9.60 a barrel.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The Norwegian steamship Forde, which left Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 30 for Philadelphia returned with her engines damaged.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Condensed Telegrams

Col Roosevelt will begin his western campaign tour on Oct. 16.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Limit of weight of parcel pos packages between the United State: and Panama will be increased iron eleven to twenty pounds on Oct. 15.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
BELIEVE TWO GERMAN
 SUBMARINES ARE OPERATING
One of the Vessels Destroyed Was
 Struck by Three Torpedoes.

Newport. R. l.. Oct. 8.-There is evil dence accepted seriously by some na-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The exports of copper for the week ended Oct. 5, amounted o3,221 tons, against 4,267 tons in the corresponding week last year.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

About 5000 workers at the Bayonne N J., plant of the Standard Oil Co.,, threaten to strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Ellis E. Shookman, cashier of the Burrows Bank at Burrows, Ind, con fessed the theft of $10,000, after sur rendering at the state Auditors Office.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

pr. Emil Deckert, professor of geo. grophy in the new University of Frankfort is dead
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

"Motter' Jones, who came to New York from Arizona to help the street car strikers to win, has abandoned the job.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Fire destroyed the three story fac tory of the Farmer Narrow Fabric Co.,, at Gossville, N. H., at a loss of $10o,- 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Fire destroyed the bowling alleys, of the Albany, Council, Knights of Co., lumbus, on North Pearl street at a loss. of $3,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The body of Rev. Stephen MaGiII, was found in a swimming pool at North Easton, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The Associated Confectioners of the United States set Oct. IA, as candy day. throughout the nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The new government eight-hour day commission will first turn to Chicago and the middle west in their investi- gating of railway pay and hours of labor.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Corp. Leopold L. Lowell of Company K, 2d Maine Infantry, was shot and killed at Laredo, Tex, as he walked from a store.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

August J. Simpson, postmaster of in the Catskills, for two years, was drowned while supervising work on a reservoir at the village waterworkS.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of the army staff, who has been treated in a hospital at Washington for stomach trouble, has returned to his home en- tirely recovered.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Rush orders have been placed in Pittsburgh for steel to complete a new span in the Quebec Bridge to replace the one which recently fell into the St. Lawrence river.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The Russian American Railway Se- curity Corporation has been chartered with capital of $260,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Orders for the return of the first field hospital and the first battalion of the 22d Engineers have received orders from the War Department. Deuar artment
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Five prisoners escaped from the penitentiary annex at Hart's Island, using the motor boat Baxter, of the Prisons department, in their flight toward Connecticut.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

Fort Wayne, Ind, was chosen for the 1917 meeting of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

turned over all the royal sold plate and part of the crown jewels to the Imperial Treasury to be converted into funds to aid in the prosecution of the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The coasteuard cutter Ossipee re- ported that she had found the aband- oned barges Aranac and Alexander Anderson off Cape Sable and was tow ing them to Rocklapd, Me.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The corporation of Dublin is arrang- ing for special meeting to consider an offer by the National City Bank of New oYrk to make loan of $5,O00, 900 to the city for rebuilding and housing operations.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The Boston-Cape Cod & New York Canal Co. reports to the Public Ser vice Commission for the year ended June 30 last, a. deficit of S2S9001 against a def1ict of S2S2,977 in 1915
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

The American Locomotive Co.,, has taken an order from the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.,. for 25 Mallet type locomotives and one from the Wheel ing 6 Lake Erie for 10 locomotives of the same type.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-30
Fireman LOSES
Pension Fight
William A. Schwerdtfe ger
Fails in Legal Battle Waged
Against D. c. Heads.
STAFFORD DECIDES CASE
Justice Rules Applicant Had Epilepsy
Before Becoming a Member of
Fire Deartment.
STAFFORD DECIDES CASE

William A. Schwerdtfeger yesterday
lost his suit to compel the District Com.
missioners to place his name on the pen.
sion roll of firemen. Justice Stafford
ruled in the District Supreme Court that
the evidence presented by the defend.
ants showed that Mr.. Schwerdtfeger had
had epilepsy before becoming a member
Of the Fire Department and that an in.
jury in fire here had aggravated this
nervous disorder. making him unfit for
future service.
Mr.. schwerdtteger brought suit on DC.
tober 4, 1915, for the mandamus writ to
force the Commissions to pay him $50
a month for the remainder Of his life.
He was injured during the fire at the
American five and ten cent stores, in
Seventh street, on Christmas Eve OF
1873 laying for four hours in a mass OF
debris in an almost unconscious condi-
ton.
After his rescue he was taken to a hos
pital. and when he was released from
there he claimed to have been injured
SO that 1t was impossible for him to
work again in the fire department
He applied for a pension. The exan1-
lining board of the Police and Fire De-
partments decided that his trouble was
epilepsy and that he could have returned
to work had he not suffered from this
disease. The Commissioners therefore
refused him the pension and he was dis
charged from the department on Janu-
airy p. 1915, on account of disability.
Justice Stafford dismissed the petition
OF the plaintiff. who noted an appeal
through Attorney Robert H. Mcneil. AS
sistant Corporation Counsel Stephens ap-
pears for the Commissioners. The costs
of the suit were assessed against Mr..
Schwerdtfeger.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-30
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TO
BE LECTURERS SUBJECT
Frank Bell. c. S., Will Address Audi
ence at Polls Theater on Sunday.
Last of Series of Talks.

The last of the series of lectures on
Christian Science to be given this season
under auspices Of the local Christian Sci
ence churches, will be delivered at Polls
Theater Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
The lecturer will be Frank Bell, c. s., a
member of the board OF lectureship of
the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Boston, Mass.
All authorized lecturers on the subject
OF Christian Science are members of this
board Of lectureship and are appointed
with special reference to their oualifca-
ton as speakers and their understanding
or the subject upon which they speak
The object of this is that strangers To
the subject and those seeking inforna-
ton may feel assured that they will hear
only the truth about Christian, Science
It's discoverer and its text book.
Mr.. Bell Is among the newly appointed
members OF the board OF lectureshfp and
has not been heard in Washington he
fore' although his writings In the various
periodicals. are familiar to all students
OF Christian Science. ARRANGEMENTS for
seating all who may desire to hear the
lecture have been made, so that strangers
need have no fear OF being Obliged TO
stand.