New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
No Evidence U-53
Had Aids-May Be
Mother Ship.
ALL SURVIVORS
ACCOUNTED FOR
List of Victims Remains
at Six - DeStrOyers
Called In.

From . stsr Correspondent o, n. Tribga..I
Newport, Oct. 9.--Somewhere of
the Nantucket coast tonight; maybe
far off, and on his way back to Viii
lemshaven; maybe cozily hidden,
Herr Lieutenant Captain Hans Rose
of the U-53 is chuckling over an
other little joke. He had fooled the
Americans again and had given them
new puzzle to worry over.
Three British cruisers arrived at
the scene of the submarines exploits
to-day, thirty-six hours after the first
warnings were sent out, and French
cruiser is also believed to be near.
1t is understood here, however, that
they have found no trace of the raid
er, and she is believed to have es-
capped.
The New England coast wakencd
this morning, expecting that the
U-boat and the sister submersibes
which were supposed to be working
with her, would continue their COM
merce raiding. But not once up to
midnight, has submarine been seen,
let alone felt. Not a merchantmen
has been stopped, not shot fired,
not periscope sighted.
Only One U-Boat, Say Officers.
Moreover, in spite of definite tes-
timony to the contrary, American
Eaval officers now believe the whole
sale raid on Sunday was the work Of
one submarine. Rear Admiral AL
hert Gleaves, commanding the tor
pedo boat destroyer flotilla, which
did such remarkable rescue work yes
terday, said tonight that the reports
cf all his officers agreed that TO the
best of their observation one raider
only was concerned. This boat, they
assume, was the U-53.
Admiral Gleaves said he could easily
the positive statements Of
the captain of the Nantucket LightshiS
and of sailors of the torpedoed vessels
that more than one submersible wa
concerned. The U-boat. he said. was
very fast, and appeared TO have been
handled eleverly. 1t was easy. he
pointed out. for her 70 disappear or
one side of ship and then show I'D
unexpectedly at another spot.
Would Mislezd Many.
Doubtless. he believed. she had sub
merged and reappcared often enough
TO mislead any but a keen professional
observer and to create the impression
that more than one sea fighter was
operating.
This opinion would seem to be borne
out BY the statements of many OF the
refugees that the submarine had more
business on hand than she could take
care Of at once. and was obliged to re-
quest one steamer TO wait her turn
while another was being put out OF
commission. Lieutenant Commander
Miller of the destroyer Ericsson. who
the destruction Of the Ste
piano. said he was positive that only
one submersible was in the vicinity al
the time.
Hears Of Mother" Ship.
Rear Admiral A. NJ. knight, com
mandant Of the station, agrees with
this. He has up for consideration also
several statements from persons who
saw what they believed to be a Ger
man supply ship lying beside the sub
mersible which sank the Stephano.
These come from officer, sailors and
passengers.
That such a mother ship could have
escaped from a German port to accom-
pany a submarine fotilla is much
doubted in navy circles. But that one
might have been fitted out in a port
on the North American or South Amer
lean coast they admit is distinctly pos
sible. OF this possibility Washington
has taken cognlZdnce.
Other Sinkings Uncon6rmed.
The known list of the victims OF the
U-boat's Sunday exploits remains at
six, notwithstanding reports from The
Nantucket Lightship that three other
ships, the identity of which could not
be learned, were sent 10 the bottom.
There was also . persistent rumor,
without verihcation, that British
cruiser, one OF the Allied patrol feet
sent TO the submarine zone, had been
attacked.
Ten more refugees were landed here
tonight by the Melville, tender Of the
destroyer fotilla. which picked up ten
Chinese members Of the crew OF the
steamer Strathdene. They were sent
to the training station 10 be held until
immigration inspectors can pass upos
their eases, after which they probably
will be transferred to New York.
Not . Life Lost.
II is certain now that not q single
one Of the hundreds Of lives imperilled