Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-09

NoaStI AalItu from New York Saturday
for London
The sensation created yesterday
when the U-53 quietly slipped into
Newport harbor, and as quietly slip
ped away three hours later, was
nothing to tho shock in shipping cir
cles when wireless reports of submar-
inc attacks began TO come in to the
naval radio stations Just before noon
today within few minutes the air
was literally charged with electricity
as wireless messages of warning were
broadcasted along the coast.
The submarine or submarines,
had taken position directly in the
/ steamer lanes
Vessels Of the entente allies ma
/ tons and neutral bottoms carrying
! contahand OF war scurried TO get
within the three mile limit of the
| American shore. Several that were
/ following the outside course shifted
and made for the inside lane. Tho
Stephano Of the Red cross line. how
ever was caught outside the neutral
zone.
Big Prize % naX
+ The destruction OF this vessel WIS
perhaps the biggest prize uf fhe dag
The craft had ha+n sold to The Rus
sian government ana would have been
used as an ice-breaker after her pres
ent trip.
Up to late tonight, none OF the
/ British ana French patroling fleet
! had been sighted. The commander
! Of the British naval station at Hall
/ tax refused to divulge what steps
/ We're being taken to meet the submar-
/ inc attacks
! The passengers and crews OF de-
stroyed vessels who were being
/ brought into Newport were not eX-
pectcd to reach there until after mid
night Preparations to care for them
had Eacu made by Rear Admiral
knight, commandant Of the Narra-
gansett Bay naval station, and Rear
Admiral Ebert Glenves. commander
of the destroyer flotilll now at New
port.
Crew Taken To safety
Thee rev Of the Strathdene. nearly
all of them Lascars, were taken
aboard the Nantucket lightship. Of
fccrs and mon Of the West Point
took to their small boats after sum-
moning assistance from shore
The distress signals of the Wost
Point were picked up by the gov
crnment radio station at Newport, r.
t. Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves,
commander Of the destroyer flotila
Of the American Atlantic fleet, or
derod his ships to the rescue The
West Point gave her position as fifty
Mules southeast Of Nantucket. but
the navy officials said that later re-
ports indicated that the vessel was
not moro than ten miles Off shore.
h.Y "a
prctcd that tho crew would not he
brought into Newport before mid
night
The booming Of the submarines
guns was distinctly heard at Nam
luckct II was plain that the sub
mcrslblc had placed herself In the
lame Of passenger and freight traffic
and torrorI2ed shipping along tho
coast
I'm flash wireless messages were
sent mp ana down the coast and far
out to sea warning everything afloat
that German ship was operating in
the steamer lane
Warning Given by Wireless.
Every vessel equipped with wire
less was warned to make for the three
mile zone and the commanders OF
merchant vessels of the entente al
lies lost no time in shifting their
course
Those that were following what IS
known us the outside course turned
to the inside course that would bring
them closer to American land.
British consular officers who had
been advised by the British embassy
10 warn British shipping against the
u-53, renewed their caution on
learning that the submarine had
gone into action
Panic possessed the minds of ship
pcrs at points along the coast when
the first reports of the torpedoing
Wero received. The news that the
U-53 had attacked British vessels
Travelled fast Anxious inquiries were
madc at newspaper offices from
seemingly almost every one who had
"a friend on the water or owned 4
share OF stock in merchant bot
tom.
Gerard Nearing Home,
The Frederick VIII of the SCandi-
uaviuu-American line, which is bring
ing homo 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 neutral vessel we're given
to inquirng friends BY newspapers.
Government radio stations were sud-
denly closed TO the press by orders