Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-19
Steamer Guyane Successful
In Forty Minute Battle
With Submarine.
GUYANE'S GUNNER
BETTER MARKSMAN
submsrsibls's shots Fall Short But
French Gunner Hits Mark With Sec.
ond shot-Five Steamers From War
Zone Ports Reach New York-Liner
Philadelphia Out Of Danger Zone
Three Steamers Reported Sunk.

ute battle between a German U-boat
and the French steamship Guyane, off
the coast of France, on Jan. %, the
submarine was sunk, according to Off
GERS of the freighter which arrived
here today from Bordeaux
The Guyane was one day out from
port. AT $3.50 p. m. Captain Rousselot
said the U-boat was sighted some dis!
tance to port and apparently endeav-
oring to cross the freighters bow to
stop her The, submarine fired a shot
which fell short and the Guyane then
turned sharply to starboard so that the
Dig % millimetre gun could be trained
on the approaching vessel. \,
Inc submarine fired a second shot
which fell considerably short, and a
third which fell close to the Guyane,
Guyans Gunner Finds Mark.
Meanwhile the Guyane gunner had
sent one shell which struck yery near
us marx. A second shot from the
Guyane, Captain Rousselot :said hit the
U-boat squarely and she was seen to
collapse. During the next thirty min
utes the German craft appeared to be
struggling for. existence, No one ap-
peared on deck and no further attempt
was made to shell the French vessel. &
The freig'hter's onicers5sa said they had
no doubt but that the U-boat was lost
The Guyane. q steel vessel of 2.O6S
tons net, carried thirty y-seven men. She
brought q general cargo .of about 1 1000
tons.
Five stsamsrs Arrive.
Five steamships from war zone ports
arrived today. The steamer Folia. from
Bristol .and the Sebastian, from itouen.
both left after Germany's new s ss,ubma =
rine campaign commenced. The Folia,
g Cunard freighter, came BY way .of.
flax. y. ,ss d
+ The other arrivals were the Bel8ian
steamer Escut, from Cardfff: French
steamer Guyane, from Bordeaux, and
the. Dutch steamer Noordwyk, from
Rotterdam.
The Standard Oil tank steamer wico
sailed from here today for an unnamed
European port, the first vessel OF the
Standard Oil fleet to leave an Ameri-
can port since the U-boat campaign
was inaugurated.
The American liner Philadelphia,
which left Liverpool on Feb. IL re-
ported her position by wireless today
as 1926 miles east Of New. York at 10
a m. She is expected to dock Thurs
Two Stsanaships Sunk,
Two steamships out Of New York
under charter to the Kerr Steamship
Company, one Norwegian and the 9TH
er Spanish, have been sunk, accordinE
to advices received by the company to-
day. They were the Dalmata, Norwe-
sian, Jan. "a. for Havre, and the Mar
Adriatico Spanish, Jan. 26, for Bor-
deaux.
The Dalmata was sunk Feb. ., and
the Mar Adriatico on Feb. II. The
latter arrived at Lisbon on Feb. and
Was probably proceeding for Bordeaux
when sunk: Officials Of the Kerr
Steamship Company said they Hid not
believe either vessel has Americans
aboard.
The Dalmata was vessel OF 1.773
tons gross 245 feet long. The Mar Ad-
riatico was 2,4l0 tons gross, 2s5 feet
long.
Smoke osvics illustrates Attacker.
Baltimore, Feb. 19.-The Donaldson
line freighter Lakonia, Of Glasgow.
provided with new smoke device of
the British admiralty to render ship
ping immune from submarine attacks.
arrived at this port yesterday. The
ship also carries a three-inch gun
mounted astern and several trained
gunners to man it.
S According to one Of the gunners to-
day, the new gun can generate enough
smoke in several minutes to mask q
vessel from the enemy's view for sey-