The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-10
l0lI G AMERICAN LIVES TAKEN
N GERMAN SUBMARINE warfare
v Than 200 Lives umed States Citizens Lost Up to the Tine
Dpiomatie Re!aieas Were Seyered-Reyiew OF the Az
tacks on Unasued Merchantmen Which Stirred
IL Government to Action

they required 70 take TO their boats
cut after sinking their ship By shot
and torpedo. took the crew on board
the submarine and cowed their boats
toward the Orkney mainland The
men reached Kirkwau the next morn
ing.
On August -. 1915, came the cele-
brated case Of the Nicosiaa of the Ley
land line, and the British patrol boat
Raraiong. The Sicosian, with mules
from New Orleans 20 AvonnoG-h. vas
stopped BY a submarine OF the coast
Of Ireland. and her crew, including 90
Americans, took TO the boats While
the submarine was making ready 70
destroy the Eicosian. the Baralong ap-
pearet and destroyed the submarine
by gunfre. took on the Eicosiao's
crew, and lowed The ship 70 safety.
The next crisis came on August 10,
1915. when the Arabic OF the White
Star line. from Liverpool 10 New York.
was torpedoed without warning near
the Lusicania's grave and sunk IN
about ten minutes oGr Of 80 pas
sci gers and crew y we're lost Thirty
Americans were on board and all but
two were saved
The German government contended
the submarine commander thought the
Arabic was about 20 ram him. and
fred IN self-fefenSe bur disavowed
the act, expressed regret and gave ad-
ditionaI assurances f"r the future
safety OF passenger Sims.
A Denial From Berlin
one American q The crew of The
Hesperian q The Aiiaa Inc vas lost
on September ! 1910 when -he ship
returning IRON LlseFE"oi . Montreal.
was 1o'ft'''ot-i afd sunk without warn
Ihe Oh ne splFLsTn coast q ireland
Ne 1efInan adHlraifg confended ~
'erlhan submarine "as ID mat wen
~ oIr pl+ee = t4rEnaa torpedo
hao been DleAed - "a he Hesper.an
Geek.
Ausfrias hrSF submarine operations
OF consequence. AID those Hhich
brought Germany. closest y inro n
SITUATION, began WITH rae destruction
or me Italian steamship Aacona. Il
me Mediterranean n November =
1919 y n hundreds ~ passengers
many " them women and children
from naples 70 Nv i0rk, ne Ancota
Vas chased and stopped ~ ~ AUS
TRAN submarine. TEelTa Americans
"ere on board and nine we're lost. I-ai-
Ian Official fgEres gay 3G3 Passengers
were lost ont II ~ on boz - r vas
one Of The heaviest s15fna-sae q. u :
ters.
Sorae u ne A-qo-scaa .n~.f-l.-s
swore The Austrian s3sr,sa-r. e.v1r,
shelled the llfeboats az ne oassergsrs
were getting INTO rhera.
On December : 1919. -7gF,-oa -'ra
presumably 81 Austrian. attacked tho
American I'll STEAMSHIP pe-rol{.a ~
the coast Of Tr,rofl sa.lo- sras IN
tured BY shot iato tho PatroIf-..,s 81.
CINE room, and The submarine cortln-
ued firing after The pefrolff. had
swung broadslde 80 rho submarine
COMMANDER could gee her name Dainf4d
on her side and the American flag A.
ing between her rnasts
The submarine commander finally
permitted the p4trolite. n, r,rncaed affa-
be lad taken some OF her stores
New Crisis Appears
A new crisis. aud the first suspicion
that German submarines were oDerar-
ing Ia The Mediterranean. or thar ans-
TRAN submarines we're being manned
by German officers and c-e,,s y.as to
veIoped by the destruction 0, The Brit
ish steamship Persia on December 80
1915, southeast Of Crete while on her
way 70 the Orient
Mr. McNeeley, American consul on
his way 10 his post at Alden. was among
the 335 persons Who lost their Uves
Of whom two or more were Americans
The wake Of torpedo was seen. but