South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-07
j. 5. PATROL
VESSEL ISSUNK
BY SUBMARINE
One Officer and Twenty Men
LoSt-Sinking Causes No
Surprise to Officials.
Losses Expected.
international News Service


WASHINGTON. Nov g. - The
sinking of the American patrol boat
AT Cedo 10y a German submarine ear
ly Monday morning with the loss o.
one officer and 20 enlisted men was
received by the navy department
with deep regret but not with SUR
prise The daily reports sent to The
department by Vice Admiral sims
have led officials here 20 believe that
German submarine warfare was
more intensive than ever before
U-Boats Thick.
Vice Admiral Sims has reported
that since the presence of Amerlcau
numbers became known 10 GERMANY
that every effort was being aade to
sink troop transports and as a result
the war zone literally swarmed with
under-sea craft and that attacks
were of much greater frequency.
, The protection being afforded
transports and merchant ships car
rying supplies TO the American FOR
/ ces and the allies is being steadily
increased with the result that Lht
submarines have not been SO DARN
as formerly Shots are rrequeuti
/ exchanged but the losses on both
sides have been comparatively small
Germans Are Determined
In the opinion of naval officer
| .ere Germany is determined 10 keeI
down the transportation OF Ameri
can troops Not only is tdis bein-
done on account of.the known nsht-
ing ability of the American soldier
but i'm order to keep the gravity of
the situation from dawrir4 uuor
the German people in RS fgI -ieni-
fcance.
The semi-ofdclal press of German.
has ridiculed the idea az the United
| States being able 10 send respect
able lighting force to the from
/ Americas participation in the war
has been minimized I'm every con.
/ ceivabIe manner. and it is 90 6eer
up this game of bluff that the adm.
raltv is bending every effort to zeer
/ our troops from landing.
4. =. sailors Praised
This fun information has been lac
before the navy department 1y Vice
Admiral sims with the result thai
every war vessel. suitable 60 battle
with the submarine is Deiue addea
. 10 the American overseas forces as
speedily as they can be done Sim.
1 has also reported 20 the department
on the action OF the American sea
/ fighters and their general couduct
( which has been viewed wIth aamirH-
ton by the British and French.
The uaEv department announce.
the disaster Monday night n th.s
! statement.
+ The navy department BIAS been
advised hy Vice Admiral Sims tha'
\ ar 1880 a. Dol. Sow E. che America
patrol boat Alcedo converted
yacht was torpedoed and sunk
a German submarine In the
zone One officer and 30 men use
missing The ship sank in f0u
minutes after being struck. Several
! vessels were searching for possible
survivors 40 the time the report was
/ made. The Alcedo carried "a crew
/ of seven officers and So men
The Alcedo b. the first American
/ war vessel 90 go down lU the war
THE destroyer ras-iu ar patrol duty
was torpedoed recently Hut r.
made port safely with the Ia-- e-
only one man
80 details of me enragelre --
were given lu the brief dispatch
Inouucing Jn- yachts .ns
Men vuaccountes Tor were ar-
Iuounced by the uass deDa -mor- a-
follows
Lieut. aunlor -radeI John Or
I Melvin. father. Bishop stewart Ie-