Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-04
'U-BOATS SOUGHT
BY SKY AND SEA
Navy Patrols Scour Cape
May Coast for Ger
man Submarines
JENNINGS BOMBS RAIDER
BIZ a stag Correspondent
Cape May, June 4.

Cape May, June 4.
Every available unit of the Navy De-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS patrol boats. de-
troyers, seaplanes and other crafts
operating on the sea as far as seventy
Ave miles off this point. searching for
the German undersea craft responsible
for Sundays raid on coastwise ship
ping.
1t was reported this afternoon that
aviators have established that more than
two submarines participated in the at
tack.
A report that the periscope of an
enemy submarine was sighted near this
port is officially denied American
submarines in the U-boat hunt gave
rise to the rumor.
Ensign Allyn Ryerson Jennings of
Philadelphia. son of Ryerson W. Jen-
nings. may have sunk one of the Ger
man submarines, II developed today. It
is said to have been the undersea boat
that at acIiod and sank the tanker Her
bert l.. Pratt.
Drops Bombs Raider
Sighting the crew of the ship leav-
ing in small boats. Ensign Ryerson
volplaned toward the ship. As he did
80 he sighted the periscope of a SUBJ
marine some distance away
1t was rapidly submerging, but by
volplaning he managed to come atop
the submersible, dropping several depth
bombs. He reported there was no evil
dence that any of his bombs had found
their mark.
In his attempt to destroy the raider
Ensign Jennings flew close to the water
and at one time was near to the sur
vivors of the sunken ship. He was
moment too late in arriving upon the
scene or there would have been no
doubt that one of the raiders had been
accounted for, according to reports.
A virtual network of naval craft pa.
trolled the coastal waters all last night
and there was continual exchange Of
wireless messages between the ships al,
sea and the bases The local naval
base is in close touch with Washing
ton and coast stations. and reports are
received at short intervals. but off,
vials are Withholding all word of the
operations of the ships in quest of the
U-boats.
Armed guards who had patroled the
streets were withdrawn today. but the
city still was virtually under martial
law. The guards were thrown about
the city Sunday evening when the first
submarine alarm was sounded by the
rush Of buglers through the streets
calling men on leave back to the bar
racks. and the sudden appearance in
the air of of the observation balloons
and seaplanes.
Flier's Search without Ceasing
Naval fliers have had little sleep
since the first alarm was sounded
Hardly a man has given up the hunt
except when given strict orders that he
must Hour after hour they have flown
up and down the coast and when order
ed of duty for rest have invariably
protested and asked to be allowed TO
continue the hunt, which. instead Of
diminishing. is becoming more feverish
las the hours pass. Some of the fiiers
were literally dragged from their
planes today, after having been on duty
since Sunday afternoon.
Naval officers here have made no
effort to minimize the seriousness of
the situation, although none will make
q statement on the status today.
Few persons slept in the city last
night. although apparently there was
no alarm felt. Every person was few
erish with anxiety about the search
at sea and feared that TO go home might
mean the missing of a battle at sea or
chance to see a captured German sub
marine and crew
Every point of vantage was crowded
again. early today. but a dense cloud of
smoke, partly obscuring the horizon,
made it impossible to see far to sea and
prevented the watchers from knowing
just what the destroyers and other naval
craft were doing in the hunt.