Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-01
Big STEAMER
T0RPED0ED0N
VOYAGE HOME.
As Attack Occurred by Day.
light and Ship Remained
AfIoat Hour, Casualty List
Probably Is Small.
(By Associated Press.)


Washington, May 31.-Loss
of the homeward bound Amer
lean transport, President Lin
coin, was reported today by
Vice Admiral Simms. The mes
sage said the vessel was tor
pedoed at 10:40 o'clock this
morning and went down an
hour later. It made no mention
of casualties and did not dis
close the position of the vessel.
Navy officials feel that as the
attack occurred by daylight and
the ship remained afloat an
hour the casualty list would be
small.
One of 20 Survives.
An Atlantic Port, May 81. -- The
American steamer Amackassin, ves-
sci of 266 tons gross, formerly rum
ming between New York and Hast
ings-on-Hudson, was sunk by a Ger
man submarine near Gibraltar in the
early part of April, with a possible
loss of all but one of its crew of
20, according to Edward Madison, the
survivor, who arrived today on an
Italian ship.
Passengers Die Under Hun Fire.
Washington, May 3l.-News of the
shelling of the Spanish steamer Maria
Pia, which caused the death of her
captain and several passengers
reached here today in diplomatic dis
patches. The vessel reached a
Spanish port after the encounter.
The steamer encountered the D.
boat off the Chaffarinas island. One
shell killed the captain in his state,
room, as we'll as one of the crew and
wounded a woman passenger.
The submarine came to the surface
and aided in the rescue of the pas
sengers. The commander expressed
his regrets, asserting that he did no
know the steamer was Spanish boat
Two U-Boats Sunk.
An Atlantic Port, May 3l.-Two O
Germany's newest and largest sub
marines of the cruiser class wer'
sunk May II and lS, near Gibraltar
according to passengers who arrived
here today on an Italian steamship.
The U-boats were sunk by allied de
stroyers and from one of them pris
oners were taken, the passengers as
serted. The Italian liner was helc
at Gibraltar, while the sea Ian,
through which she sailed. wal clearet
of the enemy.
Recent cable reports carried the of
fetal announcement that one of Ger
many's new submarines had been de
stroyed. A German report subse
quently stated that the admiralty hae
reported that one of these boats wa
long overdue.
Steamer Rams Submarine.
An Atlantic Port, May 3l.-A Ger
man submarine lying in wait fol-
transports carrying American troops
was rammed and sunk by large
transport off the Irish coast during
the second week in May, according tt
authentic information brought herr
today by a prominent American re
turning from an important mission
to England.
The ship which sunk the submarine
is one of the largest liners known t.
American and European travellers ant
hit the U-boat full admidships afte
a torpedo had been fired and th'
transport was maneuvering to max
way for accompanying destroyers t.
drop depth charges. 1t is poss sible
the American said, that the subma
rine might have been forced to tn
surface by one of the explosions, bu
at any rate it came up less than S
yards in front Of the liner.
In full view of the soldiers on it
deck, the big steamship rammed tn
submarine and "cut it like a piece O
cheese" the American said.