The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-05
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Scour MARYLAND Coast.

WASHINGTON, June 5-Concentra-
ton today of American naval forces off
the Maryland coast followed the re-
ceipt of advices by the navy depart
ment that German undersea craft hav-
ing sunk probable total of ten vessels
off the New Jersey shore had yester-
day transferred the scene Of their
depredations further south.
| Just as naval officials had concluded
that the German raiders had left
american waters for their home port,
there came the news that French
tank steamer, the Radioleine, was
saved from destruction early yesterday
by an American destroyer IS miles off
the Maryland coast. The same dis
| patch brought this news that there had
| been added another schooner, the Ed
ward Baird Jr., to the list of submarine
victims.
The Baird was found in sinking
condition by the destroyer, which took
on board two of the schooners sur
vivors. The Baird was a vessel of 279
/ tons hailing from Wilmington, Del.
, No report had been received early to-
day as to the fate Of other members
of the schooner's crew, and it was not
known whether other additions would
be made to the list of So persons be-
lieved to have been lost when the
steamship Carolina was shelled and
sunk.
Reached Port is Message.
| In attacking the. French tanker Rad
ioleine the German raiders made their
first attempt to sink transatlantic
vessel. The navy department dispatch
stated that the Radioleine was later re-
ported as having reached an American
port.
Transfer of the scene Of operations
from the waters off New Jersey to the
Maryland region was taken by navy
department officials to mean that the
large number of patrol vessels. sea-
planes and other craft which went out
in search of the raiders when the first
news of the sinkings was received
Monday morning had made it too I'M
comfortable for the enemy in the
northern region. Naval forces from
Norfolk to Chesapeake Bay were to-
day even more on the alert than yes
terday in hopes of hunting down the
raiders. While no official announce
ment has been made. it was indicated
that the army aviation service had
joined in the search.
21,CCO Tons Lost.
Navy department officials today
after reading the stories told by sur
vivors, were somewhat inclined to re-
wise their previous view as to there
being only one submarine engaged in
the raid. The survivors stories tend,
ed to establish the theory there were
at least two U-boats, and identified
the two craft as the U-37 and the
U-151.
Officials today declared that the
work of the raiders thus far had been
a failure in that the tonnage destroyed
in the sinking Of the eleven vessels
represented only about $1,000 tons and
that what is believed to have been the
primary purpose, namely the creation
of a demand by the American people
for the return of American craft fight
ing submarines abroad, had been com
Ipletely defeated.
| Il had Just started for the dining
saloon" she said, when somebody
called my attention to the zig-zae
course we were taking. Then there
came a sound of an explosion so close
that it badly frightened us all. We
went out when we were told that {
German raider was about to board us
Thoughts of Hun atrocities filled me
Orders came to get aboard boats
women and children going first while
men stood by. 1t was dark then.
Soon a terrible storm broke and We
were torn loose from our tow. We
could hear people calling, whether
simply from fright at the storm, or be
cause they had been swamped o.
washed overheard l do not know. l
was just torture all night long. Day
light brought relief and the sea hae
Gained down. From then until we
landed was just monotony. Lieut.
McLaren and Purser T. A. Mertz ant
Mr.. johnson were fine in their work.
Sub Painted Green.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June s.
:, Local Red Cross and city officials to
3 day are being beseiged with telephone
3 and telegraph messages from anxious
friends and relatives Of passenger
= on the New York and Porto Rico lire
Carolina, which was sunk by Gel
man submarine Sunday evening.
1t was learned today that the sub