Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-06-07
SUBMARINES SINK
ELEVEN It. s. SHIPS
TWo PASSENGER STEAMERS, ONE
STEAM TANKER AND SIX
scHooNERs SUNK.
German U-8oats Begin Attack off
Jersey Coast which Brings the War
Closer to the People OF
America.

New York.-The unrestricted sub
marine warfare of the Hun has been
brought overseas. and the U-boats
have taken their first toll OF American
shipping on this side of the Atlantic
/ Reports received on June 8 indicate
that two coastwise passenger steam
ers, one steam tanker and six schoOn-
ers have been sent to the bottom by
| the German sea-raiders. No loss of
| life has been reported, however, as
the raiders apparently are not oper-
ating on the "spurIos versenkt' basis.
The vessels known or believed to
have been sunk are: Carolina plying
between Porto Rico and New York.
Carried 220 passengers and 100 in
crew. City Of Columbus, plying be-
tween Savannah and New York Win
neconnie, a steamship of 1869 tons,
bound from Newport News to Provi-
denee, with cargo of oil. Herbert l..
Pratt Oil tanker sunk off Cape Hen
| lopen.
The following scho0nerS are known
/ to have been sunk Edward III. Cole
in ballast, crew of eleven. Hattie
Dunn bound from Rockland to
Charleston, in ballast, Isabella B.
Wiley in ballast, crew of eight. Jacob
NJ. Haskell, bound from Boston to
Norfolk, crew of eleven. Schooner
Edna, bound to Santiago, Cuba, with
oil. Hauppauge. Texel.
The crews of the Jacob NJ Haskell
tla Tcahp1I lNilny apd Han,
pauge are still missing, as are all on
board the steamers Caroline and City
of Columbus.
Naval officers at Norfolk, Va. say
their reports indicated five German
submarines had been operating along
the Atlantic coast, and that two had
been sighted off the Virginia capeS.
Rear Admiral Fletcher, commandment
Of the Norfolk navy yard, said two
U-boats had been sighted off the Vir-
ginia capes, and Rear Admiral Nc
Lean, commandant Of the fifth naval
district, said, in addition to these, two
others We're reported off the coast of
New Jersey and one off the coast of
North Carolina. Neither officer had
been advised Of any engagement be
tween American warships and the
U-boats.
Reports brought ashore by the sur
vivors indicated that the Winneconnie
and nearly all the schooners We're sunk
BY the same U-boat, which had been
lurking in the path of shipping off the
New Jersey coast and the Delaware
capes since late last month. The stories
told by the shippers of the sehooners
indicated that the commander of the
submersibles was unusually humane
for n German submarine officer. In
no instance, so far as known, was a
life-boat shelled and In all cases re-
ported the crews We're given oppOr-
tunity TO escape or were taken aboard
the submarine, where some. of them
We're kept prisoners for eight days
before they We're turned eadrift to be
picked up by passing vessel.
Scores of United States warships
we're ranging the waters off the north
Atlantic coast in search of the Ger
man submarines which made their
long-eXpected attack on American
shipping in home waters late Monday
afternoon
While the details of naval operations
We're withheld, it is known that de-
stroyers fleets of submarine chasers
and other vessels are flashing their
searchlights tonight over the waters
along the coast and far out ut sea from
Maine to Florida
Hydroalrplanes and airplanes arose
like flOekS of huge birds from everT
naval station along the Atlantic coast
when the warming was flashed to them
and soon We're scouting over the waters
where it Is believed submarines would
be most likely to be lurking. For
elgn aviators and American students,
as well us American flyers, eagerly
volunteered for service.
lowering for two days over the sea
where the American tanker William
Rockefeller had been sunk by II Ger
man submarine. fl0tilla of deStroyers
and two seaplanes finally succeeded
In capturing the U-boat. according to
naval officers, survivors of the dis
aster. who landed Monday ut an At
lantic port.
The sea for miles about the Spot
where the fatal blow struck the tanker
was closely waehed by destroyers and
their accompanying seaplanes
AT last the submarine, which had
stayed below the surface so long that
its air tanks had become exhausted,
rose to the surface and was netted.
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