Evening star., 1918-06-04
Senators Pleased.

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Senators Pleased.
After comforting with Navy Depart
Iment heads today Senators Swanso,
of Virginia and Lodge of Massachu
lsetts of the Senate naval committed
depressed complete satisfaction will
steps being taken against the subma
lrines.
Everything that can be done is be.
ing DONE" said Senator Lodge. '"rh<
Navy had been expecting just such ar
affair and was adequately prepared
We needn't worry one bit about wha,
is being done to cope with them."
| The statement of the captain OF the
steamship Texel that the commander
of the submarine which sank his YES
| sci declared he had been on this side
of the Atlantic for two months re-
vived speculation as to the probable
| ties of nearby German submarine
base.
Secretary Daniels said he would not
| like to express an opinion as to
whether or not there is nearby
base. but said there was no evidence
In the possession Of the government
| of such rendezvous.
Many Coastwise Vessels Safe.
All of the III coastwise vessels un-
der control of the railroad admins
tration were reported safe in port
before noon today.
Mr.. Daniels Tells Committee.
Secretary Daniels went to the Cap
| itol yesterday to tell members OF the
House naval committee that the raid
was designed to frighten the Amer
lean people into demanding the return
Of war vessels from the other side.
He gave assurance that Congress
need have no apprehension as to pro-
that there will be no recall of forces
i from the war zone.
Last night Mr.. Daniels summarized
the information reaching the depart
ment as follows:
Navy Department reports show
that the following vessels have been
sunk:
Jacob NJ. Haskell. schooner, 1852
tons. hailing from Boston, sailing for
Norfolk; eleven in crew, no passen-
gers.
Isabel B. Wiley. In ballast, net ton
mage. 611; crew. eight.
Hattie Dunn of Rockland. Me; ;
for Charleston.
Edward H. Cole Of Boston; tom
mage, 1895; in ballast; bound for Nor.
folk: crew of eleven.
Herbert L. Pratt. steamship oil
tanker. sunk about five miles south
of overfalls lightship. of the Della
ware coast; thirty-eiGht on board
thirty-seven Of the crew rescued and
landed at Lewes: one lost.
THE crews of the above-named ves-
sells. except the one man lost from
the Pratt, were rescued.
ut appears that the schooner Edna
which was found bottom side up sew
eral daya ago and towod into ,awAa
Del. was also a victim of the sub
marine. The crew of the Edna have
been landed at New York. The mas
ter of the Winneconne picked up the
crew of the Hattie Dunn"
Patrol Activity.
Meanwhile, departmental reports
from naval districts along the whole
Atlantic coast showed feverish
From all along the coast armed craft
are converging on the spot where the
enemy was last reported. Seaplanea
are patrolling the air seeking any
trace. Every craft has orders to fire
on sight at any suspicious object. Al
ready they have fred on floating
wreckage with shot and shell in
search Of the moe, leading. to reports
of battles at sea from various points
Around the War and Navy depart
ments there was little evidence of ex
element Orders flashed out by Ad-
miral Benson late Sunday, when the
first intifnatfon Of the appearance OF
the enemy came. already had set every
agency for protection OF the coast in
motion. There was little to do but
transmit to the district commanders
all information that was received.
The only detailed account of thl
raiders work reaching Washington
was that Of the captain Of the steamer
Bristol. which took the crew Of the
destroyed schooner Edward H. Cole
to New York and which herself out
ran the U-boat. r
AS to Number Of U-Boats.
Mr.. Daniels pointed out to members
of the naval committee that tho state
ment of the captain of the Cole that
he had seen the periscope OF a second
U-boat was the only report indicating
that more than one raider was Off the
| coast. The close proximity of the
sinkings to each other. with the ex-
ception Of those several days ago of
the Virginia capes. indicates the ac-
tivities of single submarine, which
has consistently saved it's supply OF
! torpedoes and used only bombs and
gunfire so far as known.
Apparently the Germans took care
| in each instance to give the crews 3
chance for their lives. Holding mer
aboard the raider under the conditions
| that surrounded her was an unusua
display of humanity. 1t was pointed
| out. which did not conform to German
practices in the war zones abroad
The fact that these prisoners were
later released and set ashore lent color
| to the idea that once the mask was of,
| the Germans wished to advertise theil
doings off the coast to the fullest pos.
sible extent.
Another evidence Of the object OF
| the raid being other than to destro,
| shipping and set up a blockade or
\ this side Of the ocean was seen in fhs
| type of U-boat described. A two-htln.
dred foot vessel would be an eight.
Ihundred-tonner. similar to the U.53
which visited the United States before
the war. calling at Newport and leay-
ing a trail of sunken allied merchan,
craft behind as she scuttled for home
| The destruction caused by the U.s.;
at that time Is the only previous close.
up view of the war the people Of the
United States have had.
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