Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22
HUNS SHIFT WAR
To AMERICAN SOIL;
U-BOATS OFF MASS.
Thousands Watch German Pirate
Hurl Shells on Cape Cod;
Attacks Barges.
FIRES WITHOUT WARMING

Orleans. Mass, July % A Ger
man submarine attacked the tug Perth
| Ambov Of the Ichigh Valley Railroad
! and her four hareCs three Mules oil thla
! town on the southeastern elbow of Cape
! Cod nj 030 IN. Yesterday Tho one
| sided battle lasted one hour and IA hall
| The tug was burned to the waters cdgr
| hv ahollfire, while the barEce l.nnsiord and
| No 77G. No. 2?2 and No 7f0 were sunk
| by Runtlre
| THREE PERSONS WOUNDED
| The hargos were bound from Glouccs-
| tor for New York and only one was
! londed, her cargo consisting of atonr
| OF the forty-oue persons. including three
| women and five children on board. three
men Captain Charles Ainsle ot the
/ I.ansfmd John Boloyich and John Nltz.
! Austrian members ot The tug crew were
wounded HoIovch probably will lose
nm arm Nta had one hand blown oii
| These two were sent 10 the Mnssachu-
sctts General Hospital in BOSTON. tap-
| tain Ainae was wounded IN both arms
| hv shrapncl and was treated at the
| summer home of Dt J Dnntorth Tav-
| lor Of Boston
| The attack was witnessed by large
! crowds of natives and summer visitors
! who had nockcd 10 the capc Tor the
wcrk-cnd MI accounts agreed that tho
sIhmarlnc shooting WAS 1erN had
! IIrr torDcdo vnrk was no better Nr-
/ conl,up to Captain t,nshc u the Lana
ford she launched three forpc,iocs ~
! the tur and al went Wild
erNrIANr4 no rpr Frectr
The attack occurred only few mlns
| from the naval a,intion station ~ hat
! ham Three scapianca attacked the
RAIDER with honbs, according ia R"ar
! admiral Spencer S Mood commanded
| ~ the FIRST Naval Dlstr,rt 1'h, hr" "aa
returned. kocpne the pan'+ nth
| Finally. however, the boat 4uimcfE'd
/ and Mas last observed hondiuF south
Last nrht the ting WA still aroat and y
was thought she could ~ saved he
not result of he rud wae the @Inkmg
If hnIvcs valued ia the aggregate AZ
! 500 900. and serious damaging - tug
valued ~ 100000, ~ th cNpend'tuf" -
| thrcr torrcdo,s. which i y estimated
| cost the t,erman government q total
Of S4A, 600 and quan'lfN ~ ammnnitl"
Ma Arrru I,Hgt e"ItuH
The appearance IT tic ruirr 81 near
tho trcachcrbus shoals and udc up4 II
| the capo and her subsequent a,tInus
caused au,a7rmont to the thousands ol
eve witnesses rather than con~tetnatlon
/ The uatllcs 81 the ceIr could mot un
| dcrstand vhy she should vast" Shris
ou 4 ilcct uf harRos returning - coal
port II Was reported lnwcNcf THAI
the real prey sought hN the undcrsca
l,ont Was large ro'llor n"rthi"und
log bank hiuR four mlos 81 @l"f"
hl tho -loat from hor approaching
victims Tic Perth Nmhov. ~tcamlnR
lclsurcly through thc calrn summer era.
was unaware ot the danger untll
deck hand sighted streak IA he water
shooting hv the storm Before he rca-
ligcd that il WAS a torpedo two other
missiles spcI hv wide of their mark
! He shouted q warming at the same IN
| slant there was flash from the log
and she'll crashed through the wheel
house 4 fragment oi the fying steel
tooh on the hand of Wiz as he graspcd
the sInkrs ol the steering wheel In
quick succession came other shots. some
of which went Wild and some # winch
/ struck home
LooMtp OFT nF FoG HA*K
Captain J. II Taplcy. who WAS in his
cabn when tine firing began. ran out
/ on deck Jlst Ms the submarine doomed
| out az the fog bank her deck gun flash
!, ing out ITS storm Of steel The lombard
ment SET the tug on fire and the German
turned his attention 20 the helpless larpes
/ u hen the firing began the crews lost
no time IN abandoning the toW Each
of the four harges had enc small boat
intended To- carry only five persons and
all tie craft were greatly overloaded
In addition the occupants were exposed
To constant danger from sIclltlre Scy-
era merchant craft were in the vein
itv. and regardless Of the mensce Ia
themselves went 10 the Rescue Of the
crews aud towed the small boats 10
! shore The men Of the Perth AmhnN
WHO stood bv their ship until II VAS
ablaze from bow 70 stern. were taken
of by ltfeboats from Tie coast guard
st&1Iuu
The boat WIS SUI trying 10 lind
vulnerable spots in the Perth Amboy
aud the remaining barge when the by
droaiTplsnes again approached At sight
of the planes tie submarine again sub
merged aud did not reappear
Bo9 FIAUNTe FLAG At '.Uh
Ti, ilree women and fye children did
not suffer physical haTm though one
Of the women vino had been making
her first trip 10 sea tainted after she
had beeu placed ia small boat Among
the children was an lI-yeaF-oid boy who
al ne first sign of battle grabbed an
American flag and shook it dGhantly