New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
TEN U.S.. VESSELS
SUNK BY U-B0ATS.
LOSSES CONFINED TO UNARMED
SHIPS IN RAID OFF NEW
YORK HARBOR.
AIRMEN JOIN IN SEARCH
HUN RAIDERS SENT TO ATTACK
U. S. TRANSPORTS KEPT FROM
GOAL BY GREAT CONvoYS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Norfolk, June 4.-Naval officers
here said last night their reports In
dicated five German submarines had
beeh operating along the Atlantic
coust, and that two had been sighed
off the Virginia capes. Rear Admiral
Flet her, commandment OF h Norfolk
navy yard, said two U-boats had been
sighted off tie Virginia capes, n
Rear Admiral Mclean said In addi-
ton to these two others were report
ed of the coast of New Jersey n
one off the oast of North Carolina.
Washington, June A. Germany at
last hes brocght her submarine war
fare to the shores of the United
States, apparently in a forlorn hope
of striking telling blows on this side
of tie Atlanti and OF drawing home
some of the American naval forces
from tie wrr zone where the U-bOat
menace is being slowly but surely
strangled to death.
III lhC d'NuSh uPoh Soo4NS
sells almost in sight of the New Jer-
sey shore, navy officials see a frantic
admission from Berlin that the sub
marine has failed. American armed
power is rolling overseas in ever-ln-
creasing force, despite the utmost en-
ertions of the undersea pirates off the
coast of Europe.
Now the raiders have crossed the
seas and lurked for days near Amer
ica's greatest ports. They no doubt
were sent to sink transports, but here
again they failed. Blocked off the
troop ships by convoy craft, they
have turned in fury against defense
less coasters. In all the record OF
destruction they have written, the
raiding party has struck at no vessels
bound overseas, and therefore armed
for a fight. Only ships that could no.
hit back have been attacked.
Up to a late hour Monday night the
destruction of six sailing craft, the
tanker Herbert L. Pratt and three
coastwise steamers was the record OF
losses officially reported to the Navy
Department. The steamers lost were
the Carolina, the Winneconnie and the
TeXel. The crews of some of the craft
destroyed Rave been brought into
port with a story of eleven days i'm
prisonment aboarl an enemy sub
marine.
Monday night Secretary of the Navy
Daniels summarized the information
reaching the department as follows:
Navy Department reports show that
the following vessels have been sunk:
Jacob M. Haskell, schooner, 1862 tons,
hailing from Boston, sailing for Nor
folk, II in crew, no passengers. Isabel
B. Wiley. in ballast; net tonnage Gil;
crew s. Hattie Dunn of Rockland, Me-;
net tonnage 1865; in ballast; sailing
from Charleston. Edward H. Cole of
Boston; tonnage, 1895; in ballast,
bound for Norfolk, crew of eleven.
Herbert l.. Pratt, steamship oil
tanker, sunk about five miles south of
Overfalls lightship, off the Delaware
coast, thirty-eight on board; thirty
eight on board; thirty-seven of the
crew rescued and landed at Lewes;
one lost.
All the crews of the above named
vessels, except the one mar lost from
the Pratt were rescued.
ut appears that the schooner Edna,
which was found bottom up several
days ago and towed into Lewes, Del,
was also a victim of the submarine.
The crew of the Edna have been land
ed in New York. The master of the
W%inneconne picked up the crew of the
Hattie Dunn"
Meanwhile departmental reports
from naval districts along the Allan
tic coast showed feverish activity
among the patrol fleets. From all
along the coast armed craft are con-
verging on the spot where the enemy
was last reported. Seaplanes are pa
trolling the air seeking any trace.
Every craft has orders to fire on
sight at any suspicious object. AL
ready they have pounded floating
wreckage with shot and shell in
search of the foe, leading to reports
of battles at sea from various points.