The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-06-06


States warships were ranging the wa
ters of the North Atlantic coast to-
night in search of the German sub
marines which made their long ex-
pected attack on American shipping
In home waters late yesterday after
noon.
Out of the flood NJ reports which
swept thru the maritime district after
The Associated Press first flashed the
news that two cruiser submarines
were operating 75 miles southeast of
the Highlands Of New Jersey. these
facts stood out:
The steamship Craolina Of the New
York and Porto Rico Steamship CON-
pany is believed to have been sunk.
Nothing is known OF the fate OF the
220 passengers and crew OF 100 who
took to the boats when the underwa-
ter craft began Smelling the liner.
The schooner Edward II. Cole of
Boston has been sunk by bombs and
Capt. H. J. Newcomb Of Boston, with
his crew OF 10, have been rescued
from the boat in which they were
| given an opportunity to escape.
The schooners Jacob M. Haskell
| OF oston. Isabel B. Wiley OF Bath,
| Maine, Hattie Dunn OF Thomaston,
| Maine, and Samuel w. Hathaway
have been sunk
The crew of the Haskell is re-
porte TO have been save. but moth
ing is known of the fate of the three
| other crews.
The Savanna is believe TO have
been sunk.
Survivors Picked Up
The Savannah line steamship City
OF Columbus is reported to have been
sunk. but no definite news Of her fate
has been received. Fifteen survivors
| OF U-boat attacks were brought,t TO an
Atlantic port tonight on a steamship
which picked them up from small
boats,
Navy Plans Secret
The navy threw a veil of war time
secrecy about the steps II was taking
to counterfeit the OF the sea
| pirates, but Secretary Daniels made
the confident announcement that
measures had been taken to meet the
danger of shipping.
While the details OF naval opera
tions were withheld, { is known that
| d~estroyers, fleets Of submarine chas-
ers and other vessels are flashing
| their searchlights tonight over the
water along the coast and far out at
sea from Maine to Florida. ,
Airplanes Join Search
Hydroairpianes and a%irpiare5 arose
| like f1ocks OF huge birds FROM every
naval station along the Atlantic coast
when the warning was flashed to them
and soon were scouting owe the wa
tiers where II was believed submarines
would be most likely to be lurking.
Foreign ayiators and American
students as we'll as the regular Am
erican flyers. eagerly volunteered for
service.
More than a hundred airplanes and
d~irigibles balloons left Hazelhurst
aviation field alone on scout duty.
Nearly all the aircraft were man
ned by regular army ayiators. They
circIed over Long Island sound n
of the Atlantic from Sandy Hook to
the eastern extremity Of Long Island.
In their flights today the aircraft
were not armed, but in a short time
they will be equipped with bomb drop
piSS mechanism and machine guns.
The machine pressed into patrol SER
vice today had been used for training
purposes
Navy Reports 5 Subs
Norfolk, Va, June 3.-Nayal Of
fcers here said tonight their reports
indicated Ave German submarines
had been operating along the Atlantic
coast, and that two had been sighted
of the Virginia capes.
Survivors Were Prisoners ON Subs
New York, June 3.-Forty-eight
survivors OF vessels sunk by German
U-boats, brought to port toay by a
coastwise steamship, were landed to-
night.
About half Of them had been pris-
oners for several days aboard the
submarines.
The survivors were from the
steamship winnieconnie. and the
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