Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-06-04

side OF the Atlantic.
The first animation of this declslo1
by Germany came in an address oe
liyered in Paris by Georges Leygues
French minister of marine, on Ma.
H. ~
HUNS HAVE NEW CRUISER
M Leygues, in a review of the sun
marine situation, stated that the GEL
mans had constructed new type o
submarine cruiser with which to pre-!
on shipping and allied transports.
Late in May it was officially report
ed in a British admiralty statemen
that a German submarine of the cruls
er class had been sunk by British
conveying submarine Gin the latitude
of Cape st. Vincent" which is thf
southwestern point of Portugal
BRIToN FIRED ON SUB
The master of British vessel ar
irving at Norfolk on May ~ reported
having fired some shots at suDma
rine about $50 miles of Cape Henry
Other incoming ships at Atlantic ports
for the last few days also nave
brought reports Of sighting subma
rnes.
AIM is TO KILL TROOPS
It is known that at least two u-ooaIs
are engaged in the present campaign
which is assumed to be aimed chiefly
at the American transport service A
report that besides the attacks on
shipping off the Jersey coast suDma.
rine was operating off Nantucket and
had torpedoed a ship in those waters
was not confirmed Presumably the
Germans are employing the new cruls'
or type of t-boats with long steam
ing radius for these operations. The
mort Of New York was closed to out
going shipping as soon as news OF the
presence of hostile craft outside was
confirmed. Similar action has peen
taken at other Atlantic ports:
U-BOAT BASE IN AMERICA?
Meanwhile advices from Washing
ton, after officially confirming the loss
of three schooners, declare that meas
ures already in operation, with others
that will be added, will deal with the
new submarine menace. There are IN
dications that the navy department
has been watching closely reports OF
the appearance of enemy U-boats IN
expected places for some time and
that the possibility of the arrival OF
the craft off American ports was fore
seen. It was apparent, however, that
the information now available was not
suficient to show whether U-boat
base had been established on this side
or that cruiser submarines of perhaps
1000 tons displacement were being
used.
NAVAL OFFICERS DIFFER
Some officers believe that a base
has been established, possibly on some
desolate island to the south or in a
hidden bay. Others are convinced
that the submarines are working out
OF German bases. Those officials and
others who have been maintaining
that bases had been established in the
Gulf Of Mexico or in the West Indies,
declared today's raid fully demon
strated their theory
This theory was that the submarines
which participated in yesterdays at
tack were on their way to the base in
the south, having for their immediate
object the long lines of oil tankers
carrying fuel oil to the allied navies
from the Tampico district of Mexico
and taking the opportunity to raid
American shipping while on their way.
HUNS SAVE ToRPEDoEs
These officers noted that the sub
marines carefully preserved their
torpedoes for larger and more impor.
tant quarry and destroyed the small
American ships by bombs OF with
shell fire. Those who hold to this
theory, said they expected that after
having reached southern bases and
replenishing their fuel, the subma-
rines will again turn northward and
after having made another raid re-
turn again for fuel. How long this
can be kept up they said depended en-.
tirely on the effectiveness of the
search which American anti-subma-
rine craft conduct.
NAVY REPORTS THREE LOSSES
Washington, D. c., June 3.-The
nouncing the sinkings says:
"The navy department has been in
formed that three American schoon-
ers have been sunk off this coast by
enemy submarines.
'The steamship Bristol, arriving at
New York this morning, reported that
the four-masted schooner Edward H.
Cole was sunk by submarines at $50
p. m. Sunday, fifty miles southeast Of
Barnegat, N. j., and that the Bristol
rescued the crew and brought them
to port.
TWO SUBS OFF sARNEeAT
at also rescued the crew of another
sailing vessel which was sunk. The
Bristol reported that she encountered
submarine thirty-eight miles off Bar
negat at 1870 p. m. Sunday and that
two submarines we're operating in that
locality.
"The steamship Grecian reports that
the schooner Jacob S. Haskell was
sunk by gun fire by German subma-
rine in the same general vicinity at
noon Sunday. The crew was rescued.
u-BOAT 200 FEET LONG
1T was also reported that the Isa-
bella D. Wiley was shelled by subma-
rines
Captain Newcomb Of the Cole stat.
ed that his vessel was attacked by a
German submarine which boarded her,
took away his papers and placed