Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-03

vessel, and signaled the captain II
heave to. The commander of one o
the submarines then boarded th'
schooner in small boat apd gave thu
crew ten minutes to leave the ship.
Blown Up With Bombs.
The crew took ito their boats i'm
mediately and the German sailors ther
planted a bomb on the vessel and blew
her up.
Just before the explosion occurred
an American steamship appeared IL
the offing and the U-boat immedi.
ately gave chase.
The crew of the Edward H. Cole was
subsequently picked up by an Amer
lean auxiliary naval vessel. brought tt
an Atlantic port last night and thence
sent ,here by train. They were taker
in charge by navy officials.
The vessh carrying the Edward H
Coles crew was pursued by the sub.
marine but escaped by taking refuge ir
an Atlantic port.
Beside the Edward H. Cole the names
Of four other sunken ships have been
reported to the navy. They are the
schooner Jacob S. Haskell and the Isa-
belle D. Wiley.
belle D. Wiley, the Happy Dunn and
the Samuel w. Hathaway.
New Type Of "sub" Cruiser
There have been reports for some
time that the German admiralty con-
templated submarine attacks On ship
ping on this side Of the Atlantic.
The first intimation Of this decision
in Germany came in an address at Paris
by George Leygu-s, FTeSact.; minister of
marine. on May IL. Leygues, in a re-
view Of the submarine situation, stated
the Germans had constructed a new
type Of submarine cruiser with which
to prey on shipping and allied trans
ports.
Late in May it wos officially reported
in British admiralty statement that
a German submarine Of the cruiser
class had been sunk by British con-
voy submarine in the latitude of Capt
Sc. Vincent, which is the southwestern
point Of Portugal.
I Reported For Two Wseks.
Atho there have been frequent rum
ors Of submarines crossing the At.
lantic since America entered the war
mono had actually attacked American
shipping on this side.
In 1915 the U-53, after visiting New
port, r. L, lay In wait for English
shipping Of Nantucket lishtship and
got six victims. ID
5gfthin the asstweek : South Amer
lean shipsarrlvfn9 here brought reports
OF two German submarines ID tho
vicinity of Bermuda.
The reports that fifteen vessels have
been sunk indicate the presence Of a
number Of submarines.
Two Theories Advanced
It Is evident that the information
available was not sufficient to show
whether a U-boat base had been estab-
lished on this side or whether cruiser
submarines of perhaps 1000 tons dis
placement are being used.
Some officers believe q base may
have been established, possibly on some
desert island In the south or in some
hidden bay. Others believe the u
boats are working out Of German bases.
Some maintain bases have been estab-
lished in Mexico or the West Indies.
This theory was that the submarines
participated in yesterdays attack were
on their way to the base In he souh,
having as their Immediate object the
long line Of oil tankers carrying fuel
oil to France from the Tampico fields
in Mexico.
U-eoats Preserve Torpedoes.
These officers noted that the subma-
rines carefully preserved their torpe-
does for larger and more important
quarry and destroyed the small Ameri-
can ships by bombs or with shell fire.
Those who hold to this theory said they
expected that after having reached
southern bases and replenishing their
fuel the submarines would again turn
northward and after having made an
other raid return again for fuel.
How long this can be kept up, they
said. depended entirely upon the effect
iveness Of the search which the Amer
lean anti-submarine craft conducts.