Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-06-04
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the utmost exertions o. tae undersea
pirates off the coasts of Europe.
Now the raiders have crossed the
seas and lurked for days near Amer
lca's greatest ports. They no doubt
We're sent to sink transports but here
again they failed. Bockked off tho
troop ships by convoy craft, they have
turned in fury against defenseiess
coasters. In all the record of de-
struction they have written, the raid
ing party has struck at no vessels
overseas and, therefore, armed for a
fight. Only ships that could not hit
back have been attacked The only
of half a score of vessels probably
sent to the bottom that had any real
military value in ships or cargo was
an oil tanker.
Six Known VICTIMS.
Up to a late hour tonight the de-
struction of five sailing craft and the
tanker Herbert L. Pratt was the rec
ord of losses officially reported to the
navy department. The fVte of the
coastwise ship Carolina which re-
ported by wireless yesterday she was
being shelled. was still unknown.
The crews of some of the craft de-
stroyed have been brought into port
with a story of eleven days imprison-
ment aboard an enemy submarine.
During that period scores of troop
and supply ships have passed In and
out on the business crushing the Ger
man army in France. The U-boat
found no weak link in the chain or
armed craft that guarded them
Secretary Daniels went to the capi-
tol during the day to tell members OF
the house naval committee that the
raid was designed to frighten the
American people into demanding the,
return of war vessels from the Other
side. He gave assurance that con-.
gress need have no apprehension ~
to protection of the American coast.
and that there will be no recall OF
forces from the war zone.
Daniels Gives Out List. T
Tonight Mr.. Daniels summarized
the information reaching the depart
ment as follows: y
"Nayy department reports .siOw
that the following vessels have been
s,:nIs: u
"Jacob NJ. Haskell, schooner, i,30e
tons, haiiing from Boston. sailing for
gers.
Isabel u. Wiley. IN ballast, net tom
mage Gil: crew eight.
"Hattie Dunn of ROckland, Me-, net
tonnage 385, in ballast. sailing for
Charleston.
Edward III. Cole, Boston, tonnage
1895, in ballast, bound for Norfolk;
crew, eleven.
'Herbert l.. Pratt, steamship, oil
tanker. sunk about five miles south
OF Overfalls lightshlp, off the Della
ware coast; thirty-eight on board.
tliirty-sevcn of the crew rescued ana
landed at Lcwes, one lost
'All the crews of the above namedF
vessels, except the one man lost FROM
the Pratt, were rescued. T.
II. appears from the schooner Edna.
which was found bottom up several
days ago and towed into Lewes, Del.
was also victim OF the submarine.
The crew of the Edna have been land
ed in New York. The master of the
Winneceonne picked UP the crew OF
the Hattie Dunn.
Carolina's Fate Unknown.
Nothing further has been heard
from the steamship Carolina, which
sent out s. O. s. calls Sunday after
noon, stating that she was BEING
shelled by a submarine. The Carolina
at the time was reported in the same
general vicinity as that in which the
schooners were sunk the same day.
Meanwhile departmental reports
from naval districts along the Atlantic
coast showed feverish activity among
the patrol fleets. From all along the
coast armed craft are converglng on
the spot where the enemy was last re-
ported. Seaplanes are patrolling the
air seeking any trace. Every craft has
orders to fire on sight at any suspi-
cious object. Already they have
pounded floating wreckage with shot
and shell in search of the foe. leading
to reports of battle at sea from vafi-
ous points.
Persistent reports that one OF the
two raiders reported had been sunk
and the other captured were in clrcu-
lation nearly all day. The depart-
ment had nothing to confirm them.
As the tales of sinking unfolded it
became probable that not more than
one or two raiders were at work and
that the operations for yesterday and
today were confined to narrow xore
off the New Jersey shore. Later came
the landing of the men held prisoner
for days on the U-boats and confirnia~
ton of previous rumors that three
derelict schooners picked up off the