Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12

stated that Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett
would b its commander.
the side We found that there were but
% OF Us. Sixteen had gone"
After a while an object was seen
in the water. There was no way 70
reach il, as the launch had lost her
gasoline and oars. The launch, how
ever, drifted close. and the survivors
were startled 10 discover girl alive
cIinging to the bodies Of two drowned
men. The launch got near enough 10
her 70 effect her rescue, and she
proved 10 be Fiona Donate Virola OF
Porto Rico. She is one Of the two
women landed.
Tank Steamer lowed to Port
Washington, June 5-The tank
steamer Herbert L. Pratt, sunk By a
German submarine of the Delaware
capes, has been foated and is being
towed TO harbor for repairs, the navy
department announced.
Fifty or more airplanes, REINFORCED
by hydroplanes, are parolling the
Long Island coast, every observer
keeping a sharp lookout for hostils
submarines.
Norwegian Ship Sunk.
Washington, June 6.-Sinking by
German submarine OF the Norwegian
steamer GIBBS, 70 miles of the Vir-
ginia capes on Tuesday afternoon, was
reported TO the navy department by
naval cargo ship. The entire crew
was rescued.
American Schooner Lost.
New York, June 6.-The American
auxiliary schooner Samuel c. Mengel
is another victim Of submarine attack.
1t was sunk Sunday afternoon III
miles off New York, and eleven men
Of its crew were brought here by a
Danish steamship.
The MengeI, according 10 the crew,
was on her way 10 New York with
cargo from the West African coast
The vessel was sunk by bombs after
the men had taken TO the boats at the
command Of the U-boat commander.
Operator Scorns Warning.
Stories told by passengers and crew
of the sunken steamship Carolina in
Dictated that Edwin W Yogel Of New
York city, the ships nineteen-year-Old
chief wireless operator, played a spec
tacular part in the dramatic raiding of
the Carolina.
When the submarine mesSaged the
Use no wireless-we don't shoot"
VogeI defiantly repeated his IS. O. s.
signals, which he had already begun
flashing and was on the verge Of an
swering queries from Cape May and
the Brooklyn navy yard stations for
the CaroIina's position when Capt. I.
r. D. Barbour, Vogers commander, or
dered him TO quit his key and see
whether the Germans would keep their
pledge. passengers declared.
Captain Barbour said he decided TO
accept the proposition laid down by
the U-bOat skipper. because he be
Iieved dissent would have meant for
fixture Of the lives OF the women and
children aboard the vessel.
Hun Divers Mine U. S. Bay.
Lewes, Del, June 6-The German
U-bOats which raided cOastwise ship
ping on Sunday and Monday have
strewn Delaware bay and the waters
around the Delaware capes with float
ing mines. Ten mines have been
found and government mine sweepers
are searching for others. Two of them
were exploded by gunfire and the re-
naming eight were recovered intact.
u S. Ship Fires on "Sub-"
An atlantic Port, June Can Amer
/ lean armed freight steamer which ar
1 rived here from an Italian port fired
number of shots Monday afternoon at
( what was believed to be a German
/ submarine about 100 miles off Barne-
CAT light, officers Of the vessel de-
| clared They expressed the belief that
their shots sank the undersee craft.