The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-06
AMERICAN VESSELS
TORPEDOED
Nine Ships Sunk off the Atlantic
Coast. Warships Ranging
Waters in Search of Sub
mersibles.

New York, June 3.-Nine American
vessels were known tonight TO have
been sunk by submarines off the
north Atlantic coast since May rs.
The largest of the prey to the raiders,
seeking to prevent the sailing OF
transports with troops for the battle
fields OF France, was the New York
and Porto Rico liner Carolina, of g.
600 tons, which was attacked Sunday
night about I25 miles southwest OF
Sandy Hook. The fate of her 22o
passengers and crew of 1870 men was
unknown Iate tonight, but there was
hope they had been picked up by some
passing ship or would reach shore
safely i'll the small boats. Not life
was lost in the sinking Of the other
ships, according to late reports.
Besides the Carolina the known VIC
tins OF the U-boat are the Atlantic
Refining Company tanker Herbert L.
Pratt, the steamer Winneconnie OF
1900 tons and six schooners, the larg-
est OF which were the Hauppaug, a
new ship OF 1000 tons, and the Ed
ward RI. Cole. The crews OF these
eight vessels have been landed at At
lantic ports.
Reports brought ashore by the sur
vivors indicated that the Winneconnie
and nearly all the schooners were
sunk by the same U-boat, which had
been lurking in the path OF shipping
Off the New Jersey coast and the
Delaware capes since late last month.
The stories told by the shippers OF
the schooners indicated that the COM
mander OF the submarine was unus-
ually humane for German submarine
officer. In no instance, SO far as
known, was lifeboat shelled and in
all cases reported the crews were Civ
ell opportunity to escape or were TAX !
en- aboard the submarine, where some
OF them were kept prisoner for eight
DAYS before they Wereuturned adrlft
to be picked up by a passing vessel.
Scores OF United States warslips
were ranging the waters o.. the north !
coast tonight in search OF the
German submarines. Out OF the Hood
OF reports which swept through the
district after the Associated |
Press first flashed the news that two
cruiser Submarines were operating
seventy-live miles southeast OF the !
highlands Of New Jersey these facts
stood out:
The steamship Carolina of the-->ew
!, orN and Porto Rico Steamship Com
pany had been sunk.
The steamer Edward H. Cole was
stink by bombs and Captain II. J.
OF Boston, with his crew
OF ten, were landed here after being
rescued from the boat in which they
were given an opportunity to escape.
The schooners Jack HasNell OF Bos-
ton, Isabel L. Wiley OF Bath, Me.
Samuel w. Hathaway have been
sunk. The crews OF all the scllooners
sunk were saved.
The Savannah Line steamship City
Of Columbus is reported to have been
sunk, but no definite news OF her fate
las been received.
Fifteen survivors OF U-boats were
brought to an Atlantic port tonight
IN a steamship which picked them
Up from small boats. Their deposit
ions were taken by government OIL
.icials and they were held inconmuni-
ado. Il
Some of them had been kept pris-
,ner several days aboard the subnar-
ne and then turned adrift in a small
BOAT. All were picked up bya coast
liner.
A government aviator in hydro
aeroplane that alighted near Beach
maven, y. J., reported that thirty-iive
niles of shore he had sighted three
ifeboats filled with persons pulling (
slowly toward the coast and had seen
,ther lifeboats floating about empty.
The Atlantic Refining Company
anker Herbert L. Pratt was sunk
our miles off Cape Henlopen. The
rev was landed at Lewes. 1t was
earned authoritatively that no at
acks have been made on American
transports off the American coast All
ships were held in ports along the
:oast as a precaution.
j. S. Offieials See in Attacks Ad. '