The Washington herald., 1918-06-10
OF 2,504 TONNAGE;
TOTAL LOST, 10000
Total Destroyed Here Now
18, 8 Steamers and 10
i Other Ships.
REPORT. FROM ITALY SAYS
] SUBS In THESE WATER
Navy. Discreditins Rumor. BELIEVE
Submersibles Have Sought Base,
or Mother Craft Supplies Them.
Bulletin.

Bulletin.
London, June 9-Patrick Devitts,
Genoa correspondent of the Express,
learns from Hamburg advices that
seven U-boats. three OF the latest
and largest type. and the other four
of a smaller size. are operating in
American waters.
The American steamer Pinal Del
Rio was sunk by an enemy subma-
rine on June s during the morning.
. il was announced last night by the
Navy Department. She was OF o.
5O4 tons.
The sinking occurred aDOubssS5
mtes of the Maryland Coast.
Believe Passengers Safe.
It is not known whether she carried
passengers, although it is believed
there were a few aboard.
This makes eighteen vessels sunk by
the German U-boat raiders off the
Atlantic Coast, including eight steam
ers and ten ships of other types.
mostly schooners. The steamers We're
the Carolina, sunk by gunfire, with a
possible loss OF forty-five; the Win
neconne, torpedoed and all aboard
saved; Herbert L. Pratt, which struck
a mine planted by Germans, all saved;
TexeI. bombed, all saved; Harpathian,
torpedOed. all saved: Eidsvold. tor
pedoed, all saved: VinIand. torpedoe6,
all saved: and the Pinar del Rio.
eighteen possibly lost.
The other Vessels.
The other vessels were the Sam
ueI G. MengeI, bombed, all saved !:
Desauss. found off Delaware Capes
with hull tOrpedoed. crew missing:
Edward r. Baird. Jr.. bomber. crew
missing: Samuel W. Hathaway.
bombed. crew missing; Edna.
bombed, but saIvagcd and towed To
port: Hattie Dunn. bombed. all
saved: Happaug. bombed, all saved
Edward H. Cole. bombed. all saved q:
Isabel Wiley. bombed. all saved and
Jacob Haskell, bombed, all saved.
No further information had been
received last night by the Depart
ment indicating the size of the un-
drrsea vessel or whether she was
bound up or down the coast.
Rumors of U-Boats.
All day long there have been rumors
around the city that the C-boats still
were lowering around the Virginia
coast. Nothing had ben obtained b.
the department to affirm or deny
these rumors- There was no report
at all.
Later in the evening, a report was
received that an Italian dispatch said
there were seven U-boats of. the
American coast, three Of them of the
largest size and four smaller vessels.
The Navy Department has nothing tn
this ond fhn oanarR1
opinion Of officers has been all along
that there were only two Of the under
sea craft operating OF these shores.
1t Is held that, II the number were
larger, the Germans would have been
able to obtain important prizes
No U-Boat sunk.
Ohfcials last night denied reports
from several seacoast cities that a
German submarine had been sunk.
All reports received by the Navy
Department from American warships
and patrol boats operating in the
zones where the U-boats have operat-
ed contain no news which supports a
theory that more than two German
| vessels played a part in the recent
operations.
ohicers, late last night. were IN
clined to a theory that a mother ship
Is supporting the vessels. They have
searched up and down the Atlantic
coast. into every possible corner. look
ing for a. base. But up to last night,
none had been reported. and this Is
taken general yto indicate that the
operating submarines must necessari-
Iy be fed by one or two mother ships,
carrying nothing but the fuel for the
operations.
Evident Have Sought Base.
Navy Department officials. last
night stated that reports from the
submarine patrols on the north At
lantic coast indicate that the Ger
man U-boats have sought their base.
Although the last report tending to
locate the enemy raiders showed
that they were bound southwark,
officials incline to the belief that
the undersea craft will attempt to
reac ha German port. although 1t
IL admitted that there is a possi-
bility that the first stop will be
made at a Spanish port.
Although all information forces
-he officials in charge OF operations
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