Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-03
Germany Carries Submarine
Warfare to American
Side of Atlantic.
OPERATING NEAR
NEW YORK HARB0R
Several Vessels Sunk on Jersey Coast
Victims MOSTLY Sailing Vessels and
Unarmed-No Large Ships So Far
Reported ~ sunk;-SSurv;vor. 9: oae
Reach Port = Germany May Have
New Type Of "sub" Cruiser.


S. o. s.. call from the New York
and Porto Rico line passenger
steamship Carolina, saying she
was being attacked by submarine,
was received hers today.
The Carolina, with 220 passsns-
ers aboard and 12o in her crew, was
bound for an Atlantic port, at which
she is this afternoon twelve hours
overdue.
A wireless message saying the
Mary L. Wiley had been sunk by
sunfirs" off Block Island was picked
up by an American steamship ar
rivins hsrs to-day.
New York, June 3-A rumor has
fsachsd the cffies Of the third
naxai division here that subma-
!. rins operating Of the coast has
{ been taptared " United States
& ~arsslEp.. lt is said that the U.
best y besns tsSssd t. this port.
There u no confirmation Of the
rumor ~ yet.
New York, juno 3. - Germany
has carried her Unrestricted war
fare TO this side Of the ocean and
at least six vessels have bssn sunk
by submarine attacks off the At
iantie coast. Some reports say the
number Of victims already. has
reached fifteen.
AItho the presence Of German
under.ea boats had been reported
in American waters for several
days past, the first definite news
that they were operating off this
coast came today when the victims
Of one schooner, tho Edward n.
Cole, was landed here today. These
vessels were sunk Sunday off the
New Jersey shore.
The Isabella D. Wiley, tho
schooners Jacob s. Haskell. tho
Ella M. Wiley, the Happy Dunn
and the Samuel W.. Hathaway are
other vessels definitely reported
sunk.
II 10 known that at least two u
boats are engaged in the campaign,
which 10 assumed to be aimed
chiefly At the American transport
service. A report that besides the
attacks on shipping off the Jersey
coast, q submarine was operating
off Nantucket and had torpedoed
vessels in those waters was not
confirmed.
The port Of New York is closed.
Similar action has beSn taken at
other Atlantic ports.
New York, June 3.-Germany ha
arried her nnderseas warfare to tn
cry doors Of the United States.
One steamship, one schooner an
many other vessels, perhaps as man
S fifteen in all, have teen sunk OF
he Jersey coast by German subma
ines.
The ships were attacked Aome tim
Turing the night according to infor
nation which was received here. De
ails were not Immediately availabl,
The port authorities barred the de
,arture Of outgoing ships this fore
loon. Information received at tn
maritime exchange here indicated a
many a. fifteen vessels have bee
unk.
It Is presumed here that the. sub
marine or submarines are now bein
ealt with by destroyers.
One Of the ships sunk was the Ed
Aftsr Troop Ships.
Rumors Of the presence Of Germal
OF the American coas
AVE been current the past two weeks
eports telling OF one or more havin
zen sighted.
The attack on American shipping al
most at tho very entrance TO Ney
FORK is taken to mean, that German.
as at last .raugurated a submarine
to breas up troop tfanspor
D France.
Two .subs' Attack the Cole.
The Edward H. Cole was an Amer
can schooner at 17a1 tons gross
wned in Boston. She was built a
sock Island. Maine. in 1904. The crev
I the Edward II. Cole has been land
d here.
Two submarines attacked the Edwar
[. Cole, according to the commando
{ the vessel, Captain Newcomb.
According to the survivors the Ed
fard II. Cole was sunk seventy fis
siles oM the highlands Of New Jerse
: s&ardav a6ternoon. They appeare