Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-11
Z GERMAN MINES
SOWN IN THE BAY
ASHORE NEARLEWES
Washed Up on the Beach There
Without Doing Any
Damage.
NO U-BOATS SEEN TO-DAY
Spet-ial Dispatch From StafY Correspondent

srse.-ial DISPATCH From STAFF Correspondent
I.EwEs, JUNE IL.
According 10 information brought her'
TODAY thrr, German mines, which evil
IDENTIFY had been sown IN the l'eiaWan
Raw hy IT-hoats, have been washed ashore
on the beach between Lewes and ne
hoboth.
"A the result of this discovery mine
sws.,pers were sent into the bay IN search
for other mines thought TO have been
nIanted The sweepers made careful
search from the Rrandywlne Lighthouse
"a the Rreakwater. 1t has not been
learned whether any mines were recovered
Seaplanes are still patrolling the coast
for enemy U-boats believed TO he resting
in the shoals south of the New jersey
coast.
Gun firing WAS heard yesterday after
noon off the New Jersey coast by resi-
dents of Cape May but nothing further
could he learned concerning 1t.
Lewes Is quiet today, but there is
general expectancy. everyone believing
German subs are hidden nearby and
NAV maifest their presence soon. Various
officials conferred at fourth district
Naval Base last night and but few men
are privileged to leave the naval base
I,ewes harbor still is closed, the closing
order being modified only for few mer-
chant vessels that leave with special
permits and follow zig-zag courses mapped
Nv the naval authorities The harbor
contains no warships today, all having
gone out to patrol the Atlantic coast
two United States cruisers. are bound
northward and the other south, passed
Iewcs at full speed last night
The ureca1Ing schooner superior o'
New York is in the harbor today, hunt
ing for lost anchors and ship chains
recovered an anchor today IN leWeS
harbOr
MANY VISITORS At LEWIS.
Two thousand persons from all parts
Of Delaware and the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland came here by automobile
Sunday 10 see a German slbmersIble re-
ported by Philadelphia newspaper to
have been captured by United states
warships in a battle off Rehoboth Beach
Friday and towed 10 the Fourth Distinct
Naval Station Saturday. There WIS no
battle off Rehoboth Beach, and no Ger
man subrnersibie was towed TO the naval
station. The visatoes were keeniy dis
appointed when told the story was I'M
rue
Three United States sIbrsersabses as
signed 10 this district have not been seen
rereabouts since the torpedolns OF the
New York and Porto Rico steamship
Carolina by German U-Boat. They
probably are under sea. IL would be
dangerous for them 70 reappsar on the
surface while submarine chasere and de-
Strovers are combing the Atlantic Sea
board because they might become targets
of United States warshlps before theii
identity could be ascertained.
We're a German s1IbnerslbIe bombed
and destroyed under sea IN this locallty
the fact would not become known IN
nediatelv because a large quantity Oh
oil from the torpedoed Standard orl tanker
Pratt covers the water OH rising 10 tIie
surface would be proof OF the destruction
OF Submersibie, but JUST now oil from
boat could not be distinguished IRON
oil from the Pratt
Difficulty Is beng experienced In eaeah'
ing the deck of the pilot boat Philadeiphis
Which was covered with OIL from the Frat'
when she was salvag1ng the tanker
As German s,lbInersibles attack vessels
only when they are alone nited otates
merchant SHIPS and foreign boats arriving
at or leaving American ports are con
vowed bv war craft One convoy cOtnes
from New York TO the Delaware Break
water and proceeds thence 10 Norfolk
Va. and another comes from Norfolk &c
this hari1oF and proceeds thence 10 New
York Submarine chasers compose the
eOnvoys Mail aboard ships Is examined
at the naval station and boarding O
vessels or Decentralization IN tins locality
is permissible only al the naval station
1t Is reported that ord rs gwen ship
leaving Lewes Harbor are changed three
or four times daily