The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-04
Scores of American
 Warships Searching
 For Hun Submarines
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attacked at from 125 10 15o miles south, east of Sandy Hook.
 They have every hope that the boats full of passengers will be able to reach shore even if they are not picked up by some passing ship, which is eonsid- cred highly likely. They point out that even in the time which has elapsed since the attack they would not have been able to row ashore. The greatest fear is that the supply of water and provi- sions kept in the boats for an emer- gency may not have been adequate and that the victims of the submarine may l have suffered severe hardships. The weather has been warm and the sea calm however, and these are regarded as hopeful auguries. It was considered pos-
 sible that the boats reported sighted 35
 miles off the New Jersey coast by an aviator might be from the Carolina. PASSENGER LIST UNAVAILABLE The passenger list of the Carolina was not available here, but it was known that among those on board were several American graduates of the officers train ing school conducted on the island. Among the number was Lieut.. Robert J. Boyd, who was on his way to his home in Syracuse to attend the burial of his mother.
 The Savannah Line officials said they were without confirmation of reports that the City of Columbus, vessel of 5433 gross tons had been atta eked. She
 left Savannah Friday under command of Captain Diehl, and was due in Boston this morning She was sister ship of the City of Athens, sunk off the Della ware coast last month in collision with a French warship, with heavy loss of 1 life.
 The navy threw veil of wartime se- crecy about the steps it was taking 10 counteract the menace ef the sea pl- rates, but Secretary Daniels made the confident assertion that measures nad been taken to meet the danger 10 ship- hing While the details were withheld. If is known that destroyers, fleets or submarine chasers and other vessels arc flashing their searchlights tonight over the waters of the coast and are out at sea from Maine to Florida.
 Hydroairplanes and airplanes arose like fiocks of huge birds from every naval station along the Atlantic coast wien the warming was flashed to them ana soon were scouting over the wa ters where it was believed suDma- tines would be most likely to De lurkine Foreign aviators and Amer icfA, students, as we'll as the fegulat American flyers. eagerly yolunteeree fcr service.
 AIR SCOUTS ON DUTY More than hundred airplanes ahd diriglble balloons left Hazelhurst aV- iation field alone on scout duty. Weary all the aircraft were manned py resu- ar army aviators. They eirciea over fl om Sandy Hook to the eastern eA- trcmity of Long Island.
 Iii their fl;ghts today the aircralt were not armed. but in short time they will De equipped with pohio di opping ,uechanism4 and maehlhs guns. The machines pressed into pa- Itroi service today had been used TOT training purposes.
 The only way of hearing or the yes sells m peril was .,y the flash of their wireless. Even if s o s calls were re- ceived nothing could be done ny thsir sister ships except to wait. Followlng tie stern and heart-breaking rule or the sea, in the German submarine cam paign. no merchant vessel could ald | through fear of their own destruc- ton. But it was known that the alert wireless operators of the American navy would pick up the calls and thar destrcyers or other warcraft would steam full speed to the rescue. CLYDE OFFICIALS WORRIED The Clyde line Officials were wor- l rieG tonight about the safety of the steamship Mohawk, of that line, which | l>ft an Atlantic port yesterday al.- ernoon with approximately aae pas sensers. No word had been received | from her today and it was considered 1 possible src may have been in the patn Of the enemy submarines.
 | The main cint of discussion on the Maritime exchange tonight was coa- | cerning how many suhmersihles aie 1 operating on this side of the Atlantf l 1he general opinion was that flest ! had been sent over in the forlorn hope | If so e,iucins American shipping that | they will be able to check the steady flow of troops to France Naval off cis.ls. speaking unpfficially, deelaI ed
 that no attacks have been made on
 transposts near home waters.
 The chief concern expressed hy army
 and navy officials was that the coai-
 l ing of the German boats to the Atlan-
 | tic seaboard would cause needless Tear
 tt, the relatives of men in the sery,es
 l who are about to be sent to the pat
 tie lines in France. They were confi-
 dent in their assertions that there was
 no more occasion for alarm than thsre
 has been hitherto pointing out that 1T
 American warships could convoy traas-
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