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PATROL THE COAST

Washington Juno Concentration
TODAY Of American naval forces of the
MARYLAND coast followed the receipt Of
advices ~ the Navy Department that
German andersen craft having sunk n
probable total III ten vessels OF the
New Jcrs,, shore. had yesterday trans
farrcd The scene Of thclr dcpredatlons
further south
.iust rs naval officials had concluded IN At
the German raiders had left American
waters for their home port here came the
news that a French tank steamer the
Rad.oleinc was saved from destruction
early Yesterday bv an American DESTROYER
G5 mics Of the Maryland coast he
same dispatch brought the news that
there had brcn another schooner the
Edward Ralrd Ir added - the LIT 81
submarine victims
FoU-lp wIIMI>GroN VICTIM
The PAird was found ia a sinking
condition tn the DESTROYER which took
IN board two 81 the schooner Survivors
The Pa!ri was vessel Of 214 tons, hall
lug from Wilmington Delaware. No
rcport had lCen received early TO-DAY a.
10 the fate OF otatT mentcrs oi the
schooner : crcsV. and Il was not known
whether other additions would be made
To the list Of $ persons believed % have
necn lost when the steamship Carohna
WIS shcllcd and sunk
lu attacking the Rad'alcuc, the t'er-
man raiders madc heir :rst attempt to
sink a transatlantic vessel - Navy
Department dispatch stated that the
tanker was later reported as having
reached an American port
NAVY DEPARTMENT sTIHtID
Transfer Of the scene Of operations
I from tie waters of New Jersey to he
/ MARYLAND region was taken by Navy
! Department officials 10 mean that the
| large number Of patrol vessels seapanes
/ and other craft which went out IN search
| Of the raiders when the first news Of the
| sinkirgs was received Monday morning
/ had made j, too uncomfortable for the
enemy u the northern region
Naval forces from Norfolk 10 Chesa-
! peake Bav were today even more on the
| alert than yesterday IN hopes Of hunting
! down the raiders While no Official an
nouncemcnt has been made II Was n
dlcatcd that The army AVIATION service
had joined in the search
TWO U-BoATs ~ RAID
Navy Department, officials today after
reading the stories told by survivors
were somewhat inclined to revise their
previous view as to there being only one
submarine engaged n the raid The sur
vivors stories tended 10 establish The
theory there were al least TWO boats
and identified the two craft as the 81
and the V-15l
Officials today declared that the work
Of the raiders thus far had been failure
in that the tonnage d 'struyed III the sink
ing of the eleven vessels represented only
about II 900 tons and TINT what Is be
lieved 10 have been the primary purpose,
namely, tht. creation Of demand by he
American people for the return Of Anerl-
can craft fighting submarines abroad
had been completely defeated
INsUR.&rL RATES REDUCED
Submarine danger IL not sufficient al
this time to justify advances IN govern
nent marine insurance ratrs. the treasury
announced today The rate OIL life in
yuranca for officers and crews Of merchant
vessels engaged ia traffic through the war
zone was reduced today from % cents 10
s cents per 500, as paid before the
submarine attacks of the Atlantic coast.