The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-06
FURTHER NEWS
OF U-BOATS SINCE
NOR RWEGIAN ship
WAS TORPEDOED
Passenger Vessels Arriving
From South Came.
Through Danger Zone
RAIDERS MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTH
Rules of Cruiser Warfare
Have Hitherto Been OBJ
served by Huns
(By Associated Press.)

An Atlantic port, June 6.-The ar
rival here today Of several steam
ships from southern Atlantic waters
among them two passenger liners
brought no further news Of submar-
inc operations. officers of the ships
said, however. that every precaution
was taken by the ships while trav-
ersing the sea zone in which the re-
cent sinkings took place. Every
member of the crews who was not
otherwise engaged was detailed as
lookout. .
Passengers were advised not to
disrobe at night and all life boats
fully proyisioned and Watered, were
kept ready for instant use.
Advices or the navy department
that every effort was being made to
locate and destroy the submarines
were confirmed by statements OF
passengers. who said that destroy
ers, submarine chasers and air
scouts were seen.
Norwegian Ship Sunk.
Washington, June 6.-The German
submarine raiders again have dis
closed their position. Announce
ment from the navy department last
night said the Norwegian steamer
Eidsvold was sent to the bottom at
o'clock Tuesday afternoon forty
miles off the Virginia capes. The
entire crew was rescued today by a
navy supply ship: Details of the
encounter are lacking.
In thirty hours after the attack
on the Etdsvold nothing has come to
indicate where the Germans were or
what they were about.
It is evident the raiders have been
Il.
New Jersey coast. Presumably they
first began operations against coast
ing schooners.
The raiders were closer in shore
when they attacked the Eidsvold
than on any previous occasion, ex-
cept when they launched the mines
picked up off the Delaware capes.
The tanker Pratt apparently struck
one Of these mines. and a number of
others. unexploded. have been gath
cred up in the same vicinity by pa
troll craft. s-e
/, The French tank RadioIeine, un-
successfully attacked at $50 o'clock
Tuesday morning off the Maryland
coast, probably was a hundred miles
north Of the place where the Eids-
void was sunk eight hours later. +.
Whether the raiders are still of
the Virginia capes, hopeful Of inter-
cepting more important craft than
they have yet assailed. or are hur-
rying on southwark, no one here will
attempt to guess. The U-boats are
avoiding armed craft, and the vigi-
lance Of the navy patrol has kept
them far away from the principal
ports. Their errand in American
waters is mystifying and the only
explanation so far found acceptable
is that offered by Secretary Daniels
to members of congress-an attempt
to terrify the United States into re-
calling its fighting ships from Euro
pean waters for home defense.
Why the U-boat commander pick
ed out neutral craft for attack is
not apparent. The errand and car
go of the Eidsvold are not known.
The rules of cruiser warfare as
Germany interprets them, have ap-
parently been followed closely by the
raiders, with the possible exception
OF the Eidsvold's case. which is still
to be cleared up. Otherwise, ships
companies have invariably been giv-
en- some chance for their lives when
their vessels were destroyed. The
ruthlessness which drew the United
States into the war has not yet so
far been applied to American coastal
waters. What bearing If any this
may have on the purpose OF the raid
is not clear.
Reports of survivors OF the steam
er Texel and the schooner Mengel
today added little to the stock Of
information that has been gathered
about the raiders. The first officers
of the Texel reported seeing a sec
ond submarine lying awash nearby
when his ship was halted on June q
From the captain of the Mengel came
new indications that one of the raid
ers at least lis Of the standard 500
ton type. mounting two guns and
measuring about zoo feet. II was a
similar craft that sunk the Cole, al
though later reports have indicated
that a larger U-boat accompanies
the 200-footer.