Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-10
AIRCRAFT KEEPING
WATCH OVER SEA At
DEL AWARE CAPES
Diligent Search Over Wide Area
for Traces of German
Submarines.
SHIPPING is CAUTIOUS
Special Dispatch from stan Correep'ooon'

Special Dispatch from stan Corrcspoudent
I.EwEs, June 10.
Warned by the Navy Department that
the submarine danger had not ceased not
a shin WAS permitted 10 leave tins por'
Yesterday. Vessels passing at sea IKE
wise were warned to keep sharp lookout
for submersibles and mines
It was reported here this afternoon Una.
a sugar-laden boat was torpedoed Snpt'
distance from the Delaware tapes TINS
morning about 10 clock. L'e'S'''9 arc
lacking.
As the Ericsson liner Queen Anne was
here from last Thursday until YESTERDAY
when she sailed, the story that She Is
overdue at Norfolk Is explained.
Seaplanes from Cape May were more
than ordinarily active in search Tor =
boats Ore naval dirgible balloon add"d
Ia the aerial forces defending these waters
and the coast WAS out on long recon
noisancc flight II flew over LeweS NJ
great height and moved swiftly ou' !"
sea, evidently looking for ships N as
treSS.
One of the seaplanes sent out Saturday
developed engine trouble when about 100
miles off the Delaware Capes and was
forced To descend Two men in the ma
chine were taken off by passing steamer
A short time later the plane sank.
On her arrival here Saturday night a
United States ship reported having sighted
two derelict schooners off the Jersey coast
on her uav down from New ork. one o.
which was being tOwed by an America&
patrol boat She passed great quantities
Of wreckage every few hours, members q
the crew stated.
An Ericsson liner zigzagglng past
Rehob 9th Peach yesterday afternoon
seemed 10 be carefully picking her course,
evidently fearing the presence Of enemy
mines IN the ocean channel. pilots oronght
her 10 harbor.
KEEFrNG MUM
Pilots Just returned from sea landed
ri Iewps TODAY. They declined 70
grant interviews.
An order issued by commander = NJ
I4andrey, effective today, excludes dogs
from the Iewes Naval Base Federal
officials have posted the following notice
IN CONSPICUOUS places.
BE ware OF spies, don't talk about
What ca hav done or are going 10 DO j
The enemy has ears everywhere
Don't discuss naval affairs or the
movements Of ships or their cargoes
or 20 nnses with strangers or foreigners
Dent Trust anyone you do not
know. Enemy spies at home and
abroad viii try to draw you into argu-
mrnt and entrap you into telling them
about the movements of ships, their
cargoess. the courses stecred and the
ste2s taken to defend our ships
Don't forget to report at once
any person who tries To get informa-
tim from, you or from anyone else
in your hearins Don't forget that
youy want Of care may help the eneEny
and lead to the loss Of American
ships and the death Of their crews,
secrecy means safety.
Aaoshs notice saws. Danger warn
ing mines should never be touched, but
should I've immediately reported 70 the
re.zresss coast guard naval base or police.
Mines arc usually round or pear shaped
and the most dangerous types have four
or more horns or spikes, Some have a
t3ar attached TO one end
Mines winch are being washed ashore
by the waves are liable To explode on
hitting lie beach and should not be
aDrg4raclhed within q distance OF i've
hundred yards, Do not pull any line
fo,:rd attached to them they are safe
wfep high and dry, provided they ara
not touched.
Tae,s is current in Lewes runol
-h,t three enemy mines were found on
Rehoboth Beach today.
-
gwen cr,sience says q German submersIbit
was sighted off Fenwick Island, Va
Yesterday afternoon and united state
Revenue cutter towing crippled vesse
Was seen ln that locality al sunset. The
Government boat and the disabled craft
whose identity is not ascertaned here
were bound south, supposedly enr0ute q
Norfolk
Divers are preparing for an investlga
ton near the Overfails Lightshlp, close L
the Delaware capes, where iron and othe
metal tnotEuding from the water an'
Indicating a submerged wreck were dis
covered Yesterday
WrecKers YESTERDAY foated a barg
stranded at Rehob0th Beach during
severe storm last winter Other vessel
ashore shere and on Lewes Beach will b
hauled of.
SHIPS SAILED TODAY.
Fifteen steamships that had assemble
at the Delaware breakwater, aWaitln
PERMISSION to leave for Europe, sailed thl
norninp This was after word had bee
received that the attempt would be q
their own risk
Citizens Of Rehoboth are much concern
ed over the rumOrs that party OF foreIgI
ers who were guests at a hotel two Wech
ago were responsible for mysterious me-
sages flashed to the U-boats that operate
off the coast within the past two week
Among the party was woman ana III
woman was recognized as guest Wh
stopped at Rehoboth two years ago
4 member of the party at that time
said to have made sketches OF Lew'
harbor and these facts being recalled ad
TO the suspicion against the presence OF ii
woman in this section recently. At I'll
time of the drawings Lewes was belI
considered by the government a. site f
naval base.
WOULD MERGE INDUSTRIES.