Evening journal., 1918-06-10
Ships MAY not QUIT
/. 0|L-BATHED LBNES
Navy Warning Holds Them
Amid Sea of Petroleum
From Damaged Tanker
BALLOONS MAKE
RECONNAISSANCE

LEvEs. Del, June io.-warnsd by
the Navy Department that the sub
marine danger has not passed, not q
shin was permitted to leave this port at
The mouth Of Delaware bay yesterday
vessels passing at sea likewise were
warned 10 keen a sharp lookout Tor
enemy submersibles and for mines The
port Of Lewes has been closed contin-
uously since Wednesday
great pool Of oil lost from the
tanker Herbert T. Pratt and another
forredoed tanker reported a derelict
off Cane Henlopen on Friday covered
the waters around Delaware Breakwater
YESTERDAY. Small craft moving about
inside the harhOr looked as Is they had
heen coated with tar The oil in some
nlaces covered The surface Of the water
70 a depth Of several inches.
The bathing beach at Rehoboth, FIVE
miles 10 the south, also was covered
With oil brought in with the tide
Seaplanes from Cape May were more
fNan ordinarily active today In the
search for U-hoats One naval dirigihle
balloon added 10 the aerial forces de-
Tending these waters was out on Ions
Reconnaissance flight yesterday morn
ing II few over Lewes at a great
height and moved swiftly out 70 sea,
evidently looking for ships in distress
One Of the seaplsnes sent out on sat
,1rdav developed engine trouble when
shout 100 miles of the Delaware Capes
and was forced to descend Two men
an the machine were taken or by a
RAISING steamship. A short time later
the plane sank
An American submarine which put /
into the naval base here early yesterday /
afternoon FOR supplies mansuvered in
side the Breakwater for several hours
before she finally submerged and passed
outside with only her periscope show
ing above the surface
On her arrival here Saturday night
9 United States ship reported having
sighted on her way down from New
York two derelict schooners off the
Jersey coast. one Of which was being
towed by an American patrol boat. She !
passed great quantities Of wreckage |
every few hours. members Of the crew
said
German submarine commanders op-
Grating on this side Of the Atlantic
have been ordered 70 sink ships carry
Ing guns without notice. II Is said. To
pthers IS to be given an opportunity
for their crews 10 take to the lifeboats,
unless the submarines are meraced by
she approach Of American~warships
A large feet Of merchantmen passed
IN the Capes yesterday under heavy
convoy. Trailing behind a destroyer
Gotilla. they were following a zlgzag
,ourse and moving at full speed.
The daring OF the U-i5i. the German
raider. whose commander was formerly
q master Of several American sailing
vessels. IS both amusing and alarming
10 men Of the tug and pilothoat fleets.
Affer the U-t5i had torpedoed The
schooner Edna and taken her crew on
board the submarine. the wreck was
taken in tow by the tug Arabian. Of
Philadelphia. Of which Captain Willard
Collins is master While the Arabian
was making her lines fast 10 the Edna,
Captain Collins said he has since been
informed. the U-t5i. with only her peri
scope showing. was lying q few hundred
yards away. looking on, and could easily
have torpedosd the Arabian An Amerl-
can warship was standing by but did
not sight the enemy submarine Her
presence there may explain why the |
tug was unmolested.
or course. did not see the U-boat.
said Captain Collins II had we Ger
tsinlv would have made ourselves
scarce around there
The Arabian arrived here yesterday
from Philadelphia with the
Norwegian bark Noble bio in tow
Masters Of tugboats that have put
nto this port since the U-boat raids
,eean are confident the raiders have
! floating base in these waters. and
hat probably it is 1ying an American
lag and IS effectually disguished They
llso think that one neet Of submarines
iss been detailed TO mine-laying eX-
'nsively. and another fleet, with
enough torpedoes to last through a
'ruise Of several months. intends 10
aarass commerce on this side OF the
s .lantic all through the summer These
believe the navy win find il
diflcult matter 10 drive the German
raiders from these waters. because Of
The great latitude the submarines have
for maneuvering out Of the way Of
svenging warships. Combating the
L boats in the English Channel and the