The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-23

INCL SAM THINKS
PIRATES At WORK
T.
MISSING SHIPS AND CREWS PUz.
zLE OFFICIALS.
VESSELS LONG OVERDUE
Opinion Either PiraticaI work OF At
iantic Coast or Seizure Of Craft
for Soviet Russia.
4 VESSELS LONG OVERDUE


Grating off the Atlantic coast? The
crew Of an American ship is missing
and what seems to be conclusive evil
dence has been obtained that they
were made prisoner on another YES
sci and taken away to parts unknown
Z tf they were not murdered. A second
American vessel is long overdue and
Two other American ships are unac-
counted for under circumstances rails
Ing suspicion OF a similar fate. The
United States government has UNDER
taken to solve these mysteries of the
sea, which, in the opinion Of officials,
4 point either to piFatical occurrences
Of the Atlantic coast or the seizure
OF the vessels for the benefit Of soviet
Russia
The state departmen has instruct
ed It's consular officers to be on the
lookout for the missing vessels or the
members Of the kidnapped crew. The
treasury department through its coast
( guard and lifcsavi1g service is max
Ing q search Of the Atlantic coast and
adjacent waters.
The navy department has sent out
vessels to search. The department OF
commerce through Its bureau of nav
B lgation is assisting in trying to lift
e the veil OF mystery. The department
Of Justice has assigned sooae of its
4 best secret service agents to the case,
FOR the government is working on the
theory that all the mysterious Incl.
dents are inter-related
Several months ago the fiye-masted
\ schooner Carol Deering, Of Portland,
Me-, WAS found abandoned off Diamond
Shoals, ~ g., with all sails set and
her officers and crew missing. The
)eering went ashore near Diamond
Shcals lightship. and when the men
of the nearby. life saving station went
aboard they found evidence indicating
that she had been abandoned in q
hurry for no conceivable reason, for
I the vessel was In good shape, with
q plenty Of food. In fact, 1t was appar.
cut that she had been abandoned when
'a meal was about to be served.
S3s A little later bottle came ashore
4 near where the ship was found and it
& vas q note piIrporting to have been
Written by the mate OF the schooner,
which reads as follows.
An oil-burning tanker or submarine
\ has boarded us and placed our crew in
irons Get word headquarters Of
mpany att osice. !"
al The captain and crew Of the Deer.
81 ng numbered twelve, and not a trace
them has been discovered. The
DeerinE left Portland last December
for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with q gem
etal carg6. It was on her return voy.
Il 40 with another general cargo that
me went ashore On Diamond Shoals.
ssE he writing found In the bottle has
ISbeen compared with the penmanship
oi her missing mate. and handwriting
SN1QeTJI nave Iestifled that there Is no
Ion that the mate wrote the mes.
81.
SSsa Ihe steel steamer Hewitt, owned by
SIZE Union Sulphur company, af New
4 q Nork ~ also missing. She sailed from,
\ Tex., several months ago with
n rgo ot sulphur Tor Boston and
\ \ and The government authorities
been unable to get any trace 81
Not boat nor 4 spar from her
come ashore or been picked up,
sAnd not 4 body ~ AM member al her
has been found. She might have
3 DIX Diainnnd Shoals about the
q that tho Deering went ashore,
s4nd HE nyt horities believe that she il
4 flc4t intact s$s
sssS era rtinent of commerce the
enen Ras made that two other
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