Show V OJ 1 I b. b AO o. o 66 IS df i 1 k t SINKS 6 SHIPS OFF U COAST AMERICAN SHIP ALSO HELD UP 4 Four British sh and nd Two f Neutral Vessels Sunk Off Of I Ic c Massachusetts Coast i BELIEVE U 53 DID IT r Naval Men en Think Two Submarines rin s Are Operating No Loss of Life Shipping Thrown Into Panic a a Newport Oct 9 9 The g.-The The executive officer of the destroyer Erickson Ericka Erick Erick- hickson 11 son returning early today from the scene of the German submarine activities off Nantucket reported that nine ships had been sunk and that three submarines were operating off the coast This information he said he had bad on the authority of the captain of the Nantucket shoals lightship Nantucket Oct 9 Three g.-Three Three British cruisers arrived off Nantucket island at o'clock this morning Radio messages in code were t J constantly exchanged by the vessels z c Newport Oct 9 Four g.-Four Four destroyers of the American flotilla came into harbor here early today bringing persons rescued from the tho ships J. J sunk off Nantucket Sunday by a a. German submarine The Erickson the first of r the destroyers to arrive brought one eighty-one the Drayton i t sixty eight the Benham thirty-six thirty and the Jenkins thirty Thirty five women and ten children are among those on the Erick- Erick i 0 1 m r r I OSTON T Oct 8 The S.-The The submarine arm aim of the imperial Gerr Gerl Ger German Ger- Ger r l BOSTON man n navy vy ravaged b shipping off the eastern co coast st of the thed d United States today todar h 11 Four Br British one Dutch and one Norwegian steamers were B sent nt to the bottom or left crippled derelicts off Nantucket T g I s 's shoals loa 1 s. s t Toni Toni- Tonight ht the destroyer flotilla of the United States Atlantic i fleet was picking licking up passengers and crews of the destroyed vessels and bringing them into N Newport R R- I. I I D I So far as ns known there was wag no loss of life though the thc crew ere of the thc i. i I British steamer Kingston had not been accounted for d A submarine held lieu up the American steamer Kansan bound from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York for Gen Genoa Geno oa with steel for the thc Italian government government- but later on establishing 4 J lishing her identity allowed the thc American Americ m to proceed The Thc Kansan camer came camo J r into Boston harbor late tonight for her usual call c. here The hostile submarine is believed to be hc the U 53 which h ch paid a 0 call to to Newport yesterday and disappeared at sunset Some naval men however how however ever declared that at le least t two submarines are operating close to tho the American shore thou though h outside the three-mile three limit J The sensation created yesterday when Into VI en the tho U 53 quietly slipped sUpped Newport harbor and as quietly slipped C away aay three hours later was nothing nothing- to the shock chock In shipping circles when reports of ot submarine attacks r f began to como Into the tho naval ra radio lo stations Just before noon toda today Within a few minutes tho the air was literally charged with electricity as wireless of warning were along the coast The submarine or submarines had taken a a. position dIrect directly in the tho steamer lanes Vessels of ot the tho entente allied nations and neutral bottoms carr carrying contraband contraband contraband contra- contra band of ot war scurried to got Het within the th three milo limit of ot the American shore Several Se et eral that wore were following tho the outside course shifted shined and made mado for Cor tho Inside lane The Stephano of ot tho thoR R Red d Cro Cross CrOS Line ne however howe was caught 1 outside the neutral zone K i The destruction of ot this vessel was wasa a Perhaps the thc biggest prize of ot tho the day f u The craft crall had been sold to the Russian f Government and nd would ha have been us used d dL L a As 8 an Ice-breaker Ice after alter her present trip 11 steps possible in the thc stances are being taken to deal doal with the situation n. n This c was received b by the thc Associated Press tonight ht from the commander com- com ff mander in chief of ot tho the British North Atlantic squadron dron at Halifax N. N S S. It ItIn Itt t traS as In reply to a 1 request tot for tota a statu- statu anent b by him r Up up to late laic tonight ht none of tho I h and French patrolling fleet had 1 been n sighted Tho The commander of ot the to naval station at Halifax roto ro- ro r ed to divulge what steps stepa were be betaken boJ bo- bo J taken to meet tho the submarino submarine nt- nt I k m t. t ilo hc and crews of detrO deL de- de L 01 trO trOI ed vessels who were being brought I t L nto Newport were not expected to fach fe ch there until after otter midnight ht Preparations Prep Prep- tt i to care caro for th m had been Meade J ado b by Rear Admiral Austin M. M commandant of oC tho the stI tt naval station and Rear Henr Admiral lbert Cleaves Gleaves commander of ot the d dc- dc c- c flotilla now at nt Newport rp 1 BY Y G OLM GG lIn The Stephano met mot a submarine six miles s southeast of ot Nantucket lightship nd LJ-nd sand was as attacked b by gunfire and a 1 torpedo She Mme remained afloat until lo Oi o'clock tonight Che rho West st Point went down ton ten miles mUes Continued l 2 2 i on Page Pabo ago 1 I I GERMAN BOAT U-BOAT SINKS SIX SHIPS Commerce Raid Made 0 Off all Coast o of 0 Massachusetts No Lives Lost Continued from Pago 1 south of the tho Nantucket a lightship The was attacked off ocr lightship lightship lightship light light- ship tho report stated state and the Bloom Bloom- was wa sunk three miles mils south of the lightship She remained afloat some om time lime going down at lot SOo SQ Tho The American Ite steamer mer Kansan wa C held up three miles east cast of ot Nantucket The rho first wireless warning warning- o of the th hostile submarine submarino In tho presence presence- enco of a I steamship lane was given Riven In the distress dis- dis tre tress s signals of the tho West est Point Within a n very short time press dispatchers dis- dis ls- ls from Crom Halifax indicated ical d that the patrolling battleships had received the alarm The British censorship however however however how how- ever prevented the disclosure of tho the movements df dr tho patrolling fleets At 1121 11 o'clock tonight the tho returning return- return In ing nr destro destroyer nearest homo home was still sUll fifty miles from Newport and antI she oho was not expected until after 1 n. n a. a m m. Just before 8 o'clock tonight a n radio message mess e was picked up hero stating statin that hat the British steamer steamer Kingston had been boen sunk b by a 8 submarine This was Wl later confirmed d 1 by Admiral Knight at Newport All on 1 board oard the steamer were ere picked up by one of or tho the de destroyers sent ent out from Newport Tho The steamer Kansan which turned back to help the West cst Point later proceeded on her course and tonight was reported coming comine- Into Boston Doston harbor har har- bor A message from Captain Smith of tho the K Kansan an directed to the Associated Associated Press was 05 received as 38 fc follow At noon r received d distress signals from rom West Point Started back buck to her assistance and steered for her herr till p p. p m m. when message was received that crew of or fhe five was approaching Nantucket lightship In two boats boata Found position of or torpedo boat was nearer r to o West Vest Point than that of or Kansan ansan 10 so o havo up search and proceeded proceeded pro pro- to Boston S At t 0 o'clock tonight all the tho passengers passengers Jassen- Jassen gers gerB and crows crews of ot tho the torpedoed vessels vessels ves ves- sels had hod been accounted for tor with tho the exception of or the tho crow crew of or tho the Kingston These There were missing missing- and were being beinS' sought Bought by tho the American destroyer Cushing It Is supposed that tho the cro crow of or tho the Kingston ton took to to- their life life- boats Wireless calls for tor a no coast guard cuter cutter cutter cut cut- ter er and an any nearby steamships to rescue rescue res- res cue cuo the West ost Points Point's officers and crew wore sent out u by the West est Point Just before the cr crew w wore were ordered to tho the boats News of ot the tho shelling of ot the tho West Yest Point which is a steamship of or tons first came In iii a brief brio wireless wireless wire- wire less ess dispatch to the naval nl na al radio station stalon sta- sta lon tion here hero which read 3 British steamer te West cst Point stopped b by y and fired upon getting boats r ready ady Position 40 north 69 63 west Get cutter quick Sinking of The British steamer St Stephano carrying nearly one hundred first and antI second cabin passengers including in including in- in many American tourists waS vas sunk off ott Nantucket lightship at p p. p m. m presumably by the tho German submarine U 53 The Tho United States torpedo boat bont destroyer ported the loss of the liner by radio to the ho naval al station here stating that the the ship had b been en torp torpedoed Tho The message message from the destroyer said that the crew and passengers e s were safe sate aboard the Balch Confirmation of ot the r rescue was contained contained contained con con- in a later message sent by the tho destroyer to the naval station hero It was said that she had picked up the tho passengers and later had transferred the he Americans to the destroyer JenkIn Jenk- Jenk In ins ns Rear Admiral Knight ht commandant of ot the Narragansett naval district said eald that the pas passengers who so 80 desired would be allowed to remain on the tho warship until morning At tho the same time ho he said ald If Ir an any of ot those picked up wanted to be set ct on shore their wishes would be complied compiled with a as promptly as ns possible Aid IB Is Proffered cd Members of or the tho called so-called Newport society set were prompt to extend proffers proffers prof prof- fers tel's of ot help to tho the shipwrecked passengers passengers gers Fers through Admiral Knight Mrs Robert L L. L Beckman of or Governor Beekman and Mrs French Vanderbilt volunteered to take care COore of or as ns many ref refugees as M possible Many Ian of ot the passengers of or the Stephano Stephano Ste Ste- are aro residents o of Now Kew York The cargo loss of ot the Stephano It was expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex would not bo be very ery heavy as on her westbound voyage she usually carried freight This Is made m. up largely ns as as a a. rule of ot fish oil and other outer fish products It was expected in marine circles I that this was Intended as one of or thelast the thelast thelast last of ot the regular sailings of or the Stephano Sto Sto- prior to her sailing for the tho White sea The liner was under command of or Captain Smith who had been In the company's compans employ for a number of years He Is 48 years ears old and he is known as a a. skillful navigator Shipping men here conjecture that Captain Smith had tak taken n the outside course in rounding Nantucket lightship and thereby had fallen like a a. ripe plum Into the grip of or the undersea raider Ordinarily the Stephano takes the Inside in inside ln- ln side course courso If It tho the weather is favorable favor favor- able This takes her In water ater too shallow shallow low 10 for forr forra a submarine and brings the ship within easy reach of or the neutral three-mile three limit At this time of or the year however nights are foggy and In order to avoid navigating In thick weather near ne near r shore In a well-traveled well shipping lane Jane tho the Stephano It was thought thought- took the outside course The Tho crew of ot the Stephano nearly nearh all allot of ot them Lascars were taken aboard the Nantucket light ship Officers and men of or the the West Nest Point took to their small boats after summoning assistance from shore The booming of or the submarines submarine's guns S' was distinctly heard at nt Nantucket It was was plain that the submersible had placed herself in the lane lano of or passenger and freight traffic and terrorized shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping along the coast In a n. flash WIreless messages messages wore were sent up and down the coast and far out to sea aca warning everything e afloat that a n. submarine ship was operating In the steamer teamer lane All Vennel Warned I- I Every Ivery very vessel essel equipped with wireless Ireless was 15 warn warned d to make mako for Cor the threemile threemile three- three mile mUe zone and the commanders of merchant mer mor chant vessels of the entente allies aUles lost no time In shifting their course Those that were following what Is known as tho the outside course turned to the tho Inside course that would bring them closer to American land British consular officers who had lead been advised ad by the tho British embassy to warn British shipping against the U 53 renewed their caution on learning that the submarine submarino had hall gone Into ac ac tion Panic possessed the th Winds finds t of i ship ship- pore pers at points along the coast when hen I Ithe the first reports of or the torpedoing were ere I received The news that tho the U 53 had attacked British vessels traveled fast I Anxious inquiries were made at newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper offices from seemingly er e every one ono who had a friend on or the water or owned a share of stock tock In a merchant bottom nt at S Sen n. n The Frederic VIII III of the ian-American ian line which Is bringing bringing- home hom the American ambassador dor to Germany German James W Gerard and Mrs Gerard was six hundred miles east of New York at noon toda today Assurances that the ambassador and his wife were l lon on a 0 neutral vessel was waR given II to inquiring Inquiring in inquiring In- In quiring friends of or the press The radio stations wore suddenly closed to the press by an order from the tho navy department at Washington ton It was c explained that er e everything learned by b government stations must first be transmitted to the navy Y department before before be be- be before fore being being- made public Particulars of tho the attack however continued to come from merchant vessels ves yes eels sels to commercial wireless plants and through marine observers ers Orl on on shore At daylight today the U 53 turned turner up southeast of Nantucket and got sot In Inthe Inthe inthe the wa way of or the American steamer Kansan Kansan Kan Kan- san o of the tho Hawaiian American-Hawaiian company company com com- pan pany bound from New York to Genoa by wa way of ot Boston with freight The Kansan was flying the American rIa flag She was stopped b by the tho submarine at o'clock Assured that the Kansan was an nn owned American-owned vessel the submarine later allowed her to proceed Stops Stop Yankee float Captain Smith of or the Kansan reported report report- ed to the Shoals Lightship that he had been stopped He said the submarine showed no colors but from his meager description ot of the craft naval men were satisfied that It W was lS the U 53 A half halt hour later Inter the submarine encountered enco en- en countered co the commanded by Captain Wilson tUson and under charter chartor Charter Char ter tor by the French line lino A subsequent message from the Nantucket lighthouse stated that the had been sunk at C G o'clock this morning and that the crew of twenty men wore were on the lIght lightship hiP The steamer carried a crew of or thirty four There Thero was doubt asto alSto as alS asto to whether the lightship had picked them all up Later a private dispatch added the In Information Information information In- In formation that the submarine after stopping the West est Point ordered Ol the ct crew w Into their small boats Tho The crew abandoned the ship which was ther torpedoed Meantime the American line Une |