| Show U I H tj ME Y TO TERRORIZE EASTERN COAST Sinking of Li Lightship r p 71 Off Cape Hatteras Is Mere Merc r Wanton Piracy Washington A Aug UJ 7 Destruction 7 lI b by bya ya y a to submarine of Diamond Shoals light lightship lightship ship No 71 a a. helpless craft anchored off ocr Cape Hatteras to warn shipping from tho the treacherous shoals forming the Hie graveyard gra of the Atlantic confirms con on confirms firms the belief of naval al officials that I German sea wolves sent to this tills side o of the Atlantic arc are under orders to handicap commerce in all ways was possible ble blo without exposing themselves to natal na or of other formidable opponents News 0 of the shelling and sinking of or the thc light ship came to the na navy department department depart depart- ment tOd today l clearing up the tn mystery of oC earlier reports from rom coast guar guard stations on the North Carolina arolina coast that hea heavy shelling was heard at sea Bea yest yesterday r ay afternoon The rhe crew o of sixteen sixteen sixteen six six- teen men on ora the light vessel escaped In Ina Ina ina a small boat and rowed the ten or twelve o miles mites to shore Subsequently the submarine appeared within half a mile mite of ot the thc land which projects far out from the main coast of North orth Carolina There were no reports re- re ports of ot attacks on eB coast coastguard coastguard guard s stations or lighthouses and tho time purpose of ot the limo submarine submarino commander In hn n showing himself so near the beach was as not clear So far as has been re reported reported re- re ported porte no attack was wa made on an any villages es or other objects The Diamond Shoals ship guards the thrust out-thrust of oC Capo Cape Hatteras known as ns ashe the he graveyard card of ot the Atlantic coast It is imperative that the tho light be re restored restored restored re- re stored at once and certain steps to that end already have ha been taken taleen The light lightship lightship ship was wag anchored some twelve miles s soft off oft shore In shallow water The Diamond Diamon Shoals light station has hns been tho subject of or many a story dory tor In Inverse inverse verse erse and Such vessels Such vessels usually are manned by gray beards gra- gra and are arc of ot such a type tle a as to be utterly helpless In n the face of or an enemy attack Thu Tho attacking submarine probably was the one that sank the American tank ank steamer O. O P P. Jennings miles off ort the Virginia lnla coast several se days ago aro Her exploit in showing howing herself above nho water within half halt a mile mite of the Carolina coast In an nn important shipping ship- ship pinS ping lane Jane where innumerable patrol boats oats aro supposed to be he Ill plying ln is one ammo of the most daring recorded since Ince the German raiders first made their appearance appearance ap ap- ap on this tills t SIde of oC the tho Atlantic Japanese Craft Crafts Is s Sunk at Sea A Canadian Atlantic Port Aug 7 An American schooner arrived here to toda today today to- to da day with sixty five members of at the crew of or a i Japanese freight steamship which hall had been ben torpedoed off art the Nova a 1 Scotia coast The vessel was the Toku ma Maru Jaru of jOW tons gross ross She was sunk without without with out warning about OO miles off ocr hore shore on August 1 according to the crew The Maru a freighter owned b by the tho Japanese Mail Steamship Continued on Page Pago 3 r BOATS U-BOATS COME TO TERRORIZE SHIPPING Continued from rage Pago 1 company was waa on a auya voyage o from England England England Eng Eng- land to an American port The Tho crow took toole to the small boats boata and was waa picked up b by the tho American schooner The vessel esse I was Jilt built nt at I Kobe obe In 1915 Tho The submarine fired tired five e torpedoes before tho the went down members members mem mem- bers bens of the crew said ald Several hours later tho U-boat U came camo alongside the small emaIl boats and tho thu German commander commander comman comman- der questioned the Ute Japanese regarding their vessel |
