Show IUE ENEMYS WARSHIPS Off NEW ENGLAND COAST Boston Mass May 13 Officials of I high rank at the Charleston navy yard place considerable credence in the rumor ru-mor that a part at least of the enemys fleet is not far distant from this coast i Their suspicions were strengthened by the fact that the United States cruiser Columbia and the ram Katahdin hurriedly hur-riedly left this port under sealed orders I I and that the cruiser San Francisco will I I leave1 at once The auxiliary cruiser I I I Yankee Joined the Columbia off Cape Cod and went to sea New York May 13rThe urgent orders I or-ders received from the war department within the last 21 hours require the I commanders of the signal towers on Long Island to their keep men constantly con-stantly on watch for signals from the i patrol fleet i Block Island n T May 13 Firing was heard at Intervals southeast of this I island this afternoon but It was at too I I great a distance to determine the cause |