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Show FOUR DESTROYERS ARRIVE WITH THE RESCUED PERSONS NEWPORT.-' Oct. H. Four destroyer? of the American flotilla came into harbor here early tod:iv, bringing 21G persons rescued from the ships sunk off Nantucket Nan-tucket Sunday by a German submarine. The Kriecson, tiie first, of the destroyers to arrive, brought eighty-one,' the Drayton Dray-ton sixty-eight, ibe Ben ham thirty-six and the Jenkins thirty-one. Thirty-five women and ten children are among thoe on tiie Friccson. Tii is information wind by wireless in advance o'f the actual docking of the destroyers. de-stroyers. While the rescue ships were steaming into tho bay wurd came from the radio station of a report that still another vessel ves-sel had fallen victim to German submarine subma-rine torpedoes, ma ki ug the total n umber of ships wrecked In the day's work of the adventurous submersible spcn. The name of the seventh vessel whs not given, hut it was said that destroyers of Kcar Admiral A Inert Gicavcs's fleet were searching the sea for her survivors. Wishing to offer assistance to any of the :-hipwreikrd people who might need it. t wo mem I ers of the ho.i id of m ei-. seers of the poor. in-. Piullp K. Glaik and R. F. 'own i nu. went to tiie ru Iscr Hi 1 mingham, flagaiiip of K"ar Admiral Gleacs, tu confer with him. |