Show LINER I Aid I IS S SUNK CARRIED CRE CREW OF Italian Ship Carrying ing Defensive Defensive Defensive De De- Guns Probable Prey of Submarine S SAILINGS A I L I N G S CANCELED Belief Expressed That Boat Had Been Taken Over Overby Overby Overby by Government LONDON Aug 19 19 The 19 The Italian steamer which plies between New York and Italian ports has been sunk says saysa a dispatch to U Lloyds The was a passenger liner of tons gross In common with other Italian liners she mounted guns for protection from submarines The last report of her movements washer was washer washer her arrival on July 30 at Genoa from New Kew York so that she apparently was sun sunk on the return voyage to the United Staten Stater She was commanded by Captain Lavarello The Tho has accommodations for for about 1700 passengers On her recent re- re Cl cent cont nt voyages from from Italy talY to New r-ew York passenger traffic has been light and the NF of ot York ew York f th the theline line line- s said Bald d tOd today R babl carri cI a acom small sma number number of p passengers h. h gers Her crew numbered about No word had been received in NewYork New Ne NewYork York by agents of the line of the reported re reported reported re- re ported sinking at the time of the ar arI arrival ar- ar I rival of the London press dispatch Submarine Was Waiting The first appeared in New York as an armed steamer in February last arriving from Genoa with two Inch 3 rapid fire guns mounted on her aft after or deck Washington Washing Washing- ton was notified and on being In Informed informed informed in- in formed that the guns were to be used for defensive purposes only instructed the collector of the port of New York to grant clearance papers On arriving at L New York on March wireless 24 the reported a wireless warning had been received soon after aCter leaving Genoa that a submarine was lying In wait for her off Sardinia In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead of going north of Sardinia and along the north shore of the Mediterranean Mediterranean 1 which before that time proved the safest route she went south of Sardinia and through the straits of Bonifacio between Sardinia and Corsica Several armed arm d Italian steamships have havo reported sighting submarines in inthe inthe the Mediterranean and in some Instances in instances instances In- In stances being pursued by them and firing on them Italian naval gunners were detailed to service on armed passenger passenger passenger pas pas- vessels to operate the guns Submarines Are Active Z When hen the Italian steamship Re arrived in New York August 6 from Genoa her captain reported she had fired tIred on three submarines in the Mediterranean The steamship w was s pursued for seven hours and passengers passengers gers said they believed one of the submarines submarines sub- sub marines mannes lad had been sunk There has been some Increase re recently recently recently re- re in submarine activity The naval expert of the Paris Temps wrote on Thursday that the German submarine submarine submarine rine campaign against met merchant chant ships was again in full swing in accordance accordance accord accord- ance with tho German i note to the United States in February in which it was said merchant ships carrying guns could not be considered as peaceful The way was J feet long and andr I r 55 feet beam She was built bunt at Spezia i in 1909 and was owned at Genoa The New York agents of the Stam Stam- said today that two weeks ago they had received a cable message advising them that all an sailings tailings of tho the steamship had bad been canceled They I express the opinion on this tills account that the had been requisitioned requisitioned requisitioned and was vas In tho the service of the Italian government In this case she I. I would have no passengers on board |