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Show PIRATES WORKING IN ATLANTIC OCEAN' M CREW TAKEN FROM AMERICAN vlH AHIP AND MADE PRISONERS VVVl ABOARD ANOTHER VESSEL ' MBHI tlH Secret Service Men Working Trying, ,HJ To Solve Mystery of Where- IsH Abouta of Men Missing j JSU Ships Lor. , '"erdue r MUH IIM Washington- . dratcs operating, hHI off Uio Atlnntlc coast? IHJ Tho craw of an American ship 14 'SfHJ missing nnd what scorns to bo coa- mSIbI cluslvo evidence has been obtained SLU that they wero mado prisoners on an, HI other vossol and tnken away to part 91 unknown, If thoy woro Indeed not liU murdered. A second Awerlcnn fthlpl Mil Is long ovtrduo and two other Amcr 161 lean ships aro unaccounted for undo wM circumstances raising eusplclon of a Sal similar fate. Tho United States gov.' HI crntmont haa undertaken to eolvo aU Uicso mysteries of tho sen which, In Uh tho opinion of officials cxprosscd re- VM contly, point cither o piratical oc- IIH curranccs off tho Atlantic coast or tha HHI seizure of tho vessels for Uio benefit HHI of Sovlot lluosta. gkwJ Tho stato dopartmont has instruct. HVJ od ltfl consular officers to be on tfcaj HVJ lookout far (tho missing reseats or HHJ Uio members of Uio kidnaped crewJ hVJ Tho treasury department, through it coast guard nnd life sArlng eorvlce, ' jlll Is making a search of the AUanHe flffl const and adjacent waters. The navy, iVjfl department baa ftcnt out voasela & ncarcli. Tho dopartmont of commerce1 hHJ through tte bureau of navigaUon is' HHJ assisting In tryng to lift tiie Tell of Hl mystery. HJH Tho department of Justice hns as HHJ signed somo of Its best eocrot ecrvcW HJ ngents to Uio case, for Uio government ill is working on Uio theory Umt ell ill these mysterious Incidents are inter 411 related. IU Several mpntlw niro Uio fivo-masted IU schooner Carol Docring of Portland, UVJ Me., was found nbandonod off Diamond f Bl Shoals, N. a, with nil jails set art UVJ her officers nnd crow mUslng. The H Dcorlng went nshoro near Diamond H Shonls lightship, and when the men 0 HH tho near-by life-saving station went fl abond thoy found ovldcivo Indicating H that sho had been nhnndnncd In n bur- HHl ry, for no conceivable, reason, for Uie nawJ vessel wns In good shape, with plenty of food, In fact, It was apparent Uiat 'HH she hnd been nbandonod when n meal 'HVJ wns nbout to bo served. 'M A llttlo later n bottle enmo nshoro ilHI nenr whero tho ship was found nnd In (Is'l It wns a nolo purporting to linvo been IhI written by the mate of tho schooner, U which rend as follows. HI "An oll-burnlng tanker or mibmnrlno II hns boarded us nnd plnced our crow II In Irons. Get word to hendqunrters Of II company nt once." I The captain nnd crew of tho Peering Bl numbered twelve nnd not n traco of II them hns been discovered. The Deer. HI Ing hnd left Portlnnd, Me., last Decern- HI her for ltlo do Janeiro, Hrnzll, with a IHI general cargo. It was on her return UlHl voyage with another general cargo that H she went ashore on Diamond Shoals. IU Tho writing found In tho hottlo haa l been compared with tho penmnnshlp IU of her miming mnto nnd hand writing 1 U experts linvo testified thero In no qucs. HI tlon that tho mnto wroto tho message. Ill |