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Show AMERICANS FIRE UPON SUBMARINE Enemy Submerges at First Shot; U-Ront Is Sighted In Mld-Atlantlc. New York, May 9. An armed American lino steamship which arrived ar-rived bore tonight from a European port reported that her gun crew fired six shots at a German submarlno oft the coast of Ireland May 2. Tho undersea un-dersea boat Immediately submerged and It was not possible to determine whether any of the shots took effect. The perlscopo of the submarlno was sighted about 6 p. tn. and the American vessel Immediately swung around, to afford the gunners an opportunity op-portunity for acurate air. Tho undersea un-dersea craft disappeared slmultane- ously with tho firing of the first shot, it was said, and did not reappear. An officer on a British passenger steamship arriving hero today from Curope said a submarlno was sighted "far west of the submarlno zone." Ho refused to stato whlch way tho underwater boat was moving and his fellow oillcers and tho passengers declined de-clined to' discuss tho subject except td assert that tho passenger vessel was not molested. It was learned, however, that tho British passenger ship was five days out from England wbon tho submarlno submar-lno was encountered. Sho was observed ob-served to emergo from tho ocean about three miles distant! Tho British Brit-ish commandor Immediately ordered a slzzag courso and trained his guns to shoot, but tho Bubmarlno at onco submerged. Tho 6458-ton British tank steamer San Urbano, which left a Mexican oil port April 12 for tho United Kingdom, King-dom, has ben sunk by a submarine, according to cable advices received hero to day by her ownors, tho Anblo-Moxlcan Anblo-Moxlcan Petroleum company. Tho sinking occurred prior to April 20 and no mention was mado as to the fate of tho forty-eight men on board. a s |