Show 4 V in M no no lu N N ISIS T egr ME 0 S three ships sent to bottom by U boats boata fourteen lives being lost MAY BRING ABOUT WAR cesis torpedoed without warning the attacking submarine never appearing that ships might Di dieno fena Thenia olves london TI tio tie e of the A american steamers city ot of memphis illinois and Vigil ancla was announced sunday fourteen men from tho alie ancla are missing as a aro are some from the ahe city of the crew of the illinois was landed safely the city of memphis in ballast front from cardiff to now new york was sunk by gunfire the second officer and fifteen men of the crew have bave been landed the illinois front from concion for port arthur texas in ballast was sunk at 8 sunday morning ahe was torpe torpedoed dried without warning arning tile the submarine did not ap pear the captain birst atud second mates first beconi and third engl engi liers and twenty thre men of the crew have been landed at the scilly islands the fourth englener elginer and thirteen ii men en are missing third engineer thompson of the city of memphis in an interview with the central news said that the submarine sub marine fired a warning shot tor for the steamer to slow down and subsequently signaled for her to stop and tor for the crew to ab al andon landon the ship ten or eleven shells were dred at tho the vessel which began to sink then followed a terrific explosion which cause caused the vessel to tremble all over and within twenty minutes she sank stern first the ohp crew suffered a great deal from exposure dur ing tho the night NV washington ashington with tho the announcement of tho the ruthless destruction of three unarmed american mer chaitt chatt ships by submarines 1 11 was officially admitted her that virtually a state of war exists beewen the united states and germany ono one step tho the president Is contemplating la Is a call for an immediate session sion of congress to hear an address asking tor for aut author horty ty to adopt aggressive measures against the submarine menace already american ships are being armed to defend themselves the next move must be to send warships with orders to seek out submarines and clear the trans atlantie lan ian |