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STOCKS BREAK
ON NEWS OF RAID
War Issues and Standard
Shares Slump as High as
Twelve Points
New York, Oct. 9.—The stock was
demoralized at to-day's opening,
standard issues as well as war stocks
breaking five, ten and even twelve
points at the outset on enormous liq
uidation. The break was attributed
to the German submarine activities
and their possible consequences.
The foremost feature was United
States Steel on an offering of 30,000
shares at 112 to 109, representing a
loss over the week-end of slightly
more than 7 points.
The mercantile Ynarine issues, com
mon and pfd., were lower by 7 % to
12 points. Distinctive munitons, such
as New York Air Brake, Baldwin Lo
comotive, Industrial Alcohol, Westing
house, Crucible Steel, Studebaker and
Pressed Steel yielded three to eight
points.
Even standard railway stocks such
as Union Pacilic were subjected to tre
mendous selling pressure, Union los
ing almost 6 points with declines of
2 to 5 in others of that group.
Secondary prices showed no im
provement over initial offerings, in
some instances levels being
reached.
After the most exciting half hour
seen in the stock market since the
panic of 1907 the tide of liquidation
was stemmed by heavy volume of buy
ing orders reported to have been sent
to the market by important banking
interests.
DIPLOMATIC WAR WITH
ALLIES AND GERMANY
[Continued From First Pago]
the freighter Kingston were reported
adrift at sea in open boats the fact
that the weather was mild and the
sea calm made it seem probable that
they would be rescued within a few
hours by some of the searching craft.
Of the passengers of the Stephano,
thirty were American tourists re
turning from New Foundland and the
Canadian maritime provinces. All
came through their rough experience
without injury, according to officers of
the American destroyers, but lost
nearly all their effects. Some were
able to save a few valuables, but their
baggage went down with the ship.
Passengers Taken Oft' First
Lieutenant Commander Miller, of
the Ericsson, which picked up some
or the boats from the Stephano, said
that no attack was made by the sub
marine on this vessel until after all
on board had left the ship. When the
Ericsson arrived at the lightship,
Commander Miller observed a Sub
marine about a mile distant and al
most immediately heard three shots
from the bow gun of the submarine.
Through the haze he could dimly
make out the Stephano, the object of
attack. None of the shots struck the
ship and probably none was aimed
directly at her. The Stephano hove
to immediately and sent a message to
the Ericsson saying "Please take off
our passengers."
Before Commander Miller could
get his boats to the side of the
steamer she had loaded all her pass
engers in her own boats from which
they were taken on board the de
stroyer within five minutes. The
Stephano was still afloat when the
destroyer left, but was reported later
as-sunk by a torpedo.
Care For Refugees
The Ericsson brought here 25 wo
men and ten children, while the de
stroyer Balch brought 69 others from
the Stephano, including passengers
and members of the crew. Eighteen
of the women were landed at the gov
ernment pier by permission of the
Health Department, and were taken
in automobiles to the homes of Gov
ernor R. Livingston Bccckman, Mrs.
French Vanderbilt and Arthur Curtiss
James, former commodore of the New
York Yacht Club.
Gave Proper Warning
Dr. Andrews, who is connected with
the Grentell mission, was one of the
four Stephano passengers taken to the
home of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Dr. Andrews was on his way to New
York. In describing his experience
Br. Andrews declared that the Ger
mans gave the boat proper warning
and then stood by until all of the
passengers had been taken off.
"Officers of the United States tor
pedoboat destroyer which had arrived
In time to take care of the passengers
of the Stephano visited the steamer,"
he said, "to make sure that all of the
passengers and crew were safe. Then
members of the German crew boarded
her and opened her water cocks." He
said'no torpedo was discharged.
AVhile the Germans were engaged in
disposing of the Stephano, a Dutch
vessel, probably the Bloomersdijk,
was standing a short distance away,
"like a steer to be slaughtered," in
the words of Dr. Andrews. She had
been warned by the submarine to hold
up as her turn was coming next.
Dr. Andrews praised the work of
the American warships which went to
the assistance of the distressed ves
sels. He said they gave every possible
assistance to the distressed passengers
and when they were taken aboard the
destroyers, showed them every
courtesy.
l/ost Personal Belongings
Mrs. Henry B. Wilson, of Williams
town, Mass., said that the passengers
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were going to dinner when some one
told them that there were destroyers
all around the steamer and that a
submarine was nearby. They thought
all of these were American boats until
the German flag was seen on the un
dersea ship. Three shots were fired
across the bow of the Stepha'no, Mrs.
Wilson said. The steamer was stop
ped and all were ordered to take to
the boats. The passengers did not
have time to go to their staterooms
and saved none of their personal be
longings. The sea was calm and all
were transferred to the destroyer
Ericsson without difficulty. The
Ericsson, she said, was nearly out of
sight of the Stephano when the liner
sank.
Saw Supply Ship
A member of the destroyer Balch's
crew Insisted that he saw a German
supply ship attending the submarines.
Thirty-six men from the Bloom,
ersdijk were on board the destroyer
Drayton as were also the captain and
some of the crew of the West Point.
These refugees were taken to the
naval training station where arrange
ments had been made to receive them.
The hospital corps from tho naval sta
tion was lined up on the dock as the
destroyers discharged their passengers
but found nothing to do. The young
est of the shipwrecked crowd was a
baby two months old which was a
passenger with its mother on the
Stephano. •
When Captain Bagely of the Dray
ton went to the flagship Birmingham
of the American destroyer flotilla to
report to Rear Admiral Albert
Gleaves, he was accompanied by the
captain and three officers to the West
Point. Fred Harnden, captain of the
freighter, declined to make any state
ment saying simply: "1 will not talk
until 1 have reported to my home
office."
One member of the West Point's
crew said there were 38 seamen
aboard the ship who lost their all.
They did not abandon her, he said,
until she had been shelled several
times, and after they had cleared the
ship she was bombed twice, he added.
No member of the submarine's crew
boarded her at any time .according to
the seaman.
Captain M. Grotness, of the Knud
sen, who was aboard the Drayton,
could speak but little English and
was reticent as to his experiences. He
said that he and his crew were given
about ten minutes in which to quit
the vessel.
Members of the crew of the Bloom
ersdijk, some of whom were on the
Benham and others on the McDougall,
claimed that one of their number
whom they described as an assistant
to the captain was missing. It was
said, however, that the man was on
some other destroyer.
The destroyer Jenkins brought in 71
survivors.
So far as possible the destroyers
placed small blackmarking buoys
over the spots where the ill-fated
merchantmen were last seen afloat.
Stories told by such members of the
various crews of the sunken steamers
as could be reached differed widely.
Some declared they had seen as many
as five submarines. In other cases a
seaman was sure that at least two
torpedoes were launched at his ves
sel before she sank.
From the stories told by these men
there appeared to be little doubt that
there were at least two submarines in
action.
Life preservers and lifeboats from
the Bloomersdijk and lifeboats from
the Steplianb were piled on the decks
of the destroyers when they came in,
the only remaining mementos of the
vessels. Because of limited space on
the destroyers a number of lifeboats
were cast adrift.
The only survivors on board the
destroyer McDougall were six mem
bers of the crew of the Bloomersdijk.
When the health officer boarded her
he found all of the men sleeping
peacefully, as though nothing unusual
had oturred. It was necessary, how
ever, to awaken them for the purpose
of examination. The cabin boy of
the Bloomersdijk, a brignt lad of
ahout 14 years, came in on the Ben
ham and clattered across the deck
with his wooden shoes when called
for examination by the physician. He
was the least disturbed of any of the
Benham, for, he explained, this was
the third time he had had the ex
perience of being aboard a torpedoed
ship.
Scores of Prominent Persons
Are on Ships Approaching
German U-Boat Danger Zone
New York, Oct. 9.—Owners, agents
and others interested in vessels near
the Atlantic coast flying the flags of
nations hostile to Germany passed an
uneasy night and to-day sought every
possible avenue of news regarding
their ships. Many of the vessels within
the German U-boat danger zone carry
scores of American and European pas
sengers. including some notable in
DIPLOMATIC COMPLICATIONS
OVER RAID WILL RESULT WITH
ALLIESi4S WELL AS
Washington. D. C.. Oct. 9.—Possi
bilities of diplomatic complications
over the German submarine raid along
the New England coast seemed to-day
to point toward the Allies as well as
Germany.
State and Navy officials, scanning
the unofficial reports of the destruc
tion of ships within sight of American
shores, found no reason to-day to
change their first impression that the
submarine operations had ~een con
ducted so far within the limitations of
international law. but they were fully
alive to the dangerous possibilities.
Destruction of an American ship car
rying contraband might easily cause
Prye case and any loss of life
at all in any case might easily reopen
t 'le whole submarine question.
The threatened complication with
the Allies lies in their contention that
submarines, because of their nature,
should be excluded from all neutral
ports. To-day's London dispatches,
quoting from the Manchester Guar
dian, to the effect that such a view
has been "set out in th/e recent memo
randum sent by the Allies to neutral
governments," contained the first inti
mation received here that anything in
the nature of a formal representation
had been made.
The position of the United States, as
far as it has been announced, has been
to decide ton Its merits the case of each
submarine entering an American port.
Inasmuch as the German submarine
which entered Newport Saturday took
no supplies, asked for no privileges
and*departed almost Immediately, it is
not thought, that she raised any issue.
The general opinion prevailing to
day was that with the gathering of all
allied cruisers off the New England
coast the submarine would desert that
field and strike its next blows farther
.■-•outh. Some officials expected to hear
of operations in the Gulf of Mexico,
where a persistent story says a Ger
man base has been established and
where the submersibles could strike at
fleets of tank ships carrying fuel to
the British navy from the Mexican
fields, upon which the British depend
FAIL TO FIND TRACE OF CREW
FROM TORPEDOED BRITISHER
Boston, Mass., Oct. 9.—No definite
word had been received up to noon to
day of the fate of the crew of a vessel
recorded in wireless dispatches as the
British steamer Kingston, one of the
victims of German submarine attacks
in the vicinity of Nantucket lightship
yesterday and last night.
These men who were thought to
have left their ship before she was
sunk, were reported to have been
rowing their small boats some thirty
miles off the lightship early in the
day, but a number of United States
torpedoboat destroyers cruised over a
large radius during the forenoon with
out sending ashore any message that
they had found the Kingston's crew.
Even the name of the sunken vessel
remained in some doubt. No steamer
Kingston has been reported in mari
time registers as having been in these
waters recently.
Although the captain of the light
ship reasserted that three submarines
financial, business, theatrical and so
cial circles.
It seemed doubtful to-day that the
submarine raid would result In a gen
eral tie-up of the shipping of the en
tente nations in American ports, but
one of the most important steamship
companies controlling both British and
American vessels, the International
Mercantile Marine Company, issued
orders that no British ships of (hat
line should leave Atlantic ports pend
ing further orders. The order was
issued by P. A. S. Franklin, vice-presi
dent and general manager, who imme
diately upon confirming reports of the
sinking of steamers off Nantucket sent
telegrams to agents of the company in
I lost on, Haltimore, Philadelphia, Port
land and Montreal directing that all
vessels flying the British flag bo kept
in port to await orders.
This order stopped the sailings of
••ill steamers"Sf the White Star, Atlantic
Transport, Deyiand, Dominion and
Red Star lines and the vessels of the
White Star-Dominion lines sailing for
Mont'renl and Quebec. The order will
not Interfere with the sailing of the
American I„ine steamships or of any
of the company's vessels under the
American flag.
Officials of the Cunard, French and
the Italian lines declared that their
passenger and freight vessels would
sail as usual, despite the submarine
menace. At the Cunard Dine offices'
it was announced that" no changes
would be made in the- sailing dates of
almost entirely. The opinion that
there are special submarines, accom
panied by a supply ship, probably also
a submersible, has been strengthened
by the developments.
The American government's attitude
toward the German side of the new
situation will, of course, be decided by
President Wilson himself. .Full in
formation is being gathered through
official channels rfind forwarded to the
summer White House.
Have a Precedent
If the United States decides to ob
ject to the conduct of the war op
erations so close to its ports, the cor
respondence with Great Britain on the
same subject furnished precedent
which seenjs to lit in with the present
situation. Great Britain contended
she knew of no rule which forbade
operations on one part of the high
seas and permitted them on another,
but the United States maintained that
the presence of warships so near gave t
great opportunity for complications
and that the practice was "inconsistent
with the treatment to be expected from '
the naval vessels of a friendly power I
ii\ time of war."
It' there is question as to whether
the safety of passengers actually was
provided for, it probably would be de
termined on the distance from shore
and the weather conditions "prevailing.
The fact that American destroyers
happened to be at hand in sufficient
numbers to rescue the crews and pas
sengers is considered irrelevant.
Secretary Lansing, Counselor Polk
and Assistant Secretary Phillips re
fused to-day to discuss the sinking.
Secretary Lansing said:
"The press has all the information 1
have and more. Reports are coming
to me regularly from the Navy De
partment and are also being given out
to the public. At present I cannot dis
cuss the subject in any way. The facts
are entirely insufficient."
Secretary said the allied
protests to all neutral governments
against allowing submarines of any
sort to enter neutral harbors had not
been received here.
had sunk nine steamers, the names
of three of the destroyed ships had not
been determined. Neither had any
of the submarines been positively
identified, although opinion was al
most unanimous among naval and
shipping men that one of them was
the U-53, which called at Newport,
Saturday, and passengers landed from
the Red Cross liner Stephano quoted
members of the crew of that steamer
as having been empUfctic in their
statements that the submarine which
sank the Stephano was marked U-61.
The movements of three British
cruisers which arrived in the vicinity
of the raids early to-day were not fur
ther reported during the forenoon. It
was supposed they were making a
thorough sweep of waters in which
the Germans had been active in the
hope of capturing or sinking one of
the submarines. A radiogram from
the Nantucket lightship at noon said
nothing had been seen of any sub
marines in the daylight. '
steamers until Instructions were re
ceived from the main office in Liver
pool. All Cunard vessels, it was
pointed out, are armed with 4.7-inch
Runs and the German submarines thus
far have avoided vessels so armed
The Alaunia, of the Cunard Line,
which sailed from here Saturday after
word had been received of the arrival
of the U-53 at Newport, curried one of
these guns on her after deck.
Officials of the French and Italian
lines eaid their ships, both freighters
and liners, were armed for defense.
The French liners carry 3',4-lnch guns
and the freight boats carry 3%-inch
rapid cannon. The steamers under the
Italian f'ag mount 3-incli guns. It was
pointed out that the danger from sub
marine attacks on the American coast
was not so great as that in thp war
zone near European ports.
More than a score of passenger and
freight steamers are believed to-day to
be near Nantucket. Some are bound
to New York from foreign ports and
others eastbound from here. A con
siderable number of them are believed
to be laden with war munitions.
BRITISH ARE SILENT
London, Oct. 9.—The operations of
the U-53 have created the greatest
amount of Interest here, but the for
eign office states it is inadvisable under
present circumstances to make any an
nouncement in regard to the attitude
ot the British government.
Crew of Kansan Say
Vessel Was Not U-53
Boston, Oct. 9. The American
steamer Kansan which was stopped
by a German submarine off the Nan
tucket lightship early Sunday morn
ing and later allowed to proceed, ar
rived here to-day. Captain E. L. Smith
and members ot the crew said they
were unable to determine the identity
of the underseaboat, no name or
number being visible. Some of "the
crew, however, when shown a photo
graph of the U-53 whien put into
Newport on Saturday, declared the
submarine which - stopped the Kansan
was of another type, having a differ
ent arrangement of masts.
_ Captain Smith said the Kansan left
New York at 10 a. m. Saturday bound
for St. Nazaire, France and Genoa, by
way of Boston, where she was to call
to take on a cargo of horses for the
allies. In her hold were 6,soo'tons
of iron and steel intended for use in
the manufacture of munitions for the
allies. .
At 4:35 a. m. Sunday morning when
the Kansan was three miles south of
the Nantucket lightship the captain
heard a shot. He ordered the vessel
stopped but'before the engines came
to a full rest a second shot was tired.
The submarine then appeared off her
bow.
A youthful German officer came on
the deck of the submarine and asked
where the Kansan was bound. Cap
tain Smith sent Chief Officer Hugh
McNamara to the submarine in a
ship's boat with the Kansan's papers.
The examination of the papers by
the submarine's commander occupied
about an hour. After McNamara had
returned to his ship the German offi
cer signaled that the Kansan might
proceed.
Ships Came So Fast Raiders
Had to Keep One Waiting
While She Sunk Another
Newport, R. I„ Oct. 9. The story
of how ships,came within range of
a U-boat raider so fast off Nantucket
Sunday that she had to keep one
waiting while she disposed of another,
was told to-day by Arthur Gray, wire
less operator on the Norwegian
steamer. Christian Knudsen. The
Knudsen was sunk about 9 o'clock
yesterday morning and the crew row
ed about in small boats for ten hours
before being picked up by a boat from
the Nantucket shoals lightship.
"We heard the sound of firing
some time before the submarine
hove in sight," Gray said to-day, "but
we had no idea what it all meant. By
the time we had discovered that a
submarine was operating in our vi
cinity it was too late to escape. When
we came on to the scene of action the
underseaboat was engaged with the
British steamer Stephano. While the
passengers and crew of the tSephano
were disembarking the U-boat ran
alongside the Knudsen and ordered
us to steam over nearer the Stephano.
"While the submarine was along
side the Knudsen waiting for the
captain to take his papers aboard one
of the United States destroyers came
into view. Almost immediately the
submarine submerged and remained
i under water until the destroyer came
near enough to be recognized as a
neutral vessel, when she immediately
came to the surface and continued her
work.
"We were told to pack up our he
longings and leave the ship, which
we at once began to do. We had
plenty of time to get oft while the
submarine was disposing of the other
vessel. We had rowed some distance
away before the submarine fired on
the Knudsen. She tired at least 150
shots and these not having desired
effect she cut loose a torpedo which
struck the vessel amidships and she
soon went down."
220 Persons, Including
33 Women and 10 Children,
Taken Oft Torpedoed Ships
Newport, R. 1., Oct. 9. Rear Ad
miral Albert Gleaves, commander of
the destroyer Flotilla, announced to
day that he had obtained the names
of approximately 220 persons, includ
ing 33 women and 10 children, rescued
from five of the six steamers known
to have been torpedoed yesterday by
a German submarine. This list did
not take into account the crew of the
Rritlsh steamer Kingston which was
still missing at 10 o'clock to-day.
MONAGHAN rUTS TO SEA
New York, Oct. 9. The United
States destroyer Monaghan departed
suddenly from the Brooklyn navy
yard this morning and put to sea. At
the navy yard it was said her mission
could not be divulged. The Monaghan
after clearing the bar, turned east Ui
the direction of Nantucket.
! Bright Moonlight Aids
German Commerce Raider
to Sink Ships at Night
Boston, Oct. 9. The American
steamer Kansan which was held yp
by a submarine off Nantucket at 4.30
o'clock yesterday morning arrived
here to-day. Her captain said that
he had turned back in response to
the signals of distress from the West
Point but finding that his assistance
was not required he proceeded to
Boston.
The richest prize* bagged by the
Hermans yet was the passenger liner
Stephano which had Just rounded the
east end of Nantucket when she fell
prey to a submarine. The vessel,
British owned, was on her regular
trip from St. Johns, N. F., to New
York, via Halifax and carried 83
passengers inclining 30 Americans.
Twenty-six of the,latter were making
the round trip on the steamer from
New York. The Stephano was valued
at $400,000 When she was launched
three years ago. She carried also a
cargo of codfish, codfish oil and seal
oil consigned to parties in the United
States and South America and valued
at $150,000. Her naval value was due
to the fact that she had been sold to
the Russian government and was soon
to be used as an ice breaker.
Submarine activities began &t. day
light Sunday, three miles east of
Nantucket when the American steam
er was sighted and signalled to stop.
When the submarine commander was
satisfied that she was an American
vessel he allowed her to proceed.
The submarine then moved in close
to the lightship, where at six a. m.,
she stopped the British steamer
Strathdene, bound from New York for
Bordeaux. After the crew had obeyed
orders to take to the ship's boats, the
submarine sent a torpedo into the
Strathdene and sank her. The raider,
patrolling the vicinity of the trans-
Atlantic steamship lane, moved con
siderably to the southward. At 10.45
a .m., she hailed the British steamer
West Point, London for Newport
.News with a warning shot. This was
at a point ten miles south of the
lightship. The crew took to the
boats and the submarine torpedoed
and sank the steamer.
t Sends Torpedo Into Stcphano
No other vessel was encountered
until late in the afternoon. At 4.30
p. m., six miles southeast of the light
ship, the Germans stopped the
Stephano. Passengers and crew were
taken off in the ship's boats and the
undersea boat shot a torpedo into the
I\ er ' this n °t appear to dis
able the vessel, it was supplemented
51 K un fire. The submarine moved
off without waiting for the Stephano
,° n and she remained afloat until
10.05 o'clock last night.
Near sunset the British steamer
Kingston came within view of the
lookout of the submersible. The same
procedure was followed as with the
other vessels, and at six p. m „ the
Kingston went down a short distance
southeast of the lightship.
Moonlight AJds Operation
rhe bright moonlight gave the sub
marine a good chance to continue
° p ,®S ti ° ns .[ n the evening. She moved
a little to the westward and soon after
dark stopped the Dutch tramp steam
er Bloomersdijk, bound from New
York for Rotterdam, three miles south
tu , p ' Supposedly on the
. was ca *rying contra
band, the steamer was sunk after the
crew had entered small lifeboats The
submarine left her still afloat, but
she went down at 5.05 p. m.
Phriiti '£ ter /. the N °rwefeian steamer
Christian Xnudson, New York for
wa S similarly halted and sent
bottom. Three other steamers
were reported sunk early to-day. The
Kansan meanwhile had sent broad
cast radiograms telling of the sub
marine's appearance in the vicinity
of the lightship. The West Point
also was able to flash off brief mes
sages giving word of her plight before
wa! ? abandon ed by he r crevy. These
dispatches were picked up at Newport
hnn t % f 6t 0f United States torpedo
boat destroyers was immediately or
dered out to pick up the crews
mt J ic * Up Survivors
* the da i' a nd night the
destroyers cruised in the waters for
?, ,nlles around the Nantucket
lightship, receiving word from time
vessels 6 Th^ C . Sln t kl ?K of additional
aft lo , c 'ated the survivors of
all the vessels known to have been
destroyed, except the Kingston and
took them aboard. The crew of the
Starthdene had previously been given
shelter on the llghtshio h
The steamer Kingston is not men-
A n maritime records and her
day WaS not known early to-
X'n r w„ F ? r,r,lnner of Mishaps
No legendary "flying Dutchman"
ever was the center of so much mys
tery or the cause of so much specuH
of o bei°n r g tho d f S ° trU ° 10 the tradition
ot being the forerunner of marine mis
U 53 which" £ Crma ? War Sat
u-o3 vvhich dropped so dramaticallv
into Newport harbor Saturdav after
noon. Captain Hans Rose, her com
mander. said.that he was 17 davs out
from \\ ilhelmshaven, and had come in
to mail a letter to Ambassador Von
' f crn , a^° rlT . There was an exchange
of visits between him and American
naval officers. Visitors were allowed
to board the submersible, to look it
' guns, one mounted forward
, l. othel ' aft ' and to gaze upon
grim torpedoes stored ho
neath the forward deck Professional
lighters of the United state. nafyand
mere land lubbers were alike given
ample opportunity to see that the sub
marine was no phantom.
Carried Peace Proposals
n, *5 port was scarcely more
than three hours. She took on no
fuel, no food, no water, not even
Pipe full of tobacco. "We havAmni?
supplies of all we want," saidjier offl-
V U u k B,le P°'nted her nose out of
the harbor and in the deep water off
Brenton's reef lightship submerged
was [ost. a h ° UrS a " trace of her
In diplomatic circles there was at
once a flurry Q f speculations as to the
etter Captain Hose hud mailed to Am
bassador Von Bernstorff. Naval otfl
cers speculated as tothe remarkable
cruising possibilities of the submersi
ble which, permitted her to m so
ong and so difficult a voyage through
the enemj controlled seas with
out need of supplies of any nature
U-Boat Made in United States
Shippers of munitions to the allies
speculated uneasily as to the purpose
and probable length of stay un
dersea raider In the center of the
great trade route from Atlantic coast
ports to Europe. Speculation even
touched upon the rumor, impossible
to run down, that the U-boat was
made in America, that her parts were
assembled at a secret base on this side
of the Atlantic and launched.
The rumor broadened to include re--
ports that stores of petrol and other
supplies had been spirited out of Am
erican ports and deposited in marine
caches.
Then S. O. S. Sounded
The' silence as to the q.ctual where
abouts of the submersible was just
loiiff enough for the fit" effect of her
appearance to lake hole public
Imagination. Then c&me th.. ;""ond
act in the drama.
■\Vith startling suddenness Sunday
morning a radio message flashed across
the heavy waters south of Nantucket
that an American steamship, the Kan
san, flying the American flag, had
been halted by a submarine. "Why
are we held up by a submarine?" the
captain asked: "we are bound from
New York to Boston."
"Beans Is Beans"
and the cost is soaring
sky-ward with pork, beef,
eggs and other foods until
the cost of living represents
an increase of from 30 to 50 .
per cent. While meats and
vegetables are beyond the
reach of many millions of
families, Shredded Wheat
Biscuit continues to sell at
the same old price and re
tains the same high nutri
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wheat biscuit contains all
the rich body-building nutri
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grain, including the bran
coat, which is so useful in
keeping the bowels healthy
and active. Eat it for any meal
with milk or cream or in
combination with fruits.
Made at Niagara Falls, N.Y.
"German Government
Will Be Held to Complete
Fulfillment of Promises''
Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 9.—Presi
dent Wilson announced to-day, as tt
result of the German submarine at
tacks on vessels off the American
coast, that "the German government
will be held to the complete fulfillment
of its promises to the government of
the United States." He added that he
had no right now to question Ger
many's willingness to fulfill the
promises.
Just before Count von Bernstorff,
the German ambassador, called on the
President at Shadow Lawn this after
j noori Mr. Wilson iesued the following
statement:
"The government will, of course,
first inform itself as to all the facts
that there may be no doubt or mis
take as far as they are concerned.
"The country may rest assured that
the German government will be held
to the complete fulfillment of its
promises to the government of the
United States. 1 have no right now
to question its willingness to fulfill
them."
Daniels Finds All Rules
Have Been Complied With
Asbury Park, N. J., Oct. 9.—Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels, in a pre-
I liminary report to President Wilson
to-day, said that advices so far re
ceived indicated that all the rules of
international warfare had been com
plied with by the German submarines
operating off the New England coast.
The Secretary said that while com
plete reports from the American war
ships in the neighborhood of the com
merce destroyers were not yet in,
those received tended to show that all
vessels had been warned and that
there had been no violation of the
conditions imposed on submarines by
President Wilson's last note to Ger
many.
CHICAGO WHEAT BREAKS
Chicago, 111., Oct. 9.—Activity of
German submarines resulted to-day in
a downward crash of wheat values.
The break right at the start amounted
to 4V4c a bushel in some cases, De
cember falling to $1.55 as compared
| with 159% at Saturdays finish.
Prices of corn, oats and provisions
also fell, but not to so radical a de
gree as in the case of wheat.
! Greatly increased difficulty in mak
ing exports was the generally ac
cepted reason for the declines.
THREE U-BOATS REPORTED
Newport, R. 1., Oct. 9. lt was re
| ported without confirmation early to
day that three submarines were
j operating off the coast and that a
I total of nine vessels had been sunk by
| them. A launch returning from a
visit to the destroyers brings the re
port that an officer of the destroyer
Ericsson said nine ships had been
sunk and that at least three German
submarines were operating off shore.
SIGHT FRENCH CRUISER
New York, Oct. 9. A French
cruiser believed to be the Conde was
off the New Jersey coast hurrying
northward last night according to
officers of the Danish steamship Olaf,
which arrived here to-day from Brit
ish Honduras. The Frenchman spoke
to the Olaf, the officers said, warning
her that German submarines were
operating off the American coast.
SEES SUPPLY SHIP
Newport, R. 1., Oct. 9. One of
the destroyer Balch's crew said that,
he saw a German supply ship attend
ing the submarine. The American
destroyers witnessed the destruction of
some of the vessels. In one instance
the American boats were so thick on
the scene that the German submarine
commander asked the destroyers Ben
hani and McDougall to make way for
him to blow up his prey.
THREE BRITISH CRUISERS OX
SCENE
Nantucket, Mass., Oct. 9. Three
I British cruisers arrived off Nantucket
| Tsland at 2:40 o'clock this morning.
Radio messages in code were con
stantly exchanged by the vessels.
Other cruisers of the allied naval
forces were expected in the same
waters soon.
MARINE INSURANCE JUMPS
New York, Oct. 9.—Marines insur
ance rates from American to English
ports to-day .lumped one to five per
cent, in consequence of the German
submarine operations. Rates to Havre
and Bordeaux increased from % and
% of 1 per cent to fiv6 per cent.
COTTON FROM 8 TO .12
New York, Oct. 9.—A wave of sell
ing hit the cotton market at the open
ing to-day causing a break of from
8 to 3 2 points from Saturday's close.
Fear of difficulties in making cotton
exports due to the presence of Ger
man submarines was responsible.'
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