Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1917 — Periscope Spotted In Chesapeake Bay; Steamers Are Warned. [ARTICLE]

Periscope Spotted In Chesapeake Bay; Steamers Are Warned.

Fort Monroe, Va., July s.—Hamp ton Roads was given a real submarine scare tonight by a report brought to the commandant of Fort Monroe that two incoming vessels had sighted a periscope in Chesapeake bay five miles off the fort. Immediate precautions were taken and at a late hour tonight naval vessels still were scouring the lower bay seeking an enemy. Merchant vessels about to sail were held up and the Washington and Baltimore steamers were escorted from the Roads and part of their way up the bay by warS h Colonel Foote, commandant of the fort, would not comment upon the scare beyond saying that while the reports might not prove to be well founded, no chances would be taken.