Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1917 — NO U-BOATS OFF NEW YORK [ARTICLE]

NO U-BOATS OFF NEW YORK

“Hostile” Submarines Found by Navy Department to Be Only Small Vessels. New York; March 30.—The two supposed hostile submarines reported seen off Block island turned out to he .two small boats belonging to a commercial „company up the sound, when the navy department investigated. Admiral Usher, in announcing this and nailing another U-bf>at, scare, said he would he glad to receive information from anyone sighting a submarine in this vicinity.