Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1915 — German U-Boat Sinks Ship Leelanaw. [ARTICLE]

German U-Boat Sinks Ship Leelanaw.

The American ship Leelanaw was sunk on July 25, forty-eight hours after the German foreign office had received the latest American note. The work was done by a German submarine off the coast of Scotland. All the crew were saved. The ship was carrying flax and was bound from a Russian port to Belfast, Ireland. The German commander said that the flax was contraband and immediately ordered the crew off the boat and then sunk it. Washington has been shocked by the news but no immediate action will be taken. It is said that the Germans could have thrown the flax overboard if it was contraband and still have saved the ship. For the other ships lately destroyed by Germans they have promised to pay, but the U. S. does not want its ships destroyed with simply a promise to pay.